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Cadets arrive for training camp

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Air cadets from across the country have the chance to polish their skills in gliding, survival, physical fitness, marksmanship and music in Penhold this summer.

It will be the camp’s penultiA FLYING mate year as it SCHOLARSHIP will close after the 2014 season.

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The first . OFFERS 20 group of cadets, about 600 CANDIDATES in total, arrived THE CHANCE Sunday to begin their training at TO WORK the Penhold Air TOWARDS Cadet Summer Training Centre. THEIR PRIVATE Air cadets will PILOT’S be at the camp LICENCE until Aug. 18.

There are three courses cadets are participating in over the summer in Penhold. The two-week program is general training for the younger cadets, which includes basic training and survival skills.

The other two programs run three weeks and six weeks respectively. One is music training wing and the other is basic and advanced training wing. The advanced training adds shooting and drill to the cadet’s summer.

Cadets are woken up by their flight commanders, who run the training wing.

Between their meals in the mess hall they participate in organized activities, classes, parades, performances and at the end of it all they graduate from their course.

Some of the courses they study include general training, basic drill and ceremony, air rifle marksmanship instruction and basic, intermediate and advanced military band.

Over the summer 1,227 cadets from across Canada will come to the training centre, but not all at the same time.

At it’s peak about 800 cadets will be in Penhold.

A flying scholarship program at the training centre offers 20 candidates the chance to work towards their private pilot’s licence. As well, six vintage training aircraft will be piloted by about 50 air cadets in Penhold as part of once-in-a-lifetime training week.

From July 22 to 29 the Yellow Wings Youth Leadership Initiative will be at the Penhold Cadet Summer Training Centre.

The initiative uses six vintage training aircraft as unique teaching tools highlighting Canada’s aviation history and the value of pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff

Faye Hallett is the sole caregiver and advocate for her aunt, Rena Thorn, 95. Hallett is worried that her aunt will leave Red Deer if she is moves into a long-term care facility.

Long-term care policy worries caregiver

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer woman is fearful that one day soon she will be unable to visit and care for her beloved 95-yearold aunt who is like a mother to her.

Faye Hallett is the sole caregiver for Rena Thorn who has lived in Red Deer for close to 70 years. Thorn recently broke her shoulder and is recovering in Red Deer Regional Hospital.

Hallett said her aunt will have to go into continuing care when she is discharged from the hospital. “I am really worried that she will not be in Red Deer,� said Hallett. “The likelihood is very slim that she

‘I’M HER ONLY LIFELINE AND RELATIVE IN RED DEER . . . IF SHE IS OUT OF RED DEER, SHE WILL HAVE NO ONE.’ — FAYE HALLETT CAREGIVER

will be placed in Red Deer because there are so many people out there waiting to come in.�

The Alberta government is currently reviewing its unofficial first available bed policy of placing seniors in continuing care facilities within 100 kms of their homes. “I’m her only lifeline and relative

in Red Deer,� said Hallett. “If she is out of Red Deer, she will have no one.�

Hallett said she understands there is a shortage of beds in Red Deer and many people in outlying Central Alberta communities want to move back into Red Deer.

Hallett is also a full-time caregiver for her husband so she will be unable to make daily trips to wherever her aunt is placed. Hallett currently pays for home care for her husband while she visits her aunt.

Hallett said her aunt was quoted $5,000 a month for private care or $750 a day to stay in the hospital.

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Rush move show to Centrium from Saddledome ALL PROCEEDS FROM SHOW TO SUPPORT ALBERTA FLOOD RELIEF

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Rush is coming to Red Deer.

The Canadian rock band comprised of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart had to cancel their planned July 24 show for the Saddledome in Calgary.

Instead the concert has been moved to the Enmax Centrium because of flooding damage at the Saddledome.

The announcement came late Thursday afternoon.

Now a benefit concert, all proceeds from the concert will go to the Canadian Red Cross in support of Alberta

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In addition, Rush will donate their fee and pay for all their expenses. Promoter Live Nation will donate their time and fees towards the case and the venue will donate goods and services to the event as well. “After seeing the devastation from the recent floods, we felt compelled to do what we could,� said Lee, in a release. “While we had hoped to avoid cancelling the Calgary show, venue safety concerns have closed the venue. “Our apologies to all of the fans that bought tickets to the Calgary show for any inconvenience. We’re hoping they — along with the great people of Red Deer — can come to the Enmax Cen-

trium for what has become a benefit concert.�

The concert is scheduled to take place on the same day, July 24.

The Saddledome seats about 19,000.

The newly renovated Centrium seats 7,000.

Rush formed in 1968, in Toronto.

They were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and have had many gold, platinum and mutliplatinum albums.

People who had tickets to the Calgary show will have access to a presale period, starting today at 10 a.m. to Sunday 10 p.m.

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Alberta Premier Alison Redford confirmed Thursday that a state of emergency in floodstricken High River would be lifted on schedule.

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Sylvan Lake feeling economic impact

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

SCOUTS CANADA JAMBOREE

Though it is tough to measure, businesses in Sylvan Lake are feeling the economic impact of the 6,500 Scouts and volunteers in the neighbourhood.

The Scouts Canada Jamboree has plopped 5,000 Scouts and about 1,500 volunteers almost in the backyard of the small Central Albertan summer resort community.

Catherine Bais, Sylvan Lake Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, said according to both the beach ambassadors and the tourism booth, last Sunday was the busiest day they’ve can ever remember

seeing at the booth.

“How much of that was from the Scouts Jamboree, it is really hard to say,” said Bais. “We are trying to monitor its impact as best we can.”

The Scouts have set up their tents at Camp Woods, a short drive west of Sylvan Lake. They started arriving in the area last Saturday. The jamboree ends this Saturday.

“I think we are going to see some economic impact, there is no doubt about that,” said Bais. “We don’t know how we’re going to measure it. Once it’s

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the accused woman appeared in Red Deer court on Thursday, but did not enter a plea.

Inglis told the court that he anticipates there will be a preliminary hearing, but that he would like to go through the files with Crown prosecutor Robin Joudrey beforehand to streamline the details.

Preliminary hearings are not mandatory, but may be requested to test the strength of the Crown’s case against an accused person before proceeding to trial.

Inglis and his client, who is not in custody, are due back in court on Aug. 28 to enter a plea.

BRIEFS Woman faces sex assault charges Multiple allegations of child abuse occurring across two provinces and dating back more than 20 years are being examined in Red Deer provincial court.

A 61-year-old woman is facing 13 charges involving a number of children, including sexual assault, sexual interference, aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and simple assault, laid earlier this year by Sylvan Lake RCMP. A sample from documents on file with the court shows charges of sexual assault and sexual interference against a child bearing the same last name as the accused woman. That set of offences is alleged to have taken place in Lacombe County between Jan. 24, 1991, and Jan. 24, 1996.

The woman’s name is being withheld to protect the identities of her alleged victims, whose names are protected by a court-imposed publication ban.

All adults now, the complainants were children at the time of the alleged offences, said Cpl. James Allemekinders of the Sylvan Lake RCMP detachment.

Allemekinders said his files show multiple incidents at sites in both Alberta and British Columbia.

Represented by Red Deer lawyer Dave Inglis,

CARE: Doing what’s best for the people “What happens here? She gets sent to Bashaw or Stettler,” said Hallett. “It doesn’t matter where she goes, she will have no one there to care for her . . . I spend five days visiting her. I won’t be able to do that. She will have no advocate. I am really concerned.”

On June 18, Health Minister Fred Horne said Alberta Health Services needs to ensure it is always doing what’s best for the people it serves.

“Premier Redford and I have heard concerns raised about the Alberta Health Services (AHS) proposed changes to home care delivery services and the unofficial 100-km continuing care policy,” he said. “Part of our government’s Building Alberta Plan is better health care, closer to home — and that is the very clear direction we’ve set.”

On Thursday, John Muir, a spokesperson for Alberta Health, said AHS asked for the (Health Quality Council of Alberta’s opinion) to get a better sense of what the expectations are.

“The minister’s concern is that each person and their family be dealt with on a case by case basis (as opposed to an arbitrary rule) with a view to keeping people as close to their homes as possible, and keeping couples together wherever possible,” said Muir via email.

“We recognize there are challenges due to growth of our population and increasing number of seniors requiring care but we will do our best for each person and his/her family.”

Hallett said she has written to her local MLAs about the policy. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Criminal charges have been laid against two Hobbema men after a pair of armed robberies in Red Deer on Wednesday.

The first robbery took place just after 3:30 p.m. at the Express 24 Food-mart on Davidson Drive. Red Deer RCMP said a man entered the store, pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. The man then assaulted another employee and left the store with numerous lottery scratch tickets.

Police were able to locate a suspect after a witness saw the suspect’s direction of travel.

Derrick Anderson Cattleman, 23, of Hobbema was arrested and charged with robbery with a weapon, assault, possession of an imitation firearm for a dangerous purpose, pointing a firearm and failing to comply with the conditions of an undertaking.

Police allege he used a pellet gun to hold up the store.

Cattleman made his first appearance in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday morning by closedcircuit TV from the Red Deer Remand Centre.

He remains in custody pending a bail hearing set for Wednesday.

A second incident was reported in the evening.

Police were called to the Fas Gas on Ross Street at about 11:30 p.m.

Red Deer RCMP allege that a man entered the store brandishing a knife and demanded money. The worker complied and the suspect left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured.

Police later arrested John Saddleback, 21, of Hobbema and charged him with several offences, including robbery with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and three counts of failing to comply with release conditions.

Saddleback remains in custody pending his first appearance in Red Deer provincial court today.

Boat launches reopen Three City of Red Deer boat launches damaged in a flood last month will reopen today.

The boat launches are at Fort Normandeau, Kiwanis (Great Chief Park) and Great West Adventure Park (BMX).

The only areas of the city trails that remain closed are: Lower Heritage Ranch island, fishing dock, and gravel trails only; McKenzie Trails; Maskepetoon Park; River Bend perimeter trail, picnic area and boat launch; and the boat launch staircase at 59th Street and 45 Avenue.

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over I think then we’ll be able to get feedback from all the businesses. It is hard at this point.”

Though their schedules are loaded with activities either at the camp or on adventures to other parts of the province, the Scouts and volunteers do have time to travel down the road a short distance.

One business that has in particular seen a great increase since the Scouts’ arrival is the Crystal Clean Laundromat. Manager Neil McLeod said he’s had to extend his hours to accommodate the increase.

“We’re seeing a lot of bedding come in and now that it’s Wednesday we’re seeing a lot more of the campers in as the week progresses, because they’re running out of laundry,” said McLeod. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

The training planes include a Harvard Mk. 4, a Fleet Finch, a Fairchild Cornell Mk. II, a de Havilland Tiger Moth, a DHC-1 Chipmunk and a Boeing PT-27 Stearman.

Each session begins with a video message from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, recorded during his mission on the International Space Station.

On top of the 50 cadets from Penhold who will get the chance to fly these aircraft, 500 across Canada will go flying this summer.

Summer 2014 will be the cadets’ last at the Penhold Training Centre. Since CFB Penhold formally closed in 1994, the training centre facilities have been maintained by the Harvard Park Business Associates. The training centre is in year nine of a 10-year contract on the facilities.

“The numbers (of cadets) are a little down, but we’re looking towards ending with a bang and having a good year, just as it was the year before,” said Sara Wasiuta, Penhold Air Cadet Summer Training Centre unit public affairs representative. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

TICKETS: On sale Monday Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday at 10 a.m.

All tickets purchased online or via telephone will be automatically refunded starting today. Tickets purchased in person from a Ticketmaster outlet can be refunded at the original point of purchase starting Tuesday. Tickets purchased in person at the Scotiabank Saddledome box office can be refunded at the box office, which has reopened.

Tickets to the show, including GST, cost $60, $86 or $116, depending on seating. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sgt. Jeffrey Allan demonstrates how ‘roomy’ a hooch, or tent, is before an adventure training lesson outdoors at the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Training Centre near Red Deer Airport. The lesson would see many young cadets learn how to pitch tents, build a fire and tie different knots, before spending the night outdoors.

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State of emergency to be lifted

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

HIGH RIVER

HIGH RIVER — Alberta Premier Alison Redford confirmed Thursday that a state of emergency in flood-stricken High River would be lifted on schedule.

The emergency declaration came into effect almost immediately after the town was swamped three weeks ago and the plan has been to lift the order Friday.

Redford also said the province is handing control of High River back to its town council.

She said provincial support will remain for the community of 13,000, which had to be entirely evacuated when floodwaters hit.

“We are not going anywhere,” she said at a news conference in High River. “This is only another phase. We’re in it for the long haul.”

Opposition Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, who is from High River, had wanted the legislature reconvened so the province could extend the state of emergency.

Redford said there was no real need for that.

“There’s no magic that having a provincial state of emergency in place ... will speed up things tomorrow,” she said.

Associate minister Rick Fraser and provincial officials are to remain on the ground in High River as rebuilding continues, she added.

Mayor Emile Blokland said Redford and her government “have been there” for the town and it’s time to move ahead.

“Tremendous progress has been made in High River,” he said. “We know the amount of work that lies ahead.”

There was extensive damage when the raging Highwood River swiftly surged through the community June 20 after torrential rains.

Streets were inundated, residents were stranded in vehicles and homes and whole neighbourhoods turned into lakes. Some areas still aren’t dry.

Smith said she’s disappointed the state of emergency isn’t being extended. She pointed out things have not returned to normal in High River.

“I hope we don’t see a disruption in the rebuilding process.”

Redford also said the government is contemplating a policy to address whether rebuilding should be allowed in areas prone to flooding.

“It’s an issue we’re dealing with right now. It’s complicated because it is going to impact people’s lives,” the premier said.

“It doesn’t matter where you live in this province, we cannot continue as a provincial government to say to people it’s OK to build in a floodway. It’s not the right decision.

“We think that if people have the information with respect to that, they will make constructive choices, taking responsibility for their life and move ahead.”

She said there is “a whole suite of recommendations” that will be put in place.“ A report submitted to the government in 2006 recommended the province restrict development in flood-prone areas, but no action was taken.

Sentencing delayed for drug dealer Residents remember Sentencing has been delayed for one of two men arrested in connection with a mushroom and marijuana drug business.

Stephen Dylan Senetza, 27, pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court earlier this year to possession of cannabis marijuana for trafficking.

Senetza was arrested at his Red Deer apartment on Feb. 27, 2012, by police following up on a drug bust made two days earlier.

Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis read an agreed statement of facts for Judge Jim Hunter during Senetza’s sentencing hearing on Thursday. Inglis said police sitting in an unmarked car at the Village Mall in Red Deer had noticed unusual activity involving two different vehicles parked nearby.

The officers saw a man take a black garbage bag out of a car and place it in the front seat of a pickup truck. They felt that was rather unusual, since garbage would normally have been placed in the box of the truck, said Inglis.

They pulled the pickup truck over and discovered that the bag contained nine pounds (4.09 kg) of psilocybin mushrooms, he said.

Further investigation led police to Senetza’s apartment, where investigators could smell mari-

juana in the hallway, said Inglis.

Inside the suite, police found one pound (454 grams) of marijuana, two scales and a vacuum sealer, he said.

Senetza was charged with possession of marijuana for trafficking.

He pleaded guilty before Judge Ken Rostad on Feb. 28 and was to be sentenced before Judge Jim Hunter on Thursday.

However, sentencing was delayed after defence counsel Brad Mulder raised issues with the presentence report, which he said contained a number of errors, including references to his client’s prior criminal record.

Hunter said he would not pass sentence on a case heard by another judge without taking a full review of the facts. A date is to be set later for his sentencing decision.

Also accused in connection with the bust is Shawn Bodnaruk, 25, of Kindersley, Sask.

Bodnaruk has pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing psilocybin for trafficking. Originally set for trial on June 24, Bodnaruk’s case was postponed after he parted company with the lawyer representing him.

Bodnaruk is to return to court on Thursday to set a new trial date. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

Artists put on concerts for beluga whales

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A motley cultural crew is coming together to perform for some unusual and weighty guests with an ear for the chimes of the glockenspiel.

Next week, a troupe of 10 — including a contortionist and an opera singer — plans to put on the first in a series of summertime shows for thousands of beluga whales near the mouth of Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.

Artist Laura Magnusson, one of the organizers, has been “drawn in by the sub-Arctic sirens” since she first met the belugas in 2011. Since then, she has been going to Churchill to play music for the whales as they congregate over the warmer months.

Using a specially designed boat and underwater speaker system, she and fellow artist Kaoru Ryan Klatt play and sing various kinds of music to the beluga pods — with surprising results.

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Suspect in case of missing Alberta couple to go directly to trial EDMONTON — A man charged in the disappearance of an Edmonton-area couple just over three years ago will go straight to trial.

Crown prosecutors have decided to skip a preliminary hearing for Travis Vader, who is charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Michelle Davio (DAV’-ee-oh), a spokeswoman for Alberta Justice, says after a careful review, the Crown decided it was in the public’s interest to proceed by direct indictment.

It’s expected that Vader will be arraigned at a

“We have had experiences playing clarinet or playing glockenspiel, using our voices ... and there have been times when there has been mimicry between the belugas and our vocal gestures and vice versa,” Magnusson said. “We sort of shared this space together and it felt like a connection.”

The southwestern coast of Hudson Bay becomes home to one of the largest concentrations of belugas in the world as sea ice recedes in the summer. About 57,000 migrate to estuaries in the region.

Magnusson and Klatt pilot their inflatable boat to a corner of the Churchill River near the mouth of the bay and spend 12 hours a day there, connecting with the whales through music. Some of the whales have already demonstrated discriminating musical tastes.

“They have responded to different instruments more,” Magnusson said. “We noticed in our first year that they really were interested in the glockenspiel ...

Maybe they haven’t heard that kind of sound before.

That sound seemed to resonate with them.” court hearing next month.

Lyle and Marie McCann of St. Albert disappeared in July 2010 while heading to a family gathering in British Columbia.

A burnt-out motorhome belonging to the McCanns was found west of Edmonton two days after they were last seen, but their bodies have never been found.

Calgary police lay charges after woman says she was held against will CALGARY — Police have laid sexual assault and other charges against a Calgary man after a woman alleged she was held against her will and assaulted over a three-week period.

Police say the woman showed up at a northeastarea business on Wednesday and said she had escaped after being held captive in a nearby house.

Officers went to the home and arrested a 28-yearold man.

deadly B.C. landslide one year later

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Jillian Madill can still remember moving into her dream home almost three decades ago — a 100-year old log cabin on 17-acres of property in Johnsons Landing, B.C. She said it was “the most gorgeous log house that you’ve ever seen,” and she and her husband John could not have been happier.

But Madill and her husband will never live there again. Their home was destroyed by an avalanche of mud and debris that buried their tiny community in southeast B.C. one year ago Friday.

Four of the community’s 35 residents lost their lives, and four other houses were wiped out.

“To just lose it in a blink of an eye like that. It’s taken us a while to come to terms,” said Madill.

The landslide tore through Johnsons Landing mid-morning, careening down the mountainside before spilling into Kootenay Lake.

Resident Richard Ortega was standing outside the community retreat centre he co-founded, chatting with a neighbour when the ground started to shake.

“There was this giant rumble, and we all looked up,” he said. “It sounded like a freight train coming down, except you could hear trees snapping and boulders rumbling.”

“It was less than 60 seconds for the entire event, and when it stopped, the world was completely still.

There wasn’t a bird chirping or a bee buzzing. Nothing. Everybody was in shock,” he said.

A report on the disaster in May said the landslide was caused by heavy rain and a late-spring snowmelt that set off what was the largest slide to hit the region in the last 12,000 years.

For residents like Madill — whose homes were destroyed or condemned — the year has been a nightmare. Her family did not receive “a dime” from their insurance company, and the provincial government’s disaster financial assistance program provided very little compensation.

The program is “intended as a hand-up, but it doesn’t lift you up very far because things cost a lot,” she said. “At the end of May, (we) got the word from the government that there would be no further money.”

Investigators say the accused and the alleged victim are known to each other and had been in a — quote — “domestic partnership” earlier this year.

Troy Jordan Lemke is charged with uttering threats, assault, assault causing bodily harm, sexual assault and forcible confinement.

Bull stomps on Saskatchewan cowboy during rodeo event at Stampede CALGARY — A cowboy had to be rushed to hospital after being injured during an event at the Calgary Stampede.

Aaron Roy from Yellow Grass, Sask., was stomped in the back by a bull on Thursday afternoon.

He was wearing a protective vest, but had to be taken from the grounds on a stretcher.

He was taken to hospital to undergo tests and Xrays to ensure he did not suffer any critical injuries.

Emergency Medical Services say he is listed in serious but stable condition.

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Friday, July 12, 2013

Open door for Snowden WHY CANADA SHOULD GRANT ASYLUM TO WHISTLE-BLOWER

BY THOMAS WALKOM SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE If Canada’s Conservative government were true to its ideals, it would offer rogue U.S. security analyst Edward Snowden political sanctuary.

Snowden is exactly the kind of whistle-blower the Conservatives used to champion when they were in opposition. He has exposed a massive U.S. government surveillance program designed to spy not only on the country’s own citizens but on the legitimate activities of American friends and allies.

By all rights, Snowden should be a Conservative poster boy.

He has upheld the rights of the individual against intrusive big-brother government. He has exposed incidents of industrial espionage carried out by a foreign regime. He has revealed the alarming extent of U.S. electronic surveillance activities — activities that have gone far beyond Washington’s

original aim of monitoring terrorists.

As the New York Times reported, the National Security Agency, America’s premier electronic snooping organization, has collected so much raw data that it needs at least five years to go through it all.

So much for the argument that Washington is merely trying to head off imminent terror threats.

Snowden’s crimes, if any, are political rather than criminal. Yet even in the political sphere, they are minor.

He has not revealed secret U.S. missile launch codes. Nor has he published details of proposed American drone strikes.

He has exposed the fact that America monitors Internet traffic. But wouldbe terrorists already know they should avoid electronic communications that might give them away. Certainly, the NSA’s massive snoopery gave it no prior knowledge of the Boston Marathon outrage.

Before Snowden, European (and I suspect Canadian) trade negotiators might have had a reasonable expectation that their offices were not bugged

by Washington. Now they do not.

U.S. President Barack Obama’s explanation is that all countries spy on

their friends. If so, he shouldn’t be surprised when these friends react badly.

In the past, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives lauded whistle-blowers who, for reasons of conscience, revealed government wrongdoing. Harper even persuaded Alan Cutler, a civil servant whose whistleblowing featured in the now infamous Liberal sponsorship scandal, to run for Parliament under the Conservative banner (he lost).

In the past, Canada has welcomed many accused of political crimes in their home countries. During the Cold War, these people were called defectors. But in the 1970s, Canada also welcomed Americans who had committed the political crime of avoiding the Vietnam War. We did not send any of them back.

True, Canada has an extradition treaty with the U.S. True also, that Snowden went on the lam with laptops full of stolen secrets.

But his real sin is that he has embarrassed the U.S. government. And that is no crime in this country.

There is a precedent of sorts. In the late 1830s, William Lyon Mackenzie — Toronto’s first mayor and the leader of a failed rebellion in what is now On-

tario — fled to the U.S. where, after being jailed for a year, he was welcomed and given work.

Had he been returned to Toronto, Mackenzie, like two of his co-conspirators, would have been hanged. His crime of armed rebellion was far more serious than Snowden’s whistle-blowing.

But the American government of the day had the good sense to see that its northern neighbour was gripped by a kind of fearful madness — as the U.S., for understandable reasons, is now. So America waited. Canadians cooled down. And Mackenzie eventually returned to his own land, where he was pardoned, lionized as a hero and elected to the provincial assembly.

Canada’s government could take a similar path with Snowden by offering him sanctuary until the U.S. regains its senses.

It won’t, of course.

Now that the Conservatives are in office, they no longer favour whistleblowers.

They do, however, favour Washington. And right now, Washington wants Snowden back. Angrily. Desperately.

Thomas Walkom is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs columnist.

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BY ROGER GIBBINS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Public debate about the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to transport bitumen from Alberta to the West Coast of British Columbia brings the controversial notion of the national interest into bold relief.

In this case, those who invoke the national interest, and who generally support pipeline access to the West Coast, see the national interest as a trump card, indeed the ace of trumps. The national interest, it is asserted, should prevail over interests that are merely local or provincial, or environmental interests that are local or international.

This is not to say that the national interest should be invoked casually or in the absence of extensive consultation. Surely, however, the meaning of the term is that when push comes to shove, the national interest should prevail.

Admittedly, articulations of the national interest are almost always contested, and should be. Only in times of war would we expect a sweeping consensus, and even in the First and Second World Wars there were significant pockets of pacifist and ethnic dissent. (Quebec was a rather large pocket when it came to conscription for overseas military service.)

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What, then, can groups do when they confront an articulation of the national interest with which they do not agree? First, they can try to win the street fight on defining the national interest, accepting there is a national interest but not as articulated by project proponents. They might argue, for example, that environmental protection is more in the longterm national interest of Canadians than is a particular resource development.

Second, they can shoot the messenger, arguing that would-be articulators of the national interest, including the government of Canada, lack the legitimacy to do so. A troubling variant of this argument is to say that because the Conservatives won only 39.6 per cent of the vote when elected to office in 2011, and because only 61.1 per cent of the electorate voted, the Conservative government was supported by only 24 per cent of the national electorate.

Third, environmentalists confronting an articulation of the national interest with which they do not agree can play their own trump, arguing that the interests of the international community must trump more narrowly defined national interests, that the planet must come first.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — His face gripped with terror, the train driver sprang out of bed at the inn where he’d retired for the night and raced to the scene of an impending catastrophe in the town that served as his second home.

Several people in Lac-Megantic painted a portrait Thursday of the friendly Anglo railman who enjoyed chatting with locals in his accented French during his regular stopovers in the community.

The train driver, Tom Harding, now finds himself at the centre of the investigation into a Quebec derailment disaster feared to have killed 50 people.

His boss has said he could face criminal charges.

An employee at the inn where Harding slept one or two nights per week says she specifically remembers the horrified expression on his face when he first saw the inferno engulfing the town.

Catherine Pomerleau-Pelletier was on the hotel bar’s outdoor patio when the lights started to flicker. Moments later, a massive blast drove rattled guests from the rooms, including Harding.

Pomerleau-Pelletier saw him emerge from the inn amid the chaos, but doesn’t remember hearing him utter a word.

She thinks she was looking into his eyes the instant he realized his unmanned, crude-oil-filled train had just slammed into the downtown core.

“I looked at him and I didn’t say a word or anything because he looked

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Quebec Premier Pauline Marois (right) holds hands with resident Francoise Roy as Lac-Megantic, Que. mayor Colette Roy-Laroche looks on, as they make their way to a news conference in Lac-Megantic, Que. on Thursday. very, very, very shaken up,” said Pomerleau-Pelletier, a barmaid and receptionist at the century-old l’Eau Berge inn.

“He didn’t do anything, but his face was pretty descriptive.

“It said everything.”

She almost immediately lost track of him as people ran for their lives through the streets.

Organized crime groups forging links with Mexican outlaws: RCMP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian organizedcrime groups have forged links with Mexican outlaws in an attempt to secure a direct supply of cocaine and increase their profits by eliminating the middleman, says the RCMP. An internal analysis by the Mounties notes that since 2008 at least 10 Canadians have been shot or killed in Mexico under circumstances suggesting involvement with local criminal elements.

Some were known to be active in drug trafficking in Canada and all had extensive criminal backgrounds, says the RCMP analysis.

A copy of the May 2012 assessment, which takes a close look at the influence of corruption, and a related review of the implications for Canada — both heavily censored — were released to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. The Mounties say global borders have become blurred with the proliferation of transnational organized crime.

As a result, Canadian criminal networks have expanded, conducting business on an international scale with illicit organizations in other countries.

“Canadian criminal groups are now dealing directly with Mexican criminals and crime groups in Mexico, a country struggling with corruption and brutal violence,” says the assessment by the RCMP’s criminal intelligence program.

In April last year, Thomas Gisby, a B.C. man with known gang ties, was gunned down in a Nuevo Vallarta coffee shop.

Three members of a group known as the UN Gang and two people with pur-

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ported links to the Hells Angels have also been killed in Mexico.

At the same time, interceptions of Canada-bound drug shipments “point to possible connections between Mexican and Canadian-based crime networks,” the RCMP says.

A recently released Canada Border Services Agency report cites Mexico as the largest transit point for South American cocaine destined for North America.

The RCMP assessment says competition among drug trafficking organizations has made corruption endemic in Mexican society, reflected in weakened governmental institutions, an ineffective criminal justice system, and a deep-rooted fear and distrust of authorities by the Mexican people.

“Mayors, city councillors, governors, police officers, customs officials, and even Mexican anti-drug czars, have been corrupted by wealthy drug traffickers who, in turn, operate with impunity and increase their power throughout the country. Officials who cannot be bribed or intimidated are often killed.”

The RCMP notes Mexico ranked 100th of 182 countries on Transparency International’s 2011 “corruption perceptions” index — falling to 105th in 2012.

Efforts to make officials look the other way have spilled across the Mexican border, with drug cartels paying bribes to U.S. officials for help in smuggling drugs, guns and people.

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Vaillancourt’s team of more than 30 counsellors has listened to shellshocked residents in community centres and fire stations.

“When we have nothing to confirm that the person we love has died, that denial stretches over time,” he said Thursday. “It’s hard to move on to other things — to experience anger, then experience sadness... then to say, ‘OK, I accept it and I’m going to take care of myself and return to a normal rhythm of living,”’ he said.

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However, Andre Turcotte did say that the idling engine appeared to be belching out more smoke than usual, so much so that he recalled that oil droplets from the locomotive exhaust landed on his car.

He said he asked Harding, twice, whether the puffs of smoke were particularly hazardous for the environment.

His client, Turcotte added, calmly responded that he had followed company directives to deal with the issue.

A short time after they left for the 10-kilometre ride to the inn, the locomotive caught fire, a blaze that was extinguished by the local fire department.

The details of what happened next will be at the heart of investigations by police, the federal Transportation Safety Board, potential lawsuits, and untold insurance claims.

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B.C. First Nations schools need more funding, federal budget watchdog says Decaying First Nations schools in British Columbia need nearly double the amount of money the federal government is currently providing, said Canada’s federal budget watchdog.

The study by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, released on Thursday, said on-reserve schools in B.C. are older than B.C. public schools, and they need $39 million this fiscal year just for upkeep.

It also said required funding could reach $47 million by 2028-29, based on anticipated growth in student populations. Ottawa typically provides $26 million annually.

The report was requested by NDP aboriginal affairs critic and Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder as a follow-up to a 2009 study by the budget officer that showed more than 500 reserve schools in the country are under-funded by nearly $200 million annually.

“I think it’s frustrating,” Crowder said in a phone interview. “The government continues to deny that there are gaps in funding, and now we’ve got this evidence that once again reaffirms there is a difference to what kids can have access to on reserve versus off reserve.”

