Red Deer Advocate, June 06, 2013

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013

Day parole granted LACOMBE MOTHER RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF TWO TEENS

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF EDMONTON — A Lacombe mother serving a prison sentence for killing two Red Deer teenagers will be allowed to move into an Edmonton halfway house on Tuesday.

Colton Keeler, 18, died in the early hours of March

31, 2012, when an eastbound car slammed into the back of a disabled car that he and a friend were trying to push-start on the eastbound shoulder of Hwy 11A, about three km west of Hwy 2.

Tyson Vanderzwaag, who was at the back of the car with Keeler, died six days later in the Calgary Foothills Hospital, just two days after his 18th birthday.

Please see PAROLE on Page A2

FIGHTING OFF A PACK OF COUGARS

SENIORS HOUSING

Red Deer, Rocky snag supportive living grants

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Lindsay Thurber Raider Cole Visser is mauled by a pack of Notre Dame Cougars during the high school rugby final at Titans Field on Wednesday. The Raiders won the contest 57-22. Please see related story on page B6.

Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House are getting some of the $68.3 million in grants the province is handing out to build new supportive living facilities.

In Red Deer, $10.2 million is being split between two projects — a 60-space project by Points West Living on Taylor Drive at 69th Street, and a 60-space project by Christenson Communities Ltd. in Timberstone Village off Hwy 11 east.

Each project will provide 40 supportive living level-four spaces, the highest level for supportive living, and 20 supportive living spaces for people with dementia.

In Rocky Mountain House, a $3.2-million grant is going to Christenson Communities Ltd. to build 40 new supportive living spaces, 10 for dementia and 30 supportive living level four.

“Alberta Health Services has identified Red Deer as one of the communities that we need to pay attention to. The population here is aging and there are services that we know in the future will be missing,” said Seniors Associate Minister George VanderBurg, who was at the Golden Circle Seniors Centre on Wednesday to announce the Red Deer projects before going to Rocky.

Please see GRANTS on Page A2

9/11 survivor recounts narrow escape from North Tower

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Richard Picciotto was on the sixth floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower when the building collapsed after it was hit by an airplane on Sept.

11, 2001.

“I don’t want people to ever forget what happened,” said the now retired New York City fire chief.

“You forget history, you are destined to repeat it and I don’t want this repeated. If people are aware, we won’t let this happen.”

Picciotto was the guest speaker at the Red Deer Rotary Club’s mac and cheese fundraiser lunch for

the Red Deer Royals marching band on Wednesday.

Residents and first responders from across Alberta came to the Sheraton Hotel to hear the story of the 9/11 survivor.

Picciotto wrote a book about his experience and shares the story at engagements across North America.

On that fateful day, he headed into his station in New York a couple of hours early, as he always did.

He heard the call of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center’s South Tower and called dispatch to ask to get called to go.

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In 1993, Picciotto had worked in Lower Manhattan when the World Trade Center was hit by a car bomb.

He was responsible for the evacuation of the building and thought he could help, based on his experience.

As he was driving down, the second plane hit the North Tower.

Just like 1993, Picciotto went into the North Tower to help. He was sent to rescue people trapped on the 20th and 23rd floors of the building.

The North Tower had 99 elevators and three stairwells. With all the elevators not working, evacuation was through stairwells.

A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, June 6, 2013

‘Food garage’ draws crowdfunding RETHINK RED DEER

Rene Michalak is one step closer to turning his garage into a foodgrowing and renewable energy-generating hub.

Michalak turned to crowdfunding to raise $15,000 for the creation of a professional business plan and engineering drawings for his MicroEnergy Generating Garage Assembly (MEGGAwatt) project.

K n o w n more simply as a Food Garage, the project is to feature an environment where fish are raised, microgreens and wheat grass are grown, and more energy is generated than used.

Thanks to a late flood of contributions, the online campaign reached its goal on the last day of the 50-day fundraising window.

If the goal had not been reached, all donors would have had their contributions refunded.

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Park Manor sits empty.

“It’s with mixed feelings that I’m listening to the announcement. It’s great that we’re getting 100 beds in the area. We’ve got 100 beds at Valley Park Manor.

They were long-term care beds and that’s where the growing need is,” Janssen said.

Instead, the province is putting money into P3 facilities and into the pockets of developers, he said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

GRANTS: Help build 920 supportive living spaces “People are coming into our facilities now at about an average of 85 years old. They are coming into the facilities needing a higher level of care than we’ve seen in the past and that’s exactly what these new facilities will offer.”

VanderBurg said he will be back in two years to attend the grand opening of both facilities.

The $68.3 million in Affordable Supportive Living Initiative grants will help build 920 new supportive living spaces in 10 projects across the province.

When asked if the spaces were coming to Red Deer because of the closure of Michener Centre, VanderBurg said he was sure the overall need in the area was taken into account.

“All of the spaces we build aren’t limited to people that are 65 and older. People with disabilities and seniors are our target clients here.”

Supportive living is for people whose care needs mean they are no longer able to stay in their own homes. They are provided private rooms, meals, housekeeping and 24-hour nurses care, depending on residents’ assessed needs.

Christenson Communities’ $7.2-million housing project in Red Deer is a partnership with Laebon Homes with future phases planned.

Points Living West is building a $22-million, fivestorey building with the first three floors designated supported living, with the potential to expand to 80 spaces if needed.

“We’re working with the city right now and hope to be in the ground sometime this fall. It’s important to get the concrete in the ground before winter hits,” said Doug Mills, CEO of Points Living West.

Mayor Morris Flewwelling said the projects were good news for Red Deer and area and its growing seniors population.

“Red Deer is a large and vital community in all of Alberta. Most people don’t realize we serve an immediate population of 320,000 people,” Flewwelling said.

Doug Janssen, vice-president of the Central Alberta Council on Aging, said $10 million is a lot of money for the province to spend when the former publicly-operated, long-term care facility Valley

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PAROLE: Transferred to a halfway house April Gail Beauclair, who was on her way home to Lacombe after celebrating her upcoming birthday with a friend in Sylvan Lake, admitted to police at the scene that she had been drinking the night before and accepted full responsibility for the crash.

Beauclair, 31, pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court last October and was sentenced to three and a half years in jail for two counts of impaired driving causing death.

She has been serving her sentence in the minimum-security area of the Edmonton Institution for Women, where she met with the Parole Board of Canada on Wednesday morning to ask for day parole.

Beauclair told the panel of two men that she still has vivid memories of the crash.

She said she planned to spend the night in Sylvan Lake after a bout of drinking, but woke up after about an hour and half and decided she was fit to drive home.

“I’d driven that road a hundred times and I felt like I’m OK now,” she said.

She grabbed a coffee and a bagel on the way out of town and headed east on Hwy 11A. Beauclair said she was reaching down to change the music when the car’s airbags deployed.

“When I got out of the car and I realized what had happened, and I had hurt people and they were lying there and people were screaming and it was like nothing I’d ever seen, and I realized I had done this,” said Beauclair.

“It definitely wasn’t an accident — I chose to drive. I just thought it wouldn’t happen to me.”

In reading their decision to allow day parole, members of the panel said her early acceptance of responsibility for causing the crash was a factor in her favour, balanced against her long history of alcoholism and marijuana abuse.

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The parole board’s mandate is very narrow, in that its decision on whether an applicant can be granted parole rests entirely on whether that offender presents a risk to the public, said the member.

He said the words of Keeler’s parents, who presented their victim impact statements during the hearing, speak to the immediate and ongoing impact of losing their son — something Beauclair must appreciate herself as the mother of two daughters.

“There is no other sound like that of an anguished parent upon learning of the loss of a child,” he said, reading from the court transcript of her sentence hearing.

Colton’s mother, Brandee Keeler, told the panel that her pain is only getting worse, especially on birthdays and other dates when the family should be celebrating. Keeler said she and the youngest of Colton’s two brothers are on medication for the anxiety they continue to suffer.

Colton’s father, Darren Keeler, said he is no longer able to find joy in his life and is not the person he used to be. He urged the board to send the public a message that drunk driving cannot be tolerated.

While the seriousness of the crime and the impact on victims bears some weight in the decision, the board must also recognize that Beauclair has made extraordinary efforts to address her addictions and mental health issues, said the panel member who gave the decision.

Certainly, her long battle with addictions, starting when she was 12, will make it that much more difficult for her to stay on track, he said. However, the panel agreed with the recommendations of Beauclair’s case management team in assessing her as being at low risk of reoffending.

Beauclair also spoke during the hearing of her desire to put her experience to work for the good of others, by participating in whatever way she can in programs aimed at stopping people from driving while intoxicated.

Approval for day parole means she can be transferred to a halfway house in Edmonton, provided there is a bed available.

Her release includes conditions that she abstain from alcohol and non-prescription drugs, that she stay out of premises where alcoholic beverages are the primary commodities, that she takes part in counselling and psychiatric treatment and that she have no contact with the victims of her offence.

Beauclair is eligible to apply for full parole on Dec. 11.

Her driver’s licence has been suspended for five years following her release from prison. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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from around the world raised $15,023 for the initiative. It was the largest number of contributors any campaign on the permaculture-specific platform www.wethetrees.com had brought in.

“There is a community out there for this, there is support out there for it, but it’s just getting connected to those people and those communities,” said Michalak.

Concept drawings for the project are up on the www.foodgarage.ca website.

They show aquaponic and aeroponic systems to support indoor food growth, solar panels, and a geodesic dome greenhouse complete with a wood-fired hot tub next door.

Michalak said the drawings and the business plan soon to be drafted will be freely accessible through open sourcing on the Food Garage website.

Once plans are finalized, he will be searching for private investment to enable the putting together of the operation, with a goal to have the project fully built by winter.

He said he envisions utilizing an “old-style community barn raising-type approach” with volunteers once construction is ready to get underway at his family’s former Oxford Street home.

To learn more about the project, visit www.foodgarage.ca. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer Catholic to name new high school St. Joseph

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools has selected a name. Now, it just needs a new high school to use it on.

The school division has announced that it will be naming a new Grade 10 to 12 school St. Joseph High School. But as of now it is a name without a home, as the province has not yet committed to building any such school in Red Deer.

For school board chairwoman Adriana LaGrange, though, it is not a case of putting the horse before the cart. The division has a tradition of selecting names before securing financial commitments, she said. “We really believe in the power of prayer, and we know that we have a great need, and we know that our MLAs are aware of it, we know that the minister of education is aware of it. “It just makes it much more real when we can pray for St. Joseph High School to come into existence. It gives our community a way to rally around it,� said LaGrange.

The division was disappointed the province did not include its No. 1 priority among the 27 new schools announced for Alberta in April. But the school division expects to hear its name called soon. “We are very very hopeful that come fall or next spring, we will hear an announcement about our new school,� said LaGrange.

Notre Dame High School opened in 1996, built to

accommodate nearly 1,200 pupils. This year, enrolment is 1,550, with six portables added to handle the ever-increasing student numbers.

With the school already overcapacity and no more room for additional portables, the division named a new high school for Red Deer its top priority in its capital plan last year. That plan called for an 850-student school to open in 2016 at a projected cost of $52 million.

The name for the proposed school was chosen after a period of public engagement that saw 30 names submitted by students, teachers, staff, parents and friends. School board trustees gathered and unanimously selected St. Joseph. “I have to admit that it went a lot smoother than I thought it would, having 30 wonderful submissions,� explained LaGrange, “I think the connection to our history came out very very strong.�

In 1908, French nuns called the Daughters of Wisdom brought Catholic education to Central Alberta when they started a boarding school at the St. Joseph Convent on North Hill. The school operated until 1960 and a convent remained under the moniker in Red Deer until 2006.

St. Joseph is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and of Canada.

LaGrange said that naming the school after the father of Jesus fits well with the existing Catholic high school, which honours Jesus’s mother.

Division administration is working with the city on securing a site for the future school. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer Rotary Club event chairman James McPherson, left, and Ingrid Anderson of the Red Deer Royals share the head table with keynote speaker Richard Picciotto of the New York Fire Department during the Mac and Cheese Luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday.

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About 700 tickets were sold to the event. Alberta emergency officials attended from various parts of Alberta.

The Rotary Club had a goal of raising $100,000 for the Red Deer Royals marching band for new uniforms, some new instruments and a donation to the Red Deer Royalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;find a homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have raised a lot of money and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to add a lot of money to that fund to get their own home,â&#x20AC;? said McPherson.

The amount raised is not yet known. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

River Bend a city asset LETTING IT GO WOULD BE HUGE MISTAKE If you were entrusted with 420 acres of riverfront property within the city limits, on which millions of dollars had been spent refurbishing, what would you do with it?

A n y o n e who’s been to the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area knows that it’s not just a golf GREG course. In adNEIMAN dition to also having the only on-grass driving range and practice facility within short reach of the city, and a mini golf links, there’s the locally unique waterfall and play area at Discovery Canyon, an extensive hiking trail, cross-country ski course, and riverside pickup and embarkment area for people floating on the river.

Plus, there is a footbridge linking the area to more than 100 km of recreational trails through the city.

That’s a whole lot of amenities to look after, year round.

And there’s also a clubhouse, restaurant banquet hall and small sport shop on the site.

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I wouldn’t want to embarrass myself by even trying to estimate the value of the total package, especially considering its location. Neither would I attempt to put a dollar figure against its intrinsic value to the well-being of the city. But either calculation would figure large.

So, if the group that’s been designated to look after all of this on your behalf tells you they don’t have the cash flow to make payments on their business licence, plus a $1.7-million loan you’ve given them, what do you do?

It seems your options are pretty limited.

You could fire the whole management group and operate River Bend yourself while you look for replacements. Good luck with that.

You could sell the entire lot, and hope to recover maybe half of what you’ve spent on it by now, and then hope the new owners operate the park in a way that fits the original mandate for building it in the first place. That seems like a pretty good way to both lose millions of dollars in investment value and lose control of what was once a valuable public amenity.

Or, you could trust the group you have in place, give them some leadership and guidance through a rough economic patch, and believe that this 420 acres of riverfront park and amenities are worth keeping, worth maintaining and worth a bit more judicious investment. That’s the course city council has agreed to.

The non-profit group that manages

the site will continue to operate for another three years. They’ll have to pay their business taxes, but the city has agreed to waive $337,800 a year in licence fees. The city will also defer receiving payment on a $1.7 million loan for improvements to the clubhouse.

The society is responsible for the operation of the whole site, but golf and non-golf activities will be managed separately. The city will pay a fee for service for the non-golf amenities, like the popular water park and trails.

That comes to just over $12,000 a month for the next three years.

There will also be some capital costs to the city, for things like keeping the water park, trails and boat landing in good condition (the city owns these things, not the society).

All in all, that’s a pretty significant investment in city recreation.

So, what if you don’t golf all that much, or you don’t have children or grandchildren of an age to enjoy the waterfall park? What if sitting on your wet butt in an inflatable raft in cold river water for several hours isn’t your idea of fun? What if you don’t want to drive to a park, just so you can go for a walk? What if the hills on the crosscountry ski trail are a little too steep for your skill level?

If you’re a taxpayer in that category, what’s in this for you?

The answer is the same as I would give to taxpayers who don’t do hockey, figure skating, speedskating, swimming, slow-pitch fastball, minor football or soccer. The answer is that for a

city to have any pride in itself at all, it needs these things, and it needs them in a quantity and quality that makes them useful.

When an old, exhausted gravel pit on inside bend of the river right on the city doorstep comes available, you take it.

When money becomes available as part of the province’s 75 anniversary celebrations, thanks to a grant from the Alberta Heritage Trust Fund, along with a Alberta Winter Games bequest, you take it.

And you spend the money to make it as nice a golf course as you can, and you add everything to it that makes sense, so that the greatest number of people can enjoy it.

Pretty well everyone who uses the area remarks on how nice it is, and how it makes living in Red Deer better for them. That makes River Bend an asset very much worth keeping.

It also reinforces the burden on the society operating the area to find ways to have it make some financial return to the taxpayers who own it, while keeping the whole area accessible to the public. A golf course with a publicly-available clubhouse and banquet room ain’t a ball diamond in a neighbourhood park; it has to find a way to pay for its upkeep.

They’ve got three more years to figure that out.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

LETTER TO EDITOR

Thanks for returning wallet On Friday, May 31, I lost my wallet in a southside store.

I had left it on the counter after paying for the merchandise I purchased and someone behind me picked it up and after he/she left the store, they took all the money out ($100-plus) and threw the wallet away in the parking lot.

A third party saw this person throw my wallet and retrieved it, found my address and entered it on their GPS and brought it to me at home.

One cannot comprehend the anxiety of losing all their credit cards, drivers licence, health-care card, SIN card etc., etc., unless you experience this loss.

After much searching and spending a half hour at home cancelling the credit cards, I saw a van pull up to our home and instantly knew my wallet was found.

Two angels returned it to me and I can’t thank them enough.

There are good and decent people in this world and we didn’t even get their names.

Mary and Bob Farwell Red Deer

Technology in schools offers little benefit to students

BY MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE According to many education gurus, incorporating technology in the classroom is the key to a solid 21st century education. As a result, school superintendents race to be the first to purchase the latest gadgets, while principals boast about the extent to which technology has been embedded in their schools.

Recently, CBC Manitoba reported that a Winnipeg school division plans to make iPads mandatory for all Grade 6 to 8 students. During a public information session, parents were informed that tablets would soon become as essential in the classroom as basketballs are in a basketball game. These iPads are expected to replace textbooks, maps and other printed classroom materials.

However, before rushing to equip schools with the latest technological gadgets, it is prudent to ask whether this will improve student learning. Considering the significant cost of purchasing, maintaining and upgrading technological devices such as iPads, we need to ensure that it is not simply another expensive fad.

Peter Reiman and Anindito Aditomo of the University of Sydney recently conducted an analysis of the research literature about the impact of technology on student achievement. Their findings were published in the International Guide to Student Achievement (2013).

They conclude that most studies show only a moderate academic benefit from technology and that “the effect of computer technology seems to be particularly small in studies that use either large samples or randomized control groups.”

In other words, rigorous research studies reveal

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that the wholesale introduction of computer technology in classrooms has, at best, only a limited impact on student achievement. One needs to ask whether this modest benefit justifies making technology the focus of school reform.

Larry Cuban, a professor of education at Stanford University, certainly doesn’t think so. In an article published in the April 17, 2013, edition of Education Week, Cuban notes that technology purveyors have promised for decades that schools need the latest gadget to engage their students. To make his point, Cuban quotes from an early typewriter ad that promises to “raise her marks,” a filmstrip ad that says it can help “pupils comprehend faster,” and an Apple ad that tells teachers that an Apple IIe “makes it easy to become attached to your students.” While the technology may change, the overblown promises remain the same.

If schools truly wish to improve academic achievement, they should focus on the three essentials of learning — a content-rich curriculum, sound lessons, and purposeful reading and writing in every discipline.

In his 2011 book Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, Mike Schmoker demonstrates that schools focusing on these three things substantially outperform schools that do not.

According to Schmoker, technology is unnecessary when it comes to improving student achievement and too much emphasis on technology can get in the way of these learning essentials.

For example, Schmoker notes that reading properly written textbooks is the type of reading students need to do more often.

“Textbooks, along with other carefully selected nonfiction documents, afford students the kind of content-rich, semantically rich prose that ... students

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Some technology advocates suggest that iPads are better than regular textbooks because they can provide more up-to-date information to students.

However, this argument overlooks the fact that most sound textbook content is not outdated. The history of Canadian Confederation remains the same now as it was 10 years ago, as do most of the basic scientific concepts students need to understand. When updates are needed, there is nothing stopping teachers from providing supplemental information to their students.

Anyone who thinks students will be left behind if schools do not incorporate the latest technological gadgets needs to take a deep breath. The reality is that students have no difficulty learning how to use technology whether or not schools show them how to do it. In fact, using the latest technology is something that comes naturally to most young students. What does not come naturally is the kind of intense, systematic reading and writing that only happens if it is explicitly taught.

Before school administrators rush to adopt the latest technological gadget, they need to ask themselves whether it is the wisest course of action. Technology may be flashy and exciting, but it should not be the driver of education reform.

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Lax food-safety attitudes blamed for beef recall: review

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Nearly a year after tainted Alberta beef sickened 18 people, briefly blocked exports to the U.S. and cast doubts on the safety of Canada’s food supply, no one can say for sure what led to the largest meat recall in Canadian history.

It could have been a horde of germs from a contaminated animal passing through a super shredder, a new report suggests. Or an improperly decontaminated carcass. Or simply a case of too much bacteria for the plant to handle.

One thing is for certain: neither staff nor federal inspectors at the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alta., were taking food safety seriously enough last September to prevent the crisis from happening, a three-member review panel has concluded.

“We found a relaxed attitude towards applying mandatory procedures — clearly outlined in some documents, less so in others ... a shortcoming shared by both plant and CFIA staff,” says the report released Wednesday.

“We found one of the country’s largest beef processors unprepared to handle what turned out to be the largest beef recall in Canadian history. As the company had never conducted any mock recalls on a scale that remotely mimicked a real event, XL Foods Inc. found itself overwhelmed with the recall that occurred.

“In short, we found a weak food safety culture at the Brooks plant, shared by both plant management and CFIA staff.”

Seemingly obvious tasks — properly cleaning the germ-infested equipment with which the meat came into contact, for instance — might have limited the outbreak of E. coli, the report says.

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The governing Conservatives welcomed the report with plans to spend $16 million over three years to set up inspection teams, complete with 30 new inspectors, to do spot checks on all food plants across the country.

“These highly skilled teams will conducted unannounced spot checks at any federally inspected plants across Canada,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

“They will assess the plant’s food safety controls and operations as well as the corresponding inspection activities.”

The government and the inspection agency are working to implement the other panel recommendations, Ritz added. “Food safety,” he said, “is not static.”

Panel members Ron Lewis, Andre Corriveau and Ron Usborne were charged with determining how the contamination occurred and how authorities responded to the crisis.

In a statement, they said Canada’s food-safety system needs “continuous improvement, vigilance and commitment” to maintain its standing as one of the world’s best.

“It is our hope that we have captured the essential elements of the event and subsequent recall and that positive results will accrue from our recommendations,” they said.

The contamination at the XL Foods plant last September left thousands of tonnes of suspect beef to be disposed of in what the report described as the largest such recall ever in Canada.

At the time of the E. coli outbreak, the plant was the largest Canadianowned beef slaughter facility in the country.

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“Now we are going to synthesize all the information and come up with community plans that we are going to put into effect. Some of them may be long-term. Some of them may be shortterm.”

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Last year Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association launched it’s three-year Women’s Economic Security Project to develop and implement a plan to identify employment gaps and barriers and opportunities for immigrant women in Red Deer, Ponoka, Olds and Lacombe.

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Trudeau pitches expense plan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau ventured outdoors Wednesday to announce a four-point plan to expose the expenses of MPs and senators to the bright light of day.

The venue — beside the centennial flame on Parliament Hill — was meant to be symbolic of the transparency and openness the Liberal leader hopes to bring to the way in which parliamentarians spend taxpayers’ money.

But with clouds obscuring the sun, it seemed more emblematic of the current, opaque accounting of parliamentarian spending that Trudeau wants to fix.

“Sunshine is the best disinfectant,” said Trudeau, who was nearly drowned out by the racket from nearby construction, a massive, noontime yoga class on the Hill lawn and a handful of Conservative protesters.

“And even though (the sun) didn’t quite co-operate today, throughout my career, throughout the years going forward, a big piece of the Liberal party and of my own personal brand is openness and accessibility.”

The Liberal leader said his “transformative” plan would make the expenses of parliamentarians more

transparent than ever before — and make them more accountable for how they spend taxpayer dollars.

Trudeau acknowledged nothing in his plan would prevent “tremendous ethical lapses” such as improper housing allowance and expense claims by at least four senators, or the prime minister’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright, personally giving $90,000 to Sen. Mike Duffy to reimburse his invalid expense claims.

There are already rules against those sorts of activities, he said.

But he contended the plan is a necessary step to restore Canadians’ faith in public office holders, which has been badly shaken by the Senate expenses scandal.

His plan would require all MPs and senators to post online quarterly details of travel and hospitality expenses incurred by them and their staff, as cabinet ministers are already required to do.

Liberals will voluntarily begin posting their expenses in the fall, regardless of what other parties choose to do, he said.

But Trudeau’s other proposals would require the support of other parties to implement: — Opening up meetings of the secretive board of internal economy, which oversees House of Commons spending. This would require an amendment

to the Parliament of Canada Act, which Trudeau said one of his MPs will propose in a private member’s bill.

— Requiring detailed, easily accessible, online quarterly expense reports by all MPs and senators on how they spend their office budgets; — Requiring performance audits of both houses of Parliament every three years by the auditor general and developing guidelines for when more in-depth, value-for-money audits should be conducted.

Treasury Board President Tony Clement welcomed Trudeau’s proposals on behalf of the Conservative government.

“We are absolutely in favour of any measure that would have the same kind of expenses accountability that currently exists for ministers to be expanded to all MPs,” Clement said.

“And we also have no difficulty opening up the board of internal economy.”

Trudeau laid the blame for the Senate expenses scandal squarely on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his “poor choices” for filling vacancies in the chamber. He said a Liberal government would implement a more independent process for advising the prime minister on Senate appointments — much as is done for judicial appointments.

Clark to run in Suicide study reveals depth of Nunavut’s mental health problems Kelowna byelection IQALUIT, Nunavut — The biggest study ever done into the risk factors for Nunavut’s high suicides rates has revealed the depth of mental health problems in the territory.

“The rates of major psychiatric illness found in this study were higher than in the general Canadian population,” said the report released Wednesday in Iqaluit. “The rates of major depressive disorder among Inuit in our study were higher than the national average.”

The study analyzed the life history of 120 Inuit who killed themselves between 2003 and 2006 through interviews with surviving friends and family. Those “psychological autopsies” were compared with profiles of 120 demographically similar Inuit.

The result of 498 interviews and years of work by groups including the territorial government, the RCMP and McGill University, the study is an attempt to understand suicide risk factors in Nunavut.

“There’s no one single cause for suicide,” said Eduardo Chachamovich, the report’s lead author.

“What the study showed is that suicide is the outcome of a process that starts much earlier.”

Suicide is one of the territory’s most pressing public health issues. Nunavut’s rate is 10 times the Canadian average and much higher than that for young men. It is difficult to find anyone in Nunavut who hasn’t had a friend or family member commit suicide.

Last May, three people killed themselves in the community of Pangnirtung, including a grandmother distraught over the suicide of her granddaughter.

Chachamovich cautioned that the study can’t answer why one person kills himself and another with a similar background doesn’t.

“Protective factors are also very, very important and they’re also part of the picture,” he said. “Our

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS study is not able to give precise answers because the data we collected could not identify the causes.

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark will run in a “But there’s definitely a pattern there.”

The study found that the deaths that were ana- Kelowna-area safe seat, after one of her cabinet minlyzed tended to be among single, unemployed males isters agreed to step aside to ensure she has a place with relatively less education. The average age was in the legislature.

Ben Stewart was re-elected with 58 per cent of the 24. They had roughly double the rates of alcohol and vote in Westside-Kelowna in the May 14 vote. He had cannabis abuse than control group members — who were themselves 22 times higher than average U.S. been serving as minister of citizens’ services and open government. figures.

Clark was defeated in her own Vancouver-Point There are no comparable figures for Canada.

Child abuse was a major risk factor. Almost half Grey riding, where she spent little time as she toured the people who killed themselves had been either the province. The Liberals were widely expected sexually or physically abused as children compared to get badly pummelled in the vote and the party’s come-from-behind win to increase their number of with just over one-quarter of the comparison group.

The life histories suggested that those who went seats in the legislature is largely attributed to Clark’s through with suicide tended to be much more impul- campaign skills. sive and aggressive than others.

The Liberals said on election night she sacrificed The study also found that severe depression was a her own riding to do it, making a byelection in a safe problem for both groups. seat necessary.

Almost two-thirds of those who killed themselves Clark lives in the Vancouver area, but it is not unhad been diagnosed before their deaths with severe precedented for leaders to choose seats elsewhere depression. That figure was 24 per cent in the con- for the expediency of getting into the legislature. trol group.

