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Frac sand facility opposed BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Rural Clearwater County residents are uniting to oppose a proposed frac sand facility near Leslieville. Mary Forster is among 11 neighbours who have joined forces and hired a lawyer to appeal Clearwa-
ter County’s development approval for the $15-million trans-loading centre that Edmonton-based DiCorp wants to build about three km west of Leslieville. Forster lives only about 400 metres from the site and is concerned that the 30 trucks coming and going from the site each day are more than local roads can handle. There is only room between Hwy 598 and a rail
crossing on Alhambra Road, which runs north south, for a large truck and a car, she estimated. “Then it’s going to back up on Hwy 598, which is a skinny Alberta highway,” she said. The highway speed limit is 90 km/h, which she believes will create a dangerous situation if vehicles suddenly come upon others stopped on the highway.
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City’s air quality still falls short of standards BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Red is making some headway in its efforts to clear the air but it still falls short on meeting some federal standards. Nancy Hackett, the city’s Environmental Initiatives supervisor, told council on Monday that Red Deer and Edmonton are the only two Alberta cities that are exceeding the 2.5 particulate matter levels. The readings have caught the province’s attention, which triggers an air management plan process that may occur in 2015 or 2016. Hackett said the Parkland Airshed Management Zone, which runs the city’s air monitoring station, would have a better answer on why Red Deer and Edmonton are missing the mark. Anytime there is combustion or forest fires would ramp up the levels, she said. “It’s very difficult for the scientists to determine why we have this issue,” she said. “PAMZ is trying to do more intensive monitoring but right now they do not have a definite answer as to why, but Alberta Environment does want it.” In her annual report on the city’s idle-free campaign, Hackett told council that Red Deer is seeing some behavioral changes since the educational campaign launched in 2010. She said more schools, businesses and institutions have joined the program. “Unnecessary vehicle idling contributes harmful pollutants to the air,” said Hackett. “It is certainly linked to air quality concerns and greenhouse gas emissions but also vehicle noise, vehicle theft and fuel consumption, which all take resources out of our community.” The program promotes “a minute or less is best” for idling a vehicle. Hackett told council in 2013-14 there were many achievements and progress, including getting more schools, institutions and businesses on board with the program. Hackett said growth poses a problem for all its environmental targets in its Environmental Master Plan. The city has edged near the 100,000, reaching 98,858 according to its 2014 municipal census. Hackett said other growing communities in Alberta are able to meet the particulate matter standard. “There are a lot of other growing cities in Alberta,” she said. “It is about using our vehicles more wisely as we grow. We may have more vehicles on the road but perhaps by not idling or idling less we can make a difference as we grow.” Some councillors raised concerns when told 24 businesses did not respond to the city’s request to join the idle-free coalition. The city had sent out letters to 24 companies that identified themselves as the “greenest” employers and companies in Red Deer. None of the 24 businesses responded.
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Queen’s Volleyball Camp participant McKenna Lemessurier works on her dig during one of the afternoon activities in the Red Deer College gym Monday afternoon. Girls aged 11-18 worked on various volleyball skills at the camp, which runs from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. A second Queen’s Volleyball camp will run next week for girls aged 11-15. There will also be a King’s Volleyball camp for boys also aged 11-15.
Horse put down following accident before chuckwagon races BY ADVOCATE STAFF A horse was put down at the North American Pony Chuckwagon Championships at Westerner Days on Saturday night. According to driver Brian Mills, who says he witnessed the incident, a wagon driver clipped the fender of a parked truck on his way out of the barn where the horses were kept, prior to Saturday’s race. The team of four horses broke free from the wagon and ran into another truck, which needed to be
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towed away. The driver was launched from the wagon but did not suffer any injuries. One horse reportedly had to be euthanized. “Everybody is crammed in there with semis and campers,” said Mills, who is the vice-president of the All Pro Canadian Chuckwagon and Chariot Association. “He was misguided going out of the barn with his horses on. It was just a freak accident. All he was (doing) was trying to get to the race meet.” At Westerner Days, most chuckwagon horses are kept in barns in between races, keeping them out of
the elements and away from the thousands of visitors and vehicles used during the five-day fair. Chuckwagon teams set up their camps on the paddock near the barns. Each team brings an assortment of horse trailers and RVs where they sleep, as well as trucks and other vehicles. Mills said at every other stop, they are in an open field where there is more room to set up, but he emphasized the accidental nature of the incident. Several messages were left for members of the Westerner Park board on Monday evening but were not returned at press time.
Bodies of crash victims returning homes A train carrying Malaysia Airlines victims’ bodies pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine on Monday. Story on PAGE A6
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FACILITY: Company evaluated many sites Residents also fear that a rail spur line that will be created for the fracking sand facility will mean a constant racket as cars are coupled and uncoupled. Forster said the facility will also ruin the view for residents like her and her husband, who have a beautiful view of the distant mountains, a feature that drew her to the property 30 years ago. Six 30-metre silos will be built and a conveyor system will loom about another 20 metres above the silos. Forster’s son and his wife and their two children live nearby and have the same concerns, as do others. There are other locations that are zoned industrial with railway access that would be a better fit for the facility, she said. Di-Corp project manager Hubert St. Jean said the company spent a lot of time evaluating sites to find one that would have the least impact on landowners and agricultural land. A traffic impact assessment prepared for the project, which was reviewed and approved by Alberta Transportation, does not foresee any traffic problems posed by the project, said St. Jean. “The net impact on the road is less than six per cent increase in volume,” he said. Only about one car uses Alhambra Road every five minutes and there is room for 13 vehicles between Hwy 598 and the rail crossing. While no problems of traffic backing up on Hwy 598 are anticipated, the company has agreed through a development agreement with the county to make road improvements if that does become an issue, he said. Train service is off peak hours so “it’s relatively slow traffic volume during the time frame of the rail servicing our site.” As to rail noise, St. Jean said rail cars will be dropped off during normal daylight hours. The company has its own slow-moving rail car mover to shift the cars. “It’s not like a locomotive at all,” he said. “It doesn’t create the same volume of noise you would have with a rail yard.” A facility of this size will inevitably affect someone’s view, but the company tried to affect as few landowners as possible. Prior to working its way through the county’s ap-
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proval process, the company met with adjacent landowners to try to address their concerns, he said. A second meeting was held for the general public. If the project’s approval is upheld, construction would start by the fall and be completed next February. Marianne Cole, of the Clearwater County Taxpayers Association, said they got involved in the issue at residents’ request and are helping with research and advice ahead of the hearing. A meeting of residents a few weeks ago drew more than 90 residents. A second meeting drew another 65. At a May hearing to rezone 33 acres of farmland to industrial for the project, the association presented a letter of opposition signed by 91 residents. Besides the noise and traffic issues that concern residents, the association believes council was not listening to the concerns raised by landowners. Only three councillors sit on the municipal planning commission, which approved the development permit. That does not even represent a majority of council, she said. Two citizens-at-large also sit on the commission. Cole believes other counties, such as Red Deer and Lacombe, are more responsive to residents because their planning commissions are comprised of all members of council. Forster is expecting a big turnout on July 29 at the county’s subdivision and development appeal board hearing at the county offices in Rocky Mountain House. The hearing starts at 1:30 p.m. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
COUNCIL: Education key to success of program Councillors were disappointed with the result and felt that the city approach the head offices of the businesses. Council directed administration to continue with the community education program until 2016 when the Environmental Master Plan is up for its fiveyear-review. At the same time the city will research other tools and strategies, impacts on the city and other municipalities’ efforts to curb idling in the city. Next year a report will come back to council for consideration. Councillors reasoned working with the public was the best way to go as opposed to implementing a hard-to-enforce bylaw banning vehicle idling. Most councillors said continued education in the community is the key to success. Coun. Lynne Mulder said she was happy they
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were not talking about a bylaw. Mulder was pleased that the city would continue to look at other strategies before considering a bylaw because it would be like hitting the residents over the head with a hammer. While Coun. Paul Harris had supported a bylaw in the past, Harris said he pleased to see there has been some progress in the community. Harris told council that he has received feedback about city vehicles idling on the streets. Most councillors agreed that there needs to be a clear understanding in the community about which city-owned vehicles are exempt from the program. Harris suggested putting a sticker on vehicles that would identify exempted vehicles. Harris said the city needs to toot its own horn about the idle-free work that it is doing to support the change including installing electric car chargers. He also said one day council will have to have a conversation about the drive-thru restaurants. Coun. Frank Wong said they need to do more to target businesses and schools. Wong said there should be a park-and-ride for events such as for the Westerner Days and hockey games. In other council news: ● A new six-year collective deal between the City of Red Deer and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1190, was sealed on Monday. The agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2011, and runs until Dec. 31, 2016. The wage adjustment amounts to a 15.07 per cent increase this year. In 2015 and 2016, the employees will receive a 2.25 per cent and a 2.5 per cent increase, respectively. The contract applies to 182 employees — firefighters, emergency dispatchers and prevention officers. IAFF members ratified the agreement on July 20. The last contract expired on Dec. 31, 2010, and the parties have been in negotiations since October 2011. Councillors called the contract fair and equitable. Kristy Svoboda, director of Human Resources, said the up front wage increase may seem significant but it aligns the employees with wages of comparative mid-sized cities. Svoboda said they are very pleased that there is six-year collective agreement because it will provide stability. “We value our Emergency Services workers,” said Svoboda. “We are pleased that we have a new collective agreement.” ● City council approved a $30,000 funding request from the Recreation, Parks and Culture department for Red Deer’s bid to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Police in Florida say they believe the fatal shooting of a Toronto-born law professor last week was not a random act. Dan Markel was shot in his home in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday morning, and died early Saturday from his injuries. David Northway of the Tallahassee police department says the shooting of the 41-year-old Florida State University professor was targeted. Police say the shooting remains under investigation and no suspects have been identified. Markel was a prominent writer and thinker in his field, actively blogging on a website called Prawfsblawg. News of his death prompted many of his colleagues to pay their tributes online. On her personal blog, University of Denver law professor Nancy Leong said: “There’s simply no such thing as legal academia without Prawfsblawg, without Dan’s larger-than-life presence in the blogosphere, without his generous feedback on papers, and without his ceaseless efforts to improve the legal academic community.” Law professor Dave Hoffman wrote on his blog that Markel “was a person of enormous seriousness and integrity, who cared deeply for his children and his friends. He was a world builder without an obvious ideological agenda, unique among the hundreds of professors I’ve met in a decade of teaching.” Florida State University spokeswoman Jeanette DeDiemar called Markel an “outstanding teacher” and “extraordinary scholar.”
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Wife pleads for husband’s release NEIL BANTLEMAN DETAINED IN JAKARTA ON ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The wife of a Canadian teacher detained in Indonesia on allegations of child sexual assault is pleading for her husband’s release. Neil Bantleman, 45, who worked at the prestigious Jakarta International School, was arrested last week during a police investigation into the alleged sexual assault of three kindergarten students. His wife, Tracy Bantleman, who also teaches at the school, said the week since her husband’s arrest has been a “horrific nightmare.” “He is using every ounce of energy he has to keep it together,” she said in a phone interview from Jakarta. Tracy Bantleman, 42, said the prison conditions are “reasonable,” and include a clean cell area with a mattress on the floor. “Physically, he’s not looking as strong as I’ve seen him look before,” she said. “The first thing he says to me is ‘I love you, I love you, I love you,’ ” she said, breaking down crying. “It’s so hard to hear your husband cry.”
Local media reported that the police investigation began with the arrest of six outsourced cleaners accused of allegedly raping a young boy in a school bathroom in March. The Jakarta Post reported that the parents of two other students filed police reports claiming their sons were sexually assaulted by teachers. Neil Bantleman was detained along with teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong, who is Indonesian. They both have denied the allegations. Tracy Bantleman said the two men, who she described as “absolutely the gold standard for teachers across the world,” are together in prison. “I’m trying to put my full trust in the legal system here, and respect and honour that and hope that they will fairly and transparently investigate the case,” she said. Neil Bantleman’s brother, Guy, is heading efforts in Canada to raise awareness about the case. Speaking from his home in Burlington, Ont., he said that he has been in touch with the office of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. “This is about human rights,” Guy Bantleman said. “(My brother) has always been the most honourable person you could meet.” A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development said details on the case are not being released for privacy reasons. “Canadian consular officials are providing assistance to a Canadian citizen who has been detained in Indonesia,” John Babcock said in an email.
Last week, the three founding embassies of the Jakarta International School issued a joint statement that said Australian, British and American officials are “deeply concerned about the detention of several JIS teachers.” “We believe JIS and its teachers have closely co-operated with police authorities, and we are surprised at these developments given the presumption of innocence in Indonesian law,” the statement read. The teachers, who are being represented by Indonesian attorney Hotman Paris Hutapea, were brought into the police station for questioning on July 14 and then detained in the early hours the next morning. Hutapea told the Jakarta Post that the police “stepped over the line” by detaining his clients without evidence. The newspaper reported that police claim to have proof the two teachers drugged kindergarten pupils before sexually assaulting them. Both Bantleman and Tjiong could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Tracy Bantleman said before moving to Indonesia four years ago, she and her husband worked at private schools in Calgary and at the Canadian International School in Singapore. “This kind of allegation as a teacher is the most damaging allegation for your career,” she said. “But more importantly, it really impacts who you think you are as a person. That will never go away.”
Medicine Hat gets OK to challenge sage grouse protection BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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BRIEF Alberta Occupational Health and Safety investigating death of boy at gravel pit Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy at a gravel pit site while a labour group is calling for tougher youth labour laws. The youth who died on Saturday morning when he became entangled in a conveyor has been identified by various media sources as Chris Lawrence of Innisfail. A stop work order has been issued for the entire site, which includes multiple conveyors, southeast of Drumheller, said Lauren Welsh, Occupational Health and Safety spokeswoman. The accident happened at an Arjon Construction site around 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Under Alberta law, a worker aged 15 to 17 is able to work like any adult as long it is not between midnight and 6 a.m., said Welsh. There are no restrictions on young workers operating machinery outside of the regulations requiring companies to ensure their workers are well trained, understand the hazards, how to mitigate risks and are working safely. The Alberta Federation of Labour says that’s not good enough, calling Alberta’s child labour laws “among the most lax in Canada” on Monday. In April, the federation recommended to Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk that the province adopt targeted inspections of workplaces hiring 15-to-17-year-olds. The labour group also recommended special health and safety programs be required for companies hiring young workers.
Residents in village evacuated due to forest fire allowed back home VALLEYVIEW — Residents of remote community in northwest Alberta have been allowed to return to their homes nearly a week after they left because of a nearby forest fire. The Municipal District of Greenview says the 10 or so residents could go back as of 6 p.m. Monday, but told them they must be ready to leave on twohour notice. The district says it will be contacting residents to tell them they can return home, and arrange transportation if necessary. A state of local emergency remains in effect and Two Lakes Road remains closed.
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Sage grouse are considered endangered in Canada and the order states that loss of habitat due to industrial activity is the chief cause. The city argues the federal government does not have the proper jurisdiction in the matter. “We are pleased with today’s decision and look forward to our arguments being heard,” said Coun. Bill Cocks of the city’s energy committee. “Of particular concern for all stakeholders is the right to be heard.” The order covers about 1,600 square kilometres in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. It includes a city-owned oilfield. The city has also said the economic costs will be
much greater than those outlined in the protection order. “Prior to the order, the city was taking many positive steps towards protection of the sage grouse and we hope to achieve a better result for both the city and the sage grouse than what is provided for in the order,” said Cocks. A Medicine Hat release says the next legal steps will be to negotiate for the exchange of evidence, a cross-examination of the city’s affidavits and the filing of affidavits by the federal government.
The district says the evacuation zone is the same as it was on July 15, when the district ordered the residents to leave, except for the settlement of Nose Creek. It says there are currently five active fires within the municipality and all but the Red Deer Creek fire is classified as being held. On the Alberta side of the boundary with British Columbia, the Red Deer Creek fire is being held at the Narraway River, but is considered out of control in B.C. The total size of the fire is estimated at 348 square kilometres, and the Alberta part is about 30 square kilometres. Alberta Health Services has issued an air quality advisory for the north zone, including Greenview, due to smoke from the fires.
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Border services lays charges against U.S. men in gun seizures COUTTS — Firearms have been seized and charges laid against two U.S. men in separate incidents at the border crossing in Coutts, Alta. The Canada Border Services Agency says officers arrested Donald Hardinger of Vernal, Utah, a week ago after finding seven firearms in his travel trailer. They included two non-restricted shotguns, three non-restricted rifles, a restricted semi-automatic rifle and a fully loaded restricted handgun. Christopher Grosstephan of Colonial Beach, Va., was arrested two days later when officers discovered two restricted handguns and one fully loaded prohibited semi-automatic pistol in his van. Each man faces eights charges — four under the Customs Act and four under the Criminal Code. Hardinger and Grosstephan were released on bail. Hardinger, 49, is to appear in Lethbridge provincial court Sept. 9, while Grosstephan, 33, is scheduled for Sept. 11.
Double your money: Alberta doubles limit for small claims court cases CALGARY — Alberta is doubling the dollar limit for small claims court in an effort to allow people more access and to free up judges. Justice Minister Jonathan Denis says that starting Aug. 1, the limit will double to $50,000 from $25,000. Denis says that should help people complete straightforward civil matters in a much shorter time. The province is also setting up a provincial court pilot project to help Albertans resolve civil legal disputes. The intent is to direct civil claims to appropriate areas for quick and efficient resolution. Denis says he is not adding any new judges — at least not immediately.
EDMONTON — About 400 people were forced from their homes when an overnight fire tore through an Edmonton condominium complex. The Red Cross and transit buses were brought in to aid evacuees after flames broke out in the fourstorey building and had reached the roof by the time firefighters arrived. Crews went inside but the fire moved quickly and a second alarm was called in about 15 minutes later as ceilings started to collapse. The fire was brought under control about two hours later, but the centre of the structure was heavily damaged. Karen Burgess, a spokeswoman for Edmonton Fire Rescue, says everyone who lives in the building was accounted for but one person was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.
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MEDICINE HAT — The Federal Court has ruled the city of Medicine Hat may apply for a judicial review of a sage grouse emergency protection order in southern Alberta. The federal government had asked the court not to hear the application filed by the city and LGX Oil and Gas to suspend or quash the order. New protection rules put limits on the type of development that can take place and restrict noise during times when the birds are mating. Sage grouse are considered endangered in Canada and the order states that loss of habitat due to industrial activity is the chief cause. The federal government says the protection rules do not cover privately owned land and will not affect ranching activities on publicly leased lands.
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Harper in witness box? Could we one day see Stephen Harper sitting under oath in the witness box being cross-examined by counsel for disgraced suspended Sen. Mike Duffy? That question has now moved beyond the theoretical to the distinctly possible. There would be a lot of twists and turns in this saga before we get there, but this we do know — a Conservative government that had been looking at the TIM end of a tunnel HARPER on the SenatePMO scandal can now see only another tunnel. There is no question that Duffy has been pawing at the ground, awaiting his chance to bring down those in Harper’s office if cornered. He needed one last, clear opportunity. The former Conservative senator could not be more cornered than he was last week, when the RCMP slapped him with 31 charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. The criminal trial gives him the opportunity. The key charge, at least from a political point of view, is the bribery charge involving the $90,000 payment to Duffy from Harper’s former chief of staff, Nigel Wright. Duffy’s lawyer, Donald Bayne, has already signalled he will question why it was a criminal offence for Duffy to receive the $90,000, but not for Wright to pay the sum. Wright escaped any charges in April. It would appear the RCMP did not believe Wright had a corrupt intent in proffering the money, but believed that Duffy had corrupt intent in using his position as a means of extracting the money. But another key point in the Duffy defence would be a provision under the Criminal Code that would absolve him of fraud in the Wright payoff if the principals had “the consent in writing of the head of the branch of government that employs them. ...”
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In other words, leaving aside the words “in writing,” did the boss know? It would likely hinge on a Feb. 22, 2013, email exchange between Wright and then-PMO legal counsel Ben Perrin, in which Wright said he wanted to determine where everyone was on a deal to get the Duffy expenses repaid, apparently a plan to have the Conservative party pay what was then thought to be a smaller amount.