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Wal-Mart to post signs warning customers not to leave pets in hot cars TORONTO — Retailing giant Wal-Mart will post signs in stores across Canada warning people about the dangers of leaving pets in hot cars.

The initiative follows the firing of employee Carla Cheney in Kemptville, Ont., who claims she was let go after confronting a customer who had left his dog in a car amid sweltering temperatures.

A statement from Wal-Mart says Cheney wasn’t fired for trying to help a dog in a car, but didn’t offer any further explanation due to “privacy reasons.”

Cheney’s lawyer Robert Monti says his client doesn’t accept that and will bring a wrongful-dismissal suit against the mega-chain.

Wal-Mart says it has a long-standing protocol that tells employees to notify authorities if an animal is in distress or at risk.

The Kemptville incident followed the death of a dog who had been left in a car parked at the Vaughan Mills shopping centre north of Toronto in June.

Authorities also issued warnings not to leave children unattended in vehicles after a boy in Milton, Ont., and a girl in Edmonton died this summer after being left in hot cars for extended periods of time.

OTTAWA — New figures from the parliamentary budget office show National Defence has not spent billions of dollars set aside for it during the last budget year, a trend described as deficit slashing by stealth.

The data on quarterly expenditures in the federal government show that by the end of the last fiscal year in March, the department had spent $2.3 billion less than allocated by Parliament.

That’s more than 10 per cent of the annual defence appropriation, also the single biggest discretionary line item in the federal budget.

Figures for previous years show that $9.6 billion has gone unspent in defence since the 2006-07 budget year — a trend defence officials have blamed on late equipment projects and an inefficient bureaucracy.

A former commander of the army says this calls for an explanation from the Harper government.

“I am not aware of any other Western armed forces, who are all going through budget reductions, underspending by such a dramatic amount over such a relatively long period of time,” said retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie.

He said the spending pattern is either a matter of managerial incompetence or a deliberate policy.

Some of the unspent funds, mostly earmarked for equipment, can be moved to other budgets in an exercise known as re-profiling, but a university expert in defence spending say the continuing pattern raises questions about intentions.

Dave Perry, of Carleton University and the Conference of Defence Associations, says if it was simply a matter of a faulty process, a government committed to ending inefficiency would have fixed it.

Pot activist gets OK to work on petition

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A British Columbia pot activist has received the green light to press ahead with a petition that, if successful, would force the provincial government to address the question of marijuana reform and could eventually see voters casting ballots on the issue.

Dana Larsen is using the province’s unique initiative legislation to propose a law that would effectively decriminalize pot by preventing police from enforcing simple possession laws.

Elections BC announced Thursday that Larsen’s petition, which outlines proposed changes to the provincial Police Act, has been approved, giving Larsen and his Sensible BC campaign two months to sign up

canvassers and prepare to start collecting signatures on Sept. 9.

To succeed, Larsen must then collect the signatures of 10 per cent of registered voters in each of the province’s 85 ridings by November. That would either force a vote in the legislature or a provincewide, non-binding referendum.

“We’ve got a pretty good shot at it, I think, but it’s very challenging,” Larsen said.

“What I am confident about is that if we get on the ballot, we will win a resounding majority in a referendum. We have incredible public support for this.”

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ROY SIGNS WITH BLUES The St. Louis Blues have officially signed Derek Roy to a oneyear deal after the centre passed his physical. Roy and the Blues had agreed to terms on Saturday. The 30-year-old Ottawa native split last season between Dallas and Vancouver. He had four goals and 18 assists in 30 games with the Stars before the Canucks acquired him at the trade deadline for defenceman Kevin Connauton and a second-round pick.

Roy was seen as a boost to the Canucks’ injury-riddled second line. he had three goals and three assists in 12 regular-season games for Vancouver, but managed only one assist in the playoffs as the Canucks were swept by San Jose. The five-foot-nine, 184pound forward has appeared has 168 goals and 287 assists in 591 games with Buffalo, Dallas and Vancouver.

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Roughriders 39 Argonauts 28 TORONTO — Kory Sheets has his sights set firmly on Mike Pringle.

The sophomore running back rushed for 178 yards and two TDs on Thursday night to power the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a 39-28 win over the Toronto Argonauts. It was the third straight week Sheets has rushed for more than 100 yards.

With a league-best 442 yards, Sheets is on pace for over 2,600 yards this year, which would smash Pringle’s single-season mark of 2,065 recorded in 1998.

And Sheets is well aware of Pringle’s record and his standing as the best running back in CFL history with a leaguerecord 16,425 career rushing yards.

“Yes, that was the first thing I did when I came up here two years ago, look at the league record for rushing and that’s been my goal ever since,” Sheets said. “Someone wants to say I’m being cocky because I want to be the best, then so be it, that’s their opinion. In everything I do I try and be great.”

Sheets, who had three 100-yard games last year, has rushed for career highs in the first three weeks of the season.

“Kory Sheets has it set in his mind he wants to be the best back in the league and I think he’s doing those things to become the best back in the league,” said Riders coach Corey Chamblin. “The playcalling was good and our O-line was phenomenal ... he (Sheets) knows for him to be the best back he also has to have the best O-line and those guys are giving good push up front.”

And earning their keep as Sheets treats his offensive linemen to hamburgers every time he rushes for over 100 yards.

“We’ll have to do something special if we get to 1,000 yards

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Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Rob Bagg is congratualted by quarterback Darian Durant after scoring a touchdown against the Toronto Argonauts during first quarter CFL action in Toronto on Thursday. kind of early,” Sheets said with a chuckle.

Riders’ quarterback Darian Durant was pretty good, too, completing 14-of-19 passes for 245 yards and three TDs — including two long ones to Taj Smith — before leaving with a foot injury with 9:52 remaining.

But Durant had cemented the win before a disappointing Rogers Centre gathering of 18,211

The good news is Saskatchewan (3-0) doesn’t play again until July 21 when it hosts Hamilton. But the Riders also got lucky when Toronto’s Jamie Robinson returned a Durant interception 88 yards for the TD at 6:43 of the second that would’ve given the Argos an 18-7 advantage.

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Pasula gets ‘special’ win at Wolf Creek

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

Saturday

● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Innisfail Yetti at Red Deer Renegades, 4:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Calgary Chill at Red Deer Rampage, 1 p.m., Kinex. ● Alberta Football League: St. Albert Stars at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park.

Sunday

● Major women’s soccer: Calgary Alliance at Red Deer Renegades, noon, RDC pitch. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Wranglers at Innisfail Yetti, 1 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer Rampage, 4:30 p.m., Kinex, ● Bantam AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs Black at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.

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with a 70-yard TD strike to Smith at 6:51 of the third.

Durant had found a wideopen Smith on a 61-yard touchdown pass in the opening half as Smith finished with a gamehigh 141 receiving yards on three catches.

“I’m not sure exactly what happened, I just know I got rolled up on it,” Durant said.

“It’s pretty sore.”

WOLF CREEK GOLF RESORT — He called it the biggest win of his young career, yet Brett Pasula wasn’t completely happy following the final round of the CN Future Links Western Championship Thursday.

“As soon as the wind picked up my swing left me, my putting left me, everything left me,” he said. “But the front nine I was two under, so that’s a highlight.”

Pasula shot a 34 on the front nine, but a nine-over 45 on the back left him with a 79 and made for a much tighter finish than it should have been. But the 16-year-old from Red Deer, who plays out of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, finished with a seven-over 223 total on the 54-hole event and a onestroke victory over Zach Sackett of Winnipeg and Jason Martens of Edmonton, both of whom had 74 Thursday.

Pasula was heading into the back nine Thursday when the wind picked up and the temperature dropped drastically. By the time they got to 15 the rain and lightning forced close to an hour delay.

“Most of the last groups played through it, so it was fair for those guys,” he said.

Pasula went into the final round with a three stroke lead, which proved to be enough.

“I think I was far enough ahead it intimidated some guys and it certainly helped me out today coming in with a big lead.”

Still he didn’t like what he

saw over the final nine holes.

“I was happy with the first 45 holes (of the tournament), but the final nine I have to erase from my memory bank and start new next week.”

Pasula, who has just finished Grade 11 at Notre Dame, will compete in the Alberta men’s amateur in Sundre, beginning Tuesday.

The Western Championship is one of six events on the CN Future Links calendar.

“It’s a special one to win,” said Pasula, who competed in the Alberta junior championship with strep throat and still finished a respectable 21st.

“Wasn’t my best but this made up for it,” he said.

He still has two years of junior ahead of him, but hopes to make his mark at the Canadian junior championship, set for July 30-Aug 2 in Garson, Ont. “It would be nice to win it,” said Pasula, who earned a berth in the Canadians with Thursday’s victory. “But really a top 25 finish is realistic. I’m still a juvenile so I wouldn’t mind winning that either.”

Pasula is playing his best golf of his career this season and is hoping his strong play will catch the attention of an university golf coach in the States or Canada.

“I’m hoping to get a scholarship after high school,” he said.

“I may take a year off, but playing university golf is a big thing.

It’s a matter of sending out letters and getting some emails and hopefully this summer I get an offer.”

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Rookie shuts down Blue Jays in loss to Indians

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Indians 4 Blue Jays 2 CLEVELAND — R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball can be puzzling. Same for the Blue Jays.

Expected to contend this season in the AL East, Toronto was held to two hits by rookie Danny Salazar — making his big league debut — and the up-and-down Blue Jays lost 4-2 to the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

After winning 11 straight, the Blue Jays have gone 6-11 and remain stuck in last place in arguably baseball’s toughest division.

“We’re around that edge,”

manager John Gibbons said.

“We’ve got to start winning some games.”

Dickey (8-10) was in control for five innings, but the righthander lost command of his tricky pitch in the sixth, when he hit a batter, walked two and gave up an RBI single to Lonnie Chisenhall.

A year ago at the All-Star break, Dickey was 12-1 and on his way to winning the NL Cy Young Award.

This season, he’s never been dominant and has only recently been effective.

“The last four or five weeks I’ve really felt good,” Dickey said. “I’ve had one rough start

in there, but other than that I’ve really been good as far as the way I’ve felt. I anticipate a pretty strong (second) half.”

Salazar pitched six superb innings — he held Toronto without a hit for the first five — and overpowered the Blue Jays, who struggled to catch up to a fastball that registered 99 mph on the stadium radar gun.

The hard-throwing right-hander struck out seven and showed poise from his first pitch to his last.

The Blue Jays have been struggling against any pitcher lately.

They were shut out in the series opener and needed a late

rally to pull out Wednesday’s win. Toronto scored just seven runs in the series, and one of the AL’s most powerful teams — the Blue Jays are second in homers — didn’t hit one long ball.

“We didn’t hit a home run in the series,” Gibbons said.

“When you look at it, when we win, we hit home runs. Our bats have gone cold in the last week.

We’ve had some spurts but overall we’re not swinging it real well.”

Salazar was brought up for just one start.

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Stampeders, Alouettes look vulnerable INJURIES, COACHING HEADLINE QUESTIONS AS TEAMS HEAD INTO WEEK 3 MATCHUP

MONTREAL — Two potentially vulnerable teams clash Friday when the Calgary Stampeders visit the Montreal Alouettes.

The Alouettes are coming off a woeful 19-11 loss at home to Winnipeg last week that raised questions on whether the team is in sync with its new coaching staff.

Calgary blew a second-half lead to lose 36-21 to Saskatchewan last week and lost starting quarterback Drew Tate and a few players on defence to injury, making Kevin Glenn the starter against Montreal.

Both 1-1 teams will be looking to bounce back when they meet at Percival Molson Stadium.

The Alouettes hoped they got things sorted out in team meetings.

“We sat down, everybody talked and got everything off their chest,” running back Brandon Whitaker said Thursday.

“As professionals, we have to put out a better performance.

“The defence had a great game but we just didn’t come out to play. We take that to heart.”

Quarterback Anthony Calvillo had the look of a man trying to quell a rebellion this week, saying the new coaching staff was not at fault and that the players have to buy into their system and perform up to expectations.

The offence looked lost against the Bombers, managing only nine first

downs in the game. Calvillo was sacked seven times.

That raised debate on his relationship with new coach Dan Hawkins and offensive co-ordinator Mike Miller after five years playing under quarterback guru Marc Trestman. Calvillo has always sat by himself on the bench between drives, but that suddenly has become an issue.

So have his frequent visible signs of exasperation at sacks, broken plays and missed passes.

“Now things are getting more emphasized,” said Calvillo. “The new coaching staff might not be used to it and I’m going to adjust to that because I know how important my body demeanour is to our team.

“When they see me frustrated, especially with the way things have been going, it’s going to bring them down. So it’s been talked about and it’s something I’ll continue to work on.”

On Thursday, he reiterated that it is a question of performance and not of confidence in the coaching staff.

“I would never go on the field if there were questions about a game plan,” he said.

“What it comes down to now is us executing the game plan.

“There’s a lot of confidence in our offence and now it’s up to us to go out and carry it onto the field. The biggest thing for us is that we have to believe we can get the job done. When you go into a game without any confidence, you’re defeated.”

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It would take a massive turnaround from last week’s effort, but the Stampeder defence isn’t counting out Calvillo or the Montreal offence, which has, in recent years, been among the CFL’s best.

Calgary has defensive questions of its own, defensive backs Keenan MacDougall (groin), Jamar Wall (ankle) and Derrius Brooks (ankle) and lineman Ben d’Aguilar (knee) all out. Quincy Butler, Keon Raymond, Yannick Carter and Kevin Huntley will dress.

Raymond will see his first action this season.

“They (the Alouettes) have a lot of veteran guys there and I’m pretty sure they’re going to rebound and play hard,” he said. “Their coaching staff is trying to get used to the league and it’s a big difference, but they have veteran guys like Anthony Calvillo trying to put their imprint on things.

“I seriously doubt them coming out and misfiring again.”

The Stampeders are probably the best equipped team in the league to deal with an injury to their starting quarterback. Glenn played most of last season with Tate out and went 9-5, and replaced him again for Calgary’s run to the Grey Cup game.

“He’s probably the best backup in the CFL,” said Montreal rush end John Bowman. “He brings experience, knowledge of the game and he reads situations good.

“I’m glad we get him off a short week and he probably wasn’t prepared

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A ball headed by Mexico’s Raul Jimenez, lower left, gets past Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan, third from right, for a goal in the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match Thursday, in Seattle. It looked as though Canada would not get the upset as they were down 2-0 to the Mexicans late in the second half.

Kovalchuk retires from NHL, goes home to Russia

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ilya Kovalchuk considered staying in Russia when the NHL lockout ended in January. Ultimately he returned to play the 2013 season with the New Jersey Devils.

But on Thursday, Kovalchuk made official what the Devils knew was a possibility since then.

The Devils announced that Kovalchuk was returning home and retiring from the NHL. The final 12 years and US$77 million of his contract were voided, and Kovalchuk is free to play in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League.

“Though I decided to return this past season, (general manager Lou Lamoriello) was aware of my desire to go back home and have my family there with me,” the 30-year-old said in a statement. “The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.”

It was a move that stunned the hockey world, but not Lamoriello, who insisted nothing in the game surprises him, including Kovalchuk’s abrupt departure.

“This wasn’t a decision by the New Jersey Devils,” Lamoriello said on a conference call with reporters. “He will not be playing here at his desire.”

Kovalchuk played for SKA St. Petersburg during the lockout and made it clear several months ago that he would stay there if he could. Reports from Russian news agencies indicated he will officially sign with SKA on Friday.

“It’s sad,” said Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates, who spent two years as an assistant with the Devils.

“It’s sad for our league. That’s one of our good players, we’re going to miss him.”

Kovalchuk’s retirement leaves a gaping hole on the Devils’ roster, though they do have almost $6.7 million more to use under the salary cap.

They’ll be charged $250,000 each season through 2024-25 as a result of this move, but they won’t be responsible for paying Kovalchuk another penny.

Lamoriello wasn’t forthcoming about the details of Kovalchuk’s decision, declining to reveal what the final conversations were like with the superstar winger who signed with the Devils three years ago after being traded there from Atlanta during the 2009-10 season. At the time, the 17-year, $102-million contract Kovalchuk signed was ruled invalid as salary-cap circumvention because he would have been 44 by the end of the deal.

Even after revising the contract for

to start, but he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the league.”

Coach John Hufnagel is less concerned about his quarterback than about getting the running game going.

And he wants the defence to do a better job of stopping the running and short passing games.

And to get to the quarterback more, which may be achievable with Calvillo absorbing 12 sacks in the first two games.

“They had their problems last week but guess what? The Calgary Stampeders had some problems last week also,” he said.

Montreal is missing guard Andrew Woodruff, who will be replaced by American Michael Ola. Off-season signing Jerome Messam is to make his Alouettes debut.

Calgary offensive lineman Dan Federkeil did not make the trip due to an illness.

And Canadian quarterback prospect Brad Sinopoli will be in the lineup as a receiver.

The Stampeders were scheduled to have their day-before-a-game walkthrough at the stadium, but were informed Thursday morning they couldn’t because of an insurance issue.

Instead, they went through their plays in a hotel ballroom.

“I make the schedule a week in advance and hopefully there are no glitches, but you have to adjust,” said Hufnagel, doing his best to laugh it off.

15 years and $100 million, the Devils must forfeit their 2014 first-round pick as punishment for the circumvention after they opted to keep their selections in 2012 and 2013.

Lamoriello did not want to discuss the possibility of reclaiming that pick with Kovalchuk gone. Nor did he want to address the questionable timing of Kovalchuk’s decision, six days after the start of free agency, after New Jersey lost winger David Clarkson to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

“Right now we jut have to take a step back to go forward and we’ll just re-evaluate what our options are and do the best we can, but we’ll be ready to play when September comes,” Lamoriello said.

Kovalchuk voided his contract with the Devils by signing his voluntary retirement papers according to Lamoriello, who said the NHL’s bylaws for players returning from that are “pretty tight.”

If he never returns to the NHL, Kovalchuk will finish his career with 417 goals and 399 assists in 816 games over 11 seasons spent with the Thrashers and Devils. He was the first overall pick of the Thrashers in 2001 and was a face of that franchise before being traded to New Jersey in 2010.

Asked if he felt the Devils’ experience with Kovalchuk was a positive one, Lamoriello said, “I’ll let you answer that.” He did not bite when asked if he felt betrayed by the superstar’s retirement.

“I am looking forward,” Lamoriello said. “I’m not thinking of anything that’s just transpired. I’m not going to allow anything get in the way of what I have to do as far as distracting myself.”

Looking forward includes trying to replace Kovalchuk. New Jersey is roughly $10.6 million under the salary cap, though it’s uncertain what the payroll budget is for an organization that has been mired in financial woes for years.

Many top free agents have already signed, so Lamoriello and the Devils must figure out how to approach the rest of the summer in the wake of Kovalchuk’s surprising decision.

“If there’s something we can do, we’ll do it,” he said. “Certainly we’re going to put the best possible team we can on the ice. That’s the most important thing.”

In the short term, the Devils are in a difficult spot without Kovalchuk in what looks like an ultra-competitive division with the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets. He was New Jersey’s No. 2 scorer in 2013 behind Patrik Elias, recording 11 goals and 20 assists.

TORONTO — Montreal Impact forward Marco Di Vaio is going to the MLS all-star game, thanks to scoring 73,838 goals in a week.

The Italian veteran had a lot of help. The goals were scored by video gamers as part of the AT&T MLS All-Star “In the Game” Challenge.

A fan vote has already selected 10 MLS all-stars for the July 31 contest against A.S. Roma at Sporting Park in Kansas City.

The 11th player, from among the remaining forwards on the all-star ballot, was determined by who scored the most goals in the made-in-

Canada “FIFA Soccer 13” game on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from noon July 3 to noon July 10.

One goal equalled one vote.

“I am honoured to be the first player voted into the All-Star Fan XI by the millions of ’FIFA Soccer 13’ players round the world,” Di Vaio said Thursday. “I want to thank all my fans who spent so many hours playing ’FIFA Soccer 13’ to help secure me a spot on the Fan XI.” Impact boss Joey Saputo tweeted in Italian, French and English.

“Greetings (at)divaio9 for your selection to the 2013 all-star game. First Impact player to make the MLS All Star team,”

said the tweet.

Irish international Robbie Keane of the Los Angeles Galaxy was runner-up with 69,797 goals.

In all, 488,611 goals were scored with eligible MLS forwards during the video game challenge.

The video game component of the all-star selection is the first in any pro sports league, according to Electronic Arts. EA already had the technology in place to track the goals scored, by virtue of its servers which connect online to FIFA gamers.

In real life, Di Vaio needs little help scoring.

The Italian, who turns 37 on July 15, is tied with Chicago’s Mike Magee for the league lead in goals with 11.

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Johnson starts well at Deere Classic PGA TOUR DEFENDING CHAMPION SHOOTS 7-UNDER FOR SHARE OF LEAD AFTER OPENING ROUND AT HOMETOWN TOURNAMENT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SILVIS, Ill. — It took years for Zach Johnson to feel comfortable at his hometown tournament.

These days, Johnson is more relaxed than anyone in the field — and that’s a major reason why he’s in early position to repeat as the champion of the John Deere Classic.

Johnson shot a 7-under 64 and is tied with Camilo Villegas for the lead after Thursday’s opening round of the John Deere Classic.

It was the 17th straight round in the 60s at TPC Deere Run for Johnson, who grew up roughly 100 miles away in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Matt Bettencourt made the field as a late alternate and shot a 6-under 65. He’s tied for second with Daniel Summerhays and Brendon de Jonge.

Boo Weekley is among a host of players at 5-under

66, while three-time tournament champion Steve Stricker is at 4-under 67 heading into Friday’s second round.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year. Yeah, I just kind of felt like you’re just leading into the next round here,” Johnson said. “I’ve just gotten so used to just everything about this tournament.”

It wasn’t always that way for Johnson.

Johnson finished 69th here five years ago after shooting 75 and 71 in the final two rounds — but he hasn’t touched 70 since.

Johnson, who was second in 2009 and third in 2011 before winning last year, topped his final-round 65 of 2012 by one stroke Thursday. He avoided bogeys while picking up birdies on five par-4s.

“It just feels so natural now,” Johnson said. ’It just feels very, very comfortable, much like my golf game — though I don’t want to get overly content with the fact that I’m overly comfortable. So I’ve still got to go to work.“ Villegas was also very comfortable on a course that proved player-friendly in the morning session.

He converted a pair of par-3 birdie putts to highlight a strong day on the greens.

“Made some great putts and just kept out of trouble. The golf course is a little receptive, and you could be aggressive,” Villegas said. “I was very pleased with the way I handled myself out there. It was nice, relaxed, chill attitude.”

Stricker entered the tournament as a co-favourite with Johnson, having won at TPC Deere Run from

2009-11. Stricker quickly showed why he’s considered the man the rest of the field could be chasing this weekend.

He just couldn’t keep it going for 18 holes.

De Jonge began his day with the one of the best shots of the tournament so far, holing out from 88 yards for an eagle on the par-5 10th hole. But Stricker matched him on No. 10 just 20 minutes later — chipping in from 83 yards out.

Stricker appeared to be in good shape as he made the turn at 4-under, but back-to-back bogeys helped put him three shots back of the leaders.

The most unlikely name among Thursday’s leaders had to be Bettencourt’s.

Sensing this week’s field would be full, Bettencourt booked a flight to Salt Lake City for this weekend’s Web.com event. But as he was sitting on a plane in Atlanta, the PGA Tour office called to tell him that he was eligible to replace Neal Lancaster.

Bettencourt was stuck with a flight to Utah regardless. But he then flew straight to Chicago, rented a car and arrived in the Quad Cities just before midnight.

Bettencourt didn’t need any practice time though.

He shot his best round at Deere Run since also opening the 2009 tournament with a 65.

“Fortunately I know the golf course, pretty much know the setup, been here enough times,” Bettencourt said. “I love this golf course. It’s a lot of fun, so I was really excited the entire flight to Chicago and kind of (on) adrenaline I guess.”

Mickelson sits two off the lead at Scottish Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INVERNESS — Phil Mickelson eased back into links golf with a 6-under 66 at the Scottish Open, leaving him behind two Englishman after a low-scoring first round on Thursday.

John Parry, ranked No. 471, held the clubhouse lead after a bogey-free 64 and Simon Khan (65) also tamed the Castle Stuart course in perfect morning conditions in the Scottish Highlands to finish alone in second.

Mickelson is tied for third with six others after quickly hitting his stride in the warm-up event for next week’s British Open, finding his range on and around the greens to produce six birdies and an eagle.

Twenty-one years into a trophy-laden professional career, the four-time major winner insists there is still time for him to “conquer links golf.”

And his stylish opening round sug-

gested a first win in Europe since 1993 could come either here or a few hours south in Muirfield next week.

“It’s great for me to get off to a decent start because I have gotten off to poor starts the last couple of years here, and I have been fighting just to make the cut and get into reasonable contention,” said Mickelson, who at No. 8 is the highest-ranked player in the tournament. “I’m not having to battle uphill.”

After a three-putt for a bogey on his first hole left him muttering, Mickelson made a 15-foot putt for eagle at No. 12 — his third hole. The decision to install five greens, all with different surfaces, in his garden to improve his putting is paying off this year.

“Many of my great rounds in the past have started with a bogey,” Mickelson said, “so I wasn’t too worried.

“The very first shot I tried to get a little greedy and it comes back to bite me. So it was a good wake-up call.”

Mickelson, fresh off missing the cut at the Greenbrier Classic last week and the heartbreak of his runner-up finish at the U.S. Open last month, felt he still “let a few shots go” in his first round of links golf since missing the cut at last year’s British Open.

The same can’t be said of Parry.

Outside the world’s top 600 in December, Parry is in his first year back on the European Tour after losing his card in 2011.

His confidence improved with a surprise 28th-place finish at last month’s U.S. Open — his first major.

“I played with some top players and saw what they are like — you realize you are not a million miles away, that they are just more consistent,” Parry said.

Everything went right for him after going out in the second group at 7:40 a.m., with birdies on four of his first six holes. Picking up a shot at the last pushed him ahead of Khan, who had

just finished as part of the first group, and left Parry with a grin on his face.

“It was one of them where it just keeps happening,” said Parry, whose only tournament win came in the Vivendi Cup in 2010.

“You wonder why you can’t do that every week.”

Shane Lowry, Mikko Ilonen, James Morrison, Kiradech Aphibarnrat all shot 66s with Mickelson in the morning session. Thongchai Jaidee and Chris Doak joined the seven-man group in a tie for third place a few hours later.

Only 14 of the 78 players setting out in the morning session finished over par, and 117 of the 156-man field broke par.

But with the wind picking up off the Moray Firth, the afternoon starters — among them the last two British Open champions, Darren Clarke and Ernie Els — found things slightly tougher and no one came close to threatening Parry’s score.

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Langvand and Canada loses at Universiade Team Canada and Karis Langvand of Red Deer lost 45-29 to Kazakhstan in the round of 32 in women’s epee fencing competition at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

Langvand, who attends the University of Calgary and is a member of the Red Deer Fencing Club, played three matches and was the only one of the three Canadians to win a bout in the nine bout matchup.

She lost 5-1 and 5-4 and won 8-5.

WIN: Strictly golf Pasula is one of several strong young golfers in Central Alberta, which only makes his game better.

“It keeps me practicing . . . keeps me going as I know they’re there,” he said.

Pasula is into cross-fit training and trains six days a week.

“I used to be into hockey, but not any more,” he said.

Now it’s strictly golf.

“My goal is to turn pro, but if it doesn’t work out I’m looking at being a doctor,” he concluded.

Matt Codd of the RDGCC had a final round 79 and tied for 16th at 233 while Logan Hill of the RDGCC came in with an 86

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Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista dives for an rbi triple hit by Cleveland Indians’ Carlos Santana in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, in Cleveland. The Indians won 4-2. and finished 40th at 246.

Kolby Vold of Ponoka and the host club was 45th at 252, following an 87, while Nolan Bruin and Carter Graf of the RDGCC finished 48th and 60th respectively.

Bruin shot an 82 and came in at 257 while 12-year-old Graf had a 100 for a 286 total.

Sabrine Garrison of Calgary won the girls’ title with a 216 total, following a final round 69. She won by six strokes over Michelle Kim of Surrey, B.C. and 10 ahead of Alix Kong of West Vancouver. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

later, he walked slumping Mark Reynolds.

Chisenhall then hit a blooper to left with the bases loaded that hung in the air long enough that the runners had to freeze.

When it dropped, Brantley sprinted home and left fielder Rajai Davis, thinking he had a chance at a forceout at home, sailed his throw to the backstop. The ball ricocheted toward the plate, and Raburn scored from second before the Blue Jays could retrieve it.

“He air-mailed it,” Gibbons said of Davis’ throw.

Dickey was more upset with a few of his own tosses that inning.

“The one that hit Brantley took off,” Dickey said. “It went straight left. It wasn’t a bad knuckleball. The walk to Raburn is the one at-bat the whole day I wish I could have had back.”

Jose Bautista hit an RBI double in the sixth for Toronto’s only run off Salazar, who acknowledged being nervous during his pregame bullpen warmup.

But once on the mound, Salazar was unflappable — and for a while, unhittable.

“We couldn’t do anything with Salazar,” Gibbons said. “He’s got a great arm. I tip my hat to the young kid.”

Salazar held Toronto without a hit until the sixth, when Josh Thole, batting just .108 slapped a 1-2 pitch into left.

JAYS: Bright future He’s headed back to Triple-A Columbus, but it may not be long before Salazar is back in Cleveland on a more permanent basis.

“We think the kid has a very bright future,” Francona said.

Chris Perez gave up a run in a shaky ninth but got his 11th save as the Indians beat Dickey for the second time this season.

Asdrubal Cabrera homered in the first off Dickey and Chisenhall drove in a run in Cleveland’s two-run sixth, which began with Dickey hitting Michael Brantley. Dickey then walked Ryan Raburn, and one out

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So much for Puig-mania sweeping the country. Give this contest to Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman.

Freeman and Toronto reliever Steve Delabar won the fan voting for the final spots in next week’s All-Star game, meaning Los Angeles Dodgers sensation Yasiel Puig is likely headed for a few days off after a terrific stretch to begin his major league career.

Freeman set a record with 19.7 million votes, and Puig was second.

Major League Baseball didn’t release the vote total for Puig, but said the Cuban defector also surpassed the previous record for the final vote of 15.6 million for Shane Victorino in 2009.

“It’s unbelievable,” Freeman said. “I’m kind of speechless. I wouldn’t be here without the fans.”

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However, it was negated by a pass interference call on Robinson. That gave Saskatchewan possession at the Toronto 14 and set up Sheets’ two-yard TD run at 7:30 to put the Riders ahead 14-11.

Saskatchewan took a 21-11 lead on Durant’s first TD pass to Smith at 14:10 en route to a 21-14 half-time advantage.