Clark said she would get a residence in the riding.

That’s three times the Canadian average for se“Kelowna is a natural political home for me,” vere depression and higher than the national aver- she said. “This is the cradle for free enterprise in age for all mental illnesses combined.

Canada.”

The study also raised questions about the availability of mental health services in the North.

It found only 17 per cent of those who committed suicide had ever been hospitalized for mental health problems.

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Thousands flee flooding in Europe

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DRESDEN, Germany — Desperate families were plucked from rooftops by helicopters, cars were swept away by raging torrents and levees failed without warning Wednesday as central Europe staggered under an inland ocean of flooding.

Tens of thousands of people had to be evacuated in Germany and the Czech Republic and chemical plants along the mighty Danube and Elbe rivers were hastily shut down. City officials, federal troops and emergency workers across a vast region either raced to prepare or struggled to cope as flood crests roared downstream.

Near the southeastern German town of Deggendorf, two levees broke along the Danube and Isar rivers and their raging waters engulfed nearby houses.

A southern German highway disappeared under the muddy floodwaters, cars were swept away and only the top of a few trucks peeked out above the waters.

Families scrambled to their rooftops and were airlifted to safety.

“This is an absolutely life-threatening situation,” local firefighter Alois Schraufstetter said. “Houses are covered up to 3 metres (10 feet) deep in water.”

Four farmers were rescued at the last minute by a helicopter airlift as floods submerged their tractor, he said. About 2,000 people were evacuated.

“We would have risked our lives had we stayed at home,” resident Hans Loefflmann said, adding that he and his wife had to leave all their valuables behind when the floods gushed into their house within minutes.

Firefighters said more than 19,000 people were evacuated from the flooding in the Czech Republic.

In the eastern German city of Halle, the downtown area flooded despite frantic efforts to protect it with sandbag barriers. Authorities urged 30,000 residents to leave their homes as the Saale river reached its highest level in 400 years.

“We fought against the water all day yesterday, and we’ve lost,” said Julia Linne, an employee at an intensive care home in Halle. “At one point we just gave up.”

In the Czech Republic, authorities said the water in the Elbe was expected to reach 11 metres (36 feet) early Thursday in the country’s north, almost four times its usual height.

After inundating parts of Prague, a surge on the Elbe was now roaring north toward Germany, particularly the eastern city of Dresden, where hundreds were being evacuated. The river, which was

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Firefighters make their way through the water in Kritzendorf near Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, after the village was flooded by the river Danube. Heavy rainfalls cause flooding along rivers and lakes in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. expected to crest early Thursday, was running about 7 metres (21 feet) over normal levels Wednesday.

Overall, 16 people have died since the beginning of the flooding last week, including eight people in the Czech Republic, five in Germany, two in Austria and one in Slovakia. At least four other people were missing in the Czech Republic, according to the interior minister.

Hundreds of German police officers and volunteers were helping to fight the floods along with about 5,600 soldiers and 2,000 members of Germany’s national disaster team, filling sand bags, reinforcing levees and building elevated walkways to flooded homes.

“In Dresden, we have dozens of members instructing some 300 volunteers on how to build a temporary dam to hold the water back from one of the city’s main thoroughfares,” disaster team member Carolin Petschke said.

In villages around Usti nad Labem, a city of 100,000 in the northern Czech Republic, police in boats were handing out drinking water and medicine to those who had not evacuated.

Alena Lacinova despaired at how much she would have to rebuild after watching the water wash into her home. In many places, even protective barriers were unable to stop the surge.

“I said ’no, no, that’s impossible,’ ” Staine said Wednesday from her Duluth hospital room.

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Fueling a Cure for Breast Cancer Research The Ralph J. Bruinsma family of Lo-Cost Propane is proud to announce the return of the “Fueling a Cure” campaign. The Bruinsma family will be donating 10,000 litres of propane to be sold at 6709 Golden West Avenue, in Red Deer, on the weekend of June 6, 7 and 8.

The “Fueling a Cure” campaign will continue in central Alberta during June, July and August supported by the Lo-Cost Propane office in Red Deer. The campaign will return back to Lethbridge, the head office location, in August. Look for the pink propane trucks throughout central and southern Alberta for the rest of the year.

In future, most Lo-Cost vehicles will be identified with the “Fueling a Cure” slogan throughout southeastern British Columbia and southern Saskatchewan.

All propane purchasers can have their bottles filled for $ 1.00 per litre, with all proceeds from the sale going to Canadian cancer research. All costs associated with the sale and transport of the propane, are being covered by the Triangle Group of Companies.

Please join the Bruinsma family in supporting this important cause on the weekend of June 6, 7 and 8. There will be a barbeque on site June 6, 7 and 8, selling hotdogs, pop, and chips for $2.00 and hamburgers, pop, and chips for $3.00 from 11 am to 2 pm. All of the proceeds are going to Canadian cancer research.

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Big shark felt like ‘one-ton diesel truck’ COULD BE RECORD SIZE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A huge mako shark caught off the coast of California could set a record, but a critic said it should have been released because sharks are threatened worldwide.

Jason Johnston caught the 1,323-pound (600-kilogram) shark on Monday after a 2 ½-hour battle, the Orange County Register reported.

“I’ve hunted lions and brown bears, but I’ve never experienced anything like this,” Johnston told the newspaper. “It felt like I had a one-ton diesel truck at the end of the line, and it wasn’t budging.”

If the catch is confirmed and meets conditions, it would exceed the record mako catch made in 2001 off Massachusetts, said Jack Vitek, world records co-ordinator for the International Game Fish Association.

The shark should have been released, argued David McGuire, director of the California-based protection advocacy group Shark Stewards.

“People should be viewing these sharks as wonderful animals that are important to the ocean and admiring how beautiful they are” rather than “spilling their blood and guts,” McGuire told the Times.

Only 23 of the 6,850 world records on file with the game association involve fish topping 1,300 pounds, Vitek said. The largest catch was a 2,664-pound (1,200-kilogram) great white shark that was taken in 1959 off the Australian coast.

The shark was being kept on ice and will be do-

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Malian army takes town, first territorial gain without French help BAMAKO, Mali — The Malian military attacked Tuareg rebels early Wednesday and succeeded in taking the village of Anefis, marking the army’s first victory and territorial gain without the help of French forces since they were routed from the country’s north last year by the separatist fighters, officials on both sides said.

Reached by telephone, the mayor of Anefis said that the confrontation began at 6:30 a.m. just west of the town. Anefis is 113 kilometres (70 miles) south of Kidal, and the last locality before the provincial capital that serves as the base of the rebel National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, or NMLA. For weeks, the army has been inching up toward Kidal, while the rebels have dug in and brought reinforcements, vowing to go to war if the military attempts to attack the strategic city.

Photo exhibit shows Bergoglio’s pastoral work in Argentina before he became Pope Francis BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A photo exhibition

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This photo shows the 1,323-pound mako shark on the back of a boat trailer being taken for an accurate weight reading to Gardena, Calif., Tuesday. The huge mako shark caught off the coast of Southern California on Monday could set a record, but a critic said it should have been released because sharks are threatened worldwide. Jason Johnston of Texas caught the 1,323-pound shark off Huntington Beach after a 2 1/2-hour battle. nated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association for research.

Johnston came to California to film a game-hunting television program for the Outdoor Channel.

Johnston defended the catch.

“There are not that many sharks being taken out of the water,” Johnston told the Times. “It’s not hurting the population. If we pull four fish out of the water per year, that’s just four.”

in Argentina’s capital features 25 images of Jorge Bergoglio doing pastoral work and conducting religious ceremonies before he became Pope Francis.

Argentine photographer Enrique Cangas shot the images of Bergoglio between 2003 and 2012, and says many of them show the future pontiff’s “simplicity and humility,” as well as his tenacious pastoral work.

The photographs are being shown at the Santa Catalina Monastery in Buenos Aires until June 28.

Most are on display for the first time.

Bergoglio was the archbishop of Buenos Aires before being elected pope in March. He chose the name Pope Francis.

aged Moore, another Oklahoma City suburb, on May 20, killing 24 people.

Eight people with ties to Guatemala died in Okla. storms OKLAHOMA CITY — At least eight people with ties to Guatemala died during last week’s violent storms in the Oklahoma City area, officials with the Central American country said Wednesday.

Crews were also searching for another Guatemalan woman who is believed to have been swept away in a surge of water last Friday when she and others were seeking shelter from a tornado.

Five of the victims were children born in the United States, according to a statement from the Guatemalan consulate in Houston. The missing woman and two adults who died were born in La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango, the consulate said. Another woman who died was originally from Joyabaj, Quiche.

In all, nearly two dozen people died as a result of Friday’s storms, which included a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado in El Reno. Those storms came less than two weeks after a separate EF5 tornado rav-

US filmmaker held on espionage allegations freed from jail, expelled CARACAS, Venezuela — A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States on Wednesday in a gesture that could signal a thaw in tense relations between the two countries.

The release of Timothy Tracy, 35, occurred just hours before the top diplomats of both countries agreed during a meeting in Guatemala to discuss restoring ambassador-level relations.

It was secured with the help of former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, who has long worked to improve often strained U.S.-Venezuelan ties and was hired by Tracy’s family as an attorney in the case.

“He’s been informally advising us since pretty much the onset and we retained him last week,” Tracy’s sister, Tiffany Klaasen, said of Delahunt, a member of the U.S. delegation at the March funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Both she and Delahunt also credited the U.S. State Department.

The U.S. government and friends had ridiculed the idea that Tracy was spying in Venezuela. His family said he had been making a documentary about the human costs of Venezuela’s deeply polarized society.

Following the early morning expulsion, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua on the sidelines of a regional gathering in Guatemala.

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GRIZZLY BEARS, COUGARS BEING SEEN — AND KILLED — FAR MORE REGULARLY IN ALBERTA For more than a month I have been following — from a safe distance of 500 km — the story of two grizzly bears occupying the Pincher Creek valley just upstream from Herself’s family’s ranch.

Many people live in that area, and the town of Pincher Creek is 10 km or so, downstream.

Finally, the word came on Monday that “someone,” probably frustrated at government inaction on trapping and moving the bears, had shot and killed both bears.

Ironically, officers are now hastening to catch the vigiBOB lante.

SCAMMELL Several years ago, when I was down there to fish the creek, a grizzly some damn fool had wounded and didn’t have the guts to finish was bawling day and night.

I fished elsewhere, because only a wounded Cape buffalo is more dangerous than a wounded grizzly bear.

Last spring, somewhat farther west, a family was kept hostage in their house by nine grizzlies occupying their farmyard.

Down here, a decade or so ago, as son John and I were eating lunch beside the Crowsnest River, a sow grizzly and two yearling cubs emerged the bush behind us and forded the creek not 10 metres upstream. From up on the far bank the sow paused to give us a dirty look.

I was so paralyzed that I missed the opportunity to shoot with my camera the only grizzlies I have ever seen in the hundreds of days I have spent in “their” country.

A good friend and semi-retired problem bear specialist lives in Pincher Creek, so I asked him about the recent double slaying.

“As you well know,” he replied, facetiously, “there are no grizzly bears in Southern Alberta; must be a mistake.”

Well, I first met the late Andy Russell at the family ranch house down here and he signed for me a copy of his first book, Grizzly Country, named for this whole wide area.

Dr. Mark Boyce, U of A professor and Alberta Conservation Association Chair in Fish and Wildlife, says there are two areas in Alberta that could sustain a limited hunting season on grizzlies, this one in Alberta’s southwest, the other, more remote, in the northwest, but that opening any grizzly season anywhere would be politically difficult.

More difficult, many ask, than people being terrorized by too many bears that have lost their fear of humans?

Bearish stuff leads me to my personal bete noire, the cougar. Like most

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Above: Treed! Ready for tranquilizing and radio-collaring in yet another study.

Right: Fresh cougar track near Rocky Mountain House. guides and outfitters of the 1960s to the ’70s, Andy Russell would tell you how seldom he had ever seen a cougar in the wild.

I was considered blessed to have seen two in that time.

But all that changed when, in 1971, Alberta changed the status of the cougar from fur bearing carnivore to a “big game species” and imposed strict quotas, registration of kills, and seasons that ended when quotas were reached.

All this was done without knowing how many of the big cats we had in Alberta, just the long time guess of “fewer than 700,” that persisted until 2008.

We still don’t know how many cougars roam Alberta, despite many studies being conducted, particularly in the west Central Alberta area generally west of my Stump Ranch.

But all we have to do is spend much

time in what has now suddenly become Cougar Country, or read the papers about cougar-human conflicts, including one dead skier in Banff, various attacks on pets livestock and humans, particularly kids, to know that we now have in Alberta many times more cougars than that old guess of fewer than 700.

Obviously the current kill-quota of 120 per year is doing little to reduce the numbers of cougars or re-instill in them their former fear of humans.

In the past 25 years or so, my personal sightings of cougars in the wild have increased to around 10, one of which was stalking two Labrador retrievers on the deck of a stump ranching neighbour. Out there, cougar tracks are common on cabin decks.

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How to know if plant is dead or just a late riser

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Live branches will be flexible.

The next check is to scratch off a small strip of outer bark. A bright green under layer means the branch it alive.

If all the branches appear to be dead there is still a chance that the plant is alive. Look for new growth, buds or leaves near the roots of the plant or low on individual stems.

When the top growth dies and the roots live, new shoots will be sent out form the roots. The old, dead growth needs to be removed at ground level to allow the new growth to sprout.

If the plant was grafted on different root stock, the original plant is dead and the roots will send out a different plant. It may or may not be one that is worth keeping.

When buds form on lower branches, cut back the dead top growth to just above the new buds and leaves. The plant will rejuvenate itself.

Brown spots on evergreens are not attractive.

Once the scales or needles turn brown they will not become green again. In some cases the whole branch will be dead. In others only the needles or scales were burnt by the sun.

If the latter is the case new growth may appear as the summer progresses.

Either way wait until the end of June and remove all areas that do not contain green growth. If the end result is unsightly, without a change of regrowth, remove the plant.

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Perennials’ life span varies with variety.

Peonies are known to last for up to 100 years while some primroses grow for a few years, spread seed and die.

If the plant has not put out new growth by the middle of June, dig it up and examine the roots.

Healthy roots are firm to the touch and will be light brown or white in color.

Dead roots will be flat, soggy and might have already started to decay. Only discard the plant if all the roots are dead.

When the plant has some dead and some healthy roots, remove the dead areas with a sharp tool and replant the healthy sections.

House plants are usually discarded as soon as the top growth is unattractive.

Given the fact that the plants purpose is to enhance the decor, it is a reasonable action. However there are plants that become dormant when their cultural conditions are not met. If placed in a good location and given water on occasion, they will often put out new growth.

Spring was late this year some plants are still in the process of breaking dormancy. Give them a few more weeks before discarding them.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com

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How do you know if a plant is dead? In some circumstances it is easy.

The top growth is brown and the plant leaves the ground on the first tug. Other times it is much harder to determine.

Plants break dormancy depending on the temperature and moisture level of the soil as well as the amount of sunlight received. Survival instinct keeps plants dormant until the climate is one where the plant will thrive and reproduce.

In the local climate some varieties of plants will come to life in April with others waiting until the end of June, or later.

There are varieties of woody plants, trees and LINDA shrubs, that appear to be dead TOMLINSON every spring.

Start checking for life by holding the branch in your bare hand. Live wood will stay cool to the touch.

Dead wood will warm up from body heat.

Test the branch to see if it bends easily. Dead wood is rarely pliable and is likely to break when bent.

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The smart way to start a diet Ready to lose weight and get healthy?

From day one, choosing the right strategy can boost the odds you’ll lose weight and keep it off, and see improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar numbers a year later.

A new, headline-grabbing report says tackling diet and exercise together is the key.

But another report, ignored by most of the media, suggests there’s more to this story.

Researchers from Stanford University followed 200 dieters and discovered those who jumped head-first into a healthier lifestyle — upgrading to five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day, slashing artery-clogging saturated fat, and making sure they got 150 minutes of exercise a week — were still going strong 12 months later.

In contrast, those who made gradual changes were less successful.

Going all-out at the start can be smart.

Your motivation is high. You’ll get faster results, which will keep you motivated, too.

That’s why we think it’s wise to do at least two things when you’re ready to make a healthy change: 1. Commit to a half-hour walk or other exercise every day and 2. clean out your fridge, replacing the Five Food Felons (saturated and trans fats, simple sugars and syrups and refined carbohydrates) with good-for-you produce, whole grains, low-fat or fat-free dairy products, good fats (olive and canola oil) and lean protein (skinless poultry and fish such as salmon and ocean trout).

A second study from Stanford scientists didn’t get as much attention, but it reveals another effec-

tive way to lose it and keep it off.

The discovery: finding “tricks” that can help you maintain weight loss before you start on your healthy regimen has great results and dieters regain 60 percent LESS weight a year later.

Here’s what they learned, plus other non-diet tricks that will make good health central to your life now and for all the (added) years to come:

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN Avoid feeling deprived. Put effort into finding healthy splurges that taste as good as the foods you crave.

Could be a great veggie burger in place of a double-stacked cheeseburger, a big bowl of berries and an ounce of dark chocolate instead of molten chocolate cake, or hearty whole-grain bread slathered with almond butter and strawberries instead of a grilled cheese sandwich.

Aim for an ideal weight range, not just one number.

If you weigh yourself every day for a week, you’ll see how you add and subtract pounds naturally.

So set your weight goal in a fivepound range.

If you are too rigid, you’ll get discouraged.

Turn in earlier.

Staying up into the late hours could lead you to eat 500 extra calories a day. And too-little sleep changes your body chemistry, so when you lose weight you’re losing more muscle and less body fat — not what you want to do for your metabolism or your health.

With the right amount of sleep, it’s smart to add 20 minutes of strength training, twice a week; you’ll build lean, sexy muscle and stay strong.

Just add water. Sipping a large glass of water (16 ounces) before each meal — and tracking it in your healthychange journal (you are keeping one, aren’t you?)

— could help you lose extra pounds and keep that weight off.

It’s an easy change worth diving into! Stay enthusiastic.

Motivation dips after the first four weeks on a diet. So for week five, review and celebrate your progress.

People who appreciate what they’ve been able to accomplish are less likely to let a small slip-up (I know I shouldn’t have had that ice-cream cone!) derail an enduring commitment to adopting more healthy habits.

Also, consider joining an online or in-person support group.

Get a workout buddy if you don’t have one; it’s the No. 1 way to keep yourself on track. And if you haven’t been writing down your food and exercise choices, start now.

Keeping a journal doubles weight-loss success.

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A few days ago, under grey skies, at my friend Aly’s farm, west of Sylvan Lake, five of us planted 75 hawthorn trees (Crataegus spp.).

The trees are a favourite of the Ring-neck pheasant. Aly has two pheasants, Phillip and Phyllis. She hopes with the introduction of hawthorn trees to the farm, a preferred berry for pheasants, Phillip and Phyllis will settle in and make more pheasants.

The hawthorn is one of my favourite trees. Near my home five older hawthorns grow in a small grove. Hawthorn is an elegant tree. Its branches reach wide resembling arms welcoming an embrace. Bark swirls around the branches like brush strokes in a Van Gogh painting. Depending ABRAH on the species, Hawthorn’s blossoms are white to pink to ARNESON fuchsia. In the autumn hawthorn’s berries are coveted by HERBS FOR LIFE the birds and herbalists.

Hawthorn medicine is a gift to a tired heart. The medicine is found in the trees berries, leaves and flowers.

A tired heart loses its ability to pump blood with enough force to flow throughout the body. Yet it continues to try. When a tired heart tries harder, like all muscles in the body, it becomes bigger. As the heart muscle grows, it loses its efficiency.

When the heart muscle increases in size, the inner chambers of the heart for blood to flow become smaller. Less blood passing through the heart’s chambers resulting in less blood pulsating through the rest of the body. In turn, the body asks for more blood, and the heart tries harder.

As it tries harder the heart grows bigger and more inefficient. It is a viscous cycle that leads to all sorts of health problems, including congestive heart failure.

Hawthorn increases the force of the heart’s pumping action without causing the heart to enlarge.

There are several ways that hawthorn works does this. The most important is it opens up the coronary arteries and improves blood flow to the heart.

This improves the oxygen levels in heart muscles and provides energy for the only muscles in the body that continually works.

Hawthorne also enhances the heart’s ability to relax. When the heart is relaxed during the pause between heartbeats, it fills with blood. A relaxed heart has more blood to offer to the body.

It is not only the increase of blood flow through the body that nourishes health. A relaxed, regular heartbeat also causes the body and mind to relax.

This is a phenomenon called entrainment.

An example of entrainment would be a number of grandfather clocks in the same room.

If they have all been set with a different rhythm, over time they will synchronize. The largest clock sets the pace for the rest.

The heart has the strongest rhythm in the body.

It sets the rhythm for every organ in the body including the brain. A rapid heart rate creates beta waves in the brain. Under the influence of beta waves, thinking becomes scattered and in the worstcase scenario, thoughts are tense and frightened.

At about sixty beats per minute, the heart causes a steady flow of alpha waves in the brain. This leads to a calm, clear mind.

Spiritual rituals using drumming or chanting around the world take advantage of entrainment to evoke calm openhearted states of mind. As the heart opens to the peaceful rhythms of prayer, the brain slows to alpha waves and new ways of being and mystical experiences arise.

Hawthorn medicine slows the heart’s rhythm.

Many herbalists take advantage of this tree’s effect on the heart to help bring calm to those suffering with anxiety, attention deficient disorder and even autism.

Historically, hawthorn was taken when one wished to develop “The Green Tongue”.

This Celtic expression is used to describe people who talk with the “Little People”, (commonly referred today as fairies and elves) and plants. Every community, particularly those that live close to the land, have members that can communicate directly with nature’s spirits and plants.

Although each culture appears to have slightly different take on this ability, there is one common consensus amongst them one must have an open heart to connect with nature.

Hawthorn’s real medicine is the ability to bring harmony to life.

One could say, “Hawthorn helps human beings get to the heart of the matter.”

Do not meet a tree If unable to accept Leaves shaping your mind.

Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is intended for information purposes only. Readers with a specific medical problem should consult a doctor. For more information, visit www.abraherbalist.ca. Arneson can be reached at abrah@shaw.ca.

U.K. advises smokers to use nicotine products even if they don’t quit

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain’s independent health watchdog says for people who can’t quit smoking cold turkey, it’s OK to use nicotine products to help them cut down.

For years, Britain has encouraged people who wanted to kick the habit to simply stop, with various supports available, including counselling and nicotine products.

But nicotine replacement therapies were not recommended for people who still wanted to cut down but not quit immediately.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence now says people unable to give up cigarettes in a single

attempt should switch to licensed nicotine products, including gum, sprays and patches to at least reduce how much they smoke. The advice doesn’t recommend e-cigarettes, which aren’t yet regulated in Britain.

“People smoke because of the nicotine, but they die because of the tar in tobacco,” said Mike Kelly, director of NICE. When people smoke fewer cigarettes without using nicotine replacement therapies, they typically inhale more deeply and ingest more tar.

By using nicotine products such as gum or patches, they can smoke less without any acute withdrawal symptoms. Kelly said smokers were still encouraged to quit entirely but that this new advice gives them another option.

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Actor Michael Douglas’s WHO experts battle with throat cancer investigating MERS outbreak throws spotlight on HPV CANADIAN INCLUDED ON TEAM IN SAUDI ARABIA

CAUSE OF SOME ORAL CANCERS

BY MIKE STOBBE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS

ATLANTA — Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer.

But actor Michael Douglas’ comments on his own throat cancer in a newspaper story Monday threw a spotlight on a subject not often discussed.

And it raises a lot of questions: ● What virus can cause oral cancer?

HPV, the human papillomavirus. It’s best known for causing cervical cancer and genital warts.

It also can be spread by oral sex, and men are more susceptible than women. It is a growing cause of certain types of oral cancer — those in the upper throat, at the base of the tongue and in the tonsils.

Indeed, studies suggest that HPV can be blamed for 60 to 80 per cent of cancers of the upper throat. ● What’s the risk of getting oral cancer from performing oral sex?

About 2.5 million Americans are estimated to have oral HPV infections. But only about 14,000 cases of that type of cancer are expected this year, suggesting the risk of developing this cancer is low.

The virus is hard to avoid. As many as 75 per cent of sexually active men and women will be infected with it at some point.

Most people clear the infection on their own within two years.

Some, however, have difficulty ridding themselves of HPV. And in some cases, the virus creeps down through tiny fissures in the base of the tongue or in the tonsils to lodge deep in the tissue.

Those deep-settling infections can become dangerous cancers that often aren’t diagnosed until they’re at a late stage, experts say. ● What are the symptoms for upper throat cancer?

Symptoms can include a sore throat that doesn’t go away, pain or trouble swallowing, a lump in the back of the throat, ear pain and voice changes. ● Men are at greater risk?

Apparently, yes.

A small study in Baltimore found men accounted for about 85 per cent of recent HPV-related oral cancers, said Dr. Sara Pai, a Johns Hopkins University researcher.

Experts believe men have lower amounts of antibody protection against HPV, she added. ● What should I do if my girlfriend or boyfriend has an HPV infection?

Abstain from oral sex, experts advise, though if you’ve had sex

TORONTO — A World Health Organization-led group of experts is in Saudi Arabia trying to get to the bottom of what is happening there with the new MERS coronavirus.

Canadian SARS expert Dr. Allison McGeer of Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital is part of the team, which began its work Tuesday.

McGeer was recently in Saudi Arabia at the behest of the kingdom’s government, helping to investigate a MERS outbreak in a hospital at Al-Ahsa in the eastern part of the country.

The MERS virus — the acronym is short for Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome — comes from the same family as the SARS coronavirus. McGeer helped lead Toronto’s response to SARS, and actually contracted SARS in the early days of the outbreak.

The mission is an attempt to find answers to some of the many questions that persist about the puzzling new MERS virus.

More than a year after the first known infections occurred, the world still has no idea where the virus lives in nature, how people are contracting it, how often and under what conditions person-to-person spread occur and whether the genetic sequences of the viruses suggest they are evolving to infect people more easily.

In fact, although there have been 55 confirmed cases — the most recent announced Tuesday by Saudi Arabia — the genetic blueprints of only four viruses have been publicly posted for scientific scrutiny.

The lack of information on the virus has raised serious concerns among public health agencies and governments trying to assess the threat it poses.

During the WHO’s annual meeting, World Health Assembly, at the end of May both WHO leaders and country delegations repeatedly pressed Saudi Arabia for more information.

The frank talk at the Geneva meeting hasn’t led to an increase in the data flow.

Since then, the Saudis have reported eight additional cases via terse press releases posted on the Ministry of Health’s website. These statements have typically revealed little more than the general region in the country where the infection was spotted and the age and gender — sometimes — of the person infected.

The statements have not revealed whether the cases are linked to previous infections, which is information needed to gauge whether there may be secondary spread going on in Saudi Arabia.

An infectious diseases expert who has been watching the situation closely said the Saudi approach to information sharing “borders on irresponsible at this point.”

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said it is clear Saudi health authorities either don’t know what is going on with the MERS virus or are sitting on data for some reason.

“They have to know more. They just have to know more. And to suggest that they don’t means that it’s either an incompetent investigation, or they’re withholding information,” Osterholm said.

“Public Health 101 would mean you would understand things like incubation periods, potential secondary attack rates, likely source of exposure, potential animal reservoirs and issues like that.

“If that’s not known, then I question whether the people who are in charge should be in public health and in charge. If they, on the other hand, have withheld the information for whatever reason, that also is equally damning.”

The team in Saudi Arabia is led by Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s assistant director general for health security and the environment, and Dr. Jaouad Mahjour, director of communicable diseases at WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.

WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl said the group includes representatives from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health, better known as the OIE. WHO, FAO and OIE often work together on disease outbreaks that involve animals and people.

The group began its work Tuesday, meeting with Saudi Ministry of Health officials to flesh out terms of reference, Hartl said. The mission is expected to conclude Sunday.

Between 10 and 15 people are on the team, including Dr. Dan Jernigan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Jernigan, who is normally the second in command in the CDC’s influenza division, is currently detailed to the CDC’s office of surveillance, epidemiology and laboratory services.

