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‘A stunning act of wrongdoing’ — Justice Kirk Sisson Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench

WHEN THE CHANMINARAJ FAMILY WENT TO CATCH THE FIREWORKS ON CANADA DAY 2010, A DRUNK DRIVER SHATTERED THEIR LIVES. ADVOCATE REPORTER BRENDA KOSSOWAN LOOKS AT THE VICTIMS, THE KILLER AND THE FALLOUT FROM THE EVENTS OF THAT EVENING

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Jamie Chanminaraj, his brother, Jeffrey, and his sister Stephanie, were waiting to turn left onto Kerry Wood Drive when Rodney Arens slammed his Dodge pickup into their vehicle. Jeffrey died at the scene.

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Sentenced to a life of grief MEMBERS OF THE CHANMINARAJ FAMILY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MASK THEIR SADNESS WHILE SLOWLY STITCHING THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Canada Day 2010 dawned beautifully for Tony Chanminaraj. He spent his 48th birthday at home in Red Deer with his wife and four kids — the 20-yearold daughter and two teenaged sons he had raised on his own, along with a new baby girl from his second marriage.

Contented and pleasantly stuffed from the turkey and salad prepared for his birthday dinner, Tony was sleeping peacefully when his oldest daughter, Stephanie, 20, and her brother Jeffrey, 13, decided to head down to Bower Ponds for the Canada Day fireworks. He felt grateful that he and his children were reaping the rewards of his family’s decision, when he was in his mid-teens, to leave their home in Laos and start a new life in Canada.

Jamie, 18, would have preferred to stay home and play video games, but Stephanie talked him into coming along because she wanted someone to look after her and Jeffrey. Her boyfriend, Jordan Dykes, had gone to bed early because he had to be up for work the next day.

The tail lights of Stephanie’s Honda Civic disappeared into the dusk. Jeffrey sat in the front beside his sister. Jamie sat in the back.

Minutes later, their world shattered.

Stephanie had stopped her car at the bottom of the Taylor Drive hill and was waiting to turn left onto Kerry Wood Drive. She and her brothers would find a place to park and walk back to watch the fireworks.

She had just started her turn when a Dodge pickup truck sped across the bridge toward her and accelerated just before reaching the intersection. It slammed into the passenger side of her car and then spun out of control, coming to rest on the median northwest of the intersection, its broken front end staring back at the car it had just struck.

Throngs of people had been standing at the crosswalks, waiting for the lights to change so they could make their way to Bower Ponds.

As the first fireworks were starting to go off, the intersection of Kerry Wood and Taylor Drives burst into chaos. The small car sat in the middle of the intersection, its right side ripped open, one of the passengers hanging partway out of the broken back window.

An off-duty nurse who was walking to Bower Ponds with her child and husband ran to the car.

Seeing no hope for the boy in the front passenger seat, she went around to the other side to tend to the driver while others rushed to the young man in the back.

In the distance, pickup truck driver Rodney Ross Arens, 32, stumbled as he got out of the driver’s-side door, lit a cigarette and walked around to the front, using the truck’s fender to support himself. A civilian who would later be called as a witness in his trial overhead him comment: “I guess I’m not driving this away.”

The first police arrived at the scene almost immediately, including two RCMP members who had been on their way to Bower Ponds to keep and eye on the Canada Day crowds.

Arens was placed back in his truck by one of the officers, who was concerned that he may have been injured in the crash. Another officer arrested him a few moments later on a single count of impaired driving.

The charges would later be upgraded to impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, breaching a court order prohibiting him from consuming alcohol and three counts of refusing to provide a breath sample to police investigating a fatal or injury collision.

In the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on June 19, 2014, just days before Tony’s 52nd birthday, Arens was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for all but the refusal charges, which were withdrawn during the trial. Justice Kirk Sisson included

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BELOW: While holding a photo of Jeffrey Chanminaraj, his sister Stephanie Chanminaraj, left, and mother, Fongsamout Thongsirimongkhonh, mourn the loss of their brother and son following a funeral service at Parkland Funeral Home.

a 10-year driving prohibition in the sentence.

The victims Jamie Chanminaraj was airlifted from Red Deer to Foothills Hospital in Calgary, where doctors performed a series of operations on his broken legs and mangled hand.

He was still in care and unable to join about 200 family members and school friends who gathered for his brother’s funeral in Red Deer on July 10, 2010.

Jeffrey Chanminaraj had been a student at Central Middle School. More artist than athlete, he loved to play video games and guitar. He had a cheerful smile and, to many who knew him, looked even younger than his 13 years.

“He did everything for you and asked nothing in

return,” said fellow student Chance Moggy, one of the many friends and family members who placed mementos on an impromptu memorial created at the crash site.

Jeffrey’s cousin, Pongsavane Praseutsith, remembers being pleasantly surprised that Jeffrey had picked up the guitar and was dreaming of becoming a rock star. Older than Jeffrey and trained in law, Praseutsith shared his cousin’s love of music and was also a guitar player.

“A lot of the other kids liked the piano or did other things. I was really surprised he chose the guitar, without my influence, which was really cool,” Praseutsith said in an interview with the Red Deer Advocate a few days after Jeffrey’s death.

“He was very passive. You knew that, when he grew up, he wasn’t going to be like one of those outspoken, star quarterback, play-on-the-sports-team kind of (people). You kind of knew he would be a video gamer or a musician.”

Talking about Jeffrey is still difficult for members of his family, says Stephanie.

“We tend not to be very outspoken,” she said outside the courtroom during a break in Arens’ trial.

She, Tony and Jamie have learned to mask their pain, putting on brave faces while trying to stitch their lives back together around a loss of immeasurable proportions.

Stephanie and her boyfriend have purchased a home in Penhold. She works full time in Red Deer, managing a retail clothing store.

Outwardly, Jamie also appears to be doing well.

Crown prosecutor Wayne Silliker, during sentencing submissions after Arens was convicted, remarked that he was healing miraculously after such grievous injuries.

It’s really not such a miracle, says Jamie, who works for a building contractor in Red Deer and the surrounding area.

Alongside the pain in his heart, he deals with agonizing pain in his legs, which were pieced together on the operating table with plates of titanium to reinforce broken bones.

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Smith vows to protect vulnerable

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Danielle Smith wants to be the next big thing in Alberta politics. In making her case on Friday, she used the words of an American vice-president who served while the Social Credit Party still ruled Alberta.

Speaking from the Michener Centre grounds, the Wildrose leader borrowed Herbert H. Humphrey’s words in saying that the provincial government has failed the moral test of governance because it has failed Alberta’s most vulnerable citizens. Smith said her party, if elected as the next government, would pour more money into services for children, the elderly and the disabled.

Wildrose would immediately invest $50 million more in home care, Smith said, and end the so-called “divorce by nursing home” practice where married seniors are expected to accept long-term care placements up to 80 km away from the home they share with their spouses.

Smith also reiterated her party’s stance that Michener Centre should remain open for the approximately 90 residents still living there. InnisfailSylvan Lake Kerry Towle went a step further, suggesting that the facility could open its doors to new residents in the future.

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GRIEF: Father no longer able to celebrate birthday The killer Named after his father Ross, Rodney Ross Arens spent his childhood in Rimbey and lived in a number of Central Alberta communities as an adult, including Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake.

In numerous court appearances before his trial this spring, Arens said many people were dependent on him, including two young daughters and the people employed with his construction business.

“This has had an impact on me, too,” Arens said in addressing the court during his sentence hearing on June 19. His lawyer, Donna Derie-Gillespie, described for the court how Arens’ mother died six months after the crash, unable to bear the stress.

Sniffling and wiping tears from his eyes, Arens said during his sentence hearing that he was “sorry that I was involved in such a tragic event.”

People in the gallery, including two Red Deer mothers whose adult children were killed by drunk drivers, later said that the apology sounded hollow, while Justice Sisson minced no words in describing his findings of guilt and the reasoning he used to craft his sentence.

While there was no evidence of the exact level of alcohol in Arens’ bloodstream at the time of the crash, there was plenty of evidence to prove that he was significantly impaired and plenty more evidence to show that he had been driving in a manner that put the public in significant danger, said Sisson.

He described Arens’ driving, the resulting crash and his attitude in the months and years that followed as “a stunning act of wrongdoing.”

Sisson derided Arens for his “callous” attitude toward the crash and the impact it had on the victims and their family, stressing the man’s numerous attempts to avoid prosecution rather than accept responsibility.

Among the worst of those efforts was his attempt after he was released from custody to convince a friend to lie about where he had been and the amount of alcohol he had consumed in the hours

“There is always going to be a certain amount of need for those who are not able to go into the community or who choose a different style of care, just like we see with our seniors, and they should be given as many options as we expect any Albertan should be given,” said Towle.

Wildrose has been rolling out policy planks this month, with Smith saying that when a new Progressive Conservative leader and premier is chosen in September, she believes a snap election could be called.

Provincial legislation dictates that the next election is to be held in spring 2016.

Each Alberta opposition party has consistently stated that the government should abandon its plan to shutter Michener Centre, a move announced in 2013. The three candidates for PC leader have each either said that they would review or halt the closure edict if selected as leader.

“I’m glad they’ve finally woken up and realized that this is a serious issue, that they’ve been dealing with it in a capricious way, and I hope they keep their commitment,” said Smith.

“We have been consistent all the way through, listening to families, giving families what they were promised and standing by that, so they’ll have to make their own judgment about whether or not they believe a single word any of these PC leadership candidates are now saying.”

Bill Lough, president of the Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Centre, said families are encouraged by the recent statements of support from politicians of all parties.

But they are not claiming victory

before the crash, said Sisson.

Under the Criminal Code, impaired driving causing death carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. The reality, however, is that judges must look at a variety of factors, including the sentences that have been given for similar crimes and under similar circumstances.

In January 2013, Lacombe resident April Gail Beauclair, 29, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for killing two young men and maiming another in a collision on Hwy 11A, between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake.

In April 2011, Sedalia resident Chad Olsen, 24 at the time, was sentenced to three years in prison, minus nine months for time served, for the drunk driving crash that killed the parents of five Red Deer children in February 2010. The Alberta Court of Appeal later extended the sentence to two and a half years.

The fallout Among the people gathered for Arens’ sentencing was Red Deer mother Aleta Neville, whose son Brent was killed in Calgary when the car his drunk best friend was driving went out of control.

President of the Red Deer and district branch of MADD Canada, she sat beside Sandra Green, whose daughter and sonin-law, Krista and Brad Howe, were the victims in Olsen’s drunk driving crash.

Since Olsen’s release from prison, Green has been making school presentations with him, hoping to prevent as many young people as possible from repeating his tragic mistake.

Green said many people ask how she can stomach working with him. She feels it’s her mission, so other mothers and grandmothers don’t have to experience the unending grief that is a permanent part of her life.

No sentence for drunk driving can adequately punish someone who has taken the life of another, said Neville. However, she believes harsher sentences would make a significant difference in the number of people who still think it’s OK to drink and drive.

Sentences have become stiffer in recent years, but judges are still not using the penalties available to them to the full extent. Neville said she knows of only one person ever sentenced to life after an impaired driving collision, and the offence was second-degree murder, aggravated assault and other offences rather than impaired driving causing death.

Calgary resident Jeffrey Kevin Leinen was convicted of the offences in December 2011 for

killing Nicholas Baier, 18, and seriously injuring Dan Skocdopole, 19.

Kicked out of a bar in Olds, he had deliberately rammed his pickup truck into a crowd of college students gathered outside on the evening of Oct. 29, 2010. His original conviction has been upheld after being overturned on an appeal, with an automatic sentence of life in prison with no parole for 14 years.

Tony Chanminaraj, his children and his brother, Van, feel that they have been sentenced to a life of grief by the man who killed Jeffrey.

Stephanie, who once loved fireworks, now closes herself away on Canada Day and has never since attended a fireworks display for any reason.

Tony and his second wife, Thang, now have two little girls, Angie and Nikki, ages four and two.

Angie was just a baby when Jeffrey died, but she sees his picture on the wall in their house and says his name.

Thang is expecting a third baby in August. Ultrasound has confirmed that she will have a boy.

Tony is looking forward to spending many years with his new son.

But there is one fatherson tradition that they will never share.

He is no longer able to celebrate his own birthday. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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“As families, we’re not going to be satisfied with simply a review. ... We want a commitment from any leader, be it opposition and/or the current government, to make a statement as to where they stand as to Michener,” said Lough.

PC leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk visited Michener earlier this month and Lough’s group is lining up visits for the other two candidates running for the job. Lough said the group has met with a handful of PC MLAs in recent months.

He has encouraged families of residents to “sit back and refuse to sign anything” in regards to a move from the centre until the leadership race concludes and a judicial review of the decision takes place in November.

Also in the Wildrose party platform

are pledges to enforce higher meal and personal hygiene standards in care facilities, make child-care grants more flexible, and increase allowances to severely handicapped citizens.

The policy announcement was the third of nine Wildrose says it will unveil in 2014. In the last month, Smith has pledged to commit $1.2 billion for light rail transit projects in Edmonton and Calgary and $2 billion over four years to build at least 100 new schools by 2020.

At least 31 people have been moved out of Michener Centre into community group and seniors homes. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Desharnais sentenced to six years in prison

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A man convicted on Thursday in the brutal assault on a Red Deer woman has been sentenced to six years in prison, with just under two years of credit for the time he has spent in remand.

Nathan Michael Desharnais, 25, was found guilty of three charges laid by Red Deer City RCMP investigating a violent sexual assault on June 5, 2012, in the basement bedroom of a fourplex in the Glendale subdivision.

In Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday, Justice Adam Germain sentenced him to six years in prison on charges of aggravated sexual assault and choking with intent to overcome resistance, to be served concurrently. A charge of forcible confinement was conditionally stayed and may become permanently stayed if avenues of appeal are exhausted.

Germain described Desharnais’ offences as the worst possible form of sexual assault, given the vulnerability of his victim, a prostitute, the brutality of the act and the terror he inflicted upon her.

The woman’s name is withheld under provisions of the Criminal Code, which protects the identities of all sexual assault victims.

Court heard that Desharnais paid to have sex with the woman, 47, and then attacked her while she was preparing to leave, binding her face and hands with duct tape. “(She) is a member of one of the most vulnerable segments of society. What occurred to her ... was degrading and humiliating,” said Germain.

BRIEFS Hostage situation ends peacefully A reported hostage situation near Rimbey on Thursday evening ended peacefully when an intoxicated man surrendered to Rimbey RCMP. Police were called to a residence west of Rimbey at about 8 p.m. on Thursday to a report of a hostage situation and an allegation that firearms were involved.

Rimbey RCMP attended and were later joined

by Red Deer, Ponoka and Sylvan Lake RCMP and Hwy 2 highway patrol.

By 10:30 p.m., the occupant, who police said was intoxicated, had surrendered and was taken into custody. No one was injured.

Subsequent police investigation of the house found firearms but no hostages.

Rimbey RCMP did not disclose the name of the person, but said it was a male in his 50s from the Rimbey area. He remains in custody pending firearms charges.

Red Deer man pleads not guilty to child porn charges A Red Deer man facing child porn charges will go to trial after he pleaded not guilty.

Justin Andrew Peck, 21, pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of child porn and luring a child with intent of making child porn.

The alleged victim, who can’t be named because of a publication ban, was 13 years old at the time of the alleged incidents.

It is alleged that Peck coerced a young person into sending him images through Facebook.

He will appear in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on July 11 for arraignments, where a trial date could be set.

Home invasion sentencing put off Sentencing for one of three men involved in a home invasion in Red Deer has been put off until September.

David James Kertesz, 28, of Red Deer was convicted earlier this year of his role in the May 13, 2013, incident. He and two other people entered a Parke Avenue apartment to steal drugs and money.

Kertesz was convicted of break and enter, robbery, using an imitation firearm to commit robbery, kidnapping, forcible confinement and extortion.

Sentencing is now scheduled for Sept. 8.

a sentence, but asked that Desharnais be given two days credit for each of the 490 days he served in remand, noting that he was double and triple bunked, spent a portion of his time in solitary confinement and was offered no programs while in remand centres in Red Deer and Calgary.

Collard argued that there should be no extra credit for remand time, stating that the maximum available for enhanced credit is 1.5 days for each day served.

First arrested on Sept. 8, 2012, Desharnais was granted bail and then returned to custody and had his bail revoked on Feb. 8, 2013.

Noting the man’s youth and his relatively minor criminal record, Germain sentenced him to six years in prison minus 23.5 months credit for time served, including 14 days already served for attacking a guard while he was in remand.

He also ordered that Desharnais’ DNA be placed on the national database and that his name be placed for life on the Sex Offender Information Registry.

Desharnais is banned for life from possessing restricted or prohibited weapons and will be banned from owning firearms for 10 years upon his release from prison. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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“(She) testified that she thought she would die.

She testified that she was thinking about her granddaughter. She was bound and she was helpless for the purpose of this man’s violent rape fantasy.”

Court heard during the woman’s testimony that it was only after she told him that her daughter knew where she was that he removed the duct tape, apologized and then asked her to drive him to a bank so he could get the money he owed her.

Desharnais appeared for sentencing wearing the same V-neck shirt he had worn for the previous four days, exposing a five-pointed star tattooed on each collar bone.

Invited to address the court before sentencing, he said he had learned some things about himself during his time in jail. He said he wanted to speak to his victim and her daughter, but was not allowed to because of a court order banning him from having contact with them. He did not offer an apology.

Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard noted that life is the maximum sentence available for aggravated sexual assault and for choking with intent. He suggested a concurrent sentence in the range of five to eight years, with credit for the time Desharnais has been held in remand.

Defence counsel Arnold Piragoff did not suggest

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The Crown’s contention that it can compel a common-law spouse to testify against their significant other has been dismissed by the Alberta Court of Appeal.

The appeal was filed on Feb. 4, 2014, after the Crown’s key witness against a Red Deer man was not compelled to testify and did not want to, citing spousal immunity. When his spouse was not compelled to testify, the Crown called no evidence and the case was dismissed.

Trevor Norman Legge, 31, was on trial for evading police, mischief, possession of stolen property, possession of a weapon and careless transport of a weapon.

The Crown argued that spousal immunity to testify was limited to married couples and because they were common-law partners, spousal immunity did not apply.

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The trial judge, Ken Rostad, sided with defence and said Farrar was not a compellable witness for the Crown.

This led to no evidence being called by the Crown and a dismissal of the case.

An appeal was filed by the Crown, saying the trial judge erred when he said a common-law spouse was covered by the principle of spousal immunity.

In their appeal, the Crown said Farrar could not be compelled to testify without also saying that she was incompetent to testify.

The appeal justices, Marina Paperny, Clifton O’Brien and Barbara Romaine, said in their ruling that Farrar’s competency to testify was never in dispute and it was unnecessary for the trial judge to address the matter.

As a result, the appeal was dismissed by the three appeal justices.

Legge pleaded guilty to charges from an unrelated matter earlier this year and is serving 11 months in a federal penitentiary, half of his two-year sentence when taking into account his 13 months of pre-trial custody. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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“We’ve got an opportunity now. We just need to take it,” Ethel said.

Central Alberta Spouse can donate part of her man charged after fatal collision liver to husband A Central Alberta man has been charged in connection with the death of an Ontario woman in the early hours of Sunday, June 22.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP allege that Trisha Wise, 20, was walking on a gravel road 22 km northeast of Rocky when she was struck and killed by an SUV. Investigators believe the victim had been in an argument with the driver of the vehicle before getting out to walk.

Clearwater County resident Christopher William Ross, 28, is charged with impaired driving causing death and causing a fatal collision while the alcohol in his bloodstream exceeded the legal limit of .08.

Rocky RCMP allege that Ross’s blood alcohol content was almost three times the legal limit at the time of the crash.

Police contacted on Friday were not able to say whether Ross is still in custody or when he is due in court.

McIver dubs Prentice ‘candy man’ over school construction promises EDMONTON — Alberta Tory leadership candidate Ric McIver is accusing his rival Jim Prentice of behaving like an irresponsible “candy man” for making all kinds of promises on school construction.

“Albertans have seen this movie before.

They’ve seen a campaign where somebody has tried to be the candy man and made multihundred-million-promises to every room they’re in. And they’ve seen how that works out, ” McIver said Friday.

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It’s official — a Red Deer couple will be sharing a liver.

Surgeons have determined that Ethel Lariviere can donate a portion of her liver to her husband Randy on July 7 at the University of Alberta Hospital.

It was to be the 11th live liver transplant at the hospital so far this year, but one was cancelled, so this will be the 10th. Last year, there were 13 transplants.

“I’m really excited.

I’m not scared at all.

Right now, I’ve never felt so clear,” said Ethel Lariviere, 47, on Friday.

“It’s been a long time waiting.”

Her husband has been on the transplant list for over four years, during which time he has almost died three times.

Ethel, a BMO commercial account manager, started compatibility testing in April.

She said the only thing that can stop her from being a donor is if a compatible liver from a deceased person became available for her husband, which would be used instead of hers.

Randy, 55, was infected with hepatitis C about 20 years ago during a kidney operation.

He did not find out he had the disease until 2005, when he suffered a major gastrointestinal bleed.

He will still require hepatitis C drug treatment following the transplant to rid his body of the disease.

The couple is waiting to find out if a pharmaceutical company through the University of Alberta’s Hepatitis Support Program will help cover the drug costs.

Their insurance only covers 80 per cent of the costs, leaving about $21,000 they can’t afford to pay.

She said ideally it’s better to have treatment

proach from their next leader, one that I’m offering.”

On Thursday, Prentice sharply criticized Alberta’s Tory government for failing to come through on a promise made by former premier Alison Redford in 2012 to build 50 new schools and modernize 70 more by 2016.

Ground has yet to be broken on any of the new schools, and last week Infrastructure Minister Wayne Drysdale announced 19 of them will be delayed until 2017.

All sides agree new schools are critical to a province that is growing by more than 100,000 a year.

The government is hearing increasing complaints of students working in portables or gymnasiums and facing long bus rides.

Prentice promised he would reprioritize capital spending to get shovels in the ground. He also committed to an additional 40 or 50 schools, if necessary, to ensure students could learn in comfortable environments.

Fireworks restrictions could take bang out of celebrations: industry

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The fireworks industry says an Alberta proposal to regulate family fireworks would take the bang and sparkle out of celebrating events such as Canada Day. The province is considering changes to its fire code that would force municipalities to pass bylaws to either ban fireworks such as Roman candles and bottle rockets or strictly regulate their sale and use.

The concern is that consumer fireworks can injure people and cause fires.

The Canadian National Fireworks Association said Alberta’s proposal would effectively ban these types of fireworks in many communities. It maintains the products are safe if they are used properly.

“The CFNA is concerned that if Alberta bans legal fireworks it will drive the sale and purchase of the products underground,” association executive director Dominique Allen said Friday.

“If a consumer wants to use fireworks they will figure out a way to buy them.”

The Alberta Fire Chiefs Association has been asking the provincial government for an outright ban.

The government decided to conduct a survey that suggested about half of the communities in the province want to make their own decision about fireworks.

Alberta Municipal Affairs spokesman Jerry Ward said the government proposal being considered would leave the decision to municipalities.

“We are going to update the Alberta fire code and it will spell out that municipalities have the ability to either allow or ban the sale and use of family fireworks,” Ward said.

If a community decides to allow fireworks, it would have to pass a bylaw that would require retailers and people to buy a permit to sell, purchase or use them.

Ward said the Alberta government will consider the new policy this fall.

Allen said such a bylaw would be costly for municipalities to administer and enforce.

The fire code changes would not affect professional fireworks displays at events such as municipal Canada Day celebrations, the Calgary Stampede or Edmonton’s K-Days.

Some Alberta communities have no fireworks policy. Some communities, such as Calgary, already ban family fireworks.

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Harley’s next big cycle This week, Harley has done something more or less completely unexpected and out of character.

No I’m not talking about Yours Truly finally being sensible or even mature, and I’m not talking about venerable Advocate business editor Harley Richards either.

Because there really aren’t that many Harleys around — that is to say, people named Harley. Ace business newspaper dude and former lawyer Harley (Richards) and YT have discussed this on occasion after always getting a kick out of greeting each other by our first names.

In fact, in my lifetime long and winding road, I’ve only met or personally heard of a handful of guys named Harley and maybe a couple of females of the other gender HARLEY adorned with the Harley hanHAY dle.

I personally like the moniker, and don’t mind the minority.

I’m actually quite glad my surprising Mom and Dad apparently had a thing for Hs and a penchant for alliteration, what with designating their two offspring as Heather Hay and Harley Hay. Truth is, by a large margin the majority of the Harleys I’ve encountered either personally or vicariously have been of the non-human variety. (Insert your own Harley Hay alien joke here.)

What I mean is, there an awful lot of dogs, cats, parrots, hamsters, guinea pigs, guppies, turtles, garden gnomes, etc., whose owners have affixed the surname Harley upon.

And I always find it a bit oddly embarrassing to be chatting with people and find out that their schnauzer or shih tzu or pit bull that is sniffing at your crotchular region has the same name as you do.

Really though, the only thing even remotely negative about being legally entrenched with the name Harley is that cursed motorcycle company.

If I had a nickel for every time, when I meet someone and tell them my first name, they say: “Davidson!

Harley Davidson, right?!” and laugh like they were the first person on Earth to ever have come up with that clever quip, well let’s just say I’d be writing this at my beach front estate on my wireless voice-activated ghost writer column creation software whilst relaxing by my infinity pool, sipping exotic drinks all containing something called Jagermeister, and counting my Microsoft stocks.

