Red Deer Advocate, June 09, 2014

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Darcy Peters shows off his slick moves and skills at the Glendale Skate Park Saturday evening. The skate park, which is nearly a year old, has been packed with skaters at all times of the day since the snow melted.

City floats idea of year-round patio

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF It may just be the best winter ever.

On the heels of the Ross Street Patio official opening kickoff on Friday, the City of Red Deer has launched a survey asking residents whether or not the patio should remain a permanent fixture downtown.

The award-winning patio has been a popular destination in the summer months offering free concerts, a spot to have lunch and relax for three seasons.

Now city officials are hoping to capitalize on its success with a potential patio pilot project for the 2014-2015

ROSS STREET IDEA winter season.

“The Ross Street Patio has been a social hub in downtown Red Deer for the past three summers,” said Jordan Furness, Downtown Co-ordinator.

“Naturally we’d like to see if it should become a place for outdoor winter entertainment.

Canadians are known for powering through the cold weather — why not enjoy the great outdoors with fellow Red Deerians on the patio year round?”

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MONCTON, N.B. — Four days after the fatal shootings of three RCMP officers in Moncton, the pastor of the church Const. Dave Ross attended told its congregation it’s time for the healing to begin.

Jerry Reddy asked everyone Sunday to pray for the family, friends and colleagues of the three New Brunswick Mounties killed by a gunman on Wednesday.

He told the service at Hillside Baptist Church that bad things can happen to good people.

“May that healing begin here today,” said Reddy, standing in front of a picture of Ross and his wife Rachael on their wedding day. “Our hearts are broken for the lives Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS of those three Mounties People visit the memorial at the Codiac RCMP who sacrificially died in the line of duty this detachment in Moncton, N.B. on Sunday. The New Brunswick RCMP are asking the public for any videos week.

“Life is a gift to be or photos they have of the shootings in Moncton lived one day at a time.” that killed three Mounties and injured two others.

Ross, 32, was shot and killed after responding “People are falling through the to a report of a man with firearms in a residential neighbourhood of Moncton. cracks and this is another one,” Victor The other two victims were Const. Bourque is quoted as telling the newsFabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, orig- paper in a telephone interview from inally of Boulogne-Billancourt in where it says the family is in hiding.

He said people shouldn’t judge the France, and Const. Douglas James family or read anything into the fact Larche, 40, of Saint John, N.B. Constables Darlene Goguen and Er- his son was home schooled.

“We are devastated,” said Victor ic Dubois suffered injuries that are not Bourque, calling it the worst nightlife-threatening.

The RCMP said Sunday both offi- mare for a parent, the Gazette reportcers have been discharged from the ed.

Some people cried during Sunhospital.

Justin Bourque, 24, is facing three day’s church service at Hillside and charges of first-degree murder and two many hugged and consoled each other in the lobby and parking lot after counts of attempted murder.

He was arrested shortly after mid- the service.

People placed notes of condolence night Friday, ending a 30-hour manhunt that put much of the city under a in a basket as three candles dressed in blue ribbons flickered for the fallen virtual siege.

Bourque appeared in court later RCMP officers.

Reddy said Ross was a special part that day and his case was adjourned of the church’s family and had met his until July 3.

The Montreal Gazette reported Sun- wife in a bible study group.

“Dave loved life, his family and his day that Bourque’s father tried to get his son help, although he did not dis- faith in God,” he said. close what was troubling the young Please see MOUNTIES on Page A2 man because of the court case.

Tattoos make marks for Stollery Children’s Hospital FUNDRAISER HOPE FOR HUMAN RACE

Lucas Ford of Classic Tattoo inks Curtis Young’s ankle Saturday morning as part of fundraiser for the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton.

The fundraiser was hosted as a way to give back to the hospital that helped Lucas and Jayme (middle) Ford’s son Hudson, who has gone through two heart surgeries and will require a third when he is three.

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF As he puts it, Gordon Lentz does not have much real estate left on his large frame for new tattoos.

But after hearing that a fundraiser for the Stollery Children’s Hospital was to take place in Red Deer on Saturday, he jumped on his motorbike and hightailed it up from Drumheller.

“It’s things like this that show you there’s hope for the human race,” said Lentz while waiting to be inked at Classic Tattoo’s Hudson Heart Project fundraiser on Saturday night.

Like event organizers Lucas and Jayme Ford, Gordon Lentz has reason to be appreciative of the Edmonton hospital.

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MOUNTIES: Renewed sense of gratitude “There is a renewed sense of gratitude for the members of the Codiac RCMP who do what’s necessary every day to protect you and me.”

Throughout the city, signs in front of businesses carried messages of support for the Mounties including one that read “God Bless the RCMP.” Outside the RCMP detachment, people continued leaving flowers, candles and messages Sunday at a makeshift memorial that was started soon after the shootings.

Before the service, Amy Klassen, a friend of the Ross family, spoke fondly of Dave Ross and called him a devoted family man and a friend to everyone he met.

“Those who knew him will remember he flipped his sunglasses on backwards and hung them from the back of his head and gave us a big smile and a firm handshake,” she said.

“Everything he did was with a great deal of passion and commitment.”

Larche’s wife Nadine issued a statement Sunday, saying he was a family man who lived for his three daughters, ages four, eight and nine.

“He was an extraordinary father and husband, loyal and completely selfless,” she said.

“Doug had a silly sense of humour, one that he would often only reveal to his family and close friends. He was the best person I knew.

“We now begin the impossible task of honouring his memory and mourning his death.”

The Moncton Community Peace Centre held counselling sessions Sunday to help members of the public deal with the tragedy, including a session just for people who lived in the lockdown zone during the manhunt.

Psychologist Charles Emmrys said it’s important to equip people with coping skills soon after a tragedy so that they can release their grief and help their children deal with the event as well.

“This is a safe community, there are people in the community that make it safe, and we can care for each other and get over this,” Emmrys said.

During Sunday’s service, Reddy said he is also thinking of Bourque’s family.

“I can’t help but feel for his family at this time, probably suffering in unbelievable silence,” Reddy said.

Police made a public appeal for help with their ongoing investigation Sunday, asking for any relevant videos or photos people might have taken.

They also asked residents in the city’s north end to look around their properties for evidence.

The Mounties say residents in that part of the city will be interviewed over the coming weeks and they were reminded to stay away from barricades.

An RCMP spokeswoman said Sunday an explosives unit searched Bourque’s home but she wouldn’t say if anything was found, citing the ongoing police investigation.

Police officers from across Canada are expected to attend a parade and regimental funeral service for the three officers on Tuesday at the Moncton Coliseum.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a tweet Sunday, saying: “On Tuesday I will stand with the people of New Brunswick and Canada to mourn the loss of three heroes.”

A public visitation is scheduled to be held today for members of the public to pay their respects to the three fallen officers.

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Anna challenges Bucky the Pirate to a duel during the Central Alberta Children’s Festival Saturday afternoon.

Many families attended the eighth annual festival in the park behind the Recreation Centre. Attendees could participate in a variety of activities, as well as enjoy various performances by Dance Magic, Val Hilliker the ventriloquist and the Wizard and the Enchantress.

PATIO: No specific plans for the cold months Furness said they do not have any specific plans as to what the patio would look like in the cold months. He said right now they are determining whether there is support in the community to keep the patio tables up all year round.

It costs about $20,000 each year to install and take down the patios. This doesn’t include maintenance of the planters, the entertainment or advertising.

In the winter the patio would be more activity-based as opposed to residents sitting and listening to concerts.

Furness said they want to hear from residents on the survey for suggestions.

Officials will also be looking to the City of Edmonton and other municipalities with winter-based activities for ideas.

Surveys will be conducted on foot and online until June 20.

After the surveys are conducted and a report is developed, organizers will go to council for direction.

The proposal will include the results from the public consultation,

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budget, statistical data, and recommendations. Furness said this will likely be at the July 21st council meeting. The last council was divided on keeping the patio opening through the winter of 2012-2013.

In 2012, the city netted a merit award from the International Downtown Association for its enhancement of public space.

To participate in the online survey, go to www.reddeer.ca/RossStreetPatio. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

HOSPITAL: Excellent care When his daughter was three years old, she was in a vehicle that was hit by a train near Millet.

The staff at the Stollery put an extra bed in his daughter’s hospital room so Lentz could stay there with her.

Twelve years later, he still seeks out opportunities to give back to the hospital that serves children from Alberta and other parts of Western Canada and the North.

The Fords decided they would hold a tattoo fundraiser almost immediately after their son Hudson was born with a rare congenital heart defect last year.

Their son, now healthy and home in Red Deer, spent the first eight weeks of his life at the Stollery,

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where the couple say he received excellent care.

The fundraiser brought 14 tattoo artists in from around Alberta and they worked from 10 a.m. right through to 2 a.m. Sunday providing over 100 attendees with a variety of pre-prepared “flashes,” many of them heart-themed.

The Fords wanted to raise $15,000 on the day; their final tally will be in the neighbourhood of $22,000.

Lucas, who is a tattoo artist at the studio, has done a similar fundraiser tattooing blitz before, in the wake of the Japan tsunami in 2011.

But this one was a little closer to the, well, heart. “There’s so many things that are so expensive there, that cost so much money — any little bit helps,” said Jayme.

In 2013, the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation brought in $16.8 million in fundraising alone. The hospital has over 200,000 patient visits annually, and is the referral centre for complex pediatric heart surgeries and transplants and is a major organ transplantation centre.

It is also home to Canada’s largest regional program for neonatal intensive and immediate care.

Jayme said the couple plan to continue fundraising for the hospital and through the sale of tattoo machines her husband makes they hope to raise another $5-10,000.

Hudson will require a third heart surgery at age three. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Bridging the Canada/Asia gap EXCHANGE TEACHER BRINGS CHINESE EXPERIENCE TO RED DEER international agreements with other post-secondary institutions because we struggle to fill the quota in the agreements because most of our young people, when they think international, they think U.S., Mexico and perhaps Europe.

So I think the idea of going farther is something we need to work on,” said Woo-Paw. Getting more students to take up post-secondary opportunities in a place like China means getting them some language skills and cultural awareness in grade school.

Doing that has been Monica Zhang’s task over the last two years while on exchange at Westpark and Eastview Middle Schools.

Zhang came to Red Deer from the megatropolis Chongqing in central China in 2012 to teach the newly-established Chinese Language and Culture course.

The 25-year-old has taught students beginner Mandarin, painting and calligraphy and has had them experience Chinese festivals.

She said Canadian students are very welcome in China, but it may be difficult for them to adapt to the far-stricter system.

“The education in Alberta is one of the best all around the world, so I don’t know if it’s necessary for them to go out or not. For the culture part, yes, but for the academic part I’m not sure because we have different ways to learn.

“Here you give kids more chances to do some stuff and you teach them to question

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF With half of the global population and an ever-increasing share of its economic clout, Canadian political and business leaders want to get closer to Asia.

But, as a 2013 report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada found, a majority of those with commercial or cultural ties to Asian nations reported that it is difficult to find Canadians with an appropriate level of knowledge and awareness of Asia.

Through education, the Alberta government wants to change that.

In the last 10 years, the number of partnerships between Alberta and Chinese educational institutions has grown exponentially.

There are ever more postsecondary scholarships available both ways, schools have twinning relationships, and language programs have sprung up.

As Teresa Woo-Paw, associate minister of international and intergovernmental relations, told an education symposium in Red Deer last week, the province wants to improve “Asia literacy” among Albertans.

The best way to get that awareness is to study or work in Asia, but while great numbers of Asian students come to study in Alberta every year, there is not much reciprocation.

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Chinese exchange teacher Monica Zhang works with a group of Eastview Middle School students. things,” said Zhang.

Zhang’s two-year term ends in two weeks, and next year the course she teaches will not be run.

Red Deer Public Schools’ director of international education Rob Porkka said the division wants to resuscitate it in the future, but was not able to secure a new teacher for September.

The division runs a Mandarin as a Second Language program at Hunting Hills High School, after which students can transition into university studies in Beijing.

But while 16 Chinese students are studying in Red Deer Public schools as inter-

national students this year, Porkka too sees a challenge in reciprocating.

“Regardless of the country of destination, one of our big challenges is to get Canadian kids and high school students thinking about doing an overseas placement,” he said.

Porkka said some people ask him why the division does not offer Chinese immersion in this day and age rather than French immersion.

It may happen some day, he said, but the teaching resources and material need to be in place first.

The Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division offered a Mandarin high school

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Associate superintendent, personnel Paul Stewart said the division has had students from Hong Kong and is increasing contact with Vietnam, but does not get students from mainland China, where religion is less prominent.

Fifteen schools in Alberta offer Mandarin bilingual programs, according to Alberta Education.

Edmonton is regarded as the Canadian leader in Asian education, with a Chinese bilingual program that started in 1982. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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The ins and outs of oceans June 8 is World Oceans Day. It’s a fitting time to contemplate humanity’s evolving relationship with the source of all life.

For much of human history, we’ve affected marine ecosystems primarily by what we’ve taken out of the seas. The challenge as we encounter warming temperatures and increasing inDAVID dustrial activity SUZUKI will be to manage what we put into them.

As a top predator, humans from the tropics to the poles have harvested all forms of marine life, from the smallest shrimp to the largest whales, from the ocean’s surface to its floor. The staggering volume of fish removed from our waters has had a ripple effect through all ocean ecosystems. Yet the ocean continues to provide food for billions of people, and improved fishing practices in many places, including Canada, are leading to healthier marine-life populations. We’re slowly getting better

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at managing what we catch to keep it within the ocean’s capacity to replenish. But while we may be advancing in this battle, we’re losing the war with climate change and pollution.

In the coming years, our ties to the oceans will be defined by what we put into them: carbon dioxide, nutrients washed from the land, diseases from aquaculture and land-based animals, invasive species, plastics, contaminants, noise and ever-increasing marine traffic. We once incorrectly viewed oceans as limitless storehouses of marine bounty and places to dump our garbage; now it’s clear they can only handle so much.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent report described how ingredients in the ocean’s broth are changing dramatically. Life in the seas is closely linked to factors in the immediate surroundings, such as temperature, acidity or pH, salinity, oxygen and nutrient availability.

These combine at microscopic levels to create conditions that favour one form of life over another and emerge into complex ecosystems.

The oceans now absorb one-quarter of the atmosphere’s CO2. That’s bad news for organisms with calcium carbonate shells that dissolve in acidic conditions. We’re witnessing the effects of ocean acidification on shellfish

along the West Coast of North America. Earlier this year, a Vancouver Island scallop farm closed after losing 10 million scallops, likely because of climate change and increasing acidity.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has also linked oyster die-offs along the Pacific coast to climate change.

While we may be getting better at figuring out how to sustainably harvest crabs, lobsters and sea urchins, we’re just starting to investigate whether they can even survive in oceans altered by climate change.

Whales also offer a glimpse into our changing relationship with oceans.

From the 17th century until well into the 20th, commercial whaling in Canada left populations severely depleted.

Now, our most endangered whales are threatened by industrial activity. The St. Lawrence beluga population, for example, was decimated by hunting until 1979. Today’s biggest threats include contaminants, vessel traffic and industrialization, including a proposal to develop an oil port in the heart of their critical habitat.

Although the conservation challenge is daunting, nurturing functioning ecosystems offers hope. Healthy oceans ensure we can continue to enjoy seafood — and they’re more resilient to increasing human impacts. If

the global fishing industry wants to ensure its survival, it should advocate for marine ecosystem conservation.

By continuing to improve fisheries, protect habitat, carefully control industrial activities and create marine protected areas, we can maintain marine ecosystems that are better able to adapt to the pressures of climate change and other human activities.

That’s happening on the Pacific North Coast, thanks to a partnership between the B.C. government and First Nations to develop marine plans to guide future ocean uses.

Although there’s much to lament about the state of the oceans, I remain inspired by the David Suzuki Foundation’s Ocean Keepers and others working to defend our precious coastal waters. With less than five per cent of the oceans explored, we have much left to discover and learn.

As the late American marine biologist, author and conservationist Rachel Carson wrote, “It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat is rather to life itself.”

Written with Contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Research Scientist Scott Wallace.

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BY MARK MILKE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES CALGARY — Back in the 20th century, much of the world’s politics was shot through with deep-rooted ideologies that had a considerable, often negative, effect on humanity.

This month’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day and its aftermath provides us, therefore, with the opportunity to both recall the influence those ideologies had on political debates and to contrast them to the relatively more mundane, “back” to normal politics of the 21st century, as exemplified by a competition between narrow interests and the general, public interest.

A corporation in search of a taxpayer subsidy - say, the recent $700-million request by Chrysler Canada — is an example of a narrow interest, as it would divert tax dollars away from the general interest, whether to be spent on tax relief or a new bridge.

Of course, last century’s ideological battles were not immune to such “back-to-normal” political battles.

They were simply subsumed beneath the fervour of ideology, such as Nazism

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in Germany, or Communism, which many countries faced after Nazism was defeated.

Communism, and the notion of collective action in the economy, had been around in various forms since at least Ancient Greek philosopher Plato, but it was given new life with the 19th century writings of Karl Marx and his acolytes.

Marx’ writings prompted debates about the role of government in the 20th century, even in liberal democracies such as Canada.

Those who favoured free markets and open societies on the grounds that, practically and empirically, such an approach (combined with moderate governments) best achieved human progress were forced to squared off with ideologues who argued politicians and bureaucrats could centrally plan the economy with better economic results and more jobs.

But the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the freeing of central and Eastern Europe from communism’s grip, the implosion of the Soviet Union, and the failure of central planning everywhere from Beijing to Budapest killed off Marxism/communism as an animating factor in debates over the role of gov-

ernment. Nazism/fascism, fortunately, was already dead.

That meant that, for many Western countries at least, the “normal” battles in politics — where competing interests try to influence politicians to use the public purse for their own ends — once again became more obvious.

In many ways, the 21st century resembles the 19th century - not so much in the size of government as in the obvious tussles between special interests and the general interest.

For example, in 1876, Liberal Sir Richard Cartwright, the first post-Confederation finance minister for the Dominion government (what we now call the federal government), objected to a Conservative proposal for higher tariffs on imported farm equipment.

His criticism centered on the fact that such tariffs would transfer wealth from people in rural Canada, where most Canadians lived, and would lead to higher prices for the buying public who would be forced to buy higher-priced made-in-Canada products because of the lack of foreign competition. While tariffs would benefit domestic manufacturers and their owners, the broader public would be harmed through inflated prices — thus

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Cartwright was attempting, quite properly, to look out for the wider public good.

Today, without the ideological justifications of the 20th century to mask them, special interests are again blindingly obvious. When business leaders argue for a subsidy, they are demanding that the public treasury be used for their own interest; when government employee unions demand compensation and pensions higher and more generous than in the private sector, they are effectively demanding the general base of taxpayers serve them.

Special interests still dress up their demands for special treatment in lofty rhetoric — thus the chatter about “national champions” from business leaders or so-called “social justice” from many government union leaders.

But now, in the 21st century, absent the more animated 20th century ideology of central planning, such special interest demands can easily be seen for what they plainly are: a plea for unique treatment at the expense of others.

Mark Milke is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute.

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Deadline looms for pipeline decision

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

NORTHERN GATEWAY

VANCOUVER — Some time in the next 10 days, the federal government is supposed to announce its final decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline — the multibillion-dollar political minefield dividing the West.

Even detractors expect the federal government to give the $7-billion project the goahead.

But the nod from Ottawa would not the crest of the mountain Northern Gateway must climb before the oil — and the money — begin to flow. The path to the British Columbia coast has many hurdles left for Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB) and its partners.

A joint review panel of the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency recommended approval of the project six months ago, subject to 209 conditions.

“The bottom line is there are 113 conditions that need to be met before construction can begin. That’s going to take a lot of time,” said company spokesman Ivan Giesbrecht.

If approved, that would be merely one more step in an ongoing process, Giesbrecht said.

“We have a lot of work to be done before we would be able to begin construction.”

There are also the five applications before the Federal

Court for judicial review of the federal panel recommendation, and further court challenges are likely.

The opposition of environmental groups was always a given. Expansion of Alberta’s oil sands has become an international target for climate activists.

“Approval seems obvious.

At the same time, opposition is so strong,” said Nikki Skuce, a resident of Smithers, B.C., and a campaigner for the environmental group Forest Ethics Advocacy.

“It’s going to be caught up in the courts for years and it’s going to be ugly on the ground.

People are willing to do what it takes.”

That is no idle threat in a province that saw a decadelong War in the Woods over logging of old growth forests, which ended with new government regulations.

And opposition is not limited to environmentalists and First Nations.

Another crippling blow to the project came from the residents of Kitimat — the B.C. city with the most to gain as the pipeline terminus — when they voted to reject the project in a non-binding plebiscite.

Kitimat is no stranger to industry, born of an aluminum smelter in the 1950s, but for a majority of those who voted the risks outweigh the rewards.

Even the provincial government officially opposed the project at review hearings.

Victoria appears poised to reverse itself, deploying key ministers to a flurry of recent federal announcements on marine and pipeline safety. But the Liberal government may be waiting to see which way the political wind is blowing before they change direction.

“There’s a question of whether going along with the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,” said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia’s school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.

There is deep resistance in B.C., he said.

Harper stands firm against Putin’s threatening of world peace

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Russian President Vladimir Putin is an “extreme nationalist” and an “imperialist” who is threatening global peace and security.

And Harper says he doesn’t mind standing alone in the stridency of his denunciations of the Russian president.

Still, in an interview with Global News’ The West Block, Harper backed off comparing

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’s Crimea region to Nazi Germany’s occupation of Sudetenland, a prelude to the Second World War. “He’s obviously a nationalist, an extreme nationalist, and he’s obviously an imperialist,” Harper said in the interview, broadcast Sunday.

“This is an individual who clearly believes that, if he’s able, he has the right and the ability to invade another country, to alter borders through military force.

“We’re not at Hitleresque proportions,” he added. “But

this is really disconcerting.

This is a major power threatening global peace and security in this way and I don’t think it’s to be taken lightly.”

In France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day last week, Harper shunned Putin while a number of other G7 leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, met with the Russian president.

Harper noted that Putin was not invited to the G7 leaders’ summit just prior to the D-Day commemoration.

And he said all the leaders agreed that in meetings with

the Russian president their message needs to be consistent: get out of Crimea.

Still, he said he’s not afraid of taking a harder line against Putin than other leaders.

“We’re not afraid to take stands that then put us offside others, from time to time.”

