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Floodwaters retreat LOCAL CONDITIONS EASE, STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDS, FLOOD FAILS TO REACH 2005 LEVEL metres per second and had a height of 2.39 metres — and the city’s warning about The state of emergency getting close to the is over and water levels on river remains in efthe Red Deer River have fect. decreased from their peak Access to the city’s of Saturday evening. riverside trail system Hundreds of Red Deeis still closed, and Lirians were out gawking ons Campground reat and photographing the mains under an evacswift-flowing river over the uation order. weekend, as it regularly Mann said inflows carried logs and other deat the upstream Dickbris through the city and son Dam were lower encroached steadily onto Sunday than on prethe city’s riverside trail sysvious days, and thus tem and certain roads. dam operators were But the river never did able to put out less reach the levels of June water into the river 2005 over the weekend, the that would then flow most recent benchmark evto Red Deer. erything is compared to loAs river levels cally. were still rising in In the end, the peak flow Red Deer on Saturrate seen was 1,335 cubic day, residents of 40th metres per second at 8 p.m.

Avenue adjacent to Saturday, when the river the McKenzie Trail was measured at 5.56 meRecreation Area were tres in height. issued mandatory In 2005, the peak rate in evacuation orders Red Deer was 1,710 cubic for the second time Photo by MYLES FISH/Advocate staff metres per second. The since Friday morning.

Andrew Petryshen, along with children (from left) Ryder, Maisyn, and Oakley, watch the Red Deer River flow 1-in-100 year flood mark is The evacuation order 1,480 cubic metres per sec- by on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of Red Deerians were out along the river, spending the day watching was lifted on Sunday ond. water levels steadily rise before they hit their peak around 8 p.m. morning with the river The city declared an end having receded. to the local state of emerThe city did not set CENTRAL ALBERTA DAMAGE A2 gency just before noon on Sunday, as river levels and up an evacuation centre on the weekend, due to the MORE ALBERTA FLOOD PHOTOS A3 flow rates decreased. fact that only six residences were issued the evacuAt 5 p.m. Sunday, the river height was measured ation notice, but instead aided residents in finding Karen Mann, the city’s emergency management coorat 5.13 metres and it was flowing at 1,142 cubic mehotel accommodations. Some residents, like Kevin dinator Sunday evening. tres per second.

Waschuk, never left their homes.

Sunday’s levels, however, were still high — on “The imminent risk of major residential and commercial flooding has passed for the time being,” said Wednesday at 5 p.m., the river flowed at 198 cubic Please see FLOOD on Page A2

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

Calgarians tackle flood aftermath

Olds College raises over $1M from donated autos

THE CANADIAN PRESS Ryan Dunfield and Shanna McElrea were beyond discouraged Sunday when they returned to their new home on the Elbow River in Calgary to find their recently renovated basement a sodden mess.

The couple was among 65,000 Calgarians who were told they were being allowed to go back to assess the damage from flooding that has left Alberta’s largest city awash in dank debris and dirty water.

Dunfield and McElrea just moved to Calgary from Vancouver in May; the basement in their new home had been redone just six months ago.

Chest-high water that poured into their basement destroyed everything.

On Sunday, they were tearing off damp drywall and ripping up squishy carpet.

Their mud-caked, water-logged couches sat on the curb.

“The majority of our living space is available,” Dunfield said as friends helped clear out his home’s lower level.

“But the heart of a house is located in a basement. We’ll have to get new boilers, furnace, hot-water tank. All the electrical is toast.”

Dumpsters already lined the streets in affected neighbourhoods

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BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dam workers monitor the Bassano Dam as it takes on water from the Bow River before meeting up with the South Saskatchewan River which will head towards Medicine Hat, on Saturday.

For classic car lovers, there was no better place to be than the J.C. (Jack) Anderson Charity Auto Auction on Sunday.

Olds was awash with old autos over the weekend, 48 hours of festivities celebrating Olds College’s centennial culminating in an auction that will give a big boost to the institution as it enters its second century.

Over $1 million was raised Sunday by the auctioning off of over 100 vehicles from 85-year-old Jack Anderson’s personal collection.

The Calgary-area businessman and rancher donated 103 vintage cars and trucks from his collection in celebration of the college’s centennial.

It was a collection that attracted Bob Callfas all the way from Sherwood Park.

A member of the Edmonton Antique Car Club, he said he did not know such a rich collection existed in the province.

As he toured the vehicles on display at the Olds Agricultural Society grounds, he was especially interested in a 1954 Kaiser Manhattan and a real oldie, the 1918 Maxwell Touring Car. Pledging not to overspend, he was asked if his best-case scenario would see him and his dad going home with both autos.

“That’s maybe a worst-case scenario,” he laughed, “because we don’t need any more.”

An oversupply was not a problem for Karalee Craig and Hayden Brenneis, though. The Sundre couple got their personal classics collection started with a winning bid of $5,100 on a baby blue 1961 Studebaker Champ pick-up. Brenneis said it is “100 per cent” tempting being at such an auction, where for hours the beautiful rides are paraded through.

and were beginning to fill with lamps, rugs, mattresses and filthy furniture.

On some front lawns, photos and paintings lay drying and curling in the sun.

Army personnel patrolled the streets.

Neighbours commiserated.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi gave strict orders earlier in the day about what to watch for as residents re-entered their neighbourhoods, but he also redirected people’s focus downstream.

He said communities such as Medicine Hat were still bracing for the fury of flooding and his

city would offer whatever assistance it could.

“We’ve turned a corner, but we are still in a state of emergency,” he said. “Our hearts and thoughts and prayers are with our colleagues downstream.

Some Calgarians were returning to properties spared by flooding, but others were facing extensive repairs to homes and businesses.

About 75,000 people had to leave at the height of the crisis as the Elbow and Bow rivers surged over their banks Thursday night.

Nenshi spoke firmly at Sunday’s news briefing about how people should

go about checking their properties. He advised them to turn around if water were still evident on streets and sidewalks and said that under no circumstances should they enter homes if water welled over entry ways or sloshed over electrical outlets.

He suggested homeowners use letter-sized sheets of paper taped to windows to communicate with utility workers: “Gas needed. Electricity needed. Water-pumping needed.”

“I know people are excited to get home.

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Flooding leaves some damage around Central Alberta Roads were closed, events were cancelled, and some damage was done in Central Alberta by raging rivers.

Sundre’s emergency operations centre was shut down at 6 p.m. on Saturday as Red Deer River levels passing through the community decreased.

Mandatory evacuation orders had been issued to 250 residents in the town on Thursday, when a state of local emergency was declared.

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AUCTION: Big sale Craig said they had been looking for a classic truck to start their collection for a while and the price was right on Sunday. “(Classic autos) are different looking. They have really nice smooth lines, they really catch the eye. You’re keeping something of this age alive so you can look back in time pretty much,” she said.

It was a 1956 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster that drew the highest bids, going for $66,000 in the end. Other standout vehicles were a 1936 Hupmobile and a 1956 Jaguar XK140 Coupe.

Paul Byrne, one of the auction’s organizers, said the event went spectacularly thanks to huge volunteer efforts in preparing the vehicles for sale. All of the vehicles were outfitted with new batteries and some were given paint jobs.

There were 936 bidders at the auction, and the Cow Palace where the sale was held was packed many rows deep on all sides with bidders and onlookers.

The money raised from the auction will go towards the Olds College Centennial Entrepreneurial Legacy Fund.

The donation of the automobiles was the largest individual gift in Olds College’s history, besting Anderson’s own mark of $1 million cash donated in 2007. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

FLOOD: City lauded Having seen the flood of 2005 from the same spot, Waschuk never was too concerned about waters reaching those levels again. City crews had worked on a building a berm in the area Saturday, which Waschuk said helped him feel comfortable.

“I must commend the city, they did a great job with their workers,” he said.

At his property, there was no water damage, and at the lowest property in the area water reached up to the barricade of sand bags that had been set by volunteers Friday. He said when water

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Marijuana case adjourned Sentencing has been adjourned for a Rocky Mountain House man who tried to earn some extra cash from an illegal farming venture.

Daniel Richard Dejong, 34, pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on June 3 to cultivating marijuana plants in an outbuilding on his property, located southwest of town.

Court heard that Dejong was arrested on Feb. 8, 2012, by a team of investigators from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, which in-

levels get back to normal, he hopes the city will consider constructing some permanent concrete berms in the area to curtail any future danger.

Mann said the city expects residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders, and in more serious situations could step in and enforce the action.

“Municipalities like the City of Red Deer would never prompt an evacuation, especially a mandatory evacuation, if we didn’t feel it was necessary to ensure public safety based on the information that we had at the time.

“We didn’t see any real need to actively enforce that action, but what we did do is remind people that this was being done for their safety and if there were issues with that road leading to their property, it may not be possible for us to get to them,” explained Mann.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people came out over the weekend to survey the swollen river. City staffers manned barricaded areas around the clock, and on Saturday, the city called in members of the Red Deer RCMP to “ensure the safety of residents” near the river.

The city’s release announcing the move also called on drivers to remember to “keep their eyes on the road while driving across bridges.”

Mann said it is understandable that people would want to get close to what is an interesting situation, but that the city was concerned that people were not taking the barricades seriously.

“We put them there to ensure public safety. We put them there to limit the possibility that we’re going to need to do a river rescue, a swift water rescue, to send emergency resources into the river to rescue people . . . When people choose to trespass on barricades, they are choosing to put themselves at risk.

“Unfortunately, when one person chooses to trespass on a barricade, it sets a precedent for other people to say ‘well, there are other people out there, so let’s go too,’” she said.

One of the popular spots for residents to see how far the river had risen was the road leading down into the Great West Adventure Park, where at its highest, the water nearly reached the first curve in the road leading down to the site.

When the floodwaters of 2005 hit Red Deer, the BMX park was one of the hardest-hit areas, with the starter’s cludes the RCMP Green Team, Calgary ALERT, Calgary RCMP drug section and Calgary Police Service.

Investigators reported that they found 959 plants in various stages of growth. Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis told the court it would be difficult to place an accurate value on the crop, but police had estimated the street value at roughly $1.2 million.

Defence counsel Will Willms, in entering a plea for his client, said he takes no issue with the facts.

However, Willms asked for a presentence report to be submitted to the court before sentence is pronounced.

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west of Bowden on Saturday due to structural damage from high water.

Range Road 24 south of Hwy 587 and Range Road 20 south of Hwy 54 were also closed due to flood waters on Friday.

And at the Trading Post campground west of Caroline, rising waters on the Clearwater Rivers did a good deal of damage to the campsites and anything in the area.

Concern over the rising river led to the cancellation of the Sundre Pro Rodeo scheduled for the weekend.

According to Alberta Environment’s forecaster’s comments, posted online, the flood warning that was in place for the Red Deer River upstream of the Gleniffer Reservoir, including Sundre, has been downgraded to a flood watch.

Red Deer County closed the Garrington Bridge on Hwy 587

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Connor Ford visited the campground on both Saturday and Sunday, after the river peaked on Friday evening. He saw more than a dozen camper trailers out there partially submerged — one had been carried “the better part of 60 feet” by the river — and a communal cooking house that the river did a number on.

“The cookhouse was just absolutely destroyed. We were finding pieces of it all through-

out the campground there,” said Ford.

As someone who does a lot of working with dirt in the pipeline construction industry, the Red Deerian said it will be some time before many of the campsites will be accessible.

“Everything is extremely soft, it’s like a silty sand that has washed over any of the gravel that was down there,” he said.

Photo by MYLES FISH/Advocate staff

Michener Allen Auctions floor hand Jerry Jensen signals a bid made on the 1923 Ford Model T in the background at the J.C. (Jack) Anderson Charity Auto Auction on Sunday. The car sold for $17,000. hill being partially washed out and the moto shed mired in a muddy mess.

Four inches of silt was deposited in the parking lot last time, ten thousand square feet of grass had to be replaced, and the moto shed had to be stripped down and replaced.

This time around, the moto shed was sitting on higher ground and members of the Red Deer BMX club were able to get down to the track to move some bikes and other equipment to higher ground before waters became too high. “(We were) better prepared and better warned. Last time it was just ‘here it is.’ This time they warned us that the dam was opening and they warned us about the water levels and things like that. I think everybody’s learned from the last time,” said Glen Pratt.

With the waters not reaching 2005 levels, Pratt said he expects the park will not be so badly hit this time. Still, he said it will likely be a week before the damage can be fully surveyed and the club has had to postpone hosting a provincial race at the site that was scheduled for July 12-14.

Waters that made their way into the Bower Ponds area did not do any damage to the recreation facilities there, said Gary Strome, manager of Bower

Ponds Recreation.

He said he has not been down to the site, and has no idea when it might be open again.

The future site of the Asooahum Centre was not affected bythe rising waters, according to Red Deer Native Friendship Centre executive director Tanya Schur, who visited the 3.5 acresite at 4615 Riverside Drive on the weekend.

And the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, which was closed on Saturday, reopened on Sunday afternoon and things on the grounds were described as being “hunky-dory.”

With more dire flooding situations across the province occurring, the city was on standby over the weekend serving as a provincial reception centre for people displaced by floodwaters.

The province has not yet needed such a facility, but some city personnel, such as fire and safety code officers, were called by the province to aid with the situation in Calgary.

Further down the Red Deer River, Drumheller was expecting a crest at midnight Sunday.

Evacuation of several low-lying neighbourhoods was taking place, affecting approximately 4,000 residents. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

second charge was withdrawn as a result of the guilty plea.

Sentencing has been set for Nov. 4 in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Morris has pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the initial offence, including five counts of housebreaking and one count each of criminal harassment and performing an indecent act. He has since been charged with similar offences in connection with a second set of incidents.

Released on a recognizance, Morris has asked for a trial in Court of Queen’s bench by judge and jury, with a preliminary hearing set for Red Deer provincial court on Nov. 1.

Preliminary hearings are used to determine the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial.

Morris is to return to court on July 19 to enter his plea on the newer charges.

Sexual act cases proceeding A Clive-area resident accused of breaking into women’s homes to commit sexual acts has fixed a trial date on one set of charges, but has yet to enter plea on a second set.

Emyr Morris, 29, was arrested and charged in November by RCMP investigating complaints that a man had broken into a woman’s house a number of times, performed an indecent act, and then left pornographic material and stained underwear at the scene.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

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WARNING: Safety first

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Top: The Saddledome, home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, is surrounded by water in downtown Calgary, Sunday.

Middle: People watch as the river rises rapidly and begins flooding in Medicine Hat, on Sunday.

Below: Residents near downtown Calgary load ruined belongings into bins on Sunday.

ging in Medicine Hat and were assisting in road repairs in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary.

In High River, the military was assisting RCMP in reaching homes that still hadn’t been checked. Armoured vehicles were churning through submerged streets and Zodiac watercraft were being used to reach the hardesthit areas.

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around the Alberta capital. A flood watch was in effect for Edmonton as the North Saskatchewan River and its creeks rose to engulf park green spaces, walking trails and bike paths in the deep river valley snaking through the city.

Some sandbagging was being done in low-lying areas.

A state of emergency remained for the town of Devon upstream.

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my life. It’s very stressful,” Chief Fred Rabbit Carrier said in a statement.

“It’s still too early to assess damage as we are in crisis mode. We just want to ensure people are safe.“ The community of Morley, part of the Stoney Nation west of Calgary, was also under an evacuation order and was dealing with waterlogged homes.

And the Tsuu T’ina reserve on the southwest edge of Calgary said homes and an area golf course had been damaged.

Back in Calgary, emergency measures chief Bruce Burrell warned that despite the improving situation, the city was still in emergency mode.

The impact of the high water extended well beyond residential neighbourhoods.

The Saddledome hockey arena, home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, was extensively damaged. The team has said boards, dressing rooms, player equipment and several rows of seats are a total loss.

The rodeo and fair grounds of the world-famous Calgary Stampede were also swamped, although Nenshi was optimistic that things would be cleared up in time for the show to open July 5.

Nenshi said Sunday that all the major hotels in the downtown were closed and he advised visitors to plan accordingly.

Premier Alison Redford appointed three associate ministers to take charge of regional reconstruction and recovery. She likened their work to that of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams the Canadian military introduced in Afghanistan The federal Conservative party had planned to hold a policy convention in Calgary next weekend, but that was postponed.

The mountain town of Canmore was one of the first communities hit when the flooding began on Thursday.

Residents there have been allowed to return to 260 evacuated homes, but RCMP say 40 more are too damaged to allow people back.

More than 2,200 Armed Forces personnel are now involved in flood relief efforts, along with seven Griffon and two Cormorant helicopters.

Soldiers were helping evacuate an area around Canmore, were sandbag-

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I know people really need to see the conditions of their houses. But remember, safety first.”

Nenshi said crews were working hard to restore services and he thanked Calgarians for heeding the call to conserve drinking water.

He had already warned that recovery will be a matter of “weeks and months” and the damage costs will be “lots and lots.”

While pockets of the city’s core were drying out, some areas were still submerged.

Most road surfaces were dry and crews could be seen in one neighbourhood just south of downtown sweeping up heaps of tangled branches, wood planks and other debris.

The Bow River was still pooling around the Calgary Zoo on St. George’s Island, although all animals except two zebras remained. The striped beasts were moved Friday to a wildlife centre south of the city.

The mayor didn’t anticipate that anyone could return to work downtown until at least the middle of the week.

Public and separate schools were also to remain closed today. Provincial exams for Grade 12 students were waived.

Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths said that about two dozen communities overall were under states of emergency — some areas slowly starting to emerge from the watery onslaught and others still bracing for it.

Three bodies have been recovered since the flooding began and a fourth person was still missing.

Griffiths said no place has been hit harder than the town of High River, south of Calgary. It will be some time before residents there will be allowed back.

The waiting and worrying were causing emotions to run high, but Griffiths said virtually every home in the town of 13,000 would need to be inspected.

High River Mayor Emile Blokland pleaded with everyone to be patient.

He said the town’s infrastructure has been served a critical blow and there is no timeline for when citizens can return.

“They need to stay away from High River,” he said. “We cannot let you back into the community until it’s safe to do so.

“We’re working as fast as we can.

We have approximately 1,000 people on the ground in different capacities making this happen.”

RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Jones said only about 10 per cent of homes had been checked. He said the atmosphere was “surreal.”

“We’re finding a great deal of mud, a great deal of sludge on the streets.

The homes are secure. It’s almost like time stopped.”

Tensions were also rising downstream and to the east where 10,000 people in Medicine Hat’s flood zone were instructed to head for higher ground as the powerful South Saskatchewan River rose.

The river was not expected to crest until Monday, but by Sunday morning it was lapping over its banks in low-lying areas and people were busy laying down thousands of sandbags.

A spokesman for the city of more than 60,000 said some sections near the river had been closed.

The South Saskatchewan slices through Medicine Hat and three bridges connect the two halves. Two of the bridges closed Sunday and drivers were being warned that traffic would be barred from the third around suppertime, leaving the two sides cut off from each other.

But the province said Sunday evening that the last bridge would remain open because the river wasn’t rising as fast as it had been, and that the flow would be below what the bridge could handle.

Mayor Norm Boucher said most people ordered to leave had done so, but a handful were refusing. He warned that officials could not guarantee their safety.

“We’re going to go around again to make sure that they’re out of there, because the water will be even higher than this and it may be very difficult to reach anybody,” said Boucher.

Ron Robinson, director of emergency measures, was asked if people could be forcibly removed from their homes.

Yes, he replied. “They can be fined, they can be jailed. We need to protect lives even if they don’t want us to.”

The Siksika First Nation, an hour’s drive east of Calgary, said about 1,000 residents had to leave their houses and seek shelter in emergency centres. The province issued a mandatory evacuation order for much of the aboriginal community as the rain-engorged Bow breached its banks.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Rise of deviant democracy

BY ROBERT MURRAY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE One of the most misunderstood concepts in modern politics is what we colloquially refer to as “democracy.”

Canadians, Americans, many European states and other select nations across the world refer to their system of government as democratic, but rarely comprehend the foundations upon which the term is based, or the subvariants of democracy operating in the world today.

No two democracies are really the same, though we can find commonalities among those systems that are parliamentary, presidential or semipresidential.

But apart from the type of democracy a nation may adopt, one of the key elements examined is the degree to which democratic principles are followed.

Arguably, the most important component of a functioning democracy is constitutionalism, meaning the adherence by a government to the rules and separation of powers defined in a written or unwritten constitution. In most systems this involves allocating power in different branches of government, such as an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch.

Beyond separating power, it is also important for each of these branches to be able to check the power of the others, so the consolidation of power is not centralized in one branch.

These defining aspects of modern democracy stem from a conscious effort to avoid despotism and corruption, and are predicated upon historical experience and philosophical teachings.

In recent weeks, Canadians and Americans have been compelled to question the very nature of their political systems and the degree to which their democracies are working.

In the Canadian context, the role and independence of the Canadian Senate have been quite prominent for all of the wrong reasons, as scandal and ethical corruption seem to be running rampant in the chamber dedicated to “sober second thought.”

In the United States, revelations about a complex surveillance network known as PRISM and accusations of the government listening to phone conversations, monitoring personal email, and the existence of an Orwellian “Big Brother” state apparatus have citizens and government officials questioning precisely how democratic America actually is.

Much of this questioning is derived from the fact that government has become far too big and the people have

allowed their rights to be violated due to the growth in governmental control and operation.

We do not have pure democracy because, as Aristotle pointed out 2,000 years ago, it is deviant. Allowing every citizen of a state to have a say in the daily function of government is unreasonable, and thus grew what we now know as representative democracy.

The entire purpose of these democratic systems is to allow the citizenry to elect representatives who will effectively embody their interests and goals, and protect their rights.

There is no doubt we need government based on the inherently self-interested nature of humanity, but we must also hold government to account because those representatives we elect are equally as self-interested, and thus we separate power among governmental branches to avoid corruption.

James Madison, writing under the pseudonym Publius, summarized this idea very well in Federalist Paper 51 when he argued: “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men,

the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”

We live in an era where governments are far too big. And because of their size they are virtually impossible to hold accountable.

Governments on both sides of the border have become crutches for people rather than institutions designed to ensure people have the best opportunities to achieve their full potential. We have allowed them to micro-legislate virtually every aspect of daily life.

It really is only a matter of time until we see the “How to Wipe Your Nose When You Sneeze Act.” The social contract of granting power to representative government was never intended to remove accountability and civic responsibility from citizens. It was, rather, a way for people to determine what kind of government they wanted to help guide them towards the best society possible.

Somewhere along the line we dropped the ball and should not be so surprised at the Aristotelian deviancy we see out of our government’s today.

Robert Murray is an adjunct professor of political science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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School bus changes don’t make educational, economic sense Re: Grandview Elementary school bus changes It seems that Grandview Elementary School has been singled out to bear the brunt of the Red Deer Public School District’s transportation funding shortfall.

As I understand it, transportation to that school will be changed from two buses to one bus. This means some students will arrive 40 minutes early and some will stay 40 minutes after school every day all year to accommodate using one bus.

I assume that there will be additional supervision for 80 minutes every day, quite likely paid supervision of some kind.

This timing will also impact before and after school activities of these children such as soccer, hockey, dance and music lessons, etc.

Some children get to go home every day after school and some are doomed to what may seem like a year-long detention.

This seems to me to be a heavy handed approach to save the cost of one bus.

Or does it save anything? How much is saved by running one bus twice instead of two buses once? Or paying one driver for two runs instead of two drivers for one run? Or the cost of fuel for one bus for two runs versus two buses for one run?

Board members and senior administration: there is still time to reverse this decision, because if you really look at it, it does not serve the best interests of the youngest people in the school system.

And that is really what should be the most important consideration, shouldn’t it?

Diane Swainson Red Deer County

We ignore scientists at our peril It’s happening again. Research confirms agreement among most climate scientists that we are altering the Earth’s climate, mainly by burning fossil fuels. And industrial interests, backed by climate change deniers, pull out every trick to sow doubt and confusion. What will it take for us to start seriously tackling the problem?

For the latest study, investigators led by John Cook at Skeptical Science examined abstracts of 12,000 peer-reviewed papers on climate science. They also received comments from 1,200 scientists, who rated more than 2,100 full studies. In both cases, more than 97 per cent of studies that took a position on the causes of global warming said human activity is a primary factor. Less than one per cent DAVID rejected the consensus posiSUZUKI tion. The results are consistent with previous research.

As expected, deniers are out in full force, many employing methods common to those who reject science. Medical scientists Pascal Diethelm and Martin McKee examined these tactics in the European Journal of Public Health: cherry picking, reference to fake experts, misrepresentation and logical fallacies, impossible expectations of what research can deliver and conspiracy theories.

Deniers often rely on talking points spread by a handful of usual suspects, including Christopher Monckton in the U.K., the Heartland Institute and

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The Alberta-based group was caught several years ago funnelling money — most from fossil fuel companies — through a “Science Education Fund” at the University of Calgary. It was used to create a disinformation campaign and video with Harris, who then worked with PR firm APCO Worldwide and now heads up an organization called (ironically) the International Climate Science Coalition, which rejects the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change.

According to Desmog Blog, Friends of Science has misrepresented the recent survey, calling it “careless incitement of a misinformed and frightened public, when in fact the sun is the main driver of climate change; not human activity or carbon dioxide.”

Another recent misrepresentation concerns research by the U.K. Met Office, which deniers falsely claim shows the Earth hasn’t warmed for 17 years.

Science isn’t perfect, but it’s one of the best tools we have for understanding our place in the cosmos.