So although I was purely a Honda two-wheeled guy in my misspent motorcycle youth, I’ve been haunted by Harley-Davidson my entire life. And when it comes to that company and the bikes they used to manufacture, that brand wasn’t always, shall we say, de rigueur.

There used to be a time, and I remember it well, when the vast majority of normal riders would rather be caught putting along on a NSU Quickly or blowing blue-white smoke from the back of a 55-cc Suzi Suzuki step through — neither of which should have been allowed to qualify under the term ‘motorcycle’ — than on a Harley-Davidson.

Up until the crazy 1980s, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson’s company (which built its first mo-

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torized wobbly two-wheeler in 1903) came to have a reputation as being mainly associated with a bunch of Wild One/Easy Rider degenerates and their miscreant mama lady friends.

They wore shaggy facial growth and filthy long hair and grimy leather and were covered in road dust — and the guys were even worse.

These motorcycle marauders formed gangs of Harley hoodlums and roared around doing many bad things on earsplitting, ape-hangered machines that were such road pigs that they became known as “hogs.”

This did not help to sell Harley hogs to regular people who didn’t own sleeveless jean jackets with large crests on them spelling out things like “Hells Angels,” “Satan’s Crew of Idiots” or “Devil’s Evil Spawn.”

These hogs generally ran like broken lawn mowers, and the saying at the time was: “You can tell when a Harley’s been here by the greasy, dirty puddle of oil on the ground.” (To confirm: we’re still talking about Harley motorcycles here.)

But in the mid-1980s, through a marvel of management, manufacturing and marketing, and other business alliterations, the Harley-Davidson company was turned around like a 1985 1,000-cc Sportster burning donuts in the middle of a high school parking lot.

The story of how Hells Angel hogs became mainstream with the HOGs (Harley Owners Group, which today has approximately one million-quadzillion members) is the stuff of legends that film people (former bikers) make documentaries about and MBA professors (also former bikers) rave about in busi-

ness management classes.

But now, what’s next for the improbably invincible Harley-Davidson? Surprisingly, two words: Elec Tricity !

Yep, for the first time in the company’s 111-year history, Harley-Davidson is introducing a totally electric hog.

Starting this week, prototypes of their Project LiveWire eCycles will be on tour across the U.S. until the end of the year.

But wait a minute! How can Harley-Davidson, as one newspaper said, “give up its growl to go green?”

According to the Associated Press, the project’s lead engineer, Jeff Richlen offered this juicy quote: “Some people may get on it thinking, ‘golf cart.’ ...

And they get off thinking, ‘rocket ship.’ ” One reviewer said the eHarley doesn’t sound “anything like a proper Harley” but rather like a futuristic “airliner taking to the air.”

It looks like a crotch rocket and still goes pretty fast and beats the heck out of a Moped, but will the target consumers — “minorities, younger people and city drivers” — forget the Harley hog and embrace the eHarley gerbil?

Time will tell, I guess. I mean, it’s not the electric motorcycle concept that is problematic, really, it’s the fact that those 110-km extension cords are a total nightmare in traffic.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Civil war lurking in Thailand’s silence “It’s quiet out there. Too quiet.”

In the old Hollywood movies, that’s the line that one of the intrepid explorers utters just before all hell breaks loose in the jungle.

But the army chiefs are probably saying it in Thailand, too.

It’s just over a month since the Thai army overthrew Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and took control of the country.

The elected government, which had faced months of street protests by an anti-democratic opposition movement that sometimes used violence, knew the coup was coming.

GWYNNE Indeed, the demonstrations DYER were explicitly intended to cause a military coup. Yet the government’s supporters have remained silent.

Curious.

Officially, the army puts this down to popular support for the coup. “Thai people, like me, have probably not been happy for nine years, but since May 22 there is happiness,” said Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the army chief who now rules the country.

And his soldiers have been doing their best to prove it, at least in Bangkok, organizing street parties that offer free food and drink, music and dancing, even free haircuts and a petting zoo.

Some Thais clearly are happy about the military coup: they take selfies of themselves with soldiers in riot gear in front of big banners that say HAPPINESS. But their clothes suggest that they belong to the prosperous middle class of Bangkok whose constant anti-government demos were intended to trigger the

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coup, so why shouldn’t they be happy?

Others, generally less well dressed, are a lot less happy.

In a striking example of cultural crossover, some of them make the three-fingered salute that is used as a gesture of defiance by the oppressed population in the Hunger Games films when they pass soldiers in the street (although you can get arrested for doing that).

But where are the mass protests that everybody expected when the long-awaited coup finally happened?

The Thai army has some dozen coups to its discredit, but the country has been democratic most of the time since the mid-1980s.

Politics nevertheless remained largely a game played out between rival sections of the Bangkok elite until the 2001 election, when Thaksin Shinawatra, a self-made telecommunications billionaire from humble origins, won a landslide victory.

Thaksin’s government openly favoured the downtrodden majority: the mass of poor farmers in the densely populated north and east of the country, and their children who had migrated to the factories of Bangkok.

His welfare policies and cheap government loans began to transform their lives — but they also aroused the bitter opposition of better-off people in Bangkok and the south.

The army overthrew Thaksin in 2006 and he has lived in exile ever since.

Every time the generals handed power back to the civilians, however, they voted in another government loyal to Thaksin: most recently, to one led by his sister Yingluck Shinawatra, who became prime minister after the 2011 election.

By then, the conservative parties had concluded that they could never win a free election — so they decided on “reform” instead.

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were led by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, which demanded the resignation of Yingluck’s government.

The PDRC said it would also disrupt any new elections until a committee of “good people” (chosen by the protesters and their friends at court) reformed the constitution to stop poor or badly educated people from voting.

Only then could the right people finally win a “free” election.

That’s still the plan, and the army seems to be fully committed to it: the junta leader, Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, says there will be no new elections for up to two years, by which time they will be conducted under a new, “reformed” constitution.

So why have the “red shirts” (as the mostly poor supporters of the Shinawatras are known) not taken mass action against the coup, as most observers expected they would?

Why is it so quiet out there?

One plausible answer is that the leaders of the “red shirts,” hoping to avoid a civil war, are waiting for King Bhumibol Adulyadej to die.

The 86-year-old king generally sympathizes with the “yellow shirts” (as the coup’s civilian supporters are known), but he is in poor health.

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn was close to Thaksin Shinawatra when he was prime minister, and if he succeeds to the throne the whole crisis might be resolved peacefully.

But Bhumibol might linger on for years, or the “yellow shirts” might even try to break the rules of succession and put Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (who favours them) on the throne instead.

The disenfranchised majority won’t stay quiet forever. What is lurking silently out there in the darkness is a civil war.

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Pipeline, greenhouse goals at odds FAR FROM MEETING OUR INTERNATIONAL PLEDGE, LITTLE INDICATION THAT THE HARPER GOVERNMENT IS EVEN TRYING TO HONOUR IT The Harper government’s conditional approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline raises with greater urgency the question of how it plans to meet Canada’s international promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020 — let alone meet even tougher commitments from 2020 onwards at the crucial global summit on climate change next year.

Right now we are far from meeting our international pledge, and there is little indication that the Harper government is even trying to honour its commitment.

DAVID In his recent love-in with CRANE visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulated Abbott for cancelling his country’s “job-killing carbon tax” and seemed ready to join Abbott in his campaign to build a conservative alliance against U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign to raise climate change on the global agenda, including any form of carbon pricing.

Moreover, Harper is publicly rejecting calls from the U.S. to be more active on climate change, even though this would make it easier for Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline.

In his first speech as the new U.S. ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman highlighted the need for Canada to do more.

“We need to continue that work together moving toward a low-carbon future, with alternative energy choices, with greater energy efficiency, and sustainable extraction of our oil and gas reserves,” he said.

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But Harper, it seems, is having none of it, indicating that nothing would be done that had any effect on jobs, though a shift to a low-carbon economy also creates jobs.

At the same time that Harper was dismissing U.S. calls for action, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, was in Montreal calling on Canada to do something about carbon pricing, either a carbon tax or a cap-andtrade system.

The IMF has highlighted climate change as one of the biggest challenges facing the global economy.

“Free markets yes, but at the right price,” Lagarde said, praising British Columbia for its carbon tax.

The pricing of oil had to include its environmental costs, she said.

In its recent report on the Canadian economy, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development noted that for Canada “environmental sustainability and meeting international targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain challenges,” with oilsands production representing the fastest-growing source of emissions.

And while the federal government has rejected carbon pricing in favour of sector-specific regulatory approach it “has not yet released regulations for the oil and gas sector.”

Likewise, the report was critical of the Alberta government.

“While the province of Alberta put a price on emissions in 2007, it has been too low to induce significant investments in abatement technologies,” the OECD said. It also suggested that royalties for oil and gas development were comparatively low compared to other countries.

“Indeed, “given generally low taxes on energy use nationwide, Canada effectively targets carbon at one of the lowest rates in the OECD,” it says.

Tory view of expats hard to fathom CANADIANS FORCED TO FIGHT OWN GOVERNMENT FOR RIGHT TO VOTE

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INSIGHT My experience as a Canadian living outside the country appears to have been quite typical.

I hung out with other expatriates.

We celebrated Canadian holidays.

We returned home for holidays and summers. Most of us intended to return home permanently. I even purchased a cable package so I could watch Hockey Night in Canada.

We were all there for work reasons and all remained current in Canadian politics. I voted twice in federal elections while living in the United States.

Then when the calendar turned to year six of my U.S. stay, my government honoured the occasion by disenfranchising me.

Instantly, I was a second class Canadian without the same rights as prisoners in this country.

Two young Canadians, Jamie Duong, a 30-yearold Montrealer living in Ithaca, N.Y., and Toronto-born Gillian Frank, 35, living in Princeton, N.J., challenged this provision of the Canada Elections Act at Ontario Superior Court.

How Canadian is Frank?

He lived in Toronto until he was 21, his spouse is Canadian, his family lives in Toronto, he won a Governor-General’s Silver Medal at York University, he was a part-time member of the Canadian Forces, helped in the 1998 ice storm emergency and while at Brown University he founded the Canadian Club, complete with events sponsored

by Tim Hortons and Labatt.

He remains in the U.S. because he has not been successful in his job search in Canada.

The court agreed their constitutional rights had been breached and gave them, and all expatriates away for more than five years, the right to vote.

The oil and gas industry has accounted for twothirds of the increase in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1990, the OECD report said.

In 1990, the oil and gas industry emitted 101 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent; by 2005 this had climbed to 159 million tonnes, and by 2012, 173 million tonnes.

Oilsands production in Alberta is projected to push oil and gas industry emissions 23 per cent higher by 2020, compared to 2005, “completely offsetting improvements in the electricity sector through the phasing out of coal-fired power generation.”

There’s another reason as well for not betting Canada’s future on one commodity, namely oil. The warning is contained in the IEA’s recent mediumterm oil market outlook.

“The world’s appetite for oil continues to increase, but a combination of high oil prices, environmental concerns, technology advances and other factors signal that oil demand, like supply, may be going through process of transformation,” it said.

“An inflexion point will likely be reached in the second half of this decade after which fuel-switching away from oil and conservation measures will likely blunt the demand impact of economic and population growth, causing oil consumption growth to decelerate.”

This is no time for Canada to put too many of its economic eggs in one basket, for both environmental and economic reasons.

Oil will continue to be important part of the economy but it must be more environmentally responsible.

However, a well-diversified and low-carbon economy is the way to go.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Forgiving fathers and still loving them In an article that I wrote about Father’s Day, I found it incomprehensible how a person abused for years by a father could still love that man. Some of course don’t; I can hardly blame them, the abuse was so terrible and hurtful.

The rest of their lives are influenced by what transpired.

My focus for this piece, however, will be on those who not only forgive their fathers but display a love for them that fully intrigues me.

When I was about 15, we had gone out to a friend’s potato farm where Mom and Dad had a garden plot.

My friend and I spent our time playing on potato sorting machinery (even after admonitions not to touch them), unknowingly damaging them.

CHRIS Several days later, I came SALOMONS home after going to a movie.

As I walked in the door, my father met me and without so much as a word of explanation, proceeded to give me a thrashing that I can still feel to this day.

I found out later about the damage and how much it had cost my father for repairs.

Even though I was very hurt and actually scared of my father for a short while, once his anger was spent he soon let me know that he did in fact love me, so I was able to let this issue pass.

I now realize that if it is still one of the memories that I carry with me, the impact on my mind and heart was greater than I was willing to admit.

Thank God that my father’s love for me was the reason I was able to let it go and not to hold it against him.

My punishment that day does not compare with the abuse suffered by many of the men and women that I meet every day.

Imagine being a young girl and having your father crawl into your bed numerous times to abuse you, or being a young boy who is made to feel like a total disappointment to your father and being physically punished for it several times a week.

How about the family that watches a father come home drunk and begins beating on your mother?

All of these are incidents that we are well aware of and in some cases even witness, but now comes the cruncher.

Most of these children and even the wives will defend this man; even lying to dissuade and thus thwarting any close scrutiny by officials or interested and concerned neighbours.

Some say it is because they are afraid of losing the only support they have. But I think there is much more at stake than just financial support or having a man about the house.

How often haven’t we witnessed a young woman who has been totally rejected by a father all her life still desiring a relationship with this man; doing things for him, even laying down for him (disgusted as she may be doing it) just to have a connection that gives her some sort of a father/ daughter attachment?

Is love really that powerful an emotion that a person will give up everything just to have it?

Is it enough that a person would forgive even the worst atrocities perpetuated by a man called a father just to keep that connection?

My faith teaches me to forgive even if my own mind and heart say never, so I should not find it strange when I observe it being done.

At the kitchen I have met several young people who have an intense love/hate relationship with their parents, but the greater desire they display is to have that relationship restored, because their own lives are in chaos without it.

They are willing to forgive even the greatest hurt or wrong.

If the parents of a slain child in Taber can forgive the murderer, or if a child can forgive her father or a wife forgive her husband, then I know that love indeed does conquer all; that love has an origin and a value that science will never be able to explain.

So then I find that love is a bond that no amount of abuse or hurt can ever truly break.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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That wasn’t good enough for Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre, who launched an appeal.

But first he tried to have the decision stayed so expatriates cannot vote in four federal byelections next Monday.

On Monday, he lost his bid for a stay, but he will continue with his appeal.

Poilievre is fresh off a parliamentary session in which he was widely accused of trying to suppress votes before backing down on his Fair Elections Act. His government is already under fire for scheduling the byelections on the eve of Canada Day. Yet the Conservatives appear ready to go to the wall to prevent long-term Canadian expatriates from voting.

The numbers may not be huge, but the symbolism from this government is massive.

The Canadian diaspora numbers about 2.8 million and has been called the “missing province.”

About a million of them have been out of the country for more than five years; most of them live in the U.S. About seven in 10 expats, according to a 2009 study by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada,

said they intended to return home.

Two out of three left the country for work reasons and one in three worked for a Canadian company, the government or a Canadian nongovernmental agency.

Non-resident Canadians paid about $6 billion in taxes to the Canadian treasury in 200809, according to the APF study.

The five-year cutoff is a product of the 1993 Progressive Conservative majority government, which for the first time provided a mechanism for Canadians living outside the country to vote.

In 2005, following a recommendation by then-Elections Canada chief John-Pierre Kingsley, a parliamentary committee recommended the five-year limit be removed.

All four party leaders endorsed the committee decision. Nothing ever happened.

In the original court ruling, Justice Michael Penny said if being a citizen is not considered sufficient to sustain a connection to Canada, certainly going through the cumbersome voting process from outside the country shows that connection.

In refusing the stay, Court of Appeal Justice

Robert Sharpe rejected Ottawa’s argument of “electoral fairness.”

“It is not clear to me how denying a citizen the right to vote can be justified on the basis of electoral fairness,” he wrote.

Still Poilievre perseveres, pointing to similar restrictions in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

But most of Europe and our largest trading partner and neighbour, the U.S., have no voting restrictions for expats at all.

“Non-residents should have a direct and meaningful connection to Canada and to their ridings in order to vote in federal elections,” he says.

The Conservative view of Canadians who have left the country remains hard to fathom.

If you are a dual citizen journalist in Egypt wrongly sentenced to seven years in prison, your government is largely silent.

If you are a Liberal leader who spent time abroad, you are attacked for leaving.

If you are a Canadian citizen abroad wishing to vote, you must first fight your government.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. tharper@ thestar.ca.

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From March through November, about 1.5 million bats make their home underneath Austin’s South Congress Bridge. Their evening departure has become a tourism attraction.

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It’s a warm Thursday evening and at least a dozen boats filled with passengers are lined up below the South Congress Bridge in Austin, Tex..

A few hundred other spectators are gathered along the shores of Lady Bird Lake and still more are standing on the walkway on top of the bridge.

They are all gathered to observe the evening spectacle created when North America’s largest urban bat population emerges to feed.

From March to early November, almost 1.5 million DEBBIE Brazilian free-tailed bats OLSEN roost beneath the South Congress Bridge, raising their pups and feeding on tons of insects each night.

As dusk begins to fall, the first bats begin to

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emerge from beneath the bridge. It can take up to 45 minutes for all of the bats to come out from beneath the bridge and it is awesome to see them shooting out in a massive swirling dark cloud.

The attraction has become so popular with locals and visitors that two boat companies now offer tours, a local bat conservation hotline has been set up, and the nearby Radisson Hotel has built an outdoor bat viewing platform for guests.

Bat viewing is not the only unusual attraction in Austin, though.

Almost 15 years ago, the Austin Independent Business Alliance used the slogan “Keep Austin Weird” to promote small business in the city.

Since that time, it has become a movement that has contributed to the cultural evolution of the city. The slogan now reflects the city’s culture and attractions and its willingness to embrace people and businesses that are not mainstream.

Here are just a few activities and attractions that help Austin in its efforts to “Keep it Weird:”

Photos by DEBBIE OLSEN/Freelance

Part of the appeal of South Congress Avenue is its unobstructed views of the Texas State Capital building.

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Would you like fries with that? At Way South Philly, you can get fries with your wedding ceremony (and cheesesteak sandwiches of course). Willy Pearce is pictured here.

One of the hottest new night spots in Austin, the Container Bar, was constructed from seven stacked shipping containers.

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ABOVE: Music has become very important in Austin and a part of what keeps the city weird. The Victory Grill has been an historic venue in Austin since 1945, when the city was still segregated. During its heyday in the 1950s, Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Chuck Berry and Janis Joplin were some of the artists who graced the stage. Current manager Clifford Gillard is pictured here.

BELOW: More than 2,000 Confederate soldiers and their widows, as well as many famous Texans are interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.

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AUSTIN: Visit between March and November to see the bats Get hitched at a trailer A few years ago, food truck operator Willy Pearce came up with an unusual way to market his food business. For Valentine’s Day, the entire staff at his Way South Philly (www.waysouthphilly.com) food truck became ordained ministers. During the month of February, Pearce offered food truck customers a romantic special: two Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches, sides and drinks to go, plus a marriage or vow renewal ceremony for just $39.95.

“Word spread all the way to Dallas that first year and now we’re offering walk-up weddings yearround,” says Pearce. “It’s been good for business.

“I started the food truck after getting laid off as a restaurant manager and the business has really grown. We’re looking for a bricks and mortar building now.”

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Have a drink at the Container Bar One of the hottest new night spots in Austin is the Container Bar (austincontainerbar.com), a bar that is constructed from seven stacked shipping containers.

The bar features an open air design with lots of seating and reasonably-priced drinks.

There’s usually great music playing and a lively crowd.

The Container Bar is located on Rainey Street, one of the most interesting and popular nightlife areas in the city. Rainey Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was rezoned from a residential area to a business district in 2004. The result is that a number of bars and restaurants have set up shop inside the district’s historic old homes.

It’s an unusual location for nightlife, but that’s part of the appeal of the Rainey Street area and of the Container Bar.

The finest barbecue in Texas It might seem a little weird for people to wait in line for two hours or more just for a few bites of food, but in Texas they take barbecue very seriously.

Franklin Barbecue (franklinbarbecue.com) started in 2009 as a food truck operated by a young man named Aaron Franklin and has since moved to a permanent location on East 11th Street.

Franklin developed a strange coffee-spiked sauce that has become so legendary that he sells out his product every day.

The restaurant opens daily at 11 am, but if you are not in line well before opening time, you won’t get any food. There are days when the lines are so long that the “Sold Out” sign goes up before the restaurant even opens.

In 2011, Bon Appétit named Franklin “The Best BBQ Restaurant in America.”

Texas State Cemetery Situated just east of Austin’s downtown area, the Texas State Cemetery (www.cemetery.state. tx.us) is the final resting place of more than 2,000 Confederate soldiers and their widows and one Union soldier.

The Confederate soldiers were all buried in the same area, but the Union soldier was interred alone in the far northwest corner of the cemetery, because he fought for the other side.

The cemetery is also the final resting place of a number of notable Texans including Stephen F. Austin, the man for whom the city was named.

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Fest This annual festival celebrates all that’s weird in Austin with a five-km run, live music, good food, entertainment and plenty of Weird Austin attractions.

People are encouraged to wear their wildest and most outrageous costumes to the festival. It takes place today this year.

Go to keepaustinweirdfest.com for more information.

South Congress Avenue The strip of South Congress Avenue just south of Lady Bird Lake has become the “hip strip” of downtown Austin with an eclectic mix of small retailers, restaurants, music and art venues and food trucks.

Key places to check out include Heritage Boots, Stag, Tesoros and New Bohemia.

Visitors can enjoy everything from traditional margaritas at Guero’s Taco Bar to pizza by the slice at one of the city’s most popular pizzerias — Home Slice Pizza.

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Glitch threatens opening of world’s tallest water slide

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Schlitterbahn Waterpark’s new Verrukt speed slide/water coaster in Kansas City, Kan. A spokeswoman for the waterpark says crews are still trying to fix a mechanical problem with the world’s tallest water slide.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Problems with a conveyor system designed to haul rafts to the top of the world’s tallest water slide have forced officials to cancel two scheduled media sneak preview days and could delay the ride’s official opening for the third time.

National and local media members were scheduled to take rides Thursday and Friday on the 17-storey, 51-metre (168-foot) tall Verruckt water slide, but Schlitterbahn Waterpark spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said glitches last weekend with the conveyor hadn’t been resolved in time for that to happen.

There’s a chance the Kansas City, Kansas, attraction will be ready for operation on Sunday — more than a month after it had been slated to open May 23 — as long as the issues have been ironed out, she said.

“When we had problems this weekend, we flew in parts, flew in people, flew in all kinds of stuff,” Prosapio said. “Crews are still working toward Sunday. That’s still our goal.”

Verruckt, which means “insane” in German, was certified as the world’s tallest water slide in April by Guinness World Records. The slide sends riders on four-person rafts plummeting at 60 to 70 mph.

The ride’s official opening date was moved from the May date to June 5 to allow for more testing, then pushed back again to June 29.

Prosapio said park officials would not hesitate to delay operation for however long it takes to make sure the slide is safe.

“We’ll take embarrassment before putting someone in the slide when it is not ready,” she said.

Sunday’s opening would coincide

with a one-hour special on the Travel Channel titled Xtreme Waterparks, documenting the designing and building of Verruckt.

A promotional video for the show includes footage of two men riding a raft down a half-size test model of the slide and going slightly airborne as it crests the top of the first big hill.

The conveyor system hauls the 45-kg (100-pound) rafts to the top of the slide because “that’s not something you can have guests carry up 264 steps,” Prosapio said. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, inspected the ride to make sure it was structurally sound but is not responsible for the safety of riders, Unified Government spokesman Edwin Birch said.

“There are very few, if any, rules in the state of Kansas regulating amusement parks and rider safety,” Birch said.

Prosapio said the water slide is still in the manufacturing phase and “hasn’t been handed over as a completed project.”

Park owners have high hopes for the ride, which they anticipate becoming a destination attraction.

The opening of a second highly anticipated ride in the area, SteelHawk at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, also has been delayed.

The ride, which spins people around a 301-foot tower, was supposed to open last month.

In announcing the delay in the scheduled May 24 opening, a park spokesman attributed the setback to bad weather and said the ride would open within a few days.

A Worlds of Fun spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday afternoon seeking comment.

Judge says people must be given better way to get off no-fly list tive investigations and to avoid giving terrorists clues for avoiding detection.

The no-fly list contains thousands of names and has been one of the government’s most public counterterrorism tools since 9-11.

It also has been one of the most condemned, with critics saying some innocent travellers have been mistaken for terrorism suspects.

The plaintiffs argued that being on the list harms their reputations.

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Brown expressed skepticism at the government’s arguments in several court hearings in 2013 and earlier this year.

The process “does not provide a meaningful mechanism for travellers who have been denied boarding to correct erroneous information in the government’s terrorism databases,” Brown ruled.

In January, a California woman successfully challenged her placement on the list, but the ruling did not address the broader constitutional implications.

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More than a dozen Muslims sued after learning they were likely on the list — something the government still won’t confirm — and they found their only recourse was to fill out an online appeal form.

Then on Tuesday, a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the Department of Homeland Security must give people a better avenue to pursue a claim that they were wrongly put on the list.

Now, the government can seek some way around U.S. District Judge Anna Brown’s order.

Or, they can do what she asked.

But Brown didn’t want to dictate the rules. In fact, federal prosecutors specifically told her in court, “We urge you not to take over the policymaking.”

Instead, Brown set out a handful of guidelines that were issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an unrelated case.

She said the government must tell people what unclassified information was used to put them on the list.

And if the information’s classified, at least tell them the nature and extent of it.

She said it shouldn’t leave people without an option to challenge their status or make blanket rulings that ignore the specifics of people’s lives.

