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Central Albertans take part in the Tie-Dye the Sky event Saturday morning while participating in Run or Dye at Canyon Ski Hill Resort. Participants were showered in eco-friendly, plantbased cornstarch dye as they ran through a five-kilometre course. The covering with dye was in celebration of friendship, fitness and fun. Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff
Chasing storms, answers
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ALBERTA STORM CHASERS SPREAD SAFETY MESSAGE
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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF OLDS — Wind buffets the walls of the portable tent where members of Alberta Storm Chasers are selling storm pictures and spreading the message about storm safety. It’s a cool blustery morning, but not the type of morning that heats up the blood of people who spend their free time tracking tornadoes, says member Chris Kiernan of Edmonton. Founded by Joe Vonesch, Alberta Storm Chasers is an umbrella organization whose membership includes a number of smaller groups, such as Twisted Chasers in Red Deer. Kiernan says he’s one of the very few storm chasers in Alberta who is not also a photographer. While fellow storm chasers work on getting stunning new images of storms, Kiernan’s dream is to answer the unanswered: What is the mysterious factor that makes the difference in whether a storm cloud will or will not produce tornadoes? With windspeeds measured at up to 450 km/h, tornadoes are scored on the Fujita scale, which rates them by intensity and the amount of damage they cause, he said. The Pine Lake tornado on July 14, 2000 was rated F3, while the Edmonton tornado on July 31, 1987, was an F4. The most dangerous tornadoes are the ones that are never seen, said Kiernan. Like Pine Lake, they are masked in heavy rains that make them invisible to the hu-
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pictures in the auditorium of a Red Deer church. Funded largely by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters program was written for immigrant families for whom English or French are second languages. The program acknowledges that the language barrier and other cultural differences will make it more difficult for those parents to help their children fit in at school.
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin is facing a nomination challenge. Jason Nixon, 34, former constituency president for the riding, is taking on the party’s first-term MLA. Anglin has a reputation as a firebrand and a long-outspoken critic of the province’s electricity pol- Joe Anglin icies. Nixon is president of the student union at the online Athabasca University, where he is finishing his certified general accountant designation. He was formerly executive director of Mountain Aire Lodge in the West Country. The married father of three lives west of Sundre in the Bearberry area. He said he received “a lot of personal requests” to provide an alternative to Anglin. “Wildrose is the party that believes in us having an opportunity to say who the candidates are. So because I saw enough support for that, I agreed to put my name forward to be that alternative,” said Nixon.
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Alberta storm chasers Tanisha Parker and Chris Kiernan offered weather advice and sold storm pictures at Oldstice in downtown Olds on Saturday. man eye and to Environment Canada’s weather radar. “It can be a monster tornado and you’ll never see it.” Helping people understand the risks and prepare themselves for the possibility of violent weather brought Kiernan and other member of his group to Main Street in Olds on Saturday, where local
merchants and groups had set up a trade show and other events to celebrate the first day of summer. Humid summer weather brings with it the ideal conditions for summer storms, with Olds being at the heart of Tornado Alley in Alberta, said Kiernan.
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Proud parents cheer tiny graduates BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF
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They take the stage one by one, grinning nervously and anxious to get out of the royal blue mortar boards on their heads and back to the serious business of playing with their equally nervous and anxious friends. There was a time that this entire party could have taken place at a picnic in Rotary Park, says Helen Andrew, president of the Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association.
HIPPY Canada, a hands-on program that helps immigrant families prepare their children for kindergarten and public school, graduated 28 preschoolers in its first year. Five years later, 105 tiny graduates were dressed in royal blue gowns and mortarboards for their graduation ceremony on Saturday, while proud parents from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Central and South America cheered and snapped
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A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 23, 2014 him, saw a tornado drop and vowed never to repeat the experience. Although Connor Kiernan was only 42 days old on Saturday, his dad expressed plans to get him involved as soon as possible. His mom, however, has decreed that Connor cannot see the storm chasers’ ultimate movie, Twister, until he is 13 and she doesn’t want him chasing any storms until he is at least 25, said Kiernan. “Spoiler alert: We’ve already watched Twister,” he said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
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HIPPY: Parents benefit So, while the weekly modules and home visits are designed to help the children, the parents — especially the mothers — benefit from the ongoing contact with program workers and other parents. Brothers Alcedric and Adrian Marinas, aged five and three, were graduates number 56 and 57 in Saturday’s ceremony. Their parents met in Red Deer after immigrating from the Philippines to work in Alberta. Cheesemaker Alford Marinas arrived in August of 2007 while his wife, Mary Jean, had come in February of the previous year to work as a nanny. Alford Marinas said he and Mary Jean have found child rearing very different here compared to the Philippines, where they would have shared parenting duties with dozens of relatives. Here, there are no relatives to lend a hand, he said. Mary Jean said the modules were broken down into different categories such as language and math, and designed to fit around a small child’s short attention span. Each module is completed over the course of a week, at about 15 minutes a day and with home visits from a HIPPY Canada instructor. Mary Jean’s instructor had come from Ukraine. Even though they came from vastly different backgrounds, the instructor had shared similar experiences as a new Canadian and was therefore able to understand and appreciate the difficulties Mary Jean was experiences as she and Alford adjusted to living in an English speaking, multi-cultural world. The program also includes a number of events, bringing families together and helping their children meet new friends from all over the world. Mary Jean says she may consider becoming a HIPPY Canada instructor at some point in the future. She laughs at Adrian’s attempts to stop her from putting her efforts to put the mortar board back on his head. He’s finding it kind of itchy, she says. The next program starts in October and runs through until June and is available in Red Deer and some surrounding communities, including Po-
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Mary Jean Marinas adjusts her three-year-old son Adrian’s mortar board while his brother, Alcedo, figures out how many grads are ahead of them in the HIPPY Canada graduation ceremonies on Saturday. The two boys were among 105 children who completed the program, offered by the Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association. funnel and intensify the winds, blowing people and cars out with tremendous force. Kiernan said his grandfather Claude Kiernan, was the first storm chaser in the family. Grandfather Kiernan was one of the firefighters on duty in Edmonton during the 1987 tornado. He followed the storm in his fire truck, said Kiernan. A new generation of storm chaser has been born to Kiernan and his wife, Andrea, who went on one chase with
noka and Lacombe. There have been waiting lists at times during the first five years, with funding levels dictating how many spaces will be available, says Andrew. Information is available from HIPPY Canada program co-ordinator Mercedes Cruz at CAIWA, 403-341-3553. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
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Some in the constituency association are looking for change, he added. “I’m not saying that Joe has no support. I’m just saying that there was definitely an element within the constituency that would like to have a choice. “It’s really a grassroots thing we’re trying to provide.” Anglin did not return calls for comment this week. Nominations were opened in about 20 Wildrose ridings, including five in Central Alberta, this spring. In Central Alberta, no others came forward to challenge Kerry Towle in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Rod Fox in Lacombe-Ponoka, Rick Strankman of Drumheller-Stettler and Bruce Rowe in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills before nominations closed last week. The vote to choose a representative in Anglin’s riding is expected to take place early next month. A date has not been set. Wildrose Party members in the riding who were signed up as of last Friday will be eligible to vote. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
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Part of his groups mission on Saturday was to teach people about tornado safety, explode a few myths and help sell some of the members’ storm photos to raise money for the STARS air ambulance society. Chief among those myths is that people on the highway should seek safety under an overpass, said Kiernan. Highway overpasses are actually about the most dangerous place you can be during a tornado. Like the canyon effect among high rise buildings, the structures actually
Canadian journalist imprisoned in Egypt awaits crucial verdict BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — For nearly six months Mohamed Fahmy has been cooped up in a Cairo prison cell on terror-related charges he has repeatedly denounced as ridiculous. After a trial which has drawn the attention of media organizations and human rights advocates around the world, the 40-year-old Egyptian-Canadian journalist and his two colleagues are now expected to learn today whether they’ll be found guilty or set free. “He feels that hopefully we will prevail at the end,” Fahmy’s brother, Adel Fahmy, told The Canadian Press. “He’s a very strong person ... but I have to say that over the past few visits he has become very easily frustrated, very agitated and very anxious.” Mohamed Fahmy and his coworkers — Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed —
were employed with Qatar-based satellite news broadcaster AlJazeera English when they were arrested on Dec. 29. Fahmy was initially placed in a notorious high security prison where he was forced to sleep on the concrete floor of a dank, insect-ridden cell. After pressure from Canadian consular officials, he was later moved to more hospitable quarters in a lower security facility, where he has shared a cell with his two colleagues ever since. The three journalists have been accused of providing a platform for the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group of ousted president Mohammed Morsi, which Egypt’s government has branded a terrorist organization. They’ve also been accused of airing falsified footage with the intent of damaging Egypt’s national security. The trio have decried the charges and have continually said they were only doing their jobs.
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Soccer fever takes over FIFA WORLD CUP GAINS TRACTION AND HELPS BOOST SALES AT LOCAL SPORTS SHOPS BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Professional soccer struggles to gain the kind of fan support that others sports hold in Central Alberta, especially hockey. But with hockey done for the year and football just getting started, the FIFA World Cup in Brazil is gaining traction and boosting sales at local sports shops. Brandon Merschele, assistant manager at the Jersey City outlet in Red Deer’s Bower Place Shopping Centre said on Sunday that he wishes he could have brought in more Germany jerseys. Items from one of the top seeded teams were among the first to sell out when the tournament started and there will be no more coming, Merschele said on Sunday. Team jerseys from Colombia also went quickly and Portugal had sold out by Sunday as well, he said. As with any major sporting event, Merschele and his co-workers put up a display of World Cup soccer items in advance of the month-long tournament, which opened on June 12. While displays were up in advance, sales were strongest on the opening day, with people suddenly rushing in to get jerseys for their favourite team. Ten days after the opening match, some fans were still coming in for jerseys, including Sylvan Lake resident Ethan Taralson. He had been following England, but had to switch loyalties after they were knocked out. Unsuccessful in finding a Germany jersey, he decided to get one from the Netherlands, who are also still in. Taralson said he’s not a big soccer fan, but gets involved every four years, when FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) puts on its World Cup tournament. Merschele said he played soccer in school, but does not consider himself a fan of the game. Canada’s team has qualified for the World Cup in the past, but did not make it this year. Merschele said Canada’s stron-
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Jersey City staffer Jade Rempel and customer Ethan Toralson model FIFA World Cup team shirts from Brazil and the Netherlands on Sunday. Run every four years, the tournament opened in Rio de Janiero in June and wraps up with a final game on July 13.
‘ITEMS FROM THE TOP SEEDED TEAM WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO SELL OUT WHEN THE TOURNAMENT STARTED AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMING.’ — BRANDON MERSCHELE, ASSISTANT MANAGER AT THE BOWER PLACE JERSEY CITY
gest fan base for soccer is among the people supporting the women’s team, which took bronze in the 2012
Olympics. Many fans believe that bronze would have been a gold if there had not been
a bad call during the Canada-United States game, he said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
Federal Temporary Foreign Worker plan worries Alberta PC leadership hopefuls ALL SUGGEST CUTTING NUMBER OF FOREIGN WORKERS WON’T WORK IN THE PROVINCE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The three candidates vying to be the next premier of Alberta say Ottawa’s plan to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers won’t work in the province. Under the new rules unveiled by Employment Minister Jason Kenney on Friday, medium and largesized companies will not be allowed to have more than 10 per cent temporary foreign workers by 2016. Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jim Prentice says a “one-size fits all” plan isn’t going to work for a province like Alberta, which he says is creating more than 80 per cent of the new jobs in Canada. He says as he criss-crosses the province, labour shortages is the number one issue he is hearing
about, from the oil and gas sector to agriculture and service industries. Candidate Ric McIver says restaurant owners, tourism business owners and feedlot operators have told him their businesses will close and that Alberta full-time residents will then lose their jobs, too. Thomas Lukaszuk, who was Alberta’s jobs minister before entering the leadership race, says tempo-
rary foreign workers mean the difference between restaurants being open and closed on a Sunday night, or whether the coffee line wait is five minutes or 20. “Those who spend too much time in Ottawa are evidently out of touch with average Albertans and small and medium-size businesses in Western Canada,” Lukaszuk said in a social media post on Friday. Lukaszuk and Prentice both noted that they support some of the changes, such as stiffer fines. But both also stressed Alberta’s importance to the Canadian economy. Voting for the leadership contest takes place in September, and the winner will become premier. McIver said he would defend Alberta’s interests if he is elected. “As premier, I will be following up with my counterparts in the federal government to make sure Alberta’s interests are known and advocated for,” McIver said in a media statement. “Albertans can count on me to keep working for them on this vital issue.”
UNDER THE NEW RULES, MEDIUM AND LARGE-SIZED COMPANIES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE THAN 10 PER CENT TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS BY 2016
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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014
Tories defy democracy PIPELINE APPROVAL FLIES IN THE FACE OF DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL WARMING There was little doubt the federal government would approve the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, regardless of public opposition or evidence presented against it. The prime minister indicated he wanted the pipeline built before the Joint Review Panel hearings even began. Ad campaigns, DAVID opponents deSUZUKI monized as foreign-funded radicals, gutted environmental laws and new pipeline and tanker regulations designed in part to mollify the B.C. government made the federal position even more clear. Canadian resource policy is becoming increasingly divorced from democracy. Two infamous omnibus bills eviscerated hard-won legislation protecting Canada’s water and waterways and eased obstacles for the joint review process, which recommended approval of the $7.9-billion project, subject to 209 conditions. The government has now agreed to that recommendation.
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The time-consuming hearings and numerous stipulations surely influenced the government’s decision to restrict public participation in future reviews, making it difficult for people to voice concerns about projects such as Kinder Morgan’s plan to twin and increase capacity of its Trans Mountain heavy oil pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby from 300,000 to 900,000 barrels a day, with a corresponding increase in tanker traffic in and out of Vancouver. And to keep democracy out of fossil fuel industry expansion, the government switched decision-making from the independent National Energy Board to the prime minister’s cabinet. Probably the most egregious omission from the review process is the dismissal of impacts such as climate change and rapid oilsands expansion. Here’s how the panel justified not taking these into account: “We did not consider that there was a sufficiently direct connection between the project and any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other oil production activities to warrant consideration of the effects of these activities.” As for climate change from burning the product, “These effects were outside our jurisdiction, and we did not consider them.” A pipeline to carry diluent from the coast to the oilsands to dilute bitumen that would then be carried back to the
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Small-town hotels in trouble and the Tories are to blame My name is John May. I am the manager of Bowden Hotel in Bowden. I have been the manager here for 13 years but have worked here for 22 years and before that I worked in the Daysland hotel for three years so I have 25 years in the industry. In those 25 years I have seen a lot of changes. From being closed on Sundays and Good Fridays and election days until 8 p.m. to being open every day of the year except Christmas Day. In 2006 before the provincial election, the Conservative MLA for our area Luke Ouellette was seeking re-election he came to the hotel and told me that if we re-elected him and the Ed Stelmach government, that they would leave the no-smoking law to the local municipalities themselves. But after three months in office, they put the no-smoking law into effect. With just that one law, we lost 30 per cent of our business. That is a big loss for a small town hotel. When I started at this hotel we employed 12 people now we have four employees. Before the no-smoking law, I would have farmers and retirees come in, in the mornings to visit and drink draft beer. As a group they would spend $300 to $500 a day depending on the time of year. But they no longer come in because they have to go outside to have a smoke and when you are 55 or older, you will not go outside in bad weather. In 2012, the Redford government brought in the .05 drinking and driving law and with that we lost an-
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coast in another pipeline for export to world markets in supertankers does not have a “sufficiently direct connection” to the oilsands? And the impacts of the oilsands and its products on climate are not relevant to the project that makes these impacts possible? What the hell? This project should never go ahead. And not just because no amount of money will undo damage from pipeline or tanker spills and accidents along the route, the B.C. coast or the ocean, or that it is opposed by First Nations and other affected communities and lacks social licence — although those are strong enough reasons to stop it. The main reasons it and other pipeline projects shouldn’t be built are the very same ones the government and joint review panel refused to consider. Rapid oilsands expansion, increasing reliance on dirty fossil fuels and more infrastructure that ties us to them for decades contravene the need to protect the environment, human health, global climate systems and even economic resilience. Our choice is between ignoring overwhelming scientific evidence about the human contribution to climate change and pollution or changing our ways and reducing carbon emissions and fossil fuel dependence. It’s about whether to join the green economy or pin our economic hopes on an increas-
other 20 per cent of our already declining business. So in six years with these two laws, we lost 50 per cent of our business. With no compensation from the government for our lost business, instead they raise the prices on the products that we need to serve our remaining clientele. Just two weeks ago while in Kalispell, Mont., I had seen a 24 pack of Kokanee bottles for $18.95 in a corner store. Here to get that same product from Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, a government-run operation, it costs hotels $41.83. How can they get that what is made right here in Canada that cheap in the U.S.A.? As a manager of a small town hotel, I have had enough. The Alberta government keeps saying they want to help small businesses. If that’s true, why not compensate the small town hotels so they can keep the doors open? Why not offer a one-time payment of $4,000 per seat in the bar for each rural hotel instead of trying to put them out of business. With what former premier Alison Redford charged Alberta taxpayers for her personal expenses, that amount would save this hotel and maybe even a couple more. The Alberta government is suing the tobacco industry for billions of dollars. While they spend all this money on these things, I know of three small town hotels that have closed their doors in the last year with three more very close to the same thing. And that’s just between Red Deer and Calgary. A lot of the small town hotels around rural Alberta are the meeting places for a lot of people and organizations. Also they are the first job for a lot of kids after graduating high school so they can still live at their parents to save money for university. The closing of these establishments means they
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ingly risky industry. It’s about the kind of country — and planet — we want to leave to our children and grandchildren. The government has irresponsibly weakened democracy in its willful blindness to the most pressing economic and environmental issue of our time. The spectre of climate change means all humanity has a stake in the future of coal and oil. To avoid the worst impacts, we must shift to a zero-carbonemissions energy system within the next few decades. Yet Canada doesn’t even have a national energy strategy! As Canadians witness how vulnerable our communities are to climate change impacts like increased intense precipitation and flooding, sea-level rise and risks to food production, demand will grow for solutions such as clean energy. Northern Gateway has received qualified government approval. The decision will now face First Nations court challenges and backlash from the majority of British Columbians and Canadians whose voices have so far been ignored. For the sake of our communities and the future of our children, let’s hope democracy prevails. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.
have to either drive to the bigger centres to find jobs or move to a city. I believe that the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party will lose a lot of votes in rural Alberta because of this. These problems might not be as evident in the bigger centers and cities but in a small town of 1,500 people, it is a major concern. John May Manager Bowden Hotel
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Key juncture in road to Confederation happened 150 years ago this week BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The word coalition has become something of a bad word in Canadian federal politics, demonized during the last election by the Conservatives and rarely entertained in public by the opposition. But 150 years ago this week, the surprise creation of a coalition between two bitter rivals was what helped pave the way towards Confederation. In the spring of 1864, Liberal Leader George Brown and Liberal-Conservative Leader Sir John A. Macdonald were two men who could barely see eyeto-eye on anything in the legislative assembly of the united Canadas. Brown, the strident voice of Canada West (Ontario) and editor of the Toronto Globe, had fought for a generation for representation by population. He seethed at the notion that francophone, Catholic Canada East (Quebec) could carry as much legislative weight as his more populous region. Macdonald had managed to form governments by stitching together a power base with the help of George-Etienne Cartier’s Bleus in Canada East, but his administrations kept collapsing.
Finally, in June 1864, Brown emerged from a cross-party constitutional committee study professing his support for a Canadian federation. It came at an auspicious time, because the government was falling again. A back-room meeting of rival politicians ensued at the St. Louis Hotel in Ottawa’s Byward Market area (now housing a gay bar and a sushi restaurant). Within less than a week, Brown had agreed to enter into a coalition with his nemesis. “The arch-enemies John A. Macdonald and George Brown attempted to seize each other not by the hand but rather by the throat,” historian Ged Martin wrote in 1995 of the deal. Brown went on to became a cabinet minister in the so-called Great Coalition. That pragmatic arrangement in June 1864 left the new coalition government free to devise a proposal to bring to talks with Maritime provinces in Charlottetown in September. The Charlottetown Conference was supposed to be about striking a Maritime Union, but the emboldened Canadians decided to crash the party with a broader vision. Their strategy worked, and the principle of confederation took hold.
Del Mastro trial begins on Elections Act charges from 2008 campaign BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A member of Parliament once tasked with defending the Harper Conservatives against voter fraud allegations goes on trial today, accused of overspending during the 2008 federal election campaign. Former Conservative Dean Del Mastro pleaded not guilty last month to charges under the Canada Elections Act. Del Mastro, who now sits in the House of Commons as an independent MP and insists he did nothing wrong, is also charged with failing to report a personal contribution of $21,000 to his own campaign. Elections Canada also alleges that Del Mastro tried to cover up his overspending by knowingly submitting a falsified document. The trial before an Ontario provincial court judge in Peterborough, Ont., is currently scheduled to last a little more than two weeks, beginning with the presentation of evidence from prosecutors.
Del Mastro’s lawyer, Jeffrey Ayotte, declined to comment on the case against his client Friday, saying he’ll save his remarks for the trial. Richard McCarthy, Del Mastro’s official agent for the 2008 campaign, is being tried at the same time on three charges, including “incurring election expenses in an amount more than the election expenses limit.” McCarthy’s lawyer, David McFadden, also entered a not guilty plea last month on McCarthy’s behalf. A nearly two-year investigation into Del Mastro’s 2008 election campaign focused on the $21,000 payment he made to a consulting firm from his personal account, which did not appear on his official campaign return and which would have put him over the campaign spending limit. The maximum candidates are allowed to contribute to their own campaigns is $2,100. As the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary during the robocalls affair, it was Del Mastro’s job to fend off allegations against the Conservatives of voter fraud in the 2011 campaign.
Quebec prison helicopter escapees recaptured BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A heavily-armed SWAT team descended on an upscale Montreal condo in the early morning hours on Sunday, busted open the door, and captured three men who police say fled a Quebec jail in a spectacular escape by helicopter two weeks ago. The men, who were facing murder and gangsterism charges before the jailbreak, were found in a posh 10th-floor condo with a stunning view of the city. Yves Denis, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Serge Pomerleau, 49, were arrested inside the residence at around 1:30 a.m., Quebec provincial police said. The condo was part of a ritzy new development in Old Montreal, just steps from the historic waterfront. A woman who lives in the same building said she watched from her balcony as the men were escorted in handcuffs into a police van. France, who gave only her first name, had recently returned from a dance class when she heard a commotion. “I knew something important was happening,” she said. “I saw a police car arrive, then another, and then another . . . . And then I heard someone say, ‘No, it’s not a joke. We’ve got all three.”’ By midday Sunday, police had left the scene after carrying out several containers and bags. Two maintenance workers were cleaning up the home where the men were arrested. The splintered door was ajar in its bent frame, while inside the furniture was askew, with a couch on its side and cushions scattered. Mattresses, blankets and pillows were on the floor. Quebec provincial police Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau said investigators gathered evidence from the residence that could be used in court. She said the investigation is ongoing and further arrests are likely. “It could be a person who helped them escape from prison, or a person who helped them hide from us,” Bilodeau said. The three men are to appear in a Quebec City court today to face fresh charges, but police didn’t spell out what the new accusations would be. They were originally arrested during Operation Crayfish in 2010, which had dismantled a network of drug traffickers. Until recently, they were awaiting trial in a detention centre near the provincial capital. On June 7, police say a helicopter plucked three men from a courtyard of the Orsainville Detention Centre. Interpol had recently added the trio to the red notice list, which placed them among the world’s most wanted fugitives.