“It was huge, it was a momentum swing,” Durant said of the penalty on Robinson.

“Whenever they make mistakes you want to make them pay.”

Toronto (1-2) made it interesting early in the fourth when Ricky Ray hit Chad Kackert on a 48-yard touchdown pass to cut its deficit to 32-21. But despite passing for 334 yards and two TDs, Ray was also sacked five times as as the defending Grey Cup champions suffered their second straight loss.

“Part of it was them getting a two-touchdown lead,” said Toronto head coach Scott Milanovich. “They can grind it out and it’s easier to call his (Sheets’) number in that situation.

“Clearly they did a nice job with it.”

Saskatchewan, the CFL’s lone undefeated team, has been dominant at Rogers Centre, winning seven of its last eight games there and eight-of-11 overall against the Argos.

The Riders also scored more than 30 points for the third straight game.

But Saskatchewan opened last season with three straight wins before finishing third in the West Division standings with an 8-10 record.

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Friday, July 12, 2013

Baseball

Football

Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 57 37 .606 53 40 .570 51 42 .548 50 42 .543 44 47 .484

GB — 3 1/2 5 1/2 6 11 1/2

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 50 41 .549 48 44 .522 43 46 .483 37 52 .416 36 53 .404

GB — 2 1/2 6 12 13

Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston

West Division W L Pct 54 38 .587 53 39 .576 44 46 .489 40 52 .435 32 59 .352

GB — 1 9 14 21 1/2

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 1 Pittsburgh 5, Oakland 0 Baltimore 6, Texas 1 Toronto 5, Cleveland 4 Detroit 8, Chicago White Sox 5 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3, 13 innings L.A. Angels 13, Chicago Cubs 2 St. Louis 5, Houston 4 Boston 11, Seattle 4

Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-6) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 5-3), 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City (B.Chen 3-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 6-5), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Diamond 5-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 7-6), 5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 5-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 10-3), 5:05 p.m.

Texas (Grimm 7-6) at Detroit (Fister 6-5), 5:08 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 6-6) at Oakland (J.Parker 6-6), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Williams 5-4) at Seattle (J.Saunders 7-8), 8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 2:05 p.m.

Houston at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.

Texas at Detroit, 5:15 p.m.

Boston at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Kansas City at Cleveland, 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Texas at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Houston at Tampa Bay, 11:40 a.m.

Boston at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

H 130 90 115 115 115 108 100 126 104 103

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee

Arizona Los Angeles Colorado San Diego San Francisco

Thursday’s Games Cleveland 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 3 Boston 8, Seattle 7, 10 innings Baltimore 3, Texas 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 90 355 71 DOrtiz Bos 74 275 49 Trout LAA 89 359 63 ABeltre Tex 90 362 53 Pedroia Bos 93 364 57 Mauer Min 85 342 49 Loney TB 93 317 39 Machado Bal 93 400 55 Donaldson Oak 90 332 49 CDavis Bal 92 332 64

York, 21.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 94; CDavis, Baltimore, 86; Fielder, Detroit, 69; NCruz, Texas, 68; Encarnacion, Toronto, 68; DOrtiz, Boston, 65; Cano, New York, 62.

Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 13-0; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 133; Colon, Oakland, 12-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 10-3; Masterson, Cleveland, 10-7; Buchholz, Boston, 9-0; FHernandez, Seattle, 9-4.

Pct. .366 .327 .320 .318 .316 .316 .315 .315 .313 .310

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 34; MiCabrera, Detroit, 30; ADunn, Chicago, 24; Encarnacion, Toronto, 23; NCruz, Texas, 22; Ibanez, Seattle, 22; Cano, New

National League East Division W L Pct 53 39 .576 47 45 .511 46 47 .495 40 48 .455 33 57 .367 Central Division W L Pct 55 35 .611 54 36 .600 51 41 .554 41 49 .456 37 53 .411 West Division L Pct W 47 44 .516 45 45 .500 44 48 .478 41 51 .446 40 50 .444

GB — 6 7 1/2 11 19 GB — 1 5 14 18 GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 6 1/2 6 1/2

88 92 86 86 77 79 90

357 342 346 307 302 304 341

50 63 70 35 36 49 58

114 109 110 97 95 95 106

.319 .319 .318 .316 .315 .313 .311

Home Runs CGonzalez, Colorado, 24; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 23; DBrown, Philadelphia, 23; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; Beltran, St. Louis, 19; Bruce, Cincinnati, 18; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16; Uggla, Atlanta, 16; JUpton, Atlanta, 16.

Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 76; Craig, St. Louis, 71; Phillips, Cincinnati, 69; DBrown, Philadelphia, 64; Bruce, Cincinnati, 63; CGonzalez, Colorado, 63; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 60; FFreeman, Atlanta, 60.

Pitching Zimmermann, Washington, 12-4; Wainwright, St. Louis, 12-5; Lynn, St. Louis, 11-3; Corbin, Arizona, 10-1; Lee, Philadelphia, 10-3; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 9-3; Marquis, San Diego, 9-4.

Thursday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 000 001 001 — 2 5 1 Cleveland 100 002 01x — 4 8 0 Dickey, Loup (7), Oliver (8) and Thole; Salazar, R.Hill (7), Allen (8), C.Perez (9) and Y.Gomes. W— Salazar 1-0. L—Dickey 8-10. Sv—C.Perez (11).

HRs—Cleveland, A.Cabrera (7).

Minnesota 000 001 020 — 3 4 0 Tampa Bay 001 002 10x — 4 10 0 Pelfrey, Roenicke (7), Tonkin (7) and Mauer; M.Moore, Al.Torres (8), Jo.Peralta (8), McGee (9) and Lobaton. W—M.Moore 13-3. L—Pelfrey 4-7.

Sv—McGee (1). HRs—Tampa Bay, Scott (7), Longoria (18).

Wednesday’s Games Miami 6, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 2 N.Y. Mets 7, San Francisco 2 Pittsburgh 5, Oakland 0 Washington 5, Philadelphia 1 L.A. Angels 13, Chicago Cubs 2 St. Louis 5, Houston 4 L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 5, 14 innings Colorado 5, San Diego 4

Kan. City 310 000 000 — 4 10 0 New York 120 041 00x — 8 11 2 E.Santana, Collins (6), D.Joseph (7), Coleman (7) and S.Perez; Pettitte, Kelley (6), D.Robertson (8), Logan (9) and Au.Romine. W—Pettitte 7-6. L—E. Santana 5-6.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Washington 1 Atlanta 6, Cincinnati 5 Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 0 Milwaukee at Arizona, Late Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, Late San Francisco at San Diego, Late Friday’s Games St. Louis (J.Kelly 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 2-4), 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-6) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 5-3), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Hefner 4-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 1-2), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 5-6) at Miami (Eovaldi 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-7) at Atlanta (Medlen 6-8), 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 1-2) at Arizona (Corbin 101), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-5), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Gaudin 2-1) at San Diego (O’Sullivan 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 5:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 5:15 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Washington at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 11:35 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R YMolina StL 84 313 37 Cuddyer Col 71 273 43 Craig StL 87 334 48

Segura Mil Votto Cin MCarpenter StL Posey SF Scutaro SF FFreeman Atl Goldschmidt Ari

H 106 92 110

Pct. .339 .337 .329

Chicago 100 004 010 — 6 11 0 Detroit 020 010 000 — 3 10 2 Sale, Lindstrom (7), Thornton (8), A.Reed (9) and Phegley; Ani.Sanchez, Putkonen (6), Alburquerque (6), Coke (8), E.Reed (8) and B.Pena. W—Sale 6-8.

L—Ani.Sanchez 7-6. Sv—A.Reed (23). HRs—Chicago, Phegley (3), De Aza (11). Detroit, Tuiasosopo (6), Mi.Cabrera (30).

Boston 100 330 000 1 — 8 10 2 Seattle 041 200 000 0 — 7 12 0 (10 innings) Dempster, S.Wright (4), Uehara (10) and Lavarnway, Saltalamacchia; E.Ramirez, Furbush (5), O.Perez (8), Wilhelmsen (9) and Zunino. W—S. Wright 1-0. L—Wilhelmsen 0-3. Sv—Uehara (7).

HRs—Boston, Ellsbury (3). Seattle, Seager (14).

Texas 000 001 000 — 1 7 0 Baltimore 011 000 01x — 3 6 1 Wolf, Cotts (7), Frasor (8) and Pierzynski; Mig.Gonzalez, Patton (7), O’Day (8), Ji.Johnson (9) and Wieters. W—Mig.Gonzalez 7-3. L—Wolf 1-2. Sv—Ji. Johnson (31). HRs—Texas, Kinsler (9). Baltimore, C.Davis (34), B.Roberts (2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Wash.

000 001 000 — 1 5 0 Phila.

000 010 11x — 3 9 4 Zimmermann, Krol (7), Storen (8) and K.Suzuki; K.Kendrick, Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz.

W—K.Kendrick 8-6. L—Zimmermann 12-4. Sv— Papelbon (20).

Cincinnati 201 010 010 — 5 10 1 Atlanta 210 300 00x — 6 11 3 Latos, Ondrusek (5), Simon (7) and Mesoraco; T.Hudson, Walden (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann.

W—T.Hudson 6-7. L—Latos 8-3. Sv—Kimbrel (25).

St. Louis 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 Chicago 102 000 00x — 3 7 1 Westbrook, Choate (8) and Y.Molina; E.Jackson, B.Parker (8), Russell (8), Strop (8), Gregg (9) and Castillo. W—E.Jackson 6-10. L—Westbrook 5-4.

Sv—Gregg (16).

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

First Pace, purse $4,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Rummys Command (B. Clark) 2 Shark Festival (K. Clark) 3 Kinda Funky (H. Haining) 4 Barona Lite (B. Piwniuk) 5 Youre Away (R. Hennessy) 6 Bettor Dreams (J. Jungquist) 7 Cenalta Dynasty (B. Watt) Second Pace, purse $3,700 (EX, PX, SF, TR).

1 Brave Rustler (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Hollywood Monroe (G. Hudon) 3 Whos In The Hat (T. Cullen) 4 Sharon Blew Bye (B. Watt) 5 Liz Lover (J. Jungquist) 6 Baja Beach (J. Gray) 7 Hollywood Jubilee (J. Chappell) Third Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Stiletto Spur (T. Cullen) 2 Alcars Britefriday (P. Giesbrecht) 3 Best Out West (G. Hudon) 4 My World (K. Hoerdt) 5 Wrangler Hitech (T. Redwood) 6 Silent Rescue (J. Campbell) 7 National Interest (K. Clark) 8 Red Star Chance (D. Mcleod) 9 Dreamway Confed (J. Gray) ae Domino Theory (T. Cullen) Fourth Pace, purse $4,900 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Chatter Box (J. Campbell) 2 Outlaw Terra Gold (T. Redwood) 3 Cenalta Fireworks (R. Goulet) 4 Freedoms Treasure (W. Tainsh Jr) 5 Nitrous Force (T. Cullen) 6 Blazing By (J. Gray) 7 Keystone Maddie (P. Giesbrecht) Fifth Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Artninspiration (K. Hoerdt) 2 Cracklin Millie (G. Hudon) 3 Westwood Chaos (J. Jungquist) 4 Flawless Art (D. Mcleod) 5 Dickies Motel (J. Campbell) 6 Westcoast Royal (C. Brown) 7 Doda Gig (P. Davies) 8 Drinkin Her Pretty (K. Clark) 9 Eternal Grace (T. Cullen) Sixth Pace, purse $5,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Shirley Girl (G. Hudon) 2 Minettas Gidget (J. Chappell) 3 Popcorn (J. Gray) 4 Ruths Shadylady (J. Jungquist) 5 Cool One (D. Monkman Jr) 6 Outlaw Blue Danube (J. Campbell) 7 As Seely Promised (T. Redwood) 8 Born With A Grin (P. Giesbrecht) Seventh Pace, purse $3,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Cinderella Smiles (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Brendons No Fly (T. Redwood) 3 Glitteronthebeach (T. Cullen) 4 Such A Night (G. Hudon) 5 Carro Avro (R. Starkewski) 6 Regal Sage (P. Davies) 7 Tu Wong Fu (J. Chappell) 8 Crafty Cracker (W. Tainsh Jr) Eighth Pace, purse $10,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Fire Dance (D. Monkman Jr) 2 Skade (J. Campbell) 3 Kim Chee (K. Clark) 4 Outlawlookslikrain (C. Kolthammer)

WOMEN’S BASEBALL GRANBY, Que. — Red Deer’s Kelsey Lalor played a major role in Team Alberta downing Quebec II 8-5 in their opening game of the Canadian senior women’s baseball championships Thursday.

Lalor, 15, was the team’s leadoff hitter and while she was zero-for-one was hit twice and scored once.

Heidi Northcott of Rocky Mountain House was zero-forthree at the plate, but pitched 3 2/3 innings of two-hit ball, allowing one run. She walked one and fanned three.

Alberta plays Quebec I and Ontario today and B.C. Saturday with the top two teams playing for gold and the next two for bronze.

5 Sheezgotdawoogies (To Be Announced) 6 Barona Lilac (K. Hoerdt) 7 Isle Of Shoals (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 American Passion (G. Hudon) 9 Blue Star West (J. Gray) Ninth Pace, purse $10,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Artprize (J. Campbell) 2 Kiss My Crouper (R. Grundy) 3 Emotions Run Wild (K. Hoerdt) 4 Outlawcherishafool (C. Kolthammer) 5 Contesta Hanover (K. Clark) 6 Crackers Hot Shot (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Beach Baby (B. Clark) 8 Real Pretty (J. Gray) 9 Shadow Time (G. Hudon) Tenth Pace, purse $7,500 (EX, SF, TR).

1 Cloud Nine (K. Clark) 2 Easterpromise (J. Campbell) 3 Overnight Success (P. Giesbrecht) 4 Millbanks Ariel (T. Redwood) 5 Feelin Flush (T. Cullen) 6 Blue Star Beauty (W. Tainsh Jr) Eleventh Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Notacent Tobemade (G. Schedlosky) 2 Skirmish (K. Clark) 3 Modern Man (C. Brown) 4 Outlawclassichrome (T. Redwood) 5 Blue Star Charger (J. Chappell) 6 K B Hercules (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Hes Country (Q. Schneider) 8 Connors Cam Bo (P. Giesbrecht) 9 Bomber Brown (J. Campbell) ae Canbec Hooligan (T. Cullen) Sunday Entries Post time: 1:15 p.m.

First Pace, purse $4,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Say Again (K. Clark) 2 Whosurboo (R. Hennessy) 3 Incognito Cowboy (B. Clark) 4 Jacksons Spin (P. Giesbrecht) 5 Bettor To Be Free (J. Jungquist) 6 Metajka Road (J. Gagne) 7 Cool Eyes (D. Monkman Jr) 8 Tinhorn Creek (G. Hudon) Second Pace, purse $3,000 (EX, PX, SF, TR).

1 Meadowlark Tsunami (C. Brown) 2 Cigar Party (K. Clark) 3 Two Pack Habit (T. Redwood) 4 A Pride Day (P. Giesbrecht) 5 On A Rocket (J. Jungquist) 6 Mjjz Shannon D (Q. Schneider) 7 Presidential Pass (R. Hennessy) Third Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Arctic Muscles (C. Brown) 2 Classy Cracker (T. Redwood) 3 Hesacountryboy (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Barndougle (G. Clark) 5 Whosurhero (J. Jungquist) 6 Modern Cowboy (G. Hudon) 7 Western Shoot Out (R. Grundy) 8 Lefty Malone (J. Gagne) 9 Timely Promise (J. Campbell) ae Artability (Q. Schneider) Fourth Pace, purse $3,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Arctic Wireman (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Get Thereovernight (K. Clark) 3 Cenalta Alert (T. Cullen) 4 Burntoastformyles (J. Campbell) 5 Newport Place (T. Redwood)

6 Conspirator (B. Clark) 7 Lo Tengo (D. Monkman Jr) Fifth Pace, purse $3,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Capablenrewarding (D. Mcleod) 2 Modern Look (P. Giesbrecht) 3 Bob Watts (T. Cullen) 4 Mjjz R Us (P. Davies) 5 Remarkable Cam (J. Campbell) 6 Red Star Tiger (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Gaucho Hanover (R. Hennessy) 8 Brandon Bey V (T. Redwood) 9 Dees Promise (K. Clark) ae Western Chrome (R. Goulet) Sixth Pace, purse $4,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Rascal Shark (P. Davies) 2 Blistillmyheart (J. Gagne) 3 Little Bit Faster (T. Redwood) 4 Life On Homicide (J. Jungquist) 5 Burn The Floor (R. Hennessy) 6 Newcrackofdawn (B. Watt) 7 Play Me Right (J. Campbell) 8 Cenalta Octane (R. Grundy) Seventh Pace, purse $3,200 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Cams Wizard (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Willie Go Mjjz (T. Redwood) 3 Swing Away (T. Cullen) 4 Bettor In The Bank (K. Clark) 5 Arctic Artist (J. Campbell) 6 Westcoast Son (C. Brown) 7 Broadies Dancer (P. Davies) 8 Justabitcrazy (G. Hudon) 9 Caleo Bay (H. Haining) Eighth Pace, purse $10,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Brenin (J. Gray) 2 Tip Top Tap (R. Hennessy) 3 Masada Rocks (K. Hoerdt) 4 Senga Nanjeing (R. Grundy) 5 American Venture (K. Clark) 6 Big N Bad (J. Campbell) 7 Medicine Hat (P. Giesbrecht) Ninth Pace, purse $10,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Aerial Time (J. Chappell) 2 Tatsu (T. Cullen) 3 Gotta Bad Attitude (G. Clark) 4 Blue Star Admiral (W. Tainsh Jr) 5 Premium Attaction (K. Hoerdt) 6 Lisvinnie (R. Hennessy) 7 Pedal Steel (J. Campbell) 8 Beren Hanover (K. Clark) Tenth Pace, purse $7,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Hilldrop Shady (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Playbook (K. Clark) 3 Cowboy Caper (K. Hoerdt) 4 Kg Explorer (R. Goulet) 5 Bachelor Pad (B. Clark) 6 Gts Jake (J. Gray) 7 Kg Art Dreamer (G. Hudon) 8 Revoler (J. Campbell) 9 Loneridge Shannon (T. Cullen) Eleventh Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR).

1 Me Myself And I (B. Clark) 2 G I Joan (K. Clark) 3 Caracas (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Comeshomeearly (K. Hoerdt) 5 Truly Cruisin (B. Watt) 6 Barona Java (G. Hudon) 7 Yankee Mystique (P. Giesbrecht) 8 Major Ziggy (P. Davies) 9 Js Honeybet (G. Clark) ae Minettaszoombyyall (T. Cullen)

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Agreed to terms with RW Aaron Palushaj, G Mike Murphy and D Michal Jordan on one-year, two-way contracts.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed F Michael McCarron to a three-year, entry-level contract and F Ben Duffy to a one-year, two-way AHL/ECHL contract.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Announced the retirement of F Ilya Kovalchuk.

PHOENIX COYOTES — Re-signed LW Lauri Korpikoski to a four-year contract. Signed C Tim Kennedy to a one-year, two-way contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed F Derek Roy to a one-year contract.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Matt Halischuk.

BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Reduced the six-game suspension of Detroit RHP Rick Porcello to five games.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Zach Britton and RHP Kevin Gausman to Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Preston Guilmet to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Danny Salazar from Columbus.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned OF Jimmy Paredes to Oklahoma City (PCL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed RHP Wade

Montreal Winnipeg Toronto Hamilton

Canadian Football League EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF 1 1 0 2 49 1 1 0 2 52 1 2 0 2 83 0 2 0 0 54

PA 52 49 97 69

WEST DIVISION W L T Pts PF 3 0 0 6 114 1 1 0 2 56 1 1 0 2 65 1 1 0 2 48

PA 67 60 68 59

Saskatchewan B.C. Calgary Edmonton

Third Quarter Sask. — Single Schmitt 56 3:51 Sask. — TD Smith 70 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 6:51 Fourth Quarter Sask. — FG Milo 21 2:14 Tor — TD Kackert 48 pass from Ray (Prefontaine convert) 4:54 Sask. — TD Sheets 37 run (Milo convert) 12:45 Tor — TD Collaros 2 run (Prefontaine convert) 14:37 Saskatchewan 7 14 8 10 — 39 Toronto 11 3 0 14 — 28 Attendance — 18,211 at Toronto.

Thursday’s Games Saskatchewan 39, Toronto 28 Friday’s Game Calgary at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Winnipeg at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.

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

TEAM STATISTICS First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Total offence Passes tried-made Returns yards Interceptions-yards by Fumbles-Lost Sacks by Punts-average Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

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.

Thursday’s summary Roughriders 39, Argonauts 28 First Quarter Tor — FG Prefontaine 44 3:47 Tor — Single 43 Prefontaine 51 8:58 Sask. — TD Bagg 11 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 12:20 Tor — TD Durie 10 pass from Ray (Prefontaine convert) 15:00 Second Quarter Sask. — TD Sheets 2 run (Milo convert) 7:30 Sask. — TD Smith 61 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 14:10 Tor — FG Prefontaine 44 15:00

Toronto 27 76 441 517 46-33 121 0-0 1-0 1 4-19 11-68 29:20

Sask.

23 224 254 478 20-15 143 0-0 0-0 5 7-59 9-79 30:40

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Saskatchewan: Sheets 26-178, Durant 2-24, Sanders 3-18, Dressler 1-4. Toronto: Kackert 9-35, Durie 1-22, Collaros 4-19.

Receiving Saskatchewan: Smith 3-141, Bagg 3-34, Dressler 3-22, Sheets 2-21, Getzlaf 1-14, Sanders 1-9, McHenry 1-9, Riley 1-4. Toronto: Durie 7-100, Owens 8-85, Inman 5-82, Iglesias 3-65, Kackert 5-64, Barnes 3-34, Watt 2-11.

Passing Saskatchewan: Durant 14-19-245-0-0, Willy 1-1-90-0. Toronto: Ray 26-36-329-0-0, Collaros 6-9-1070-0, Inman 1-1-5-0-0.

Golf PGA-John Deere Classic Thursday At TPC Deere Run Silvis, Ill. Purse: $4.6 million Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71 (35-36) First Round a-denotes amateur Zach Johnson 31-33 Camilo Villegas 33-31 Brendon de Jonge 34-31 Matt Bettencourt 31-34 Daniel Summerhays 30-35 Vaughn Taylor 32-34 Robert Streb 34-32 Jim Herman 34-32 Kevin Streelman 32-34 Boo Weekley 34-32 Matt Jones 32-34 David Hearn 33-33 Martin Flores 34-33 Ryan Moore 34-33 K.J. Choi 34-33 Steve Stricker 35-32 Davis Love III 32-35 Lee Williams 35-32 Steve LeBrun 32-35 a-Patrick Rodgers 34-33 Patrick Reed 36-31 Tom Gillis 33-34 Chris Kirk 33-34 Nick Watney 33-34 Donald Constable 32-35 Dicky Pride 34-34 Scott Langley 32-36 Brian Gay 34-34 Charles Howell III 35-33 Lucas Glover 34-34 J.J. Henry 33-35 Ryo Ishikawa 36-32 Casey Wittenberg 34-34 Roberto Castro 35-33 Andrew Svoboda 34-34 Ben Kohles 34-34 Troy Matteson 33-35 Michael Letzig 34-34 Jerry Kelly 34-34 Charlie Beljan 36-32 Jeff Overton 33-36 Nick O’Hern 35-34 Keegan Bradley 33-36 Mike Weir 35-34 Jason Bohn 34-35 Brandt Jobe 33-36 Rod Pampling 32-37 Steven Bowditch 35-34 Joe Affrunti 32-37 Doug LaBelle II 34-35 Greg Chalmers 36-33 Nicholas Thompson 35-34 Seung-Yul Noh 33-36 Ken Duke 36-33 Harris English 34-35 Gary Woodland 36-33 Michael Bradley 34-35 Jonathan Byrd 33-36 Fabian Gomez 34-35 Chad Campbell 37-32 Justin Peters 34-35 John Kimbell 34-35 T.J. Vogel 34-35 Charlie Wi 36-34 Jeff Gove 33-37 Scott Stallings 34-36 Ted Potter, Jr. 37-33 Carl Pettersson 35-35 Brendan Steele 36-34 Tommy Gainey 35-35 Charley Hoffman 35-35 Y.E. Yang 34-36 Jordan Spieth 33-37 Brian Davis 35-35 John Rollins 37-33 David Mathis 34-36 Shaun Micheel 34-36 Chris Naegel 34-36 Tim Petrovic 35-35 Kevin Sutherland 36-34 Kevin Stadler 33-37 Brian Harman 35-35 Tag Ridings 37-33 Ben Crane 34-36 Bryce Molder 36-34 Stuart Appleby 33-37 John Senden 34-36 Jesper Parnevik 34-36 Brendon Todd 35-35 Andres Gonzales 34-36 Henrik Norlander 35-35 U.S. Senior Open Thursday At Omaha Country Club Omaha Neb. Purse: TBA ($2.75 million) Yardage: 6,711; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round a-denotes amateur Jay Don Blake 32-35 Michael Allen 32-35 Kenny Perry 34-33 Gary Hallberg 35-32 Tom Lehman 35-32 Mark O’Meara 34-33 Fred Funk 34-33 Chien Soon Lu 36-32 Peter Senior 33-35 Bernhard Langer 33-35 Rocco Mediate 34-34 Jeff Brehaut 34-35 Steve Lowery 35-34

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Colin Montgomerie Kohki Idoki Jeff Sluman Eduardo Romero Kevin Coombs Corey Pavin Walt Chapman Stan Utley Tom Watson Duffy Waldorf Tom Kite Peter Horrobin George Forster Chris Williams David Eger Peter Fowler Kirk Triplett Steve Elkington Dan Forsman Brian Henninger Paul Wesselingh Gary Koch Larry Mize J.K. Kim Pete Busch Bob Flanagan Jeff Hart Fred Couples Esteban Toledo Joe Ozaki Jerry Pate Craig Stevens Mark Mielke Rod Spittle

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LPGA-Manulife Financial Classic Thursday At Grey Silo Golf Course Waterloo, Ontario Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,336 ; Par: 71 (36-35) First Round a-denotes amateur Catriona Matthew 31-32 Angela Stanford 32-31 Irene Cho 33-32 Meena Lee 33-32 Belen Mozo 32-33 Hee Young Park 33-32 Inbee Park 32-33 Chella Choi 33-33 Ji Young Oh 33-33 Ryann O’Toole 35-31 Jenny Shin 33-33 Amy Yang 35-31 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 36-31 Nicole Hage 36-31 Hee-Won Han 34-33 Karine Icher 34-33 Jennifer Johnson 33-34 Seon Hwa Lee 34-33 Paola Moreno 35-32 Becky Morgan 34-33 Anna Nordqvist 34-33 Momoko Ueda 33-34 Karlin Beck 33-35 Amanda Blumenherst 35-33 Silvia Cavalleri 36-32 Kathleen Ekey 31-37 Austin Ernst 34-34 Sandra Gal 33-35 Tiffany Joh 36-32 I.K. Kim 34-34 Jessica Korda 35-33 Candie Kung 35-33 Jee Young Lee 33-35 Stacy Lewis 33-35 Lisa McCloskey 35-33 Suzann Pettersen 35-33 Morgan Pressel 33-35 Alena Sharp 34-34 Alison Walshe 33-35 Sun Young Yoo 35-33 Christel Boeljon 36-33 Heather Bowie Young 33-36 Na Yeon Choi 34-35 Jacqui Concolino 36-33 Lorie Kane 35-34 Hanna Kang 34-35 Brittany Lang 36-33 Pernilla Lindberg 34-35 Paige Mackenzie 35-34 Dewi Claire Schreefel 33-36 Giulia Sergas 35-34 Karrie Webb 37-32 Michelle Wie 34-35

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Scottish Open Thursday At Castle Stuart Golf Links Inverness, Scotland Purse: $4.48 million Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72 First Round John Parry, England 31-33 Simon Khan, England 33-32 Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 33-33 Chris Doak, Scotland 35-31 Shane Lowry, Ireland 34-32 Mikko Ilonen, Finland 33-33 Phil Mickelson, United States 33-33 James Morrison, England 32-34 Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 33-33 Peter Uihlein, United States 35-32 Damien McGrane, Ireland 35-32 Paul McGinley, Ireland 31-36 Marcel Siem, Germany 34-33 Gary Lockerbie, England 33-34 Keith Horne, South Africa 34-33 Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands33-34 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 35-32

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Soccer Davis on the paternity list. Recalled LHP Donnie Joseph from Omaha (PCL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jonathan Van Eaton on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed LHP Caleb Thielbar on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Michael Tonkin from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated SS Derek Jeter from the 60-day DL. Designated 1B Travis Ishikawa for assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Carter Capps to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled RHP Erasmo Ramirez from Tacoma.

TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned RHP Josh Lindblom to Round Rock. Recalled LHP Joseph Ortiz and RHP Wilmer Font from Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Drew Hutchison to Dunedin (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

Agreed to terms with LHP Matt Boyd on a minor league contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Recalled LHP Eury De La Rosa from Reno (PCL). Optioned LHP Tyler Skaggs to Visalia (Cal).

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Brooks Raley to Iowa (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Michael Bowden from Iowa.

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed C Ryan Hanigan on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Selected the contract of C Corky Miller from Louisville (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent RHP Jared Hughes to the GCL Pirates for a rehab assignment.

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Montreal 17 9 4 4 31 Kansas City 19 8 5 6 26 New York 19 8 7 4 25 Philadelphia 19 7 6 6 29 Houston 18 7 6 5 20 New England 17 6 5 6 21 Columbus 19 6 8 5 23 Chicago 17 6 8 3 19 Toronto 17 2 8 7 17 D.C. 19 2 13 4 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Salt Lake 19 10 5 4 29 Dallas 19 8 4 7 27 Portland 18 7 2 9 28 Los Angeles 19 9 7 3 29 Vancouver 18 8 5 5 29 Colorado 20 7 7 6 23 Seattle 16 7 6 3 21 San Jose 20 5 9 6 20 Chivas USA 18 3 10 5 16 Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie.

Friday’s game Chivas USA at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games Montreal at New York, 5 p.m.

Houston at New England, 5:30 p.m.

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

Salt Lake at Dallas, 7 p.m.

GA 25 19 24 29 18 14 23 25 24 29

Pt 31 30 28 27 26 24 23 21 13 10

GA 18 24 17 22 25 22 19 32 32

Pt 34 31 30 30 29 27 24 21 14

Seattle at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s game Chicago at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

GOLD CUP GROUP STAGE GROUP A Panama Martinique Mexico Canada

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W 2 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0

L 0 1 1 1

GF 3 1 1 0

GA Pts 1 6 1 3 2 0 1 0

Thursday Seattle Panama 1, Martinique 0 Seattle Mexico vs. Canada, Late GROUP B El Salvador Haiti Honduras Trinidad

GP 0 0 0 0

W 0 0 0 0

D 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0

GF 0 0 0 0

GA Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GP 0 0 0 0

W 0 0 0 0

D 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0

GF 0 0 0 0

GA Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GROUP C Belize Costa Rica Cuba United States

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 12, 2013 B5

Seven tied for lead after opening round US SENIOR OPEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OMAHA, Neb. — It’s never been so crowded at the top of the U.S. Senior Open leaderboard.