“The (challenge) process falls far short of satisfying the requirements of due process,” Brown

wrote in her ruling Tuesday.

U.S. Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson said government attorneys were reviewing the decision.

“This should serve as a wake-up call to the government,” said American Civil Liberties Union attorney Hina Shamsi.

“This decision also benefits other people wrongly stuck on the no-fly list because it affords them (an opportunity to challenge) a Kafkaesque bureaucracy.”

Thirteen people — including four military veterans — challenged their placement on the list in 2010.

Initially, Brown said she couldn’t rule on the case.

In 2012, the 9th Circuit disagreed and sent the case back to her.

Brown ruled in August that the 13 people challenging their presence on the list had a constitutional right to travel and, on Tuesday, found the government violated that right.

“For many,” Brown wrote in Tuesday’s decision, “international travel is a necessary aspect of liberties sacred to members of a free society.”

The judge said placement on the no-fly list turns routine travel into an “odyssey,” and some of those on the list have been subjected to detention and interrogation by foreign authorities.

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BY NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon kept everyone guessing right up to his announcement to open Friday’s NHL draft.

“We proudly select, with the first pick overall of the 2014 NHL draft from the Ontario Hockey League,” Tallon told a feisty full house at Wells Fargo Arena.

And then he paused for dramatic effect.

“Aaron Ekblad,” Tallon finally pronounced.

“I did not know. I was freaking out there for a second when he stopped,” said Ekblad, a normally unflappable 18-year-old from Belle River, Ont., seen as perhaps the most NHL-ready player in the draft talent pool. “It was breathtaking to say the least.”

With Kingston Frontenacs forward Sam Bennett ranked No. 1 ahead of Ekblad among North American skaters

by NHL Central Scouting, there was Ontario competition for the top pick.

Bennett eventually went fourth to the Calgary Flames.

Kootenay Ice centre Sam Reinhart went second overall to the Buffalo Sabres and Prince Albert Raiders forward Leon Draisaitl was selected third by the Edmonton Oilers.

Tallon had offers for his pick, but elected to stick with the big Barrie Colts blue-liner.

Ekblad, who spent three seasons with the Colts, is seen as a potential franchise defenceman who is ahead of many of his fellow juniors in terms of size, strength and maturity.

The teenager with Hollywood good looks feels he can help the Panthers in the fall.

“I’ve said that from the very beginning that I believe in myself and I’m confident,” he said. “I think if you don’t believe in yourself and you’re not confident, you’re putting yourself behind the eight-ball right off the bat. I believe that if I work hard this summer, I can really step into the NHL next year. Obviously I’m going to need a lot of help and it’s going to be a learning curve, but again I’m confident in myself.”

The six-foot-three 216-pound Ekblad, granted exceptional player status

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From left, Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl, Florida Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad and Buffalo Sabres’ Sam Reinhart pose for photographs during the first round of the NHL hockey draft, Friday, in Philadelphia. just 15, had 23 goals, 30 assists and 91 penalty minutes in 58 games last season.

Ekblad says he plays “strong responsible defence” while trying to contribute on offence.

The last defenceman to go first overall in the NHL draft was Erik Johnson, taken by St. Louis in 2006.

Going into the draft, Tallon said he was 70 per cent certain he would keep the No. 1 pick, despite “intriguing” offers that included an established player and lower pick in the first round.

The Panthers (29-45-8) won the draft lottery ahead of Buffalo (21-51-10) to kick off the draft for the first time since 1994 when they drafted defenceman Ed Jovanovski, now 38 and on his second stint in south Florida. Florida also won the draft lottery in 2002 and 2003, but traded away the pick both years.

There was a run on blue-liners in the ’90s with Roman Hamrlik (1992, Tampa Bay), Jovanovski (1994, Florida), Bryan Berard (1995, Ottawa) and Chris Phillips (1996, Ottawa) all going first overall.

The Panthers will be hoping to repeat the success of Colorado last year with the first pick. Centre Nathan MacKinnon jumped directly to the NHL from the Halifax Mooseheads, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as top rookie along the way.

After Bennett, Oshawa Generals winger Michael Dal Colle went to the New York Islanders and Calgary Hitmen winger Jake Virtanen became a Vancouver Canuck.

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Rebels Fleury, Bleackley hear their names called in the first round

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Haydn Fleury pulls on a Carolina Hurricanes sweater after being chosen seventh overall during the first round of the NHL hockey draft, Friday, in Philadelphia.

Red Deer Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury might not create a storm for the Carolina Hurricanes any time soon, but the NHL club is willing to wait for their firstround pick — seventh overall — in Friday’s NHL entry draft to make some noise.

“We’ll take a closer look at him,” Hurri- Conner Bleackley canes general manager Ron Francis told the Raleigh NewsObserver, regarding the possibility of Fleury attending the ‘Canes’ main camp in September after participating in the club’s prospects conditioning camp in July.

“Certainly we don’t want to rush him at this point.”

Fleury’s Red Deer teammate, forward Conner Bleackley, was selected 23rd overall by the Colorado Avalanche.

The Hurricanes were considering taking a forward at No. 7, but instead opted for Fleury, who they felt was the best player available.

“Our guys really liked him,” said Francis. “He’s a very big, mobile de-

fenceman. He has a lot of upside. We were very pleased that he was sitting there at No. 7 when we were picking.”

Francis told the NewsObserver that the ‘Canes were also impressed with Fleury’s poise during an interview at the recent NHL draft combine.

“He’s just a very mature kid, very solid,” said the ‘Canes GM. “He’s not overly physical but he’s a very good skater,” Tony MacDonald, the ‘Canes’ director of amateur scouting told the NewsObserver prior to the draft. “He can go back and get the puck and make the good first pass, and he had 46 points last season. His offensive game is evolving.”

For his part, Fleury was ecstatic to hear his name called early in the draft.

“It’s an unreal experience, and I’m very excited to be in Carolina,” he told Michael Smith of carolinahurricanes. com. “It’s a pretty special day for my family.”

Fleury admitted he was honoured and somewhat intimidated to be on the draft stage with former NHL greats Francis and ‘Canes assistant coach Rod Brind’Amour.

“It was absolutely surreal. Having Rod Brind’Amour call my name and Ron Francis being up there was unbelievable,” said Fleury.

Bleackley was welcomed to the Avalanche by team stars Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene, both via Twitter.

“Welcome to the team @Bleacks9!

Enjoy the weekend and see you at camp,” tweeted Landeskog.

Canucks ship Kesler to Anaheim for Bonino, Sbisa, picks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Despite all the changes made in the front office and behind the bench, Ryan Kesler was not satisfied with the Vancouver Canucks’ path. He still wanted out.

“It just seemed like the direction they were going didn’t fit what I thought my career was going to be,” Kesler said. “At the end of the day I want to win a championship and I want to win it now, and four years is a little too long for me.”

Not wanting the situation to “fester” like the Roberto Luongo saga did under his predecessor, general manager Jim Benning sought a quick resolution to that problem. He found it Friday by trading Kesler and a 2015 third-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks for centre Nick Bonino, defenceman Luca Sbisa and the 24th and 85th picks in this weekend’s NHL draft.

“He just felt he needed a fresh start and quite frankly we don’t want somebody that doesn’t want to be here,” Benning said Friday afternoon before the draft began. “We’re going to ac-

quire high-quality people that are going to come in here and want to work hard for one another, so we didn’t give it much thought.”

Kesler, who turns 30 in August, asked for a trade during what he called a “painful” regular season full of losing that ended without a playoff appearance and ultimately cost GM Mike Gillis and coach John Tortorella their jobs. He met with Benning after the season and reiterated that he wanted to go somewhere he could win.

But the Livonia, Mich., native wouldn’t go anywhere. His full no-

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trade clause allowed him to dictate his destination, and the only two teams he’d approve a trade to were the Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks.

Benning said the Canucks asked Kesler and agent Kurt Overhardt about expanding that list, but to no avail.

Chicago was “in it right until the end,” according to Benning, but it was important to him to get a potential No. 2 centre and a player who could grow into a top-four defenceman.

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Soccer FIFA WORLD CUP At Brazil Round of 16 Today Chile at Brazil, 10 a.m.

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Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Seattle OFs Jamal Austin (Jackson-SL) and Jabari Blash (Tacoma-PCL) 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed RHP Bud Norris on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHPs Evan Meek and Kevin Gausman from Norfolk (IL); Gausman as the 26th man.

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent 1B Mike Carp to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Evan Reed outright to Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Mengden on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed INF/OF Danny Santana on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Thursday.

Recalled RHP Yohan Pino from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with LHP Jonny Drozd on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned 1B/DH Jesus Montero to Tacoma (PCL). Reinstated OF Michael Saunders from the 15-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Alex Colome from Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Announced 1B/OF Brad Snyder refused outright assignment to Round Rock (PCL) and became a free agent.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned SS Alex Diaz outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Zeke Spruill to Reno (PCL). Selected the contract of INF/OF Nick Evans from Reno.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHP Raisel Iglesias on a seven-year contract. Released OF Roger Bernadina.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned C Jackson Williams to Colorado Springs (PCL). Reinstated C Michael McKenry from the bereavement list. Sent LHP Boone Logan to Colorado Springs for a rehab assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned INF Justin Bour to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled LHP Brian Flynn from New Orleans. Sent OF Christian Yelich to New Orleans for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Tyler Badamo on a minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed C Carlos Ruiz on the 7-day DL. Selected the contract of C Koyie Hill from Lehigh Valley (IL). Agreed to terms with C Scott Tomassetti on a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded RHP Jason Grilli to the L.A. Angels for RHP Ernesto Frieri.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RH Joe Kelly to Memphis (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Signed RHP Bryan Dobzanski.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed INF Irving Falu off waivers from Milwaukee. Transferred LHP Robbie Erlin to the 60-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent OF Bryce Harper to Harrisburg (EL) for a rehab assignment.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Released RHP Scott Weinshank. Signed LHP Eric Martinez.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed C Matt Hitt.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released RHP RJ Seidel.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Sold the contract of LHP Kyle Anderson to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Released RHP Dan Britton-Foster.

Frontier League JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed RHP Kevin McNorton. Released RHP Chase Doremus.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Eric Anderson and C Dylan Kelly. Released C Michael Allen and INF Michael Small.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed INF Davidson Peguero. Released C Justin Dalles.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed WR Courtney Roby.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed G Uche Nwaneri. Placed G Tyronne Green on injured reserve.

Canadian Football League B.C. LIONS — Placed QB Travis Lulay on the 6-game injured list. Signed WR Courtney Taylor and DT Eric Taylor to contract extensions.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Bought out the contract of C Mike Ribeiro.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with Fs Ben Smith and Jeremy Morin and G Antti Raanta on two-year contract extensions. Acquired the No. 20 pick and choice No. 179 (6th round) from the San Jose Sharks for the 27th pick and 62nd selection (3rd round) in the 2014 draft.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed G Jonas Gustavsson to a one-year contract.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Acquired the No. 28 pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning for picks No. 35 (2nd round) and No. 57 (3rd round) in the 2014 draft.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Acquired F Patric Hornqvist and F Nick Spaling from the Nashville Predators for F James Neal.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Re-signed F Travis Oleksuk to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Re-signed D Mark Barberio.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Traded C Ryan Kesler to Anaheim for C Nick Bonino, D Luca Sbisa and the 24th overall pick in the 2014 draft, and D Jason Garrison, the rights to F Jeff Costello and a 2015 seventh-round draft pick to Tampa Bay for a 2014 second-round draft pick. Acquired F Derek Dorsett from the New York Rangers for a 2014 thirdround draft pick.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Named Lane Lambert assistant coach.

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Named Jamie Russell coach.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014

Hockey 2014 NHL DRAFT PHILADELPHIA — Selections Friday from the first round of the National Hockey League’s 2014 entry draft held at the Wells Fargo Center (secondseventh rounds will be held on Saturday, commencing at 10 a.m. Eastern): FIRST ROUND 1. Florida, Aaron Ekblad, D, Barrie (OHL); 2.

Buffalo, Sam Reinhart, C, Kootenay (WHL); 3.

Edmonton, Leon Draisaitl, C, Prince Albert (WHL); 4. Calgary, Samuel Bennett, C, Kingston (OHL);

5. N.Y. Islanders, Michael Dal Colle, LW, Oshawa (OHL); 6. Vancouver, Jake Virtanen, RW, Calgary (WHL); 7. Carolina, Haydn Fleury, D, Red Deer (WHL); 8. Toronto, William Nylander, C/RW, Modo (Sweden); 9. Winnipeg, Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, Halifax (QMJHL); 10. Anaheim (from Ottawa), Nicholas Ritchie, LW, Peterborough (OHL).

11. Nashville, Kevin Fiala, LW, HV 71 (Sweden); 12. Arizona, Brendan Perlini, LW, Niagara (OHL); 13. Washington, Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, Linkoping (Sweden); 14. Dallas, Julius Honka, D, Swift Current

(WHL); 15. Detroit, Dylan Larkin, C, U.S. Under-18 (USHL); 16. Columbus, Sonny Milano, LW, U.S. Under-18 (USHL); 17. Philadelphia, Travis Sanheim, D, Calgary (WHL); 18. Minnesota, Alex Tuch, RW, U.S. Under-18 (USHL); 19. Tampa Bay, Anthony DeAngelo, D, Sarnia (OHL); 20. Chicago (from San Jose), Nick Schmaltz, C, Green Bay (USHL).

21. St. Louis, Robert Fabbri, C, Guelph (OHL); 22. Pittsburgh, Kasperi Kapanen, RW, Kalpa (Finland); 23. Colorado, Conner Bleackley, C, Red Deer (WHL); 24. Vancouver (from Anaheim), Jared

McCann, C, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL); 25. Boston, David Pastrnak, RW, Sodertalje (Sweden-2).

26. Montreal, Nikita Scherbak, RW, Saskatoon (WHL); 27. San Jose (from Chicago), Nikolay Goldobin, RW, Sarnia (OHL); 28. N.Y. Islanders (from N.Y. Rangers via Tampa Bay), Joshua Ho-Sang, C/RW, Windsor (OHL); 29. Los Angeles, Adrian Kempe, LW, Modo (Sweden); 30. New Jersey, John Quenneville, C, Brandon (WHL).

5:15 p.m.

Cleveland (Tomlin 4-5) at Seattle (Elias 7-5), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Oakland at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Detroit at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Texas at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

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

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

Washington (Treinen 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-6), 5:15 p.m., 2nd game Cincinnati (Simon 10-3) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-6), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (Collmenter 6-4) at San Diego (Stults 2-10), 8:10 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

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

Colorado at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

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

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Colorado at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

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

Cleveland at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Tepesch, Frasor (8), Cotts (8), Soria (9) and Gimenez. W—Tepesch 3-3. L—Correia 4-9. HRs—Texas, A.Beltre (9).

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RED DEER LADIES FASTBALL W L T Topco Panthers 10 3 1 TNT Athletics 9 2 0 N Jensen Bandits 9 6 0 Snell/Oslund Badgers8 4 0 Lac Physio Shooters 6 7 0 NS Sports U16 Rage 4 6 1 Stettler Heat 1 10 0 Alta Kaizen Warriors 0 9 0

Pts 21 18 18 16 12 9 2 0

Thursday’s Scores Panthers 5 Rage 0 Badgers 5 Heat 2 Bandits 7 Athletics 5 Shooters 5 Bandits 3

Toronto Baltimore New York Boston Tampa Bay Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota Chicago Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 45 37 .549 42 37 .532 41 37 .526 36 44 .450 33 49 .402 Central Division W L Pct 43 33 .566 41 38 .519 38 40 .487 36 42 .462 37 44 .457 West Division W L Pct 49 30 .620 44 34 .564 42 37 .532 36 43 .456 35 46 .432

GB — 1.5 2 8 12 GB — 3.5 6 8 8.5 GB — 4.5 7 13 15

Friday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 2, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 6, Boston 0 Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 4 Oakland 9, Miami 5 Texas 5, Minnesota 4 Houston 4, Detroit 3, 11 innings Kansas City 8, L.A. Angels 6 Cleveland at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-1) at Toronto (Stroman 4-2), 11:07 a.m.

L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-7) at Kansas City (Ventura 5-6), 12:10 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 8-3) at Texas (Darvish 7-4), 2:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Bedard 3-5) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-2), 2:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 9-3) at Houston (Keuchel 8-5), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 7-3) at Miami (Eovaldi 5-3), 2:10 p.m.

Boston (Lester 8-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 11-2),

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Atlanta 41 38 .519 Washington 41 38 .519 Miami 39 41 .488 Philadelphia 36 43 .456 New York 36 44 .450 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 50 32 .610 St. Louis 43 37 .538 Cincinnati 40 38 .513 Pittsburgh 41 39 .513 Chicago 34 44 .436 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 46 33 .582 Los Angeles 45 36 .556 Colorado 35 45 .438 San Diego 34 45 .430 Arizona 33 48 .407

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE GB — — 2.5 5 5.5 GB — 6 8 8 14 GB — 2 11.5 12 14

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, Washington 2 Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Mets 2, 11 innings Oakland 9, Miami 5 Milwaukee 3, Colorado 2 Arizona at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Today’s Games Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-4) at Chicago Cubs (Beeler 0-0), 11:05 a.m., 1st game Atlanta (E.Santana 5-5) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-6), 12:05 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Mets (Niese 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Cole 6-3), 2:05 p.m.

Colorado (Chacin 1-6) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 7-3) at Miami (Eovaldi 5-3), 2:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hale 2-2) at Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 0-0), 5:15 p.m., 2nd game St. Louis (Lynn 8-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 9-4),

Detroit Houston

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(11 innings) Verlander, C.Smith (7), McCoy (7), Chamberlain (8), Alburquerque (9), B.Hardy (10) and Avila; Peacock, D.Downs (7), Veras (8), Qualls (9), Sipp (10), J.Buchanan (11) and J.Castro. W—J.Buchanan 1-1. L—B.Hardy 0-1. HRs—Detroit, Castellanos (6).

Houston, J.Castro (7).

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Shoemaker, D.Carpenter (5), Cor.Rasmus (8) and Iannetta; Vargas, Mariot (5), K.Herrera (6), W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Mariot 1-0.

L—Shoemaker 5-2. Sv—G.Holland (23). HRs— Los Angeles, Trout (18), Cron 2 (8). Kansas City, Infante (5).

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Colome, Boxberger (6), Balfour (8), McGee (9) and J.Molina; Gausman, Meek (6), Brach (8) and C.Joseph. W—Colome 1-0. L—Gausman 3-2. Sv— McGee (2). HRs—Baltimore, Machado (5).

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Workman, Breslow (8) and Pierzynski; Nuno, Betances (6), Warren (8), Thornton (9) and McCann.

W—Nuno 2-4. L—Workman 1-1. HRs—New York, Ke.Johnson (5), Gardner (7), McCann (9).

Oakland Miami

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J.Chavez, Otero (6), Cook (7), Gregerson (8), Doolittle (9) and D.Norris, Vogt; DeSclafani, Flynn (4), Morris (7), Gregg (8), Cishek (9), Ja.Turner (9) and Mathis. W—Gregerson 2-1. L—Cishek 4-3.

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Roark, Blevins (7), Barrett (7), T.Hill (8) and W.Ramos; Hammel, Schlitter (7), W.Wright (8), Grimm (9) and Jo.Baker. W—Hammel 7-5. L— Roark 7-5. HRs—Washington, LaRoche (10).

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Odorizzi, Oviedo (6), Jo.Peralta (7), C.Ramos (8) and Hanigan; Tillman, Z.Britton (9) and Hundley.

W—Tillman 7-4. L—Oviedo 3-3. Sv—Z.Britton (10).

HRs—Tampa Bay, Loney (4). Baltimore, Hundley (1), N.Cruz (25).

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(11 innings) deGrom, Edgin (7), Familia (8), Mejia (9), Black (11) and d’Arnaud; Cumpton, Ju.Wilson (8), Melancon (9), J.Hughes (10) and R.Martin. W—J.Hughes 4-2.

L—Black 1-2.

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Teheran, J.Walden (8), Kimbrel (9) and Gattis, Laird; K.Kendrick, Rosenberg (9) and Rupp. W—Teheran 7-5. L—K.Kendrick 3-8. Sv—Kimbrel (23). HRs— Atlanta, F.Freeman (13).

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Matzek, Masset (7), Brothers (7), Ottavino (7), Belisle (9) and McKenry; Lohse, W.Smith (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy. W—Fr.Rodriguez 3-2.

L—Belisle 2-3. HRs—Colorado, Rutledge (2).

Correia, Duensing (7), Guerrier (8) and K.Suzuki;

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Bernhard Langer Doug Garwood Bill Glasson John Riegger Michael Allen Joe Durant Mark McNulty Peter Fowler Kenny Perry Mark Brooks Mark O’Meara Loren Roberts Marco Dawson Larry Mize Corey Pavin John Cook Barry Lane Bart Bryant David Frost Tommy Armour III Wes Short, Jr. Bobby Clampett Steve Pate Olin Browne Brad Bryant Russ Cochran Jeff Sluman Tom Lehman Steve Jones Esteban Toledo

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UNITED LEASING CHAMPIONSHIP At Victoria National Golf Course Newburgh, Ind. Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 7,242; Par 72 (36-36) Completed First Round

NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP At Pinnacle Country Club Rogers, Ark. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,375; Par 71 (36-35) First Round

SENIOR PLAYERS At Fox Chapel Golf Club Pittsburgh Purse: $2.7 million Yardage: 6,696; Par: 70 Second Round

QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL At Congressional Country Club Bethesda, Md. Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,569; Par 71 Second Round

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Abreu’s homers lift White Sox over Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Chicago 5 Toronto 4 TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays came close but in the end they could not overcome the four home runs allowed by R.A. Dickey.

Their ninth-inning rally netted only two runs and the American League East leaders lost 5-4 to the Chicago White Sox on Friday.

Dickey (6-7) allowed only one other hit besides the home runs and also struck out a season-best nine.

“It’s a terrible letdown,” Dickey said. “One less home run we win that game. It’s just a really bizarre outing to be able to strike out nine guys, get all those swings and misses on what I felt like was a really, really good knuckleball tonight.”

Rookie first baseman Jose Abreu hit two solo homers against Dickey and Dayan Viciedo added a solo shot with Alexei Ramirez hitting a tworun blast that proved to be the difference.

The Blue Jays had three home runs. Edwin Encarnacion and Dioner Navarro hit back-to-back solos in the sixth as the Blue Jays 45-37) tied the game 2-2, and Colby Rasmus, leading off the ninth as a pinch hitter, hit his 11th of the season.

Left-hander John Danks (76) allowed five hits, including two home runs, and two runs over six innings, to earn the victory.

The White Sox (37-44) regained the lead in the seventh as Abreu led off with his 25th homer of the season. Ramirez followed with his eighth, a

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Chicago White Sox’s Jose Abreu is congratulated in the dugout after he hit his second home run of the night off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey during seventh inning AL baseball game action in Toronto Friday. two-run drive after a walk to designated hitter Adam Dunn.

“It’s a baffling pitch,” Dickey said of his knuckleball.

“The pitch that Abreu hit out, I threw it the same way that I threw the one that they swung and missed at. It’s just part of what you have to accept with the pitch. And then hopefully you look back at the end of the year and you’ve kept us in games. But tonight was a tough one because we should have won that game.”

White Sox manager Robin

Ventura said Dickey’s knuckleball looked good all night.

“Guys were coming back saying he was throwing a good one,” Ventura said. “Guys like that, you never know. Sometimes you go up there and you might not have a chance and you hope he throws a flat one.

That’s why you never know.

You go up there and you could get the good one or you could get the flat one.”

The four homers allowed

by Dickey were his most in a game since 2006 when he al-

lowed six.

But the Blue Jays still had a chance. White Sox righthander Ronald Belisario, who was trying for his ninth save, got only one out in the ninth.

After the leadoff homer to Rasmus, he gave up one-out singles to Munenori Kawasaki and Anthony Gose. Left-hander Eric Surkamp came in to face pinch-hitter Adam Lind, whose grounder resulted in an error by third baseman Conor Gillaspie.

B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, June 28, 2014

Rodeo helps cowboys expand their horizons, professionally and geographically Brennon Eldred now knows where Ponoka is located. He won’t soon forget the friendly town with the big Stampede. The 19-year-old cowboy brought his bull rope, and put it to work effectively on the Vold bull In Da Club.

“I looked him up and there were a couple of videos, and he just looked like a nice bull, and it worked out,” said Eldred. “I nodded for him and he rared up, and came out and fell down out of there.

But then he stood back up and just started bucking. He kind of had me down in there, so I just had to work my outside foot and stay out of there.”

The spurring move was part DIANNE aggressive, part survival.

FINSTAD “If I wouldn’t have did that, then I would’ve been off right down in the well, and I wouldn’t have rode him. I just had to keep moving, and keep riding.”

“I didn’t want to fall off. He was a little mean.”

The judges were impressed with the performance of both bull and rider, handing out 88.75 points, to set the bar higher in that event. It means Eldred will have to return to Ponoka next week, and so will his travelling partner Cody Teel, the 2012 World Champion. He marked an 85.5 on Vold’s Torch Head.

“It’s my first time to ever come to Canada,” stated Eldred, who’s hometown is Sulphur, Oklahoma. “I was looking at the books the other day, and talking to Trevor (Kastner) and Cody, and we thought ‘shoot, we might as well go to Ponoka’!”

“I got my passport the day we left for the summer,

RODEO

so I actually got lucky and got it, so I could come up here. I’m excited to come back for the short round, and put two more rides together.”