When people around the world apply rigorous scientific method to study our actions and their impacts on the things that keep us alive and healthy — clean air, water, soil and biodiverse plants and animals — we must listen, not just about climate, but about a range of issues.

Many scientists are saying we’re creating serious problems — but we have solutions. A recent statement, Scientists’ Consensus on Maintaining Humanity’s Life Support Systems in the 21st Century, lists five major challenges: climate disruption, extinctions, loss of ecosystem diversity, pollution, and human population growth and resource consumption.

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Nation’s infrastructure at risk BECOMES MORE VULNERABLE TO NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS FLOODING IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA tomorrow it could be something else,” said Gordon who is one of the officials attending the World Conference on Disaster Management.

Dr. Saeed Mirza, emeritus professor at Montreal’s McGill University specializing in structural engineering, added that the monumental infrastucture costs accumulated over decades of negligence have left Canada particularly vulnerable to catastrophic events.

“The frequency and intensity of these events has been increasing at an escalating rate and what was a one in 100 year event at one time may become the norm,” he said.

“When we look at Calgary, we had a flood there in 2005 and they called it a one in 100 year flood, while this one ac-

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s infrastructure has become more vulnerable to natural disasters such as the flooding in southern Alberta due to the rising cost of upkeep and increasing frequency of dangerous weather due to climate change, say experts attending a major conference on disaster management.

“How prepared are we?

One way of answering that is that we will never be as prepared as we could be,” said Adrian Gordon, former President & CEO of the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness.

“We’re simply that much closer to the next big disaster. What it’s going to be, who knows? Right now it’s Calgary,

cording to some descriptions in the news has been three times as bad.”

Climate change has had a “significant effect” on both the intensity and frequency of these events, but denial of its existence and a lack of preparedness on the part of municipal governments have exposed the holes in our infrastructure system, Mirza added.

“Just to see people suffering in Calgary, officials must have said ‘look, we will never face anything like this,’ and unfortunately they are suffering right now because of that.”

Paul Kovacs, moderator for the conference and a member of the Canadian Council for Social Development and the Meteorological Service of

Canada, said that the international event will explore the preparedness of Canada in the face of natural disasters with speakers from dozens of countries taking part.

“Our infrastructure seems to be having a hard time even on a good day, and when you have a conference on emergency management we’re exploring what’s going to happen on a really bad day,” he said.

“Calgary right now is having a bad day, and ... when these really big events push our infrastructure even harder how well does it hold up?

“The answer is not terribly well.”

Kovacs added that although it’s not known exactly when natural disasters are going to occur, we’re going to have a

higher number of these catastrophic events in the future “Are we taking that into account when we’re thinking about how we build and how we look after our systems? Unfortunately the answer too often is no,” he said.

Mirza estimated that Canada’s infrastructure requirements have reached a cost of about $1 trillion, while a recent survey by the McKinsey Global Institute earlier this year stated that worldwide infrastructure needs are about $57 trillion.

“In terms of funding, the amounts of money are truly frightening and there’s no government in the world that can find the kind of money necessary to bring existing infrastructure up to par,” Gordon said.

Speech offers rare glimpse into ‘geek-laden’ eavesdropping agency lore the agency’s intelligence analysts are women, Bruce said.

Many of its managers and the majority of its most senior executives are female.

According to Bruce, it’s a far cry from the Cold War-era image of pipesmoking men sifting through reams of intelligence intercepts.

An analyst routinely begins the day at 7:30 a.m., perhaps spending a few hours reviewing data compiled for her overnight by software that she partially wrote herself.

“She has constructed a hypothesis about how her targets may be using certain communications technologies to further their cause,” said Bruce.

“Unfortunately, the data will take a lot of tweaking before it’s ready to reject the hypothesis.”

Good analysts don’t come from a particular school or program, she said.

“Yes, we have political scientists and historians, but we also have doctorates in comparative literature, many librarians, lots of computer scientists, physicists, musicians, philosophers and, as God is my witness, someone with a three-year degree in the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

“We don’t have anybody who specialized in intelligence per se. Almost none of these people are working predominantly in the field of their education, especially the Tea Ceremony guy.”

CSEC also likes recruits who have travelled, especially off the beaten tourist path to places like Algiers or Beijing.

“This makes them harder to clear, but it’s worth it.”

Good analysts love technology, Bruce noted.

“They play with it, they disassemble it, they use it to create whatever it is they like to create. We hate that they take away our iPods at the front door.”

Successful analysts are also intensely curious and prone to detours. “Their college transcripts, or their extra-curricular study, are littered with strange diversions and investigations outside the prescribed route.”

Many CSEC employees know more than one language — and the agency seeks out those who speak uncommon ones.

“Our experience is that training people from scratch to learn difficult languages just doesn’t pay off, and it doesn’t impart the cultural instincts that are so valuable,” Bruce said.

And today’s CSEC intelligence analysts are social creatures.

“The stereotype of the SIGINTer as an introvert incapable of looking you in the eye was never altogether inaccurate, but increasingly we have a cadre of well-spoken, well-rounded and outgoing young people,” Bruce said.

“They overcome their introversion because the subject matter so enthralls them that they have to share it.”

OTTAWA — According to geek-laden lore, Canada’s top-secret eavesdropping agency was once staffed by such a crew of oddball science nerds that one intelligence analyst cut her hair at her desk.

Another built a chicken-wire enclosure around his work area to keep other people away.

And there was a popular joke among the codebreakers and computer wizards of Communications Security Establishment Canada. How do you tell an extrovert at CSEC? He’s the one looking at the tops of other people’s shoes, not his own.

The more than 2,000 staffers of the electronic spy service headquartered in Ottawa’s south end are generally forbidden from discussing their highly sensitive pursuit of foreign intelligence.

The agency barely even commented amid the frenzy of public concern about leaks from one of its key allies — the U.S. National Security Agency — that revealed NSA access to a huge volume of phone calls and emails, raising basic questions about privacy.

But one of CSEC’s senior members opened the blinds a crack in an unpublicized speech a few years ago — providing a rare glimpse of the modern intelligence analyst at the shadowy agency.

The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the candid address under the Access to Information Act. Though the May 2010 speech by CSEC signals intelligence chief Shelly Bruce was delivered to a quasi-public audience of intelligence officials and educators, the Defence Department, CSEC’s parent department, fought to keep portions of it secret.

Only a complaint to Canada’s information ombudsman dislodged the complete text.

Bruce joined CSEC in 1989 after studying in France, Russia and Canada, graduating from the University of Toronto with a master’s degree in Slavic language and literature.

During almost two decades with the spy agency, she worked in intelligence collection and analysis, strategic planning and information-technology security.

Following a stint in the Privy Council Office, she returned to CSEC in June 2009 to head up the SIGINT — or signals intelligence-gathering — program.

The CSEC monitors foreign communications — from email messages and phone calls to faxes and satellite transmissions — for intelligence of interest to Canada.

The contemporary SIGINT analyst is neither narrow specialist nor generalist, Bruce told her audience at a downtown Ottawa hotel.

“He or she must be good at everything, a Renaissance man or woman.

It’s not enough that you know a rare language.

“You have to be a brilliant speaker, a competent Java coder, a master of social media, a social psychologist, a political scientist, a tactician, a statistician, a geospatial expert, and an expert navigator of the bureaucracy,” she said.

“To be good at all of this you have to be smart, smart, smart.”

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A honey bee feeds on honey at a hive. A student’s research suggests that apiaries installed less than three km from insecticide-treated fields had a three times higher rate of mortality.

One-third more dead bees: student studies impact ATTEMPTS TO PUT FIGURE ON INSECTICIDE IMPACT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Seeding is over for this year on Canadian corn and soy farms. But a student’s research suggests the consequences on bees could last a long time.

He has collected data that showed apiaries installed less than three kilometres from insecticide-treated fields had a three times higher rate of mortality.

Human beings should take note. Pollination is responsible for 70 per cent of cultivated plants, and for 35 per cent of humans’ overall food consumption.

Fewer bees means fewer plants — notably apples, strawberries, cucumbers — and could ultimately mean a drop in the food supply.

The Quebec master’s student, Olivier Samson-Robert, had attempted to put a figure on the noted decline in bee populations and detemine how much of it was linked to a certain type of insecticide.

The Laval University student released the first part of his study about bees’ mortality around fields treated with neonicotinoid insecticides, one of the most widely used insecticides worldwide.

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Neonicotinoid insecticides have been allowed in Canada since 2004.

They are chemically similar to nicotine, which has a long tradition in agriculture.

Tobacco has been used as an insecticide since at least the 15th century, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Samson-Robert said that insecticide is ubiquitous, with 99 per cent of corn seeds and 50 per cent of soy seeds in Quebec coated with it, over a land mass that covers 500,000 hectares of the province.

Particles from that insecticide escape into the air when the seeds are planted, Samson-Robert said.

He argued that using a funneling device to steer the seeds straighter into the ground when seeding would help reduce contamination.

He said particles from insecticides fall onto bees, or onto the flowers that bees are visiting. Particles are present as well in the water that bees drink, he said.

According to Jean-Pierre Chapleau, spokesman for the Quebec Beekeepers’ Federation, beekeepers want neonicotinoid insecticides banned.

But the Government of Canada has no current plan to ban neonicotinoids.

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Ohio air show crash showcases risks PILOT AND STUNTWOMAN DIED IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS, DREW ATTENTION TO RARE WING WALKING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI, Ohio — Risking death every time they go to work, wing walkers need courage, poise, a healthy craving for adrenaline and, most importantly, they need to be meticulously exacting with every step they take on the small planes that carry them past dazzled crowds at speeds up to 130 mph.

Jane Wicker fit that bill, her friends and colleagues in the air show industry said Sunday.

Wicker, 44, and pilot Charlie Schwenker, 64, were killed Saturday in a horrific, fiery plane crash captured on video at a southwestern Ohio air show and witnessed by thousands. The cause of the crash isn’t yet known.

Wicker, a mother of two teenage boys and recently engaged, sat helplessly as the aircraft she was on suddenly rolled and slammed into the ground, exploding on impact and stunning the crowd at the Vectren Air Show near Dayton. The show closed shortly afterward but reopened Sunday with a moment of silence for the victims.

The crash drew attention to the rarefied profession of wing walking, which began in the 1920s in the barnstorming era of air shows following World War II. The practice fell off the middle of the 20th century but picked back up again in the 1970s. Still, there are only about a dozen wing walkers in the U.S., said John Cudahy, president of the Leesburg, Va.-based International Council of Air Shows.

He said Wicker had “quite a following around the country,” known for her engaging, charming personality on the ground and creativity and professionalism while wing walking.

Teresa Stokes, of Houston, said she’s been wing walking for the past 25 years

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A stunt plane with a wing walker crashes during a performance at the Vectren Air Show, Saturday, in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed the pilot and the wing walker instantly, authorities said. and does a couple of dozen shows every year. The job mostly requires being in shape to climb around the plane while battling winds, she said.

“It’s like running a marathon in a hurricane,” said Stokes, who just did a show in Minnesota last week and will head out for another one in Montana next week. “When you’re watching from the ground it looks pretty graceful, but up there, it’s happening very fast and it’s high energy and I’m really moving fast against hurricane-force winds.”

Stokes, who had been an aerobatic

Miltants kill 10 foreign tourists at mountain camp in Pakistan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Islamic militants disguised as policemen killed 10 foreign climbers and a Pakistani guide in a brazen overnight raid against their campsite at the base of one of the world’s tallest mountains in northern Pakistan, officials said Sunday.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, saying it was to avenge the death of their deputy leader in a U.S. drone strike last month.

The attack took place in an area that has largely been peaceful, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the Taliban’s major sanctuaries along the Afghan border.

But the militant group, which has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government for years, has shown it has the ability to strike almost anywhere in the country.

The Taliban began their attack by abducting two local guides to take them to the remote base camp in Gilgit-Baltisan, said Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. One of the guides was killed in the shooting, and the other has been detained for questioning. The attackers disguised themselves by wearing uniforms used by the Gilgit Scounts, a paramilitary force that patrols the area, Khan said.

Around 15 gunmen

attacked the camp at around 11 p.m. Saturday, said the Alpine Club of Pakistan, which spoke with a local guide, Sawal Faqir, who survived the shooting. They began by beating the mountaineers and taking away any mobile and satellite phones they could find, as well as everyone’s money, said the club in a statement.

Some climbers and guides were able to run away, but those that weren’t were shot dead, said the club. Faqir was able to hide a satellite phone and eventually used it to notify authorities of the attack.

Attaur Rehman, the home secretary in GilgitBaltistan, said 10 foreigners and one Pakistani were killed in the attack.

The dead foreigners included three Ukrainians, two Slovakians, two Chinese, one Lithuanian, one Nepalese and one Chinese-American, according to Rehman and tour operators who were working with the climbers. Matt Boland, the acting spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, confirmed that an American citizen was among the dead, but could not say whether it was a dual Chinese national.

The shooting — one of the worst attacks on foreigners in Pakistan in recent years — occurred in a stunning part of the country that has seen little violence against tourists, although it has experienced attacks by radical Sunni Muslims on minority Shiites in re-

cent years.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan claimed responsibility for the attack, saying their Jundul Hafsa faction carried out the shooting as retaliation for the death of the Taliban’s deputy leader, Waliur Rehman, in a U.S. drone attack on May 29.

“By killing foreigners, we wanted to give a message to the world to play their role in bringing an end to the drone attacks,” Ahsan told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location.

The U.S. insists the CIA strikes primarily kill al-Qaida and other militants who threaten the West as well as efforts to stabilize neighbouring Afghanistan. In a recent speech, President Barack Obama outlined tighter restrictions on the highly secretive program.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who wants to pursue peace talks with militants threatening his country, has insisted the U.S. stop the drone strikes, saying they violate Pakistan’s sovereignty and are counterproductive because they often kill innocent civilians and stoke anti-U.S. sentiment in this nation of 180 million.

Sharif responded to the attack on the camp by vowing “such acts of cruelty and inhumanity would not be tolerated and every effort would be made to make Pakistan a safe place for tourists.”

pilot before becoming a wing walker, said she was attracted to performing stunts because she thought it’d be exciting.

“It is the craziest fun ride you’ve ever been on,” she said. “You’re like Superman flying around, going upsidedown doing rolls and loops, and I’m just screaming and laughing.”

John King, pilot and president of the Flying Circus Airshow, where Wicker trained, said the most important qualities of wing walkers are “strong nerves, a sense of adventure and a level head.”

He said they tell people who are

interested that it’ll take a year of training before they’ll be allowed to walk on the wing of an airplane in flight.

“We give them an opportunity to walk on a wing down on the ground without the engine running,” he said.

“Then we start up the engine. And if that doesn’t spook them, OK, we taxi around the field and that’s when it gets bumpy. If they do that successfully, the next time they do it is in the air.”

He described Wicker, of Bristow, Va., and Schwenker, of Oakton, Va., as dedicated and “ultimate professionals.

“I don’t know of anyone who could have done any better than what they were doing,” he said.

In one post on Wicker’s website, the stuntwoman explains what she loved most about her job.

“There is nothing that feels more exhilarating or freer to me than the wind and sky rushing by me as the earth rolls around my head,” says the post. “I’m alive up there. To soar like a bird and touch the sky puts me in a place where I feel I totally belong. It’s the only thing I’ve done that I’ve never questioned, never hesitated about and always felt was my destiny.”

She also answered a question she said she got frequently: What about the risk?

“I feel safer on the wing of my airplane than I do driving to the airport,” she wrote. “Why? Because I’m in control of those risks and not at the mercy of those other drivers.”

An announcer at Saturday’s event narrated as Wicker’s plane glided through the air.

“Keep an eye on Jane. Keep an eye on Charlie. Watch this! Jane Wicker, sitting on top of the world,” he said, right before the plane made a quick turn and nosedive.

Some witnesses said they knew something was wrong because the plane was flying too low and slow.

BOSTON MARATHON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — The champion of the men’s 2013 Boston Marathon returned his winner’s medal to Mayor Thomas Menino on Sunday to honour the city and those killed and injured in the bombings near the finish line of one of the world’s top running events.

“Sport holds the power to unify and connect people all over the world,” Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia told the crowd through a translator.

“Sport should never be used as a battleground.”

More than 6,400 athletes gathered on Boston Common for the 10K organized by the Boston Athletic Association, the same non-profit that handles the annual marathon. Spots for Sunday’s race sold out in 13 hours online.

“Let me tell you: As mayor of this great city for the last several years, I have never seen Boston come together like it has after the attacks,” Menino said. “Thank you for making Boston stronger.” A moment of silence paid tribute to the three victims killed

in the April 15 bombings and to Sean Collier, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who was shot and killed April 18 in a search for the suspects.

“The feeling here is a little weird,” said Jon Everitt, who lives in Cambridge. He said the bombings are “definitely in the back of your head.”

Melissa Blasczyk, of Boston, ran the 2013 Boston Marathon and was 1.5 miles from the finish line when spectators began telling runners the race was over.

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HEADING WEST? A Boston Celtics official tells The Associated Press that a deal to allow Doc Rivers to coach the Los Angeles Clippers has been agreed to. Rivers had three years and $21 million remaining on his deal with the Celtics, but he has expressed reluctance to coach through a rebuilding process. The 2008 NBA champions appear to be headed for one after losing in the first round of the playoffs this season.

The teams were also discussing a deal that would send Kevin Garnett to the Clippers, but NBA commissioner David Stern said he wouldn’t approve a deal in which coaches were traded for active players.

Today

● Bull riding: Jace Harty Memorial event at Ponoka, 6:30 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres vs. Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends, The Hideout Rays vs.

Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Men’s ball hockey: Raiders vs. Trican CMT, 9:30 p.m., Kinsmen B; Hammerhead Oilfield vs. Details Devils, 9:30 p.m., Kinex.

Tuesday

● Golf: Red Deer Golf and Country Club Skins Game, 5 p.m. ● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 6:30 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: Snell and Oslund Badgers vs. Stettler Heat, Conaco/Phillips Threat vs. TNT Athletics, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; N.Jensen’s Bandits vs.

U18 Rage, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.

SWEEP OF ORIOLES TIES TEAM RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 13 Orioles 5 TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t hang their heads when they struggled at the start of the season.

The mood remained upbeat despite regular losses. The players knew they had the potential to turn things around and fulfil the high expectations.

Toronto took another big step in its attempt to get into contention in the American League East by completing a threegame sweep of division rival Baltimore with a 13-5 rout of the Orioles on Sunday.

The Blue Jays also tied a franchise high with their 11th straight win.

The streak has reinvigorated the team’s fanbase, the players are all smiles and the early-season woes seem like a distant memory.

“It was a battle early on, we all know that,” said Jays manager John Gibbons.

“We always figured it was just a matter of time before we started playing better. And (the slump) lasted longer than we expected but that’s all behind us now.

“We’re rolling along right now.”

Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus homered and veteran right-hander Josh Johnson worked into the seventh inning for his first win of the season. Jose Bautista put the game out of reach with a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning to the delight of the sellout crowd of 45,214 on a hot, sunny afternoon at Rogers Centre.

The Blue Jays (38-36) moved two games over the .500 mark and are now just five games behind first-place Boston. Encarnacion drove in four runs and had three of Toronto’s 14 hits.

“I’ve been waiting for this since the season started,” he said. “I believe in this team. I knew that things had to change, that things had to become good for us. So this is the way right now.

“We’ll enjoy it, we’ll enjoy the moment.

I’m not surprised (by) this. I know this team is good and I know we can do it.”

The Blue Jays have won 11 games in a row on two other occasions: June 2-13, 1987 and Aug. 27-Sept. 7, 1998. They will go for the franchise record Monday night at Tampa Bay. Baltimore (42-34) loaded the bases in the opening inning but Johnson (1-2) escaped unscathed when he got Matt Wieters to pop

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays’ Edwin Encarnacion rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Freddy Garcia (centre) during baseball action in Toronto on Sunday. up in foul territory for the third out.

“It seems like if I can get out of the first, things usually go pretty well,” Johnson said.

“I get a little amped up, maybe too amped up. I’ve been trying to figure that out for a long time.”

The Blue Jays also loaded the bases in the first. Encarnacion and Adam Lind singled before Rasmus drew a walk.

J.P. Arencibia was hit by a pitch to push Encarnacion across home plate for the opening run. Orioles starter Freddy Garcia (3-5) got Maicer Izturis on a strikeout to end the 32-pitch inning.

Toronto added three runs in the second inning. Emilio Bonifacio reached on a slap-bunt single, stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Munenori Kawasaki.

Bonifacio scored on a sacrifice fly by

Kane leads Blackhawks past Bruins HAWKS NEED ONE WIN IN NEXT TWO GAMES TO SECURE STANLEY CUP

Wednesday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Midget AAA baseball: Calgary Cubs at Red Deer Carstar Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane, center, celebrates with Jonathan Toews (19) and Duncan Keith (2) after scoring a goal against the Boston Bruins in the second period during Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Saturday in Chicago.

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Melky Cabrera. Bautista drew a walk and Encarnacion followed with his 21st home run of the season.

The Blue Jays knocked Garcia out of the game in a five-run third inning. Arencibia singled and scored on an Izturis double.

Bonifacio followed with a double of his own and scored on a two-out single by Cabrera. Bautista walked again and Encarnacion cashed him in with a two-run double off reliever T.J. McFarland.

“We’re on a nice little roll right now,” Gibbons said. “It’s not going to last forever but you enjoy it and you take it while it lasts. If you play good all-around baseball, you’ve got a chance to win.

“You’re not going to win them all but you’ve got a chance.”

Garcia was charged with seven hits, seven earned runs and he allowed two walks.

Blackhawks 3 Bruins 1 CHICAGO — Patrick Kane has scored bigger goals in his NHL career. Winning the Stanley Cup in overtime sets the bar awfully high.

By scoring twice in Game 5 of this year’s final, all Kane did was put the Chicago Blackhawks within one victory of their sec-

ond championship in four years with Saturday’s 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins.

“I think everyone wants to be that guy in big-time games,” Kane said. “I’ve been lucky enough in a couple to step up.”

Kane stepping up in Game 5 couldn’t have happened at a better time for the Blackhawks, as captain Jonathan Toews left with an unspecified injury. The series took a turn with Toews’

departure and an injury to Patrice Bergeron that forced the Bruins centre to be taken to a local hospital for observation.

With arguably the two best skaters out, it was Kane’s opportunity to shine. He did so with his second multi-goal game of these playoffs and furthered his status as a clutch performer.

“I don’t think this game had to happen to define Kaner as a big-time player,” Chicago left-winger Patrick Sharp said.

“He’s had plenty of opportunities, and he showed up in big games with big performances. I knew he was a big time player before tonight.”

Kane took over the game like few players can. When he had open ice, he wanted the puck on his stick and always was a threat to score.

When Johnny Oduya’s shot broke Dennis Seidenberg’s stick on the way to the net, Kane was there to put in the rebound to open the scoring. Crashing the net in the second put him in the perfect spot to beat goaltender Tuukka Rask after a heads-up play by linemate Bryan Bickell.

“Sometimes you catch some breaks,” Kane said.

“I think I was in the right spot at the right time tonight on both goals. I thought I had some other chances, too, I could have scored. But I think playing with Johnny and Bicks, they create a lot of space, and I’ve been taking advantage of the space they do make.”

Toews was a focus for the Bruins, who hit him at every opportunity. Boston defenceman

Johnny Boychuk appeared to hit him in the head in the second period, though Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said he wasn’t sure if that was what caused Toews’ injury.

With Chicago clawing to a third-period lead that Bruins captain Zdeno Chara cut in half with his first goal of the final, Toews sat on the bench but did not take a shift. He wanted to play, according to Quenneville, who said he was hopeful that Toews would return for Game 6 Monday night at TD Garden.

Quenneville called Toews day-to-day with an upper-body injury. The 25-year-old centre did not speak to reporters but seemed to be in good spirits as he signed autographs and talked to friends on his way out of the arena.

For the final stretch of Game 5 Saturday night, all he could do was provide some moral support.

“He was there to chatter a little bit on the bench and keep us into it,” Sharp said. “He’s part of the team, obviously, and it was great to have everybody together.”

Bergeron couldn’t even do that. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for observation, the team announced.

Bruins coach Claude Julien did not have an update after the game and bristled at questions about the injury.

“Not much I can say on his situation,” Julien said. “It’s just an injury that wasn’t able to let him finish the game. He may be in next game.”

Maple Leafs acquire Bernier from Kings

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis isn’t making any promises for the job of Toronto’s No. 1 goaltender.

He likes his options though after acquiring Jonathan Bernier from the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.

Bernier, stuck behind all-star goalie Jonathan Quick in Los Angeles, has been looking for more playing time and is sure to put heat on Maple Leafs incumbent James Reimer.

“Nothing is being guaranteed to anyone,” Nonis said during a conference call.

“It’s a situation where we feel that we’re deeper. Both have great potential and both

are going to get an opportunity to develop and hopefully realize that potential.”

Toronto gave up forward Matt Frattin, backup goaltender Ben Scrivens and a second-round pick in either the 2014 or 2015 NHL Entry Draft to land Bernier.

Nonis said it was a deal that he and Kings general manager Dean Lombardi had been discussing since almost the first week of the lockout-shortened season.

“We were close a couple times but there was always something that stopped the deal,” said Nonis. “We talked on and off for months. This deal, most of it, was in place months ago and we just found a time that was right for both sides.”

Bernier played in 14 regular-season games for the Kings in 2012-13, compiling a

9-3-1 record with a goals-against average of 1.88 and save percentage of .922.