While he backed off previous comparisons of Putin to Adolph Hitler, Harper said the Second World War could have been avoided if other nations hadn’t turned a blind eye to Germany’s aggression — a lesson he believes applies to Russia today.

“Our foreign policy obviously incorporates those kinds of lessons.”

Harper said his government is considering permanently stationing troops in Eastern Europe, as part of a possible NATO bid to reassure allies in the region.

“Obviously, our Eastern European allies are, to say they’re alarmed by what’s happened in Ukraine is an understatement.

“They are, quite frankly, beside themselves and obviously very, very worried,” he said.

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Boy dead after fire at Brampton townhouse BRAMPTON, Ont. — A 10-year-old boy was killed and as many as 100 people were left homeless after a fire tore through a townhouse complex in Brampton, Ont., early on Sunday.

Police said between 200 and 300 people had to be evacuated from their residences after the blaze, which is believed to have started in the kitchen of one unit and spread quickly to neighbouring homes.

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The search widened Sunday for three Quebec inmates facing murder charges who used a helicopter to make a brazen escape from jail a day earlier.

Authorities were put on alert across the province, in the rest of Canada, and in the United States, said Quebec provincial police.

But police offered few details on the manhunt, for fear the escapees could be monitoring media reports.

“We have many, many officers who are scattering all the areas possible,” said Sgt. Gregory Gomez.

It’s the second helicopter jailbreak in the province in just over a year.

Gomez wouldn’t say whether the helicopter had been located or whether they had an idea of where the men had headed.

The escapees were identified as Yves Denis, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Serge Pomerleau, 49.

The men fled from the Orsainville Detention Centre barbed wire in suburban Quebec City around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday with the help of a green-coloured helicopter.

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BRIEF Gunmen kill 13 in attack on Pakistani airport

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan’s busiest airport Sunday with machine-guns and a rocket launcher during a five-hour siege that killed 13 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said.

A separate suicide bombing in the country’s southwest killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, authorities said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, named after the founder of Pakistan, nor the suicide bombing in Baluchistan province.

However, the attacks come as government-led peace talks with the local Taliban faction and other militants have floundered in recent weeks.

The airport attack began late Sunday and continued on into the dawn hours of Monday in Karachi, a sprawling port city on Pakistan’s southern coast, although officials said all the passengers had been evacuated.

24 students feared drowned in river in India NEW DELHI — A search resumed Monday morning for 24 students feared drowned after they were swept away by strong waters in a river near a mountainous tourist resort in northern India.

Police officer Dina Nath said a sudden discharge of water into the Beas river on Sunday from a dam upstream took the students by surprise while they were taking pictures on a river bank near Manali, 530 kilometres (330 miles) north of New Delhi.

The engineering students, including six women, had come to the tourist town in Himachal Pradesh state from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

Suspects kill two Las Vegas police officers, third person, themselves Two suspects shot and killed two police officers at a Las Vegas eatery Sunday before fatally shooting a third person and killing themselves inside a nearby Walmart, authorities said.

The spree began late Sunday morning when a man and woman walked into CiCi’s Pizza and shot two officers who were eating lunch at point-blank range, Las Vegas police spokesman Larry Hadfield said.

The suspects then fled to the Walmart across the street, where they fatally shot a person inside and then killed themselves in an apparent suicide pact, he said.

Walmart employees and shoppers were taken to a nearby clothing store to be interviewed by police.

The restaurant and Walmart remained closed as detectives processed evidence.

Rare mono mono twins who were born holding hands are home A set of rare “mono mono” twins born holding hands are home in time for Father’s Day. Jenna and Jillian Thistlethwaite were born May 9 sharing an amniotic sac and placenta at Akron General Medical Center in northwest Ohio.

Hospital spokeswoman Amy Kilgore says the identical twins went home to Orrville in northeast Ohio on Saturday. They spent nearly a month in the neonatal intensive care unit.

They join their parents and big brother, 15-monthold Jaxon.

The twins’ rare birth condition is called monoamnioitic, or “mono mono.” Doctors say they occur in about one of every 10,000 pregnancies.

Pope dives into Mideast peace Pope Francis plunged head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for a remarkable evening of peace prayers just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed.

Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas joked and embraced in the foyer of the Vatican hotel where Francis lives and later in the Vatican gardens, where they joined Francis in presiding over a sunset invocation of Jewish, Christian and Muslim prayers.

Francis told the two men, who signed the Oslo peace accords in 1993, that he hoped the summit would mark “a new journey” toward peace. He said too many children had been killed by war and violence, and that their memory should instil the strength and patience to work for dialogue and coexistence.

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Paratroopers are dropped from a U.S. Air force Hercules C130, near the Normandy village of Sainte Mere Eglise, western France, during a mass air drop, Sunday, as part of commemorations of the 70 anniversary of the D-Day landing. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings.

D-Day aerial reenactment wows crowds NEARLY 1,000 PARATROOPERS DROP FROM NORMANDY SKY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LA FIERE, France — Nearly 1,000 paratroopers dropped out of the sky in Normandy on Sunday — but this time they did so in peace, instead of to wrest western France from the Nazis as they did during World War II. Drawing huge crowds who braved hot weather and lined the historic landing area at La Fiere, the aerial spectacle reenacted the drama of the Normandy landings and served to cap commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Among the planes ferrying paratroopers for the event was a restored C-47 US military transport plane that dropped Allied troops on the village of Sainte-MereEglise — a stone’s throw from La Fiere — on June 6, 1944.

And the pilots who originally flew it took the controls again last week, 70 years later, remembering their experiences.

Sunday saw dozens of veterans escorted down a sandy path to a special section to watch the show alongside thousands of spectators — most of whom lined two sides of the field. Others took shelter in the shade as the lack of wind caused the sun to beat down hard.

Planes including the C-47 aircraft flew by loudly overhead several times, with two dozen military paratroopers — from countries including the U.S., Britain, France and Germany — jumping with each passage.

They were scenes reminiscent of the pivotal event, when around 15,000 Allied paratroopers were dropped in and around the village of Sainte-Mere-Eglise on DDay. It became the first to be liberated by the Al-

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Governor General David Johnston shakes hands with veteran Jim Wilkinson during a ceremony in Ottawa, Friday June 6, 2014 marking the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. lies and remains one of the enduring symbols of the Normandy invasion.

Veteran Julian “Bud” Rice, a C-47 pilot who participated in the airdrops of Normandy on DDay, watched the show.

“It’s good to see 800 paratroopers jump here today, but the night that we came in, we had 800 airplanes with 10,000 paratroopers that we dropped that night, so it was a little more,” he said.

Rice flew in a C-47 aircraft earlier in the week, similar to the one he flew on D-Day. With him was veteran pilot Bill Prindible, with whom he watched the show.

“Very impressive,” Prindible said.

“You just have to imagine there’d be a squadron of 72 aircraft, 36 aircraft going by every time one of those guys went by.”

At the invitation of the French government, this

restored Douglas C-47 — known as Whiskey 7 — flew for the festivities and released paratroopers as it did when it dropped troops behind enemy lines under German fire.

The plane has almost as a rich a story to tell as the pilots who flew it.

Although the twinprop Whiskey 7, so named because of its W-7 squadron marking, looks much the same today as it did on June 6, 1944.

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School’s history shines on SATINWOOD SCHOOL HOLDS FINAL CELEBRATION

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

STUDENTS REVISIT GILLIGAN Relive the hilarious antics of Gilligan’s Island seven castaways in Central Alberta Home Educators’ student production of Jilligan’s Island in Olds on Friday and Saturday.

The show will go on at the Olds Church of the Nazarene, 5402-43 St., north of the Co-op in Olds at 6:30 p.m. on both nights. Admission is by donation.

SMALL GROUPS, BIG IDEAS First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada executive director Cindy Blackstock will present Mosquito Advocacy: Change Strategies for Small Groups with Big Ideas at the Winspear Room in the iHotel at 6500 67th St. in Red Deer on June 16. Starting at 9 a.m. the presentation describes a public policy change approach for small groups advancing evidence-based systemic policy in changeresistant environments. It was developed by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

Donations accepted at the door. Proceeds will go to future conferences and presentations. For more information, contact Carmen at caswc2014@ gmail.com

BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS A silent auction, a picnic and a speaker are three free events planned for brain injury awareness month in June. The silent auction runs at Parkland Mall this weekend, Friday to Sunday, with all proceeds to the brain injury program. The picnic at Rotary Park is June 18 from 5 to 8 pm with hot dogs and drinks provided.

Bring your favorite accompanying food. The park is located at the corner of 43rd Avenue and 48th Street. On June 19, Mufty Mathewson will share a caregiver’s story from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Catholic Social Services at 5104 48th Ave. All of the events are sponsored by the Central Alberta Brain Injury Society.

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For the better part of Saturday afternoon, ominous dark clouds high above surrounded Satinwood School, not altogether unlike the metaphorical clouds that have long hung over the charming one-hallway rural school with perilously small enrolments.

But though the figurative clouds may have ultimately rained on the school’s parade — it will close in a little over two weeks — the sun shone on the school’s final celebration Saturday as alumnus after alumnus spoke of how Satinwood brought sunshine into their life.

For young Dave Scholing, it was the special attention he received from teachers that helped him learn English from a Grade 1 base of only the word ‘Okay.’

For 86-year-old Frances Littau, who was a student in the 30s and later taught kindergarten for 15 years, it was the teachers who cared so much and putting peanut butter sandwiches into the furnace on a shovel to get the filling to melt.

And for Ted Jardine, principal for the last 16 years, it was the relationships with students, parents, and the small staff that made the difference.

“It’s a gem, it really is. And I’m truthful when I say I’ve had the best gig for 16 years because it’s been a good ride,” said Jardine, “This is the way education should be for all young students — safe, secure, family-oriented and fun.”

Some of that “fun” came in the form of tales of adventure and mischief that come naturally to a small school in the middle of nowhere.

If not mice in the vents during class, it was students scurrying around.

But skipping class was rarely worth it; with nothing else around, you could walk to the train tracks, and that’s about it.

For years, mice were the biggest threat at the school, necessitating one staffer to rig up a particularly prolific trap. But declining rural populations and ever-tightening budgets proved to be the bigger danger.

Satinwood School, located about 30 km east of Red Deer, peaked in 1962 with an enrolment of 165 students after five other area rural schools closed.

Photo by MYLES FISH/Advocate staff

Current Satinwood School students (from left) Travis Chessor, Cheyenne Bowman and Macey Bushman stand with a sign from much further back in the 106-year-old school’s history at a Satinwood reunion celebration on Saturday. The rural school east of Joffre will close at the end of the school year.

The school was established in 1908 and rebuilt in 1920 after a visiting transient in need of some stove warmth inadvertently burned it to the ground.

Under Pat Denis’ principalship from the 70s to the 90s, student numbers slumped.

Dedicated parents successfully fought efforts to close the school then, but the junior high grades were taken away from Satinwood, leaving it as a K-Grade 6 operation.

In a 1995 Advocate article, Denis warned that enrolmentbased funding left the school in “grave danger.” The school had 90 students then, and the everfluctuating enrolment would peak again at 99 in the early 2000s.

But recently there has not been much fluctuating, it has just been going down. In 2008 there were 78 pupils. This year, only 39 enrolled. “‘Agonizing’ is the best word I can describe (the last few years with),” said Jardine.

Though student performance was great and parents continued to rave about the school, the Wolf Creek School Division board voted in April to close Satinwood at the end of June.

Whereas the per-capita cost of educating a student at Satinwood this year is $14,000, the division average is close to $8,000.

“The financial situation overruled everything else. It just got to the bottom line that it’s costing too much money to educate 40 kids,” said Jardine.

Many at the celebration Saturday lamented the fact that the school will close, but a movement is afoot to somehow save the setting as a community gathering point.

A survey was circulated at the reunion asking whether people would be interested in trying to secure the facility as a private school/recreation centre or a charter school/rec centre with an agricultural specialty.

“I would love to see a school here because I believe in the energy and the idea of having a country school,” said Jackie McPherson, a third generation Satinwood student whose daughter is now in Grade 1 at the school, “It grows really good kids. Country kids are independent and very good leaders.”

Under the regulated school

closure process, the Wolf Creek board is to offer the property for sale by public tender unless it can negotiate a deal with a community group or government entity such as Lacombe County.

The board is required to get two appraisals of the property as part of the process.

Wolf Creek secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson said when the board has looked to sell other closed schools, the old buildings have at times been a detriment to the sale of the land. He said any purchaser would likely need to have some sort of societal status.

The board managed to sell the old Mirror School for $25,000 to a community group after it closed in 2010.

It was later bought from that group by a private individual who established a Christian school.

Jardine and about 60 per cent of the current student body will move to Clive School for the next school year, while the rest will head to school in Lacombe.

About 700 people attended Saturday’s celebration. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

ST. NICHOLAS UKRANIAN CHURCH

Cornerstone laid for Red Deer’s first Orthodox church

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF It may not have exactly fit with all the formality of the ceremony blessing the land for Red Deer’s first Orthodox church, but the sight of children handing out and laying dandelions around the first cornerstone was entirely fitting.

A patch of bare land in Vanier Woods became St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Sunday, named after the third century bishop revered as the patron saint of children — and many other things.

A special ceremony presided over by the bishop of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the Canadian West got the ball rolling for a build that local parishioners hope will be completed in time for St. Nicholas’ feast day in December.

It is a build to serve a growing population of Eastern and Southern Europeans in Red Deer, and one that is a long time coming for local Orthodox Christians.

When Alex Ivanenko immigrated to the area with his parents in 1994, the family first attended St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church despite their Orthodox beliefs.

Five years later, they were able to join with other locals of their denomination, and for the last 15 years the community has held twice-monthly services in a funeral home, the Collicutt Centre, the col-

lege, and a community hall that doubles as an outdoor rink shack in winter.

Over the last six years, fundraising efforts have been underway in the city to get a church of their own.

A large donation by Jules and Theresa Klepak of Calgary helped the group secure the half-acre plot of land, and an additional $120,000 has been raised for the building construction.

An Orthodox church in Calgary has supplied Rev. Fr. Timothy Chrapko on a half-time basis for the local congregation, which has enabled the build in Red Deer.

“What happens oftentimes in Canada is communities bankrupt themselves paying the priest, and then they can never save up to build a building,” said Dobr. Julie Chrapko, the wife of the priest.

Julie said over the years many locals have travelled to Calgary or Edmonton for regular services, and some may still, as the twice-monthly services in Red Deer will remain until the last two-thirds of the build is paid off.

That may take around five years, after which point the church could likely support its own full-time priest.

The population of Eastern Europeans across Alberta is growing significantly; in Red Deer many Slavic peoples come over to work at Olymel.

While the local Orthodox congregation is small — nearly

Photo by MYLES FISH/Advocate staff

Gavin Bruketa lays a series of dandelions around the just-laid cornerstone at what will become St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Vanier Woods on Sunday. The land where the building will sit was blessed at a special ceremony, with a regular service and barbecue afterwards.

40 were at the Sunday ceremony — Julie said there is solid potential for growth.

“From a visibility standpoint, we’re almost impossible to find unless you know where we are, because to this point we haven’t had much exposure.

“So here we have a visible building, a website that is launching today, all sorts of things to try to help have visibility increase and everything else,” she said.

Although the church is officially Ukrainian Orthodox and will be built in the corresponding architectural style, congregants said the church is not ethnically based.

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Most of their service is done in English, and Orthodox believers from other countries are always welcome.

“That’s the great thing about Orthodoxy, it’s really one religion split across all of Eastern Europe and in Canada we kind of misrepresent it by labelling it Greek Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox, because it’s one church....

“We came to Canada and that told the immigrants what language to expect walking into the building — that’s where we get those titles.

“Whoever comes, we do a bit in their language,” said Julie. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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U.S. job creation appears strong IT MAY BE CANADA’S TURN TO BE ENVIOUS OF THE U.S. FOR A CHANGE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadians could be forgiven for turning a little green with envy over the surge in employment occurring south of the border.

After leading the Western world in job creation in the years following the recession — as the Harper Conservative government is fond of reminding the public — the past year and a bit has not been so good. The pattern has become familiar.

On the first Friday of each month, Statistics Canada issues a report showing the economy gained or lost several thousand jobs, making up for the several thousand that were lost or gained the previous month. with one step forward and one step-back, Canada’s labour market has largely stalled over most of the year.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Labor Department tables an-

other strong employment report.

Over the past 12 months, Canada’s economy That’s what happened Friday, when Statistics has added 86,000 new jobs, for a 0.5 per cent inCanada announced the country added 25,800 new crease. jobs in May, which, The U.S. has added besides being all 2.4 million, for a 1.7 part-time, still per cent increase. didn’t in numerical “We’re pulling terms make up for away from the rest of the 29,000 lost the the world,” said John previous month.

— JOHN SILVIA, CHIEF ECONOMIST AT WELLS FARGO Silvia, chief econoIn the United mist at Wells Fargo in States, the jobs the U.S. numbers went from strength to strength, adding That’s something Canadians often heard from late 217,000 in May on top of 282,000 created in April. finance minister Jim Flaherty.

It wasn’t an aberration.

His successor, Joe Oliver, still says it but increasEven allowing for a work force that is about 10 ingly it’s numbers from the more distant past that he times the size of Canada’s, the United States has trumpets. been leaving its northern neighbour in the dust in terms of job creation for quite some time.

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‘WE’RE PULLING AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD.’

MARKETS OUTLOOK

Traders watch for catalyst AWAITING DATA FROM CHINA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A truck loaded with containers leaves a port in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province Sunday, June 8, 2014. China says its export growth accelerated in May but imports dipped in a mixed sign for the world’s second-biggest economy.

China’s exports rise amid potential slowdown LEADERS ARE TRYING TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT BY ENCOURAGING DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — China says its export growth accelerated in May but imports dipped in a mixed sign for the world’s second-biggest economy.

Data released by the General Administration of Customs on Sunday showed exports rose 7 per cent in dollar terms, up from a 0.9 per cent increase in April and rather large slump in February and March.

Imports declined 1.6 per cent in May after inching up 0.8 per cent in April.

Private sector analysts say the Chinese economy will likely slow down as the impact of mini-stimulus efforts fade.

Economic growth eased to 7.4 per cent in the first

quarter from the previous quarter’s 7.5 per cent.

Stronger global demand for Chinese goods could help offset domestic weakness, reducing concern about politically volatile job losses in export-driven manufacturing.

Communist leaders are trying to reduce reliance on trade and investment by encouraging domestic consumption. But their plans are based on a forecast of 7.5 per cent growth in total trade, while exports have shrunk 0.4 per cent for the first five months of the year and imports are up 0.8 per cent.

Exports for the month of May came to $195.47 billion while imports totalled $159.55 billion, giving China a trade surplus of $35.9 billion.

The surplus with the United States was $21.2 billion while that with the 27-nation European Union was $9.3 billion.

Traders will look for reassurances this week that the world’s second-biggest economy is still strong, while also watching for a catalyst that can push markets higher this summer.

“It’s China week,” said Colin Cieszynski, a senior analyst at CMC Markets.

Traders will await a full slate of data from China, including trade numbers that are being released during the weekend in time for the North American market open today.

China releases the latest inflation readings today and industrial production and retail sales numbers later in the week.

Analysts expect the economic data to be generally positive.

“We’re still cautious on China because they are deliberately trying to soften their growth rate and deal with the pollution,” said Wes Mills, a chief investment officer with Scotia Private Client Group.

“I don’t think you‘re going to see terribly robust numbers and they‘re OK with these 7.2, 7.3 per cent (growth target) kind of numbers I think. And on the trade side, we‘re starting to see its currency weaken a little here to help out the trade side.”

And while the China numbers might not provide that element to push stocks higher, it should at least help cement the strong gains seen on the TSX this year.

The TSX ended last week up 234 points or 1.6 per cent, leaving the Toronto market ahead 8.9 per cent year to date, led by gains in energy, mining and financials.

U.S. markets also gained ground last week with the Dow industrials ahead 1.24 per cent.

Gains last week were partly driven by relief that the European Central Bank is taking extraordinary measures to deal with the threat of deflation and a sagging economic recovery.

The ECB announced that it’s cutting its lending rate to 0.15 per cent from 0.25 per cent. It is also dropping its overnight deposit rate to minus 0.1 per cent from zero.

Charging banks for parking funds with the ECB is an unusual step aimed at pushing banks to lend that money rather than hoard it.

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Canadians on shaky ground for retirement SOME NEED BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO GET BETTER PLAN The seemingly never-ending discussion about the state of Canadians’ financial preparedness (or lack of it) for retirement just keeps chattering along.

Many Canadians nearing retirement appear to be confident they will have enough money to live out the retirement lifestyle they want, but a lot of them don’t know how much income they’ll have or how much their pensions will provide.

Add to that the fact that over half of Canadians don’t feel confident their current savings for retirement are high enough and you’ve got a pretty shaky future for a lot of the country’s aging population.

A recent report by Edward TALBOT Jones found that Canadians, BOGGS regardless of their age, are not saving enough for retirement.

“With various expenditures vying for our attention it can be challenging to factor in retirement saving, but the simple solution is that Canadians need to get in the habit of paying themselves first,” said Patrick French, director of financial planning with Edward Jones.

“Implementing a pre-authorized contribution plan allows individuals to treat savings like any other bill, having funds automatically flow out of their bank account and into a registered retirement savings account.

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“It’s the first step to achieving long-term financial success and the earlier you start, the better.”

Another study by Investors Group rather alarmingly found that Canadians nearing retirement are confident they have enough money to live the retirement lifestyle they want, but many don’t know how much retirement income they will need or how much their company and/or government pensions will provide.

Sixty-nine per cent of Canadians 55 to 64 were unaware of what the maximum monthly payout from the government for the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans and Old Age Security is even though 80 per cent of this age group plan to use these as a source of retirement income, and more than a third anticipate they will be their primary source of income.

Further, 60 per cent said they plan to use an employer pension as a source of income and 37 per cent say this will be their primary source. However, of those who say they have a workplace pension and plan to rely on it as their primary source of income, 55 per cent did not know the monthly benefit they can expect.

“While the survey indicates that Canadians are approaching retirement with confidence, it also identifies the need for Canadians to gain a better understanding of what their financial future looks like so they can build a better plan to get there,” said Investor Group’s Dave Ablett.

“Planning for retirement at an early age will help Canadians to really understand what will be required to maintain their desired lifestyle and where savings and investments are needed to fill the pension gaps.”

Besides starting to save early, French recom-

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mends that you identify your retirement goals, use all of your retirement savings opportunities and reinvest any tax refunds in your registered retirement savings plan (RRSP).