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In defence of golf coupon book decision at River Bend Re: Tee-Off Coupon booklet and Jane White’s letter to the editor on Friday’s Advocate, Golf coupon not honoured: I read with interest your letter in the Advocate. I also received a copy of an email a few days ago that you had forwarded to our city mayor, which Legislative Services sent along to Todd Fiske, our director of golf. It is clear that you are disgruntled over the decision of our director of golf not to accept your Tee-Off Coupon on a Friday afternoon. You are certainly adamant about the “rules” associated with this coupon offering from Tee-Off, but you seem to have overlooked a couple of key ones on the Terms and Conditions of Coupon Use on their website: ● Under the heading How to Use the Tee-Off Golf Book, it clearly states on the second bullet point, “Please phone ahead to book tee time and validate coupon usage.” To my knowledge, you booked the tee time online and did not call ahead to validate the coupon’s usage. If you had, you would have been told that it would not be accepted on a Friday afternoon. ● Under the heading Things to remember while using your Tee-Off book, it clearly states at the forth bullet point, “All prices quoted are subject to change without notice.” River Bend did not receive any proofs of this advertising to approve in advance of their publication. I have also been advised that we did not sign a contract to participate in the booklet this year, and have not for several years into the past. According to our director of golf, we have not been in the Tee-Off Coupon book every season, but in those seasons that we have been in this coupon booklet, we have chosen to honour the coupons Mondays through Wednesdays only. I have had our accounting office go through the golf shop deposits since the beginning of the golf season and there have been no Tee-Off Coupons processed on Fridays or weekends since the start of the golf season, so if you have in fact used three of them already this season, according to the reporting I have been provided, they were not accepted and processed as payment on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday in this 2014 golf season. The whole purpose of any promotional green fee offer is to drive patron business into non-peak times,
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“I do want to speak to the PM before everything is considered,” Wright wrote. Then an hour later, he wrote: “We are good to go from the PM. ...” Harper has maintained the “good to go” statement was a reference to Duffy repaying his own expenses. It is no stretch to see the Duffy defence climbing the ladder of Conservative witnesses, including senators Mar-
to improve on yield management of the tee sheet. There is no business benefit for us to offer such coupon discounts to our rounds of golf during peak golf periods on our tee sheet such as Fridays and weekends. Accordingly, we would never have accepted participation in the coupon booklet in the first place if one of the terms was to accept coupons during peak golfing periods. The River Bend Golf and Recreation Society’s board of directors and the City of Red Deer have mandated that the management is to seek to maximize the yield management and revenue potential of the golf course in the interests of the greater Red Deer golf community and to pay for the costs of operating the facility, while maintaining rates at reasonable and affordable levels. Our fee schedule and the promotional offers that we do participate in have been established accordingly. You are also incorrect in expressing some nature of ‘entitlement’ because, “I am a City of Red Deer taxpayer; and a portion of my taxes do go to River Bend Golf course operations.” Aside from the fact that the total amount of property taxes that you have paid in the past decade would quite likely not cover the cost of the asphalt and curbs on the street in front of your house, or the garbage, water and sewage systems that you benefit from as a member of this community, it is quite simply an inaccurate statement. This public golf course property is owned by the city, you have that part correct. It was originally built from Alberta Heritage Trust Fund monies in 1987 and from what I have been told, the clubhouse was built from the financial resources derived by selling the gravel that came off the property during the construction of the golf course. The property is managed under management and financial agreements between the River Bend Golf and Recreation Society, a not-for-profit entity, and the city. All of the directors of the board are appointed to volunteer terms of service on the board by the city, but beyond that the society is, by the agreement, an “Independent Operator” of this property. The society is charged under the terms of the agreement with operating the facility in a manner that is to be financially self-sustaining and is to contribute back to the City of Red Deer as well. For the past three years, the city has provided a fee-for-service payment annually of $140,000 to cover the costs of maintaining the non-golf, recreational areas and green spaces of the property, such as the boat launch, Discovery Canyon and maintenance and upkeep of the nordic ski trails in the winter months. For the first 23 years of the society’s management of this property, the golf community paid those costs from the revenues generated from the golf course.
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jory LeBreton, David Tkachuk and Carolyn Stewart Olsen, then moving on up to Sen. Irving Gerstein, who controlled the party fund, party lawyer Arthur Hamilton, former PMO staffers such as Chris Woodcock, Perrin, Wright, and ultimately the prime minister. “If the matter goes to a full trial and potentially involves the sitting prime minister of the country in connection with matters of the Senate, we would see a mix of politics and law that will be one of the outstanding trials in our history,’’ says Rob Walsh, the retired law clerk to Parliament. “If it comes to that.’’ It is unlikely this would go to trial before an election scheduled in 15 months, but the prime minister would go to the polls with the Duffy cloud hanging over his head. As well, we have yet to see the next chapters in the cases of other suspended senators, former Conservative Patrick Brazeau and Liberal Mac Harb (now retired), both of whom have been charged with fraud and breach of trust. Former Conservative Pamela Wallin is under investigation. Harper could be looking at 17 Senate vacancies by year’s end. And a rigorous auditor general’s probe of Senate expenses, which will likely provide only more examples of misconduct, is underway this summer. The prime minister could refuse to testify, citing parliamentary privilege, as long as the trial takes place while Parliament is in session. His privilege extends to 40 days beyond the end of a session, or 40 or fewer days before the next scheduled session and he controls the parliamentary calendar. But beyond the political fallout he would certainly face in refusing to testify, Duffy could argue that the charges related to the $90,000 payment be stayed because a key witness has made himself unavailable. Duffy has also claimed he had been told by the PMO he could claim Prince Edward Island as his primary residence, that he had the support of Harper and Wright, that he was trapped in a massive conspiracy, evidence of which he holds close in a paper trail he has promised to fully release “when all of the players are under oath.’’ Bombast or not, he has told us, “But wait ... there’s more.’’ Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.
The city does not fund the operating budget of the golf course with taxpayer dollars and never has. In fact, quite to the contrary! Between 1989 and 2001, the golfers who supported this property through the green fees and season passes they purchased contributed $2.3 million in payments to the city’s general revenues after expenses for the property were paid for, through the financial terms of historical financial models in the agreements between the two parties during that era. Since 2001, the golfers who have supported this property have contributed $21,161,718 in revenues to pay for the operating and capital expenses of this property’s operations. Those same golfers, through the society, have contributed $766,647 in property taxes to the city for use in other areas and for other priorities in the community during that same period. The property taxes that you pay do not go to pay for the costs of this golf course and, accordingly, an argument made basing that on some nature of entitlement is simply wrong. There is a formal complaints resolution process outlined for our patrons to employ when they feel they have not received appropriate service from our employees or have a disgruntlement with a product or service offerings (Policy 4.2). You are correct in your letter that, “the bottom line is that they were not going to budge — that was that.” I have been the general manager/COO of this property for five seasons, and in golf and hospitality management for 35 years. In that time, I have been known (and have the testimonials to prove it) for providing excellence in management and customer service, in part because I show very good judgment and deal with people as fairly and as equally as possible. You can write to our board under Policy 4.2 to complain about this letter and/or the decision if you like. Since they are all full-paying supporters of this public golf course property and some have been for many years, I suspect you will not be successful in getting this decision overturned. I do not speak for the board of directors, but I am pretty certain they will feel as I do this day; that the message delivered to you was the right one, whether you liked receiving it or not. You are welcome to call ahead to book a tee time on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday and advise our staff on the phone that you will be bringing in your Tee-Off coupon booklet to help offset 25 per cent of the cost for a foursome if you like, as every other golfer in the community can do. If you wish to speak with me, I welcome you to phone me to set up a time to meet in person. Andrew Gilchrist, General Manager/COO River Bend Golf and Recreation Society
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OTTAWA — The RCMP alleges that Sen. Mike Duffy charged taxpayers for a personal trainer, a makeup artist and for the cost of personal travel to funerals and other ceremonies. New court documents provide fresh details on
31 charges laid against Duffy last week, alleging five “inappropriate expense claims associated with personal attendance at funeral and related ceremonies.� According to the documents, the claims were filed from June 2009 to September 2012 and contain “false or misleading information.� Duffy, a longtime CTV journalist until the Tories appointed him to the Senate in 2008, is also accused of fraudulently awarding a $65,000 contract to his longtime friend, Gerald Donohue. That money was allegedly used to “facilitate� payments to three other people, including an Ottawa personal trainer and a self-employed makeup artist, according to the court filing. Donohue has already told investigators that he did “no tangible work� for
the money. Jacqueline Lambert, the makeup artist, said in an interview that she simply once did Duffy’s makeup for a Parliament Hill photo shoot as requested, and prepped him for professional headshots. Senators and MPs routinely reach out to makeup artists for such services, which usually cost about $300, she said. “I made him look good for his Senate photos,� Lambert said. The personal trainer did not reply to requests for an interview. The RCMP announced last week it was charging Duffy with the 31 criminal counts related to his expense claims, accusing him of misspending more than $200,000.
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OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has launched a political-activities audit of Pen Canada, a small charity promoting freedom of expression that has criticized the Harper government in the past. Two tax auditors showed up Monday morning at the tiny Toronto offices of Pen Canada, asking to see a wide range of internal documents. Pen Canada’s president, Philip Slayton, says the tax agency gave notice of the audit two or three months ago, and that the group is “fully co-operating.� Pen Canada represents more than 1,000 writers and supporters, including Canadian literary luminaries Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel, and presses for freedom of expression at home and abroad. The group has been highly critical of the Harper government in recent years for the muzzling of scientists on the public payroll, and for alleged spying on Canadian citizens in concert with U.S. eavesdropping agencies. This latest political-activity audit is among more than 50 that the agency has begun since 2012, which some critics have said creates an “advocacy chill� as charities self-censor for fear of losing their ability to raise funds through tax-deductible donations.
Quebec woman who stopped for ducks appeals conviction MONTREAL — A Quebec woman found guilty in the deaths of two motorcyclists after stopping for ducks on a Montreal-area highway is appealing her conviction. Emma Czornobaj is asking the province’s highest court to overturn her conviction in the June 2010 deaths of Andre Roy and his teenage daughter Jessie. A jury found Czornobaj guilty last month on two counts of criminal negligence causing death and two counts of dangerous driving causing death. The trial heard that Czornobaj had stopped her car on a highway to rescue ducklings on the side of the road. Monday’s appeal argues the trial judge erred in her instructions to the jury and that the verdict was unreasonable given the evidence presented. It wants the Quebec Court of Appeal to substitute the guilty verdicts with acquittals. Her case returns to court on Aug. 8. An online petition since Czornobaj’s conviction has garnered several thousand signatures in her support.
Charges withdrawn for four men arrested in investigation linked to Ford TORONTO — Charges were dropped Monday against the man who reportedly tried to broker the sale of an infamous video in which Toronto Mayor Rob Ford appears to smoke crack cocaine. Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General said it had withdrawn charges against Mohamed Farah and three other individuals arrested during a gang, drugs and weapons investigation known as Project Traveller. Court documents have shown that police wiretaps collected over the course of the investigation allegedly captured conversations about the video. Ford’s own voice is not on the Project Traveller wire taps but Toronto police have spent thousands of hours conducting surveillance on the mayor, though they have not laid any criminal charges against him. Farah told a number of Toronto media outlets late last year that he had tried to arrange for the crack video to be sold to the Toronto Star newspaper and U.S. website Gawker, although those deals never went through.
Magnotta: judge rules out blanket publication ban on trial evidence MONTREAL — The judge overseeing the trial of alleged murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta has denied a defence motion to limit what media can report on the criminal proceedings. Magnotta’s lawyer was seeking a publication ban on the reporting of any evidence presented at his client’s murder trial, which begins in September. Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer denied the motion Monday, ruling there would be no automatic publication ban on all pre-trial motions or a blanket publication ban on evidence at the trial as sought by the defence. Cournoyer did maintain a publication ban, however, on the reporting of any evidence that is currently being heard or has been heard that could be presented before a jury at the trial. The motion being presented by Magnotta’s lawyer was described as “pretty unusual� by media lawyer Mark Bantey. “I’ve never seen a blanket publication ban on the entire contents of a trial,� Bantey told reporters outside the courtroom. “Of course, witnesses, the accused, the Crown can make requests for publication ban on specific elements of evidence — that happens all the time — but I’ve never seen an accused ask for a publication ban of his entire trial.�
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LA PRAIRIE, Que. — The mayor of a Montreal-area community has died after being stung repeatedly by wasps. Lucie F. Roussel died in hospital on Sunday, according to municipal authorities in La Prairie. A spokeswoman for the town said Roussel, 51, was not allergic to wasp stings. “She was stung on several parts of her legs — about 15 times from what we think,� Chantal Charron said Monday. “She was overcome by the number of stings. When the ambulance technicians arrived, they tried to give her (an adrenalin injection) but they couldn’t save her.� Jean Bergeron, the town’s director-general, said he was in a “state of shock.� “Losing someone in such a way is difficult,� he said. “It’s traumatic.� Dr. Mitch Shulman, a Montreal emergency medicine specialist, says while Roussel apparently was not allergic to wasps, the number of stings may have been enough to cause her death — especially if she had an underlying heart condition. “Think about it, 15 venomous flying insects all striking at about the same time . . that’s a tremendous amount of venom to hit someone’s system with,� he said. “Depending on your underlying health situation and your underlying medical problems, it’s easily understandable how that might overwhelm your body’s ability to protect itself.� Shulman said he was curious to know about Roussel’s condition when ambulance technicians arrived. “If she was too far gone, if she was already not breathing properly, if her heart rhythm was already off, if her blood pressure had dropped, she may have been too far gone for them to save at that point,� he said. Roussel, who was stung while gardening at her cottage in Stratford, about 200 kilometres east of Montreal, ran unsuccessfully for the Quebec Liberals in the 2012 provincial election.
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Deputy head of the OSCE mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug, right, speaks to a member of Netherlands’ National Forensic Investigations team on the platform as a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers departs the station in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Monday. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. International indignation over the incident has grown as investigators still only have limited access to the crash site and it remains unclear when and where the victims’ bodies will be transported. day that repatriating the bodies was his “No. 1 priority.” An Associated Press reporter saw the train with the bodies leaving Torez, a rebel-held town 15 kilometres from the plane crash site, and overheard rebels saying it was heading for the rebel-held town of Ilovaysk. The Ukrainian government later said the train was eventually heading to a crisis centre in the government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv. In farm fields near the eastern village of Hrabove, Peter van Vliet, leader of the group from the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team visiting Ukraine, said seeing the crash site gave him goose bumps despite the heat. Workers recovered more bodies from the site Monday, bringing the total to 282 bodies, according to Volodymyr Groisman, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister. The Dutch team — which specializes in victim recovery and identification — saw some victims’ remains still rotting in the fields of the crash site. They also inspected piles of passenger luggage, suggesting that they be put in a container and shipped out. At the Torez train station, the Dutch investigators stood for a moment with their heads bowed and their hands
clasped before climbing aboard to inspect the train cars, surrounded by armed rebels. AP journalists said the smell of decay was overwhelming at the Torez train station and many with the inspectors wore masks or pressed cloths to their faces on the sunny, 29 degrees Celsius day. A Ukrainian train engineer told The Associated Press that a power outage had hit the rail cars’ refrigeration system for several hours overnight. In Kharkiv, another team of international experts arrived, including 23 Dutch, three Australians, two Germans, two Americans, and one person from the U.K. Malaysia’s prime minister said the rebels agreed to hand over both black boxes from Flight 17 to Malaysian investigators in Ukraine later Monday. The U.S. evidence that the rebels were involved in downing the plan included video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site; imagery showing the firing; phone calls claiming credit for the missile strike and phone
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAZA, Gaza Strip — The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signalled Monday that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, while Israel’s defence minister pledged to keep fighting “as long as necessary” — raising new doubt about the highest-level mediation mission in two weeks. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry were heading to Cairo on Monday to try to end the deadliest conflict between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers in just over five years. Meanwhile, cross-border fighting continued unabated, with Israeli strikes leaving entire families buried under rubble and Hamas militants firing more than 50 rockets and trying to sneak into Israel through two tunnels, the latest in a series of such attempts. For the second day in a row, the daily Palestinian death toll surpassed 100 on Monday, pushing the total number killed since the new round of fighting began on July 8 to at least 566, Palestinian officials said, adding that some 3,350 have been wounded. Seven Israeli soldiers also were killed Monday in clashes with Palestinian militants, the Israeli military said. That raised the overall Israeli death toll to 27, including two civilians. The Israeli military said four soldiers were killed in a firefight with Hamas fighters trying to sneak into Israel through a tunnel, and that the other three were killed in battles in Gaza. Mounting casualties on both sides have led international officials to step up diplomatic efforts to end the worst bout of fighting between the two sides since 2009. On Monday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief that Israel has the right to defend itself against rockets being launched by Hamas into Israel. Yet he contended that Israel’s military action in Gaza had already done “significant damage” to the Hamas terrorist infrastructure and said he doesn’t want to see more civilians getting killed. Israeli fighter planes struck homes and a highrise tower in Gaza, in at least four cases burying more than two or more members of a single family
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family member Sabri Abu Jamea. “Are we the liars? The evidence is here in the morgue refrigerators. The evidence is in the refrigerators.” Israeli tank shells also hit the Al Aqsa Hospital in the central town of Deir el-Balah, killing at least four people and wounding 60, al-Kidra said. A doctor at the hospital, Fayez Zidane, said the third and fourth floors and the reception area were damaged, and patients were evacuated to the lower floors.
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Student residence also aimed at conference industry BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Olds College Centennial Village, which should be ready to house students by the fall of 2015, is being developed with an eye to the conference industry. The 450-unit residence will give groups and organizations another reason to hold their events in Olds, said Kerry Moynihan, the college’s director of guest experience. “We’re going to be really aggressive on that event-services, conference-services business,” said Moynihan, pointing to the Pomeroy Inn & Suites, which opened at Olds College a year ago; the 160 student townhouse units on campus; and renovated dining facilities, which are expected to be ready by this fall, as other amenities that should appeal to conference organizers. “We have a very attractive, costeffective event services concept right here in Central Alberta. We hope to attract a lot of business in that April-to-August period.” The rest of the year, Centennial Village will serve the needs of students living on campus. With features like private rooms, individual washrooms and showers, an exercise room, Wi-Fi, fibre Internet connections, a coffee shop, conference rooms and card-access security, it will be a significant upgrade from 46-year-old Frank Grisdale Hall, which currently serves as Olds Collage’s student residence, said Moynihan. “We want to be up to date with the needs of students.” Building Centennial Village is Shunda Consulting & Construction Management Ltd. The Red Deer company also designed and financed the residence, and will operate it as College Housing (Olds) Co. (CHOC). This private sector involvement allowed the project to proceed in a “cost-effective way” without having to wait for provincial funding that might never come, said Moynihan. “It’s a model that’s used right
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Shunda Consulting & Construction Management is building Olds College Centennial Village, with the project broken down into several construction blocks. Shunda will eventually operate the student residence as College Housing (Olds) Co. across Canada and the United States,” he said. “I think it’s the only one in Alberta right now.” Shunda also bought the Olds College townhouses and will operate these as well. “We can spend more money on students and the academic program,” said Moynihan of the benefits of having CHOC carry the capital costs of student housing. He said the college will work closely with CHOC and receive revenue opportunities from its operations. “It’s a good business relationship,” said Moynihan. “We’ve
had a good relationship with the Pomeroys and we hope to extend that relationship now with Shunda and CHOC.” Although an official groundbreaking ceremony for Centennial Village was held July 3, work actually began in December. More than 300 pilings were drilled, with the four-storey building now going up in sections. “The goal is to get everything up and closed in by November, when it gets cold,” said Moynihan. “And then they’ll complete the rest of the buildings, all of the interior, over the winter.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
OTTAWA — Canada’s manufacturing sector is finally poised for a true recovery after spending the last eight years in survival mode, according to a new report from consulting firm KPMG. In the report, KPMG says many of the headwinds that worked against the sector during and since the 2008-09 recession are poised to reverse. One of the most encouraging, KPMG says, is that far fewer Canadian firms are pre-occupied with costsaving and outsourcing production to such places as China, and are more focused on growth. The report, based on a survey of 154 senior industry executives, found only 14 per cent of manufacturers planned to source from China, down from 31 per cent in a 2013 survey. As well, only three per cent said they planned to source from India, as opposed to 12 per cent last year. “Rising energy and transportation costs, along with added pressure on lead times and increased inflation in China have made Canada and the U.S. more competitive as sourcing nations,” the report states. “Reasonable energy costs and the quality and consistency of products offered here at home have also driven Canadian manufacturers to look onshore for their sourcing strategies.” The sourcing response was “surprising,” said KPMG business unit leader Laurent Giguere, adding that it suggests the lure of cheap labour in emerging markets is starting to wane. The report also cites the strengthening U.S. economy and weaker loonie as other factors working in favour of Canadian factories, which in February experienced the highest monthly growth since before the recession, with revenue rising 1.4 per cent across the sector. The sector also recorded a strong month in May as sales rose by 1.6 per cent over April. It was the fourth time in five months that sales improved. Giguere said the recent uptick in output and the improving climate for domestic producers is good news for the economies of Ontario and Quebec, Canada’s two most populous provinces and home to the bulk of its manufacturing. But Giguere cautioned that manufacturers in advanced countries still have to adapt to the needs of the global economy and securing a place in international supply chains. “The challenge is we need to keep on innovating and being a leading product producer,” he said, noting that manufacturing for low-end jobs such as in the textile sector have likely disappeared forever. “Canadian manufacturers rely on innovation ... and as long as Canadian companies focus on R&D, they will likely manufacture products that are successful.” The report is also largely positive about the availability of skilled workers for manufacturing. Giguere said companies still cite trouble finding workers, but said colleges and universities are turning out more young people with the right skills for the sector, and companies themselves are putting greater focus on training and retaining employees. Manufacturing was among the most impacted sectors of the economy in the 2008-09 financial and economic crisis, mostly because demand in the U.S. and other parts of the world collapsed.
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Entrepreneurs can help create much-needed youth jobs IF BARRIERS ADDRESSED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Entrepreneurs could help create 10 million youth jobs across the G20 countries but they must be given the right support to grow and finance their businesses, according to a new report by global consulting firm Accenture. “Entrepreneurs cannot achieve success by themselves,” Accenture said. “In order to innovate, globalize and attract the right talent, they need adequate support from regulators, and they need to be part of a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.” That’s particularly important
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Alberta is second only to Ontario when it comes to capital market size among the Canadian provinces. In its 2014 annual report, the Alberta Securities Commission said that Alberta accounted for 26 per cent of the country’s total public capital market. Ontario led the way, at 40 per cent, while Quebec made up 14 per cent and British Columbia seven per cent. These rankings were based on aggregate market capitalization of TSX and TSXV companies with head offices in the respective provinces. In the case of Alberta, oil and gas companies made up 44 per cent of this province’s public capital market. Diversified industries added 18 per cent, with the mining sector contributing 12 per cent and technology companies five per cent. Companies in other industries made up the balance. The Alberta Securities Commission is an industryfunded regulatory agency responsible for administering the province’s securities laws, and protecting investors. In its last fiscal year, it dealt with 583 complaints and concluded 358 investigations, with 203 cases ongoing. It recovered more than $2 million in administrative penalties, the commission’s highest total ever.