He was taken by the Kings in the first round (11th overall) of the 2006 draft. He played in 62 career regular-season games with the Kings, compiling a 29-20-6 record, .912 save percentage, 2.36 GAA and six shutouts. The trade definitely puts the status of Reimer as Toronto’s No. 1 in question. The Leafs signed the 25-year-old Reimer to a three-year contract extension in June 2011, but his development has been slowed by injuries.

Reimer went 19-18-5 this season with a 2.46 GAA and a .934 save percentage. He also helped the Leafs take the Bruins to the seventh game of the opening round of the playoffs.

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Baseball

Hockey Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 44 33 .571 37 38 .493 36 40 .474 30 42 .417 25 50 .333

GB — 6 7 11 18

Central Division W L Pct 47 28 .627 46 30 .605 45 32 .584 31 43 .419 31 43 .419

GB — 1 3 15 15

West Division W L Pct 41 34 .547 38 37 .507 39 38 .506 38 38 .500 32 42 .432

GB — 3 3 3 8

American League

Boston Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay

East Division W L Pct 45 33 .577 42 34 .553 41 34 .547 38 36 .514 39 37 .513

GB — 2 2 1/2 5 5

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 42 32 .568 38 36 .514 35 38 .479 34 38 .472 31 42 .425

GB — 4 6 1/2 7 10 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee

Texas Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Houston

West Division W L Pct 43 32 .573 44 34 .564 34 43 .442 33 43 .434 29 48 .377

GB — 1/2 10 10 1/2 15

Arizona San Francisco Colorado San Diego Los Angeles

1/2 1/2

1/2 1/2 1/2

1/2 1/2

Monday’s Games Philadelphia (Lee 9-2) at San Diego (Stults 6-5), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-3), 8:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Cleveland (U.Jimenez 5-4) at Baltimore (Britton 1-1), 5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Rogers 3-2) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 5-3), 5:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Arizona at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

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

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

N.Y. Mets at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Boston 021 100 001 — 5 12 3 Detroit 210 000 13x — 7 8 0 Doubront, Tazawa (6), A.Bailey (7), A.Miller (7), A.Wilson (8), Breslow (8) and Lavarnway; Verlander, Smyly (6), Benoit (8) and Holaday. W—Benoit 2-0. L—A.Miller 0-2.

Chicago 202 000 200 — 6 11 2 Kan. City 001 030 03x — 7 12 0 Axelrod, N.Jones (5), Thornton (7), Crain (8) and Gimenez; Shields, J.Gutierrez (6), Collins (7), K.Herrera (7), Hochevar (8), G.Holland (9) and Kottaras, S.Perez. W—Hochevar 1-1. L—Crain 2-2.

Sv—G.Holland (16). HRs—Chicago, A.Dunn (20).

Kansas City, Kottaras (2), Dyson (2).

Sunday’s Games Colorado 7, Washington 6 N.Y. Mets 8, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta 7, Milwaukee 4 Chicago Cubs 14, Houston 6 Pittsburgh 10, L.A. Angels 9, 10 innings Miami 7, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 4, Arizona 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 1 Texas at St. Louis, Late

Sunday’s Games Minnesota 5, Cleveland 3 Toronto 13, Baltimore 5 Detroit 7, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Chicago Cubs 14, Houston 6 Pittsburgh 10, L.A. Angels 9, 10 innings Seattle 6, Oakland 3, 10 innings Texas at St. Louis, Late

Baltimore 000 002 201 — 5 11 0 Toronto 135 000 40x — 13 14 1 F.Garcia, McFarland (3), Strop (7), Patton (8) and Wieters; Jo.Johnson, Loup (7), J.Perez (8), McGowan (9) and Arencibia. W—Jo.Johnson 1-2. L—F. Garcia 3-5. HRs—Baltimore, Flaherty 2 (5). Toronto, Encarnacion (21), Col.Rasmus (14).

Tampa Bay 100 000 200 — 3 9 1 New York 100 000 000 — 1 7 0 Archer, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and J.Molina; Nova, Kelley (7), Logan (7), Chamberlain (7), Claiborne (9) and C.Stewart, Au.Romine. W— Archer 2-3. L—Nova 2-2. Sv—Rodney (15).

Saturday’s Games Colorado 7, Washington 1 Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 2, Miami 1, 11 innings Philadelphia 8, N.Y. Mets 7 Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 0 Arizona 4, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 1 Texas 4, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Angels 1

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City 2 Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Detroit 10, Boston 3 Cleveland 8, Minnesota 7 Texas 4, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 7, Oakland 5

Sunday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 100 020 101 — 5 12 0 Cleveland 011 000 100 — 3 8 0 P.Hernandez, Fien (6), Burton (8), Perkins (9) and Doumit, Mauer; Carrasco, Hagadone (5), Albers (7), R.Hill (8), Allen (9) and Y.Gomes. W—P.Hernandez 3-1. L—Carrasco 0-3. Sv—Perkins (19). HRs— Cleveland, Stubbs (6).

Oakland 000 002 010 0 — 3 8 0 Seattle 200 100 000 3 — 6 7 0 (10 innings) J.Parker, Doolittle (8), Balfour (10) and D.Norris, Jaso; Bonderman, Farquhar (6), O.Perez (9) and Zunino. W—O.Perez 2-1. L—Balfour 0-1. HRs— Oakland, Moss (14). Seattle, Ibanez 2 (17), K.Morales (9).

INTERLEAGUE Houston 000 301 011 — 6 13 2 Chicago 014 030 42x — 14 16 2 Lyles, LeBlanc (6), Fields (7), W.Wright (8) and J.Castro; Samardzija, Russell (8), Villanueva (8), H.Rodriguez (9) and Castillo. W—Samardzija 5-7.

L—Lyles 4-2. HRs—Chicago, Sweeney (3), Rizzo (12).

Pittsburgh 102 000 003 4 — 1013 3 Los Ang. 050 100 000 3 — 9 9 2 (10 innings) Morton, Reid (6), Welker (8), Melancon (9), Grilli (10) and McKenry, R.Martin; Blanton, S.Downs (8), Frieri (9), Jepsen (9), D.De La Rosa (10) and Iannetta. W—Melancon 2-1. L—Jepsen 0-2. HRs— Pittsburgh, P.Alvarez (19).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS MiCabrera Det CDavis Bal Mauer Min JhPeralta Det HKendrick LAA Machado Bal DOrtiz Bos Trout LAA Pedroia Bos Donaldson Oak

G 74 75 68 69 75 76 59 75 77 75

AB 292 274 276 262 287 329 225 302 299 283

R 57 53 46 35 30 49 37 53 48 38

H 108 92 91 85 93 106 71 94 93 87

Pct. .370 .336 .330 .324 .324 .322 .316 .311 .311 .307

RBI — MiCabrera, Detroit, 75; CDavis, Baltimore, 70; Encarnacion, Toronto, 63; Fielder, Detroit, 58; NCruz, Texas, 55; AJones, Baltimore, 55; DOrtiz, Boston, 55.

DOUBLES — Machado, Baltimore, 34; CDavis, Baltimore, 24; Mauer, Minnesota, 24; JCastro, Houston, 22; AJones, Baltimore, 22; Seager, Seattle, 22; Trout, Los Angeles, 22.

TRIPLES — Ellsbury, Boston, 7; Trout, Los Angeles, 6; Gardner, New York, 5; Kawasaki, Toronto, 4; LMartin, Texas, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Drew, Boston, 3; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 3; Kipnis, Cleveland, 3; Moss, Oakland, 3.

HOME RUNS — CDavis, Baltimore, 27; Encarnacion, Toronto, 21; MiCabrera, Detroit, 20; ADunn, Chicago, 20; NCruz, Texas, 19; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 17; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 17.

STOLEN BASES — Ellsbury, Boston, 32; McLouth, Baltimore, 24; Altuve, Houston, 17; Kipnis, Cleveland, 17; Trout, Los Angeles, 17; Andrus, Texas, 16; AlRamirez, Chicago, 16.

PITCHING — Scherzer, Detroit, 11-0; Colon, Oakland, 10-2; Buchholz, Boston, 9-0; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 9-3; Masterson, Cleveland, 9-5; Tillman, Baltimore, 8-2; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-4; Verlander, Detroit, 8-5; Sabathia, New York, 8-5.

STRIKEOUTS — Darvish, Texas, 137; Scherzer, Detroit, 122; FHernandez, Seattle, 112; Verlander, Detroit, 110; Masterson, Cleveland, 110; AniSanchez, Detroit, 101; Shields, Kansas City, 99.

SAVES — JiJohnson, Baltimore, 26; Rivera, New York, 26; Nathan, Texas, 24; AReed, Chicago, 21; Perkins, Minnesota, 19; Balfour, Oakland, 18; Frieri, Los Angeles, 17; Janssen, Toronto, 17.

YMolina StL Tulowitzki Col Cuddyer Col Segura Mil Scutaro SF Votto Cin MCarpenter StL GParra Ari CGomez Mil Craig StL

G 71 61 56 73 63 76 71 73 72 72

AB 265 222 218 295 252 284 283 294 272 282

R 33 41 32 42 33 54 55 46 43 39

H 95 77 74 99 83 93 90 92 85 88

Pct. .358 .347 .339 .336 .329 .327 .318 .313 .313 .312

RBI — Goldschmidt, Arizona, 65; Craig, St. Louis, 58; Phillips, Cincinnati, 58; CGonzalez, Colorado, 57; Bruce, Cincinnati, 54; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 51; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 50; DBrown, Philadelphia, 50.

DOUBLES — YMolina, St. Louis, 25; GParra, Arizona, 23; Bruce, Cincinnati, 22; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 22; Pence, San Francisco, 22; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 21; Howard, Philadelphia, 20; DanMurphy, New York, 20; Posey, San Francisco, 20.

TRIPLES — CGomez, Milwaukee, 8; Segura, Milwaukee, 8; CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 6; Span, Washington, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 5; DWright, New York, 5.

HOME RUNS — CGonzalez, Colorado, 21; DBrown, Philadelphia, 19; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 19; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 18; Bruce, Cincinnati, 18; Beltran, St. Louis, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16.

STOLEN BASES — ECabrera, San Diego, 31; Segura, Milwaukee, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 22; Revere, Philadelphia, 20; Pierre, Miami, 18; CGomez, Milwaukee, 15; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 15.

PITCHING — Lynn, St. Louis, 10-1; Zimmermann, Washington, 10-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 10-4; Corbin, Arizona, 9-0; Lee, Philadelphia, 9-2; Marquis, San Diego, 9-2; Minor, Atlanta, 8-3; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 8-4; SMiller, St. Louis, 8-5; Maholm, Atlanta, 8-6.

STRIKEOUTS — Harvey, New York, 121; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 111; Samardzija, Chicago, 110; SMiller, St. Louis, 101; Wainwright, St. Louis, 100; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 99; Lee, Philadelphia, 98.

SAVES — Grilli, Pittsburgh, 26; Mujica, St. Louis, 21; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 21; RSoriano, Washington, 19; Romo, San Francisco, 18; Chapman, Cincinnati, 18; Street, San Diego, 15.

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 100 032 101 — 8 12 0 Philadelphia000 000 000 — 0 4 1 Harvey, Hawkins (7), Lyon (8) and Buck; Lannan, Savery (6), J.Ramirez (8), Diekman (9) and Quintero. W—Harvey 7-1. L—Lannan 0-2. HRs—New York, D.Wright (12).

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268 268 269 270 271 271 272 272 273 273 273 273 274 274 274 274 274 275 275 275 275 275 275 276 276 276 276 276 276 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 277 278 278 278 278 278 278

Vijay Singh $19,627 Bo Van Pelt $19,627 Brad Fritsch $14,501 Brian Gay $14,501 Tom Gillis $14,501 Brian Harman $14,501 D.H. Lee $14,501 Kevin Stadler $14,501 Camilo Villegas $14,501

70-68-69-71 67-70-72-69 70-69-70-70 68-69-71-71 69-69-71-70 69-69-69-72 72-68-70-69 68-67-73-71 65-70-75-69

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LPGA Tour-NW Arkansas Championship Sunday At Pinnacle Country Club Rogers, Ark. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,344; Par 71 (a-amateur) Final Inbee Park, $300,000 69-65-67 — So Yeon Ryu, $184,703 66-66-69 — Mika Miyazato, $133,989 65-70-67 — a-Lydia Ko 69-66-68 — I.K. Kim, $93,539 70-64-69 — Stacy Lewis, $93,539 67-65-71 — Suzann Pettersen, $55,113 67-70-67 — Paula Creamer, $55,113 68-68-68 — Chie Arimura, $55,113 67-65-72 — Beatriz Recari, $55,113 67-65-72 — Haeji Kang, $39,438 72-66-67 — Ai Miyazato, $39,438 73-64-68 — Shanshan Feng, $32,258 71-67-68 — Brittany Lang, $32,258 70-67-69 — Juli Inkster, $32,258 71-65-70 — Brooke Pancake, $32,258 69-67-70 — Na Yeon Choi , $24,809 71-70-66 — Jenny Shin, $24,809 71-69-67 — Amy Yang, $24,809 70-68-69 — Mina Harigae, $24,809 67-69-71 — Moriya Jutanugarn, $24,809 69-67-71 — Sarah Kemp, $24,809 67-69-71 — Lisa McCloskey, $21,236 67-71-70 — Alison Walshe, $21,236 71-67-70 — Julieta Granada, $16,938 70-72-67 — Ayako Uehara, $16,938 71-71-67 — Hee-Won Han, $16,938 70-71-68 — Mo Martin, $16,938 72-69-68 — Becky Morgan, $16,938 73-68-68 — Caroline Hedwall, $16,938 72-68-69 — Lizette Salas, $16,938 71-69-69 — Karine Icher, $16,938 70-68-71 — Morgan Pressel, $16,938 68-69-72 — Christel Boeljon, $16,938 67-69-73 — Paola Moreno, $11,718 70-72-68 — Jennifer Johnson, $11,718 68-72-70 — Azahara Munoz, $11,718 67-72-71 — Jiyai Shin, $11,718 68-71-71 —

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BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with RHP James Roberts and LHP Kyle Crockett on minor league contracts.

DETROIT TIGERS—Sent C Alex Avila to Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Designated OF Quintin Berry for assignment. Claimed RHP Maikel Cleto off waivers from St. Louis and assigned him to Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed RHP Mike Pelfrey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday.

Recalled LHP Pedro Hernandez from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Optioned OF Thomas Neal to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Ivan Nova from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Placed OF Craig Gentry on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Recalled OF Engel Beltre from Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with LHPs Scott Silverstein and Matt Dermody, 1B L.B. Dantzler, RHP Sean Ratcliffe and SS Christian Vasquez on minor league contracts.

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with 1B Kelvin Freeman on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Released C Ra-

mon Hernandez. Agreed to terms with C Damaso Espino on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS—Sent RHP Henderson Alvarez to Jacksonville (SL) for a rehab assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Sent RHP Marco Estrada to Wisconsin (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed RHP Michael Stutes on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Phillippe Aumont from Lehigh Valley (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Sent LHP Wandy Rodriguez to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned RHPs Anthony Bass and Brad Boxberger to Tucson (PCL).

Recalled RHPs Brad Brach and Miles Mikolas from Tucson.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed INF Rob Benedict. Released INF Yazy Arbelo.

QUEBEC CAPITALES—Signed OFs Dany Deschamps and Chase Larsson.

United League ALEXANDRIA ACES—Signed LHP Michael Calderon. Released P Leo Madrid. Reinstated OF Austin Newell from the inactive list.

SAN ANGELO COLTS—Signed RHP B.J. Hyatt.

Placed INF Preston Lyon on the inactive list.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Released OL Nick

Hamilton Toronto Montreal Winnipeg

GP 2 2 2 2

Sask.

Calgary Edmonton B.C.

GP 2 2 2 2

CFL Pre-season East Division W L T PF 2 0 0 85 2 0 0 48 0 2 0 46 0 2 0 6 West Division W L T 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0

PF 54 51 51 51

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210 210 210 210

Champions Tour-Encompass Championship Sunday At North Shore Country Club Glenview, Ill. Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 7,103; Par 72 (36-36) Final Craig Stadler (270), $270,000 67-65-71 — 203 Fred Couples (158), $158,400 70-68-66 — 204 David Frost (81), $81,000 68-67-70 — 205 Bernhard Langer (81), $81,000 67-69-69 — 205 Tom Lehman (81), $81,000 70-66-69 — 205 Mark O’Meara (81), $81,000 70-67-68 — 205 Tom Pernice Jr. (81), $81,000 70-68-67 — 205 Kenny Perry (81), $81,000 69-69-67 — 205 Jeff Sluman (81), $81,000 68-66-71 — 205 Mark Calcavecchia (45), $45,00067-69-71 — 207 Bob Tway (45), $45,000 69-65-73 — 207 Bart Bryant (0), $36,600 69-68-71 — 208 Steve Pate (0), $36,600 70-66-72 — 208 Rod Spittle (0), $36,600 71-67-70 — 208 Jay Haas (0), $28,800 71-68-70 — 209 Jeff Hart (0), $28,800 68-71-70 — 209 Corey Pavin (0), $28,800 69-69-71 — 209 Peter Senior (0), $28,800 70-68-71 — 209 Esteban Toledo (0), $28,800 67-73-69 — 209 Mike Goodes (0), $23,580 69-69-72 — 210 Gary Hallberg (0), $19,944 68-72-71 — 211 Scott Hoch (0), $19,944 68-75-68 — 211 Chien Soon Lu (0), $19,944 69-68-74 — 211 Kirk Triplett (0), $19,944 70-72-69 — 211 Duffy Waldorf (0), $19,944 67-72-72 — 211 John Riegger (0), $16,740 70-68-74 — 212 Loren Roberts (0), $16,740 72-72-68 — 212 Michael Allen (0), $14,580 75-71-67 — 213 Jay Don Blake (0), $14,580 72-70-71 — 213 Mark Brooks (0), $14,580 69-73-71 — 213 Fred Funk (0), $14,580 70-73-70 — 213 Chip Beck (0), $11,138 70-75-69 — 214 Joe Daley (0), $11,138 74-70-70 — 214 John Huston (0), $11,138 73-69-72 — 214 Hale Irwin (0), $11,138 71-74-69 — 214 Gene Jones (0), $11,138 72-70-72 — 214 Steve Lowery (0), $11,138 71-72-71 — 214 Gary Rusnak (0), $11,138 70-72-72 — 214 Scott Simpson (0), $11,138 70-71-73 — 214 Russ Cochran (0), $8,460 70-71-74 — 215 John Cook (0), $8,460 72-72-71 — 215 Bill Glasson (0), $8,460 72-72-71 — 215 Mark McNulty (0), $8,460 69-73-73 — 215 Larry Mize (0), $8,460 71-71-73 — 215

Cody, Carson Rockhill and Taylor Servais; WRs Ed Gant, Terrance Lewis and Rico Wallace; DBs Cary Harris, Clint Kent and Michael Ricks; FBs Brett Haenni and Smith Wright; RB Kyle Exume; S Hugo Lopez; PK/P Tomas Silva; and DL Lindsey Witten. Assigned OL Branden Curry and Christopher Mercer; QB Jacory Harris; DT Gregory Alexandre; LS Mike Benson; RB Tracy Lampley; WR Youssy Pierre; LB Corbin Sharun; and DB Bryan Williams.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Assigned DL Zach Anderson and Dexter Davis, FB Carl Fitzgerald, WR Wallace Miles, P Billy Pavlopoulos, DB Wesley Pendleton, S Teague Sherman and LB Ian Wild. Placed WRs Doug Pierce and Kito Poblah, RB Chris Garrett, DB Johnny Sears Jr. and DL Jake Thomas on the one-game injured list and OL Tyson Pencer on the nine-game injured list.

HOCKEY National Hockey League TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Traded F Matt Frattin, G Ben Scrivens and a 2014 or a 2015 second-round draft pick to Los Angeles for G Jonathan Bernier.

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE—D Arne Friedrich announced his retirement.

PA 48 52 53 54

Pt 2 2 2 2

Week 10 Friday, Aug. 30 Hamilton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 2 Edmonton at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 3 Montreal at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Week 11 Friday, Sept. 6 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7 B.C. at Hamilton, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8 Toronto at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

Week 12 Friday, Sept. 13 Hamilton at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto at Saskatchewan, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15 Montreal at B.C., 2:30 p.m.

CFL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Week Three Thursday, July 11 Saskatchewan at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, July 12 Calgary at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 13 Winnipeg at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.

B.C. at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

69-70-71 68-70-72 68-66-76 69-65-76

Pt 4 4 0 0

Friday’s result Edmonton 27 British Columbia 22 End of 2013 Pre-season

Miami 100 101 004 — 7 10 0 San Fran. 000 001 100 — 2 8 1 Eovaldi, Da.Jennings (7), Webb (7), Qualls (8), Slowey (9) and Brantly; M.Cain, Dunning (7), Machi (9), Mijares (9) and Posey, H.Sanchez. W—Eovaldi 1-0. L—M.Cain 5-4. HRs—Miami, Ruggiano 2 (11), Ozuna (2). San Francisco, Pence (12).

Jennifer Song, $11,718 Nicole Castrale, $11,718 Ji Young Oh, $11,718 Pornanong Phatlum, $11,718

PA 26 26 57 76

Thursday’s results Hamilton 52 Winnipeg 0 Toronto 24 Montreal 20 Calgary 24 Saskatchewan 23

Week Two Thursday, July 4 Winnipeg at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Toronto at B.C., 8 p.m.

Friday, July 5 Calgary at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 7 Edmonton at Hamilton, 3 p.m.

Cincinnati 310 000 000 — 4 8 1 Arizona 000 000 011 — 2 8 1 Latos, M.Parra (8), Chapman (9) and Mesoraco, Hanigan; Delgado, Sipp (6), Spruill (6), W.Harris (8), D.Hernandez (9) and M.Montero. W—Latos 7-1. L— Delgado 0-1. Sv—Chapman (19). HRs—Cincinnati, Choo (11), Phillips (11).

NHL 2013 Playoff Scoring leaders TORONTO — Unofficial 2013 National Hockey League playoff scoring leaders following Saturday’s fifth game of the Stanley Cup final: SCORING G A Pt Krejci, Bos 9 16 25 Kane, Chi 9 10 19 Horton, Bos 7 12 19 Lucic, Bos 6 12 18 Sharp, Chi 10 6 16 Bickell, Chi 8 8 16 Hossa, Chi 7 9 16 Malkin, Pgh 4 12 16 Letang, Pgh 3 13 16 Bergeron, Bos 9 6 15 Crosby, Pgh 7 8 15 Chara, Bos 3 12 15 Carter, LA 6 7 13 Voynov, LA 6 7 13 Marchand, Bos 4 9 13 Iginla, Pgh 4 8 12 Pavelski, SJ 4 8 12 Zetterberg, Det 4 8 12 M.Richards, LA 3 9 12 Brassard, NYR 2 10 12 Keith, Chi 2 10 12 Toews, Chi 2 10 12 Dupuis, Pgh 7 4 11 Couture, SJ 5 6 11 Handzus, Chi 3 8 11 P.Martin, Pgh 2 9 11 Neal, Pgh 6 4 10 Kunitz, Pgh 5 5 10

Football

Atlanta 410 100 001 — 7 14 0 Milwaukee 000 040 000 — 4 9 0 Maholm, Avilan (6), Varvaro (7), Gearrin (7), Walden (7), Kimbrel (9) and McCann; Figaro, Gorzelanny (4), Kintzler (7), Mic.Gonzalez (8), Henderson (9) and Lucroy. W—Maholm 8-6. L—Figaro 1-2. Sv— Kimbrel (21). HRs—Atlanta, McCann (8), C.Johnson (5), J.Schafer (3). Milwaukee, Lucroy (8).

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions

Saturday’s summary Blackhawks 3, Bruins 1 First Period 1. Chicago, Kane 8 (Oduya, Toews) 17:27 Penalties : Sharp Chi, Boychuk Bos (roughing) 17:56.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Kane 9 (Bickell, Toews) 5:13 Penalties : Horton Bos (hooking), Handzus Chi (diving) 0:49, Seidenberg Bos (boarding) 5:59, McQuaid Bos (roughing) 15:20.

Third Period 3. Boston, Chara 3 (Krejci, Lucic) 3:40 4. Chicago, Bolland 2 (Frolik) 19:46 (en).

Penalties : None.

Shots on goal Boston 11 5 9 — 25

Colorado 013 300 000 — 7 13 2 Wash.

000 200 040 — 6 13 0 J.De La Rosa, Scahill (7), Belisle (8), Brothers (8) and W.Rosario; Detwiler, Stammen (4), Krol (7), Abad (9) and K.Suzuki. W—J.De La Rosa 8-4.

L—Detwiler 2-6. Sv—Brothers (4). HRs—Colorado, Cuddyer (11), Arenado (7).

Golf Travelers Championship Sunday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn.

Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 6,854; Par: 70 Final (x-won on second playoff hole) x-Ken Duke $1,098,000 69-68-65-66 Chris Stroud $658,800 66-69-66-67 Graham DeLaet $414,800 65-70-65-69 Bubba Watson $292,800 63-67-70-70 J.J. Henry $231,800 68-67-68-68 Webb Simpson $231,800 65-69-72-65 Charley Hoffman $196,725 61-73-66-72 Ryan Moore $196,725 68-70-66-68 Stuart Appleby $158,600 69-67-69-68 Angel Cabrera $158,600 67-72-71-63 Morgan Hoffmann $158,600 68-71-66-68 Jeff Maggert $158,600 70-70-65-68 Ricky Barnes $111,020 67-68-71-68 Rickie Fowler $111,020 72-68-70-64 Russell Knox $111,020 69-67-69-69 Justin Rose $111,020 67-68-68-71 Brendan Steele $111,020 68-68-72-66 Keegan Bradley $76,860 69-65-72-69 Tommy Gainey $76,860 66-67-70-72 Jim Herman $76,860 69-67-67-72 Nick O’Hern $76,860 67-66-68-74 Patrick Reed $76,860 66-66-73-70 Kevin Sutherland $76,860 69-70-68-68 Gary Christian $49,410 71-69-70-66 Jerry Kelly $49,410 67-68-71-70 Hunter Mahan $49,410 62-71-70-73 Greg Owen $49,410 70-69-69-68 Andres Romero $49,410 71-68-67-70 Nicholas Thompson $49,410 71-66-66-73 Erik Compton $32,584 72-66-71-68 Freddie Jacobson $32,584 69-70-70-68 William McGirt $32,584 67-68-73-69 John Merrick $32,584 65-71-71-70 Bryce Molder $32,584 67-70-73-67 Cameron Percy $32,584 71-68-71-67 Aaron Watkins $32,584 69-69-70-69 Chris Williams, $32,584 71-68-69-69 Brian Davis $32,584 72-67-66-72 Richard H. Lee $32,584 66-71-66-74 Marc Leishman $32,584 66-70-68-73 D.J. Trahan $32,584 71-68-68-70 Justin Thomas 72-66-66-73 Jonas Blixt $19,627 70-67-73-68 K.J. Choi $19,627 70-68-70-70 Harris English $19,627 72-67-69-70 Ian Poulter $19,627 73-66-67-72 Chez Reavie $19,627 71-69-70-68 Tag Ridings $19,627 68-65-71-74

Chicago (W1) vs. Boston (E4) (Chicago leads series 3-2) Saturday’s result Chicago 3 Boston 1 Wednesday’s result Chicago 6 Boston 5 (OT) Monday’s game Chicago at Boston, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s game x-Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m. x — played only if necessary.

PREVIOUS RESULTS Wednesday, June 12 (Game One) Chicago 4 Boston 3 (3OT) Saturday, June 15 (Game Two) Boston 2 Chicago 1 (OT) Monday, June 17 (Game Three) Boston 2 Chicago 0

Week One Thursday, June 27 Montreal at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 28 Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m.

B.C. at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 29 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 1:30 p.m.

Los Ang. 000 000 102 — 3 8 0 San Diego 000 000 100 — 1 7 0 Capuano, Moylan (6), P.Rodriguez (8), League (8), Jansen (9) and Federowicz; Cashner, Street (9) and Hundley. W—League 3-3. L—Street 0-4. Sv— Jansen (4). HRs—Los Angeles, Ad.Gonzalez (10), H.Ramirez (4). San Diego, Quentin (8).

Chicago 8 11 13 — 32 Goal — Boston: Rask (L, 14-7); Chicago: Crawford (W, 15-7).

Power plays (goals-chances)Boston: 0-0; Chicago: 0-2.

Attendance — 22,274 at Chicago.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs STANLEY CUP FINAL (Best-of-7)

Week 13 Friday, Sept. 20 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21 Montreal vs. Hamilton (at Moncton, N.B.), 2 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 B.C. at Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.

Week 14 Friday, Sept. 27 B.C. at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 28 Calgary at Hamilton, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29 Saskatchewan at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Week 15 Friday, Oct. 4 Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Saskatchewan at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 Montreal at Edmonton, 1:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 4:30 p.m.

Week Four Friday, July 19 Toronto at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 20 Montreal at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 21 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Week 16 Friday, Oct. 11 B.C. at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12 Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 14 Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Toronto at Hamilton, 2:30 p.m.

Week Five Thursday, July 25 Edmonton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, July 26 Calgary at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 27 Saskatchewan at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 30 B.C. at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Week Six Byes: Calgary, Montreal, Saskatchewan, Toronto Friday, Aug. 2 Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 5 Winnipeg at B.C., 5 p.m.

Week Seven Byes:B.C., Edmonton, Hamilton, Winnipeg Thursday, Aug. 8 Toronto at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9 Saskatchewan at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Week 17 Friday, Oct. 18 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19 Toronto at Winnipeg, 1:30 p.m.

B.C. at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20 Hamilton at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Week 18 Thursday, Oct. 24 Winnipeg at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 25 Edmonton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26 Montreal at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Week 19 Friday, Nov. 1 Montreal at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Calgary at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2 Hamilton at Winnipeg, noon Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 3 p.m.

End of 2013 CFL Regular Season

Week Eight Friday, Aug. 16 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 17 Montreal at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Calgary at B.C., 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 18 Edmonton at Toronto, 5 p.m.

PLAYOFFS Sunday, Nov. 10 Division Semifinals Cross-over or Third Place at Second Place, TBA Sunday, Nov. 17 Division Finals Semifinal winners at First Place, TBA Sunday, Nov. 24 101st Grey Cup At Regina East vs. West Champions, 4:30 p.m.

Week Nine Thursday, Aug. 22 B.C. at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 23 Calgary at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 24 Winnipeg at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Montreal 14 9 3 2 24 Philadelphia 16 7 5 4 25 New York 17 7 6 4 23 Kansas City 16 6 5 5 20 Houston 16 6 5 5 19 Columbus 16 5 6 5 19 New England 15 5 5 5 18 Chicago 15 5 7 3 15 Toronto 15 2 7 6 14 D.C. United 16 2 11 3 8

GA 17 24 22 15 16 18 13 21 20 26

Pt 29 25 25 23 23 20 20 18 12 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Real Salt Lake 17 9 5 3 26 Portland 17 7 1 9 28 FC Dallas 16 8 3 5 25 Vancouver 15 6 5 4 25 Los Angeles 15 6 6 3 22 Seattle 14 6 5 3 19 Colorado 17 5 7 5 17 San Jose 17 4 7 6 15 Chivas USA 14 3 9 2 14

GA 16 16 20 24 18 17 19 25 29

Pt 30 30 29 22 21 21 20 18 11

Saturday, June 29 Real Salt Lake at Toronto, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.

Colorado at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at D.C., 5 p.m.

Columbus at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

New England at Chivas USA, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 30 Houston at New York, noon Wednesday, July 3 Montreal at Toronto, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Kansas City, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

D.C. United at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 4 Chivas USA at Dallas, 7 p.m.

New York at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s results Philadelphia 3 Red Bull 0 Portland 3 Colorado 0 Los Angeles at Chivas USA, Late

Saturday, July 6 San Jose at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s results D.C. United 1 San Jose 0 Columbus 1 Chicago 2 FC Dallas 2 Kansas City 2 Houston 0 Toronto FC 0 Real Salt Lake 2 Seattle 0

Sunday, July 7 Kansas City at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Portland at Columbus, 3 p.m.

Chivas USA at Montreal, 5 p.m.

D.C. United at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL THE CANADIAN PRESS UMAG, Croatia — Toronto’s Grant O’Gorman and Aaron Nusbaum of Aurora, Ont., won the silver medal on Sunday at the FIVB under-21 World Championships in beach volleyball. It was Canada’s second

major international success this season in beach volleyball. Last month, Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto earned the bronze in women’s play at the FIVB U23 World Championships.

“These last few years Canadian youth and junior athletes are really stepping it up and having much better results,” said Nusbaum.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 24, 2013 B3

Journeyman Duke gets first PGA win 44 YEAR-OLD FORMER CANADIAN TOUR PLAYER WINS IN A PLAYOFF AT TRAVELERS, CANADA’S DELAET THIRD

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROMWELL, Conn. — Ken Duke needed 187 starts on the PGA Tour to get his first win, securing it at a tournament that is building a reputation for such breakthroughs.

The 44-year-old journeyman made a 2 ½ foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Chris Stroud at the Travelers Championship.

Stroud, who also was looking for his first title, had chipped in from 51 feet on the 18th hole, to get to 12-under par and force the playoff.

But Duke made the better approach shot on the second extra hole, bouncing his ball in front of the flag and rolling it close.

“Yeah, it’s been a long time,” said Duke, who turned pro in 1994. “I’ve been on the Canadian tour, the mini tours, Asian Tour, South American Tour, all of them; Web.com, and it’s just great to be a part of this big family on the PGA Tour.”

Duke, who came in ranked 144th in the world, is the sixth golfer in eight years to get his first PGA Tour win here, joining J.J. Henry (2006), Hunter Mahan (2007), Bubba Watson (2010), Fredrik Jacobsen (2011) and Marc Leishman last year.

Canada’s Graham DeLaet finished a stroke back in third place with a 269. Watson finished fourth, two shots behind, after making a six on the par-3 16th hole.

“You gotta believe in yourself in everything you do,” Duke said. “That’s why those guys at the top are winning week in, week out because they believe they can do it. It’s kind of one of those things once you finally do it it might come easier the next time. That’s kind of the way I feel.”

Duke wouldn’t have been in position to win at all had luck not intervened on the 10th hole, when his ball ricocheted off a tree and onto the green to about 5 feet from the pin, allowing him to make birdie.

After a 17-foot birdie putt on the next hole, he made a 45-footer on the 13th hole, a shot that looked as though it might go past the hole to the right, before falling in.

He battled Watson for the lead down the back nine, until the former Masters champion found trouble on the 16th.

Watson put his drive into the water and put his next shot over the green.

He finished two strokes back in fourth place.

“The wind affected the first shot, and the wind didn’t affect the next shot,” Watson said. “I flew it three feet past the hole, which you can’t do right now because the greens are so firm.”

Duke looked as though he had the tournament sewn up after saving par on 18, despite a tee shot that went well right and onto a hill, and a second shot that went just over the green. He used a putter to put the ball within 2 feet, then sank the putt as the crowd roared for what they thought was a winning shot.

It looked even more secure when Stroud’s second

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Graham DeLaet tees off on the second hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday. shot hit near the stick, but then rolled well off the green. That just set up the dramatic chip shot.

Stroud hit his tee shot over the cart path and 94 yards from the hole on the first playoff hole, while Duke’s first shot jumped out of a fairway bunker and into the rough.

Duke bounced his second shot onto the green.

Stroud’s went into a greenside bunker.

Stroud chipped to 8 feet but had to watch as Green almost sank a long putt that would have ended it.

The two both struck the ball well on the second playoff hole, but Stroud missed a 25-foot birdie putt, and Duke made his short putt.

“I had three shots from 94 yards on 18, the exact same yardage, and I could not figure out a way to stop that ball,” Stroud said. “Regulation, luckily, I chipped it in.”

Watson, Charley Hoffman and DeLaet began the day tied for the lead, but 21 other players were within five strokes.

Webb Simpson shot a 65 to finish at 271, then headed home immediately after his round despite being just a stroke behind the leaders at the time.

He said he knew the score wouldn’t be good enough to win.

“I’m itching to get to my family, so I’m going to head to the airport,” he said.

Justin Rose followed his U.S. Open win by shooting 6-under par for this tournament. He was in contention, with two birdies on his first seven holes,

but didn’t get another until the final hole and made three bogeys. He said fatigue was a factor.

“I’m still able to put one foot in front of the other,” he said. “I still feel OK, but my guess is there’s just a little bit of sharpness that I might be lacking.”

No player has gone back-to-back after capturing the U.S. Open since 1997, when Ernie Els won the Buick Classic at the Westchester Country Club in New York.

Rose plans to play next week at Congressional before taking two weeks off to prepare for the British Open.

DeLaet, a native of Weyburn, Sask., said his thoughts this week have been with the people of Alberta, where widespread flooding is blamed for at least three deaths and forced thousands to evacuate.

He had the words “For Alberta” written on his cap Sunday.

The 2009 Canadian tour player of the year pledged to donate $1,000 for every birdie he made to help the relief efforts.

PGA Tour Canada, a bank and a Canadian businessman all agreed to match the donation. He finished with three birdies on Sunday and nine for the weekend.

“Hopefully it puts a small dent in what they need,” he said. “But our hearts are still with them.”

Ottawa’s Brad Fritsch shot 70 to finish at 1 under in a tie for 51st.

Injuries to star players Els wins BMW International for 28th European Tour title change look of Cup final

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BOSTON — Jonathan Toews means everything to the Chicago Blackhawks, and Patrice Bergeron is the same to the Boston Bruins. This has been a classic Stanley Cup final in large part because those players have put in peak performances.

Toews and Bergeron left Game 5 with injuries and it’s uncertain if either will play in Game 6 Monday night in Boston. If they aren’t able to, or do at less than 100 per cent, it changes the dynamic of the series as the Blackhawks are one win away from celebrating another championship.

“Both great players. I think any coach in the league, any player in the league would like to have those guys on their team,” Chicago left-winger Patrick Sharp said. “I can’t speak for what Boston is dealing with, with Bergeron.

I know I don’t need to say much about Jonathan. I think everyone knows what we think of him in our locker-room.”

Take out the locker-room and just look at the production on the ice, and it’s probable that no two players have had a bigger influence on the Cup final than Toews and Bergeron. Coach Joel Quenneville reuniting Toews and Patrick Kane might’ve been exactly what the Blackhawks needed to cure their offensive woes, while Bergeron is as consistent an all-around performer as anyone will find in the NHL. “He does everything right, basically,” Bruins left-winger Brad Marchand said. “He’s such a great face-off guy and it really gives us the opportunity to start with the puck a lot. He’s very tough to play against defensively, and he’s been doing a very good job at playing against their top guys.”

Boston coach Claude Julien called Bergeron day-to-day with a “body” injury. Quenneville said the Blackhawks were “optimistic” that Toews would play in Game 6 given that he was feeling much better Sunday.

It would be hard to replicate what either centre does well. Goaltender Tuukka Rask conceded that the Bruins cannot replace Bergeron.

“You adapt and play a different game out there,” he said. “We can’t feel sorry for ourselves if he’s missing.

TENNIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — As he has six previous times, Roger Federer will start at Wimbledon on Monday as the defending champion, stepping onto Centre

We just have to play with the guys that we have.”

With the Stanley Cup in the building, it might be easier for players on both sides to get tunnel vision on their own tasks and set aside injuries, even if they’re to such vital leaders.

“Everybody has got an ice bag here or there or everywhere,” Quenneville said. “But they’ll do whatever it takes to get out on the ice. I think that being aware of what they’re capable of and trying to maximize their effectiveness and efficiency based on what they can give you.”

Julien and Quenneville each won a title because of an ability to maximize the effectiveness of an entire roster.

This time it helps that the Bruins and Blackhawks have been in this spot before.

In 2010, Chicago led the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 and won Game 6 on the road. That familiarity gives the Blackhawks some confidence, but they know their Bruins history, too.

“It’s a similar feeling,” Kane said.

“You’ve got to be careful, you’ve seen a couple years ago Boston was down 3-2, they won at home and then won Game 7 in Vancouver. We know this team is capable of coming back.”

The Blackhawks and Bruins are banged-up all over the place, with injuries to Marian Hossa and Nathan Horton being the most prominent. That is, until Toews and Bergeron went down.

It’s hard to gauge amid the uncertainty and subterfuge how those injuries will impact Game 6, but the coaches are trying to maintain focus on their own lineups.

“I think I should be looking in my backyard and make sure I’ve got my guys playing tomorrow before I start worrying about the game plan with them,” Julien said. “I can prepare in different ways in my mind, and once I find out whether all our guys are in our lineup and whether all their guys are in or out, probably you can adjust to some things in your game plan according to that.

“But right now we know it’s up to us to play our game and to bring our Agame if we want a chance to win. That part of it should be more important than who they have and don’t have in their lineup.”

Court for the first match of what he hopes will be another two-week stay at the All England Club.

It’s an honour reserved for the men’s titleholder. That scheduling perk is also where any hint of preferential treatment for Federer comes to a halt. Due to the way the draw came out, Federer could have

to defeat Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray before even getting to the final.

“I’m ready for the challenge,” Federer said Sunday. “I like tough draws. I don’t shy away from them.”’

Federer’s quest for a record-setting eighth Wimbledon title begins against 47th-ranked Victor Hanescu of Romania.

MUNICH, Germany — Ernie Els of South Africa won the BMW International Open by one shot on Sunday for his 28th European Tour title.

After sharing a three-way lead overnight, Els shot a third straight 3-under 69 in the final round to finish 18-under 270 on the Eichenried Golf Club course.

Thomas Bjorn of Denmark (69) was second at 17 under and Frenchman Alexander Levy (71) finished another stroke off the pace in third for his best finish.

Els, a two-time winner at both the U.S. Open and British Open, led after the first and second rounds.

“To keep the lead all the way through is quite a lot of pressure so it’s been a good week,” said Els, the first South African and also the oldest player to win the BMW International Open

LPGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROGERS, Ark. — Inbee Park is making a habit of winning LPGA Tour playoffs.

The world No. 1 sank a 4-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole against So Yeon Ryu on Sunday, capping her finalround rally and winning

the LPGA NW Arkansas Championship.

The victory was the second straight win in a playoff for Park, who won the LPGA Championship two weeks ago, and the fifth of the year for the South Korean star. She has seven wins in her last 23 starts.

Park began the day two shots back of a group of four leaders, but she vaulted to the top with three straight birdies on the front nine.

She dropped a shot with a bogey on the par3 11th before birdies on 14 and 18 sent her to the playoff.

Park and Ryu finished the tournament tied at 12 under, one shot ahead of Mika Miyazato. It’s the second straight year Miyazato has finished as the runner-up.

Amateur Lydia Ko, I.K. Kim and local favourite and world No. 2 Stacy Lewis each finished two shots back.

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“I’m a very young 43-year-old.

There’s not a younger 43-year-old, I promise,” he joked.

“When you get to my age, when you get a win, it’s a wonderful feeling.

Hopefully it gives me the confidence that I needed,” said Els, who tied for fourth at the U.S. Open.

Els had started level with Levy and Sweden’s Alex Noren, but the Swede had two bogeys and fell out of contention while Els, Levy and Bjorn each made three birdies from their nine holes out.

Bjorn was tied for the lead with Els when a double bogey on the 14th hole, coming after a bogey on the 11th, effectively ended the Dane’s chances despite six birdies and a strong finish.

“I fought all the way to the end,” Bjorn said. “When you go up against Ernie, you’ve got to take it 18 holes to the end and I didn’t quite do it today.”

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Gleason drops decision at Superfights RED DEER KICKBOXER LOSES FIRST MATCH IN FIGHT FOR TITLE

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

GRIFFIN MOLINE

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Griffin Moline helped the Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves post a 3-1 record in weekend bantam AAA baseball action.

Moline drove in three runs with a double and single in a 13-3 rout of the Spruce Grove Sox and contributed a double and single in a 7-6 victory over the Lloydminster Twins. He also saw some time on the Braves mound.

THIS WEEK Tuesday

● Golf: Red Deer Golf and Country Club Skins Game, 5 p.m. ● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 6:30 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.

Wednesday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Midget AAA baseball: Calgary Cubs at Red Deer Carstar Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Parkland baseball: Eckville at Lacombe, Irricana at Innisfail, 7 p.m.

Thursday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: N.Jensen’s Bandits vs.

TNT Athletics, Snell and Oslund Badgers vs.

Conaco/Phillips Threat, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Lacombe Physio Shooters at Stettler Heat, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, The Hideout Rays vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Eckville at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park; Rocky Mountain House at Innisfail, 7 p.m.

Saturday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Women’s rugby: Calgary Rams at Red Deer Titans, 4 p.m., Titans Park. ● Boxing: Red Deer and District Boxing Club presents Pro-AM/Tuff Glove, 7 p.m., Sheraton Hotel.

Sunday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m.

The first loss of his Muay Thai/kickboxing career was an especially painful one for Todd Gleeson.

The Red Deer fighter engaged Adam Blanchette in a bout for the vacant Western Canadian super cruiserweight title Saturday at the Sheraton Hotel and lost a split decision to his Vancouver opponent in the main event of Superfights 21.

“He had me hurt pretty good in a couple of rounds, but I thought I had him hurt too,” said Gleeson, who trains at the Lyle Cheney Karate Studio.

Gleeson, whose record dropped to 6-1-1, blamed himself for the setback in the bout that featured modified Muay Thai rules.

“I just should have been busier. That’s the way I look at it,” he said after the fiveround bout. “That’s the longest fight I’ve had. But I’ve fought stronger, I’ve fought faster, I’ve fought better-conditioned (fighters) and beat them. I should have been busier.”

Gleeson didn’t cut any corners while preparing and training for the title fight.

“I ran my ass off. I trained with a personal trainer. I trained I don’t know how many days a week at the school (Cheney Studio),” he said.

“It isn’t the end of the world but I’d like to be going home with that belt.”

Gleeson is just nicely into his competitive career and should get another shot at the title.

“I have to look at it that way. I don’t have much choice,” he said.

Cheney, Gleeson’s coach, is more than confident that a rematch will take place.

“We’ll have a rematch, definitely. We want a match with full Muay Thai rules, where you can use elbows,” he said.

“I think we’ll have one fight and then maybe we can get a rematch for the Winter Warfare (in November in Red Deer). I imagine they will give us one.”

Cheney was of the opinion that Gleeson deserved a better fate Saturday.

“We were all kind of amazed, actually (by the decision),” he said. “I thought he had it expect for maybe one round, but maybe that’s a coach’s bias. I’m not really sure.”

Cheney agreed with his fighter that a lack of activity late in the bout might have proved costly.

“The last round he was dancing around too much and maybe that’s what did it. He had to go after him more in the last round, but I thought he still had it,” said Cheney.

“You want to sort of fault the officials, but I’m one of the officials in that same group and I know they all know what they’re doing. It was just one of those things, I guess.”

In a 165-pound bout featuring two Red Deer competitors, Cheney’s Patrick Vallido defeated Michael Brazeau of Seven Stars Praying Mantis by split decision. Vallido improved to 1-2 while Brazeau dropped to 0-2.

Lacey Noel of the Cheney Studio lost a unanimous decision to Amy Fletcher of Airdrie in a women’s 135-pound bout. It was Noel’s second loss against no wins and Fletcher’s first competitive fight.

In a 180-pound women’s match, Shianne Richardson (1-0) of the Cheney Studio earned a split decision over Marie Hayball (0-1) of Edmonton.

Josh Crump of Red Deer Black Dragon Martial Arts fell to 2-3 with a unanimousdecision loss to Hasman Sandhu (4-1) of Calgary in a 155-pound bout, while Russell Dahms (2-0) of Rocky Mountain House defeated Andrew Vandervelden (2-3) of Aird-

Buccaneers’ offence sputters in loss to Calgary Gators The Calgary Gators were the last team standing at the conclusion of an Alberta Football League defensive battle Saturday at Lacombe’s ME Global Athletic Park.

The Gators were held to 119 yards of offence but had just enough in the tank to pull out a 13-4 win over the Central Alberta Buccaneers.

Bucs quarterback Byron Stearns completed 12 of 32 passes for 104 yards. He also threw three interceptions and was sacked three times.

Receiver Josh Sorensen hauled in five catches for 52 yards in a

rie by split decision in a 170-pound match.

Kyle Lajeunesse of the Cheney Studio lost by unanimous decision to Stephen Kung of Edmonton in 145-pound bout, the first competitive match for either fighter, and in the evening’s first scrap featuring a pair of newcomers, Reno Nash of Calgary earned a unanimous decision over Brad Christensen of Rocky Mountain House.

In other bouts, Edmonton fighters Andre Braden (5-3-1) and Eddy Chang (7-0-1) (150 pounds) battled to a draw; Dylan Bastian (1-0-1) of Calgary (185 pounds) earned a split decision over Spencer Sinclair (0-1) of Edmonton; Matthew Lipsius (4-2) of Regina (140 pounds) was a winner over Bruce Tran (8-4) of Calgary by split decision; and Dwain Soon (9-7) of Calgary defeated Adam Brown (7-2) of Regina (155 pounds) by unanimous decision. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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losing cause. Defensively, the Buccaneers had five quarterback sacks, 11 tackles for a loss, five interceptions, six knockdowns and three blocked kicks.

Defensive lineman Ian Keetch turned in five and a half tackles, including four for a loss and one quarterback sack. Defensive back Tylor Johnson had two interceptions and Mark Fay, Josh Achtemichuk and Greg Fowler each picked off one pass.

The 2-1 Buccaneers are idle until July 6 when they host the Calgary Wolfpack at 6 p.m.

Brian Dand of Red Deer turned in a time of one hour, four minutes and 31 seconds to take top honours Sunday in the Woody’s Triathlon sprint.

Dand had respective times of 10:32, 33:59 and 18:14 in the swim, run and bike events.

Keith Weber of Red Deer was runner-up with a total time of 1:08.13 and Sean MacLachlan of Langdon finished third overall in 1:08.39.

Sefrah Daviduck of Red Deer was the top woman, finishing 25th overall in 1:18.07.

The Red Deer trio of Christopher Marr-Laing, Kyle Skogen and Noah Mulzet finished one-twothree in the junior sprint category and ninth, 14th and 16th overall. MarrLaing finished in 1:13.20

after posting times of 13:46 in the swim, 37.19 on the bike and 20:10 in the run event. Skogen had a time of 1:15.37 and Mulzet finished in 1:16.02.

Marr-Laing, Daviduck, Skogen and Mulzet are members of the Lindsay Thurber Raiders triathlon class and also did volunteer work leading up the to Woody’s Triathlon. Brian Madill, the triathlon class teacher, won gold in his age group and was the fourth fastest competitor in the race, which included 224 individual athletes. Madill finished in 1:11.15.