When Tom Lehman chipped in from 45 feet on the 18th hole Thursday, he joined six others at 3-under 67 for the first round at the Omaha Country Club.

There had never been as many as seven co-leaders after the opening round of the event. The previous record was five in 1997.

“In one round, 18 holes, it’s like a sprint,” Lehman said. “Over the course of four rounds, which is more like a marathon, things really do spread out.

The field will thin out.”

Kenny Perry shot a 67 in the morning, putting together a solid start in his bid for a second straight win in a senior major. Michael Allen and Jay Don Blake also were 3 under after their morning rounds, and Gary Hallberg, Mark O’Meara, Fred Funk and Lehman came in with the same score in the afternoon.

The hilly 6,700-yard course took a toll on the field of golfers age 50 and older, especially in the afternoon as temperatures reached the upper 80s with a light breeze. The small and undulating greens browned up in the heat and proved dicey.

“When you get tough conditions and you’re playing good, you get rewarded,” Funk said. “More than likely, the guy that’s playing the best in these kind of conditions will be at the top.

Hopefully, it will be me.”

Perry, who won the Senior Players Championship two weeks ago at Fox Chapel, Pa., made five birdies against

two bogeys.

The season points leader started on the back nine and had birdies on three of his first eight holes. He hit an 8-iron to within 10 feet on the par-3 11th, drove the green on the 312-yard, par-4 13th, and hit hybrid-pitching wedge on the 319-yard, par-4 17th and made his 15-foot putt.

He birdied both par-5s on his second nine, but came away a bit disappointed after missing a 5-foot eagle putt on No. 6.

“I took care of the par 5s today and drove it nicely, kept it in the fairway, kept it in play,” Perry said. “Like I said yesterday, if I hit it in the fairway, I really like my chances on this golf course.”

Lehman, the 2012 Champions Tour points and money leader, overcame a bogey on No. 8 with three birdies on the back nine — none bigger than the one on 18.

His second shot came to rest in thick grass to the right of the green. He used an 8-iron for his chip and watched it roll downhill slowly into the cup for what ranked as the shot of the day.

“The lie was a little bit squirrely,” Lehman said. “The grass was growing against the ball so it’s easy to kind of not catch it cleanly. I took less loft and kind of hit it a little bit thin. Once it gets out on the green, it’s going to get down there.”

Chien Soon Lu, Peter Senior, Rocco Mediate and 2010 champion Bernhard Langer shots 68s. Colin Montgomerie, who turned 50 last month and is playing in his second senior event, was in a pack that was two shots behind.

Defending champion Roger Chapman struggled with his putter and was

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Canadian Rod Spittle hits out of a bunker on the eighth hole Thursday, in the first round of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament in Omaha, Neb. seven shots behind after a 74.

Tom Watson, who played with Langer and Montgomerie and drew the largest galleries of the day, struggled with his irons while shooting a 70 that included one birdie and one bogey.

“I hit a few good shots today, but for the most part, my shots weren’t very solid,” Watson said. “One good thing about it was that I got about the best score I possibly could out of my round.”

Fred Couples, coming off three straight runner-up finishes on the

Champions Tour, had a 1-over 71.

Couples, like others, had difficulty figuring out the speed of the greens.

The recent heat wave has put stress on them, and warmer temperatures are forecast this weekend.

“They’re suffering,” Lehman said.

“And there’s differing kinds of grass.

That’s probably the biggest thing. It’s not 100 per cent pure. So the heat affects them each differently, which is why you see that spotty stuff. That kind of makes the putts really not quite as true as you would hope for.”

MLB player’s union Bombers looking for offence to criticizes media leaks finally gel in matchup against Ticats in drug investigation

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The head of the players’ union said Thursday baseball’s drug agreement could be undermined by leaks to the media about whether players are co-operating with an investigation by the commissioner.

Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun are among the players being interviewed as part of Major League Baseball’s inquiry into Biogenesis, a closed Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.

“Repeated leaks threaten to harm the integrity” of the drug agreement, union executive director Michael Weiner said in a statement. He added that the leaks “call into question the required level of confidentiality needed to operate a successful prevention program.”

Braun is among several players who refused to answer questions about their dealings with Biogenesis, which was first reported Wednesday by ESPN and the Daily News of New York. Braun was interviewed last month and Rodriguez is scheduled to be interviewed Friday.

“The players want a clean game and they demand a testing program that is not only the toughest in professional sports, but one that guarantees each player due process rights accompanied by strict confidentiality provisions,” Weiner said.

The union said it has no information about the source of the leaks or any indication that MLB is the source. MLB has spent most of the year investigating about 20 players for their links to Biogenesis, including Rodriguez and Braun, both former MVPs. Miami New Times reported in January the clinic had distributed banned drugs to major leaguers.

Braun and Rodriguez have said they didn’t do anything that merits discipline.

MLB aims to complete the player interviews in mid-July, but is not sure whether it will meet that schedule. Management then will have to decide on possible discipline, which is likely to be challenged in grievances before an arbitrator.

“It would be unfortunate if anyone prejudged the results of the investigation based on unsubstantiated leaks that are a clear violation of the JDA,” Weiner said, referring to baseball’s joint drug agreement.

Rodriguez has said he used performance-enhancing drugs while with Texas from 2001-03 but has denied using them since.

Braun’s 50-game suspension was overturned last year by an arbitrator who ruled the Milwaukee star’s urine sample was mishandled by the drug collector.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg Blue Bombers coach Tim Burke is looking for his offence to click this weekend after a couple of uninspiring starts where the defence managed to shine brighter.

“I wasn’t happy with their performance on the first days of practice but the last two days have been much better,” Burke said Thursday. “This is hopefully a game where we break out of our slump.”

The Bombers (1-1) will meet the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-2) in Guelph, Ont., Saturday.

The defence was the cog that kept the wheels spinning in their first win of the season in Montreal last week. Turnovers and sacks sapped the momentum of quarterback Buck Pierce.

The official count was five sacks but offensive co-ordinator Gary Crowton says it was really only three.

“Two of those sacks were the run plays where the back went the wrong way or the quarterback on the exchange fumbled, so they

der injury, Isaac Anderson is in at receiver and both Pierce and Burke say his speed will be an asset, particularly as a deep threat.

“Isaac is probably one of the fastest guys on the team,” said Burke.

“Not having Terrence is tough because of his experience and his leadership,” Pierce said of the dependable slotback.

Anderson started three games at slotback late last season as well.

He is looking forward to the opportunity and said he has been riding in Edwards’ back pocket all week as he tries to get up to speed on spacing and using leverage to set up people on routes.

He says it’s time the members of the offence justified the confidence their coaches have in their abilities.

“The expectation is high so we’ve got to meet it with intensity,” he said, sweat running down his face after a strenuous practice that continued well after other players had left the field. “We’ve got to put some points on the board to help our defence now and then.”

Tim Hortons gets naming rights for new Hamilton stadium

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON, Ont. — New stadium, new name.

According to a CFL source requesting anonymity, Tim Hortons has purchased the naming rights for the new stadium being built in Hamilton to stage the soccer event for the 2015 Pan American Games.

There’s no indication how much Tim Hortons paid for the rights or the length of the agreement but both the restaurant chain as well as the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats will unveil details of the deal today at a news conference.

The Ticats are playing their home games at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont., while the new stadium is being built and is scheduled to move into the new facility in time for the 2014 CFL season.

The new $145.7-million, state-of-the-art facility is

being built on the same grounds that the Ticats’ longtime venue, Ivor Wynne Stadium, used to stand, The new stadium, which will reportedly be called Tim Hortons Field, will be home for the soccer competition for the 2015 Pan American Games.

The facility will have permanent seating for 22,500 spectators with the ability to be expanded to 40,000 seats for major events.

Ivor Wynne Stadium was demolished following the 2012 CFL season after 84 years of existence to make way for the new venue.

Tim Hortons is the largest publicly-traded restaurant chain in Canada and one of the biggest in North America in terms of market capitalization.

As of March 31, Tim Hortons had 4,288 systemwide restaurants, including 3,453 in Canada and 808 in the U.S.

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count those as sacks,” he said.

“Anytime the quarterback gets a loss they count it as a sack.”

But five is what’s on the record books and he says they have to live with that.

“It is what it is,” said Crowton.

“This week we’re really focused on our technique. We’ve got a lot of ways to protect where we can mix it up sometimes.”

Turnovers have also plagued the Bomber offence. The first play of the first game was an interception thrown by Pierce.

The Bombers fought their way back from a 14-point deficit and led for a while before bowing 3833 to Montreal.

Crowton said he was happier with the start last week in Montreal, when the Bombers outscored the Alouettes 19-11, although turnovers were still an issue.

One of those three sacks, for example, was also a fumble.

“If you have mistakes you’ve got to put them behind you and move forward,” said Crowton. “I think we’ve done that, now we’ve got to not have those mistakes.”

With Terrence Edwards out of the offence this week with a shoul-

B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 12, 2013

Toronto FC not saying much about interest in Forlan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — There are no denials of interest, but Toronto FC continues to stay mum on the topic of Uruguayan World Cup star Diego Forlan.

“We don’t really have a lot to say about it,” Toronto president Kevin Payne said Thursday, citing Forlan being under contract to Brazil’s Internacional.

Pressed further, Payne acknowledged his MLS club could make an offer for a player under contract. He just didn’t want to talk about such.

“Look I don’t think it’s a good policy to talk about deals that are in progress,” he told reporters after practice.

“It can’t do anything to help the deal.

And it also can make you look pretty dumb if the deal doesn’t happen.

“We don’t talk about offers we’ve made and we definitely don’t talk publicly about players who are under contract to another team. To me, it’s a form of tampering. And even though it’s done frequently in the rest of the world, I don’t think it’s appropriate.”

In the past, Payne has talked about signing players who are “appreciating assets,” referring to young talent on the rise.

Forlan is 34. And while still vibrant, his future seems limited. But Payne says the TFC roster needs seasoned veterans.

“It’s pretty clear from watching this group, we’ve got a lot of good young talent on our team. But we need some players who’ve been through some wars, players who’ve won things, and players who understand what it takes to win, to lead those young players.”

some big salaries.

Veteran defender Danny Califf, currently back home with his family, has a salary listed at $165,000. Backup goalie Stefan Frei makes $200,000.

Add in fullbacks Darren O’Dea ($456,250) and Richard Eckersley ($310,000) and TFC has used up more than a third of its salary cap.

Those salaries could be even higher if Toronto has used allocation money to pay down the amount to the listed wages.

Depending on what it does in the summer transfer window, the team could go into next year season with just four or five guaranteed contracts.

That would then allow the front office to sign its own preferred core of players, shedding the rest.

Payne, meanwhile, says the playoffs are a longshot but still possible this season. Toronto has yet to experience the post-season, missing out the last six seasons.

And with a record of 2-8-7, the struggling club is currently 13 points out of the fifth and last playoff spot in the East.

Payne says the team has dug itself a deep hole but can pick up points with a good winning streak, especially against Eastern Conference opposition.

“We get to play a lot of six-point games,” he said. “We’re confident that if we can get the right pieces on the field that we can still make a run at the playoffs, we want to be in the conversation in the fall.”

Toronto plays at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday and Chivas USA next Wednesday before returning home to host the New York Bulls on July 20.

‘IT’S PRETTY CLEAR FROM WATCHING THIS GROUP, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG TALENT ON OUR TEAM. BUT WE NEED PLAYERS WHO’VE BEEN THROUGH SOME WARS, PLAYERS WHO’VE WON THINGS, AND PLAYERS WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKE TO WIN, TO LEAD THOSE YOUNG PLAYERS.’ — KEVIN PAYNE TORONTO FC PRESIDENT

Signing a world star would seem to fit in with the approach of Tim Leiweke, the new CEO and president of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment which owns the MLS team. The Los Angeles Galaxy snagged David Beckham on his watch.

On Wednesday, manager Ryan Nelsen suggested that the foundation of the team needed to be sorted before it would make sense bringing in such a marquee name.

Payne agreed. But he said the team has the beginnings of “a very good foundation.” And he suggested that there are times when you just have to take the bull by the horns.

“Sometimes opportunities come along, you can’t always time everything exactly the way you’d like,” he said.

“So there are times when certain situations arise that you have to try to take advantage of. And it may not fit perfectly into your timetable.”

Toronto is looking to add attacking quality in the current transfer window.

“We’d like to add an established player and a young player,” said Payne. “Probably in the goal-scoring positions. But we also will be looking

to add at least one additional midfielder, probably a wide player who can assist us in the attack not necessarily be relied on for goals but more a guy that can create goals.”

The team is also looking at a “younger, wide defender.”

Payne’s bid to turn the team around has not been helped by inheriting a salary cap scenario that he termed “disastrous.”

He says he took over a team with 16 or 17 guaranteed contracts.

“It was in a really, really tough state,” he added. “Some of the moves that we’ve made over time, under ordinary circumstances they might not have been the moves we would have made. But to some extent we were forced into doing certain things to give ourselves a chance to acquire flexibility. Because we didn’t have any.

“We were significantly over the (US$2.95 million) cap and significantly under the number of players on our roster when I got here,” he said. “Basically the house was on fire and we had to figure out some ways to try to put the fire out, at least short-term.”

The team is still struggling with

Hunter-Reay has two chances Matthew leads at LPGA Classic to win again at Toronto Indy THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Ryan Hunter-Reay calls it a concrete canyon where an inch in either direction could mean the difference between extra speed or a crumpled car.

Hunter-Reay took the checkered flag at the Honda Indy Toronto last year when just one race was more than enough.

This year’s doubleheader means he’ll have to survive an entire weekend in the canyon.

“Getting around this track feels like you’ve got your hair on fire the whole time,” he said.

“It’s not smooth, it’s not precise, you’re just absolutely standing on it and it does feel like you’re driving like your hair’s on fire.”

Hunter-Reay dominated the 85-lap, 1.75-mile race at Exhibition Place last year en route to eventually winning the IndyCar series championship. The 32-year-old American enters Saturday and Sunday’s races 23 points back of Brazil’s Helio Castroneves for the overall lead in the standings.

A visit to Toronto will also help Hunter-Reay forget Sunday’s race at Pocono, where he was running strong until Japan’s Takuma Sato ran into him in pit lane.

Hunter-Reay, who injured his thumb in the accident, is hoping to rebound with a strong qualifying performance that he calls critical to finishing Toronto intact.

“The track breeds

race, after which Dixon expects he’ll need time to recover.

A typical race leaves drivers exhausted, bruised and with an adrenalin rush that makes sleep difficult. A doubleheader demands drivers do it all over again the next day.

“It’s twice as hard, I think that’s the easiest way of looking at it,” said Dixon. “It’s physically demanding, mentally demanding, preparing yourself in the mindset to know that you’ve got to do it again, trying to get sleep, it’s definitely an added dimension, that’s for sure.”

If that wasn’t enough, there’s one more catch.

Saturday’s race will feature IndyCar’s first standing start since 2008.

The start, which is used

by Formula One, features cars beginning the race from a stationary position on the grid.

Sunday’s race will revert to the normal rolling starts.

Sato, one of the few drivers on the grid with F1 experience and practical knowledge of the standing start, said he isn’t concerned about other drivers when Race 1 begins. But the cars themselves, and a narrow Turn 1, could be a problem.

“It’s all about reaction obviously,” he said.

“The reaction, it doesn’t matter with the standing start or the rolling start.

These guys have fantastic reaction for the restart all the time. So ... maybe some of the cars will suffer too much wheel spin, or some cars will struggle with bogging down, maybe some cars will stall (its) engine.”

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tight, close-quarters racing and with that sometimes comes contact and the tempers flare and people get impatient,” said the Andretti Autosport driver. “So staying out front is usually the best bet.”

Drivers have already experienced one doubleheader this season at another street track. Hunter-Reay finished second in Race 1 at Detroit in June, but was 18th in the Race 2 after he clipped a curb and went into a wall.

“Definitely unfortunate, such a simple mistake,” he said. “That said, street course situation I was talking to you about where it’s such a fine line between hero and zero, man, you’re always dancing on that edge asking for every little inch of the racetrack.”

New Zealand’s Scott Dixon had better luck in Detroit’s doubleheader. He finished fourth in both races, which he called “complete chaos.”

In the first race Dixon was taken out early and had to make his way back up through the field.

In the second race, he struggled with bad tires.

Dixon won in Pocono on Sunday, but he’s never won in Toronto.

“I guess some circuits you can have a fast car and maybe not get the strategy right and still win, whereas here you need to get everything right,” said Dixon.

The busy weekend starts with qualifying Friday for Race 1. On Saturday, drivers go through qualifying for Race 2 a few hours prior to the opening race.

It all ends with Sunday’s

best 18-hole score of 63 to top her previous best of 64, which she carded on four separate occasions.

Matthew had five birdies en route to a blistering 31 on the front nine and had just a single bogey on No. 12. She didn’t miss a fairway and hit all but three greens in regulation.

“I hit it close all day which gives you a lot of chances and then obviously I putted well,” she said.

“I gave myself a lot of chances but took advantage of them.”

Park was joined by American Irene Cho, Spain’s Belen Mozo and South Korea’s Hee Young Park and Meena Lee at 65.

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WATERLOO, Ont. — Top-ranked Inbee Park took a well-earned break last week after winning her third major of the season.

She was refreshed for her first round at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic on Thursday and quickly picked up where she left off.

Park opened with an impressive 6-under-par 65 under mostly sunny skies at Grey Silo Golf Course.

The South Korean was two shots behind clubhouse leader Catriona Matthew of Scotland with several players still on the course.

Park is looking to be-

come the first golfer to win four straight LPGA Tour events since Lorena Ochoa in 2008.

“Golf is a sport where you could miss the cut this week and you could win next week,” Park said. “There’s a lot of imbalance in this game and to keep this kind of level going for four weeks, five weeks, six in a row is a very tough thing to do.

“Everything’s got to work perfect to win that many tournaments in a row I think. You could win six, seven tournaments a year, but I think it’s really tough to do in a streak, like in a row.”

It took a tremendous round from Matthew to leapfrog Park on the leaderboard. The veteran Scot carded a career-

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Marcel Kittel of Germany, second right, crosses the finish line ahead of Mark Cavendish of Britain, left, and Peter Sagan of Slovakia, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey, right, to win the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 218 kilometers (136.2 miles) with start in in Fougeres and finish in Tours, western France, Thursday.

Belize players asked to fix Gold Cup match

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY — A man who allegedly offered three Belize players money to fix a Gold Cup match against the United States was already being watched by international football officials, the team coach said on Thursday.

The players — Ian Gaynair, Woodrow West and Andres Makin — said they rejected the offer and immediately reported it. When a CONCACAF representative showed them a photo of a man being monitored for trying to fix matches in other countries, the Belize players confirmed it was

the same man who approached them.

There was no immediate comment from CONCACAF. “So this isn’t just about our country or a onetime thing,� coach Ian Mork said after practice. “This is something much bigger.�

Belize is last in Group C after its 6-1 loss to the U.S. on Tuesday.

It faces Costa Rica on Saturday and finishes group play on Tuesday against Cuba.

Mork and the players said Gaynair, West and Makin were approached this week in Portland, Oregon, where they played the Americans, by a man who had also been at their hotel in Guatemala

City in June when they faced Guatemala in a friendly. “He was wanting to become friends and come visit Belize,�

Mork said. “Then all of sudden he also showed up in Portland. It was through this kind of friendship of wanting to support the Belize team. It was obviously part of a plan to target our players.�

Mork and the players wouldn’t give specifics about the offer, referring questions to CONCACAF. Gaynair, a defender who scored Belize’s lone goal against the U.S., said only that the man asked them to “assure him that we would lose the match.�

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the eight he started with on June 29 — to shepherd him through the last 10 days. Sky’s Vasil Kiryienka missed the time cut on Stage 9. “It’s never nice to lose a rider of Edvald’s ability,�

Brailsford said. “But ultimately we’re still confident that with the riders we’ve got left we can pull together and see the race through.�

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At Sky, Cavendish’s former boss, Dave Brailsford, also warned against jumping to conclusions. He suggested Cavendish simply needs to completely gel with his Omega teammates responsible for manoeuvring him into position to compete in the final sprints. “Mark Cavendish has delivered more often for more times in more races than any other sprinter,� said Brailsford. “He is not a machine, he has got a new lead-out team and that will take a bit of time to bed in.�

The 218-kilometre (135.5-mile) Stage 12 produced no change at the top of the overall standings.

Froome still has his big lead of more than three minutes over his main rivals hoping to claw back time on climbs up Mont Ventoux on Sunday and in the Alps next week.

Froome was close enough to hear but narrowly avoid a pile-up that floored about 20 riders just behind him on the road into Tours. The narrow escape demonstrated that to win the Tour, a rider must be lucky as well as strong.

Froome’s teammate, Edvald Boasson Hagen, was among those brought down. Sky later announced his withdrawal from the race with a broken right shoulder. That leaves Froome with six teammates — from

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Everything was primed on Thursday for Cavendish to win a remarkable 25th Tour stage in his illustrious career.

His beefy teammate from Belgium, Gert Steegmans, did his job to perfection, guiding Cavendish into position for the final sprint to the line in Tours in the Loire valley.

But Cavendish simply wasn’t quick enough. Kittel overtook him just before the line. The fact that this was a man-to-man contest, fair and square with no excuses, made the German’s victory feel more significant than the winning margin — which was mere centimetres. “He was just simply faster,� Cavendish conceded. “I can go back and look over and over again. I don’t think myself or the team could have done anything different. He was just simply better, you know?�

It would be foolish and premature to suggest that the Cavendish era at the Tour is ending. He is still by far the most successful stage winner in activity.

Two of the riders with more stage wins than him, Bernard Hinault, with 28, and Eddy Merckx, with 34, are long retired. The third, Andre Leducq, died in 1980. The Frenchman got 25 wins. Cavendish came to this Tour with 23 — the number is written in green on the black bike he rode on Thursday.

He won his 24th last week in Marseille and could still get to 25 and match Leducq’s total at this Tour.

The last stage, especially, on the Champs-Elysees in Paris almost always offers a golden opportunity for sprinters. Cavendish is unbeaten on those cobblestones since 2009.

Still, the 28-year-old must have been hoping for better from this 100th edition. Since his first victory in 2008, he has always won multiple stages at every Tour. In 2009, he won six.

Cavendish switched teams this year — from Sky to Omega Pharma-Quick Step — because he wanted to be even more successful at the Tour, specifically.

Unlike at Sky, which last year focused its resources on Tour winner Bradley Wiggins and, at this Tour, race leader Chris Froome, Omega has built its team around Cavendish.

Yet, aside from his win on Stage 5, this isn’t proving to be a vintage Tour for Cavendish. He suffered from a heavy cold in the first week. He collided with Tom Veelers, knocking the Dutch rider off his bike, in the sprint finish of Stage 10. Cavendish insisted the coming-together wasn’t intentional.

The next day, a spectator doused him in urine during the time trial. But perhaps worst of all is that Kittel is dominating Cavendish. The Argos-Shimano sprinter has three wins at this Tour. That makes a total of five for German riders — with Tony Martin winning the time trial and Andre Greipel winning a sprint on Stage 6. “As we say in Germany, good things come in three,� Kittel said.

Rolf Aldag, an Omega director, said he still regards Cavendish as “the best sprinter in the world.� “Losing with 5 centimetres, it would be unfair to

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FIREFIGHTERS RAISE CASH Sales from a calendar featuring members of the Red Deer Fire Department Local 1190 raised $41,900 for charity. Since October, 1,900 calendars have been sold. There are still some calendars available for purchase.

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Two teenaged girls involved in a high speed crash last week in south of Stettler remain in hospital.

Stettler RCMP said that just before the crash the girls were travelling at a high rate of speed side-by-side on Range Road 20-1, one kilometre south of the Central Alberta town, on July 3 at about 6 p.m.

Stettler EMS, regional fire and RCMP responded to the collision.

“It was definitely a messy crash,” said Stettler RCMP Cpl. Cameron Russell.

According to police, a red pickup truck driven by an 18-year-old female and a white sedan driven by a 17-year-old

‘ARREST’ FOR GUESTS Red Deer RCMP will be patrolling Hwy 2 looking to make an arrest on Tuesday. A vehicle bearing outof-province plates will be pulled over and the occupants will be “arrested” and “detained” as the special guests of the City of Red Deer and the Westerner Days Fair and Exposition for the five-day event.

The guest family will be honoured at the Westerner Days Fair and Exposition president’s luncheon on Wednesday. Westerner Days run from July 17 to 21. For a list of events, visit www. westernerdays.ca.

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White sedan involved in a two-car accident rests in the ditch south of Stettler. female were southbound when they hit the east and west ditches simultaneously.

The truck entered the west ditch, struck an approach and rolled several times. The sedan entered the east ditch and land-

ed on its wheels.

Both drivers suffered serious injuries and were transported to Stettler Regional Hospital and then to Edmonton. The 18-year-old was flown to hospital by STARS while the 17-year-

old was transferred by Stettler EMS. “The injuries were fairly significant, they’re still being determined,” said Russell.

“There were some different surgeries that needed to take place, but they’re both still in hospital and both expected to be there for a little while to recover.”

He said there were broken bones, but no internal bleeding or head injuries.

“There is definitely a long road ahead for the girls who were driving.”

The cause of the crash is still under investigation and both drivers remain in serious condition.

“There are many avenues we need to cover off including speak to them and they’re in no shape right now to speak to police,” said Russell.

Alcohol, drugs and weather are not considered factors in this collision. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate. com

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CORRECTIONS ● A What’s Happening listing on page D5 of Thursday’s Advocate had an incorrect date.

The Bluebird Festival at Ellis Bird Farm will be held on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Musical entertainment is by Jazz Explosion.

The Blue Feather Award Ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Children’s activities, site tours and Tea House specials planned. For more go to www.ellisbirdfarm.ca or call 403-885-4477. ● A news brief on page B1 in Tuesday’s Advocate had an incorrect date for the Canadian Heritage Breeds Poultry Show at Sunnybrook Farm Museum this weekend.

The correct date is Saturday. The show runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more details Farm check www.sunnybrook farmmuseum.ca

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Don McInenly, supervisor of operations at Westerner Park, gets the food tent ready for the annual Westerner Days Fair and Exposition on Thursday. The annual summer celebration runs from July 17 to 21. There’s also plenty of off-site events throughout the city. Full scheduling is available at www.westernerdays.ca

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WESTERNER DAYS

Central Alberta’s largest summer celebration is about to take over Red Deer.

Westerner Days Fair & Exposition is back for another five days offering action-packed entertainment, thrills, and chills for the whole family.

“It’s going to be a fabulous week,” said John Harms, Westerner Park CEO and general manager.

Harms said the weather looks good, the entertainment line-up is outstanding and the midway rides are extensive.

“You get weather entertainment and rides and you have the makings for a good fair.”

The annual fair runs from July 17 to 21 and features performances by comedian Brent Butt, Canadian Juno winners Glass Tiger, Toronto’s Down with Webster and Canadian country artist Dean Brody at the Hampton Inn and Suites Main Stage at the ENMAX Centrium at Westerner Park.

Local businesses will also get into the swing of things offering special events throughout the fair.

For the young and young at heart, there’s 39 midway rides on the fairgrounds, including 16 “thrill rides” and nine especially for children.

Once again the Grub Hub, outdoor food truck concessions, is poised to serve up treats and meals with vendors like When Mac Met Cheese and the Hot Chihuahua Mexican Grill.

Foodies will also enjoy the tastes of frozen bananas, taco-ina-bag and western fare like barbecued beef, corn on the cob and hot dogs.

Other Westerner Days attractions include The KFC Little Red Barn and Ag Awareness, The West Coast Lumberjacks Show and Wobbly Waterballs on Midway Boulevard, along with Bonadolini, the one-man band, The Copper Cowboy and My Antique Portrait.

Promo Days Mark July 18 and July 21 on your calendar. McDonald’s Kids Days is slated for July 18 where there’s free admission for children under 12 until 6 p.m. Servus Credit Family Day is on July 21 where admission and parking is $25 for a carload up to six people.

Children under 10 can ride all day on the midway for $15.

Tickets Gate admission is $11 ($6 for seniors age 65 and up/$9 for youths age 13 to 17/$5 for children age 6 to 12), kids five and under are free).

On-site parking is $6. Unlimited

ride tickets are $37 on site (does not include admission or parking charges).

Advanced ride-all-day (RAD) passes can be purchased for $32 at participating Mac’s locations from June 14 to July 16.

Westerner Days Off-Site Picks ● Breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Bower Place Shopping Centre Westerner Days Pancake Breakfast on Saturday. ● Come early to secure a good spot for taking in the popular Westerner Parade on Wednesday.

The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. and is expected to run until noon. The route is the same as in previous years starting at the Red Deer Arena. ● Get ready to kick up your heels. The Red Deer Centennial Westerner Days Barn Dance on Tuesday. The fun gets underway at 6 p.m. at the 4900 block on Little Gaetz Avenue. ● Test your best chili recipe at the Big 105 and 106.7 The Drive Westerner Days Chili Cook Off on Thursday.

The annual cook off is in support of the Kidney Foundation of Canda.

The location for the event is 109, 2004 50th Ave. and the event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Full schedule is available at ww.westernerdays. ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

A pair of men wanted in connection with an alleged abduction in Edmonton have reserved their pleas on charges laid by Red Deer RCMP. Harsumeet Singh Brar, 19, and Gursumeet Singh Brar, 20, were arrested in the Red Deer area by RCMP assisting city police from Edmonton and Calgary in the pursuit of two men suspected of an abduction in Edmonton.

Edmonton Police allege that on Sunday afternoon in an Edmonton a man had met with two others who were interested in purchasing a vehicle.

In a news release posted on Tuesday, Edmonton Police said the alleged victim was forced into his vehicle and driven to Calgary, where his alleged abductors picked up a third suspect.

The release states that the man escaped the trunk of his vehicle in Calgary and fled, then contacted Calgary Police Services.

Calgary police were able to locate a suspect vehicle, which then fled north on Hwy 2.

Arrested on Monday near Red Deer, the two suspects appeared in Red Deer provincial court by closed-circuit TV on Wednesday to answer the charges laid in Red Deer.

Both face additional charges laid in Edmonton in connection with the alleged kidnapping.

Gursumeet Singh Brar is charged with two counts of failing to stop for police and two counts of breaching a recognizance, including an order that he have no contact with Harsumeet Singh Brar.