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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.
Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 97.93 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.59 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.55 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.73 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.78 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.60 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.95 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 209.71
Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.48 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.11 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.99 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.86 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.66 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 32.06 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.71 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.43 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.66
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TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Monday as investors looked at the prospect of additional sanctions being levied against Russia for its support of Ukrainian rebels who are being blamed for last week’s downing of a Malaysian airliner. The S&P/TSX composite index lost 16.58 points to 15,249.99. The Canadian dollar was up 0.06 a cent at 93.2 cents US. New York indexes were also lower but well off the worst levels of the day after President Barack Obama called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to allow international investigators unfettered access to the crash site. But he held off on announcing new sanctions. The Dow Jones industrials lost 48.45 points to 17,051.73, the Nasdaq declined 7.45 points to 4,424.7 and the S&P 500 index was 4.59 points lower at 1,973.63. The disaster, in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists, has sparked international condemnation and increased pressure on Russia to stop meddling in Ukraine. Russian officials have blamed Ukraine’s government for creating the situation and atmosphere in which the plane was brought down last Thursday. There have been calls for another round of sanctions that would target entire industries, but there are worries that such action would serve to undermine what is still a very fragile economic recovery in Europe. Concerns about the effect of tightening sanctions also hit stocks of big American multinationals. For example, General Electric fell 1.8 per cent to US$25.98. Traders also focused on Israel’s ground offensive that started in Gaza at the end of last week. The energy sector led decliners, down 0.4 per cent even as August crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.46 to US$104.59 a barrel. The TSX gold sector was flat as traders looking for safety pushed August gold up $4.50 to US$1,313.90 an ounce. The base metals component turned positive, up 0.68 per cent while September copper was up a penny at US$3.20 a pound. Investors also looked for the pace of Canadian second quarter earnings reports to pick up this week. Canadian National Railways (TSX:CNR) reported after the close that adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.03, three cents better than estimates. Its operating ratio, a key measure of performance where lower is better, moved down to 59.6 against expectations of a reading of 60. CN shares had dipped 13 cents to $72.95 after rising two per cent on Friday in the wake of a strong earn-
MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Monday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,249.99, down 16.58 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,006.44, down 5.80 points TSX 60 — 878.57, down 0.67 of a point Dow — 17,051.73, down 48.45 points S&P 500 — 1,973.63, down 4.59 points Nasdaq — 4,424.70, down 7.45 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 93.20 cents US, up 0.06 of a cent Pound — C$1.8324, down 0.20 of a cent Euro — C$1.4509, down 0.11 of a cent Euro — US$1.3522, down 0.03 of a cent Oil futures: US$104.59 per barrel, up $1.46 (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,313.90 per oz., up $4.50 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.392 oz., up 19.7 cents $752.05 kg., up $6.33 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 1,006.44, down 5.80 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 161.15 million shares. ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $9.40 lower $433.90; Jan ’15 $9.60 lower $437.20; March ’15 $9.30 lower $437.10; May ’15 $9.30 lower $433.10; July ’15 $10.60 lower $428.50; Nov ’15 $13.10 lower $416.00; Jan. ’16 $13.10 lower $422.00; March ’16 $13.10 lower $425.80; May ’16 $13.10 lower $425.80; July ’16 $13.10 lower $425.80; Nov. ’16 $13.10 lower $425.80. Barley (Western): Oct. ’14 unchanged $137.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $139.50; March ’15 unchanged $140.50; May ’15 unchanged $140.50; July ’15 unchanged $140.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $140.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $140.50; March ’16 unchanged $140.50; May ’16 unchanged $140.50; July ’16 unchanged $140.50; Oct. ’16 unchanged $140.50. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 340,220 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 340,220.
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JOBS: Significant response needed “If we’re talking about 10 million jobs in an environment where you have 44 million people unemployed, it’s very, very significant response to address the challenge that these countries are facing,” Berthon said. “That makes it more attractive to support entrepreneurs. They are culturally much more excited about creating jobs; they feel that is it part of their responsibility, like family companies used to do... “But unfortunately, there is (also) more complexity in finding the right people, having access to finance.” While Canadian entrepreneurs may face some hurdles, Iain Klugman, president and chief executive of Communitech, a high tech organization in Waterloo, Ont., that helps entrepreneurs bring their technologies to market, said there is a significant amount of work being done at the provincial and federal level to increase access to capital for start-ups, as well as for support with various programs and tax credits. “There are some challenges that we need to solve; people are aware of them, people are working on them,” Klugman said. “They’re not fixed yet, but certainly there’s a lot of interest and a lot of commitment in this country to building a very strong (group) of entrepreneurs.”
Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.57 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 56.46 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 68.04 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.66 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.63 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 54.28 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 102.01 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.52 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.71 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.43 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.30 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.77 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.48 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.77 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 26.08 Mining
Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.51 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.82 First Quantum Minerals . 24.96 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.83 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.91 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.48 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.25 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.35 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.35 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.37 Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.44 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 33.59 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 74.33 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.41 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 61.20 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 48.49 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 23.64
Canyon Services Group. 16.94 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.05 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.99 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 23.11 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.53 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 103.08 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 71.00 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.19 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 34.26 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 57.04 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.11 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.37 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.095 Precision Drilling Corp . . 14.42 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 44.59 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 10.57 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 16.47 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 11.40 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 71.08
Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.41 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 72.71 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.60 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 40.87 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.95 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.14 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 50.59 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.27 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.94 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.67 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.95 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.82 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.44
CN beat Q2 expectations BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway is predicting continuing strong results in 2014 after delivering second-quarter earnings Monday that beat expectations amid higher freight volumes generated by a record Canadian grain crop, strong energy markets and market share gains, particularly in intermodal traffic. CN says it expects to deliver “solid doubledigit” EPS growth over the $3.06 per share in adjusted earnings last year, while free cash flow should be between $1.8 billion and $2 billion, up from $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion in its prior forecast. After a slow start hampered by extreme winter weather, the Montreal-based railway has moved about 5,500 carloads of grain weekly for the past two to three months as shipments in the quarter rose 70 per cent above the prior year. The remaining waiting list represents only about one week of shipments from the Prairies, while grain vessel lineups at all ports are back to normal. “As I speak today in the middle of July, our Canadian grain supply chain is fully back in sync,” CEO Claude Mongeau said Monday during a conference call to discuss the company’s results. The railway expects to set a record for the year, ending nearly 25 per cent higher than average as of July 31, with a total of 18 million tonnes of grain left at crop year-end, six million tons higher than an av-
erage carry-out. “Add to this the new crop and the need to move it, we should be moving record volumes of grain well into the spring and even summer of next year,” he told analysts. The country’s largest railway (TSX:CNR) beat expectations as its second-quarter profit increased 18 per cent to $847 million while revenues rose 17 per cent to a record of $3.12 billion. The Montreal-based railway said adjusted profit amounted to $1.03 per diluted share, up from $717 million or 84 cents per diluted share on $2.67 billion in revenue a year ago. The adjusted profit in the quarter ended June 30 was three cents above analyst forecasts. Besides higher volumes, the results were helped by a weaker Canadian dollar and freight rate increases. Revenue ton-miles grew by 14 per cent and carloadings increased 11 per cent. “We’re very pleased that we’ve had a very swift recovery following what were tough winter conditions and we did exactly what our customers would expect in terms of getting those supply chains back in sync,” Mongeau said. Revenues increased for grain and fertilizers (35 per cent), metals and minerals (20 per cent), intermodal (17 per cent), petroleum and chemicals (17 per cent) automotive (15 per cent), forest products (nine per cent) and coal (five per cent). Asked if the increased volumes shipped will ease acrimony between the rail and grain industries, Mongeau said he hopes facts will be used by government to shape policy.
BlackBerry appoints new COO BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WATERLOO, Ont. — BlackBerry (TSX:BB) has appointed Marty Beard, the former chief executive of LiveOps, Inc. as its new chief operating officer. Beard starts immediately and will be responsible for such things as marketing, BlackBerry 10 app development and customer care and quality. He was chairman and CEO of LiveOps, a provider of cloud applications for customer services. Before joining LiveOps, he was president of Sybase 365, a mobile messaging and mobile commerce services
A good business climate and access to strong markets are also working in Canada’s favour — along with talented innovators and would-be entrepreneurs graduating every year, he said. The Accenture report on global trends found that export-oriented companies and those focused on innovation are the most likely to create jobs, while 70 per cent of new firms (those launched in the past 12 months) were considering international expansion. That doesn’t mean that jobs would be created in overseas markets only, with 86 per cent of respondents saying they expected to increase the workforce in their home country at a faster pace than elsewhere. Meanwhile, Canadian entrepreneurs were not the only ones who believed more could be done to foster an environment of youth job creation in their country. Overall, only one quarter of those surveyed said they considered the actions taken by their governments to support youth job creation as relevant and efficient, Accenture said. Entrepreneurs in all the areas surveyed said they expected governments to take action to support youth job creation by supporting entrepreneurial skills development, removing red tape, creating financial incentives and improving equity and access for job seekers. Berthon noted that policy-makers are aware of the importance of entrepreneurs, but digital technologies are enabling and accelerating entrepreneurship in a way that, in some cases, is making it hard for the legislative and regulatory environment to keep pace.
unit, and also worked at computer technology company Oracle. BlackBerry executive chairman and chief executive John Chen led a turnaround at software company Sybase before he joined BlackBerry last year. The chief operating officer job has been vacant since November 2013 when Kristian Tear left the company in a restructuring that also saw the departure Frank Boulben, the company’s chief marketing officer. BlackBerry shares have been under pressure since Apple and IBM announced that they would form a partnership focused on business customers, a key market for Canadian company.
Half of Canadians doing more to pay down their mortgages, says CIBC BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A new survey says Canadians, on average, expect to be mortgage-free by age 58, one year later than in a similar poll a year ago. But the survey, conducted for CIBC (TSX:CM) by Angus Reid, found some big discrepancies across the country. For example, homeowners in British Columbia thought they wouldn’t be able to pay off their mortgages until they hit 66, while those in Alberta expected to be mortgage-free more than a decade earlier at 55. The survey also found that just over half of those polled were taking advantage of the current low interest rate environment to pay down their mortgages faster. Fifty-five per cent said they were putting in extra effort into repaying their mortgages, although that was down from 68 per cent last year. Of those paying off their mortgages quicker than necessary, 32 per cent said they were making payments more often, 28 per cent were increasing the amount they pay while 18 per cent said they had made either an additional prepayment or a lump sump payment. Beyond Alberta and British Columbia, the survey found the average age
respondents expected to be mortgagefree ranged from 56 years in Quebec to 57 years in Atlantic Canada and Ontario and 58 years in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. CIBC says even small efforts can lead to big savings for homeowners in the long run. For example, someone paying 4.99 per cent interest on a $250,000 mortgage with 25-year amortization can expect to save nearly $35,000 of interest if they add $147 to their $1,453 monthly payments. The same homeowner can save as much as $30,000 on interest if they make $726 payments every two weeks, instead of waiting until the end of the month to make a payment. The bank pointed out that even making a lump sum payment every year — for instance, putting the average $1,600 tax refund towards the mortgage — would shave off $33,103 of interest. “Employing one or more of these strategies does take some planning and discipline,” said Barry Gollom, vice-president of secured lending and product policy at CIBC. “If becoming mortgage-free sooner is something you want to achieve, it’s important to look at your mortgage as part of your overall financial picture and to balance your mortgage payment plan against your other goals.”
Encana spinoff PrairieSky posts $23.9-M profit BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (TSX:PSK), the Encana Corp. spinoff that made its trading debut this spring, posted a $23.9-million profit in
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Revenues were $37.2 million while funds from operations were $31 million. Production averaged 15,664 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with 44 per cent crude oil, 10 per cent natural gas liquids and 46 per cent natural gas. At the end of June, PrairieSky had working capital of $57.4 million. “The first several weeks of active operations have been very busy and productive and I would like to thank all of our employees and directors for their contributions and hard work in ensuring a successful start for PrairieSky” CEO Andrew Phillips said in a release. As part of a sweeping new strategy unveiled last fall, Calgary-based en-
ergy producer Encana (TSX:ECA) decided to separate a big chunk of its royalty lands into a new publicly traded company, PrairieSky. PrairieSky aims to bring in revenues by allowing other energy companies to develop oil and gas on its land, which spans 5.2 million acres in southern and central Alberta. Encana, which reports its secondquarter results on Thursday, raised about $1.67 billion from the spinoff and retains a 54-per-cent stake in PrairieSky. PrairieSky had a high-profile initial public offering on May 29. Since then, its stock price has been well above the IPO price of $28, closing at $38.18 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday.
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Unhappy with son-in-law’s behaviour Dear Annie: We live five hours from our daughter, “Barbara,” her husband, “Seth,” and their two kids. We visit them once a year. Seth completely ignores us. The last time we arrived, our daughter and grandchildren hugged us, but Seth sat with his back to us. He didn’t even say hello. When my MITCHELL husband went & SUGAR to talk to him, Seth walked out of the room. Each time we go there, he becomes a little worse. We send him birthday and Christmas gifts, and he never responds. We have no idea why he hates us. When he does talk to us, he mostly discusses his new hobby: shooting defenseless animals. He knows we are repulsed by this, yet he prattles on about how he plans
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to take his daughter with him on hunting trips. He seems to be a good father, although he is very condescending toward our daughter. Barbara claims that Seth is a terrific husband, and she loves being a stay-at-home mom. But she looks pale and thin and rarely smiles. We are worried about her. Maybe Barbara doesn’t want to ruin things for the kids, but honestly, we think she’s delusional. We love her, but don’t know how to change Seth’s attitude. Any ideas? —- Sad Grandparents Dear Sad: The fact that Seth likes to hunt is his business as long as he has the proper licences. We don’t recommend you debate the issue, because you are unlikely to find common ground. We agree that he is rude, but unless Barbara can convince him to be more polite, it’s best to lower your expectations and ignore his behaviour. The more pressing issue is Barbara’s health. Is she truly too pale and thin, or are you projecting? If you believe there is abuse, report it to the authorities. Meanwhile, please reach out to your daughter without denigrating her hus-
band, which will make her defend him. Ask how she’s feeling. Talk to her often. Invite her to bring the kids to visit you, with or without Seth. See for yourself what’s really going on. Dear Annie: I can’t remember the last time my wife and I were intimate. She even refuses to snuggle in bed. It’s not about sex. She pushed me away so many times it put a knife through my heart. I finally gave up. If I try to talk about it, she becomes angry and refuses to discuss it. She refuses counselling, too. We get along fine in other areas, but I guess that’s only a front. I tried counselling on my own and was told to decide whether to stay or move on. I have now found someone else. I talk to her online every day. We’ve hugged and kissed. I have fallen in love, and she says the same, but neither of us wants to destroy our families. Please tell all spouses, male or female, that sex doesn’t have to be the only part of intimacy. Show your spouse you love him or her. My heart is broken that I had to find
someone else to fill that gap, but I have no intention of letting her go now. — No Name Dear No Name: We appreciate your honesty, although cheating is not a satisfactory solution. Would it help if you told your wife exactly what she is risking? If she won’t listen, show her this column. Explain that you will not ask for sex if she will simply show affection. (We realize this is not ideal, but it’s an improvement.) Women often don’t realize how much men need a physical touch to feel loved. Dear Annie: Many years ago, I was in the same position as “Busy Mom,” with five children, farm chores and a huge garden. My house looked lived-in, to say the least. One day, my wonderful aunt said to me, “Don’t worry, Marg. It’s clean dirt.” Bless her heart.— Manitoba, Canada Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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BRIEF Alaska fisherman pulls up rare blue-coloured red king crab NOME, Alaska — A rare bluecoloured red king crab was part of a fisherman’s catch earlier this month in Nome, Alaska. KNOM reports Frank McFarland found the blue crab in his pot when fishing on July 4 off Nome. The blue crab is being kept alive at the Norton Sound Seafood Center until McFarland can have it mounted. The rare crab has become a rock star of sorts, with people showing up at the centre to have their photos taken with it. Scott Kent, with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Nome, says he has no idea why the red king crab is blue, but suspects it’s just a mutation.
Buzz bomb? Mosquito trap alarms midnight security detail at power plant ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — A suspicious device at a southwest Wyoming power plant turned out not to be a bomb, but it might have hurt a mosquito or two. Security guards spotted the object at the Jim Bridger Power Plant around midnight Wednesday. The device had wires connected to a small battery. A bomb squad was called out to the coal-fired power plant. Sweetwater County sheriff’s officials say bomb experts looked over the device and even X-rayed it. It was a mosquito trap.
Uruguayan teachers go on 24-hour strike to protest attacks by parents MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Teachers in this South American country are going on a 24-hour strike to protest a wave of physical attacks on educators by students’ mothers and fathers. The local teachers union called the work stoppage on Wednesday to draw attention to six attacks since the current school year began in March in the capital Montevideo and other cities. In the most recent attack, a woman punched a school director in the face on Tuesday for having called a doctor to examine her son for behavioural problems.
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An African Wild Dog stands inside the exhibit at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Mich. Researchers from Australia are spending time at Battle Creek’s Binder Park Zoo this summer observing its three African wild dogs as they seek ways to save the species from extinction.
HOROSCOPES Tuesday July 22 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Selena Gomez, 21; David Spade, 49; Danny Glover, 67 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today is the first day of the sign of Leo — Happy Birthday Leos! For some it will be a wonderful day, for others it will provide some much needed LARISA MAIRA verbal release of OZOLINS anything and everything that has been troubling you. Expected a conversation to turn intense, secrets will come out as you will be more able to trust your inner judgement and understand the truth. Shake ups are likely! HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to encourage open and honest dialogue with others in your life. Much action can be taken by you to improve your home life and interactions with family but you will need to be the one moving it along.
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Steady advancement can be made with creative projects or with children. Watch out for over emphasizing financial needs. ARIES (March 21-April 19): The truth will come out about your career or family and home life now. You will shake things up nicely for others as you will be able to sense the truth of what is truly going on with them today. Secrets will be revealed but it won’t surprise you at this stage. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll have an intuitive grasp today like no other. You’ll be more in tune with your wishes and how you can move yourself in that direction. The truth will be revealed with siblings or simply through dialogue with others. It will not surprise you — it might shake you up though. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your true value depends on how well you are able to vocalize your truth today. You have a keen sense of what is going on at work, but perhaps it is time to truly have that financial conversation, or at least think about it more. Secrets and truth will be revealed now! CANCER (June 21-July 22): Intuitively you know what’s going on with others. They want to start an argument to reveal some truth they need to let go of.
For you, you need to hang on to your perspective — your knowledge is greater than their misdeeds. What happens will help you professionally. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today is your day — the spotlight will be on you in a grand way. Be mindful not to overdo it now. Let go of past hurts as right now they are only affecting you, no one else is as bothered by it now. Gain confidence in trusting your own judgement, let go of the need for approval. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your subconscious mind will be highlighted today. Discussions with friends or about your dreams and wishes will create little bit of an argument today. See it as the truth will reveal itself and help you move forward. Accept what others say as them deeply caring for you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your dreams and wishes are starting to come true! One thing that will reveal itself today is the truth. What is it that you didn’t want to reveal about your inner or outer world? This will be answered today and will create breathing room for abundance and blessings to enter your life! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today will be the start of your being seen for your knowledge in the world. Yes, there will be some argument as you present your case, but this will only clarify and encourage others to open their minds a little more. It will be an exciting day — Enjoy the blessings!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The truth will be revealed about who actually supports and backs you are or not. Close alliances will encourage you to express your truth and others will simply think you are slightly nuts. Allow for others to catch up with your understanding, share the knowledge now. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Others will try to create disagreements today to knock you off your stride. Do not let that happen now, those who know you understand very well that you are not a horrible person. Let people you are not too familiar with have their own opinion now. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The truth shall set you free- today will be the day when this truth will be revealed to you. What is it that you have been carrying around with you on the subconscious level? Whatever it is, it will be acknowledged today through a minor dispute with someone on your daily. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Open disputes or conversations with friends will help you move towards your dreams and wishes. What is it that you have not acknowledged yet? Allow for the interactions today to open you up to greater possibilities of what lies ahead for you. Blessings are coming for you! Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.