Burning Rubber won the team event with a time of 59:49.28, followed by The Jeffaffas in 1:11.33.10 and Pilsner Pints for Parkland in 1:12.11.72. Liquid Death,

which finished fourth overall, was the top women’s team with a time of 1:14.40.12.

The Kids of Steel results: 14-15 category: 1. Carley Wlad, Red Deer, 46:01.2; 2. Adam Guthrie, Red Deer, 46:01.7; 3. Caleb Weber, Red Deer, 47.56.8. 12-13 category: 1.

Brock Hoel, Three Hills, 37.07.04; 2. Logan Arthur, Stony Plain, 38.02.7; 3.

Marcus Brown, Three Hills, 38.31.4. 10-11 category: 1. Dawson Gladue, Cochrane, 24.42.6; 2.

Alexander Tonelli, Edmonton, 25.21.8; 3. Lincoln Hoel, Three Hills, 26.45.0. 8-9 category: 1.

Holly Moores, Cochrane, 21:23.5; 2. Sasha Norman, Calgary, 22.33.9; 3. Declan Sargent, Mirror, 23.46.2.

5-7 category: 1. Sean Raivio, Red Deer, 11:44.8; 2. Ashlyn Mack, Airdrie, 12:31.7; 3. Emma Deacon, Lacombe, 12:52.8.

Bantam AAA Braves battle to 3-1 record in weekend play The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves swept the Lloydminster Twins in a bantam AAA baseball doubleheader Sunday and posted an overall 3-1 record during the weekend.

The Braves opened the twinbill with a 5-4 victory as Jordan Muirhead stroked two triples, two singles and scored three runs, Zach Olson drove in a pairs of runs with a double and single and Brad Pope contributed an RBI double.

Ethan Ropcean worked six innings on the Braves hill, allowing four runs on four hits while walking three batters and fanning six. Kobe Scott threw the final inning, holding the Twins to no hits or runs while issuing two walks and recording one strikeout.

Kelsey Lalor had a pair of singles, walked once and knocked in a run as the Braves took the second game 7-6. Griffin Moline cracked a double and single, Austin

Kelts-Larsen singled and scored twice, and Parker Booth, Olson and Muirhead each had a hit.

Pope pitched four and two-thirds innings, surrendering three runs on three hits, walking seven batters and fanning five, Lalor gave up three runs on one hit and one walk while recording one strikeout over one and two-thirds innings, and Scott got the final two outs.

The Braves split a doubleheader Saturday with the Spruce Grove Sox, falling 14-10 in the first game before rebounding for a convincing 13-3 victory.

Scott rapped a three-run triple and RBI single in the opener, while Ropcean had two singles, drove in a run, stole a base and scored twice, Austin Hammond drove in two runs with two singles and Andrew MacCuaig stroked three singles and knocked in two runs.

Moline gave up nine runs on seven hits

over three and one-third innings, also issuing two walks and recording a single strikeout.

From there, Carter O’Donnell worked two and one-third innings, allowing five runs on seven hits while giving up three walks and fanning one batter, and MacCuaig struck out two without issuing a walk, hit or run through one and two-thirds frames.

Moline cracked a double and single and drove in three runs in the Braves’ 13-3 romp. MacCuaig stroked a two-run single, drew a walk and scored three times, Booth had a single and a walk and scored twice and Ropcean drew two walks, rapped a three-run single and scored four runs.

Olson earned the mound decision, giving up three runs on 10 hits and two walks over six and two-thirds innings. Kelts-Larsen got the final out.

MIDGET AAA BASEBALL

Monday

● Pro rodeo: Ponoka Stampede finals, 1 p.m., pony wagons and World Pro chuckwagons showdown, 6:30 p.m.

Photo by GREG MEACHEM/Advocate staff

Kyle Lajeunesse of the Red Deer Cheney Karate Studio delivers a left to the head of Stephen Kung of Edmonton in a 145-pound match during the Superfights 21 Muay Thai/ kickboxing card Saturday at the Sheraton Hotel. Kung won the bout by unanimous decision.

The Red Deer Carstar Braves swept both ends of a midget AAA baseball doublheader Sunday, downing the visiting Spruce Grove Sox 9-8 and 21-11.

Taran Oulton was the Game 1 winner with a 91-pitch outing and Dylan Boreman recorded

the save.

Ty Elliott had a walk and a single, Jesse Muirhead drew two free passes and Jayden Hutlet stroked a triple and drew a walk.

Justin Logan three 103 pitches in the second game, while Ty

Wagar drove in four runs with a double, two singles and a walk.

Also at the plate, Jesse Kowalchulk knocked in three runs with two singles.

Willie Mulligan had two singles and Boreman had a double and single. Kowalchulk

also three out a runner from right field and Braedon Majeski closed out the game on the Braves mound.

The Braves host the Calgary Cubs Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Great Chief Park.

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O’Connell giving back after facing obstacles “It gave me self-confidence to move on in life, don’t worry about the little things that people say, just keep going. That is what I try to tell the kids at the presentations. I had a lot of questions about how I overcame it (bullying) and whether boxing is the way. But I don’t think that boxing is the way. I think any sport, anything that you can do to get your mind off of the bullying and to gain confidence will help you to overcome bullying. That is the reason I kind of got into boxing, not to defend against bullies but to have self confidence to overcome bullies.”

O’Connell has twice had opportunities to talk at bullying workshops at the Red Deer Public Library. The audience included school groups, but also adults with mental disabilities, with stories about

could learn from to become a more positive person.

“I got into a legal issues and still have charges pending,” said the boxer. “I was involved with the darker side of society, doing the wrong things, and Cam O’Connell, 23, has had to face many obstacles the negativity got to me. I got into trouble and I realin his young life, but because of his determination, ized there is a good way to live your life and a bad his strength of character, and the support he has way. That is what I needed. I guess some people received from those closest to him, those obstacles need that. They need a big situation to happen in have also presented him with opportunities to grow. their life to change the way they go about living their Now the Red Deer professional boxer feels it is lives. This was a turning point for me. Now I can help his time to start giving back to his community. other people get out of it.

“I have a list (of people who helped get me through “My team . . . Doug Bolianatz, Roman Rzepkowski, the tough times),” explained O’Connell. “A very good and Robert Carswell are focusing on the positive, counsellor at my school, my coaches, my father and that is where we are going. I always wanted to give mother, and (fellow boxer) Arash Usmanee. His posiback but I thought I needed a title to start giving tivity even when the worst things happened. back, but now I know I am at a level where I He was a role model to me, not just a mentor.” can give back, anyone can give back in that ‘I LIKE GIVING BACK, AND IT FEELS LIKE I “The community has done so much for me! sense. With the anti-bullying it was another I felt that I should be giving back and I didn’t AM HELPING THESE KIDS OVERCOME BIG opportunity for me to give back.” know how to do it. I’ve always coached kids O’Connell has another opportunity to give PROBLEMS. THE FEELING IS AMAZING. THAT and worked with them, but recently I got to do back to his community when he fights for ONE-ON-ONE IS WHERE I FELT I WAS MAKING the first time as a professional in front of his an anti-bullying speech.”

As a professional boxer O’Connell has a 3-0A DIFFERENCE. ANYONE CAN GIVE A SPEECH, home crowd Friday at the Sheraton Hotel.

1 record. As an amateur he had 136 bouts, and undefeated boxer will be taking on MexBUT TALKING TO KIDS ONE-ON-ONE IS WHAT The 101 wins. He was a 12-time Alberta provincial ico’s Luis Arjona, 3-1-1, in the six-round main champion, four-time Western Canadian chamevent.

HELPED THE KIDS.’ pion, two-time Canadian national champion, “I am excited to fight at home,” said the bronze medallist at the Junior Olympics in — CAM O’CONNELL lightweight boxer. “It shouldn’t affect how I 2005, and Ringside world champion in 2007.

RED DEER BOXER ON TALKING TO KIDS AT BULLYING WORKSHOPS box. Once I’m in the ring my concentration But life has not always been so successful is so good now that I can fight anywhere. The for O’Connell. Middle school was an extremering is my home.” ly difficult time in his life. It was a time when he was how they would get bullied by kids when they take If O’Connell wins this bout, he will be ranked in bullied, and he would get into trouble for fighting public transportation.

Canada, which will be a major step for him in accomback.

O’Connell enjoyed giving his presentation at these plishing his goals.

“Middle School was tough,” said the boxer. “It workshops, but what he appreciated the most was “I want the Canadian title,” said O’Connell. “It is was just when I started boxing and being bullied. I working one-on-one with those in attendance. within our reach. I know I can beat some of the guys would fight back and I would get into a lot of scraps “I have gotten a chance to tell my story a couple who are ranked, so it is just a matter of time before I at school and then people heard I was a boxer and times now and the anti-bullying is working for me,” get the opportunity to fight them. Then I would like it would cause even more bullying and scraps at explained the boxer. “I like giving back, and it feels to follow in the footsteps of Arash Usmanee and get school.” like I am helping these kids overcome big problems. ranked in the world and fight for a title and bring it With the help of school staff, his coaches and his The feeling is amazing. That one-on-one is where I home to Red Deer.” family, O’Connell was able to overcome that dark pe- felt I was making the difference. Anyone can give The undercard will feature a number of amateur riod in his life. a speech, but talking to the kids one-on-one is what bouts, including Red Deer’s Brian Samuel fighting “By the time I hit Grade Eight, I understood box- helped the kids.”

Devon Reti of Calgary for a provincial championship ing a little bit more and I knew what I was doing and After O’Connell won his first Canadian title and and an opportunity to represent Alberta at the naI was confident in my abilities to box,” he said. “But gained some fame at a local level, he found that tional championships.

I didn’t have to fight. I didn’t have to prove myself along with the accolades that a negative element For ticket or table information for the Tuff Gloves anymore to bullies. People still talked, there is al- became interested in who he was, and he entered an- event call (403) 877-4391. Doors open at 6 p.m. ways going to be people who talk, but when you know other dark period in his life. But again for the boxer Doug Rowe is a Red Deer boxing and martial arts your abilities you don’t have to prove it. this was just another obstacle, something that he freelance writer

BY DOUG ROWE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Hinchcliffe dominates field in Eskimos make final cuts which IndyCar win at Iowa Speedway includes cornerback Harris NEWTON, Iowa — Andretti Autosport has long been the team to beat at Iowa Speedway.

On Sunday, James Hinchcliffe put an exclamation point on Andretti’s dominance there with the best race of his career.

Hinchcliffe, from Oakville, Ont., cruised to victory in the IndyCar Series race, leading all but 24 of 250 laps.

He became the first three-time winner this season and gave Andretti Autosport its fourth consecutive victory at Iowa’s .875-mile oval, the shortest track on the circuit.

Ryan Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe’s teammate, battled back from last place to finish second. He was followed by Tony Kanaan, Ed Carpenter and Graham Rahal.

Hinchcliffe took the lead on the opening lap and ceded control only briefly during pit stops. He joined Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Hunter-Reay as Iowa winners for Andretti Autosport since 2010.

But none of those runs was as dominant as the one Hinchcliffe put together this time around.

“I’ve watched guys win races like this on TV, and my whole career I thought ‘I just don’t get it. How do they do that?’ I’ve never been in that position. And now I know. You have to have a hell of a good car. You have to have a hell of a good crew and just hit your marks all afternoon long,” Hinchcliffe said. “Man, it feels good to do it like that.”

Now the next step for Hinchcliffe is consistency.

Despite earning his first three career wins this season, Hinchcliffe is 66 points behind series leader Helio Castroneves because of five finishes of 15th or lower.

“He’s been either feast or famine.

He either wins or he has problems.

But he knows he’s capable of winning,” team owner Michael Andretti. “If he can hopefully get through all his problems and continue to do what he’s doing, he has a good shot at a championship.”

Series leader Helio Castroneves was eighth. His lead over Hunter-Reay was cut to nine points — the exact number Castroneves earned Saturday by winning the pole through heat qualifying races.

“We drove as hard as we could.

When they told me I came in eighth, I was like ‘What?’ I certainly felt we had a better car than that,” Castroneves said.

PEEWEE AAA BASEBALL The Red Deer Dairy Queen Braves were 1-3 during weekend peewee AAA baseball action versus the top two teams in the league.

The Braves were 1-2 versus the host Sherwood Park Athletics, winning 12-1 and falling 12-5 and 11-0, and dropped an 8-4 decision to the St. Albert Cardinals.

Dairy Queen collected 14 hits en route to their mercy-rule victory as Ty Moline was three-forthree at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored, Hunter Leslie was two-for-four with a

three-run triple and Adam Junck walked three times and scored three runs.

Junck threw a complete game, allowing nine hits and fanning four batters.

Ben LeBlanc and Leslie were both three-forfour at the plate in the 12-5 setback, while Zach Baker was two-for-three and scored twice and Rylan Eberle and Aidan Schafer both went twofor-two.

Reid Howell started on the Braves mound and was pulled after four innings with Red Deer

trailing 9-5. Brett Porter came on in relief and allowed three runs.

In Sunday’s rubber match with the Athletics, Braves starting pitcher Schafer gave up nine runs over the first three innings. Sherwood Park scored two more in the fourth off reliever Eberle and the game was over.

Sloppy defensive play cost the Braves against the Cardinals as just one of the eight runs scored off Leslie was earned.

LeBlanc closed for the visitors, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The second time definitely wasn’t the charm for Cary Harris.

The defensive back was among the Edmonton Eskimos’ final cuts, the CFL club announced Sunday.

Harris, a 2009 sixth-round draft pick of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, was let go by the Eskimos earlier during training camp, then re-signed, only to be released a second time.

Like all CFL teams, the Eskimos had to reduce their roster down to 46 players by on Saturday night.

However, Edmonton was the only league squad to release their final cuts Sunday.

Also among Edmonton’s final cuts were offensive linemen Taylor Servais, Carson Rockhill and Nick Cody, running backs Brett Haenni, Smith Wright and Kyle Exume, receivers Rico Wallace, Terrance Lewis and Ed Gant, defensive backs Hugo Lopez, Michael Ricks and Clint Kent, kicker-punter Tomas Silva and defensive lineman Lindsey Witten.

The Eskimos also re-signed defensive back Eric Samuels, who was released by the club last week.

Clint was a four-year CFL veteran, having spent time previously with Montreal and Winnipeg before landing in Edmonton last season. He appeared in 70 career games, registering 197 tackles, one interception and six fumble recoveries while scoring two TDs. Cody, a former Oregon Duck in his first CFL training camp, took to Twitter to discuss his situation.

“Well Canada, Edmonton, its been real... Real short, real shady, and most of all a real learning experience. Good luck to all my OL guys,” he tweeted.

The release of the six-foot-six, 284-pound Rockhill was a surprise considering Edmonton acquired his rights in February in a five-player trade with Hamilton, which selected the former Calgary Dinos player in the second round of the 2012 CFL draft.

The Montreal Alouettes also waited until Sunday to announce their final two cuts: cornerback Keynan Parker and receiver Wallace Wright. They also placed seven players on the one-game injured list, including fullback Patrick Lavoie and running back Jerome Messam and Brandon Whitaker, meaning they won’t be dressed for the club’s season-opening game Thursday night in Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers put five players on the one-game injured list, including running back Chris Garrett, receiver Kito Poblah, defensive back Johnny Sears Jr., and defensive lineman Jake Thomas.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats were busy Sunday, placing offensive linemen Pascal Baillargeon and Marc Dile, linebacker Nate Bussey, defensive linemen Torrey Davis and Louie Richardson and defensive backs Neil King, Terrance Parks and Courtney Stephen on the one-game injured list and defensive linemen Michael Atkinson and Arnaud Gascopn-Nadon, linebacker Marcellus Bowman, quarterback Brian Brohm, kicker Brett Lauther and slotback Dave Stala on the nine-game list.

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It was clear from the opening lap that nobody had a better car than the No. 27 of Hinchcliffe. He immediately grabbed control of the race from Will Power, who counts just one oval among his 18 series victories. Power fell behind by as much as a lap midway through the race and finished 17th.

Hinchcliffe also held off a furious challenge from Rahal off a restart about 90 laps from the finish. Though Rahal technically took the lead for a lap, Hinchcliffe hung on to the low groove, running side-by-side with Rahal, before bursting clear.

Hinchcliffe had only led 99 laps in his three-year IndyCar career before Sunday. He surpassed that total less than halfway through the race.

“We got (Power) on lap one there and really never looked back. The car was solid,” Hinchcliffe said. “When we needed it, the car was awesome.

We were fast up front by ourselves. We were good in traffic.”

Hunter-Reay fell behind Castroneves by 25 points on Saturday after a poor showing during the qualifying heats. It only got worse for Hunter-Reay roughly 40 laps in when he rear-ended Rahal, forcing his team to change out his front wing. But he scrambled from the back for an impressive podium finish.

“It was a really good day for points, to finish second after being dead last, and just (Saturday) we had the nightmare of a day,” Hunter-Reay said. “It’s a bummer when you have that good of a car to finish second. But considering we came from the back of the pack to finish second in such a tight field, I have to be happy about that. Somewhat pleased, I should say.”

The series next runs at Pocono Raceway, but not before a much-needed break. IndyCar will take next weekend off, its first true break since late April, before returning to Pocono on July 7, ending a 23-year hiatus from that track.

Though it’s been decades since the series has run there, it’ll be hard to bet against Andretti. The team has now won five of 10 races in 2013. It also boasts three serious championship contenders in Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti and Hinchcliffe, all of whom are right behind Castroneves.

“Guys like Helio, with his experience and everything, is going to be really difficult. He’s going to make it go right down to the wire, I can assure you. But it’s always nice to have more than one bullet in the gun. And right now, we have three real legitimate shots at winning a championship,” Michael Andretti said.

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FILM CLASSES Everybody can be a star at The Hub on Ross in Red Deer. Short film production classes will be held Mondays, from 1 to 1:45 p.m. or 2 to 2:45 p.m.

Participants can choose either session or stay for both sessions.

Different types of movie making will be explored through acting and behindthe-scenes production work. Participants will make videos to show family and friends.

No experience is necessary, but please sign up at The Hub, 403-340-4869.

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CRUISE NIGHT Hundreds of vintage cars and race cars can be seen at the next Red Deer Cruise Night. It’s being billed as “Alberta’s largest weekly car get together.” Every Thursday, from 6 to 9 p.m. until October between 200 and 600 vehicles will be parked in the northeast parking lot at Parkland Mall. Besides providing a look at some truly interesting, and sometimes rare, vehicles, the weekly, kid-friendly events include food vendors and occasional live bands. Car Club members are welcome to park as there’s room for more than 900 cars or trucks. And all Central Albertans invited to come down and “come relive, or create, memories.”

Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

More information is available by calling 403877-5047.

PIONEER CENTURY GIFTS Richardson Pioneer, a division of Canada’s largest privately owned agribusiness, is offering to provide funding for one major community project in each Prairie Province in celebration of their 100th anniversary.

The selected project in each of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta will receive a $100,000 contribution from the Richardson Pioneer Century Gifts Program. Communities in these provinces are invited to submit a proposal for a specific infrastructure project or initiative that promotes and supports recreational pursuits and will benefit the community at large.

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Tanya Schur, centre, and Norbert Dumais (left) sing to welcome the spirits of the four directions inside the newly-installed Stone Circle in Coronation Park on Saturday. Below, people who attended the ceremony listen to Dumais (far right) address the gathering.

‘The Grandfathers’ are for everyone STONE CIRCLE UNVEILED, CELEBRATES ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND CULTURE

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Grandfathers — we can play with them, seek comfort in them, and certainly, we can learn from them.

And though the 20 “grandfathers” who have now moved into Coronation Park will not be able to dote on anyone or speak any “Back in my day . . .” stories, the people who have brought the stone “grandfathers” to the public hope Red Deerians will be able to get all the same benefits from them that they would their aged human relations.

On Saturday, the Stone Circle, Red Deer’s first permanent monument celebrating aboriginal people and culture, was unveiled with a dedication ceremony attended by approximately 100 people. The monument is made up of 20 boulders — 12 perimeter stones arranged in a 20-metre diametre circle; eight on the interior pointing to the four directions and representative of everything from the four seasons to the life cycles of the universe.

The boulders, donated by Bettenson’s Sand and Gravel, are called “grandfathers” because of their age.

Out in the open in Coronation Park, the monument is one of the few where it is encouraged for people to hop up onto its parts and play around.

“I want everybody to make this place their own,” said Lyle Keewatin Richards, one of the local aboriginals who spearheaded the project.

“Every time I see somebody come by here, or talk to them, they come up with a new definition of what it means to them.

Whether it’s a teepee ring, somebody said it was a sun dial, somebody said it was standing stones.

“Although it was made to represent our culture — the sun dance, the sweat, the teepee — everybody making it their own is just the most satisfying thing,” he continued.

An interpretive sign will eventually be added to the monument, but for now it rests completely open to interpretation and the imagination.

“For me spiritually, it’s a place that becomes sacred when people come here and sit against these old grandfathers . . . People can have a place to come and experience calm and have a place to learn a little bit about some of the real fundamental teachings of the culture as well,” said Tanya Schur, executive director of the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Society.

Schur said she likes the fact that the monument is in a very

accessible place for Red Deerians. She expressed that it would be a great site to add to a downtown walking tour.

The monument can be used by the Friendship Centre, she said, to benefit aboriginal youth.

“When aboriginal kids come to this spot and recognize it, and they will, they will know that this city says that aboriginal history is important. I think that’s going to help our young people to understand themselves as a part of Red Deer as a citizen.

That’s a really important piece for us,” said Schur.

The push to incorporate a Stone Circle into the Red Deer landscape began in 2000. For the past 13 years, discussions with the city had been ongoing regarding the monument’s eventual location, with the aboriginal organizers consistently pushing for Coronation Park, due to the fact that treaties were signed between First Nations and the Crown.

In the end, it was the Red Deer Centennial Committee coming on board with the project that finally got it to happen. The project would have cost around $35,000, but the stones were donated, and the city stepped up to transport and place the stones in the park.

The design was given to the group by Siksika Nation elder Tom Crane Bear. While the assembly resembles a Medicine Wheel, it is not being called one. “(Crane Bear) said that the Medicine Wheel has really gone out of living memory. We kind of have an idea of what went on, but it’s really left living memory, and for us to try to pretend that we’re building another one really isn’t appropriate. We need to make something that’s real significant for ourselves, not necessarily try to copy something that we don’t really know,” explained Keewatin Richards. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

Not enough cat traps, man says PRIVATELY TRAPPED FELINES NOT COVERED UNDER BYLAW

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man is concerned that the number of cat traps is nowhere near enough for the number of loose cats.

Pat Hare has been trapping cats for about five years. During the first couple of years, he relied on the limited supply of city-owned cat traps.

Every year he’d catch four or five wayward or stray cats and turn them in to Alberta Animal Services.

Three years ago, he found the waitlist to use the city-owned traps too long and acquired his own trap.

This year, he trapped his first cat and went to turn it in to Alberta Animal Services, the local animal services contractor. But they informed Hare they wouldn’t accept cats caught in private traps.

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“Up until this year or within the last year, they would take any cats that were trapped by private citizens in to Animal Control and try to contact their owners,” said Hare.

“I was told when I brought a cat in there two days ago, and this was the first one I’ve had in there, that if I brought a cat in in a trap that is not leased out by animal control, they would not take it.”

He was told that if another cat came in his trap, Animal Services would not accept it. “To me that means I shouldn’t be trapping cats because I have nowhere to go with them.”

Duane Thomas with Alberta Animal Services said they haven’t accepted privately trapped cats for a couple of years.

“Under the City of Red Deer cat bylaw, there is a trapping protocol for it all and private cat traps aren’t covered under the bylaw,” said Thomas.

Charles Hainsworth, 33, is charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content over .08 causing bodily harm.

Charges were laid on Feb. 17 when police were called to investigate after a quad driver had to be airlifted to Edmonton to be treated for serious injuries.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP allege that the quad was leading a group of machines when it overturned, with the driver run over by the snow-

There are 20 city-owned cat traps that people can use.

Hare’s name is now on the waiting list to get a city-owned trap. Thomas said the waiting list always fills up quickly, even before the trap season starts.

“There is always a waiting list before the traps are even released,” said Thomas.

“Pretty much all summer long we do have a waiting list.”

Because Animal Services can’t accept cats caught with private traps, they will tell the trapper they have to release them.

Cats can only be trapped during a short time frame — trapping isn’t allowed during cold weather over concern for the cats. The bylaw, passed in 1996, says cats cannot be trapped in the hot sun, and the traps will not be provided if it forecast to be colder than 0C. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

mobile that had been following him. Hainsworth has pleaded not guilty and is set for trial in Rocky Mountain House provincial court on Dec. 3.

Alleged retaliation case going to trial One of the men accused in what police have termed a retaliation attack will go to trial in Red Deer next winter.

Jason Fraser, 39, was charged with kidnapping and

uttering death threats for his role in allegations that a 44-year-old Red Deer man was beaten and dumped in the country on July 12, 2012.

Police allege that the suspects had connected him with an incident the previous day, in which a teenaged boy was found bound and gagged with duct tape in a wooded area of the Grandview neighbourhood in Red Deer.

Fraser has been committed to stand trial on Feb. 4, 2014, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

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Pump is a step toward an artificial pancreas MEDTRONIC INSULIN PUMP PASSES A KEY TEST problems.

Some people with the more common Type 2 diabetes, the kind linked to obesity, also need insulin and might benefit from a device like an artificial pancreas, too.