Hunter Herrin is another Okie, but he knows the road to Ponoka well. In fact, he’s won the tie-down roping championship at the Stampede in the past.

He took over the lead after roping his morning calf in eight seconds flat.

“I got a good start, and that’s probably 75 per cent of the whole deal here,” commented Herrin, who has qualified for six NFR’s. “It makes everything else go easier.”

Herrin came back in the rodeo performance and put together another tidy run, this time in 9.1 seconds.

“I probably got a little better start than I should’ve, for being eight flat on my first one. I kind of missed my slack just a little bit, and I kind of got a rolling fall and I had to get her up. Then I probably pressed a bit too much, and bobbled my string just one little ol’ instance there. But it worked out perfect to where I’m super excited. I’m gonna get to rope in the short round, and have a chance to win a lot of money.”

“This has been a good place for me. I’ve been fortunate, and just glad to come back and hopefully try to continue the winning streak.”

Central Alberta fans were cheering to see hometown favorite Dean Edge of Rimbey tie his afternoon calf in 8.1 seconds, to sit fourth in the average with 19.3 seconds. The top twelve total times return for Tuesday’s Finals.

Three-time and reigning World Champion bareback rider Kaycee Feild showed his winning style Friday in Ponoka, earning 88 points on Vold’s Dancing Queen, to take the lead in that event.

“I’m real excited about that young horse today,”

bubbled Feild. “She left there hard, and got in the air real quick. The first jump right out of there she got about three feet in the air, and got it on right there. It was a lot of fun.”

The names at the top of the leaderboard didn’t adjust much in the other events. Taos Muncy remains the saddle bronc riding leader with his 86 mark, while Mary Walker of Texas is still the fastest barrel racer with her running time of 17.487 seconds. Steer wrestler Tanner Milan of Cochrane was in great shape after a 3.6 second run in the morning slack, but wasn’t able to capitalize on that, taking 16.8 seconds to get one turned in the afternoon. The 11.9 from Lee Graves is still the best in that event. Rhen Richard of Utah and Jeremy Buhler of Arrowwood still have the best record in team roping, with their 13.7 second total. It’s still Sundre’s Wyatt Gleeson leading novice bareback; and Tyler Kampjes in the novice saddle bronc; with Jake Plotts of Drayton Valley the new steer riding leader with his 75.5.

It was another exciting night of chuckwagon racing on WPCA Pro Tour Friday. Weather and track conditions were perfect for the second consecutive night, and some outstanding races were witnessed by a huge crowd. Former Ponoka Stampede Champion Jason Glass was best on the night with a penalty free run of 1:15.39.

For the second straight night, the day money was off barrel number 4 in the 6th heat, and Glass, driving the Birchcliff Energy Ltd. outfit, placed first on the night by just 10 one-hundredths of a second over Colt Cosgrave, with Chad Harden, Kurt Bensmiller and Chanse Vigen rounding out the top five wagons on the night.

The Ponoka Stampede continues through the weekend with 1:00 pm rodeo performances, and the chuckwagons rolling at 6:30 pm.

Li Na, Venus Williams out, Djokovic advances after hard fall

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON

LONDON — A year that started with another Grand Slam title for Li Na has turned into a major disappointment.

On a day when top-seeded Novak Djokovic had a nasty-looking fall, defending champion Andy Murray easily advanced and five-time champion Venus Williams lost, Australian Open winner Li was eliminated 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the third round by Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the first major upset at Wimbledon.

At the French Open, where she won her first Grand Slam in 2011, Li was beaten by Kristina Mladenovic of France in the first round. The secondseeded Li, who did not play at any of the grasscourt warm-up tournaments over the past two weeks, looked out of sorts for most of the match Friday.

“I think I made a wrong decision, I needed to play some matches before the big one,” said Li, who failed to convert a set point in the second set.

Williams lost 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-5 to 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova. The length of the match was

no surprise — the sixth-seeded Kvitova, who broke No. 30 Williams for the first time in the last game of the 2 hour, 30-minute match, had won three of the four previous matches and all had gone to three sets.

“I knew that Venus can play unbelievable on the grass and that is what she did,” Kvitova said.

Djokovic overcame a hard fall in the third set to advance to the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Centre Court win over Gilles Simon. Leading 3-2 in the third set and with Simon serving, Djokovic lunged for a forehand shot and fell hard to the grass, rolling over and grabbing his upper left arm and grimacing in pain.

But after taking a medical timeout and receiving treatment by a trainer, he recovered to play out the final four games of the match, breaking Simon’s serve in the final game, his seventh break in the match.

“I basically had a strong impact on the shoulder,” Djokovic said. “When I stood up, I felt that click or pop. I feared maybe it might be a dislocated shoul-

DRAFT: Six rounds today Red Deer defenceman Haydn Fleury was chosen seventh overall by the Carolina Hurricanes, ahead of Modo forward William Nylander (Toronto), Halifax winger Nikolaj Ehlers (Winnipeg) and Peterborough winger Nick Ritchie (Anaheim in a pick obtained earlier from Ottawa).

The Canucks selected Sault Ste. Marie centre Jared McCann with the 24th overall pick and the Montreal Canadiens took Russian winger Nikita Scherbak of the Saskatoon Blades with the 26th selection.

After Friday’s first round, there will be six more rounds Saturday.

Apart from Tallon’s cheeky delay at the mic, there were few other surprises. The top names all went high.

Ekblad was ranked second among draft prospects by the International Scouting Services, which had Reinhart No. 1.

Reinhart, an 18-year-old from North Vancouver, is seen as an elite playmaker with good skating and puck skills. The six-foot-one 185-pounder, named WHL player of the year in 2013-14, has true hockey bloodlines.

Brother Max was selected by the Calgary Flames in the third round (63rd overall) in the 2010 draft, while brother Griffin was chosen fourth overall by the Islanders in 2012. Father Paul, a 12th-round draft pick of the Atlanta Flames in 1979, played 11 NHL seasons with the Flames and Canucks.

The crowd at Wells Fargo Center started a “Let’s Go Flyers” chant before the opening roll call of teams. Every other team was greeted with the word “Sucks” as their name was announced — with the exception of Pittsburgh and Boston, who drew deafening boos.

Comcast president Dave Scott, head of the company that owns the Flyers, congratulated the Los Angeles Kings on winning the Stanley Cup — and defeating the rival Rangers in the final. The feisty crowd loved the kicker.

Commissioner Gary Bettman was booed long and loud when he took the stage. “I love your passion,” said the unflappable commissioner.

The crowd kept booing and Bettman kept up the one-liners as the evening wore on.

The Canucks stole much of the pre-draft thunder earlier Friday, sending centre Ryan Kesler to Anaheim and defenceman Jason Garrison to Tampa Bay while acquiring forward Derek Dorsett from the Rangers.

For Ekblad, it was “by far the longest day of my entire life.” But it ended well.

TRADES: Garrison sent to Tampa Bay He hopes he has that in the 26-year-old Bonino and 24-year-old Sbisa. Bonino had 49 points this past season — some of that thanks to playing with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry — while Kesler had 43.

Sbisa missed time with a torn tendon in his hand but has been considered a top prospect since before he was traded to Anaheim from the Philadelphia Flyers for Chris Pronger at the 2009 draft.

“Getting Bonino was an important piece . . . (for) being able to replace his goal production for our team next year,” Benning said. “Getting Luca, he gives us some physical play from the back end. He’s strong. He plays like a heavy game and I think in our division his heaviness is going to come in handy for our group.”

When Benning wrapped up the Kesler trade Friday afternoon, he was just getting started making moves. The Canucks traded defenceman Jason Garrison to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 50th pick in the draft and then flipped the 85th pick acquired from the Ducks to the New York Rangers for grinder Derek Dorsett.

Trading Garrison brings salary-cap relief in the form of $4.6 million over the next four seasons. Acquiring Dorsett means some familiarity, as he played

under Desjardins with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.

Despite the bevy of moves, Benning refused to call the Canucks’ approach a “rebuild.”

“We acquired players that we thought are going to have an impact on us winning next year,” he said. “If it was going to be a rebuild then maybe we wouldn’t have tried to fight so hard to get players that can come in and help our team win next year.”

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der ... or joint problem.

“But luckily for me it was only an impact that had a minor effect on the joint and the muscles around, but no damage, significant, that can cause a bigger problem. I just came from the doctor’s office, ultrasound. It’s all looking good.”

Djokovic will next play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Jimmy Wang of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2, 7-5, in the fourth round on Monday.

“There is two days off, I’m going to try to recover and get ready,” Djokovic said.

Murray, playing the last match on Centre Court, beat Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and hasn’t dropped a set this tournament. He has a 16-match winning streak at the All England Club incorporating his London Olympics win in 2012 and last year’s title run.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Leonardo Mayer of Argentina and Jeremy Chardy of France also advanced to the second week.

In a second-round men’s match carried over from Thursday due to rain, 2013 semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz of Poland beat Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 4-6, 6-3.

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Moderate growth expected for Red Deer

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

CONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA REPORT

Economic growth in Red Deer will moderate this year and next, but still compare favourably with the performance of the country’s fastest-growing economies, says a Conference Board of Canada report.

In its Mid-Sized Cities Outlook, released on Friday, the not-for-profit research organization predicted that Red Deer’s real GDP will increase by 3.5 per cent this year and 2.5 per cent in 2015. That compares with 4.5 per cent last year and 4.4 per cent in 2012.

In May, the Conference Board forecast that Calgary would have the fastest growth among Canada’s largest cities this year, with its GDP 3.4 per cent higher than in 2013. Regina was projected to experience a 3.3 per cent

increase and Edmonton a 3.1 per cent rise.

“Alberta’s mid-sized cities are benefiting from strong provincial energy sector activity,” said Alan Arcand, associate director with the Conference Board’s Centre for Municipal Studies.

“Their pace of growth is similar to and in some cases above that of the larger centres in the province.”

Red Deer’s primary and utilities sector — which includes the oil and gas industry — has been particularly strong, said the Mid-Sized Cities Outlook report. Construction activity in the city has also been brisk, with the related services sector also performing well.

And renewed consumer spending has boosted the retail and wholesale

markets.

However, growth in manufacturing output has been “sluggish” the last two years, said the report.

“Goods-producing industries will be mainly responsible for this year’s slower economic momentum, although services sector activity is also projected to slow,” said the report.

“Even though the primary and utilities sector will continue to benefit from strong provincial energy sector activity, output growth in the local sector is expected to be cut in half this year.

“Fortunately, manufacturing output growth is expected to improve this year, as the sector should benefit from a slightly weaker Canadian dollar.”

Growth in the construction sector

should also remain stable, said the report, despite the fact that housing starts are expected to decline slightly from 2013 levels.

The Conference Board report also anticipates a slowdown in local job creation this year and next.

After a 5.5 per cent jump in employment opportunities in Red Deer in 2013, the increase in jobs this year is pegged at 1.2 per cent, followed by a 1.0 per cent rise in 2015.

“Sizable gains are expected in the primary and utilities sector and the construction sector but losses are in store for manufacturing,” said the report of Red Deer’s employment opportunities.

“On top of that, only mild job growth is projected in the services sector.”

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Kananaskis closure having negative impact on other clubs

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Some might think the flood-induced closure of Kananaskis Country Golf Course was a positive development for Alberta’s other high-end tracks.

Not so, says Ryan Vold, director of golf at Wolf Creek Golf Resort near Ponoka.

“I think it hurts Alberta, personally,” said Vold, describing how golf tourists like to play multiple courses when they hit the road.

“When you get where we’re at, the destination-type golf, you sometimes have to have a cluster of good golf properties.”

The closure of the Mount Kidd and Mount Lorette courses in the Kananaskis Valley following last June’s devastating flood has given out-of-province and out-of-country golfers two fewer reasons to bring their clubs to Alberta.

“The more of us the better,” said Vold.

“When you lose one of the top properties in the province, that doesn’t help you.”

SCOREGolf ranked the Kidd and Lorette courses 44th and 53rd respectively in its most recent listing of the top 100 golf courses in Canada. Wolf Creek was number 17, with all three

courses among the top 10 for Alberta.

Because green fees at Kananaskis Country Golf Course were relatively low for a mountain course, and comparable to those at Wolf Creek, many golfers included both Kananaskis and Ponoka on their holiday itineraries.

Vold said this was particularly true of Edmonton players, who account for about 40 per cent of Wolf Creek’s business.

“We’d get maybe the first day and then they’re on their way to Kananaskis.”

Immediately after Kananaskis Country Golf Course closed, Wolf Creek was called upon to provide an alternative for displaced golfers who had been counting on the mountain course for group trips and tournaments, said Vold.

“We’re the only other 36-hole public facility in the province, so we were the only thing comparable with the size that could handle events and stuff like that.”

The government of Alberta has yet to confirm its intentions for the Kananaskis courses, which would cost millions of dollars to restore.

Only a handful of the holes there were not damaged by the water.

“I know (Kananaskis Country Golf Course head pro) Bob Paley pretty well, and he sent me some pictures,”

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Zak Griffiths watches his fairway shot at Wolf Creek Golf Resort during the Alberta Open this week. The Ponoka-area course is considered one of the best in Canada and attracts players from across the country and beyond. said Vold. “It was pretty horrific.”

Wolf Creek suffered its own flood damage several years ago, but the carnage at Kananaskis is on a completely different scale, he said.

“Theirs was just a complete wrecking ball.

“You’re probably looking at a redesign.”

With the associated costs, and current stringent environmental regulations, the challenge could be insurmountable, suggested Vold. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sobeys store closures will stretch until fall, says company document

BELL AND ROGERS ON OPPOSITE ENDS WITH SUBMISSIONS TO CRTC

BRIEF TORONTO — Sobeys says plans to close about 50 underperforming grocery stores across the country have already begun, and is expected to stretch until late this year.

An internal document obtained Friday by The Canadian Press outlines which stores are scheduled to close and when the lights will go dark at each location.

“The majority of the stores are closing because they have consistently underperformed and are no longer financially viable,” said Chuck Mulvenna, president of Safeway’s operations at Sobeys in a letter to employees.

Sobeys’ parent company Empire Co. (TSX:EMP.A) is trying to squeeze savings from its operations after the acquisition of Safeway in Canada last year for $5.8 billion and heightened competition in the grocery industry.

About 60 per cent of the closures will be Sobeys locations located in Western Canada, including the Safeway store in Red Deer’s Parkland Mall.

Some of the stores will close in July, others haven’t slated a date yet to wind down operations.

“Exact closure dates are still being finalized, however, the stores will not close before fall 2014,” Mulvenna said.

Encana to sell Bighorn assets for about $1.8 billion Energy producer Encana has agreed to sell its Bighorn operations in Canada for about $1.8 billion to another Canadian company, the privately held Jupiter Resources.

Encana said Friday the sale includes about 360,000 acres of land in Canada with total net proved reserves of about 1.1 trillion cubic feet equivalent, mostly natural gas.

It also includes Encana’s working interests in all pipelines, facilities and service arrangements. The companies expect the Bighorn deal to close by the end of the third quarter. Encana Corp. produces natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids.

The company has long struggled with low commodity prices.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Two of Canada’s biggest telecommunications companies, Bell and Rogers, are clashing over the future of local television and who should pay for it.

In its submissions to the CRTC, Bell said it believes changes should be made by the regulator to allow local TV stations to be reclassified as “local specialty services.”

The move, said Bell, which is owned by telecommunications giant BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE), would allow stations to charge broadcast distributors, such as cable companies and satellite TV firms, wholesale rates subject to existing must-carry rules.

The money generated would be combined with advertising revenues and go towards supporting local television, it said.

However, fellow telecom giant Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) says it won’t support the plan for the new expenses, which it feels would likely filter down to the cable bills of customers.

“We are trying to avoid what some of the other groups are doing, which is loading up consumers with a lot of new fees,” Ken Engelhart, senior vice-president of regulatory for Rogers, said in an interview.

In addition to Bell, BCE owns 30 local television stations including the CTV network as well as 35 speciality channels.

The company also provides TV service by satellite and through its Fibe TV offering.

Rogers owns a smaller slate of 11 local TV stations under the City and OMNI banners.

The disagreement came as the CRTC wrapped up a formal interventions process on Friday, part of its public consultations where it has collected comments from Canadians and the industry on the evolution of the broadcasting system.

While the public consultations were designed to take into account various aspects of the future of TV broadcasting, much of the focus has been on the so-called pick-and-pay model for cable television, which would give consumers more choice, rather then being

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services have overestimated the desire of Canadians to pay for their services,” the summary said.

“The commission needs to establish locked into expensive bulk specialty rules to negate the incentive for irchannel packages.

Each telecommunications company rational bidding and thus ensure that highlighted its own concerns in their sports services in Canada remain affilings or statements issued Friday af- fordable and do not subject all Canadian TV subscribers to a sports tax.” ternoon.

The deadline for submissions was 8 Some concerns within the industry p.m. ET on Friwere that the day. pick-and-pay ‘WE URGE THE CRTC TO The public concept could voiced its opinENSURE ALL CANADIANS dramatically ions in submisincrease the CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO sions on the price of payCRTC’s webACCESS THE CONTENT THEY ing for a single channel, basi- WANT THROUGH THE PROVIDER site, highlighting concerns cally pushing with various isAND TECHNOLOGY OF THEIR consumers into sues that could buying speCHOICE.’ shape how Cacialty channel nadians watch — TELUS packages they television, didn’t want in including the the first place. pick-and-pay model.

Bell said it supports pick-and-pay “For some this may be a significant and believes Canadians “shouldn’t savings, for others perhaps not, but any have to pay for channels they don’t action that allows households choice want just to get the channels they do.”

Shaw Communications said it want- will get my support,” Jane Harrison of ed the CRTC to ensure that consumers Picton, Ont., said in a comment posted aren’t forced to purchase certain high- on the CRTC site.

Brian Tychie, an Ottawa resident, cost services, like sports, as part of posted that he pays for hundreds of their basic cable packages.

Telus (TSX:T) said it stands behind TV channels yet he can never find anyconsumers having the option to choose thing worth watching.

“I think that if a specialty channel which channels they want but that for cannot attract enough viewers to financonsumers to benefit “those choices cially survive, then they should fail,” must be reasonably priced.”

“In our submission, we propose he wrote.

Other issues that could shape the fusome measures to address the spiralling cost of programming services, es- ture of Canadian television were highpecially sports services, as well as re- lighted in the comments, including the strictive requirements from channel presence of the CBC. “Please see the value in keeping the owners that we bundle their offerings CBC as it is. It is my tax dollars well rather than offering them a la carte,” spent,” said Bernetta Starkey of ElmTelus said.

“We urge the CRTC to ensure all Ca- vale, Ont. “To hear what the Albertans are nadians continue to be able to access the content they want through the pro- thinking about the fisheries and Quebecers about the gas line is important vider and technology of their choice.”

In an executive summary on its sub- to maintaining a sense of nation.”

Some comments emphasized supmission, Telus added there was no link between the wholesale rate sought by port for U.S. public broadcasters resports specialty services and consumer maining outside of the pick-and-pay model. willingness to pay.

“As a contributor to these stations “In their continuous attempts to out...

I feel they provide a much needed, bid each other on the acquisition of sports content rights, Canada’s sports well-balanced alternative,” said Frances Thompson.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 98.05 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 52.61 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.56 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.46 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.88 Cdn. National Railway . . 68.68 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 192.31 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.87 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.33 Cervus Equipment Corp 21.06 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.61 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.60 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.70 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.37 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.62 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.71 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 55.98 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 65.78 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.97 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.95 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 50.75 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 102.29 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.88 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.50 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.55 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher Friday as investors pinned their hopes on economic data and second-quarter earnings coming out next week that could provide reassurance about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 63.51 points to 15,094.25. The Canadian dollar was up 0.28 of a cent to 93.8 cents US. New York indexes moved into positive territory late in the session amid data showing improving consumer sentiment, with the Dow Jones industrials edging up 5.71 points to 16,851.84. The Nasdaq was up 18.88 points at 4,397.93 and the S&P 500 index rose 3.74 points to 1,960.96 as the University of Michigan’s widely watched consumer sentiment index rose to 82.5, an improvement on the 81.9 reading that economists had forecast and up from a flash estimate of 81.2. But the report failed to dispel doubts about economic growth that were sparked this week by a report showing the U.S. economy contracted by 2.9 per cent in the first quarter, almost a full point higher than expected.

Markets had initially shrugged off the data on expectations the American economy would jump ahead in the second quarter as the deterioration was largely blamed on severe winter weather. But concerns resurfaced Thursday as a new report showed a worse than expected reading on consumer spending and consumption. The report also sparked concerns about whether the American economy can take the strain of higher interest rates, particularly after St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard said markets don’t realize how close the central bank is to reaching its targets of low unemployment and stable prices.

That prompted speculation

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the Fed could hike as soon as the first quarter of 2015.

Traders are looking ahead to manufacturing and employment data next week for reassurance that the U.S. economy is indeed on track for a strong second quarter. It is also hoped that the flood of corporate earnings reports covering the April-June period will provide reassurance that the economy is improving.

The consumer staples sector climbed 0.7 per cent as the parent of grocer Sobeys, Empire Co. (TSX:EMP.A) gained $3.13 or 4.6 per cent to $70.82. The stock had also edged higher Thursday after Empire said it was closing 50 underperforming Sobeys stores, while quarterly earnings beat expectations.

Commodity prices were mixed as September copper closed unchanged at US$3.17 a pound and the base metals group was up 0.88 per cent.

Techs strengthened and the sector also moved ahead 0.88 per cent. Financials were also supportive, up 0.61 per cent.

The energy component was up 0.15 per cent as August crude declined 10 cents to US$105.59 a barrel. The gold sector led decliners, down 0.18 per cent, even as August bullion rose $3 to US$1,320 an ounce.

The Toronto market ended last week with a slight loss, down 14 points as investors opted for caution amid doubts about the pace of growth in the American economy. The Dow industrials shed 95 points or 0.56 per cent.

points S&P 500 — 1,960.96, up 3.74 points Nasdaq — 4,397.93, up 18.88 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 93.80 cents US, up 0.28 of a cent Pound — C$1.8166, down 0.43 of a cent Euro — C$1.4550, down 0.03 of a cent Euro — US$1.3648, up 0.38 of a cent Oil futures: US$105.74 per barrel, down 10 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,320.00 per oz., up $3.00 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.474 oz., up 1.2 cents $754.69 kg., up 39 cents ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’14 $7.60 lower $486.00; Nov. ’14 $3.30 lower $467.40; Jan ’15 $3.80 lower $470.40; March ’15 $3.90 lower $470.30; May ’15 $4.70 lower $468.80; July ’15 $5.80 lower $467.70; Nov ’15 $6.30 lower $469.20; Jan. ’16 $6.40 lower $476.10; March ’16 $6.40 lower $479.60; May ’16 $6.40 lower $479.60; July ’16 $6.20 lower $479.80.

Barley (Western): July ’14 unchanged 125.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $132.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $134.50; March ’15 unchanged $135.50; May ’15 unchanged $135.50; July ’15 unchanged $135.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $135.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $135.50; March ’16 unchanged $135.50; May ’16 unchanged $135.50; July ’16 unchanged $135.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 312,780 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 312,780.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,094.25, up 63.51 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,022.97, up 9.83 points TSX 60 — 864.23, up 4.31 points Dow — 16,851.84, up 5.71

Canadian dollar rises amid U.S. economic concerns

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Friday, while an index measuring price changes for major commodities sold by manufacturers in Canada dipped last month.

The loonie was up 0.28 of a cent at 93.8 cents US. Statistics Canada’s Industrial Product Price Index was down 0.5 per cent in May, mainly because of lower prices for energy and petroleum products.

Diesel fuel, light fuel oils and gasoline were the main reasons for the decline in this commodity group.

Elsewhere on the economic calendar, the University of Michigan’s widely watched U.S. consumer sentiment index rose to 82.5, an improvement on the 81.9 reading that economists had forecast and up from a flash estimate of 81.2.

But the report failed to reassure investors rattled this week by a 2.9 per cent contraction in U.S. gross domestic product in the first quarter, almost a full point higher than expected.

Markets had initially shrugged off the data on expectations the American economy would jump ahead in the second quarter as the deterioration was largely blamed on severe winter weather. But concerns resurfaced Thursday as a new report showed a worse than expected reading on consumer spending and consumption.

The report also sparked concerns about whether the American economy can take the strain of higher interest rates, particularly after St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard said markets don’t realize how close the U.S. central bank is to reaching its targets of low unemployment and stable prices. That prompted speculation the Fed hike rates as soon as the first quarter of 2015.

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GROWTH: Forecast to lead The Mid-Sized Cities Outlook focused on eight Canadian cities: Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat; as well as Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.; Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Brandon, Man.; and Nanaimo, B.C. Of these urban centres, Red Deer had the highest GDP growth in 2013, and is forecast to lead the others this year as well. In 2015, it is projected to tie with Nanaimo for top spot.

For Alberta as a whole, the Conference Board is projecting GDP growth of 3.2 per cent this year and 2.6 per cent in 2014. The 2013 figure was 3.6 per cent.

“Economic growth in Alberta will be tops in the country in 2014, as the energy sector continues to spread its benefits throughout the entire economy,” said the report.

“The abundance of job opportuni-

ties, combined with high wages, continues to keep in-migration elevated.

Consumer spending and housing will benefit as a result, enabling real gross domestic product growth to reach 3.2 per cent this year.”

Nationally, real GDP growth is forecast to hit 2.3 per cent this year and 2.4 per cent in 2015. Last year it was 1.7 per cent. The Conference Board report also looked at the historical economic performance of 46 mid-sized cities.