Hartl says that among the issues the team hopes to explore is the epidemiology of the infection in Saudi Arabia — in essence, trying to find out how people are contracting the virus.

“They (also) want to get a better idea of the true severity spectrum of MERS,” Hartl said.

Of the 55 confirmed MERS cases to date, 30 have been fatal. Infections appear to originate in the Middle East, in particular countries on the Arabian Peninsula — Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

But spread from those countries has led to infections in Britain, France, Tunisia and most recently Italy. A man who had been visiting family in Jordan became ill after returning to Italy. He passed the virus to a family member and a coworker.

The bulk of the cases have occurred in Saudi Arabia since early May.

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Actor Michael Douglas poses for photographers as he arrives for the screening of Behind the Candelabra at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, in May. The Guardian newspaper published an interview Monday, saying that Douglas attributed his throat cancer to the HPV virus from oral sex. A representative for Douglas now says the actor doesn’t blame his throat cancer on oral sex. you likely were already infected.

And use condoms during vaginal intercourse. ● How do I know if my partner has an HPV infection?

Usually there aren’t symptoms, though there may be genital warts.

Or a woman might learn from her gynecological exam that she has it. But there is no such testing for men. ● If a woman had an infection but subsequent tests suggest it’s gone, is it safe to have oral sex with her again?

Probably. Bear in mind that if you are her partner, you’ve probably been exposed already.

The issue is not so much whether or not people are exposed to HPV. Rather, it’s that some people develop cancer from exposure and some do not, said Dr. Maura Gillison, an HPV expert at Ohio State University. ● Is there a greater risk from a person who’s had many sex partners?

Yes, that’s the greatest risk factor.

HPV is highly communicable, so it only takes sex with one partner to infect you. But the more partners, the greater the chance you’ve been exposed, Gillison said. ● Isn’t there a vaccine against HPV that’s available to males?

Yes, but it’s recommended for boys before they first have sex.

Experts say it generally doesn’t

work after someone’s already been exposed to HPV. There is some work being done on a therapeutic vaccine against HPV, but such a treatment is believed to be many years away, at best. ● Is the risk for oral cancer greater from tobacco or alcohol?

Tobacco especially has been fingered as the cause of most cancers in the head and neck, including in the voice box and at the front of the tongue.

Alcohol is believed to be a contributor, too. But cancers of the upper throat are mainly tied to HPV. ● What happened to Michael Douglas?

In 2010, Douglas announced that after seeking treatment for a very sore throat, he was diagnosed with a tumour at the base of his tongue.

Because of the location of the cancer, some experts had wondered if it was related to HPV, but Douglas had a history of smoking and drinking and did not go into detail.

Since then, the 68-year-old Douglas has been free of cancer for more than two years after receiving extensive chemotherapy and has returned to acting. On Monday, The Guardian newspaper in England published an interview Monday in which Douglas said HPV is a cause of the kind of cancer he’d suffered.

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COUGARS: Warning signs Recently a friend photographed a cougar feeding on a deer just outside a kitchen window.

Three of my cougar sightings have been in the southwest. One flushed from under a motor home parked on the family ranch and another denned in the barn.

Ironically, the acreage just down the creek was then occupied by houndsman Brent Sinclair and his dogs, which were recently in the news for trying to track down the cougar in Banff National Park, whose intended victim beat it off with his skate board.

Then there was the fine day Robert Short and I quit fishing the Belly River because of warning signs that both grizzlies and cougars were in the thick riverside brush.

If we think about it, we all know it is impossible accurately to count the big carnivores. But it is easy to know how many is too many.

That number has now been

Photo by BOB SCAMMELL/freelance

A fine Belly River Day with cougar and grizzly warning signs everywhere. reached for grizzlies in the southwest and for cougars everywhere in Alberta.

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

Intruder found in underwear at kitchen table

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An elderly couple are still reeling over a bizarre encounter with an intruder who simply made himself at home in their southwest Edmonton house.

John and Joyce, who didn‘t want their last name used, told CTV Edmonton they woke up one night to find a man in his underwear slumped over at their kitchen table.

John, who is 83, grabbed a vacuum hose attachment and a kitchen knife and poked the man, who looked up and then fell over.

John held the man down on the floor while his 74-year-old wife called police.

The couple say it looked like the disoriented man had been inside their home for about an hour.

It appeared he had taken off his clothes, which

had gotten wet in the rain, and then had a bit to eat.

“We found the fellow’s shoes and socks on the fireplace as if he thought they would dry there or something,” said Joyce. “Then we looked in the downstairs bathroom and there were his jeans.“ The man had also raided the couple’s freezer, apparently taking out and eating frozen sausages, cookies and ice cream, but Joyce said he didn’t stop there.

“He had the scotch bottle out and some Cheetos,” she said. “He‘d been drinking John’s good scotch.”

However, he appeared to show no interests in the valuables he came across in his wanderings, including the couple‘s laptop computer, which wasn‘t touched.

“It’s just so weird that you’d come in, take off your outer clothes, come here and start to eat and drink,” Joyce said.

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Super Series coming to city DUNCAN KEITH

KEITH GETS ONE GAME Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith was suspended for Game 4 of the Western Conference final for high-sticking Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter in the face in Game 3 Tuesday.

“This is more serious than a case of a player simply having to be responsible for his stick,” NHL senior vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan said in announcing the suspension. “It is not an accidental high-stick, nor is it a defensive high-stick to an opponent. This is a retaliatory high-stick to an opponent that causes an injury.”

Keith played a teamhigh 26:47 in the Game 3 loss that cut Chicago’s series lead to 2-1. The 29-yearold — called “a repeat offender” by Shanahan — won’t be available for Thursday’s game in Los Angeles, forcing coach Joel Quenneville to make a change.

Asked what he would do if Keith were suspended, Quenneville didn’t want to go there. If Sheldon Brookbank gets the call to replace Keith, it would be his first game since April 27. In the second period of Game 3, Carter slashed Keith on his glove-less hand behind the play. Keith retaliated by lifting his stick up on Carter. He was given a doubleminor penalty and said after the game it was accidental.

Today

● Men’s ball hockey: Gentex Heat vs.

JMAA Architecture, 7 p.m.; Mariners vs.

Hammerhead Oilfield, 8:15 p.m.; Braves vs.

Tommy Gun’s, 9:30 p.m., all games at Kinsmen B; Cruisin’ Auto vs. ATB Bears, 7 p.m.; Ferus Gas Industries vs. Raiders, 8:15 p.m.; Long Ball vs.

Boston Pizza, 9:30 p.m., Dawe. ● Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe Stone and Granite at Gary Moe Volkswagen, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; The Hideout at Printing Place, 7 p.m., Great Chief 2. ● Women’s fastball: Snell and Oslund vs. Midget Rage, N.Jensen’s Bandits vs.

Central Alberta Threat, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; TNT Athletics vs. Shooters, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief 1.

Friday

● Rodeo: Rocky Mountain House Pro Rodeo, 6 p.m. start.

Saturday

● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour Mountain View Credit Union Classic at Olds Central Highlands. ● Senior high soccer: Central Alberta League final tournament at Edgar Park. ● Men’s third division rugby: Foothills at Red Deer, noon, Titans Park. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Calgary Cubs at Red Deer, doubleheader starting at noon, West Park diamond.

RED DEER REBELS HOSTING FIFTH GAME OF SERIES AS WHL ALL-STARS MEET RUSSIA

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR International hockey is returning to Red Deer.

The Red Deer Rebels will host a Subway Super Series game Nov. 27 at the Centrium.

The contest — the fifth of the 2013 six-game series — will pit Team Russia against a squad of Western Hockey League all-stars selected by Hockey Canada and a WHL committee.

Red Deer last hosted a Super Series game in 2004, when current Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd scored two goals and added an assist as part of a 6-0 WHL win.

Rebels senior vice-president Merrick Sutter said Wednesday that the series has improved in quality over the past few years, the reason being that the Russians have sent stronger teams.

“It’s a really exciting event and has im-

proved dramatically since the last time we had it here,” said Sutter. “The last three to four years the quality of the event has doubled.”

The Canadian Hockey League teams — the Ontario and Quebec leagues each host two games — dominated the event for years, but last season the Russians won their second Series title since 2010 and later edged Canada in overtime in the bronze medal game of the 2013 World Junior Championship with a roster that included five CHL players and an additional 17 players from this series.

The Subway Super Series has been an integral part of the identification process for the Canadian national junior team for 10 years, hence the participation of Hockey Canada in the CHL all-star team selections.

“The game is a hybrid between an allstar game and an event for world junior hopefuls,” said Sutter. “Russia has had the upper hand lately so it should be a really competitive game. The series has grown towards being a legitimately competitive event.”

Sutter said the Rebels were granted the game by the WHL head office.

“It’s not a bid process, it’s more a discus-

sion with the league,” he remarked. “The league tries to be fair to all of the markets.

I think the majority of markets in Canada have hosted the event. It’s more of a rotational thing.”

Rebels season-ticket holders for the 2013-14 WHL season have a ticket for the Super Series game as part of their package.

“So it’s huge to be a season-ticket holder this year,” said Sutter, who added that individual tickets will go on sale at some point in the fall.

“We’d like to hammer out some details first. Tickets will be high demand,” he noted.

The 2013 Subway Super Series opens Nov. 18 at Gatineau, Que., and continues two days later at Sherbrooke. The series then moves to Ontario for games Nov. 21 and 25 at Oshawa and Sudbury, before shifting west for matches in Red Deer and Nov. 28 at Lethbridge.

All six games of the Series will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet, with TVA Sports televising both games from the QMJHL. Rebels defenceman Mathew Dumba played in last year’s Super Series. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Pens in big hole after 2OT loss to Bruins

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Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask makes the save as Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Jarome Iginla slams into him during the second overtime period in Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference finals, in Boston, Thursday.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bruins 2 Penguins 1 BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron scored 15:19 into the second overtime to lead the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins and a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night.

The victory put Boston in control of the best-of-seven series and a chance to advance to the Stanley Cup finals in Game

4 on Friday night at home.

Tuukka Rask stopped 53 shots for the Bruins.

“It was a battle. They played hard all night,” Bergeron said.

“It was a tough game, we found a way.”

Tomas Vokoun made 38 saves for the Penguins one game after he was yanked from the net after giving up three quick goals in the first period.

David Krejci also scored for Boston in the first period. He leads the playoffs in scoring with nine goals and 12 assists.

Chris Kunitz scored Pittsburgh’s only goal in the second.

That left it 1-1 after two periods, and it stayed that way through two more. But 4:41 before the second overtime would expire, Brad Marchand grabbed the puck along the left-wing boards and centred it, where Bergeron redirected it past Vokoun and into the net.

“That was a great play by March,” Bergeron said. “I think the speed of March and, I guess, our chemistry. I just was trying to get open going to the net, and

he found my stick.”

That set off a celebration in Boston — the first for the Bruins at home this series after they won the first two games of the series in Pittsburgh 3-0 and 6-1. It is the first time all season that Pittsburgh has lost three consecutive games. The good news for the Penguins: The last of three teams to blow a 3-0 lead in an NHL playoff series was Boston, which lost four in a row to Philadelphia in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals.

After two Boston blowouts, the Penguins matched the Bruins and even outshot them 3925 in regulation — including a third period in which Pittsburgh held a 14-4 advantage despite two Boston power plays.

The Bruins didn’t muster a shot in the final 7 ½ minutes of regulation. But the Bruins had the better chances in overtime, including Nathan Horton’s breakaway that Vokoun turned aside just 2:21 in, and another shot by Horton that went off the right post with 12:25 on the clock.

Pittsburgh forced Rask to make a save with 5 minutes left in the first OT, when Craig Adams tried to poke home a rebound.

“That surprise me? No,” Bergeron said of Rask’s play.

“He is doing everything now.

He is awesome.”

The Bruins scored just 102 seconds into the game when Krejci circled around the net and took a slap shot that caromed in off Pittsburgh defenceman Matt Niskanen. But the Penguins tied it in the second — the first time in the series, other than 0-0, that they have been even — when Kunitz onetimed a pass from Paul Martin over Rask’s right shoulder.

Pittsburgh went 0-for-6 on power plays. Boston was 0-for-5.

Raiders roll to another CASAA rugby championship

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Raiders 57 Cougars 22 The Lindsay Thurber Raiders were good but far from perfect during Wednesday’s 57-22 thumping of the Notre Dame Cougars in the CASAA senior boys rugby final at Titans Park.

Now, as they prepare to compete in the provincial high school championship tournament Friday and Saturday at Lethbridge, head coach Dean Plant wants his team to remember and then make a commitment to avoid the mistakes made versus the Cougars.

The Raiders let up for a 15-minute stretch Wednesday, during which time the Notre Dame squad scored all of its points.

“I wasn’t happy with that,” said Plant. “We talked about ball possession, about maintaining ball possession . . . and again, when we make simple mistakes quality teams like these guys make us pay and that’s exactly what they did today. Kudos to them (Cougars), they made us really work on the tackles.

“That’s what we really need to focus on because at provincials the teams you play are all zone champions. They’re going to be quality teams and we cannot make the mistakes that we made today.”

Last year, the Raiders started slow in their first game of the provincial championship and trailed 15-0 at halftime before falling 15-10.

The loss dropped the Lindsay Thurber side into the consolation side and prevented the team from competing for a medal.

“I think we need to realize that we can’t come out like that this year,” said Plant, whose fourthranked team takes on the Edmonton Public champion, ranked fifth, in the first game Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday’s game marked the 11th time in Plant’s 12 years as coach that Lindsay Thurber has captured the Central Alberta title. The Raiders, whose stretch of dominance was interrupted by a two-point loss to Hunting Hills in 2011, were undefeated this season.

“It’s been a good season,” said Plant. “We have a lot of Grades 12s this year, that’s why

we’ve been pretty dominant. The younger kids have stepped up too.”

Leading the way for the Raiders in the title game was man of the match Spencer Yeats, who scored three tries and booted seven conversions. Todd Tulman and Erik Hoehne each contributed two tries and Nathan Thomas, Nav Sidhu and Owen Smith scored one apiece.

Brody MacLeod, Daniel Stryker and Jayden Kristian each had a try for the Cougars, whose man of the match was Nick Galenzoski. Luis Moreno kicked two converts in a losing cause.

The game featured some excellent breakout runs and strong tackling, signs that the high school game is growing stronger in Central Alberta.

“Over the last five to 10 years the talent level has definitely increased,” said Cougars coach Jon Mauro. “More and more kids from around here are playing representative rugby at the provincial level and it’s feeding back into our high schools.”

Mauro’s team also improved over the second half of the season.

“The players have come a long way from where they were at the

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Lindsay Thurber Raider Riley Collins passes the ball as he is hauled down by Notre Dame Cougar Jayden Kristian during the high school rugby final at Titans Field on Wednesday. The Raiders dominated the contest winning 57-22. beginning of the year,” he said. “We played these guys (Raiders) early in the season and got skunked, but we got better over the second half.”

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Raiders girls will also compete in the provincials at Lethbridge after slipping past Notre Dame 14-12 Monday morning. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sorensen, Schaber named top Cougar athletes NOTRE DAME ATHLETIC AWARDS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Kendra Sorensen is truly grateful for the time she spent at Notre Dame High School.

“It was a fantastic experience. I had a blast the entire time through,” the Grade 12 student said Wednesday evening after accepting the female athlete of the year award during the school’s athletics awards dinner.

“The most memorable things aren’t necessarily the wins, but Kendra Sorensen rather the teams that I traveled with and how we came together.

We always had fun and that’s the most important thing — how you can grow as a team.”

Sorensen participated in volleyball, rugby, track and field and handball during her years at Notre Dame and will take her athletic talents to Red Deer College in September. She plans to suit up with the volleyball Queens for the 2013-14 ACAC season.

“My favourite sport? It’s a toss-up between volleyball, rugby and track,” she said. “They’ve all been a huge part of my life for a long time, but I feel I can excel the most in volleyball in the future.”

Sorensen admitted feeling a tinge of sadness that her high school days are nearly over.

“Definitely it’s sad, but then you can always look back and remember how great your time here was and also look forward to bettering yourself in the fu-

ture,” she said.

The other nominees for the female athlete of the year were Brooke Harty and Emily Elkins.

Unlike Sorensen, Notre Dame male athlete of the year Dustin Schaber will leave Red Deer to experience the next chapter in his life.

Schaber, along with Cougars teammates Kieran Pruden and Dustin Schaber Myles Corsiatto, will head to Regina in July and suit up for the junior football Thunder. All three made the team during a recent spring camp.

“Hopefully I can get a CIS (Canadian university) scholarship and in a year or two I can further my education that way,” said Schaber, who played football, handball and basketball during his senior year at Notre Dame.

Like Sorensen, Schaber is appreciative of his high school experiences and the people he met along the way.

“It was a great time. Athletics provided me with a lot of confidence and boosted my character in a positive way,” he said. “I thank all the coaches who coached me and all the athletes who motivated me.”

The prestigious male athlete award was not something that Schaber pursued.

“It’s definitely nice to be honoured this year, but I play sports to win and the athletes I played with helped me get this,” he said.

Pruden and Mike Malin were also nominated for the award.

Chelsea Antonio and Keegan McDonald were presented with the Notre Dame Grade 10 female and male athlete of the year awards.

The Notre Dame athletic awards winners: Golf — Most outstanding performance (MOP), male: Jacob Ziebart.

Cross country running — Coaches award (CA): Matt Cernohorsky; Most promising runner: Sydney Braaten.

Football — Most improved player (MIP): Jesse Kowalchuk; Most valuable player (MVP): Kieran Pruden; Ross McClenaghan Award: Myles Corsiatto; Curtis Acheson Memorial Award: Joe McQuay; Rookie of the year: Marc Lechmann; Paul Martins Memorial Award: Logan Smith.

Junior girls volleyball — Most promising player (MPP): Cierra Stephens; CA: Karley Jackshaw.

Junior boys volleyball — MPP: Jordy Krause; CA: Nicholas Schumacher.

Senior girls volleyball — MIP: Amy Anderson; CA: Kendra Sorensen; MVP: Laura MacTaggart.

Senior boys volleyball — MIP: Quinn Kryzanowski; CA: Jason Garrett; MVP: Austin Engel.

Curling: CA — Natalee Nystrom, Julien Boothby.

Junior girls basketball — MPP: Chelsea Antonio; CA: Amanda Omilon.

Junior boys basketball — MPP: Kenneth Villaluz; CA: Keno Villaluz.

Senior girls basketball — MIP: Stacey Chomyn; CA: Brooke Harty; MVP: Autumn Letkeman.

Senior boys basketball — MIP: Diego Manjivar; CA: Dustin Schaber; MVP: Mike Malin.

Team handball — MPP: Madison Herbert, Keegan MacDonald; CA: Emilia Herrera, Ty Davis.

Badminton — MPP: Nathan Cavanaugh, Abby Kelly; CA: Trenton Driedger, Evan Nadon.

Girls rugby — MIP: Kim Mickelson; CA: Rebecca Burnand; MVP: Kendra Sorensen.

Boys rugby — MIP: Joel Bistretzan; CA: Jayden Kristian; MVP: Jordan Briault.

Girls soccer — CA: Kaylee O’Connor; MVP: Teala McEwan.

Boys soccer — CA: Roh Ram; MVP: Nic Berry.

Track and field — MOP, female: Kendra Sorensen; MOP, male: Brayden Posyluzny.

Tennis — CA: Amy Anderson, Bennett Bolen, Josh Maetche.

North Star Leadership award — Kieran Pruden, Kelsie Caine.

Spirit award — Rebecca Burnand.

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Dickey sparks Blue Jays to win over Giants

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 4 Giants 0 SAN FRANCISCO — With his knuckleball dancing at a variety of speeds, R.A. Dickey once again looked like the Cy Young Award winner the Toronto Blue Jays acquired in the off-season.

Dickey allowed two hits in 8 1-3 innings and sparked a four-run fifth with an RBI double, leading Toronto to a 4-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

“He was just about perfect today,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

“He had it all going on. He was in the strike zone. Everything was really dancing today. ... That’s him at his best right there.”

Mark DeRosa added a two-run single and Adam Lind had three hits for his eighth multihit performance in the past 12 games, helping the Blue Jays

earn a split of the two-game series.

Barry Zito (4-4) was done in by the one big inning and lost at home for the first time since last August. The defending World Series champion Giants have lost 11 of 18 games heading into a nine-game road trip.

Dickey (5-7) bounced back from a pair of rough starts in which he allowed six runs each to Baltimore and Atlanta. With the back and neck problems that contributed to his slow start in Toronto now in the past, Dickey returned to the form that helped him dominate the National League last season for the New York Mets.

He was able to change speeds with his knuckler and throw it for strikes all game, getting the Giants to swing early in a very efficient outing.

“I was changing speeds a lot today, which was good,” Dickey said. “I was able to throw a 63, 64 miles per hour

Only the very best featured at Daines Ranch Rodeo There will be a ton of rodeo talent “He’s as good as anything we’ve at the upcoming 53rd annual Daines had,” added Northcott, and that’s sayRanch Rodeo. ing a lot given their reputation for raisOrganizer Jack Daines spends ing hard-to-ride bulls as well. countless hours on the phone, confirm“He’s bucked off mostly everyone.” ing the best cowboys and cowgirls in Like Central Alberta cowboys, the business are entered for the June Northcott admits to feeling a little ex13-16 event. He makes sure the prize tra pressure for having his animals do money is attractive and a purse of over well in front of the hometown crowd. $236,000 plus trophies and buckles is “The thing that makes this rodeo definitely that. But a key priority at the special for me is that (my Dad) Harv Innisfail rodeo is also seeand Jack were friends long ing that the roster runs deep before I was even born. You in the livestock department. always want to keep Jack So once again, Daines has impressed,” he smiled. encouraged his eight particNorthcott stock will be ipating stock contractors to featured in tonight’s openbring the very best of their ing performance and again herd to buck at the Ranch. on Sunday afternoon.

The outfit with the shortOn the cowboy end of the est haul is Northcott Rodeo, equation, Innisfail’s Ben with Ace Northcott looking and Kirk Robinson will be after the Caroline ranch and among the nearly 90 ropers rodeo business these days. looking to tie up a pile of He took over the full reins cash.

DIANNE after his father, Harvey, Bronc rider and singer FINSTAD passed away just over two Denver Daines will again years ago. It’s a busy time of nod his head, but he hasn’t the year for the Northcott’s been on much this spring and they’ve already had after a storybook season their stock out to several events. last year which included the Ponoka In fact, at the pre-Innisfail rodeo Stampede championship. press conference, Ace Northcott was “It’s been a hard year with the mustill beaming about the weekend per- sic and everything. I’m entered up at formance of their two-time saddle rodeos here and there, when I can go,” bronc of the year in Canada, Get Smart. he explained. “June and July are reThe big bay gelding made fast work of ally busy for my music and there are his riders, dumping former Canadian so many rodeos on then. I’m still cravchampion Dusty Hausauer on his sec- ing it, but not like when I was a little ond time out. younger. I just have so many things on “They marked him 48 (out of 50). the go.”

That was probably around the best Daines will be riding Friday night he’d ever bucked,” stated Northcott. and also entertaining at the dance hall “That second trip was unbelievable.” up the hill. Meanwhile, his cousin Kyle At the age of 11, Get Smart is still in will be around the rodeo, but helping his prime as a bucking horse, and has out instead of strapping on his bronc given notice he’ll be in fine form for saddle. A series of injuries convinced whatever ‘lucky’ cowboy draws him at him it was time to put away his riding Innisfail. spurs this year.

But another Northcott horse is also The first of five full rodeo perforcommanding attention in this early mances starts today at 6:15 p.m. with season. Four-time Canadian bareback the sheep riding. champion Dusty LaValley has actually The latest Canadian pro rodeo been matched up twice already with standings show Rimbey’s Dean Edge My Mistake, but he doesn’t see it as on top in the tie-down roping. He had any kind of an error. He recorded 86.5 a big weekend, taking first in Grande points on the gelding to win at Falk- Prairie with an 8.8 second run and also land, B.C., and then 88 points on the winning Hand Hills in 8.7 seconds to weekend to take first at Leduc. collect over $4,000.

Those who raise rodeo bucking stock Stettler’s Riley Warren is the numare always hesitant to brag on up-and- ber one team roping heeler in Canada coming stars until they’re proven. But so far this year, while Ky Marshall of Northcott is a little enthusiastic about Bowden is the first cowboy to have a bareback horse called Crazy Alice qualified for Canada’s all-around race that’s only in her second season on the by placing three times in both a timed bucking string but has already been to and riding event.

The rodeo season is moving into full the Canadian Finals Rodeo. The fiveyear-old mare is another product of swing now, with the 41st Rocky Rothe family’s famous stud, Wyatt Earp. deo bringing the pros out west this She was named by Northcott’s fiancé, weekend. Pony chuckwagons began Kacie Birrell, whose favorite movie Wednesday evening and run through is the John Wayne classic Cowboys, the weekend.

The rodeo starts at 6 p.m. Friday where the young hands try to tame a with performances Saturday and Sunhorse called Crazy Alice.

Another Northcott product to keep day at 1:30 p.m.

Dianne Finstad is a Red Deer freelance your eyes on at Innisfail is a bull called rodeo writer Blackjack.

one for a strike and I was able to throw a 79 miles per hour one for a strike.

As I’ve gotten healthier, I felt like I’ve been able to have the latitude to be able to do that. Before it was just trying to muster everything I could to survive an outing.”

Dickey retired his first 11 batters before Pablo Sandoval lined a clean single to right field. He didn’t allow another baserunner until Hunter Pence walked to lead off the eighth in his best start since joining the Blue Jays in the off-season.

He was replaced after allowing a single to Gregor Blanco and walking Marco Scutaro with one out in the ninth inning.

“He was commanding the knuckleball to where he wanted to throw it,” Blanco said. “He was unbelievable. ...

He has a lot of movement on it, which makes him so difficult. You don’t know where the ball will go. You have to hit a mistake like I did in the last inning when that ball hung up.”

Casey Janssen got Sandoval to hit into a double play for his 12th save in 12 chances.

The Blue Jays also helped Dick-

ey with their gloves, with shortstop Maicer Izturis making diving stops to rob Buster Posey and Sandoval of possible hits.

Zito ran into trouble when he walked struggling No. 8 hitter Henry Blanco with one out in the fifth inning. Dickey then squared around to bunt when he saw Sandoval crashing in from third base and Brandon Belt from first.

Dickey pulled back and decided to swing away, knocking a grounder past the charging Sandoval and into the left-field corner for an RBI double.

“I saw both Panda and Belt crashing,” Dickey said.

“It was slug bunt all the way. I had played it out in my mind that that was what I was going to do if I saw both those guys closing in on me.”

Dickey scored on a two-out single by Jose Bautista.

Zito’s second walk of the game led to more trouble after Edwin Encarnacion and Bautista pulled off a double steal when Sandoval couldn’t get the tag down in time even though Posey’s throw beat Bautista to third base. That set up DeRosa’s two-run single.

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs THIRD ROUND Conference Finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh (1) vs. Boston (4) (Boston leads series 3-0) Wednesday’s result Boston 2 Pittsburgh 1 (2OT) Monday’s result Boston 6 Pittsburgh 1 Saturday’s result Boston 3 Pittsburgh 0 Friday’s game Pittsburgh at Boston, 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 9 x-Boston at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11 x-Pittsburgh at Boston, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 12 x-Boston at Pittsburgh, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (1) vs. Los Angeles (5) (Chicago leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Los Angeles 3 Chicago 1 Sunday’s result Chicago 4 Los Angeles 2 Thursday’s game Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 8 Los Angeles at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 10 x-Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 12 x-Los Angeles at Chicago, TBA x — If necessary.

Power plays (goals-chances) — Pittsburgh: 0-6; Boston: 0-5.

Attendance — 17,565 (17,565).

Penguins 1 at Bruins 2 (2OT) First Period 1. Boston, Krejci 9 (Lucic) 1:42 Penalties — Vitale Pgh (roughing), Boychuk Bos (interference) 9:31, Horton Bos (holding) 15:34.

Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Kunitz 5 (Martin, Pa.Dupuis) 8:51 Penalties — Krejci Bos (roughing) 1:44, McQuaid Bos (boarding) 4:26, Boston bench (too many men, served by Thornton) 10:50, Iginla Pgh (tripping) 18:41.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — Kunitz Pgh (slashing), Marchand Bos (kneeing) 1:46, Murray Pgh (slashing) 6:27, Pa.Dupuis Pgh (interference) 12:24.

First Overtime No Scoring Penalties — Cooke Pgh (roughing), Lucic Bos (roughing) 1:03, Kelly Bos (tripping) 8:27, Orpik Pgh (high-sticking) 11:26, Malkin Pgh (delay of game) 18:23.

Second Overtime 3. Boston, Bergeron 5 (Marchand, Jagr) 15:19 Penalties — None.

Boston bench (too many men, served by Seguin) 3:47.

Shots on goal Pittsburgh 10 15 14 7 8 — 54 Boston 10 11 4 9 6 — 40 Goal — Pittsburgh: Vokoun (L,6-4-0); Boston: Rask (W,11-4-0).

NHL 2013 Playoff Scoring leaders TORONTO — Unofficial 2013 National Hockey League playoff scoring leaders following Tuesday’s game: SCORING G A Pt Krejci, Bos 8 12 20 Horton, Bos 7 10 17 Malkin, Pgh 4 12 16 Letang, Pgh 3 13 16 Crosby, Pgh 7 8 15 Sharp, Chi 8 6 14 Hossa, Chi 6 7 13 Iginla, Pgh 4 8 12 Pavelski, SJ 4 8 12 Zetterberg, Det 4 8 12 Brassard, NYR 2 10 12 Lucic, Bos 3 9 12 Carter, LA 6 5 11 Couture, SJ 5 6 11 Voynov, LA 5 6 11 Marchand, Bos 4 7 11 Chara, Bos 2 9 11 Dupuis, Pgh 7 3 10 Neal, Pgh 6 4 10 Alfredsson, Ott 4 6 10 Cleary, Det 4 6 10 Kane, Chi 2 8 10 P.Martin, Pgh 2 8 10 M.Richards, LA 2 8 10 J.Thornton, SJ 2 8 10 Keith, Chi 1 9 10

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Designated C Chris Snyder for assignment. Reinstated C Taylor Teagarden from the 15-day DL. BOSTON RED SOX—Sent 3B Will Middlebrooks to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Sent OF Justin Maxwell to Corpus Christi (TL) for a rehab assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Transferred LHP Danny Duffy to the 60-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with RHP Caleb Brewer on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Optioned INF Carlos Triunfel to Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contract of C Brandon Bantz from Tacoma. Transferred OF Franklin Gutierrez to the 60-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with C Jesus Flores on a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned LHP Joseph Ortiz to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated RHP Alexi Ogando from the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Sent LHP Darren Oliver to Dunedin (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Assigned RHP Eric Smith outright to Mobile (SL). Sent RHP Daniel Hudson to Mobile for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with LHP Anderson Placido on a minor league contract.

CINCINNATI REDS—Placed RHP Johnny Cueto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday.

Recalled RHP Pedro Villarreal from Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Buch on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Reinstated INF Hanley Ramirez from the 15-day DL. Placed LHP Chris Capuano on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 30.

MIAMI MARLINS—Sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi to Jacksonville (SL) and OF Giancarlo Stanton to Jupiter (FSL) for rehab assignments.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Placed RHP Marco Estrada on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday.

Recalled RHP Tyler Thornburg from Nashville (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Sent RHP Jake Westbrook to Springfield (TL) for a rehab assignment.

Optioned RHP Victor Marte to Memphis (PCL).

Recalled RHP Maikel Cleto from Memphis.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed RHP Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Signed OF Tyler Graham.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Signed C Tyler Smith.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS—Released LHP James Adkins. Signed RHP Chris Allen, INF Jordan Marks and LHP Josh Renfro.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Signed RHP Eric Gonzalez.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed LB Daryl Smith

to a one-year contract. Waived LB Michael McAdoo.

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed OL Doug Legursky.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Placed DT Robert Callaway on the waived/injured list. Signed S Eric Frampton.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed DE Braylon Broughton and WR Matt Willis. Released WR Lance Long and DE Robert Maci.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released RB Akeem Shavers.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Named Michael Davis Midwest area scout, Trey Brown West Coast area scout and Louis Clark pro scout. Promoted Ed Marynowitz to assistant director of player personnel and Alan Wolking to Midwest area scout and Mike Bradway to Esatern regional scout.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Signed OT D.J. Fluker to a four-year contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with LB Zaviar Gooden.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed LB Chad Faulcon.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Suspended Chicago D Duncan Keith for one game for high-sticking Los Angeles F Jeff Carter during Game 3 of the Western Conference Final on June 4.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Signed LW Patrick Bordeleau to a three-year contract.

Notre Dame’s Caine takes home CASAA tennis title

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Kelsie Caine of Notre Dame defeated Kelsey Lalor of Lindsay Thurber 8-2 to capture the women’s singles title during the Central Alberta Schools Athletic Association tennis tournament Tuesday at the Red Deer Tennis Club.

Caine and Lalor reached the final with semifinal victories of 8-1 and 8-6 over Bretton Bowd of Lindsay Thurber and Jaden Robinson of Hunting Hills. In quarter-final play, Caine defeated Erika Wilson of Lacombe 8-0, Lalor downed Emma Aspinall of Notre Dame 8-6, Robinson was an 8-5 winner over Alex Halsey of Notre Dame and Bowd doubled Lindi Bouch of Hunting Hills 8-4.

Robinson won the bronze medal with an 8-3 victory over Bowd and Aspinall claimed consolation honours by beating Wilson 6-1.

Brazilian exchange student Matheus Lemus of Camrose took the men’s singles crown by way of an 8-1 defeat of Griffin Young of Hunting Hills.

Lemus and Young were respective 8-1 and 8-2 semifinal winners over Rico Booysen of Camrose and Daniel Navaratnam of Notre Dame.

In the quarter-finals, Lemus downed Jayden Halsey of Lindsay Thurber 8-3, Young defeated Sam Haefliger of Lacombe 8-4, Booysen was an 8-4 winner over Ryan Garbutt of Stettler and Navaratnam got past Caleb Webber of Lindsay Thurber 8-2.

Navaratnam claimed the bronze medal by dumping Booysen 8-1 and Josiah Olson was the consolation-side winner courtesy of a 6-5 (7-5) conquest of Taffy Tarukandirwa of Notre Dame.

The Lindsay Thurber duo of Matt Graham and Steve Smith claimed the men’s doubles championship with an 8-6 victory over the Notre Dame pairing of Bennet Bolen and Josh Maetche. Graham/ Smith and Bolen/Maetche defeated Sean Matthies and Justin Vantetering of Lindsay Thurber and Jesse Ross and Sean Campbell of Hunting Hills 8-1 and 8-2, respectively, in semifinal action.

The men’s doubles quarter-finals saw Graham/Smith defeat Teagan Shandro and Mike Gunderson of Lacombe 8-3, Bolen/Maetche post an 8-3 win over Austin Ericson and Chandler Holyoak of Lacombe, Matthies/Vantetering down the Lacombe

pairing of Andrew McLennan and Brandon Woltijer 8-7, and Ross/Campbell beat Nate Bellanger and Evan Nadon of Notre Dame 8-6.

Ross/Campbell took the bronze medal with an 8-2 win over Matthies/Vantetering. The consolation winners were Trevor Schoen and Paul Wyntjes, who defeated fellow Notre Dame pairing Dallas Mcmurrer and Brandon Brylt 6-5 (8-6).

In the women’s doubles event, Blyss Gellert and Rachel Bysterveld of Lindsay Thurber teamed up to take top honours, downing Tatyana Henderson and Ashley Billodeau of Notre Dame 8-6. Gellert/Bysterveld qualified for the final by beating Alyssa Schmidt and Kayla Michalenko of Notre Dame 8-2, while Henderson/Billodeau defeated Merissa Mand and Alex Johnson of Hunting Hills 8-3 in the other semifinal.

Earlier, Gellert/Bysterveld posted an 8-1 quarter-final win over Priscilla Mand and Brittany Lee of Hunting Hills, while Henderson/Billodeau beat Patricia Slipp and Terri Scott of Notre Dame 8-3, Mand/ Johnson recorded an 8-2 win over Nicole Dube and Dayaba Jimenez of Notre Dame 8-2, and Schmidt/Michalenko got

by Alana Ell and Sierra Lyons of Lacombe 8-2.

Schmidt and Michalenko were bronze-medals winners after downing Mand/Johnson 8-3, and consolation honours went to the Lacombe duo of Tanille Shandro and Courtney Petrie, who beat Carmen Dubland and Paige Williams of Wetaskiwin 8-2.

The mixed doubles title was claimed by Claire Wilson and Trevor Andersen of Lindsay Thurber, 8-5 winners over Rachelle Fallis and Ryan Beatson of Hunting Hills in the final.

In semifinal play, Wilson/ Andersen defeated Emille Wilson and Jeremy Rietze of Lacombe 8-1, and Fallis/Beatson beat Jennifer Whitney and Kobus Badenhorst of Notre Dame 8-3.

In quarter-final action, Wilson/Andersen recorded an 8-4 win over Taylor Hall and Tyson Crampain of Hunting Hills, Fallis/Beatson beat Shayna/ Roan of Wetaskiwin 8-2, Wilson/Rietz were 8-3 victors over Notre Dame’s Amy Anderson and Diego Menjiverr, and Whitney/Badenhorst got past Taylor Allin and Erik Hoehne of Lindsay Thurber 8-1.

Wilson/Rietze defeated Whitney/Badenhorst 8-5 in the bronze-medal game.

In the consolation event final, Anderson and Menjiverr posted a 6-4 win over Hall/ Crampain.

(Best-of-7) Miami (E1) vs. San Antonio (W2) Thursday, Jun. 6 San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jun. 9 San Antonio at Miami, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jun. 11 Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jun. 13 Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jun. 16 x-Miami at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jun. 18 x-San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jun. 20 x-San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m. x — If necessary.

NBA Playoffs THIRD ROUND Conference Finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami (1) vs. Indiana (3) (Miami wins series 4-3) Monday’s result Miami 99 Indiana 76 Saturday’s result Indiana 91 Miami 77 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio (2) vs. Memphis (5) (San Antonio wins series 4-0) NBA Final

Baseball Boston New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 36 24 .600 34 25 .576 33 26 .559 32 26 .552 25 34 .424

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 10 1/2

Detroit Cleveland Minnesota Chicago Kansas City

Central Division W L Pct 31 26 .544 30 29 .508 26 30 .464 25 32 .439 24 32 .429

GB — 2 4 1/2 6 6 1/2

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Houston

West Division W L Pct 36 22 .621 36 25 .590 26 34 .433 26 34 .433 22 38 .367

GB — 1 1/2 11 11 15

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Cleveland 3 Detroit 10, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 17, Texas 5 Baltimore 4, Houston 1 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 4, Oakland 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Seattle 7, Chicago White Sox 4 San Francisco 2, Toronto 1

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 6, Miami 1 Oakland 6, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 10, Washington 1 Colorado 12, Cincinnati 4 Arizona 10, St. Louis 3 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, Late Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Marcum 0-6) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-3), 5:05 p.m.

Arizona (Kennedy 3-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 6-3), 5:15 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cloyd 1-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 4-3) at Colorado (Chacin 3-3), 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Cleveland 4 Oakland 6, Milwaukee 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 5, 16 innings Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0 Texas 3, Boston 2 Houston 11, Baltimore 7 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 3-5) at Detroit (Scherzer 7-0), 11:08 a.m.

Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 2-2) at Houston (B.Norris 5-4), 12:10 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 5-2) at Boston (Lester 6-2), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 3-6) at Kansas City (W.Davis 3-5), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 3-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 2-4) at Seattle (Harang 2-5), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Minnesota at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Texas at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H 54 195 36 68 55 207 24 72 44 169 25 58 57 227 33 77 58 217 42 73 56 222 47 74 54 191 19 63 56 210 33 68 60 226 47 73 54 217 30 70

Tulowitzki Col YMolina StL Cuddyer Col Segura Mil Goldschmidt Ari MCarpenter StL AdGonzalez LAD CGomez Mil Votto Cin Scutaro SF

Pct. .349 .348 .343 .339 .336 .333 .330 .324 .323 .323

Home Runs DBrown, Philadelphia, 18; CGonzalez, Colorado, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 15; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 14; Beltran, St. Louis, 13; Gattis, Atlanta, 13.

Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 53; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 48; Phillips, Cincinnati, 45; DBrown, Philadelphia, 44; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 42; CGonzalez, Colorado, 42; Craig, St. Louis, 41.

Pitching Corbin, Arizona, 9-0; Lynn, St. Louis, 8-1; Zimmermann, Washington, 8-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 8-3; Lee, Philadelphia, 7-2; Minor, Atlanta, 7-2; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 7-3.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H 57 232 46 85 58 208 44 74 60 223 32 74 53 208 29 69 60 233 40 77 53 216 36 71 58 188 27 61 59 254 38 82 56 216 26 69 60 230 26 73

MiCabrera Det CDavis Bal Donaldson Oak JhPeralta Det Pedroia Bos Mauer Min Loney TB Machado Bal Lowrie Oak HKendrick LAA

Arizona 7, St. Louis 6, 14 innings L.A. Angels 4, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 9, San Diego 7 San Francisco 2, Toronto 1

Pct. .366 .356 .332 .332 .330 .329 .324 .323 .319 .317

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 20; MiCabrera, Detroit, 17; Encarnacion, Toronto, 17; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 15; Cano, New York, 14; NCruz, Texas, 14; ADunn, Chicago, 13; Hardy, Baltimore, 13; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 13.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 65; CDavis, Baltimore, 52; Encarnacion, Toronto, 48; Fielder, Detroit, 48; Napoli, Boston, 46; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 41; NCruz, Texas, 40; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 40.

Pitching Buchholz, Boston, 8-0; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-1; Masterson, Cleveland, 8-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 7-0; Colon, Oakland, 7-2; Darvish, Texas, 7-2; Hammel, Baltimore, 7-3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 000 002 200 — 4 7 1 New York 240 000 00x — 6 8 0 Kluber, Langwell (7), R.Hill (7), J.Smith (7), Pestano (8) and Y.Gomes; Sabathia and C.Stewart. W— Sabathia 6-4. L—Kluber 3-4. HRs—Cleveland, Y.Gomes (6). New York, Hafner (10), Gardner (6).

Chicago 000 000 000 000 050 2— 717 0 Seattle 000 000 000 000 050 0— 516 2 (16 innings) Axelrod, H.Santiago (6), Lindstrom (7), Thornton (8), Crain (9), N.Jones (11), Omogrosso (13), A.Reed (14) and Gimenez; Iwakuma, Medina (9), Furbush (10), Capps (11), O.Perez (12), Farquhar (12), Noesi (14) and Shoppach. W—A.Reed 2-0. L—Noesi 0-1. HRs—Seattle, Seager (8).

Tampa Bay 000 000 003 — 3 8 1 Detroit 000 000 000 — 0 6 0 Cobb, Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and Lobaton; Fister, Smyly (9) and Avila. W—Jo.Peralta 1-2. L— Fister 5-3. Sv—Rodney (12).

Texas 000 100 200 — 3 7 0 Boston 000 001 010 — 2 5 0 Ogando, Cotts (6), R.Ross (7), Scheppers (8), Nathan (9) and Pierzynski; Lackey, Breslow (7), Uehara (7), Tazawa (8), A.Bailey (9) and Saltalamacchia, D.Ross. W—Cotts 1-0. L—Breslow 2-1.

Sv—Nathan (18). HRs—Texas, Beltre (12). Boston, Pedroia (4).

Atlanta Philadelphia Washington New York Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 37 22 .627 30 30 .500 29 30 .492 23 33 .411 16 44 .267

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 38 21 .644 36 24 .600 35 25 .583 24 33 .421 22 36 .379

GB — 2 1/2 3 1/2 13 15 1/2

Baltimore 100 000 330 — 7 13 0 Houston 410 400 20x — 11 14 0 F.Garcia, S.Johnson (4), Patton (6), Matusz (8) and Wieters; Keuchel, Clemens (7), Blackley (8), Ambriz (8), Veras (9) and Corporan. W—Keuchel 3-2. L—F. Garcia 2-3. HRs—Baltimore, Hardy (13), Wieters (8). Houston, J.Castro (8), C.Pena (6), Ma.Gonzalez (4), Dominguez (9), Altuve (3), J.Martinez (6).

West Division W L Pct 34 25 .576 32 28 .533 31 28 .525 26 32 .448 25 32 .439

GB — 2 1/2 3 7 1/2 8

INTERLEAGUE Oakland 000 010 500 — 6 10 1 Milwaukee 100 000 000 — 1 9 0 Colon, Cook (8), J.Chavez (9) and Jaso; Gallardo, Mic.Gonzalez (7), Thornburg (8) and Lucroy. W— Colon 7-2. L—Gallardo 4-6. HRs—Oakland, Moss (9).

Arizona Colorado San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Miami 3, 11 innings Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 4, 10 innings Milwaukee 4, Oakland 3, 10 innings

GB — 7 1/2 8 12 1/2 21 1/2

Minnesota 100 000 000 — 1 8 1 Kansas City300 000 10x — 4 8 0 Walters, Thielbar (7), Roenicke (7), Swarzak (8) and Mauer; Guthrie, Collins (7), Crow (7), K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Guthrie 6-3. L— Walters 2-1. Sv—G.Holland (10).

Toronto 000 040 000 — 4 8 0 San Fran. 000 000 000 — 0 2 0 Dickey, Janssen (9) and H.Blanco; Zito, Machi (7), Mijares (8) and Posey. W—Dickey 5-7. L—Zito 4-4.

Sv—Janssen (12).

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Recognition ‘about time’ GOPHERS, VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT The Medicine River Wildlife Centre needs gophers and volunteers.

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CANADA PASSES BILL TO RECOGNIZE, HONOUR KOREAN WAR VETERANS; OVER 26,00 CANADIANS SERVED, 516 DIED IN THE CONFLICT

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A day to recognize and honour the service and sacrifice of Canada’s Korean War veterans has some Central Albertan vets saying it is about time.

Bill S-213 creates a national day of remembrance to honour veterans of the Korean War. It passed third reading on Tuesday and is now awaiting royal assent to become law.

July 27 is now the day to honour those who served in the four-year conflict.

Russel Pyett served from 1951-52 as an engineer during the war.

He is a past president of the Red Deer Korean War Veterans Association, Unit 61.

He said the decision is wonderful.

“Somebody finally recognized what was going on in Korea when it was going on,” said Pyett.

“When we came home from Korea noHe is the provincial information offibody knew where we had been. We had cer for Alberta in the association and has people say ‘Where have you been?’ ” served as a president of Unit 77, which Pyett and other members of the local as- services veterans from Innisfail south to sociation have Drumheller. remembered “It’s about ‘SOMEBODY FINALLY RECOGNIZED the day with a time the CanaWHAT WAS GOING ON IN KOREA small ceremony dian governat the Red Deer ment recogWHEN IT WAS GOING ON.’ Cenotaph on nized the Ko— VETERAN RUSSEL PYETT rean veterans,” July 27 for the past few years. said Whorrall.

They plan to “It wasn’t a podo the same this lice action, it year, the first nationally recognized Korean wasn’t the forgotten war, it was the Korean War Veterans Day. War.” “We’re going to continue,” said Pyett.

More than 26,000 Canadian fought in the “As long as there is one Korea vet alive.” war from 1950-53 and 516 died there.

On July 27, 1953, the two sides of the KoWetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins was a rean War signed an armistice. co-sponsor for the bill, along with Senator Doug Whorrall served during the war Joseph Day. from 1951-52 and has been active in the Canadian Korean War Veterans Association.

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AMPLIFY RED DEER

New public input strategy starts

TRAIL LINK OFFICIAL OPENING Lacombe County Trail will be officially opened in a ceremony on June 15. The link between Lacombe and Blackfalds was completed last year.

The scenic six-km trail passes by Lacombe Lake and through the Lacombe Research Centre grounds.

Lacombe County has spent $700,000 building the paved walking and biking trail. A grand opening will be hosted by the county and the Central Alberta Regional Trail Society at the research centre operated

by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 2 p.m. LacombePonoka MLA Rod Fox and Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins and other dignitaries will present short speeches, followed by refreshments and a free barbecue.

SPIRITUAL CENTRE TO MARK 25 YEARS The Centre for Spiritual Living (formerly Centre for Positive Living) is celebrating 25 years in Red Deer on Sunday.

Founding minister Rev. Doug Craig will be the guest speaker. Craig is an instructor at the School of Business at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary.

The celebration gets underway at 11 a.m. at 6315 Horn Street. More information is available at www.cslreddeer.org.

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PHOTO BY CRYSTAL RHYNO/ADVOCATE STAFF

Red Deer College nursing students Amelia Creagh (left) and Rebecca Shephard along with Steven Prosser (not pictured) helped turn the college into an idle free zone. RDC along with NOVA Chemicals Corporation, Peavey Mart Red Deer and Bower Place Shopping Centre received awards from the Parkland Airshed Management Zone for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Clean Air Day.

RDC tries to get greener with idle-free zones “We thought it would be a great thing to bring to Red Deer College because it wasn’t already implemented,” said Creagh.

“We thought it would be a great political action Red Deer College is going greener. knowing that the City of Red Deer is spearheading Inspired by three nursing students — Amelia Cre- the campaign.” agh, Rebecca Shephard and Steven Prosser — RDC Shephard, 19, said as nursing students it is imporhas expanded its green campus to include idle-free tant to promote a healthy environment for everyone. zones.

Kevin Warren, Some idle-frees executive direcsigns are already in ‘WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING tor of the Parkland place outside major ManageTO BRING TO RED DEER COLLEGE BECAUSE Airshed entrances while othment Zone, said the ers will be put up IT WASN’T ALREADY IMPLEMENTED.’ awards were crearound the college ated as a way to enin the next few days.

— N URSING STUDENT — AMELIA CREAGH courage individuals, The college, along businesses and orgawith Red Deer Renizations to take acgional Hospital Centre, Nova Chemicals Corp. for its tions that would lead to better air quality.

Joffre petrochemical site, Peavey Mart Red Deer and Warren said it is too early to tell whether the Bower Place Shopping Centre, were recognized for city’s two-year-old idle free campaign is making a their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on difference.

Clean Air Day on Wednesday.

Warren said there is one air quality monitoring They also joined the City of Red Deer’s coalition station in Red Deer, with plans for another at the of idle-free partners and will create idle-free zones Lancaster reservoir. outside their facilities.

“Once that is in place we think we will be able All college vehicles will now bear the Idle Free to assess any trends that are happening in terms of Red Deer bumper stickers. emission reduction.”

The Parkland Airshed Management Zone gave the Warren said the future is in good hands when stunod to the groups as ACTION HEROes (Action for a dents recognize the role that they can play.

Healthy Environment by Reducing Ozone) at the colLauren Maris, a city environmental program spelege. cialist, said air quality is becoming more of a probCreagh, 23, and her peers were on a clinical place- lem in Red Deer. ment at a local school when they noticed the idlefree signs.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

The days of City of Red Deer open houses may be numbered.

Dubbed Amplify Red Deer, the city launched a new public engagement strategy to improve its interactions with residents at a press conference at the Collicutt Centre on Wednesday.

Coun. Tara Veer, acting as deputy mayor, said the world has changed with technology and social media and residents weren’t necessarily engaging in traditional means used by the city, such as open houses.

Veer said what they have seen in some of the more controversial issues over the past year or so has been citizens engaging after the issue has transpired.

“Our goal is to get it right the first time,” said Veer.

“So the hope is if we can engage with citizens on the front end that hopefully in our decision-making we will recognize our community values and opinions on the front end and do things right the first time on the front end.”

Julia Harvie-Shemko, director of communications and strategic planning, said they realize they don’t always reach everybody through their open houses, advertising and other efforts.

Harvie-Shemko said the decisions made by council directly impact the lives of residents.

She said they want to hear from the public at the right time, when they can make the right impact on projects so it does not cost more time or money.

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Six-month sentence for courthouse escape attempt

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A prisoner’s desperate bid for freedom from the Red Deer Courthouse has landed him a six-month jail sentence.

Dustin Aaron Clark, 36, was in custody appearing in Red Deer’s Court of Queen’s Bench in connection with robbery charges on Feb. 4 when he jumped the wall of the prisoner’s dock and made a break for it with a sheriff in hot pursuit.

The sheriff called for backup and as Clark raced down the stairs from the second floor courtroom, he was immediately nabbed by on-duty sheriffs.

Crown prosecutor Murray McPherson said Clark was intercepted about six metres from the doors to the street during his 10 a.m. escape attempt.

He struggled with sheriffs before they got the handcuffs on him.

Clark pleaded guilty on Wednesday to escaping lawful custody and resisting police as

part of a joint sentencing submission from the Crown and his lawyer Norm Clair.

McPherson asked Judge Gordon Yake to impose a six-month sentence, the maximum penalty for the escape charge.

“Although he didn’t escape the building, the escape was complete when he jumped out of the prisoner box and ran,” McPherson said. “It certainly was his intent to get out of the building.”

Yake sentenced Clark to six months on each charge, to be

served concurrently.

Clark will be back in court on Jan. 7 for a trial arising from a pair of bank robberies in Red Deer last year, at Servus Credit Union and TD Canada Trust branches.

Charges include armed robbery, assault with a weapon (bear spray), wearing a disguise to commit a criminal offence, theft under $5,000 for a pair of prescription glasses and mischief in relation to a broken windscreen. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Rampage trial delayed A trial has been delayed for a Trochu man accused of going on a rampage after being fired from his job.

Chad Alain Frere, 39, was to go to trial in Drumheller provincial court on Wednesday on charges of assault and uttering threats laid after a five-hour standoff with police on June 29, 2012.

The trial has now been rescheduled to Dec. 4 in Drumheller. RCMP allege that a suicidal suspect who had been fired from his job at Trochu Motors told a relative that he wanted to kill his former co-workers.

After police were notified, they went to the suspect’s house about 8:30 a.m. but he refused to come out. About 25 officers from Three Hills, Airdrie, Olds, Drumheller and Red Deer’s Emergency Response Team were eventually involved before a suspect was taken into custody about 2:30 p.m.

Frere’s mother, Marie-Claire Frere, 60, was also charged in connection with the incident. It was alleged she barged through police lines in an attempt to aid her son.

She was given an absolute discharge in Drumheller provincial court in February after pleading guilty to obstructing and resisting a peace officer.

Cool weather shuts pool Cooler than expected temperatures have forced the closure of the Recreation Centre outdoor pool.

As a result, outdoor pool bookings are also cancelled while staff work to boost the pool temperature in preparation for the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club’s annual swim meet this weekend.

The indoor pool and all other amenities at the Recreation Centre are still open until Friday at 9 a.m.

Both the outdoor and indoor pool will reopen on Monday at 5:30 a.m.

During this time, registered fitness classes will run as scheduled and public washrooms are open.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

From left, Heather Cole, Jean Hammond and Cindy Vessey look over perennials. The Lacombe and District Garden Club hosted the annual perennial exchange Wednesday. Plants, seeds seedlings and divisions were available. All proceeds from the event will go to the Dorothy “Dot” Adamson Scholarship Fund which helps students enrolled in post secondary agriculture related programs.

RDC’s Ward back on national board Red Deer College president Joel Ward is set for his second term on the Association of Canadian Community Colleges board of directors.

Ward was appointed at the ACCC’s conference earlier this week in Penticton, B.C. Ward had previously served as a member of the board of directors from 2007-2008, when he was president of Assiniboine Community College. There he represented Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut region.

“It is a challenging and exciting time for post-

secondary institutions across Canada,” said Ward in a release.

“I’m looking forward to working closely with members of the ACCC to advance our pan-Canadian transfer strategy, the national advanced skilled training strategy and the applied research agenda.”

Ward will represent the Alberta and Northwest Territories region for three years with an option for a second term.

