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11 with ties to Quebec among crash victims Five of the victims of the Air Algerie flight that crashed were Canadian citizens and six others were permanent residents.

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Blowing in the wind DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES KEPT CITY CREWS HOPPING ON FRIDAY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A fierce summer storm brought wind gusts of 90 km/h, toppling trees onto power lines and causing damage, power outages and surges throughout Red Deer on Friday.

Two people were at home in their mobile home in Mustang Acres when a tree toppled onto the roof in the afternoon.

Mobile home park manager Judy Albert said there were no injuries and the residents would either stay with family or at a hotel that evening.

She did not have an estimate of the damage.

A downed power pole on Riverside Drive kept Red Deer Electric, Light and Power crews hopping all day.

Power was expected to be restored to area residents and businesses by late afternoon. Lions Campground was without power for most of the day. Riverside Drive between 48th and 46A Avenue was blocked off while crews worked.

Various downed trees had drivers seeking alternate routes in parts of the city.

Fallen tree branches and blowing debris kept city crews on their feet as they tried to stay on top of the storm.

No major damage was reported in the storm that also brought driving rain.

Jim Jorgensen, Electric, Light and Power manager, said city crews responded to report of a tree on a line in Mountview that left the downtown area without power for a few hours. They

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Parks Canada turns down hotel for Jasper National Park’s Maligne Lake JASPER — Parks Canada is saying no to a proposal for a new hotel on the shores of Jasper National Park’s scenic Maligne Lake.

But the federal agency will continue to consider a series of other plans for area, including tent cabins and an expanded program of boat tours.

“Today’s decision reflects our pledge to ensure our protected natural and cultural heritage remain unimpaired for future generations while facilitating ways for people to meaningfully connect with and learn about nature,” said Jasper National Park superintendent Greg Fenton.

Maligne Lake is the world’s secondlargest glacier-fed lake, its 22-kilometre length ringed with spectacular, 3,000-metre peaks. A view of the lake’s Spirit Island was featured on the old $5 bill.

Parks Canada’s decision was in response to a 2012 series of proposals from Maligne Tours, which has offered commercial services at the lake for decades including boat excursions, a cafeteria and a store.

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A city crew repairs a power line that went down on Riverside Drive Friday morning near Lions Campground. The campground was without power for the most of the day. also secured a leaning power pole on Johnstone Drive, a broken pole in Eastview and fixed other minor issues.

“We’re tidying up what needs to be dealt with,” said Jorgensen.

The CentreFest kickoff barbecue planned for City Hall Park was cancelled early in the day but events Sat-

urday and Sunday will go ahead as planned.

A wind warning was in effect for the City of Red Deer and most of Central Alberta as a result of a low pressure system. Wind gusts of 90 km/h were expected to develop and continue into the evening.

A wind warning is issued for 70 km/h or higher of sustained wind and/ or gusts to 90 km/h or more. The rain is expected to continue into Saturday but clear up in the afternoon with a high of 21C. Sunny skies are back with a high of 24C on Sunday. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

The company proposed a high-end, 66-room hotel and 15 tent cabins. It also seeks to restore a historic boathouse, add a restaurant and lounge and offer interpretive activities. Maligne Tours says those attractions would increase the lake’s appeal to urban youth and to new Canadians, two groups Parks Canada is keen to reach.

The upgrades would also bolster the company’s bottom line. It says demand for boat tours has fallen by about half since 2005.

Many of the proposals have been controversial in the town of Jasper.

Protesters have sometimes stationed themselves along the tight, winding road up to the lake to bring them to the attention of the up to 2,000 tourists a day who visit in high season.

In April, three former senior Parks Canada staff also opposed the hotel, saying overnight accommodation would create too much disturbance to area wildlife, which include threatened and endangered species such as grizzly bears, harlequin ducks, and mountain caribou.

Parks Canada will now give the company’s 13 other proposals for its business at the lake a more detailed review.

The Alberta Wilderness Association praised the agency’s decision.

“It is reassuring to see that Parks Canada has listened to Canadians who have clearly said they do not support large-scale developments in critical wildlife habitat,” said conservation specialist Sean Nichols. “The prevailing theme in the feedback received

by Parks Canada from the public was opposition to overnight accommodations.”

But he said the group still has concerns that consideration of the tent cabins and expanded commercial facilities will continue.

Imams and rabbis in Calgary meet at synagogue following clashes at Gaza rallies

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Fire started by lightning in Banff National Park contained; some trails open BANFF — A fire that was threatening to cause travel headaches for visitors to Banff National Park has been contained.

Parks Canada says rain and cooler weather has helped crews contain the Spreading Creek fire to about 90 square kilometres.

Lightning started the fire at the boundary between Banff National Park and the province of Alberta on July 3.

Highway 93 North, also called the Icefields Parkway, between Banff and Jasper, has remained open since July 14 and facilities in the area also are open, including Saskatchewan Crossing Resort, Rampart Creek Campground and Waterfowl Campground.

All trails west of Highway 93N that were previously closed due to the wildfire are now open, including Glacier Lake, Owen Creek, Mistaya Canyon, Sarbach and Howse River.

There are several trails that remain closed, and visitors should check with Parks Canada on which ones.