In the decade leading up to the 2008-09 recession, Red Deer had the third highest average annual growth of those cities, at 5.4 per cent.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo led the way at 7.6 per cent, followed by Sept. Îles, Que. at 5.8 per cent. Canada’s average GDP growth during this period was 3.2 per cent.

Wood Buffalo, Sept. Îles and Red Deer also topped the 48 cities when it came to job growth between 1998 and 2007, with Red Deer averaging a 4.6 per cent annual increase in employment opportunities during this period. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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stea ad a d a steadfast presence at the will be most dearly missed Henry married the love of his Deer on Friday, February 21, sorrowfully missed by numerous annual annua al Rotary Carol Festivals. and lovingly remembered by life, Diana, on July 6, 1999. a 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The other family and dear friends.

Frankie Frankkkie e also played in bands his father, Perry Nephin, With this marriage he also Reverend Father Timothy Relatives and friends are over th the h years, including the stepmother, Galina Davydova, acquired two stepdaughters Chrapko ofÀciating. Interment invited to come and pay their Lacombe Lions Community his one true love and mother whom he loved very much Laco om o m will follow at the Alto-Reste respects at Parkland Funeral Band.

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If desired, Memorial Donations 20, 2014 between the hours ve aunt and uncle, Pam and Henry loved his connection in Nick’s honor may be made of 10:30 and 11:45 a.m. A decades, as organist and Roger Hellevang, uncle and to the farm and the land deccca d a directly to the Red Deer Funeral Service will be held committee member. Frankie aunt, Stacy and Lenore Nephin, that he farmed. He enjoyed com m Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, at Parkland Funeral Home is predeceased by her uncle and aunt, Guy Nephin sports, and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6. his bright red husband, Gordon Albers, and and Crystal Hanson, cousin, Corvette cars and a good A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Condolences may be will be dearly missed by her Nicholas Nephin, aunt, Gail poker tournament now and Deer on Thursday, February sent or viewed at ve surviving children and Skage, grandparents, Lennox then. Henry was predeceased www.parklandfuneralhome.com 20, 2014 at 12:00 noon. spouses, Bill and Peg Sutton, and Joyce Nephin and by his father, Jack in 1985; Interment will follow at the Service and Interment Ro (Rose Marie) Caine, Wes grandparents, Ken and Peggy his wife, Diana and his stepAlto-Reste Cemetery, Red Arrangements in care of and Jeanette Albers, Warren Pritchard. Being such a kind daughter, Bridget Galay in Deer, Alberta.

All are Maryann Hansen, Albers and Chris Neave, and and loving person, Wes had 2007; and by his mother, welcome to join the family at Funeral Director at Denise and Bob Laurin, as an incredible number of friends Anne in 2011. Henry leaves a Reception to be held at the PARKLAND FUNERAL well as seven grandchildren, and their family members, to mourn his sister, Gailanne Canadian Legion, HOME AND CREMATORIUM Royal THEtoo numerous to mention, (George) Cambridge; nieces, Bill SuttonHE Jr, HAS Jason ALL Fairlie, Branch #35, 2810 Bremner 6287 - 67 A Street AND Fairlie, VanessaHEwho Jerrett Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. will also miss him dearly Melissa (Darren) Pearson AND BEACON ON HIMAlbers, MylesTHAT Albers, Corey and hold him close to their and two great nieces Signe FOR following the ‘HE Interment 403.340.4040.

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Out of Story and photos contributed by the Red Deer Tennis Club

The Red Deer Tennis Club raised well over $9,000 at its Out of Africa Potjiekos event on May 31.

The event was initiated by Dr. J.S. Badenhorst to raise funds to complete payment of the newly-constructed indoor tennis bubble.

The first potjiekos was held on the grounds of the Badenhorst home.

Participation in the event increased dramatically and the event was moved to the picnic area adjacent

tto th l bh db bbl the clubhouse and bubble.

Nearly 300 tennis supporters turned out.

The event was a challenge to the organizers when heavy rain descended just as the stews were to be served. All food was quickly moved to the bubble and the meal was a great success.

In South Africa, potjiekos is small pot food, a stew

d outdoors td i a round, d castt iiron, th l d prepared in three-legged pot. The pot, or potjie, descended from the Dutch oven, which was brought to South Africa from the Netherlands in the 17th century. The stew recipes vary, but include vegetables like carrots, cabbage, cauliflower or pumpkin, and are cooked with DutchMalay spices.

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SHRINERS RAISE FUNDS The Al Azhar Shriners and the Exceptional Care Odyssey will ride into Red Deer on Monday.

The car is dressed like a Shriners Fez. Drop by the Parkland Mall at 11 a.m. to say hello to the crew and learn about the Fez Mobile’s North American tour to raise awareness of the construction of a new Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal.

The hospital provides orthopedic care to children. The crews are visiting patients and their families in 55 communities from coast-to-coast.

DANISH FESTIVITIES Danish pancake dumplings topped with jam and icing sugar are on the menu for Æbleskiver N’ Jam Day on July 13. The location is the Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens near Dickson, which is west of Innisfail. The all-you-can eat event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger.

A variety of singers and musicians will be jamming on the stage. Visitors can try their luck at the tombola table, a game of chance. For more details and/or directions to the museum, check www. danishcanadians.com/ events.

BLOCK PARTY ROAD CLOSURE A road closure for a July 4 block party isn’t celebrating American independence — this time it’s the Street Ties barbecue Block Party.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 51st Street between 49th and 50th Avenue in Red Deer will be closed for the event, hosted by the Parkland Youth Homes Society. People are reminded to watch for detour signs and use alternative routes as indicated. For more information, contact the City of Red Deer Public Works Department at 403342-8238.

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After driving the school bus to his own high school graduation, Warren Kreway dons his cap and gown at Westerner Park on Friday.

It took him 47 years but Kreway, 65, got the credits he needed to graduate over the past school year while attending classes with students 50 years his junior at Lacombe Composite High School. Kreway could have applied to get his diploma based on his training and employment through the years but instead he enrolled in three classes this past semester. After all graduation ceremonies and the banquet were finished on Friday, Kreway planned to drive his classmates to the dry-grad festivities in the school bus.

What to do on Canada Day

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF Central Albertans have a number of ways to show their pride for the red and white this July 1.

About 10,000 people are expected to show up for Red Deer’s 45th Canada Day celebration at Bower Ponds on Tuesday to feast upon the giant red and white cakes as well as take in a variety of entertainment.

Festivities run from 11:30 a.m. to midnight and while admission for the day is free, a food bank donation is encouraged.

Ethnic food vendors, Bull Skit comedy, various cultural dancers and evening shows from Jake Peters, HOJA, Kita No Taiko and Randi Boulton will all be a part of the event — but the biggest surprise is saved for last.

At least $20,000 more has gone into the 2014 fireworks display set for 11 p.m., said Delores Coghill, manager at the Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society, the body that organizes the celebration every year.

“The fireworks will be a little bit longer this year but more intense,” she said. They usually spend about $10,000 on the colourful explosions but spent closer to $30,000 thanks to 18 new corporate sponsors. Coghill said it costs about $1,000 for a minute of fireworks.

Access to Bower Ponds is limited to trail or transit only on Canada Day due to major construction this year. No pets are allowed.

For more information visit www.reddeer. ca/transit or www.rdchs.com.

Other Canada Day events throughout the region include: ● Fireworks will cover the skies in Sylvan Lake at dusk at Sylvan Lake Provincial Park. The local Rotary Club will also host a party at the pier from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. fea-

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BRIEF Ex-Kneehill County worker sent to jail for theft A former Kneehill County employee has been sentenced to a year in jail in connection with the theft of more than $100,000 from the county.

Niall Sharpe, 52, of Red Deer previously pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000. He was sentenced in Drumheller provincial court on Thursday.

Charges of theft over $5,000 and forgery were withdrawn.

Sharpe was charged by RCMP after a two-month investigation. He was accused of obtaining money, goods and services by way of forgery, fraud and theft.

He was arrested at his Red Deer home in September 2013.

Sharpe worked for the county in emergency services for six years before resigning in June 2013.

turing children’s activities and entertainment and the Hockeyville Cup. At 2 p.m., there will be a pipe band and veterans marching from the Royal Canadian Legion to the pier, where cake will be served. ● A number of events are going on in Lacombe, starting with a Colour Guard March, led by the Red Deer Pipe Band, at 11:30 a.m., a flag-raising ceremony and fundraising barbecue for the Lacombe Legion. Free children’s activities will also underway at the English Estates Centre off of Hwy 2A from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lacombe museums are featuring various free demonstrations throughout the day as well. Fireworks are at dusk over Cranna Lake. Parking will be available at the Lacombe Sports and Leisure Complex (5429 53rd Ave.), City Hall (5432 56th Ave.) and École Lacombe Junior High School (5830 50th St.). Woodland Drive will be closed during the fireworks display. ● Canada Day takes on a little Danish influence in Dickson with celebrations happening at the Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens, where free cake and coffee will be served all day. ● At the Innisfail and District Historical Village, free activities kick off at noon with food, cake and various vendors from local businesses set up onsite. A bagpipe band will be performing, as well as other local musicians including Denver Daines until 5:30. Fireworks are the day before on June 30 at dusk at the Innisfail Arena. ● Sundre’s Canada Day gets underway at the museum on Main Avenue at 11:30 a.m., with a pet parade at 1 p.m., followed by various children’s activities, a magic performance and live music. A free barbecue takes place at 4:30 p.m. and fireworks at dusk. ● Olds Centennial Park will be decked out in the national colours from 3 to 7:15

p.m. There will be an obstacle course, free cupcakes, carnival games and entertainment on stage. Fireworks will be shot off around 11 p.m., with the best viewing from the parking lots of Canadian Tire and No Frills. ● Those in Rocky Mountain House wanting to wish Canada a happy 147th birthday can head out to the Rocky Mountain Historic Site starting at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a celebration honouring Charlotte Small, the Scot-Cree wife of explorer David Thompson. Food and drink vendors are open at 2 p.m. with bouncy castles, face painting, a Lego contest, toonie carnival and games for children. There will also be a vehicle and bike show, helicopter and tractor rides, birthday cake and an outdoor concert. Fireworks will start at dusk. ● Stettler is hosting a Canada Day Family Fun Run from 9 a.m. to noon with onekm (eight and under), 2.5-km (12 and under), five-km or 10-km runs. There will be a kids’ activity tent and free pancake breakfast following the run. Celebrations continue at the village of Donalda with a rail spike pounding at 1 p.m. at the Railway Station, a 4 p.m. parade, 6 p.m. steak supper followed by a live auction, entertainment and fireworks at 11:30 p.m. ● In Ponoka, Canada Day is making waves at the IGA with a free barbecue, cake and activities from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Tim Hortons Family Festival is also happening downtown from 1 to 5:30 p.m. with cake, carnival games, bouncy castles and more.

Fireworks explode on the evening of June 30 as part of the Ponoka Stampede. ● There will be free cupcakes at the Tayles Water Park in Blackfalds at 1 p.m. and fireworks at dusk. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

“The one that were the cutest, oddest or most unique were the ones taken. The runof-the-mill ones, they didn’t bother with those.”

Blackfalds RCMP received the complaint from the leisure park’s management on Thursday that the objects had been stolen.

The culprits took angels, frogs, turtles and a bobblehead dog, as well as the pig in a diaper.

“We just want them back, nobody can enjoy them now,” said Henkel. “We always had comments about how cute or unique they were.”

Police said the culprits likely thought of the theft as a joke, but a criminal offence has occurred.

In a release, police said, “if the culprits read or hear this message, they are asked to return the characters.”

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about who is responsible or where the characters can be found is asked to call Blackfalds RCMP at 403-8853300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

the more serious West Nile neurological syndrome.

Symptoms of the non-neurological version include fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, skin rash, swollen glands and headaches.

The neurological version can be more severe with tremours, drowsiness, confusion, swallowing problems, high fever, unconsciousness, paralysis and even death.

Last year, 21 cases of West Nile were confirmed in Alberta residents. Of those, four were neurological and one was fatal.

To learn more about West Nile and risk-reducing precautions, visit www.fightthebite.info or call Health Link Alberta at 1-866-408-5465.

River safety stressed

With mosquitoes in abundance, Alberta Health Services is reminding people to take precautions to protect themselves against West Nile virus infection while they’re out and about this summer.

Albertans are reminded to take simple steps to prevent bites and protect the potential for West Nile infection. Some simple precautions include wearing a longsleeved, light-coloured shirt, pants and a hat; using insect repellent with DEET and considering staying indoors at dawn and dusk, when mosquitoes are most active.

“With exposure to mosquitoes comes risk of West Nile virus,” said Dr. Digby Horne, AHS medical officer of health — Central Zone. “Because some mosquitoes carry West Nile virus, it’s important to avoid being bitten at all.”

After being bitten by a mosquito carrying West Nile virus, humans can develop West Nile non-neurological syndrome or

A lazy float down the Red Deer River can be fun, but it can also be dangerous and people are reminded to stay safe if rafting is part of their summer plans.

Red Deer Emergency Services advises all rafters and river users to take extra caution as river levels are higher than normal right now.

“We want people to enjoy the river, but use common sense,” said Greg Adair, emergency services deputy chief. “People need to observe the conditions before planning a rafting trip, especially when it comes to the flow of the river.”

Life-jackets should be worn at all times and rafters should estimate their time of arrival and make sure someone knows their itinerary.

As well, people should be prepared for unexpected conditions and pack warm clothing, water and other necessities in case of emergencies.

Always carry oars or paddles to navigate and avoid obstacles.

People are reminded to use proper floating devices as inflatable toys are designed for lakes, not in flowing waters. Do not tie rafts, tubes or dinghies together.

Alcohol consumption along the river is illegal and violators can be fined. It is also illegal to park along Hwy 2.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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Mini-golf statues stolen All the cutest and most unusual statues, including a pig in a diaper, were stolen this week from a Central Alberta mini-golf.

The Summerland Leisure Park and minigolf near Gull Lake was the victim of a theft of about $500 worth of ornaments sometime between Monday and Tuesday.

Lynn Henkel, owner operator of the leisure park and mini-golf course, said this is the first time they’ve had anything like this happen in the seven years they’ve had the place.

“Whoever did it had to have come here and spent a little bit of time playing minigolf and checking out which ones they were going to help themselves to because they were very selective,” said Henkel.

West Nile warning issued

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How will the Catholic church respond to changing mores?

THE VATICAN CONFRONTS A SHIFTING LANDSCAPE ON FAMILY ISSUES

BY JOSEPHINE MCKENNA ADVOCATE NEW SERVICES Faced with a cultural landscape that’s shifting faster than the church’s ability to keep up, Catholic bishops are looking for new approaches toward unmarried couples, divorced people and single parents who are disillusioned with the church.

The first-ever survey of 114 bishops’ conferences around the world found that many Christians “have difficulty” accepting church teachings on key issues such as birth control, divorce, homosexuality and cohabitation.

But one senior church leader cautioned that “the doctrine of the church is not up for discussion.”

The survey’s findings, released in a 75-page document by the Vatican on Thursday (June 26), will serve as the blueprint for October’s Synod of Bishops, when bishops from around the world will gather to discuss issues facing the family.

In response to the survey’s 39 questions, bishops stressed that the traditional family was in crisis, while many divorced individuals felt “frustrated and marginalized” with no access to Communion.

Those seeking a divorce also want a simpler approach to obtaining an annulment within the church.

The survey, however, reaffirmed the bishops’ opposition to same-sex unions and abortion — both issues where there is likely to be little or no change anytime soon. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Bishops’ Synod, said the document “provides a vision of family reality in its actual context” and would mark “the beginning of deep reflection” for the bishops.

The document said every bishops’ conference

opposed “redefining” marriage between one man and one woman or recognizing same-sex unions, but said the children of gay couples had the right to be baptized. “The child must be received with the same care, tenderness and concern which is given to other children,” the document said.

The unprecedented survey sought the views of lay Catholics as well as clergy, and has raised hopes that Pope Francis might be considering radical changes to the church’s practices, such as allowing divorced individuals and remarried couples access to Communion.

The document paints a picture of a complex and rapidly changing social and economic environment that poses serious challenges to families in both rich and poor nations.

Many priests reported battling a “crisis of faith” as families dealt with violence, abuse, drug and alcohol addiction and other social issues.

According to the findings, some clergy were “uncompromising and insensitive” when dealing with single parents or divorced people. Catholics who remarried often faced a “more painful wound” when denied sacraments like Communion.

Clerical sex scandals had also “significantly” weakened the church’s moral credibility, particularly in North America and northern Europe, the document said.

“In North America, people often think that the church is no longer a reliable moral guide, primarily in issues related to the family, which they see as a private matter to be decided independently,” it said.

On contraception, the survey found “in areas strongly influenced by secularization, couples generally do not consider the use of contraceptive methods to be a sin” while many considered abortion “a

very serious sin.”

The bishops’ survey appeared to underscore the enormous difference between official church teachings on sexual and lifestyle issues and how the faithful live their lives, but synod officials sought to play down expectations of any major doctrinal changes.

“The doctrine of the church is not up for discussion, as we have seen emphasized many times in recent years by various teachings,” said Monsignor Bruno Forte, special secretary to this year’s synod.

The October synod is the first of two back-to-back yearly meetings of the world’s Catholic bishops at the Vatican on the theme of “Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization.”

Josephine McKenna is an Australian freelance journalist based in Rome who has more than 30 years’ experience in TV, radio, print and the Internet.

LOCAL EVENTS Upcoming events Country Gospel in the Park — Blackfalds United Church Country Gospel Music Weekend — will be held Sept. 5 to 7 at Blackfalds All Star Park.

Performances start on Friday night at 5 p.m. and a church service goes on Sunday at 9 a.m. Performances are in a heated tent; bring your own chairs.

Food is available on site. a weekend pass costs $30; day passes are available. For a list of performers visit www.blackfaldsunitedchurch.com. Call Jim at 403391-1397 or Moe at 403-357-6678, or John at 403885-4857, for more information.

Schedule of Services

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THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA

First Baptist Church of Red Deer

Sunday, June 28

KNOX

43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

Established 1898

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560

Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid “Vashti-prepared to die with her dignity” 10:30 am Worship Service

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service

Rev. Judy Andersen www.cslreddeer.org #3 - 6315 Horn Street

Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

streamschurch.com 403.342.7441

Streams Christian Church afÀliated with the PAOC

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY! Everyone Welcome FOLLOWER - part 1 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm • CrossRoads Kids (to gr. 6) SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

WWW.CROSSROADSCHURCH.CA AFFILIATED WITH THE EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CANADA

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244 www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

10:30 a.m.

“Tell me a story”-Chapter One

Sunnybrook United Church Caring - Dynamic - Proactive - Inclusive 12 Stanton Street 403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. Worship Service “How Babyfold, Toddler Room, Sunday Club Long?” www.sunnybrookunited.org

Babyfold, Toddler Room Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org

9:00 am Breaking of Bread Service 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Terry Wiebe “Recruiting Followers” Mark 1: Verses 16-20 (3:13-19) Sunday School Wind up Children’s Church Ages 2 1/2-Grade 5 www.balmoralchapel.ca

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER WELCOME YOU

Sunday, June 28

GOOD SHEPHERD 40 Holmes St. 403-340-1022

Rev. Marc Jerry VBS July 7-11 Sunday School/Youth 9:30 a.m.

Worship Sunday 10:30 a.m. with Holy Communion Wednesday Morning Prayer 9:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome

Saved by grace - called to serve

MOUNT CALVARY (LC-C)

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798 Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk SUNDAY

DIVINE SERVICE 10:00 a.m.

DIVINE SERVICE 7:00 p.m.

Vacation Bible School July 21-25

West Park Presbyterian 3628-57 Ave.

403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 am WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN 26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road)

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Message Fred Lane

10:30 a.m.

WORSHIP SERVICE Everyone is Welcome

www.firstbaptistrd.ca

The Anglican Church of Canada Sunday, June 28

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 7:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemp. Eucharist

Sunday Services Services Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

Passion for God, Compassion for People.

2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M. Christian Science Reading Room: Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; 2nd Wed. each month - Testimonial Meetings noon Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

4907 GAETZ AVE. 403-346-0811 For more information on Christian Science visit christianscience.com

www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

Living Faith

Lutheran Church Worship 10:00 AM Family Ministry

Bethany Collegeside 99 College Circle RDC

Everyone Welcome Rooted in the word of God. Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Bahá’í Faith

“Each time God sends a Great One to us we are given new life, but the Truth each Manifestation brings is the same. The Truth never changes but man’s vision changes. It is dulled and confused by the complication of outward forms.”

Abdu’l-Bahá The forerunner to the Bahá’i Faith, called the Bab, was martyred at noon on July 9th 1852. As His life is commemorated, we reflect on the vital role He played in preparing mankind for the coming of the Baha’u’llah, The Glory of God.

www.bahainews.ca

ENTERTAINMENT

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Destined for stardom?

CENTRAL ALBERTA YOUTH RECORDS WITH HEAVYWEIGHT L.A. PRODUCER

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Eleven-year-old singer Jase Nelson is such a huge Michael Jackson fan that he wrote a tribute song for the King of Pop on the fifth anniversary of his death.

The Central Alberta youth enthuses about seeing Jackson’s This is It concert documentary film “about 12 times” and adds, “I really miss how he lit the stage and his creativity.”

We Miss You Michael was one of several tunes Jase recently recorded with Los Angeles music producer Andrew Lane, who’s worked with the Backstreet Boys and Irene Cara, as well as on recordings for Hannah Montana and the platinum-selling High School Musical.

“He made (Miley Cyrus) into Hannah Montana,” says Jase, who’s now signed to Lane’s recording label, Drew Right Music Inc. The heavyweight producer approached Jase’s grandmother, Maggie Hewitt, to say he was interested in working with her grandson after being “bowled over” by Jase’s a cappela performance of The Kite from the musical You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at a performing workshop in Los Angeles.

Hewitt recalls, “I wasn’t even sure if he was serious,” until Lane assured her he was.

Last week, Jase cut several singles in L. A., including We Miss You Michael (written by Jase and Hewitt and reworked by Lane), a revamp of the Sam Cooke song Cupid and Waking Up, a new tune written by Lane that will be used in a short Calgary-made film

about bullying that Jase appears in as an actor.

Jase says he really enjoyed recording both the lead vocals and harmonies on the tracks, and listening to Lane’s guidance on how to deliver the emotional lyrics.

Hewitt recalls Lane was amazed at how quickly Jase could grasp new material. But it probably helped that the home-schooled Central Albertan plays piano, guitar and ukulele — Jase says if Lane told him you’re a little flat or sharp, “I could understand exactly what he was saying.”

Recording with the seasoned producer was an “amazing” experience, concludes the affable youth, whose long blond hair makes him reminiscent of the Hanson brothers of MMMBop fame.

Hewitt says Lane intends to send copies of Jase’s singles to larger recording labels, as well as to radio stations, iTunes and YouTube. Lane’s support indicates the Red Deer County-based singer now has a whole coterie of high-profile people in his corner, including his Calgary-based manager and a New York City-based talent agency.

Jase has known he’s wanted to perform since the age of five, when his grandma heard him singing along to a Justin Timberlake song and asked if he wanted to take singing lessons. His response? “Let’s move to New York. I want to be on Broadway!”

The singer, who studies with Calgary vocal coach Brian Farrell (who has worked with k.d. lang, Sarah McLachlan and Paul Brandt) confirms this is still his goal.

To try to reach it, he’s spent much

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Jase Nelson, 11, studies with a Calgary vocal coach and plays piano, guitar and ukulele. of his childhood performing in various Alberta talent competitions and rodeos — including the Calgary Stampede.

Hewitt says Jase also regularly sings the Canadian anthem at Blackfalds Wranglers games and some involving the Bentley Generals.

Experience has already taught him to take his knocks: For every audition or competition he lands, Jase says there have been dozens that he doesn’t. “They say you have to do 50 or 100 auditions to get one or two. It doesn’t bother me,” adds the youth, who spends a lot of time in various dance and music classes and workshops to keep honing his skills.

Hewitt believes it’s probably no more time than someone would spend playing minor hockey.

While the pitfalls that can entrap young performers, including alcohol and drugs, are scary, Hewitt believes these same problems can befall oilfield workers — or anyone else for that matter.

She stressed that she will support Jase no matter what he wants to do.

“If he wants to teach voice or piano someday, it would be a success story. If he chooses to perform, then we’ll try to give him whatever tools are necessary to live his dream.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Less than meets the eye TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION SHOWS THE TANK’S EMPTY FOR MICHAEL BAY Transformers: Age of Extinction Half a star (out of four) Rated: PG It’s long, it’s loud and it’s really stupid.

It’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, the regrettable fourth instalment in Michael Bay’s movie series of Hasbro’s robot alien toy franchise.

With a whole new cast of humans plus some additional robots, featuring Mark Wahlberg as lead gawker replacing the skedaddled Shia LaBeouf, director Bay has essentially rebooted his own series.

Transformers: Age of Extinction runs almost three hours this time around, with plenty of the usual explosions and clanking machinery.

But with a PETER bloated running HOWELL time of 165 minutes, neither he nor screenwriting accomplice Ehren Kruger seems to understand or care where this noise goes anymore.

This is a franchise known for huge explosions and clanking machinery, and if that’s what you want, Age of Extinction has plenty.

As for intelligence, wit and genuine thrills, not so much.

Surrounding these ear-bashing bots are a gaggle of dumbfounded and/or malevolent humans and, frankly, everyone here is as boring as a tax seminar.

It bears repeating that this film is long, loud, and really, really stupid.