“More than ever institutions are looking to collaborate, innovate and find ways to support learners and I look forward to being part of advancing that vision through my role as a member of the board.”

High-water advisories issued for rivers High streamflow advisories have been issued for the Little Red Deer River and North Saskatchewan River upstream from Rocky Mountain House.

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development issued the advisories among others on Monday as part of its routine updates.

A high streamflow advisory means levels are rising or expected to rise rapidly but no major flooding is ex-

pected. Minor flooding in low-lying areas is possible.

In the West County, Clearwater River and Brazeau River and its tributaries are also seeing high streamflows.

Water levels have been on the rise since a low-pressure system from Montana moved north and dumped 50 mm of precipitation on the southern plains and eastern slopes since Sunday morning.

Alberta Environment spokeswoman Shannon Nicolson said on Wednesday nothing has changed since the last advisory.

“It’s not rising, but kind of starting to drop but not enough to remove that advisory.”

Forecasters are not predicting any significant rainfall in coming days, she said.

The recent wet weather has been

taking its toll on gravel roads and creating headaches for operations staff in Mountain View County.

The municipality assured residents on Tuesday that all available crews were out catching up on maintenance work for the 2,800-km road network.

In Sundre, director of operational planning Ron Baker said the high streamflow for the Little Red Deer River doesn’t affect the town.

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AIR: Can’t take good air quality for granted

KOREA: Honouring history Calkins’ great uncle, Jim Calkins, was among those killed during the war.

He is buried at the United Nations Cemetery in Busan, South Korea.

“July 27 will honour our shared history, which includes actively ensuring that Canada’s veterans and the Korean War are never forgotten,” said Calkins in a release.

Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen echoed his colleague’s sentiments, saying the day will serve as a lasting reminder of the significant role Canadians played in the Korean War. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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“We can’t always take for granted we are going to have good air quality. Reducing vehicle idling is such an easy choice,” said Maris. “It is so easy to just turn the key and be idle free. People can make this easy choice.”

Nova Chemicals was recognized for programs that encouraged reducing vehicle emissions and Bower Place was given the nod for its work to become more energy efficient. Peavey Mart has done its part by installing an electric vehicle charging station in Red Deer.

To find out more about the city’s idle-free campaign, go to www.reddeer.ca/idlefree. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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PUBLIC: Better processes Making the processes better and easier for residents to get involved is a major goal.

Harvie-Shemko said they do not want to be stuck in the “open house” rut where the processes are the same, but there will likely be some open houses.

“We want you to get loud, Red Deer,” said HarvieShemko. “We want you to turn up the volume on public engagement.”

The project has been in the works for several years. It stems from the dialogue charter, one of the six themes in the city’s 2012-2014 strategic plan. The dialogue charter has a $116,690 budget over three years to improve public engagement and interaction with the city.

Throughout June, there will be focus groups, social media discussions and polling and small group discussions.

The city is also encouraging residents to pick up a workbook for small group discussions available at City Hall or by downloading online at www.reddeer. ca/amplify. This portion of the project will end in June.

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Canadians cutting debt A new Harris/Decima poll conducted for CIBC says half of the respondents had been able to reduce their debt level over the past 12 months.

It found 71 per cent of the people surveyed nationally were carrying some form of debt — in line with a similar study last year.

About one-fifth of the respondents (21 per cent) said their debt level had increased over the past year and 28 per cent said their situation hadn’t changed.

The report was based on 1,000 responses to telephone surveys conducted in March and April. The poll was done at a time of record high levels of Canadian household debt. The Bank of Canada said last week that it expects the ratio of debt to household disposable income will stabilize near current levels.

IMF notes failures in Greek bailout The International Monetary Fund acknowledged on Wednesday that it made “notable failures” in the Greek bailout and said the country sank into a much deeper recession than expected after the deal was hammered out three years ago.

The IMF made the unusually frank admission in a report on the Greek crisis over too much government debt, which broadened out to infect other European countries.

Greece remains mired in a sixth year of recession, with unemployment at 27 per cent. The report said the IMF and its partners in the bailout — the European Central Bank and the European Commission — had significantly underestimated a key measure of how much austerity measures, such as spending cuts and tax increases, would deepen the recession.

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Crude output ‘to more than double’ BY 2030

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A major oil and gas lobby group expects Canada’s crude oil production to grow at a faster clip than previously forecast, despite uncertainty around new pipelines to bring that product to market.

In its annual oil forecast, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Wednesday it expects crude oil output to hit 6.7 million barrels per day by 2030, up from 3.2 million last year.

That’s 500,000 barrels per day more than the group called for in its 2012 forecast.

Accounting for the majority of the more bullish forecast — 300,000 barrels per day — is growing conventional oil, as technological advances help squeeze more crude out of mature oilfields in western Canada.

Canadian oil producers have been anxious to get their product to the best-paying markets, as a lack of adequate pipeline capacity has led to a supply glut, dampening prices.

Environmental opposition and political wrangling have slowed down a number of pipeline proposals, whose fates remain up in the air.

But that uncertainty isn’t constraining Canadian oil growth in the forecast, said Greg Stringham, CAPP’s vice-president of markets and oilsands.

“I think it affects the timing of this growth.

“I don’t think it affects the ultimate growth at the end of the forecast,” he said.

He added that volumes moving by rail — currently 500,000 barrels per day and growing — have been factored in for the first time.

“The forecast is not dependent on any

Small businesses can avoid loan rejections

BY JOYCE M. ROSENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Thousands of stunned small business owners call Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. each week after they’re turned down for a loan. Jeff Stibel, CEO of the business credit reporting company, has a message for them: Don’t blame the bank.

Instead, he says, find out how you contributed to that rejection and start working to improve your company’s credit rating so next time, the answer will be “yes.”

“There is so much you can do, and should do, before you need a loan,” he says.

Dun & Bradstreet Credibility compiles credit reports on small businesses, which banks can buy to help make their lending decisions.

In a recent conversation with The Associated Press, Stibel talked about the continuing sluggishness in bank lending to small companies. Lending rose modestly in April, according to the Thomson Reuters/ PayNet Small Business Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lending Index, after fall- Jeff Stibel, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., ing the first three months poses in his office in Malibu, Calif. Stibel says that of this year.

Stibel agrees that many small business owners go about getting a loan banks can make it diffi- all wrong. cult for small businesses to get loans.

But he argues that owners bear sympathetic.

Stibel knows that business owners some responsibility when they’re rearen’t helping themselves because jected.

Many small business owners go they call Dun & Bradstreet Credibilabout getting a loan all wrong, he says. ity after banks reject loan applications They apply to banks that aren’t likely and tell them to find out what’s in their business credit reports. to approve them.

The files are similar to the personal When they apply, they haven’t made sure their companies’ finances and credit reports on consumers that are credit ratings are solid. And they compiled by reporting agencies such haven’t taken the time to cultivate a as Experian and Equifaxe. relationship with a banker who will be Please see CREDIT on Page C4

Apartment construction could add 157 units to market by 2014

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A pair of apartment buildings proposed for Red Deer’s Lancaster East neighbourhood could add 157 new suites to the rental market by next summer.

On Wednesday, the city’s municipal planning commission gave site development approval for the project at 2450 22nd St. One of the two-storey buildings will contain 79 units, while the second will have 78 units and a rental office. Almost all of the suites will be two-bedroom layouts.

Kris Mailman, development manager with Seymour Pacific Developments Ltd., said his company expects to begin work by late summer or early fall.

Units should be available for rent early next summer, he added, with construction work on the two buildings to be staggered by about one month.

As part of its approval, the municipal planning commission granted a three per cent relaxation of the minimum landscaped area required, to 67,300 square feet from 69,500 square feet.

The development will include 273 surface parking stalls.

The surrounding area in Lancaster East, which is mostly undeveloped at this point, is earmarked for single-fam-

ily homes, 38 townhouses, and three other multi-family buildings with a combined 227 units.

The city received one letter of objection related to the Seymour Pacific Developments, which expressed concerns about parking, dense development and a loss of privacy.

Last fall, a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. rental market survey found that apartment vacancy rates in the city were averaging 1.2 per cent, down from 3.2 per cent a year earlier.

The rate for two-bedroom units was 1.5 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent; while one-bedroom apartments came in at 0.9 per cent, as compared with 2.5 per cent in the fall of 2011.

CMHC attributed the year-over-year changes to increased local employment and population gains. Its survey also found that average apartment rental costs in Red Deer rose more than five per cent during the one-year period.

Seymour Pacific Developments is based in Campbell River, B.C. “We develop all over Western Canada,” said Mailman, listing Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Lloydminster and Winnipeg as among the other communities his company is active in.

“We build about 1,400 units a year.”

A related company, Broadstreet Properties Ltd., manages Seymour Pacific Development’s properties. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

single pipeline, but it is dependent on having enough pipeline and rail capacity to be able to move it.”

The Keystone XL pipeline, which would connect oilsands crude to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, has faced numerous setbacks.

The company proposing it, TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) recently pushed back its in-service date by several months to late 2015 as the Obama administration weighs whether to allow it.

Meanwhile, the B.C. government has come out against Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway pipeline to the West Coast, which would enable crude exports to lucrative Asian markets.

There is also opposition to the Trans Mountain expansion to the B.C. Lower Mainland proposed by Kinder Morgan.

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Red Deer still plays prominent role in policies

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The Red Deer Chamber of Commerce continues to play a prominent role in the shaping of Alberta Chambers of Commerce policy.

The local business association sponsored 10 of the 31 policies adopted at the Alberta Chambers’ conference and policy session May 30 to June 1 in Drumheller.

A total of 39 policy resolutions were submitted, but none of the eight that were rejected originated with the Red Deer Chamber.

“Once again, Red Deer has stepped up as a leader in business representation, not only because we are so focused on connecting our members’ concerns with government, but because we work hard to partner with other chambers to ensure that we have the strongest, collective voice possible,” said Red Deer Chamber first vicepresident Tyler Bowman in a release.

Four of the policy resolutions were new ones formulated by Red Deer Chamber committees.

They dealt with rural family medicine, leaking seismic holes, the federal scientific research and experimental development tax credit and Canada’s temporary foreign workers program.

The six other resolu-

tions were renewals of policy positions previously adopted by the Alberta Chambers of Commerce.

They call for energy innovation, training support for small business with respect to interprovincial trade agreements, maintenance of health care services, modifications to registered savings plan programs to encourage saving, reforms to Canada’s agriculture policy and other changes to support the pork industry, and action to combat the United States’ country of origin labelling (COOL) legislation.

In the case of its new policy resolution related to rural family medicine, the Red Deer Chamber recommends strategies to develop and preserve health services in rural communities.

It also calls on the provincial government to develop an industryfunded solution to the problem of seismic hole leaks that can leave affected landowners with no practical recourse.

The Red Deer Chamber’s policy resolution related to the scientific research and experimental development tax credit urges the Canadian government to maintain the credit amount and to consult industry before it makes any changes to the program.

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Accountant recognized A chartered accountant from Red Deer is being recognized for his business and community achievements.

Charlie Bredo has been chosen to receive a Merit Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta. One of 26 chartered accountants to receive the award this year, Bredo is being honoured in the Early Achievement category, for CAs who have had their designation for 10 years or less.

In 2010 Bredo started Bow Valley Power, an energy retailer that sells both regular and green-certified electricity in more than 120 communities across Alberta. The company donates 20 per cent of its profits to environmental initiatives.

The institute also cited Bredos involvement with a number of committees, commissions and clubs in Canmore, where he previously resided.

The 2013 Merit Awards will be presented on June 22 in Jasper.

Wendy’s getting new home The Wendy’s restaurant in north Red Deer appears poised for a move — albeit not far.

On Wednesday, Red Deer’s municipal planning commission approved an application by Urban Systems Ltd. to construct a new building at the site of the 6771 Gaetz Ave. fast-food restaurant. Commission members were told that the existing building will be demolished in favour of a more modern structure.

Wendy’s has operated at the site since 1979.

The new premises will measure 3,770 square feet and have seating for 98. Drive-through service will continue to be available for customers.

The Advocate was unable to speak with a representative of Wendy’s about timelines for the project.

Wendy’s also operates restaurants at 2410 Gaetz Ave. in Red Deer, and in Gasoline Alley.

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Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.258 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.44 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 54.32 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.25 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.18 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.76 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.05 First Quantum Minerals . 18.53 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 30.42 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.31 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 6.75 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 42.73 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.55 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.11

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 82.18 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.40 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.10 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.89 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 12.24

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 27.73 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 48.73 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 15.93 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.93 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 29.83 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 20.02 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 11.90 Canyon Services Group. 31.09 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.09 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.750 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.13 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.57 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.65

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets sold off Wednesday after glum readings on American employment raised doubts the strength of the U.S. economy and added to speculation about what the Federal Reserve will do about its economic stimulus program.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 150.32 points to 12,443.65 with declines spread across most sectors.

The Dow Jones industrials plunged 216.95 points to 14,960.59, while the Nasdaq fell 43.78 points to 3,401.48. The S&P 500 index was down 22.48 points to 1,608.9.

The Canadian dollar closed down 0.01 of a cent to 96.66 cents US amid a strong housing report.

Statistics Canada said municipalities issued $7 billion worth of building permits in April, up 10.5 per cent from March and far better than the monthto-month decline that analysts had expected.

Meanwhile, signs of disappointing employment data crossed traders’ desks before the market open as payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that the U.S. private sector cranked out 135,000 jobs during May, less than the 165,000 that had been expected.

The ADP report came two days before the release of the U.S. government’s official employment data for last month.

More bad news came mid-morning amid data showing stronger expansion of the U.S. non-manufacturing sector. The Institute for Supply Management’s index came in at 53.7, better than the 53 reading that had been expected and up from 53.1 in April. But the data also showed that hiring slowed further in May to the lowest level since last July, coming in at 50.1.

Also, the Fed’s so-called Beige Book said economic growth increased throughout the United States from April through mid-May, fuelled by home construction, consumer spending and steady hiring.

The mostly favourable report suggested the economy and the job market were improving despite tax increases and government spending cuts that took effect this year.

But the modest or moderate improvement reported for most regions appeared to fall short of the “strong and sustained growth” that Fed members have said is needed before the Fed starts tapering its bond purchases.

The Fed’s monetary stimulus program, involving spending $85 billion a month on bond purchases, has been a huge support to stock markets over the past few years. The purchases are designed to keep interest rates low and give the U.S. economy a lift.

There has been much speculation of late that generally improving data would persuade the Fed to reduce its

quantitative easing program.

The speculation over Fed intentions has resulted in much market volatility and raised doubts as to whether the strong rally in New York has run its course. Even with Wednesday’s decline, the Dow industrials are up 14 per cent year to date while the TSX is barely up from where it started the year.

The industrials sector led declines, down 2.16 per cent with Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) shares down $5.76 or 4.37 per cent to $126.

CP Rail stock also fell almost three per cent Tuesday after Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management, the railway’s biggest shareholder, said that it plans to sell about a third of its holding over the next six to 12 months.

Resource stocks were also weak with the base metals sector down 1.22 per cent per cent while July copper shed early gains to close unchanged at US$3.37 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) dropped 71 cents to C$27.11.

HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) was three cents lower to $8.31 as the miner as downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service to a corporate family rating of B3 from B2. The ratings agency says it believes HudBay will likely require additional capital to develop its various growth projects and will at least partially fund that requirement with debt.

The energy sector dropped 1.25 per cent as July crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 43 cents to US$93.74 barrel. Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) gave back 56 cents to C$29.83.

The telecom sector was down 1.2 per cent, a day after Industry Minister Christian Paradis said Mobilicity and other new wireless carriers won’t be allowed to sell spectrum to big carriers. The move was a setback for Telus (TSX:T) which had asked permission to acquire Mobilicity and its spectrum. Telus shares shed 65 cents to $35.16.

Financials also weighed, down 1.25 per cent with TD Bank (TSX:TD) down $1.17 to $46.23.

Laurentian Bank (TSX:LB) climbed 15 cents to $44.20 as it said it is boosting its quarterly dividend by a penny to 50 cents a share as its second-quarter profit increased four per cent to $35.1 million.

The gold sector was the only advancer, up about 0.65 per cent with August bullion up $1.30 US$1,398.50 an ounce. Iamgold (TSX:IMG) improved by 13 cents to $5.69.

In other corporate news, Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT) says it will be cutting its quarterly dividend by half, slashing 10 per cent of its staff and undertake a strategic review of the company with a new president and chief executive officer in place. The company says a former senior executive from Marathon Oil,

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David Roberts, will become the new CEO and president on June 19 and the current CEO, Murray Nunns, will retire on July 1. Its shares shed 45 cents to $10.45.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,443.65 down 150.32 points TSX Venture Exchange — 947.44 down 11.46 points TSX 60 — 712.18 down 9.53 points Dow — 14,960.59 down 216.95 points S&P 500 — 1,608.90 down 22.48 points Nasdaq — 3,401.48 down 43.78 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.66 cents US, down 0.01 of a cent Pound — C$1.5934, up 0.94 of a cent Euro — C$1.3544, up 0.09 of a cent Euro — US$1.3091, up 0.06 of a cent Oil futures: US$93.74 per barrel, up 43 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,398.50 per oz., up $1.30 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.284 per oz., up 22.8 cents $780.73 per kg., up $7.33 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 947.44 points, down 11.46 points.

The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 118.57 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: July ’13 $5.70 lower $631.00; Nov. ’13 $6.00 lower $566.00; Jan. ’14 $4.30 lower $567.60; March ’14 $4.10 lower $563.80; May ’14 $3.00 lower $557.40; July ’14 $3.00 lower $555.50; Nov. ’14 $3.00 lower $525.30; Jan ’15 $3.00 lower $525.30; March ’15 $3.00 lower $525.30; May ’15 $3.00 lower $525.30; July ’15 $3.00 lower $525.30.

Barley (Western): 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.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 363,520 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 363,520.

“I’m confident it will go”; Enbridge CEO ready to work with B.C. on pipeline CALGARY — The CEO of Enbridge Inc. said Wednesday he’s willing to work with the B.C. government to allay doubts it has about the safety of the proposed $6-billion Northern Gateway pipeline.

The province officially declared opposition to pipeline last week, telling a federal review panel the project shouldn’t go ahead because there are too many unanswered questions about how Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB) would respond to a spill.

“I don’t view it as a blow,” Enbridge CEO Al Monaco told reporters following a pipeline safety forum hosted by the National Energy Board.

“As a matter of fact, I think the B.C. position is pretty much what they’ve stated, which is they want to see more information, they’re going to input their views to the joint-review panel process and as, I said before, we see it as a pretty good roadmap to get things done.”

The 1,600-kilometre line would transport 550,000 barrels per day of oilsands crude from just outside Edmonton to a port in Kitimat, on

the northern B.C. coast.

There, oil would be loaded onto hundreds of tankers a year for transport to Asian markets. A parallel line would carry imported diluent, which helps heavy crude flow through pipelines, eastward for use in the oilsands.

Supporters of the project say it would free land-locked Alberta to expand its customer base beyond the United States — a development worth billions of dollars in additional revenues.

Monaco said he is eager to discuss the matter with B.C. Premier Christy Clark, but no meeting has been scheduled.

B.C. has left the door open to changing its mind before the panel issues its report at the end

of the year, and included recommendations for strict conditions the government believes should be put in place should the panel decide to issue a certificate.

“What they’re saying is they have a concern around certain issues.

We share those concerns.

The project will evolve and we’re hoping that eventually we’ll be able to sit down with them and seek some more input into what they’d like to see,” Monaco said.

“You have to remember we are in a regulatory process and I think the B.C. government has submitted their views, which we accept and will work toward addressing.”

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Further development of industrial land west of Hwy 2 — including the creation of an eco-industrial park — moved a step forward on Wednesday, when Red Deer’s municipal planning commission voted to support a plan related to two quarter-sections there.

The Queens Business Park SW36 & NW25 Industrial Area Structure Plan would cover a 328-acre parcel south of Hwy 11A and west of Burnt Lake Business Park.

The northern third of Cameo Lake, a body of water that consists of approximately 50 acres, would fall within the plan area.

The total developable area, after environmental and municipal reserves, roadways and public utility lands are removed, would be 202 acres.

It would tie into city water and sewage systems.

The industrial area structure plan, which was prepared by engineering consulting firm Genivar Inc. on behalf

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CRUDE: Pipe plans Both TransCanada and Enbridge have plans in the works to ship western crude eastward by reconfiguring existing pipes.

If those plans go ahead, refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick, which currently import 86 per cent of the crude they need, would have a cheaper source of domestic oil.

That means a potential 700,000-barrel-per day market for Canadian crude.

“That was a much higher percentage than I actually even imagined,” said Stringham.

“That is a big opportunity that I think is being capitalized on now, that wasn’t as much discussed or even in our forecast last year.”

Stringham said by 2026, the industry will need more pipeline capacity than what proposals currently on the table have to offer.

Pipeline company CEOs speaking at a National Energy Board forum on Wednesday said they’re optimistic the industry can rise to that challenge.

“The pipeline projects that are on the drawing board right now would certainly take us through the next decade and beyond that, of course more opportunities exist and I think we’ll be able to meet those,” said Enbridge CEO Al Monaco.

TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said the industry will “continue to be inventive and creative.”

In the CAPP forecast, conventional oil output is expected to grow modestly from 1.2 million barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per day in 2015 and remain at that level through to 2030.

But just a few years ago, CAPP was predicting a drop in that type of production.

CREDIT: Some unaware of files They include information such as a company’s payment record, how much debt it’s carrying and the number of loans it has applied for.

“We talk to over 20,000 businesses a week and a huge percentage of them don’t even know they have a business credit file. They think that all they have is a personal credit file,” Stibel says.

Sometimes owners don’t see their business credit report until they’re sitting with a loan officer in a bank

of the landowner, calls for mostly light industrial uses there.

These could include such things as warehousing, storage and industrial support businesses.

However, about 5.3 acres could revert to commercial development, and 44 acres are earmarked for an eco-industrial park.

That park, which would surround the portion of Cameo Lake within the plan area, would be a place where businesses could collaborate to reduce waste, promote green technologies, preserve natural features and utilize each other’s byproducts. Sustainable buildings and sites are also contemplated.

Most of the plan area is currently used for agriculture, with three residential acreages also located there.

Development would proceed in four phases, moving generally from east to west.

The municipal planning commission is recommending that city council approve the industrial area structure plan. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com branch, Stibel says. For bankers, that’s a red flag.

“They’ll say to a business owner, ’I’m trying to believe that I can trust you to pay your bills and that I can entrust money to you and you’ll be a good corporate steward and pay me back — but if you don’t know what your credit profile looks like, then how on earth can I lend you money?”’ he says.

Owners can get copies of their files from reporting companies including Dun & Bradstreet Credibility, Experian and Equifaxe. They also should study their personal credit reports, which bankers consider when making loan decisions.

Another roadblock: Many businesses aren’t savvy about the application process, Stibel says. Owners think they can walk into a bank, fill out an application and presto, get a loan. These days, that’s a good way to get turned down.

“Before they think about any credit, they should do what they do before they start a business,” Stibel says. That includes writing a formal business plan that explains how you will spend the money you want to borrow.

The smartest owners “have banks asking, begging to work with them instead of hustling to try and find the right bank,” he says.

Many owners also don’t realize that not all banks are alike.

Banks have different philosophies and strategies about lending. For example, some make more loans secured by assets like real estate, while others lean toward companies with good cash flow.

The answer is for business owners to do their homework, and research lenders ahead of time. They should have informational meetings at several banks, and read up about the banks on the Internet.

CHAMBER: Policy positions In its final new policy recommendation, the Chamber asks the federal government to reverse some of the changes to the temporary foreign workers program that it announced recently, and to implement others that would enhance the program’s effectiveness.

The Red Deer Chamber also cosponsored two resolutions that were prepared by other chambers in the province.

The Alberta Chambers of Commerce lobbies the provincial and federal government to implement the policies it adopts. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sony movies first to be shot in 4K ultra HD

BY RYAN NAKASHIMA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Sony Corp. is taking a deeper dive into ultrahigh-definition video as it comes out Friday with “After Earth,” the first of Sony’s three movies this year both shot and presented in the emerging 4K digital format. At a screening for journalists, I got a close-up look at even the pores on Will Smith’s face as details were rendered with greater clarity on the big screen.

Sony and other consumer electronics makers are betting that 4K images will become the new standard, prompting consumers to buy fancier TVs just as they did when high definition, or HD, rolled out over the past decade.

It could also entice more people to buy movie tickets to see for themselves what the super-clear format is like.

But the more detailed images present a host of problems. They use four times the number of pixels as the current HD standard, which results in larger data files. Budget-strapped digital effects companies are having trouble handling all that data. The cost and time to deal with the extra visual information means the majority of the special effects shots in “After Earth” — comprising about a third of all the shots in the movie — were actually worked on in lower-resolution HD. At the screening I attended, I could see details I’ve never noticed before — the actors’ tiny skin imperfections, or Smith’s salt-and-pepper whiskers.

In a distant shot of Smith’s son Jaden running down a riverbed, I was struck by how many small rocks were defined clearly from such a distance. Yet other shots that included computer-generated cityscapes or otherworldly creatures looked less sharp. I was sitting in the seventh row — close enough to tell the difference. If you sit at the back of a theatre, you might not be able to tell the difference between 4K and HD. Sony has 15,000 4K projectors installed in theatres worldwide, with more than 11,000 in the U.S. Other manufacturers such as Barco, Christie and NEC also make 4K projectors.

So far, major theatre chains Regal and AMC are not charging extra for 4K screenings. AMC says nearly all of its 344 theatres have at least one 4K projector. Regal says more than 300 of its 579 theatres have a 4K projector.

You’ll have to check with your local theatre to see if the movie will be projected in 4K. The push toward higher resolution follows the industry’s emphasis on HD in recent years. Many TV sets tout the “1080p” resolution standard, so named because its images are 1,080 pixels high and 1,920 pixels wide. A slightly wider version with 2,048 pixels across

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Sony’s CineAlta F65 camera, which was used to shoot After Earth, is on display at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif.

Sony Corp., one of the first makers of 4K, or ultra high definition television sets, which were released on May 31. is known as 2K. But 4K is 4,096 pixels wide and 2,160 pixels high. That gives 4K images 8.8 million pixels compared with roughly 2 million for high definition.

Higher-definition movies are a key component in Sony’s strategy to maximize the benefits of both owning the Sony Pictures movie studio and making electronic gadgets.

Sony Electronics makes 4K motion picture cameras — such as the F65 used to shoot “After Earth” — as well as 4K movie theatre projectors, 4K TVs, home media servers that play 4K movies and other technologies needed to get ultra-HD video from one end to the other. The camera-making division has even had talks with Sony Music Entertainment about shooting concerts in 4K. “It touches an awful lot of the ecosystem,” says Rob Willox, director of large sensor technology for Sony Electronics.

So far, 56 movies have been converted to 4K, the majority distributed

by Sony. Those include ones originally shot on film, including last year’s Oscar-nominated “Django Unchained.”

Sony’s other end-to-end 4K releases planned for this year are “The Smurfs 2,” due out in July, and “No Good Deed,” set for release in October.

After Red Digital Cinema began selling a 4K camera, the Red One, in 2007, companies including Sony and Canon Inc. also began making them.

Thousands of movies have been shot in 4K, but almost all of them have been shrunk down to HD format before being screened.

One exception was Sony’s 2011 remake of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” which was shot in 4K with a Red camera and also shown in theatres that way. Having “After Earth” and two others on the release schedule this year marks another milestone for the format.

“There is a new movement now where movies are actually being shot at high resolution and finished at high resolution,” says Ted Schilowitz, a cofounder of Red. “We see huge advantages to deliver four times as many pixels on the screen as HD.” The cinematographer of “After Earth,” Peter Suschitzky, says he picked Sony’s F65 digital camera after

side-by-side comparisons of footage taken by other digital and film cameras. Although some people prefer film for its sometimes grainy, soft, romantic look, Suschitzky says those benefits are lost when shown in theatres with digital projectors, as many are today.

He says he likes the look of the movie and regrets that special effects scenes were mostly done at the lower standard.