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Israel hits targets in Syria INCLUDING MILITARY HEADQUARTERS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes bombed the Syrian military headquarters and a number of other targets inside Syria, the Israeli military said Monday, in a blistering response to a cross-border attack that left an Israeli teenager dead the previous day. In all, Israel said it struck nine military targets inside Syria, and “direct hits were confirmed.” In addition to the Syrian military
headquarters, Israel said it targeted unspecified “launching positions.” There was no immediate response from Syria. In Sunday’s attack, an Israeli civilian vehicle was struck by forces in Syria as it drove in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. A teenage boy was killed and two other people were wounded in the first deadly incident along the volatile Israeli-Syrian front since Syria’s civil war erupted more than three years ago. “Yesterday’s attack was an unprovoked act of aggression against Israel, and a direct continuation to recent attacks that occurred in the area,” said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a military spokesman.
He said the military “will not tolerate any attempt to breach Israel’s sovereignty and will act in order to safeguard the civilians of the state of Israel.” The sudden burst of violence has added to the tense situation in Israel, where forces have spent the past week and half in a broad ground operation in the West Bank in search of three teenage boys believed to have been abducted by Hamas militants. Israel has carefully monitored the fighting in Syria, but has generally kept its distance and avoided taking sides. On several occasions, mortar shells and other types of fire have landed on the Israeli side of the de facto border, drawing limited Israeli reprisals. Israel is also believed to have car-
ried out several airstrikes on arms shipments it believed to be headed from Syria to Hezbollah militants in neighbouring Lebanon. But never before has Israel gone after a target like the Syrian military headquarters. It was not immediately clear whether Syrian troops or one of the many rebel groups battling the government carried out Sunday’s deadly attack in the Golan. Israel captured the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau overlooking northern Israel, from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel’s annexation of the area has never been recognized internationally.
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Sunni militants blitz through Iraq’s western desert BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki. The latest military victories — including two border posts captured Sunday, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with Syria — considerably expanded territory under the militants’ control just two weeks after the al-Qaida breakaway group began swallowing up chunks of northern Iraq, heightening pressure on al-Maliki to step aside. The lightening offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant takes the group closer to its dream of carving out an Islamic state straddling both Syria and Iraq. Moreover, controlling the borders with Syria will help it supply fellow fighters there with weaponry looted from Iraqi warehouses, significantly reinforcing its ability to battle beleaguered Syrian government forces. If the Sunni insurgents succeed in their quest to secure an enclave, they could further unsettle the already volatile Middle East and serve as a magnet for Jihadists from around the world — much like al-Qaida attracted extremists in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. President Barack Obama, in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” aired Sunday, warned that the Islamic State could grow in power and destabilize the region. Washington, he
said, must remain “vigilant” but would not “play whack-a-mole and send U.S. troops ... wherever these organizations pop up.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in the Jordanian capital on Sunday, also weighed in. The Islamic State, he warned, is a “threat not only to Iraq, but to the entire region.” The U.S. is looking for ways to work with Middle Eastern nations, most of them led by Sunni governments, to curb the Sunni militant group’s growth. Officials in the United States and the Middle East have suggested privately that al-Maliki must leave office before Iraq’s Sunnis will believe that their complaints of marginalization by the Shiite-led government in Baghdad will be addressed. Al-Maliki, in office since 2006, has shown no sign he is willing to step down. However, he has been uncharacteristically silent since Obama and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric both urged the prime minister last week to form an inclusive government that promotes the interests of all of Iraq’s ethnic and religious groups. Iraq’s newly elected parliament must meet by June 30, when it will elect a speaker and a new president, who, in turn, will ask the leader who enjoys the support of a simple majority in the 328-seat chamber to form a new government. Al-Maliki’s State of the Law won 92 seats, more than any other group but not enough to form a government. The militants’ stunning battlefield successes in the north and the west of
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Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, about 160 km south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday. Sunni militants on Sunday captured two border crossings, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with Syria, security and military officials said, as they pressed on with their offensive in one of Iraq’s most restive regions. Iraq have laid bare the inadequacies of the country’s U.S.-trained forces and their inability to defend the rapidly shrinking territory they hold. In the north, troops fled in the face of the advancing militants, abandoning their weapons, vehicles and other equipment. In some cases in the west, they pulled out either when the militants approached or when they heard of other towns falling. The chief military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, spoke on Sunday of tactical withdrawals to regroup and prepare to retake what has been lost to the militants. “We have a very, very serious crisis to deal with,” acknowledged a senior government official close to al-Maliki’s inner circle. “Up until now, we don’t have a plan to retake any territory we lost. We are working on one still.” A top Iraqi military intelligence
official was equally blunt, saying the battlefield setbacks in Iraq’s restive western Anbar province and the north have given the militants much more freedom of movement and their firepower has dramatically increased. “Their objective is Baghdad, where we are working frantically to bolster our defences,” said the official. “I will be honest with you, even that is not up to the level of what is needed. Morale is low.” Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive subject. It is not clear whether Obama’s deployment of up to 300 military advisers to retrain Iraqi troops could make a difference or turn things around quickly enough to prevent the militants from digging in and improving their defences. Obama has also left the door open for airstrikes.
Putin urges compromise in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support Sunday for Ukraine’s declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against proRussian separatists and called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. Putin said such a compromise must guarantee the rights of the Russianspeaking residents of eastern Ukraine, who must feel like they are “an integral part” of their own country. Putin’s statement appeared to signal that he sees their future in Ukraine. Separatists in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions have declared independence and asked to join Russia. Moscow has rebuffed their appeals, but is seen by Ukraine and the West as actively supporting the insurgency. Putin’s conciliatory words came as Russia began large-scale military exercises and after NATO accused Russia of moving troops back toward the Ukrainian border. Putin appears determined to keep up the pressure to force the Kyiv government to give the eastern industrial regions more powers and to prevent Ukraine from moving too close to the European Union or NATO.
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FRONT Crawling critters and the world of insects are the focus of a June 28 event at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. From 1 to 4 p.m. at the nature centre, at 6300 45th Ave. in Red Deer, participants will have a chance to learn about the insects and other critters with self-guided activities, games and bug hunt nature walks. Admission is by a suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. For more information, call 403-3462010.
FREE CAR CLINIC AT BOWER HALL Foggy about how to change your oil? How about your air filter or checking your spark plugs? Fear not as the Bower Community Association is presenting a free car clinic on June 30. This will cover all aspects of vital car maintenance from spare tires to timing belts. It runs from 7 to 8 p.m. at Bower Hall at 85 Boyce St. Everyone is welcome and no registration is required. Phone Jesse at 403-877-1436 for more information.
A DAY FOR NEWCOMERS AT GREAT CHIEF PARK Newcomers to Canada are invited to gather for a day of sports, family and fun at Great Chief Park on June 27. Young participants and their families learn about, receive instruction and the chance to play slo-pitch, football, disc golf and other commonly played Canadian sports. The introduction to sports portion will be held between 2 and 5 p.m. A barbecue will be cooking shortly after. The event is open to immigrant families in Red Deer and area. For more information or to register, call Central Alberta Refugee Effort at info@care2care.ca or call 403-346-8818. The Central Alberta Refugee Effort, the City of Red Deer, and Scotiabank teamed up to put on the event. The program is in its third year.
CORRECTION The Donate A Ride story in Friday’s Advocate contained incorrect information. The campaign drew $2,400 in donations.
BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe has sweetened the pot in a bid to generate more interest in the community’s electricity retailing partnership. Through an agreement with Calgary-based Utilitynet, the City of Lacombe will receive a portion of the sales proceeds that will go into a fund for community projects when residents sign up with the power retailer through the Echo Energy program. A modest goal of 250 customers was set for the first year, but so far only about 70 have signed
up, well short of the 120 halfyear target, said Guy Lapointe, Lacombe’s community and economic development officer. “Initial response was really positive but we did get some feedback on ways to improve the program,” said Lapointe. To lure more residents to switch from their current supplier, rates were lowered and a required $100 deposit for residents and $500 deposit from businesses was dropped. As of June 1, the rate was dropped to 7.49 cents per kilowatt hour from 7.95 cents for residents and businesses. A special seniors rate went to 7.29 cents from 7.49 cents.
Lapointe said the energy retailing idea has been well received but switching energy retailers tends not to be high on people’s priority lists. “Everybody I’ve talked to is encouraged and wants to get on board — but there’s no rush. “What I’m trying to convey to people is the sooner they can make that switch, the better it is and then that money can roll back into the community and benefit community projects.” Part of the city’s challenge is to remind residents that the money raised does not go into general coffers but to a specific fund for community projects.
Both fixed and variable rates are available, another point of confusion for some. Under the agreement approved by council last month, the city is responsible for marketing and signing up customers. The city will purchase power through Echo Energy, which will handle billing. When the project was rolled out late last year, the city projected it would receive about $23,000 in profits based on 250 customers and an 11 cents kw/h rate, which is higher than current rates. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
Man of metal and whimsy REPURPOSES SCRAP METAL INTO BEASTIES BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF He picks up the spoon he had used to stir his coffee and gives it a little twist in his massive hands. “Everything seems to start with a spine,” Lyle Keewatin Richards says as he explains the creative process he uses to re-purpose bits and pieces of heavy metal into whimsical “beasties.” With a beak and spine in place, it’s just a few more steps to add some eyes, a lower jaw, a few legs and maybe a set of wings. The new creation’s final form will depend on what bits and pieces Richards picks up from the collection of sockets, gears, chains, cooking utensils and parts from old bikes and small appliances he keeps in the twostory garage behind his home in Red Deer. Currently on disability from his job as a child welfare worker, Richards says his creative instincts were rekindled a few months ago, when a friend offered him some used welding equipment. A long-time resident of Red Deer, Richards was born in Edmonton and went to high school in Victoria, where he recalls some friendly rivalry between his shop and art instructors, who were both encouraging him to work toward a career in the areas they were teaching. The welding instructor won out, backing his arguments with promises of paid employment in the future. Welders weren’t in the same high demand in the 70s as they are now, and employers at the time had negative ideas about people with brown skin, says Richards, straightening out the
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Red Deer artist Lyle Keewatin Richards holds up a welded dragon piece he calls Hermione. Keewatin Richards uses scraps of chain, nails, and bits of other discarded metal he finds for his creations. spoon after finishing his demonstration. He had been welding for about 10 years and was working at a welding shop in Red Deer when he had an allergic reaction to one of the metals, forcing him to leave his job and seek his fortunes on another path. Some time before the tugof-war between his art and shop instructors, Richards and his mother had needed help from a social services agency in Victoria. Richards says he felt at the time that he could have done a much better job himself of looking after moms and children than the worker who was supposed to be helping him and his mom. After leaving his welding job, he enrolled in a social work program at Red Deer College, embarking on the career path that he had abandoned earlier on. He spent a number of years working with aboriginal children in Red Deer, choosing that specialty because of his own
connection with his birth mother’s family in Saskatchewan. Although adopted and raised by white Christians, Richards was told by an elder, one of his uncles, that he “thinks like an Indian.”
his former trade. He then found himself in possession of a big collection of used sockets, to which he added numerous other metal pieces suitable for welding. Not all metals lend well to welding, says Richards. But those that do can all find new life in turtles, dragons and other mythical beings created in his shop — including Margatroyd, a life-size humanoid with — LYLE KEEWATIN RICHARDS exhaust pipes for legs and Health issues got in the way a cone-shaped jelly sieve for a again after a number of years, face mask. forcing him to take long-term Having now knitted togethdisability from his job. er his talents as a both welder Then, about six months ago, and artist, Richards exhibits his he was given an opportunity pieces at the Witch’s Ink pubto pick up some used equip- lic markets held periodically in ment from a friend who was Red Deer. wrapping up his own welding While he has sold a few pieccareer. es, the beasties have functioned R i c h a r d s v i e w e d t h e primarily as a creative outlet chance to acquire the equip- in a way that his welding and ment as an opportunity to fix art instructors may never have a few things around the house imagined. — and was surprised at how bkossowan@reddeeradvocate. much he had forgotten from com
‘EVERYTHING SEEMS TO START WITH A SPINE. WITH A BEAK AND SPINE IN PLACE, IT’S JUST A FEW MORE STEPS TO ADD SOME EYES, A LOWER JAW, A FEW LEGS AND MAYBE A SET OF WINGS.’
Show and shine event Annual BioBlitz event to be will be in support of held at Ellis Bird Farm homeless, at-risk veterans GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta. We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages. We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit. Call 403-3144333.
Central Albertans can show their patriotism and compassion by supporting homeless and at-risk veterans at a Canada Day show and shine. The show and shine invites people to go to the Parkland Mall, 4747 67th St., parking lot for the show and shine., which raises funds for homeless and at-risk veterans through donations. Gates open at 10 a.m. with a parade and opening ceremonies starting at 11 a.m. The event includes a donation barrel, live entertainment, food vendors and a silent auction. Gates close at 3 p.m. Last year more than $12,000
was raised and donated to the Calgary Veterans food bank. The year before $11,642 was raised and money went to veterans and other veteran organizations such as Calgary Transitional housing. This year funds will go to Can Praxis, a program that uses horses to help soldiers recover from trauma they have encountered and regain their family relationships. The public ceremony and show and shine hopes to bring awareness to the hundreds of soldiers that lost their battle to either post-traumatic stress disorder or to simply not fitting into civilian life.
Creature enthusiasts of all ages are invited to Ellis Bird Farm’s annual BioBlitz event on July 1 to help compile an inventory of all the plants and animals found at the site. “It’s basically a way for people to learn about the biodiversity of our site,” said Myrna Pearman, farm manager and biologist. “It’s a citizens’ science project.” Pearman will be heading the BioBlitx, leading two site tours, as well as bird and beaver watching and pond dipping (dropping nets to scoop up any aquatic life forms) exercises. Tours start at 1 and 2 p.m. Pearman said last year’s event was “very successful,” with around 50 participants. She hopes to see a similar
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turnout on Canada Day. Everyone will take home free ice-cream sandwiches and two free nestboxes for birds per family. The inaugural BioBlitz was held in conjunction with the Robert Bateman Get to Know nature program in 2012. This year’s BioBlitz, funded by Dow Canada, will boast more information to share with the public about the purple martins as Marco Polo, a purple martin, has returned to the bird farm two years in a row, Pearman said. There is no admission cost for BioBlitz but pre-registration is required. To register, email info@ ellisbirdfarm.ca or call 403-3462211.
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Happy hour rules hard to swallow SOME BAR OWNERS NOT SO WITH HAPPY NEW LIQUOR LAWS IN B.C BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s new happy hour laws may actually raise prices for beer at some bars. The province is now allowing pubs to change prices throughout the day to create drink specials, but is also en-
forcing a minimum price of 25 cents per ounce when serving beer. The owner of two Vancouver bars says that would raise the price of drinks at one of his establishments. Sam Yehia said including tax, he charges $12.50 for a 50-ounce pitcher of beer, but the province’s minimum rates
would make him charge more than $14. “It’s more like a depressed hour,” said Yehia. “It’s a bit silly isn’t it?” Douglas Scott of the province’s liquor board wrote in an email the new minimum rates will be enforced at all times, not just for happy hours. Scott said if an inspector
finds a bar owner charging below the minimum rate, penalties will only occur if the owner was intentionally doing so. Otherwise, inspectors will inform owners of the price changes and follow up later. Scott said both businesses and health advocates wanted a minimum pricing scheme to encourage responsible drink-
ing. “It was important to us that we listened to both industry and health advocates, said Scott. ”We have done exactly that.“ In January, the government endorsed 73 recommendations to change B.C.’s liquor laws, 17 of which have been carried out to date.
Mock email scam ensnares hundreds of bureaucrats PHONEY PHISHING LINK RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Game of Thrones fans stop for a picture on their way to Audleys field and castle, Castleward, Strangford, Northern Ireland. Audleys field and castle was used for filming season 1 of Game of Thrones.
In the land of Westeros: Game of Thrones boosts Northern Ireland’s economy BRITISH PROVINCE STILL HEALING FROM ITS PAST OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE BY SIOBHAN STARRS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELFAST — Giants, dragons and vengeful queens have for generations populated Northern Ireland’s folk tales. Now, such creatures are visiting the land in a different version — on the sets for the hit TV show Game of Thrones. But rather than spells and destruction, they’re bringing an economic boost to this British province still healing from its past of political violence. Fans of the HBO fantasy drama would recognize here the landscapes from the fictional land of Westeros — the castle of Winterfell, the seaside cliffs of the Iron Isles and the King’s Road leading to the north. About 75 per cent of the show is filmed in Northern Ireland, both in natural settings and in the Titanic Studios in Belfast. Since the pilot episode began filming in 2009, attracted by the local government’s financial incentives, the show’s presence has helped foster a film industry that is catching the eye of other Hollywood productions. And Northern Ireland is taking advantage of the attention by promoting the filming locations as tourist destinations. The latest — and perhaps most illustrious — visitor is Queen Elizabeth II, who will tour the studio sets today. But thousands have already been visiting from across the globe. Cara and Tom Collins from Springdale, Arkansas, were in Ballintoy Harbour recently to
see the rocky coastal setting used in the show for the Iron Isles, a kingdom of rugged sailors. “You can just close your eyes and picture everybody there,” said Tom. The season four finale of Game of Thrones last week was watched by 7.09 million viewers in the United States according to prime-time viewership numbers complied by the Nielson Co. That makes it HBO’s most-watched program since The Sopranos in 2007. But the numbers are likely higher since TV audience habits have changed since 2007 and Game of Thrones has fans globally who watch on local networks and via DVD or streaming services. For Northern Ireland’s tourism industry, that represents a huge pool of potential visitors. The province hopes to use the show’s popularity to increase the number of tourists to over 2 million annually by 2016, from 1.8 million in 2013 — more than the region’s population of just 1.8 million. Coach operators have created Game of Thrones tours, for which demand hit a record as the show reached its season finale this month. “They are using some of our most iconic scenery in Game of Thrones which is excellent,” said Arlene Foster, minister for enterprise, trade and investment. Beyond tourism, the direct employment of local workers has been very important for the local economy, she said.
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OTTAWA — Many of the Justice Department’s finest legal minds are falling prey to a garden-variety Internet scam. An internal survey shows almost 2,000 staff were conned into clicking on a phoney “phishing” link in their email, raising questions about the security of sensitive information. The department launched the mock scam in December as a security exercise, sending emails to 5,000 employees to test their ability to recognize cyber fraud. The emails looked like genuine communications from government or financial institutions, and contained a link to a fake website that was also made to look like the real thing. Across the globe, an estimated 156 million of these socalled “phishing” emails are sent daily, and anyone duped into clicking on the embedded web link risks transferring confidential information — such as online banking passwords — to criminals. The Justice Department’s mock exercise caught 1,850 people clicking on the phoney embedded links, or 37 per cent of everyone who received the emails. That’s a much higher rate than for the general population, which a federal website says is only about five per cent. The exercise did not put any confidential information at risk, but the poor results raise red flags about public servants being caught by actual phishing emails. A spokeswoman says “no privacy breaches have been reported” from any real phishing scams at Justice Canada. Carole Saindon also said that two more waves of mock emails in February and April show improved results, with clicking rates falling by half. “This is an awareness campaign designed to inform and
educate employees on issues surrounding cyber security to protect the integrity of the department’s information systems and in turn better protect Canadians,” she said in an email. “In this case, this exercise specifically dealt with the threat from phishing which is increasingly being used as an attack vehicle of choice by cyber criminals.” “As this project progresses, we are pleased that the effectiveness of this campaign is showing significant improvement.” A February briefing note on the exercise was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. The document indicates there are more such exercises planned — in June, August and October — and that the simulations will be “graduating in levels of sophistication.” Those caught by the simulation are notified by a pop-up window, giving them tips on spotting malicious messages. The federal government’s Get Cyber Safe website says about 10 per cent of the 156 million phishing emails globally make it through spam filters each day. Of those, some eight million are actually opened by the recipient, but only 800,000 click on the links — or about five per cent of those who received the emails. About 10 per cent of those opening the link are fooled into providing confidential information — which represents a worldwide haul of 80,000 credit-card numbers, bank accounts, passwords and other confidential information every day. “Don’t get phished!,” says the federal website, “Phishing emails often look like real emails from a trusted source such as your bank or an online retailer, right down to logos and graphics.” The department has some 5,000 employees, about half of them lawyers.
Rebalance your portfolio for the long term Following a great year in 2013 when good times don’t last forever. many equities posted double-digit reSince 1977, for example, the TSX turns, investors need to step back, re- has had a dip of five per cent or more examine and rebalance their portfoli- on average three times a year, or 108 os based on current market times in total during that conditions and trends for time. It has had a correcthe future. tion of 10 per cent or more “When markets are good 29 times during that same it’s natural to think that period and becomes a bear they will continue, but the market and goes down 20 per fact of the matter is that cent or more 10 times every volatility will return,” says 3.6 years. Arthur Azimian, a financial Azimian advises invesadviser with Edward Jones tors to take a disciplined in Mississauga. “Volatility approach to their portfoliis part of the market, and os and financial goals, parwhen the downturns come ticularly after a period of is the time when you need growth and success, by askTALBOT a disciplined approach to ing themselves the following BOGGS investing and downside questions — where are you protection.” today, where do you want to Last year was a spectacbe in the future, can you get ular one for equities. U.S. there, how do you expect to large cap stocks in 2013 get there and how can you achieved returns of 32.4 per cent fol- stay on track to your goals? lowed by overseas developed large cap “These are questions based on stocks at 26.9 per cent, 13 per cent from Edward Jones’ investing philosophy Canadian large cap stocks and 3.4 per which is basically long-term and concent from stocks in emerging markets. servative — buy and hold good quality History shows, however, that the but diversify among investment class-
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es, sectors and regions,” says Azimian. “The key is to determine the risk tolerance for each client depending on their situation and stage of life. This will have a lot to do with how the portfolio is built and allocated.” The company recommends investors build their expectation around longterm, not single-year, returns. It is predicting that stocks will yield average long-term returns of seven to nine per cent and bonds four to 4.25 per cent. It anticipates the global economy will continue to improve helped by expansion in the U.S., Europe and Japan and recommends a weighting of up to 35 per cent in international investments, 50 per cent of that in the U.S. and 50 per cent overseas. Reduce long-term bond allocations to about 25 per cent of your fixed income portfolio. As interest rates rise bonds with maturities of six to 15 years will be attractive. It also recommends diversifying among market sectors and reducing weightings in financials and materials for technology, health care and consumer staples stocks. “It’s important to understand that
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different investments serve different roles,” Azimian says. “Stocks offer the potential for growth and rising income. Increasing stock dividends are good criteria for growth and income. Bonds can help provide income and price stability while GICs provide flat income but they are 100 per cent guaranteed.” Investors need to make sure their expectations are aligned with their portfolio. Inappropriate expectations such as seeking higher returns from low-risk investments of chasing gains from investments that are riskier than you’re comfortable with can produce disappointing results. “Use discipline,” Azimian says. “Have a plan, use a process, do your due diligence and avoid emotions. The market will be volatile but discipline will help you get where you want to go.” 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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USDA testing sodium nitrite to poison feral hogs BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — A preservative used to cure bacon is being tested as poison for the nation’s estimated 5 million feral hogs. Descendants of both escaped domestic pigs and imported Eurasian boars, the swine cost the U.S. about $1.5 billion a year — including $800 million in damage to farms nationwide. Hunting and trapping won’t do the trick for these big, wildly prolific animals. So, the U.S. Department of Agriculture kicked off a $20 million program this year to control feral swine, which have spread from 17 states in 1982 to 39 now. Sodium nitrite is far more toxic to pigs than people and is used in Australia and New Zealand to kill feral swine. USDA scientists say it may be the best solution in the U.S., but they’re not yet ready to ask for federal approval as pig poison. Vance Taylor of Brooksville, Mississippi, has seen up to 50 hogs in a field at once. He estimates the animals cost him 40 to 60 acres of corn and soybeans a year. They once rooted up about 170 acres of sprouting corn; they trample ripe corn, taking a few bites from each ear. “It looks like a bulldozer has been through your field,” he said. To minimize damage, he hires a hunter and sometimes even heaps corn away from his fields so they’ll eat there. Males average 130 to 150 pounds but can range up to 250, and hogs snarf down just about anything: peanuts, potatoes, piles of just-harvested almonds. Rooting for grubs and worms leaves lawns, levees, wetlands and prairies looking like they’ve been attacked by packs of rototillers gone wild. Swine compete with turkey and deer for acorns, and also eat eggs and fawns. Nor is damage limited to their eating habits. Feral pigs’ feces were among likely sources of E. coli that tainted fresh California spinach in 2006, killing three people and sickening 200. To stay even, at least 70 per cent of an area’s feral pigs must be killed each year, said Fred Cunningham, a biologist at the USDA’s National Wildlife Research Centre field station in Starkville, Mississippi. Texas alone has an estimated 2 million feral swine.