For now, though, it’s aimed at

Importantly, these people had no cases of severely low blood sugar — the most dangerous kind that require medical aid or help Doctors are reporting a major from another person. step toward an “artificial pancreThere were four cases in as,” a device that would constantthe group using the standard ly monitor blood sugar in people pump. with diabetes and automatically “As a first supply insulin as step, I think we needed.

“THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT should all be A key component very excited of such a system — OF THE ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS. that it works,” an insulin pump an independent programmed to shut down if blood- “BEFORE WE SAID IT’S A DREAM. WE HAVE THE expert, Dr. Irl of the sugar dips too low FIRST PART OF IT NOW AND I REALLY THINK IT Hirsch University of while people are Washington in WILL BE DEVELOPED” sleeping — worked Seattle, said of as intended in a the programmathree-month study of 247 patients.

— DR. RICHARD BERGENSTAL, DIABETES CHIEF AT ble pump.

The next step PARK NICOLLET, A LARGE CLINIC IN ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. This “smart is to test having pump,” made it turn off soonby Minneapoliser, before sugar based Medtronic falls so much, Inc., is already and to have it sold in Europe, automatically and the U.S. Food supply insulin to and Drug Adminpeople with Type 1 diabetes who prevent high blood sugar, too. istration is reviewing it now. must inject insulin several times a Dr. Anne Peters, a diabetes speWhether it also can be pro- day or get it through a pump with grammed to mimic a real pancre- a narrow tube that goes under the cialist at the University of Southern California, said the study as and constantly adjust insulin skin. “represents a major step forward” based on continuous readings The pump is about the size of for an artificial pancreas. from a blood-sugar monitor requires more testing, but doctors a cellphone and can be worn on a One participant, Spears Mallis, say the new study suggests that’s a belt or kept in a pocket.

34, a manager for a cancer centre The pumps give a steady in Gainesville, Ga., wishes these realistic goal.

“This is the first step in the de- amount of insulin, and patients devices were available now. He velopment of the artificial pancre- must monitor their sugar levels typically gets low-sugar about 8 as,” said Dr. Richard Bergenstal, and give themselves more insulin to 10 times a week, at least once a diabetes chief at Park Nicollet, at meals or whenever needed to week while he’s asleep. a large clinic in St. Louis Park, keep blood sugar from getting too “I would set an alarm in the high.

Minn. middle of the night just to be sure A big danger is having too much I was OK. That will cause you to “Before we said it’s a dream. insulin in the body overnight, not get a good night of rest,” he We have the first part of it now and I really think it will be devel- when blood-sugar levels naturally said. His “smart pump” stopped fall. People can go into comas, suf- giving insulin several times duroped.” fer seizures and even die. ing the study when his sugar fell He led the company-sponsored Parents of children with dia- low, and he wasn’t always aware study and gave results Saturday at an American Diabetes Associa- betes often worry so much about of it. this that they sneak into their That’s a well-known problem tion conference in Chicago. bedrooms at night to check their for people with Type 1 diabetes — They also were published on- child’s blood-sugar monitor. over time, “you become less and line by the New England Journal of In the study, all patients had less sensitive to feeling the low Medicine. The study involved people with Type 1 diabetes, the kind sensors that continuously moni- blood sugars” and don’t recognize symptoms in time to drink juice or usually diagnosed during child- tored their blood sugar.

Half of them had ordinary in- do something else to raise sugar a hood. About 5 per cent of the 26 million Americans with diabetes sulin pumps and the others had bit, he said. pumps programmed to stop supBesides Medtronic, Johnson have this type.

Their bodies don’t make in- plying insulin for two hours when & Johnson and several other resulin, a hormone needed to turn blood-sugar fell to a certain search groups are working on artithreshold. ficial pancreas devices. food into energy.

Over three months, low-sugar That causes high blood-sugar Online: levels and raises the risk for heart episodes were reduced by about one-third in people using the Diabetes info: http://diabetes. disease and many other health pump with the shut-off feature. niddk.nih.gov/

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Saudi MERS outbreak showed SARSlike features REPORT CO-WRITTEN BY TORONTO SARS EXPERT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A long-awaited report on a large and possibly still ongoing outbreak of MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reveals the virus spreads easily within hospitals, at one point passing in a person-toperson chain that encompassed at least five generations of spread.

The study, co-written by Toronto SARS expert Dr. Allison McGeer, also hints there may have been a superspreader in this outbreak, with one person infecting at least seven others.

The study lays out what is known about an outbreak of MERS that erupted this spring in four hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, in an area whose name translated into English can be spelled Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa (the study uses the second version). It was reported online on Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Superspreaders played a key role amplifying SARS cases during the 2003 outbreak. That, combined with the symptoms patients manifest when they become sick and the long and varied incubation period, paint a picture that is reminiscent of SARS for the authors, several of whom, like McGeer, worked in Toronto to contain that coronavirus.

“This virus is closer to SARS than anything else,” McGeer, an infection control expert at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, said in an interview from Cairo, where she was attending a World Health Organization meeting on MERS on Wednesday. She travelled to Al-Hasa to help investigate the outbreak in May and was on a WHO mission to Saudi Arabia earlier this month.

“If you want to think about how you’re going to prevent and manage hospital outbreaks, SARS is the place that all of us would start.”

The 2003 SARS outbreak infected more than 8,400 people in 31 countries, killing at least 916. In the main it was an outbreak of hospitals, wreaking its devastation on staff, patients and visitors of facilities in which it spread. MERS and SARS are members of the same viral family.

McGeer said there are some fortunate distinctions — few health-care workers appear to be getting infected with MERS — as well as some worrisome ones. The high attack rate among patients was “pretty unnerving,” she said, as is the fact that it appears people are infectious earlier in their illness than SARS patients were.

SARS cases were contagious mainly late in their illness, which gave health authorities a chance to diagnose and isolate patients before they could make others sick. If MERS is contagious earlier in the course of illness “that’s not good,” McGeer said.

“If it’s true, it’s a real challenge because identifying cases early with either SARS or MERS is really difficult.”

Others too could see similarities to SARS based on the findings of the study.

“Clearly like with SARS the health-care environment is a significant risk factor for ongoing transmission,” Michael Osterholm, an infectious diseases expert who has been following MERS closely, said after reading the paper. He was not involved in the work.

WHO says one in three women suffer domestic violence 40 PER CENT OF WOMEN MURDERED WORLDWIDE WERE KILLED BY A CURRENT OR FORMER PARTNER LONDON — In the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released Thursday found that about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner.

The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, called it “a global health problem of epidemic proportions,” and other experts said screening for domestic violence should be added to all levels of health care.

Among the findings: 40 per cent of women killed worldwide were slain by an intimate partner, and being assaulted by a partner was the most common kind of violence experienced by women.

Researchers used a broad definition of domestic violence, and in cases where country data was incomplete, estimates were used to fill in the gaps.

WHO defined physical violence as being slapped, pushed, punched, choked or attacked with a weapon.

Sexual violence was defined as being physically forced to have sex, having sex for fear of what the partner might do and being compelled to do something sexual that was humiliating or degrading.

The report also examined rates of sexual violence against women by someone other than a partner and found about 7 per cent of women worldwide had previously been a victim.

In conjunction with the report, WHO issued guidelines for authorities to spot problems earlier and said all health workers should be trained to recognize when women may be at risk and how to respond appropriately.

Globally, the WHO review found 30 per cent of women are affected by domestic or sexual violence by a partner. The report was based largely on studies from 1983 to 2010. According to the United Nations, more than 600 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not considered a crime.

The rate of domestic violence against women was highest in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where 37 per cent of women experienced physical or sexual violence from a partner at some point in their lifetimes. The rate was 30 per cent in Latin America and 23 per cent in North America. In Europe and Asia, it was 25 per cent.

Some experts said screening for domestic violence should be added to all levels of health care, such as obstetric clinics.

“It’s unlikely that someone would walk into an ER and disclose they’ve been assaulted,” said Sheila Sprague of McMaster University in Canada, who has researched domestic violence in women at orthopedic clinics. She was not connected to the WHO report.

However, “over time, if women are coming into a fracture clinic or a pre-natal clinic, they may tell you they are suffering abuse if you ask,” she said.

For domestic violence figures, scientists analyzed information from 86 countries focusing on women and teens over the age of 15. They also assessed studies from 56 countries on sexual violence by someone other than a partner, though they had no data from the Middle East. WHO experts then used modeling techniques to come up with global estimates for the percentage of women who are victims of violence.

Accurate numbers on women and violence are notoriously hard to pin down. A U.S. government survey reported almost two years ago that 1 in 4 American women said they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends, and 1 in 5 said they were victims of rape or attempted rape, with about half those cases involving intimate partners.

Some experts thought the rape estimate was extremely high but said it may have to do with the definition of assault. The results were from a survey that did not document the claims, which were made anonymously.

In a related paper published Thursday online in the journal Lancet, researchers found more than 38 per cent of slain women are killed by a former or current partner, six times higher than the rate of men killed by their partners.

Heidi Stoeckl, one of the authors at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the figures were probably an underestimate. She and colleagues found that worldwide, a woman’s highest risk of murder was from a current or ex-partner.

In countries like India, Stoeckl said “honour killings,” where women are sometimes murdered over dowry disputes or perceived offences like infidelity to protect the family’s reputation, add to the problem.

She also noted that women and men are often slain by their partners for different reasons.

“When a woman kills her male partner, it’s usually out of self-defence because she has been abused,” she said. “But when a woman is killed, it’s often after she has left the relationship and the man is killing her out of jealousy or rage.”

Stoeckl said criminal justice authorities should intervene sooner.

“When a woman is killed by a partner, she has often already had contact with the police,” she said.

Stoeckl said there should be more protection for women from their partners, particularly in cases where there is a history of violence.

“There are enough signs that we should be watching out for that,” she said. “We certainly should know if someone is potentially lethal and be able to do something about it.”

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Money policies too loose A body that represents many of the world’s top central banks says policymakers should be mindful of the risks of maintaining ultra-loose monetary policies too long. The Bank for International Settlements, a Switzerland-based organization, said in its annual report Sunday that changing course will raise “significant challenges.” It says central banks will have to strike a balance between the risks of switching policy prematurely and those associated with delay.

While the former are well understood, the BIS says it’s important “not to be complacent” about the latter just because they have yet to materialize.

Rising inflation is often identified a key risk of keeping policy loose for too long.

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Good reason to ‘sit on cash’ FEDERAL BRIEFING DEFLATES CLAIM OF INAPPROPRIATE HOARD OF CORPORATE CASH

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An internal briefing for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty deflates repeated claims that corporations are irresponsibly sitting on a hoard of idle cash rather than injecting it into the economy.

“While Canadian non-financial corporations are holding more cash than ever before, they appear to have legitimate business and economic reasons for doing so,” says a summary.

“The transition towards higher cash holdings and liquidity ... has not come at the expense of lower capital investment or dividend payments to shareholders.”

The Feb. 20 briefing for Flaherty came several months after Mark Carney, then Bank of Canada governor, endorsed the criticism that cash-fattened firms were not shouldering their responsibilities.

In an unusual appearance at a Canadian Auto Workers convention last August, Carney referred specifically to corporate “dead money.”

“If companies can’t figure out what to do with it, then they should give it to shareholders and they’ll figure it out,” he said in answer to a question at a news conference.

The question was prompted by a CAW convention document that cited an “enormous pile of idle cash, hoarded by private companies who literally are making more profit than they know what to do with.”

Flaherty later backed Carney, saying “at a certain point, it’s not up to government to stimulate the economy, it’s up to the private sector, and they have lots of capital.” The episode sparked a minor backlash on Bay Street.

But skeptical analysts at the Finance Department pushed

Iran’s currency strengthens Traders in Iran say the country’s currency has briefly reached its strongest level in nearly 10 months, reflecting hopes that Iran’s newly elected president might ease tensions with the West.

Iran’s rial was exchanged around 29,000 for $1 Sunday, compared to more than 36,000 before the June 14 election of Hasan Rowhani. The rial had not dipped below 30,000 since late September. Later Sunday it rose to about 31,000. The rial has lost more than two-thirds of its value against the U.S. dollar since late 2011, partly because of sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program. Rowhani’s election boosted hope that his promises of international outreach could bring progress in the nuclear impasse.

The West fears Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon. Iran says its program is for energy and research.

Bombarier hopes rest on CSeries flight Bombardier’s all-new commercial jet is days away from its planned inaugural flight, but the lack of CSeries orders at the Paris Air Show has highlighted concerns about its ability to secure enough interest to make the program a success. “This is a white hot market for selling aircraft and the only odd man out is Bombardier,” Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group said of the manufacturer’s weak performance at the premier aerospace event. The Quebecbased company was overshadowed by rivals Boeing, Airbus and Embraer, which secured more than 1,200 firm and potential orders.

Analysts said Brazil’s Embraer “stole the show” by unveiling details of its refreshed E-Jet family of regional aircraft powered by a Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine similar to the CSeries.

It received 365 orders and letters of interest for three models.

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back, arguing in a 21-page PowerPoint deck for Flaherty there’s no reason to pillory corporate Canada.

“It is not clear that firms are holding ‘excessive’ amounts of cash,” says the presentation, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. “The rise in corporate cash holdings is likely due to a variety of factors, all of which reflect sound decision-making. ... the healthy state of corporate balance sheets is a positive sign.”

By April this year, Carney had retreated from his earlier statements, telling an audience in Washington, D.C., that capital is “dead no longer. Resurrected.”

Carney’s replacement in the job, Stephen Poloz, took a laissez-faire approach on the issue of corporate cash in his first public speech last week.

Poloz preached patience, praising healthy balance sheets in the private sector and sympathizing with skittish firms wanting to delay investment in a sputtering economy.

His remarks seemed to align with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s view at a G20 summit in November in France.

“There’s a lot of money sitting on the sidelines, looking for opportunities,” he said in Cannes. “And I see every indication that markets are constantly searching for good news and opportunities.”

Estimates of the size of the so-called “cash hoard” vary, depending on what’s counted. A revised Statistics Canada estimate last week put it at about $544 billion in the first quarter this year; most economists also put it at well over half a trillion dollars.

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NATURAL SOFT DRINKS

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Owner Matt Phillips holds Phillips Soda Works bottles Captain Electro’s Intergalactic Root Beer, left, and Sparkmouth Ginger Ale at Phillips Brewing Company in Victoria, B.C. The soda pop uses natural ingredients.

More space leased at Executive Place

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR And then there were two.

The top 10 floors of the 12-storey Executive Place in downtown Red Deer have now been spoken for, says an associate with the building’s leasing agent.

Chad Brennand, who works for DTZ Barnicke in Edmonton, said Friday that an unconditional deal is in place for the third floor of the 4900 50th St. structure.

He added that there is also an agreement for 2,000 square feet of the second floor.

Brennand said he can’t identify the tenants until formal leases are in place, but confirmed that both are active in the financial services industry.

“We’ve got some activity for the balance of the second floor, but that’s in the offer stage,” he added.

Nova Chemicals Corp. occupies the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of Executive Place, and has an option for space

on the seventh.

Stantec Inc. is leasing half of the seventh floor and the area above that.

Brennand said tenants are still being sought for Executive Place’s ground floor, which has been designated for retail use.

“We’re still working through some prospects for that, but no major retail deals have been announced.”

He said a restaurant and coffee shop would be good options for the high-traffic site.

“The other thing that we’re open to is professional space.”

Brennand acknowledged that the building’s rent has been an impediment to some prospective ground-floor tenants.

He added that the building owners were also previously focused on the upper floors, not wanting to commit to tenants below until that mix was known.

Executive Place was developed

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TSX, loonie in for tough time

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Both the Toronto stock market and the Canadian dollar are likely in for more pressure as markets anticipate that the U.S. Federal Reserve is set to start winding down a key element of its economic stimulus.

“We’re entering a more volatile period,” said Camilla Sutton, chief currency strategist at Scotia Capital. Both the TSX and the loonie were slammed last week after the Fed said it could wind down its bond-buying program by the middle of next year if the economy continues to improve.

The Fed has been pumping US$85 billion dollars a month into financial markets by buying government treasurys and mortgage-backed securities.

That program has kept long-term interest rates low and helped keep a rally going on many stocks markets almost non-stop since the end of last year.

But anticipation that the Fed would slow, and eventually end, its bond purchases had the effect of depressing stock markets, pushing the U.S. dollar higher and raising bond yields.

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Some responsible ways to use credit TALBOT BOGGS

MONEYWISE

Canadian households are continuing to pile up debt.

A recent Statistics Canada report calculated that the average household in Canada owed a record $164.97 in debt for every $100 of disposable, after-tax income earned in the fourth quarter of 2012, up slightly from the previous high of $164.70 in the prior three months.

While most people would agree that debt can be very dangerous

if it gets out of control, it is a fact of life which, if approached prudently, does not necessarily have to be bad.

Canadians need to access credit and borrow money to pay for things they need.

One of the main principles of money management is to borrow for things like a house which, over time, are likely to increase in value.

In other words, there is good

debt and bad debt.

Good debt includes anything that is too expensive to pay cash for but is something that you need or might be considered a good investment, such as a house. Bad debt is any form of debt with a high interest rate for things you don’t really need or can’t afford, such as charging an expensive vacation on a credit card.

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Volkswagen lauds Tenn. plant as global model BUT OFFICIALS MUM ON EXPANSION

BY ERIK SCHELZIG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Volkswagen calls its Chattanooga plant a global model for energy conservation and efficient production.

But executives remain tightlipped about whether the facility is in line to produce a new crossover SUV for the German automaker.

A decision about production of the new model could come as soon as the quarter that begins in July, and local and state officials hope the company decides to double down on the plant that currently employs about 2,500.

A delegation of local officials travelled to VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, earlier this month to make the case for expanding the Chattanooga plant, which began making the Passat sedan in 2011.

“We are always looking for ways to work with them and encourage their growth in Chattanooga,” Mayor Andy Berke, who was on the Germany trip, said in an email.

Economic incentives are likely to play a large role in the decision, just as they did when Chattanooga beat out sites in Alabama and Michigan for the plant in 2008. Tennessee’s total incentive package was estimated at $577 million.

“No doubt it takes incentives,” Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger was quoted by the Chattanooga Times Free Press as saying after the trip.

Supporters say the returns have more than justified the incentives. A recent University of Tennessee study estimates the plant has spurred the creation of 12,400 jobs — at the plant, with suppliers and at related businesses.

The report said the facility creates more than $643 million in annual income and a $53 million annual increase in state and local tax revenues.

If Volkswagen bypasses the Chattanooga plant, it won’t be for lack of available space.

Jan Spies, VW’s head of factory planning, noted at a recent media roundtable in Chattanooga that the facility was laid out to accommodate a doubling of its current size.

“It is designed to be mirrored, it is designed to be expanded and within that we have lots of flexibility to play

with whatever should be inside,” he said.

Spies said the Chattanooga plant set a new standard for Volkswagen, which has 100 plants worldwide.

“The layout here is fantastic,” he said. “We’ve copied it more than any other layout so far.”

But the Chattanooga model doesn’t fit all production needs, said Spies, remarking, “As soon as you come to building cars that have a much higher complexity, this layout will not be the best.”

For example, the recent expansion of a plant in Gyor, Hungary, required a different design to accommodate the wider range of luxury vehicles made there by Audi, he said.

Unlike the Chattanooga plant, which makes only four-door Passat sedans, the Hungary facility is also able to produce two-door cars and station wagons and can produce vehicles with a larger number of customizable options and equipment.

VW unveiled its CrossBlue concept at the North American International Auto Show in January.

The crossover would be a first in the U.S. market: a plug-in hybrid SUV with a diesel engine and two electric motors. Volkswagen said it can travel

14 miles in all-electric mode before a diesel engine would kick in.

VW later introduced a CrossBlue Coupe concept at the Shanghai auto show that uses gasoline and electric motors.

Spies declined to speculate on how extensive a task it would be to design expanded operations at the Chattanooga plant while maintaining current energy conservation and production standards.

“It is very much dependent on what we do,” he said. “Just on the hypothetical level, you could occupy lots of planners.”

Proponents of an expansion at the Chattanooga plant also hope there are no lingering bad feelings over a state law enacted earlier this year that allows workers to store guns in their cars while parked in their employers’ parking lots. Frank Fischer, the plant’s chairman and CEO, was a vocal opponent of the law.

The state attorney general said in a legal opinion released last month that under the law, employers would still be allowed to fire workers who violate gun bans. A sign at the entrance to the Volkswagen parking lot in Chattanooga notifies workers and visitors that guns are banned.

Cincinnati looks to revitalize historic brewery district CINCINNATI, Ohio — Kentucky has its bourbon distilleries, St. Louis its Budweiser factory, Napa and Sonoma their wineries, and cities from San Diego to Philadelphia have turned into meccas for beer lovers looking for local craft brews.

Now business owners and history buffs in Cincinnati want Ohio’s thirdlargest city to carve out its own niche in alcohol tourism and transform a bedraggled, crime-prone neighbourhood into a thriving brewery district.

A plan approved by the City Council last week identifies a slew of problems in the Over-the-Rhine Historic District, a picturesque but troubled neighbourhood just north of downtown Cincinnati, and how to begin solving them.

The goal is to restore some of the former glory of the district’s enormous brewing and warehouse buildings, weed out drugs and prostitution, inject new residents and businesses, and create some buzz.

“Most people don’t know that Cin-

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DEBT: Worst is credit card debt The worst form of bad debt is credit card debt because it carries the highest interest rate. It becomes particularly bad when consumers are unable to cover the monthly card payments and continue to add to the balance.

A recent survey by TD Canada Trust found that the top three credit products used by most Canadians within the last five years are bank-issued credit cards, department store cards and mortgages.

“Believe it or not, some debts can actually work for you,” said Farhaneh Haque, director of mortgage advice with TD. “Borrowing money to invest in something that will increase in value, like a home, could be considered good debt. In contrast, carrying a balance on your credit card to fund short-term lifestyle spending is not sustainable and should be paid off immediately.”

The survey found that credit cards are the most widely-used personal credit product. More Canadians applied for a credit card in the last year than any other personal credit product.

Two-thirds of Canadians agree that setting up pre-authorized bill payments on a travel rewards credit card is a good way to maximize travel rewards earned and manage their finances.

“When used correctly, credit cards can help manage and track your spending and build your credit history,” said Stephen Menon, associate vice-president of credit cards at TD. “A credit card also can maximize your spending power if you choose a card that comes with travel or cashback rewards.

But no matter which credit card you have, ensure you pay your credit card bills in full and on time to avoid interest charges on your purchases.”

If you have gotten yourself into a high credit card debt situation, there are a few things you can do to help you pay it off faster.

Pay off your smallest debts and those with the highest interest first, and then move on to the larger ones and those with lower rates.

Another personal credit product is a home equity line of credit. Seventy per cent of Canadians say they have never used a home equity line of credit but 82 per cent believe correctly that it can be a lower-cost option than

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cinnati was one of the biggest brewing centres in the country,” said Steve Hampton, a local architect and executive director of the non-profit Brewery District Community Urban Development Corp., the group behind the plan.

“That’s something we’ve not done a good job of sharing, and we want to remedy that and use it to revitalize the neighbourhood.”

Over-the-Rhine — or OTR as locals call it — was founded by German immigrants in the 19th century but fell on hard times in the 1970s and ’80s.

It was the site of the city’s race riots in 2001 and once was dubbed the most dangerous neighbourhood in America.

In the last decade, OTR has been undergoing intense gentrification amid criticism that the city’s poorest are being pushed out, and the southern half of the neighbourhood has become the trendiest spot in Cincinnati, with bars, restaurants, and high-end condos taking the place of run-down and oftenvacant buildings.

The northern half, where the brewery district is, has been largely untouched by gentrification.

Back in the late 19th century, the district was at its peak, with 18 large breweries in operation, some on a national scale, Hampton said.

One of them, the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., became the fifth-largest brewery in the nation and could have reached the heights of AnheuserBusch or MillerCoors had its founders not decided to close when Prohibition hit in 1920 and lasted 13 years.

All but one of the pre-Prohibition breweries in the district eventually shut their doors and a handful was demolished.

From 1957 to 2010, only one beermaker was in business in Over-theRhine, leaving the ornate and massive brick breweries empty and crumbling.

Now, three companies are brewing beer in the district. One of them, Rhinegeist, is brand-new and will open a taproom to the public on June 29 in what used to be part of the Christian

Moerlein complex.

“I’d love to turn Cincy into a beer tourism place,” said Bryant Goulding, co-founder and co-owner of Rhinegeist, a name that gives homage to the neighbourhood and plays off the German word “Zeitgeist,” or the spirit of an age.

Goulding, 31, who moved from San Francisco to Over-the-Rhine a year ago to start the brewery, said he and his business partner were not dissuaded by the challenges in the neighbourhood despite the naysayers.

“Even the contractors are skeptical,” he said.

“There are some streetwalkers in the neighbourhood. I let them know we’re building a business here, there’s going to be foot traffic and things are going to be different. I just wanted to let them know, ‘This is our block now,’ in a friendly manner.”

Goulding said he’s seen similar downtrodden areas in San Francisco turn around seemingly overnight, and OTR’s rich history and massive potential sold him.

a personal loan for financing a home renovation.

“Many homeowners have the option to use the equity they’ve already built in their homes to finance upgrades which may improve their home’s resale value,” said Haque.

“A home equity line of credit would allow you to use up to 65 per cent of the lesser of the appraised value or purchase price of your home, with a lower interest rate than most alternative forms of unsecured credit.”