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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014 BY VISI R. TILAK ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Gazpachos are the most refreshing way I can think of to celebrate seasonal vegetables. The story goes that the gazpacho, said to be the oldest known chilled soup, was popular in Andalusia and in the Arab world, where farmworkers would throw together stale bread and vegetables they had on hand. The genre has definitely evolved since. My own adventures with gazpacho began when I was in grad schoo school in Ames, Iowa, in need of a meal I could put together fast and carry in a thermos thermos. All it took was enough planning to allow the mix — typically cucumbers, toma tomatoes and onions — to “cure” overnight in the refrigerator. M After I moved to Seattle for work, trips to Pike Place Market inspired me to branch out, ingredient-wise. I reached for summe summer squash, beets, rainbow carrots. a I am now one of those people who get excited about trying new vegetables, and I look for ways to incorporate the them into my family’s diet. These days I’ll find gazpacho fixings at the farmers market and in the bins at international food sstores. Fruit and dairy are fair game, too, for b blending into the versatile soup — not to mention the a accompaniments that can be piled at the center of a bowl: a jumble of salsa, nuts, bulgur, quinoa. They add substance without heavying things up. Serving Serv options are limitless and adaptable, from brunch to dessert. th accompanying Think about making the comb recipes soon: One combines watermelon and tomato, mak making the most of midsum what’s at midsummer farm maronc served it at a ket stands. I once baby shower, in keeping with g the pink, girly theme. It’s even bet better with a topping o of avocado, basil and red onion. I applied a lassi concept to iceb berg lettuce — iinnocuous, pale le leaves I could not, for some reason, g get my family to eat — an and came up with a thick an and spicy gazpacho-style so soup. A ploppedin salad of fres fresh bean sprouts, cucumber and cilantro offers protein and crunch crunchy contrast. My berry-mint ga gazpacho is just right for dessert or bru brunch. I’ve served it with mascarpone, cre creme fraiche and even a scoop of ice cream for the kids. Next time, I might go the sun sundae route, with a selection of ice cream flavor flavors and decadent toppings. What started out as my portab portable grad school meal has come full circle. As a socc soccer mom whose life is spent shuttling kids from one act activity to another, I find myself making these overnight ref refrigerated soups and carrying them with me — in multiple the thermoses to keep all of us replenished.
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INGREDIENTS 1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and chopped (2 cups packed) 1 cup fresh orange juice 1 cup fresh blueberries 5 tablespoons agave nectar Pinch sea salt 10 mint leaves, stacked, rolled and cut into thin ribbons Peeled, sliced kiwi, for garnish 4 to 6 tablespoons creme fraiche, for garnish STEPS Combine half of the chopped strawberries and all of the orange juice in a mixing bowl. Use the stick blender to form a coarsely blended mixture. Stir in the remaining chopped strawberries and the blueberries by hand (so they don’t break up), then add the agave nectar, salt and half of the mint, stirring until well incorporated. Divide among individual dessert bowls. Top each portion with a few slices of kiwi, a dollop of creme fraiche and some of the remaining mint. Serve right away.
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What’s the meaning of life? TERRY GILLIAM PONDERS THAT QUESTION WITH THE ZERO THEOREM BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The 20-year-old son of rock star John Mellencamp faces an underage drinking charge while awaiting resolution of charges that he and his brother seriously injured a man in a fight. Monroe County court records show Hud Mellencamp of Bloomington was charged July 10 with a misdemeanour count of illegal alcohol consumption. Details about the case weren’t immedi-
ately available. Defence attorney Jennifer Lukemeyer did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking comment Monday on the new charge and the request from prosecutors that Mellencamp’s bond be revoked from his 2013 arrest. In that case, Hud Mellencamp and his younger brother, Speck, face felony battery charges that they punched and kicked a 19-year-old man.
it in theatres in Canada in the next few weeks. “Facebook works because I can promote what I’m doing and I can comment on things,” he said. “Like if I wake up in the morning and I’ve got a very silly idea, I can put it on Facebook and I get an immediate reaction, which is nice.” “But I don’t want to sit there and talk to the people that are on my Facebook page,” he added with a laugh. By contrast, Qohen in The Zero Theo-
rem is unable to deal with relationships in the real world. “He’s a man who has become impotent, really, and I think so many people in the world now feel impotent — they can’t control the world around them,” said Gilliam. “So all of that stuff is in there in different forms, and I’m focusing on those in different ways without giving answers. I don’t want to ever give answers to people, but let’s . . . raise a few questions.”
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explore onscreen for a while. “I don’t know if it’s accurate but (the film) is certainly my reaction to the world that we’re in at the moment, where tweeting has become dominant,” he said. “You can’t just sit and watch the sun set, you’ve got to comment on it and tell your friends. In the lead up to doing Zero Theorem, for years I’d been obsessed about solitude, about trying to learn to be alone to escape from the world we’re in.” That doesn’t mean Gilliam doesn’t participate in social media. He said while he doesn’t run his Twitter account, he does write the entries on his Facebook page, where this past weekend he lamented that The Zero Theorem wasn’t getting a theatrical release in Canada. He also called on fans to email representatives at Mongrel Media to voice their “displeasure.” Hours after his post, the distribution company said given the tremendous interest in the film, it will release
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LAS VEGAS — Country superstar Shania Twain says she’ll end her residency in Las Vegas with a final show Dec. 13, two years after she began performing at Caesars Palace. Twain announced 16 Shania: Still the One shows in October and December, in addition to summer performances running through July 26 at the Colosseum. The singer known for hits including Man! I Feel Like A Woman and That Don’t Impress Me Much arrived in Las Vegas on horseback in November 2012. Traffic down the Las Vegas Strip was temporarily halted for the herd of horses that accompanied her on her grand entrance. Her stage show features trained horses, a live band and a flying motorcycle. Organizers said at the time that Twain’s residency would be a twoyear engagement.
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Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth in a scene from The Zero Theorem.
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TORONTO — Over 30 years after starring in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, filmmaker Terry Gilliam is exploring the significance of existence once again with his new sci-fi drama, The Zero Theorem. It’s a theme that’s been on his mind since he was young, says the Americanborn British writer-director, who got an Oscar nomination for co-penning the 1985 film Brazil. “When I was a kid I was a little zealot,” the Minnesota native said. “I went to university on a Presbyterian scholarship, I was going to be a missionary. “So I’ve got all of that stuff stuck down deep.” The Zero Theorem — out on DVD, Blu-ray and Video on Demand on Tuesday — stars two-time Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz as Qohen, an eccentric computer genius working on a mathematical formula to determine if life has any meaning. Co-stars in the surrealistic story — directed by Gilliam and written by Pat Rushin — include Matt Damon as an enigmatic figure overseeing Qohen’s actions, and Tilda Swinton as a psychiatrist. Some reports have said the film is the conclusion of a trilogy that began with Brazil and continued with Gilliam’s 1995 film 12 Monkeys, but the Monty Python alum says that’s not the case. “I originally was thinking of the film as a compendium, because when I read the script it was clear Pat Rushin had watched every film of mine made, and there was reference to all of them in the script,” he said from London, where he was performing in the Monty Python Live reunion shows that wrapped over the weekend. “I thought, this will be my Fanny and Alexander or my Amarcord,” he continued. “Everybody keeps thinking it’s a trilogy and it’s not. The one thing I was aware of is that it would be compared to Brazil, and so I was going out of my way to try to make it not to seem to be like Brazil.” Virtual reality is a big part of Qohen’s life in the film it’s also been something Gilliam has been wanting to
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FRONT CAMP TO EHLP FOSTER SKILLS A summer camp designed to help children with learning disabilities foster skills required in social situations takes place in Red Deer this summer. The Red Deer chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta will run a camp for children ages seven to nine from Aug. 11 to 15 and for children ages 10 to 12 from Aug. 18 to 25. Both camps run daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Skills are taught through role playing, hands-on activities and games. Space is limited. The registration deadline for the younger group is on Aug. 9 and the older group deadline is Aug.14. To register or for more information, call 403-3403885 or email programs@ ldreddeer.ca.
BAMFORD CHARITY GOLF Gord Bamford is always up for a good game of golf but when it comes to his charity foundation, he is especially ready to win. This year Bamford’s annual Charity Golf Classic tees off at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club on Aug. 14. Last year’s event generated more than $355,000 for the Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation. The money raised from the event supports underprivileged youth and multi-use facilities across Canada. On Aug. 13, there will be an invitation-only gala at the Sheraton Hotel Exhibition Hall in Red Deer. For more information, visit www. gordbamfordfoundation. com.
COUNTRY GOSPEL Rejoice with the sound of music at the Country Gospel in the Park Music Weekend at the Blackfalds All Star Park from Sept. 5 to 7. Scheduled performances start at 5 p.m. and a church service is slated for 9 a.m. on Sunday. The shows will be held in a heated tent. Bring your own lawn chairs. Food available. A weekend pass is $30. Day passes also available. Performers include Visions Country Gospel, Ben Kellert, RR 4, Freedom Seekers, The Tapleys, Joshua Ridge, Melody Trio, Debbie Bergeron, Revive and Gospel 792. Call John at 885-4857, Moe at 3576678 or Jim at 391-1397 or go online at www. blackfaldsunitedchurch. com.
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Above: Trevor Danbrook pours molten bronze during the Bronze Casting Lost Wax Method demonstration at Red Deer College. The workshop, instructed by Jason Frizzell, is part of the Series Summer Arts School. Right: Molten bronze is poured. Third from top: Shelley Lahaise adds a stringer to her glass bead during the Glass Bead Making Next Step workshop. Bottom: Instructor Kim Adams, left, lends a couple of hands to Shelley Lahaise during the Glass Bead Making Next Step workshop.
SUMMER ART PROGRAM OFFERS COURSES IN BRONZE, GLASS BEAD MAKING BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF How do you pour an orange-hot stream of liquid bronze? Very carefully. There’s no room for error when tipping a heavy load of molten metal that’s simmering at 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit into sculptural moulds, admitted Red Deer College instructor Jason Frizzell. This feat of precision was pulled off by glass-shield and leather-smock wearing Frizzell and his two safety-clad assistants at a lost-wax bronze casting class Monday during the Series summer art program. A glowing red-yellow pot full of liquid bronze was first carefully lifted from a furnace in the college’s visual arts complex. It was then clamped with a dual-handled metal “cradle” and carried over to a sand pit containing sculptural moulds that were created by adult students in the class. Frizzell notes the moulds had to be sitting on top of sand in case the melted bronze was accidentally spilled. Instead of flowing across the floor and potentially scorching someone’s foot, the magma-like liquid would just trickle harmlessly into the sand. Fortunately none was spilled on Monday, when ceramic silica moulds were filled without incident. (They first had been heated to 1,600F to prevent them from breaking when coming into contact with the liquid bronze.) The result of this labourious process was visible later in the day. The molten bronze that had displaced the wax sculptures inside the moulds hardened after a few hours.
The silica moulds were broken and detailed bronze gargoyles, hands, busts and torsos emerged. Bronze casting instructor Frizzell said the twoweek course is a learning curve for the nine students who signed up — many don’t have previous metal casting, or even sculptural experience. “It’s their first time with any sort of casting.” The students from across Alberta
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came to the right place, since Red Deer College has, in Frizzell’s opinion, the best bronze casting facility of any college or university program in Alberta. “Nothing’s even close to what we have.” The foundry was started by sculpture instructors in the 1970s and has remained one of the visual arts program’s “showcase processes,” in which equipment has been well maintained over the years, added Frizzell, who is also acting dean of the college’s visual arts programs. Students who learn how to cast in bronze, either through Series or accredited RDC classes, can start their own backyard foundries, understand the fundamentals of jewelry making, working in an industrial or art foundries, or metal sculpting. “This is fabulous,” said Janey Caine, a Red Deer dental hygienist who discovered a talent for sculpture after her daughter (an RDC visual arts graduate) recommended she try the Series course. Though her only previous experience was making teeth sculptures in dental hygiene school, “I found my niche,” said Caine, who created tiny wax gargoyles, as well as versions of foliage-bearded “green men,” similar to those that adorn medieval cathedrals. Retired Calgary mechanical engineer Harry Koehler previously took a Series jewelry-making course, but wanted to try bronze casting on a larger scale. “This is something I’ve wanted to do for 40-odd years, so I’m thoroughly enjoying myself,” said Koehler, who was making castings of his hand as well as sculpting a hollowed globe. Darren Timinski, of Edmonton, described himself as a “sculptor by nature” and saw a two-fold benefit to taking the course. He is creating some characters from his imagination, as well as giving new life to an old family heirloom. An alabaster bust, done by a European sculptor in the 1700s and passed down through his family, got broken at some point. He made a mould of the cracked bust of a young woman and plans to recast it in bronze. “You have to give bronze huge respect because it will last longer than you will live,” said Timinski. Series continues at the college with other art classes in painting, drawing, ceramics, glass bead-making, and metal work. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com
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BRIEFS Sylvan watering ban ends The outdoor water ban has ended in Sylvan Lake but mandatory water conservation is still in place. On Monday, the town cancelled the ban that was imposed a week ago after hot weather and peak summer usage put a strain of its reservoirs. Town staffers went knocking door to door last week telling people to stop all outdoor water usage immediately, as there was a concern that the town could need more water than usual should an emergency, such as a fire, occur. The town, which has a population of about 13,000, draws its water from a well. With cooler, wet weather, the town’s reservoirs have now been fully restored, the town said. However, residents must still abide by the water conservation practice. People with an odd number house address can water their lawns on odd-numbered days of the week and even-numbered addresses on even days of the week. No one is allowed to water their lawns or use excessive amounts of water for unnecessary outdoor activities between noon and 7 p.m. any day of the week. The town is conducting a study looking at a new well to address the water supply needs in the future.
Faulty sensor caused outage The July 12 blackout that left 10,000 residents throughout Red Deer in the dark can be blamed on a faulty sensor. Electric Light and Power’s investigation conclude that a sensor misread shut down the system. Sensors are on substation transformers to monitor operations and protect equipment from damage. One of the sensors misinterpreted an unknown vibration as a gas pressure issue and automatically shut down the system to ensure major equipment was protected. There was no damage to the equipment. Power went out for about 10,000 residents tin the city for about an hour. Jim Jorgensen, Electric Light and Power manager, said reports from other utilities indicate these sensors have been found to occasionally register false readings. The city is following the practice of other jurisdictions and has blocked the sensors from initiating a shutdown. “Other devices continue to monitor operations of the substation and we have ordered a different technology to replace these units,” he said. Red Deer experiences 100 to 150 power outages a year lasting more than two minutes. Among the causes of outages in 2013, 42 per cent were due to equipment issues, 19 per cent were caused by birds contacting lines and equipment, 10 per cent were due to fallen trees, and nine per cent were caused by vehicle impacts.
War Memorial Tour has space A war-related tour by Red Deer Heritage still has space available. City residents are invited to attend the launch ceremony of the War Memorials Tour at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Veterans’ Park, located at 49th Avenue and Ross Street. To mark almost 100 years since the First World War, Red Deer Heritage is putting on the tour of the local war memorials. A guided bus tour will depart shortly after the formal ceremony, and return by 3:30 p.m. The tour was developed to honour those who fought and served in wars and conflicts. It also acknowledges the people who remained behind while supporting those fighting in distant lands. In August, a new tour map will be released by Red Deer Heritage of the local war memorials. For those interested in reserving a spot on the guided bus tour, preregistration is required before
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Rebekah Walker, left in yellow, and Katelyn Schmidt hand out free ponchos as rain starts at the 2014 Westerner Fair and Exhibition. Severe thunderstorm warnings, as well as a tornado watch, were in effect, and the rides were closed for roughly half an hour until the rain subsided.
Westerner attendance down in wet weather Westerner Days Fair and Exposition drew solid crowds but attendance was down from last year. Dodgy weather was to blame, with spells of rain on many days, including a torrential downpour that swept through late Sunday afternoon. “I was on site with my family and we barely made it into the petting zoo on time,” said Erin Gobolos, Westerner Park marketing manager. The final count for this year’s Westerner was
92,872, well short of the 2012 record of 102,665. Numbers also fell short of last year’s count of 95,488. Despite the slightly lower attendance, fair organizers were pleased with this year’s version. Among the changes that went over well with the public this year were free evening concerts at the Centrium with gate admission. That promotion could be coming back next year.
Thursday. To register, call 403-342-8147 or email rsvp@reddeer.ca. Attendees are also invited to participate in selfguided tours using the map available at www.reddeer.ca/heritage.
may change. Free parking is available around the site, including at Sorenson Station. Bicycles must be walked and skateboards must be carried during CentreFest. No dogs are permitted during the festival. Entry into the festival is free but donations to performers are encouraged. All performances are in the “pass the hat” tradition. Sneak a preview of the entertainment at the kickoff barbecue in the City Hall Park at noon on Friday. Burgers, chips and pop for $5. On Saturday evening, head to Fratters Speakeasy (at 5114 48th St.) for an adults-only evening stage show. The show starts at 9 p.m. with the doors opening at 8. For more information, visit www.centrefest.ca.
CentreFest is coming Get ready to pass the hat. Central Alberta’s largest street performer festival is back for another fun-filled and jaw-dropping weekend. Prepare to be wowed in downtown Red Deer at the intersection of Ross Street and 49th Avenue for the 12th annual CentreFest. The 2014 festival runs from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. New this year is Circus World, where some of the performers will be teaching circus tricks such as stilt walking, juggling, plate spinning and much more on the City Hall Park lawn. This year’s lineup includes American Pogo Fred, a multiple Guinness World Record Holder, who will put on an acrobatic, extreme stunt pogo show; The Funny Waiter Show featuring Jonathan Park; and The Kif-Kif Sisters from Quebec. There’s also The Red Trouser Show, Rob Torres and Thom Sellectomy and Geoff Cobb from the United States. Roving performers throughout the site include Alberta acts That Don Cherry Guy, Schuyler Snowdon, Acme Circus and That Piano Bike. Kids of all ages will enjoy interactive artists such as Heart of A Child, Mai McLean, Shari’s Tattoos and Gizzmo the Clown. The music stage features artists such as Ryan and the Folkarounds, Oldbury, Dean Ray and FoxJaw. Performances on both days start at 1 p.m. Scheduling
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New trial in assault case A new trial date has been set for a Red Deer man accused of assaulting a local woman who attended his home to inspect an item advertised online. Red Deer City RCMP responded at about 5 p.m. on Feb. 19 to a 911 call at a home in the Clearview subdivision. Police said a woman at the scene complained that she had been pushed and shoved after entering the home. She is alleged to have kicked the suspect and escaped, and then called for help from inside her vehicle. Cory Michael Schafer, 40, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault, threatening to cause bodily harm and breaching terms of a probation order. In Red Deer provincial court on Monday, Schafer confirmed his plea and stated that he has not been able to hire a lawyer and will therefore represent himself in court. His trial is set for Sept. 12.
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FAMILY The moments you can’t take back Today I would like to give you, my lovely readers, just four (out of thousands) of embarrassing moments my children can never take back; reminding you that you are certainly not alone in this thing we call parenthood. ● Sophie and I were in a public restroom at the beach recently. After she relieved herself, I told her to stand to the side so I could sit down to do my business. (Before I go on let me add this was a rather busy bathroom that was packed tight with listening ears.) As I hovered myself over the toilet, she looks at my LINDSAY bum, then at my face … then at BROWN my bum again. She then yells out and I mean YELLS in the ME PLUS THREE most compromising kind of way, “Mama, your butt is too big for this potty, is that why you don’t sit down?” ● I am not one to pass gas in front of just anyone, heck, my best friends of 15 years have seldom heard me do the deed. It personally just feels icky (for lack of a better term) and I prefer to keep my business to the solitude of a washroom or secluded area. However, there are moments when your stomach is in a retched knot of gassiness and you know that the small and innocent act of passing gas will make you feel a million times better. The kids and I were in the grocery store — I am in such stated predicament, so I began looking for a discreet locale to … well … release. It was then that Sophie took off in a run for no apparent reason. It was then that I grabbed Lars and hobbled awkwardly after her. It was then that I desperately tried to hold it in, yet found myself completely unsuccessful in that plight. Let me paint you a picture: me running, butt clenched in futility, screaming at my child in a disturbingly demonic voice to, “Stop, stop where you are!” All the while I am exhaling loud puffs of pong from my rear. People are looking. People are pointing. And to add insult to injury, Lars begins laughing hysterically asking, “Why are you farting so much Mom?” ● I love dresses, they are cool and their flow is simply perfect for the balmy summertime weather.
What they are not perfect for is going on walks with the kids. Unfortunately, this little nugget of information came to me a little too late. The day was a scorcher but the kids wanted to go for a walk to the park. I slapped some sunscreen on them, their hats and shoes, and we were ready to roll. I decided a nice long walk would get them good and tired so we opted for one of the further parks from our home. We arrived, they played and all was good. As we were walking back, I could see the fatigue in the children, especially little Sophie as she was trailing behind us considerably. It would not be long before she was dragging herself by fingertips along the black asphalt path we trudged. So I grabbed my babe by the arms and swung her up onto my back. We walked for a bit and several times snickering skateboarders would roll past us laughing their juvenile raunchy laugh. I was beginning to wonder what the hell was so funny when I caught a brisk draft floating in and around an area in which the wind usually does not grace. Turns out the girl’s foot had slipped under the hem of my dress as I lifted her up, revealing my backside for all of the path’s patrons to see. On the bright side, I got a bit of a tan on an otherwise pretty pasty zone. ● Over winter, the kids and I did a lot of swimming at the pool. On one occasion, after swimming as we were getting changed in the change-rooms, I unintentionally flashed everyone in the joint … almost full frontal. Let’s just say ‘full enough’ frontal. This is what you get when you dress your children first and leave for last the struggle of removing your sticky clingy one-piece that is not nearly as flattering when peeling down your body. Your three-year-old daughter will indeed get bored of watching your undertaking and decide to fling open the door to the stall. There I was standing half naked and in shock to a room full of women and children, rolls of belly jelly hanging over the bottom half of suit that was still sucking in my lower portions (I’d like to say thankfully, but I’m not sure if ‘thankful’ would be the word for it). At that moment, I was a deer in the headlights and all I could do was stand there trusting I was not the only woman who had ever been duly embarrassed by their unaware offspring. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.