Harsumeet Singh Brar is charged with three counts of breaching release conditions.

Both men have reserved pleas on the Red Deer charges pending their next court appearance, set for Aug. 7.

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Immigration reform on brink of death BOEHNER THROWS COLD WATER ON SENATE BILL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — After U.S. President Barack Obama decisively won last year’s election — his victory fuelled, in particular, by Hispanics — Republicans publicly declared the time had come to reach out to Latinos, with some openly stating the party had scant chance of ever winning back the White House unless they did so.

And yet a sweeping, bipartisan Senate immigration bill is on the brink of death this week in the more conservative House of Representatives, eight months after Obama handily won the second term many of those same Republicans had vowed to deny him.

“We are not going to do the Senate bill,” John Boehner, Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, told a Capitol Hill news conference on Thursday, a day after he privately urged his caucus to embrace immigration reform.

“I’m much more concerned about doing it right than I am about meeting some deadlines.”

The biggest stumbling block for House Republicans is providing a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants currently living illegally in the United States. The lawmakers consider it amnesty, something vehemently opposed by the most conservative Republicans, and they want to see far tougher border security and employment verification measures than called for in the Senate bill.

Obama met Thursday with two of the senators who hammered out bipartisan consensus last month to come up with the type of comprehensive immigration

reform the president is hoping will be a hallmark of his second term.

Arizona Sen. John McCain, Obama’s opponent in the 2008 election, told reporters that the president wasn’t exerting unreasonable pressure on Congress.

“These members, these Republican House members — many of them are in districts they’ll be representing for a long time — do not feel that they have been unduly pressured by the president of the United States,” McCain said.

“So I think the president is walking a careful line here, and I think it’s the appropriate one.”

That’s a starkly more conciliatory tone than the statement put out a day earlier by House Republicans after the party’s leadership tried to convince the rank and file of the benefits of immigration reform amid bitter divisions within the GOP over the issue.

House Republicans “don’t trust a Democraticcontrolled Washington, and they’re alarmed by the president’s ongoing insistence on enacting a single, massive, Obamacare-like bill rather than pursuing a step-by-step, common-sense approach to actually fix the problem,” their statement read.

Boehner and Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate in last year’s election, reportedly urged their colleagues to pass immigration reform legislation during the tense closed-door meeting. Boehner told them the party would be “in a much weaker position” if it failed to act.

Yet House Republicans emerged from the meeting with a bleak reality check for those hoping for a sweeping overhaul of the country’s immigration system, saying they rejected the Senate approach and

Insurgents kill 31 across Iraq

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Insurgents in Iraq launched two days of bloody assaults at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that killed at least 31 people, most of them members of the security forces serving in restive Sunni-dominated areas, authorities said Thursday.

The killings are the latest in a wave of bloodshed that has claimed the lives of more than 2,600 people since the start of April. The months-long eruption of violence — Iraq’s worst in half a decade — is raising fears the country is again returning to the brink of a civil war pitting its Sunni and Shiite Muslim sects against one another.

The deadliest attack happened at sundown Wednesday as Iraqis were marking the end of the first day of Ramadan fasting, though it took authorities time to learn of the killing and they only provided details the following morning.

Gunmen launched their assault on an army checkpoint near Barwana, which lies across the Euphrates River from the town of Haditha, about 220 kilometres (140 miles) northwest of Baghdad in the largely Sunni province of Anbar. Barwana’s mayor, Meyasser Abdul-Mohsin, said three soldiers were killed and four were wounded in that attack.

The attackers then made their way to a trailer not far away that is used by special oil industry police assigned to protect a nearby pipeline. The men inside were sitting down to have the iftar meal that breaks the daytime Ramadan fast at sunset, AbdulMohsin said.

The gunmen shot up the trailer and then set it on fire before making their getaway, the mayor said.

Eleven police there were left dead, with some of their bodies badly burned and making them difficult to identify, he said.

A security official in nearby Haditha gave a similar account and confirmed the death toll. He spoke

on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

“This is a crime carried out by terrorists during iftar on the first day of Ramadan,” Abdul-Mohsin said.

“It just proves what a cowardly act it is.”

Exxon Mobil Corp., BP PLC and other international oil companies have flocked to Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to capitalize on Iraq’s vast oil wealth. The country is now the second-largest producer in OPEC, after Saudi Arabia. Oil revenues account for 95 per cent of the country’s budget.

Insurgents unleashed more attacks Thursday.

A police station in Anbar’s provincial capital Ramadi came under attack in the morning in an assault that left two policemen dead, provincial council member councilman Talib Hamadi and deputy provincial governor Dhari Arkan said. Arkan said gunmen opened fire on the police station after a car bomb exploded nearby. Ramadi is 115 kilometres (70 miles) west of Baghdad.

Militants turned their sights on the local police headquarters in the nearby city of Fallujah, also in Anbar province, later in the day.

A car bomb explosion kicked off that attack. Then gunmen exchanged fire with police as other militants launched mortar rounds at the facility. Another attacker then drove an explosives-laden car into the police post.

By the time it was all over, seven police officers were killed and 17 other people were wounded, all but two of them police, according to police and hospital officials.

A roadside bomb later exploded in central Fallujah, killing a police officer and wounding two others.

Anbar is a vast Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad and bordering Syria. It has been the centre of months of protests by Iraq’s minority Sunnis over what they believe is second-class treatment by the Shiite-dominated government. Sunni militant groups have tried to tap into that anger and link their cause with that of the protesters.

DNA links suspect to final Boston Strangler victim: prosecutor

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Investigators helped by advances in DNA technology finally have forensic evidence linking longtime suspect Albert DeSalvo to the last of the 1960s killings attributed to the Boston Strangler, leading many involved in the case to hope that it can finally be put to rest.

DeSalvo’s remains will be exhumed after authorities concluded that DNA from the scene of Mary Sullivan’s rape and murder produced a “familial match” with him, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said. Conley said he expected investigators to find an exact match when the evidence is compared with his DNA. Sullivan, 19, was found strangled in her Boston apartment in January 1964. Sullivan had long been considered the strangler’s last victim.

The announcement represented the most definitive evidence yet linking DeSalvo to the case. Eleven Boston-area women between the ages of 19 and 85 were sexually assaulted and killed between 1962 and 1964, crimes that terrorized the region.

DeSalvo, married with children, a working-class Army veteran, confessed to the 11 Boston Strangler murders, as well as two others. But he was never convicted of the Boston Strangler killings.

He had been sentenced to life in prison for a series of armed robberies and sexual assaults and was stabbed to death in prison in 1973 — but not before he recanted his confession.

Sullivan’s nephew Casey Sherman has for years maintained that DeSalvo did not kill his aunt.

would attempt to take slower, piece-by-piece steps.

Boehner seemed keen to present a united front in his news conference on Thursday, despite tensions behind the scenes. He said that the “vast majority” of House Republicans support immigration reform.

“Through all the conversations that have occurred, with my own members, with Democrat members, it’s clear that dealing with this in bite-sized chunks that members can digest and that the American public can digest is the smartest way to go,” he said.

House Republicans, meantime, were reaching across the aisle to Democrats to gauge their support of such a piecemeal approach.

Republicans are attempting to assess precisely what Democrats in the House would be willing to support when immigration comes to the floor, which isn’t likely to happen until September at the earliest. They’re hoping for bipartisan backing for House bills that would overhaul the country’s employment verification system as well as toughen border security — legislation that would counter the Senate’s legislative efforts.

“We do the right policy and the politics will follow,” said Republican Raul Labrador, a Latino congressman from Idaho who’s opposed to the Senate bill.

“But I do agree that we have to, as a party, go out to the communities and talk to them, explain to them why our policies are different than their policies.

Ask them why they think that under the Obama administration there are more Hispanic people that are poor, there’s more African-Americans poor, there’s more people losing their job, their businesses.”

Unrest warned as U.S. teen’s murder trial nears end

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANFORD, Fla. — Police prepared for possible protests or even violence as a high-profile U.S. trial in the murder of an unarmed black teen neared its end Thursday.

Neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty in the shooting of 17-yearold Trayvon Martin, saying he fired in self-defence during a nighttime confrontation in February 2012 in his Florida gated community, where Martin was visiting family. Zimmerman says Martin was slamming his head into the concrete pavement when he fired his gun.

The case drew national attention and protests when Zimmerman, 29, wasn’t arrested for weeks after the shooting, and racial tensions have been exposed.

Jurors could begin deliberating as early as Friday. The defence was expected to give closing arguments Friday morning.

Prosecutors have portrayed Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, as an aspiring police officer who assumed Martin was up to no good and took the law into his own hands.

As their closing arguments continued Thursday, police and city leaders in Florida said they have prepared for the possibility of mass protests or even civil unrest if Zimmerman is acquitted, particularly in African-American neighbourhoods where passions run strongest over the case.

“It’s all right to be vocal, but we don’t want to be violent,” said the Rev. Walter T. Richardson, a longtime pastor and chairman of Miami-Dade County’s Community Relations Board. “We’ve already lost one soul and we don’t want to lose any more.”

The situation is especially sensitive in Miami, where deadly rioting occurred in 1980 in mostlyblack neighbourhoods after four white police officers were acquitted in the beating death of a black Marine Corps veteran during a stop for a traffic violation.

The Miami-Dade Police Department’s intelligence operation has been combing social media to monitor signs of unusual interest in Zimmerman’s trial.

The judge has ruled that jurors can consider a lesser charge of manslaughter for Zimmerman. But because of the way Florida law imposes longer sentences for crimes committed with a gun, manslaughter could end up carrying a penalty as heavy as the one for second-degree murder: life in prison.

To win a second-degree murder conviction, prosecutors must prove Zimmerman showed ill will, hatred or spite — a burden the defence has argued the state failed to meet.

To get a manslaughter conviction, prosecutors must show only that Zimmerman killed without lawful justification.

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Microsoft making big moves REORGANIZES COMPANY STRUCTURE TO BE MORE LIKE APPLE AND GOOGLE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. is reshuffling its business in an attempt to promote faster innovation and a sharper focus on devices and services.

The move by the world’s largest software maker comes amid lukewarm response to the latest version of its flagship Windows operating system and a steady decline in demand for PCs as people turn to tablets and other mobile gadgets.

CEO Steve Ballmer said in a memo to employees Thursday that the changes mean the company is “rallying behind a single strategy” and organizing by function. While it has been widely anticipated, it’s too early to tell how well the reorganization will help Microsoft compete with more nimble rivals like Apple and Google.

“You don’t make massive, sweeping changes like this unless something

is wrong,” said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Financial, pointing to Wednesday’s reports of declining PC shipments around the world.

Worldwide shipments of personal computers fell 11 per cent in the April-June period, according to data from research firms Gartner and IDC. Gartner Inc. said the PC industry is now experiencing the longest decline in its history, as shipments dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter.

Analysts have blamed a massive consumer migration to tablets and other mobile devices for the falloff.

But many observers also believe Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system —which comes installed on most new PCs— has turned consumers off.

“We are ready to take Microsoft in a bold new direction,” Ballmer said in a conference call with reporters and analysts. “We need to make the right decisions more

quickly,” he said.

The company’s new divisions include engineering, marketing and business development. Microsoft named veteran executive Julie Larson-Green head of its devices and studios engineering group, overseeing hardware development, games, music and entertainment.

She had been promoted in November to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering after Steven Sinofsky, the president of its Windows and Windows Live operations, left the company shortly after the launch of Windows 8.

Terry Myerson will lead Microsoft’s operating systems and engineering group, namely Windows. Qi Lu will head applications and services.

Ballmer stressed the company’s focus on “one Microsoft” in his memo.

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Sears to carry Penningtons brand The plus-sized clothing brand Penningtons will soon be in sold at select Sears Canada Inc. (TSX:SCC) locations across the country.

The retailer has signed a deal with Penningtons’ corporate parent Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. (TSX:RET) to carry the clothing online at Sears.ca and in five of its stores as part of a pilot project.

The project will be rolled out to additional locations and in the spring catalogue next year.

It will be the first time the brand will be available outside of Penningtons stores.

Sears Canada has been reworking its stores and what it sells as part of a major transformation to improve its business.

The company says it sees the plus-sized category, which includes sizes 14 and up, as one of its “key business.”

New housing price index rose in May Statistics Canada says its price index for new housing rose 0.1 per cent in May following a 0.2 per cent increase in April, continuing a string of similar increases over the last 12 months. The agency says Calgary was the top contributor to the national advance in May, as prices for new homes rose 0.9 per cent. Prices increased 0.6 per cent in both St. Catharines—Niagara and the combined region of Sudbury and Thunder Bay, Ont. It was the largest monthly price movement in Sudbury and Thunder Bay since May 2012, when prices rose 1.6 per cent.

Princes for new homes decreased 0.3 per cent in Ottawa—Gatineau in May and dropped 0.2 per cent in both Vancouver and Edmonton. Prices were unchanged in five of the 21 metropolitan areas surveyed.

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Work continues on the future premises of Browns Socialhouse, which is being developed in Clearview Market Square. The Vancouver-based restaurant will occupy 3,300 square feet and offer patrons a patio. Several Browns Socialhouses are planned for Alberta, with Red Deer’s expected to be the first when it opens — possibly by late summer.

Beef producers urged to step up exports to emerging markets

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canadian beef producers should increase exports to emerging markets if they want to grow their businesses, an economist says.

Aaron Goertzen of BMO Capital Markets said Thursday that rising feed costs and flat demand in traditional markets such as the United States are biting into profits.

He said there is more potential sizzle in such developing countries as Brazil, India and China, where beef consumption, populations and economic growth are on the rise.

“These are the types of markets that offer potential for growth, the types of markets that the industry should be thinking about if it hopes to expand significantly.”

For example, total domestic consumption of beef and veal in

India was more than two million tonnes last year — up 73 per cent since 2000, Goertzen said.

In Brazil, consumption was nearly eight million tonnes — up 29 per cent.

In contrast, Canadians ate just over one million tonnes last year.

Canada currently exports about 75 per cent of its beef products to the United States, along with 97 per cent of live cattle.

The industry, which includes 63,500 farms with beef cows, estimates it contributes $23 billion each year to the Canadian economy “It is a matter of looking beyond traditional markets. More of the same isn’t going to work as it has in the past,” Goertzen said. “It is a matter of being open to new ideas, trying new things and taking some risks.”

He acknowledged that increas-

ing overseas exports won’t be easy and that the industry would have to deal with foreign regulatory factors beyond its direct control.

But he said that if countries such as Australia and New Zealand can bolster their beef exports, Canada can as well.

He said only efficient producers will thrive in the coming years because of upward-trending feed costs.

Success will depend on improving productivity, keeping a lid on costs and innovation.

Goertzen made these points to producers attending the International Livestock Congress in Calgary, where the theme this year is “What’s Next?”

“I got the sense that they are aware of the challenges and that maybe a new approach needs to be taken,” he said.

Moody’s: Quebec train disaster to raise costs for shipping oil by rail

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Credit rating agency Moody’s says it expects the deadly train disaster in Lac-Megantic, Que., to make shipping oil by rail more costly, putting pressure on both major railroads and oil producers.

“The Quebec derailment — likely North America’s worst rail accident since 1918 — will inevitably lead to increased U.S. and Canadian government scrutiny and permitting delays, along with higher costs for shippers,” Moody’s said in a report Thursday, less than a week after an oil-laden train derailed and exploded, killing dozens and incinerating a large portion of the town.

Capital and operating costs for rail companies are expected to rise, as has been the case for

past rail accidents and oil spills, Moody’s said. However, it said U.S. railroads have enough liquidity to cope with any new costly regulations.

Crude producers in North Dakota’s Bakken region — the origin point of the derailed train — are expected to take a hit.

About two thirds of North Dakota’s daily Bakken production — at 727,000 barrels in April — moves to market by rail in the absence of sufficient pipeline capacity.

Even though rail tolls are more expensive than those of pipelines, moving crude by train has some advantages, Moody’s said.

For instance, crude can move easily to coastal ports by rail, enabling it to be sold in lucrative overseas markets.

Contracts to ship on rail also tend to be more flexible than on pipelines.

“But the accident threatens to

delay the development of further rail routes, and will prompt a reevaluation of pipeline transport as an alternative to rail,” Moody’s said.

“Today, refiners on the U.S. East and West Coasts buy Bakken and mid-continent crude at prices that satisfy both parties, but they rely on rail, since most major North American crude pipelines run north to south, not east or west.”

Moody’s also says the Lac-Megantic disaster will put pressure on the Obama administration to approve TransCanada Corp.’s (TSX:TRP) Keystone XL pipeline, which has been stuck in regulatory limbo for years.

If approved, that project will connect oilsands crude — and some Bakken production — to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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TORONTO — About 16 per cent of Canadian adults said they no longer watch any conventional TV and strictly stream online content, according to a report by measurement firm comScore.

The research, which was commissioned by Google, also found that 45 per cent of respondents said they watch both TV and online video content, 35 per cent said they only watch TV, and four per cent said they watch neither.

Younger viewers were more likely to be “cord cutters” — a nickname for consumers who don’t pay for TV and rely on digital video for their entertainment.

About one in four respondents aged 18 to 24 said they were a cord cutter, as did about one in five of those aged 25 to 34.

About 15 per cent of those over 35 said they had cut the cord.

Consumers aged 45 and older were the most likely to only watch TV. About half of the respondents in that group said they didn’t watch online video, while only 16 per cent of the youngest 18-to-24 cohort said the same.

While the estimated number of cord cutters is still relatively small, they’ve grown significantly in recent years, especially in younger demographics.

Among 18- to 24-yearolds, the number of cord cutters has grown by 60 per cent (to about 25 per cent) since 2010, according to comScore.

And the growth rate is 270 per cent for those aged 25 to 34 (to about 19 per cent).

When asked if they expected to watch more or less online content and TV in the year ahead, 19 per cent of all respondents predicted they’d watch more web video in the future, while only six per cent said they thought they’d watch more TV. Users were also asked how watching TV was better than viewing online video, and vice versa.

Among the most common responses from those who prefer TV were that it offered the best picture quality, a better viewing experience, and an easier way to watch.

For those preferring the experience of watching online video, respondents commonly said they valued that it was cheaper, more interactive, and more convenient.

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Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 96.95 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.24 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.53 Blackberry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.69 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.91 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.59 Cdn. National Railway . 104.01 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 129.55 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.84 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.10 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.00 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 34.20 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 45.68 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.57 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.50 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.14 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.76 Sirius XN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.85 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 46.64 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 31.75 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.65 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 47.18 Consumer

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 44.18 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.05 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.39 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.16 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.30 Penn West Energy . . . . . 12.05 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.710 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.56 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.97 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.98 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.02 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 53.16 Financials

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.46 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.41 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 58.78 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.63 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.74 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.85 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.03 First Quantum Minerals . 16.24 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.20 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.99 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.14 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.45 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.03 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.31 Energy

Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 62.87 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.94 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.59 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.82 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.96 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.65 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.62 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 59.88 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.02 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 76.01 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.97 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 61.62 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 33.04 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.89

Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 83.74 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.30 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 12.01 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.65 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 14.96

Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.11 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 49.56 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 48.80 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.17 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 50.56 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.29 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.00 Canyon Services Group. 11.61 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.36 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.720 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.14 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.52 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 93.27

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market and the loonie were sharply higher Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke offered reassurances that a key stimulus measure that has helped global markets rebound this year isn’t going away any time soon.

The S&P/TSX composite index ran up 186.33 points to 12,493.26, pushing the TSX back into positive territory for the year, albeit only by 60 points or 0.5 per cent.

Bernanke said in a speech after markets closed Wednesday that the U.S. economy still needs help from the central bank’s low interest rate policies because unemployment remains high and inflation is below the Fed’s target.

The greenback weakened sharply following Bernanke’s comments and the Canadian dollar surged 1.21 cents to 96.29 cents US after hitting an intraday high of 96.43 cents US. U.S. indexes took off to record highs as the comments from the Fed chief reassured investors who were dismayed by his remarks last month that the Fed would likely slow its bond purchases later this year and end them around mid-2014 if the American economy strengthened.

The Dow Jones industrials jumped 169.26 points to 15,460.92, above its all-time closing high of 15,409 set May 28.

The Nasdaq gained 57.54 points to 3,578.3, its highest since October 2000. It remains well below the alltime high of 5,048 it reached March 10, 2000. The S&P 500 index advanced 22.4 points to 1,675.02, above its record close of 1,669 from May 21.

The Fed has been buying $85 billion of financial assets a month to keep interest rates low and encourage borrowing and spending. That stimulus has driven global stocks higher, so the prospect of reducing it has caused market volatility in recent weeks.

Gold prices shot up following Bernanke’s comments, with the August contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange ahead $32.50 to US$1,279.90 an ounce.

Gold prices have enjoyed a sharp increase in recent years as a result of quantitative easing by the Fed and other central banks worldwide, but have fallen recently due to Bernanke’s tapering comments.

All TSX sectors participated in Thursday’s advance with the gold sector leading advancers, up about 6.5 per cent as Barrick Gold Corp.

(TSX:ABX) rose $1.16 to C$15.85 while Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) climbed $1.85 to $27.20.

The sector is the worst performer by far on the TSX but has come off the worst declines of the year recently.

The lower dollar also helped

boost metal prices with September copper ahead nine cents to US$3.18 a pound.

The lower U.S. dollar lifted commodities because a weaker greenback makes it less expensive for holders of other currencies to buy oil and metals, which are dollar-denominated.

The base metals component climbed four per cent while First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) advanced 74 cents to C$16.42 and Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) improved by $1.47 to $23.31.

The energy group was ahead 1.46 per cent even as the August crude contract on the Nymex backed off $1.61 to US$104.91 a barrel after the International Energy Agency said that production from countries outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries would rise by 1.3 million barrels a day next year.

Prices had closed at a 15-month high Wednesday after the American Petroleum Institute said that U.S. crude inventories fell by nine million barrels last week, much higher than the 3.8-million-barrel drop that analysts had expected.

Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) was up 70 cents to C$32.36 while Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) advanced 62 cents to $33.29.

Financials rose 0.88 per cent as Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) climbed $1.20 to $56.94.

Utilities, beaten down recently along with other interest sensitive sectors such as telcos, made a strong showing, up almost two per cent. Atlantic Power (TSX:ATP) ran up 18 cents to $4.56 and TransAlta (TSX:TA) climbed 28 cents to $14.65.

On the earnings front, Quebecbased cable company Cogeco Cable (TSX:CCA), reported its third-quarter revenue increased 45.3 per cent to $464.5 million from $319.8 million in the same 2012 period. Profit declined fractionally to $53.05 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, from $53.12 million or $1.09 per share in the prior-year period and its shares gained $2.67 to $49.20.

Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX:CJR.B) said that its quarterly net income was $89.9 million or $1.07 per diluted share, up from $43.2 million or 51 cents a year ago, largely as a result of a gain from the sale of its non-controlling interest in Food Network Canada for $55.4 million.

Ex-items, earnings were $34.5 million or 41 cents per share, down from $43.2 million or 52 cents a year earlier. Revenue was $200.1 million, down from $204.1 million. Corus also reduced its full-year guidance on profit and its shares fell $1.20 or 4.85 per cent to $23.55.

On Friday, traders will be looking to the first of the quarterly earnings reports from the big American banks. Both JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo report ahead of the mar-

ket open.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close of Thursday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,493.26 up 186.33 points TSX Venture Exchange — 893.91 up 14.67 points TSX 60 — 716.16 up 10.63 points Dow — 15,460.92 up 169.26 points, record high S&P 500 — 1,675.02 up 22.40 points, record high Nasdaq — 3,578.30 up 57.54 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.29 cents US, up 1.21 cents Pound — C$1.5778, up 0.76 of a cent Euro — C$1.3605, up 0.44 of a cent Euro — US$1.3098, up 2.05 cents Oil futures: US$104.91 per barrel, down $1.61 (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,279.90 per oz., up $32.50 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.583 per oz., up 48.5 cents $693.89 per kg., up $15.59 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 893.91, up 14.67 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 138.95 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: July ’13 $10.50 lower $609.10; Nov. ’13 $10.50 lower $537.10; Jan. ’14 $10.20 lower $542.90; March ’14 $9.40 lower $548.00; May ’14 $7.70 lower $545.60; July ’14 $6.90 lower $543.30; Nov. ’14 $6.00 lower $515.00; Jan ’15 $6.00 lower $515.00; March ’15 $6.00 lower $515.00; May ’15 $6.00 lower $515.00; July ’15 $6.00 lower $515.00.

Barley (Western): July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $194.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $199.00; March ’14 unchanged $199.00; May ’14 unchanged $199.00; July ’14 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $199.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $199.00; March ’15 unchanged $199.00; May ’15 unchanged $199.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 285,360 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 285,360.

Bank urged to keep rates on hold

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council recommended Thursday that the Bank of Canada keep its target for the overnight interest rate at one per cent at its next announcement next week.

The council called on the central bank to keep the target on hold through to early 2014, before raising it to 1.25 per cent by July 2014.

The Bank of Canada’s next rate announcement is set for July 17 when it is also expected to release its latest mon-

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etary policy report.

The report will include the central bank’s base-case projection for inflation and growth in the Canadian economy, and its assessment of risks.

The C.D. Howe council, which includes academics and private-sector economists, was unanimous in calling for the one per cent rate target for next week and through to January 2014.

Five of the 10 members called for the rate to remain at one per cent in July 2014, while three called for 1.25 per cent, one for 1.5 per cent and one for a target of 1.75 per cent.

WASHINGTON — The federal government on Thursday reported a rare surplus of $116.5 billion in June, the largest for a single month in five years.

The gain kept the nation on track for its lowest annual deficit in five years.

The surplus was due in part to $66.3 billion in dividend payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The mortgage giants were taken over by the government at the height of the 2008 financial crisis and are now repaying taxpayers for the support they received.

Through the first eight months of the budget year, the deficit has totalled $509.8 billion, according to the Treasury. That’s $394.4 billion lower than the same period last year.

The Congressional Budget Office forecasts the annual deficit will be $670 billion when the budget year ends on Sept. 30.

If correct, that would be well below last year’s deficit of $1.09 trillion and the lowest since President Barack Obama took office.

It would still be the fifth-largest deficit in U.S. history.

The Obama administration also estimates a lower annual deficit, although it projects a slightly higher figure of $759 billion.

Steady economic growth and higher tax rates have boosted the government’s tax revenue this year. At the same time, government spending has barely increased.

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MICROSOFT: Core strategy He said Microsoft will move forward operating as a cohesive company rather than a “collection of divisional strategies.”

“Although we will deliver multiple devices and services to execute and monetize the strategy, the single core strategy will drive us to set shared goals for everything we do. We will see our product line holistically, not as a set of islands,” Ballmer wrote.

The shake-up is being driven by competitive pressures as two of Microsoft’s once much-smaller rivals, Apple and Google, have emerged as the technology trendsetters. In a world that increasingly revolves around mobile devices and Internet services, Microsoft has been scrambling to adapt to the upheaval.

The company wants to ensure its relevance in the future while protecting the personal computer franchise that has always generated most of its revenue.

The changing of the guard has already been noted by Wall Street. Both Apple and Google boast market values higher than Microsoft, despite a surge in Microsoft’s stock price during the past three months.

The new pecking order would have seemed inconceivable when Google first went public nearly nine years ago.

Apple’s stock price is nearly 28 times higher than it was then while Google’s is 10 times higher.

Microsoft’s stock price is up by just 30 per cent since then, largely because the company has fewer outstanding shares than it did nine years ago.

Microsoft’s lacklustre stock performance has amplified speculation that the company might consider replacing Steve Ballmer, who took over when co-founder Bill Gates stepped down as CEO 13 years ago.

The reorganization could be Ballmer’s attempt at placating shareholders with a dramatic overhaul that

The dividend payments from Fannie and Freddie have also helped.

The federal deficit represents the annual difference between the government’s spending and the tax revenues it takes in. Each deficit contributes to the national debt, currently $16.7 trillion.

The improving deficit picture has taken pressure off negotiations to raise the federal borrowing limit, although that battle is likely to resurface in the fall.

Obama has remained at odds with Republicans over cutting benefit programs and imposing further tax increases.

The deficit reached a record $1.41 trillion in budget year 2009, which began four months before Obama took office.

The Obama administration was forced to deal with a severe economic downturn that reduced revenues and boosted government spending in such areas as unemployment benefits and food stamps.

The government also had to allocate billions of dollars to stabilize the financial system.

The budget gaps in the next three years were slightly lower as a gradually strengthening economy generated more tax revenue.

President George W. Bush also ran large deficits through most of his two terms in office after he won approval for broad tax cuts and launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The last time the government ran an annual surplus was in 2001. appears to borrow elements of Apple’s and Google’s set-ups. The winnowing of Microsoft’s disparate divisions and Ballmer’s rallying cry for “One Microsoft” suggests the company is trying to make its products work together more seamlessly, much like Apple has been doing since the late Steve Jobs returned as that company’s CEO in the late 1990s.

At the same time, Ballmer appears determined to eliminate bureaucracy in hopes of making Microsoft operate more like a nimble startup able to quickly innovate — a goal that Google CEO Larry Page set out to achieve when he took over leadership of that company two years ago.

RAIL: More oil moving by rail due to pipeline hold-up With the hold-up in building Keystone XL, more and more oil freight have been moving to that market by rail and even river barge.

TransCanada CEO Russ Girling told reporters earlier this week that he fails to see any upside for Keystone XL as a result of the Lac-Megantic tragedy, saying “there’s no good news here for anybody.”

The CEOs of two major oilsands companies said this week that while pipeline transport is their preference, rail will continue to play a role.

“We know that the safest way of getting crude and petroleum products to market is by pipeline. The American safety statistics clearly, clearly demonstrate that,” Suncor (TSX:SU) CEO Steve Williams told reporters at an energy conference on Wednesday.

Suncor, Canada’s largest oilsands producer, moves very little of its crude by rail.

“In the long run, there will always be a mix of different transportation modes,” he said.

Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) CEO Rich Kruger said pipelines “provide the safest, most reliable, most cost-effective way to transport crude and petroleum products.”

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to form the XeF8 uses 90 per cent of the empty space in the new substance to store energy.

Amazingly, the molecular structure retains its form when the compressing force has been removed and so far sustains it during testing.

This ability to store energy opens the possibility of a “super battery” being developed from this technology. Consequently, the face of alternate energy may be changed forever.

Although there is much work to be done, already the “fluoritelike structure” demonstrates potential for not only energy storage devices, but as an oxidizing material for destroying chemical bonds, and consideration for use in superconductors.

With further testing, the XeF8 polyhedron may yield uses not yet considered, and quite possibly even more novel materials may be discovered, developed, and advanced using the innovative field of compression technology.

Science has taken a relatively simple idea and with very basic principles developed not only a new product but a new field of study.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003.