“True 4K is amazingly detailed,” he says. “The movie is only half in true 4K. I’m sad about that. It still looks good.”

Sony executives say the increased pixel count has made its F65 camera more sensitive than either film or other digital cameras in low-light situations, enabling filmmakers to shoot with more natural lighting.

There were some low-light scenes in “After Earth,” such as when Jaden Smith’s character is in a cave, but I didn’t notice any particular clarity there.

Where I did notice extra detail was in scenes that were slow and still, and where the actors’ faces were shot close up.

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Scientists say stinky feet have role in fighting malaria

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — For decades, health officials have battled malaria with insecticides, bed nets and drugs. Now, scientists say there might be a potent new tool to fight the deadly mosquito-borne disease: the stench of human feet.

In a laboratory study, researchers found that mosquitoes infected with the tropical disease were more attracted to human odours from a dirty sock than those that didn’t carry malaria. Insects carrying malaria parasites were three times more likely to be drawn to the stinky stockings.

The new finding may help create traps that target only malaria-carrying mosquitoes, researchers say.

“Smelly feet have a use after all,” said Dr. James Logan, who headed the research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “Every time we identify a new part of how the malaria mosquito interacts with us, we’re one step closer to controlling it better.”

The sock findings were published last month in the journal, PLoS One. Malaria is estimated to kill more than 600,000 people every year, mostly children in Africa.

Experts have long known that mosquitoes are drawn to human odours, but it was unclear if being infected with malaria made them even more attracted to us. Infected mosquitoes are believed to make up about 1 per cent of the mosquito population.

Using traps that only target malaria mosquitoes could result in fewer mosquitoes becoming resistant to the insecticides used to kill them. And it would likely be difficult for the insects to evade traps based on their sense of smell, scientists say.

“The only way mosquitoes could (develop resistance) is if they were less attracted to human odours,” said Andrew Read, a professor of biology and entomology at the University of Pennsylvania, who was not part of Logan’s research. “And if they did that and started feeding on something else — like cows — that would be fine.”

Read said the same strategy might also work to target insects that carry other diseases such as dengue and Japanese encephalitis.

In a related study, Logan and colleagues also sealed human volunteers into a foil bag to collect their body odour as they grew hot and sweaty. The odours were then piped into a tube next door, alongside another tube untainted by human odour. Afterwards, mosquitoes were released and had the option of flying into either tube.

The insects buzzed in droves into the smelly tube.

Logan said the next step is to identify the chemicals in human foot odour so that it can be made synthetically for mosquito traps. But given mosquitoes’ highly developed sense of smell, getting that formula right will be challenging.

Some smelly cheeses have the same odour as feet, Logan noted.

“But mosquitoes aren’t attracted to cheese because they’ve evolved to know the difference,” he said. “You have to get the mixture, ratios and concentrations of those chemicals exactly right otherwise the mosquito won’t think it’s a human.”

Scientists said it’s crucial to understand the subtleties of mosquito behaviour. Other studies have shown mosquitoes don’t become attracted to humans for about two weeks — the time it takes for the malaria parasites to become infectious for humans.

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BY CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI THE CANADIAN PRESS Global is touting big comebacks in its fall and winter lineup, as stars Michael J. Fox, James Spader, Blair Underwood and Sean Hayes return to the small screen with new ventures.

Shaw Media — which runs Global as well as a raft of specialty channels including History, Showcase and Slice — announced 11 new dramas and seven new comedies for its main network.

They include Hayes’ single dad sitcom Sean Saves the World, Spader’s FBI thriller The Blacklist, Underwood’s crime show reboot Ironside and the family comedy The Michael J. Fox Show, said to be inspired by the Back to the Future star’s personal life.

“Michael J. Fox for us was just a huge, huge, huge win,” Shaw Media’s content boss Barbara Williams said Wednesday at a news conference attended by Ironside lead Blair Underwood, Hawaii Five-O star Daniel Dae Kim, Vikings star Jessalyn Gilsig and rapper/actress Queen Latifah.

“This takes him right back to his comedic roots and the show is a reflection of himself and his family and it just puts it out there that this is a guy with Parkinson’s who also is raising a family with his wife and also has a big career and juggles all of those things that all of us do but he has this extra layer.”

Other new fall dramas include the sci-fi adventure Almost Human, about a cop teamed up with an android in the year 2048; the sultry “Dracula,” starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the title role; and the fantasy thriller Sleepy Hollow, a modern-day retelling of the classic tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.

Williams said Hollywood seems to be putting out a lot family-focused sitcoms and serialized dramas these days.

“We saw trends of a lot of serialized shows. I think there’s a sense that there’s

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Actor Daniel Dae Kim takes part in a ‘Q & A’ session to promote the television series ‘Hawaii Five-0’ as Shaw Media announce their Fall programming at a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday. an opportunity for serialized shows given the way people are watching TV now — given PVRs and VOD and all the ways and means for people to stay caught up and engaged in more complicated storytelling,” she said.

“We also saw just a lot of magic — a lot of futuristic shows, a lot of supernatural, a lot of super powers.”

Other fresh fall sitcoms include the Will Arnett project The Millers, Tony Shalhoub and Jerry O’Connell’s dating comedy We Are Men and the culture clash comedy Welcome to the Family.

Mid-season will feature the highly anticipated return of Kiefer Sutherland as super spy Jack Bauer in 24: Live Another Day. “Jack is back,” declared Williams, adding that this edition of 24 will be a shorter run with just 12 episodes. “It’s really exciting.”

Other mid-season highlights include the Chicago Fire spinoff Chicago PD, Crossbones, starring John Malkovich as the

legendary pirate Blackbeard; Rake, featuring Greg Kinnear as a criminal defence lawyer; and the Canadian medical drama Remedy.

New mid-season comedies include About a Boy, starring Minnie Driver as a single mom raising her 11-year-old son, and the homegrown sitcom Working the Engels, about a “ne’er-do-well family” forced to take over their father’s legal business.

On the daytime side, music and movie star Queen Latifah joins the roster with her new talk show The Queen Latifah Show, featuring musical performances and celebrity guests.

But it won’t just be about famous people, the musicianturned-business woman said, noting she was eager to find remarkable unknowns who have made a big difference in their communities.

“It’s not just the A-list celebrity,” she said.

“For me, the dream guest is the everyday people who are amazing.”

Williams touted big names helming new projects on Shaw’s specialty channels as well, including Alan Thicke in the Slice reality show In the Thicke of It. The winter series will centre on the former “Growing Pains” star, his wife and three children.

Rebecca Romijn stars in the Showcase police drama King & Maxwell, Julia Ormond toplines Lifetime’s fall series Witches of East End and Rob Lowe plays President John F. Kennedy in National Geographic Channel’s fall twohour docu-drama Killing Kennedy.

Returning Slice series include Big Brother Canada, Mob Wives, and Real Housewives of New Jersey, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, New York and Miami.

But the Real Housewives of Vancouver will not be back while Shaw reconsiders cast and possibly location, said Williams.

Over on Food Network Canada, Top Chef Canada will return for more culinary com-

petition, while Chopped Canada debuts in winter 2014 with host Dean McDermott.

Also new is Cutthroat Kitchen, Guy & Rachael’s Kids CookOff and Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, featuring music superstar and cookbook author Trisha Yearwood.

Other new specialty series include: ● Showcase’s sci-fi series Helix, about a team of scientists investigating a possible disease outbreak; ● Lifetime and History’s simulcast of Bonnie & Clyde, which follows Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow and the rest of the Barrow Gang as they embark on daring bank heists; ● History’s Martian War, which re-imagines the First World War as an alien invasion; ● DIY’s fall series Vanilla Ice Goes Amish, which sees the rapper-turned-home renovator live and learn from Amish builders; ● HGTV Canada’s Real Potential with Sarah Richardson and “Undercover Overhaul with the Cousins” featuring the Kitchen Cousins stars Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri.

Williams said Shaw is also adding a new lifestyle channel called DTOUR on Aug. 26, targeting “those with a lifelong passion for new experiences.”

Upcoming series will include Rock My RV with Bret Michaels, in which the rocker transforms ordinary recreational vehicles into “mobile mansions;” the adventure series Get Lost, where a retired combat veteran and journalist husband and wife duo are dropped in the middle of nowhere and must find their way back to civilization; and Burger Land, where host George Motz meets hamburger creators, tours their establishments and finds out what goes into making their burger one of the best in the land.

Fall series returning to the main network Global include Bones, Chicago Fire, Elementary,” Family Guy, Glee, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS, NCIS:LA, The Simpsons, Survivor, The Good Wife, Parenthood, Bob’s Burgers and American Dad.

Whedon says he ‘cribs’ from Shakespeare for superhero tales the cinematic universe — you’re cribbing from Shakespeare,” Whedon said in a recent interview.

“The big themes, the big emotions, its kings, and betrayal and love and tragedy and that good stuff, and even in the way I write, any time you get to write about an Asgardian, there’s going to be a touch of the Elizabethan in there.”

While Much Ado debuts in theatres Friday, Whedon’s focus is already on Avengers 2 — due out in 2015 — and his upcoming Marvelbased TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Some might find it strange that Joss Whedon’s first movie since The Avengers — his 2012 megahit about a team of Marvel Comics superheroes — is an independent adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

But it makes perfect sense to him.

The man who created TV hits like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel says his dramas all have a bit of the Bard in them.

“When you’re working in Marvel Comics — whether it’s comics or

premieres on ABC this fall.

Whedon acknowledges he does feel “pressure” to follow up on the success of The Avengers — the third highestgrossing film ever.

The comic book enthusiast says The Avengers seems perfectly normal to him — a world where Thor, Iron Man and Captain America “hang out” — and he was able to readily convey that to a wider audience.

“This is how the world meant to be.

“These guys are going to hang out and save the world and then they’re

going to get really mad at each other.”

Whedon says — like with Shakespeare — the comic book language is “so familiar” to him that he’s not scrambling to figure “this superhero thing out.

“We were only scrambling to make sure other people know what we already know.”

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Your husband apparently has deterAfter 35 years of marriage and five mined that the best way to handle his kids, I gathered up all of my courage parents is to leave things as they are. and filed for divorce. It was the most That is his choice. difficult thing I have ever done.

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DROST Sherman Linwood Sept. 12, 1946 to June 2, 2013 We are saddened to announce the passing of Sherman who passed away peacefully with his loving wife, Wilda and family by his side at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. Sherman was a warm, kind and loving person who had a knack of entertaining everyone and was always surrounded by laughter. He was well liked by all, which was obvious by the number of friends who visited him while in hospital.

Sherman is survived by his wife, Wilda; stepchildren, Wayne (Jamie), Kevin (Karen), Kelly (Ruth) and Darlene (Pete) and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother and two sisters, along with several nieces and nephews, all in New Brunswick. A Memorial Service will be held at Bethany Church in Dickson, AB on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 3:00 pm. Lunch and JAM session will follow at Spruce View Hall. Please bring your musical instruments. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to S.T.A.R.S., Box 570, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 8M7.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca

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Lost

LOST: Black male cat, 2 years old with small white patch on chest.

Went missing near Sacred Heart Church May 18th.

Answers to “Spirit”. We miss him a lot and will provide a reward if found!

403-302-2814.

CASTLEMAN (nee Laux) Laura Irene Laura, much loved Mother, Grandma and GG (Great Grandma), passed away at the South Health Campus, Calgary, May 31, 2013 at the age of 80. She will forever live in the hearts of her family: daughters Heather (Bob) James of Okotoks and Ruth (Mike) Topelko of Edmonton; granddaughters Cindy (Tony) Brucato of Seminole, FL, Jenny (Brian Symonds) Topelko of St. Albert, Carrie (Greg Musgrave) James of Calgary, and Amber (David) Ta y l o r o f O k o t o k s ; h e r precious greatgrands Bailey and Casandra Brucato, Leaha Symonds, and Zoe and Milo Taylor; brothers Fred Laux and John (Flo) Laux of Edmonton; sisters in law Doris Warke of Red Deer and Anna Laux of Winter Garden, FL; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family. Laura was born in Medicine Hat on October 1, 1932, moving first to Olds and then to Rimbey with her family where she met Don Castleman. They married in 1952 and resided on the farm at Bentley. Don passed away in 1989 and Laura continued to live on the farm until 1992 when she moved to Red Deer and then to Okotoks in 2004 where she resided until her passing.

A celebration of Laura’s life will be held Sunday, June 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Forshee Hall (12 kms north of Bentley on Hwy 20). If desired, donations may be made in Laura’s name to the CNIB, #4, 5015 48th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 1S9 or Heart and Stroke Foundation, 100-119 14 St NW, Calgary T2N 1Z6.

ROBICHAUD Cynthia Jeanne 1966 - 2013 It is with great sadness that the family of Mrs. Cynthia Robichaud announce her passing at Red Deer, Alberta on June 2, 2013 at the age of 47 years. Cynthia will be lovingly remembered by her husband Martin of 14 years and her two sons Joshua and Jacob.

Cynthia’s memory will always be cherished by her mother, Funeral Directors brothers, sisters and all those & Services who loved her. Her smile will live on in their hearts forever.

A Celebration of Cynthia’s life will be held at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Innisfail, Alberta (4304 49 Ave.) on Funeral Chapel Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Cynthia’s love for & Crematorium flowers is asked for in her memory. They will then be 4820-45 Street shared around the community Red Deer, AB in her honor.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL 403-347-2222 SERVICES LTD., INNISFAIL eventidefuneralchapels.com entrusted with arrangements.

403.227.0006 www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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~Your family and friends

MARY-ANN WARREN 1942 - 2011 I miss you my little friend...

Until we meet again. ~Wendy

PUGH, Clifford H. (Cliff) Jan. 3, 1931 - June 4, 2008 Loving husband, Dad, Grandfather, Great Grandfather.

And now we know the measure of another year (5), Of precious time spent without you near,We love and miss you so much Cliff.

With love always, Amy “Joyce” and our family.

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Found

FOUND Saturday morning at the Oxbow dog park: Pierced Earring. Phone to identify: 403-343-6257 leave message.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds Buying or Selling your home?

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Personals

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

NOTICE Travis Todd,

or anyone knowing his whereabouts, contact Amanda Burley at ext. 4533 or Tamara Braun at ext. 4519, Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at 905-937-7731 or 1-888-937-7731

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jobs

~Love from Diane, Donna and families

REQUIRES

HEALTH CARE AIDS

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

Happy 60th Anniversary JOHN and GLORIA NORTH

STETTLER, AB

Operated by Connecting Care - A leader in seniors’ supportive housing management in Alberta.

LOST WALLET and I.D.

by D2 Gravel Road or Harpers Metal.

Please Call 403-302-3806

CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Oilfield

Hair Stylists

760

JUST CUTS is looking for F/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary.

Call Jen at 403-340-1447 or Christie 403-309-2494

Facility - A 104 suite full service Designated Supportive Living and Independent Living Facility

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Anniversaries

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LOST: Beige Alaska Jacket, possibly left at Tim Horton’s.

REWARD. 403-343-7712 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

REWARD

GRANT Elaine Patricia “Lanie” Feb. 15, 1955 - June 6, 2012 Our little angel forever in our hearts.

Caregivers/ Aides

We are looking for a caring professionals who are leaders and want to work in Supportive Housing.

Wages: Based on qualifications and years of experience.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Janitorial

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

Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Submit resumes: Email: jobs@connectingcare.ca Only successful applicants will be notified.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

JOB FAIR

Medical

790

BUSY medical practice seeks medical assistant.

This position req’s: to perform various technical therapy and assessment functions to assist professionals. Outstanding interpersonal skills and demonstrated computer literacy. Exp. preferred.

Will train. Reply to Box 1045, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Oilfield

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants

- Grow your Career!

Park Place Mall booth June 10th for an If you are a team player Clerical opportunity to be a BEST interested in the oil and Custodian with wages gas industry, please starting at $11.75 /hour at submit your resume, a prominent Red Deer site. current driver’s abstract Check us out at www.best.ca and current safety CAN YOU: • Read, understand and certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 speak English well?

• Follow instructions & lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca Seeking take responsibility?

Administrative Please specify position • Work physically for a Assistant when replying to this ad.

7-8 hour shift? for our IT Department • Be an upbeat & positive We would like to thank all team mate?

Full time, temporary those candidates who position until January 31, • Work with little supervision? apply, however only Submit your resume to: 2014 (approx. 18 months), qualified personnel will careers@best.ca with potential for permanent be contacted. or visit us on June 10th! placement. The successful candidate must have POSITION: Head Caretaker Ameritest Inc a professionstrong organizational skills, al well testing company is Location: Aspen Heights experience and accuracy looking for experienced School Work Hours: with database entry, the night and day supervisors 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. ability to follow logical flow for the North Dakota and & 3:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. A of software systems, the Montana areas. current criminal record ability to learn new softCandidates must have a check is required for all new ware systems, competency employees. Be advised that valid passport and be able in the use of spreadsheets, only those selected for an to pass a back ground and excellent check. This is year round interview will be contacted. communication skills. work on a 20 day on and Applications should be Main responsibilities: 10 day off schedule. forwarded by 12 noon on reporting, data file Please send your resume Wednesday, June 12, 2013 creation, correspondence to hr@ameritest.us.com to Red Deer Public with salons across Only possible candidates School District No. 104, Canada, maintaining will be contacted. No 4747-53 Street, Red Deer, inventory and salon phone calls please.

AB T4N 2E6 services for global POS Fax: 403-342-3780 LOCAL SERVICE CO. system, scheduling.

Email: humanresources REQ’S EXP. VACUUM Remuneration based on @rdpsd.ab.ca TRUCK OPERATOR experience and education.

Must have Class 3 licence Excellent benefits package. w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Position to start immediately.

Fax resume w/drivers Apply in confidence to Medical abstract to 403-886-4475 careers@chatters.ca or fax resume to Looking for a place A position for an RN, LPN 403-347-7759 to live? or RDA is avail. for one www.chatters.ca Take a tour through the day a week ( Wed.). We CLASSIFIEDS offer a friendly working You can sell your guitar environment and staff.

Celebrate your life for a song...

Please bring your resume or put it in CLASSIFIEDS with a Classified to 215-5201-43rd St. Red and we’ll sell it for you!

Deer or fax to 403 341-3599 ANNOUNCEMENT

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Classifieds 309-3300

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

Funeral Chapel & Crematorium

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CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Coming Events

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ART SHOW/SALE - Paintwerx Studios

June 7th - 9th Fri. 6-9, Sat. 11-9, Sun. 11-3 Almost 200 framed pieces on display. All sizes, styles, subjects, medians, price ranges avail.

95 Piper Drive. 403-986-2600 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

NOW PLAYING VLT’S AT

Coming Events

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Camp Kuriakos 18th Annual Bike•Walk•Run

Fundraising Event

June 8

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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16th Annual

is hosting the

EAST 40TH PUB Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Coming Events

Women’s Classic Golf Tournament

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

Support local Breast Cancer Initiatives and have a great day golfing with your women friends Red Deer Golf & Country Club MONDAY JUNE 17 9:00 a.m. Shotgun For more details call Arlene 403-877-8411 June 403-347-0137 Ken 403-340-4460 Registration is limited Reserve your spot now!

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LOST: Car key in the parking lot at the Real Canadian Superstore on 67th Street. Lost on the morning of Sunday June 2nd. Reward offered.

Please phone 403-346-8609 or cell, 403-318-5206

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Coming Events

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, June 6, 2013

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AN OIL COMPANY is seeking a contract operator with a minimum of 3 -5 years related oilfield Landcore Technologies experience for its operations Inc. is a leading provider of in the Rocky Mountain Rathole and Pile Driving House area. Successful services throughout candidate can expect an Western Canada. We are 8 hour/day shift on a 10 & currently seeking a 4 rotation. Applicants must full-time Journeyman or possess all required tickets 3rd/4th Year Heavy Duty to operate and must supply Mechanic for our Ponoka truck, cell phone, cell location. We offer phone booster, standard competitive wages with an tools, 4 head monitor, excellent benefits plan. complete set of PPE Duties will include, but are and computer. Interested not limited to: applicants must please e-mail resume, references - Heavy Truck and Trailer maintenance and repair and current safety - Light Duty Pick-up training certificates to: rockymountainhouseoperator maintenance and repair - CVIP inspection @gmail.com -Heavy off-road equipment maintenance and repair Candidates should own their own tools, class 5 drivers license, Heavy Duty Trade Certification.

Experience in welding and CLASS 1 LOW BED fabrication an asset (but TRUCK DRIVER not necessary). Successful HINTON, ALBERTA candidates should excel in Alstar Oilfield is looking for a oral communication skills, problem solving, and highly motivated individual working with others. to join our Team.

To apply, either email Alstar has been serving the resumes to info@ oil and gas construction landcore.ca or fax to industry since 1969.

403 783 2011 If you have….

Start your career!

• Minimum 5 Years with See Help Wanted Class 1 • Low Bed Experience hauling Cats, Excavators, and Side Booms • Clean Abstract • Winch Tractor Experience NOW ACCEPTING • Off Road Oilfield RESUMES FOR Experience If you Desire to be Part of a Growing Company Please email your resume to: hr@alstaroilfield.com Or fax to 780-865-5829 Please Quote Job # 1210 on Resume “Committed to enriching the lives of our workforce, while providing quality energy construction solutions”

EXPERIENCED Oilfield Construction Lead Hands

Experienced Swampers For Red Deer area.

Fax resume & abstract to 403-885-0473 email: info@trysonenergy.com No phone calls please.

RED DEER based hot shot company looking for exp’d driver. Scheduled days off, medical benefits, above average salary. Must have clean abstract. Fax resume, abstract and current oilfield tickets to 403-342-2152. No phone calls accepted.

Experienced Oilfield Construction Labourers Industrial Painters

Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd

is looking for journeyman Alstar Oilfield is looking for a picker operator.Top wages/ highly motivated individuals benefits. Safety tickets req’d. to join our Team in both Fax or drop off resume Hinton and Fox Creek.

403-346-6128 No phone calls.

Alstar has been serving the oil and gas construction SITE SAFETY industry since 1969.

SERVICES INC. Currently accepting If you have a Desire to be resumes for the following: Part of a Growing Company Please email your resume Assistant Manager to: hr@alstaroilfield.com Senior Safety Supervisors Please Quote Health & Safety Manager Job # 1209 on Resume Shop Labourers For detailed job description Please email hr@alstaroilfield.com Or visit our Career Section at: www.alstaroilfield.com “Committed to enriching the lives of our workforce, while providing quality energy construction solutions” LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers.

Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@gmail. com

All applicants must have current safety tickets for position applied for.

Email resume and Safety Tickets to: sitesafe@telusplanet.net No phone calls please.

Professionals

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F/T ACCOUNTANT

req’d to start immed.

Mon-Fri. The successful candidate will oversee the accounting for several small companies and should have a minimum of 5 years experience.

Knowledge of Simply Accounting is an asset.

Please e-mail resumes to: jdrummond@microage.cc

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Anders Park

Oriole Park

116 AHLSTROM CLOSE Thurs. 6th, Fri. 7th 4-8 Sat. 8th, 7-3.

Camping gear, XBox & games, housewares, furniture

HELP BEAT CANCER FUNDRAISER. Raffle/BBQ hot dogs/craft sale. Join us at 84 Oliver St. Red Deer Sat. June 8, 11-3. Thanks for your support Relay For Life Team.

Aspen Ridge 111 AMMETER CLOSE June 6th 4-8, June 7th 4-7 Tons of toys, household items, games, books, CD’s, DVD’s & seasonal items.

Everything in exc, cond.

Deer Park 284 DESCHNER CL. Thurs. & Fri. June 6 & 7, 5-8. Sat. 9-6. Lots of childrens articles and much more.

57 Dandell Cl. Downsizing Fri. 7th, 5:30-8, Sat. 8th.

9-12:30. Kitchen table, oak tv stand, garden tools, fish tank, kitchen stuff.

Glendale 39 GISH STREET Thurs. June 6 & Fri. June 7, 3-8 Sat, 9-6, Household, toys, misc.

Lancaster Green 148 LAMONT CLOSE June 7th 3-9, June 8th 9-5 Multi-family. Great selection of DVD’s & numerous other household items.

Morrisroe 24 MCKEE CLOSE June 6th & 7th, 2-8 June 8th, 9-12 Multi-Family, Multi-Treasures DVD surround sound sys., tools & lots of housewares 34 MCFARLANE AVE. Massive, quality items.

Quad, trampoline, dryer.

Thurs. & Fri. June 6 & 7. 10-6.

Normandeau 89 NEVILLE CLOSE BACK ALLEY JUNE 6, 7 & 8 Thurs & Fri. 5-9, Sat. 12-6 RAIN OR SHINE HAITI Orphanage Fund Raiser Unity Baptist Church 139 Northey Ave. Fri. June 7, 4-8, Sat. 9-1.

Rosedale 5 ROSE CRES. Thurs. 6th & Fri. 7th. 2-8 Sat. 8th, 8-1. 10” Craftsman table saw, tables, chairs, furniture, numerous household items, tools, etc.

MULTI-FAMILY ROOT CLOSE. June 7th 9-6, June 8th 9-1.

Dishwasher, hide-a-bed, microwave, misc.

Sunnybrook

Professionals

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Restaurant/ Hotel

820

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley Is Seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs Facility - A 104 suite full $ 14.00/hr service Designated HOUSEKEEPING ROOM Supportive Living and ATTENDANT Independent Living Facility * Clean and vacuum rooms public areas pool etc.

Operated by Connecting Care - A leader in seniors’ * Replenish amenities, linens & towels supportive housing management in Alberta. * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards $ 14.00/hr We are looking for a caring All positions are professionals who are Shift Work & weekends leaders and want to work Fax resume in Supportive Housing.

780 - 702-5051 Qualifications: Recreation JOSE JOSE LATIN diploma an asset.

RESTAURANT IS HIRING!!

Looking for a Wages: Based on WAITRESS/WAITER qualifications and years of Please drop off your experience. resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673 Submit resumes: TOO MUCH STUFF? Email: jobs@ Let Classifieds connectingcare.ca help you sell it.

Only successful applicants LUAU Investments Ltd. will be notified.

(O/A Tim Hortons) FOOD SERVICE WE ARE ALSO LOOKING SUPERVISOR FOR HEALTH CARE 1 yr previous experience.

AIDS! COMPETATIVE F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) WAGES. Must be avail. weekends COME JOIN OUR TEAM! $13.00 per hour 4217 - 50 Ave. Restaurant/ 6721 - 50 Ave. 7111 - 50 Ave. Hotel timhire@telus.net

STETTLER, AB REQUIRES RECREATION AID

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A&W GASOLINE ALLEY BOTH LOCATIONS Now accepting applications for F/T & P/T Cooks & Cashiers & for F/T Supervisors.

Please apply in person to either Gasoline Alley Location or email resume to: awwillow@rttinc.com BIG MOO IN SYLVAN LAKE needs F/T SHORT ORDER COOK. Wage starting at $11- $13 /HR. Call Steph 403-887-5533

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

$12.25/hr.

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

Cook

$14.00/HR. To prepare and cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen and maintain hygiene follow recipes, assist in receiving and storing

Kitchen Helper

$11/hr To clean kitchen following safety and hygiene standards. Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery and glassware items.

Clean floors.

Assist in prep.

All positions are Shift Work & Weekends.

Fax resume 780-702-5051

EAST 40TH PUB

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer F/T & P/T avail. Apply in person with resume to Burger Baron Gasoline Alley,

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

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

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

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

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

NIGHT OWLS TIM HORTONS

requires F/T Customer Service Night shift and afternoon shift..

Premium paid on night shift.

Health/Dental benefits, paid training, free uniforms. Apply in person 4217 - 50 Ave. timhire@telus.net

Professionals

THE BIG MOO in Sylvan Lake is looking for ICE CREAM SERVERS. F/T or P/T positions avail. $11/hr. must be 15 yrs. or older. Contact Stephanie at 403-887-5533.

Sales & Distributors

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Extreme Energy Hiring Salespersons Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, Customer service oriented.