RRSPs are still one of the best ways to save for retirement.

“Money contributed to an RRSP grows tax-deferred, so over the long term it provides an opportunity to accumulate much more wealth and contributions can result in a generous tax break,” French said.

“And by paying your tax return forward and investing it in your RRSP when you receive your return, you have already given yourself a head start for a tax break next year and hopefully another return.”

In the Investors Group survey, 70 per cent said they will have enough money to pay the cost of living in retirement, yet when asked what they anticipate their monthly cost of living will be, 42 per cent of unretired people didn’t know.

And as Canadians approach retirement age, more than a third still don’t what it will take to support their lifestyle.

The lessons Canadians should take away from this research? Start saving as early as possible and seek out a professional financial adviser to help you identify your retirement goals and plan for your retirement needs to avoid ending up with an inadequate retirement income.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Work to be halted on Gazprom-led pipeline

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria’s prime minister has ordered on Sunday a halt to construction work on the Gazprom-led South Stream pipeline project planned to bypass Ukraine as a transit country and consolidating Russia’s energy grip in Europe.

Plamen Oresharski said after meeting U.S. Sens.

John McCain, Christopher Murphy and Ron Johnson that he has ordered all work on the disputed project

to continue only after consultations with Brussels.

Last week, the European Commission opened an infringement procedure against the Balkan country and asked construction work to be stopped, arguing that Bulgaria hadn’t respected EU internal market rules covering the award of public contracts.

The standoff over Ukraine has forced the 28-nation EU into a sudden rethink of its energy policies to make it less reliant on Russia and its state-owned gas company Gazprom.

In particular, the EU decision will affect the

South Stream pipeline, in which Russia’s Gazprom holds a 50-per cent stake, and would provide an alternative supply route for Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria and Italy. It is expected to ship up to 63 billion cubic meters of gas from 2018.

Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on gas supplies from Russia, is trying to avoid another cutoff after it was among those who suffered most of the gas price dispute between Russia and Ukraine in 2009.

A summer internship like no other PERKS, PAY AND RESPECT MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Sitting in a kitchen stocked with free food, a handful of 20-something Google summer interns weigh their favourite perks, but where to begin?

With bikes, buses, massages, swimming pools, dance classes, nap pods, parties and access to their tech heroes, it’s a very long list.

“Unlimited sparkling water?” someone says.

In the end, however, the budding Googlers are most excited about the work.

“The project I’m working on is super high impact, and I’m looking for ways to make my mark,” says Rita DeRaedt, 20, studying visual communication technology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

She admitted to being a bit star-struck after she was assigned to a team headed by a designer she’s long admired.

With summer’s arrival comes an influx of thousands of Silicon Valley interns.

Well paid and perked, — young up-and-comers from around the world who successfully navigate the competitive application process are assigned big time responsibility at firms such as Google, Facebook, Dropbox and Twitter.

Silicon Valley tech firms pay their interns more than any other sector in the U.S., according to a Top 25 list of 2014 intern pay by online career website Glassdoor.

Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto-based cybersecurity firm, topped the list with $7,012 average monthly base pay. Also on the list: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, eBay, Google and Apple, all of which pay more than $5,000 a month, or $60,000 annually if these were full time jobs.

And that’s not counting the perks, which at Facebook even include housing in this high rent region.

Executives hope that a fun and stimulating summer will motivate them to come back after graduation to launch careers.

It’s money well spent in a field fighting for talent, says Keck Graduate Institute professor Joel West in Claremont, who hired interns when he ran his own software company, and now helps place students at internships.

“When you’re an employer, interns are a win-win, because you get relatively cheap labour and you get a first look at talented and ambitious people,” he says. “You get first dibs on them.”

Indeed, many of the internships turn into careers.

Max Schireson, CEO of database startup MongoDB, with offices in Palo Alto and New York, says they nurture former interns, 35 this summer selected from a pool of 3,000, when they return to their respective schools — primarily Brown, MIT, Stanford and Princeton.

“We try to keep in touch with them both to keep that relationship warm but also because they can

help us in identifying our next crop,” Schireson says.

Schireson says that while there’s solid pay, with food, drink and candy around the office, there are limits. U ltimately, he says, “we want people attracted mostly by the workplace challenges.”

Typically, interns are assigned to collaborative teams working on specific projects; computer science student might be writing software code to make failed passcode attempts erase data, while a human resources student might be creating online learning modules for new hires.

Serial entrepreneur Jon Bischke, currently CEO of San Francisco-based Entelo, a tech recruiter, said interns better arrive ready to hustle.

“Companies in Silicon Valley are growing faster than literally any companies anywhere since the beginning of time,” he said.

“The energy is palpable and for people who appreciate fast-paced environments, you won’t find anything faster than what’s going on in Silicon Valley right now.”

But there is an effort GOOGLE SPOKESWOMAN MEGHAN CASSERLY to keep hours reasonable, and many said East Coast financial sector interns work longer hours for less pay.

“We believe in paying for work and paying our interns, full stop, but we don’t believe in making interns work all hours of the day unnecessarily, and think there are lessons to be learned in terms of managing time and workflow,” said Google spokeswoman Meghan Casserly. Overtime is allowed, however, for projects that warrant it, she says.

Chris Crawford was 18, a student at University of California, Santa Cruz, when he landed his first internship at nearby Cupertino-based Apple. He spent the next five summers interning at Apple, two in public relations, three at iTunes.

“I love Apple technology, I’m a musician and I loved what they were doing in the music industry, and I got real life business experience there,” says Crawford, who went on to launch his own startup, Loudr.fm, in 2009, an online service where musicians can sell cover songs and original music to fans, or through iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and other sites.

Now and then, he says, their little firm of eight even gets an intern.

Google’s head of global staffing Kyle Ewing says the biggest misconception about their interns is that they are all computer scientists from elite universities.

Instead, Google, and many other firms, have outreach programs to both diversify their workforce and provide opportunities for non-technical students.

As for the new class of interns, thousands of them, Ewing says she expects them to be tackling major challenges as they sip their sparkly water over the next three months.

“Our hope is that we can offer a job to anybody who has a successful summer,” she says.

“We have a very, very successful pipeline.”

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JOBS: U.S. catching up Bank of Montreal senior economist Sal Guatieri says there’s no denying that the U.S. is catching up on the jobs front and they are likely to keep posting stronger numbers for the rest of the year, or even beyond that.

But that’s where the comparison ends. Even though it may not look like it in the monthly jobs reports, Americans still should be envious of Canada’s labour market, he says, and some still are.

The New York Times is not buying the world jobs leader boast. A column on Friday was titled, “Good News on Jobs. Why Aren’t We Happier?”

The upshot is that it took 6 ½ years from the start of the recession for the U.S. to win back the 8.7 million jobs it lost during it.

By comparison Canada recovered all the 430,000 or so jobs lost during the 2008-09 slump in early 2011, and since has added 600,000 or so more.

Because of population growth, each country has more people to employ than in 2008.

CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal says that the comparison by this measure is in Canada’s favour.

“Remember, they are starting from an extremely low base. So I don’t think we should envy them,” Tal says. “We didn’t see the same decline in employment they saw. . . . They have much more capacity to grow and much more pent-up capacity.”

Scotiabank economist Derek Holt agrees, but says too much can be made of the “Canada recovered first” rationale for accepting slower growth rates going forward.

The reality is, he says, Canada’s two big growth engines — natural resources and housing — are at the top of their business cycles and have little room to grow. The U.S. economy is about to kick it into another gear.

“It’s like being in a relay race and the exhausted runner is dropping out and passing the baton on to the new leader,” he said.

“From a financial markets standpoint in terms of things that drive Canadian versus U.S. interest rates, or the D level of the currency, it’s I the relative growth goL B ing forward that matters E much more.”

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to the slow jobs growth of late in Canada. Since the economy has continued to expand at about two per cent, it means producers are improving their productivity and becoming more competitive, something U.S. industry did early in the recovery cycle.

Holt adds that Canada may also be fortunate in being pulled along by a strong U.S. recovery in the next year or so, although, of course, it will have to settle for the back seat.

DATA: Quiet week expected The ECB will also consider more unconventional measures to boost inflation if it stays too low. A deflationary spiral would choke off growth and worries about such a scenario increased earlier last week with the release of data showing that inflation in the eurozone came in at only 0.5 per cent in May, down from 0.7 per cent in April.

“I would agree that the market is grinding higher but we’re now through first quarter earnings and we’re in a situation where the central banks have given us their juice and we’re heading into what is normally summer doldrums,” said Mills.

“There is a lot of complacency, we’ve been a long time without a major correction and so there is cash on the sidelines. I know of small shops that are 20 per cent cash right now.”

Meanwhile, it is expected to be a very quiet week for North American economic data.

The only major American report is the May reading on retail sales on Thursday.

“January and February were awful, March and April you had a rebound and what people are trying to figure out now is, how much of that was just a catchup on pentup demand and how much was actual real growth following through into the spring,” added Cieszynski.

“Did we have a big bump in March and April, then things slow down again or is May getting follow through?”

In Canada, traders look to the May reading for housing starts today and April manufacturing shipments on Friday.

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June 9 2011 — The world’s first artificial organ transplant is performed. It is an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.

1993 — Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 to clinch their 24th Stanley Cup title in the 100th anniversary season. Last Stanley Cup won by a Canadian team.

1989 — Jane Foster and Deanna Brasseur pass course to become Canada’s first two fe-

male fighter pilots available for combat roles; possibly the world’s first.

1973 — New Brunswick jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat to victory in the 105th Belmont Stakes in a world record time for a 1 1/2 mile course.

1968 — Canadian political party leaders debate policy on television for the first time.

1947 — Government ends wartime control and rationing of dairy products.

1900 — Prince Edward Island first province to bring in prohibition. Was not repealed until 1948.

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Strait to the end of the road GEORGE STRAIT ENDS NEARLY FOUR DECADES OF TOURING WITH FINAL PERFORMANCE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARLINGTON, Texas — Country music king George Strait capped off the last tour of his career with an epic, star-studded final performance at the billion-dollar stadium where the Dallas Cowboys play, dazzling an audience of nearly 105,000 people with duet after duet with some of the biggest names in country music.

The attendance shattered the previous record set by The Rolling Stones at The Louisiana Superdome in 1981.

More than 10,000 fans alone took in the three-hour show from the stadium floor.

“Oh, man. I tell you what. This is too much fun,” he said.

Known for his honky-tonk style, classic interpretation of Western swing and Texas cowboy get-up, Strait is the undisputed patriarch of a generation of country music stars, none of whom left the stage Saturday without paying homage to or receiving a hug from the country music legend.

“In the early 80s when I was a young man in Georgia, I was a big fan of Unwound,” Alan Jackson said of the 1981 hit that propelled Strait to stardom.

“You’re the reason I came to Nashville, Tennessee. God bless you.”

Jason Aldean credited Strait as “not only a huge influence for me but everyone else in Nashville.”

After Martina McBride joined Strait to sing Jackson, the country classic made famous by the Johnny Cash-June Carter rendition, she remarked on the fun the two had on tour together in 2011 and 2012.

Kenny Chesney called the two years he spent on the road with Strait early in his career “the most educational” in his touring life.

Strait’s son, Bubba, a pro team roper on the rodeo circuit, even joined his dad on stage to perform his songwriting debut, Arkansas Dave.

The unusually chatty Strait appeared to bask in the enormous crowd of fans, standing at their seats, swaying and singing along, regularly raising his arms like a band conductor to raise the volume.

“That’s what I’m going to miss the

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George Strait performs at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in 2013. It’s the end of the trail for Strait, who wrapped up his final tour Saturday, June 7, 2014 with a star-filled show at the lavish home of the Dallas Cowboys in his home state of Texas. most right there, I tell you what. Thank you so much,” he said.

Strait, 62, is also beloved by his legions of fans for his gracious, everyman demeanour, which was in ample display Saturday.

During the second half of the show, he played the 2011 hit I’ll Always Remember You, which he said was inspired by his fans.

“When I take the stage for the last time, you won’t be far away,” he said, inspiring some enthusiastic female fans to tear up.

“Damn, I’m so lucky,” Strait said so many times, it became almost a refrain.

All of Strait’s guest stars returned to the stage for an encore.

The show brought an end to Strait’s nearly 40 years on the road, starting in 1975 with the Ace in the Hole Band.

Many of the 11-piece band’s original members played back up Saturday, “the best band anybody could have out here on the road,” Strait said.

Born in Poteet and raised in Pearsall, about 60 miles southwest of San Antonio, Strait has more gold and platinum albums than any other music act except The Beatles and Elvis Presley.

And while he’s quitting the road, Strait may yet add to his chart-topping total after renewing his deal with MCA

Records last year to produce five more albums.

He has said he will continue to play the occasional gig.

Strait began this last tour, The Cowboy Rides Away, last year.

Each of the 45 stadiums and arenas he’s played in 31 states has sold out.

He’s performed for an estimated 1 million fans.

As he sang the tour’s eponymous song at the end of the set, fans waved, cheered and did the two-step. And the cowboy rode away.

Online: http://georgestrait.com

Transgender pianist shunned in U.S. GETS CAREER ENCORE IN CANADA

BY CHRIS PURDY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Sara Davis Buechner pays piano in in Montreal, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The classical pianist played with some of the most prestigious orchestras in the United States, winning praise from presidents and capturing awards that pointed to a promising career as one of the best in the world. But back then, she was a man named David.

But when she wore the outfit to school, other kids beat her up and a teacher sent a note to her parents asking that David not wear girl’s clothing to school again.

It was then, Buechner said, that she stuffed away her desire to be a girl. Her acceptable passion for the piano became her life.

The prodigy studied on full scholarships at Juilliard in New York and made the city her home for nearly 25 years while her career flourished.

As David, she played at the White House. She won international competitions.

But it wasn’t enough.

One day, while resting on

It was inspiring, said Buechner.

“It tells you that despite lives and times and generations, there are people who have a superb view of humanity.”

In 2003, Buechner accepted an offer to teach at the University of British Columbia and headed for Vancouver, where she still lives with her wife.

Buechner says none of her students have questioned her past as a man, and it’s breathtaking to see changing social attitudes.

She once swapped stories with a student, a transgender trumpet player, who transitioned at 14 with the blessing of his parents.

Buechner has performed across Canada and Asia and, slowly, she’s getting more invites to play in the U.S. She has been featured twice by the San Francisco Symphony, but she’s still frustrated she’s not entirely welcome back in her home country.

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Classical pianist Sara Davis Buechner played with some of the most prestigious orchestras in the United States, winning praise from presidents and capturing awards that pointed to a promising career as one of the best in the world.

But back then, she was a man named David.

When Buechner came out publicly as a transgender woman in 1998, the musician risked it all, lost it all and has been working over the past decade in Canada to get it back again.

“Canada was my salvation in many ways,” said Buechner, 54, before a recent concert in Montreal.

She is to play in Edmonton today, part of a packed schedule that matches the 60 concerts a year she performed during the height of her career as a man.

But there is no more New York Philharmonic.

No American Symphony in Carnegie Hall.

“It seemed like the skies were certainly open to a lot of big orchestras and that all just closed down. It was just gone,” recalled Buechner.

After coming out, she was shut out of the conservative concert scene in the U.S. and, despite earning some money teaching children piano lessons, was on the verge of becoming homeless.

So she moved north.

“The conductors and presenters in Canada were much more open, because they hadn’t really known me,” Buechner said. “They judged me on the music itself.”

As a child growing up in suburban Baltimore, Buechner knew she was a girl as much as she knew she loved playing Mozart.

Her grandmother once made her a purple coat with a frilly white shirt so she could dress up as the historic composer.

a rock in Central Park, Buechner made up her mind to start living as a woman.

“I couldn’t — I wouldn’t — hide that anymore ... I was just going to be myself.”

She had been warned that ditching a tux for a gown on stage might end her career, so she wasn’t surprised when some concert presenters and orchestras wouldn’t return phone calls.

“I was a little more stunned that people who had been longtime friends deserted me, particularly conductors.”

She was also “harassed out” of a teaching job at an elite music conservatory; dozens of other schools refused to hire her.

There were bouts of drinking and “half-hearted” suicide attempts.

But when Buechner’s mother called her child’s old piano teacher to tell him David was now Sara, the senior only asked whether it was spelled with an ‘h.’

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Alcoholic father lying to teen daughter Dear Annie: I am 13, and my parents are divorced. school so they could get a quality education along I moved in with my father eight months ago, but soon with faith and good values. realized that Dad is an alcoholic. We lived in a nice Sadly, it hasn’t been the experience I was wishing apartment for a while, and he seemed to for. This school has more bullying than a be doing well, but I had no idea how adpublic school. dicted he was until the landlord evicted Bullying is not just saying horrible us. I moved in with my aunt and will have things to each other or hitting. to move back in with my mother soon.

It also is being left out and not feeling Dad is not my biological father, but he welcome. Kids at this school who are not raised me. He’s the only father I’ve known. sports stars or whose families don’t have But I think he’s trying to buy my love. He money are outsiders. never leaves me alone and is always tellThe saddest part is that it is not only ing me how much better things will be. the students. There are also parents who But he’s lying to my face. I happen to know refuse to acknowledge the less well-off that when he tells me he’s at work, he’s parents at school events. drinking at a bar.

Many children have transferred out of I don’t want to discuss it with him. If he this school because of the bullying.

MITCHELL wants to be in my life, he has to quit drinkI was taught that you treat others how & SUGAR ing. Otherwise, I’m done with him. Am I you want to be treated. Each child is an wrong? — Nevada individual and should be respected as Dear Nevada: Please understand that such. giving up alcohol is not an easy thing for I am sure other parents have these your father. We are certain he is struggling with it. same concerns, but no one speaks up. I ask that all Nonetheless, you should not be living with him until parents set a good example for their children and he can provide a stable, healthy home environment. pay attention to what they may or may not be doing.

Please look into Alateen (al-anon.alateen.org) for Is your child being a bully? Are you teaching them kids whose parents have alcohol problems. Alateen to judge others by what they look like or how much will provide information, as well as support. money they have? Is this your school? -- Sad Parent in Dear Annie: I sent my children to a Christian Nebraska

Dear Nebraska: No school comes with a guarantee that the behavior of the parents and children will be exemplary. Bullying occurs everywhere. It is important that you teach your child how to deal with intimidating behavior from others and that school administrators and teachers are aware of the problem so they can address it. Ultimately, parents must do what is best for their children, and sometimes that means moving them to a different school where they can prosper.

Dear Annie: This is for “Hurting Daughter-inLaw,” whose in-laws never liked her and have cut off the grandchildren.

I married my husband 54 years ago. His parents were not happy and let me know it. My husband said to ignore it, and I tried, but they undermined me, blatantly favored his sister’s children and worked to destroy our marriage.

After his parents died, my husband finally admitted that they had kept up an unrelenting stream of criticism about me, hoping we’d divorce.

One of my kids is completely alienated from me because of her grandparents’ subtle inferences that I “treated her differently” from her siblings.

She was my gentle, insecure baby, and they destroyed her trust. — Wish I Had Left Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Monday June 9 a world of good for you now. You are on this search to fully CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Johnny Depp. 50; understand your true wishes, they will start to manifest now!

Michael J. Fox, 52; Natalie Portman, 32 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Confusion with others will now THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Neptune stations to retrograde reach a time when it will be understood by you on a soul level. today — this indicates that we will all take a deeper look at This is to say, after a long period of time of you searching and what our soul needs. probing their minds for truth, it will start to emerge and will give We will need to find proper boundaries and move away you great satisfaction that you took the right action! from situations and people that are toxic. Past delusions will LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have been inspired to imnow be seen for what they were and we will be prove your daily routine, health regime, and work better able to find peace within us. for a long time now. -Today will mark the first step Do not over indulge in drink or anything else of you see this focus manifest in your life. There excessively as this would be seen as extreme will be greater focus on the confidence and abunescapism at this stage. Find what speaks to dance your efforts have brought you now! your soul and do that!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Greater clarity HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthof what brings you joy in this world will start to be day, this year will promise more progress for realized. you on a professional level. Past misconcepYou are feeling great and you are able to artions will now be understood and you will be ticulate exactly what it is you want within romantic able to move in the direction you want to now. relationships, with children, and simply with how Joining with groups of like-minded individuals you have a good time. Pursue creative goals! will be highly recommended and they will turn SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Greater out to be extremely enjoyable for you. Let go of clarity will set in for you with regards to who you LARISA MAIRA past pain and embrace abundance! want to spend your life with, and what type of indiOZOLINS ARIES (March 21-April 19): Neptune will viduals you could cohabit with. station to turn retrograde today. Trust your Past karmic injuries will start to be a thing of dreams now; they will highlight what is stirring the past as you heal those wounds by expressing within you on an unconscious level. Fears and them with close individuals. limitations can be let go of easily now, and this could be simCAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will start to see who ply because you are listening to what your spirit wants. your true friends are now.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You could potentially find out Speak your truth in your soul and communicate with others exactly what you truly aspire to do in life today. today.

Through interacting with siblings, friends, and those signifiIt will offer you a better chance to understand where your cant relationships in your life, it is made very easy to release true destiny is and the ability to align yourself with proper indiwhat you spirit yearns for. Trust friends and dream big and viduals for your true direction! share!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will start to see what GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There is great potential for you you truly value about yourself. The more you understand your to finally understand your position in this world. values, the better for your career and public life.

Try to allow your soul to be inspired today, especially by Communicate with those within your daily routine, express those at work and delve deeper to truly understand the spe- your feelings about your public life and career. They will be of cial service you provide others in this world. Share your feel- great help! ings now!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today will mark a day when CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your perspective of the world you will truly start to understand yourself on a soul level. has changed drastically over the last little while and today will This will be done through interacting with foreigners, teachbe no exception. You will understand your soul’s truth in rela- ers, children, and romantic interests. tion to all the new discoveries in your life which will make you There is an easy flow of communication and realizations quite talkative and inspire others into action! today enjoy your true essence!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Fears of the past will now start to Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated asbe addressed and will vanish one by one. Communicate with trologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Adfamily members and share your feelings with them — it will do vocate.

SUN SIGNS

BRIEF Phoenix woman told to keep her feet on the ground, stop doing cartwheels at public meetings PHOENIX — A Phoenix woman will have to keep both feet on the ground if she wants to speak at any public meetings.

Sixty-five-year-old Dianne Barker told KSAZ-TV this week that she’s been banned from doing cartwheels at meetings held by the Maricopa Association of Governments. An attorney for the association that oversees regional transportation projects said in a letter to Barker last month that she must “immediately cease performing cartwheels.”