His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

NASA says next Mars rover should gather rocks, soil for return to Earth LOS ANGELES — The next rover to Mars should hunt for signs of ancient life and gather rocks that a future mission could bring back to Earth for the first time, a team of scientists appointed by the U.S. space agency said Tuesday.

The scientists’ new report outlines ambitious goals for a mission to Mars that NASA wants to launch in 2020.

The plan marked the first concrete step toward returning a piece of Mars to Earth, but NASA said it’s unclear how or when the cache would be retrieved.

“We’re not signing up to a timetable or a commitment for a follow-on mission,” said NASA sciences chief John Grunsfeld, adding that it’s up to future planners to decide the next steps.

NASA has the ultimate say on what the future rover will accomplish within its $1.5 billion budget, excluding the cost of the launch vehicle.

The rover will be modeled after Curiosity, which captivated the world last year with its daring controlled-crash landing near the Martian equator.

Despite the successful touchdown, the $2.5 billion mission ran over budget and faced technical problems during development.

To save money, engineers will dust off Curiosity’s blueprints and reuse spare parts where possible.

The future rover would build on discoveries of past Mars missions.

Spirit and Opportunity, launched in 2004, uncovered plenty of geologic evidence of past water.

Curiosity found a habitable environment where microbes could thrive.

Scientists want Curiosity’s successor to carry high-tech instruments that can peer at rocks on a microscopic level in search of chemical clues that might have been left behind by microbes, if they existed.

Since the Martian surface is a harsh environment with no signs of water, the panel said it

didn’t make sense to look for current life.

That would be a “foolish investment,” said

Brown University planetary geologist John Mustard, who headed the NASA-appointed team.

The road closure will be in effect from 2:00pm – 11:00pm.

Please watch for detour signs and use alternative routes as indicated. For further information please contact Public Works at 403-342-8238.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Road Closure Announcement Westerner Days Parade Wednesday July 17, 2013

The Downtown core will be closed to all traffic after 9:15am on Wednesday July 17th, 2013 to accommodate the Westerner Days Fair & Exposition Parade.

Barricades will be erected as indicated on the map of the Downtown core at approximately 9:15am for an estimated three (3) hours.

In addition, 43rd Street and 47th Avenue in front of the Red Deer Arena will be closed from 7:30am until approximately 1:00pm.

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Development Officer Approvals On July 9, 2013, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Davenport • F Holman – area redevelopment for a 105.9 m2 detached garage, to be located at 25 Durand Crescent.

Golden West Industrial • L-7 Inc. – site development for 2 new accesses to an existing site located at 6779 65 Avenue.

Oriole Park • R Michalak – a 3.85 metre relaxation to the maximum width of an accessory building, to be located at 23 Oxbow Street.

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• Scott Builders Inc. – a 3019m2 industrial building for a shop/warehouse, to be located at 170 Queens Drive.

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Vanier Woods • Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. – a 3.05 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to an existing deck, located at 32 Violet Place.

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Vanier Woods East • True-Line Contracting Ltd. – a 0.94 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the house and a 0.03 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the deck to a proposed single family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 31 Vernon Close.

The City of Red Deer invites you and your dog to join us for the PAWty!

• Platinum Homes & Development Corp. – a 1.97 m2 relaxation to the maximum floor area to a proposed detached garage, to be located at 47 Voisin Close.

Enter for a chance to win door prizes for your four legged friends including a two hour private PAWty booking.

Discretionary Use Lonsdale • Aritisan Hair Studio – a home based hair salon, to be located at 95 Landry Close.

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• Laebon Developments Ltd. – site plan for the development of roads, services, utility systems and landscaping all within common property of the proposed Condominium development, known as the Timbers, located within Timberstone Phase 1, at Plan 993AE, Block X, located at or near the corner of 30th Avenue and 55th Street.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on July 26, 2013. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8399.

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SCIENCE IS NOT ONLY RESEARCHING EXISTING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES, BUT IS SEARCHING FOR NOVEL MATERIALS Science can be defined as the science, and subsequent research, pursuit of knowledge, taking the has developed a material that has seed of an idea, investigating the “never before been seen.” possibilities, and confirming it In preliminary testing, some with testable and verifiable ex- very interesting properties have periments. become evident.

Sometimes the ideas In laboratory condiflirted with are simple tions, this material has and sometimes simple demonstrated some ideas produce amazing very positive and inresults. triguing energy storage One current concern abilities. being vigorously inWhile it is still too vestigated is society’s early to shout the redependence on energysults form the highest dense forms of power. bastions of discovery, Energy density is comments have been the main facet of oil made by one of the reand nuclear power that searchers touting an LORNE permits copious use energy storage capabiland, as a result, causes ity “only exceeded by OJA an immense reliance nuclear power.” on these materials to The new compound power modern civilizais formed from xenon tion. difluoride (XeF2), a Existing alternatives to oil and white crystal used to etch silicon nuclear energy supplies, although conductors. Using a 25-mm-by-75power producing, are not energy mm “diamond anvil,” researchdense and can’t provide a continu- ers at Washington State Univerous supply. sity compressed the material with It is in this light that science is pressures rivalling those found not only researching existing and half way to the centre of the new technologies, but is searching Earth. for novel materials, a pursuit that At 70 GPa (10 million pounds seems to have taken many a tortu- per square inch) the material ous, exploratory route. forms XeF8, a black metallic polyThe process of “squeezing” hedron that seems to be capable known materials into new struc- of absorbing enormous amounts tures is an innovative and novel of energy. field of study that has only just The huge compression force started to explore the realm of used realigns the molecules to highly compressed constituents. “form a tightly bound three-diThis new concept, using a sim- mensional metallic structure.” ple process based in elementary The polymerization of the XeF2

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Secluded older gay man looking for ways to open doors to gay community Dear Annie: I am a 45-year-old gay man who has Dear Issues: We generally favor inviting those never had a relationship, and I don’t expect it to people you wish and letting the chips fall where change. I have lived all of my life in the closet. I they may. You are not responsible for your niece’s know it’s not emotionally healthy, but I feel unable estrangement. However, you also are not obligated to to confide in anyone. When I was a teenager, I con- invite her, although it’s quite possible that the grandfided in a minister, who then told my parents. They parents might welcome a chance to see the girl, even never accepted me. from six tables away.

My parents are both gone now. I have no friends.

The decision ultimately rests with the bridal couI work two jobs, which precludes a social life. I’ve ple, but you might first talk it over with the grandlistened to my co-workers’ conversations and can tell parents, as well as the parents of this niece. Explain they wouldn’t understand. I live in an area where the problem and ask whether they believe she can coming out could mean the loss of my jobs, my land- behave appropriately. If there is a genuine risk that lord could evict me, and I worry that someone’s intol- she will cause a scene, we say leave her off the guest erance could turn violent. list.

There is no PFLAG or other resource Dear Annie: You told “Frustrated” to in my area. There are no gay bars. I feel call those people who had not RSVP’d unable to relocate due to economic conand ask whether they plan to attend her cerns. I realize my isolation is my own daughter’s graduation party. As much as fault. I’m not an outgoing, talkative perI love traditional invites, sadly, tradition son. In particular, I have always found it is heeding way to technology. Instead of difficult to talk about myself. How do I calling, she should turn to her social meopen the door? — In Turmoil in Kansas dia accounts to initiate invitations.

Dear Kansas: You don’t need to go to a I have used Facebook for three events gay bar. You can look online, and not only in the past year. I received more RSVPs for prospective partners, but also to make than I ever would have gotten with mailed new friends regardless of their sexual oripaper invitations. That said, however, entation. It will protect your privacy while most people did not show up and never MITCHELL giving you an opportunity to connect with bothered to respond. It resulted in wasted others. Regular email conversations can food and guests taking home extra favor & SUGAR also help you learn to communicate betbags. However, this was my fault. I easily ter. And PFLAG has online support at could have posted a message asking for a pflag.org. Please check it out. head count before making final arrangeDear Annie: I have an adult niece who ments. — Everything Online Now no longer speaks to her grandparents. No one knows Dear Everything: Your fault? No, dear. The fault why, and her parents tell us the niece “deals with lies with those who are too inconsiderate to tell you things in her own way.” Her grandparents are heart- whether they plan to attend an event that you have broken. been kind enough to invite them to. It doesn’t matter The question is: Do I invite this niece to a family whether the invitations are mailed or sent electroniwedding? She is difficult to be around and makes cally. (And many people do not have Facebook acthings uncomfortable for those of us who must ob- counts. Really.) serve her behavior. It is important to the bride that Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and her grandparents be at the wedding, and we want Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers colthem to feel at ease. We have no problem not inviting umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ the niece, but do not want to start a war with her par- comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators ents. — Family Issues Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Mexico surpasses U.S. in adult obesity

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — Mexico has surpassed the United States in levels of adult obesity, a dubious distinction that experts attribute to Mexicans abandoning their traditional diet for processed snack foods and drinks.

Almost one-third of adult Mexicans, 32.8 per cent, are obese compared to 31.8 per cent of Americans, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO. Both countries trail such countries as Egypt, which clocks in at 34.6 per cent, Kuwait at 42.8 per cent, and the Micronesian island of Nauru at 71.1 per cent. Experts say the root of the problem in Mexico is changing dietary patterns.

“One factor is that Mexicans consume more soft drinks per person than any other country. That’s a lot of sugar,” said Katia Garcia, a nutritionist and researcher for the Power of the Consumer group.

Garcia said Mexicans are increasingly eating more refined flour, sugar and energy-dense foods.

“People have been abandoning the traditional diet, tortillas, beans and chili, which are rich in fiber and vitamins. ” The FAO’s “The State of Food and Agriculture” report was released in early June and defines people over 20 years of age with a body mass index of 30 or more as obese. Besides Egypt, Kuwait and Nauru, a number of island nations like Samoa and Tonga also top Mexico, having more than half their populations listed as obese. Bahamas and Barbados are in the mid-thirties range.

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New safety net for seniors living alone MOTION SENSORS, OTHER HIGH-TECH GADGETS OFFER HOPE

WASHINGTON — It could mean no more having to check up on Mom or Dad every morning: Motion sensors on the wall and a monitor under the mattress one day might automatically alert you to early signs of trouble well before an elderly loved one gets sick or suffers a fall.

Research is growing with high-tech gadgets that promise new safety nets for seniors determined to live on their own for as long as possible.

“It’s insurance in case something should happen,” is how Bob Harrison, 85, describes the unobtrusive monitors being tested in his apartment at the TigerPlace retirement community in Columbia, Mo. Living at home — specialists call it aging in place — is what most people want for their later years.

Americans 40 and older are just as worried about losing their independence later in life as they are about losing their memory, according to a recent survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Common-sense interventions like grab bars in bathrooms and taping down rugs to prevent tripping can make homes safer as seniors deal with chronic illnesses.

Technology is the next frontier, and a far cry from those emergency-call buttons seniors sometimes wear to summon help.

Already, some companies are offering monitoring packages that place motion sensors on the front door, a favourite chair, even the refrigerator, and then send an alert to a family member if there’s too little activity over a certain period of time.

Other gadgets can make pill bottles buzz when it’s time for a dose and text a caregiver if it’s not taken, or promise to switch off a stove burner that’s left on too long.

Researchers at the University of Missouri aim to go further: Their experiments show that certain automatic monitoring can spot changes — such as restlessness in bed or a drop in daytime activity — that occur 10 days to two weeks before a fall or a trip to the doctor or hospital.

“We were blown away that we could actually detect this,” said nursing professor Marilyn Rantz, an aging-in-place specialist who is leading the research. She compares it to “a vital sign of my physical function.”

Why would the gadgets work?

That monitor under the mattress can measure pulse and respiratory patterns to see if heart failure is worsening before someone realizes he or she is becoming short of breath.

More nighttime bathroom trips can indicate a brewing urinary tract infection.

A change in gait, such as starting to take shorter or slower steps, can signal increased risk for a fall.

Basic motion sensors can’t detect that. So Rantz’s team adapted the Microsoft Kinect 3-D camera, developed for video games, to measure subtle changes in walking. (Yes, it can distinguish visitors.)

The researchers installed the sensor package in apartments at the university-affiliated TigerPlace community and in a Cedar Falls, Iowa, senior complex.

On-site nurses received automatic emails about significant changes in residents’ activity.

One study found that after a year, residents who agreed to be moni-

tored were functioning better than an unmonitored control group, presumably because nurses intervened sooner at signs of trouble, Rantz said.

The bigger question is whether simply alerting a loved one, not a nurse, might also help. Now, with a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, Rantz will begin

expanding the research to see how this monitoring works in different senior housing — and this time, participants can decide if they’d like a family member or friend to get those alerts, in addition to a nurse.

Rantz says embedding sensors in the home is important because too many older adults forget or don’t want to wear

those older emergencycall buttons — including Rantz’s own mother, who lay helpless on her floor for eight hours after tripping and badly breaking a shoulder.

Rantz said her mother never fully recovered, and six months later died.

“When we started this team, I said we are not going to make anybody

wear anything or push any buttons, because my mother refused and I don’t think she’s any different than a lot of other people in this world,” Rantz said.

Monitoring raises important privacy questions, about just what is tracked and who has access to it, cautioned Jeff Makowka of AARP. To work, the high-tech

approach has to be “less about, ‘We’re watching you, Grandma,’ but ‘Hey, Grandma, how come you didn’t make coffee this morning?”’ he said.

Sensor prices are another hurdle, although Makowka said they’re dropping. Various kinds already on the market can run from about $70 to several hundred, plus monthly service plans.

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Lisa Moore was the winner PEGGY of Canada Reads 2013 with her FREEMAN book February. That story was about the Ocean Ranger disaster, and one woman’s grief and loss.

The character this time is Dave Slaney, who has slipped under the chain link fence at prison, belly crawled the long grass and run for his life. He has help, of course, on the outside, and the first link, the Big Rig that picks him up on the highway, is right on time.

Things are going very well, though in the pit of his stomach is the terror that he will not get away. Most escapees are caught on their first night out, but Dave has faith in his friend Hearne.

Dave has been in prison for four years. The importation of two tons of Colombian pot was the crime, and his partner and friend Brian Hearne had jumped bail and taken off, while Dave did the time.

But now Hearne has a new plan, a bigger and better plan, and he needs Dave to sail the boat to Colombia, plus he owes him big time.

They have been best buds since grade school. This time Hearne knows in his gut that they will not get caught and they’ll be stinkin’ rich.

Slaney trusts Hearne.

Meanwhile the roads are crawling with cops, and Dave’s picture is widely circulated on newspaper and TV. The word “caught” in the title seems to be about Dave, but there are no characters in this tale who are not caught, in some way.

Jennifer, the woman Dave loves, is caught. She still loves him after a fashion but time has put her in another life, and there is no going back.

Staff Sgt. Patterson is caught: his job depends on catching Slaney, and his personal life is as complicated as it can be.

Gerald, a character in the bar, is caught in alcoholism and a gambling addiction. He’d be amusing if he wasn’t so pathetic.

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Most of the people who Dave meets along the way

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Apple Inc. conspired with publishers to raise electronic book prices, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the evidence left no doubt that the computer maker broke antitrust laws.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said Apple knew that no publisher could risk acting alone to try to eliminate Amazon.com’s $9.99 price for the most popular e-books so it “created a mechanism and environment that enabled them to act together in a matter of weeks to eliminate all retail price competition for their e-books.”

The Manhattan jurist added: “The evidence is overwhelming that Apple knew of the unlawful aims of the conspiracy and joined the conspiracy with the specific intent to help it succeed.”

She said damages could be determined at a later point.

Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said the Cupertino, Calif.-based company planned to appeal.

“Apple did not conspire to fix e-book pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations,” he said.

“We’ve done nothing wrong.”

Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer called the ruling “a victory for millions of consumers who choose to read books electronically.”

He said the judge agreed with the Justice Department and 33 state attorneys general that executives at the highest levels of Apple orchestrated a conspiracy with five major publishers to raise prices.

“Through today’s court decision and previous settlements with five major publishers, consumers are again benefiting from retail price competition and paying less for their e-books,” he said.

Apple attorney Orin Snyder had told Cote previously that she would set a “dangerous precedent” if she concluded that Apple manipulated e-book prices as it entered the market in 2010.

He did not immediately respond to a message for comment.

Neumayr said Apple’s introduction of the iBookstore in 2010 “gave customers more choice, injecting much needed innovation and competition into the market, breaking Amazon’s monopolistic grip on the publishing industry.”

are going nowhere. When you’re flitting, you don’t hit the high-class places.

Now Slaney is with Hearne again, a great reunion of old friends, and Hearne lets David in on the new plan, one with no hitches, their ticket to the big time.

As David listens to the details, he sees that he has no input and too many people he doesn’t know are part of the plan. His partners on the trip are Carter, who owns the ship but is mentally iffy, and a young girl named Ada, who believes herself to be in love with Carter.

They sail to Colombia, they make their contacts, they load the pot. They are going to be rich.. Here, there is adventure, friendship, betrayal and danger.

It’s a good exciting tale.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance book reviewer.

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NEW YORK — The founder of the private security firm Blackwater Inc. is writing a memoir.

Erik Prince has a deal with Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

The publisher announced Monday that the book, currently untitled, is scheduled for November.

Prince, a former Navy SEAL who has rarely spoken to the media, said in a statement released by Portfolio that he was anxious to counter Blackwater’s controversial image.

“Hundreds of American citizens employed by private military contractors, or PMCs, would lose their lives helping our government wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have their memory tarnished by the unfair and/or ignorant depiction of PMCs as profiteers, ’jackbooted thugs,’ or worse by the media and the political establishment that asked for our help in the first place,” Prince said.

“It’s partly to honour their memory that I’ve written this book.”

Blackwater was founded in North Carolina in 1997 by Prince, whose book will also challenge numerous reports that his company was awarded no-bid security contracts from the U.S. government at the beginning of the Iraq War. Blackwater became the focus of international scrutiny and ongoing legal action when guards were involved in a series of high-profile shootings.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The Beach Boys famously sang the praises of sunny California Girls. The Guess Who wrote about a notoriously seductive American Woman, while Counting Crows crooned about unpredictable, irresistible American Girls.

“I thought it was time someone wrote a song about Canadian girls,” said country singer Dean Brody.

He did — and got a No. 1 single out of it.

His upbeat Canadian Girls tune is about women who like the wilderness, hockey and snowstorms — and can somehow manage to “look sexy in a toque.”

It’s one of four Top 10 singles from Brody’s third best-selling album, Dirt, and has resonated with women across the country, according to the Nova Scotia-based singer.

Brody said he initially ran the lyrics by his wife and assorted female relatives and friends and got the thumbs up. “I definitely tried to write it so as many people as possible could relate to it. But women are so diverse, there’s a thousand different things identifying a Canadian girl.”

His song is about the kind of girls you see in beer commercials. They like woodsy cabins and know how

to fish and skate. While many Canadian women work in office towers and don’t know their way around a camp stove, that didn’t seem a good fit on an album whose title track is all about getting covered in soil, he admitted with a chuckle.

“There’s nothing more country than dirt,” said Brody — or, apparently, women who can pull off “high heels and flannel.”

Brody, who performs a headline concert at the Centrium on Saturday,

Coast, admitted life has been pretty good lately.

“There are expectations with every record, and it makes you nervous and you try to deliver.” But most expectations have been fulfilled with Dirt, he admitted.

However, his anxieties are due to mount again with the fall release of his new record, Crop Circles.

More astute listeners should notice more Celtic influence on the new album, which Brody said is a natural

‘THERE’S NOTHING MORE COUNTRY THAN DIRT.’ July 20, during Red Deer’s Westerner Days, won two 2012 Canadian Country Music Association Awards for Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year. He was nominated for a 2013 June Award and headlined his first soldout tour last winter.

To boot, Brody was named one of HELLO! Canada’s Most Beautiful People last month.

The 37-year-old, who relocated with his wife from his native B.C. to Nashville and then Canada’s East

side-effect of living in Nova Scotia.

“I have big respect for East Coast music. I grew up listening to Jimmy Rankin . . . and I think it’s kind of affected my music.”

He noted the song It’s Friday, from Dirt, features contributions from Great Big Sea, “and there’s going to be more of that Maritime feel on the next record. It’s inching its way into my music.”

The singer likes pushing the boundaries of the country genre,

whether it means including traces of Celtic, rock or blues flavours. “I grew up listening to all kinds of music, and sometimes I like to see how far I can go in a different direction.”

Brody’s new album is also bound to include some echoes of Mumford and Sons and Dwight Yoakam, since he has been listening a lot to these artists.

The Grammy Award-winning Mumford and Sons has grown so popular, there’s been a backlash against the British group that some accuse of rehashing the same sound. But Brody believes he has the opposite problem: “I almost have to pull myself back. I have ADHD when it comes to writing songs.”

For instance, the title track of Crop Circles is about a farmer who’s convinced aliens have landed in his field, when all along it was “country boys causing trouble.” The track contains guitar-created cricket sounds that morph into “alien noise.”

Brody said he encouraged studio guitarist Jerry McPherson to “go crazy on guitar,” trying different loops until the sounds were far enough “out there.”

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Pacific Rim more than a blockheaded blockbuster A ROBOTS VS. MONSTERS MASH-UP THAT ACTUALLY WORKS Pacific Rim Three stars (out of four) Rated PG Getting in touch with your inner 12-yearold, as Guillermo del Toro sincerely hopes you will with his robots vs. monPETER sters mash-up HOWELL Pacific Rim, has never been this big or loud.

Or awesome, it must be said. Even if you smirk at the plot conceit of mind-linked humans inside skyscraping robots fighting blockbuster sea beasts, the technical prowess on display can’t help but impress.

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There’s a weight and depth to these Kaiju (monsters) and Jaegers (robots), much more than there is to Michael Bay’s Transformers, the understandable but not-so-accurate comparison.

Every thud, pow and bam registers in your bones, thanks to advanced CGI, skilled camera placement and 3D that actually works.

These beasts and ’bots also have distinct colours, glowing with unearthly luminescence as they rise out of the sea by way of “the breach,” a molten rift at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Watching Pacific Rim is often akin to staring at a vivid fireworks display, or animation on hi-def TV with the colours turned way up.

Del Toro hasn’t forsaken the human element of his film, although no one is going to look to Pacific Rim for any acting nominations come awards time (the technical categories will be a whole other story).

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Joanne Pottage views the Albert Skies: acrylic paintings by Judith Hall exhibit in the Kiwanis Gallery at the Red Deer Public Library. The exhibit will be on display until Aug. 15.

EXHIBITS RED DEER GALLERIES ● Little Fears, on display at Harris-Warke Gallery until Aug. 3, explores the fears of Edmonton artist Laura O’Connor in a mixed media exhibition. For more information call 403597-9788. ● My Home Town celebrates Red Deer’s Centennial, until Sept. 2 at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Enjoy historical photographs, artifacts, and materials, and more. See www. reddeermuseum.com, or phone 403-309-8405. ● Alberta Skies: Acrylic Paintings by Judith Hall runs in the Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch until Aug. 25. Take in the First Friday opening celebration on July 5, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and meet the artist. ● Nature in the City — an exhibition by Carol Lynn Gilchrist will be open for viewing at the Corridor Community Gallery in the lower level at the Recreation Centre until July 31. The artist’s landscape paintings focus on where the Earth meets sky, and land meets water. ● Reflections from a Century will be open until Aug. 5 at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibit celebrates Red Deer’s Centennial, and features over 50 works chosen from significant artists of Central Alberta. Dave More is curator. See www.reddeermuseum.com, or phone 403-309-8405. ● The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates Red Deer Centennial with the opening of the exhibit Red Deer Sport History. Take a look at over 100 years Sports History and discover the impact that sport had on Red Deer and its citizens. For more information contact Debbie at debbie@ashfm.ca or visit www.ashfm.ca or call 403-3418614.

LIVE DATES ● The Centrium presents Dean Brody on July 20 as part of Westerner Days. Ticket price is $20 which does not include gate admission, service fees and taxes. Tickets may be purchased at Ticketmaster.ca, or phone 1-855-985-5000.

Down With Webster will perform on July 19 as part of the Westerner Days Exposition. The concert is free with gate admission. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 8:30 p.m. Please arrive early as seating is in a first come, first served basis. All ages show. Also playing at the Centrium will be Great Big Sea, Oct. 28,with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show. Tickets on sale from Black Knight Inn, or by phone at 403-755-6626 or 1-800-661-8793, or at Ticketmaster.com or Livenation.com. ● One-Eleven Grill has The Jessica Stuart Few: Two Sides to Every Story, on Aug. 9 and 10. Call 403-347-2111 for more information. ● Bustles, Bebop and Blogs: a Jazz Centennial — Jazz at the Lake will celebrate Sylvan Lake’s Centennial with Joanna Borromeo: Modern Groove Jazz. P. J. Berry Quartet: Bebop, The Jessica Stuart Few, and Dee Daniels Quartet: Straight Ahead Jazz. Tickets for the August 10, 16 and 17 concerts are available now at www.jazzatthelake.com ● The Vat will host Cancer Bats and Bat Sabbath on Oct. 3. Tickets and tour details at www.cancerbats.com To have your establishment’s live bands included in this space, fax a list to Club Dates by 8 a.m. on Wednesday to 403-341-6560 or email editorial@reddeeradvocate.com.

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PACIFIC RIM: No A-listers There are no A-listers among the cast, and the plot is as skeletal as you can get: brave humans build and operate Jaegers to battle a scourge of Kaiju that keep threatening to stomp the planet into sawdust.

Still, there’s definite rooting interest in the story of a burned-out Jaeger pilot Raleigh Beckett (Charlie Hunnam) joining with promising rookie Mako Mori (Babel’s Rinko Kikuchi) to suit up in a clanking robotic antique to grapple with advanced versions of the ever-evolving Kaiju, whose spiked snouts and sharp claws can tear into a Jaeger like a massive can opener.

The goofiest angle of the jargon-heavy script

by Travis Beacham (with del Toro) demands that two pilots are required to operate each Jaeger.

They must be mentally conjoined through a process called “drifting” that also leads to shared emotions. (Think of the Vulcan mind meld, writ large).

The pilots have ornery humans to contend with, too. There’s a stiff-necked commander (Idris Elba), a mocking rival pilot (Rob Kazinsky, TV’s True Blood), and a meddlesome underworld trafficker of Kaiju parts (Ron Perlman). Most troublesome of all are the faceless government bureaucrats who foolishly believe that building giant walls to keep out

the monster is better than fighting them (we saw how well that idea worked in World War Z).

The Jaeger pilots are obliged to act like the sheriff in High Noon, taking on ever more powerful foes at increasingly long odds of success. Still, even a lesser-value Jaeger suit allows humans to “fight the hard game” against the Kaiju, Beckett tells us via voiceover narrative, and right now, it’s the only game in town.

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Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi in a scene from ‘Pacific Rim.’

There is comic relief in the presence of two eggheads, played

by Charlie Day and Burn Gorman, who constantly spar with each other even as they are obliged to work together to study the traits of the Kaiju, who may not be the dumb brutes everybody assumes they are.

And Pacific Rim isn’t so dumb, either, although you could be forgiven for thinking at first glance that it’s just a big-screen version of the old Rock’em Sock’em Robots game that enlivened many a rec room.

Through the welcome presence of Rinko Kikuchi, del Toro has taken pains to put an intelligent and resourceful woman into his testosterone-rich scenario, and that’s more than you can say about the Transformers franchise, where females are little more than eye candy.

Robots, monsters and gender equality, too? Pacific Rim is more than just a blockheaded blockbuster.

In one of his sinister (and fairly hokey) messages to the public, the unknown serial killer at the center of FX’s addictive and moody new crime drama, The Bridge, refers to dialectics, which sends the El Paso Police Department’s homicide detectives scrambling for a dictionary: Is he talking about logical fallacy?

Socratic dialogue? Platonic investigation? Juxtaposition of contradictory ideas? Do whut now?

Perhaps an intellectual term such as “dialectics” is a remnant of The Bridge’s source material, an icycool European hit show called Bron (or Broen), in which a Danish detective and a Swedish detective investigate a murder that takes place on a bridge that connects their countries. Heavily adapted and relocated to the U.S.-Mexico border, The Bridge is another confident addition to FX’s well-curated schedule; in many ways, it’s as instantly beguiling as the launch of The Americans in January.

But The Bridge is one of those shows where the best qualities — the acting, the smart and precise pacing — function as an effective distraction from the goopy plate of Tex-Mex being served alongside a helping of refried beans. While it’s true that the show is set in the gritty realms between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, you nevertheless get the feeling that someone else’s complicated crime show has been shoehorned into a pair of Tony Lamas. In addition to the perennial tensions along our shared border, The Bridge tries to work in and around the presentday crises of drug-related murders and vanishing women that have plagued Juarez in the past decade.

Amid such issues we are asked to somehow focus on a single murder.

It’s a juicy one, though: The killer outsmarts surveillance cameras on the Bridge of the Americas (a heavily guarded Rio Grande span that connects the cities), where he deposits the body of a woman exactly on the dotted international line. Crafty.

Diane Kruger (Inglorious Basterds; The Host) stars as El Paso Detective Sonya Cross, who arrives at the scene and declares the murder to be under American jurisdiction because the victim appears to be white.

Chihuahua State Police Detective Marco Ruiz (played by Demian Bichir, an Oscar nominee in 2012 for A Better Life who is known to Weeds fans as the suave drug lord Esteban Reyes) acquiesces and lets Sonya take the case until an autopsy reveals that the victim is, in fact, two halves of different women: The top half is a judge from Texas; the bottom half is a missing teen from Juarez.

Therefore, the detectives must work together, navigating each other’s personalities while they pursue leads. This premise is like so much else (imported or domestic) that we’ve seen lately, and, indeed, the tone of The Bridge is certainly akin to AMC’s The Killing — which was also based on a European crime show.

But I still (yes, still!) watch The Killing for almost the exact same reason I’m eagerly awaiting more episodes of The Bridge: the characters. As with The Killing’s mismatched crime solvers (played by Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman), Ruiz and Cross are far more fascinating than the murder they’re trying to solve.

He’s somehow survived a generation of cartel massacres and corrupt supervisors in the thick of Juarez, trying to be a good lawman as well as a devoted husband and father. She’s a workaholic on the highfunctioning end of the autism spectrum, unaware of how her blunt demeanor repels those around her.

I screened the first three episodes for this review (there are 10 more to come), and within minutes, I wanted to know everything about Marco Ruiz and Sonya Cross, which is revealed in delicate layers.

For better and also worse, Cross is yet another of TV’s female characters — such as Homeland’s Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) — whose strong personality is linked to something diagnosable.

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The Stones at their best and worst on film

BY JACK HAMILTON ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES BOULDER, Colo. — The Rolling Stones are in the midst of celebrating 50 years as a rock-and-roll band, a golden anniversary that’s occasioned a tour, countless merchandising opportunities, and some pesky ontological questions as to what actually constitutes 50 years as a rock-and-roll band.