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Container ships wait to be off-loaded at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. The West Coast ports that are America’s gateway for hundreds of billions of dollars of trade with Asia and beyond are no stranger to labor unrest and even violence.
Billions of dollars in trade at stake as dockworkers’ contract nears expiration BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The West Coast ports that are America’s gateway for hundreds of billions of dollars of trade with Asia and beyond are no stranger to labour unrest and even violence. Now, the contract that covers nearly 20,000 dockworkers is set to expire, and businesses that trade in everything from apples to iPhones are worried about disruptions just as the crush of cargo for the back-toschool and holiday seasons begins. With contentious issues including benefits and job security on the table, smooth sailing is no guarantee. On one side is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, with its tradition of fierce activism dating to the Great Depression, when two of its members were killed during a strike. On the other is the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents shipping lines and operators of terminals at 29 West Coast ports. Both acknowledge that they are unlikely to agree on a new contract before the current one expires June 30, but they plan to negotiate past that deadline. That would fit the pattern from contract talks in 2008 and 2002. In 2002, negotiators didn’t reach an agreement until around Thanksgiving, following an impasse that led to a 10-day lockout and a big disruption in trade. The union’s total control over the labour pool means huge bargaining leverage, which negotiators have parlayed into white-collar wages and perks for blue-collar work. A full-time longshoreman earns about $130,000 a year, while foremen earn about $210,000, according to employer data. Workers pay nearly nothing for health coverage that includes no premiums and $1 prescriptions. Neither side has publicly discussed progress on negotiations that began May 12 in San Francisco, which is headquarters to the union and the maritime
association. Twelve years ago, the shutdown had a lasting impact on how products moved in and out of the United States. Hulking cranes idled. Ships anchored in San Francisco Bay and outside ports from Los Angeles to Seattle. Economists estimated the impact at $1 billion each day. Even after trade resumed, retailers — with their just-in-time supply chain — worried that West Coast ports risked becoming a bottleneck. Companies looked to Gulf Coast and East Coast ports, which courted them by upgrading facilities. “They can’t afford to have their goods hung up either out on the sea or on the docks,” said Jonathan Gold, vice-president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. Between 2002 and last year, the portion of shipping containers that came into the U.S. through West Coast ports dropped from 50 per cent to 44 per cent, according to a study by Martin Associates, a firm that analyzes transportation systems. Imports to the Gulf of Mexico and the Northeast increased. Even so, West Coast ports handled cargo worth $892 billion in 2013 alone, according to trade data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. Worries over the current negotiations have prompted some stores to route shipments away from the West Coast, Gold said. Other importers planning for fall and winter shopping have shipped early to beat the contract’s expiration date. The maritime association warns that labour peace is essential to keeping West Coast ports competitive, especially with an expansion of the Panama Canal that will allow larger vessels to reach East Coast markets directly. The union is not persuaded, at least not publicly. “The competitiveness argument is an old saw that gets trotted out every time there’s a negotiation,” said union spokesman Craig Merrilees. “The claim has generally been used in an effort to extract concessions from the union members.”
Real estate sales continue to be slow in wake of railway disaster BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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MONTREAL — Suzanne Desroches sums up the Lac-Megantic real estate market when she tells how her own house sale is going. “No calls, no visits, nothing,” the newly retired 58-year-old says of her dwelling in the town which made international headlines almost a year ago when a runaway train laden with volatile fuel oil jumped the tracks and exploded. Forty-seven people were killed and most of LacMegantic’s downtown was destroyed in the July 6, 2013, disaster. One year later, efforts are underway to rebuild yet there’s still a lot of work needed to repair streets and decontaminate soil. Desroches has a little bit of time on her side before she turns into a “snowbird” and heads off to spend her winters in either Texas or California but Lise Letourneau doesn’t have the same luxury. Her house, which was almost completely renovated, has been on the market for nearly two years. She and her family have already moved to StGeorges-de-Beauce and she’s looking forward to winding things up. Maintaining an empty house is expensive. “We’re still renting in St-Georges because we failed to sell our house. It would be hard to have two mortgages at the same time.” Letourneau, who was a florist in Lac-Megantic’s downtown before leaving, estimates the family has spent $25,000 to $30,000 since leaving their former home. There’s plenty of competition for potential buyers and locals say “For Sale” signs have sprung up all over the town in recent months. “I’ve never seen so many houses for sale in LacMegantic,” Desroches said. Nicholas Bouffard, a real estate broker at Sutton Quebec, said the overall gloom of the provincial real estate market coupled with the effects of the train derailment are pointing to a disastrous year for the home sales market. “I have five condos and a building on the market,” Bouffard said in an interview. “Nothing is moving. “When the events with the train happened, longtime owners put their properties up for sale super quick. The average home price in Lac-Megantic is about $150,000. I watched the first sales (since the derailment) and they all sold for $15,000 to $20,000 below market price. It’s about 10 per cent less.”
James Martel, a broker for Royal LePage, made similar observations. “Since the events in Lac-Megantic, there is no appeal. It’s really, really dead.” Jocelyn Fortin, a real estate broker at Re/Max, sees the situation in a less dramatic light. According to data provided to The Canadian Press, 18 properties were sold between Jan. 1 and June 16 this year, compared to 18 in the same period last year. The sold properties include single-family homes, condos and land. “I don’t sense panic on the part of sellers,” said Fortin. “But the inventory is much higher than last year and the market is slow as it is everywhere else so there is an accumulation.” Bouffard insisted the derailment is having its effect on the market.
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At the end of series four, HBO is estimated to have spent about 87.6 million pounds ($149.11 million) in the local economy making the show. The benefits are likely much higher when including other factors, such as the knock-on benefits from higher employment. “This is a sector that we think has the potential to really grow” said Foster. “Around the HBO facility and studios will grow a skills base that others can use.” Holywood — pronounced the same as California’s ’Hollywood’ — is a small seaside town near Belfast that may lack the glamour of Beverly Hills, but is gaining a movie-making reputation of its own. Yellow Moon, a production facility based there, has enjoyed strong growth and doubled its workforce by being involved with Game of Thrones. “HBO were a big catalyst in changing perceptions of what could be done in Northern Ireland. As the Americans say, it was a game changer,” said Managing Director Greg Darby. Five years ago, 80 per cent of Yellow Moon’s work was for local broadcasters, and just 20 per cent for productions based in the U.K. or further afield. Now, 70 per cent of their work is commissioned outside Northern Ireland. “Game of Thrones are directly or indirectly responsible for 80 per cent of the people that we have taken on in the last three years, because if they didn’t come we wouldn’t have the other work,” said Darby. Scott Ferguson’s story illustrates what Game of Thrones means for young creative people in Northern Ireland. He dreamt of being a film editor, but his first experience in the industry failed to lead to more work, so he took a job in a bank. Then five years ago a government training scheme lead to a placement at Yellow Moon and he is now a colorist on the show, adding mood and tone to the images in post-production, and on his way to becoming an expert in his field. Ferguson is confident that people like him will no longer need to emigrate to seek work in film and TV, now that Northern Ireland’s reputation as a production hub is growing. “We have world class facilities, and we now have a world class crew. We have a shooting crew and we have a post crew who have worked on the biggest, most watched, most successful TV show that has been around for a while,” he said. Statistics can’t do justice to the Game of Thrones effect on Northern Ireland’s economy, said economist Graham Brownlow, from Queens University Belfast. He says the show is helping to improve the province’s international image, which for decades had become synonymous with political violence and economic stagnation. “The real benefits that Northern Ireland secures are the things that are most difficult to measure” he explained. “By creating a critical mass for film and TV productions it creates a good image for Northern Ireland, which stimulates further production in Northern Ireland, which improves the image of Northern Ireland,” Brownlow said. That ’critical mass’ now includes Dracula Untold, a Universal Pictures movie with an October 2014 release date and Ridley Scott’s new Halo feature, which is also expected to be released before the end of the year. These and other features will need best boys, wardrobe assistants, carpenters, camera operators and colorists and Northern Ireland’s new local talent pool will be only too happy to oblige.
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LUANN June 23 1974 — Former Progressive Conservative prime minister John Diefenbaker is sworn in as an MP for the 12th consecutive time. It is a record in Canadian politics. 1985 — A bomb planted on an Air India Boeing 747 jet out of Montreal explodes over the ocean south of the coast of Ireland. In all, 329 people die. The bomb was planted by a Sikh terrorist. It is the greatest loss of Cana-
dian lives in commercial flying history. 1925 — Seven mountaineers first climb Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak, in the St. Elias Range on the Yukon-Alaska border. 1887 — The Macdonald government passes an act creating Banff National Park. It is the first piece in Canada’s national parks system. 1767 — The Prince Edward Island land lottery was held. The Earl of Egmont wanted full feudal title, but the land was divided up for colonization by those with military or other public service.
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ARTWALK FESTIVAL
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Music luminaries honour late folk icon BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Music luminaries honoured Pete Seeger on the shore of the Hudson River at Saturday’s Clearwater Festival, the first of the annual music and environmental program he started to be held after his death. Folk artists Tom Paxton, Tom Chapin, Holly Near, Dar Williams and others performed together to honour Seeger, who died in January at age 94. Sets were planned centred on music of the Weavers and Almanac Singers, both bands that featured Seeger, and highlighting the banjo, which Seeger frequently picked in concert. Lucinda Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Richard Thompson, the Mavericks, Norah Jones and Josh Ritter are among the headliners at the two-day festival expected to draw around 25,000 people. “It’s up to us to pass the music on as he intended,” Chapin sang in a verse written for the occasion in his song, “One Voice.” Seeger began hosting “folk picnics” in the 1960s to pay for building a boat that would travel on the Hudson to highlight environmental issues. Seeger and his wife, Toshi, who died last July, lived in nearby Beacon, in a home with a spectacular view of a bend in the river. The informal fundraising concerts became the Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival in 1978. In recent years it has settled in a park jutting into the river in this community 35 miles north of New York City and has modernized beyond its folkie roots. With the strong lineup, Seeger remembrances and sunny skies, organizers were expecting their biggest crowd ever. Chapin opened the tribute by singing Midnight Special, a folk song recorded by Seeger and others. Before singing Rainbow Race, Near urged the audience to remember how Seeger “walked into controversy and made us understand how to do that.” Paxton recalled summoning the nerve to sing his song Ramblin’ Boy to Seeger in 1963. Two weeks later Seeger performed it with the Weavers at Carnegie Hall, and the song later became the title song to Paxton’s first album.
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Jeremy Mayne, a featured artist at the Artwalk Festival, demonstrates how to portray 3D images within a 2D format Saturday afternoon. The festival was held in the park behind the Recreation Centre and featured live entertainment, live art demonstrations and new art pieces available for purchase.
Orphan Black gets leading six Directors Guild of Canada nods BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Orphan Black has scored a leading six nominations for this year’s Directors Guild of Canada Awards. The hit Space series is up for trophies including best direction and best TV drama series, building on an already huge year in which it’s won a slew of awards. Just this week star Tatiana Maslany won best actress in a drama series at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards in Los Angeles — an honour she also won last year. The CBC-TV movie Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery,
based on the Louise Penny crime novel, has the second-highest amount of DGC nominations with five. The Good Witch’s Wonder from the Hallmark Channel is up for four awards. Several projects have three nods apiece, including the Don McKellar-directed film The Grand Seduction, Denis Villeneuve’s “Enemy” and the CBC-TV miniseries Best Laid Plans. The Grand Seduction and Enemy are up for best feature film against Cas & Dylan, The F Word and Gabrielle. The awards gala, which will honour nominees in 19 categories, is set for Oct. 25 in Toronto.
Movie debut transforms into battle EDITS TO NEW TRANSFORMERS MOVIE DEMANDED IN DISPUTE OVER SPONSORSHIP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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An aerial shows the dragon-shaped Pangu Plaza, foreground in front of the National Aquatics Centre, known as the Water Cube, centre, and the National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, at rear, in Beijing, China. A Beijing property developer said Saturday it has terminated cooperation with the new Transformers movie, and wants Paramount Pictures to make edits to it and is asking China to suspend screenings of the blockbuster film. China and the Beijing Chengxin Shengshi Sports Culture Development Company Ltd. — rang unanswered. Pangu said there were significant discrepancies between the contract it signed with the two Chinese partners and a contract that Paramount signed with them. Other scenes in the movie that were shot in China
feature the Great Wall in Beijing and the southern factory hub of Guangzhou, where a nefarious tycoon played by Stanley Tucci collaborates with Chinese actress Li Bingbing’s biotech CEO character to produce robots based on the metal Transformers are made of. Four other minor roles were filled through a talent search on Chinese TV.
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BEIJING — A Beijing property developer said Saturday it has terminated co-operation with the new Transformers movie, wants Paramount Pictures to make edits to it and is asking China to suspend screenings of the blockbuster film. The company owns the Pangu Plaza, a dragonshaped hotel, office and mall complex that stretches the length of half a dozen football fields and is featured in Transformers: Age of Extinction, the latest installment of the hit franchise. The Beijing Pangu Investment Co. Ltd. said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press that Paramount and two Chinese associate partners failed to fulfil their obligations in a sponsorship deal. “The loss of rights and interests not only caused the Pangu company’s original business plan to fail, incurring huge losses, more seriously, it has affected Pangu Plaza’s image and reputation,” the statement said. Pangu said it is suing its Chinese partners for contract fraud and demanding that Paramount delete scenes from the movie that feature images of its logo or properties. It said it has also asked the Chinese government’s film regulator to suspend or stop screenings of the movie, which is due to open in Chinese cinemas June 27. Pangu says it provided at least 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) in funding and that its Chinese partners never delivered on pledges to hold the movie premiere at Pangu’s hotel and feature images of its property in trailers and movie posters. Instead, the movie’s worldwide premiere was held in Hong Kong on Thursday and was attended by stars including Mark Wahlberg and the good-guy robot, Optimus Prime. The film’s debut in the southern Chinese metropolis ahead of its launch in New York next week is the latest sign of Hollywood’s increasing focus on China’s booming film market. China is the world’s second-largest film market, with box-office revenues up by nearly a third in the first quarter after rising 27.5 per cent last year to $3.6 billion. The property developer also said its Chinese partners told Pangu it would be allowed to manufacture and sell Transformers merchandise authorized by Paramount and hold an exhibition of the movie’s filmmaking equipment on its premises for at least eight months. The Pangu statement, however, did not say whether Paramount was aware that its Chinese partners were making such promises. It said the hotel hosted senior executives from Paramount and Jiaflix as well as the movie’s director Michael Bay and its crew, for whom the company facilitated the shooting of the Pangu Plaza and surrounding areas. Paramount did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment while calls to the Chinese partners named in Pangu’s statement — Jiaflix
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Catholic aunt won’t attend outdoor wedding Dear Annie: I have several cousins there are those who will not enter the who are celebrating weddings and ba- place of worship of a different reliby showers this summer. Several of my gion. That, too, is their choice. These aunts will not attend any of religious restrictions don’t these events if they are not leave a great deal of room held in a Catholic Church. for compromise. They say it is against The aunts were rude in their “rules.” One aunt sent explaining (which appara reply saying she would not ently felt like lecturing) the attend the outdoor wedding reasons they would not atbecause it was not being tend. held in a church. Another Simply saying, “Sorry aunt replied to a wedding I cannot be there,” would shower invitation that she have been simpler and would not attend it at a Lukinder. But your choice is theran church hall because to invite those with whom it was not her religion. you wish to celebrate, and MITCHELL I find these replies to be theirs is whether or not to & SUGAR quite rude and judgmental. come. Please say nothing Should something be said? more about it. Should we ignore it? Should Dear Annie: I am writing future invitations not be to let you know one of your sent? — Wisconsin columns has saved at least one life. Dear Wisconsin: Catholic weddings My friend told me she read a letter are supposed to take place in a church, from “L.,” who is a cancer survivor. officiated by a priest. If your aunt The writer discussed the importance will not attend any wedding that is of having a colonoscopy and listed all not sanctioned by the church (gener- the symptoms of colon cancer. ally meaning an interfaith marriage), When she finished reading it, my please respect that. And while that is friend told her son, “I have cancer,” not a problem with wedding showers, and it turned out, she did.
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HOROSCOPES Monday, June, 23 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Randy Jackson, 57; Jason Mraz, 36; Selma Blair, 41 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will mark a time to socialize, communicate, get out there and have fun! Do not sit at home and become lonely and depressed, as there could be the possibility of that energy coming up now. You could meet someone who will reflect some aspect of yourself you might not like, but learn from it and offer this person compassionate. There will be great support from friends! LARISA MAIRA H A P P Y OZOLINS BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will offer you a chance to increase your finances and attract the right people into your life. You might have a serious look at your projects and perhaps start a family of your own now. Do not become pessimistic in those areas, simply work hard and the rewards will speak for themselves. Wait till the end of the year for setbacks to lift. ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will be a social butterfly today. Do not worry at the start of the day if you are feeling low. Simply go out into your neighbourhood and communicate with others- it will prove to be just what you need to feel nurtured and at home in this world. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today will mark a time when your finances can increase. You will be valued for your ability to socialize and converse with others, do it! Yes, you will feel the restraint of your current relationship, but do not let that stop you. This is the start of a turnaround for you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today will welcome in a period of time when you will be attracting others to you. Try to make yourself available to others today as it will prove to be a very good day for socializing. Interactions today will not only increase your personal worth, but also your finances. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are going to be very curious about what is going on within your subconscious mind now. You’ll be full of ideas on how to release past issues so that you can move forward without delays. New opportunities will arrive just in time to further your ambitions now!
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will be attracting friends to you. Join a group to further your ambitions and socialize as much as you can today. You will be quite serious about home life and your career today, but don’t become too serious about it. Simply focus on communicating your heart out today! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Increased attention will happen for you on a professional level... Try to lighten up your perspective, do not let little things said bring you down at all, stand tall and know you will be given the accolades you deserve! There’s such potential for you on a public level now. Enjoy! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will be full of ideas. Those at a distance from you, even teachers and mentors, will be keen to socialize with you and you will be attracting them with your insights. Share your thoughts, go and travel to foreign lands. Money is on its way to help you relax and feel good! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some of your fears might come up now for you to release then. Others in your life will have a strong impact on how you feel... Surround yourself with positive people and socialize as much as you can now. You’ll be attracted to others on a mental plane today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today begins a new cycle for you with others in your life. If you are single, then you will attract a potential mate now. If with someone, you will be more able to communicate with them and smooth over any fears that come up for the both of you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will want to socialize with others more than ever now. Words will hold a special importance for you today. Many ideas will be shared and this will help improve your work, health, and daily routine. Friends and close relationships will offer you the support you need. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Fun and socializing are back on the agenda now! You might even be attracted to the idea of starting a family now. Take a different look at family life and what that means for you on a private and public level. What is it that you imagine your life to be, now go live that! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Increased communication with family will be just what you need to get out of that gloomy view that you might be having. Go out and socialize as well, or better yet, have a party at home. There will be so much support and friendly rapport, you will not be able to stand it! Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.
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The doctor found Stage II colon cancer, for which she is now being treated, and the doctors think she will make a full recovery. I think that letter should run every week. — Anonymous Dear Anonymous: While we cannot repeat the same letter every week, we think it is a public service to reprint the symptoms of colon cancer. If you notice any of the following, please see your doctor immediately and schedule a colonoscopy: 1. Blood in the stool or rectal bleeding when you have a bowel movement. 2. Stomach aches, pains and cramps that continue with no apparent cause. 3. Difficulty eating or swallowing. 4. Losing weight without cause. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Overwhelmed in Smalltown, USA,” whose transgendered sister is invited to the brother’s wedding, and the family won’t attend. Seven years ago, my son moved out of state for a job. Two years later, he emailed that he had made the decision to transgender to a female. I was absolutely devastated. But after a few months, I realized that I had to accept my “daughter” if I
wanted to have a relationship with her. The first time I visited, my knees were shaking, and my heart was pounding. She was respectful of my feelings and dressed in her male clothing so as not to shock me. She wanted us to meet her transgendered friends, and even though I was scared, they turned out to be the nicest people. Due to other medical issues, my sweet, beautiful daughter recently died. Her friends drove 800 miles to support me. My only memories of her female self are in the stories her friends tell. I miss my sweet angel every moment of every day. — Grieving Mom of a Beautiful Daughter Dear Mom: Our condolences on your terrible loss. Thank you for expressing what is most important: This is still your child. To all our Muslim readers: Happy Eid Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. 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.
DNA could be solution to finding biological families for off-the-book adoptees BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MCCAYSVILLE, Ga. — They were adopted off-the-books decades ago, scattered by a Georgia doctor who took $100 or $1,000 or something in between to send desperate couples home with new sons and daughters. Now some of the adoptees have turned to fresh DNA testing in hopes of reconnecting with the biological families they never knew, before time runs out. “This is our shot in the dark, really,” said Melinda Elkins Dawson, one of more than 200 newborns relocated to other states from the clinic in McCaysville in the 1950s and ’60s. As children, their true ancestry was erased on birth certificates falsely listing adoptive couples as their natural parents. Genetic codes are the only links left. So Dawson worked with Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center to arrange free cheek-swab sampling Saturday at a motel in Ducktown, Tennessee, a few miles from where the clinic was located. The adoptees hope potential relatives from the area come forward to give samples, even if they remain anonymous. “We’re not trying to make anyone look bad,” she said. “We’re just trying to get some answers. Every adopted child has questions. We deserve some answers.” The doctor who ran the McCaysville clinic, Thomas Hicks, died in 1972. There is unsettled debate about whether he sold babies on the black-market, charitably helped those in need while merely recouping his expenses, or perhaps did both. The adoptees giving new DNA samples don’t care much about his motives. They’re looking for links that could flesh out family trees, fill in medical histories or salve the burn of
simple questions: Where did I come from? What did my parents look like? Do I have more siblings? That last one has been on Bill Palmisano’s mind all week, since he met Dawson on Monday. They grew up in different adoptive families in northeast Ohio, but records list their McCaysville birth dates a day apart, and they’ve heard from other adoptees that the written dates were sometimes slightly off. Palmisano didn’t notice much obvious resemblance to Dawson, but his excited blue eyes met hers and sold her on a possibility. Maybe, just maybe, this guy could be her twin brother. Dawson, who lives outside Canton, Ohio, is among those who have been down this path before, in the late 1990s, when one adoptee’s search for her parents revealed there might be hundreds of “Hicks babies.” Some of them gave DNA samples for testing. It turned a spotlight on McCaysville, a onetime copper mining town near where Georgia borders Tennessee and North Carolina, and on Hicks, a complicated figure whose background included a drug-selling conviction and an illegal abortion charge. Locals defended him as a good doctor who cared for mothers who were young, unwed or in complicated situations with nowhere else to turn. It’s a subject many residents want to leave in the past. “Everyone accepted that it happened in this town and they just rather it go on,” said Mayor Thomas Seabolt, who doubts many people will come forward Saturday. The adoptees emphasize they aren’t trying to make waves in McCaysville, a town of roughly 1,000, tucked amid mountains in an area trying to capitalize on tourism and rafting along the Ocoee River. They say they just want information, though the specifics vary from person to person.