Agency spokeswoman Kelly Taft tells The Associated Press that Barker’s cartwheels are disruptive and a public safety liability. Barker says she will obey the association’s request. She was a cheerleader in college and says the cartwheels are a way for her to show her passion. Taft says the association appreciates Barker’s enthusiasm, but she should show it verbally.

Pennsylvania man arrested for cursing in front of police files free-speech lawsuit HOUSTON, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man arrested for cursing in front of police has filed a lawsuit saying his right to free speech was violated.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper reported Thursday that Richard Pustovrh was arguing with his employers in September 2012 and they called the police. Pustovrh lives in Houston, 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.

A complaint says Pustovrh used an obscenity to voice his frustration after a Canonsburg police officer warned him not to. He was handcuffed and later found guilty of disorderly conduct and obscene language. The obscene-language charge was withdrawn when he appealed.

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Prospects feel at home during camp PAIR OF U.S. PLAYERS DRAW PRAISE DURING SPRING PROSPECTS CAMP

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR They were a long way from home, but Austin Pratt and Grant Mismash felt right at home during the weekend.

The impressive Minnesota-born-and-raised forwards soaked up everything the Red Deer Rebels spring prospects camp had to offer and both stood out among the list of 24 1998- and ‘99-born players at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

The six-foot-two, 205-pound Pratt was a dominant figure with his size, speed and power and Mismash was his equal with his speed, agility, competitive fire and outstanding talent.

“It’s been a blast so far,” said Pratt, following Saturday’s session. “I didn’t know much about the team before I came here but I came with an open mind. I’m learning a lot and it’s been such a great experience.”

Pratt, who won’t celebrate his 15th birthday until July 30, was impressed with the quality of competition during the camp.

“It’s tough. Nothing is easy out there,” he said.

Pratt and Mismash, both of whom played with the Shattuck-St. Marys’ tier 1 bantam squad last winter, were selected by the Rebels in the fourth and fifth rounds of this year’s Western Hockey League bantam draft. In the opinion of Rebels assistant GM/director of player personnel Shaun Sutter, the Americans would have been first-round picks — perhaps early first-round picks — if they were Canadian.

Pratt scored 30 goals and collected 73 points and 60 penalty minutes in 65 games with Shattuck last season, while the six-foot, 174-pound Mismash fired 48 goals and garnered 96 points — to go with 132 minutes in penalties — in 65 outings.

While Canadian major junior teams tend to steer clear

of drafting elite American players in the early rounds — or at all — because of the likelihood of eventually losing them to U.S. colleges, the Rebels couldn’t resist picking the Minnesota forwards, two of the best players in the state.

“Both of them are awesome,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said following completion of the camp Sunday morning. “If they were 16 they could play on our team today. They’re both dynamic in their own way. They’re different types of players but they’re both very good players.

And they have good size too.”

Pratt, in particular, may be leaning towards moving to Red Deer as early as next year, although he’s not getting ahead of himself.

“It will be hard to make the team, but if I can do it I would love to come and play here,” he said with a touch of humility.

His size and style certainly lend themselves to the notion that he’d be a natural — and quite possibly a star — in the WHL. “I’m more of a rough and tumble player . . . just go to the net with the puck and try to bang a few goals home . . . just shoot the puck and hit and do whatever it takes to win,” he said.

Like his Shattuck linemate and good friend, the 15-yearold Mismash liked everything about the prospects weekend, which included a barbecue for the players/parents and tours of the Centrium and Rebels dressing room facilities as well as Hunting Hills High School.

“It’s been great, I didn’t realize it would be this much fun,” he said. “We’ve been treated really well and it’s been a blast so far. It’s really cool to come in here at a young age and realize you could be playing here someday in such great facilities.”

Mismash short-changed himself when asked to describe his playing style.

“I just do whatever I can to

CFL labour agreement not a done deal yet TICATS UNION REP SAYS SELLING TENTATIVE DEAL TO PLAYERS MAY BE TOUGH

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Selling the new tentative agreement to the CFL’s players may be a challenge, Hamilton Tiger-Cats union rep Peter Dyakowski said Sunday.

The players’ association and CFL reached a tentative agreement late Saturday night on a new contract. The move averted a potential players’ strike and, if ratified, would secure the league five years of labour peace.

But the CFLPA needed more than four hours Saturday night to sell the deal to its team reps during a conference call. Once news of the tentative agreement broke, many CFL veterans voiced their displeasure on social media.

“You hire a bunch of clowns and you are probably going to get a circus,” tweeted Calgary Stampeders defensive back Jeff Hecht.

“How it works in the 21st century: Unions are dead,” Calgary running back Jon Cornish, the CFL’s outstanding player last year, said on his official Twitter account.

Dyakowski, an offensive lineman with the Ticats, says some of his teammates are definitely unhappy but he’d expect most to vote in favour of acceptance.

However, he admits other team reps will face a tougher task doing so.

“Certainly we had some difficulty here with guys not embracing it, to put it mildly,” Dyakowski said. “I think in higher revenue markets it’s going to be that much harder because they see there’s money to be spent.

“I could see the boys on the prairies being up in arms about this so their reps have their jobs cut out for them in explaining the benefits of this deal.”

The union was expected to launch a work stoppage Sunday, threatening the exhibition game Monday night between the Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. That contest will now go ahead.

If the agreement is ratified, the regular season will start on time June 26.

A date has not been announced for a ratification vote.

The expectation is enough players will vote in favour, but one CFL star requesting anonymity isn’t so sure. “I wouldn’t be shocked if the guys vote against it,” he said.

Dyakowski, who won the CBC show Canada’s Smartest Person in 2012, believes the deal is the best the union could secure without going on strike.

Photos by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Top: Rebels prospect Grant Mismash from Edina, Minnesota skates past Rebels Conner Bleakley during the Red Deer Rebels rookie camp at the Penhold Regional Multiplex on Friday.

Right: Austin Pratt of Lakeville, MN. skates with the puck during the Rebels rookie camp on Friday. get the team going,” he said.

“Austin and I have played together a lot and we just go out there and play a physical style and open space for other kids.

I might also contribute a couple of goals here and there.”

Pratt insisted he’ll be returning for the Rebels training camp in August.

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Kings confident after another comeback win

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

STANLEY CUP FINALS

NEW YORK — Accustomed to clawing back from deficits, the comeback Los Angeles Kings now must figure out how to play with a series lead.

Despite not leading for a single second in this Stanley Cup final, Los Angeles has a two games to none lead on the New York Rangers. That’s not something players are proud of, but somehow it has worked.

“We find ourselves in the same situation reguritating the same mumbo jumbo every time,” winger Justin Williams said. “We’re in a results-oriented league, and the results are we’re up 2-0. I don’t care how we got here.”

The Kings have gotten to Monday night’s Game 3 by winning four times in these playoffs after falling behind by at least two goals. One more would tie the record set by the 1987 Philadelphia Flyers.

Adept, if not comfortable, at coming from behind, the bigger question for the Kings is how they’ll handle what on paper is a comfortable lead over the Rangers through two games but based on the play is far from it. They already saw their 2-0 series lead over the Anaheim Ducks in the Pacific Division turn into a 3-2 deficit, and they’re hopeful that history won’t repeat itself.

“Momentum is a big part of playoff hockey and once a team has it, it’s important to try to switch the tide in your favour as quick as possible,” forward Dwight King said. “The longer you let that go, like in the Anaheim series, they get a little more confident and feeling good about their game. When you’re playing a team that’s got that going for them, it’s a little tougher to defend.”

The Rangers sound like a confident group because they’ve gone stride for stride with the seasoned Kings and could believe they’re a couple of bounces away from being up 2-0. Coach Alain Vigneault has been satisfied with his team’s play save for one period, and his players are attempting to focus more on the positives on the ice than the deficit in the series.

“I think we played two good games over there,” forward Mats Zuccarello said after landing in White Plains, N.Y. “I think we played the best hockey.”

Maybe the Kings haven’t played their best hockey, and certainly they haven’t at the start of games.

They’re the first team in NHL history to win three straight playoff games after trailing by two goals, having also done it in Game 7 of the Western Conference final against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Williams said he can tell a lot about teammates from studying their faces in trying times.

“You can read a lot (about) what someone’s thinking by just looking at their face,” he said. “Between the second and third (Saturday) night I looked around and I didn’t see anyone scared. I saw a prepared team that knew what they had to do.”

That’s thanks in large part to being here before.

From Williams to captain Dustin Brown, defenceman

Drew Doughty, centre Anze Kopitar and goaltender Jonathan Quick down the roster, this core group has experience going deep in the playoffs.

The Kings also now have a resume full of multigoal comebacks, which hasn’t necessarily made digging out of holes easier but provided perhaps some muscle memory when playing from behind.

“I feel together as a team we’ve been through almost all of them you can imagine, and we’ve pulled through,” Williams said. “So when we’re down, do we feel comfortable? No, we don’t feel comfortable. But we feel like we’re able to come back. And belief is a very underrated attribute, and we have that going on within our team right now.”

Experience from the 2012 Cup run could serve Los Angeles well right about now. That Kings team went up at least two games to none in every series on the way to the franchise’s first championship.

In these playoffs, they haven’t been as much of a buzz saw. They fell behind 3-0 to the San Jose Sharks in the first round before pulling off the improbable series comeback and needed seven games against the Ducks and Blackhawks, too.

What the Kings haven’t had in the same vein as their 2012 domination they’ve made up for with resilience. Coach Darryl Sutter sees experience as the root of that.

“We’ve played a lot of hockey in May and June over the past three seasons,” Sutter said. “For us, you’re never not of the belief that you can’t come back or you’re not going to win.”

The Rangers, who came back from being down 3-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Metropolitan Division final, share that same belief. Vigneault was short and to the point on what he thought New York needed to do to get back into this series: win Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.

“We need to hold serve,” Vigneault said in White Plains. “We’re back in our building. We’ve played some good hockey. We might feel that we deserve a better outcome than what we have right now, which is trailing by two games. But it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day we got to take care of business tomorrow, and that’s what we’re going to do.”

If anyone understands the mental approach of coming back, it’s the Kings, who haven’t led for over 228 straight minutes dating back to the conference final. And while the Kings are quick to point to results, they can’t believe they’ve broken the Rangers’ spirit already.

“We should know that more than anybody, that it’s tough to put a team down,” Williams said. “Especially when you’re playing for the Stanley Cup, it’s going to be hard to put a team down. But we need to try to step a little bit more on the throat tomorrow.”

Stepping on the Rangers’ throat might as well be code for don’t fall behind by two goals again.

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Idaho cowboy makes most of miles with win in Rocky Mountain House

James comes back from cramps to lead Heat over Spurs

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NBA FINALS

Heat 98 Spurs 96 this up and just try to make some SAN ANTONIO — No cramps, plays.” pretty tough lately, so I was it sticks around for this He had a key strip of Tony kind of happy to get some- weekend’s rodeo action at no problems for LeBron James.

And with their superstar mak- Parker down the stretch, playing thing to help me get things the Daines Ranch. going right again. I’ve been Despite some cutbacks to ing it to the finish this time, the a dominant game on both ends as Travelling the rodeo trail fighting my head mental- the number of performances Miami Heat bounced back from a if he had something to prove.

As usual, James found a way to as a full-time occupation ly, so it’s nice to get under and prize money, the 54th loss, just as they always do in the silence his haters. takes considerable sacrifice something that let me do Annual event is teed up to playoffs.

“Obviously, having No. 6 in the He had 11 points in the second and effort. Throw in a little stuff right,” said Adams. offer some great competigame at the end was a plus for quarter, helping Miami erase an North Dakota’s Dusty tion for fans, in the always luck for good measure and 11-point deficit early in the peyou’ve got a recipe for suc- Hausauer was the saddle scenic and close-up setting. us,” Dwyane Wade said.

James had 35 points and 10 re- riod. bronc winner at The full line-up of current cess.

The game was played within a the Rocky Pro Canadian champions will bounds in a powerful comeback Roper Matt Rodeo, for an be contending for Innisfail from the cramps that knocked him margin of a few points from there, Shiozawa drew 83.5 point ride on buckles, while World Cham- out of the opener, as the Heat tied and the Spurs missed a chance to upon all three as the John Duffy pions Shane Hanchey and the NBA Finals with a 98-96 vic- seize control in the fourth quarhe competed at horse Patches, Hunter Cure are on the ros- tory over the San Antonio Spurs ter when Parker and Tim Duncan the Rocky Pro roin Game 2 Sunday night. w o r t h $ 1 , 5 1 6 ; ter. deo on Sunday. missed four straight free throws Chris Bosh made the go-ahead when they had a two-point lead. while Shelly AnShiozawa, who Another fan favorite, zick of Montana Fred Whitfield will be com- 3-pointer on a pass from James hails from ChubJames then made a 3-pointer ran away with the ing, and so will 50-year- with 1:18 remaining for the Heat, and two free throws to put Miami buck, Idaho, is barrel racing in old bareback rider Kelly who have won 13 straight follow- in position to win. one of the best in 17.418 seconds for Wardell, who picked up his ing a loss in the post-season. the tie down ropParker scored 21 points and Just like last year, they re- Duncan had 18 points and 15 re$1,737. She also rigging again this season. ing business. He’s won the Lea Park Lee Graves is back on the bounded after losing Game 1 to bounds for the Spurs, who had qualified for the DIANNE Rodeo for an ad- trail, and he’ll be steer wres- the Spurs.

National Finals won eight straight at home by at FINSTAD Bosh had 18 points for the least 15 points. ditional $2,425. tling, along with the Cassidy Rodeo six times, Heat, who are headed home for Another Montana and Milan brother sets. and the Cana“Down the end there they excompetitor, Nedian Finals four Performance times for Game 3 Tuesday night. ecuted really well,” Duncan said. vada Newman, the Daines Ranch Rodeo times. He likes James played more than 37 “LeBron made some great passes roping in Canada and makes claimed bull riding in Rocky include a 6:15 p.m. start for minutes, making 14 of 22 shots. He and guys made open shots. We a point of journeying north, after marking 87 points on the sheep riding Friday and was 1 for 4 with three turnovers in had the same result in the first especially this time of the the Vold bull Smoke Show, Saturday nights, with pro ro- a shaky first quarter, then made game. They kind of flipped it in year. A big win at Grande for $1,663. Team roping went deo kicking off at 6:45 p.m.

11 of his next 13. this one.”

Prairie last weekend helped to Braidy Davies and Chase There are also afternoon After two days of enduring critThe game was played in commove him to third in the Ca- Simpson for their 5.5 sec- performances Saturday and icism for not finishing the game fortable conditions inside the ond run ($1,373 each), while Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m. and getting suggestions on how to AT&T Center, where an air connadian standings.

S h i o z a w a c o m p e t e d Claresholm’s Griffin Smelt- with sheep riding, followed avoid cramps, James changed the ditioning failure in Game 1 sent as planned in Brooks on zer was the steer riding by pro rodeo at 1:30 p.m. The subject. temperatures soaring to about Friday, but then needed champion.

Daines Ranch is located just “What happened on Thursday 90 degrees. The broken circuit The sun shone for the north of Innisfail. to make a detour home to was Thursday,” James said. “My breaker was fixed by Friday afIdaho on Saturday for his Rocky Rodeo, and Jack Dianne Finstad is a Red whole focus was how I was go- ternoon, and it was much cooler grandfather’s funeral. He Daines and his family hope Deer freelance rodeo writer. ing to try to help this team even inside the arena. did that, but jumped back in the truck and drove all night to make it to Rocky Mountain House for Sunday’s run.

And he made the miles worthwhile, catching, gathering and tying his calf’s legs in just 7.7 seconds to share first-place honours with leader Chad Johnson of Montana. The win was worth the biggest cheque of the rodeo, $2,122 each.

Shiozawa figured he drew the best calf in the pen, making it a day when the luck of the draw was in his favour.

“It was one of those situations where if I don’t win here, I really can’t call myself a professional,” he declared. “He was that good. I just had to make sure I scored good, and make a run.

“I think I rope better tired,” smiled Shiozawa.

“I got back up here about 9:30 this morning. It was an all-nighter.”

But the dedication to both family and work paid off. Shiozawa didn’t want to miss his Canadian roping opportunity.

“This is a good rodeo association. I like their rules on how they prep their calves. They’re more even. If a guy does what he’s supposed to do, your odds of winning are good.”

Shiozawa will be competing this coming weekend at the Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo near Innisfail.

Donalda’s Curtis Cassidy finds his name at the top of the payoff sheet for the steer wrestling at Rocky, after making a 4.2 second run. But he, too, had to share first place honours, after Manitoba’s Justin Miller matched that time with his run Saturday afternoon. Both earned $2,082.

Miller made the most of a slow running steer.

“It wasn’t the prettiest run, but I kind of hustled through it,” commented Miller, who also picked up $1,277 at Brooks on the weekend. After Rocky, he went to Lea Park — 45 minutes northwest of Lloydminster — and split first there as well, for another $2,774.

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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014

Baseball

Today

● Senior high girls soccer: Playoff games at 4:15 p.m., teams TBA. ● Senior high boys soccer: Central Alberta Christian at Hunting Hills, 4:5 p.m., Collicutt East; Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Gary Moe Volkswagen vs. Printing Place, Rays vs.

North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Parkland baseball: Eckville at Rocky Mountain House, 7 p.m.

Tuesday

● Senior high girls soccer: Playoff games at 4:15 p.m., teams TBA. ● Senior high boys soccer: Innisfail at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt West; Sylvan Lake at Olds, 4:15 p.m., Olds College. ● Women’s fastball: Badgers vs. Alberta Kaizen, Alberta Kaizen vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; TNT vs. Red Deer U16, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; Topco Oilsite at Stettler, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Nighthawks vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Sunburst baseball: St. Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 1. ● Senior/junior women’s lacrosse: Calgary Axemen at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Innisfail Arena Red.

● Women’s fastball: TNT vs. Stettler, N. Jensen’s vs. Stettler, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Badgers vs.

Red Deer U16, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; Topco Oilsite at Lacombe Physio, 7 p.m., Lacombe 3. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place vs. North Star Sports, Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. Rays, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday

● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; Lacombe at Innisfail, 7 p.m. ● Rodeo: Innisfail Pro Rodeo, 7 p.m., Daines Ranch.

Saturday

● High school soccer: Central Alberta girls and boys final tournament at Edgar Park, 9 a.m. start; girls final at 1:30 p.m., boys final at 3:30 p.m.; girls B final at noon, Lacombe Michener Park. ● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Rocky Mountain House, 1 p.m. ● Rodeo: Innisfail Pro Rodeo, 1:30 and 7 p.m., Daines Ranch. ● Women’s rugby: Calgary Saracens at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Titans Park. ● Alberta Football League: Grande Prairie at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park.

Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Medicine Hat at Lacoka, 7 p.m., Lacombe Barnett Arenas.

Sunday

Wednesday

● Parkland baseball: Eckville at Innisfail, 7 p.m. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Okotoks Red at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.

Thursday

● Golf: Alberta Men’s Amateur central qualifying at Olds.

● Major women’s soccer: Calgary Alliance at Red Deer, noon, Edgar Park. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Medicine Hat at Innisfail, noon, Arena Blue. ● Rodeo: Innisfail Pro Rodeo, 1:30 p.m., Daines Ranch. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Calgary Mountaineers at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m., Blackfalds Multiplex.

Hockey 8. Los Angeles, Gaborik 13 (unassisted) 7:36.

Penalties — None.

First Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Moore NYR (high-sticking) 10:01, Williams LA (interference) 11:24, Carter LA (goaltender interference) 14:27.

Second Overtime 9. Los Angeles, Brown 5 (Mitchell, Kopitar) 10:26.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal NY Rangers 10 12 7 8 1 — 38 Los Angeles 9 11 12 6 6 — 44 Goal — NY Rangers: Lundqvist (LO, 12-9-0); Los Angeles: Quick (W, 14-9-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)NY Rangers: 1-5; Los Angeles: 1-4.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Finals Los Angeles (3) vs. N.Y. Rangers (2) (Los Angeles leads series 2-0) Wednesday, June 4 Los Angeles 3 NY Rangers 2, OT Saturday, June 7 Los Angeles 5 NY Rangers 4, 2OT Monday, June 9 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 11 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Friday, June 13 x-NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 16 x-Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 18 x-NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. x — if necessary.

Saturday’s summary Kings 5, Rangers 4 (2OT) First Period 1. NY Rangers, McDonagh 4 (Moore) 10:48.

2. NY Rangers, Zuccarello 5 (McDonagh, Brassard) 18:46.

Penalties — Gaborik LA (tripping) 7:58, McDonagh NYR (cross-checking) 15:06.

Second Period 3. Los Angeles, Stoll 3 (Williams, King) 1:46.

4. NY Rangers, St. Louis 7 (Stepan, Kreider) 11:24 (pp).

5. Los Angeles, Mitchell 1 (Voynov, Williams) 14:39 (pp).

6. NY Rangers, Brassard 6 (Zuccarello) 14:50.

Penalties — Greene LA (tripping) 2:26, Pouliot NYR (goaltender interference) 7:07, Bench LA (too many men) 10:44, Zuccarello NYR (tripping) 12:43.

Third Period 7. Los Angeles, King 3 (Greene, Williams) 1:58.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Scoring Leaders G A Pts Anze Kopitar, LA 5 20 25 Jeff Carter, LA 9 14 23 Justin Williams, LA 8 15 23 Marian Gaborik, LA 13 7 20 Patrick Kane, Chi 8 12 20 Jonathan Toews, Chi 9 8 17 Drew Doughty, LA 5 12 17 Brandon Saad, Chi 6 10 16 Ryan McDonagh, NYR 4 12 16 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 4 11 15 Brent Seabrook, Chi 3 12 15 Martin St. Louis, NYR 7 7 14 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 6 8 14 Derek Stepan, NYR 5 9 14 P.K. Subban, Mtl 5 9 14 Zach Parise, Minn 4 10 14 Marian Hossa, Chi 2 12 14 Tyler Toffoli, LA 7 6 13 Mats Zuccarello, NYR 5 8 13 Dustin Brown, LA 5 8 13 Lars Eller, Mtl 5 8 13 Tanner Pearson, LA 4 8 12

Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Antonio 1, Miami 1 Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95 Sunday, June 8: Miami 98, San Antonio 96 Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 12: San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 15: Miami at San Antonio, 6 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 17: San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m. x-Friday, June 20: Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s summary MIAMI (98) L.James 14-22 4-5 35, Lewis 5-9 1-2 14, Bosh 6-11 5-6 18, Chalmers 2-4 1-2 5, Wade 5-9 4-4 14, Andersen 1-4 1-2 3, Allen 4-7 0-0 9, Cole 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Haslem 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-70

16-21 98.