Educational needs vary from public to private schools Q: Can you help us decide on a strategy for giving our child the best possible education? Our daughter is ready to start school, and we want to get her moving in the right direction. Jim: No one can tell you exactly how you should proceed, and I don’t believe that any one option will provide the optimal environment for every child. It’s possible your daughter may thrive in the public school system. On the other hand, she may do her best learning in a private school setting or a homeschool program. For some children, the JIM best plan involves a mix-andmatch approach with varying DALY amounts of time in different educational settings. For these reasons, I’d suggest you carefully investigate and evaluate all types of schooling: public, private, charter and homeschooling. In each case, there are positive and negative considerations to be weighed. For instance, although homeschooling has a great deal in its favor, including security, stability and flexibility, the load of responsibility usually falls to the mother. A warm and nurturing environment is often found in private schools, but one may not be close by or the cost may be an obstacle. Similarly, charter schools aren’t available in every community, and when they are, their particular curricular emphases are not always suited to everyone’s educational tastes or needs. Finally, although many public schools have maintained excellent standards, they vary considerably in the quality of education and environment they provide. In the end, I’d encourage you to base your decision on several considerations, including the abilities and temperament of your child, the quality of the schools in your area and the degree to which they will respect and support your family’s values and worldview, the stability of your home, your fi-
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nancial situation, and ultimately what works best for your child and your entire family. Q: While searching for a movie review, your pluggedin.com website came up third on Google’s list options. I checked it out and noticed that you also review music, TV & video games. These days there are a lot of websites that review entertainment. Why should I use yours? Bob Waliszewski, Director, Plugged In: You’re quite right in your assessment of the entertainmentreview landscape. The proliferation of the Internet has made it possible for just about anyone who’s purchased a movie ticket, listened to a song, watched a TV program or played a video game to blog, tweet or post their thoughts and opinions on the Web. Not to minimize the contributions of other film critics, but almost all of them review motion pictures from an entertainment point of view. Following a long established pattern introduced by a London newspaper 102 years ago, the opinions of these critics are focused almost solely on and limited to the acting, dialogue, plot and special effects of a particular film. Plugged In, however, takes a very different approach. While not discounting the importance of a film’s art value, we review entertainment from a “messaging” point of view. What concepts and values are being conveyed in the film? Does the film uplift, encourage or inspire? Does the movie glamorize behaviors and/or attitudes that run contrary to a JudeoChristian worldview? While there are a few other review sites that evaluate media with “family friendliness” in mind, I believe PluggedIn.com is the only one that reviews not just movies, but TV programs, video games and top-charting music. Plus, we’re donor-supported, meaning there’s no membership fee to access any of our reviews, articles or blogs. Our goal is simply to serve families by helping them navigate the often murky world of today’s entertainment. Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.
Everyone has a tic at Camp Twitch and Shout, where children learn to embrace their disorder BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WINDER, Ga. — Eleven-year-old Blake Desadier thought his mom was lying when she told him there were other kids like him with Tourette’s syndrome. Then he went to Camp Twitch and Shout, a weeklong summer camp for children with Tourette’s, a neurological disorder that makes people have different types of involuntary muscle movements or speech. The camp helps children embrace the disorder. Many of the counsellors also have Tourette’s. “My mom wasn’t lying to me about how many people have Tourette’s,” said Blake, who is from New Orleans. His face twitches and he clears his throat uncontrollably. Blake is one of about 170 kids who attend the camp each year. It ended Friday. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke estimates 200,000 Americans have the most severe form of Tourette’ syndrome. Symptoms are often worse in the early teens but improve into adulthood. Boys are affected more often than girls. Audrey Vogel attend-
ed camp four years ago when she was 14. Now, she is a counsellor in training. “It was honestly one of the coolest moments in my life and, this sounds weird, but everyone was just ticcing,” Vogel said of her first camp. “Kids were throwing themselves on the floor, they were screaming at the top of their lungs. I have a tapping tic where I have to tap people 8 times on the shoulder. No one even cares.” Vogel said the camp changed her life. She is now open to telling people about her condition. Located at a state park in Winder, about 50 miles east of Atlanta, the camp was started six years ago by a handful of parents whose children have Tourette’s. Tricia Kardon is one of the co-founders and camp director. “Our vision was to have a place where no one would question their disorder, where they could be normal and they could have typical camp experiences. And, hopefully change their life,” she said. The children’s tics range from mild to severe. One child spits in someone’s face and apologizes. Others fall unexpectedly, so counsellors always have an eye on them.
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Is patience out of date? “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” — Saint Augustine, early Christian theologian and philosopher “Just a minute,” said Jerry. “I need to respond to a post.” “Something important?” I asked, leaning back in my chair. “Maybe,” he replied. “It’s someone asking for a quote.” I watched as Jerry perused the message on his smartphone. “At 9:30 at night?” I glanced at my watch. “Kind of late, isn’t it?” “Naw, this is pretty common,” replied Jerry. “I get posts at all hours.” I watched Jerry doublethumb a quick text message, proof it and then hit send. “I don’t understand,” I said. “Can’t you send them a response in the morning?” MURRAY “Today’s consumer exFUHRER pects immediate response. In the morning might be too late.” Before I could say another word, Jerry’s phone chirped again, demanding attention. “Just a minute,” he said. “He’s responded and he wants some more information.” As I sat there waiting for Jerry’s texting adventures to conclude, I began to wonder about the art of patience and whether or not it was still a virtue in our modern world. I wondered too if our willingness to do business at all hours wasn’t fuelling some rather unrealistic expectations. I have heard patience described as the ability to sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension or frustration or, at least, without letting anxiety, tension and frustration overwhelm us. It’s easy to become impatient. We get impatient when the Internet fails to load quickly enough or when a business doesn’t provide free WiFi. We get impatient when a driver on the highway is going the speed limit. We become impatient when the lineup at the grocery store or gas station isn’t moving along as quickly as we think it should be. A virtue, yes but to me patience is also a powerful life skill that can tremendously reduce stress and tension. Mastering patience can help make life more enjoyable. Without patience, we become irritable, feel victimized and even outraged – self-defeating reactions that alienate others and bring out the worst in them and ourselves. Without patience there is only chaos. In recent years, patience has gotten a bad rap. Think of the last time someone asked you to be patient. Did the suggestion feel unreasonable and inhibiting — an unfair halting of your goals and aspirations? Frustration — by definition — is a feeling of agitation and intolerance triggered when needs are not met or when gratification must be delayed. As with Jerry’s clientele, we’ve become much too used to immediate results. Without patience, everything seems to stand in our way — even friends and family. But with patience, we are able step back and regroup instead of impulsively or aggressively reacting, being constantly on the defensive. Wallowing in frustration leads to endless dissatisfaction, placing us at odds with life. Frustration kills humour, love and joy. It can even lead to procrastination or an unplugging from the challenges and opportunities life has to offer. Frustration is not the key to any door. To me, patience is not passivity nor is it resignation. Patience doesn’t make you a doormat or unable to set boundaries with people. Rather, just the opposite is true. To me, patience is a powerful component of healthy self-esteem. Perhaps the biggest difference between patience and frustration is that frustration focuses on externals while patience is a drawing inward toward a greater wisdom. Patience give you time to ponder and grasp the situation to get a larger, more expansive viewpoint in order to determine right and appropriate action. It is an exercise in self-awareness comprised of waiting, watching and knowing when it is appropriate to act – and then, when it time is right – acting with courage and confidence. When we remain open and accepting of all that is unfolding around us we are practising patience. Judith Orloff is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and UCLA and author of Emotional Freedom. Orloff is an expert on patience and defines it as an active state. According to Orloff, patience means waiting your turn and knowing intuitively that your turn will come. “With patience,” explains Orloff, “you’re able to delay gratification, but doing so will make sense and feel right. Why? (Because) intuition intelligently informs patience. It’ll convey when to have it and if something is worth working on or waiting for.” Orloff claims that her secret to breakthrough healing is enormous patience. “Anything less would impede healing.” To practise patience, try this exercise from Orloff’s book. Find a long, slow-moving line — perhaps in the grocery store, bank or gas station. Now here’s the switch: instead of getting irritated or pushy, which taxes your system with a rush of stress hormones, take a breath. Tell yourself, “I’m going to wait peacefully and enjoy the pause.” Meanwhile, try to empathize with the overwrought cashier or harried employees. Smile and say a few nice words to the other beleaguered people in line. Use the time to daydream — to take a mental vacation from work or other obligations. Notice the stress release you feel and how your body relaxes. “Lines are an excellent testing ground for patience,” says Orloff who suggests we think of life as a practice stage. “To strengthen this asset, I highly recommend standing in as many (lines) as possible.” Practising patience will help you dissipate stress and give you a choice about how you respond — rather than react — to disappointment and frustration. When you can stay calm, centred and refuse to be drawn in the clutches of frustration, all areas of your life will improve. “If we are facing in the right direction,” declared the Buddha, “all we have to do is keep walking.” In my self-esteem practise, I prefer to think of patience as a meditation. Patience helps me bridge a gap between myself and others. It helps me to grow in my awareness and build empathy with others. Develop patience in your immediate world and you can apply it to anything. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.
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LUANN July 22 2003 — In northern Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s sons Odai and Qusai die after a gunfight with U.S. forces. 1968 — Canada signs Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty at Moscow, London and Washington. 1965 — Ontario Court of Appeal grants citizenship to Dutch immigrants Ernest and Cornelia Bergsma, who were previously denied
because they were atheists. 1961 — Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker opens Northwest Telecommunications System in Whitehorse, the largest single microwave project in Canada. 1948 — Second Newfoundland referendum in less than two months gives narrow 7,000 majority for union with Canada. 1908 — Prince of Wales arrives at Quebec City to celebrate the city’s 300th anniversary. 1847 — British Act gives Canada power over own taxation. Canada can now raise own duties for revenue.
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MAPLE LEAF RAISED AT ATHLETES VILLAGE AHEAD OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES
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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GLASGOW — Chantal Petitclerc has watched the Maple Leaf go up to the sounds of O Canada countless times over her illustrious 20-year career as a wheelchair racer. Monday afternoon, she wore the smile of a proud parent when the Canadian team marched in for the traditional flag-raising ceremony at the Commonwealth Games athletes village. “It’s really an amazing experience being here, watching the athletes getting ready,” Petitclerc said. “I’ve been retired six years now, so it’s enough distance to actually know what it’s like, but not wanting to be there myself because I’ve done it, but really wishing the best for all of them.” The 44-year-old, who won 21 Paralympic medals including 14 gold, is Canada’s chef de mission in Glasgow. She led some 100 Canadian athletes plus coaches and staff members into Monday’s welcome ceremony. “It’s a very new feeling for me, because as you know athletes can be very egocentric. So after 20 years of thinking about myself and my own performance, it is a great feeling caring and wanting the best for all the other athletes,” Petitclerc said. Canada is fielding a team of 265 athletes for the Games, and those in attendance Monday, decked out in their white and red Canada T-shirts and white track pants, were all smiles as the Canadian flag was raised and O Canada played. Bal Gosal, Canada’s sports minister, greeted the athletes with a handshake. The festive ceremony on a sundrenched afternoon featured a performance by young singers and dancers, some with fiddles and guitars. Susan Nattrass, a veteran of six Olympics and now five Commonwealth Games, will carry Canada’s flag into Wednesday’s opening ceremonies. She took the opportunity to mingle with her teammates. “It’s such an honour and you want to be very appreciative. And then you also really encourage everyone to enjoy it,” Nattrass said. “It’s fun. I was talking to the (lawn) bowlers today. And the rugby guys. It’s really fun and it’s
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Trap shooter Susan Nattrass smiles as she displays the Canadian flag as members of the Canadian team attend their welcome ceremony at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday. Nattrass is the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.
MORE ON CANADA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES B7 really interesting to see and meet with people and hear of their experiences.” The athletes village, which sits in the shadow of Celtic Park — normally home to Celtic FC soccer club and the venue for Wednesday’s opening ceremonies — was abuzz with athletes milling about at the nearby shopping area and hair and nail salon. “We’re really excited. The village has been great — feels like you’re at home,” said Kate Gillis, captain of Canada’s women’s field hockey team. The positive vibe was a departure from four years ago when organizers were still rushing to finish the athletes village — amid complaints of unsanitary conditions — and sports venues at the Games in New Delhi. An outbreak of norovirus, a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness, made headlines in Glasgow last week after 53 employees at the athletes village fell ill. But Glasgow officials said the virus was under control, and shut
down a temporary toilet facility that was identified as the likely source of the bug. Preparation for Glasgow has been otherwise smooth sailing. There have been no grumblings about venue construction, tickets are sold out for many events, and the athletes have raved about the athletes village. The only minor concern has been about the weather in a country known almost as much for its soggy conditions as its Scotch and its shortbread. But there was no rain in sight Monday as temperatures reached 22 C. And the forecast is even brighter, calling for sunny skies and temperatures that could soar as 26 this week. The Games feature some 4,500 athletes competing in 17 sports over 11 days. It’s the only fully integrated major Games, with 22 Paralympic events in five sports. Petitclerc, who carried Canada’s flag into the opening ceremonies at
the 2006 Games in Melbourne, Australia, won gold over 800 metres at the 2002 Games — when Paralympic sports were given official status — and then again in 2006. The welcome ceremony, she said, represented the “last countdown” before the athletes’ competitions begin. “So every athlete is really trying to focus on their event and getting a little bit of butterflies, so it’s a very important moment,” she said. “At this point, physically, there’s not much they can do except for resting, so it becomes a mental situation where you’re really trying to find that good place in your head and just be good. “That’s how the village and the team is important because it can provide a home away from home.” The Canadian team’s goal is to reclaim its traditional spot among the top three in the medal table after finishing fourth four years ago in New Delhi behind Australia, England and host India. Canada claimed 76 total medals in 2010, including 26 gold, 17 silver and 33 bronze.
Blue Jays get blown away by Nibali seems Red Sox in series opener set for Tour de France victory
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Red Sox 14 Blue Jays 1 TORONTO — When Drew Hutchison got to the dugout after striking out David Ortiz to end an easy first inning, the Blue Jays starter had nine strikes on 10 pitches and every reason to believe he had his best stuff. Some of his worst followed. Hutchison unravelled quickly from there as he and his Toronto teammates got shelled by the Boston Red Sox in a 14-1 loss Monday night at Rogers Centre. “Just, I guess you could say, one of those nights,” Hutchison said. “It wasn’t good, it was bad. It was probably more than bad.” Not only was it bad, it was the Blue Jays’ worst loss of the season and one that dropped them 3 ½ games back of the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles, who played on the West Coast against the Los Angeles Angels. The Blue Jays’ defeat, their 10th in 14 games, snapped their brief winning streak at two. Hutchison (6-9) allowed six earned runs in less than three innings of work, including a threerun homer by Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew. Meanwhile, the meek offence mustered only three hits, reliever Brad Mills gave up two home runs to David Ortiz and little else went right for the Blue Jays (51-49). “Best thing about it is it’s over with,” manager John Gibbons said. Red Sox starter John Lackey allowed one run on two hits in seven innings to pick up the victory, his 11th of the season. Third baseman Juan Francisco drove in Toronto’s only run off Lackey with a double in the third, and the Blue Jays at one point went 19 straight batters without a base runner. “There’s no at-bats off, pitches off,” said catcher Erik Kratz, who scored after breaking up Lackey’s perfect game with a double in the third. “You can’t just go up there and just swing to swing. I hope that’s not what anybody on this team does, I know it’s not what I do, it’s not what the guys I see in
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Boston Red Sox’s Stephen Drew, second from right, celebrates his three-run home run with teammates, from left to right, Xander Bogaerts, Mike Napoli, and Daniel Nava during third inning baseball action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Monday. our lineup doing.” Gibbons understood that falling so far behind made it difficult on his hitters to do much against Lackey, who finished with just 76 pitches. Hutchison threw almost that many in his 2 1/3 innings of work. “I put us in a terrible position and didn’t really give us a chance to win,” the right-hander said. “Just a lack of execution and not getting the job done.” For a fleeting few minutes, Hutchison was in control. In 10 first-inning pitches he threw nine strikes and sat down Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia and Ortiz with ease. In the second, Hutchison went off the rails. Within his first 10 pitches he allowed three hits and a run and gave up another to make it 2-0 Red Sox before the inning was over. If he were able to stop the bleeding there, the Blue Jays might’ve had a puncher’s chance against Lackey. Instead, Hutchison came one strike away from getting out of the third inning before falling apart.
Boston first baseman Mike Napoli, who started the secondinning rally as well, singled to mark the beginning of the end of Hutchison’s outing. Drew’s threerun shot, a single by Xander Bogaerts and an RBI double by Jackie Bradley Jr. chased Hutchison with two outs in the third. “It’s hard to look out and see your pitcher struggling, see him throwing strikes, seeing him getting ahead and not putting guys away,” Kratz said. “That’s very frustrating.” Gibbons pointed to Hutchison being unable to get his slider over for strikes as a reason the Red Sox knocked him around the park. “I thought Hutch looked really good and then from there on they didn’t miss him,” Gibbons said. “He really had a tough time getting anything going with his breaking ball, spiking a lot of them, yanking a lot of them.” By giving up six runs on nine hits — each stat a career high — Hutchison’s earned run average rose from 4.16 to 4.54. His home ERA reached 7.71 in his eighth start at Rogers Centre in 2014.
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CARCASSONNE, France — Barring a disaster for him on French roads from now until Sunday, the man who looks set to win the Tour de France says he understands that cycling is still paying for its longtime doping plague. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali knows that more than many. Both of cycling’s other “Grand Tours” that he has already won were marred by doping cases. Last year’s Giro d’Italia was tarnished by three positive tests while in the 2010 Vuelta Nibali’s runner-up, Ezequiel Mosquera, later tested positive for a masking agent that can hide blood-booster EPO — long cycling’s designer drug. But on the rest day Monday before the pack heads to the Pyrenees, the serene, talented and methodical 29-year-old Italian was focusing on the race, saying he wants to make sure he avoids a “crisis” like the crashes that forced out rivals 2013 Tour champ Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador. In post-stage news conferences, he has confidently fielded and answered questions about doping. “Unfortunately, those questions arise because we’re paying (for) the past years. I try to answer in the most correct way, like I already did at the Giro last year,” Nibali said after Sunday’s Stage 15. “I’m here to give the best answers I can, and clarify everything about myself. “I’ve always been a flag-bearer of anti-doping.” As the race embarks Tuesday on three days in the Pyrenees mountains, Nibali leads Alejandro Valverde — a 34-year-old Spaniard who once served a two-year ban after being implicated in a blooddoping ring — by 4 minutes, 37 seconds. A few components go into the calculation to understand those gaps, after more than 66 hours of total racing since the Tour’s start in Yorkshire, England on July 5. They include Nibali’s nearly indomitable performance in the mountains, which often prove crucial to separating the strong contenders for the Tour title from the rest of the pack; his relative strength in the time trial, which looms on the nextto-last race day; and the luxury that Nibali has: To focus on the few riders who could threaten him. If any one of them tries a breakaway in the coming days, expect Nibali and his strong Astana team to lay chase. He’ll be keeping close watch in Tuesday’s 237.5-kilometre (147.5-mile) Stage 16 from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon in the Pyrenees. It’s the longest stage this year and features the punishing Port de Bales climb.
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Getting down to business TOTTENHAM’S VISIT ALL BUSINESS FOR MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER AND TORONTO FC TORONTO — With one-fifth of its MLS schedule crammed into 28 days in July, Toronto FC players could be forgiven for wishing that Wednesday’s friendly match with England’s Tottenham was another time. Even former Spurs striker Jermain Defoe, the man of the moment whose transfer to Toronto prompted such strengthening of ties between the two clubs, is keeping the BMO Field friendly in perspective. “There’s no points to gain, but it’s going to be nice seeing my old teammates and the staff,” he said recently. “Beforehand we’ll have a laugh and a joke, but I suppose when the whistle goes, then you do your job and try and win the game.” Asked about the timing of the fixture, Defoe was a little blunter. “Obviously you could say it’s a game that we don’t need,” the English star said. “But at the end of the day, what can you do as players? We just get on with it. It’s important to, I suppose, stay professional. You’ve got to do your job. And if we’ve got to play, we’ve got to play. It’s not going to be as serious, I can’t imagine the tempo’s going to be too high. But we’ll still try to win the game. You still want to have that winning mentality, that every game you play, you try and win.” Toronto midfielder Michael Bradley, who had a brief stint on loan to Aston Villa in 2011, sees the bigger picture. MLS, in its 19th season, needs the respectability it garners from associating with — and doing well against — marquee teams from established leagues. “The reality is still that these games are important for the league,” said Bradley, an American who was a member of Roma when the Italian side defeated Toronto 4-1 on a pre-season tour last summer.