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Game of goals U.S. GIVES UP LATE LEAD, BELGIUM ADVANCES, ALGERIA WINS FIRST WORLD CUP MATCH IN 32 YEARS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The goals kept coming at the World Cup Sunday and — unfortunately for the U.S. — the scoring didn’t stop until the last 30 seconds of its 2-2 draw with Portugal. Both teams stayed alive, while Belgium advanced and Algeria won its first World Cup game in 32 years. No teams were eliminated Sunday, but South Korea, Russia and Portugal are on the brink. An already successful World Cup in Brazil reached its midpoint with another thriller, players’ shirts soaked through and sticky from the humid, steamy conditions in the Amazon rainforest. The Americans were moments away from clinching advancement out of the “Group of Death,” when world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo made an improbable cross for Varela’s diving header and equalizer. Varela’s score capped another day of goals. One third of the games — or 11 total — have featured four of more goals. Thirty-two games down, 32 to go. “We’ve got a great chance in the ’Group of Death,’ they say,” U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard said. “I think we had one foot in the door. Realistically we’ve given ourselves every chance to advance. We’re optimistic.” The U.S. plays Germany Thursday. The winner wins the group, and a draw advances both teams to the round of 16. Even the loser has a chance, depending on what happens in the Ghana-Portugal game. “Every game now is getting bigger,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “Our goal is to go into the next round.” Algeria beat South Korea 4-2 earlier Sunday for its first World Cup win since 1982 and just the third victory by an African team in 10 World Cup games here. The Algerians became the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup match. Russia’s hopes of moving to the knockout stages were diminished by its 1-0 loss to Belgium in Rio de Janeiro. Belgium became the sixth country to qualify for the next stage. The others so far are the Netherlands, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica and Argentina.
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Portugal’s Bruno Alves kicks the ball above United States’ DaMarcus Beasley, lower right, during the group G World Cup soccer match between the United States and Portugal at the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday. Cameroon, Bosnia, Australia, Spain and England are definitely out. “It’s spectacular. Everybody has prepared unbelievably well. They are sharp and fit and giving their all,” Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said of the quality of play. “I haven’t had that feeling had at previous World Cups. ... People aren’t giving it all right up until the final minute — that’s why you get these results.” It has certainly been a scoring festival in the land of Carnival. ● The goal total for the tournament climbed to 94. In South Africa, the first 32 matches produced 67 goals, seven of them scored by Portugal in just one match against North Korea. ● The first half of the last World Cup included
and 10 draws. In Brazil, there have been just six. ● Crowds have been big and loud, particularly for Latin American teams, eight of which could qualify for the final 16. Things haven’t been so great for Asian teams. South Korea teeters on the verge of elimination after the loss. Asia is at risk of having no team in the next round. Australia is already sure to be going home, regardless of whether it wins its last match against dethroned champion Spain. Iran, Japan and Korea could follow Australia out the door, even if they win their last matches. Korea’s loss worsened Asian teams’ already dismal record to: played eight games, won none, after 11 days of competition.
Canadians enter Wimbledon as legitimate contenders BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON — Eugenie Bouchard has already shown she can compete at the biggest tennis tournaments in the world. Fellow Canadian Milos Raonic believes she has a legitimate chance to go even further at Wimbledon. Bouchard, who made it to the semifinals of both the Australian Open and French Open this season, enters the grass court tournament as the women’s No. 13 seed. When asked about her chances of winning her first Grand Slam, Raonic said the title could be hers if she steps up her game. “She can,” said Raonic, a contender in his own right for the men’s title, when asked if Bouchard can win at Wimbledon. “There’s a lot of vulnerability in women’s tennis, that’s the main thing. It’s up to her to step up. Serena (Williams) is a heavy favourite, but there is vulnerability.” Bouchard showed vulnerability when she was beaten 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 by No. 75-ranked Vania King in s’Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, last week in her only pre-Wimbledon grasscourt match — 11 days after her French Open semifinal. “I’m not concerned at all,” her coach Nick Saviano said about the loss. “She had played a lot of tournaments and her knees were bothering her. She didn’t play for almost six days, didn’t pick up a racket after the French.” Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., had an uptempo practice Saturday with former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka on Court 18, site of the 2010 John Isner versus Nicolas Mahut marathon match that went over 11 hours. “I’ve been practising really well, working on my game on grass — definitely stepping in a bit more, go-
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In this June 28, 2013 photo, Eugenie Bouchard serves to Carla Suarez Navarro, of Spain, in a women’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London. ing to the net a bit more,” Bouchard said. Raonic, the men’s No. 8 seed from Thornhill, Ont., also enters Wimbledon off a loss. He was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by big-hitting German Peter Gojowicz in Halle, Germany, two weeks ago. “That match did not happen,” Raonic joked about his poor play seven days after losing to Novak Djokovic in the French Open quarter-finals. “I didn’t have the right approach, didn’t have the right understanding of what to do.” He had tough practice sessions with Wimbledon top seed Djokovic on Friday
and Davis Cup teammate Vasek Pospisil, the men’s No. 31 seed from Vancouver, on Saturday. “I don’t feel I’m far off,” Raonic said about his form before his opening-round match Tuesday against No. 86-ranked Matthew Ebden of Australia. “I just know I’m going to have to compete like hell.” Bouchard faces Daniela Hantuchova in her opener on Tuesday. The 31-year-old, No. 35-ranked Slovak, playing her 14th Wimbledon, has ranked as high as No. 5 (2003) but exited Wimbledon in the first round the past two years.
“It’s a tough match,” Bouchard said. “We’ve never played. She’s capable of playing at a high level. You never know with a player like that if she can go up to her previous high level or be where she is now.” Bouchard broke through at Wimbledon a year ago when a last-minute withdrawal put her on Centre Court. She responded by outplaying No. 12 seed Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-3. “Genie loves a big stage,” Saviano said. “She loves the Grand Slams. It was really kind of cute when we were first pulling up to the French Open this year. I was talking and she went ’quiet, quiet, there’s the French, there’s the courts.’ She was all excited just to see the event. There’s a youthful exuberance and excitement about it. She has a fundamental love for the sport.” Raonic got a taste of that Saturday practising on Court 12, one of the pristine grass tournament courts. “There’s a certain joy playing on the main courts (unlike the practice courts),” he said, “probably because of the exclusivity. You can only practice on them once a day for an hour if you’re a seed. If you’re not, you get much less. There’s an aura about it that’s pretty amazing.” Since Indian Wells, California, in March, when he wore an arm sleeve to protect a heat rash, Raonic has usually covered his right arm despite that no longer being necessary. When asked about Wimbledon, “to sleeve or not to sleeve, that is the question?” he smiled and said: “I’ll wear a sleeve. I will not make a Shakespeare statement out of a sleeve.” Raonic did play without a sleeve for two matches at the Boodles event in Stoke Park near London last week. “It was an exhibition,” he explained. “I have a comfort with it.”
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Richer, Reid take top honours at Woody’s BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR With a sound history of competing in the Woody’s World Triathlon, Teresa Richer felt good about her chances of winning the female division Sunday. But then again, you never know. “One girl who didn’t finish had world championship gear on. But she had a flat (tire) on her bike and didn’t finish,” said Richer, who took top female honours with a 10th overall finish in a time of one hour, 13 minutes and 16.02 seconds. “It all depends on whoever shows up that day . . . you just don’t know.” Richer, who entered the competition having won and placed second in past years, was disappointed that her total time was not a personal best. “I was off by four seconds, but I had PBs in the swim and bike and I’m happy with that,” she said, referring to her respective times of 13:09 and 35:34. As the coach of the Red Deer Triumph Triathlon Club, Richer is pretty much in competition form the entire season. “We work out five times a week. It keeps me busy, for sure,” she said. Chad Reid of Vancouver was the overall winner with a time of 1:04.27.58. Finishing second and third were Red Deer triathletes Patrick Nesbitt and Keith Weber with respective postings of 1:07.19.06 and 1:07.35.32. Red Deer triathletes finished first, second and third in the junior sprint category. Benjamin Isaac took top honours in a time of 1:11.43.26, Noah Mulzett settled for runner-up honours with a clocking of 1:14.04.16 and Chris Marr-Laing was third in 1:15.02.34. The Jeffaffa S won the team title in a time of 1:14.23.28 and were closely followed by Tag Your It (1:15.33.54) and Team 1 (1:18.31.91). ● Neo Gleason of Canmore turned in a total time of 42 minutes, 19.5 seconds to take top honours in the 14-15 age class of the Kids of Steel competition held Saturday.
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Jays end trip with loss to Reds LAWRIE AND BAUTISTA EXIT GAME WITH INJURIES Reds 4 Blue Jays 3 CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Toronto Blue Jays went limping home from their long, losing road trip. The struggling AL East leaders lost infielder Brett Lawrie and right fielder Jose Bautista with injuries and fell to the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Sunday. Toronto was 3-7 on its visit to Baltimore, Yankee Stadium and Cincinnati. Lawrie, twice hit in the left hand by pitches earlier in the week, sustained a broken right index finger when he was hit by a pitch from Johnny Cueto in the second inning. The team didn’t immediately announce how long he would be out. “It’s definitely tough,” said Lawrie, who said he expects to be placed on the disabled list. “We’re big pieces of the puzzle, especially (Bautista). It’s tough on the team to not have all its bullets. We just have to keep on grinding.” Bautista left because of tightness in his left hamstring, manager John Gibbon said. The All-Star outfielder had a single and a sacrifice bunt before leaving. Cueto pitched eight effective innings and Todd Frazier broke a 2-all tie in the fifth with a two-run homer off R.A. Dickey (6-6). Toronto has lost five of six, and has dropped five straight series. Cueto (7-5) gave up three runs — one earned — and leads the NL with a 1.86 ERA. He gave up seven hits and struck out eight while winning his third straight start. Gibbon became just the latest opposing manager to be dazzled by Cueto, though he also was impressed by his own starter, who got two extra days’ of rest after his last start because of a sore groin.
“I thought (Dickey) was pretty good, except for the home-run ball,” Gibbon said. “That’s been his nemesis. It was a hot day, but he stayed out there. Cueto was just a little bit better. He’s good. He’s in a different class.” Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth for his 13th save. Cueto led off the fifth with a bunt single. One out later, Frazier lined his team-leading 17th homer of the season, and the sixth allowed by Dickey in his last four starts. “I felt good,” Dickey said. “I gave up nine hits, but I think only two or three of them could be described as hardhit. I think all but one of my earned runs over my last four or five starts have come on home runs. That’s tough to overcome, especially against a guy like Cueto. I knew it was going to be a scrappy game from the beginning.” The Reds had their own injury concerns. Second baseman Brandon Phillips left the game in the middle of the fifth with a bruised right heel, and Cueto had to shake off a hamstring cramp to stay in the game. “When Frazier hit that ball, I went back to tag and I felt it,” Cueto said through a translator. “It was just a cramp.” Frazier is tied with Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen and Baltimore’s Adam Jones for the most home runs in the month of June, each with seven. Edwin Encarnacion led off the Toronto eighth with his 24th home run, connecting against his former team. He hit a pair of three-run shots Friday night while Toronto was coming back from an 8-0 deficit to grab a 14-9 win. The Reds used Encarnacion’s error at first to take a 1-0 lead in the first. With Frazier on first and two outs, Phillips was safe when Encarnacion couldn’t handle third baseman Juan Francisco’s throw on a chopper. Jay Bruce converted the error with an RBI
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WIMBLEDON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The first question posed to Andy Murray at his pre-Wimbledon news conference concerned England’s early exit from the World Cup and how the tennis player might feel “to have the hopes of a despondent nation” on his shoulders. Murray paused, before replying with a single word: “Wow.” Then Murray smiled and again said, “Wow.” Welcome back to the All England Club, Andy, where the attention and expectations are unlike those heaped on any tennis player at any other tournament. Murray has handled it all quite well, reaching at least the semifinals five consecutive times, getting to the final in 2012 before losing to Roger Federer, and then in 2013 becoming the first British man in 77 years to win Wimbledon. He’ll open his title defence Monday on Centre Court against David Goffin of Belgium, who has lost seven Grand Slam matches in a row. After composing himself, Murray did get around to answering Sunday’s opening query: “To be honest, I don’t feel too much different than I did a few days ago. I’m here to try and win the tournament. That’s it. My focus is solely on the first match, preparing properly for that.” Five other things to know about Wimbledon on Monday: NOVAK AND BORIS: Boris Becker won three Wimbledon titles in the 1980s and was a runner-up four times, and now he’s helping coach No. 1-seeded Novak Djokovic. “This is his surface. This is his home,” said Djokovic, the 2011 champion and 2013 runner-up. It’s their first trip to the All England Club as a pair. Assuming Djokovic is healthy — he said he felt “a little bit
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WOODY’S: Local athletes Adam Guthrie of Red Deer finished second in 42:39.0 and Logan Arthur of Stony Plain was third in 42:52.7. Aleksandra Peyton of Calgary, who placed ninth, was the top girl with a time of 46:22.0, and Carley Wlad of Red Deer was the top Central Alberta girl, finishing 10th overall in 46:49.3. Solen Woods of Lethbridge won the 12-13 division with a time of 37:28.3, while Janille Collicutt of Red Deer was runner-up in 40:56.6 and Georgia Podmore of Okotoks placed third in 42:03.9. The top Central Alberta male was Owen Pimm of Red Deer, who was fifth in 43:20.0. Top honours in the 10-11 division went to Finn Crowe of Spruce Grove, who posted a time of 24:37.9. Alexan-
of a strange sensation” recently in his problematic right wrist, but declared “now it’s fine” — his first match hardly shapes up as a test. His opponent, Andrey Golubev, has lost nine matches in a row on grass. VENUS ON COURT 2: Venus Williams has won five singles trophies at the All England Club, but she hasn’t won a match there since 2011. She lost in the first round on Court 2 in 2012, then missed Wimbledon last year with a back injury. On Monday, the 30thseeded Williams returns to Court 2, facing Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor. AZARENKA EYES A WIN: Victoria Azarenka is a two-time Australian Open champion, a two-time Wimbledon semifinalist and a former No. 1, but it’s hard to know what to expect from her Monday. It’s been five months since she won a match, mainly because of a left foot injury. She plays on Court 1 against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. DIMITROV VS. HARRISON: For all the potential of 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, the 23-year-old Bulgarian is awaiting a real breakthrough at a Grand Slam tournament. He has lost in the first round in seven of his 15 previous appearances. At Wimbledon, he’s never been past the second round. But he did win the Queen’s Club grasscourt title this month. He faces 22-yearold American qualifier Ryan Harrison, who always seems to run up against highly seeded players at majors. STEPHENS VS. KIRILENKO: Only one woman has reached the second week at each of the last six major tournaments. No, not Serena Williams. Or Maria Sharapova. It’s 18th-seeded American Sloane Stephens, who is 31-12 over her career in Grand Slam matches, 55-54 elsewhere. On Court 18, she’ll take on Maria Kirilenko, a 2012 Wimbledon quarterfinalist and former top-10 player now ranked 109th. der McCullough of Vermilion settled for runner-ups status with a clocking of 26:25.3 and Holly Moores of Cochrane was third in 26:58.1. Betty Lou Brown of Three Hills was the top Central Alberta, finished fifth overall in 28:02.0. The top Red Deer competitor, Kieran Monaghan, finished eighth in 28:37.4. In the eight-nine category, Lydia Johnson of Edmonton was first in 22:08.5, Makenna Vanmaarion of Red Deer was next with a time of 22:14.9 — and was also the top Central Albertan — and Jeremy Poulin of St. Alberta was third in 22:50.8. Sean Raivio was the top Central Alberta male placing fifth in 25:12.3. Xavier Neri-Leebody of St. Albert placed first in the five-seven age category with a time of 12:19.4. Next in line were Caden Rieger of Cochrane (12:53.6) and Raya Hastings of Red Deer (13:10.5). Koen Penninga of Red Deer was the top Central Alberta male. He placed fifth overall with a time of 14:00.2. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Edwin Encarnacion, left, strikes out against Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Johnny Cueto in the fifth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, in Cincinnati. Reds catcher Brayan Pena, right, blocks the ball. single. The Blue Jays got help from two errors to take a 2-1 lead in the third. Munenori Kawasaki reached on first baseman Joey Votto’s throwing error, Melky Cabrera singled and Toronto loaded the bases on Cueto’s misplay of Jose Bautista’s bunt. One out later, Colby Rasmus lined a two-run single. The Reds tied the game in the fourth on Bruce’s leadoff double, Ryan Ludwick’s single and Brayan Pena’s runscoring double-play grounder.
Encarnacion homered off Cueto into the left-field seats. NOTES: Bautista was scheduled for an MRI on Monday. He left for pinchrunner Jose Reyes, who didn’t start after fouling a ball off the side of his left knee on Saturday. ... Toronto is scheduled to open a seven-game homestand with the first of three against the Yankees on Monday. ... The Reds are due to open their second 10-game road trip of the season with the first of three games against the Cubs.
Hasek expected to headline Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2014 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS At the age of 46, Dominik Hasek was still playing hockey. He put on his goalie pads for the final time Feb. 27, 2011 in the KHL. At the age of 49, “the Dominator” is expected to be part of the class of 2014 at the Hockey Hall of Fame, which will be announced Monday. Though nothing is guaranteed, the six-time Vezina Trophy-winner should be a lock. “For me it’s a no-brainer,” former Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said earlier this year. Hasek won one Stanley Cup as a starter with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002, then split time with Chris Osgood and became the backup in the playoffs for the 2008 title. He came close to the Cup in 1999 with Buffalo, only to be beaten by the Dallas Stars on Brett Hull’s foot-in-thecrease overtime goal. Hasek’s best years came with the Sabres, when he had seven straight seasons with a save percentage of .930 or higher. He finished with 234 career regular-season victories. Veteran goaltender Tomas Vokoun “knew all along” Hasek would be great from watching him play in their native Czech Republic. “It took him a little bit just because of his style and all that to convince people here,” Vokoun said in a phone interview. “I definitely consider him, if he’s not the best, one of the top three to ever play. ... He definitely deserves to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.” Swedish centre Peter Forsberg is also expected to get the call to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. American-born centre Mike Modano
leads the other new candidates and is the most likely to be inducted, ahead of three-time Cup-winner and first-ballot dark horse Mark Recchi. Forsberg, who began his career with the Quebec Nordiques following the blockbuster Eric Lindros trade with the Philadelphia Flyers, went on to win two Cups with the Colorado Avalanche. He finished with 885 points in 708 regular-season games as his career was cut short by foot injuries. With 1,374 points over 21 seasons, Modano became the most prolific American-born scorer in NHL history. Late coach Pat Burns remains a candidate in the “builder” category, a year after Fred Shero was posthumously elected 38 years after leading the Flyers to back-to-back Cups. Burns, a three-time Jack Adams Award winner as coach of the year, died in November 2010 at the age of 58. This is the first year John Davidson is serving as chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee, replacing Jim Gregory. Bobby Clarke, David Poile and Luc Robitaille were appointed to the committee for the first time. Clarke’s addition raised the question of whether Lindros would stand a better chance of being elected. Despite a contentious relationship with the Lindros family, the longtime Flyers general manager is considered a proponent of his Hall of Fame case. Lindros has similar numbers to Forsberg — 865 points in 760 games over 13 seasons — and won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1994-95. The three-time Canadian Olympian and world junior standout’s resume isn’t as Hall of Fame-worthy as Hasek’s. The goaltender is all but certain to be inducted Nov. 10.
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Local Sports
Golf
Baseball
Today
● Senior men’s baseball: Nighthawks vs. The Hideout, Gary Moe Volkswagen vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.
Tuesday
● Golf: Alberta Open at Wolf Creek, first tee at 7 a.m. ● Golf: Red Deer Golf and Country Club Skins Game, 5 p.m. ● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede Jace Harty Memorial bull riding, 6:30 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: Alberta Kaizen vs. TNT, Alberta Kaizen vs. Stettler, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Topco Oilsite vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; North Star Sports at Lacombe Physio, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Okotoks at Red Deer, 7 p.m., West Park. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer at Rocky Mountain House, 7 p.m. ● Sunburst baseball: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
● Golf: Alberta Open at Wolf Creek, first tee at 7 a.m. ● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m. Parkland baseball: Acme at Innisfail 7 p.m.
Thursday
● Golf: Alberta Open at Wolf Creek, first tee at 8 a.m.
● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons at 6:30 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Nighthawks vs. Printing Place, Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Women’s fastball: N. Jensen’s vs. TNT, N. Jensen’s vs. Lacombe Physio, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; North Star Sports vs. Topco Oilsite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; Snell/Oslund at Stettler, 7 p.m.
Friday
● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons at 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Eckville at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; Acme at Lacombe, Innisfail at Rocky Mountain House, 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Red Deer at Innisfail, 8 p.m., Arena Blue.
Saturday
● Men’s third division rugby: Calgary Rams at Red Deer, noon, Titans Park. ● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Men’s second division rugby: Calgary Hornets at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Titans Park.
Sunday
● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Acme at Eckville, doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
Football CFL Pre-season East Division GP 2 2 2 2
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PA 26 26 57 76
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West Division GP Saskatchewan 2 Calgary 2 Edmonton 2 BC Lions 2
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T 0 0 0 0
PF 54 51 51 51
PA 48 52 53 54
Pt 2 2 2 2
Hamilton Toronto Montreal Winnipeg
End of pre-season
Week 1 Thursday, June 26 Toronto at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28 Montreal at Calgary, 1 p.m. Edmonton at B.C., 4 p.m. Sunday, June 29 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. Week 2 Thursday, July 3 Ottawa at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 4 B.C. at Montreal, 5 p.m. Hamilton at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 5 Saskatchewan at Toronto, 1 p.m.
At Natal, Brazil Italy vs. Uruguay, 10 a.m.
FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE
GROUP E GF 3 1 5 0
GA Pts 1 4 0 4 3 3 5 0
D 0 0 0 0
L 0 0 2 2
GF 8 5 3 1
GA Pts 3 6 1 6 6 0 7 0
Friday, June 13 At Salvador, Brazil Spain 1, Netherlands 5 At Cuiaba, Brazil Chile 3, Australia 1 Wednesday, June 18 At Porto Alegre, Brazil Australia 2, Netherlands 3 At Rio De Janeiro Spain 0, Chile 2 Monday, June 23 At Curitiba, Brazil Australia vs. Spain, 10 a.m. At Sao Paulo Netherlands vs. Chile, 10 a.m. W 2 1 0 0
D 0 0 1 1
L 0 1 1 1
GF 5 3 1 0
GA Pts 1 6 3 3 2 1 3 1
Saturday, June 14 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Colombia 3, Greece 0 Sunday, June 15 At Recife, Brazil Ivory Coast 2, Japan 1 Thursday, June 19 At Brasilia, Brazil Colombia 2, Ivory Coast 1 At Natal, Brazil Japan 0, Greece 0 Tuesday, June 24 At Fortaleza, Brazil Greece vs. Ivory Coast, 4 p.m. At Cuiaba, Brazil Japan vs. Colombia, 4 p.m. W 2 1 1 0
D 0 0 0 0
GF 8 3 4 1
GA Pts 2 6 3 3 6 3 5 0
L 0 1 1 2
GP ak-Argentina 2 Nigeria 2 Iran 2 Bosnia-Herz. 2
W 2 1 0 0
D 0 1 1 0
L 0 0 1 2
GF 3 1 0 1
GA Pts 1 6 0 4 1 1 3 0
GP Germany 2 United States 2 Ghana 2 Portugal 2
W 1 1 0 0
D 1 1 1 1
L 0 0 1 1
GF 6 4 3 2
GF 4 2 3 2
GA Pts 1 6 2 3 4 3 4 0
GA Pts 2 4 3 4 4 1 6 1
Monday, June 16 At Salvador, Brazil Germany 4, Portugal 0 At Natal, Brazil Ghana 1, United States 2 Saturday, June 21 At Fortaleza, Brazil Germany 2, Ghana 2 Sunday, June 22 At Manaus, Brazil United States 2, Portugal 2 Thursday, June 26 At Brasilia, Brazil Portugal vs. Ghana, 10 a.m. At Recife, Brazil United States vs. Germany, 10 a.m.
Saturday, June 14 At Fortaleza, Brazil Uruguay 1, Costa Rica 3 At Manaus, Brazil England 1, Italy 2 Thursday, June 19 At Sao Paulo Uruguay 2, England 1 Friday, June 20 At Recife, Brazil Italy 0, Costa Rica 1 Tuesday, June 24 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Costa Rica vs. England, 10 a.m.
WOMEN’S SOCCER The Red Deer Renegades gave up a goal from a scrambled corner kick in the 88th minute and dropped a 2-1 decision to the host Calgary Foothills Saints in an Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League game Saturday. The Renegades battled back from an early 1-0 deficit on Kayla Blacquiere’s third goal of the season. Blacquiere took a pinpoint pass from Bianca Ribi and buried a one-timer from 12 yards out.
GP ak-Belgium 2 Algeria 2 Russia 2 South Korea 2
W 2 1 0 0
D 0 0 1 1
L 0 1 1 1
GF 3 5 1 3
GB — 1 1/2 1 1/2 6 1/2 11
Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota Chicago
Central Division W L Pct 40 32 .556 39 36 .520 37 39 .487 36 38 .486 35 41 .461
GB — 2 1/2 5 5 7
Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston
West Division W L Pct 47 29 .618 41 33 .554 40 36 .526 35 40 .467 33 44 .429
GB — 5 7 11 1/2 14 1/2
Sunday’s Games Detroit 10, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 4, Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 2 Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0 Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Seattle 2, Kansas City 1 Boston 7, Oakland 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2 Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-2), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 3-0) at Toronto (Stroman 3-2), 5:07 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-5), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 9-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-6), 6:10 p.m. Boston (Lackey 8-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2), 8:10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
H 103 91 89 90 89 68 92 73 82 83
H 89 91 73 84 88 87 70 92 87 74
Pct. .360 .331 .322 .317 .317 .312 .310 .308 .307 .307
Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 20; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 18; Frazier, Cincinnati, 17; Gattis, Atlanta, 16; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 15; Rizzo, Chicago, 15; Desmond, Washington, 14; Howard, Philadelphia, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 14. Runs Batted In Stanton, Miami, 58; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 52; Morneau, Colorado, 51; Howard, Philadelphia, 50; Desmond, Washington, 45; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 45; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 45. Pitching Wainwright, St. Louis, 10-3; Simon, Cincinnati, 103; Lohse, Milwaukee, 9-2; Ryu, Los Angeles, 9-3; Greinke, Los Angeles, 9-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 9-4; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 8-5. Sunday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 101 071 000 — 10 12 0 Cleveland 000 010 003 — 4 11 3 Scherzer, B.Hardy (7), McCoy (8), C.Smith (9) and Avila; Tomlin, Crockett (5), Axford (5), Carrasco (6), Lowe (8), Shaw (9) and Y.Gomes, Kottaras. W—Scherzer 9-3. L—Tomlin 4-5. HRs—Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (13).
Tuesday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. Boston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. Pct. .336 .329 .326 .325 .322 .321 .319 .309 .306 .305
Home Runs Encarnacion, Toronto, 24; NCruz, Baltimore, 23; JAbreu, Chicago, 21; VMartinez, Detroit, 19; Donaldson, Oakland, 18; Moss, Oakland, 17; Ortiz, Boston, 17. Runs Batted In Encarnacion, Toronto, 63; MiCabrera, Detroit, 61; NCruz, Baltimore, 60; JAbreu, Chicago, 57; Donaldson, Oakland, 56; Moss, Oakland, 55; Trout, Los Angeles, 54. Pitching Tanaka, New York, 11-2; Buehrle, Toronto, 10-4; Kazmir, Oakland, 9-2; Scherzer, Detroit, 9-3; Porcello, Detroit, 9-4; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-2; Shields, Kansas City, 8-3.
Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia
National League East Division W L Pct 39 35 .527 38 37 .507 37 38 .493 35 41 .461 34 40 .459
GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 5 5
Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago
Central Division W L Pct 47 30 .610 41 35 .539 37 37 .500 37 38 .493 31 42 .425
GB — 5 1/2 8 1/2 9 14
West Division W L Pct 45 30 .600 42 35 .545 34 41 .453 32 44 .421 32 47 .405
GB — 4 11 13 1/2 15
San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona
7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Simon 10-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-6), 8:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 9-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-6), 8:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-4), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 7-5) at Colorado (Chacin 1-5), 8:40 p.m. San Diego (Despaigne 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-5), 10:15 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Tulowitzki Col 72 247 58 Lucroy Mil 71 275 37 MaAdams StL 62 227 21 Puig LAD 70 265 39 CGomez Mil 69 278 50 AMcCutchen Pit 74 279 38 Gennett Mil 69 226 30 Goldschmidt Ari 78 299 57 McGehee Mia 74 283 26 Pagan SF 63 241 37
Saturday’s Games Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Seattle 2, Kansas City 1 Oakland 2, Boston 1, 10 innings Tampa Bay 8, Houston 0 Cincinnati 11, Toronto 1 Detroit 5, Cleveland 4, 10 innings L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2, 10 innings
Saturday’s Games Milwaukee 9, Colorado 4 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 0 St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 11, Toronto 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 San Francisco 6, Arizona 4
Sunday, June 15 At Rio De Janeiro Argentina 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Monday, June 16 At Curitiba, Brazil Iran 0, Nigeria 0 Saturday, June 21 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Argentina 1, Iran 0 At Cuiaba, Brazil Nigeria 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 Wednesday, June 25 At Salvador, Brazil Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, 10 a.m. At Porto Alegre, Brazil Nigeria vs. Argentina, 10 a.m.
Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 11, Miami 5 Cincinnati 4, Toronto 3 Washington 4, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 San Francisco 4, Arizona 1 Monday’s Games Miami (Eovaldi 4-3) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-5), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-5),
Houston 101 000 000 — 2 7 1 Tampa Bay 100 003 01x — 5 9 0 Keuchel and Corporan; Bedard, Oviedo (6), Balfour (7), McGee (8), Jo.Peralta (9) and J.Molina. W— Oviedo 3-2. L—Keuchel 8-5. Sv—Jo.Peralta (1). HRs—Houston, Fowler (6). Baltimore 010 000 241 — 8 12 1 New York 000 000 000 — 0 4 2 Tillman, McFarland (8) and C.Joseph; Tanaka, Warren (8), Huff (9) and McCann. W—Tillman 6-4. L—Tanaka 11-2. HRs—Baltimore, Schoop (6), C.Joseph (1). Seattle 000 010 100 — 2 7 0 Kan. City 010 000 000 — 1 7 0 Elias, Medina (7), Furbush (8), Farquhar (8), Rodney (9) and Zunino; Ventura, Bueno (8), Crow (9) and S.Perez. W—Elias 7-5. L—Ventura 5-6. Sv— Rodney (21). HRs—Seattle, Zunino (9). Chicago 005 000 000 — 5 8 0 Minnesota 120 300 00x — 6 11 1 Joh.Danks, Petricka (6), S.Downs (8), Putnam (8) and Flowers; P.Hughes, Swarzak (6), Fien (8), Burton (9) and K.Suzuki. W—P.Hughes 8-3. L—Joh. Danks 6-6. Sv—Burton (1). Boston 211 010 010 1 — 713 1 Oakland 010 000 032 0 — 6 9 0 (10 innings) Lester, Badenhop (8), A.Miller (8), Uehara (9) and D.Ross; Milone, Ji.Johnson (6), Cook (8), Otero (9), Abad (10) and D.Norris, Vogt. W—Uehara 3-1. L—Abad 2-3. HRs—Boston, D.Ross (3), Napoli (8), D.Ortiz (17). Oakland, Vogt (2), Jaso (7). Texas 000 001 001 — 2 9 1 LAA 100 400 00x — 5 7 1 Darvish, Sh.Tolleson (7), Poreda (8) and Gimenez; Shoemaker, H.Santiago (8), J.Smith (9) and Conger. W—Shoemaker 5-1. L—Darvish 7-4. HRs—Texas, Snyder (2). Los Angeles, Cron (6), Calhoun (6). INTERLEAGUE Toronto 002 000 010 — 3 7 1 Cincinnati 100 120 00x — 4 9 2 Dickey, Santos (8) and Thole; Cueto, A.Chapman (9) and B.Pena. W—Cueto 7-5. L—Dickey 6-6. Sv—A.Chapman (13). HRs—Toronto, Encarnacion (24). Cincinnati, Frazier (17). NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 022 300 400 — 11 17 0 Miami 000 003 002 — 5 8 0 Niese, C.Torres (7), Germen (9) and Recker; DeSclafani, Ja.Turner (4), Morris (7), A.Ramos (9) and Mathis. W—Niese 4-4. L—DeSclafani 1-2. HRs— New York, Dan.Murphy (6). Atlanta 000 001 000 — 1 4 1 Wash. 200 010 01x — 4 9 1 E.Santana, S.Simmons (7), Avilan (8), Hale (8) and Gattis; Roark, Stammen (6), Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and S.Leon. W—Roark 7-4. L—E.Santana 5-5. Sv—R.Soriano (17). Phila. 030 000 000 — 3 5 0 St. Louis 000 401 00x — 5 12 1 K.Kendrick, Hollands (7), De Fratus (7), Giles (8) and Rupp; C.Martinez, Greenwood (6), S.Freeman (7), Neshek (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina. W—C. Martinez 1-3. L—K.Kendrick 3-7. Sv—Rosenthal (22). Pittsburgh 002 000 000 — 2 6 0 Chicago 000 000 001 — 1 6 0 Cumpton, Watson (8), Melancon (9) and C.Stewart; Hammel, N.Ramirez (8), Russell (9), Strop (9) and Jo.Baker, Castillo. W—Cumpton 3-2. L—Hammel 6-5. Sv—Melancon (12). HRs—Pittsburgh, Snider (4).
Transactions
GROUP H
GROUP D GP ak-Costa Rica 2 Italy 2 Uruguay 2 England 2
L 0 1 1 2
GROUP G
GROUP C GP ak-Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 2 Japan 2 Greece 2
D 0 0 0 0
GROUP F
GROUP B W 2 2 0 0
W 2 1 1 0
Sunday, June 15 At Brasilia, Brazil Switzerland 2, Ecuador 1 At Porto Alegre, Brazil France 3, Honduras 0 Friday, June 20 At Salvador, Brazil Switzerland 2, France 5 At Curitiba, Brazil Honduras 1, Ecuador 2 Wednesday, June 25 At Rio De Janeiro Ecuador vs. France, 2 p.m. At Manaus, Brazil Honduras vs. Switzerland, 2 p.m.
Thursday, June 12 At Sao Paulo Brazil 3, Croatia 1 Friday, June 13 At Natal, Brazil Mexico 1, Cameroon 0 Tuesday, June 17 At Fortaleza, Brazil Brazil 0, Mexico 0 Wednesday, June 18 At Manaus, Brazil Cameroon 0, Croatia 4 Monday, June 23 At Brasilia, Brazil Cameroon vs. Brazil, 2 p.m. At Recife, Brazil Croatia vs. Mexico, 2 p.m. GP ak-Netherlands2 ak-Chile 2 Australia 2 Spain 2
GP France 2 Ecuador 2 Switzerland 2 Honduras 2
Toronto Baltimore New York Boston Tampa Bay
American League East Division W L Pct 42 35 .545 39 35 .527 39 35 .527 35 41 .461 31 46 .403
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Altuve Hou 74 307 36 Cano Sea 72 277 36 VMartinez Det 72 273 38 Brantley Cle 72 277 49 MiCabrera Det 72 276 44 KSuzuki Min 60 212 20 Rios Tex 75 288 34 Beltre Tex 61 236 37 Trout LAA 70 268 49 Bautista Tor 77 272 54
Soccer ak-Advanced to knockout stage GROUP A GP W D L Brazil 2 1 1 0 Mexico 2 1 1 0 Croatia 2 1 0 1 Cameroon 2 0 0 2
B3
GA Pts 1 6 4 3 2 1 5 1
Tuesday, June 17 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Belgium 2, Algeria 1 At Cuiaba, Brazil Russia 1, South Korea 1 Sunday, June 22 At Rio De Janeiro Belgium 1, Russia 0 At Porto Alegre, Brazil South Korea 2, Algeria 4 Thursday, June 26 At Curitiba, Brazil Algeria vs. Russia, 4 p.m. At Sao Paulo South Korea vs. Belgium, 4 p.m.
Red Deer squandered five free kicks from the top of the box during the evenly-played match before the hosts settled the affair with a late goal. Heidi Giles turned in an impressive back-end performance for the visitors, while Robyn Macdonald was strong from her midfield position. The setback was a morale victory of sorts for the winless Red Deer squad, which lost 9-0 to Foothills earlier in the season. The Renegades host powerhouse Edmonton Victoria July 5 at 2 p.m. at Edgar Park.
Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Kevin Gausman to Norfolk (IL). Assigned RHP Josh Stinson outright to Norfolk. Recalled RHP Brad Brach from Norfolk. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with LHP Sam Hentges on a minor league contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Paul Clemens to Oklahoma City (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Jake Buchanan from Oklahoma City. Transferred RHP Jose Cisnero to the 60-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Agreed to terms with RHPs Robert Kahana and Brock Bykxhoorn on minor league contracts. Sent RHP Anthony Bass to Quad Cities (MWL) for a rehab assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed OF Nori Aoki on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Justin Maxwell from Omaha (PCL). Transferred LHP Bruce Chen to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned 3B Ian Stewart to Salt Lake (PCL) and RHP Cam Bedrosian to Arkansas (TL). Selected the contract of RHP David Carpenter from Salt Lake. Recalled INF Efren Navarro from Salt Lake. Requested waivers on OF Raul Ibanez for the purpose of granting him his unconditional release. Agreed to terms with RHP Caleb Clay on a minor league contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent OF Michael Saunders to Tacoma (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Sent DH Corey Hart to Tacoma (PCL) for a rehab assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Liam Hendriks to Buffalo (IL). Recalled LHP Rob Rasmussen from Buffalo. Agreed to terms with LHP Turner Lee on a minor league contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with RHP Scooter Price on a minor league contract. ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Fisher on a minor league contract. CINCINNATI REDS — Designated OF Roger Bernadina for assignment. Recalled RHP Carlos Contreras from Pensacola (SL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned 1B/OF Kyle Parker and RHP Chris Martin to Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled LHP Christian Friedrich from Colorado Springs. Selected the contract of RHP Wilton Lopez from Colorado Springs. Transferred OF Michael Cuddyer to the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHPs Ryan Castellani, Andrew Rohrbach, Grahamm Wiest, Alec Kenilvort, James Lomangino, Josh Michalec, Gavin Glanz, Alec Crawford, Taylor Black, Craig Schlitter, Logan Sawyer, Hunter Brothers and Dylan Thompson; LHPs Kyle Freeland, Sam Howard, Harrison Musgrave, Dylan Craig and Jerry Vasto; INFs Max George and Sam Bumpers; Cs Troy Stein and Jordan Parris; OFs Wesley Rogers, Drew Weeks and Richard Prigatano; 1B Roberto Ramos and Nathaniel Causey; 3B Kevin Padlo and Shane Hoelscher; and 2B Forrest Wall on minor league contracts. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms
with RHP Albert Vanegas on a minor league contract. Sent LHP Scott Elbert to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with 2B Michael Massi on a minor league contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned OF Juan Perez to Fresno (PCL). Designated RHP Jake Dunning for assignment. Selected the contract of 2B Joe Panik from Fresno. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent C Wilson Ramos to Harrisburg (EL) for a rehab assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Named David Blatt coach and signed him to a three-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Named Gerard Gallant coach. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released DTs Gregory Alexandre, Ra’Shon Harris and Daniel Ross; DEs Michael Dadzie and Cameron Sheffield; CBs Raye Hartmann and Robert Sands; WR Anthony Barrett; RB Hugh Charles; C Gord Hinse; DB Myron Lewis; SB Brandon McRae; P/K Zackary Medeiros; LB Kyle Norris; and FB Smith Wright. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Placed LHP Ian Krol on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Louis Coleman to Omaha (PCL). Reinstated 3B Danny Valencia from the 15-day DL. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned SS Argenis Diaz outright to Reno (PCL). CHICAGO CUBS — Designated C Eli Whiteside for assignment. Reinstated C Welington Castillo from the 15-day DL. CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with SS Alex Blandino on a minor league contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Placed INF Rafael Furcal on the 15-day DL. Recalled 2B Derek Dietrich from New Orleans (PCL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed 2B Kolten Wong on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis (PCL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Fired executive vice-president/general manager Josh Byrnes. Announced senior vice-president for baseball operations Omar Minaya and assistant general managers AJ Hinch and Fred Uhlman, Jr. will assume Byrnes’ duties on an interim basis. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Released WRs Romby Bryant, Tore Corrado, J.D. Falslev, Evan Pszczonak and K.J. Stroud; OL Kirby Fletcher and Thomas Griffiths; DL Dexter Davis and Padric Scott; DBs Alonzo Lawrence and Andre Martin; LB Eddie Lackey; LS Michael Benson; and PK/P Josh Jasper.