In the first 25 years of the Rolling Stones’ existence, they released 21 albums’ worth of original material; in the second 25, they’ve released four. The Stones have mostly spent this half of their careers as a lucrative self-tribute act, masters of the deluxe remaster, salesmen of their own history.

Earlier this year the band released a boxed set of a long-circulating bootleg of a 1973 live show, replete with photo book, souvenir wristwatch, and an asking price of $750. That’s a steep surcharge for a concert that happened 40 years ago.

It’s all rather charmingly distasteful, and to love the Rolling Stones has always been to love them slightly in spite of themselves.

And yet there’s one piece of the band’s history that remains untouched, unmarketed, un-reissuedwith-limited-edition-pair-of-dog-overalls.

This would be the 1972 tour documentary Cocksucker Blues, the most famous rock-and-roll movie that barely anyone has ever seen, the lost chord of the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.

It’s a film that deserves to be watched, and heard, by anyone who thinks they love the Rolling Stones and anyone who thinks they don’t, and the greatest gift the band could give to This Our Year of Stonesian Extravaganza is to finally release the damn thing.

The tale of Cocksucker Blues is as sordid as its title. In 1972 the Rolling Stones hired photographer Robert Frank to make a movie of their upcoming American tour. Frank was already well-known for his 1958 book The Americans, a photographic tapestry of lonely Americana.

The Stones were fans, and had displayed images from the work on the cover of their latest album, Exile on Main St. The tour, which boasted 22-year-old Stevie Wonder as an opening act, promised to be the most memorable (and profitable) in history.

The band hoped Frank’s movie would cloak them in deserved glory and ease the considerable controversy roused by their previous film, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin’s Gimme Shelter, which had notoriously captured the murder of teen-ager Meredith Hunter at Altamont Speedway as the Stones played Under My Thumb.

As someone once said, you can’t always get what you want. The film that Frank delivered was a ragged travelogue of debauchery and despair, a work that pulled back the curtain on the Stones’ sex-drugs-androck-’n’-roll image to reveal a gaping wound.

The Rolling Stones took one look at the movie and blocked its release, for fear that it would cause them to be barred from returning to the United States.

In 1977, Frank went to court and won the right to exhibit Cocksucker Blues four times a year, on the condition that the filmmaker himself was present; in years since, bootlegs have circulated among fans.

Due to these various circumstances, hardly anyone has ever seen Cocksucker Blues without having already been steeped in its legends, or its myths — before my first viewing I’d caught wind of a scene involving groupies and Mars bars and, well, use your imagination, because it doesn’t exist.

Anyone coming to the film expecting 90 minutes of pornographic bacchanalia will be sorely disappointed; anyone expecting 90 minutes of dope-soaked apocalypse will be slightly less disappointed but should still head elsewhere, probably to a therapist.

But it ought to be seen, because Cocksucker Blues is a hell of a film, in every sense of the phrase.

It shares in the verité trappings of Gimme Shelter, but if the Maysles’ preferred aesthetic was “direct cinema,” Frank’s is more like indirect cinema: impressionistic, collagist, morally and emotionally destabilizing.

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Mick Jagger, center, Ronnie Wood, left, and Mick Taylor at right, of British rock band the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid main stage at Glastonbury, England, Saturday, June 29, 2013.

There is a great deal in the film to dislike, starting with pretty much every person who appears on-screen. The Stones come off as aloof and narcotically disoriented, the celebrities surrounding them — Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, Lee Radziwill — as dull and preening.

Most troubling of all are the unfamous players, the roadies and groupies and hangers-on who seem plucked from the pages of Slouching Towards Bethlehem and are now lost to history, or to worse.

We meet a fan bemoaning the injustice that her LSD usage has caused her young daughter to be taken into protective custody; after all, mom protests, “she was born on acid!”

We see a man and woman shooting heroin, filmed with bored detachment, the only sound the whir of a hand-held camera. Upon completion the woman looks up and asks, unnervingly and entirely validly, “Why did you want to film that?”

The film’s most disturbing scene, and the one that most lives down to its reputation, takes place on the Stones’ touring plane.

We see explicit and zipless sex. We see clothed roadies wrestling with naked women in a manner that seems dubiously consensual, as band members play tambourines and maracas in leering encouragement. At one point Keith Richards emphatically gestures at Frank to stop filming; he doesn’t.

By the time the scene finally ends we feel drained, nauseated, ashamed of ourselves and everyone else in this world.

These are emotions not typically associated with rock films, and if only for this reason Cocksucker Blues is an important work.

But it’s also a riveting portrayal of beauty in decay, and Cocksucker Blues’ most redemptive moments come in its musical performances. Frank has no use for the sumptuous stage sequences of later concert films like Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz or Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense; the performance footage in Cocksucker Blues is frenetic, explosive and

almost random in composition.

Brown Sugar is captured by a hand-held camera so hyperactive it seems to mimic Jagger’s dance moves; All Down the Line is shot almost entirely from behind the drum kit, Charlie Watts’ splashing hi-hat in the foreground, hypnotically obscuring, then becoming, the main event.

In a particularly stunning scene Stevie Wonder joins the band onstage for a medley of Uptight (Everything’s Alright) and (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction as the camera scrambles about, bottling a moment more intoxicating than every substance backstage combined.

It’s perhaps fitting that the film’s best sequence begins in a hotel room, where Mick and Keith are hanging out and the latter puts on a hot-off-the-presses acetate of the Stones’ latest single, Happy.

The pair sit on the bed, smoking cigarettes, listening intently as one of the best rock-and-roll songs ever recorded wafts from their stereo.

Then, at the top of the song’s first chorus, Frank suddenly cuts to the Stones performing the song live onstage in front of thousands, gods in the flesh.

Finally, toward the song’s end, Frank cuts back to the hotel room, where Mick and Keith are lost in listening, singing along, young men in love with their art, their jobs, and in some still-meaningful way, each other.

Cocksucker Blues is raw, disturbed, equal parts quotidian and sublime, a completely honest depiction of a band on the road and a harrowing document of artistic triumph crashing into personal hell.

It’s well worth the price of admission, and the opportunity to pay that price might finally be coming: Late last year, MOMA showed Frank’s film as part of a retrospective in honor of the Stones, with the band’s blessing. Cocksucker Blues isn’t for the faint of heart, and that’s just fine; the faint of heart don’t listen to Exile on Main St. Fifty years on, the Stones grow old, but this was once a band with teeth in its mouth and blood on its hands, and no moss in sight.

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When TV’s most compelling women aren’t having mental or psychological issues, they’ve got dependency problems. The subtextual message seems to be that intelligence and determination in strong women must be explained by a disorder or, at the very least, in their obsessive work hours (The Killing’s Sarah Linden, for example). Responding to her body’s sexual needs, Cross simply visits a honky-tonk and retrieves a man with hardly any conversation as easily as she microwaves ramen noodles to assuage her hunger. (When her last conquest unexpectedly visits the police headquarters to ask for a second date, she blankly stares at him and then says, robotically: “I can’t have sex at work.”)

Her Asperger syndrome (or whatever it is) comes off as an intriguing quirk, but the net effect of such characters sometimes just looks like reimagined notions of old-fashioned hysteria, which is to say: On television, if a woman is good at what she does, then she must be cray-cray. I could press this criticism further, but I usually shelve it in relief that there are so many well-written, well-portrayed female leads on TV now. They’re all but nonexistent in the movie theaters, and contemporary literature is overly preoccupied with whether female characters are “likable.” Kruger’s unlikable performance here verges on some of the best we’ve seen this year on TV, of either gender.

As Ruiz, Bichir also gives a magnetic performance, but he’s got an easier job because he gets to play the good cop who oozes both intelligence and machismo. Naturally, he’s a flawed hero — not as faithful to his wife as he might like to be and not as loyal to his idealism about police work in the face of so much corruption.

Beyond these two, The Bridge is packed with supporting characters and plot threads — almost too much of a good thing. Matthew Lillard plays an underachieving, alcoholic El Paso Times reporter who finds himself at the center of the mystery; Catalina Sandino Moreno plays the colleague assigned to acquaint him with Juarez’s mean streets. Ted Levine plays Lt. Hank Wade, who, as Cross’s fatherly boss, is the only one who understands her personality disorder; Annabeth Gish plays Charlotte, a widow who discovers that her late husband was running one of those underground tunnels to Mexico we so often see in borderland dramas.

It’s a lot to keep track of, and, by the third episode, some of the plot twists elicit a yawn from those of us who’ve endured a lot of grisly cable crime of late. But so far, The Bridge appears to lead somewhere. It has a seamless and almost hypnotic quality to its narrative, and it’s easily one of the best debuts this year.

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MURRAY Donald (Moose) Grant November 20, 1947 - July 7, 2013 Donald, beloved husband of Tannis and cherished father of Rachel, passed away in Red Deer on July 7, 2013 at the age of 65 years. Don was born in Turner Valley to Allan and Belle Murray of Okotoks.

He was predeceased by his parents and by his brother Norman Murray. Donnie is mourned by his brother Jimmy (Shirley) Murray, his sister Annabelle Mclean, his sister in law Nancy Murray, his brothers in law Ron (Debbie) and Dwayne (Marg) Darling, and Clint Murray, Rachel’s fiancé. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. All who knew Don were enriched by his vibrant spirit. He was an energetic, funny, loving soul.

Don was raised and attended school in Okotoks. He enjoyed and excelled at many different sports including golf, curling, and baseball and in his younger years playing hockey with the Okotoks Oilers. Don and Tannis were married on April 3, 1976 in Okotoks. They moved to Red Deer where Rachel was born. Don worked in the Oilpatch for many years before he and Ta n n i s s t a r t e d t h e i r o w n business, called Moosecat Rentals. Moose was a member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, the Red Deer Curling Club and he played a g o o d g a m e o f h o c k e y. A funeral service will be held at the Snodgrass Funeral Home, 200 Woodgate Road, Okotoks, on Monday, July 15 a t 2 : 0 0 P M . To s e n d condolences please visit www.snodgrassfuneralhomes.com Arrangements in care of SNODGRASS FUNERAL HOMES LTD. (Okotoks) 403-938-3111

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CAMERON Ronald Glen Jan. 11, 1926 - July 3, 2013 Ron passed away hours after a massive stroke. Ron was born in Delburne, Alberta to Lillian Carter and George Cameron. He joined the military at seventeen and was shipped out to Ontario for training. He never saw action in World War II but made a lifelong friend in a fellow Albertan, John Vlchek. In 1944, he married Alice Grace Blades and they traveled with Gulf Oil completing geological maps of Alberta and their first child, Douglas was born in Pincher Creek. In 1958, Ron and Grace settled down to farm in the Delburne area and had two more children, Diane and Robin. Ron moved with his family from Delburne to Red Deer in 1973 and worked at the Alpha Dairy plant until he retired. He was an avid hunter and displayed his trophies in the front porch of his Ross Street home. He was a member of the Trochu Rifle and Pistol Club and the Red Deer Rock and Gem Club.

Ron participated annually in the Alberta Black Powder Cannon Shoot. In later life his interest in Western Canadian history led him to participate in historical re-enactments of the Riel Rebellion at Fort Normandeau and in other locations in Western Canada. Throughout his life, Ron enjoyed working in his shop where he made knives and was an amateur gunsmith. He embraced his Scottish heritage and hosted many a Robbie Burns party at his home. Through these activities he made many friends and acquaintances who supported him into his senior years. Ron is survived by his son; Douglas of Red Deer; his daughter Diane, h e r h u s b a n d D r. P e t e r Fawcett and his grandsons John and William of Albuquerque, New Mexico; his sisters Mary Pengelly of Delburne and Audrey and her husband Harvey Shaw of Calgary. He was predeceased by his son Robin in 1986 and his beloved wife Grace in 1990. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Sunday, July 28, at t h e D e l b u r n e C e m e t e r y, followed by a Memorial at the Balmoral Hall, East of Red Deer, at 2:00 pm with Open House until 7:00 pm. Your condolences can be shared at that time, or via email at dianecam98@gmail.com

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EVANS - Peggy 1925 - 2013 Peggy Elsie Evans was born in Innisfail, Alberta on September 12th, 1925 and passed away on July 6th, 2013 at Red Deer Regional Hospital. Peggy was predeceased by her husband of 28 years, Arthur John Evans. Peggy will be lovingly remembered by daughters; Susan Evans (Red Deer) and Maxine Evans (Red Deer).

She is survived by sister, Lois Simpson, brother-in-law, Stan Simpson (Red Deer), sister-in-law,Gwyneth Gillette (Calgary), as well as numerous nieces, nephews and their children. Peggy will be remembered for her love of life, sense of humour, and her enjoyment of family and how she celebrated their successes. She was not afraid to try new things and continued to learn throughout her life. She frequently excelled at what she did, but always remained humble and quiet about her achievements.

She loved her rural roots and felt a close tie to nature and the earth. A natural home body and excellent homem a k e r, s h e d e v e l o p e d a taste for adventure and travel in her later years. A special thank you to Dr. Hopfner for his care throughout Peggy’s illness with Parkinson’s Disease. A Celebration of Life for Peggy Evans will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, in Red Deer on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 3:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations in Peggy’s name may be made to Gaetz Memorial United Church, Red Deer Regional Hospital, 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4E7, or the Parkinson Alberta Society, 5406D-43 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 1C9.

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ROBINSON (nee Eden) Joyce June 21, 1930 - July 8, 2013 Joyce passed away peacefully in her sleep, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre after a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Haydock, Lancashire, England to Harry Eden and wife Esther (Stockley). She is survived by her son Paul, granddaughter Shannon, extended granddaughters Megan (Jeremy), Lindsey and their mom Lee; sisters Dorothy (Eric), Audrey (Stan) and her brother Derek (Eileen). She is also survived by numerous nephews, nieces and cousins from a large family in England.

Joyce was predeceased by her husband Joe, and was never quite the same after his passing. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and will be sorely missed. Joyce had a difficult childhood as a curved spine required for her to have 3 vertebrae fused and to be kept in body casts in a sanitarium for 5 years of her life beginning at age 3.

She did heal well and was released from the hospital at age 8 just as WWII began in Europe. At age 14 she began working in a textile mill, weaving material for parachutes and barrage balloons during WWII. After t h e w a r, a y o u n g s a i l o r named Joe Robinson was de-mobbed and started also started work in the mill. The two fell in love and were married in 1950. In 1954 they immigrated to Canada with their then 3-year-old son Paul Robinson and settled in Stettler, AB. Joyce loved Stettler and made many lifelong friends. In 1965 they moved to Red Deer where Joyce managed the “Betty Shop” women’s clothing store, once again making many friends along the way.

Many thanks to the E.M.T.’s and the staff at Ward 32 for all their care and help. R.I.P. Nana. In honor of Joyce’s life, a funeral service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287- 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of fowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 200, 325 Manning Road N.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9Z9. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Funeral arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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YOUNKER Marion Viola (nee Johnston) Feb. 5, 1929 - July 8, 2013 Marion, beloved wife of Mel Yo u n k e r, p a s s e d a w a y suddenly in her home on Sunday, July 8th at the age of 84. She was predeceased by her sister and best friend, Helen. She is lovingly remembered by her three children; Lucille (Stephen), Laurine (Myron), Jim (Sherry) and her much loved grandchildren; Douglas (Ashley), Joel, Josh, Jordana, Jamie and Noelle. Marion was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta in 1929, completed high school in Hanna and then graduated from the Royal Alexandra School of Nursing in Edmonton in 1951. She married Mel Younker, an airman in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1952. After travelling around the world for almost 20 years, Marion, Mel and family settled on a lovely acreage east of Red Deer. Marion nursed at the Red Deer Regional Hospital for 7 years and then moved to Home Care and Public Health where she cared for both the young and the more senior members of the community.

She shared her life lessons with the young and validated the life lessons of her older patients. Marion continued her personal growth taking courses at Red Deer College and Grant McEwan College.

In 1990, Marion retired to spend more time with Mel and their family and to pursue her many other interests. She became an active member of the Balmoral C h a p t e r o f t h e Wo m e n ’ s Institute spending happy hours reading to children, participating in craft shows and having many shared adventures. She joined several bridge clubs and although bemoaning her perceived lack of skill, she still managed, on occasion, to win the prize. She kept in touch with her nursing classmates and enjoyed many class reunions, including her 50th where she wore her gold nursing cap with pride.

Marion always put family and friends ahead of herself and will be greatly missed by all who had the good luck to k n o w h e r. A M e m o r i a l Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, July 13th, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Flowers are gratefully declined. If friends desire, a donation can be made to their favourite charity.

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BROCHU Rodney Feb 8, 1957- July 6, 2013 Rodney with his wife by his side passed away after a long struggle with mesothelioma at the Red Deer Hospice on Saturday July 6th 2013 at the age of 56 years. He will be remembered and forever loved by his wife Marie Brochu and children Carlis (Cobralin) Brochu, Oran (Laura) Brochu and Lacey (Bradley) Brochu. Rodney will also be sadly missed by his siblings Dwight (Nancy) Brochu, Garry (Trudy) Brochu, Russ (Michelle) Brochu, Shirley (Mike) Stapleton and Jennifer Brochu. Also Four precious grandchildren Tenzen, R o r i , R y l e e a n d Ta l o n .

Rodney was predeceased by his parents Norman and Muriel Brochu. Rodney enjoyed life to the fullest. He loved hunting, fishing, boating, quading and huge bonfires with family and friends. He was very proud of his children and grandchildren and enjoyed every moment he could with them. The family wishes to express their appreciation for the loving care Rodney received on Unit 32 Palliative Care at the Red Deer Regional Hospital and the Red Deer Hospice. A `Celebration of life’ will be held at Burbank Campground July 14th 2013 at 3:00pm for anyone wishing to attend.

Memorial Donations may be made to The Red Deer Hospice society at 99 Arnot Ave, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6

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ZINKEN Marion Kathleen 1923 - 2013 Marion Kathleen Zinken passed away peacefully at the Southwood Hospice in Calgary on Friday, July 5th, 2013, three days after her ninetieth birthday. Marion was born in Galt, Ontario on July 2, 1923. At the age of seven, she moved with her family to Kitchener, Ontario.

Upon completing high school, she began a career as a photographer’s assistant with Charles Belair Studios.

Marion married Kenneth Zinken in February of 1946.

After the birth of four children, she moved with Ken and her family to Regina in 1956. A fifth child, Thomas was born in 1960. In 1961, her family moved to Saskatoon and then settled in Red Deer in 1964. She remained in Red Deer until 2003, when she moved to Calgary. Marion was an active member of the I.O.D.E., Kiwanians and the Legion. She was also an active member of the Gaetz United Church and the Sunnybrook United Church.

She worked for a brief time at Yvonne’s Fashions when her children were grown. She was known for her kindness and compassion with everyone she met. She loved playing bridge, gardening, golfing, sewing, baking and traveling. She leaves to mourn two daughters; Susan Hunter of Delta, B.C. and Patricia Spruyt (Bob) of Rocky Mountain House, AB, one son, Bob Zinken (Linda) of Innisfail, a daughter-in-law, Bonnie (Don) Zinken of Calgary, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, whom she loved dearly and who brought a sparkle to her eyes whenever they visited.

She also leaves to mourn five nephews and their families. She was predeceased by her son, Thomas in 1968, her husband, Ken in 1991, and her son, William in 2007. She was also predeceased by her parents and two sisters. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and a wonderful friend.

She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Thank you to the staff in Calgary at both the Chinook Care Center and Southwood Hospice for the wonderful care and support given to Marion and her family. A Memorial Service will be held at the Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer, on Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. If friends desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Southwood Hospice, 211 Heritage Drive SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2H 1M9 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, 200, 325 Manning Road, NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 2P5. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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REHN Jan. 17, 1920 - July 6, 2013 Victor Claus Rehn was born on the family farm SW of Hughenden, AB, the second son of Claus and Minnie Rehn. At the age of 11, Vic started working out on farms for $5 a month. He always enjoyed the farm life. After serving in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, he worked at the Trail Smelter, then back to Okotoks and the DEVEREAUX-KIRKPATRICK Turner Valley oil fields. He Wade, Tara and Shaya went into the trucking Kirkpatrick are pleased business the fall of 1944, to announce the arrival of general hauling for the farms their baby boy, ERIKA STEWART and acid and mud for the oil Sawyer James Kirkpatrick. patch. In the fall of 1955 he Born on June 8, 2013 weighing Congratulations on achieving moved the operation to Red 7 pounds, 13 ounces. your Bachelor of Education Deer. Joffre field was getting degree from U.B.C. started. His fleet grew to 28 Have fun teaching in trucks, 2 cats and a mobile Guadaloupe. crane used for moving oil rigs Card Of Thanks and large vessels for gas ~Love your proud Family plants. Vic spent 2 seasons ILCISIN in Whitehorse as operation Sincere thank you to friends, manager for Atlas Travel Ltd neighbors and family for the after retiring. Vic and Mabel wonderful surprise going Lawrence were married June away party. Special thanks to Marriages 27, 1945. Their marriage was Gloria and Nadeen for planning built on love of one another such a beautiful party. and their Lord Jesus. He tried ~Nick and Joyce to live as Jesus wanted them to live - honestly and generously. Vic and Mabel The family of the late weathered many financial HERBERT FIELDING Q.C. setbacks but always knew Would like to sincerely thank their Lord would see them all of those great folks for through, and He did. Vic & your acts of generosity, Mabel travelled to Dominican kindness, visits, prayers, Republic part of two winters flowers, cards, and donations to help rebuild homes following the unexpected after Hurricane George passing of our beloved devastated the area. Vic was Herbert. We thank you for predeceased by Mabel, his your attendance at Herbert’s wife of 66 years, his 4 brothers Celebration of Life Service (Bill, Ivar, Ed & Elmer) and and the Wake. Our family’s grandson Steve. He is grief and the magnitude of survived by his sisters: Edna our loss has been lessened GRANDY - HOULBROOK Flemmer and Leona Ritchie by the public outpouring of Cusack. His family was a love, prayers and well wishes Janet McLaughlin of Red Deer and Ron Grandy of great blessing and joy: son from our friends and Nova Scotia are thrilled to Rick (Linn), Steve (Nicki), business associates. announce the marriage of David (Wendy) Cai, Eden, The Fielding Family their daughter, Dr. Christine Alexis (Redge), son Clark G r a n d y, t o M r. A d a m (Darlene), son Lyle (Paula), Houlbrook. Wedding took Kristen (Maurice) greatplace in Toronto on June 30, granddaughter to-be, Kaylah, Graduations 2012. Christine has since Lainie, Gaige,Tanner; daughter immigrated to England where Verdell (Wes), Janine, Kyle she worked part time the past (Kai-Li) Andy, Andrea, Elijah, year at Oxford University.

Mackenzie. He loved them The happy couple are soon all very much. Special thanks moving to Lincoln, England to the Pines Supportive Living where Dr. Grandy will be Unit staff for your caring employed by Lincoln University attitudes. In lieu of flowers, as an Assistant Professor. memorial donations may be made directly to: Alberta Bible College, 635 Northmount Drive NW, Calgary, T2K 3J6.

Celebrations Services will be held at 2:00 on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Parkland Christian Church, 5515-43 Street.

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Core Laboratories Petroleum Services Division is the world’s most recognized and highly respected rock and fluid analysis laboratory serving the oil and gas industry. We require an individual for a field technician trainee in the Red Deer area. The successful candidate will be responsible for sampling gas/oil wells and gas plants and be part of a team responsible for developing and maintaining markets in the Reservoir Fluids Division.

The individual will possess excellent interpersonal skills, be self starter and team player and have strong mechanical and problem solving skills. A BSc/College graduate or related industry experience and valid driver’s license is required.

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Stonewall Energy Corp., is a fast-paced growing oilfield rental company in Red Deer. Currently Stonewall supplies fracheads to Central Alberta *Equipment and will be expanding its Operators product line in the fall.

REQUIREMENTS: Responsibilities include *Valid driver’s license directing all rental activities * H2S Alive including: * Standard First Aid * Review customer orders *WHMIS and/or CSTS to identify and plan or PST customer rental requirements * Completion of all customer * Pre-Access A& D Testing field tickets / billing Please email or fax your * Equipment inventory resume to: control hr@tr3energy.com * Providing leadership and Fax: 403-294-9323 scheduling to the field www.tr3energy.com technicians * Ensure health and safety regulations and requirements are met Restaurant/ Qualifications * 5 years progressive Hotel experience in an oilfield rental environment 989240 AB LTD. * Knowledge of frachead o/a TIM HORTONS configuration and valves Hiring 15 Permanent F/T Stonewall offers a Food Counter Attendants competitive salary, rewards, & 4 Permanent F/T and an opportunity to Food Service Supervisors utilize your skills in a for both Red Deer Locations challenging and rewarding Parkland Mall environment. Please 6359 50 Ave. and forward your resume to 6020 - 67 St. resumes@ Fax: 403-314-4427, email stonewallenergy.ca parklandtimhortons @gmail.com Must be available all shifts, eves., wknds., nights $11./hr. - FCA $13./hr. - FSS Fax or email resume

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

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Alberta LTD 1693338 Extreme Energy o/a Hiring Sales Supervisor -retail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Exp. min. 2 yrs. Good English. Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff. F/time, perm, shifts, weekends. Salary - $19./hr Reachiesales@gmail.com CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

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for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com RED Deer based Acid hauling company looking for a Salesperson. Fax resume to 403-346-3766

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Nexus Engineering is currently looking for Afternoon shift C.N.C operators/ Machinists. Duties include, set up of Mazak C.N.C lathe and mills, running production runs, min 3 years experience.

We offer competitive wages, company paid benefits and a RRSP matching plan.

Please forward resumes to resume@nexusengineering.ca

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Duties to include: Inside Sales Customer Service Clerical Duties Deliveries Inventory Control Heavy Operating Forklift Shipping & Lifting involved Receiving Please Send Resume to: Email: rick.davies@meridianvalve.ca Fax: (403) 843 - 3775 In Person: 5618 – 44th St, Rimbey

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING Service Plumbers.

Journeyman, w/service exp. Competitive wages.

Fax resume: 403-356-0244 Journeyman Electrician required for Red Deer Public Schools.

Qualifications: high school diploma, journeyman electrician certification with 5 years exp. in a commercial setting, valid AB class 4 drivers license, knowledge of building management systems, heating and ventilation systems, and occupational and safety precautions of the position. WHMIS and first aid training preferred.

Starting wage is $30.23 hourly with a comp. benefit and pension plan.

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Reporting to the Vice President of Operations Responsible for maintaining fleet, fleet inspections and troubleshooting problems with operators/Managers.

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Here’s what we offer: • Large Inventory – 2 locations to sell from • Flexible Hours • Excellent Reputation • Excellent Pay Structure • Excellent Benefit Plan

Contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview. Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca

LACOMBE BASED BUSINESS Seeking Shop Hand For fabrication & mechanical shop. Individual with direct experience in welding, fabrication, and power tools needed. Must be reliable, punctual and have a valid drivers licence.

Applicants with a Class 1 Drivers Licence preferred.

Applicants will be req’d from time to time to work outside of Lacombe for periods of up to a week in refineries. Please fax resume including two references to: 403-342-7447

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Industrial Sewing Personnel

Inside Sales Person

Looking to hire Class 2 coil tubing supervisors.

Competitive wages and benefits. 403-866-5597 Fax resume to 403-504-9241

Please submit resumes to:

pay weekly. Competitived wages. Multiple teams for placement. Call John 403-597-7004 or email to jon@canuckframing.com

Required for Rimbey OilďŹ eld Supply Store

TIGERS COIL TUBING SERVICES

- Further develop the Fleet Management system.- Train others plus provide troubleshooting including 24 hour on call service in assisting operators and Managers in repairs of down units.

- Ensure the fleet management program including preventative maintenance and fleet audits are of the required standard and upgrade as necessary.

- Ensure compliance to Badgers safety and high service standards in the Region.

- Support the Red Deer plant (service) providing technical assistance and advice in the service of the Western Canada Fleet.- Training of Area Managers in fleet maintenance expectations.

- Track monthly maintenance records.

- Technical expertise and improvement including engine downloads, oil sampling and discussion with operators.- Work with fleet personnel to advise, recommend and monitor major expenses as required.

- Direct reports: 2 Fleet Inspectors

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EXP’D FRAMERS/ Afternoon Shift CARPENTERS WANTED. CNC Must have own transp. & Operators/Machinists proper safety apparel. We

For (Thai Cuisine) wage $12 hr. Please apply in person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

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CANYON SKI RESORT is looking for P/T - Casual semi retired carpenter for various projects. Please fax resume to: 403-347-0009

KITCHEN HELPERS

Sales & Distributors

850

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 10 FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS $11/hr.

Apply at 6620 Orr Drive.

Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-341-3561 or apply in person

Rental Coordinator, Red Deer JOURNEYMAN HD CVIP MECHANIC

Restaurant/ Hotel

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Oilfield

Advancing Reservoir Performance

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 31 ANQUETEL ST July 11 & 12, 4-8, July 13, 11-6. Girsl items, toys, decor, household, lots of misc. items.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Glendale *TWICE THE FUN!* Double garage sale!

From hardware to knickknacks!

Full details on Kijiji Ad.# 50241683 July 12, Thurs. 4 - 8 pm 10 GORDON ST.

Aspen Ridge

Morrisroe

GARAGE SALE AT 196 ACKERMAN CRES. Friday 2-8 & Saturday 9-5 July 12 & 13

28 MARION CRES. HUGE MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE JULY 11, 12 & 13 Thurs. 1-9, Fri. 1-9, Sat. 9-5 Furniture, kitchen, household, books, vinyls, x-mas, office, clothing, (baby, toddler, kids, adult & western) toys, tools, and much more.

Bower FRI. July 12, 5 pm. - 8 pm, Sat. July 13, 9-3. 20 Bunn Cres. Housewares perfect for students going back to school

Clearview 117 CHAPELL DR. July 12 & 13 Fri. 3 - 8 & Sat. 10 - 4 Variety of items Something for Everyone

Deer Park 141 DORAN CRESCENT July 12 & 13 Fri. 1 -6 & Sat. 9 - 12 Lots of everything!

Eastview 3724 - 47 ST. July 10 & 11 Thurs. 3 - 8 & Fri. 10 -5 HIGE YARD SALE Something for Everyone!

MULTI-FAMILY SALE 18 METCALF AVE. July 12, noon - 8 Friday ONLY Misc. Items.

Mountview 3425 - 41 AVE (35 St) MOVING YARD SALE July 11, 12 & 13 Thurs. 11-6, Fri. 10-6 & Sat. 11 -4 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

SAT., July 13 only. 9 - 4.

Everything Must Go! Pellet Stove, Furniture, Kids Toys, Furnishings, Decorations, etc. Kitchen Wares, Books, etc.

See you at 3731 43A Ave. Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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Sunnybrook

ANTIQUES, collectibles and household. Thurs. July 11, 4-8, July 12, 2-8, July 13, 10-3. 137 Nash St. Back alley.