SAN ANTONIO (96) Leonard 3-9 1-2 9, Duncan 7-14 4-8 18, Splitter 1-3 0-0 2, Parker 8-15 3-6 21, Green 3-5 1-1 9, Belinelli 1-5 0-0 3, Diaw 3-9 0-0 7, Ginobili 7-15 3-3 19, Mills 3-7 0-0 8, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-82 12-20 96.

Miami 19 24 34 21 — 98 San Antonio 26 17 35 18 — 96 3-Point Goals—Miami 8-19 (L.James 3-3, Lewis 3-7, Bosh 1-2, Allen 1-3, Cole 0-1, Chalmers 0-1, Jones 0-2), San Antonio 12-26 (Green 2-3, Mills 2-3, Leonard 2-3, Parker 2-4, Ginobili 2-7, Diaw 1-2, Belinelli 1-4). Fouled Out—Leonard. Rebounds— Miami 49 (L.James 10), San Antonio 43 (Duncan 15). Assists—Miami 16 (Chalmers, Wade 4), San Antonio 26 (Parker 7). Total Fouls—Miami 20, San Antonio 20. Technicals—L.James, Miami defensive three second, Duncan. Flagrant Fouls—Chalmers.

A—18,581 (18,797).

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF New England 14 7 5 2 21 Kansas City 15 6 5 4 21 D.C. 14 6 4 4 18 Toronto 11 6 4 1 15 New York 15 4 5 6 22 Columbus 15 4 5 6 18 Houston 16 5 9 2 16 Philadelphia 16 3 7 6 22 Chicago 14 2 4 8 22 Montreal 12 2 6 4 11

GA 18 14 14 13 22 18 29 27 25 22

Pt 23 22 22 19 18 18 17 15 14 10

Western Conference GP W L T GF 15 10 3 2 32 15 6 2 7 25 15 6 5 4 21 16 6 7 3 26 13 5 2 6 25 15 4 4 7 26

GA 23 21 18 26 20 25

Pt 32 25 22 21 21 19

Seattle Salt Lake Colorado Dallas Vancouver Portland

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Los Angeles San Jose Chivas

12 13 14

4 4 2

3 5 7

5 4 5

16 15 14

11 14 26

17 16 11

Friday’s results Houston 0 Kansas City 2 Saturday’s results Toronto 1 San Jose 0 D.C. 0 Columbus 0 Philadelphia 3 Vancouver 3 Chicago 2 Seattle 3 Dallas 3 Colorado 2 Salt Lake 1 Portland 3 Sunday’s results New England 0 New York 2 Los Angeles 1 Chivas 1 Wednesday’s games D.C. at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 8 p.m.

Toronto Baltimore New York Boston Tampa Bay

American League East Division W L Pct 38 26 .594 31 30 .508 31 31 .500 28 34 .452 24 40 .375

GB — 5 1/2 6 9 14

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 33 26 .559 32 31 .508 31 32 .492 31 33 .484 29 32 .475

GB — 3 4 4 1/2 5

Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

West Division W L Pct 39 24 .619 34 28 .548 33 29 .532 31 32 .492 28 36 .438

GB — 4 1/2 5 1/2 8 11 1/2

Saturday’s Games St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Minnesota 8, Houston 0 Cleveland 8, Texas 3 Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 8, Boston 6 Kansas City 8, N.Y. Yankees 4 Baltimore 6, Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Sunday’s Games St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Oakland 11, Baltimore 1 Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 14, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland 3, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Boston 5, Detroit 3 Monday’s Games Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Price 4-5), 11:10 a.m.

Boston (Peavy 1-3) at Baltimore (B.Norris 4-5), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Nolasco 4-5) at Toronto (Dickey 6-4), 5:07 p.m.

Cleveland (House 0-1) at Texas (N.Martinez 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 8-3) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 1-4), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-2) at Kansas City (Vargas 5-2), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 4-5) at Arizona (Collmenter 4-2),

7:40 p.m.

Oakland (J.Chavez 5-3) at L.A. Angels (Richards 5-2), 8:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Rios Tex 63 244 29 Cano Sea 58 230 28 VMartinez Det 59 222 27 MiCabrera Det 59 227 34 AlRamirez CWS 64 244 34 Altuve Hou 64 270 32 Beltre Tex 49 188 33 Bautista Tor 64 230 48 Markakis Bal 61 256 27 NCruz Bal 60 228 42

Red Deer Ladies Fastball TNT Athletics Badgers Topco Panthers N Jensen Bandits Lac Physio Shooters

W 7 6 5 5 5

L 1 2 3 3 5

T 0 0 1 0 0

Pts 14 12 11 10 10

CALDER CUP THE CANADIAN PRESS CEDAR PARK, Texas — The St. John’s IceCaps gave up too many open-ice chances and the Texas Stars capitalized during a 6-3 victory in Game 1 of the Calder Cup final.

St. John’s had 29-23 advantage in shots and pressured Texas for most of the night, but the scoring chances

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Scores Thursday Panthers 8 Bandits 5 Badgers 12 Shooters 8 Athletics 11 Shooters 4

against IceCaps goalie Michael Hutchinson disappointed head coach Keith McCambridge.

The second period embodied McCambridge’s disappointments. St. John’s outshot the Stars 12-4 in the period, but Chris Mueller, Scott Glennie and Travis Morin all scored for Texas, cancelling out a tying goal by Will O’Neil 1:47 into the period. All three goals came on rushes by Texas.

“It was tough, we knew they were a great team and we gave up too many odd man rushes,” said IceCaps centre Eric O’Dell.

Pct. .332 .330 .329 .326 .316 .315 .314 .309 .309 .307

Home Runs NCruz, Baltimore, 21; Encarnacion, Toronto, 19; JAbreu, Chicago, 17; Donaldson, Oakland, 17; Moss, Oakland, 16; Bautista, Toronto, 15; Pujols, Los Angeles, 15.

Runs Batted In NCruz, Baltimore, 55; Moss, Oakland, 53; MiCabrera, Detroit, 51; Donaldson, Oakland, 50; Encarnacion, Toronto, 50; JAbreu, Chicago, 47; Bautista, Toronto, 44.

Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 10-2; Tanaka, New York, 9-1; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-1; Porcello, Detroit, 8-3; Scherzer, Detroit, 7-2; Kazmir, Oakland, 7-2; Shields, Kansas City, 7-3.

Atlanta Washington Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 32 29 .525 32 29 .525 33 30 .524 28 35 .444 25 36 .410

GB — — — 5 7

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 38 26 .594 33 31 .516 29 32 .475 29 33 .468 25 35 .417

GB — 5 7 1/2 8 11

West Division W L Pct 42 21 .667 33 31 .516 29 33 .468 28 35 .444 28 37 .431

GB — 10 1/2 12 1/2 14 15

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

Saturday’s Games

Sunday’s Games St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 Miami 4, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Arizona 6, Atlanta 5 Washington 6, San Diego 0 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 1 Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 4-5) at Pittsburgh (Morton 2-7), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Haren 5-4) at Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-6), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Floyd 0-2) at Colorado (Bergman 0-0), 6:40 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 4-5) at Arizona (Collmenter 4-2), 7:40 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 5-4) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-2), 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Tulowitzki Col 60 205 51 Puig LAD 57 215 33 Lucroy Mil 59 224 28 MaAdams StL 52 194 16 Pagan SF 57 217 35 Utley Phi 57 229 31 CGomez Mil 58 231 42 AMcCutchen Pit 61 226 32 Arenado Col 49 190 27 DanMurphy NYM 61 259 39

H 74 72 75 63 70 72 71 69 58 79

Pct. .361 .335 .335 .325 .323 .314 .307 .305 .305 .305

Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 17; JUpton, Atlanta, 14; Desmond, Washington, 13; Frazier, Cincinnati, 13; Morse, San Francisco, 13; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 13.

Runs Batted In Stanton, Miami, 53; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 46; Morse, San Francisco, 42; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 42; Howard, Philadelphia, 41; Blackmon, Colorado, 40; Puig, Los Angeles, 40.

Pitching Greinke, Los Angeles, 8-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 8-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 8-3; Simon, Cincinnati, 8-3; Ryu, Los Angeles, 7-2; Lohse, Milwaukee, 7-2; Bailey, Cincinnati, 7-3.

Golf FedEx St. Jude Classic Sunday At TPC Southwind Memphis, Tenn.

Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,239; Par: 70 Final Ben Crane, $1,044,000 Troy Merritt, $626,400 Matt Every, $301,600 Carl Pettersson, $301,600 Webb Simpson, $301,600 James Hahn, $181,540 Brian Harman, $181,540 Billy Horschel, $181,540 Ian Poulter, $181,540 Andrew Svoboda, $181,540 Phil Mickelson, $139,200 Camilo Villegas, $139,200 Rickie Fowler, $102,467 Chesson Hadley, $102,467 J.J. Henry, $102,467 Ben Martin, $102,467 Austin Cook, $102,467 Ted Potter, Jr., $102,467 Tim Clark, $70,296 Brooks Koepka, $70,296 Peter Malnati, $70,296 John Peterson, $70,296 Will Wilcox, $70,296

63-65-69-73 67-66-67-71 69-68-65-70 67-67-69-69 71-66-69-66 69-70-67-67 69-65-67-72 67-68-68-70 69-68-72-64 69-66-68-70 67-68-67-72 68-64-71-71 70-68-68-69 67-69-72-67 66-70-71-68 69-67-74-65 67-73-65-70 68-67-70-70 68-69-67-72 67-70-72-67 65-68-70-73 69-68-73-66 70-67-68-71

LPGA Manulife Financial Classic Sunday At Grey Silo Golf Course Waterloo, Ontario Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,336; Par: 71 Final Inbee Park, $225,000 69-66-65-61 Cristie Kerr, $136,903 67-69-65-63 Shanshan Feng, $99,314 66-65-67-68 Belen Mozo, $69,332 68-67-68-65 Lydia Ko, $69,332 71-67-64-66 Stacy Lewis, $46,471 69-69-68-63 Michelle Wie, $46,471 65-67-68-69 Chella Choi, $35,229 70-69-67-64 Suzann Pettersen, $35,229 70-67-67-66 Caroline Masson, $27,320 69-67-70-65 So Yeon Ryu, $27,320 68-67-70-66 Hee Young Park, $27,320 65-66-72-68 Anna Nordqvist, $27,320 69-64-69-69 Na Yeon Choi, $23,086 68-67-68-69 Catriona Matthew, $19,638 71-67-70-65 Line Vedel, $19,638 69-70-69-65 Mirim Lee, $19,638 69-73-65-66 Meena Lee, $19,638 70-67-68-68 Angela Stanford, $19,638 71-67-67-68 Austin Ernst, $16,340 69-69-70-66 Julieta Granada, $16,340 72-69-67-66 Marina Alex, $16,340 68-68-71-67

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270 271 272 272 272 273 273 273 273 273 274 274 275 275 275 275 275 275 276 276 276 276 276

261 264 266 268 268 269 269 270 270 271 271 271 271 272 273 273 273 273 273 274 274 274

Candie Kung, $16,340 70-68-65-71 — Karine Icher, $12,320 69-71-72-63 — Louise Friberg, $12,320 72-69-70-64 — Joanna Klatten, $12,320 70-70-70-65 — Jaye Marie Green, $12,320 70-68-70-67 — Paz Echeverria, $12,320 68-71-68-68 — Mi Jung Hur, $12,320 73-68-66-68 — Jennifer Johnson, $12,320 70-68-69-68 — Danielle Kang, $12,320 71-68-67-69 — Jennifer Rosales, $12,320 69-72-65-69 — Jee Young Lee, $12,320 68-68-69-70 — Thidapa Suwannapura, $12,32072-66-67-70 —

274 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275

Champions Tour Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf Sunday Ridgedale, Mo. At t-Big Cedar Lodge Resort, Top of the Rock (2,940 yards, par 54) At b-Buffalo Ridge and (5,845 yards, par 71) Final Fred Funk and Jeff Sluman 61b-50t-48 — 159 Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen 62b-48t-50 — 160 Craig Stadler and Kirk Triplett 49t-64b-52 — 165 Russ Cochran and Kenny Perry 61b-56t-49 — 166 Morris Hatalsky and Don Pooley 50t-66b-51 — 167 Tom Pernice Jr. and Bob Tway 50t-66b-51 — 167 Tom Lehman and B. Langer 65b-51t-52 — 168 Duffy Waldorf and Corey Pavin 63b-56t-49 — 168 Steve Elkington and R. Mediate 65b-51t-52 — 168 Billy Andrade and T. Armour III 62b-56t-51 — 169 Andy North and Tom Watson 49t-65b-55 — 169 Lyoness Open Sunday At Diamond Country Club Atzenbrugg, Austria Purse: $1.36 million Yardage: 7,433; Par: 72 Final Lundberg won on first playoff hole Mikael Lundberg, Sweden 67-68-76-65 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 71-70-66-69 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 72-67-66-72 Lee Slattery, England 70-66-76-66 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 70-75-68-67 Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 69-68-72-71 Daniel Im, United States 70-73-74-64 Eduardo De la Riva, Spain 73-69-70-69 Simon Wakefield, England 70-71-70-71 Sihwan Kim, South Korea 70-68-73-71 David Horsey, England 73-73-65-71 Matthew Baldwin, England 68-73-70-72 Adam Gee, England 67-73-70-73 Andrew Marshall, England 72-71-75-66 Jason Knutzon, United States 74-72-69-69 Simon Thornton, Ireland 71-74-67-72 Anthony Wall, England 70-73-75-67 Florian Fritsch, Germany 74-69-74-68 Tyrrell Hatton, England 72-74-71-68

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276 276 277 278 280 280 281 281 282 282 282 283 283 284 294 284 285 285 285

Rhys Davies, Wales Jake Roos, South Africa Romain Wattel, France Berry Henson, United States

68-71-77-69 73-73-70-69 76-69-71-69 68-72-73-72

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Web.com Cleveland Open Sunday At Lakewood Country Club Westlake, Ohio Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 7,104; Par 71 (x-won on 11th playoff hole) Final x-Steven Alker, $108,000 Dawie van der Walt, $64,800 Si Woo Kim, $40,800 Ryan Armour, $23,625 Jeff Curl, $23,625 Jon Curran, $23,625 Jason Gore, $23,625 Adam Hadwin, $18,000 Byron Smith, $18,000 Mark Hubbard, $14,400 Michael Kim, $14,400 Whee Kim, $14,400 Chase Wright, $14,400 Andres Echavarria, $10,500 Scott Harrington, $10,500 Roland Thatcher, $10,500 Aaron Watkins, $10,500 Daniel Berger, $6,084 Max Homa, $6,084 Blayne Barber, $6,084 Camilo Benedetti, $6,084 Derek Fathauer, $6,084 Mathew Goggin, $6,084 Sung Kang, $6,084 Kevin Kim, $6,084 Scott Parel, $6,084 Sung Joon Park, $6,084 Alexandre Rocha, $6,084 Ryan Sullivan, $6,084 Harold Varner III, $6,084

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Canadian Tour VICTORIA — Leading scores round of the Canadian Tour’s Savings Open (par 71): Josh Persons, $27,000 Brock Mackenzie Timothy Madigan Olin Browne, Jr. Wes Homan Michael Buttacavoli James Allenby T.J. Bordeaux Robert Karlsson Daniel Miernicki Garrett Sapp Daniel McCarthy

Sunday from the final Bayview Place Island 66-65-67-70 63-66-71-69 67-64-69-69 67-68-68-67 69-64-69-68 68-64-70-68 66-69-67-68 69-67-69-66 69-68-66-68 71-65-66-69 68-65-67-71 67-67-72-66

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Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Tim Berry to Bowie (EL). Recalled RHP Kevin Gausman from Norfolk (IL). Transferred 3B Michael Almanzar to the 60-day DL. Sent RHP Tommy Hunter to Delmarva (SAL) for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned INF Danny Worth outright to Toledo (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned LHP Brooks Raley and RHP Jarrett Grube outright to Salt Lake (PCL) and RHP Michael Brady outright to Arkansas (TL). Recalled RHP Cory Rasmus from Salt Lake. Optioned 2B Grant Green to Salt Lake.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent OF Sam Fuld to New Britain (EL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent RHP Shawn Kelley to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned LHP Justin Marks to Sacramento (PCL). Sent LHP Eric O’Flaherty to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated RHP Josh Lueke for assignment. Recalled RHP Kirby Yates from Durham (IL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with OF Andy Simunic on a minor league contract.

CINCINNATI REDS — Sent 1B Joey Votto and RHPs Trevor Bell and Brett Marshall to Louisville (IL) for rehab assignments.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Luis Garcia to Lehigh Valley (IL). Assigned OF Tyson Gillies outright to Lehigh Valley.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent RHP Stolmy

Pimentel to Altoona (EL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated LHP Eric Stults from the bereavement list.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent LHP Gio Gonzalez to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with SS Leudy Molina on a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Juaquin Iglesia, WR Bert Reed and OL Cordaro Howard.

HOCKEY ECHL ECHL — Suspended Alaska D John Ramage one game.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Evan Meek to Norfolk (IL). Reinstated RHP Tommy Hunter from the 15-day DL. BOSTON RED SOX — Activated 1B Mike Napoli from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF-1B Alex Hassan to Pawtucket (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Paul Clemens to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled LHP Rudy Owens from Oklahoma City.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent LHP Bruce Chen to Omaha (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joel Pineiro on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with 1B/DH Kendrys Morales on a one-year contract.

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REBELS: It turned out to be a lot of fun Mismash wasn’t as assuring that he’ll be back in two months.

“I’m not sure, but I think I will be at camp,” he said.

As for the prospects of him one day pulling on a Rebels jersey . . .

“I didn’t know much about what to expect this weekend, but as I got here and things got going it turned out to be a lot of fun,” said Mismash.

“To be honest, I could see myself playing here down the road. We’ll just have to wait and see what opens up and how I mature.”

Joining the Americans among the top players during the prospects camp were Red Deer product and centre Jeff de Wit and defenceman Josh Mahura, the Rebels’ top two picks in the 2013 bantam draft and the 16-year-olds most likely to step into the team’s lineup this fall.

Mahura, blessed with good size and breakway speed, was easily the most dominant rearguard

Designated OF Jason Kubel for assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned RHP Alfredo Aceves outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

Sent C Francisco Cervelli to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Luis Ayala on a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent SS Jake Elmore to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Chris Pike and Mike Franco, C Mac James and 3B Daniel Miles. Sent C Ryan Hannigan and RHP Jeremy Hellickson to Charlotte (FSL) for rehab assignments.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with C Matt Morgan and RHP Justin Shafer on minor league contracts.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Sent LHP Zac Rosscup to Iowa (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Tyler Thornburg on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Recalled RHP Mike Fiers from Nashville (PCL).

NEW YORK METS — Assigned RHP Buddy Carlyle outright to Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned C Travis d’Arnaud to Las Vegas. Selected the contract of C Taylor Teagarden from Las Vegas.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed RHP Mike Adams on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday.

Selected the contract of RHP Ken Giles from Lehigh Valley (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Gerrit Cole on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday.

Recalled LHP Jeff Locke from Indianapolis (IL).

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League

during the weekend.

“Jeff and Josh were very good and a lot of other kids were too,” said Brent Sutter. “Jake Leschyshyn . . . you can see why we took him sixth overall (in the bantam draft) this year.

He’s a competitive kid who has skill and tremendous character.”

Leschyshyn and fellow Rebels prospects Shane Sherban and Reese Johnson — both of whom showed well during the weekend — will play with the midget AAA Saskatoon Blazers next season. The Blazers will be coached by Leschyshyn’s father — former NHL defenceman Curtis.

As Brent Sutter noted, the Rebels 2014 prospects camp featured more size and skill than was evident in past years.

“Those are the things we’ve been focusing on the last couple of years. Our last three drafts have been huge for us in terms of getting that right mixture,” he said.

“Another thing you can see is that there’s a lot of character out there with these kids.

They’re all competitive.

“The organization looks to have a bright future based on what I saw here this weekend.

It’s certainly very encouraging . . . exciting to be quite honest.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 9, 2014

Not in the Cards for the Blue Jays GET SHUT OUT TWO STRAIGHT GAMES IN WEEKEND SERIES WITH ST. LOUIS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Cardinals 5 Blue Jays 0 TORONTO — Home has been more sour than sweet for Toronto Blue Jays starter Drew Hutchison this season.

The right-hander’s two shortest starts of the year have both come at Rogers Centre, and the briefest came on Sunday when he allowed six hits and five runs in three innings as the Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-0 to the St. Louis Cardinals for the second day in a row.

Hutchison (4-4) is 1-3 with an earned-run average of 8.72 in five starts at home this season. He is 3-1 with a 2.03 ERA in eight starts on the road.

The 23-year-old says he doesn’t know the reason for the disparity.

“Obviously I feel the same way when I take the mound every time, home or on the road,” Hutchison said. “I just haven’t executed well here and put together good games.”

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons doesn’t understand it either.

“He’s definitely pitched better on the road, some guys are like that, it’s hard to put a finger on it,” Gibbons said. “I don’t know why it is. He wasn’t very good today, but he’s been pretty good for us.”

Hutchison’s shortest start before Sunday’s was 3 1/3 innings against the New York Yankees, who scored six runs against him on April 6.

Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta homered against Hutchison while left-hander Jaime Garcia stifled the Blue Jays on three hits and three walks over seven innings.

Right-hander Shelby Miller shut out the Blue Jays 5-0 on Saturday.

“They stuck it to us pretty good the last couple of days,” Gibbons said. “They pitched.

We couldn’t get anything going today.”

Garcia (2-0), who started the season on the disabled list after shoulder surgery ended his 2013 campaign, allowed three hits and three walks and struck out four in his fifth start of the season. The walks were the first he has allowed this year.

“They’ve got one of the best lineups in the league and I knew it was going to be a tough challenge,” Garcia said. “I was able to get them off balance a little bit and then tried to keep the ball down.”

Right-hander Pat Neshek replaced Garcia in the eighth inning and right-hander Trevor Rosenthal pitched the ninth.

Blue Jays right-hander Todd Redmond took over for Hutchison in the fourth and pitched a bullpen-saving five scoreless innings, allowing four hits while striking out three. Left-hander Brett Cecil took over in the ninth. “(Hutchison) didn’t have a lot of snap on the ball,” Gibbons said. “They hit him around pretty good so I got him out of there. Redmond pitched a nice ballgame, kept us in the game.”