PGA-Travelers Championship Sunday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 6,841; Par: 70 Final Kevin Streelman, $1,116,000 69-68-64-64 K.J. Choi, $545,600 65-65-69-67 Sergio Garcia, $545,600 65-69-65-67 Aaron Baddeley, $297,600 67-66-65-69 Ryan Moore, $235,600 63-68-66-71 Brendan Steele, $235,600 62-69-71-66 Chad Campbell, $186,775 64-70-67-68 Harris English, $186,775 66-64-72-67 Jeff Maggert, $186,775 64-70-68-67 Carl Pettersson, $186,775 68-67-66-68 Angel Cabrera, $123,114 68-70-65-67 Bud Cauley, $123,114 63-70-68-69 Marc Leishman, $123,114 70-68-65-67 Brandt Snedeker, $123,114 65-69-72-64 Scott Langley, $123,114 64-65-70-71 Michael Putnam, $123,114 67-63-69-71 Nick Watney, $123,114 70-66-65-69 Stuart Appleby, $78,120 69-70-68-64 M. Angel Carballo, $78,120 68-68-72-63 Jason Day, $78,120 70-69-67-65 Tommy Gainey, $78,120 70-66-67-68 Chris Stroud, $78,120 67-67-68-69 Tim Wilkinson, $78,120 66-68-67-70 Sang-Moon Bae, $57,040 67-68-67-70 Hudson Swafford, $57,040 66-71-66-69 G. Fdez-Castano, $45,880 68-68-71-66 Charley Hoffman, $45,880 67-68-71-67 John Merrick, $45,880 67-72-67-67 Kevin Tway, $45,880 71-65-69-68 Ty. Van Aswegen, $45,880 68-70-67-68 Joe Durant, $32,296 64-72-71-67 Freddie Jacobson, $32,296 69-69-69-67 Jerry Kelly, $32,296 70-66-71-67 Vijay Singh, $32,296 68-68-70-68 Keegan Bradley, $32,296 66-69-71-68 Dustin Johnson, $32,296 66-66-71-71 Matt Kuchar, $32,296 66-67-72-69 Jamie Lovemark, $32,296 68-63-70-73 William McGirt, $32,296 71-67-66-70 Jhonattan Vegas, $32,296 69-70-65-70 Bubba Watson, $32,296 67-72-67-68 Eric Axley, $22,320 64-67-71-73 Brian Davis, $22,320 69-70-68-68 Brendon de Jonge, $22,320 70-66-71-68 Brian Harman, $22,320 68-67-69-71 Ricky Barnes, $17,186 73-65-68-70 Ken Duke, $17,186 65-72-71-68 Matt Jones, $17,186 69-69-67-71 Patrick Rodgers, $17,186 66-69-71-70 Heath Slocum, $17,186 66-69-70-71 Graham DeLaet, $14,591 70-68-71-68
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U.S. Women’s Open Sunday At Pinehurst No. 2 Pinehurst, N.C. Purse: $4 million Yardage: 6,649; Par: 70 Final (a-amateur) Michelle Wie, $720,000 68-68-72-70-278 Stacy Lewis, $432,000 67-73-74-66 Stephanie Meadow, $271,373 71-72-69-69 Amy Yang, $191,536 71-69-68-74 Meena Lee, $149,942 72-73-70-68 So Yeon Ryu, $149,942 69-74-70-70 Lexi Thompson, $113,582 71-68-74-71 Sakura Yokomine, $113,582 74-68-71-71 Pornanong Phatlum, $113,582 71-73-69-71 Catriona Matthew, $90,861 75-69-75-66 Jenny Shin, $90,861 74-70-73-68 a-Brooke Mac. Henderson 71-73-72-69 Yueer Cindy Feng, $77,640 73-71-71-71 Na Yeon Choi, $77,640 71-70-71-74 Lydia Ko, $58,096 76-71-71-69 Shanshan Feng, $58,096 77-70-70-70 Brittany Lincicome, $58,096 77-70-69-71 Hee Young Park, $58,096 73-73-69-72 Paula Creamer, $58,096 70-72-72-73 Chella Choi, $58,096 75-70-69-73 Juli Inkster, $58,096 71-75-66-75 Julieta Granada, $40,327 75-71-74-68 Sandra Gal, $40,327 74-72-73-69 Karine Icher, $40,327 76-72-71-69 Azahara Munoz, $40,327 73-71-74-70 Brittany Lang, $40,327 73-75-69-71 a-Minjee Lee, $0 69-71-72-76 Eun Hee Ji, $32,708 71-75-75-68 Caroline Masson, $32,708 72-75-73-69 Candie Kung, $27,721 71-76-75-68 Angela Stanford, $27,721 71-72-77-70 I.K. Kim, $27,721 71-74-75-70 Mariajo Uribe, $27,721 72-70-76-72 Karrie Webb, $27,721 70-73-70-77 Yani Tseng, $23,555 77-71-74-69 Rikako Morita, $23,555 73-75-73-70 Ha Na Jang, $23,555 76-73-70-72 Jennifer Song, $20,090 74-72-77-69 Caroline Hedwall, $20,090 73-76-72-71 Mina Harigae, $20,090 71-74-74-73 Se Ri Pak, $20,090 76-69-74-73 Jee Young Lee, $20,090 73-73-73-73 Lee-Anne Pace, $16,887 76-73-73-71 Hee Kyung Bae, $16,887 77-71-73-72 Inbee Park, $16,887 76-71-73-73
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Canadian Tour FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Leading scores from the Canadian Tour’s Syncrude Boreal Open: Sunday At Fort McMurray, Alta. Purse — $150,000 Par — 72 Final Round Joel Dahmen, $27,000 63-66-68-69 — 266 Ricky McDonald 72-64-68-67 — 271 Timothy Madigan 70-66-66-70 — 272 Ryan Williams 67-65-72-69 — 273 Greg Eason 69-68-69-68 — 274 Mark Harmon 71-67-67-69 — 274 Michael Buttacavoli 68-72-65-69 — 274 Seann Harlingten 69-72-65-69 — 275 Riley Wheeldon 73-64-66-72 — 275 Daniel Miernicki 66-72-71-67 — 276 Robert Karlsson 69-67-72-68 — 276 Bruce Woodall 67-69-71-69 — 276 Ben Silverman 68-70-71-68 — 277 Kyle Kallan 71-66-69-71 — 277 Devin Carrey 69-67-69-72 — 277 Beon Yeong Lee 70-65-69-73 — 277 Daniel McCarthy 75-62-66-74 — 277 Jay Vandeventer 69-69-72-68 — 278 Julian Etulain 70-69-71-68 — 278 Eugene Wong 71-68-70-69 — 278 Adam Cornelson 68-72-69-69 — 278 Wes Homan 73-67-68-70 — 278 Sean Shahi 67-68-71-72 — 278 Brady Schnell 70-66-70-72 — 278 European PGA-Irish Open Sunday At Cork, Ireland Fota Island Resort Purse — $2.71 million Yardage — 7,043; Par: 71 Final Round Mikko Ilonen Edoardo Molinari Kristoffer Broberg Matthew Baldwin Danny Willett Magnus A. Carlsson Graeme McDowell Ross Fisher Michael Hoey Chris Wood Richard Finch Gary Stal Gregory Bourdy Marcel Siem Matthew Nixon Padraig Harrington Adam Gee Gareth Maybin Simon Khan
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Encompass Championship Sunday At North Shore Country Club Glenview, Ill. Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 7,103; Par: 72 Final Charles Schwab Cup points in parentheses Tom Lehman (270), $270,000 65-66-70 — Michael Allen (144), $144,000 67-68-67 — Kirk Triplett (144), $144,000 67-67-68 — Doug Garwood (107), $107,100 66-71-66 — Bart Bryant (86), $85,500 67-68-69 — Roger Chapman (56), $55,800 66-68-72 — Russ Cochran (56), $55,800 71-71-64 — Colin Montgomerie (56), $55,800 69-67-70 — Kenny Perry (56), $55,800 71-67-68 — Jeff Sluman (56), $55,800 67-70-69 — Esteban Toledo (56), $55,800 69-70-67 — Fred Funk (0), $37,800 69-69-69 — Tom Pernice Jr. (0), $37,800 69-68-70 — Olin Browne (0), $29,700 71-68-69 — Jose Coceres (0), $29,700 68-69-71 — John Inman (0), $29,700 67-67-74 — Sandy Lyle (0), $29,700 67-71-70 — Blaine McCallister (0), $29,700 70-69-69 — Mark O’Meara (0), $29,700 67-70-71 —
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Web.com Air Capital Classic Sunday At Crestview Country Club Wichita, Kan. Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 6,926; Par: 70 Final Seb. Cappelen, $108,000 Matt Weibring, $64,800 Jeff Gove, $34,800 Cameron Percy, $34,800 Ryan Armour, $21,075 Paul Claxton, $21,075 Andres Gonzales, $21,075 Sung Joon Park, $21,075 Ollie Schniederjans, $0 Blayne Barber, $16,200 Rod Pampling, $16,200
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B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 23, 2014
Wie wins U.S. Open for first major BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PINEHURST, N.C. — The road Michelle Wie took to a U.S. Women’s Open title was unlike any other, and suddenly insignificant. Whether this was a long time coming was the least of her cares. The biggest star in women’s golf had her name on the biggest trophy. She never looked happier. “Oh my God, I can’t even think straight,” Wie said Sunday after a twoshot victory over Stacy Lewis to claim her first major. The final three holes at Pinehurst No. 2 were filled with ups and downs that Wie knows as well as anyone in golf. She responded with a performance worthy of the hype that had been heaped on her since she was a teenager. With a three-shot lead on the 16th hole, Wie nearly threw it all away with one poor decision, only keeping the lead by making a nervy 5-foot putt for double bogey. And right when it looked as though this would end badly, the 24-year-old from Hawaii responded with the putt of her life that made her a Women’s Open champion. Facing a 25-foot birdie putt on 17 that was fast and dangerous, Wie pumped her fist when it fell, then pounded her fist twice to celebrate the moment. “That kind of emotion, that kind of pressure ... I’ll think of that putt as one of the best putts I’ve ever hit in my life,” she said. A par on the 18th gave her an evenpar 70 to beat Lewis, the No. 1 player in women’s golf who made Wie earn it. Lewis made eight birdies — the most in a final round by a male for female in the U.S. Open — and closed with a 66. Sixteen-year-old Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 69 in the final round to finish in a tie for 10th place. Lewis was on the range preparing for a playoff when her caddie told her Wie made birdie on the 17th. Moments later, Lewis was on the 18th green to hug Wie. Like most players, she was perplexed why Wie would spend so much time trying to compete against the men when she still didn’t have an LPGA Tour card. They are friends now and practice frequently. Lewis said she wasn’t the last bit surprised that Wie delivered such a clutch moment. “I think that scene on 18, being on network TV, as many people as we had around there at Pinehurst No. 2 and Michelle Wie winning the golf tourna-
ment, I don’t think you can script it any better,” Lewis said. “I think it’s great for the game of golf. I think it’s even better for women’s golf. I’m so happy for Michelle Wie. I mean this has been such a long time coming for her.” Wie had chance to win this title when she was a 15-year-old amateur at Cherry Hills, and a 16-year-old pro at Newport. The last time she was in this area, she opened with an 82 at Pine Needles in 2007 and walked off the course the next day because of injuries. She had been one of the biggest stars in women’s golf since she was 13 and played in the final group of a major. Her popularity soared along with criticism when she competed against the men on the PGA Tour while still in high school and talked about wanting to play in the Masters. That seems like a lifetime ago. The 6-foot Wie is all grown up. She is a Stanford graduate, popular among pros of both genders, and now a major champion. “I can’t believe this is happening,” Wie said. It almost didn’t. Just like her so much of her life, the path included a sharp twist no one saw coming. Wie started the final round tied with Amy Yang, took the lead when Yang made double bogey on No. 2 and didn’t let anyone catch her the rest of the day. In trouble on the tough fourth hole, she got up-and-down from 135 yards with an 8-iron into 3 feet. Right when Lewis was making a big run, Wie answered by ripping a drive on the shortened par-5 10th and hitting a cut 8-iron into 10 feet for eagle and a four-shot lead. She had not made a bogey since the first hole — and then it all nearly unravelled. From a fairway bunker on the 16th, holding a three-shot lead, she stayed aggressive and hit hybrid from the sand. “I was kind of a dummy for not laying up when I was in that situation,” she said. “And it kind of bit me in the butt. But I laughed it off. Stuff like that does happen.” The only time panic began to set in was when no one could find her ball. It finally was located after a threeminute search, buried in a wiregrass bush. She quickly and wisely took a penalty drop behind her in the fairway to limit the damage, chipped to about 35 feet and ran that putt some 5 feet by the hole. Miss it and she would be tied.
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Michelle Wie reacts as she makes a birdie putt on the 17th hole en route to winning the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., Sunday. Bent over in that table-top putting stance, she poured it in to avoid her first three-putt of the week. Smiling as she left the green, she hit 8-iron to 25 feet and delivered a putt that will surely rank among the highlights in U.S. Women’s Open history. Wie finished at 2-under 278, the only player to beat par in the second week of championship golf at Pinehurst.
Martin Kaymer won by eight shots last week at 9-under 271, the second-lowest score in U.S. Open history. Juli Inkster, playing her 35th and final U.S. Women’s Open, closed with a 75 to tie for 15th. She received the loudest ovation of the week walking up the 18th, until Wie arrived as the winner. What a journey.
Streelman finishes strong to win Travelers PGA TOUR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROMWELL, Conn. — As much as Kevin Streelman enjoys the back nine at TPC River Highlands,, even he didn’t think he what he accomplished Sunday was possible. Streelman birdied the last seven holes to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke, shooting his second straight 6-under 64 to finish at 15-under 265. “It’s probably my favourite nine holes on the PGA Tour,” Streelman said. “But you can’t plan for something like that to happen. It just kind of falls into place.” He broke the tour record for consecutive closing birdies by a winner of six set by Mike Souchak in the 1956
St. Paul Open. He matched the tournament record with a 7-under 28 on the final nine. “I had 10 one-putts in a row,” Streelman said. “That’s something I’ve definitely never done before.” Also the Tampa Bay Championship winner last season, the 35-year-old Streelman missed the cuts in his previous four starts on tour. “I didn’t have too many expectations coming here,” said Streelman, who earned $1.12 million for the victory. Sergio Garcia and K.J. Choi tied for second. They each shot 67. Aaron Baddeley was fourth at 13 under after a 69. Streelman was 1 over for the day before starting the birdie run on No. 12. The streak reached five with a 37-foot putt at No. 16, and he capped it by hitting a wedge to 9 feet and rolling in another putt at No. 18.
Lehman wins Encompass Championship with birdie on last hole BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHAMPIONS TOUR
GLENVIEW, Ill. — After struggling with his putting much of the round, Tom Lehman made a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Champions Tour’s Encompass Championship. The 55-year-old Lehman closed with a 2-under 70 at North Shore and had a 15-under 201 total for his eighth senior title and first since 2012. He rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 13 and 14 — his only dropped strokes of the week — with birdies on Nos. 15 and 16, parred the par-3 17th and won on the par-4 18th. “It wasn’t my very best performance today, but it was good enough,” Lehman said. Michael Allen and Kirk Triplett tied for second, a stroke back. Allen shot 67, and Triplett had a 68. Lehman, the 1996 British Open winner, opened with rounds of 65 and 66 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round. He ended a 27-event victory drought and won $270,000. “The check is sweet, but the trophy is sweeter,” Lehman said. His last win was the Schwab Cup Championship at the end of the 2012 season. Lehman, who was bogey-free and made 13 birdies in the first two rounds, parred the first 11 holes before birdieing No. 12. “I had a rough start and wasn’t putting like I did the first two days,” Lehman said. “It put me in a bit of a bind. After 14, I told my caddie, ’Let’s have
the best four holes of the week.”’ Lehman sank an 18-footer on the 15th and a 6-footer on the 16th to get back to 14 under. Triplett birdied the first, sixth, 13th and 16th holes in his bogey-free round. His approach on the final hole stopped in the back fringe. He missed a 20-foot birdie attempt. “I said early in the week that 15 under would win and 15 under wins,” Triplett said. “I had some chances, missed a couple and made a couple. I had a pretty tough putt on 18 coming down that hill to keep it on line. So, next week.” Allen birdied three of the last four holes, with his approach on 18 hitting the flagstick and stopping 4 inches from the cup. Doug Garwood was fourth at 13 under after a 66. He played the first 10 holes in 4 under and briefly grabbed a share of the lead at 13 under with an eagle on the 16th hole, but three-putted for bogey on the 17th to fall back. Russ Cochran took advantage of a swing adjustment to shooting the best round of the tournament, an 8-under 64 that left him in a tie for sixth at 10 under. “I got up on my toes more,” Cochran said. “Seems like a little thing, but it seemed like it did the trick.” Colin Montgomerie was 10 under after a 70. Hale Irwin matched his age with a 69 to tie for 39th at 3 under.
“I knew when that putt fell on 16 that something kind of special was happening,” Streelman said. Streelman said he hasn’t focus on golf exclusively lately, trying to spend more time with wife Courtney and 6-month-old daughter Sophie. “I was thinking about her (Sophie) on those last couple of putts. I was thinking, ’You know what? If these go in, great. If not, great. She’s going to love me either way and we have a nice family vacation coming up either way,”’ Streelman said. Streelman said a 10-foot putt for birdie on No. 9 gave him a boost of confidence that he could finish with a flourish. Garcia has six top-10 finishes in 10 PGA Tour starts this season, and won the European Tour’s Qatar Masters in January. “At the end of the day he played really, really well,” Garcia said about
Streelman. “I feel like I played quite nicely and it just wasn’t my time.” For the sixth straight year at the Travelers the player who held the 54-hole lead was unable to win. Ryan Moore was one stroke ahead after three rounds, but closed with a 71 to tie for fifth at 12 under. Second-round leader Scott Langley birdied his first three holes and briefly pulled into the lead at 14 under. He, too, finished with a 71 to tie for 11th at 10 under. Miguel Angel Carballo became the second player to make three eagles in a round on the PGA Tour this season as part of a 63 early Saturday. He finished at 9 under. Patrick Rodgers, the former Stanford star making his pro debut, shot a 70 to tie for 46th at 4 under. Ken Duke, the winner last year, had a 68 to also finish at 4 under.
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B5 Silverbacks making it look easy
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014
BLACKFALDS LACROSSE TEAM TAKING AIM AT THIRD PROVINCIAL TITLE IN FOUR YEARS BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Repeating a championship is supposed to be more difficult than winning it the first time around, but the Blackfalds Silverbacks are making it look easy as they take aim at their third senior C lacrosse provincial title in four years. With two dominating home wins on the weekend — 16-6 over the Edmonton Tomahawks on Friday and 24-4 over the Lethbridge Pioneers on Sunday — they clinched first place in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League’s North Division with three games to play. But the Silverbacks (10-1-0) know they will be given a stiff challenge to advance out of the North in the playoffs with an always scrappy Vermilion Rage squad likely awaiting them. “We put the pressure on ourselves, we expect a lot out of ourselves,” said Silverbacks head coach and team captain Geordin Flett. “We know what we’re capable of ... we really don’t care about the score, we just care about executing, defensively and offensively. You do that right in this game — minimize turnovers, maximize loose balls and faceoffs — nine times out of 10 you’re going to win the game.” The Silverbacks beat the Rage in two straight games last year for the North title and then the Okotoks Erratic in three straight games for the provincial championship. Blackfalds won their second league title in the three-year history of the league last season, but underwent a mini makeover in the off-season, adding nine new faces to their lineup. But it hasn’t slowed them down. Instead, they have the potential to finish the regular season with an even better record than their 11-2-1 mark last year. Their only setback this year was a 16-8 loss in Okotoks to the South Division leading Erratic (7-4-0 heading into Sunday) on June 15. But the back bone is still the veterans and the culture that has been instilled since the franchise’s first season. “We’re more like a family,” said Luke Flett. “We hang out with each
other after the game, we’re all friends out here, we all get along and we’ve all played together for like 20 years, so we all know where (the ball’s) going to be. When new guys come up, they get welcomed into the family.” Their biggest weapon on the floor has been their offensive depth. Heading into the weekend, Luke Flett was their leading scorer with 29 points (17 goals, 12 assists) in nine games, but that only put him fifth in the league scoring race, 16 back of the league leader — Edmonton’s Sean Wilhelm (24-21-45 in five games). Justin Kinnear was second on the team with 24 points (13-11-24), while Harry Thompson had 20 (13-7-20) and Tyler McRobbie had been white hot with 19 points (8-11-19) in six games. “They even said tonight ‘oh if we shut (McRobbie) down, it doesn’t even matter because there are six other guys that can score out there,’” said Luke Flett. “Well our defensive guys can score goals for us too.” The depth does a few other things as well. Most importantly, it allows them to put an emphasis on practice, with a roster of 26 players, critical in a league where everyone works and is also juggling family and holidays and injuries. Also, it allows more players to play their natural position. It means traditional defensive and transitional players are not being forced into highscoring roles. It’s a toxic combination for anybody they end up playing against. “The thing about this team is, everyone has a role and they all accept it and play well and try to excel at it,” said Geordin Flett. “Not everyone can fill the net and not everyone can be the hero. There’s lots of roles to play and guys have really relished their roles.” They will need everything at their disposal, however, if they make it to the provincial final for a fourth year in a row. The South is the strength of the league with three tough teams that can beat anyone on any night — the Erratic, Calgary Irish (6-4-0) and Airdrie Mohawks (4-5-0). Despite the first seed in the North already locked up, the Silverbacks will make good use of those games as they prepare for their post-season push. “We can always improve on our
ESCAPING A TACKLE
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Blackfalds Silverbacks forward Shandi Werenka splits a pair of Adams Pioneers defenders in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Senior C action at the Blackfalds Multiplex on Sunday. Blackfalds won 24-4. stick skills and our crispness,” said Geordin Flett. “We can always improve on our defence, especially our team defence and our man down. Loose balls are always key, faceoffs, we always strive to improve on just about every facet.” NOTES — Luke Flett added 16 points to his total on the year, scoring four goals in Friday’s win over the Tomahawks and two goals and 10 assists in Sunday’s win. Meanwhile, Shandi Werenka scored four assists on Friday on three goals and eight assists on Sunday, McRobbie had seven points
Snipers shoot way to provincial roller hockey championship
sive woes. “We need to improve our offensive game plan,” he continued. “Coaching has to do a better job of prepping the team and, moreover, putting the players in a position to succeed.” The Buccaneers, who fell to 1-2 on the season, are off this week, then return to action July 5 against the host Lloydminster Vandals (0-3). The Bucs’ next home game is July 19 at 6 p.m. against the Fort McMurray Monarchs at Lacombe’s MEGlobal Athletic Park.
Las Vegas, here they come. The Red Deer Snipers are off to the gambling mecca next month after capturing the Alberta 12-and-under roller hockey title Sunday at the Collicutt Centre with a 6-1 win over the Sherwood Park Bullfrogs. “It’s going to be a good time. It will be good experience for the boys,” said head coach Troy Park, whose club will compete in the Junior Olympics July 17-20. “The kids will be playing teams from California and other international teams from Australia and China. It will be fun and also a real eye-opener. We’ll have to see how we do down there.” The Snipers, who were led by Pierce Shybunka’s three-goal performance, closed out a perfect weekend and extended their undefeated season with the win over Sherwood Park. Tye Carriere, Cade Mason and Colby Phillips also tallied for the Snipers, who got stellar goaltending from Bretton Park. The Red Deer squad never trailed in the game and in fact blew it open with four second-half goals. “For the most part, most of these kids play hockey together so they gelled pretty nicely even on this floor,” said Trevor Park, whose team is basically an all-star unit from the Red Deer house league. In earlier games in the provincial tournament also played at the Dawe
Centre and Kin City, the Snipers downed Red Deer Camo 8-1, doubled the Alberta Aces 8-4, slipped by the Bullfrogs 3-2 and blanked Red Deer Camo 14-0 in a semifinal. The Camo, meanwhile, also fell 7-4 to Sherwood Park and 12-1 to Team United and defeated the Alberta Aces 7-5 in the bronze-medal game. Red Deer Green thumped Red Deer Yellow 17-7 in the eight-and-under division 2 gold-medal game, while Red Deer 2 fell 8-2 to Team Edmonton in the final of the 10-and-under recreation division. In other division finals, the Red Deer 17-and-under competitive Snipers edged the Wolfpack 8-7; the 10-andunder competitive Roller Hawks were 6-5 winners over the Northern Alberta Bulls; Team United topped Wetaskiwin 6-2 in 14-and-under recreation; eightand-under division 1 Wetaskiwin buried Didsbury Silver 21-1; Wetaskiwin downed the Scorpionz 8-3 in 17-andunder recreation play; the Jets defeated 4Pac 7-4 to take junior honours; Sherwood Park downed Didsbury 8-5 in 12-and-under recreation play; and Sherwood Park beat the Cyclones 10-3 in the 14-and-under competitive divisions. Red Deer 1 won bronze by beating Red Deer 2 by an 8-5 count in the 10-and-under competitive division. Red Deer teams losing bronze-medal games were the Gunners (9-2 to Wetaskiwin in 12-and-under recreation), the Snipers (4-2 to the Crusaders in 14-and-under competitive), and Red Deer 1 (10-6 to Didsbury in 10-and-under recreation). gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
a league round robin tournament in Fort Saskatchewan to improve to 13-0 on the year. They opened with a 7-5 win over the St. Albert Tigers as Sean Maguire picked up the win and Drew Boyer collected the save. Jaret Chatwood got the ball to start the second game and was almost perfect, pitching a complete game, giving up just one hit and no walks while striking out two in the seven-inning
contest. Red Deer won the third game with their bats, pounding out 12 hits in a 17-6 win over the Confederation Cubs. Mike Roney led the way with three hits, including two doubles and five runs batted in. Jason Lewis added three more hits, one double and four RBIs. The final game on Sunday night featured another pitching gem as Dustin Northcott went the distance, striking
out 10, walking two and giving up two hits in a 3-0 win over the host Fort Saskatchewan Athletics. Meanwhile, Roney wrapped up his 10-for-12 weekend at the plate with a 3-for-3 outing and Kevin Curran wen 1-for-2 with an RBI and Both Jason and Jaret Chatwood had an RBI single. The Riggers will be looking to keep their perfect season intact on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. when they host the Athletics at Great Chief Park.
BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Ryan Parrell of the Red Deer Titans Senior Division 2 team, fends off his Calgary Irish opponent during a game at Titans Rugby Park Saturday afternoon. The Titans won the game 31-23.
CENTRAL ALBERTA BUCCANEERS CALGARY — The Central Buccaneers put together several long offensive drives but failed to put any points on the board in a 17-0 loss Saturday to the defending Alberta Football League champion Calgary Gators at McMahon Stadium. Meanwhile, the Gators capitalized on their drives despite strong penetration by the Bucs defence. “Our defence made goal-line stands, huge plays, and were exciting” said Bucs head coach Duane Brown, who took responsibilty for his club’s offen-
RED DEER RIGGERS BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Riggers have along storied history, but have never won the first 13 games of a Sunburst Baseball League season. That is until this year. The Riggers won all four games of
(3-4-7) on Friday and six (5-1-6) on Sunday, Ebbert had five (4-1-5) on Friday and six (3-3-6) on Sunday, Geordin Flett scored four points (2-2-4) on Friday and four (2-2-4) on Sunday, Trent Olsen had four on Friday (0-4-4) and five (3-2-5) on Sunday, Ray Williams had four on Friday (2-2-4) and sic (3-3-6) on Sunday, Troy Klaus added four points (2-2-4) on Sunday and David Wilton had his first two points of the season on Sunday (11-2) ... Chris Davis picked up the win in net on Friday Adam Mooney got the win on Sunday. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com.
