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THE ART OF VENTRILOQUISM
RCMP set to revamp services BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Policing in Red Deer is in the midst of a major overhaul. Leading the charge is Red Deer’s top cop, Supt. Warren Dosko, who says changing Red Deer’s image of being a dangerous place to live starts with delivering a good police service. In the 18 months that Supt. Warren Dosko Dosko has been on the job, the wheels have been set in motion to revamp the service so residents feel safe in their own community. Dosko said on Tuesday that the RCMP strives to deliver a strategically focused police service that uses its resources efficiently and effectively. He said police can only control the services they deliver. “We need to make sure our focus and that our eye is on the ball and that we are using our resources strategically to address what our issues are,” said Dosko. “We need to ensure that our efforts are focused on community safety and they are intentional. Doing things because we have always done things is no longer acceptable. We need to challenge that status quo.” A common reaction from the community is that more officers on the streets will reduce crime. Dosko does not believe in that philosophy for most cases. He said there’s a time when more policemen are needed and when their roles have to be articulated.
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Ventriloquist Val Hilliker of Bluffton holds up her caterpillar puppet named Mr. See as a group of children in Blackfalds holds their caterpillar puppets aloft as well. Hilliker brought her ventriloquist show to the Blackfalds Community Hall on Tuesday to introduce the Camp Curious participants to the art of being a ventriloquist. For eight weeks this summer, children in Blackfalds have had the chance to participate in a variety of week-long camps offered by the town.
Family demands answers about man’s death BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The former spouse of a man who died of a heart attack at the Red Deer Remand Centre in 2009 refuses to give up her efforts to find out more details surrounding his death. In late 2009, Alberta’s Fatality Review Board recommended that a fatality inquiry not be held. “As far as they were concerned it was natural causes,” said Carole Korth of Hughenden, a village located about 240 km east of Red Deer. Terrence Douglas Poulton, 49, died on Jan. 21, 2009, inside a cell. He had been arrested a few hours earlier. A Calgary medical examiner’s autopsy report revealed that Poulton died of atherosclerotic and hyperten-
sive cardiovascular disease, and that the prescription painkiller oxycodone may have contributed to his death. The drug level was higher than expected for the prescribed dose and may have resulted in him appearing intoxicated. Poulton was arrested after police found him in a snowbank near a road. Under the Fatality Inquiries Act, the board can decide against holding an inquiry if it’s satisfied the death was due to natural causes and could not be prevented, and that the public would not be served by a public inquiry; or that there was no meaningful connection between the death and the nature or quality of care or supervision that was provided. Korth said not knowing the details is eating away at her family, including the couple’s twin 18-year-old daughters, and attempts to get more informa-
tion have been unsuccessful. “We left it alone for three years and there’s still no closure. It still bothers us. We want to know what happened that night. Why can’t we know? We’re his family.” They want to know if Poulton actually was arrested or just being housed, what time he arrived at remand, how often staff checked on him, and why he wasn’t taken to hospital instead of remand, she said. The autopsy report said that emergency medical services personnel were called to Poulton’s cell but resuscitation was unsuccessful. “I think there was a heck of a lot they could have done. He would have asked to go to the hospital.” Korth said she may go to court to access police and remand files. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
Impressive collection of Civil War memorabilia going up for auction Ed Egyedy was always a familiar face to Linda Baggaley, a face she would often see at auctions — events the quiet Edmonton man would often walk away from with a sword or two. But Egyedy’s unassuming presence long belied the fact that he owned perhaps the most impressive collection of western and Civil War memorabilia in the country. On Saturday, Egyedy will begin the process of divesting himself of that vast collection, and it will be Baggaley and Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers that have the joy of doing it for him. “I haven’t heard of anything in Canada this big over the last 10-15 years, if ever,” said Baggaley. Inspired by Westerns and motivated by a love of history, Egyedy began collecting when he was 10. Now in his 50s and desiring to build his retirement dream home, he has chosen to sell off many of his items at an auction. Among the items that will be auctioned off on Saturday are leather riding boots from the mid-1800s, an officer’s folding chair that would have been used in the American Civil War, and over 40 saddles, including some
used by the North West Mounted Police, complete with pommel saddlebags. There is also a saddle used by 16-time world champion rodeo rider Jim Shoulders. There are artworks, bear traps, and old advertisements aplenty among the collection, too. “He’s a very private person. He bought all over Canada and the U.S. but he never displayed ever at shows, so a lot of people never really realized what he had,” said Baggaley. “We’ve had a bit of Civil War stuff before . . . but never an officer’s chair. Those boots of his, I didn’t even know they existed, because I know a lot of the leather from the Civil War era didn’t survive.” Baggaley said she has heard from people from as far away as North Dakota and Nova Scotia who are coming up for the sale. Egyedy’s collection makes up about half of the 700-plus items that will be auctioned off at the auctioneering company’s Premiere Firearms Auction. The action gets underway at 9 a.m. on Saturday, with a free preview running Friday from 3-8 p.m. Baggaley said Egyedy will be at the Friday preview and at the sale. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com
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Items from Ed Egyedy’s personal collection that will be auctioned off at the Premiere Firearms Auction on Saturday sit on display. Among the hundreds of items from the collection include an officer’s folding chair from the Civil War and a saddle used by famous rodeo cowboy Jim Shoulders.
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The railway at the centre of the Lac-Megantic disaster is set to have its Canadian licence revoked, prompting fears of an economic ripple effect that could swamp businesses, workers and consumers. A5
Boston Pizza restaurants can usually be identified by their trademark signage and striking facades. Not so Store 850. B1