Anybody paying 13 bucks to see this monstrosity should get 14 bucks in change.

Having kicked evil Decepticon butt in the previous film, trashing Chicago in the process, the good-guy Autobots led by Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) are now in hiding from the humans they helped.

Government and industry moustache twirlers (Kelsey Grammer and Stanley Tucci) are in cahoots to terminate with extreme prejudice the remaining Autobots, using man-made Transformers patterned on Decepticon leader Megatron.

Wahlberg’s Cade Yeager, a widower and robot brainiac, discovers an ailing Optimus Prime disguised as an old truck and helpfully gets out the wrench

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This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows Grimlock in a scene from Transformers: Age of Extinction. and grease gun. He’s reluctantly assisted by his comely 17-year-old daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz) and her car racer boyfriend Shane (Jack Reynor), whom dad despises.

Cue another two hours of exploding and flying metal, inane and offensive dialogue (men and robots calling each other “bitch”) and a tedious sexist feud between Cade and Shane over whether Tessa is old enough to date.

There’s also a spaceship, magical apocalyptic “seeds” and some new dinosaur bots that look like they escaped from a LEGO test lab. Chances are you’ll cease caring about the story long before the last mechanical belch.

The visuals are akin to throwing garden tools at an overturned lawn mower for three hours in the midst of a massive fireworks display.

So much CGI is used, it has the effect of giving both humans and bots

a cartoonish weightless effect, where all pain and destruction is like Wile E. Coyote bouncing right back after being struck by an Acme anvil.

The acoustics range from clanging and banging to a score by Steve Jablonsky that sounds as if he was twirling a knob on electronic trumpets between points marked “mournful” and “triumphal.”

Age of Extinction might have been mildly tolerable as time-wasting trash if Bay hadn’t also sunk to new lows in cynicism and exploitation. The film is rife with dire stereotypes and appalling product placement plugs, the latter ranging from Bud Lite to Victoria’s Secret to a fruit juice that’s popular in China and Hong Kong, where the film’s lengthy second half takes place, with popular local actor Li Bingbing joining the overburdened cast.

Why are the Transformers in China

and Hong Kong? Money, money, and more money — the series is huge in Asia, co-financed by Chinese interests, and for Bay it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got ka-ching.

He even seems to do a shout-out in favour of Chinese authorities, as characters speak of being protected by a benevolent “central government.”

Do you get the impression I hated this movie? I really did. I had a tooth filled on the day I saw Age of Extinction and the drilling was less painful than watching this.

This is a series far drawn out past its shelf life, and the unsubtle hints at a fifth Transformers film only underlines this movie’s many offences.

As a character says all too knowingly, something Bay should take to heart: “Tank’s empty, bro.”

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, June 28, 2014 C5

Canada’s Magic men SINGER CONFIDENT THAT HIT SINGLE RUDE IS JUST THE BEGINNING

First Friday to feature fanciful organisms

THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Three years ago, Nasri Atweh was a hired-gun songwriter whose increasingly deadly arsenal of hits was developed mostly in anonymity. A brief flirtation with a solo career had faded into the horizon, and Atweh himself seemed similarly destined for the background.

So it would be tempting to say that no one could have really anticipated this — that the Toronto-raised songwriter would be swanning across stages as frontman for Magic!, whose sangria-chill single Rude is determinedly breezing over us all like shoppingmall air-conditioning.

But Atweh himself insists that he saw it coming — in the most literal way.

“I have to say, I saw it about three years ago,” said Atweh recently, seated in an extravagant multi-floor penthouse suite at Toronto’s SoHo Metropolitan Hotel.

“I didn’t think that the vision I saw in my head was real, because it was like, really? You see yourself as a frontman of a band?

“That’s weird, because you’re kind of the opposite. You’re always kind of a loner.

“Then when I met (guitarist) Mark (Pelli), I went: ‘Yeah, this is the kind of person I could ride with.’ And that’s all it is.

“But yeah,” he adds, “I saw the vision.”

It’s perhaps an uncommonly bold statement from a fledgling musician — a sort typically media-trained into a zone of hardline humility — but Atweh is unapologetically imbued with the confidence granted by a smash hit.

And this insurmountable self-assurance becomes evident again and again during a chat with Atweh.

The album name Don’t Kill the Magic, which he insisted upon over the flitting objections of his bandmates, was the “perfect title,” because it meant both “everything and nothing.” (The album comes out Monday).

On the ubiquity of the reggae-scented Rude, he blusters: “I’m tired of ’song of the summer.’

How about ’song of the year?’ How about a real goal?”

He has another tune on that new album — the tiki-bar spritzer Let Your Hair Down — that he calls the “giggle song,” because “girls” of all ages can’t resist it. When he performs the song live, he “could look at a girl 100 yards away, and she’s giggling.”

That tune culminates in a sprightly guitar solo

Some organic glass creatures and invented landscapes can be seen at the next First Friday Gallery openings in Red Deer.

The First Friday of July will feature some fanciful “organisms,” designed with glass and mixed media

by Vancouver artist Larissa Blokhuis. Her GlassEarth exhibit, which imagines new life that might evolve once the planet heats up, is showing until Aug. 24 at the Kiwanis Gallery.

It’s operated by the Red Deer Arts Council downstairs at the Red Deer Public Library. An opening reception will be held Friday, July 4, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Young home-schooled artists have pooled their talents for X Marks the Spot, a collaborative show at the Harris-Warke Gallery.

The Central Alberta artists age five to 14 were encouraged to “see differently, think creatively and work with one another” on an imagined collective world. Under the direction of art instructor Alysse Bowd, they became inventive city planners, cartographers, farmers and pirates.

Their artistic adventures, which can be examined closely through a magnifying glass, will be displayed until July 26 at the gallery upstairs in the Sunworks store on Ross Street. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on First Friday.

Three local artists are showing their creations at the Viewpoint Gallery in the City of Red Deer Culture Services Centre at 3827 39th St. Alysse Bowd, Robin Lambert, and Erin Boake, of the Red Deer area, will have paintings, ceramics and sculptures exhibited until July 30. The gallery will be open until 6:30 p.m. on First Friday.

Boake also has other paintings showing at The Velvet Olive until the end of July.

Kwayask Kikway (In Balance), an exhibit of works

by Amanda Howse can be seen at the Corridor Gallery downstairs at the Red Deer Recreation Centre until July 30. It is open until 9:30 p.m. on Fridays.

Cafe Pichilingue is displaying works by Tyler Waldo.

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Magic! band members Mark Pelli, left, Ben Spivak, second left, Alex Tanas, second right, and Nasri Atweh. from Pelli, and this inspires particularly lavish praise from Atweh.

In fact, he wraps up a long tribute to Pelli’s supple musicianship by declaring without a trace of irony: “I can’t wait for him to do it at the Grammys, man. He’s going to be a legend in that moment.”

His expansive confidence is perhaps understandable in the circumstances. Rude — christened by website Grantland as the “summer’s dorkiest Canadian reggae hit” — has proven an unstoppable force on the chart, climbing to the No. 3 spot on the U.S. Billboard chart with further upward mobility looking likely.

And though the circumstances are different, Atweh was already personally familiar with the chart’s most rarefied real estate.

As part of the songwriting duo the Messengers with Adam Messinger, he contributed to a lineup of hits that includes Pitbull’s Feel This Moment, Justin Bieber’s All Around the World and Never Say Never, and Chris Brown’s Next 2 You, along with singles

by Iggy Azalea, Shakira, Lea Michele, the Wanted and New Kids on the Block.

It’s the diversity and sheer quantity of that work that makes Atweh believe in himself now with such certainty.

“I’m super easygoing as a writer,” he said. “I’ll write 20 ideas and throw ’em out. Because I’m very lucky. For whatever reason, there’s just a fountain of them. It kind

of never ends.”

You can imagine how dismissively Atweh treats the notion, then, that topping Rude might be difficult.

“I’m a songwriter,” he replied.

“You do not have to worry. You will hear other hits.”

For the most part, Don’t Kill the Magic follows the formula as laid out by Rude.

It’s a brightly buffed collection of concise pop songs blending reggae, rock and soul influences — fusing flavours of the Police and Bob Marley to the contemporary pop Atweh knows so well.

Atweh doesn’t want to hear that, though — he’s completely uninterested in discussions of genre.

After a query about the way the band’s been classified, he snorts: “Asking what kind of genre we are is like asking, ‘How is your sandwich?”’

He’s desperate for the quartet’s debut collection to see release, in part because show-going fans will finally ride his wavelength — “it’s really rough because I’m like, ‘I wish they knew these hooks; these are catchy hooks,”’ he explains — and also because he’s zestfully leapt a few creative steps ahead already, in his ever-active mind.

“Right now, I’m probably about three albums in. The guys are at the second album, I’m probably on the third album in my head,” he said, noting that the band’s half-written second album will sound similar but with “a little more piano.”

Atweh has spent the better part of a decade living in Los Angeles, and — without naming names — has been a passenger to plenty of diva behaviour (“I’ve seen some nonsense,” he confirms).

Growing up, Atweh said his family “didn’t make any money and struggled.”

He remembers those modest beginnings when people pay to see him now, and it’s one reason he says he plans to perform Rude with passionate gusto each and every night.

“When people save their money to come see you and buy the shirt and drink the beer and pay for the parking and wear the clothes — for that one couple that has a $500 night to see you, you better sing Rude,” he vowed.

“I’m going to sing Rude and I’m not going to sing half of Rude.

I’m going to sing all of Rude.”

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Adult daughter acts like a teen when visiting home Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our late 60s and I hate to see my darling wife taken advantage of have been married for six years. We were like this. Do you think I am being too oldboth widowed. We have a great deal in fashioned? Is such behaviour acceptable? common and are happy together.

How can we change this before we have Our one bone of contention is her a major argument that will benefit no daughter. “Justine” is in her late 30s, marone? — Cranky Canadian ried and living overseas. Yet every time Dear Cranky: Please talk to your wife she visits, she expects to get picked up about some boundaries regarding Justine. and dropped off at the airport, despite the Make concrete suggestions (Justine will major problems that driving both ways take a cab from the airport; she will have can cause for us. Hints that she might restrictions on the use of your computer, want to get a taxi are blissfully ignored. cellphone and car, etc.), and ask your wife When she comes without her husband, to agree to enforce these conditions for she reverts to being an irresponsible teenJustine’s next visit. ager, treating the house and its contents But we warn you: Unless your wife is MITCHELL as if she had never left. She comes and willing to put her foot down, nothing will & SUGAR goes as she pleases, helps herself to the change. fridge contents, takes over our cellphone, If that is the case, please tolerate these uses our car without filling the gas tank visits as best you can, because getting and hogs the computer to carry on long, between your wife and her daughter is a loud conversations, all without a thought for the dis- lose-lose situation for you. ruption she is causing.

Dear Annie: Forty-two years ago, I married a kind, Her mother apparently doesn’t see anything gentle, caring man. Over the years, however, he wrong with this. became hateful and mean. I spent the past 20 years Justine has just left after a two-week visit and did trying to make it through one more day without spurnot put her hand into her purse once the entire time, ring his anger, often unsuccessfully. not even at the coffee shop.

Finally, I asked his doctor to check my husband She spent almost half of her visit out of the house, for depression. often staying out all night.

His kind doctor prescribed a mild antidepressant.

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What a change I am seeing!

I love my husband like I did 40 years ago and look forward to growing old with him.

Please continue to encourage people to see their doctor about depression.

Things can be better. — His Wife Dear Wife: Thank you for the testimonial. Sometimes, depression manifests itself as anger, withdrawal, mood swings or other behavioral problems that are not recognized as depression. We are glad you could communicate the problem to his doctor, who listened and took action that helped.

Dear Annie: “Hurt and Disappointed” said she sent money to her deceased sister’s children so they’d have an inheritance from Grandma.

She was disappointed not to hear back from them.

Even though she said it was “according to instructions,” many people die without a will, and most jurisdiction’s intestate succession statutes provide that the children of a deceased child inherit their parent’s share per capita.

It’s quite possible that these nephews were entitled to one-third of their grandmother’s estate.

Please caution people to check the law of their state before they distribute any assets. — Know Better 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.

Cool girl needs to change her approach to find a cool guy Dear Harlan, I think I’m a really cool girl, but it because I don’t want to have to face the possibility of seems like every guy I’m into doesn’t want a relation- getting rejected. So I’ll just call this hanging out and ship at all — they always say that I’m everything they I’ll wait until we’re drunk enough or it’s safe enough want in a girl, but for “later in life.” When to kiss you.” A date can be a walk, a meal is this going to stop? — Too Cool or coffee. It’s not about what you do — it’s Dear Too Cool, When every guy is the about intention. problem, you’re the problem. Here’s Dear Harlan, I’m a junior in high what’s happening: You’re not meeting school and I’ve been thinking about colthe right guys, so you’re making sweeping lege. A lot. The main problem is that I generalizations. Cool? It’s much easier to have an emotional support animal for my blame everyone else than to look at youranxiety and depression (among other lessself and be more vulnerable. Excuses prominent issues), and I really want to keep you safe. Right? Want to pick the bring it with me. I know that you recentright man? Find a new approach. Meet ly had a girl ask you about her dog that guys in different places at different times helps her with anxiety, but mine would doing different things. For example, if be an actual, documented assistance aniyou’re meeting guys at parties on weekmal. My psychologist will write me a note, ends, try to meet guys while doing someand colleges would let me take my animal thing athletic during daylight hours (while (I checked). Here are some issues: HARLAN sober). Can’t find someone using this ap(1) It may be a small bird, but it can be COHEN proach? Look online. Read about what a noisy. I don’t want to be that roommate man wants before he tells you he doesn’t from hell. want you. If that doesn’t work, keep trying.

(2) I live in the U.S., but if I want to There are men who want what you want — bring my bird back and forth during the you just need to change your approach. holidays, I would need to put it in quarantine for a Dear Harlan, I’m 19 and have not had sex yet. few days before I could bring it back to my home.

Everyone expects you to have sex when you’re dating (3) Birds are really fragile. People can’t keep the someone while in college. How do you deal with the windows closed and cook with nonstick cookware, or pressure if you’re in a relationship and don’t want to clean the bathrooms with strong solutions like Ajax have sex? —Virgin or Comet.

Dear Virgin, Who is “everyone”? The horny guy (4) I just really don’t want to be known as “that you’re dating? You can be sexual without having sex, weird bird girl.” intimate without losing your virginity and passionI know it seems like there are a lot of obstacles ate without penetration. Set boundaries. Be proud of and there certainly are — but I know that without my your sexuality. Make it clear that anyone who dates bird, I’ll have a mental breakdown or something. I’m you must respect boundaries. Be honest about what not steady enough to thrust myself into a new place sex means to you and when you’ll be comfortable without my animal. So, should I bring it? Should I having it. In the same breath, make sure you empha- live off-campus (I could most likely get permission)? size that you’re sexual — you’re just waiting to have Should I leave it behind? — That Bird Girl sex until it’s the right time for you. There are a lot of Dear Bird Girl, partners who will be happy to wait for you — it’s just (1) When you’re the only person who brings a bird that most of them don’t understand that waiting to have sex can also mean being intimate, passionate and sexual.

Dear Harlan, I am graduating from high school, and of course I am nervous to leave home and be on my own. My main concern is not having a puppy to snuggle. Don’t judge me - I have been diagnosed with anxiety and they say dogs can sense when your feelings are uneasy. So my dog will give me kisses whenever I need them, and there’s something Sussex Insurance. We are bringing insurance to the people! Conveniently located about his fur and his pure in Walmart’s throughout Alberta, we are an exciting and innovative organization that bliss all the time that is so believes in delivering an exceptional customer experience. Our offices have the latest contagious. I know I’m not technologies and run paperless letting you focus on the customer. Representing the only one. Help! — Dog the largest insurance companies in Canada gives you the ability to provide the best Lover coverage and price for your clients. We are open 7 days a week form 9 to 9, providing Dear Dog Lover, Me? full and part time positions with flexible evening and weekend shifts available.

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(2) When you’re known as the girl with the bird, you’re going to have to be comfortable being the girl with the bird.

(3) If you need a bird and aren’t comfortable being the girl with the bird, stay close to home the first couple of years. There’s just no rush. Talk to an academic counselor to guide you.

(4) Only target schools with strong emotional and social support systems. Try a smaller campus with a nurturing staff and reputation for supporting students with emotional needs.

(5) Find other students on campuses with pets.

Having a pet might turn your room into the coolest place on campus.

Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author.

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Dear Harlan, I live in a world where hooking up is much more common than dating. What defines a date? Do both people have to agree it has a set purpose, or can it be as simple as friends hanging out? — Defining the Date Dear Defining the Date, It’s all about intention.

That’s what defines a date.

When I asked the woman I eventually married on a date, she knew that I might want to kiss her at the end of the night or soon after. She also knew to shower. Asking someone to hang out means “I’m too afraid to tell you that I’d like to go on a date

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1981 — Terry Fox dies at age 22. The onelegged runner of the Marathon of Hope loses battle to lung cancer in a Vancouver hospital.

He started his marathon in St. John’s, Nfld., and stopped near Thunder Bay, Ont. 1965 — The first commercial satellite begins communications service.

1950 — The United Nations calls on 59 member nations to end Korean conflict, as North Korean forces capture Seoul.

1919 — Canadian delegation signs the Treaty of Versailles, drawing up conditions of peace for the defeated powers in the First World War. Canada has separate representation.

1914 — Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is assassinated in Sarajevo.

1838 — Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey, beginning a reign that will last 64 years.

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HOROSCOPES world. Optimism will surely follow!

Saturday, June 28 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): After all CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kathy Bates, 65; Kellie Pickler, 27; Mel Brooks, you’ve learned about what is going on a global level and within spirituality, now is 87 the time to share and teach othTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: ers. You will have their unemoThere will be a tendency to want tional attention today which can to jump to conclusions today. only help to get the absolute point Hold back if you can and chanacross. nel your feelings appropriately Enlighten us all, please, and now. thank you!

There could be needless disSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. putes if you snap out at others, 21): Sudden actions want you so decide not to be the thorn in to express your true self. Take someone’s side today. All in all, steps towards improving your today will be an excellent day filled financial situation within your with promise and opportunity. business. Others will be waiting Take actions if they lead to the LARISA MAIRA for you to light the way to better betterment of all involved now.

OZOLINS days. You definitely have the abilHAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today ity to bounce back from any dark is your birthday, this year will be space, do it now! one to remember for a long time CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. coming. Tension felt for you from 19): Others will look to you today your home life and within your career will instigate changes for you with others to lead them forward.

Take each action deliberately, as you are in your life. You will take on a more realistic approach to all you do this year. It will help watched! You are more able now to take acyou drastically. The changes that will happen tions that will lead towards dreams, aspirations, for you will cause powerful connections to be friends, and the betterment of group environments. Do so with a smile today! formed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will ARIES (March 21-April 19): The tense energy of today is asking you to become more have a very interesting conversation with someempowered within your career and in the pub- one in your daily routine.

They will provoke you to take a more serilic. If you feel like you need to let off some steam, then go and do domestic chores now. ous and realistic look at your inner world. Avoid Your mother will have the answers you are needless disputes and take the high ground now. Instigate positive change in the world. looking for now. Ask her!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Okay, so TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are quite conservative when you want to be, and for now there could be a dispute or two with business that coolness is shown to others. Internally, you partners today. Avoid making any rash decisions today, take steps towards ensuring and are truly having issues.

You need to release some tension and the creating more harmony within those relationbest way to do this is to take up a course or ships. Your perspective today will be cool, calm and collected. Take your time today! simply focus on learning something new.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A lot will be Sunday, June 29 done today. Your efforts will pay off and they CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: will be seen and appreciated by business partnerships and your spouse. Greater savings can Nicole Scherzinger, 35; Gary Busey, 69; Kathemerge by actively working on those profitable erine Jenkins, 33 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will be a creative projects now. Step out of the norm and dreamy type day. Daydreams and Unrealistic take responsible actions!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do not jump Fantasies will transpire, or, you can understand to conclusions at work or with your mother to- your spirituality at a deeper level. There will be day. You are simply more irritable with having a pleasant time to be had with loved ones and to re-adjust your sails a little more with home friends alike. Why not entertain at home? The life. Plus, others are trying to be generous with environment will be wonderful and everyone you now. Find the spiritual lesson for you today, will have a great time. Enjoy the day, place others on a pedestal and dream away. let off steam gently now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Okay, about these ongoing changes within your daily life. Are they day, this year will allow you to break down helping or harming you? Today is the day to some barriers. This can manifest as you’re getinitiate a greater understanding in that area. ting engaged or having career advancements You will have to take responsibility, but do so or simply you will be seen more in the public from your own volition. See life through a differ- eye. You will be communicating with full passion this year. So it is best to truly find that true ent lens and move forward!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are feeling voice and belt it out everywhere you go! Your very positive about moving towards your aspi- health will improve steadily with great stability.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There will be rations and dreams now.

Simply watch out with how your have bud- great fun had with loved ones today. Try to get geted and what you are spending your money out to the restaurant you’ve always wanted to on. There is a greater need to channel your visit. It will surpass your expectations and all energy into creativity works, but do so within will have a great time. You innermost desires will become obvious today and pleasant robudget.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do not be im- mantic notions will be realized.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There will be breakthroughs at work today. Remember to keep your feet on the ground, as there could be a tendency not to appreciate this energy fully as you might be too idealistic. Become passionate about your work now and your fullest potential will be seen by others!

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Remember these desires need to be grounded into reality. So, today is the first to go about doing just that.

Think deeply about your financial options today and dream of the future!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There is a great opportunity for you to connect with friends today. Let go of past hurts and fears. Think of the idealist outcome and move towards that circumstance. Apologize when necessary and allow for karma to be restored and balanced.

Be as realistic as possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Great advancement with others is possible now. See those in your life for who they are, make each interaction count today! You will feel that you have many options in relation to your career. Choose one today and focus on bringing passion back to that aspect of your public life!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence.

The more you focus on making your daily life, health and career, the better able you are to create that idealistic situation for yourself.

Great day to entertain friends visiting from a distance, you will have a very peaceful time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What you hope for and what you are truly receiving from another are two different things. Perhaps you dreamt of life being so much more different than it is for you. Today is a great day to create that dreamed up future and become passionate again.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Interactions with those in foreign lands will be amicable now. A new understanding of friends will come into play that will allow you to see just who has a strong bond with you and who doesn’t. Take a loving but realistic view of your home and your marriage partner.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Interactions with those in your daily routine will provide you with an outlet to discuss your cherished ideals and dreams. Let’s be honest, you will be daydreaming for most of the day. So why not channel that energy into some creative aspect of your work today. Enjoy!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There will be many options for you and your partner to explore today. Perhaps a new opportunity arises in regards to some new fun activity that you can both do together. Whatever the activities, you both will find great value in exploring this new venue together.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There is a tendency for you to become a little too idealistic today. Channel this energy into creative work.

That area of your work will flourish beyond what is imaginable now. There will be great synergy with you and those within your home.

Why not have friends, co-workers, and family over for a lovely dinner party?

The atmosphere will be extremely pleasant today.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Saudi Arabia’s surprise 113 MERS cases have lost a little of their mystery.

Saudi authorities startled the global public health community on June 3 when they announced they had found 113 MERS cases that had previously gone unreported, and 92 additional deaths to the disease.

At the time, the Saudis offered no details about the new cases, but now the World Health Organization has released a demographic and geographic breakdown of the infections.

But while the WHO’s statement answers some questions, it raises another.

It talks about 34 deaths among the 113 cases; it does not explain where or when the remaining 58 deaths occurred.

The majority of the previously missed infections with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred after March 1 of this year, though 29 were contracted between May 2013 and the end of February.

A huge surge in infections in Saudi Arabia started in March of this year, with spread among hospital patients and health-care workers fuelling the rapid rise in cases. Saudi Arabia, which has been the country hardest hit

by MERS, has recorded more than 500 cases since the beginning of March.

The WHO said Thursday that it has been informed of 820 cases of MERS globally since the first known infections with the coronavirus took place in April 2012. Most of those have been recorded this spring; at the beginning of March, the global count was 188.

The 113 cases came to light during a retrospective review of hospital records done by Saudi health authorities in early May, the WHO statement says.

More than half of the previously missed cases were from Jidda (44) and Riyadh (21), though there was a smattering of cases from a range of locations within the country.

The cases ranged in age from three months to 89 years, with the median age being 41 years. Men made up 57 per cent of the cases.

Just over a quarter of the cases were asymptomatic — they had no symptoms, but were found by testing done on contacts of known cases. Seventy of the cases were hospitalized for their symptoms and three of those people remain in hospital.

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Summertime — and the living is easy Whether you live close to the ocean, deep in the forest or in the core of the urban jungle, there’s no escaping the call of summer when it comes to home décor inspiration.

Especially, that is, when the sun is beaming down and your mood is as high as your barometer’s red arrow.

So cue good times, the mercury’s vertiginous ascent and happy days all around.

But precisely what — climatic issues aside — makes one home hip and another, ahem, haphazard?

And why do some abodes seem effortlessly cool when others, in stylistic terms, are so dramatically wide of the mark?

COLIN & Guess it all comes down to JUSTIN one rule; less is more. Which, in layman’s terms, means ‘go easy.’

In your quest for summery perfection, avoid being too literal; it makes far more sense to follow your heart (instead of doing what you think is ‘on trend’) thereby making your home personal and seasonally sensational.

As globe trotting Brits, summer — to us certainly — conjures up images of helicopter flights between Nice and Monaco, train rides to Italy in search of the perfect pizza and boat trips through the Greek Cyclades.