“Certainly the timing isn’t the best, and in a month now where we’re playing a lot of games and now that you throw in a few injuries, it’s easy to look and say that it’s not the perfect day to be playing a friendly. But still when you look at it from the other side, it’s a great chance for our younger players and really for every guy to have 45, 60, 90 minutes against one of the best team in the Premiership.” Added Bradley: “It’s important that when we have these opportunities, we play well and we play in a way that represents the league in a good way.” The Seattle Sounders did just that Saturday, tying Spurs 3-3 before 55,349 at CenturyLink Field in the opening game of Tottenham’s tour and first outing under new manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Toronto friendly is part of the deal that brought Defoe to North America. Tottenham and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment agreed to a four-year agreement that will see Toronto FC and MLSE “provide promotional and branding opportunities, experiential activities and advertising, broadcasting, social media and digital rights across all of MLSE’s properties and media platforms.” MLSE also agreed to sell Tottenham Hotspur FC official merchandise at its retail outlets and support the THFC Official Canadian Supporter’s Club. An MLSE official wasn’t sure if Spurs were hawking TFC goods on the other side of the Atlantic, saying some details still had to be worked out. For Spurs, the partnership is a chance to get a further toehold in North America while linking up with an established sports ownership group that knows the local scene. The world is their market these days. Deloitte’s annual review of football finance, released in June, predicts that the commercial revenues of Premier League clubs will exceed one billion pounds (US$1.71 billion) in 2015-16. Defoe, 31, spent some 11 years in two
Canada’s basketball team seeks valuable international experience in Europe BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — After failing to qualify for this summer’s FIBA World Cup, the Canadian men’s basketball team is making sure it’s prepared to make a run at the 2016 Olympics. Canada is in the midst of a threeday training camp in Toronto to gear up for 11-game exhibition trip through Europe. The goal is to have Canada play competitive teams in hostile environments to try and duplicate the valuable international experience the World Cup would have provided. “Last year we came up short, we had some injuries, I think it really cost us,” veteran guard Carl English said Monday. “This year we’re taking it the right way. We’ve got 11 games in 15 days so we’re trying to simulate a tournament. “The ultimate goal is to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.” Canada went 4-4 at last summer’s FIBA Americas Championship and fell short of a berth in the World Cup, which runs Aug. 30 to Sept. 14. So instead, the Canadians will leave Wednesday for a 20-day, four-city road trip. Canada opens Thursday against Slovenia and will also play in Croatia, Italy and Spain before returning home Aug. 13. “We’re going to learn a lot of lessons while we’re over there, but it’s what these players need,” said coach Jay Triano. “We need to learn the international game and that’s why we picked these countries.” Canada will play games against World Cup host Spain and qualifiers Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia (twice), Ser-
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bia, Turkey and Angola. They will also play exhibition games with non-qualifiers Georgia, Italy and Bosnia. Boston Celtics centre Kelly Olynyk said there are advantages to playing in an exhibition series, where results are secondary to team building. “Everyone wants to play in the (World Cup),” he said. “I think you could look at it as this is going to be a good opportunity to get as many games as we can to come together as a team, build team chemistry, put in a system where you’re not worried about wins and losses as much as you’re worried about the experience and trying to get better.” At 33, English is one of the elder statesmen on the Canadian squad heading overseas. He has been with the national program since 2000. With nearly nine years of experience playing in Europe, the St. John’s, N.L., native will be leaned on heavily. “It’s a totally different game, it’s a lot closer, it’s team oriented, the spacing is different and the whole concept of the game is totally different,” said English, who signed with Spanish team Iberostar Tenerife earlier this year. English said teammates in Europe have been inquiring Canada, especially with players such as Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennet headlining the NBA draft. The University of Hawaii product doesn’t shy away from boasting. “What I say is our goal is in 2016 to be a top 10 team in the world,” English said. “I’m not afraid to say the next (Olympics) that will be past my time (2020 in Tokyo), I’d be very disappointed if these guys weren’t a medal team.”
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Seattle Sounders’ Clint Dempsey, left, battles Tottenham Hotspurs’ Lewis Holtby, center, and Ryan Mason for the ball during the second half of a friendly soccer match in Seattle, Saturday, July 19, 2014. It was the opening game of Tottenham’s exhibition tour against MLS teams. Tottenham next plays Toronto FC on Wednesday. stints with Spurs, scoring 142 goals in a combined 362 appearances in the English Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League matches. He ranks fifth on Spurs’ all-time scoring list and is the club’s top scorer in Europe with 23 goals. But his playing time dwindled under former management there, with the club looking towards 26-millionpound (US$44.4-million) signing Roberto Soldado. No need to shed any tears for Defoe. His weekly TFC paycheque of US$118,846.154 — US$6.18 million over the full season — has no doubt has eased his burden. For many of his MLS teammates, Wednesday’s game is a chance to see how they stack up against the players they see weekly on TV. “When you rub shoulders against them it’s kind of a bar to see where you are,” said Toronto manager Ryan Nelsen, who played for Blackburn, Tottenham and QPR in England after a stint with D.C. United. “That’s how I used to
liken it when I was a young guy, to see what the difference is. Can I match it with these guys? “Once you get a bit older, once you play alongside these guys, you realize that they’re human, they make the exact same mistakes as we all do out here and they’re very similar. The gap’s not as big as everybody thinks.” For 21-year-old defender Doneil Henry the Spurs game is a chance to show what they can do. “Every time I can play an EPL team it really does mean something,” said Henry, who got a taste in the off-season when he trained with West Ham United. “Because that’s where you want to be at the end of the day — (the) topflight.” While Defoe and Bradley are in their own special MLS snack bracket, many of the Toronto players make chump change compared to their Premier League counterparts. The average player in the Premier League earned 1.6 million pounds (US$2.73 million) in the 2012-13 season, according to Deloitte.
Steven Gerrard retires from international football to concentrate on Liverpool BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — England captain Steven Gerrard announced his retirement from international football on Monday to focus on playing for Liverpool. The 34-year-old midfielder made 114 appearances for England over 14 years. Gerrard said he “agonized” over his future after the World Cup in Brazil, where England went out after the first round. He told the Football Association that “this has been a very difficult decision, one of the toughest I’ve had to make in my career.” Gerrard’s career with the Three Lions began with a 2-0 win against Ukraine in 2000.
He is third all-time in appearances for England behind goalkeeper Peter Shilton (125) and David Beckham (115). Gerrard was captain for 38 internationals and scored 21 goals, including three in his 12 World Cup appearances. “I have enjoyed every minute of representing my country and it is a sad day for me knowing that I won’t pull on the England shirt again,” Gerrard said. “To ensure I can keep playing to a high level and giving everything to Liverpool Football Club I believe this is the right decision.” England manager Roy Hodgson was “disappointed” with the decision, but said he understood it. “I must respect his wishes due to the discussions we have had and the amount of thought and consideration he himself has given it,” Hodgson said.
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Cochrane poised to lead Canada in the pool BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ryan Cochrane says spending time in the classroom has helped him better understand what he should be doing in the pool. Applying those lessons in competition has been another matter entirely. The two-time Olympic medallist recently finished his psychology degree at the University of Victoria, but translating some of the knowledge gained from his studies to his swimming hasn’t always been easy. “It’s really hard to change internal patterns and what you do on a daily basis,” Cochrane said in a recent interview. “What I’ve learned in psych is to try to be less neurotic and just let things happen and be OK with that process, but that’s one of the hardest things.” Cochrane, who will lead Canada’s swim team at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, added that one of the benefits of learning about the human mind and behaviour has been the ability to take a step back from the high-pressure environment of competition. “As an athlete you want control over everything,” he said. “You’re trying to better every single precise detail and we’re focusing on that one per cent of things we do wrong, but we’re doing a lot of things right. “It’s that constant berating of yourself — trying to fix those tiny things. You just have to see the bigger picture sometimes.” Part of the bigger picture for Cochrane is that at 25, he’s entering the twilight of his career. Now the veteran on the Canadian squad, Cochrane wants to leave his mark not only on the podium at the Glasgow Games — which open Wednesday and run through Aug. 3 — but also on his young teammates. “When I first started to get success I wanted to be a leader through what I was doing, not necessarily as a vocal leader on the team — that’s really changed,” he said. “(Now) I want to be a vocal leader on the team. I want to share my experience. “Every Games is different, every athlete is different, but if you can instil just one or two things that might help the younger athletes, I think that’s the best thing you could hope for in terms of a legacy.” A six-time medallist at the world championships, Cochrane won the 400- and 1,500-metre freestyle at the Commonwealth Games four years ago in New Delhi. Although he won’t use the word “retire,” in all likelihood Scot-
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Canadian athletes to watch at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the Commonwealth Games, which open Wednesday in Glasgow, Scotland: Ryan Cochrane, Swimming At 25, the Victoria native is the elder statesman on a young Canadian swim team and will be expected to reach the podium in his third — and likely final — Commonwealth Games. A two-time Olympic medallist, Cochrane won both the 400- and 1,500-metre freestyle four years ago at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Cochrane has six career world championship medals and is looking for more Olympic hardware in 2016. Derek Drouin, High Jump The 24-year-old from Corunna, Ont., won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics and again at the 2013 world championships in Moscow. This season, Drouin improved the Canadian high jump record when he became just the 10th man in history to surpass the 2.40-metre mark. Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito, Synchronized Diving The 27-year-old Filion and the 25-year-old Benfeito won bronze in 10-metre synchro diving at the 2012 Olympics, and again at the 2013 world championships. Filion, from Laval, Que., and Montreal’s Benfeito, have had a strong season on the FINA circuit and are contenders for the top of the podium in Scotland.
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Canada’s Ryan Cochrane holds the silver medal that he won in the Men’s 1500m freestyle at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 4, 2013. There are still two years to go before the curtain goes up on the 2016 Summer Olympics, but many of Canada’s top athletes are already on the road to Rio and this month’s Commonwealth Games are a key stop. land will be his final Commonwealth Games appearance as he continues to prepare for what will surely be his final Olympics in 2016. “I’ll be 28 years old (after the Rio Games),” said Cochrane. “It’s hard for some people to understand because you think ’Oh, 28. He should be able to go another 10 years.’ You see hockey players do it, but considering we start at the age of five, it’s a long process. “It’s wear and tear, it’s the mental thing, and it’s also that you want to start your life outside of sport at some point.” The Victoria native has been using this non-Olympic and non-world championships year to train a bit differently in the leadup to the Commonwealth Games, including spending less time in the pool. “We’re trying more sprintbased things,” said Cochrane. “My training has just kind of changed slightly, so we’ll see what those results are like.” They seem to be pretty good so far. Cochrane came third in both the 400- and 800-metre freestyle during the final stop of the U.S. Grand Prix swim-
ming circuit last month and appears to be on track to challenge for the podium in Scotland. He’s also relishing the role of elder statesman on a Canadian team that saw several retirements following the last Olympics, including former world champion Brent Hayden. “The older you get, the faster the years go by,” said Cochrane. “In my first Commonwealth Games in 2006 it was my first international team, it was exciting and you couldn’t wait to get there. “My third Commonwealth Games is somewhere I didn’t think I’d really get to. It’s an exciting team and a pretty young team but I think you can expect great things.” Cochrane said it will be difficult to repeat his podiumtopping performances from four years ago, especially with a new crop of Australian swimmers coming up the ranks. Still, he expects to be right there. “It’s exciting because the event can be pushed that much further,” said Cochrane. “I’d like to get on the podium at least twice.”
Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau, Weightlifting The Montreal native claimed silver in the 75-kilogram category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games before finishing eighth in the 69-kilogram category at the 2012 Olympics. The 25-year-old is back competing at 75 kilograms this summer. Jennifer Abel, Diving The 22-year-old from Laval, Que., was a bronze medallist in three-metre synchronized diving at the 2012 Olympics with former partner Emilie Heymans, and again at last year’s world championships with Pamela Ware. Abel, who will again compete alongside Ware, won gold in the one- and three-metre individual events — as well as a silver with Heymans in the three-metre synchro — at the Commonwealth Games four years ago. Brittany MacLean, Swimming The 20-year-old from Toronto won the 200-, 400- and 800-metre freestyle gold medals at the Canadian trials in April, setting a national record in the 800 in the process. MacLean finished seventh in the 400 metres at the 2012 Olympics as an 18-year-old and could make a breakthrough in Glasgow. Damian Warner, Decathlon The London, Ont., native finished fifth in his Olympic debut two years ago, but improved on that with a bronze-medal performance at the 2013 world championships. The 24-yearold could wind up even higher in Scotland because both men who finished ahead of him at the world championships are from non-Commonwealth countries. Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Heptathlon The 25-year-old from Humboldt, Sask., was second at last year’s world championships and set a Canadian record in the heptathlon last month. Theisen-Eaton’s score at the recent event in Austria would have placed her third at the London Olympics. Ariane Fortin, Boxing The two-time world champion will compete in the 75-kilogram category at the Games. A 30-year-old from St-Nicholas, Que., Fortin is also a seven-time Canadian women’s national champion. She won six straight titles from 2005 to 2010 before reclaiming her crown last year. Conor Trainor, Rugby Sevens The 25-year-old from Vancouver scored a highlight-reel try for Canada at the Glasgow Sevens tournament in May. Canada made its first-ever final at that event and will be looking to build on the performance at the Commonwealth Games.
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HAMILL Hilda 1919 - 2014 Mrs. Hilda Hamill of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully at The Beverly Centre Lake Midnapore, Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at the age of 95 years. Hilda was born on May 26, 1919 at Eatonia, Saskatchewan. She grew up on a farm in the Zorra Area, the eldest of all her siblings. Hilda played a major role in raising her eleven younger brothers and sisters. In her mid twenties, Hilda moved to Winnipeg to start a life of her own. She followed employment and eventually made her way to Edmonton, Alberta, where she met her husband, James. The couple married and then raised their family and farmed near Penhold, Alberta. Hilda lived a long, happy and healthy life. She will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered and forever cherished in the hearts of all her family and dear friends. Hilda leaves to mourn her loss, her son, James (Charlene) Hamill of Red Deer and her daughter, Marie (Tom) Thrall of Okotoks, Alberta and her beloved grandchildren, Anthony and Alyssa Hamill and Laura and Scott Thrall. She will also be sadly missed by her brother, Norman (Darlene) Kauk and two sisters, Julia Vipond and Hedy (Ben) Petersen and her sister-in-law, Peggy Hamill; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family. Relatives and friends are invited to come and pay their respects at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski celebrant. Interment will follow at the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Hilda’s honor may be made directly to a Charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040
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ELIUK Audrey Mae Audrey Mae Eliuk (Roen) passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the age of 75 years. She leaves to mourn her; two sons, Lance (Sheri) of Sylvan Lake, AB and Grant (Waltra) of Innisfail, AB; sisters, Eileen Kinnaburgh of Innisfail, AB and Gwen Riley of Medicine Hat, AB as well as many friends and family in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Audrey was predeceased by her husband, Walter in 2007; sister, Lorraine Himmelspeck in 2009; and her parents, Chris (1969) and Emma Jane Roen (1985). Audrey was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan in 1939 and was raised in Piapot, Saskatchewan where she met her husband, Walter. In 1963 they moved to the family farm by Sylvan Lake and then to Innisfail in 1994. There Audrey worked at the Legion before she retired. The Celebration of Audrey’s Life will be held at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #104 on Friday, July 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Audrey and Walter will find their final resting place in Piapot at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Audrey’s name to the Ladies Auxilary, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 104, 1-5108 49 Avenue, Innisfail, AB T4G 1R1. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.
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ANDERSON Rita 1949-2014 Rita Anderson of Red Deer passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at the age of 65 years. Rita was born on May 15, 1949 in Saskatoon and moved to Red Deer with her family in 1959. She did her schooling in Red Deer starting at Grade 3 and met her best friend, Marilee, who remained her friend until this day. Rita and Don married on February 10, 1968 and together they raised their children. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. Her primary focus in life was her children and grandchildren, attending their school, sports, dance, and various other activities they participated in. Rita will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Don Anderson, her daughter, Kari-Ann (Mickey) Souchuk, and her cherished grandchildren; Joseph, Rhéa, and Grace Souchuk, Corey and Brent Anderson. She is also survived by sisters; Georgette Worth and Janet Roth, and their families, brothers; Ronald and Tom Robert, and their families, numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Rita was predeceased by her son, Ron Anderson, brothers; Bernie and Roland Robert, and her parents. A Celebration of Rita’s Life will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 48A Avenue, Red Deer, on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations in Rita’s name may be made directly to the Red Deer & District SPCA, 4505 77 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 2J1. 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
Obituaries MULHALL (nee Platt) Nora Winifred (Win) 1924 - 2014 It almost seems as though World War II occurred so that we would meet and plan our lives together. I, Victor, was a new posting to her RAF station in June, 1943 and she, only 18, a member of the WAAF, was on staff at the Officer’s Mess. With my very first glance I fell in love, honestly she was so beautiful. She was more hesitant, so dating had to wait. Win loved dancing and she was perfect on the dance floor. We were often apart over the war years, but we met at every opportunity. In April 1945 we married. Fortunately we had two more years in England, enabling Win to say a long good-bye to her Mom and Dad and her 2 sisters and 3 brothers. As a “War Bride” Win would leave them all behind as she headed to Canada in August 1947, and would never see her parents again. She settled first in Weyburn, Sask, a family of three in a “war time” house. There, Win began her real chosen career: having and raising wonderful children. She had eight (in twelve years), she had easy deliveries and often wished that others could be so blessed. She was absolutely devoted to her children: Allan (Di), Dennis (Sharon), Barbara (Yves), Jacqueline (Allan), Douglas (Judy), Gail (Alan), Michael (Pam), and little Victor (his twin) who, much loved, died in infancy. Her small house (with only one bathroom) had bunk beds everywhere, and she was up most nights ‘til midnight, ironing bed linen and the stack of cloth diapers regularly in use. While raising a large family, she was always involved in her community: on committees of home and school associations; canvassing for various illnesses, etc. She was a wonderful friend to the other veteran families on the street and her child-care and instinctive nursing skills were often consulted. Much of her time was spent guiding, molding, advising and helping her children become wise and good adults. Her personal example was always there for them to follow. As her children married and raised families, she spread her love and affection to all. In 1973 there was a move to Red Deer. Now there are 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. In the early years, money was scarce but later Win made regular trips to England (she loved Wardair!). Her English family visited Canada too. She was a great knitter and adept at crosswords and cryptoquotes. At 55, she took up painting and presented minor masterpieces to her kids. After 69 years of marriage and one month short of her 90th birthday, she succumbed to her 5 year affliction Pulmonary Fibrosis on June 27, 2014. Cremation has already taken place. A tribute to her memory is planned for Saturday, July 26, at 1:30 pm. at Parkland Funeral Home, Red Deer (north end of Ethel Taylor Drive).
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CAMPBELL, Lynda Marie 1945 - 2013 We are so thankful to have been given the time we had with you as our mother and grandmother. You sought out the beauty in your surroundings and taught us to stop to listen for the birds song, enjoy the sunsets and to seek out the color in the grey. Praise God for the assurance of knowing we will see you again some day! In the meantime, we will cherish the many fond memories in which you still walk by our side. Love you forever and always, Doug, Leah, Jesse and Sadie
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Helen Lorraine Thompson We want to sincerely thank each and everyone of you for attending Helen’s Celebration of Life. Your love and concern, as expressed with phone calls, cards, flowers, gifts of food and visits, not only now after her passing, but also during her lengthy period of suffering with the dreaded disease of ALS. Thank you to those who made a charitable donation in Helen’s memory. A special thank you to Pastor Randy Fiege, who with his wife, Val, made the 10 hour drive from Saskatchewan to spend much time with us and also conducting the funeral. Also to Pastor Alvin Oberhammer and Pastor Russ Howard. Thanks also to many others including Dr. Philpott, Nurse Nora, ALS workers Carla, Jane, Sue and Ray, everyone who took part in the service via singing and speaking, and moving tables and chairs. An extra thank you to the Ladies of Dickson Lutheran Church for a great lunch and coffee. Thanks to the local Mennonite Church for bringing lunch to the house after the service. Tom from Heartland Funeral Services Innisfail, thank you very much! Helen you are and will be forever loved by Ellwood and family and friends.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
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LOST set of keys with Toyota remote plus 2 black keys on parade route on 47 ave. 403-343-0316 MOUNTAIN BIKE, “Giant”, yellow & pink, lost Sunday July 13 at 2:00 pm between Bower Ponds & 67 St. Fell off of truck. 403-358-9629
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NINTENDO 3DS found at Main Bus Terminal downtown the week of June 9th. Lost by someone in a group of youngsters. May claim by identifying. Call 403-346-0127 SAMSUNG Galaxy S4 phone found in Bower Creekside area. 403-309-7751 to identify
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298
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Caregivers/ Aides
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FRIENDLY, exp., female caregiver wanted for elderly F.. Duties will be personal care, housekeeping & cooking w/companionship. Looking for good company. F/T (44hrs/wk, 2 days off/wk.) & LIVE IN. $10.25/hr. & room & board is $336/mo. Please email resume: mbcruz_lp@yahoo.com LIVE IN caregiver for elderly F. person who doesn’t have use of hands. Lombardi culture read and write Telugu and English and nursing are req’d. 403-782-7156 P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846
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BUSY office req’s F/T Receptionist/AP Clerk. Duties: All aspects of A/P & data entry & general office administration. If you are highly organized have exc. communication & time management skills & are motivated, Reply to Box 1094, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 BUSY office req’s F/T Receptionist/AP Clerk. Duties: All aspects of A/P & data entry & general office administration. If you are highly organized have exc. communication & time management skills & are motivated, Reply to Box 1094, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 ENERGETIC, responsible person required for a permanent 3/4 time (30-36 hrs) position as a Receptionist/Chiropractic Assistant in a busy clinic. Excellent communication and computer skills required. We are looking for a team player with a positive attitude who shares our commitment to patient wellness. Please drop off resume and references to:
Village Chiropractic Clinic #18-6320 Gaetz Avenue NCS OILFIELD SERVICES is seeking an experienced FT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to provide support to our busy Operations base in Red Deer AB. Applicant must be dependable and outgoing. 8 years related experience, Oil and Gas experience an asset. Please send resume to: HRCanada@ncsfrac.com We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Dental
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FT Dental Receptionist required for a brand new dental office in Penhold, just minutes from Red Deer. Dental Experience a must. GOLD Dental Software experience an asset. Please email resume to tammy@ penholddental.ca
RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, July 22, 2014 B9
We are looking for a committed full time receptionist to work in a fast paced oral surgeon’s office Mon-Fri; 8-5 and provide a friendly working environment. Please submit resume to 215-5201 43 St. Red Deer AB. No calls please.