The series loss ended a string of seven successive series in which the Blue Jays had not been defeated, something they had not done since June of 2000. The Blue Jays last were undefeated in eight consecutive series in 1993.

“Just a great win, great

series against a team that couldn’t be any hotter than they were when we rolled in here,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “(Garcia) had a real good feel for everything today and executed when he had to. Exactly what we needed for this last game.”

The Cardinals (33-31) scored four runs in their bat-around second. Jon Jay and Mark Ellis singled. Peter Bourjos hit a sacrifice fly and Tony Cruz hit an RBI double that was followed by Carpenter’s second homer of the season, a drive to centre on a 1-1 change-up.

“I felt good, I just had a bad second inning and let a big inning happen,” Hutchison said. “I did a bad job of controlling the situation. I fell behind some guys and hung some pitches and made mistakes and they got hit.”

Peralta led off the third with his 10th homer of the season, a blast to left on a 1-0 slider. Hutchison retired the next three batters to finish his outing at 70 pitches.

Hutchison was pitching on his regular four days of rest.

Though some of his better outings have come with an extra day or two between starts, his shutout at Texas on May 16 came on regular four days rest.

“I haven’t broken it down,” Gibbons said. “Some days he has that little extra snap and some days he doesn’t. He’s coming off Tommy John (surgery) but he’s healthy. Probably in a lot of ways he’s still building up — a year off is year off. They swung the bats good today, they came after him. I don’t know if he was so bad, they attacked him pretty good.”

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Drew Hutchison reacts on the mound as St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Peralta rounds the bases on his solo homer during third inning interleague action in Toronto on Sunday.

Nadal carves another masterpiece to win ninth French Open crown

Sharapova edges Halep for second French Open women’s title

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THE CANADIAN PRESS ANTWERP, Belgium — Canada suffered its first loss of the 2014 FIVB World League intercontinental round, falling to Belgium in four sets on Sunday.

Set scores were 33-31, 25-12, 21-25, and 25-23.

Canada heads back home to face Belgium next weekend in Vancouver with a 3-1 record.

Canada looked strong at the outset of the match and both teams fought hard through the first set, which included a 50-second-long rally, before Belgium took the set.

where Nadal reigns supreme: He has won 66 of 67 career French Open matches.

Since the only loss, against Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009, Nadal has won 35 consecutive matches at Roland Garros.

No other man has won more than seven titles at any of tennis’ four majors.

“It’s not impossible, but it’s very, very difficult to stay with Rafa in this court, throughout the whole match, on the highest level of performance,” said Djokovic, who was broken in the final game of each set, including with an anti-

climactic double-fault on match point.

Nadal ensured that he, not Djokovic, will be ranked No. 1 on Monday.

In the process, Nadal once again prevented six-time major champion Djokovic from completing a career Grand Slam.

“He deserves to win this tournament,” Nadal said.

“I am sure he will do it in the future.”

Djokovic had won thei\r four most recent matches, including on clay in the best-of-threeset final at Rome last month. Beating Nadal in best-of-five is a whole other matter.

Nadal also topped

Belgium cruised to take the second set by 13 points. Canada rebounded to win the third set, but it couldn’t sustain the momentum, dropping the fourth and final set.

Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon, who entered the game at the beginning of the third set, had 14 points for Canada. Victoria’s Fred Winters also had 14 points while Adam Simac of Ottawa added 10 more to Canada’s

effort.

Belgium’s Bram Van den Dries led with 24 kills for his team.

Canada beat Belgium in five sets on Friday, gaining two of three possible points. Belgium got a full three points for Sunday’s four-set win, and is now the leader of Pool C with a three-point advantage over Canada and a seven-point lead over Australia and Finland.

Djokovic in the 2012 final, and the 2013 semifinals.

In all, Nadal leads Djokovic 6-0 at the French Open, 9-3 at major tournaments, and 2319 in total. No other pair of men has played each other as often.

The defeat in Rome was one of three this season on clay for Nadal, raising questions about whether he’d be unbeatable at Roland Garros this time.

PARIS — Nothing came easily for Maria Sharapova in the French Open final.

Serves hit by her surgically repaired shoulder often missed the mark, resulting in 12 double-faults.

Shots that would be winners against most opponents were retrieved by Simona Halep and sent right back.

Leads that usually hold up vanished in a blink. On a muggy afternoon, with the temperature in the high 70s (20s Celsius), points were lung-searing struggles.

Sharapova was up to the task. In an entertaining and undulating championship match — the first women’s final at Roland Garros in 13 years to go three sets — Sharapova showed that she’s as tough as they come, particularly on the red clay that used to flummox her.

She edged Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 Saturday to win a second French Open title in three years.

“This is the toughest Grand Slam final I’ve ever played,” Sharapova said.

It is her fifth major trophy in all. Remarkably, Sharapova owns twice as many from Paris as the one each she won at Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006, and the Australian Open in 2008.

“If somebody had told me ... at some stage in my career, that I’d have more Roland Garros titles than any other Grand Slam, I’d probably go get drunk,” Sharapova said with a chuckle. “Or tell them to get drunk. One or the other.”

The 3-hour, 2-minute tangle featured too many momentum swings to count, filled with lengthy baseline exchanges, and terrific defence and shotmaking by both women.

Not bad for someone who once famously described herself as feeling like a “cow on ice” when it came to playing on clay, a slow, demanding surface that requires excellent footwork. Now Sharapova knows how to move on clay, and can stretch points when needed. Since the start of 2012, Sharapova is 54-4 with seven titles on clay. She’s also won 20 consecutive clay three-setters, including four in a row this week.

“It says that she’s very fit. It says that she’s very determined,” said Sven Groenefeld, Sharapova’s coach. “And it says that she never gives up.”

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PARIS — Trying to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open is, without a doubt, the toughest task in tennis. Indeed, must be among the greatest challenges in all of sports.

The pressure he applies, from set to set, game to game, point to point, shot to shot. That bullwhip of a highbouncing, topspin lefty forehand. Those quickreflex returns that help him break an opponent’s serve — and his will.

Doing what he does so well on the red clay of Roland Garros, a surface and site he dominates so completely, the No. 1-seeded Nadal wore down No. 2 Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in a muggy final Sunday to win his ninth French Open championship and fifth in a row, both records.

“For me,” Nadal said, “playing here in Roland Garros is just unforgettable, forever.”

It is also his 14th Grand Slam title overall, tying the 28-year-old Spaniard with Pete Sampras for the second most by a man, behind only Roger Federer’s 17.

That includes Nadal’s two trophies apiece at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, along with one from the Australian Open, proving he can beat the best on grass and hard courts, too. But it’s on the clay of Paris

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Bucs blow up Wolfpack in opener ALBERTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Buccaneers 39 Wolfpack 17 The Central Alberta Buccaneers were out for respect in their Alberta Football League season opener, and they earned just that.

The Bucs beat perennial powerhouse Calgary Wolfpack 39-17 at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe on Saturday night, thanks in large part to a stingy defensive performance.

They entered the game with a bit of a chip on their shoulder, believing the rest of the league thought their 5-1 campaign in 2013 was a fluke.

But that motivation was destructive until they managed to get themselves under control.

Veteran defensive back Tylor Johnson came out too jacked up and took a couple of bad penalties, including one for objectionable conduct early in the third quarter. He was pulled off the field by head coach Duane Brown and given a stern talking to by 12-year veteran Dave Henderson .

After that, Johnson took over the game.

Following the flag, he deflected three passes and intercepted another, turning the momentum and really changing the attitude of the home team.

“It was really emotional, we’ve been preparing for this game for a monthand-a-half now,” said the fifth year player. “The first time we ever beat this team was last year and the predictions were that they were going to destroy us today and we came in ready to go. The emotions today, after the game, are pretty intense.”

Johnson also kicked three field goals — two from 19 yards and one from 39 — and four extra points. Wide receiver Matt Merkley had two touchdown catches while Taylor Waldbauer and rookie running back Edwin Rivera Jr. had one each. The Bucs also added a fourth quarter safety Gordon Swindells had a touchdown reception and Matt Huntley had a twoyard touchdown run for the Wolfpack and Morgan Willis Jones had a field goal and two extra points.

The Wolfpack had a 10-7 lead, however after the first half.

Brown did not split hairs on about the impact his starting right cornerback had in changing the game’s momentum.

“He did exactly what you’re supposed to do, which is take your frustration out on the other team,” said the head coach.

There was much curiosity about the Bucs this year after several key players moved on, including star middle linebacker Curtis Dreger, starting quarterback Byron Sterns and the league’s top offensive lineman Sean O’Donnell, who jumped to the Wolfpack.

But, after they shook their first half rust, they looked every bit as good as the team that emerged as a contender last year.

One of the big reasons why they return to that status this year is the addition of Rivera, who showed the speed, agility and versatility that made him a viable recruit for Vanier College in Montreal. The scholarship fell through, but two years later the Ontario product appears to have found a home in Red Deer with the Bucs.

“We’ve known since Day 1, when we saw him on the practice field, that kid is the real deal and phenomenal and exciting to watch,” said Brown. “I can’t wait until our offensive package is big enough that it can really exploit what he can do.”

The five-foot-eight Rivera, 20, is just happy to be able to play football.

The coaching staff is already showing confidence in him, giving him the ball late in the second half to put the game away.

“I felt great coming in and our Oline stepped up huge and allowed me to have a huge game,” he said.

But there is still much work to be done for the Buccaneers.

Penalties reared their ugly throughout the game, stalling some of their own drives, but more devastatingly extending several Wolfpack drives. Their special teams also need to get better, according to Brown.

Despite putting 39 points on the board, their offence misfired for much of the first half and veteran pivot Josh Achtemichuk through three interceptions in addition to his four touchdowns.

“He was a little nervous,” said Brown. “He was the starting quarterback on this team years ago, and he unfortunately played in the era when the Wolfpack destroyed us. He was a little excited because he knew he had the weapons today to do it. But his nerves settled down and he settled in and he just rolled it from there.”

The Wolfpack entered the game

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Central Alberta Buccaneer Tylor Johnson intercepts a pass over Calgary Wolfpack receiver James Balsdon during the Alberta Football League 2014 opener at MEGlobal Atheltic Park in Lacombe on Saturday. The Bucs won 39-17. without playing an exhibition game, and it showed.

Though the game swung in the third quarter, star quarterback Darryl Leason looks to a missed opportunity at the second half that really hurt them.

On third-and-two yards inside the Bucs’ 10-yard line, they went for it and made it, but a holding penalty dragged the ball back 10 yards and they had to settle for a field goal.

It sapped their momentum and instead of a seven-point lead they had just a three point lead at the break.

Things spiralled downward after they lost their starting fullback Matt Squires in the third quarter to a concussion.

“You never win a national championship in your first game,” said Leason, who finished with two touchdowns and an uncharacteristic three interceptions. “We’ve still got a lot of work

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BRIEFS Snipers top Camo in all-Red Deer final at U12 Battle on Wheels

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF B.C. proved they may be producing the most top level boxers in Western Canada on the Weekend at the Harvest Centre in Red Deer, but Robbie Cusine showed Alberta still has plenty of fight left.

The Edmonton boxer won both of his matches to take gold in the 60-kilogram division at the 2014 Western Canadian Elite Senior Boxing Championships.

For his efforts, he was named top male fighter of the tournament, while B.C.’s River Tucker was named top female fighter for her win over Alberta’s Kendra Mogck for the 54 kilogram female title on Saturday night.

Big six-foot-10 Brad Switzer out of Edmonton is the other Albertan moving on to nationals after he TKO’d Joel Hardes out of Saskatchewan in the 91 kilogram-plus division on Saturday night.

What sealed the title for Cusine was a split decision win over Jag Seehra out of Prince George, B.C., in Sunday’s best fight.

“In the second round, he kept throwing his jab out at me and I kept coming back with my right hand. I hit him with a clean one that pushed him back a little, I wobbled him, and I knew at that point that if I keep pressing, I’m eventually going to out work him and not let it slip,” said Cusine, 22, who beat Manitoba’s Vannen Vadivelu in Saturday’s qualifying fight.

The championship fight was closely contested as both traded big blows, with Cusine landing more counterpunches. It went down to the wire and a late flurry by Seehra looked to lock up the win, but Cusine still came out on top in the three-round bout.

Red Deer and District Boxing Club coach Dennis Ejack has watched Cusine for a long time, and was not surprised with what he saw out of the Avenue Boxing Club fighter.

“This guy never quits, he trains hard, he runs, he does everything right and he’ll be a good representative for Alberta at the nationals,” said Ejack.

This wasn’t the first time the Cusine and Seehra had met.

The two fought last year while Cusine was living in Quesnel, B.C., that time, Seehra had the upper hand.

The win on Sunday, however, means Cusine will represent his home province for the first time at nationals in Ontario later this year. But this will not be his first time at nationals. He represented B.C. last year but lost to a

to do, it’s best that this happened to us in Game 1 and we know what we have to improve on and work on and hopefully the guys are committed and come out and work hard and get back to where we are used to playing football.”

Leason is in his 15th season in the AFL, and says the league is stronger now than it ever has been, especially with the emergence of the Buccaneers.

Despite a lot of miles on his right arm, he has no plans of packing it in yet.

“There’s still fire down below there — a little less after you get beat up like tonight — but it’s fun,” said Leason who set career highs with 633 yards and nine touchdowns on 45 of 55 passing in 2012 against the Bucs.

The Buccaneers host the Grande Prairie Drillers on Saturday at 6 p.m. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

The Snipers defeated the Camo 7-4 in an all-Red Deer final of the under-12 division of the Tom Bast Sports Battle on Wheels roller hockey tournament during the weekend.

Red Deer teams settled for runnerup status in two other divisions, with the U14 and U16 Snipers falling to the Sherwood Park Bullfrogs and Alkali Empire 8-5 and 6-3 respectively.

The Calgary Rollerhawks blanked the Northern Alberta Bulls 4-0 in the U10 gold-medal game.

Evanecz missed cut at Canadian tour event in B.C.

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Edmonton’s Robbie Cusine, red, beat Jag Seehra, blue, of Prince George, B.C., in a split decision win to take the 60-kilogram division gold medal at the Western Canadian Senior Elite Boxing Championships on Sunday, at the Harvest Centre in Red Deer. fighter from Nova Scotia in the qualifying rounds.

The five-foot-10 boxer is excited to go back, this time waving Alberta’s flag. His dream is one day to be waiving the maple leaf at the Olympics. He knows he will have his work cut out to move onto the next stage of international boxing.

“There’s a lot of guys from out east that are in this weight level,” he said.

“But Jag is one of the best in the country at this weight, he’s got a silver medal at nationals and he’s always there to contend. Now I can gauge how close I am — I am that close to that gold.”

Despite a small crowd on Sunday, Ejack says they were sold out for Saturday’s qualifying matches and early championship bouts. The tournament featured senior elite provincial champions from all weight classes from B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.

“Like I said before, you were going to see the best and you did,” said

Ejack, who credits his volunteer force for making things run smoothly.

In other championships: Darcy Hinds (B.C.) beat Mohamed Majien (Sask.) in the 75 kilogram division; Kenny Lally (B.C.) topped Brody Pigeon (Sask.) at 56 kilograms; Jesse Brown (B.C.) beat Jordan Ledger (Alta.) at 64 kilograms; Sasan Haghighat-Joo (B.C.) beat Adam Jacobson (Man.) at 69 kilograms; Alexandra Strickland (B.C.) topped Kelly Turner (Alta.) in female 60 kilograms; and Jacob Varga (B.C) beat Julian Klima (Alta) at 81 kilograms.

Up next for the club is Can You Feel the Glove Tonight 3 on Oct. 24 at Bo’s Bar and Grill in Red Deer, featuring local amateur fighters getting in the ring for the first time. On Nov. 14 is Rumble in Red Deer 6 at the West Harvest Centre.

For more information contact Ejack at 403-342-3846 jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

VICTORIA, B.C. — Red Deer’s Mitch Evanecz turned in rounds of 76-68 for a 144 total and missed the 36-hole cut in the PGA Tour of Canada Bayview Place Island Savings Open which concluded Sunday. Josh Persons of Fargo, N.D., was the winner with a 72-hole total of 12-under 268. ● Red Deer golfer Jesse Teron turned in a 72-hole total of 13-over 301 (74-74-75-78) to finish tied for 27th in the Candian university/college golf championship at Winnipeg.

Teron was a member of the University of Victoria squad, which finished fourth in the men’s team standings.

Midget AAA Braves go 1-1 in doubleheader Nik Fischer scored Tristan Hill with a walk-off single as the Red Deer Carstar Braves defeated the visiting Calgary Rockies 7-6 in the first half of a midget AAA baseball doubleheader Sunday.

Jesse Muirhead stroked an RBI double to knot the count at 6-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning. Jesse Kowalchuk had a pair of run-scoring singles for the winners, while Ty Elliott and Parker Booth each drove in a run.

Ty Wagar started on the Braves hill and Mike Ozga pitched the final three innings to post the win.

In the second game, Fischer drove in a pair of runs in a losing cause as the Braves fell 5-4. Boreman doubled and came home on a single by Hill, who pitched the final inning after Boreman started and worked six and one-third scoreless frames and Elliott also saw mound duty.

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Quick’s poor performance could keep Kings from Cup win Los Angeles vs. New York: It’s the Stanley Cup final the league has dreamed of for decades.

On a superficial level, the Kings and Rangers look like very similar teams.

Both have battled through long series without the benefit of home-ice advantage. Both were strong possession teams during the regular season, and both have world class goaltenders.

Except one of those goalies has been just plain awful during this postseason. Two years ago, L.A. turned an eighth seed into a 16-4 playoff record largely on Jonathan Quick’s .946 save percentage, a heroic feat that established him as one of the game’s elite goaltenders.

Those who aren’t looking closely might assume L.A. is once again surfing the wave of Quick’s extraordinary talent. But guess what? In the first three rounds of this year’s playoffs, Quick posted a save percentage of .906.

To give a sense of how big that difference is, in 2012 a team had to generate an average of 19 shots to score once on Quick. This year, it would take 11 shots to score that one goal.

Henrik Lundqvist, meanwhile, was good for a percentage of .928 in the first three rounds, meaning he gave up an average of one goal every 14 shots.

That might not sound like a big deal, but it means where the Kings outshoot the Rangers 42-33 in regulation play, the Rangers can still expect to go to overtime with a 3-3 tie.

It’s not really fair to compare any-

body to Lundqvist, who many claim is the best goalie in the game today. So instead, we compared each goalie to his past performance to see if he was overachieving or underachieving this year.

We wanted a lot of data, so we decided to look at the past three seasons.

That gave us 155 games for Quick and 168 for Lundqvist.

We sorted the games into six buckets: shutouts; save percentage of .951.999; save percentage of .901-.950; save percentage of .851-.900; save percentage of .801-.850; and save percentage less than .800. We then tallied up the percentage of games within each bucket. So, for example, Quick had a save percentage of between .901 and .950 in 56 games, or 36.13 per cent of the time.

Both Quick and Lundqvist have been highly reliable goalies over the past three seasons, posting a save percentage of .901 or better more than 64 per cent of the time.

While Quick was more prone to ex-

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plosions, with a save percentage of .850 or less 16.77 per cent of the time vs. a mere 7.74 per cent for Lundqvist, he was also slightly more likely to get a shutout (10.97 per cent vs. 8.93 per cent).

We then looked at each goalie’s save percentage in each game during the first three rounds of this year’s playoffs and sorted those games into the same six buckets.

To determine whether a goalie has been better or worse this playoff than over the past three seasons, we compared the percentage of playoff and regular season games in each bucket.

So, for example, during the past three seasons Quick had a save percentage of between .801 and .850 10.97 per cent of the time. During the first three rounds of this year’s playoffs, he was that bad in 6 of 21 games (28.57 per cent). In other words, that horrible outcome happened 17.60 per cent more often in this year’s playoffs.

Lundqvist, meanwhile, has displayed almost machine-like precision.

His performance in this year’s playoffs has been almost identical to his regular season performance.

The biggest variation from his three-

BANTAM AAA BASEBALL Zach Olson stroked a single and two triples and drove in a pair of runs as the Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves fell 13-9 to the host Edmonton Cardinals Saturday after winning the opener of a bantam AAA baseball doubleheader 13-6.

Ben Leblanc added a two-run double and a single to the Braves’ cause in Game 2, with Darin Fodor contributing two run-scoring doubles and Cooper Jones chipping in with three singles and an RBI. Hayley Lalor worked three and two-thirds innings on the

year average is 6.79 per cent, and that was in the .951-.999 range, which is a very good place to be. If you’re making 19 or more saves for every goal you give up, you’re giving your team a very good chance to win games. The Kings have once again returned to the final by knocking off great teams in dramatic fashion. But if the past three rounds are any indication of what the rest of this series holds, Lundqvist will probably be his usual steady self.

If the Kings expect to hoist again, Quick will need to return to form.

L.A.’s 3-2 victory in Game 1 could be the start of that.

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Red Deer mound, giving up eight runs on eight hits while fanning two batters and walking two. Fodor pitched two and one-third innings in relief and was touched for five runs on five hits while recording two strikeouts and hitting a batter. Jack Henley cracked an RBI double and single in the Braves’ victory, while Leblanc had two singles and drove in a run, Jones stroked an RBI double, Olson added two singles, and Andrew MacCuaig contributed a single and double.

Brady Steeves pitched the first six innings, giving up all six runs on 10 hits. He also issued a single walk and hit two batters.

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Brayden Keating, in blue, and Dominic Beday face off against each other at Master Rim’s Taekwondo Festival in the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School gym Saturday afternoon.

Victoria 11 Renegades 0 Saints 9 Renegades 0 The Red Deer Renegades are still looking for their first goal of the Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League season.

Not coincidentally, they’re also seeking their first positive result.

The Renegades were blanked twice by big scores during the weekend, falling 11-0 to host Edmonton Victoria Saturday and losing 9-0 to the visiting Calgary Saints Sunday afternoon at Edgar Park.

Renegades head coach Paul Morigeau noted that his club at least created more in the way of scoring chances Sunday than has been the case earlier this season.

“Certainly we can build off the (offensive) opportunities we had today,” he said. “We had more shots today than in all three of our earlier games.

We hit a crossbar and had a few other chances.

“The whole second half we exchanged chances with them (Saints), but they put their chances away.

There’s a lot we have to work on.”