The majority of Canadians believe that mortgage is good debt and understand that weekly versus monthly payments will help them reduce the amortization period and allow them to pay off their mortgage more quickly.

“Many borrowers want to pay down their mortgage ahead of schedule and be debt-free sooner, but they worry about not having the cash available if they need it in the future,” said Haque.

“If you have paid down your mortgage ahead of schedule and if you qualify, you may be able to use that prepaid amount and take a temporary ‘vacation’ from your scheduled payments at a later date. A payment vacation can be useful if you’re starting a new family or find yourself temporarily unemployed.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

The TSX was already finding it tough to keep its head above water, largely because of a resource sector that has reflected the weakness of a sluggish economic recovery.

Gold stocks have also tumbled as miners ran against three-year lows for bullion prices last week as worries over inflation practically disappeared.

“I think we’re way too reliant on the materials and energy space and clearly they’re under pressure and the strengthening U.S. dollar is negative for all commodities so that’s the most important thing when evaluating commodity stocks,” said Stephenson.

“And then you’ve got relatively slow growth in the market that matters (China). So you add it all together and it’s a depressing thing. The only silver lining in it is that valuations are starting to become attractive now.”

There is little to serve as a distraction for investors this week.

The economic calendar is light with the major U.S. report coming out Tuesday. Economists expect that durable goods orders for may were up three per cent, following a 3.5 per cent gain the previous month.

There is also data coming out on new home sales and consumer confidence The Canadian dollar could find some support from the latest reading on economic growth.

Statistics Canada is expected to report that gross domestic product in April grew by 0.1 per cent, down from a 0.2 per cent rise in March.

Traders will start to take in second quarter corporate earnings in early July but Stephenson doesn’t think they will find much to cheer about.

“In fact it’s exactly the opposite,” he said.

“When you look at the number of warnings versus upgrades, it’s running at a six to one ratio which is three times bigger than normal. In other words, companies are guiding to worse results.

So in fact corporate Canada, corporate America is definitely looking like the second quarter will be very weak or certainly weaker than expectations.”

Smartphone maker BlackBerry (TSX:BB) is scheduled to report its first-quarter results on Friday morning before markets open. The financial details will give a clearer picture of how the company’s new touchscreen phone is selling in the U.S., and whether shipments of its new keyboard model are meeting expectations.

is in the hard-pressed manufacturing sector, which has been challenged by a high Canadian dollar.

“The amount of cash held on the balance sheets of non-financial corporations more than doubled over the last decade,” says a summary of the Finance Department briefing, by Michael Horgan, deputy minister.

“Increased cash holdings and overall liquidity in part reflects changes in the way that firms operate rather than a reluctance to invest.”

Jim Stanford, an economist with the CAW, traces the rise in corporate cash to higher profits in a pro-business climate and to dramatic cuts in corporate taxes.

“Companies have more money than they know what to do with,” he said in an interview.

“I wish the bureaucrats at Finance spent more time trying to get companies to boost their investment, instead of arguments to justify why their cash hoard is legitimate.”

Stanford argues for rescinding recent corporate tax breaks and spending the resulting government revenue on infrastructure if big business fails to invest. But a spokeswoman for Flaherty says corporations have indeed begun to invest again.

“Canadian businesses are increasingly making competitivenessenhancing investments as a result of the tax-relief measures provided by our government and others,” Kathleen Perchaluk said in an email.

“Real business investment is now above its pre-recession level, with the best performance in the G7 — by far.”

Referring to the “dead money” issue, Flaherty told a Senate committee on May 22: “We have had a bit of a Lazarus-like reawakening. Investment in machinery and equipment has gone up quite significantly.”

DOLLAR: Slightly weaker The reaction left the Canadian currency down 2.7 cents last week, leaving it at 95.64 cents US, its lowest close since November 2011.

“Overall, our view is that we moved higher really based on the U.S. dollar outlook, certainly, partially, because of the Fed,” added Sutton, “but we also have some dampening in growth out of China so the combination of that is a slightly weaker Canadian dollar.”

The whiff of higher interest rates down the road depressed North American stock markets as the TSX plunged 192 points or 1.57 per cent last week, leaving the main Canadian index down 3.53 per cent year to date.

“I think for Toronto, the market is going to struggle,” said John Stephenson, portfolio manager at First Asset Funds Inc. The Dow industrials fell 271 points or 1.8 per cent last week but at least the blue chip index is still up 13 per cent for the year.

CASH: Rising All sides acknowledge that cash holdings have been steadily rising for a decade, starting well before the 2008 recession.

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Under the Dome, is breath of fresh, scary summer fare

BY LYNN ELBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — There’s no summer break anymore for broadcast networks, with overachieving cable competitors regularly airing new series instead of succumbing to rerun laziness.

That’s why NBC has America’s Got Talent, Fox is airing So You Think You Can Dance and ABC scheduled the flirty Mistresses.

Over at CBS, star students have teamed up for the ambitious Under the Dome.

The 13-episode drama series debuting today is based on the bestselling Stephen King book and includes heavyweights Steven Spielberg, Neal Baer (ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Jack Bender (Lost) and comic-book and TV scribe Brian K. Vaughan as executive producers.

Such firepower counts in this increasingly competitive season, said CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler.

It’s even more crucial since CBS is rolling the dice with a drama, atypical first-run network fare in June.

“There is a lot of original content on-air during the summer and there will be choices for viewers.

Especially for us, for broadcast, we’re looking for big-marquee auspices” such as those provided by King, Spielberg and their collaborators, Tassler said.

It’s a smart move, said one industry analyst.

“It’s about time networks put on these types of shows. Cable networks have been exploiting” broadcasting’s seasonal weakness, said Brad Adgate of Horizon Media.

“Putting on a high-profile series like this in summer is worth the gamble.”

Tassler considers Under the Dome a safe bet, calling it the kind of escapist fare that “seemed to us to fit nicely as summer programming.”

Escapist for viewers, just the opposite for the drama’s characters. The premise is adapted from King’s 1,000-plus-page book: The Maine town of Chester’s Mill is abruptly enclosed by a mysterious, invisible dome. The residents can’t leave and no one can come to their rescue.

How they carry on with daily life trapped in a social “pressure cooker” is the emotional heart of the story.

“Secrets bubble up because there’s no place to hide. It’s like Sartre’s No Exit: Three people stuck together in a room, hell for eternity,” Baer said, referring to the French writer’s 1944 play.

For the people stuck in Under the Dome, the questions are both existential and practical: “Why us?

How are we going to live together, do we have the same government, how long will it (the dome) be here, how do we sustain our lives?” he said.

While the premise is fantastical, the show strives to have a sense of realism for “our science-oriented friends and viewers,” said Baer, himself a physician who started his entertainment career with NBC’s “ER.” How permeable the dome is to elements including air, water and radio waves will be answered, he promised.

The summer slot allowed for a solid ensemble cast, said Baer. Hiring was done last winter, before other producers and studios had tied up actors for the flood of pilot episodes taped for the 2013-14 season.

Working with the casting directors of The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, Baer and his fellow producers picked actors including Dean Norris (federal drug agent Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad) and Rachelle Lefevre (A Gifted Man).

CBS executive Tassler said there was no armtwisting to get Spielberg and the other big names behind the show to buy into the scheduling.

“At the end of the day, what do creators want?

They want to be seen by as many people as possible, they want creative support and marketing support,” she said.

Viewing levels (and typically ad rates) drop during the season’s longer, warmer days as travel and outdoor activities draw people’s attention away from TV sets and mobile devices. But producers who want to cultivate their network ties and opportunities recognize the value in helping expand broadcasting to year-round.

Helping make the business model work: The digital rights were sold to online retailer Amazon, with its Amazon Prime subscribers able to stream episodes a few days after CBS airs them.

There’s no downside, Baer said.

“We love it. We love going June 24 to September.

There are no interruptions, no repeats. It’s very predictable for viewers: You get a dose every week and then you’re done,” he said.

For now, maybe. While Under the Dome is considered a limited-run series in terms of its number of episodes — a baker’s dozen compared with the 22 or so that air during the regular September-to-May season — that doesn’t mean it’s one summer and done.

The producers have “such a clear vision of where this show is going. We’re prepared for success,” Tassler said, confidently. Under the Dome could return next summer and there might be a “winter cycle” as well, she said.

That has to send a shiver down the collective spine of imprisoned Chester’s Mill.

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Deputy Linda (Natalie Martinez, left) and her fiance, Rusty (Josh Carter), find themselves separated by a massive transparent dome in “Under The Dome.”

The summer drama premieres today at 8 p.m. on CBS and Global.

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This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Ethan Hawke, right, in a scene from “The Purge.”

A deadly night with a blunt message WITH A NOD TO ROD SERLING, THE PURGE IS CULTURAL COMMENTARY AS BLUNT INSTRUMENT The Purge 2.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A

The unspoken truth is that the main victims of The Purge are the poor and minorities, people who can’t afford the high-tech home security systems peddled by guys The late Rod Serling might like James Sandin (Ethan Hawke), have cocked an eyebrow at the whose fortress neighbourhood brutality of The Purge, while at the stands as tribute to his salesmanship and greed. same time recognizing his brand.

As the 7 p.m. witching The movie owes a hour approaches, James debt to Serling’s old smugly places a bouquet The Twilight Zone, of symbolic blue baptiwhich broadcast sias outside his home, inweekly societal serdicating his support for mons, usually with a The Purge (“This night sci-fi or horror theme saved our country”) while and often with a final also checking that his twist. electronic gates and locks It’s not unlike The are all doing their job.

Monsters are Due on For good measure, he Maple Street, a faalso grabs a handgun, almous episode where though of course he won’t fears of an alien inPETER need it, right? vasion lead to paraHOWELL James and his Stepnoia, rioting and ford wife Mary (Game of murder amongst subThrones’ Lena Headey), urban homeowners. rebel teen daughter ZoBut Serling was ey (Adelaide Kane) and never coarse, and The Purge ofcurious young son Charlie (Max ten is. It’s cultural commentary as blunt instrument — and as blunt Burkholder) all hunker down beinstruments are wont to do, it fore their multiple TV monitors, achieves an end while making a preparing to watch the “PurgeFeed” cams of the mayhem across bloody mess.

It’s 2022 and the evening of The America.

Popcorn, anyone?

Purge, an annual 12-hour bloodletBut James hasn’t reckoned on ting across the U.S. Police stand down as citizens rape, murder and the human factor, such as the dissmash their way through “a coun- dain and compassion of his kids, trywide catharsis,” as one egghead or the entreaties of a desperate hunted stranger (Edwin Hodge). puts it on TV. Nor has he considered the in“Release the Beast” is the slogan, and this venting of violence is genuity, determination and bloodhow the New Founders of Ameri- lust of the well-dressed young ca (note how close NFA is to NRA) man outside his gates, whom the have managed to dramatically credits call Polite Stranger (Rhys drive down crime the rest of the Wakefield) and whose smirking fayear, as well as the unemployment çade is creepily similar to one of the icy home invaders in Michael rate.

Haneke’s Funny Games.

Before the night is out, James will have reason to reflect on whether The Purge is really about “a nation reborn,” as the NFA calls it, or is instead the death rattle of civility’s final descent into chaos.

Hawke’s character is the polar opposite of his funky artisan of Before Midnight, his other film opening this month, and the two films confirm this quiet actor’s considerable range and worth.

The Purge is not a movie you want to assign a strict degree of logic to.

You could drive a truck through the many plot holes of writer/director James DeMonaco, not least of which is the relative ease by which the Sandin family fortress is breached.

But there’s no denying the horrific engagement of The Purge, or the way DeMonaco amps up suspense by the judicious use of silence, rather than the constant sound of gunfire you’d reasonably expect.

And while the central conceit of murdering and pillaging your way to peace and prosperity is obviously meant as the most Swiftian of satires, it rings more true than false when you compare it to the insanity of Stand Your Ground laws in many U.S. states, where murder can be justified by the flimsiest of perceived threats.

If Stand Your Ground victims like Trayvon Martin were still alive to see The Purge, they wouldn’t be viewing it as satire.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Red Deer College student Bryce Hocken was described by the head of the RDC music program as having shown the most progress of any student he’s taught in his 41-year career. The “exceptional” saxophonist and vocalist from Spruce Grove was a member of the RDC Chamber Choir, Jazz Combo, Big Band, and Symphonic Winds.

Hocken was among 12 young Canadian musicians who received the award of excellence, named for a Canadian broadcasting pioneer who helped build CHUM radio. MusiCounts is a music education charity that’s helping keep music alive in schools across the country.

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BRIEFS Lacombe’s ‘Rockettes’ returning The high kicking Jantzie sisters will be returning from New York this summer to hold their thirdannual dance intensive program in Red Deer.

Lisa, Alison and Kristin Jantzie, three sisters from Lacombe who have been performing as Radio City Rockettes, are coming back to Central Alberta in August to share their expertise with a new generation of up-and-coming dancers.

The Jantzies have been featured in Dance Magazine, have toured in the U.S. with the musical Cats, worked at Disney World and for cruise lines, and appeared with the Alberta Ballet and at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

They will be running the ID Inspire Dance program Aug. 19 to 24 at the Strive Dance Academy, 5424-45th St. in Red Deer.

Joining them will be guest instructors and choreographers with Broadway and various other kinds of experience.

Classes will range from ballet to hip hop. The goal will be to encourage technique, versatility and confidence in students, who can make a performance reel with the material they learn throughout the week.

Apart from the weeklong classes, Lisa will also offer a free master’s class for dancers age seven and up at the dancer’s Edge Studio in Lacombe on Thursday, June 27.

For more information, or to register, please visit idinspiredance.com or email info@idinspiredance.com.

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Over-worked couple expected to babysit siblings kids, workload is too much Dear Annie: My husband my family. What can we do? and I both work 18-hour days Not the Nanny at a hospital. When we get Dear Nanny: What coloshome, we are exhausted. sal nerve. It seems that those Since our schedules are ir- who take the most advantage regular, however, our sib- are the same ones who are lings seem to think it means most aggrieved when they we are always available for don’t get their way. free babysitting.

You are related to a bunch My husband’s sister (a of bullies. You don’t owe stay-at-home mom) is forever the girlfriend any money, dropping off her toddler, say- and you don’t owe your faming she needs to “de-stress.” ily members an apology. You She never calls ahead. We’ve have outlined your parametried locking the door, but ters, and they prefer to throw she has a key. My brother tantrums in an effort to mahas dropped off his young nipulate you. If you want a sons multiple times without relationship, fine. Continue warning and with no indica- to stay in touch. Perhaps they tion of when he’d be back. will come around in time, He stopped when I told him but don’t expect much. And I was going to start charging change your locks. him $12.50 an hour.

Dear Annie: My wife and The last straw was when I received many gift cards to my oldest brother’s wife ar- restaurants as wedding presrived one weekend in a van ents last year. We haven’t with seven little girls and used them because we are stated that these kids were concerned about etiquette. staying overnight When we use with us because one of the cards, she and her girldo we need to infriend were govite the person ing to a spa. I was who gave us the just getting off a card to join us at 24-hour shift, and the restaurant?

I told her politeIf so, do we need ly that since she to cover the cost hadn’t checked of their meal? We with me beforedon’t want to be hand, she’d have rude. - Still Newto make other lyweds arrangements Dear Newlybecause I was weds: You do not MITCHELL too exhausted to need to invite & SUGAR care for her girls the gift-giver to and those of her join you at the friend. She berestaurant. You came angry and wouldn’t invite told my nieces the gift-giver to that I don’t love them. Her join you every time you use girlfriend, whom I had never a place setting or your new met, screamed at me from the mixer, would you? The gift passenger window. After they cards are the same. left, I got nasty phone calls We do recommend, howfrom my brother and parents. ever, that you check to be The friend sent me an item- certain the cards haven’t exized bill and asked that I re- pired. imburse her for the spa trip Dear Annie: Here is a sugthey missed. gestion for “Suggestions ApInstead of responding, my preciated,” who doesn’t want husband and I sent our fam- guests bringing snow into ily members an email outlin- her house. I have had repair ing that we love them and our people work in my home, nieces and nephews, but we and they brought along pawould no longer be available per “booties” that cover their for babysitting unless it was shoes. These are better than an emergency. We apologized slippers. They keep your for being rude or for causing floors clean and allow you to them any trouble. The email avoid embarrassing guests by was much kinder and more asking them to remove their polite than they deserved, shoes. - Hope This Helps but we hoped it would allow Annie’s Mailbox is written us to start over.

by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy It was not received well. Sugar, longtime editors of the Currently, the only person Ann Landers column. Please speaking to us is my father- email your questions to anniesin-law. We considered mov- mailbox@comcast.net, or write ing in order to have boundar- to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creies, but I resent being forced ators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, out of a house I love. I miss Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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A Free Spirit Spheres treehouse is shown in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island in a handout photo. Climbing trees and building tree forts are common activities for kids, and often as kids grow up they give up their love for playing in the trees. Tom Chudleigh, on the other hand, has been building tree houses for 20 years.

Monday, June 24 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Peter Weller, 66; Iain Glen, 52; Mindy Kaling, 34 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon in assiduous Capricorn is opposing Mercury and Venus in Cancer today. In order to maintain a good balance throughout the day, we should restrain ourselves from jumping the gun. Emotionality and intellect are in a dubious aspect. What is said today is not necessarily what is meant. Therefore, contradictory tendencies may make us sound less credible. Objectivity may appear to be somewhat of a challenge.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, the forthcoming year denotes initiation and action on your part. You have enough stamina to fight whatever battle there is to encounter. One-on-one relationships are predominant for you and they will transform your identity into a new persona. There’s plenty of emotionality that will ooze through all your interactions filled with an essence mixed of both realistic and dreamlike expectations for your future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your savoir-faire and your expertise will make you gain a few points today.

You know how to persuade your crowd with your convincing statements and lure them on your side.

Confidence and a bit of eccentricity really suit you today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t play the Good Samaritan today. It is possible that others may like your generosity and your openness to the point that they could ask favours from you. If you are unsure of what you hear, don’t jump into it. Let the waters settle in for now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Financial dealings will ask your careful consideration today. Avoid impulse purchases as you are prone to subjectivity rather than maintain a realistic scope on your materialistic needs. You do not want to regret it later.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are fully focused on your partnership needs. You are more engaged in your partner’s life by investing yourself heart and soul into this union. There’s a lot of intensity between you two which can either sizzle your sexual desires or they could backfire.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may keep it all work today and no play. In fact, your attention is totally focused towards your everyday issues that you have no time to waste. You gain a greater satisfaction out of organizing your own life than socializing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just when you might have the right intentions at heart, you will still face opposition. It appears that your audience disagrees

with what you have to say and that your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You opinions are not welcomed. Your expectaseem to know today’s successful fortions of others may surpass reality. mula. You strive to achieve triumph LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You desire through your strong determination and more freedom but you realize that there’s persistence. You rely on yourself today a bit of work to be done before you are aland on your own gut instincts without lowed that status. Superiors request more calling for help. Others look at you as a and more from you. Maintain a poised outleader. look on the world today as the world is AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will surely taking notice of you. productively implement your ideas into SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let feasible endeavours. Despite the ongoanyone attempt to instill a guilt trip on ing opposing forces today, let your imagyou. You know what you feel and what you ination flourish with your ingenious ASTRO know. Any unnecessary opinions are simthoughts which will only inspire others.

DOYNA ply biased and not worth your considerPISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You feel ation. A relative could be too demanding. empowered and invincible today. You SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sharfeel that the whole world is at your feet. ing your personal needs and your assets Your sense of purpose and direction in with someone else might seem like a challife help you achieve the freedom you lenge for you today. You are not ready to let go of need. There is nothing that could stay in your way. something for which you have a strong attachment to.

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BARBER William Melvin ‘Bill’ 1943 - 2013 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of William Melvin ‘Bill’ Barber.

Bill passed away Friday June 21st, 2013 at the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 70 years. Bill was born in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan on January 30, 1943 to parents Russell and Annie Barber.

He moved to Red Deer in 1961 and began working at Edwards Trucking, which was a stepping stone to a lifelong career in the oil industry where he made many valued friends. On May 30th, 1964 Bill married Julie Tomalty of Red Deer and together they raised five children. Calgary was their home until moving back to Red Deer in 1990.

Bill is survived by his loving wife Julie, his children Paula Freimuth (Kyle) of Brooks, Daren (Hayley) of Calgary, Sean (Lynda) of Calgary, Marc (Debbie) of Airdrie and Andrea Bauer of Red Deer.

Bill is also survived by his cherished grandchildren Tyler Wikdahl (Ariel), Jesse Wikdahl, Daphne Freimuth, Bree Barber, Deklin Barber, Rylie Barber, Jordan Barber, Brayden Barber, Carlee Benoit (Hayden), Tory Barber, Carter Barber, Grayson Bauer, Gavin Bauer, Ryan Bauer and three great-grandchildren Seth Wikdahl, Brady Wikdahl and Bentley Freimuth. Bill was predeceased by his father in 1990, his mother in 2005 and his brother Edward (Ted) in 2011. Bill’s large extended family feel a profound sense of loss that can only be comforted by the knowledge of having been privileged by Bill’s good humor, kind nature and warm smile for as long as we were.

A funeral service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday June 27th, 2013 at 1:00pm. Memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave, Red Deer, Alberta T4R 3S6.

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GOEDICKE Barbara 1913-2013 Barbara Elizabeth Goedicke was born near Cremona, Alberta on November 15th, 1913 and passed away June 20th, 2013 at Bethany Sylvan Lake. She is survived by daughters Eileen (Merlyn) Wilson of Bentley and Rita (Dave) Shillabeer of Edmonton; grandchildren Douglas (Regina) Wilson of Red Deer, Allan (Candace) Wilson of Bentley, Keith Shillabeer of Vancouver and Jill Shillabeer (Dave Leriger) of Edmonton; great grandchildren Alyssa and Kevin Wilson of Bentley and Hillary and Erica Wilson of Red Deer. She is also survived by brother Ben Steffler, brother-in-laws Bert Price and Walter Wilson and many nieces and nephews.

Barbara was predeceased by her husband Otto, parents Louis and Marion Steffler, brothers Louis (Pearl) Steffler and Gerald Steffler, sisters Mary (Earl) Braun, Regeana Price and Lucille Wilson. A special thank you to Dr. D. Tillier, Dr. J. San Vicente and Dr. B. Bahler for their care.

A prayer service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday June 24th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday June 25th, 2013 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 5X8 or the Sylvan Lake Lodge Foundation, Box 100, 4620-47th Avenue, Sylvan Lake, Alberta T4S 1N2 or B e t h a n y C a r e C e n t e r, 4700-47th Avenue, Sylvan Lake, Alberta T4S 2M3.

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HOFFNER Emily 1934-2013 Emily Hoffner passed away at her home in Red Deer on Wednesday, June 19th 2013.

Emily was born in Delburne, Alberta on October 16, 1934.

She started her schooling in Delburne and graduated from Alix High School. Emily moved to Red Deer and worked for many years at the Peacock Inn. She married Jack Laidler and had two daughters, Tracy and Sandy.

She then started a new path with Dave Hoffner where they built a life and business in property management.

Emily’s passion in life was her children and grandchildren.

She took up golf at the age of 60, which brought her years of enjoyment with her family and friends. Emily was never one to be a ‘wall flower’ and jumped at the opportunity to try anything new. She enjoyed travelling and spent many winters being a snowbird in Lake Havasu. Emily was a very special and remarkable woman who will be missed but lovingly remembered and forever cherished in the hearts of her family and her many dear friends. Emily leaves to mourn her daughter Sandy Laidler and her grandchildren Mike Moore, Kristy (Brett) Moore and Danny Moore.

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840

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Invites applicants for:

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1070

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Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

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1130

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1165

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1165

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1200

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1280

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1372

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1420

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GAMES DEALER SCHOOL

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Must be able to obtain Security Clearance Check from local RCMP Please telephone and leave a message for April M. 403-346-3339 GRAYSON EXCAVATING LTD. requires experienced foremen, pipelayers, equipment operators, Class 1 drivers, topmen and general labourers for installation of deep utilities (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 or e-mail to: info@ graysonexcavating.com HELP WANTED. Penhold Cadet Camp is now seeking experienced Bakers, First & Second Cooks, Servers, General Help.

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2453 24th St. Springbrook, AB 403-886-3002

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1530

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1550

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1600

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1630

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6 days per week Vehicle needed

1300

FANTASY MASSAGE

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Email resume tom@ roncooilfieldhauling.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver the Morning Advocate.

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

1290 BOBCAT OPERATOR(S)

587-877-7399 10am-midnight

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Call 403-346-0158 or fax resume to 403-314-9234

TRUCK DRIVER w/ Class 3 & air endorsements.

Send resume & clean driver’s abstract to: mpcanpak@xplornet.com

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Accounting

860

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841

307509F20-24

810

Community Support Worker Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades GED classes days/ evening

PLASTERTONE

Stucco, Trowelers & Stone Masons Needed. Top wages.

Everyone welcome to apply.

Call Tony 403-588-0840

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Apply to: SUPERVISOR with class 3, air. All safety help you sell it. satjobs@shaw.ca 1 yr previous experience. tickets required.

F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) FRAMING CONTRACTOR Meal and Accommodation WANTED Must be avail. weekends EXPERIENCED to frame 3 houses in Pono- provided when out of town. $13.00 per hour Fax resume with drivers ka. 403-357-0654 CLASS 3 4217 50 Ave. abstract: 403-748-3015 VAC/steamer Truck driver.