F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends. Salary $14./hr E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com NEARLY NEW BOOKS permanent part time, drop off resume at #4 5106 47 Ave. Red Deer Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

RED DEER’S #1 Tool Store

KMS TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

is looking for individuals who are passionate about tools, and are committed to exceptional customer service. If you are knowledgeable about Welding, Construction, Wood Working, Shop Equipment or Automotive industry tools, enjoy a fast paced environment and have a can-do attitude, we have the role for you.

Employee pricing, extended health benefits and training provided for the right candidate.

Now accepting resumes for SALES AND CASHIER positions, apply in person 53 Burnt Park Drive or email employment@ kmstools.com TELUS - SALES AGENT. FULL TIME POSITION: BASE PAY, UNCAPPED COMMISSIONS & SALES INCENTIVES OVERVIEW: TELUS is a very well recognized brand and a leader in the industry. We are looking for highly motivated people to join our Optik Promotions team. We will offer fulltime employment that will enable you to gain experience, make lots of money and sharpen your skills in the world of sales!

WHAT WILL YOU DO: Sell the benefits of TELUS products and services through direct residential marketing.

Increase customer base Reach sales targets Deliver superior customer service WHAT WILL YOU BRING: Ambition Strong work ethic An outgoing personality Energy A positive attitude NEXT STEPS We will be in Red Deer conducting interviews on June 11th and 12th. To secure a spot all applicants should email their resume to d2cbc@telus.com with reference to “Red Deer Sales Agent” in the subject line of email. Only those selected will be contacted.

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Massive community Garage Sale, beginning June 6 at 4 pm to June 8 at noon. Word of Life church parking lot off Hwy 2A

Innisfail ESTATE SALE * Antiques, collectables, vintage, etc. * Huge selection of tools. * June 5th-8th (Wed. to Sat.) * 9am to 6pm * 6 miles east of Innisfail on Hwy 590. * Watch for signs.

Sylvan Lake 4 LAUREL CLOSE Sylvan Lake June 7th, 2-8, June 8th 11-7, & June 9th, 1-5 Multi-family garage sale.

Home decor, household, seasonal items, children’s items, womens clothing, etc.

Carpenters & Labourers for work in Red Deer

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Growing Company, TJ PAVING, needs employees with paving experience. Great Working Atmosphere. Email resume to: tjpaving@hotmail.com INDUSTRIAL painter required for a sandblasting & painting shop. Must pass drug/substance testing.

Fax resume to 403-340-3800

Truckers/ Drivers

860

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

Spanky’s Transit Mix is looking for concrete truck drivers. Call Gary 403-396-5993

Apply at: Email: careers@ clarkbuilders.com Fax: 1-888-403-3051 www.clarkbuilders.com

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4C’S TRAILERS in Lacombe is HIRING! We are looking for a general labourer/trailer technician.

Previous mechanical/trailer experience preferred, and ability to do heavy lifting.

Benefits after 3 months, full time Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.

Starting wage is $14-$16/hr. Email resume to 4cstrailers@telus.net or call 403-782-4879

Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Community Support Worker Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades GED classes days/ evening

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Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

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PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

EXP’D. FINISHING HOE & DOZER OPERATOR for road construction.

Fax: resume to 403-309-1944

EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call FILLED! 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

FLEET BRAKE PARTS & SERVICE

Canada’s Premier Fleet Specialist Has an immediate opening for an experienced

PARTS PERSON

is currently seeking JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package.

Please drop off or fax resume to Joey Huckabone Call 403-347-3301 Fax 403-347-0031 REQUIRE EXPERIENCED STONE MASON to start immed. Also seeking experienced LABOURER. Must have valid drivers license & own transportation.

Contact 403-358-6243

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 SKILLED laborers req’d.

Streetside Developments, Calgary. Resume submitted to info@ streetsidehomes.com or call 403-258-0703 WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

WESTPARK Candidate must have reliable vehicle and be 18+.

* Full Time hours * Great benefit program after 3 mos. * Most weekends off * Competitive Wages

Perfect job for seniors, students, or anyone looking to make extra $.

Hardworking need only apply. Bring resume to: Metal Strip & Coatings 4617 63rd Street Mon-Fri 8-5.

No Phone Calls Please.

Routes on average only take about an hour per day.

Also are eligible for monthly carrier contests & bonuses.

ARE you Energetic, Responsible & Reliable?

Victoria Park Retirement Home is looking for a Dishwasher. Please send resume to 9 Avery St. Red Deer or call 403-309-1957

Call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

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LABORER The Rental Store, Sylvan Lake is looking for a motivated, healthy individual for general labor duties including loading and unloading of rental equipment, washing detailing and some servicing of rental equipment, yard maintenance, etc. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Previous experience with rental or construction equipment would be an asset. Clean class 5 licence is a must. Must be prepared to work 40 - 50 hours per week.

If you possess all or some of these qualities, please fax resume to

Ross or Dave, 403-887-0441 or drop off at The Rental Store, 30 Industrial Drive, Sylvan Lake, AB

SERVICE ’S WRITER

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Duties include: - Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow

Attributes:

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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

Currently seeking reliable people to deliver morning newspapers in:

WE OFFER:

Misc.

Help

at our Red Deer location.

The successful candidate will have the following: WATER WELL • Exceptional customer DRILLERS HELPER service skills.

• A b i l i t y t o w o r k w i t h with class 3, air. All safety tickets required. minimum supervision Meal and Accommodation • A great attitude provided when out of town.

Experience with medium Fax resume with drivers and heavy duty truck and abstract: 403-748-3015 trailer parts an asset, but not required WELDER NEEDED We offer above average for small shop based wages, a comprehensive out of Lacombe. benefit package and a safe Call 403-318-9445 work environment 8-4:30 Mon. - Fri. Please apply in confidence to: Western Masonry Fleet Brake Parts & Service 4841-78th St. Red Deer, AB Structures Fax 403-340-0888 or F/T bricklayers and Laborers. e-mail your resume to Must have own tcarriere@fleetbrake.com transportation. Fax resume to 403-340-0762 FOUNDATION COMPANY or email resume to in Red Deer is currently tom@westernmasonry.com seeking Experienced Foundation Form Workers.

Truckers/ Please fax resume to 403-346-5867 Drivers

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

880

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

UPS is now hiring for Part time Early Morning JEETS PLUMBING & P/T WAREHOUSE HEATING & FULL TIME DRIVING. BOOTS Transport Ltd. has Service Plumbers.

Applicants must be openings for Class 1 Journeyman, w/service physically fit and be able drivers to run the 4 exp. Competitive wages. to lift up to 70 lbs.

Western Provinces.

Fax resume: 403-356-0244 P/T Warehouse, Min. 2 years driving JOURNEYMAN H.D. Mon. to Fri. 15 - 25 hrs/wk. experience required.

MECHANIC req’d immed.

Driving Mon. to Fri, Wage between for very busy heavy equip.

10 to 12 hours per day.

40-70K per year. sales lot in Innisfail. Wage Alberta Class 5 license, Fax resume to Calgary range $25. $35/hr depending clean abstract. This is 403-238-5811 on exp. Fax resume to fast paced, physically or call 403-238-5755.

403-227-5701 or email: demanding environment. bouvier9@telus.net All candidates are subject BRAATT CONST. to criminal record checks.

Is looking for general LARGE roofing company Apply by online @ carpenters for the Red in Red Deer is looking for www.upsjobs.com Deer area. Call Brad person with approx 20 yrs or fax resume to: 403-588-8588 experience in the residen403-648-3310 tial shingling & exterior ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE industry. Has abilities to 3rd or 4th yr. Must have detect deficiencies & Residential experience.

Misc. correct leaks, perform Fax resume to preventative maintenance Help 403-347-5745 & warranty work.

Email resume to EXP’D SIDER, must have nickerson_shawn@ truck and tools. We pay hotmail.com compensation & top dollar. or fax to 403-346-7556 Call 403-347-2522 MASON needed for small exterior chimney repairs. email: rcc86b@gmail.com *POWDER COATER

- Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

• This is a career position.

• Salary based on experience and ability.

• Profit sharing and company benefits.

Apply by: Email: bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn: Bill/Service

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Accounting

West Park Estates

Out of Town

NOW HIRING

Trades

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

ESTATE/HOUSEHOLD DISPERSAL SALE 54 SPRINGFIELD AVE. June 7 & 8 Fri. 4-8 & Sat. 8 - 4

33 WILTSHIRE BLVD. Thursday 6th Only, 5-8 Brand new pair of CanAm quad tires & rims, $500 obo.

Partylite candle holders, mostly Xmas, priced to go.

CD’s, DVD’s, armoire & more.

850

Trades

305146F6,7

Oilfield

305215F6-12

800

303599F15

Oilfield

Netook Construction Ltd. is a heavy equipment contractor based in Olds, Alberta with an operating history of over 35 years. Netook Construction Ltd. is currently seeking a

CIVIL EARTHWORKS FOREMAN

with several years’ experience in road construction.

We are looking for an individual who has the ability to provide quality and service in a fast-paced environment, work independently, and can contribute to the success of Netook’s current and future goals.

The qualifications and responsibilities for the position include: • 7 to 10 years’ experience in civil projects (municipal and highway construction). Require earthworks knowledge from start to finish.

• Coordinate and organize equipment, personnel/crews, materials. Supervise crews of approximately 20 to 25 people.

• Strong communication, interpersonal, time management and organization skills.

• Promote a safe work environment, ensure safety of crews and compliance in areas of safety policy and procedures.

A competitive compensation package including benefits is available.

Please apply with resume with references to careers@netook.ca or fax (403) 556-6231.

No phone calls please.

303899F6

1010

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

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or Ron 403-318-3804 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 MAMMA MIA !!

Soffit, Fascia & Eaves.

403-391-2169 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Eavestroughing

1130

Escorts

1165

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

1310

ASIAN MZ. REIKO 587-377-1298 Avail. days

PAINTING BY DAVE VII MASSAGE Interior, Exterior, New Feeling over Construction. Comm/Indust. whelmed?

EDEN 2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for Hard work day?

587-877-7399 10am-midnight seniors. Free estimates.

Pampering at its EROTICAS PLAYMATES All work guaranteed. We best. #7 7464 Gaetz Girls of all ages 598-3049 carry WCB & Liability Ave. www. www.eroticasplaymates.net Insurance. 403-307-4798 viimassage.biz Handyman In/Out Calls to Seniors’ Hotels. 403-986-6686 Services Services RED DEER’S BEST

1372

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

SENIORS need a HELPING HAND? Cleaning, cooking companionship - in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghands.com for info.

Yard

1430

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Care Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial. LAWN/HEDGE Trimming Services. Call Paul, local Serving central Alberta.

Red Deer # 587-679-0917 403-318-4346

1300

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 Private back entry. 403-341-4445

Moving & Storage

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as yard landscaping, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403-341-0617

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, June 6, 2013 D3

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 Dandell Close Davison Dr. & 2 blocks of Dowler St. ALSO Dunham Close ALSO Duncan Cres.

ALSO 3 blocks of West Duston St. & Dale Close ALSO Densmore Cres. & East part of Donnelly 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.

ALSO Lamont Close Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver the Morning Advocate.

6 days per week Vehicle needed DEERPARK Dowler & Douglas St. Area $605.00/mo Call Jamie 403-314-4306 For more information

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 LANCASTER AREA Lewis Close/ Law Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres./ Selkirk Blvd.

Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Vanson Close/ Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

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SUMMER WORK

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

Fluid Experts Ltd.

Is seeking to hire Shop Hand for our Red Deer location. This position is a fulltime and is a salary based position with company benefits. Duties include maintain shop and inventories, loading of trucks with fluid products and blending of KCl products in shop. This is a 24 hr on call basis position when on duty. Ideal candidate will have a mechanical aptitude with a class 1 license with fluid hauling experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com F/T sales and customer service associate, bilingual French/English an asset.

Hourly wage plus benefits. email: careers@buyairsoft.ca

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

1640

Now Hiring

PICKERS/PACKERS Tools EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Shipping/Receiving REQUIRED AT THE RED DEER COLLEGE

Brookfield Johnson Controls provides workplace management services for real estate portfolios in Canada. Our team is over 1,400 people strong and growing, taking the newest technologies indoors to help plant the seeds of sustainable, green innovation.

Our streamlined, specialized services delivered by our hand-picked team have made us the Canadian leader in our field.

Full time positions available (Must have own vehicle) Very clean atmosphere, user friendly equipment & technology.

Benefits, competitive wages, perks.

Experience an asset.

Apply today!

Email resume to: careers@chatters.ca Fax resume to: (403)347-7759

FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL Mastercraft Laser Level w/case & tri-pod, $45.

Dewalt 3/8 Electric Drill w/case, $45.

Skil 3.7 Amp Jig Saw, extra blades & case, $30.

Mastercraft 4 1/2” 7 Amp Angle Grinder w/case, $40.

Makita 7 1/2” 13 Amp Skil Saw c/w 7 extra blades & metal case. $65.

All tools are like new.

403-347-3079 or 403-872-0329

1660

Red Deer based Company Firewood is looking for a fill in Class 1 Driver for refrigerated deliveries between Calgary CHOPPED Poplar free, Optimization - it means you pick up 403-392-8385 and Edmonton. P&D getting the very best out of experience is a must, everything and that carries FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, training will be provided. through all that we do.

Poplar. Can deliver This is a great position for In return for your best, 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 a semi retired individual. we give you: Please e-mail resume to LOGS • Competitive Base Salary axel28@telus.net or fax to Semi loads of pine, spruce, (403)341-6622. & Compensation Programs tamarack, poplar.

• Work Life Balance Price depends on location.

• Attractive Annual Incentive Lil Mule Logging Program 403-318-4346 • Flexible Benefits Package • Rewarding RRSP & Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner Savings Plans BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 Qualifications: • Experience with the THE TASTY BAKERY Garden operation of skid steer PACKAGING & loader, snow plow truck, COUNTER SALES Supplies sander and landscape P/T OPPORTUNITY equipment mowers.

15’ LAUREL LEAF WILLOW No early mornings, • Mechanically inclined 6-8’ NORTHWEST POPLAR No late nights capable to service and & BROOK POPLAR No Sundays, do minor repairs to the Beautiful trees. You dig.

Apply in person at: above equipment a Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive Please phone 403-302-1919 definite asset. (directly behind Nutters) • Must be available to work some extreme Central Alberta’s Largest Household overtime hours during Car Lot in Classifieds Appliances the winter snow removal season and participate APPLS. reconditioned lrg. in on call rotation. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo.

• Some heavy labour is warr. Riverside Appliances required at times must 403-342-1042 be physically capable of performing duties WHIRLPOOL washer and • Team player able to dryer 6 yrs. old, $600/pair, work alone with minimal Trail Appliances has always highchair $50, playpen $50 supervision offered excellence in sales, all like new 403-304-9610 • Clean drives abstract delivery, customer service, and background check and after-sales support. will be required The Company is currently Household • Candidate must be able looking to fill the following Furnishings to adhere to company positions at our safety regulations and Red Deer location.† 2 LAZ-E-BOY Rocker Recliners. policies.

2 yrs old. exc. cond. Brown.

CONTRACT SALES $500/pair. 403-346-6058 This is a full time position ADMINISTRATOR with full benefits. All WANTED uniforms, safety equipment Antiques, furniture and and tools will be supplied.

P/T CUSTOMER estates.

342-2514 We also offer annual safety SERVICE REP footwear contribution.

Candidates please apply Misc. for Trail offers excellent online at: training and a competitive Sale www.brookfieldjohnson compensation and benefit controls.com/our-careers/ package. Start your career 2 OVAL fruit bowls $18/ea; Tired of Standing? with a well known and 15 assorted cookbooks Find something to sit on respected company, $1/ea; 30 peacock feathers become a member of the in Classifieds $1.50/ea; 2 large Tuppersuccessful Trail team by ware containers $3/ea., applying in person to: F/T Food Service Supervisor crystal pedestal bowl $5; Chris Sturdy in person at 1 position $13.00/hr. six Chicken Soup for the 2823 Bremner Avenue.

F/T Food counter attendants Soul books $2/ea.; old 3 positions $11/hr. matching vegetable bowl Security checks will be 1105903 AB Ltd. o/a and meat platter $6/ea.; conducted on successful Eckville Gas & Snacks, Vicks steam inhaler $3; 2 candidates.

5008 - 48 St. Eckville, AB small table lamps $15/each.

T0M 0X0 403-346-2231 X-STATIC F/T Retail Trade Supervisor IS NOW ACCEPTING 2 SWIVEL ROCKERS & 1 position $14.88/hr.

APPLICATIONS FOR SMALL PATIO TABLE. F/T Food Service Supervisor $100. 403-347-3079 1 position $13/hr.

FEMALE pat down or 403-872-0329 F/T Food counter attenperson req.’d in bar. dant 2 positions $11.50/hr No exp. necessary.

36” ROUND newer kitchen 1105903 AB LTD. o/a Apply in person after 3 pm. table & 4 chairs. $375.

Alhambra corner Hwy.11 403-347-3079 or 872-0329 R R 54 AB TOM OCO F/T Retail Trade Supervisor Volunteers COMPUTER Chair, $20; 1 position $14.88hr.

Corner computer stand, Wanted F/T food service $20; 403-986-2849 supervisor, 2 positions $13/hr.

COMPUTER Chair, $20; F/T food counter Corner TV Stand $20; attendants 4 positions 403-986-2849 $11.50/hr HYDROPONIC PLANTERS 1373883 AB Ltd. o/a 30 outer containers, Caroline Gas & Snacks. culture pots, water indicators #1 4903 50 Ave. Caroline & clay pellets. $75 obo.

AB T0M 0M0 403-342-0878 Please send resumes by e-mail, mail, fax or in person NEW twin fitted and flat Fax: 403-746-3229 Volunteers needed to be s h e e t s e t , p i l l o w c a s e , shinbukap@hanmail.net cream, 80% cotton hole spotters at the or mail to Box 506 $15 403-309-7787 16th Annual Eckville T0M 0X0 Women’s Classic until June 14, 2013 ROMAN STACK RUSTIC Golf Tournament DECORATIVE BRICKS. GRAYSON EXCAVATING June 17, 2013 at the Red 57 of them at $1.50 each.

LTD. requires experienced Deer Golf & Country Club.

403-346-6058 foremen, pipelayers, From 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. equipment operators, To sign up please call Class 1 drivers, topmen Trish King 403-309-5429 Musical and general labourers for Instruments installation of deep utilities Employment (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 Training GUITAR, Black Segovia, or e-mail to: info@ like new. $150. graysonexcavating.com 403-343-0858 What Makes Us Attractive

1680 1710

1720

1760

890

1770

900

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s F/T kitchen staff, servers and front counter staff.

Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person IN SERVICE SHOP, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld. Apply fax 403-341-5622 LOOKING FOR A P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE REP in a green drycleaning plant.

Must be able to work some evenings until 7 p.m. & some Saturdays.

Call Shannon 403-550-7440

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE “Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544 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)

KITTENS TO GIVE AWAY. 403-597-9243

1840

Dogs

920

Career Planning

1830

Cats

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

BORDER Collie Austrian Shepard Cross puppies.

1 Blue Merle, 2 Black & White. 403-749-2411 GERMAN Shepherd P.B. pups. Ready to go!

857-679-2233

Sporting

RED DEER WORKS Goods

Customer sales/service Immediate openings, $16 base/appt., Conditions apply, no exp. nec., training given 403-755-6711 www.summeropenings.ca/

880

Misc.

Help

278950A5

880

Misc.

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS BOWDEN RIMBEY Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

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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

Auctions

1860

JUNIOR left hand 5 piece golf set plus bag. Driver, putter, 5, 7 & 9. $45.

403-346-3692 WORLD famous, 2 compartment, 4 man, RUBBER RAFT. Can attach motor to back. Used only once. $200. 403-343-0858

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1530

Event Tickets

1610

AMALUNA (2), Edmonton, June 14, 8 pm show.

Producer Seats.

587-876-3153

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

3020

3 BDRM, 3 bath home , nice deck, new paint & carpet, for over 40 couple with no pets at 7316-59 Ave. Rent $1500/Sec. $1500.

Ph: 403-341-4627 3 bdrm. house in Lacombe, 1 bath, fenced yard, workshop, garden shed, $1100/mo. SD same, utils. not incld.

403-391-6512 4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 appls, garage $1695 mo.

403-782-7156 357-7465

8 LACEY CLOSE Beautiful Home

4 bright bdrms, 3 full baths, fenced yard, double garage.

5†appls. In-suite laundry.

No pets. N/S. $2495 & UTIL, SD $2495. Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 WILDROSE DR. Sylvan Lake. 3 bdrm. 2 bath, 5 appls., large deck, no pets, $1300 + utils, Avail. June 15.

Ph. 403-746-5293

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000 Avail. June 15 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

MUST love dogs, must be working, rent $550., N/S, 403-358-3786

Trucks

5050

1997 F150 4x4 Lariet loaded, exc. cond, low kms. 403-550-1835

5030

403-506-3277 ROOM $500. Blackfalds.

All incld’d, furn. 588-2564

RARE 1989 Camaro 1LE, only 87,000 km. 5 psd., 305 tune port injection, chip, 3” exhaust, original paint. New tires. $15,000 obo 403-597-9523

3190

Mobile Lot

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

CLASSIFICATIONS

1990 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE; 1 owner; 100% original; 54,000 km; fully loaded; estate sale; in storage since 2004; $8,900; 403-318-8282

Motorcycles

2008 KAWASAKI Vulcan 900. 21,400 kms. $6,250 OBO 587-877-4232, Will

2009 DODGE VIPER SRT ACR replica 28000 kms., $74,888. 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 HD Road King Custom 1 owner, mint cond, 32,000 kms, chrome everywhere, black cherry, wide passenger seat, great cruiser, selling due to buying 2013 Road King $18,000 403-391-0293 cabay@telusplanet.net

2007 MERCEDES BENZ B200 FWD $8888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2004 HARLEY CVO Screamin Eagle $21,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Motorhomes Choosing the Right Realtor DOES make a Difference Call GORD ING at RE/MAX Real Estate Central Alberta (403) 341-9995

Houses For Sale

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000.

Avail. July 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

2005 GULF STREAM 1 Owner, N/S, no pets. $66,000. 30,000 km.

780-372-2079

4020

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

4 PLEX in Normandeau, 2 bdrm, 4 appls, water, sewer & garbage incld’d, fenced yard, bsmt. fully reno’d. no pets, $1000 rent/s.d. 403-788-3980 or 403-357-4094 ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or June 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $950 incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

July 1. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

AVAIL. July 1st. Large 1 bdrm. on 3rd flr w/balcony, new reno’s, 6 appls. $775/mo. $750 DD. Free water & heat. Close to parks/trails, Call Don (780) 554-2870.

CITY VIEW APTS.

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $850, S.D. $700. Avail. Immed.

Near hospital. No pets 403-340-1032 or 318-3679 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

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 PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/ water. $685 avail.

June 1, no pets 403-348-6594

SUNNYBROOK

1 bdrm. apt. avail. immed.

2 bdrm. avail. July. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

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

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA SE Fully loaded, heated steering wheel, fast car. Only 89,000 kms. REDUCED $12,000 403-304-5860 2005 NISSAN Altima 3.5 SE $6500.00 Great condition.

1 owner, leather interior, A/C, cruise, pwr. dr. seat. new tires last fall, 170,000 km.

Call 403-347-9480 to view.

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage. $409,900.

403-588-2550 MASON MARTIN HOMES New bungalow 1350 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550 MUST SELL New 2 Storey 1550 sq.ft 3 bdrm, bonus room, 2.5 bath, $379,900. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

1966 CADILLAC DeVille $9888. 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

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Income Property

4100

SUV's

5040

2008 JEEP Commander hemi, sunroof, Quadra-Drive, nav $18,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import 2007 JEEP Liberty 4x4, 61,200 km. Tow hitches incl. Sun roof + extras. 3.7 L. $12700 obo 403-309-2366

2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o.

403-348-1634

CLASSIFICATIONS

Money To Loan

Trucks

5050

4430

MORTGAGES AVAIL.on all types of real estate including raw land and acreages. Bruised credit and self employed welcome. Fast approvals Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

1994 OKANAGAN 25.5’, 1 owner, $9500.

403-340-3149

Holiday Trailers

5120

2010 23’ CREEKSIDE select model, used by retired seniors 3 summers, permanently parked, but can move. Large deck and utility shed. 780-312-2567

5160

1977 CHAMPION Toba, command bridge, 26’ twin OMC gas motors, needs some work, on tandem trailer. Trailer used very little. 780-910-7024

5180

D & G 5th wheel hitch c/w rails, vented tailgate $300; chrome grill guard w/ rubber bumpers, $250 403-309-2066 391-2161

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

2004 LAND ROVER Freelander sunroof, lthr., $8888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

4400-4430

1997 TRAVELLAIRE Prestige 265, clean, well kept, back kitchen w/sunshine ceiling, electric front jacks, back tow hitch $8000. 887-6295

Tires, Parts Acces.

GULL LAKE, 2012 Park model home, on professionally landscaped lot. Fully furnished.

Too many extras to list.

403-350-5524 for details.

FINANCIAL

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Building collapse injures 13 in Philadelphia

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom Wednesday, raining bricks on a neighbouring thrift store and injuring at least 13 people in an accident that witnesses said was bound to happen.

Rescuers pulled a woman trapped amid the rubble of a Salvation Army thrift store after they heard her voice, city Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers said, and the search for survivors continued hours after the 10:45 a.m. collapse on the edge of downtown.

Rescuers used buckets and their bare hands to move bricks and rubble.

“We do not know how many people were actually in the thrift store this morning when the wall collapsed on the building,” Mayor Michael Nutter said late Wednesday afternoon.

“So the search and rescue will continue ... until we literally get to the basement and have uncovered everything we can possibly uncover.”

Survivors were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, Ayers said. He said a 14th person was also found in the rubble, but he declined to comment on the person’s condition.

The collapse involved an empty building that once housed a first-floor sandwich shop and apartments above.

The thrift shop was on one side.

The other side was an adult bookstore and theatre that had been taken down within the last few months.

Several witnesses said they had been casting a wary eye on the demolition site and questioned how the workers were tackling the job.

That raised questions about how closely the highly visible spot on Market Street — one of Philadelphia’s signature boulevards — was being monitored.

Roofer Patrick Glynn said he had been watching workers take down the doomed building over the past few weeks, and said he suspected a collapse was inevitable because of the methods the workers were using.

“For weeks they’ve been standing on the edge, knocking bricks off,” he said. “You could just see it was ready to go at any time. I knew it was going to happen.”

Glynn and Anthony Soli were working on a roof atop a nearby building when they heard what sounded like two loud bangs or explosions.

They immediately ran down the

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rescue personnel search the scene of a building collapse in downtown Philadelphia Wednesday. A four-storey building being demolished collapsed on the edge of downtown, injuring 12 people and trapping two others. Rescue crews were trying to extricate the two people who were trapped. scaffolding and helped pull out two women and a man.

Steve Cramer, who has been working as a window washer across the street for several days, said the demolition crew left 30 feet of a dividing wall up with no braces and it compromised the integrity of the building “We’ve been calling it for the past week — it’s going to fall, it’s going to fall,” his co-worker Dan Gillis said.

There were no existing violations on the building and the demolition company had proper permits for the work they were doing, according to Carlton Williams of the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections.

The city issued a demolition permit for the four-story structure on Feb. 1.

Online records list the contractor as Plato Marinakos Jr., an architect. He told The Associated Press that Camp-

bell Construction was handling the demolition.

A message was left at a listing for Campbell Construction in Philadelphia.

A demolition expert wondered what precautions were taken to protect the Salvation Army store, especially since it remained open.

Stephen Estrin, a Florida contractor who has testified as an expert at several trials involving building collapses, also questioned whether the demolition was being done by hand or with machinery.

A piece of equipment with a claw device was seen amid the debris Wednesday.

“This is an inner-city demolition of a masonry building, which would normally be done manually because of the inherent risk — predictable if certain

things are not done very slowly and very carefully — of a collapse,” Estrin said.

“One of the problems with claw work is it sets up a vibration in the walls.”

Witnesses said they heard a loud rumbling sound immediately before the collapse.

More than 100 rescuers and several police dogs searched through the rubble.