Legal
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Busy downtown Red Deer one lawyer office requires a full time legal assistant with 3 to 5 years experience in corporate/commercial and residential real estate. Position includes conducting all aspects of real estate files, general office duties and telephone reception. Apply in confidence with salary expectation to susanallison@shaw.ca or fax 403-343-7016. Suitable applicants will be contacted for an interview.
Medical
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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A CAREER & NOT A JOB... If you have a vision to help others improve their health... YOU are the person we are looking for! Wellness Coach - Natural Pain Relief Centre requires energetic health conscious P/T Administrative & clinical assistant. Please drop off convincing letter & resume in person to 30C Gaetz Ave. Crossing, Red Deer (Between Quiznos & Booster Juice) Tues. July 22nd - Fri. July 25 Between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Medical Office Receptionist: Full-time position in Red Deer starting approx Aug 5/14. Please fax resume and cover letter to 403-348-2940 by July 29
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JOIN THE TEAM WHO WE ARE Enseco Energy Services Corporation is a specialized oil and gas service provider with operations covering western Canada & the US. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Enseco is currently hiring the following Production Testing positions:
Experienced Day/Night Supervisors Operator Assistants (Entry Level Positions) No experience necessary for operator assistant position. Applicants must have valid H2S, First Aid AB/BC, Driver’s License and will need to pass Pre-Employment screening. BENEFITS Our team members enjoy industry leading compensation packages including competitive wages and a fully comprehensive health benefits plan. APPLY TODAY! Enseco Energy Services encourages all qualified individuals to fill out an online job application form located on the “Careers” section of our website: enseco.com or fax your resume to 780-532-1851
NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com
OIL & GAS OPERATOR
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Oil & Gas Well Testing Night Foremen, Experienced/ Inexperienced Junior Day/Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license. Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages. Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers. Positions available immediately. Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants. MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits. Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com MIDNITE OIL FLUSHBY (Rod Rigs) Experienced Manager/Operator & Derrickhand Positions Available All Tickets Required. Email Resume to safety@midniteoil.ca or Fax 1-866 452-0286
TREELINE WELL SERVICES Has Opening for all positions! Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, (No GDL licenses) and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers. Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please. www.treelinewell.com
Oilfield
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Restaurant/ Hotel
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Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion. Please submit resumes Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY
TR3 Energy is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry We are currently recruiting for:
Heavy Equipment Operators Requirements: Valid Driver’s License H2S Alive Standard First Aid WHIMIS and/or CSTS or PST Pre-Access A&D Testing Ground Disturbance Level 11 Please e-mail or fax your resume to: hr@tr3energy.com Fax: (403) 294-9323 www.tr3energy.com
ZUBAR Production Services 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. Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds
You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
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Trades
IMMEDIATE OPENING ARMOR INC is looking for licensed Diesel & Suspension Mechanic for light duty automotive performance shop. Diesel & transmission exp. preferred. Starting @ $40/hr. Phone 403-346-9188 or email donavan@armorinc.ca
Boundary Technical Group Inc. Is now hiring for:
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$2500 Bonus Every 100 days
Professionals
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Trades
Now Hiring:
REGISTERED PIPEFITTER APPRENTICE
SOUTHPOINTE COMMON and BOWER The successful applicant PLACE Mall Locations. will be a registered apprentice Positions for Pipefitter Steamfitter SUPERVISORS. Looking AND BE for motivated and hard • Organized In the Red Deer and working individuals. Having • A self started surrounding area your own transportation is • Team player Now Hiring: a plus. On the job • Able to take direction Boundary offers a JOURNEYMAN training, but experience in competitive salary and fast food is an asset, and PIPEFITTER This project runs from benefits package must be avail. to work all for FACILITY PROJECT August 18 to August 30 2014, as well as an RRSP store location hours. program. We are a Starting wage $13.50/hour The successful applicant Are you looking to grow Construction/Land with restaurant exp. will be a ticketed, your career in a drug and survey company based in Please specify which store Red Seal Journeyman alcohol free environment, Airdrie. you are applying for. Pipefitter/Steamfitter surrounded by a great team? No open LMO’s to hire • Be able to complete Then Profoxx Energy would Please send resume to: foreign nationals at this time. ISO drawings like to hear from you. FAX: (403) 948-4924 or Email resume to • Measure existing and new We are a professional fast email tanya.dowie@btgi.ca awbsp@xplornet.ca piping projects within growing company that or phone 403-391-0555 an Oil and Gas Plant offers competitive wages and ask for Lynn. • Organized and benefits in a fun Restaurant/ • A Self-starter and safe environment. Hotel Central Alberta’s Largest • Team player Car Lot in Classifieds Submit your resume to: This project runs from JJAM Management (1987) careers@profoxxenergy.com August 18 to August 30 2014, Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Or by fax 780-622-5056 and will be by hand Requires to work at these Sales & only-tools supplied LOA Red Deer, AB locations: We thank all those who and travel pay also supplied 5111 22 St. Distributors apply, but only those 37444 HWY 2 S chosen for interview Are you looking to grow 37543 HWY 2N GRATIAE is seeking will be contacted your career in a drug and 700 3020 22 St. 5 Retails Sales reps alcohol free environment, Manager/Food Services selling skin & body care SHUNDA Permanent F/T shift. $18/hr. products in Parkland Mall - surrounded by a great team? CONSTRUCTION Then Profoxx Energy would 40 hrs/week, + benefits , 1 4747 67th St. Red Deer, Requires Full Time like to hear from you. Vacancy, 2-3yrs. exp., $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. Carpenters We are a professional fast criminal record check req’d, F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. growing company that Apply in person or fax Email resumes: & Helpers offers competitive wages resume to: 403-314-1303 gratiaereddeersr@ Competitive Wages and benefi ts in a fun gmail.com & Benefits. and safe environment. JJAM Management (1987) Fax resumes & ref’s to: WANTED: SALES PERSON Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s 403-343-1248 or email to: Above average wage & Submit your resume to: Requires to work at these admin@shunda.ca benefits. Flexible hours. careers@profoxxenergy.com Red Deer, AB locations: Drop off resume to 5211 50 Ave. Or by fax 780-622-5056 5111 22 St. Truckers/ 37444 HWY 2 S Looking for a new pet? We thank all those who 37543 HWY 2N Check out Classifieds to Drivers apply, but only those 700 3020 22 St. find the purrfect pet. chosen for interview FOOD ATTENDANT CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d will be contacted Req’d permanent shift for moving equipment. weekend day and evening Resumes to be dropped off Classifieds both full and part time. Trades at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Your place to SELL 15 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + Cres. Red Deer. Your place to BUY benefits. Start ASAP. BRICAR CONTRACTING Job description DRIVERS for furniture now hiring Labourers, www.timhortons.com moving company, class 5 Dozer, Excavator, & Education and experience required (5 tons), local & Exp. Rubber Tire not req’d. long distance. Competitive Back Hoe Operators. Apply in person or fax wages. Apply in person. Send resumes by resume to: 403-314-1303 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Fax: 403-347-6296 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 or email: aron@bricar.ca RAMADA INN & SIDING INSTALLER Fluid Experts Ltd. with or without trailer & SUITES COMFORT COLLISION Of Red Deer is seeking tools. F.T. year round req’s Permanent & RESTORATION experienced work, must have truck and ROOM ATTENDANTS Accepting resumes for 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 Attendants. Exp. not nec. Class 1 Operators Autobody Technician. per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 will train. Approx. 35 - 40 to join our team of drivers If you have a genuine hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 hauling clean fluids for the interest in classic cars & STAIR MANUFACTURER $14/hr. Duties incl’d but Oil & Gas Industry. take pride in your work Req’s F/T workers to build not limited to: vacuuming, Home most evenings, please fax resume to stairs in Red Deer shop. dusting, washing floors, scheduled days off, 403-343-8442 MUST HAVE basic carmaking beds, empty trash, company benefits with pentry skills. Salary based disinfecting & cleaning CRYSTAL GLASS exceptional pay structure on skill level. Benefits bathrooms. Performance needs EXP. D GLASS that includes guarantied avail. Apply in person at based bonus program. WORKER. Drop off resalary + hourly when 100, 7491 Edgar Must be fluent with verbal sume at: 4706-51 Avenue hauling. Must be able to Industrial Bend. email: l& written English, be or fax 346-5390 or email: work on their own with physically fit. Applicants branch208@crystalglass.ca earl707@telus.net. and/or minimal supervision. fax 403-347-7913 may apply in person at Fax resume w/all tickets 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer and current drivers Tired of Standing? T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 abstract to: Find something to sit on or email: 403-346-3112 or email to: in Classifieds info@ramadareddeer.com roger@fluidexperts.com - Technologist (Party Chief) - Technician (Rodman) -
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Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS
THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for experienced F/T SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.
Sales & Distributors
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Misc. Experienced Heavy Help
Equipment Operators and Ready Mix Truck Drivers required for Lafarge Operations in Central AB. Must be able to pass a drug test and a physical. Please include references. Please send resumes Attn: Bruce.Ernst@lafarge.com or fax 403 347 8060
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FULL TIME SALES POSITION
FRONTIER BUS LINES Ltd. EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERS
Full time and part time positions available. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends, and must have previous experience driving either motor coach or semi. Clean Class 1 or Class 2 with air.
HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC REQUIRED
Will consider either full or part time. Previous motor coach repair experience preferred.
One of Alberta’s premium used vehicle operations is looking for a full-time sales consultant. Sales Experience is a requirement. Here’s what we offer: • Large Inventory – 2 locations to sell from • Flexible Hours • Excellent Reputation • Excellent Pay Structure • Excellent Benefit Plan
MOTOR COACH CLEANER
Part time position. Shop is located 6 miles from Red Deer. Applicants must have own transportation and be able to work flexible schedule.
Please email or fax resume to:
Trades
MEGA CRANES is now hiring exp’d Class 1 drivers. Boom/crane truck tickets an asset. Please email résumé with drivers abstract to cathy@megacranes.com or fax 403-885-4292 RED DEER BASED TRUCKING COMPANY Looking for Class 1 Tank Truck Drivers & Pressure Truck Operators. Exc. benefits package & top industry wages. Please fax resume to: 403-346-3766 STETTLER TRANSIT MIX Drivers wanted for mixer/pumping concrete. 403-742-2134 or email:stettlertransitmix @gmail.com
TITAN TRANSPORT LTD. We are a flat bed company based out of Saskatoon, SK. with an office in Calgary. We are currently looking for company drivers as well as owner operators. You must have a min. of 2 yrs. exp. with flat beds. Canada/U.S. Call 1-800-667-7080 or 306-374-1739 Ask for Robert
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Misc. Help
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
EMF NUTRITION RED DEER BRANCH is HIRING!! We are looking to fill two positions: Packaging Operator (Bagger) Shipper/Receiver. Please visit our website for more details: www.emf-nutrition .com Apply by July 31st, 2014 Email: hr@ emf-nutrition.com Mail/person: 4747-60th St. Red Deer, Alberta Fax: 204.233.7245 EUROSPORT Looking for mature person with retail sale experience for F/T position at Collicutt location. Interest in sports would be an asset. Apply with resume to: Eurosport Main #118, 5301 43 St. (Old Brew Plaza)
FLUID Experts Ltd. Is seeking to hire
Shop Supervisor
for our Red Deer location. This position is a fulltime and is a salary based Misc. position with company Help benefits upon hire. 11-3 days off schedule. Duties ACADEMIC Express include maintaining shop, assist minor repairs of ADULT EDUCATION units and equipment, AND TRAINING monitor inventories, loading of fluid trucks with FALL START various products for the Oil & Gas industry. Will also • Community Support be trained to blend various products supplied to our Worker Program clients. Ideal candidate would be from the trucking • GED Preparation industry with fluid Hauling experience with class 1 Would you like to take the license. Fax resume w/all GED in your community? tickets and current drivers abstract to: • Red Deer 403-346-3112 or email to: • Rocky Mtn. House roger@fl uidexperts.com • Rimbey • Caroline GROWING National com• Castor pany seeks mechanically • Sylvan Lake inclined service person for • Innisfail Periodic basic equipment • Stettler maintenance in the Red • Ponoka Deer area, for 5-10 service calls per month. Service Gov’t of Alberta Funding times flexible. Perfect for a may be available. young retired person. Will train, must have own 403-340-1930 reliable vehicle and basic www.academicexpress.ca tools. Fax resume or letter of interest to 905-760-1233 CEA AIR or email to dispatch. (Custom Energized Air Ltd) canada@air-serv.com. a respected leader in the pneumatics industry is GROWING AGAIN and we are looking for:
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Exp’d Industrial Inside Sales /Order Desk Personnel for our Red Deer Branch A mechanical aptitude and /or knowledge in pneumatics is an asset. Compensation is negotiable depending on experience includes health plan. We look forward to hearing from you; please submit resumes to: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com COMPANY req’s live in retired maintenance person for our apartment operations. Journeyman plumbing exp. an asset. Call Mike for details 403-342-4923
Employment Training
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 PERSIMMON PATCH F/T & P/T POSITIONS Monday - Friday Apply at 6810-52 Ave. No exp. necessary, will train.
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ENROLL TODAY! Classes Starting Soon!
HEALTH CARE AIDE Academy of Learning HCA program offers:
Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Job Search and Resume Writing Course First Aid / WHMIS
3 On-Site Clinical Practicums No Waiting List Scrubs are provided
Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer
frontbus@platinum.ca 403-347-4999
Contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview. Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca
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Truckers/ Drivers
www.academyoflearning.ab.ca
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Dental
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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here
Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com
We are currently seeking a well-organized and reliable individual to join our Fleet department out of Red Deer Alberta.
VALVE TECHNICIAN/SHOP ASSISTANTS Isolation Equipment Services Inc. an expanding Oil Service Company is willing to train the right candidates as valve technicians and/or shop assistants in its fast and mechanical environment.
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Benefits: • Excellent hourly wage • Lucrative Safety Bonus and Christmas bonus • Excellent benefit plan • Retirement plan Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop by #239-37428 RR273 Clearview Industrial, Red Deer County Attn: Lori Enzie
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Duties include but not limited to the following: • Assembling and repairing control valves/frac heads • Calibration, testing and troubleshooting of valves as well as measurement and valve related instruments • Disassembly, cleanup and evaluation of parts • Signing and documenting date compliance sheets • Pressure testing processes with experience, will train • Forklift experience/loader experience, will train • Must be 18 years of age or older to apply • Must supply driver’s abstract
Credentials: Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic Trade Certification, 3rd period apprentice, 4th period apprentice, Heavy Duty Equipment Red Seal Endorsement, Commercial Vehicle Inspection Certificate an asset, must have a valid Class 1 or 3 Driver’s License. JOB OVERVIEW - Diagnose/troubleshoot & complete repairs on all company equipment which includes, diesel/gas powered automobiles, Heavy Trucks, Oilfield Well Servicing Equipment, Cranes, loaders, forklift and trailers. - Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts. - Test repaired equipment for proper performance, clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work, verify and repair emission control systems. - Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes. - Use of computer to input information on the units and for the company maintenance program regarding work/purchase orders. - Order material/parts that are required to complete the repairs - Be able to work under pressure in certain situations that require a quick turnaround process. - Must be able to read, write, spell and verbally communicate clearly in English. Benefits: • Excellent hourly wage • Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus and Christmas Bonus • Excellent benefit plan • Retirement plan Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop by #239 Clearview Drive Clearview Industrial Park Red Deer County Must be 18 years of age or older to apply, and able to pass a pre-employment test.
Accounting
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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351
Cleaning
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HONEST dependable lady will do house cleaning, laundry, ironing. In town or country. Call 403-309-4640
Contractors
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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??? We’ll do it all...Free est. Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 FENCES & DECKS 403-352-4034
Contractors
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DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.
Massage Therapy
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FANTASY MASSAGE
International ladies
Now Open
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Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445
EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822
MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161
Eavestroughing
Painters/ Decorators
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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
Roofing
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PRECISE ROOFING LTD.
VII MASSAGE 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. 403-896-4869 #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Escorts Pampering at its RE-ROOFING Specialist BEST! Quality work at an KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* affordable price. 10 yrs. 403-986-6686 INDEPENDENT w/own car exp. 403-350-7602 Come in and see why we are the talk Seniors’ of the town. Fencing www.viimassage.biz Services
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CHAINLINK FENCING Commercial/Residential Dog Runs/ 403-304-5055
Handyman Services
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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
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Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT
Misc. Services
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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned. BBB member. 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca
HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.
Window Cleaning
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ROBUST Cleaning Services WINDOW CLEANING outside/inside. Free quotes. 403-506-4822
B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Advocate Opportunities
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Misc. Help
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Firewood
AFFORDABLE
Homestead Firewood CARRIERS REQUIRED LUBE TECH wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement. Fax resume to 341-5066
To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake
TURPLE BROS. LTD. Is taking resumes for: Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing or power sport industry. F/T positions avail. Please forward resume to HR Department Fax: 403-341-4910
Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds
Advocate Opportunities
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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/week in:
stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990
Building Supplies
GLENDALE
KENTWOOD
JOHNSTONE CROSSING Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info
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SOLID core cedar clad 2’wide door w/frame $100 403-227-2976 TWO 8’ x 12’ x 3”, 11’ x 12’ x 2”, two 2x4’s 12’ long, two 2x4’s x 11’, seven 4x4’s x 10’, 4x4x9’ $50 for all 403-342-0193
EquipmentHeavy
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.
Advocate Opportunities
PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the
RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week. Delivery by 6:30 a.m. Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver. Phone 403-314-4316
ANDERS INGLEWOOD AND VANIER AREAS
Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
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Garden Supplies
LAWNMOWER rear bag,6.5 B & S motor, 1 yr. old $190. 403-314-0804 SEARS ELECTRIC LAWN MOWER $50. 403-346-5745
Household Appliances
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FRIDGE, Kenmore 21 cu ft. 8 yrs. old, black, Like New. $200. o.b.o 403-343-2754 FRIDGE, McClary $100 obo. SOLD MAYTAG WASHING MACHINE good cond. $175. 403-877-3323 PERMA WASHING MACHINE (Sears). Good cond. $175 403-877-3323
Household Furnishings
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SOFA bed, mid brown, brand new. $100 Firm! 403-343-3097
WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514
Misc. for Sale
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4X8 DYNAMO COIN OP POOL TABLE & Various Arcade & Pop Machines. Call 403-314-0594
Misc. for Sale
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ELECTRIC Black & Decker Apartment Size Oven, $75 obo. 2 End tables, $15/pair. Night Stand, $15. 403-348-1905 SEARS ELECTRIC LAWN MOWER $50. 403-346-5745 Vintage HOHNER accordion (circa 1940’s) with carrying case. $140.† Call (403) 342-7908.
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30 TABLETS for dogs and cats only to help maintain proper liver functions, exp. 2015, $50 403-227-2976
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Sporting Goods
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HOME gym w/leg press $500 403-358-1420 HUGE INVENTORY OF FLY FISHING INVENTORY Vices, materials, feather capers, shaneels, threads, etc. Asking $35 obo. **SOLD** NORDICTRACK TREADMILL $250 obo. Must sell. Very gently used 2009. Lots of bells & whistles, c/w mat & manual. 403-358-5730 SET OF SIX IRONS: 5 iron - pitching wedge.† KZG heads, graphite shafts (senior/”A” flex), right-handed, new grips. In excellent condition.† $150.†Call (403) 342-7908.
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Farm Equipment
2010
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CUSTOM BUILT NEW HOMES by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550
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2009 KAWASAKI Vulcan 900. Orange, 7000 km. $5500 obo. 403-357-4335
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Holiday Trailers
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1983 23’ Triple E. Good cond. $3500 obo. 403-728-0004
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1 - T.S Gamefisher motor. ************* 1 - 12’ aluminum boat w/9.9 Mercury motor, Calkins trailer, $3500. ************ 1 - 16’ Fiber Teck Deep Hull 60 HP motor, Evenrude, Calkins trailer, incl. all access. Loaded. $6500 403-346-6751
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HITCH - fits Chevy. New. $100. 403-314-0804
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Auto Wreckers
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2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street. Parking is avail. $1800/mo. 1983 2 BDRM., 1 bath, 403-343-9300 carport, addition, back deck, new metal 8x10 shed, central air, peaked roof, new laminate Warehouse flooring & new ceiling texture. Space Located in Innisfail. $49,500. 403-865-1996 or 597-7063 RIVERSIDE Industrial IN HALLKIRK, $15,000 is 5280 sq. ft. office/show a mobile home, perfect for room, mezzanine, sump, a couple, needs minimal overhead door. renovations. 780-583-3280 403-588-4081
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457 Acres Prime Farmland 2,285,000. Surface Lease Rev. $37,535. 12 miles E. of Ponoka on Hwy. #53. Email: c_mcleod@telus.net Call: 780 910-9467
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1995 MAZDA B3000 TRUCK with topper, new battery. 403-343-2043 after 5 p.m.