Okay, so we mightn’t make it there as frequently as we once did (the Atlantic gets in the way) but we’ll still happily flavour our schemes, where appropriate, with a hint of mainland Europe.

Think monogrammed cushions that allude to the grand hotels of the Croisette, scented candles that capture aromantic Parisian mood and restful blue and white rooms that conjure up the spirit of Santorini.

Capturing summer, as we compose our schemes, is all about taming the ocean and eliciting the appeal of languid coastal life; the restful sound of the waves, for instance, the distant call of the seabirds or the relaxing promise of a sandy beach.

Cool, tranquil and tasteful, sure, but without so much as a hint of TV’s quick fix décor show Trading Spaces.

That means (remember our ‘literal’ litany) no sand-textured walls, no ship anchor stencils and definitely no light cords threaded with seashells.

Summer, damn it, should be sophisticated.

And, left to us, that’s just how they are!

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Miami Beach, for example, is a coastal extravaganza with more than a hint of Latin American spice so, if that’s your bag, use bright colours and bold geometric patterns (through soft furnishings, etc.) to elicit the vibe.

South Beach style, on the other hand, expounds with the Art Deco period (currently revered by a new generation of Great Gatsby devotees) while the Florida Keys whisper tales of laid back hippy living, a love of Ernest Hemmingway and clap board Heritage homes.

Another favourite C&J summer style is Pacific Rim, a direction that embraces the wild ocean with gnarly driftwood, sparkling hurricane lamps, slatted white timber walls and acres of glass and natural light.

Furnishings tend to be muted and linen clad; think sunlight refracting through shuttered windows and languid sundowner cocktails enjoyed on dreamy rattan day beds.

Put simply, it’s all about relaxed glamour — to the power of 10.

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WINDOWS: Coverings look best with minimal lines Window coverings, for example, look best when arranged with minimal lines; in client woodland homes, we tend to leave windows entirely undressed so our paymasters can awaken with the day and retire as the sun goes down.

Should you be tempted by the joys of the forest, take a tip: you won’t need tree trunk shaped pieces sprouting from your home’s every corner — be inspired, instead, by organic fabrics, good quality wooden floors or by artworks that suffuse your home with just a hint of forest living.

As your warm weather endeavours gather momentum, think about ‘opening’ rooms to beckon light. Remove dark, heavy drapes and replace with diaphanous fabrics that embrace warmer climes. It’s not rocket science!

If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, swap out small boxy windows for large French doors; a biggish job, sure, but just think of those widened summery vistas.

Today’s before and after speaks volumes about how you can let your home ‘breathe.’ We started with a gloomy space but we immediately saw potential.

By opening the space we let the sunshine in and our new palette makes it feel immediately fresh and inviting.

The key changes? A beautiful solid lumber floor,

for starters. Visit Kentwood (www.kentwoodfloors. com) for more info and, if your budget stretches, opt for solid lumber or one of their top quality engineered board.

We retooled the overall colour scheme with a combination of white and baby blue. The new collection of paints by Benjamin Moore is utterly inspiring — jump online and scan the range at www.benjaminmoore.ca.

As far as furniture is concerned, we found the dining table at Ikea and almost everything we needed for the living area at HomeSense — www.homesense. ca.

The company’s price sensitive stock range is forever changing so take a tip; you have to be fast to capture those awesome daily deals. But with prices up to 60 per cent lower than other retailers, the ‘pop in regularly’ treasure hunt mantra is so worthwhile.

Wicker alludes to summer and it’s easy to maintain. Our specification is softened by complementary upholstery that adds visual and ergonomic comfort to the scene. All in all it’s a simple — but commanding — transformation, huh?

As a final note, and whichever style you favour, remember that summer should be as much about the great outdoors as it is homely recreation and interior design. So plan your day accordingly — make time to languish in your garden and enjoy a gentle breeze in your hair, warm sun on your skin and the odorous joy of flowers.

You know it makes sense. Aye, it makes perfect summery sense!

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Fresh, pretty and welcoming, the allure of gingham translates perfectly into relaxed country style.

Gingham shirts and bandanas personify life on the range.

At home, cottage and country kitchens display gingham curtains and table linens with cheerful abandon.

This well-loved pattern is a design staple that will continue to please wherever it shows up.

Gingham cottons are inexpensive and readily available as yard goods in palettes of yellow, blue, red, green and black, making it easy to sew up curtains, pillows, bed linens and upholstery.

This jaunty pattern also decorates crockery, glassware, cutlery and numerous accessories from lampshades and carpets to thumbtacks!

If you’re taken with the deDEBBIE sign, it may be hard to reign in TRAVIS the temptation to decorate the walls in gingham.

And that’s exactly what I did in this special guest bedroom.

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Who knew gingham walls would be such a hit?

There are gingham wallpapers available, but I wanted the unique texture that can only be created with paint, and also I was able to decide on the size of the pattern and the colour of the checks.

There is a bit of work to this project, but once you have all the measuring and taping in place, it’s fun to see the results as they unfold.

I used a bright off-white base coat and light green coloured glaze in a satin sheen. If the checks had been applied in a solid colour the pattern would have looked too heavy.

By using a coloured glaze and breaking up the colour even more by pulling through it with a bristle brush, the pattern becomes translucent, light and airy.

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Left: Step by step for horizontal stripes: Roll the coloured glaze over alternate stripes and drag a bristle brush through the wet glaze to give the effect of a cloth weave.

Right: Step by step for vertical stripes: When the glazed stripes cross each other, the colour is heavier, giving the illusion of a gingham pattern.

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PAINTING: Horizontal and vertical stripes (Tip: when you finish taping, the

stripes to be painted will look wider.

To be safe, mark an X on the stripes not to be painted.)

Mix a coloured glaze, one part water-based paint, one part water, three parts water-based glazing liquid.

Roll the coloured glaze onto alternate stripes.

While the glaze is still wet, using a stiff bristle brush, drag along the length of the painted stripes horizontally only, to give the effect of a cloth weave. Let dry overnight.

Measure and tape off vertical stripes the same way you did the horizontal stripes.

Fill in alternate vertical stripes using the same technique, this time dragging the bristle brush through vertically.

These breezy gingham walls suit a painted wood floor.

For added detail why not stencil a soft leafy image on the floorboards at the corners of the room.

Lacy curtains, pillow slips, white

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Sheer luxury.

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Greco-Roman motifs lend classic flair If you’re a fan of traditional décor, you probably appreciate the elegant lines and rich history of neoclassical style.

Interest in classical style really took off in the second half of the 18th century, when Scottish architect Robert Adam began using its elements in fancy homes, says London designer Adrienne Chin.

Adam recast urns, sphinxes and vine leaves as decorative elements in mirrors and mouldings.

“Adam’s style owed much to the archaeological discoveries of Greco-Roman domestic architecture at Pompeii and Herculaneum,” says Chinn.

The historical discoveries also inspired the development of neoclassical furniture, which replaced the fussy rococo style with more linear, geometric silhouettes.

Today, Greco-Roman classicism is the basis of many interior decor styles — Louis XV, Regency, Federal and Georgian among them, says New York designer Elaine Griffin.

“As the oldest recognized style, classicism carries with it the approbation of time and taste,” Griffin says.

And while it never falls too far off decor’s radar, it’s really enjoying a moment now.

“Classicism’s clean, sleek lines are back with a vengeance this summer, both in a refined way and in over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek style statements,” she says.

There are many ways to introduce the style into traditional or contemporary spaces, and at various price points.

“Lamps are a great way to bring a neoclassical touch into your décor — classic urn shapes, columns or classical motifs like acanthus leaves look elegant, particularly when paired with a black card or pleated silk Empire lampshade,” Chinn suggests.

Stiffel has a wide selection with silver or burnished bronze bases. (www.stiffel.com ) “Ornate plaster corbels used as brackets for decorative display shelves bring a classical element to a room,” she notes.

Look for plaster ones, or unfinished wood that you can paint or gild yourself. (www.architecturaldepot.com ) AllModern has pairs of bookends with busts of Hercules or David. The Perseus console from Currey & Company is a sleek, silver-leafed iron piece with a Greek key border. (www.allmodern. com ) At Arhaus, scroll and floral wood carvings frame the Clara mirror, while the Adele dining chair, upholstered in velvet, features inlaid antiqued wood rosettes. (www.arhaus.com ) Restoration Hardware has a group of architectural ornament fragments cast in brass and mounted on museum stands, among them swag and tassel, cornice, and acanthus scroll patterns.

Vintage Italian etchings of capital styles would make nice wall art, and so would an intricate charcoal drawing circa 1900 of classical carved marble portraits.

A series of intaglio cameos of neoclassical themes are cast in plaster and framed.

The retailer’s also got larger pieces, including wooden columns, pillars and plinths that could be used as display stands for artwork — perhaps for a plaster bust of Ariadne, or a carved finial. (www.restorationhardware.com ) Griffin’s not surprised that the Greek key motif is a trend.

“Its sleek, straight lines and crisp right angles are perfect counterparts to contemporary design, and are among the few design motifs that truly look great ev-

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erywhere and with everything,” she says.

She likes to use the design in dressmakerinspired details, such as embroidered tape trim on curtains and upholstery.

Or, if you want a bold look, consider going for an all-over pattern.

Smith and Noble offers the Greek key motif in bright combinations of tangerine, navy, red or deep pink with white, or a more subtle pairing of pale grey or aqua with off-white — especially pretty for sheer curtains. (www.smithandnoble. com ) Jonathan Adler is known for his use of

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He puts the pattern on rugs, throws, china and furniture, such as a needlepointed ottoman and a white lacquered cocktail table. (www.jonathanadler.com ) If you’re interested in collecting from this style, antique stores will invariably have pieces with provenance.

Or check out www. rubylane.com.

The online vintage shop has items including an elaborate desk painted with Pompeian frescoes, a pair of marble lions, salvaged Ionic columns and a circa 1880 hand-painted Italian leather screen.

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Trouble is, knot-free pine is quite expensive.

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It’s always sold knotfree and is much less expensive than clear pine.

You could also make your sign from a sheet material called MDF if you want to save even more money and don’t need an authentic woodgrain background.

Trim intended for painting is often made from MDF and it works well.

Sand, stain and seal your wood with urethane, then let it dry for two weeks before painting the letters.

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Even though this pine woodwork is coated in many layers of paint, discoloration from a knot still bleeds through. Avoid using knotty wood if this kind of look won’t do. ings and baseboard heaters on the lower floor.

No ducts.

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These include a compressor unit that sits outside (either on the ground or suspended on an outside wall), and one or more indoor cooling units mounted high up on walls. Small pipes connect the compressor with the cooling unit, so they can be located anywhere.

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Ask for references from recent clients, as well as some homeowners they’ve worked with three or four years back to get a sense of quality and service delivered over time.

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announcements Obituaries McLUHAN Dr. William John Dr. William John McLuhan passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the age of 86 years. John will be lovingly remembered by his son Bruce; his daughters, Jean (Ron Zegil), Jo-Anne (Kevin Baldwin) and Sandy (Guy); his grandchildren, Graham (Raelyn), Neal and Amy; sister-in-law Anne Watts; brother-in-law Jim Hunter; and his nieces and nephews. John was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Betsy, in 2012, his parents and siblings. The only son of Llewellyn and Blanche, John was born in Edmonton and grew up in the family home overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. John had an idyllic childhood with his sisters Margie and Betty playing along the river valley and at “The Point” with their springer spaniel, cousins and friends.

His father, a WWI vet, passed onto John the family passions for hunting game birds and auto mechanics, which John shared with his son Bruce for almost 50 years. His mother schooled him in the fine art of gardening, which John taught to his daughter Jo-Anne. John attended the University of Alberta and earned a BSc (Honours BioChem) and was working as a lab technician when he was encouraged to pursue medicine by a mentor. During this time, he met Betsy Hunter through his sister and they married in 1952 following Betsy’s nursing graduation. John then entered medical school at the University of Alberta and graduated with his M.D. in 1957. Hard work was John’s mantra (“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”) and he worked odd jobs throughout his youth and during his 12 years of postsecondary study as a lab technician, lab instructor and Army Officer reservist. John and Betsy moved to Red Deer in 1959, where John joined the Associate Clinic as a partner and worked as a family physician and anesthetist until his retirement in 1993. He loved his family practice and the operating room, delivered many babies and enjoyed the time he spent as the team physician for the Red Deer Rustlers.

The family would like to thank Dr. McIntyre and his associates at the Associate Medical Group for their care and support through the years as well as the nursing staff on Unit 22 for their compassionate care. Friends and family are invited to celebrate John’s life at a Memorial Service and reception at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4 or to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4E7 or the charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

MCARTHUR Larry 1938 - 2014 Mr. Larry Richard McArthur passed away with his family by his side, at the Red Deer Hospice on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at the age of 75 years.

Larry was born on December 3, 1938 at Debolt, Alberta. He was a man filled with passion, an enduring zest for life and all the beauty and joy it had to offer.

Larry loved the outdoors; he spent his time fishing, golfing and was daring enough to try out new adventures such as Kite Water Skiing. Larry also had a Special ‘Tomato House’ that he tended and was extremely proud of. He was a member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club for over forty-five years and was a generous and strong supporter of his community. Larry was a true entrepreneur and enjoyed being the owner of the East 40th Pub in Red Deer for twenty-five years. He spent time at his second home in Palm Springs and was known for playing a very “flavorous” Blues Guitar. His warm sense of humor was apparent in his joke telling and carefree spirit. Larry loved his family, his grandchildren and his great grandchildren dearly. They were the pride and joy of his heart. Larry will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered and cherished in the hearts of his family and many lifelong friends. Larry leaves to mourn his wife, Sherry; his children, Bob McArthur, Tari Klein (Vern), Tracy Teron (Daryl) and Darren McArthur (Jan); his eight grandchildren, Courtney (Ryan), Chase, Blair (Cassandra), Taylor (Mickey), Brady, Jesse, Teona and Ty and his two great grandsons, Brayden and Cruz. He will also be sadly missed by the mother of his children, Marilyn McArthur, his step-mother, Mary Ferris, mother-in-law, Peggy Coates; as well as his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews and a host of dear friends. Larry was predeceased by his mother, Eleanor MacArthur, his father, Webb Ferris, a granddaughter, Teagan Klein and a daughter-in-law, Bonny McArthur. A Service to honor and remember Larry will be held at CrossRoads Church, Corner of 32 Street and Highway 2, Red Deer County, Alberta on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations in Larry’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at: www.reddeerhospice.com. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

Obituaries

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ROGOSKI Clara 1935 - 2014 Our beloved wife, sister and aunt, Clara Elizabeth Avis Rogoski passed away, surrounded by her family, at the Rosefield Centre, Innisfail, Alberta on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the young age of 78 years. Clara was born on July 23, 1935 at Round Hill, Alberta.

She later moved to Camrose, Alberta, where she met and married her first husband, Albert Rogoski. Due to a transfer with her job at Woolworths, Clara moved to Red Deer, Alberta. Here she met her second husband, Joe Parisienne. Clara was a dedicated employee and up until her retirement, she tirelessly worked at the Mountview, Millerdale and Bishops Drug Stores. She made many lifelong friendships with the staff and always greeted the customers with her happy cheerful nature and the beautiful smile she will always be remembered for. Clara cherished the many wonderful times spent with her friends and family at events, reunions, dining out, road trips, camping, canoeing, fishing and bird hunting. Clara enjoyed a glass of ‘spirits’ once in a while and will be fondly remembered for raising her glass and calling out ‘Hoy’! Though Clara did not have any children of her own, she dearly loved her many nieces and nephews and then their children. She also loved her dogs; Skippy, CJ, JC and Dollie. Clara’s kind and loving spirit touched the lives of all who knew her. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Joe Parisienne of Innisfail, her sister, Gladys Kuzyk of Leduc, Alberta, brother-in-law, Warden Robinson of Red Deer, her niece and goddaughter, Debbie Pankratz of Red Deer, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Clara was predeceased by her first husband, Albert Rogoski, her parents, Louis and Carrie Henry, sisters, Margie Steiner and Lorraine Robinson, brothers-in-law, Tony Steiner and Nick Kuzyk, a niece, Wanda Kuzyk and nephews, Danny Robinson and Randy Steiner. A Celebration of Clara’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Clara’s honor may be made directly to the Alzheimer Society at www.alzheimer.ca or to the Red Deer and District S.P.C.A. at www.reddeerspca.com. The family would like to extend their appreciation to Dr. Barker and the caring Staff at the Rosefield Centre for their years of care and devotion to Clara, while she made her home there. Special thanks to Rick and Joni Webb for their wonderful tender loving care.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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Olivia McMurray B.Sc. (Distinction) Sheila and John McMurray are honored to announce the graduation of our daughter, Olivia, who completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Calgary. She is currently in Montreal training with the U23 Canadian Rowing Team.

She has been selected to row for Canada in the upcoming Commonwealth Games Regatta (August) in Scotland.

TAMMY PEARCE EDGAR Congratulations on achieving your degree in Bachelor of Science in Archeology and Primatology and your degree in Bachelor of Arts in History and receiving both degrees with distinction.

We are also very proud of you for being awarded the University of Calgary Silver Medallion for highest academic performance in Archeology. Your success is not a surprise - it is well deserved.

DUNHAM Sheila Catherine Dunham born July 3, 1954 passed away June 23, 2014 in Grande Prairie, Alberta at the age of 59. Sheila attended Harkins High and graduated Millidgeville North High School in 1972. She lived in Alberta for 33 years and raised her family.

She enjoyed cooking, quading, decorating and spending time with family and friends.

Sheila led her life with purpose and affection for everyone. Sheila is survived by her husband of 41 years Daniel T. Dunham, daughter Amanda Dunham, son Mark Dunham, mother Eileen Underhill, Grandchildren Raelene, Tylee, Sebastian Dunham. Sisters Joyce (Lomond) Burke, Marilyn (Dean) Henderson, Paula Underhill and son Mitch Attfield, brothers Richard (Sylvia), Michael (Tammy), Joseph Underhill, Patrick McLean, Malcolm Calaghan and many nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and cousins.

Sheila is pre-deceased by her father Carl and brother Gerald E. Underhill. A Celebration of Sheila’s life will be celebrated in Red Deer, Alberta and Miramichi, New Brunswick at a later date. If you so wish, a donation may be made to the Pointswest Living Hospice via the Grande Prairie Hospice Palliative Care Society Box 21215 Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 6W7 www.gphospice.ca Care and arrangements entrusted to BEAR CREEK FUNERAL HOME Grande Prairie, Alberta 780-830-7742 www.bearcreekfuneral.com

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Dr. Jantina McMurray DVM (Distinction) Sheila and John McMurray are honored to announce the graduation of our daughter, Jantina, who completed a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary. She was awarded the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Gold Medal for the highest academic standing.

She has accepted a one year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario.

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JANZEN Helmuth 1934 - 2014 Mr. Helmuth Janzen of Red Deer, Alberta entered the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the Red Deer Hospice on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at the age of 79 years.

Helmuth was born at Arborfield, Saskatchewan on October 26, 1934 and raised in Carrot River, Saskatchewan.

He moved to Red Deer in 1964 for summer employment and decided to stay. Helmuth was employed at the Michener Centre as a Rehabilitation Practitioner for twenty-six years.

He was united in marriage to Irene Boschman on July 22, 1967. Helmuth was a Second Generation Beekeeper along with his brothers in Carrot River and then took up beekeeping as a hobby again in Red Deer.

After he retired, Helmuth would return to Carrot River for the summers to help his brothers with the bees.

Helmuth was a loving and devoted family man and he will be dearly missed.

Helmuth will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Irene of Red Deer; two daughters, Terri (Craig) Foster of Calgary, Alberta and Cindy (Dwayne) McKay of Red Deer; and his grandchildren, Hope and Sawyer McKay, also of Red Deer.

He will also be sadly missed by his brother, Eldon of Carrot River, Saskatchewan, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Helmuth was predeceased by a brother, Howard and a sister, Melytta.

A Celebration of Helmuth’s Life will be held at the CrossRoads Church, Corner of 32 Street and Highway 2, Red Deer County, Alberta on Friday, July 4, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. with Pastor Stu Krogman officiating. Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Helmuth’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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ELLIS (nee Brannen) Lorna Lorna Ellis passed away in hospital in Surrey, B.C. on June 23, 2014. Lorna grew up and did her schooling in Blackfalds and Red Deer, married Raymond Ellis and resided in Blackfalds until 1966 when they moved to Surrey, B.C. Lorna was predeceased by her husband Ray; mother (Ava) and father (Tom). She is survived by her sons; Tom (Cherylynn) and Donavon; daughter, Linda and brothers; Terry (Grace deceased), all of B.C. and Jack (Bev) of Blackfalds.

In Memoriam MITTEN In loving memory of my husband Howard Mitten who passed away June 27, 2000.

Missing you and will love you forever.

Your wife Kay, daughter Gladys, son Wayne and their families.

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FOUND at our home for the last 3 or 4 days, a small cat or kitten, in the On Erickson Drive, Red Deer.

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5th ANNUAL ART AT THE LAKE One day only!

Sat. July 5, 2014 10 am - 4 pm.

Best Western Hotel 5027 Lakeshore Dr. (across from Water Slide) Show and sale of fine arts and crafts by leading Central Alberta artists.

Free admission. For more info call 403-748-2557 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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LOST CAT in Johnstone area. Pure white, bushy tail with two tufts under chin. Answers to Lucy.

Please call 403-986-5505 WANTED: Contents of navy canvas Michael Kors bag stolen from parked vehicle.

On evening of June 21/22 our car was parked in the west parking lot of Days Inn (Red Deer). Someone stole dance bag which contained about 6 pairs of dance shoes including ballet pointe shoes and several medals from dance competitions.

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Key Responsibilities: • Provide remote IT support to staff in our chain of over 100 retail stores across Canada.

• Onsite support to our corporate office including network equipment (workstations, servers, routers, switches, printers, warehouse management systems etc.), corporate backups (on and offsite) and various software products such MS Office, Simply Accounting etc..

• Some travel, within Canada, to complete IT setup at store locations may be required

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Excellent benefits package, competitive wage, perks.

4505 77th Street, Red Deer, AB | 403.342.7722 | www.reddeerspca.com *Studies in Germany, Australia and China show that dog owners visit their doctors 12 to 15% less than their dog-less peers.

Apply in confidence to careersit@chatters.ca or fax resume to 1-888-409-0483, clearly identifying the position you are applying for. Only those suited for the position will be contacted, no phone calls please.

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Contract operators need not apply. E-mail resume’s to: ken.webster@altagas.ca or fax 403-347-0855

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GAS PRO COMPRESSION, located in Three Hills, AB, is a manufacturing & fabrication shop, which produces & services single well gas compressor packages ranging from 10 to 80HP. Currently we are looking to fill the following positions: MILLWRIGHT, ELECTRICIAN MECHANIC Successful candidate must possess strong work ethics.

Experience with natural gas compression is an asset but not essential. Preference will be given to those with trade certification and/or experience. Please fax resumes to 403-443-5288, apply in person at 227, 17th Ave N., Three Hills, AB, or email to Peter.Pattison@gaspro.ca.

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is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

Must have all valid tickets.

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The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society & the Red Deer Native Friendship Society are both looking for a part time finance and administration coordinator.

MSM Outreach Worker

CAANS is also looking for a part time outreach worker for the gay/bi/MSM community.

Check out our job postings at www.caans.org/ getting-involved Buying or Selling your home?

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Timberland 55 TOWERS CLOSE JUNE 27, 28 & 29 Fri. 3-8, Sat. 10-4, Sun.12-5 Lawn mower, toys, adult/ baby clothes, household etc

Canyon Technical Services is a leader in the oilfield service industry, providing customized fracturing and pressure pumping solutions to oil and gas producers across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. At Canyon, our employees are ‘Champions’, dedicated to fulfilling our Vision of “improving the industry one job at a time” - our ‘Champions’ have made Canyon one of the most sought-after providers in our industry. If you are looking for a career within a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then Canyon is looking for you! Canyon is preparing for an extremely busy 2014/2015 and are looking for qualified employees.

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112 WILSON CRES. June 28 & 29 MULTI FAMILY **SORRY, GARAGE SALE CANCELLED**

Penhold 3 FAMILY SALE. 3 houses south of Fas Gas in Penhold. Lots of everything and antiques too!

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Frac— Pump Operators and Bulk Transport Drivers Coiled Tubing—Experienced Operators, Crane Operators and Supervisors

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50 KINGSTON DRIVE Fri. 27th & Sat. 28th 9-4 MOVING SALE Good quality household items & toys.

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LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

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LOOKING for an experienced nanny that could help with my 2 children and 1 on the way at our acreage east of Red Deer. Monday to Friday 8 -1pm. Driver’s license and vehicle salary is negotiable

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We are looking to welcome a Dental Receptionist to join our growing team.

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Our office dynamic is positive & professional, our excellence in patient care & outstanding customer service are paramount.

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NOW HIRING Previous dental office exp.

Well Testing Personnel preferred, but we are Experienced Supervisors willing to train the right & Operators candidate who has Must have valid applicable initiative and excels in tickets. Email: lstouffer@ communication, organization, testalta.com and business skills.

Please send current resume with cover letter c/o Leah, to Dr. Caroline Krivuzoff-Sanderson, Red Deer by email: OIL & GAS OPERATOR dr.caroline@shawbiz.ca Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants Janitorial must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or COMMERCIAL cleaner journeyman instrument req’d 2 pm. - 11 pm. Mon. - mechanic and possess Thurs. $16/hr.