“I was standing there looking out my window, watching the men at work on the building, and the next thing I know I heard something go kaboom,” said Veronica Haynes, who was on the fifth floor of an apartment building across the street.

“Then you saw the whole side of the wall fall down ... onto the other building.”

Turkey protests unite groups chafing at PM’s policies

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A protester holds a picture of the founder of Turkey, Mustafe Kemal Ataturk, during a protest in Gezi park near Taksim square of Istanbul, Wednesday. Tens of thousands of Turks have joined anti-government protests the last five days expressing discontent with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10-year rule.

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Office workers in business suits chant anti-government slogans alongside pious women wearing Muslim headscarves. Schoolchildren and bearded anarchists rub shoulders with football fans, well-heeled women in designer sunglasses and elderly couples donating food.

These disparate groups are united by alarm at what they consider unwarranted meddling and increasingly autocratic behaviour by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s most popular prime minister in decades. Even some of his supporters are joining the protests sweeping the country.

On Wednesday, thousands thronged Istanbul’s central Taksim Square for a sixth straight day. Violent clashes broke out in the capital, Ankara, where riot police used tear gas and water cannon to subdue protesters. Nearly 1,000 people have been injured and more than 3,300 people detained since Friday, according to the Ankara-based Human Rights Association. What started as an environmental outcry against plans to rip up trees in one of central Istanbul’s last green spaces to make way for a shopping mall has burgeoned into the most widespread unrest Turkey has seen in decades.

“For the first time, it’s everyone,” said Beste Yurekli, an 18-year-old high school student helping to clean up garbage in Taksim Square’s Gezi Park, where hundreds of demonstrators were camped out to try to prevent the bulldozers from moving in. “All of Turkey, we are united. We are one for the first time.”

The reasons, she said, are clear.

“It’s not just because of the trees. It’s because we’ve had enough of the government. He’s been acting like a dictator,” she said of Erdogan.

Since coming to power in 2002, the prime minister’s confidence has grown in tandem with his support, allowing him to win the 2011 election — his third consecutive victory — with nearly 50 per cent of the vote. Although he has insisted his commitment to Turkey’s secular traditions are unwavering, the devoutly Muslim prime minister has moved to make religion increasingly prominent.

Erdogan draws his support mainly from Turkey’s large, predominantly rural, religious conservative base. In a country where the staunchly secular legacy of the modern state’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, has been zealously upheld, his rise to power was heralded as an end to the oppression of religious Muslims, who had been banned from overt displays of their faith, such as women wearing headscarves in universities.

But his increasingly frequent interventions into people’s private lives have disturbed many. Declaring that he wanted to raise a “generation” of pious youths, he has spoken out against couples kissing on public transport, sternly advised women to have at least three children and moved to curtail the sale of alcohol and ban its advertising.

With each proclamation, the modern, mainly urban population grew more alarmed. Even religious people began to chafe at what they considered unwarranted meddling in their private affairs.

“We were in Taksim Square to resist against the authoritarian governance, police violence and to protect our park,” said Fatma Dogan of the Anti-Capitalist Muslims, a civil initiative founded in 2001.

Ihsan Eliacik , another supporter of the group, said at least half of the people in the initiative have voted for the ruling party in the past.

“There are people who support the ruling party yet joined us because they think that the government should change some of its policies,” he said.

British, French claims challenge Obama’s ‘red line’ credibility on Syria U.S. NOT TALKING INTERVENTION DESPITE EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated “red line” for more forceful U.S. action in the Syrian civil war has been crossed with solid evidence of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime.

Mindful of America’s own checkered intelligence record, U.S. officials insist they still lack incontrovertible proof that Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered the use of chemical weapons. Even after France’s declaration that it has “no doubt” about Assad’s hand in at least one chemical attack, the Obama administration isn’t talking about intervening in Syria’s 27-month conflict that has drawn in Hezbollah and al-Qaida-linked militants on opposing sides.

The administration fears plunging the United States into an Iraq-like calamity based on misleading or incomplete evidence — or getting involved militarily at all.

“Make no mistake whatso-

ever, the president’s red line is real, the president said it would be a game changer,” Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Guatemala on Wednesday, adding that France was sending its chemical weapons evidence to the U.S. for review. “The president has a whole set of options on the table and all of them are alive.”

At the White House, press secretary Jay Carney cautioned that the U.S. still needed to see evidence that “makes a concrete case for the assertion that chemical weapons have been used, that can demonstrate when and by whom they were used and the consequences of that use.”

For the United States, the stakes are high. Since Obama declared last summer that Assad’s use of chemical weapons or transfer to extremist groups such as Hezbollah would constitute a “red line” that would have “extraordinary consequences,” the United States has left open the possibility of all actions short of American military boots on the ground.

Even as more than 70,000 peo-

ple have been killed and Assad’s forces have made significant gains against the rebels, the administration has played down threats of any armed action as long as Syria’s vast chemical weapons stockpiles remained stowed away.

Swedish chemical weapons expert Ake Sellstrom, who heads the U.N. investigation team appointed by SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon, also has questions about the evidence he received Tuesday from the French government.

“Sellstrvm cautions that the validity of the information is not ensured in the absence of convincing evidence of the chain-of-custody of the data collected,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

Sellstrom and the secretary-general again urged Syria to allow the U.N. team into the country, stressing that “on-site activities are essential if the United Nations is to be able to establish the facts,” Nesirky said.

Firming up evidence of such weapons use is thus paramount, especially after the U.S. spent more than $800 bil-

lion and lost almost 5,000 soldiers in an Iraq war justified on exaggerated claims about Saddam Hussein’s nuclear ambitions and weapons of mass destruction programs.

It is also a question of principle for Obama, who became commander-in-chief vowing opposition to “dumb wars” but showed himself willing to join with U.S. allies and partners in a limited mission in 2011 to overthrow Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

“We have a history, of course, on issues like this in the United States, and we all remember what happened around Iraq,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. “We want to make sure what the facts are certain before we make a conclusion.”

Several U.S. officials say the administration is being deliberately ambiguous about what it knows of chemical weapons use in Syria. They cite a variety of reasons: the weak appetite among Americans for another war in the Arab world, a lack of good military options against a Syrian army with far stronger air

defences than Gadhafi’s, and lingering hopes a peace process might take hold between the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition. Developments beyond Washington’s control, however, are chipping away at the U.S. position.

After the regime and rebels traded accusations of chemical weapons use in Aleppo and Damascus in March, the administration sought to avoid any rash judgment. It took the British and French going public with their initial assessments of regime attacks to prompt a U.S. acknowledgement of similar intelligence.

It’s unclear if a similar process might occur now. On Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he had confirmation of multiple uses of sarin and at least once definitively by the regime, while the British cited positive tests for the same nerve agent.

Both findings, based on samples taken from Syria, came hours after a U.N. team said it had “reasonable grounds” to suspect small-scale use of toxic chemicals in at least four attacks in March and April.

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1929 — Conservatives win Saskatchewan provincial election.

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TRASH TO TREASURE SWAP MEET

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Kerry Wood Nature Centre interpreter Kathryn Huedepohl peruses some of the items she will be contributing to the Trash To Treasure Swap Meet event happening at the Nature Centre this weekend. In conjunction with the City of Red Deer’s Kick it to the Curb campaign, which also goes this weekend, Trash To Treasure has interested people bringing unwanted but usable items to the Nature Centre Friday from 5-7 p.m. and again Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Any items dropped off are then free for others use. “We want previously loved but still in very usable items in good condition,” said Huedepohl. “This is one of my favorite events, I like to see old things kept useful,” she said. No items will be accepted before 5 p.m. Friday and any items left on Sunday at 5 p.m. will be donated to charity.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● The Hamiltones Trio will perform at The Hub on Ross on June 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy a variety of music from big band to western swing. Elvin Berthiaume will be the special guest opening act.

Tickets at the door. Cash only — $15 per person, or $30 per family. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta is accepting donations of used books, and will be holding sales of donated books on Fridays throughout the summer at The Hub on Ross starting June 7 from noon to 3 p.m. Phone Norma at 403-3583358. ● National Commuter Challenge takes place June 2 to 8. See commuterchallenge.ca. ● Trash to Treasure Swap Meet celebrates Environment Week on June 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. and June 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Bring in usable unwanted items, and browse for your treasure. No early birds, please. Monetary donations to the Nature Centre welcome. Left over items will be donated to local charities. Phone 403-346-2010. ● First Friday’s lineup on June 7 includes: Hang-ups and Insights: Fifth Annual IB and AP Art Show with Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School and Hunting Hills High School at Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. with students and instructors; Rooted in the Arts at Harris-Warke Gallery from 6 to 8; Celebration of the Ghosts at The Hub on Ross Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m.; Art from the Streets, 6 to 8 p.m. at 4935 - 51 St. ● Parkland Airshed Management Zone will host free vehicle emission testing at Parkland Mall parking lot near Safeway on June 7 from 2 to 7 p.m., and June 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Automobile owners with gasoline powered vehicles less than one ton may drop off during these scheduled times.

Contact Kevin at 403-862-7046 or Sue art 403-3425816. ● Forshee Community Hall old-time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month starting at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold Band. Next dance is June 7. For more information, call Mary at 403-748-3378. ● Norwegian Laft Hus Society Museum is a handcrafted replica of a 17th century farmhouse from the Numedal District in Norway, including a sod roof and collection of antiques. Located in Heritage Square behind the Recreation Centre, the museum’s summer hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekends from noon to 4 p.m. and closed Mondays and holidays. Phone 403-3472055 for more information. ● Red Deer College encourages the public to take part in Walk and Wheel. Leave the car in the garage and use human-powered transport on the way to work, school and play. On until June 8. ● Free events honouring fathers will be offered at Victoria Park Holiday Retirement seniors’ residence. On June 7, Let’s Talk Seniors will discuss prostate cancer awareness at 3 p.m. On June 8, a game night will be offered at 7 p.m. On June 9, a Father’s Day barbecue will be held at noon. To RSVP or find out more, phone 403-309-1957. ● Historic Markerville Creamery regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily for the summer 2013.

Phone 403-728-3006, or 1-877-728-3007. ● Bowden Pioneer Museum will be open until Aug. 31 for the season on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Bowden Thrift Shop will be open Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m. at the south entrance to the museum. Contact Bonny at 403-224-2122.

Saturday

● Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre First Annual Walk will be held on June 8, 11 a.m. at Bower Ponds. Walk is open to all persons of all abilities and means of transportation (barrier free access). Registration is $40 per family or $10 per individual. Barbecue lunch to follow. See www.aspirespecialneeds.ca, or phone 403-340-2606. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The June 8 session is called Glow in the Dark Art with artist Erin Boake. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405.

Free with admission. ● Artists-About-Town will feature Bob Alspach on June 8 from 9 a.m. to noon at Red Deer Farmer’s Market; E.M. Alysse Bowd on Michener Hill on June 9 from 1 to 4 p.m.; Jeffery Malcolmson on June 10 from 3 to 5:30 p.m.; Dawn Candy at Recreation Centre on June 12 from 3:30 to 6 p.m.

The Artwalk Festival kickoff will be June 10 at 9 a.m. at The Hub and the festival will continue until June 17 around the city. See www.reddeer.ca/ artsawards ● ND Above the Noise featuring Clayton Bellamy Band will support 2013 Notre Dame High School Grad Service Project — Suicide Information and Education Services of Red Deer. The event will take place on June 8 at the high school. There will be a barbecue at 5 p.m. for $5, opening acts at 7 p.m. and the main event at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $20 and are available from the school office. ● Mega Mommy Garage Sale in support of Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter will be held on June 8 at Oriole Park Community Centre, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations welcome. Shop and take in the barbecue. ● First Annual Pouncing Pumas Team ALS Pub Party will be at Bo’s Bar and Grill on June 8 starting at 7 p.m. Tickets available at CherryBomb Hair Lounge or at Pro Tan Sun and Spa for a cost of $20 each. Phone 403-986-3147 or 403-3467880. See www.alsab.ca. ● Kick it to the Curb Free Give Away Weekend will be held June 8 and 9 in Red Deer. Mark items with a free sign and place them at the curb.

Or, take part in Trash to Treasure Swap Meet at Kerry Wood Nature Centre, June 7 to 9. ● Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Open House Barbecue, June 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free food, fellowship, fun, face painting, bounce castle. ● History Road: the Ultimate Car Show will be featured at Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, June 8 and 9. See www.ReynoldsAlbertaMuserum.com to check out details.

Sunday ● Gutsy Walk for Crohn’s and Colitis in support of Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada will be held on June 9, 11 a.m. at Kiwanis Picnic Shelter at Great Chief Park. To register and find out more see www.gutsywalk.ca or reddeerccfc@gmail.com. ● My Ceramic Practice — A Talk by Shirley Rimer, will be on June 9, 2 to 4 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Free admission. Refreshments. See www.reddeerartwalk.ca, or contact info@reddeerartwalk.ca, phone 403-347-2431. ● Treasure Hunt in conjunction with Artwalk Festival will take place on Michener Hill on June 9 at 1 p.m. and will continue until 4 p.m. or when treasure is completely ransacked. See www.alyssebowd.wordpress.com. ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more. ● Centre For Spiritual Living celebrates

25 years in Red Deer on June 9, 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be Reverend Doug Craig. See www. cslreddeer.org.

Monday ● Town of Penhold registration night will be held on June 10, 4 to 7 p.m. at the Penhold Multiplex. Programs taking registrations include Sport Development Camp for children ages three to seven years old running Mondays, and for children ages eight to 12 years old running Thursdays both during June; Summer Fun Camp for children ages six to 12 years runs July 2 to Aug. 23. Registration packages are available at the town office, or email programs@townofpenhold.ca. ● The Parkland Handweavers Guild meets the second Monday of each month at Sunnybrook Farm Museum at 7 p.m. No meetings in July and August. New and experienced weavers welcome.

For more information contact Red Deer Weavers at reddeerweavers@gmail.com or Darlene at 403749-3054, Amy at 403-309-4026 or Margaret at 403-346-8289. ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program for everyone offered on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Professional artists are on hand to help with projects. Materials are supplied. There is a drop-in fee of $3. Memberships are available for persons with disabilities. For information or to ask questions, contact Janet at 403-309-8443, janet.cole@reddeer.ca. Art Movements of the 20th Century (painting) will be featured June 10 to 28.

Tuesday ● St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School Glee Club concert will be held on June 11, 7 p.m. at the Red Deer Memorial Centre. Enjoy top 40 songs accompanied by local recording artists and the school band horn section. Tickets cost $10 and are available at the school or at the door. Phone Angela at 403-346-8951. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 offers karaoke at Molly B’s Pub on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and wing night on Thursdays from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● 13 + 1: a literary anniversary will be celebrated at Sunworks on June 11, 7:30 p.m. Highlights include readings by Red Deer writers Joan Crate, Blaine Newton, Kimmy Beach and Leslie Greentree. Cash bar. Phone 403-341-3455. ● Chess Club at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch welcomes all levels of players from beginner to intermediate to learn chess rules and strategies on Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Co-sponsored by Alberta Chess Association. Phone 403341-3822. ● Cronquist Tea House is now open for lunch and tea, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy the new menu. Phone 403346-0055. ● Multiple Sclerosis Society MS Coffee Time will be held at Michener Extendicare on June 11, 2 p.m. on the main floor at the Bistro. Phone 403356-0290.

Wednesday ● Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m., in the Elnora Drop-in Centre. Call 403-749-2047 or 403-773-3600. Dates are June12 and 26. ● Glendale School Leadership Team Barbecue and Silent Auction in support of cancer research will be on June 12, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Silent auction. Phone 403-340-3100. ● Central Alberta Pioneers meet old and new friends at Pioneer Lodge on the second Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. Members only dinner at 12:30 p.m. on June 12. For information, phone 403-309-4243. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Badlanders II is on June 12 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403342-0035.

Thursday ● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on June 28 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer. This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net. ● Central Alberta Theatre One Act Play Festival will be held at the Nickle Studio and Bar upstairs at Red Deer Memorial Centre. Tickets cost $20 for each, and may be purchased at www. blackknightinn.ca, Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403755-6626, 1-800-661-8793. Plays June 13 to 15 are: Death Takes the Train, Roller Coaster, Where is Gwendolyn Marsh, Two Monologues, Hitting on Women 101. Plays June 20 to 22 are: At the Orgy, Murder By the Book, How About Me, Dumpling?, Still Life, Axed Files. Live music by Hackl and Pelz, Olivia Smith and Konstantin Vorosmarty, and emcee Jim Claggett each night. CAT is seeking business minded board members. To get involved, contact Paolo Mancuso at 403-350-0420, or email p.mancuso@centralalbertatheatre.ca. ● Red Deer Art Club has ongoing painting sessions every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Everyone is welcome. These sessions are free time and offer opportunity to meet artists in the community.

For more information call Elise at 403-346-5645 or Lucille at 403-309-2130. ● A Better World Charity Golf Tournament will take place June 13 at the Ponoka Golf Club. 9 a.m. shotgun start. $175 per player. Texas Scramble, breakfast, driving range, 18 holes, golf cart, steak dinner, prizes. Registration forms can be faxed to 403-782-6062 or emailed to Advantage_ insurance_group@cooperators.ca. Please make cheques payable to CAB District Social Club and mail them to Advantage Insurance Group, 5033 52 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 2A6. All proceeds are going towards Sogobet Nursery School and Washroom Facility Project in Kenya. Visit www.abetter-world.ca ● Innisfail Farmers Market is held at the Innisfail Arena from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday until Sept. 19. The market is all indoor with live entertainment, and a coffee area to sit and visit. Lots of fresh vegetables when in season, baking, pottery, crafts, bedding plants, etc. Contact Christine at 403-896-5451. ● Marketplace On Main goes weekly on Thursday nights in Rocky Mountain House. Two blocks on Main Street will be closed from 6 to 9 p.m. for a variety of vendors to take to the street. To book a spot, contact 403-847-5260 ext. 112, or visit www.rockymtnhouse.com for a registration form. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, June 13, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Express Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-3476165, 403-986-7170, or 403-346-3896. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on June 13 at the north side of the Red Deer Curling Club parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a 10 km hike at Pines Escarpment Loop. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch Phone Art at 403347-5778, or Mavis at 403-343-0091 or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● June is Brain Injury Awareness Month.

On June 13, hear Bob Yoisten, certified health and wellness coach, speak on brain research, active living, and goal setting. Phone 403-342-2266 to attend. Presented by Central Alberta Brain Injury Society and Canadian Mental Health Association and Cosmos. CABIS Annual Silent Auction will be held at Parkland Mall, June 14 to 16, and a picnic at Rotary Park will be on June 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the shelter. Contact Lorraine at 403-341-3463 to get details. ● After School Club invites teens and tweens to come to the Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library for games, crafts, movies, music and more after school every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Program length will vary by activity. June 13 is the last day of the club until fall. Phone 403-341-3822.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

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In praise of canine cannabis VET SAYS IT’S HIGH TIME FOR SICK PETS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN MEDICAL POT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Until she introduced “magic cheese” to her sick and aging bulldog, Laura BugniDaniel watched him suffer for two years. He’d spend his days lying down or throwing up.

Today, at age 12, he plays like a puppy through the day, his fur is soft and he sleeps at night, soothed not by magic, but by the dose of marijuana in that cheese.

Bugni-Daniel is part of a growing movement to give medical marijuana to pets in pain. Many urge caution until there’s better science behind it. But stories abound about changes in sick and dying pets after they’ve been given cannabis — even though it isn’t a proven pain killer for man or mutt, and it’s an illicit drug under federal law despite being legal for people in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Leading the charge is Los Angeles veterinarian Doug Kramer, 36, known as the “Vet Guru,” who felt

it was his duty to speak out while he has no family that would feel a verbal or financial backlash.

“I grew tired of euthanizing pets when I wasn’t doing everything I could to make their lives better,” he said. “I felt like I was letting them down.”

Pot eased his Siberian husky’s pain during her final weeks, after she had surgery to remove tumors.

Not only did Nikita stop whimpering while using cannabis, but she started eating, gaining weight and meeting him at the door again.

It gave him six extra weeks with his dog before he had to euthanize her, he says. It wasn’t a cure, but he thinks it freed her of pain and improved her last days.

Some other vets contacted said they share Kramer’s view on pot, but they wouldn’t talk on the record for fear of arrest or retaliation.

Kramer hasn’t lost any clients over his view, but he was asked not to return to some of the clinics where he volunteered or relieved other vets because

of concerns over the negative image his advocacy creates, he said.

Dr. Duncan Lascelles, a professor of surgery and pain management at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, thought about studying marijuana a decade ago. He didn’t, not for lack of interest, but because the timing was wrong.

“I have been considering looking at that field again because I think it does have a lot of potential,” he said.

He also figures those all-important grants needed for research will be available now.

Testing could take 10 years or more to be sure a pain killer will be effective and free of side effects, Lascelles said.

Kramer said it’s unconscionable to let a decade pass, when millions of pets will die of illness and old age.

Online: Kramer: www.vetguru.com

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Canadian Liver Foundation Stroll For Liver, June 15, starting at 11 a.m. at Bower Ponds.

Highlights are barbecue, music, entertainment, scavenger hunt, awards and prizes. Family walk of 2.5 or 5 km route. See www.strollforliver.ca. ● Red Deer Kinsmen 75th Anniversary Funny Money Casino will be held on June 14 at Quality Inn North Hill. Proceeds to Youth and Volunteer Centre Camp Alexo project. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Appetizers and a short presentation at 7 p.m. Casino from 8 to 11 p.m. with professional dealers and tables. Tickets available from Kinsmen members, president Len Sisco at 403-304-2066, siscoleonard@gmail.com for $25 each. Limit of 200 tickets. ● Red Deer Public Library Summer Reading Clubs for children and teens will be taking registrations starting June 24. This year the clubs will explore an international theme. See www.rdpl.org. ● Red Deer Public Schools Community Programs has openings for their upcoming courses for Summer School for, July 2 to 31, 8 to 11:45 a.m.

For costs and registration phone 403-342-1059 online at communityprograms.rdpsd.ab.ca ● Waskasoo Optimist Fifth Annual Bringing Out the Best in Kids Golf Tournament will be held June 14 at Meadowlands Golf Club in Sylvan Lake. The cost per golfer is $150 and includes lunch, 18 holes of golf and a power cart, supper and prizes, and silent auction. Individuals and teams sought. Contact Jacquie at 403-340-9567, or Susan at 403-597-6421. A free shuttle service is available from Sheraton Hotel. Proceeds go to Camp Alexo, Camp Quality, and The Salvation Army Pine Lake Camp. ● Mac and Cheese for a Cause Luncheon will be presented by Gramma-Link-Africa on June 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Hub on Ross.

The cost is $15 cash at the door for gramma made entree, buns, coleslaw, brownies, coffee. All proceeds to Stephen Lewis Foundation to support HIV/ AIDS in Africa. Contact Diane at 403-346-2174. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Am-

bassador Breakfast will be held on June 21, 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at Quality North Hill Inn for a cost of $15 per person, $8 for children ages six to 12 years. A presentation by Grade 6 honour roll student, and Junior Forest Warden, Zoe Thompson will be one of the highlights. RSVP to info@rdrwa. ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by noon on June 19. The Annual General Meeting will be held on June 20, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Hill Inn. Registration required by June 14. ● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) Summer Unlimited Session registration is now open.

Costs are $150 for three months, or $75 per month.

Classes run June 3 to Aug. 23. Drop-in passes available. Visit www.reddeeryoga.ca, phone 403350-5830 or email info@reddeeryoga.ca. Registration for Annual Yoga Summer Intensive, July 8 to 14, is now open. ● Schizophrenia Society Thrill Seeker Challenge take place in Red Deer on June 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please note the date has changed. Two people are harnessed in a large, rolling, inflatable plastic ball which rolls down a hill for the ultimate challenge not for the weak-stomached. Limited space so register today at www.schizophrenia.ab.ca, or contact Jenaveve at jgoodwin@schizophrenia. ab.ca. Registration costs $40 and participants must raise a minimum of $500. Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and more. Volunteers who raise more than $1,000 in pledges will be entered into a draw for two to Mazatlan, Mexico. Volunteers also needed. Phone 403-342-5760. ● Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories Investors Group Memory Walk will take place June 15 starting at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Registration begins at 3:30 p.m. with the walk at 5 p.m. Musical entertainment by Erin Glover and Kyle Hansen of Just Glovely, hula hooping fun with the MaisieHoops, magic with Ryan Hawley, free barbecue, and children’s entertainment. To register, go to www.alzheimer.ab.ca or call 403-342-0448. ● Stettler Social Society supper and dance

is held on the third Thursday of every month from Sept. to June at Stettler Legion Hall. Live bands each time. On June 20, dance to Badlanders II. Dance from 5 to 6 p.m. Hot supper from 6 to 7 p.m.

Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets at the door cost $17.50 per person, or $10 for dance only. Phone 403-742-5640. All ages welcome. ● The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life will take place June 14 to 15 in Red Deer.

Money raised funds cancer research, support programs, cancer information, prevention initiatives, and advocacy for healthy public policies. Visit fightback.ca and cancer.ca or call 1-888-939-3333 for more information. ● Westerner Days accepting parade entries until June 17. See www.westernerpark.ca/images/ Parade_Manual.pdf. Westerner Days Parade is on July 17. ● Métis Hivernant Days — Aug. 2 to 4 in Big Valley. On Friday meet the train flying the Métis flags at 4 p.m.; on Saturday at the Community Hall: Breakfast at 8 p.m. for $5, opening ceremony at 9 a.m., parade, capote making, starting at $20, bannock making, beading projects, children’s games, crafts, drum making at cost, voyager games, as well as supper and dance at 5:30 p.m. for $10 each or $25 per family; on Sunday at the Community Hall: Church service at 10 a.m., talent contest from noon to 4 p.m. Family event, no alcohol. For more information call Marlene at 403-815-6720 or 1-800267-5844 or visit www.hivernantmetisculturesociety.net or email mlanz@shaw.ca. ● Controlled Grazing Course will be offered at Eckville Hall on June 11, 13, 18, and 20, starting at 5:30 p.m. with a light supper each night for a cost of $15. Offered by Clearwater County Agriculture Services and Land care, with Grey Wooded Forage Association, Red Deer and Lacombe Counties.

Contact Gary at glewis@clearwatercounty.ca, or phone 403-845-4444 to register or for information. ● Fifth Annual Walter Gretzky CNIB Mentorship Gala will be held on June 18, 6 to 11 p.m. at Sheraton Red Deer. Features guest speakers Gord

Bamford, and Duff Gibson. The Annual Walter Gretzky CNIB Golf Classic will be held on June 19 at River Bend Golf Course. This unique experience combines golf in both daylight and in darkness; one hole will be played blindfolded. Tickets are $125 for adults, $50 for youth 17 years and under, and are available at CNIB, 403-346-0037. ● Royal City Soccer Club offers soccer camps for children ages five to 13 years. To find out more, see royalsoccer.com, or call 1-80042700536. ● Rocky Mountain House celebrates 100th Anniversary, July 19 to 21. Families who are interested in providing photos and family history, especially those families who have been in the area for 100 years are sought. Businesses and residents are encouraged to stage a theme of the past such as fur trading, lumberjacks, cowboy, etc. Prizes will be given. Volunteers are needed to help with activities. Contact Lynette, 403-847-5260, ext. 113, lbirg@rockymtnhouse.com. July 19 events run 6 to 10 p.m. with live bands, square dancers, children’s activities, historical vignettes, vendors, farmers market, outdoor movie. July 20 events take place at the arena complex , 8 to 11:15 a.m. starting with pancake breakfast, farmers market, food and other vendors, historical family displays at youth hall, children’s activities, climbing walls, bouncy castles and petting zoo, noon to 6 p.m., also face painting, air brush tattoos, clowns, mascots, museum activities, car show, park golf, centennial ceremony at noon, birthday cake, live music with local bands from 10 a.m. until fireworks. July 21 features pancake breakfast in front of Presbyterian Church, 10 a.m. worship service, and air show. ● Father’s Day Lunch at Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens at Dickson will be offered on June 16 with seating at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Features special lunch, dessert, and entertainment by Bronwyn and Mackenzie Kure on violin.

For reservations phone 403-728-0019. See danishcanadians.com.

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