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2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900. 403-350-6434 1992 CADI Eldorado Coupe. Clean car, loaded w/options, tires like new, runs sweet. 403-341-4260 or 598-4260 2003 DODGE Neon loaded safetied 403-352-6995
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SCOREBOARD Baseball
B11
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014
Local Sports
Baltimore New York Toronto Boston Tampa Bay
American League East Division W L Pct 53 44 .546 50 48 .510 51 49 .510 47 52 .475 47 53 .470
GB — 3 1/2 3 1/2 7 7 1/2
Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Chicago Minnesota
Central Division W L Pct 55 41 .573 50 49 .505 48 50 .490 48 52 .480 45 53 .459
GB — 6 1/2 7 8 10
Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Houston Texas
West Division W L Pct 61 37 .622 59 38 .608 52 46 .531 41 58 .414 40 59 .404
GB — 1 1/2 9 20 1/2 21 1/2
Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Cincinnati 2 Toronto 9, Texas 6 Detroit 5, Cleveland 1 Boston 6, Kansas City 0 Houston 11, Chicago White Sox 7 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3 L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 5 Oakland 10, Baltimore 2 Monday’s Games Texas 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Boston 14, Toronto 1 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City 1 Detroit 4, Arizona, 3 Baltimore at L.A. Angels, late N.Y. Mets at Seattle, late Tuesday’s Games Texas (N.Martinez 1-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 4-3), 5:05 p.m. Boston (Peavy 1-8) at Toronto (Happ 7-5), 5:07 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 1-4) at Minnesota (Pino 1-2), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (B.Chen 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Carroll 4-5), 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 5-8) at St. Louis (Wainwright 12-4), 6:15 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 12-5) at Arizona (C.Anderson 6-4), 7:40 p.m. Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 4-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 2-7), 8:05 p.m. Houston (Oberholtzer 2-7) at Oakland (Kazmir 113), 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-5) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Cleveland at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 1:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Seattle, 1:40 p.m. Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.
Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia
National League East Division W L Pct 54 43 .557 54 45 .545 46 52 .469 46 52 .469 43 56 .434
GB — 1 8 1/2 8 1/2 12
Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago
Central Division W L Pct 55 45 .550 54 45 .545 52 47 .525 51 48 .515 40 57 .412
GB — 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 13 1/2
West Division W L Pct 55 44 .556 56 45 .554 43 55 .439 43 57 .429 40 59 .404
GB — — 11 1/2 12 1/2 15
San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Arizona Colorado
Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Cincinnati 2 Miami 3, San Francisco 2 Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 3 Washington 5, Milwaukee 4 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 2 Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 2 San Diego 2, N.Y. Mets 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, St. Louis 3 Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 4 Miami 3, Atlanta 1, 10 innings Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 2 Washington 7, Colorado 2 Detroit 4, Arizona 3 N.Y. Mets at Seattle, late Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 6-5) at Pittsburgh (Worley 2-1), 5:05 p.m. San Francisco (Petit 3-3) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 4-8), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Ja.Turner 2-6) at Atlanta (Minor 3-5), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Stults 3-11) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0), 6:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 8-5) at Milwaukee (J.Nelson 1-1), 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 5-8) at St. Louis (Wainwright 12-4), 6:15 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 6-5) at Colorado (Flande 0-2), 6:40 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 12-5) at Arizona (C.Anderson 6-4), 7:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-5) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 1:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Seattle, 1:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. San Francisco at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.
Monday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 001 003 000 — 4 10 0 New York 100 100 000 — 2 5 5 Mikolas, Cotts (8), Soria (9) and G.Soto, Chirinos; Greene, Thornton (6), Warren (6), Huff (8) and Cervelli. W—Mikolas 1-2. L—Greene 2-1. Sv—Soria (17). HRs—New York, Ellsbury (8). Boston 024 260 000 — 14 18 0 Toronto 001 000 000 — 1 3 0 Lackey, Doubront (8), Breslow (9) and Vazquez; Hutchison, Mills (3), Rasmussen (5), Redmond (8) and Kratz. W—Lackey 11-6. L—Hutchison 6-9. HRs—Boston, Drew (3), D.Ortiz 2 (22), Napoli (12). Kan. City 000 100 000 — 1 8 1 Chicago 200 001 00x — 3 6 0 Guthrie, Crow (7), S.Downs (8), Frasor (8) and Hayes; Sale, Belisario (8), Petricka (9) and Flowers. W—Sale 9-1. L—Guthrie 5-9. Sv—Petricka (4). Cleveland 001 010 010 — 3 8 0 Minnesota 021 000 01x — 4 9 2 House, C.Lee (6), Hagadone (6), Axford (7), Shaw (8) and R.Perez; Kr.Johnson, Thielbar (6), Burton (7), Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Fien 5-4. L—Shaw 4-2. Sv—Perkins (23). HRs—Minnesota, Willingham (9). NATIONAL LEAGUE LAD 002 300 000 — 5 12 0 Pittsburgh 000 200 000 — 2 6 0 Ryu, B.Wilson (8), Howell (8), Jansen (9) and A.Ellis; Volquez, J.Gomez (6), Frieri (8), Pimentel (9) and R.Martin. W—Ryu 11-5. L—Volquez 8-7. Sv—Jansen (29). San Fran. 012 003 010 — 7 15 1 Phila. 020 200 000 — 4 14 0 Vogelsong, Kontos (4), J.Lopez (6), Machi (7), Affeldt (8), Casilla (9) and Posey; Cl.Lee, De Fratus (6), Bastardo (7), Manship (8), Hollands (9) and Rupp. W—Kontos 2-0. L—Cl.Lee 4-5. Sv—Casilla (6). HRs—San Francisco, Duvall (2). Miami 000 010 000 2 — 3 8 2 Atlanta 010 000 000 0 — 1 6 0 (10 innings) Koehler, M.Dunn (7), A.Ramos (8), Morris (9), Cishek (10) and Saltalamacchia; Teheran, J.Walden (8), Kimbrel (9), S.Simmons (10), Varvaro (10) and Gattis. W—Morris 7-0. L—S.Simmons 1-2. Sv— Cishek (22). HRs—Miami, Saltalamacchia (10). Cincinnati 000 001 010 — 2 5 2 Milwaukee 003 200 00x — 5 8 0 Latos, Contreras (8) and Mesoraco; W.Peralta, W.Smith (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy. W—W. Peralta 11-6. L—Latos 2-2. Sv—Fr.Rodriguez (29). HRs—Cincinnati, B.Hamilton (6), Negron (2). Wash. 000 400 201 — 7 13 0 Colorado 000 002 000 — 2 10 2 Fister, Barrett (6), Blevins (7), Detwiler (9) and W.Ramos; F.Morales, Kahnle (7), Hawkins (9) and Rosario. W—Fister 9-2. L—F.Morales 5-5. HRs— Washington, Desmond (17).
Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP Bud Norris from Bowie (EL). Optioned C Steve Clevenger to Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX — Sent C Ryan Lavarnway to Portland (EL) for a rehab assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled LHP TJ House from Mahoning Valley (NYP). Optioned RHP Austin Adams to Columbus (IL). DETROIT TIGERS — Sent LHP Pat McCoy to Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with OF Leland Clemmons on a minor league contract. TEXAS RANGERS — Reinstated OF-1B Jim Adduci from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Matt West to Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated RHP Sergio Santos for assignment. Recalled LHP Rob Rasmussen from Buffalo (IL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Activated C Evan Gattis from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Christian Bethancourt to Gwinnett (IL). CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Zac Rosscup to Iowa (PCL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed INF Justin Morneau on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 14 and LHP Boone Logan on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF Ben Paulsen from Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated RHP Jair Jurrjens for assignment. Reinstated RHP Nick Masset from the 15-day DL. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Rob Wooten to Nashville (PCL). Selected the contract of
RHP Jeremy Jeffress from Nashville. Transferred RHP Jim Henderson to the 60-day DL. NEW YORK METS — Reinstated LHP Jon Niese from the 15-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Designated OF Tony Gwynn Jr. for assignment. Optioned INF Cesar Hernandez to Lehigh Valley (IL). Assigned C Koyie Hill outright to Lehigh Valley. Reinstated LHP Cliff Lee from the 60-day DL and INF Reid Brignac and C Wil Nieves from the 15-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with INF Jeudy Valdez on a minor league contract and assigned him to Lake Elsinore (Cal). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Matt Cain on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 11, and 1B Brandon Belt on the 7-day DL, retroactive to July 20. Recalled RHP George Kontos and 3B Adam Duvall from Fresno (PCL). Agreed to terms with 2B Dan Uggla on a minor league contract. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released OF Dusty Robinson. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released RHP Travis McGee. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Released RHP Elliott Engle. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Announced the resignation of NBADL president Dan Reed. CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed F Marvin Williams to a two-year contract. CHICAGO BULLS — Signed F Cameron Bairstow. Re-signed G Kirk Hinrich. DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed F Richard Jefferson. LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed G Nick Young to a multiyear contract.
PHOENIX SUNS — Signed F Anthony Tolliver. SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Re-signed F Matt Bonner. UTAH JAZZ — Signed F Trevor Booker. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DT Landon Cohen and WR Naaman Roosevelt. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed P Kevin Huber, G Clint Boling, LB Marquis Flowers, WRs Ryan Whalen and Colin Lockett, CB Leon Hall and DTs Geno Atkins, Devon Still and Zach Minter on the PUP list. DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed DT Chris Whaley on the waived/non-football injury list. Signed TE Dallas Walker and WR Dezmon Briscoe. DETROIT LIONS — Claimed WR Reese Wiggins off waivers from New England. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DL Seali’i Epenesa. Signed DL Eathyn Manumaleuna. NEW YORK GIANTS — Announced the retirement of G Chris Snee. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Added RB Sam McGuffie and LB Kyle Jones to the practice roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed F Nikita Scherbak to a three-year, entry-level contract. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed D Cody Franson to a one-year contract. American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Signed D Bobby Shea to a one-year, two-way AHL/ECHL contract. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed F Triston Grant and G Rob Madore to one-year contracts.
Tony Stewart hopes to take confidence booster from sprint car victory into Indianapolis BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart heads into the busiest week of his year riding high from a win in his return to sprint car racing. Stewart raced in a sprint car last weekend for the first time since he broke his leg in an extracurricular race last August. He missed the final 15 weeks of the NASCAR season with the injury. He vowed he would continue to live his life, and made good on that promise in Michigan, where on Friday night he climbed into a car at Tri-City Motor Speedway and won. He also raced Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway, where he finished third. “It felt great,” said Stewart, who picked a pair of low-profile races to make his return instead of joining the World of Outlaws, home to the top sprint car drivers. “The Outlaw series was in Pennsylvania, so that’s probably the toughest place in the country to try to go back. It’s probably the toughest race to go to, period,” Stewart said. “I didn’t feel like that was probably the best place to try to go back for the first time. But it was neat to get back in the car, finally, in a scenario that was low pressure.” So what’s next? More racing, but Stewart said his schedule will be lighter than he hoped. The three-time NASCAR champion discussed extracurricular racing with his management team and Stewart-Haas Racing competition Greg Zipadelli and mapped out a schedule that Stewart will follow. They decided on tracks with slower speeds out of safety concerns. “There are some races that I really have my heart set on running,” he said. “I’m trying to be smart about where we’re going.” On Monday, Stewart was headed to Eldora Speedway, the dirt track he owns in Rossburg, Ohio. He’ll be hands-on the next two days as his
BMX William Welikoklad of the Red Deer BMX Club snared four gold medals in the provincial No. 5 and 6 races at Cochrane during the weekend. Welikoklad won gold in the 20-inch class both Saturday and Sunday and also took top honours in the cruiser category both days. Nicolas Hammer also won a gold in the 20-inch class. Other Red Deer BMX medal winners: Cruiser
Today
● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports vs. Printing Place, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Women’s fastball: Snell and Oslund vs. N. Jensen’s, TNT vs. Topco Oilsite, first games of best-of-three semifinals, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Sunburst baseball: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 1.
Wednesday
● Junior golf: McLennan Ross Tour event at Olds. ● Women’s fastball: N. Jensen’s vs. Snell and Oslund, Topco Oilsite vs. TNT, second games of best-of-three semifinals, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Midget AAA baseball: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer at Innisfail, 7 p.m.
Thursday
● Women’s fastball: Snell and Oslund vs. N. Jensen’s, TNT vs. Topco Oilsite, third games of best-of-three semifinals, if necessary, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place vs. North Star Sports, Nighthawks vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.
Friday
● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Outdoor Classic tournament at Edgar Park and McLean fields, first games at 6 p.m., last games at 7:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1.
Saturday
● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Outdoor Classic tournament at Edgar Park and McLean fields, first games at 9 a.m., last games at 7:30 p.m. ● Men’s third division rugby: Calgary Rams at Red Deer, noon, Titans Park. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Men’s second division rugby: Calgary Hornets at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Titans Park. Parkland baseball: Irricana at Lacombe, 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Edmonton Warriors at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-five Rocky Mountain League North Conference semifinal, 7 p.m., Kinex.
Sunday
● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Outdoor Classic tournament at Edgar Park and McLean fields, first games at 9 a.m., last games at 3 p.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park.
Football Ottawa Toronto Montreal Hamilton
GP 3 4 4 3
CFL East Division W L T 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0
PF 57 101 70 41
PA 80 112 113 69
Pt 2 2 2 0
Edmonton Calgary Winnipeg B.C. Sask.
GP 4 3 4 4 3
West Division W L T PF 4 0 0 108 3 0 0 73 3 1 0 118 2 2 0 96 1 2 0 59
PA 58 30 108 69 84
Pt 8 6 6 4 2
Week 4 Friday’s results Ottawa 18 Toronto 17 Calgary 10 Hamilton 7 Saturday’s results B.C. 41 Montreal 5 Week 5 Thursday, July 24 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Friday, July 25 Winnipeg at B.C., 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26 Ottawa at Hamilton, 5 p.m. Toronto at Saskatchewan, 8 p.m.
Week 6 Thursday, July 31 Winnipeg at Hamilton, 5 p.m. Friday, August 1 Toronto at Montreal, 5 p.m. B.C. at Calgary, 8 p.m. Saturday, August 2 Saskatchewan at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Canadian Football League Leaders TORONTO — Unofficial 2014 CFL scoring leaders following Saturday’s game (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pt Shaw, Edm 0 10 10 6 46 Waters, Tor 0 9 10 2 41 Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 10 8 0 34 McCallum, BC 0 9 8 0 33 Maher, Ott 0 4 9 2 33 Whyte, Mtl 0 6 8 2 32 Bowman, Edm 4 0 0 0 24 Paredes, Cgy 0 8 5 0 23 Milo, Sask 0 6 4 1 19 Allen, Sask 3 0 0 0 18 Arceneaux, BC 3 0 0 0 18 Grigsby, Wpg 3 0 0 0 18 Harris, BC 3 0 0 0 18 Walker, Ott 3 0 0 0 18 Medlock, Ham 0 4 3 2 15 Barnes, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 Feoli-Gudino, Wpg 2 0 0 0 12 Fuller, Cgy 2 0 0 0 12
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MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF Kansas City 20 10 5 5 29 D.C. 19 10 5 4 29 Toronto 17 7 5 5 26 New York 20 5 6 9 32 New England 19 7 10 2 24 Philadelphia 21 5 8 8 33 Columbus 20 5 7 8 23 Chicago 18 3 4 11 26 Houston 20 5 11 4 22 Montreal 18 3 10 5 18
GA 18 20 23 31 31 35 26 28 40 31
Pt 35 34 26 24 23 23 23 20 19 14
Western Conference GP W L T GF 18 12 4 2 35 20 8 7 5 32 19 7 4 8 28 17 7 4 6 26 19 7 6 6 28 19 6 4 9 29 20 5 6 9 32
GA 24 29 25 16 24 27 33
Pt 38 29 29 27 27 27 24
Seattle Dallas Salt Lake Los Angeles Colorado Vancouver Portland
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6 4
8 8
5 5
21 17
30 19
23 17
Sunday’s results D.C. 3 Chivas 1 Wednesday’s games Chicago at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Montreal at Salt Lake, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26 Kansas City at Toronto, 5 p.m. Columbus at New England, 5:30 p.m. Chivas at Colorado, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27 Dallas at Vancouver, 3 p.m. Portland at Montreal, 6 p.m. Monday, July 28 Los Angeles at Seattle, 8 p.m.
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Studies reveal more side effects for cholesterol drug niacin
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“Niacin should not be used routinely in clinical practice at all.” He co-led a panel for the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology that recently issued new cholesterol treatment guidelines. The group did not recommend niacin but said it could be considered for certain patients. If the panel had seen the new results, it “almost certainly” would have recommended against niacin’s routine use, Lloyd-Jones said. Heart specialists stress that patients never should stop taking any medicine
More diabetics on the drug lost control of their blood sugar, and there were more new cases of diabetes among niacin users. New details from two studies reveal The initial results in December 2012 more side effects from niacin, a drug led Merck to stop pursuing approval that hundreds of thousands of Ameriof Tredaptive in the U.S. and to tell cans take for cholesterol problems and doctors in dozens of countries where it general heart health. Some prominent was sold to stop prescribing it to new doctors say the drug now seems too patients. risky for routine use. Prompted by that study, leaders of Niacin is a type of B vitamin long an earlier one that tested a different sold over the counter and in higher niacin drug, Niaspan, re-examined prescription doses. side effects among their 3,414 particiSome people take it alone or with pants and detailed them in a letter in statin medicines such as Lipitor for the medical journal. cholesterol problems. Besides more gastrointesNiacin users’ main com‘THIS IS A BILLION-DOLLAR DRUG AND tinal, blood-sugar and othplaint has been flushing, IT NEVER REALLY HAD THE EVIDENCE TO er complications, the new so drug companies have report details a higher rate been testing extendedWARRANT THAT SORT OF BLOCKBUSTER of infections and a trend torelease and combining STATUS.’ ward higher rates of serious other medicines with it to bleeding. minimize that problem. In—DR. HARLAN KRUMHOLZ The consistency of the retroduced in the 1950s, the YALE CARDIOLOGIST sults on studies testing muldrug hadn’t been rigoroustiple types of niacin “leaves ly tested until recent years when makers of prescription versions without first talking with their doc- little doubt that this drug provides littors. Many have shied away from nia- tle if any benefits and imposes serious were seeking market approval. The two studies were testing pre- cin since the initial results came out, side effects,” said Yale University carscription versions of niacin, and the but more than 700,000 prescriptions diologist Dr. Harlan Krumholz. “It’s an astonishing reversal of forbottom line — that it didn’t help pre- for various niacin drugs are written vent heart problems any more than each month in the U.S. The top brand tune” for niacin, one of the very earstatins alone do — has already been is Niaspan, long sold by Abbott Labo- liest cholesterol treatments, he said. ratories and now by AbbVie, which “This is a billion-dollar drug and it announced. Some of the side effect information, had nearly $900 million in sales in the never really had the evidence to warincluding a troubling rise in deaths U.S. alone last year, according to IMS rant that sort of blockbuster status.” The studies were on prescription among niacin users in one study, al- Health, a health data firm. The larger of the two studies tested niacin; risks and benefits of over-theso was known but many doctors have been waiting for full details and veri- Tredaptive — a Merck & Co. combo of counter forms are unclear. Lloyd-Jones said niacin still may fication of the results before drawing niacin and an anti-flushing medicine firm conclusions about the drug’s safe- — in nearly 26,000 people already tak- be appropriate for some people with ing a statin. very high heart risks who cannot take ty and effectiveness. Full results confirm there was a 9 statins, and for people with very high Those details are in this week’s New per cent increase in the risk of death triglycerides that can’t be controlled England Journal of Medicine. The larger study suggests that “for for those taking the drug — a result through other means. Krumholz said patients should talk every 200 people that we treat with of borderline statistical significance, niacin, there is one excess death,” plus meaning the difference could have oc- with doctors about other treatment ophigher rates of bleeding, infections curred by chance alone, but still “of tions besides niacin. “This drug can hurt you,” he said. and other problems — “a completely great concern,” Lloyd-Jones wrote in a unacceptable level” of harm, said Dr. commentary in the medical journal. The drug also brought higher rates Donald Lloyd-Jones of Northwestern of gastrointestinal and muscle probUniversity in Chicago. lems, infections and bleeding. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FDA warns consumers to avoid pure powdered caffeine after death of teen WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid pure powdered caffeine sold on the Internet after the death of an Ohio teen. Even a teaspoon of the powder could be lethal — it is equivalent to 25 cups of coffee. Eighteen-year-old Logan Stiner of LaGrange, Ohio, died May 27 after consuming it. The FDA said it is investigating caffeine powder and will “consider taking regulatory action.” In the meantime, the agency said it is recommending consumers stay away from it. Teenagers and young adults may be particularly drawn to the powder, which is a stimulant. Caffeine powder is marketed as a dietary supplement and is unregulated, unlike caffeine added to soda. FDA spokeswoman Jennifer Dooren said those who drink coffee, tea or soda may be aware of caffeine’s less serious effects, like nervousness and tremors, and may not realize that the powdered form is a pure chemical. “The difference between a safe amount and a lethal dose of caffeine in these powdered products is very small,” she said. The powder is also almost impossible to measure with common kitchen tools, the FDA said. Volume measures like teaspoons aren’t precise enough and a scale may be needed. The agency added that the products may carry minimal or insufficient labeling. Consumers may not be aware that even a small amount can cause an overdose. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg recently said that the agency needs to better understand the role of the stimulant, especially on children. The agency is investigating the safety of energy drinks and energy shots, prompted by consumer reports of illness and death.
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