Police strong mechanical skills, check/drivers license req’d. be quick learners, motivated 403-358-9256 and hard working and live or be willing to relocate Start your career! within a 20 minute commute See Help Wanted to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive Medical pay and significant room for promotion.

RED DEER Please submit resumes EYECARE CENTRE is currently looking to fill Attn: Human Resources the following position. email:kwolokoff@ Having a good work ethic bearspawpet.com and a being a quick Fax 403-252-9719 learner is a must: Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 OPTICAL LAB ASSISTANT Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Our full service optical lab has an opening for half-3/4 time position. Knowledge of optics and computers is a definite asset but are willing to train the right individual. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including days, Wednesday evenings, and Saturdays 9-2 pm. (No Saturdays PROVIDENCE during the summer months.)

Trucking Inc Closing date: July 4, 2014.

Is now hiring experienced Fax your resume and cover letter to: 403-343-9440 Picker Operator Or email to: Swamper reddeereyecare@hotmail.com All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. We offer exceptional wages Oilfield and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume and ****REQUIRED IMMED*** abstract to 403-314-2340 Vac Truck Operator / or email to safety@ Swamper and Oilfield providencetrucking.ca Painter in the Bentley Area. Must have up to date tickets and a good driving record. Please email resume and tickets to tayriver1@hotmail.com or TRIUMPH Well Service is fax to (403)748-3036 now accepting applications for all positions.

Experience req’d. Tickets and drivers license required. Top wages and benefits with contracted work. email hr@ triumphwellservice.com

Barden Oilfield Hauling Ltd. is now hiring Bed Truck and Winch Tractor Operators. Experience a must. Fax resumes and 5 yr. CDA to 403 341 3968 or email: bardentrucking@ telus.net. No phone calls please.

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F/T E-Commerce /graphic design position person wanted to join our growing dynamic team in Red Deer. Benefits and competitive wages. Send resume with portfolio and salary expectation to careers@buyairsoft.ca

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Chatters Canada has an immediate opening in our Corporate Office for a

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IMMED. F/T Administrative Assistant, Req’d for busy Lacombe based Business.

This position supports the accounting dept. with general accounting duties, as well as general administrative duties.

Familiarity with ACCPAC, Word & Excel an asset.

Fax resume to 403-342-7447 P/T friendly receptionist, good with details. Fax resume 403-314-5307 PENTAGON FARM CENTRE in Lacombe is looking for a full time permanent ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ADMINISTRATOR. Must have 5 years experience in Accounts Payable.

Please e mail your resume along with a cover letter to: hr@pentagonfarm.com

Dental

DENTAL RECEPTIONIST

BUSY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP REQUIRES EXPERIENCED

Warranty Administrator

In Memoriam

730

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

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, June 28, 2014 D7

820

RAMADA INN & SUITES

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

req`s Permanent Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s ROOM ATTENDANTS permanent F/T front Attendants. Exp. not nec. counter staff for all shifts will train. Approx. 35 - 40 (days, eves. and wknds). hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 Please send resume to: $14/hr. Duties incl’d but htglanes@ not limited to: vacuuming, telus.net or apply in person dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, Central Alberta’s Largest disinfecting & cleaning Car Lot in Classifieds bathrooms. Performance based bonus program.

Must be fluent with verbal l& written English, be CELEBRATIONS physically fit. Applicants HAPPEN EVERY DAY may apply in person at IN CLASSIFIEDS 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 Tired of Standing? or email: Find something to sit on info@ramadareddeer.com in Classifieds Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Trades

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

850

Operator 2 Position

Application Closing Date: June 30, 2014.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

840

EVRAZ Red Deer is accepting applications for

JOURNEYMAN RED SEAL MILLWRIGHTS & ELECTRICIANS to work at our pipe making facility in Red Deer, Alberta. Individuals must be at least 18 years of age, safety conscious, able to work overtime and shift work, and able to perform some heavy lifting. All selected applicants will be required to attend and pass a medical/physical assessment, as well as drug and alcohol screening arranged by EVRAZ Red Deer.

Wages range from $32.68 to $35.40/hr. In addition; employees are eligible for shift premiums, performance, attendance and safety bonuses. Evraz offers an excellent benefit and pension package.

Requires Full Time

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CHINOOK’S EDGE SCHOOL DIVISION NO. 73 invites applications for a part time (6 hours a day) Food Services Assistant position at École Innisfail Jr/Sr High School (Grades 9-12) effective immediately.

The successful candidate should be: able to work in an efficient and organized manner in a fast paced environment, a team player who enjoys working with/supervising/providing direction to students, dependable and punctual, able to lift production and stock products, able to place orders for weekly purchases, available for flexible work hours, able to manage food services in the absence of manager and able to maintain a clean and tidy work environment. Preference will be given to candidates with related experience.

Carpenters & Helpers

FALL START

WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS invites applications for the following position:

Division Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant For further specifics on the above position, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS invites applications for the following position:

Transliterator/ Educational Assistant École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School

WANTED: CASHIER. Drop off resume to 5211 50 Ave.

Trades

850

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Tar-ific Construction is currently seeking a truck driver with Class 1 or 3 licence. Excellent benefit package, home every night. Fax 403-340-1246 or email tarific@ telusplanet.net.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

860

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

STETTLER TRANSIT MIX Drivers wanted for mixer/pumping concrete.

403-742-2134 or email:stettlertransitmix @gmail.com

For work in Rocky Mountain House area, as well as out of town locations.

Priority will be given to those candidates with experience.

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Valid First Aid and H2S tickets required.

We offer competitive wages, benefits package, and opportunities for advancement.

Please reply by fax 403-845-5370 or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Business Opportunities

870

START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS Revenue between $24,000 - $120,000 Initial cash required as low as $6,000 In Business for over 20 years *Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl. *Training Incl. *Ongoing Office Support

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866

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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 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

Advocate Opportunities

NOW HIRING in Red Deer

Req’d immed.

Certified asbestos workers and demo laborers.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Ponoka’s Fabrication shop is looking for

Phone 403-314-4316

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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

GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca 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.

880

LABOURERS & FLAG PERSONS

Busy road construction company looking for Labourers AND flag persons. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489 NORAL-TECH Ltd Manufacturer of 12 Volts electrical control panels for specialized trucks. We are 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

HELP wanted for roadside sales. Cash paid daily.

Must have valid drivers license. 403-588-3263 Dave

PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca Call 403-373-6182

RENTAL STORE

Requires a Front End Person. Duties include assisting customers, answering phones, data PT office help and or entry, deliveries. Must be Class room Instructor organized, have computer req`d. Please call Street knowledge and be Wise Driving School. physically fit. Mechanically 403-340-8848 inclined and construction knowledge an asset.

ORDER DESK Full-time days. Apply 5929-48 Ave, or e-mail PERSON sales@ 2 -3 yrs. experience. Fax parklandrentals.com resume 403-309-4466

Advocate Opportunities

INNISFAIL Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

MORRISROE INGLEWOOD AND SOUTHBROOK AREAS Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie Phone 403-314-4301

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Wage negotiable.

780-818-8524

No rigs please Please submit resume to hrombough@ geminicorp.ca or contact at 780.997.5215

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RED DEER ADVOCATE

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

Community Support Worker Program

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Top wages and benefits based on experience Possible career advancement opportunities

Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

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PIDHERNEY’S

requires experienced DRIVERS CLASS 1 ,3 & LOWBOY, FOREMAN, OPERATORS AND LABOURERS

CWB Structural hand welders.

RED DEER

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION 35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres.

Westpark Cres.

36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Drive Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.

Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

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.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc

Do you feel you are ready for the next step in your career?

Req’s a

Maintenance Foreman

If you are highly motivated, detailed, and have excellent time management skills, we want to hear from you today!

Skills Requirements: Previous experience Self-motivated Excellent Communication Skills Multi-tasking ability High attention to detail

Don’t wait! Make that satisfying career move! Apply today!

416372F23-28

Email Employee Experience at:

careers@goauto.ca 403.347.3300

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

For further specifics on the above position, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca Truckers/ or contact the Drivers Division Office at 403-783-3473.

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d Something for Everyone for moving equipment.

Everyday in Classifieds Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

For information on Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73, please check our website (www.chinooksedge.ab.ca).

Applications will be accepted until 12:00 midnight, Sunday, August 10, 2014.

The successful applicant will be required to provide Trades a Criminal Record check and Child Intervention (Welfare) check.

Absolute Fusion While we thank all applicants Contracting is a welding, for their interest, only those fabrication, maintenance individuals selected for and repair facility requiring interviews will be contacted. a supervisor/instructor.

Resumes of individuals not Knowledge and experience granted an interview will in fabrication with not be kept on file. engineered drawings or designing from instruction.

Strong mechanical ability Sales & for repair and maintenance.

Must be able to organize Distributors and instruct up to 10 employees.

Comprehensive Benefit plan.

GRATIAE is seeking Wages are negotiable with 5 Retails Sales reps experience and attitude. selling skin & body care Please forward resumes products in Parkland Mall and references by fax to 4747 67th St. Red Deer, $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. 403-309-7134 or by email to info@absolutefusion.ca F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d.

No Phone Calls Please!

Email resumes: gratiaereddeersr@ EXP. PAVERS WANTED gmail.com Call 403-341-6900 or Fax: 877-787-1605 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 cert. req’d. Location current drivers abstract to Parkland Mall - 4747 67th 403-342-6881 St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ GOODMEN gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission.

F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to **POSITION FILLED**

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ACADEMIC Express

MARINE TECHNICIAN RV TECHNICIAN

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860

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

ROOFING LTD.

Applications may be completed in person at the Security office; 27251 Township Road 391, Red Deer, AB, or resumes can be emailed to reddeerhr@evrazna.com.

850

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

FOOD SERVICES ASSISTANT

830

IS HIRING!

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Teachers/ Tutors

850

414947F30

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

820

Cover letter and resume, complete with the names and telephone numbers of three current work related references are accepted by email only and should be forwarded to: Shawn Russell, Associate Superintendent - People Services Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 Email: careers@chinooksedge.ab.ca

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position.

The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties.

Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work.

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta TOC OBO Fax: (403) 747-2660

Restaurant/ Hotel

402881E23,24

Restaurant/ Hotel

Responsible for: * Day to day maintenance of oilfield fleet * Monthly maintenance records * Parts inventory * Shop safety Skills and experience needed: * HD Mechanic with fleet experience * Hydraulic and winch expertise * Strong organizational skills We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca

Trades

850

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

Phone 403-314-4316

INNISFAIL

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING!

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

SPRINGBROOK

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

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

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ashley Ave., Ashley Close Alexander Drive, Anquetel/Atlee Close Allsop Ave/Atlee St. Allison Cres MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave

IS HIRING!

Springfield Ave. Sunnside Cres.

Sutton Close Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close

EASTVIEW Ellis St. Area $97./mo ALSO South Half of Embury Cres.

South half of 46 St. and 35 Ave. Close $70./mo 416954F28-G11

or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $175./mo

3900 - 4200 Blocks of 43A Ave.

www.eaglebuilders.ca

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

SUNNYBROOK AREA

GRANDVIEW AREA

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 Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources

WOODLEA AREA

For More Information Call Jamie at 403-314-4306

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

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, June 28, 2014

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Residential Waste Collection Drivers Needed

Advocate Opportunities

Household Furnishings

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in:

4 PC. solid maple bdrm. suite $200 403-347-3849

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift.

11 pm -7 am. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue 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

TENT SET UP CREW

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1550

DOOR, solid core cedar clad 2’ with frame, possible for sauna/cabin. Carpenter appraised, $100.

403-227-2976

1580

Children's Items

SAFETY

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

278950A5

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

2030

Tractors

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools

2140

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

P2 w/15 games 403-782-3847

Horses

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

$75

2190

1760

1640

SMALL elec. air compressor and hose, etc. $50 403-358-7678

1660

1680

4 DRAWER large wooden desk $100 403-318-9043 Glasses for Sale: Have a set 16 Libbey/ Imperial 13oz glasses.

They have never been used. Asking $15.

Pick up only. 403 358 3073 SAMSONITE Green Suit Bag. Good cond. $10.

403-314-9603 WINE making equipment $55; Coleman dbl. high queen size air bed w/elec. pump $35, 2 golf carts w/2 bags $10/pair.; Ladies clothing size 12-14, $2 - $10; 403-343-2618

Musical Instruments

1770

GUITAR AMP, Rocker, for beginners, 7 Watt. Asking $30. 403-227-2976

Cats

1830

BEAUTIFUL tabby kittens spotted and striped, Grey, Orange & Dusty Rose.

Free to loving home.

403-782-3130

rentals

CLASSIFICATIONS

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

MUST SELL

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

4010

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Condos/ Townhouses

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

RISER HOMES 1 ONLY

Beautiful Modified Bi-level w/a large entry, & a modern 2003 MALIBU, good look. Large 3 bdrm., 2 bath running order. 223,000 walkout, 1563 sq. ft. of kms. $1650. 403-346-6999 family space, large deck, large garage, wide lot 2003 DODGE Neon loaded backing onto trail system safetied 403-352-6995 & green, 5 pce. master ensuite, large walk-in closet.

Much, Much More!

A MUST SEE!. $432,235.

Open House 12-3, Sat. 28th & Sun. 29th.

31 Morris Court, Blackfalds sorry no agents.

Lloyd @ 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

3060

2 BDRM. lrg. main level suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail July 1/Aug. 1.$1050/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

CRUELLY trapped and 2 BDRM. newly reno’d dumped in the country, $995; 2 bdrm. bi-level style orange and white neutered $1095 403-314-0209 Male 403-782-3130 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious Household suites 3 appls., heat/water Sporting Appliances incld., Oriole Park.

Mike 403-350-1610 Goods 403-342-4923 10 CU. FT. Danby chest freezer $125; Leg Magic LADIES RH golf clubs 9 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. exerciser pc. and bag apartments, avail. immed, $25 403-346-2070 $100 403-342-7107 rent $875 403-596-6000 FRIDGE, G. E. Self defrost WANTED TO BUY, LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. $40; used ladies cruiser bicycle, SUITES. 25+, adults only WASHER & Dryer, no frills, for recreation n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Maytag H.D. , gas. purposes only. $100. set.

403-346-9215 403-742-4330 STOVE & Built in dishwasher, Sold as set or sep. $500/set Travel 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. or $300/ea. 403-342-0103 Packages Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444 TRAVEL ALBERTA Household Newly renovated bachelor, Alberta offers Furnishings 1 & 2 bedroom suites SOMETHING available in central location. for everyone. leasing@rentmidwest.com 3 PC. Mahogany wall unit Make your travel 1(888) 679-8031 $125; 403-358-5568 plans now.

1860

MORRISROE MANOR

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

4050

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

ACREAGE FOR SALE East of Didsbury, 10.25 acres, exceptionally reno’d main house, second house, shop, machine shed, barn, other out buildings, fenced, 2 waterers.

Quiet, well-treed & landscaped.

Asking $709,000. See ComFree.com #518693 for photos & details. 403-335-3359

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

EMPTY NESTER?

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

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wheels

5010

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

Cars

2005 HONDA Accord 4 dr, EXL, 2.4L, black, loaded, sunroof, heated, power, leather, bucket seats, alloy wheels $5900 obo 403-505-3113

Cleaning

1070

CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Avail. to start cleaning houses on July 7. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801 pls leave msg.

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER Const. Ltd. Decks, reno’s, roofing, flooring. Free est. Call Geoff 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

1165

TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Fencing

1169

Misc.

Services

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res.

Locally owned. BBB member.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Moving &

CHAINLINK FENCING Storage Commercial/Residential Dog Runs/ 403-304-5055

Handyman Services

1290

1300

1372

HELPING HANDS

Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Moving & Storage

1300

1200

Open House Directory

Tour These Fine Homes Out Of Red Deer

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

1370

BEST! Roofing 403-986-6686 Eavestroughing Come in and see why we are the talk RE-ROOFING Specialist VELOX EAVESTROUGH Quality work at an of the town.

Cleaning & Repairs. affordable price. 10 yrs. www.viimassage.biz Reasonable rates. 340-9368 exp. 403-350-7602

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) 25’, 25,000 mi. A1 cond., E450, V10, loaded, rear 3 pc bath, power bed slide-out. $32,500. 587-876-2308

Fifth Wheels

4310

5110

2008 KUSTOM KOACH 24.5’ exc. cond, 1 owner, 110 Watt solar panel, 1 slide, fantastic fan $19,900.

403-986-3834

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

★

5100

1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’.

Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo.

Call 403-442-3837

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees?

Call James 403-341-0617

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Jim 403-358-8197 or Private back entry. 403-341-4445 JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

DALE’S Home Reno’s MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Free Est. 403-872-8888 Free estimates for all your WALK-INS WELCOME reno needs. 403-506-4301 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and DOORS, windows, siding, Colour Consultations.

VII MASSAGE soffit, fascia and custom 403-342-7801. cladding. Call Dean @ #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. 403-302-9210.

Pampering at its

1130

Seniors’ Services

401183E9

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Escorts

401174E9

1010

Motorhomes

5030

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

5050

4180

4 Bedrooms $369,000 Visit www.26westglen.com/ for details 403-885-0007

South Red Deer

4270

137 BAILE CLOSE June 28 SAT. 2 -4 Townhouse, $253,900. 1158 sq. ft.

Bob Gummow Royal Lepage Network 403-598-7913

SE Red Deer

RE/MAX OPEN HOUSE MAJOR PRICE DROP! 2 Ardell Close $599,000 Saturday, June 28, 2-4 pm Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399

Out Of Red Deer Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

4280

4310

RE/MAX OPEN HOUSE 60 Riviera Drive Lacombe $434,900 Sunday, June 29, 1-3 pm Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399

Estate of

Isaac (Ike) Martens who died on June 1, 2014 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file with the undersigned by August 6, 2014, and provide details of your claim with: BRIAN S. MACNAIRN Barrister & Solicitor 201, 5008 Ross St. Red Deer, AB. T4N 1Y3 Solicitor For The Personal Representative Solicitor’s File: I3-0235-03 If you do not file by the date above, the Estate property can be lawfully distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

SCHEDULE “A” NOTICE OF ACTION TO: TAYLOR FREDERICK BAKER TAKE NOTICE THAT the Applicant,

TAMARA LYNN HOCKLEY,

issued an Application to change the names of the Children numbered FL01-18497, in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Judicial Centre of Calgary, in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, on June 13, 2014.

The Applicant’s solicitors are FOSTER LLP, Attention: (Emma R. Neary), 2200, 520- 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3R7.

claims it is in the Children’s best interests to change their last names to “Hockley”.

This matter will be heard on July 7, 2014 at 10:00am.

Locally owned and family operated

PINE LAKE - ALBERTA 1/2 duplex bungalow.

Lots have been developed 6 Escot Close. $349,900. to house recreational 403-347-5953. Agent Chosen vehicles or park model.

FOR SALE SEASONAL LOT RENTALS 52 Rutherford Drive “Cheapest in the area” $264,000 $3000/seasonal 306-402-7776 Great Investment Property www.sandycovepinelake.com 4 Bed/3 Baths Bi Level 1/2 Duplex Affordable Ownership for Investment First Time Buyers Opportunities Contact Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399 to View 2001 SILVERADO 4x4, Caroline 8500 winch, snow tires, topper, FOR SALE 4 Plexes for Sale $6500 obo. 403-304-1013 60 Riviera Drive in Excellent Investment; Lacombe Cash Flowing Perfect location for large www.sabanasales.ca family. 6 Bed/3 Baths, 403-615-1316 Corner Lot Dbl Garage, Beautiful Country Style Kitchen. You must see to appreciate. Check it out 1-3 on Sunday! June 29 OR Contact Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399 1994 CHEV Z71 e/c, fuel to View tank c/w 12V pump, tool box, FREE Weekly list of runs good. 361,000 km.

CLASSIFICATIONS properties for sale w/details, $4000. 403-343-2058 prices, address, owner’s 5000-5300 phone #, etc. 342-7355 1988 CHEV Sierra, 1/2 ton Help-U-Sell of Red Deer very clean. 403-318-3040 www.homesreddeer.com Automotive

HOUSE FOR SALE IN BLACKFALDS

Notice To Creditors And Claimants

TAMARA LYNN HOCKLEY,

2005 DODGE Ram 1500 SLT quad cab, 4x2, 5.7L Hemi, only 125,000 kms, power equipped, great for towing RV, very well kept truck. Call Dean 403-347-2797

LAKE FRONT LOTS FOR SALE

6010

YOU ARE NAMED AS THE RESPONDENT in this action. The Applicant,

Trucks

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2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

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RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

1000-1430

2001 SATURN; 1999 Chrysler LHS, $1400. ea. 403-598-2591

4.79 ACRES 2 Story 3500 sq ft Victorian home.

Marble/Hardwood floors, 1999 SUBARU station Steam shower, 2 Master wagon 5 spd, awd, low Suites, Wrap around Deck, kms, $1900 403-505-3113 Hot tub. Located next to Green space S/W of Rocky Mtn. Hse. 2 Garages and 40X60 heated Shop.Zoned for Horses and Business.

Would make a great B&B. $700,000. Call 403- 845-0386 info or book a showing

Services

CLASSIFICATIONS

2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, very good cond. 182,000 km. $6500. 403-343-2058

at www.garymoe.com

NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S appls, garage $1695 mo.

Quiet adults. 403-350-1717 403-782-7156 or 357-7465

Suites

2012 FUSION SE only 10,000 kms, exc. cond. no gst $16,900 403-350-6434

2008 PONTIAC G6. 131,000 km. $7500. 403-346-6470

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SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Public Notices

2010 LINCOLN MKZ, white, 21,000 km. As new. $25,500. 403-783-2805

Acreages

Realtors & Services

GARDEN HOSE reel and 50’+ of hose. $25.

403-304-5434

1900

Mobile Lot

5030 PUBLIC NOTICES

3090

1720

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THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Cars

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1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550

3110

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OILFIELD TICKETS

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2000-2290

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TRAINING CENTRE

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

4020

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

JOHN DEERE 4320 Tractor.

Approx. 6000 hrs. Front end Rooms loader, complete w/8’ snow blade attachment. Exc. cond. For Rent QUEEN SZ bdrm. suite Sold farm. $13,500. w/headboard, long dresser CLEAN, quiet, responsible, w/mirror, chest of drawers, ALSO John Deere 14’ Disc Furn. $550. 403-466-7979 & Cultivator.

403-350-1007 2 night tables, bed frame, or 403-782-3617 ROOM FOR RENT c/w free boxspring & pillow$500./mo. 403-352-7417 top mattress in very good cond. $975. 403-346-2666 Equipment ROOM TO RENT 403-350-4712 SAUDER Executive Desk. Wanted 65” L x 31” W. Burgundy ROOM, kitchen access. colour w/black insert. 3 lrg.

403-343-0421 WANTED THIS FALL by file drawers. 2 sm. drawers, local experienced pencil drawer, c/w matching seasoned hunters. Goose bookshelf and phone table. & duck hunting permission Offices Exc. cond. $475. 403-346-2666 on fields where guides don’t have it fully booked & SINGLE box spring $40; 2 2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, sewed up for the whole swivel metal bar stools, 4836 51 Street. season. Call Doug at black, $40/pair Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-347-7968 403-346-0674 403-343-9300

1590

Firewood

900

MOVING

Houses For Sale

SUNNYBROOK

Grain, Feed LEAPSTER L’MAX GAME WII w/9 games $140 with extra game & tv Hay 403-782-3847 cables. $25. 403-314-9603 X BOX w/30 games TIMOTHY & Brome square $160 403-782-3847 bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry Clothing and covered, $5/bale Misc. for Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 SKIRT/JACKET, buckskin, Sale Ladies, Extra small. From South Africa. Mint!. $200.

3 PC Red Samsonite 403-227-2976 Luggage Set. Good cond. $25. 403-314-9603

Setting up tents, deliveries, maintaining tents, AFFORDABLE warehouse work. This is an outdoor position, rain or Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split shine. Must be physically 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 fit. 40-50 hour week, full-time days, weekends, LOGS seasonal - great for Semi loads of pine, spruce, students. Valid drivers tamarack, poplar. license required. Apply Price depends on location.

5929-48 Ave, or e-mail Lil Mule Logging sales@ 403-318-4346 parklandrentals.com Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / TOO MUCH STUFF? Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Garden

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MICROWAVE STAND. with 3 drawers, 2 cupboards. $100. 403-342-0103

3060

Suites

2070

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Building Supplies

KENMORE dryer 220 V $150 403-358-5568

LIVING ROOM, 3 piece set, sofa, loveseat, chair, blue swivel chair, $150. for ALL. 403-742-4330 lve. msg.

GLENDALE

BFI Canada is the largest non-hazardous solid waste company in Canada. As a major competitor in the waste services industry BFI Canada is proud to serve the needs of commercial , industrial and residential customers.

Come join our team we offer a competitive salary and benefits, where you work locally and will be home every night with weekends off to spend time with friends and family.

As a BFI team member with a qualified class 3 driver’s license you will be involved in a fast paced environment and daily collection of waste in a safe productive manner.

You will also perform daily inspections on assigned company vehicles and be capable of organizing your assigned route in an efficient manner. As a Residential driver you should enjoy being outdoors and keeping in shape as work is performed outside in all weather conditions and involves physical labor.

If you are interested please send email your resume to cs-reddeer@wsii.ca or by fax (403)340-0894.

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Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

REBEL alum. tool $100 403-358-5568

Auto Wreckers

box

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Misc.

Automotive

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

If you intend to appear in this action, you should immediately file in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Judicial Centre of Calgary, at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, a Response, or instruct your lawyers to do so. If within 10 days from this publication you fail to file a Response, the Applicant may proceed with this action without further notice to you.

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