6721 50 Ave. FULLY EXPERIENCED Lacombe area, 7111 - 50 Ave. framers req`d. 403-350-5103 HOME EVERY NIGHT. Truckers/ timhire@telus.net NO BEGINNERS! Fax resume to 403-704-1442

Professionals

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Central Line Locating req’s • a locator assistant. No experience necessary, willing to train. Must be Gov’t of Alberta Funding physically fit. Working may be available. varied hours. Send resumes to: office@ 403-340-1930 centrallinelocating.com www.academicexpress.ca Fax 403-747-3535 Office: 403-747-3017

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

CRYSTAL GLASS needs summer help.

Will train.

Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca

880

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RED DEER’S #1 Tool Store

Trades

880

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810

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Government

307343F24-25

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D

Professionals

306449F27

800

Oilfield

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 24, 2013 D3

1640

Tools

19.2 VOLT drill, 2 batteries and charger $35; 18 volt drill 2 batteries and charger $35 403-347-1501

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 FREE FIRE WOOD Bring your own saw.

403-346-4307

LOGS

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Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

ANNA’S Water Gardens now open. 403-885-5742

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 LARGE KENMORE FRIDGE with 2 side doors for freezers. Very clean. Excellent working cond. Almond w/wood grain trim. Asking $150.

780-884-5441 WASHER & DRYER Working cond. $150.

403-346-4307

Household Furnishings

1720

FOR SALE: 5 shelf bookcase $15. Light oak office chair $10. Phone 403-986-2849 KING Size bed, Sealy pillow top, approx. 4 yrs. old. Exc. shape. $200. obo. 403-755-3845 KITCHEN set with 4 chairs, Chesterfield set. $500. FOR BOTH. 403-314-0097 LARGE OLDER HIDE-A-BED Good cond. Beige floral print, Asking $50.

780-884-5441

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

NINTENDO WII w/14 Games $160.

403-782-3847 PS2 w/6 games. $60.

Xbox w/6 games. $60.

403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

LUGGAGE, veg. steamer, rice cooker, high chair, toaster, ironing board, Foreman grill, canning jars, pictures, lawn chairs, patio flower pots, watering hoses, waste containers, plant hanger baskets, etc.

All for $100.; Electric basement HUMIDIFIER, $90 403-314-5557 TABLE TOP PROPANE BBQ Like New. $20.

403-309-1737

1840

Dogs

SHELTIES 1M, vet checked,1st. shots, ready to go $500/ea.

403-722-3204 846-0198 TRAIN YOUR DOG! Classes June 25.

403-350-4304

Sporting Goods

1860

PING GOLF SET RIGHT HANDED PING IST driver, PINGPING EYE 2 irons, 3-pw Ping Zing putter, $150 403-346-0093

Travel Packages

1900

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Houses/ Duplexes

3020

D E E R PA R K 3 b d r m + den, 3 bath, A/C & Vac, bsmt, fenced, 5 appls. N/S No Pets, $1600 + SD, 26 x 28 garage (negotiable) 403-302-9296 Avail NOW MAIN FLOOR - Lancaster, 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $1100.

Free wi-fi, no pets, n/s.

403-302-2357

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Realtors & Services

4010

32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000 Avail. Immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 Tired of Standing?

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4020

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail. July 1 403-304-7576 / 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Riverfront Estates

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1225 along the river.

SD $1000. Avail, July 1.

403-304-7576 347-7545

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. July 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

3040

Laebon Homes 346-7273

Acreages

Suites

3060

2 BDRM. bsmt. suite. avail. immed. $850 + 1/3 utils. 403-872-3400

4050

2 Acres +/-

Zoned AG SE of Red Deer 26 kms. $194,500 403-505-6240

Manufactured Homes

4090

Businesses For Sale

4140

Deliver Delight and Originality to Red Deer

Your success is in the basket with THE ORIGINAL BASKET BOUTIQUE a celebrated gifting franchise.

Check us out at obbgiftsfranchise.com or call

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4160

SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, Well priced. Good location.

403-896-3553

LARGE 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., balcony, No pets. $800 rent/SD, heat/water incld., 403-346-5885

SUNNYBROOK

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THE NORDIC

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403-596-2444

Cottage/ Seasonal

3070

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

PRIVATE LENDER: Mortgage money available on all types of real estate.

We lend on equity.

Fast approvals Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

2006 TOYOTA Corolla 138,000 kms, $6000 obo 403-350-0710

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

2 RECREATIONAL

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3090

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW Celebrate your life ON ACREAGE IN RED with a Classified DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, ANNOUNCEMENT rent $2000 + DD Avail. now. 403-346-5885 S E h o u s e h a s 2 f u r n . rooms avail., n/s working M, no kids/pets, internet, Houses/ $475/mo., 403-318-5139 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. main floor house, Avail. immed. $1200 + 2/3 utils., 403-872-3400 LACOMBE 4 bdrm, 1 bath $1295 403-782-7156 403-357-7465

2004 FORD Freestar. Perfect in every way. 190,000 km.

All options incl. remote start.

New tires. New windshield.

Asking $8000. 587-377-3547

Motorcycles

5080

2001 TTR Yamaha, 125 CC, $300 obo. 403-588-2298

Campers

5090

Motorhomes

5100

2007 SEABREEZE 34’, gas, 2 slides, 38,000 kms, very clean, very good cond., $65,000 403-843-6077 783-1484(c)

Holiday Trailers

5120

1997 33’ DUTCHMAN dbl. slide, walk around queen bed, exc. shape $8500 403-782-2993

Boats & Marine

5160

1977 CHAMPION Toba, command bridge, 26’ twin OMC gas motor needs some work, on 11,000lb.

CVW trailer. $4900 obo 780-910-7024

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

1996 SUNFIRE for parts, needs front end work $200 obo 780-884-5441 EXTENTIONS mirrors for GMC 1999-2005 $50 403-343-6044 RV bunk ladder, $15; sewer hose attachments, $20; toilet tank cleanout hose, $10; propane hose, $10; cooler, water jug, $5 for both; stabilizer jacks (4) $10; bike carrier (hitch mounted) $65.

403-314-5557

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

Enviro. Canada Approved.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

PROPERTIES IN B.C. 1989 FORD CROWN Vic RED’S AUTO. Free scrap Each sleep 15 people.

1st (shown above) is on 59,000 miles $2000 firm vehicle & metal removal.

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403-340-8838 WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to Roommates buy lead batteries, Wanted call 403-396-8629

3010 3020

5070

A-1 WILLY`S PARTS Place environmental friendly 1999 GRAND AM. 4 brand disposal of your unwanted new all season tires. Aprox. vehicles. We will pick up in Red Deer. We pay you! $4000 done in repairs.

Phone for pricing.

Needs windshield. Runs 403- 346-7278 great. $1600. 403-896-1029

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390 Rooms For Rent Acreages/ ROOM $500. Blackfalds.

Farms All incld’d, furn. 588-2564

Duplexes

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2 BDRM. IN 4-PLEX $895 & 2 BDRM SUITE IN APARTMENT $850.

403-314-0209

MORRISROE MANOR

2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $10,500 obo 403-391-8264

MUST SELL 2002 RUSTLER, slide-n

By Owner.

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Nelson Mandela’s health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday.

The office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that he had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader at a hospital Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela’s condition had become critical in the past 24 hours.

“The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable.

He is in good hands,” Zuma said in the statement, using Mandela’s clan name.

Zuma also met Graca Machel, Mandela’s wife, at the hospital in Pretoria and discussed the former leader’s condition, according to the statement.

Zuma was accompanied on the visit

by Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of the country’s ruling party, the African National Congress.

Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black president after the end of apartheid in 1994, was hospitalized on June 8 for what the government said was a recurring lung infection.

In the statement, Zuma also discussed the government’s acknowledgement a day earlier that an ambulance carrying Mandela to the hospital two weeks ago had engine trouble, requiring the former president to be trans-

ferred to another ambulance for his journey to the hospital.

“There were seven doctors in the convoy who were in full control of the situation throughout the period. He had expert medical care,” Zuma said.

“The fully equipped military ICU ambulance had a full complement of specialist medical staff including intensive care specialists and ICU nurses.

The doctors also dismissed the media reports that Madiba suffered cardiac arrest. There is no truth at all in that report.”

Zuma appealed to South Africans and the rest of the world to pray for Mandela, his family and the medical team that is attending to him.

On April 29, state television broadcast footage of a visit by Zuma and other leaders of the African National Congress to Mandela’s home. Zuma said at the time that Mandela was in good shape, but the footage — the first public images of Mandela in nearly a year — showed him silent and unresponsive, even when Zuma tried to hold his hand.

Mandela was jailed for 27 years under white racist rule and was released in 1990. He then played a leading role in steering the divided country from the apartheid era to democracy, becoming South Africa’s first black president in all-race elections in 1994.

As a result of his sacrifice and peacemaking efforts, he is seen by many around the world as a symbol of reconciliation.

U.S. State Department revokes NSA leaker Snowden’s passport THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed information about highly classified surveillance programs has had his U.S. passport revoked, an official said Sunday.

Edward Snowden’s passport was annulled before he left Hong Kong for Russia and while that could complicate his travel plans, the lack of a passport alone could not thwart his plans, the U.S. official said. If a senior official in another country or with an airline orders it, a country could overlook the withdrawn passport, the official said.

The U.S. official would only discuss the passport on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the matter.

Snowden’s allies said he was heading toward Ecuador, where the

foreign minister said the government had received a request for asylum.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki refused to comment on Snowden’s passport specifically but said individuals facing arrest warrants could have their passport withdrawn.

“Such a revocation does not affect citizenship status. Persons wanted on felony charges, such as Mr. Snowden, should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel other than is necessary to return him to the United States,” Psaki said in a statement.

The State Department said the United States was in touch, through diplomatic and law enforcement channels, with countries that Snowden might travel through or to.

Snowden, a CIA technician and former NSA contractor, helped The Guardian and The

Washington Post to disclose surveillance programs that collects vast amounts of online data and email, sometimes sweeping up information on ordinary American citizens.

Officials have the ability to collect phone and Internet information broadly but need a warrant to examine specific cases where they believe terrorism is involved.

Since news organizations began publishing reports based on Snowden’s disclosures, he had been in hiding in Hong Kong, a former British colony with a high degree of autonomy from mainland China.

The United States formally sought Snowden’s extradition from Hong Kong but was rebuffed; Hong Kong officials said the U.S. request did not fully comply with their laws.

Snowden was said to have landed in Moscow on Sunday but was not seen leaving the airport.

Polish people voice anger over Minnesotan’s link to Nazi-led unit

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHLANIOW, Poland — Henryka Jablonska’s eyes well up as she recalls the moment more than six decades ago when a man in a dark uniform aimed a machine-gun at her. He pulled the trigger but the weapon wouldn’t fire.

She lived, but 44 fellow villagers were killed when troops of the Nazi SS-led Ukrainian Self Defence Legion marched into this Polish farming community in July 1944 to exact revenge for an attack by resistance fighters that killed their German commander.

An Associated Press investigation revealed a commander of the unit that razed the village has been living in the United States since 1949, and survivors like Jablonska expressed bitterness that Michael Karkoc had a quiet life in Minnesota for all these years.

“What good is it now?” she said of the revelations. “He is 94 and has spent so many years in peace and surrounded by his family.”

AP’s evidence indicates Karkoc was in the area during the massacre at Chlaniow, and another one in the village of Pidhaitsi, currently in Ukraine — although no records link him directly to atrocities.

Jablonska’s voice wavered as she recounted that day. The soldiers fanned out across the village, she said, shooting villagers, throwing grenades into buildings and torching homes filled with women and children.

A terrified 6-year-old, Jablonska stood in the dirt road with her parents and sister amid burning houses as the man in the dark uniform aimed at her a second time.

Again, the machine-gun did not fire.

She heard others cry out “shoot them” in a foreign language she believes was Ukrainian — words she understood because it is similar to Polish. She watched, frozen with fear, as the soldier checked his gun and tried to shoot again. Another man in black came up and told his comrade to go away because he wanted to finish off Jablonska and her family himself. He then yelled at her father to follow him

— but told Jablonska’s mother to flee with her children. Hours later, her father was found dead in a cornfield with a gaping head wound and a stab wound in his chest. The bodies of two other men were nearby.

“It was something so absolutely terrible,” Jablonska told AP at her modest farm house in southeastern Poland.

At his farmstead, Stanislaw Banach, 87, recalled that his father told him and his brother, Kazik, to run into the woods when they saw men in dark uniforms torching farmhouses.

Reluctantly, the boys fled and hid under haystacks. Their father was found dead, his throat slit.

Banach holds out little hope that Karkoc will be brought to justice: “He is old and they will most surely say that he is too weak to stand trial,” he said.

Prosecutors in Germany and Poland are looking through files to see if they have enough evidence to bring charges against Karkoc and seek his extradition.

The AP investigation showed that Karkoc lied to U.S. immigration authorities about his wartime past to enter the country in 1949. Such misrepresentations in immigration applications have been used as grounds by the U.S. to deport dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals.

Poland’s National Remembrance Institute, which prosecutes World War II crimes, had been aware of a commander named Karkoc from old records, but until the AP investigation had not known he was alive.

Following the AP report, the institute issued a statement quoting a 2005 article by one of its historians, Marcin Majewski, stating that Karkoc was “the commander of the 2nd Company of Ukrainian Self-Defence Legion which participated, along with the entire Legion, in the pacification of Chlaniow and (the neighbouring village of) Wladyslawin.”

One of Karkoc’s subordinates, Teodozy Dak, was handed a 25-year prison term in Poland for his role in the Chlaniow massacre, and died in prison.

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Suicide attacks rock Syrian capital FIERCE CLASHES ALSO ERUPT IN LEBANON KILLING SIX SOLDIERS IN SPILLOVER FROM SYRIA CONFLICT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria — Suicide bombers targeted security compounds in Damascus and a car bomb exploded in a pro-regime district there Sunday, killing at least eight people, the latest in a surge of civil war violence in the capital.

In northern Syria, a car bomb killed 12 soldiers in Aleppo, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists in Syria for information. It had no other details, and the government did not comment.

In neighbouring Lebanon, meanwhile, fierce clashes erupted between the Lebanese military and supporters of a hard-line Sunni Muslim cleric, in the latest spillover from Syria. Six Lebanese soldiers were killed, according to the army, which vowed to hit back with an “iron hand.”

Heavy fighting with machine-guns and rocketpropelled grenades in Sidon caused panic in the southern coastal city, which until recently had been largely spared the violence hitting other areas. Many people who were spending the day on the beach hurried home, while others living on high floors came down or fled to safer areas. Gray smoke billowed over parts of the city and residents caught in the fire appealed for help.

The fighting broke out in the predominantly Sunni city after supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, a virulent critic of the powerful Shiite militant Hezbollah group, opened fire on an army checkpoint.

The military issued a statement confirming that six soldiers died in the shooting, including three officers. It said the shooting was unprovoked.

Syria’s state-run news agency SANA said three suicide bombers blew themselves up while trying to break into the Rukneddine police station in northern Damascus, killing five people and wounding several others. SANA said three would-be suicide bombers also tried to break into the Criminal Security Branch in the southern Bab Mousalla area but were caught by security forces before they could detonate their explosives. Activists confirmed the death toll.

SANA said a car bomb exploded in Mazzeh 86 district in the capital, killing three people, including a 3-year-old boy. Residents of the district are mostly Alawites, an offshoot Shiite sect that President Bashar Assad’s family belongs to. The opposition forces fighting against Assad’s regime are mostly Sunni Muslims.

Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the Damascus explosions, but they bore the hall-

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians investigate damages after two suicide bombings hit security compounds in Damascus, Syria, Sunday. Syrian activists and state media say several have been killed in two suicide bombing attacks on security compounds in the capital, Damascus. marks of al-Qaida-linked groups that have joined forces with rebels fighting to oust Assad.

The attacks in Syria’s two largest cities came as government forces pressed an offensive on the outskirts of the capital.

SANA carried a statement by the Interior Ministry saying that the Damascus attacks were a “new escalation by terrorist groups,” a term used by the government to refer to the rebels.

More than 93,000 people have been killed in Syrian conflict that started in March 2011 as peaceful protest against Assad’s rule. In the past year, the war has taken on sectarian overtones.

The conflict has increasingly spilled across Syria’s borders. The clashes in Sidon centred on the Bilal bin Rabbah Mosque, where al-Assir preaches. The cleric is believed to have hundreds of armed supporters in Sidon who fought back Sunday. Dozens of al-Assir’s gunmen also partially shut down the main

highway linking south Lebanon with Beirut.

By Sunday evening, the army had besieged the mosque, sealing off access to it from all directions, and was going after al-Assir and his supporters, who have been agitating for months.

The NNA report said Assir was believed to be hiding inside the mosque with several of his followers.

The cleric and his followers support Sunni rebels in the Syria conflict, and he has threatened to clear apartments in Sidon where Hezbollah supporters live. Sunday’s clashes in Sidon deepened tensions in Lebanon. on edge since the Syrian conflict began more than two years ago.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called an emergency meeting of the security cabinet for Monday. NNA also reported sporadic shooting in the volatile city of Tripoli in the north, and the army announced additional force deployments in around Beirut.

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On Sunday, a court compounded Morsi’s troubles by saying members of his Muslim Brotherhood conspired with Hamas, Hezbollah and local militants to storm a prison in 2011 and free 34 Brotherhood leaders, including Morsi. Also, the most iconic youth figure of the 2011 revolution, Wael Ghonim, called on Morsi to step down before June 30 to prevent bloodshed.

Both sides say they intend to be peaceful on June 30, but many fear the day could descend into violence. There are worries young protesters could attack offices of the Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice party. Some of Morsi’s hard-line supporters have vowed to “smash” the protests or have declared protesters infidels.

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CAIRO, Egypt — Wading into an increasingly volatile fray, Egypt’s military on Sunday gave the nation’s Islamist rulers and their opponents a week to reach an understanding before planned June 30 opposition protests aimed at forcing out the president, in a toughly worded warning that it will intervene to stop the nation from entering a “dark tunnel.”

The powerful military also gave a thinly veiled warning to President Mohammed Morsi’s hardline backers that it will step in if the mostly secular and liberal protesters, who have vowed to be peaceful, are attacked during the planned demonstrations.

In a bid to project a businessas-usual image, Morsi’s office said in a statement late Sunday that the president met with the army’s chief, Defence Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to discuss the “domestic scene and the govern-

ment’s efforts to maintain the security of the nation and the safety of its citizens.” There was no mention of el-Sissi’s warning.

Seeking to assert Morsi’s seniority over el-Sissi — the president is the supreme commander of the armed forces — the brief statement, alluding to June 30, said he ordered the quick completion of plans to protect the state’s strategic and vital installations.

The opposition argues that Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, despite having won a series of elections since the 2011 revolution that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, have squandered their legitimacy with heavy handed misrule. It contends that the Islamists have encroached on the independence of the judiciary, sought to monopolize power, and pushed through an Islamist-backed constitution, breaking promises to seek consensus.

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A Beldings yellowthroat is shown in a handout photo. The world’s birds are literally the canaries in the coal mine and their ongoing decline should serve as a warning signal of a global environment in peril, says an international report on the state of the world’s birds.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The world’s birds are literally the canaries in the coal mine and their ongoing decline should serve as a warning signal of a global environment in peril, says an international report on the state of the world’s birds.

Globally, one in eight species — 1,313 — are considered at threat of extinction, said the report by U.K.-based BirdLife International. Of these, 200 are considered on the brink.

Nature is a crucial part of Earth’s life support system, said Leon Bennun, the group’s director of science, policy and information, and the numbers don’t bode well.

“Birds are a great window into nature. They’re a wonderful indicator of the wider environment,” Bennun said.

“Our assessment, unfortunately, shows us that birds are in decline, an indicator that nature itself is not in good shape.”

In Canada, progress has been made in reversing the decline of several species, but the report released Thursday said even in this country, more bird species are in decline than are increasing.

“By and large Canada is faring probably better than many other countries,” said Jon McCracken, of the conservation group Bird Studies Canada, a contributor to the report.

Although Canada’s bird population has dropped about 12 per cent since 1970, waterfowl and birds of prey have seen dramatic recovery, thanks to conservation efforts that included wetland protection and the banning of the pesticide DDT. And there are positive signs in the recovery of the endangered whooping crane, due largely to conservation efforts.

But the report, State of the World’s Birds, noted dramatic declines in grassland birds such as killdeers and meadow-

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larks, Arctic shorebirds and so-called aerial insectivores like swallows and martens.

And there are a small number of species that may have reached a point of no return.

“There are some species that are so critically threatened that it’s almost a foregone conclusion that we’re going to lose them, despite our best investment of time and money,” McCracken said in an interview from Port Rowan, Ont. The Eskimo curlew, a migratory tundra species hunted into oblivion, hasn’t been seen in the wild for 49 years. Once that clock hits 50 years, the bird will be declared extinct.

Few species remain north of the 49th year-round, and on a global scale the situation is worse.

Habitat destruction and degradation, largely related to agriculture, and the effects of invasive species are primarily to blame, said the report that gathered research from scientists and citizens around the world.

In Europe, it said, 40 per cent of farmland species have declined over the past three decades, and in Asia, more than half of all waterbird species.

Pacific species and ocean-going seabirds are experiencing the fastest decline, because of fisheries bycatch and the effects of alien invasive species.

The report identifies more than 12,000 important bird and biodiversity areas that are key to improving the outlook.

The cost of their protection and effective management would be US$58 billion a year. When the cost of conserving all wildlife groups is included, the price tag rises to US$80 billion a year, the report said.

“These numbers sound very large, and they’re more than an order of magnitude of the sums that are currently

spent on conservation,” said Stuart Butchart, head of science at Birdlife International, one of the world’s largest conservation coalitions, involving 7,000 local groups.

But compared to the dividends of a healthy environment, from the food we eat to global climate regulation, they are very affordable, he said.

“For example, people spend more than six times as much on soft drinks each year around the world.”

Yet thousands of the bird and biodiversity areas identified lack the legal protection necessary, the report said.

There are three such areas under pressure in Canada, said Ted Cheskey, bird conservation manager for Nature Canada.

Boundary Bay, in the Fraser River delta of British Columbia, is home to a range of species and a couple million western sandpipers. It is also a major shipping port with an expansion in the works.

In Ontario, the Prince Edward County South Shore is key coastal habitat where proposed wind energy projects pose the biggest threat to area birds.

And oil and gas exploration in the Arctic threatens birds in the Mackenzie River delta, where it meets the Beaufort Sea. The federal government has issued exploration licenses, and exploration activity could commence next year, according to a Senate committee.

And around the world, there’s growing concern about a new generation of pesticides using neonicotinoid insecticides that are killing bees, and could pose a threat to birds.

The numbers are a wake-up call, McCracken said.

“There is a cascading effect and sooner or later you’re going to pay for it. If the canary dies, you might not be too far behind.”

WILDWOOD, N.J. — An 11-yearold girl from Pennsylvania and a 12-year-old boy from Maryland are this year’s national marbles champions.

Emily Cavacini won the girls’ championship Thursday at the National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, N.J. Cooper Fisher won the boys’ title. The four-day tournament featured 26 boys and 26 girls competing to knock marbles out of a circle.

Emily is from Shaler, Pa., just north of Pittsburgh. She’s been playing marbles for about four years.

She’s a fifth-grader at Shaler Elementary School and won the Allegheny County Marbles Tournament on June 1.

Numerous other marbles champions have come from Allegheny County over the last 10 years.

Cooper is from Middletown Valley, Md. Emily and Cooper say it’s fun playing against their friends in the tournament, which is celebrating its 90th year.

Man’s car rolls into lake as he takes bathroom break BELGRADE, Maine — Police say a Maine man’s car got all wet when he stopped on the road for a bathroom break.

Chief Deputy Everett Flannery of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office says 32-year-old Mark Leighton of Oakland stopped at a boat landing on Salmon Lake in Belgrade on Wednesday evening because he had to go.

Flannery tells the Morning Sentinel that Leighton was going to the bathroom when he heard a splash, turned around, and saw the car in the lake.

Flannery says it appears Leighton pulled the emergency brake but forget to put the car in park.

The car was pulled from the lake by a tow truck.

No one was hurt and no charges were filed.

Father, son score holes-inone on same hole RICHMOND, Texas — A fatherson duo from South Texas showed no handicap when they stepped up to a par-3 tee and each shot a hole-in-one on Father’s Day. Lonnie Whitener, 57, told the Houston Chronicle (http://bit. ly/13VlAHF ) that his 115-yard drive using a gap wedge on the sixth hole at River Pointe Golf Club in Richmond struck the flag stick and dropped in the hole.

Then, up stepped 13-year-old Zach Whitener, whose shot from 100 yards using a 6-iron landed near the pin and gently rolled in.

The U.S. Golf Association does not keep records of holes-in-one, but the National Hole-in-One Registry says the chances of two players acing the same hole in the same round are one in 17 million.

Two groups of players witnessed the feat and joined the celebration.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A letter in which George Washington offers his positive views on the newly drafted Constitution has sold for $1.4 million in New York.

It was written during the contentious debate over the document’s ratification. A private collector offered it for sale at Christie’s on Friday.

Christie’s says the seven-page letter was purchased by an anonymous phone bidder for $1,443,750. Bidding was between the phone bidder and a woman in the room.

Dated April 25, 1788, it is addressed to Revolutionary War Officer John Armstrong.

Washington writes that he doubts “whether the opposition of the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good than evil.”

He also says the framers of the Constitution “have given the rights of man a full and fair discussion.”

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