Despite his club’s 0-4 start and failure to yet score a single goal, Morigeau has his players’ backs and sees better days ahead.

“We’re still missing a few of our key players but the other people are doing their best and I’m proud of them.

They’re doing their best, they’re giving up their weekends to play against the best teams.”

Two of those teams were on the Renegades’ weekend schedule.

“The Saints are very good, and yesterday we played at Victoria and they had two national team players on their team,” said Morigeau. “Every weekend it’s tough. We have a lot of young, inexperienced players.”

Once the Renegades strike for a goal, Morigeau is confident that an increased confidence among the players will follow.

“We were so close today,” said the coach. “Kayla Blacquiere . . . that’s the best I’ve ever seen her play. She’s a great player and a real leader on our team, her spirits are never down.

“Once we can get a goal or two and get a few players back, it will start rolling for us.”

Andrea Stinson led the Saints with three goals, while Meg MacDonald and Dominica Wronsk each netted a pair and Krysten Strand and Daniella Castro added singles.

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Park puts away Manulife Financial Classic with record-tying round

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WATERLOO, Ont. — Despite periods of steady rain, Inbee Park was on fire.

The South Korean burned up Grey Silo Golf Course on Sunday, tying a course record of 10-under 61 to win the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic by three strokes at 23-under par.

Five birdies on the front nine and five on the back sealed the 10th career win and first this season for Park, who was two strokes off leader Shanshan Feng of China heading into the final round.

Feng faltered on the day and was only able to shoot 3 under par 68 to finish at 18 under, slipping into third place.

Miami’s Christie Kerr blew by Feng with a bogey-free round of 8 under 63 to finish at 20-under par. Park will take home the $225,000 of the $1.5-million moving her up to fourth on the money list this season at $744,510. Kerr earned $136,903 and Feng $99,314.

Had it not been for Park’s scorching putter, Kerr might have caught her.

“It seems like today I just put the putter head on my ball and it just wants to go in the hole. It was just one of those days where I really didn’t need to try hard to make it go in. I just needed to really trust my break and just play my own golf,” Park said, explaining her barrage of birdies.

Park admitted she peeked at the leaderboard from time to time, as she didn’t really pull away from the pack until she birdied the 14th hole to go to 22-under par and stretch her lead to four strokes.

“I didn’t really watch the board all the time. I watched a couple times and I knew everybody was having a good score. I didn’t know where Christie was because she wasn’t playing with me, but I always knew where Shanshan was.”

Feng said she was in awe of Park’s putting, not believing that she could sink so many birdies. At one point, Park was in position for a coveted and extremely rare 59.

“I was joking with her, because she made all the putts almost a I said, ’Do you have GPS in your ball’,” Feng said with a laugh.

“She said this was her first time to putt this well this year. I said ’well, I

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WESTLAKE, Ohio — New Zealand’s Steven Alker won the Cleveland Open on Sunday in the longest playoff in Web.com Tour history, beating South Africa’s Dawie van der Walt with a birdie on the 11th extra hole.

Alker and van der Walt parred for first 10 holes in the playoff at Lakewood Country Club before Alker finally broke through with a 3-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th.

“I finally had a right number,” the 42-year-old Alker said. “I had 172 yards and just hit a perfect 7-iron. ... I had a lot of chances. I felt like I was inside of Dawie several times and had several chances to win. I got a little bit dizzy out there. At one point, and I can’t recall when, Dawie and I looked at each other and I said is ’Is anybody going to win?”’

The 11-hole playoff broke the tour

bring you good luck,’ so she owes me dinner now. She’s going to spend a lot of money.”

Though she had a hard time keeping pace with Park, Feng wouldn’t let up and concede the tournament.

“I didn’t give up any time during the round,” she said. “Three-under wasn’t a great score, but I think I did well the whole week.”

Kerr basically had to tip her hat to Park for her day on the course.

“I never looked at the scoreboard until I came off 17 just, with a reachable par 5, to see where I was and I was stunned because I was 7 under for the day (at that point). You’d think you’d be close,” Kerr said, adding that she did everything she possible could for the last two days, shooting a combined 14-under par.

“I guess that second round at 2 under kind of hurt me. But I mean, with this kind of golf course, you have to have four really stellar days and I had three really stellar days. You know, there’s only one winner so I have to be pleased with my performance.”

If Kerr and Feng has anyone to blame for Park’s performance this week it’s Stacy Lewis, who knocked Park out of first in the Rolex rankings last week after 59 weeks as No. 1.

“I think, definitely, I really kickstarted maybe the last week,” Park said.

“I just needed some kind of breakthrough or some kind of motivation to go lower. I played great golf, but just not enough. I feel like I’m playing better golf and I’ve got a lot of confidence from this week.”

Also gaining confidence is Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., who was the top Canadian at the tournament, finishing in a tie for 35th at 8 under par after shooting 3 under on the day. Kim said she almost skipped the tournament to have a week of rest after missing the cut the last two weeks in New Jersey and Alabama.

Being the low Canadian on the weekend was special to her.

“In Canada, as a Canadian, I always want to represent as well as I can,” she said.

Behind Kim was Brooke Henderson (68) of Smith Falls, Ont., and Hamilton’s Alena Sharp (71) at 6 under, Jennifer Kirby (70) of Paris, Ont., at 4 under, and Brantford’s Nicole Vandermade (72) at 2. record of nine set it 1998 in Eric Booker’s victory over Notah Begay III in the Lehigh Valley Open, and matched in 2009 in Gary Christian’s win over Mathias Gronberg in the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic. It also matched the record for the longest playoff in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, set in the 1949 Motor City Open when Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum were declared cowinners because of darkness.

Alker bogeyed the final two holes of regulation for a 6-under 65, and van der Walt birdied the last two holes — holing a 20-footer on 18 — for a 66.

They finished at 14-under 270 on the A.W. Tillinghast-designed course that opened in 1921.

“I didn’t think I had a chance after the bogey on 16 (in regulation),” van der Walt said. “I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. I just played 11 holes and couldn’t make another birdie.”

Alker earned $108,000 to jump from 102nd to 12th on the money list with $125,180. He has four career victories on the tour.

Jeff Sluman and Fred Funk team to win Champions Tour’s Legends of Golf

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Jeff Sluman and Fred Funk teamed to win the Champions Tour’s Legends of Golf on Sunday, and Jim Colbert and Jim Thorpe topped the Legends Division for players 65 and older.

Sluman and Funk finished with a 6-under 48 at Top of the Rock, the first par-3 course used in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, to beat Jay Haas and Pe-

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The winners finished at 20-under 159.

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Haas and Jacobsen, the secondround leaders, finished with a 50.

Sluman and Funk had a 1-under 26 in the opening alternate-shot nine and closed with a 5-under 22 in the bestball nine. Sluman also won last year, teaming with Brad Faxon in Savannah, Georgia.

In the nine-hole Legends finale, Colbert and Thorpe had a 4-under 23 in better-ball play for a three-stroke victory over Bruce Fleisher and Larry Nelson. Colbert and Thorpe finished at 11 under for 45 holes.

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Inbee Park kisses the trophy after winning the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic golf tournament Sunday, in Waterloo, Ontario.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ben Crane estimates he slept less than three hours in a night spent praying and thanking God that his game finally has come back around.

Then he played 30 holes Sunday in winning the St. Jude Classic for his first PGA Tour title since 2011, setting off a celebration that included hugging his caddie and high-fiving a reporter.

Crane also choked back some tears as he looked at text messages filling his phone.

“Oh my gosh, it just keeps going,” Crane said, looking at his phone. “How many can a phone hold? This is so much fun” Crane closed with a 3-over 73 for a one-stroke victory, going wire to wire for his fifth career victory. Rain delays forced him into the marathon session Sunday at TPC Southwind, finishing 12 holes in the morning in a third-round 69 to take a three-shot lead into the final round.

He two-putted for bogey on the final hole to finish at 10-under 270, days after failing to qualify for the U.S. Open. That marked a low point for the 38-year-old player who spent the past six months reworking his swing to protect his back wondering if his career was over. He spent time with a coach picturing the right way to hit shots.

Everything clicked Thursday with an opening 63.

“I did not expect the hole to open up like that and just start making putts from everywhere,” Crane said. “Just hit a lot of quality shots and obviously built a nice lead to start out with.”

Troy Merritt was second after a 71.

Webb Simpson (65), Matt Every (70) and Carl Pettersson (69) were 8 under, and Ian Poulter had a 64 to tie for sixth at 7 under.

Merritt credited the best finish of his career to an improved short game.

“Ben played great,” Merritt said.

“Hats off to him. Well deserved. He’s been struggling for a little while. Very happy for Ben.” Phil Mickelson, among those tuning

up for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, left winless in his 20th event since the British Open. He tied for 11th at 6 under after a 72.

Consecutive birdies on Nos. 11 and 12 put Mickelson at 8 under. But he bogeyed the next two, including the par-3 14th where he hit a 7-iron into the water in front of the green. He still finished much better than his tie for 49th at Memorial last week after an early visit from FBI agents and lingering questions about an insider-trading investigation.

“The way I drove the ball last two rounds I had an opportunity to shoot really low,” Mickelson said. “My iron play was poor, and my putting was pathetic. I’ll have to make some changes and to get ready for next week. But the game is not far off because I’m driving the ball very well and putting it in play.”

Wind, thunderstorms, lightning and fog have delayed play each of the first three days. With more storms forecast, players started the final round almost immediately after concluding the third.

They finished without single delay Sunday as the sun even came out as this tournament finished its 57th year without being shortened because of weather.

Crane had three bogeys in the final round, one more than he had through 54 holes. He became the first winner on tour without a birdie in his final round since Justin Leonard did it at Southwind in 2005.

He cruised along before two-putting for bogey on No. 6, dropping his lead to two strokes over Brian Harman and Merritt. Crane bogeyed No. 9 after hitting his tee shot into the rough.

He couldn’t clear the rough with his next shot, and his third bounced to the rough behind the green.

Crane said he only glanced at the leaderboard a couple times.

“I just knew I was leading, and I knew Phil Mickelson was out there so,” Crane said.

“And Phil’s a good friend, and he kind of gave me that, ’I’m coming after you.”’

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Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

StoreSmart Self-Storage

is now hiring for the following positions!

Assistant Manager

Every person can make a difference in the world.

Amperage Energy Inc is currently seeking highly motivated

Field Based Equipment Supervisors, Operators & Technicians Duties and responsibilities include the following: • Operating mobile/semi-permanent equipment in a field operations setting • Onsite tracking of fluid volumes • Minor repairs to equipment as needed The successful candidate should possess the following skills and attributes: • Oil & Gas operating background • Mechanical & technical aptitude • Clean/current 5 year driver abstract • Oil & Gas industry safety tickets • Education and experience in water treatment or pumping services is ideal, but not required • Class 1 drivers license an asset • Experience and understanding of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook an asset

Email resume to meaghan@amperageenergy.com or by fax to 403-932-4276 with a current/clean 5 year drivers abstract & safety tickets.

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Trades

850

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Building Operator (Technician III)

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The Building Operator (Technician III) is responsible for the provision of building operations, maintenance and repair of general building systems including doors and door hardware, windows, ceilings, flooring and light bulb replacements. Also replacement and installation of whiteboards, tack boards hot files etc. and other misc. equipment. The successful candidate will be able to use hand and power tools and be able to work with minimal supervision. Some HVAC, mechanical maintenance experience would be a definite asset but willing to train the right person. This position will be suitable for a handyperson type person ideally able to perform own duties and assist others as work load requires it.

QUALIFICATIONS: - High school diploma, plus a specialized technical course - One (1) to three (3) years construction / building system operations / maintenance experience - Self-motivated, willing to learn - Works well independently and is a team player - Consistently presents and maintains a positive and professional image - Good writing and verbal communication skills - Excellent interpersonal skills - Awareness of Environment, Health & Safety issues - May require a security clearance - A valid driver’s license may be required

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Please apply on our website at: http://www.brookfieldjohnsoncontrols.com/our-careers/ We thank all applicants; however, only those to be interviewed will be contacted

Licensed Journeyman Electrician with Inter provincial seal.

Ability to work on and layout electrical jobs without blueprints Strong troubleshooting skills Must have valid operations license (abstract required)

We take pride in our employees and we believe that our people are the most important aspect of the company. We are constantly looking for exceptional individuals to join our team. We offer competitive wages with opportunity for advancement.

Please email resume to hellard@ controltechnology.ca or fax 403-885-0392

Employment Training

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GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

Of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Class 1 Operators

to join our team of drivers hauling clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry.

Home most evenings, scheduled days off, company benefits with exceptional pay structure that includes guarantied salary + hourly when hauling. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hiring Salespersons Store at Parkland Mall, 4747-67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6H3 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 hourly Skills: good English, customer service oriented.

No experience requirement.

Education: High school Main duties: Greet customers in our store.

Explain how to use and care of our products.

Operation of the cash register Opening up the store and closing it at night.

Keep sales reports.

Respect the laws and regulations of Parkland Mall.

Company’s business address: 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB T4R 1P2 E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com

- CARPENTERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

Advocate Opportunities ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in: GLENDALE

UPPER FAIRVIEW Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

Academy of Learning HCA program offers:

Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Job Search and Resume Writing Course First Aid / WHMIS

3 On-Site Clinical Practicums No Waiting List Scrubs are provided

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

Advocate Opportunities

Advocate Opportunities

INNISFAIL Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

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Apply now to provide value in the Human Services Industry Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has partnered with the Alberta Government to develop and implement a four month jobtraining program that targets new entrants to the disability services field.

Please forward cover letter & resume quoting comp #4943LMDF to: Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Ave Red Deer, AB T4N 3M4, Fax 403-342-2677, email: hr@pclass.org

www.eaglebuilders.ca Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources

A Great place to work... is looking for a personal lines broker to help grow and manage an existing book of clients. Broker experience is a definite asset, you will be responsible to quote and sell policies to existing and new clients. Knowledge of Power Broker, Compu Quote & insurance company portal’s is considered an asset. Excellent organization skills and a self driven personality with the ability to multi-task is a must.

Please apply to dan@procominsurance.ca or fax 403-340-3972

HEALTH CARE AIDE

Participants will earn $14.70 per hour, 40 hrs. per week and be eligible for benefits after 6 months of full-time employment.

We guarantee a full-time position (30 hrs. per week) with successful completion of the program.

- CONCRETE FINISHERS

Procom Insurance;

Classes Starting Soon!

The requirements to participate in this program are a genuine interest in disability services, minimum age of 18 years old, High School Diploma or GED, and limited to no experience working with persons with developmental disabilities.

IS HIRING!

880

ENROLL TODAY!

If you have an interest in supporting children and adults with developmental disabilities and you would like to develop your skills this is the opportunity for you! Participants will receive comprehensive training and hands on experience.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

Misc.

Help

900

Training

Fluid Experts Ltd.

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN! 413627F6,7

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified

880

OIL & GAS OPERATOR

Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified MEGA CRANES is now ANNOUNCEMENT hiring exp’d Class 1 drivers.

Boom/crane truck tickets JOURNEYMAN an asset. Please email résumé with drivers Electrician abstract to cathy@megacranes.com Job Description or fax 403-885-4292 • This position is for service and construction Misc. on drilling and oilfield Help equipment.

• The journeyman is responsible for running small construction jobs and a service truck.

• Must possess exemplary safety record and commitment to safe *POWDER COATER work practices • Participate in on-call WE OFFER: and overtime as required.

• Various other duties as * Full Time hours required.

• Excellent Benefit Pack- * Great benefit program after 3 mos. age: Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, * Most weekends off Health and Dental * Competitive Wages Benefits.

• Other benefits: referral Experience not necessary.

Hardworking need only bonuses, course reimapply. Bring resume to: bursement, service Metal Strip & Coatings truck, laptops, cell 4617 63rd Street phone reimbursement.

Mon-Fri 8-5.

No Phone Calls Please.

Qualifications

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes

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• Red Deer • Rocky Mtn. House • Rimbey Customer Service TECHNICAL • Caroline Rep ILLUSTRATOR/WRITER • Castor (Part Time) For complete job descriptions, • Sylvan Lake please refer to our website at • Innisfail For job descriptions and www.sparteksystems.com • Stettler how to apply, go to Applicants please forward • Ponoka www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. resume to: keri.lee@ No phone calls please.

Gov’t of Alberta Funding sparteksystems.com may be available. or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position 403-340-1930 Trades you are applying for www.academicexpress.ca in your cover letter.

Absolute Fusion Campground Hosts Contracting is a welding, Seeking semi-retired couTruckers/ fabrication, maintenance ples with RV for summer and repair facility requiring Drivers positions in Kananaskis. a supervisor/instructor.

Contact 403-591-7377 or Knowledge and experience BRICAR CONTRACTING kananaskiscountry now hiring in fabrication with campgrounds@gmail.com EXPERIENCED engineered drawings or Classifieds...costs so little CLASS 1 DRIVERS. designing from instruction.

Saves you so much!

Please fax resumes to Strong mechanical ability 403-347-6296 for repair and maintenance.

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Must be able to organize CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d Knowledge of Red Deer and instruct up to 10 employees. for moving equipment. and area is essential.

Comprehensive Benefit plan. Resumes to be dropped off Verbal and written Wages are negotiable with at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. communication skills are experience and attitude.

Cres. Red Deer. req’d. Send resume by fax Please forward resumes to 403-346-0295 CLASS 3 DRIVERS and references by fax to w/airbrake endorsement 403-309-7134 or by email to info@absolutefusion.ca needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume No Phone Calls Please! with a min. of 2 references BRICAR CONTRACTING to: canpak@xplornet.ca now hiring Dozer & DRIVERS for furniture Excavator Operators and GAETZ SOUTH moving company, class 5 Laborers. Send resumes required (5 tons), local &

by Fax: 403-347-6296 F/T MEAT CUTTER long distance. Competitive F/T Bakery Production COMMERCIAL Foundation wages. Apply in person.

Full benefits, staff company in Red Deer 6630 71 St. Bay 7 incentives. Apply within. are currently seeking Red Deer. 403-347-8841 experienced foundation PEST CONTROL TECHS form workers. Please fax F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca resume to 403-346-5867 Minimum Class 5 with air Call 403-373-6182 and clean abstract. Exp. or email cavemancontracting preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Employment @hotmail.com Red Deer.

(Full Time)

Journeyman & apprentices We offer competitive wages. Full benefits after 90 days. Must have valid drivers licence. Email resume to: d.generationglass @platinum.ca or Fax: 403-886-5224 or Call 403-886-5221

Amperage Energy Inc. is an emerging and growing oil & gas service company with mobile onsite water recycling solutions and fixed plant operations. We are committed to conducting our operations safely, in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

Trades

Trades

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 SHOP HELP AND/OR ACADEMIC Express retail sales reps. Selling soap APPRENTICE MECHANIC ADULT EDUCATION REQUIRED IMMED. & bath products. $12.10 hr AND TRAINING Truck exp. preferred. + bonus & commission.

Wages $15-$45/hr. with F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d.

FALL START Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. benefits. 8:30-5. 15 miles East of Blackfalds.

Red Deer. email resume to Fax: 403-784-2330 premierjobrd@gmail.com • Community Support Phone: 403-784-3811 Worker Program

F/T COMMERCIAL GLAZIER

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

CEDA HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! Our Pigging and Decoking team is currently looking for experienced Labourers and Operators for PERMANENT roles based out of Red Deer!

Please visit us at: www.cedagroup.com

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HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s permanent F/T front counter staff for all shifts (days, eves. and wknds).

Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

Sales & Distributors

850

820

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Legal

Competition will remain open until we have filled all available seats in the program. Candidates will be required to provide a Criminal Record Check & Child Intervention Check.

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Classified does it all!

The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the community’s number-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

Red Deer Advocate Classified: • Helps lost pets find their families • Brings buyers and sellers together • Serves as a key resource for renters • Helps families find new homes • Puts individuals in touch with each other • Provides job seekers with career information • Serves as a great guide to garage sales • Makes selling and shopping simple

Put the power of classified to work for you today.

To place an ad, call 309-3300.

To subscribe, call 314-4300.

B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 9, 2014

California Chrome can’t complete Triple Crown LONG SHOT TONALIST ENDS CHROME’S QUEST WITH BELMONT UPSET

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — California Chrome failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to long shot Tonalist and leaving his owner to complain others took “the coward’s way out” by skipping the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Before tens of thousands hoping to see history, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner finished in a dead-heat for fourth with Wicked Strong. California Chrome’s loss extended the longest drought without a Triple Crown champion.

California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn was bitter about horses skipping the first two legs and then stealing the Belmont. Six of the last eight Belmont winners did just that.

“That’s the coward’s way out,” he said. “It’s not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. If you don’t make enough points to get into the Kentucky Derby, you can’t run in the other two races. It’s all or nothing.”

Coburn thought the other 10 horses ganged up on California Chrome, who was second early, dropped to fourth and then fifth before dead-heating for fourth. Photos after the race showed Chrome also

Advocate Opportunities

EquipmentMisc.

1620

CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week.

NO WEEKENDS!!

GLENDALE Gillespie & Gee St. also Gunn St. & Goodacre Cl. KENTWOOD Kirby St. & Kennings Cres.

MUSTANG ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK 69 Street & 63 Ave RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

Household Furnishings 1997 SKIDSTEER Case 1840, only 3300 hrs. $15,500. 587-679-1000

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools

1640

CRAFTSMAN mitre $60 403-782-3847

Firewood

saw

1660

AFFORDABLE

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

1710

Office Supplies

1800

19 CU. FT. fridge, bottom LEXMARK fax/photocopier freezer $200 obo $20 403-346-0674 403-748-4234 403-392-5657

Homestead Firewood

56 & 57 St. & 58A Ave.

Household Appliances

Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

1720

BED, single with all bedding, $75; love seat, $35. 403-348-5393 FUTON black tubular frame w/mattress, 2 matching cushions size 80”L x 45”W like new $200 403-314-2026

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

Sporting Goods

1860

135 METAL woods, 3 to pitching wedge, graphite shafts, 2 doz. balls, 2 new gloves and 1 ball retriever $100 403-986-6497 EXERCISE BIKE, very good condition, $35; 403-348-5393 GOLF EQUIPMENT & POOL CUES at garage sale prices. 403-343-7430

Travel Packages

RCA DVD PLAYER $25, JVC 6 disc stereo $50, PS1 w/7 games $60, 403-782-3847

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

X BOX w/30 games $150 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

LOGS 12 STRING FENDER GUITAR. Semi loads of pine, spruce, & Treadmill. 403-754-1978 tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. 2 CUPBOARDS, one with shelves, $20, 1 w/doors Lil Mule Logging and drawers $30, two area 403-318-4346 rugs $40/ea. 403-346-5745 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / 7 SHEETS OF GALVINIZED SIDING. 3’x10’ sheets.

Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 All for $50.

SOLD

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Farm Equipment

2010

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

OLDER 1 bdrm. smaller house, large lot, Penhold. $850/mo. 403-886-5342, 403-357-7817

Condos/ Townhouses

stuff

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors SEIBEL PROPERTY & Services

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates ~ Westpark ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, absolutely no pets. N/S, no utils. incl.

References required.

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

CLEARVIEW

3 bdrm. 4-Plex, 1.5 bath.

4 appls. Rent $1175. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650.

Avail. July 1. 403-304-5337

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2140

1540

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RANCHMASTER corral GLENDALE AIR puriÀer $20, Christmas gate width 16’, height 4’, 5 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., rungs $60 403-782-7439 deer (outside) w/lights $40; $1125. incl. sewer, water DVD/VCR player with 15’ LAUREL LEAF WILLOW & garbage. D.D. $650, surround sound $75, 6-8’ NORTHWEST POPLAR Avail. July 1. 403-304-5337 403-340-0675 & BROOK POPLAR Horses Beautiful trees. You dig.

CLASSIFICATIONS LAGOSTINA PRESSURE Please phone 403-302-1919 cooker, 7 L, stainless steel, WANTED: all types of 1500-1990 new $146, sell for $80; horses. Processing locally Suites Bow Rake, $5; 5 prong braided nylon rug, 36”x in Lacombe weekly.

Cultivator, $5; dandelion 43”, $10; sofa & chair 403-651-5912 2 BDRM. adult bldg, free rake, $4; long handle cover, both for $5; 5 white laundry, very clean, quiet, spade, $7; drain spade, Bicycles plastic butter buckets lrg. suite, Avail July 1. $7; garden hoe, $5; lopper w/lids, $2 ea.; 13 pint jars Grain, Feed $950/mo., S.D. $650.

(Prunner) telescoping, $20; w/lids, all for $4; double 24” COLUMBIA 18 Speed, tamping-metal bar, $8; 7 Hay 403-304-5337 bed size blanket, $4; 1 $40. extension cords, various light truck tire P255/70R16 26” RENEGADE 15 lengths, $5. ea; 2 power Goodyear Wrangler, $10; TIMOTHY & Brome square Looking for a new pet?

Speed, $40. bales, great for horses, aprake blades, 15”, $5; lawn 6 tree stakes, about 3.5’ Check out Classifieds to 403-346-0674 or 392-5657 & soil sprayer (small), $4; prox.

60 lbs. put up dry long, all for $6. find the purrfect pet. and covered, $5/bale galvanized barrel lid, $5; 403-314-2026 Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 square urethane garbage Building can, $4; chalk line & LARGE reel to reel stereo ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious powder, $3; 3 PVC pipes 2 tape deck $100, stereo Supplies suites 3 appls., heat/water @3” & 1@4” diameter, 5’ mixing console $50, douincld., Oriole Park. lengths, $1 for all; box of ble cassette deck $10, Mike 403-350-1610 7 SHEETS OF GALVINIZED garden clothes, $1 for all; Harman/Kardon disc 403-342-4923 SIDING. 3’x10’ sheets.

2/3 bag of oil-dri (all pur- player $20 403-346-6539 All for $50. pose absorbent, $6.

SOLD AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 PORTABLE 403-314-2026 CLASSIFICATIONS bdrm. in clean quiet adult AIR CONDITIONER building, near downtown 14000 BTU. Very good cond. FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Advocate Co-Op, no pets, Paid $600, Asking $200 obo.

Opportunities WANTED • 3250-3390 403-348-7445 403-347-6466

Garden Supplies

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“When Victor started to squeeze on him, he didn’t respond,” he said. “He was wore out, I think.”

Once the official result was posted, fans sat in stunned silence before heading to the exits.

Penny Chenery, the 92-year-old owner of 1973 Triple Crown champion Secretariat, had been ready to welcome a new member to the exclusive club. She and others with ties to previous Triple Crown winners came to watch what they hoped would be California Chrome’s big day.

“I’m very disappointed that we didn’t have a Triple Crown winner, but I’m happy for the winners,” she said.

Tonalist, the fifth wagering choice at 9-1 odds, was a fresh and rested horse making his debut on the Triple Crown trail. He last ran and won the Peter Pan Stakes over the same Belmont dirt on May 10.

Tonalist beat Commissioner, another newcomer to the Triple Crown, by a head. Those two horses finished in the same order in the Peter Pan. Tonalist ran the distance in 2:28.52 and paid $20.40, $9.60 and $7.

Commissioner returned $23.20 and $13.20, while Medal Count was another length back in third and paid $13.20 to show. Samraat was sixth, followed by General a Rod, Matterhorn, Commanding Curve, Matuszak and Ride On Curlin.

had a bloody gash on his right front foot, a minor injury that may have hurt his chances.

Coburn voiced a similar complaint after the Preakness, saying only the 20 horses that run in the Kentucky Derby should be eligible to compete in the other two legs. He also believed that horses skipping the Preakness should not be allowed to return in the Belmont.

Coburn had been in a festive mood earlier in the day, waving his cream-colored cowboy hat to fans and signing items they tossed to him in his box seat.

But the mood turned ugly after the race.

Three tough races in five weeks proved too demanding for California Chrome, who was sent off as the heavy 4-5 favourite. Affirmed remains the most recent Triple Crown winner in 1978.

The raucous crowd of 102,199 — the third-largest in Belmont history — was silenced when it became obvious that California Chrome lacked his usual punch in the stretch.

Jockey Victor Espinoza realized long before then that his chestnut colt wasn’t up to the grueling 1 ½-mile trip around the track’s sweeping turns.

“As soon as he came out of the gate, he wasn’t the same,” Espinoza said.

Alan Sherman, the son and assistant to trainer Art Sherman, agreed.

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4010

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* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

INNISFAIL The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING!

Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or ofÀce delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres.

Westpark Cres.

36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Drive Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.

Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or ofÀce delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Abbott Close/Allan St., Alexander Drive, Anquetel/Atlee Close MORRISROE AREA McLean St. SUNNYBROOK AREA SpringÀeld Ave. also Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close LANCASTER AREA Lamont Close also Lund Close also Lister St./Lockwood Ave. also Landry & Lawson Close VANIER AREA Voisin Close/Viscount Drive, Vanier Drive/Volk Place Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444 Newly renovated bachelor, 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

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HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

5010

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

THE NORDIC

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316 * Adults * Youths * Seniors *

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

SPRINGBROOK

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

3090

FULLY furn. bdrm for rent $500/$250. Male only.

Call 403-396-2468.

ROOM kitchen access, avail. June 20 343-0421

Offices

3110

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-343-9300

The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING! Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or ofÀce delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD 195K REBUILT TRANNY LOTS EXTRAS $8300.OBO 403-352-6457

Vans Buses

5070

4020

CUSTOM BUILT

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

2003 WINDSTAR LX, fully loaded, very good cond. $3500. 403-755-2867

Motorcycles

5080

1977 750 HONDA $500 403-347-1563

Motorhomes

5100

2012 CHEV, 4x4, loaded, $23,300. 403-391-9662

Cars

5030

2007 Dutchman Express 26’ Class C 12,800 Miles Slide, Generator, Air,V10, $40,000 403 782 4207

MUST SELL

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Ricciardo leads Red Bull to first F1 win

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — When misfortune finally struck the Mercedes AMG team, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was there to take the prize.

Ricciardo passed series leader Nico Rosberg with two laps to go and held on for his first Formula One victory in a wild Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon.

The 24-year-old became the first non-Mercedes driver to win in seven races this season, although even he admitted there was luck involved and that it is too early to say that Red Bull is back as a championship contender.

“Obviously Mercedes had their issues and that enabled us to close on them,” a giddy and still disbelieving Ricciardo said after the race. “It’s a bit surreal. Really cool.”

The Aussie driver remembered to save some champagne from the post-race podium celebration to spray on his race engineer, Toronto native Gavin Ward.

Rosberg finished second despite engine and brake problems, while the second Red Bull driven by four-time world champion and defending Canadian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel came in third.

The race ended under a caution flag after a spectacular crash involving Sergio Perez’s Force India car and Felipe Massa’s Williams. They narrowly missed taking Vettel out.

Both drivers appeared unhurt as they got out of their cars on their own. They were checked out by track doctors, then had further tests at Sacre-Coeur Hospital and were released.

Race stewards found Perez at fault for the crash and penalized him five grid positions at the next race.

The Red Bull team ruled F1 as Vettel won the last four championships, but a switch to more fuel-efficient turbo en-

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Williams driver Felipe Massa from Brazil crashes into the wall during the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Sunday, in Montreal. gines this year saw Mercedes emerge with what looked like an unbeatable car.

Mercedes AMG won the first six races of the season, with Lewis Hamilton winning four and Rosberg taking two.

They had finished one-two in the five previous races.

But the long straights and tight corners of Circuit GillesVilleneuve have a history of mishaps, crashes and heartbreak, and this thriller was no exception.

Rosberg kept the lead over Hamilton off the start and both were comfortably in front until just over midway through the 70-lap event.

But then both cars at once developed problems with their Energy Recovery Systems, which convert the energy the car produces into extra power, and that led to rear brakes

trouble.

Hamilton, a three-time winner in Canada, exited the race with his brakes emitting smoke after 48 laps. It was a second retirement for Hamilton, who was out of the seasonopening Australian GP after two laps with engine trouble.

Rosberg needed all his skill to keep his Mercedes on the track and managed to hang on through the final laps with a line of competitors pushing from behind.

But Ricciardo finally got past on the final corner leading to the homestretch of the 4.361-kilometre course.

“I was pleased I was managing to stay ahead with this huge train of cars behind me,” said Rosberg. “One guy got by, but I still managed to hang on.

“Losing is disappointing for us as a team. We have such

speed and such a great car, to not win and just have one car come in second is hugely disappointing for us. Our ambition is to finish one-two. We have to make sure we get back there next race in Austria.”

Ricciardo had spent several laps just trying to get by Perez, whose Mercedes-powered Force India was stronger in the straights, but the Mexican made a braking error and the Aussie shot past on lap 66.

“I needed a bit of a mistake from him,” said Ricciardo. “He got close to Nico and perhaps overshot the braking in the last chicane and I managed to just stay with him on the exit.

“Once I had the outside line free, I made it work.”

Rosberg earned 18 points to stretch his lead in driver standings over Hamilton to 22 points. Ricciardo, who fin-

ished third in the previous two events, moved into third spot, 61 points off the lead.

Vettel earned his second third-place finish of the year, but said the Red Bulls still have a long way to go to catch Mercedes.

“We have a competitive car, but not yet a competitive package to match them and beat them regularly,” said the German. “Today we got lucky.

“It feels great and it’s a great reward for the whole team after such a painful winter and a difficult start to the season. To get both cars on the podium and beat at least one of the Mercedes, I think that’s a very positive day for us.”

Rosberg said: “We are fully aware that Red Bull is still an amazingly strong team and pushing like crazy to catch us.”

Earnhardt Jr. pulls away late for second win of season

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONG POND, Pa. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is having a blast again, with a shared bond with his crew, comfort in his own skin as NASCAR’s most popular driver, even finding fun 140 characters at a time on Twitter.

Winning races sure has a way of easing burdens on Junior.

Earnhardt turned Brad Keselowski’s trash into Victory Lane treasure, pulling away down the stretch Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his second win of the season and a secured spot in the Chase field.

He paired his first career win at Pocono with his Daytona 500 championship for his first multi-win season since 2004.

“I feel like I’m such a lucky guy to have this second opportunity again to be competitive,” Earnhardt said.

But for as strong as he ran in the No. 88 Chevrolet, Keselowski gift-wrapped this win when he yielded the lead with five laps left in a desperate attempt to clear debris from his grille and cool his overheated engine.

Keselowski’s gamble back-

fired — he couldn’t get the draft needed from the lapped traffic to clear his car and make one final pass for the win on Earnhardt. Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford still had the oomph in the engine needed to finish the race, and he had his second-straight runner-up finish.

“It was definitely a mistake because the engine made it,” Keselowski said, rubbing his face. “It probably shouldn’t have.”

Junior shook off the rising red gauges in the No. 88 that could have had his car meet a similar fate as Keselowski.

“They were still within good reason to stand on it and give it hell,” he said.

Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and rookie Kyle Larson completed the top five.

Earnhardt gave Hendrick Motorsports three straight wins, following back-to-back victories by Jimmie Johnson.

Johnson overcame a pit road accident to finish sixth.

Owner Rick Hendrick texted Earnhardt before the race to let him know he would not attend and would see him next week at Michigan. Earnhardt told him, “I’ll drink one for you after it’s over.”

Earnhardt stuck to his end

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 400 auto race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, in Long Pond, Pa. of the deal, spraying all types of beverages in a jubilant Victory Lane. Johnson was the first driver over to congratulate him.

I don’t have much to do tomorrow,“ Earnhardt said, grinning. ”Tonight’s going to be a long one.“ Earnhardt, long NASCAR’s most popular driver, gave the Pocono crowd plenty of reason to go wild. He was mobbed by almost 100 fans outside the Pocono media centre, screaming his name and clamouring for a picture with the winner.

He waved and ducked into a waiting car, whisked away

for another party. Maybe the fans should try tweeting at him to earn his attention.

A reluctant participant on Twitter for years, Earnhardt warmed fast to the social media site after winning Daytona.

He said he underestimated the amount of fun he’d have interacting with fans. He loved the “go get ’ems” that dot his feed, though it’s the “haters” that he really feeds off.

“The real short ones, like, ’You suck,’ those are the best ones,” he said, smiling. “I just favourite them and block them. It’s so much fun.”

Earnhardt’s second win

means he is guaranteed to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field. He won for the 29th time in 519 career Sprint Cup starts.

“When we won at Daytona, man, it made the rest of the year a lot more relaxing, a lot easier,” he said. “It makes it fun because you can just go to the track and just race, not worry about points.”

Junior’s breakthrough was more meaningful because has come in crew chief Steve Letarte’s final season. Letarte, who had a Pocono win with Jeff Gordon, has become one of Earnhardt’s best friends.

Carpenter comes out on top after green-white-checkered finish

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Juan Pablo Montoya brought up the idea of how cool he thought green-white-checkered finishes could be for IndyCar only moments after his third-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway.

“No way,” Will Power quickly responded. “Not in IndyCar.” Except that is exactly what had just happened Saturday night after a late caution led to a restart with two laps left at the 1 ½-mile, high-banked track.

Ed Carpenter hung on for another oval victory over the hard-charging Power, who after a costly penalty earlier was on fresh tires and very likely could have won with one more lap.

INDYCAR “So if you have a red flag and wait, then that’s OK,” Montoya then asked during an entertaining and friendly 3 ½-minute debate between the Team Penske drivers about late flags and restarts.

“No, I don’t like that either,” said Power, still the season points leader over Helio Castroneves, another Penske driver.

Texas came two weeks after the rare red flag in the closing laps of the Indianapolis 500 that set up the second-closest finish ever at the Brickyard.

The final caution at Texas with seven laps left came after the engine in Takuma Sato’s car blew, and he was able to quickly come to a stop on the apron.

Townsend Bell’s crash with

10 laps remaining at Indianapolis left debris scattered on the track.

“I think they’ll only do the red flag thing at Indy,” Power said. “To throw a red flag every time there’s a yellow during a race is going to be kind of ... .”

Power wasn’t able to finish his thought before Montoya mentioned green-whitecheckered finishes, something he got used to in NASCAR before returning full-time to the open-wheel racing this season.

Then Montoya brought up the final restart, when he was running second and felt Carpenter got an early jump.

“I figured he’d be miffed,” Carpenter said later. “I was kind of sick of him. He was lagging back, trying to lay back,

so yeah, I was slowing down because he was lagging back.

I didn’t want him to get a jump on me. ... He ended up finishing third anyway, right? So it doesn’t matter.”

As Montoya made his case, Power joked, “I think they should take the win off Ed and award it to the next car, yeah?”

Carpenter led by about 1718 seconds over Montoya before Sato’s engine fire. Carpenter got way ahead after Power was penalized for speeding on pit road when the top two then made their final green-flag stop with 35 laps left.

Power, who led 145 of the 248 laps, was sixth when the final caution flag came out, and got fresh tires while the top four stayed on the track.

In the final two-lap shootout, he raced past three other cars and finished only a half-second behind Carpenter, who led four times for 90 laps.

All three of Carpenter’s career victories have come on ovals, the last two since starting his own team in 2012. He was also the Indy 500 polesitter last year and this, and now races only ovals while Mike Conway handles road and street courses.

Conway won at Long Beach in his second race with the team.

“On one hand I was nervous, just because I wasn’t sure what the right decision was for us to make,” Carpenter said of not stopping during the last Texas caution.

“It was a handful the last couple of laps, but you get in that position, I’ve got to make sure I bring it home.”

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New doc explores lifestyle of 80s wrestling

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Many of them are now broken men — both physically and financially — but in the 1980s they were like rock stars, lured by a lifestyle of big money, fast women, drugs and steroids.

A new documentary entitled “350 Days” explores their lives and what is described as the “golden era” of professional wrestling.

The 1980s saw a surge in its popularity in the United States and Canada.

Contributing to its success was the expansion of cable television and payper-view and a period of cross-promotion between the WWF and elements of the music industry, including singer Cyndi Lauper.

The documentary is a co-effort of Vancouver-based actor Fulvio Cecere, who is the director and co-producer, along with producer Darren Antola.

“I did wrestle in high school so I appreciate the sport of it, but the entertainment part of it I didn’t know anything about it,” said Cecere, 54, who grew up in Montreal and has a long list of TV and movie credits.

Cecere said he and Antola were working on reality TV show proposals.

When those didn’t work out they found the world of professional wrestling provided another opportunity.

An interview with “Superstar” Billy Graham, who was a champion in the late 1970s as well as an award-winning bodybuilder who trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger, was an eye opener.

“He was just so nonchalant. He said, ’I’d get up in the morning and shoot my speed and I did this and this and that’ and just rattled it off like a grocery list,” said Cecere.

“The honesty, the openness, the stuff that was coming out, I knew I was on to something. From then on we started going to as many people as possible.”

The title, “350 Days,” refers to the amount of time many of the performers wrestled every year.

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Brett Hart is shown during the making a documentary in this undated handout photo. Many of them are now broken men, both physically and financially, but in the 1980s they were like rock stars, lured by a lifestyle of big money, fast women, drugs and steroids. A new documentary entitled 350 Days explores their lives and what is described as the “golden era” of professional wrestling.

Bret (The Hitman) Hart made his inring debut in 1978.

The Calgarian gained popularity and championship success throughout the 1980s and ’90s in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where he headed The Hart Foundation.

What Hart remembers most about the 1980s was the upsurge in the use of steroids.

“You really didn’t know how good

you could wrestle in 1984. It mattered how big your arms were and how you looked under the lights with baby oil all over you,” he said with a chuckle.

“No one said you have to take steroids, but the truth is that’s what it was. If you wanted to be a star you’d take steroids because everybody else is taking them. It kind of got, like, if you want to keep your job you’ve got to get competitive with everyone else.”

The wrestling world banned ste-

roids in the early 1990s and that’s what Hart considers to be the real golden age of wrestling.

“We really raised the bar in the ’90s and wrestling moved away from the steroid guys and body builders and the power lifter guys like (Hulk) Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior,” said Hart, who is now 56.

Bill Eadie competed under the names Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar before retiring in 1982.

“It was difficult on us mentally and physically,” said Eadie, 66, who was on his way to Niagara Falls, Ont., from his home in Atlanta for an autograph signing session.

“There’s probably well over 60 per cent who are broke and it’s not only guys who never made any money.

There were friends of mine who if they made $1,000 they spent $1,200. They’d think it was never going to end.”

Hart said recreational drugs were plentiful in the ’80s as were the socalled “Rink Rats,” the name given to wrestling groupies.

Hart is grateful he has access to Canada’s universal health care.

“The injuries do catch up with a lot of the wrestlers and guys I talk to today are all battling injury problems.

I’m lucky I’m Canadian. I’ve got two knee replacements, had surgery on my elbow and I’ve had two hernia operations — all since I retired,” Hart said.

“I don’t have any regrets, but I think there’s a lot of wrestlers from my era who wake up each day and feel like Quasimodo. We’re all feeling the pain from all those falls and all that fake wrestling that we did.”

Cecere, who hopes to have the film completed by the end of the year, said the 60 wrestlers he talked to wanted their stories to be heard and not “sugar coated.”

“Every single one of them talks about the same thing ... the steroid use, the alcohol abuse, how being on the road affected their family life. The mistresses along the way,” he said.

NHL still dealing with concussions: Numbers down, players still hiding injuries

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hours before the Stanley Cup finals began, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman proudly proclaimed that concussions are down across the league and there are numbers to back him up.

That does not mean the league has figured out how to prevent head injuries among its players. Or that the numbers tell the whole story.

According to data from STATS provided to The Associated Press, there were 53 concussions during the regular season, a sharp decline from the 78

reported during the league’s last full season two years ago.

But even Bettman said there is only so much the league can do about a player hiding a head injury to stay on the ice.

“Obviously, it’s difficult for us to get into a player’s head, no pun intended, with this concussion discussion,” he said. “But if a player is going to not follow the protocol, not say exactly what he’s feeling, that’s pretty difficult to address.”

Dr. Jeff Kutcher, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based neurologist who works with NHL players believed to have

concussions, wasn’t sure the lower numbers indicated a dramatic change.

“I’m not surprised that the numbers are down, but I wouldn’t read too much into those numbers,” Kutcher said.

The NHL’s concussion protocol, like other leagues, requires players to get a team doctor’s OK before they can return to play. They are taken to a quiet place for evaluation, questions and tests of their memory, balance and general awareness.

Players, though, seem to be able to skate around the protocol.

Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman James Wisniewski said he avoided

return-to-play protocol after he went head first into the boards during the playoffs. He wanted to keep playing.

The Montreal Canadiens were criticized for letting forward Dale Weise return to Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals after a blindside hit sent him to the dressing room. General manager Marc Bergevin insisted the team did not know Weise had a concussion until the next day and that the league’s protocol was followed.

“It’s flawed, but I’m not a doctor,” Bergevin said. “We all worry about our players, but we can only go by what we’re given.”

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