B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, June 23, 2014
Roping duo make it look easy Put together one roping master and summer. I actually hadn’t committed one talented kid, and you’ve got a team to anybody either, so we said ‘heck, we that could be hard to beat. might as well give it a whirl’.” At the 35th Anniversary of the Sun“It’s great for me,” added Dallyn. “It dre Pro Rodeo, Rocky Dallyn and does make it fun. Kolton, even though Kolton Schmidt showed why. The duo he’s a young guy, he’s great to travel snagged a steer in just 4.3 seconds to with. He wants to do good, and works claim the trophy buckles in the team hard at it. It gives me a little bit more roping event, along with a incentive too, to keep at it and $1,540 payday each. work at it.” Dallyn, from Nanton, Dallyn and Kolton’s father, turns 47 this weekend. He Ronald, have put on team ropqualified for 13 straight ing schools for kids for years Canadian Finals Rodeos at the Schmidt ranch. Little as a heeler, and has won did he realize he’d be trainthe national title four ing a future partner, who was times. barely out of diapers when Schmidt, from BarrDallyn was part of the debut head, has a birthday this of team roping at the CFR in coming weekend as well. 2000. He’ll be just 20, but al“I figured by the time he ready has one Canadian was there, I’d probably be DIANNE heading championship, done and gone,” laughed DalFINSTAD which he picked up at lyn. his first CFR last Novem“I guess I just love it. I alber with Lacombe’s Tyrel ways thought I would’ve reFlewelling. tired by now, but I’ve never The idea of these two teaming up lost that competitive nature. I’m still to enter Canadian rodeos this season trying to learn, working at it as best I was cooked up over the campfire this can.” winter. Dallyn and Schmidt made it look “I was actually down in Arizona this easy in Sundre, despite some sticky winter staying at his dad’s,” explained ground conditions. Dallyn. “We were roping, and he came “That’s the nice part with him. I over from college, and said he didn’t know when he turns one it’s always for really have a partner for up here this money. So if I can just do my job back
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make good runs and tie them in eight, but never won anything. But this year, fortunately, I was lucky, and thank the Lord and Savior that I had a good calf, and I won it today.” “I was at Reno (competing) and just flew in late last night, and came here. This was my only luck I had. I’d sure to like to get on a roll, with a big week next week with Ponoka, Airdrie and Williams Lake up here, and starting the big run down south. It’s always a good confidence-builder to win something and go build off of it.” Two other Sundre buckles went Texas way as well, with Isaac Diaz taking the saddle bronc honors for an 84.5 on Another Blue ($2,270), and Taylor Jacob the fastest barrel racer in 17.184 seconds ($2,143). Four-time Canadian champ Dusty LaValley of Bezanson rode the horse Fabio to 86 points for first in the bareback riding ($1,997). Riley Gagnon of Red Deer County claimed the steer riding at Sundre with a 78.5 mark. Lane Cust of Ardmore was the novice saddle bronc riding winner with a 75, while Dantan Bertsch of Maple Creek, Sask., took novice bareback with a 67. The next rodeo stop in central Alberta is the Ponoka Stampede, which starts Wednesday. Dianne Finstad is a Red Deer freelance rodeo writer
Padres shake up front office by firing GM BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — A front-office shakeup had no impact on the San Diego Padres’ performance. After the team announced general manager Josh Byrnes was fired minutes before the first pitch with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, the Padres put up another punchless performance in a 2-1 loss against Hyun-Jin Ryu. Although Padres President and CEO Mike Dee said there were a number of factors that figured into the firing, Padres Executive Chairman Ron Fowler made it clear that the ownership group was not happy with the product on the field. “When you invest 50 per cent more money over the last two years, in terms
of payroll, you expect better performance,” Fowler said. “We gave baseball ops a clean slate as far as who did they want, what did they want to do. For my perspective, we are standing here as a consequence of that not working.” Byrnes’ off-season moves included free agent signings of starting pitcher Josh Johnson, who has yet to pitch for San Diego since straining his right forearm in spring training, reliever Joaquin Benoit and outfielder Seth Smith. “We were led to believe, and I think it’s fair to say we believed, based upon the investment that we made, the additions we made in the off-season, the addition of certain players during the off-season, that would put us over the top,” Dee said. “We felt confident that we would be in a position to compete
Veteran receiver Romby Bryant among 14 cuts by Toronto Argonauts BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Jim Barker hates telling a football player he’s been released, especially one he has a history with. The Toronto Argonauts GM gave 14 players their pink slips Saturday night to reach the 46-man limit. Included was veteran receiver Romby Bryant — who goes back six years with Barker — and defensive back Alonzo Lawrence, a starter last year. “He (Bryant) has been with me since back in Calgary and he’s such a phenomenal pro,” Barker, who served as Calgary’s coach and in its front office before returning to Toronto following the 2009 season, said Sunday. “The ones that have been there the longest are the hardest but they’re all hard. “These guys come in and you just hate to have to do it but it’s part of what the business is.” Bryant, 34, missed much of last season after being injured in a pre-season game against Montreal. He was limited to eight receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns. Bryant’s best season was with Calgary in 2010 when he had 78 receptions for 1,170 yards and 15 TDs. He was also part of the Stampeders team that lost 35-22 to Toronto in the historic 100th Grey Cup game in ’12 at Rogers Centre. Bryant began his CFL career with Winnipeg in ’08 and recorded 304 catches for 4,557 yards and 33 TDs over seven seasons. The six-foot, 218-pound Lawrence had 44 tackles, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and a sack last season, his first with Toronto. In both situations, Bryant and Lawrence were beat out by younger players. “I guess some of it is a philosophical deal, do you take a younger guy when they’re similar (with veteran) and that’s for the most part how we feel,” head coach Scott Milanovich
said. “If you’ve got two guys who are in the same neighbourhood, you go with the younger guy who has more time but Romby can still play. “If you would’ve asked me a week ago I would’ve said Romby would be on our active roster. If you would’ve asked me a week ago I would’ve said Alonzo was probably a starter. We just had some guys step up and play a little better and that’s a good thing for us.” Offensively, Barker said young receivers Terrrell Sinkfield and Darvin Adams impressed throughout camp. Sinkfield had eight catches for 100 yards and a TD in Toronto’s 41-23 exhibition win over Hamilton on Thursday while Adams added three catches for 67 yards and a touchdown. “You just kept expecting one of them to fall off and they never did,” Barker said. “They just got stronger as camp went and grasped what we’re trying to do. “Those two young guys made it difficult to keep Romby.” Meanwhile on defence, Milanovich said Lawrence got caught up in shuffle within the secondary. “We moved Brandon Smith from halfback to field cornerback and he also has return ability on special teams,” Milanovich said. “(Brandon) Underwood moved to halfback and really picked it up quickly. “Jamie Robinson has settled in as the Sam (linebacker). Alonzo was a field corner and some of these other guys have a little bit more versatility and can play more than one spot.” Also released were: national longsnapper Michael Benson, national receivers Evan Pszczonak and Tore Corrado, international defensive linemen Padrick Scott and Dexter Davis, international receiver J.D. Falslev, national offensive linemen Kirby Fletcher and Thomas Griffiths, international punter/ kicker Josh Jasper, international linebacker Eddie Lackey, international defensive back Andre Martin Jr. and international receiver K.J. Stroud.
for post-season baseball.” Dee added that manager Bud Black has been told that his job is safe at least through the end of the season. Until the club hires a new general manager, senior vice-president for baseball operations Omar Minaya and assistant general managers A.J. Hinch and Fred Uhlman, Jr. will assume the GM duties. Minaya was the general manager of the New York Mets from 2005-10. Byrnes was hired by the Padres as their senior vice-president for baseball operations in December 2010 after he was let go as general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he was in the middle of an eight-year deal. He was promoted 10 months later to GM and was given a five-year contract. Under Byrnes, the Padres payroll increased nearly $40 million to
$89,881,696 on opening this season — 23rd overall — but the team has made little progress. After finishing with 76-86 records in his first two seasons, the Padres are 3243 and 12 ½ games back in the NL West during an injury-plagued season. Byrnes was touted by the Padres as excelling at scouting and player development, but his biggest moves came through trades. He sent first base prospect Anthony Rizzo to the Cubs for top-line starter Andrew Cashner, and he dealt starting pitcher Mat Latos for infielder Yasmani Grandal, catcher Yonder Alonso, and right-handers Edinson Volquez and Brad Boxberger. Byrnes also acquired starter Tyson Ross, closer Huston Street, outfielder Carlos Quentin and right-hander Ian Kennedy.
MIDGET AAA BASEBALL Jesse Muirhead’s bases-loaded double blew the game open in the fourth inning as the Red Deer Carstar Braves dumped the host Edmonton Cardinals 14-5 in a midget AAA baseball tournament Sunday. Dylan Boreman followed with a double that scored Muirhead, who finished with two hits. Tristan Hill got the start on the Braves mound before giving way to reliever Brad Pope. Earlier in the day, Griffin Moline started for Red Deer and shared pitching duties with Muirhead and Black Thompson in a 14-1 loss to the Cardi-
nals. Earlier in the weekend, the Braves fell 6-5 to Spruce Grove and 4-1 to the Okotoks Dawgs Black. Levi Moon and Ty Wagar each had two hits against Spruce Grove, with Boreman and Pople sharing the mound. Mitch Ozga pitched a complete game in the loss to Okotoks, while Boreman tripled and scored the lone run on a hit by Kane Leblanc. The Braves play Wednesday in Calgary before heading to Kamloops for the Canada Day tournament.
BANTAM AAA BASEBALL The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves were 3-1 versus the visiting Lloydminster Twins in weekend bantam AAA baseball action. The Braves prevailed 6-4 and lost 6-5 in a pair of league games Saturday. In the first outing, Andrew MacCuaig stroked an RBI double and single, Brady Steeves had three singles, Kelsey Lalor added a pair and Ty Moline contributed an RBI single and walk. Zach Olson worked six innings as the Braves’ starting pitcher, allowing one run on four hits while walking two batters and fanning four. Hayley Lalor closed, giving up three runs on two hits, no walks and four strikeouts as her teammates committed two errors. In Game 2, Hunter Leslie had two hits and drove in two runs, Moline singled, doubled and scored twice, and Steeves stroked a two-run singles. Braves starting pitcher Darin Fodor
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ing five-on-five play. That amounted to 0.904 goals per 60 minutes of ice time, which was not far behind Vanek (0.921) and ahead of Stastny (0.767) and Jaromir Jagr (0.646). Now 21 of those 39 goals came in the 2011-12 season, in which Vrbata scored 35 goals in total. But unless your motto is to buy high and sell low, this is a good thing. You see, while Vrbata’s five-on-five production dropped from 1.23 goals per 60 minutes in 2011-12, to 0.494 in 2013-14, he continued to generate a ton of shots. In 2013-14 his shots per 60 minutes of ice time (9.660) was almost identical to his three-year average of 9.667 and much higher than that of better-known snipers such as Vanek (8.664), Stastny (7.042) and Jagr (8.166). So why did his production tank? Well, in 2011-12, his five-on-five shooting percentage was 12.88 per cent, and his true shooting percentage (the number of goals taken as a percentage of total shots at the net) was 7.29 per cent. In 2013-14, these numbers were 5.11 per cent and 2.69 per cent, respectively. In other words, in 2011-12, Vrbata was lucky and managed to score 35 total goals due to a high shooting percentage. Last year, he was unlucky and still managed to score 20 goals while leading all Coyotes forwards in powerplay goals (10) and power-play points (21). Next year, the best bet is that he will be somewhere in between. Now let’s talk defence for a second. Nobody would accuse Vrbata of being a defensive stalwart, but he’s not a liability either. In each of the past three seasons, he posted a five-on-five goals for percentage above 51 per cent. During the same period, he also posted
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uled for opening night on Oct. 8. It will be the sixth straight season Montreal and Toronto have met on opening night. The defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings are also in action Oct. 8. They host the San Jose Sharks, the team they beat in the first round of last year’s playoffs after coming back from a 3-0 series deficit. The other games on opening night see Vancouver visit Calgary and Boston welcome Philadelphia. The other three Canadian teams open the next night on Oct 9. The Win-
Mature, reliable Ekblad not an easy one to pass over in NHL draft BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Aaron Ekblad may be the most mature 18-year-old hockey player on the planet. “Not only does he have a 30-yearold’s physique under his equipment but he also thinks and acts like a 10-year NHL vet,” said Dan Stewart, scouting director for the independent scouting service Future Considerations. Ekblad, a two-way, right-shooting defenceman, knows what he wants to be not only in this week’s NHL draft but as a professional. He’d love to go No. 1 and continue to mould himself in the images of Shea Weber, Alex Pietrangelo and Duncan Keith. More than anything, though, the Barrie Colts captain wants to be considered reliable on and off the ice. “I don’t do too many things that are going to surprise anyone,” Ekblad said at last month’s scouting combine. “I’m going to be the kind of player that you know what you’re going to get from me.” Steady and dependable doesn’t put butts in seats, but Ekblad isn’t touting himself as a flashy kind of player. Instead, and more importantly, he has the potential to develop into a franchise cornerstone. Because of that, the Belle River, Ont., native is the front-runner to be the top pick Friday night in Philadelphia, whether the Florida Panthers choose to keep it or trade it. Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray said last week he expected Ekblad to go No. 1 regardless. If that happens, Ekblad would be the first defenceman to be selected with the top pick since Erik Johnson in 2006, and the first Canadian-born blue-liner in that spot since Chris Phillips in 1996. Ekblad knows it has been a “long time” since a defenceman was drafted first. But it would come as no shock to NHL Central Scouting director Dan Marr. “Aaron Ekblad is a hard player to go
past in the draft, I think, for any of the teams, and they know that,” Marr said at the combine. “There doesn’t seem to be a will to take a defenceman high because a lot of times you don’t get the quick bang for your buck.” Ekblad wants to provide that, just as 2013 No. 4 pick Seth Jones did for the Nashville Predators. “A hundred per cent” he wants to be in the NHL next season, and he told that to all 16 teams that interviewed him. “That’s the way I believe in myself,” Ekblad said. “I wouldn’t say I’m cocky, but I’m confident and I believe that if I work hard and I do all the little things and pay attention to details, I can be in that league next year.” With that confidence in mind, Ekblad still watched games this past season and recognized the NHL is a hard league to crack and that getting drafted is just a foot in the door. “It means nothing until you prove that you’re ready to do it,” he said. Scouts believe Ekblad is prepared to prove it. In the six-foot-three, 213-pound prospect, Ross MacLean of ISS Hockey, another independent scouting service, sees someone with skills to insulate himself from making mistakes and the maturity to be able to adjust to the next level. “He’s a kid that I think probably could’ve played in the NHL this year, let alone next year,” MacLean said. “I think we saw that with Seth Jones, as well, last year. They’ve just been put into positions where they’ve been able to acclimatize and get comfortable and confident and develop their skills at the appropriate pace, and they’re ready for the next step.” Typically, there’s a learning curve for even the best young defencemen before they can become NHL regulars, let alone stars. But a handful from the top 10 of the 2012 draft, including the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Morgan Rielly, Anaheim Ducks’ Hampus Lindholm and Columbus Blue Jackets’ Ryan Murray, played the full 2013-14 season and showed it may not be as steep as it once was.
a fenwick for percentage above 51 per cent. These numbers tell us that when Vrbata is on the ice in five-on-five situations, his team is generating more shots at the net and scoring more goals than their opponents. In each year, he was better than the Coyotes’ average in both of these measures. The last time Vrbata tested free agency in 2008, he signed with Tampa and the results were disastrous. He only managed to get into 18 games and then asked to go home to the Czech Republic before going back to Phoenix the next year. So there may be some connection to Phoenix that makes it difficult for
him to move and that’s worth thinking about. But if I were a GM looking to add scoring depth, a guy who potted 20 and made “only” $3 million in an off year is exactly the sort of player I would target. The Department of Hockey Analytics employs advanced statistical methods and innovative approaches to better understand the game of hockey. Its three founderfs ate Ian Cooper, a lawyer, former playeragent and WhartonBusiness School graduate; Dr. Phil Curry, a professor of economics at the University of Waterloo; and Ijay Palansky, a litigator in Washington, D.C., former high-stakes professional poker player and harvard law School graduate.
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EXP’D receptionist req’d for general and cosmetic dental office. 4 day work week Mon. - Thurs, guaranteed monthly salary, with generous active bonus plan. Please reply with resume to info@saby.com Resume may also be delivered to 100 3947-50a ave, Red Deer, AB. T4N 6V7. Contact Dr. Brian Saby at 403-340-3434
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Bashaw Star for Wed. July 2 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ noon Rimbey Review for Tues. July 1 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ noon Stettler & Weekender for Wed.July 2 & Fri. July 4 Deadline is Thurs. June 26 @ Noon Castor Advance for Thurs. July 3 Deadline is Thurs. June 26 @ Noon Ponoka News for Wed. July 2 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ 5 Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo for Thur. July 3 Deadline is Fri. June 27 @ Noon
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ISOLATION Equipment Services Inc., an expanding Oil Service & Supply Company is seeking quality
Service Technicians and Trainees. Previous experience with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry experience with oilfield tickets is an asset. Class 1 or 3 driver’s License applicants will get primacy. (Drivers with Class 5 & 5Q will be considered if Applicant has relevant oilfield experience) A current driver’s abstract required. Off-road driving experience is an asset. MUST HAVE valid H2S and AB/BC First Aid Tickets BENEFITS * Excellent monthly guarantee * Excellent job bonus * Northern Allowance Program * Excellent Benefit Plan and Travel Expenses * Retirement Plan * Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus Program * Christmas Bonus Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop off at 239 Clearview Drive, Red Deer County ATTN: Lori Enzie
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A Memorial Service will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3002 - 47 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. If desired, memorial donations in Martha’s Anniversaries honor may be made directly to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
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Key Responsibilities: • Provide remote IT support to staff in our MONDAY’S chain of over 100 retail AT EAST 40TH PUB stores across Canada. 9-11 pm. Laugh your sox off! • Onsite support to our EAST 40TH PUB corporate office includ- Medical ing network equipment SPECIALS (workstations, servers, F/T REGISTERED Meatball Monday routers, switches, printers, MASSAGE THERAPIST Rib Night warehouse manageREQUIRED. Apply in person Tuesday & Saturday’s ment systems etc.), to Associate Chiropractic. Wing Night Wednesday corporate backups (on 5415 49 Ave. Shrimp Night Thursday and offsite) and various Tired of Standing? You can sell your guitar software products such Find something to sit on for a song... MS Office, Simply or put it in CLASSIFIEDS in Classifieds Accounting etc.. and we’ll sell it for you! • Some travel, within Canada, to complete IT setup at store locations Oilfield may be required LOST CAT in Johnstone area. Pure white, bushy tail with two tufts under chin. Answers to Lucy. Please call 403-986-5505
As we loved you, so we miss you, in our memory you are near. Loved, remembered, longed for, always bringing many a silent tear. ~ Always our Garry....So loved, so missed by your family.
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ZACHARIAS Daniel April 13, 1954 - June 11, 2014 It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we have to announce the sudden accidental passing of Daniel Zacharias, beloved son, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. Dan is survived by his wife Sheryl nee Fraser of Red Deer, AB.; also two sons, the oldest, Troy (Michelle), and their children Pyper, London, Justice and Jersey; the youngest, Chad (Leah), and their two daughters Lillian and Teagan. His father Werner Zacharias; mother Elsie (deceased); siblings, Telita (Peter) Janzen and their five children, Deloris (Lynden Wilms and their three children, Gorden (Susan) and their four children and Lorine (Larry) Hooge and their two children. Dan will be dearly missed. Everyone who was lucky enough to have been a part of his life, whether it was family or friends, was able to see a man who was always there for them, anytime, or any place, for anything. We were all so lucky to have Dan as a part of our lives for as long as we did. A local service to honour Dan’s life and memory will be held on Wednesday June 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at CrossRoads Church in Red Deer, AB. Condolences to the family can be made by visiting www.shanidarfuneralservices.com
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BICKFORD With heartfelt sadness we regret to announce that Glen Allen Bickford passed away peacefully on June 20, 2014 at the Red Deer Hospital. He was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon on October 20, 1925. At a very young age he moved back to the Red Deer area and farmed his whole life. Glen’s greatest joys were his family, grandchildren, and farming. He is survived by his wife, Helen; son, Allen (Jan); grandchildren, Hayley, Breanne, and J’lyn. He is also survived by his brother, Ken (Pat); and many extended family members. He is predeceased by grandsons, Justin and Teron; sisters, Betty and Fay; brothers, Aubrey (Earl) and Thomas. A Memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at Crossroads Church Chapel, Red Deer, Alberta. If friends so desire, please make donations to STARS Air Ambulance. Condolences may be made through www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”
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SOAP Stories is seeking 5 EXPERIENCED F/T - P/T Beauty TreatEXCAVATOR OPERATOR ment O/P, selling soap & for local commercial bath products $14.55/hr. + construction company. bonus & comm. Beauty Please fax resume with OIL & GAS OPERATOR cert. req’d. Location current drivers abstract to Bearspaw currently has a Parkland Mall - 4747 67th 403-342-6881 position in our Stettler field St. Red Deer. email NOW HIRING operations for an intermediate premierjobrdbto@ oil and gas operator. Applicants Req’d immed. gmail.com must have experience as a Certified asbestos heavy duty mechanic or SOAP Stories is seeking 5 workers. journeyman instrument retail sales reps. Selling soap Wage negotiable. mechanic and possess & bath products. $12.10 hr 780-818-8524 strong mechanical skills, + bonus & commission. be quick learners, motivated F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. and hard working and live Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. or be willing to relocate Red Deer. email resume to within a 20 minute commute premierjobrd@gmail.com to workplace location. This position offers a challenging StoreSmart work environment, attractive Self-Storage SIDING INSTALLER benefits with competitive is now hiring for with or without trailer & pay and significant room the following positions! tools. F.T. year round for promotion. work, must have truck and Please submit resumes 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 Assistant Manager per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 (Full Time) Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ Customer Service bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Rep Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 (Part Time) Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 For job descriptions and how to apply, go to TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Restaurant/ www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. Requires Hotel No phone calls please.
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Must possess clean drivers abstract, know city well. The individual must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. Some warehouse work and some heavy lifting is required. The company offers full benefit package for this full time position. Please email or drop off resume. ARTIC TRUCK PARTS #3-6540 71 ST Red Deer AB T4P 3Y7 (P)403-348-0999 (F)403-348-5198 Email to: ron.cain@ nfleetsolutions.com
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NORAL-TECH Ltd ARE YOU FINDING Required Immediately Manufacturer of 12 Volts RETIREMENT Parts Delivery electrical control panels for NOT WHAT YOU Driver specialized trucks. We are THOUGHT IT WOULD BE?