115 SELKIRK Blvd. New items, wedding, couch set, tv’s, slotwall, shelvings & pegs, July 12, 13 & 14. Fri. 12-6, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-2.

Operating in more than 90 countries and employing more than 50,000 in ďŹ elds such as drilling and evaluation, completions and production, and uids and chemicals, we continuously strive to develop our people through ongoing commitment to learning and performance improvement. Baker Hughes offers opportunities for qualiďŹ ed people who want to grow in our high performance organization.

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Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Current vacancies include:

Victoria Park

– Partsperson (8/6 work schedule) Job ID # 1318747

95 PHELAN Cres.

Living estate sale. Furniture, BBQ, dishes and much much more. July 12, 6 pm. -8 pm, July 13, 10-3.

ESTATE SALE Collectibles, antiques, furniture, art, clothing, kitchen wares, etc.

Indoors, dry and cool.

Fri. July 12, 2-7 Sat. July 13, 9-6. #4B 6842-50 Ave. (next to Video View) Watch for balloons on 64 St. & Gaetz JULY 11, 12, 13 ( possibly 14th weather permitting.)

43 Patterson Cres.

11 am - 9 pm.

Tons of stuff!

42 ANSETT CRESCENT July 12 & 13 Fri. noon - 8, Sat. 9 - 4 MOVING SALE Something for everyone.

West Park 3 FAMILY 5553-35 St. Fri. Sat. Sun. July 12, 13 & 14. 9-7.

Elephants, jewelry, peacock feathers, tables (3 x 6)

Out of Town Rosedale 400 RAMAGE CL. Furniture, movies, books, toys, etc. July 11, 3-7 July 12, 2-7, July 13, 10-2

1/2 MI. WEST of UFA Burnt Lake July 12, 13 & 14 Fri. 5-9, Sat. & Sun. 9-4 Camping supplies, garden ornaments, misc. tools, clothes, trailer, vehicles

– Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic (8/6 work schedule) Job ID # 1315869

We offer: s ! COMPETITIVE SALARY s %XCELLENT BENElTS s 0ROFESSIONAL TRAINING *OIN US AND YOU LL SOON BELONG TO A HUGELY DIVERSE

inclusive team of colleagues who will support and inspire you.

Please apply online at WWW BAKERHUGHES COM CAREERS AND SEARCH FOR THE APPROPRIATE *OB )$ LISTED ABOVE Shop location: %DGAR )NDUSTRIAL $RIVE 2ED $EER !" &AX

Blackfalds

SPECIAL INTEREST TO THOSE WHO LIKE BLING, CLOTHES & ACCESSORIES !

347 300 RAMAGE CL. SAT. JULY 13, 10-4

33 EASTPOINTE DR. Fri. July 12, 5 pm. - 8 pm.

Sat. 11-5.

Furniture, books, clothing, etc.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Baker Hughes is an equal opportunities employer

WWW BAKERHUGHES COM CAREERS

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As a leader in the oilďŹ eld services industry, Baker Hughes offers opportunities for people who want to grow and build their careers in our high performance organization.

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METAL FORM INDUSTRIES (2006) INC.

a custom metal fabrication business in Innisfail has an employment opportunity for a fabricator.

Preference will be given to someone with shear and brake experience. The successful applicant will receive full time employment, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 4:30.

We offer employee benefits and work environment with plenty of variety. Apply in person with resume 5 kms.

West of Innisfail on Highway #54, fax resume to 403-227-4831 or email to metform@ metelformalberta.com.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

NEW EMPLOYMENT Opportunity Central City Asphalt Ltd.

Experienced Class 1 Driver Email resume to office@ccal.com Fax resume to (403) 885 5137

PASQUALE MANCUSO CONSTRUCTION* (49 Years Of Service)

Concrete Finishers For the Red Deer Area Excellent rate of pay Benefit package.

Please fax resume to: 403-342-1549 or email: apply@pmcl1964.ca STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

Drillers & Helpers to Drill for Pilings

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

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We have immediate positions available to fill for

SOME OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE: A strong knowledge of construction equipment Team orientated Organized Computer literate Have great customer relations

UNION TRACTOR OFFERS • • •

Competitive wages Excellent benefit pckg.

Pension plan and much more...

If you are interested in being apart of a positive and rewarding team please submit your resume via email franks@uniontractor.com, fax to (403.340.8615) or just leave one with us, Attn: The Branch Manager.

4766 62 ST. Red Deer Thank you for your interest.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Truckers/ Drivers

Looking for Class1A driver to haul crude oil in the Central Ab. area. Must have Off Road experience.

Email resume: haulingcrude@live.ca

860

Central AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators

& Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

850

Professional Truck Driver

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is currently accepting applications for Full-Time Employment for certified Class 1 Drivers with a minimum of two (2) years experience. ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within central Alberta. ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License, with previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a recent drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Attn: Ken McCutcheon Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com Position closing date: July 22nd. 2013 RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake. Openings for winch tractor, bed truck drivers and swamper’s.

Top wages and benefits.

Email resume tom@ roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892

Spanky’s Transit Mix is looking for concrete truck drivers. Call Gary 403-396-5993

THREE Class 3 w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for new contract.

Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300

Hydraulic Division

TRUCKING company based out of Red Deer looking for experienced Class 1 drivers for winch tractor used for heavy hauling and tank truck operators. Top wages and exc. benefit pkg. Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766

Pumps & Pressure Inc. Hydraulic Division is currently accepting applications for

HYDRAULIC TECHNICIANS JOURNEYMEN or APPRENTICE MECHANICS MILLWRIGHTS

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Mechanically inclined individuals will also be considered.

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Please forward resume to Brent via: Fax: 403.340.3646 or Email: brent@pumpsandpressure.com

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CROSSMARK wants MERCHANDISERS! E-mail your resume to Kimberly.smith2@ crossmark.com.

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ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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FALL START

Community Support Worker Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades GED classes days/ evening Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in GRANDVIEW 40A Ave & 47 St. area & N. side of Ross St. MOUNTVIEW 43 Ave & 35 St. & area. $67/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Close & Ritson Close $98/mo.

DEER PARK AREA Dodge Ave, Donald Cl., & Dentoom Cl. $97.00/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info Fluid Experts Ltd. Is seeking to hire Shop Supervisor for our Red Deer location. This position is a fulltime and is a salary based position with company benefits upon hire. Duties include maintain shop, minor repairs of units and equipment, monitor inventories, loading of fluid trucks with various products for the Oil & Gas industry and will be trained to blend KCl fluid in shop utilizing specialized equipment. Ideal candidate will have a mechanical background with a class 1 license with fluid hauling experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

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Employment Training

900

Firewood

1660

LOGS

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS BOWDEN RIMBEY

Archibald Cres.

Armitage Close

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

INGLEWOOD AREA

PERSON req’d for shipping and receiving for busy HVAC contractor.

Requires inventory exp., good organizational skills, clean Drivers License, n/s, $15/hr. Apply in person to Comfortec Heating & AC or email: brad@ ComfortecHeating.com.

Inglewood Drive LANCASTER AREA Logan Close Lees St./ Lawrence Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREA

RED DEER & DISTRICT BRANCH

Sherwood Cres./ Stanhope Ave.

PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

TELEPHONE REPRESENTATIVES (RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS FOR ANNUAL DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGN)

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

August 12th - Oct 11th 8 -weeks 4:00pm - 8:00 pm MONDAY to THURSDAY

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 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

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of INNISFAIL Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

Fax to 403-346-5786

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HOURS PER WEEK: 16 TO 20 hrs Call from home is possible $12.00 PER HOUR

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544 24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

TWO large (45 inch) antique wooden wagon wheels. $85 for one, $65 f o r t h e o t h e r.

Call (403) 342-7908

Call 403-346-4631 Or visit #06 - 5015 48 St TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

REG COX FEEDMIXERS Req’s In Service Shop, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld.

Apply fax 403-341-5622

SUBWAY All Red Deer Locations Hiring Immediately

Auctions

Garden Supplies

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

1680

ANNA’S Water Gardens, Coy & Gold Fish.

403-885-5742 FISKARS Stay Sharp + reel lawnmower, 2 mo. old $120 403-346-7321

Household Appliances

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APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 WASHER & DRYER Working cond. $150.

403-346-4307

Household Furnishings

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Antiques & Art

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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DRESSER, 6 drawers wide 3/small drawers in middle $20; B & D breadmaker $10; brass desk top lamp $5 403-986-0986 MAYTAG dryer $75; recliner, white $50, 403-347-1050 STAND up lamp, gold plated; matching table lamps $50 obo 403-347-0104

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 WHITE desk lamp $2; 2 tier white stand on castors $4; 5 tea towels $3; 5 kitchen towel $3, 8” glass round casserole dish lid $3; Corelle dishes, 6 large dinner plates $1.25/ea; 8 sandwich plates $1/ea; 5 soup bowls .75 cents ea., 3 blue mugs .75 cents/ea, 8” serving bowl $3; single cup coffee maker w/mug $5; 3 small glass bowls $2; 3 small metal bowls $2; 3 pots w/lids, $3 & $2; dishrack spacesaver $1 403-340-1120

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

COLOR tv’s older style, 27”, two 21”, all work exc. $25/ea. 403-341-3099 Food Counter Attendants PS1 w/10 games. $70 obo; Are you looking for a career Clothing PS2 w/10 games $60; Ninopportunity with excellent tendo DS $50 obo benefits, a mature working BOYS Hiking shoes, size 403-782-3847 environment and opportunity 13, Columbia, like new. to advance? If so, Subway PSP w/13 games and 6 $20.

403-314-9603 has a position for you! movies $140 Please apply online @ 403-782-3847 mysubwaycareer.com or EquipmentDrop resume off in person Heavy Misc. for at 180, 6900 Taylor Drive Or email to Sale TRAILERS for sale or rent careers@rdsubway.com Job site, office, well site or or Call us at 403-342-0203 7 FOOT wooden bench. storage. Skidded or Painted light blue. $35. wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Summer Work Call (403) 342-7908 $14.50 base appt, GE ANSWERING FT/PT summer openings, MACHINE customer sales/svc, Firewood $20 403-341-3099 conditions apply, training given GLOBE 12”, great cond.

AFFORDABLE Call Today 403-755-6711 $15.

Homestead Firewood work4students.ca BOX full of misc.

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. household items. $20.

Celebrate your life 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 403-314-9603 with a Classified FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, LAGOSTINA stainless ANNOUNCEMENT Poplar. Can deliver steel pasta pot, exc. cond, 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 $60; humidifier, filter free Looking for a new pet? $40; carbon monoxide FREE FIRE WOOD Check out Classifieds to alarm, exc. working order Bring your own saw. find the purrfect pet. $35; smoke detector 403-346-4307 $20 403-227-2653 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / NEW right hand bathtub, white $200 403-746-2962 del. Lyle 403-783-2275

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Please reply by email: Help qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com REQUIRED or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Employment Training

IMMEDIATELY

900

Quick Lube Technicians

850 Public Schools

Mechanic for Transportation Department Grasslands Public Schools has an opportunity for an energetic and self motivated auto mechanic to work in our Transportation Department.

This individual will be required to repair, service, and inspect our fleet of divisional buses and other divisional equipment.

The successful candidate will have an Alberta Journeyman’s Certificate in Auto Mechanics or Heavy Duty Mechanics and will be eligible to acquire a Vehicle Inspection Technician License to inspect school buses. Suitable applicants within their 3rd or 4th year of apprenticeship may be considered. A class 2 drivers license with S endorsement is required, training is available.

A criminal record check, including the vulnerable sector check, and a driver’s abstract will be required for the successful applicant.

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Academic Express

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for our busy & expanding business in Red Deer, AB.

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860

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Shop Foreman/ Woman, Parts Person & Heavy Equipment Technicians

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Truckers/ Drivers

We have a new ultra modern quick lube facility.

Successful candidates must be: • Customer service oriented.

• Energetic and physically fit.

• Occasional Saturday

YOUR CAREER IN

ACCOUNTING Payroll Administrator Computerized Accounting Computerized Payroll Accounting and more!

Journeyman and Registered Apprentice Auto Technicians

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

Successful candidates must be: • Mature and energetic.

• Physically fit.

• A team player with a pro-active attitude.

• Able to work occasional Saturdays.

We Offer: • Possibility for advancement • Ongoing professional training.

• Competitive remuneration.

• Excellent medical and dental benefits.

Fax resume to: Joy Chamberlain or Brent Ohara 403-340-8420

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

Pleases forward your application and résumé, including contact information for three professional references, to: William Best Transportation Supervisor, Grasslands Public Schools 745 2nd Ave E Brooks, Alberta T1R 1L2 Phone: (403) 793-6703 Fax: (403) 793-6719

2804 Gaetz Ave., Red Deer Visit our website: southsidedodgechrysler.com 403-346-5577 1-800-882-7178

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Deadline for applications will be July 19, 2013.

We’re Hiring!

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE?

Allan Dale Trailers & RVs is GROWING fast and we are seeking

Find the right fit.

4 Experienced RV Technicians As an active member of the Allan Dale team, you will be required to: • examine, troubleshoot and diagnose units needing repair and maintenance • install, repair and maintain interior and exterior components on various RV makes & models • perform pre-delivery inspections • install trailer and RV accessories • read and follow instructions on repair orders to ensure quality control

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

The successful candidate should possess the following: • mechanical, electrical and electronics aptitude • troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities • good communication and organizational skills • good physical condition as some lifting is required • one to two years related experience and/or training • Journeyman RV Technician certification would be considered a definite asset

- Concrete Finishers - Overhead Crane Operators - General Labourers

As a valued member of the Allan Dale team, we offer you: • full time, year round employment • premium pay for experience • group employee benefits • excellent hours working in a fun, supportive environment • opportunity to grow and advance within an excellent company

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www.eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

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Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

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If you are interested in becoming part of a successful team, please forward your resume to: Suzette Binnie Allan Dale Trailers & RVs 3 Queens Drive, Red Deer, Alberta T4P 0K1 Fax: 403.346.3116 Email: suzette@allandale.com

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

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D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 12, 2013 Musical Instruments

1770

VIOLIN, Instruction cassette and book.

Good value for $120.

403-986-2004

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Cats

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

KITSON CLOSE

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 $1445 SD $1000. n/s Avail. Aug. 1 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

BEAUTIFUL spotted kittens need new home, quiet, great with children, LARGE 2 & 3 BDRM exceptional immune sysCONDOS t e m d u e t o d i e t o f Bldg located on a quiet close blue/green algae, litter backing onto treed area. trained, FREE to right C/W Dishwasher. Short home 403-782-2397 walk to schools and Parks.

FREE kittens to give away, Starting at $995/mo. Heat & Water incl. Call Lucie at 7 wks. old, ALL GONE 403-396-9554 SIAMESE (2) kittens and Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Also 1 BURMAN kitten.

SOUTHWOOD PARK $50/ea.

3110-47TH Avenue, 403-887-3649 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 Travel baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Packages Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING Manufactured for everyone.

Make your travel Homes plans now.

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Acreages/ Farms

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SEEKING reasonably priced 2+ acres fully serviced to rent in the Lacombe, Clive or Joffre areas. Would prefer already set up for horses but willing to fence.

Possible future option to purchase would be a bonus. Please call, or text with price and features.

Leave a message if no answer. 403-350-9094

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2010

Farm Equipment

MACDON 5000 Hay Bine 12’ hrydo-swing.

403-347-5431 WANTED: VICON HAY RAKE for parts, 2 whl. or 5 whl.

403-540-5951

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Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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Houses/ Duplexes

LANCASTER 1/2 duplex, close to shopping & schools. 3 bdrm. with ensuite, 5 appls. & security system incl., fenced yard, front & back decks. $1200/mo./d.d. 1 yr. lease, N/S, no pets. Call for appt., 403-588-2138.

NEWER WEST PARK fully dev. 1/2 duplex on quiet street, backs onto green area, 3 bdrms., 2 baths, all appls. incl., main floor laundry, fully fenced, shed, front & back parking, 1 yr. lease, N/S. $1300 + d.d. + utils. avail. Aug. 1, no pets, n/s Call 403-505-7649

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Condos/ Townhouses

2 Bdrm Townhouse for adults 55+. Single garage, on trails, close to rec center. Rent $1250 & utilities SD $1000 No Smoking.

Open House July 15 5-7pm 403.341.9905

32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000 Avail. Immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 avail. Aug. 1 1.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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2 BDRM. 4 appls, no pets $875/mo. 403-343-6609 CAYON SKI RESORT 1 & 2 bdrm. avail. in quiet adult 5 plex. N/S, no roommates, no pets. $750. & $800. incld’s utils.

403-346-7003

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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2001 FORD Expedition ALL WHEEL DRIVE. Regularly 237,000 kms, well maint, Maintained, Fully Loaded! have receipts, good mile$27,850. Call 403-350-4323 age, safetied, Kevin 403-872-1472 2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o.

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Building located on a quiet close backing onto treed area. C/W Dishwasher.

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Notice To Creditors And Claimants Estate of

Timothy David Adams

who died on May 22, 2013.

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by August 21, 2013 and provide details of your claim with: J. Grant Miller, Miller, Lehane & Wild, Barristers and Solicitors at 5035 - 49th Street, Innisfail, Alberta.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 12, 2013 D9

Passengers begged for help after crash EMERGENCY CALLS IN SAN FRANCISCO PLANE CRASH ASKED FOR MORE AMBULANCES AS PEOPLE HELPED CRITICALLY WOUNDED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of stunned and bleeding passengers staggered across the debris-strewn tarmac after a Boeing 777 crashed-landed at San Francisco International Airport, some trying to help the critically injured, others desperately making emergency calls and begging for more ambulances as minutes ticked away.

“There’s not enough medics out here,” a caller told a dispatcher in a phone call released by the California Highway Patrol. “There is a woman out here on the street, on the runway, who is pretty much burned very severely on the head and we don’t know what to do.”

Two Chinese teens died and 180 of the 307 passengers were hurt Saturday when Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from Shanghai and Seoul slammed tail-first into a seawall at the end of the runway. The impact ripped off the back of the plane and tossed three flight attendants and their seats onto the runway.

The airliner, which came in too low and too slow, spun and skidded before stopping. The battered passengers, some with broken bones, were told over the jet’s public-address system to stay in their seats for another 90 seconds while the cockpit consulted with the control tower — a safety procedure to prevent people from evacuating into life-threatening fires or machinery.

“We don’t know what the pilots were thinking, but I can tell you that in previous accidents there have been crews that don’t evacuate. They wait for other vehicles to come, to be able to get passengers out safely,” said National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman.

In this accident, it appears one of the two Chinese teens

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this July 6 photo provided by passenger Benjamin Levy, passengers from Asiana Airlines flight 214, many with their luggage, on the tarmac just moments after the plane crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The flight crashed upon landing, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. who died may have been run over by a fire truck rushing to the burning jet.

Hersman said Thursday the fuel tanks did not rupture in the crash and that the fire was caused by oil on hot engines.

Many passengers jumped out the back of the plane or slid down inflated slides through emergency exits.

Then, some said, an unnerving wait began.

“We walked and this lady starts to appear, really stumbling and waving her hand and yelling. It took a couple seconds to register,” said Elliott Stone. “Then as I saw the condition she was in, I was like, oh my goodness.”

The woman collapsed, he said, and he and his family realized there might be more victims nearby, “so we started running, searching for more.

I believe we ended up finding four people that were in the back in the rubble, all very bad condition. We stayed with them, comforted them, yelling for ambulances, fire trucks, anyone to come help.”

Phone tapes recorded frantic callers, pleading for help.

“We’ve been on the ground, I don’t know, 20 minutes, a half hour,” said one woman. “There are people laying on the tarmac with critical injuries, head injuries. We’re almost losing a woman here. We’re

trying to keep her alive.”

San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said Thursday that some passengers who called for help may not have immediately seen ambulances that had been dispatched to a nearby staging area as first responders assessed who needed to be taken to the hospital.

“There is a procedure for doing it,” Talmadge said. “You don’t cause more chaos in an already chaotic situation. You don’t do that with 50 ambulances running around all over the place.”

Within 18 minutes of receiving word of the crash, five ambulances and more than a

dozen other rescue vehicles were at the scene or en route, in addition to airport fire crews and crews from other agencies already on the scene, Talmadge said.

“Our response was immediate,” Talmadge said.

Most of the passengers who were hurt had only minor injuries and were quickly treated and released from hospitals. On Thursday, just nine remained hospitalized, three in critical condition.

Among those who walked away without serious injury were the four pilots, including Lee Gang-kuk, who was landing the big jet for his first time at the San Francisco airport, and Lee Jeong-Min, who was training him.

While the two men had years of aviation experience, this mission involved unfamiliar duties, and it was the first time they had flown together.

Hersman said the pilot trainee told investigators he was blinded by a flash of light at about 500 feet (152 metres), which would have been 34 seconds before impact and the point at which the airliner began to slow and drop precipitously. She said lasers have not been ruled out.

Federal officials said the pilot told investigators the light he saw during his final approach did not affect his vision. Hersman said Thursday the pilot was still able to see the flight control instruments after the flash. He told investigators the light may have been a reflection of the sun.

A third pilot in the jump seat of the cockpit told investigators he was warning them their speed was too slow as they approached the runway, Hersman said.

Details emerging from Asiana pilot interviews show the captains thought the airliner’s speed was being controlled by an autothrottle set for 157 mph (252 kph).

Dead man elected in south Mexico, fraud suspected

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors are investigating how a man certified as dead got elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico.

Authorities say relatives of Lenin Carballido used a death certificate showing that he died of a diabetic coma in 2010 to convince police to drop an arrest warrant against him for allegedly participating in a 2004 gang rape.

A living Carballido later ran in, and narrowly won, Sunday’s election in San Agustin Amatengo in Oaxaca state. In this campaign, he posted photos of himself all around the village of 1,400 residents, with slogans like “A Real Change” and “United for Development.”

But shortly after his victory, the death certificate surfaced with his full name of Leninguer Carballido.

Officials in Oaxaca said Thursday

that the certificate had been drawn up and signed by a public registry official, but that the information had been faked.

Carballido’s party, the leftist Democratic Revolution Party, known as the PRD, said it had been fooled by the candidate.

“When he registered as a candidate, he presented all his paperwork, his birth certificate, a letter stating he had no criminal record,” said Rey Morales, the state leader of the PRD. “He fooled the prosecutors’ office, he fooled the office of records, he fooled electoral officials.”

“If all this is true, he cannot take office as mayor,” said Morales.

Haydee Reyes Soto, the director of the Oaxaca public records office, said the registry official who drew up the fake death certificate used a real official form, signed it and stamped it with an official seal, and even listed it under a file number used to record a

real death.

“The form is real, what is false is the information,” Reyes Soto said, adding “the decision has already been made to fire” the official, Abel de la Rosa Santos, who is also being questioned by prosecutors.

According to records, a woman accused of Carballido and four other men of having raped her in Oaxaca city in 2004.

Mayra Ricardez, spokeswoman for the Oaxaca state prosecutors’ office, said the arrest warrant against Carballido “was never served, because his family showed officers a false death certificate.”

Ricardez said the statute of limitations had not run out on the crime.

“The prosecutors’ office is taking all the legal steps necessary to revive the case, and serve the arrest warrant that is still pending,” she said.

It seems unlikely that Carballido will be able to take office in San Agus-

tin Amatengo, an impoverished village near the city of Oaxaca where many residents left in the 2000s to seek work in the United States and elsewhere.

Carballido didn’t answer his cellphone Thursday.

One San Agustin Amatengo official, who said he could not speak on the record about a criminal case, said residents hadn’t been aware of the candidate’s past; the rape did not take place in the village.

“All of this came out after the elections were over,” the official said.

It’s not the first time that embarrassing candidates have been elected in Mexico.

In 2009, a PRD candidate went fugitive after winning a seat in Mexico’s Congress, when tapes surfaced of a conversation between him and a drug lord. And congressional candidates have often been caught running for seats in districts where they don’t really live.

Egypt to investigate allegations that More than 150 face Morsi escaped jail in 2011 with Hamas aid charges for online

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Prosecutors will investigate allegations that Egypt’s ousted president escaped from prison during the 2011 revolution with help from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said Thursday.

Chief prosecutor Hesham Barakat has received testimonies from a court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia that will be the base for an investigation by state security prosecutors into the jailbreak

by Mohammed Morsi and more than 30 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders, according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The question of whether Hamas helped them escape amid the chaos surrounding the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak has been debated in the media for months and proved a political headache for Morsi during his one-year rule as Egypt’s first freely elected president. Critics in the opposition and judiciary have suggested that proof of foreign intervention on Egyptian soil could lead to treason charges.

The issue has taken on more significance since Morsi was ousted on July 3 by the military following a wave of protests in which millions of Egyptians called on him to step down. The toppled Islamist leader has been kept at an undisclosed Defence Ministry facility and no charges against him have been announced.

Hamas has denied any role in the Jan. 29, 2011, jailbreak at Wadi el-Natroun prison northwest of Cairo. Morsi and other Brother-

hood leaders have said local residents helped them escape after most inmates left the facility.

The investigation stems from a court case against a former inmate, but judge Khaled Mahgoub turned what was in effect a lowprofile trial into a public inquiry into the escape by Morsi and the other Brotherhood officials. A series of prison officials, police and intelligence agents testified, some behind closed doors.

In the end, Mahgoub referred the testimonies he collected to the chief prosecutor’s office with a request that he investigates the matter further.

In part at least, the trial in Ismailia fits into a picture of strained relations between Morsi and the judiciary after what many judges saw as his encroachment on the independence of the judiciary.

A string of top police, prison and intelligence officials have blamed Hamas, a close ally of Morsi’s Brotherhood, saying the militant group sent fighters from the Gaza Strip to join with Bedouins from the Sinai Peninsula to storm prisons and break out the jailed Hamas members.

In Egypt’s polarized political climate, opponents of the ousted leader used the issue against him, saying friends of the Brotherhood violated the country’s security and fed its instability. The eagerness of some in the intelligence and security agencies to blame Hamas reflect in part resentment of the Brotherhood’s ties with the militant group, which they have long seen as a threat.

News of the intended investigation came one day after authorities issued arrest warrants for the

Brotherhood’s spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie, and nine other Islamists accused of inciting violence after deadly clashes — the latest moves by the new militarybacked government as it tries to choke off the group’s campaign to reinstate Morsi.

The warrants drew an angry response from the Brotherhood, which said “dictatorship is back” and insisted it will never work with the interim rulers.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon called Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr to express his “deep concern about continued detentions in Egypt and arrest warrants issued against Muslim Brotherhood leaders and others.”

Ban said, “There is no place for retribution or for the exclusion of any major party or community in Egypt.”

Badie’s whereabouts are not known, but many of the others are believed to be taking refuge somewhere near a continuing sit-in by the group’s supporters outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque in an eastern Cairo district that is traditionally a Brotherhood stronghold.

Security agencies have already jailed five leaders of the Brotherhood, including Badie’s powerful deputy, Khairat el-Shaiter, and shut down its media outlets.

The prosecutor general’s office said Badie, another deputy, Mahmoud Ezzat, el-Beltagy and popular preacher Safwat Hegazy are suspected of instigating Monday’s clashes with security forces outside a Republican Guard building that killed 54 people — most Morsi supporters — in the worst bloodshed since he was ousted.

wildlife trafficking

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — More than 150 people face federal and state charges after authorities disrupted online wildlife trafficking operations involving tiger, leopard and jaguar pelts, elephant ivory and live birds.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the arrests Thursday after an undercover operation that included officers from 16 states, three federal agencies and three Asian countries.

Items seized under “Operation Wild Web” include the pelts of endangered big cats such as the Sumatran tiger, leopard and jaguar; live migratory birds such as the California scrub jay; whale teeth; elephant and walrus ivory; and a zebra pelt.

“Our message is clear and simple: The Internet is not an open marketplace for protected species,” said Edward Grace, deputy assistant director for law enforcement for the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Working with counterparts in several states, federal officials targeted illegal wildlife sellers who operate through Craigslist, eBay and other Internet marketplaces and classified ads. Wildlife officers in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia ran similar operations at the same time.

The items were seized last August, although charges are still being brought in many cases. Six Southern California residents were charged Thursday with selling endangered species and animal parts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles said.

“As a major platform for the illicit trade in wildlife, the Internet has become a dangerous place for animals,” said Jeff Flocken, North American regional director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, an advocacy group that worked with the federal task force. “Wildlife crimes are not only harmful to endangered species, they also pose serious threats to national and global security,” Flocken said.

Illegal wildlife trade generates an estimated $19 billion a year worldwide and ranks fourth on the list of the most lucrative global illegal activities behind narcotics, counterfeiting and human trafficking.

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Less Fuel. More Power. Great Value is a comparison between the 2013 and the 2012 Chrysler Canada product lineups. 40 MPG or greater claim based on 2013 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption estimates. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. See dealer for additional EnerGuide details. Wise customers read the fine print: •, *, », § The Trade In Trade Up Summer Clearance Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after July 3, 2013. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,595–$1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less.

•$20,898 Purchase Price applies to 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Value Package (29E) only and includes $8,100 Consumer Cash Discount. $20,698 Purchase Price applies to the new 2013 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package (22F) only and includes $2,000 Consumer Cash Discount. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select new 2013 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. »Ultimate Family Package Discounts available at participating dealers on the purchase of a new 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT with Ultimate Family Package (RTKH5329G/JCDP4928K). Discount consists of: (i) $2,500 in Bonus Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes; and (ii) $775 in no-cost options that will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Ultimate Journey Package Discounts available at participating dealers on the purchase of a new 2013 Dodge Journey SXT with Ultimate Journey Package (RTKH5329G/JCDP4928K). Discount consists of: (i) $2,500 in Bonus Cash that will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes; and (ii) $625 in no-cost options that will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. ‡3.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Ultimate Family Package/Ultimate Journey Package model to qualified customers on approved credit through Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Examples: 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Canada Value Package/2013 Dodge Journey Canada Value Package with a Purchase Price of $20,898/$20,698 (including applicable Consumer Cash and Ultimate Bonus Cash Discounts) financed at 3.99% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 208 bi-weekly payments of $117/$116 with a cost of borrowing of $3,528/$3,495 and a total obligation of $24,426/$24,193. §2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $29,495. 2013 Dodge Journey R/T shown. Price including applicable Consumer Cash Discount: $31,640. ¤Based on 2013 EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide ratings published by Natural Resources Canada. Transport Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on powertrain, driving habits and other factors. 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan – Hwy: 7.9 L/100 km (36 MPG) and City: 12.2 L/100 km (23 MPG). 2013 Dodge Journey SE 2.4 L 4-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.7 L/100 km (37 MPG) and City: 10.8 L/100 km (26 MPG). ^Based on 2013 Ward’s Middle Cross Utility segmentation. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest Communications LLC, used under license. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC.

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2013 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CANADA VALUE PACKAGE

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7.7 L/100 KM HWY¤

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