DEERMART EQUIPMENT, Red Deer’s John Deere Dealer is seeking to fill a full time position for a Service Writer. QUALIFIED This dynamic role is the main point of contact for all 1st yr. through to Trades service customers and is JOURNEYMAN responsible for seeing ELECTRICIANS each piece of equipment Absolute Fusion through the shop process Contracting is a welding, With Residential exp. a from opening work orders fabrication, maintenance must. Competitive wages to managing payments. EAST SIDE MARIO’S and repair facility requiring & benefits. Fax resume to: Experience in a service HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS a supervisor/instructor. 403-314-5599 related role is an asset. Full Time & Part Time. Knowledge and experience Please indicate in your Apply after 2 p.m. ask for in fabrication with application the relative Truckers/ the manager on duty. engineered drawings or experience you have for designing from instruction. Drivers GRILLER’S Steak House this position. The right Strong mechanical ability in Rocky Mtn. House is candidate for this role must for repair and maintenance. CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d looking for Cook’s. Wage have the ability to build Must be able to organize for moving equipment. $15-$20./hr. dependant relationships, provide outon exp. Submit resume to: and instruct up to 10 employees. Resumes to be dropped off standing customer service, Comprehensive Benefit plan. at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. grillersbanquets@ be highly organized and Wages are negotiable with Cres. Red Deer. gmail.com or fax to able to make decisions experience and attitude. 403-845-7469 regarding department DRIVERS for furniture Please forward resumes priorities, be proficient with moving company, class 5 HERITAGE LANES and references by fax to computers, mechanically required (5 tons), local & 403-309-7134 or by email BOWLING long distance. Competitive inclined and able to provide Red Deer’s most modern 5 to info@absolutefusion.ca feedback and suggest wages. Apply in person. No Phone Calls Please! pin bowling center req’s solutions to service 6630 71 St. Bay 7 permanent F/T front related questions. Red Deer. 403-347-8841 Classifieds counter staff for all shifts This position reports directly Your place to SELL STETTLER TRANSIT MIX (days, eves. and wknds). to the Service Manager Your place to BUY Drivers wanted for Please send resume to: and will work closely with mixer/pumping concrete. htglanes@ our team of technicians EXP. PAVERS WANTED 403-742-2134 or telus.net or apply in person and parts staff. John Deere Call 403-341-6900 email:stettlertransitmix experience is an asset, RAMADA INN & or Fax: 877-787-1605 @gmail.com however not required. SUITES All interested and qualified req`s Permanent applicants may forward ROOM ATTENDANTS their resume by email to Trades Attendants. Exp. not nec. lloring@deermart.com, will train. Approx. 35 - 40 by fax: 403-342-5600, hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 or in person at 6705 $14/hr. Duties incl’d but Golden West Avenue, not limited to: vacuuming, Red Deer, AB. dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, 1693338 Alberta LTD disinfecting & cleaning o/a Custom T’s bathrooms. Performance Hiring Salespersons based bonus program. Store at Parkland Mall, Must be fluent with verbal 4747-67th St, Red Deer, l& written English, be AB T4N 6H3 physically fit. Applicants F/Time, Perm, Shifts, may apply in person at Weekends 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer Salary - $14.00 hourly Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 Skills: good English, cusBrewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full or email: tomer service oriented. time Operator 2 position. info@ramadareddeer.com No experience requirement. The position includes Plant Operations and Education: High school Sanitation duties. Main duties: Sales & Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma Greet customers in our store. Distributors Explain how to use and and must be available for shift work. care of our products. Experience in manufacturing or factory environment GRATIAE is seeking Operation of the cash register is preferred. 5 Retails Sales reps Opening up the store and selling skin & body care Application Closing Date: June 30, 2014. closing it at night. products in Parkland Mall Applicants should include a resume and apply in Keep sales reports. 4747 67th St. Red Deer, Respect the laws and writing to: $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. regulations of Parkland Mall. Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. Company’s business address: Email resumes: Attn: Human Resources 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB gratiaereddeersr@ Box 113, T4R 1P2 E-mail: gmail.com Reachiesales@gmail.com Alix, Alberta TOC OBO ACADEMIC Express Fax: (403) 747-2660 ADULT EDUCATION Trades NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE AND TRAINING
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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
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Are you currently in Service and do you have experience working on boats or RVs? We are looking to add a new Marine Technician and an RV Technician to the Go Auto team at Go RV and Marine. We’re looking to find passionate staff members within the Go Auto Group that want to grow and improve our service department and want this as the next step in their career.
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Pidherney’s requires experienced drivers
careers@goauto.ca 403.347.3300
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Valid First Aid and H2S tickets required. We offer competitive wages, benefits package, and opportunities for advancement.
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Firewood
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Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
LOGS CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week. NO WEEKENDS!!
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CLASS 1 ,3 AND LOWBOY, FOREMAN, OPERATORS AND LABOURERS
Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Garden Supplies
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15’ LAUREL LEAF WILLOW 6-8’ NORTHWEST POPLAR & BROOK POPLAR Beautiful trees. You dig. Please phone 403-302-1919
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BEER fridge, McClary $175 obo. 403-314-0804 KENMORE washer $150 403-358-5568
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2 BAR STOOLS, $10/ea. SMALL DESK & CHAIR, $40. 403-346-0674 4 PC. solid maple bdrm. suite $200 403-347-3849 4 PC. velvet livingroom set $200 403-358-5568 COMPUTER DESK W/ HUTCH. 59.5” w x 57” h x 24.25” d, slide out tray. 2 file drawers. Light oak. $75. 403-347-7858 DARK wood bureau w/mirror and 2 matching night tables $120 obo; retro magazine table from 1950’s $30 obo 403-506-9453
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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
Academy of Learning HCA program offers:
3 On-Site Clinical Practicums No Waiting List Scrubs are provided
ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in WOODLEA AREA
2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer
www.academyoflearning.ab.ca
DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295
Don’t wait! Make that satisfying career move! Apply today!
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COMPANY req’s live in retired couple to caretake and maintain our apartment operations. Journeyman plumbing exp. an asset. Call Mike for details 403-342-4923
Previous experience Self-motivated Excellent Communication Skills Multi-tasking ability High attention to detail
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If you are highly motivated, detailed, and have excellent time management skills, we want to hear from you today! Skills Requirements:
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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/week in:
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Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Job Search and Resume Writing Course First Aid / WHMIS
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Feeling bored or worried about retirement finances? There is help! The SAGE (Successful Adults Gaining Employment) Program can give you the opportunity to explore post-retirement career options that work for you! You will spend eight weeks learning new PEST CONTROL TECHS skills in high demand within REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca today’s labour market, Call 403-373-6182 acquire industry specific training certifications, CELEBRATIONS prepare for the GED exam, HAPPEN EVERY DAY and receive introductory IN CLASSIFIEDS computer skills followed by up to ten weeks of on-the-job PT office help and or work experience in an Class room Instructor industry of your choice. req`d. Please call Street SAGE is designed to assist Wise Driving School. the older worker to remain 403-340-8848 active and engaged in today’s labour market! RENTAL STORE Call Career Assistance Requires a Front End Person. Network at (403) 341-7811 Duties include assisting to register for this FREE customers, answering phones, data entry, deliveries. program sponsored by the Government of Alberta and Must be organized, Government of Canada. have computer knowledge, Call today! Space is limited and be physically fit. Being mechanically inclined for the June 27th program!!! and having construction knowledge an asset. Full time. Central Alberta’s Largest Apply 5929-48 Ave. or email: Car Lot in Classifieds sales@parklandrentals.com currently seeking 2 full time assemblers with automotive related electrical experience. The successful candidates must be able to read and interpret electrical drawings. Email resume normand@noraltech-com
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F/T or P/T Seamstress needed for busy alteration shop ASAP. Must have sewing exp. Please drop off resume to Gloria’s Alterations in Bower Mall.
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Advocate Opportunities * Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week
SPRINGBROOK The papers arrive ready to deliver.
NO COLLECTING! Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week
36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Drive Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.
Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week
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Phone 403-314-4316
Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources
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We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
EASTVIEW Ellis St. Area $97./mo ALSO South Half of Embury Cres. South half of 46 St. and 35 Ave. Close $70./mo For More Information Call Jamie at 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS
3 days per week, no weekends * Adults * Youths * Seniors *
35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres. Westpark Cres.
IS HIRING!
GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 - 4200 Blocks of 43A Ave.
WESTPARK SUBDIVISION
We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: - QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER - CONCRETE FINISHERS - CARPENTERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at
47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $175./mo
To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
ROUTES IN:
ANDERS AREA Ashley Ave., Ashley Close Alexander Drive, Anquetel/Atlee Close Allsop Ave/Atlee St. Allison Cres MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. Sunnside Cres. Sutton Close Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr. also Lister Cres. & Lockwood Ave. also Landry & Lawson Close Law Close/Lewis Close VANIER AREA Vanson Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************
TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300
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Love holds key to draft influence Love or Afflalo. “For the most part, the teammates and the coaches will always, always want the certainty of the player in the locker room,” said Isiah Thomas, a former player, executive and coach and current NBATV analyst. “Management will for the most part look at it from a financial aspect, culture aspect and also the type of player they are getting.” That’s the conundrum the Wolves face with Love, who can opt out of his contract at the end of next season and has made it clear he plans to go elsewhere. Wolves President Flip Saunders could choose to keep Love and try to make roster moves in an effort to convince him to stay in Minnesota. But if he decides to trade him, Saunders has a couple of options: — He can trade Love for a package of veterans in an effort to avoid a long-term rebuild. — He could move Love in deal highlighted by draft picks, which could put the Celtics and their two firstround picks on Thursday night — Nos. 6 and 17 — or the Cleveland Cavaliers, who pick first, at the top of the list potential trade partners. Celtics President Danny Ainge told reporters in Boston on Saturday that keeping their picks was “probably the most likely scenario that happens” and Warriors general manager Bob Myers said Friday that it
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kevin Love was a doughy, nervous 19-year-old in 2008 when he was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Six years later, the threetime All-Star could hear his name called on draft night — again. College stars and international prospects may not be the only ones taking centre stage on Thursday night in New York. Love, one of the best big men in the league, headlines a list of veteran NBA players who could have a major influence on how the draft unfolds. Love’s contract situation has the Timberwolves contemplating trading him, with teams like Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Denver among those who could use firstround picks as part of a package to acquire him. Orlando’s Arron Afflalo and Golden State’s Klay Thompson could be on the move as well, while soon-to-be free agents like Toronto’s Kyle Lowry and Phoenix’s Eric Bledsoe could have a say in which direction their current teams go with draft picks. Many of the trades that occur this time of year don’t happen until teams are on the clock and can gauge what players are available to be drafted. Then they can decide whether they can get enough to part with a proven commodity like
Household Furnishings
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FUTON, black tubular frame w/mattress, 2 matching cushions 80”L x 45”w, like new valued over $400, now $200 403-314-2026 OAK oval table and 4 chairs $150 403-358-5568 SECTIONAL, 3 pce. $300. obo, 2 pc. china cabinet $200 obo 403-848-1499
Sporting Goods
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MUST SELL Deer head mounts on shields, professionally done, only 2 left $100/ea. 403-314-2026
Travel Packages
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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.
SOLID oak oval kitchen table 38 x 42 w/4 chairs plus leaf $150 obo 403-506-9453
Misc. for Sale
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1 YR. OLD 1200 WATT GENERATOR 1 hr. use $200 obo 403-314-0804 5 SHEETS 5/8” O.S.B. board 1-24’W, 2-17 3/4”w and 2-16”w, ALL 8’ L, all for $15; 2 sheets 3/8” O.S.B. board 1-21’w and 1-10”w, both 8’L all $5, several misc. pieces of wood all for $5; 4 chrome tooth brush and glass holders wallmount all $10; wall shelf Dr. Brown arborite covered 5’L x 9 1/2”W $5, 4 sets of 2 L shaped fancy shelf brackets 7 1/4” x 10” $5/set 403-314-2026 SLEEPING BAG, $10. Rubbermaid COOLER & Thermal Jug, $15; green coverall size 44T $15; stainless steel thermos $8; ovewrnight bag $10. 403-347-5316
Cats
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BEAUTIFUL 10 week old kittens. Variety of colours: Pink & white, orange, & grey tabby. Free to loving home. 403-782-3130
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Tractors
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JOHN DEERE 4320 Tractor. Approx. 6000 hrs. Front end loader, complete w/8’ snow blade attachment. Exc. cond. Sold farm. $13,500. ALSO John Deere 14’ Disc & Cultivator. 403-350-1007 or 403-782-3617
Houses For Sale
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LEGACY ESTATES FREE Weekly list of 60yrs + condo. 403-350-5054 properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s SOUTHWOOD PARK phone #, etc. 342-7355 3110-47TH Avenue, Help-U-Sell of Red Deer 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, www.homesreddeer.com generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, MUST SELL full bsmts. 403-347-7473, 1217 sq.ft. duplex. Sorry no pets. 4 bdrm., $191,900. www.greatapartments.ca 403-588-2550
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2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail July 1/Aug. 1. $1050/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337
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was “unlikely” they would be involved in a major trade on or before the draft. But things can change in the blink of an eye. “I say unlikely because most of the things you talk about don’t happen,” Myers said. “And there’s no blame to be placed. It’s just hard. I mean, it’s hard to make deals in the NBA because it’s very competitive and it has to work for both sides.” Afflalo had the best offensive season of his career for the Magic last season, averaging 18.2 points, 3.4 assists and shooting 42.7 per cent on 3-pointers. But he turns 29 in October, the Magic have a promising young core and are still rebuilding their roster after trading Dwight Howard a couple of years ago. Meanwhile, the Raptors and Suns have decisions to make with their free agent point guards. Lowry is coming off of a breakout season and was one of the biggest reasons the Raptors made a surprising surge in the East. But he also figures to garner considerable interest on a free agent market short on playmaking point guards. Toronto has the 20th overall pick in the first round, which is right around where Syracuse point guard Tyler Ennis could be selected and he could provide insurance should the Raptors lose Lowry after July 1. Suns GM Ryan McDonough
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In this May 4, 2014, photo, Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry gets fouled by Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett, right, during Game 7 of the opening-round NBA playoff series in Toronto. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Love headlines a list of veteran NBA players who could have a major influence on how the draft unfolds, Thursday. Love’s contract situation has the Timberwolves contemplating trading him, and several teams could use first-round picks as part of a package to acquire him. Orlando’s Arron Afflalo and Golden State’s Klay Thompson could be on the move as well, while soon-to-be free agents like Toronto’s Lowry and Phoenix’s Eric Bledsoe could have a say in which direction their current teams go with draft picks.
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Rosberg leads Mercedes to another win EDGES OUT TEAMMATE HAMILTON AGAIN AT AUSTRIAN GP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPIELBERG, Austria — Formula One returned to business as usual Sunday as Nico Rosberg led Lewis Hamilton at the Austrian Grand Prix for the sixth 1-2 finish by Mercedes. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo won the Canadian GP two weeks ago and Williams’ Felipe Massa took pole position for Sunday’s race but this had little effect on Mercedes which had missed out on the front row of the grid for the first time this season. “I was still very confident going into the race and knew I could win starting from third,” said Rosberg, who celebrated his third win of the year and sixth overall as he extended his lead in the drivers’ championship over Hamilton to 29 points — 165 vs. 136. “I am extremely happy,” the German said. “Extending my lead was the main goal coming into this race.” Williams’ Valtteri Bottas came third for his first career F1 podium while teammate Massa took fourth. Fourtime champion Sebastian Vettel quit the race on lap 36 after overcoming engine problems early in the race. Rosberg succeeded where his father Keke had just failed 32 years ago, when he came up 0.05 short of Elio de Angelis at the 1982 Austrian GP. However, Keke Rosberg went on to become world champion that year, a feat Nico Rosberg is reluctant to think about yet. “29 is a nice gap but it’s still so early in the season,” he said. Hamilton, who was ninth after qualifying, earned four places from a blistering start and won another place to work his way up to fourth in the opening lap. “It was a good start, one of the best starts I’ve ever had,” the 2008 F1 champion said. “To get from ninth to second and then pressure Nico shows the pace I had this weekend.” Rosberg immediately overtook Bottas but lost that position again shortly after the first turn. Massa dropped from pole to fourth after the top four
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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany, and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain compete during the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, Sunday. had their first pit stops and never threatened the leaders again. Sergio Perez remained in the lead until the 27th, overtaken by Rosberg who accelerated for the fastest lap so far to create distance on Hamilton, who got stuck behind Perez. The Mercedes drivers went 1-2 from lap 47 on but Rosberg kept Hamilton at bay, denying him a chance to overtake. The British driver saw his chances reduced as the two pit stops in the race cost him 1.9 seconds more than Rosberg who relaxed at the end. “I felt comfortable in the last lap,” Rosberg said. “It wasn’t that close.” The race once more confirmed Mercedes has best adapted to the introduction this season of the 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engines with the build-in energy recovery system. Hamilton won four races in a row while Rosberg never finished worse than second. “That’s super, 1-2 means you can’t do better,” Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said. “They both made some mistakes under pressure but did well to handle the situation near the end as we had some problems with the cooling system and the brakes.”
Mercedes’ stranglehold on F1 victories was broken by Ricciardo in Montreal, though Red Bull failed to threaten Mercedes again on its home circuit in Austria. Mercedes dominated practice Friday with Rosberg and Hamilton posting the fastest times, but Williams hit back the next day when Bottas led the final practice before Massa grabbed pole position — his first in six years. Despite starting 1-2, Williams was not counting on a victory, Bottas admitted. “From all the data we had from practice we knew it was going to be difficult,” the Finn said. “I am really happy for what we did with the whole team.” Vettel lost drive in the second lap and had already been doubled by the field by the time he could pick up again. He later damaged the front wing of his Red Bull as he clipped the left rear wheel of Esteban Gutierrez’s Sauber and shortly afterward quit the race in lap 36 for his third DNF of the season. “From the back of the pack there obviously was nothing I could do anymore,” Vettel said. “It’s bitter but
Edwards ends Henrick Motorsports’ domination with first road course win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SONOMA, Calif. — Carl Edwards made Roush Fenway Racing the unlikely organization to end Hendrick Motorsports’ five-race winning streak. Edwards stopped the Hendrick juggernaut with a win Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, the first career victory for Edwards on a road course. The win came a week after Roush was shut out at Michigan, where the organization failed to put a car in the top 10 for the first time since 2000. Edwards took the lead on a restart with 25 laps remaining and seemed to have the win wrapped up, but Jeff Gordon nearly chased him down on the final lap. Gordon, a five-time Sonoma winner, had one good look at Edwards and couldn’t pull off the pass. “That’s the best I’ve got and it almost wasn’t good enough,” Edwards said. “That last lap was ugly. I grew up watching Jeff Gordon do well here, so to have him in my mirror, that is very special.” It wasn’t a terrible day for the Hendrick organization, which had won every Sprint Cup Series race since Jeff Gordon’s victory at Kansas on May 10. Instead, HMS settled for all four of its drivers finishing in the top seven. Gordon, the Sprint Cup Series points leader, wound up second. He said he made one mistake in overdriving a turn with about five laps to go that allowed Edwards to build a healthy lead. “I just couldn’t put enough pressure on him,” Gordon said. “I think had I put some more pressure on him, I saw him really struggling with the (tire) grip level, but he did everything he needed to do. That last lap, I gave it my best effort and closed up on him and he didn’t overdrive it. I was hoping he might slide up and I’d get a run on him.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third after rallying from an earlier incident that wrecked Matt Kenseth, and was apologetic on the radio and after the race. “I tried to screw it up a couple times in the race, but I calmed down and was able to get a good finish,” Earnhardt said after his career-best finish on a road course. “I got into Matt, I jumped a curb and jumped into the air and just ran into him. Totally my fault. I hope he’s not sore with me.” Kasey Kahne bounced back from an early flat tire to finish sixth and Jimmie Johnson was seventh. In all, Chevrolet drivers took spots two through seven as pole-sitter Jamie McMurray, using a Hendrick engine, finished fourth and Paul Menard was fifth. Fords rounded out the top 10, led by Edwards, Marcos Ambrose eighth and Roush driver Greg Biffle was 10th. The highest-finishing Toyota was Clint Bowyer in 11th. Bowyer was the leader on a restart with 31 laps to go, was passed by Ambrose, and then got a flat left rear tire. The tire problem led to Jamie McMurray turning Bowyer, and as Bowyer’s car was stopped in the middle of the track, bottleneck traf-
we’ve learnt a lot and we still have to learn a lot more from this and look forward.” The track was new to all but four of the 22 drivers as F1 returned to Austria for the first time since 2003. At 4.3 kilometres (2.7 miles), the Red Bull Ring is one of the shortest circuits on the calendar, though with just nine turns it features long straights. Situated in Central Austria’s countryside, the track includes inclines of up to 12 per cent. It was the 27th Austrian GP, which has been held on different circuits since 1964, with Alain Prost winning a record three times. Until 1987, the races took place in nearby Zeltweg before Austria first disappeared from the calendar for 10 years. Spielberg also hosted the race from 1997-2003. Five years after the last race, Red Bull reportedly invested 200 million euros ($270 million) for upgrading the track and its surrounding infrastructure. The Austrian GP has been one of two new races to this season’s F1 calendar alongside the Russian GP, scheduled for Sochi in October.
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Carmelo Anthony informs Knicks of plan to enter free agency BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Carl Edwards holds up his trophy after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, in Sonoma, Calif. Edwards won the race and Jeff Gordon finished second. fic caused Kevin Harvick to run into Bowyer. “We got ourselves in position and had a flat. It was going down and I was all over the place,” he said. “Jamie just kind of finished me up and got me out of the way. Bad luck, man.” Edwards’ win is his first career victory on a road course, and he’d never been higher than third at Sonoma. More important, it was his second win of this season and locks him into the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field. “This is a moment I’ll never forget, to be standing in Victory Lane and to have held off Jeff Gordon with all of the success he’s had here and in our sport,” Edwards said. “I’m living proof that whatever it is you’re doing, just keep doing it and don’t ever give up because somehow things can work out.” It was Edwards’ 23rd win of his ca-
reer, the 135th Sprint Cup Series victory for car owner Jack Roush, and it made Edwards the 10th consecutive different winner at Sonoma. “My road racing progression has been a pretty long climb,” Edwards said, recalling times testing with Boris Said. “A lot of hard work has gone into this.” Crew chief Jimmy Fennig said the race played into their hands after pitting with 40 to go and then a caution came out and Fennig made the call to not bring Edwards in a second time under yellow. The strategy moved Edwards toward the front of the field and he moved his way to the front. “When you got somebody like Carl behind the wheel, and you put him out front, he’s going to get it done,” Fennig said. “To have two wins right now and to be locked in really feels good.”
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony is putting himself on the free agent market. Anthony has informed the New York Knicks of his long-expected plans, two people with knowledge of the details said Sunday. Anthony had a Monday deadline to terminate the final year of his contract. He filed the paperwork on Friday, one of the people told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no official announcements were made. Anthony has repeatedly said he planned to explore free agency this summer. Team president Phil Jackson told the All-Star forward after the season he may want to delay the decision and play out the final year of his deal, which would have paid him $23.3 million, but Anthony is going ahead with his previous plans. He told the Knicks he was sticking to his intentions during a recent meeting in Los Angeles with Jackson, general manager Steve Mills and new coach Derek Fisher, and has now made it official. He will be eligible to negotiate with teams starting July 1. Teams such as Chicago, Houston, Dallas and Miami have been mentioned as potential suitors for Anthony, a two-time Olympic gold medallist who led the NBA in scoring in 2012-13. Anthony has never said he wanted to leave New York but said his biggest priority is signing with a team that he believes can contend for championships. The Knicks went 37-45 last season, the first time Anthony missed the playoffs in his 11-year career, and have little financial ability to upgrade the roster this summer. The Knicks can offer Anthony, whom they acquired from Denver in a blockbuster trade in February 2011, more than $20 million more than any team. But Anthony has said he would be willing to take less than a maximum salary for a chance to win, and Jackson has said he hopes Anthony sticks to that. Jackson and Fisher have said the Knicks want Anthony back, but that the team would be prepared for whatever happened. Anthony never truly got to experience the full free agency process, signing an extension of his rookie contract in 2006, then extending that deal as a condition of the trade to New York, and has said that is something that interests him. Now he will have his chance.
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