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CALGARY — Calgary’s Muslim and Jewish leaders have condemned tensions during recent rallies in the city over the Gaza conflict.

Leaders of both religious groups met Thursday after an imam reached out to Jewish leaders and requested a meeting.

Last week, a protest at city hall in support of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza turned violent when a handful of Israeli supporters showed up.

Some men began pushing and shoving, and one man stomped on an Israeli flag before police moved in and separated the groups.

Police have also charged a man after two replica handguns were brought to a pro-Israel rally earlier this week.

The leaders have agreed imams will invite rabbis to speak at mosques and rabbis will invite imams to speak at synagogues to promote understanding.

“Violence cannot be tolerated under any circumstances. We may disagree on issues and perspectives but we are firmly against resolving disputes and conflicts through violence,” reads a statement from both sides following the meeting.

“The only way to resolve disputes and conflicts is through dialogue and the promotion of mutual understanding.”

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Performers showcase talents

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Rain and wind forced the cancellation of the formal Friday barbecue kickoff, but 2014 Red Deer CentreFest organizers were able to salvage a pared down showcase of some of the acts to promote the weekend festival.

A few of the performers got their gear and tried as best they could to showcase some of their talents in the courtyard of the Red Deer Lodge on Friday morning, to promote the weekend festival.

The annual street performer festival showcases a wide variety of acts, this year including a sword swallower, acrobats, plate-spinner and juggler, and a Guinness World Record stunt pogo performer.

“You could call it variety entertainment,” said Bob Palmer, CentreFest artistic director.

“Some of the performers are really hard to describe, they do really weird, wacky, strange things.”

Six main acts run in a rotation today and Sunday at one of two stages downtown. Today, they perform from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., while on Sunday it goes from noon to 5:30 p.m.

The festival takes place in the streets downtown, on Ross Street from Gaetz to 48th Avenue and on 49th Avenue from 49th to 51st Street.

Festival director Janice Shimek said one of the acts she is excited to see is Thom Sellectomy. The sword swallower has performed all over the world and tells stories from his travels in between swallowing swords.

Pogo Fred takes the classic pogo stick and pushes it to the extreme with flips, tricks and three-metre-tall pogo sticks.

Now based in Toronto, John Park’s funny waiter show incorporates platespinning, scarf dancing and a marshmallow routine.

The Kif-Kif Sisters from Quebec City mix theatre, puppetry, circus magic, acrobatics and their own craziness.

Rob Torres has a long history of performing in theatres, circuses, variety shows, galas, TV and film; he utilizes his formal training to create a fun and

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Geoffrey Cobb, known in the performing world as sword swallower Thom Sellectomy, puts on a demonstration of his act in the Red Deer Lodge’s courtyard Friday morning, much to the dismay of onlooker Jan Penney. Thom Sellectomy is just one of ten performers featured at the 2014 Centrefest Street Performer Festival downtown this weekend.

CENTREFEST weird show.

The Red Trouser Show is a duo of acrobats who throw knife and fire juggling into their routine.

There are also four performers who will circulate throughout the grounds, doing their own brand of entertainment. This year, there is a Don Cherry impersonator, a piano-playing cyclist, a stilt-walking bug catcher and the acme

circus, featuring juggling, balancing and a little bit of fire.

Though it is a free event to attend, Palmer joked it is a little more expensive to get out.

“If you’re watching a big show and you love the show, these performers make their money by passing their hat.

If you like the show, throw a five or 10 in the hat. It’s the cheapest, best entertainment you can find.”

For those who want a break from the street performers, they can make their way over to the music stage

where artists from all over Alberta will be playing their tunes throughout the weekend.

Palmer said he would really like to see a third day added to the festival to increase attendance.

There is also an all-star variety show featuring the best of the performers tonight at 9:30 at Fratters Speakeasy, at 5114 48th St. “They take it a little bit further, some stuff you don’t see on the street, it’s always great fun,” said Shimek. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Businessman guilty of flooding farmland Red Deer still

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer businessman was found guilty on four environmental counts for diverting water onto neighbouring hay fields causing a landslide in 2010.

Harry Veenstra was convicted of one count under the Alberta Environment Protection and Enhancement Act and three counts under the Water Act. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 19.

Red Deer provincial court Judge Gordon Yake said on Friday that it was clear that Veenstra was aware that a company leasing land from him in an industrial area just north of the city planned to pump water off the site. It was also proven that Veenstra knew a water diversion licence was required but did not tell the company that was about to do the pumping, nor did he make any effort to get a licence, although he had done so in the past.

Yake said it was not “reasonably

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New fee imposed on heaving, hurling taxi patrons in British Columbia VANCOUVER — If you’re feeling queasy, step away from the cab.

That’s the advice from taxi drivers across British Columbia after the province’s Passenger Transportation Board approved a new fee earlier this month.

It allows drivers and companies to charge a $75 fine — on top of the flag fare — to passengers who soil or damage the interior of a vehicle with bodily fluids or solids.

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conceivable” that Veenstra didn’t know he needed Alberta Environment approval to divert water.

His “mendacity” was “motivated by a desire to evade responsibility,” the judge said.

Veenstra was co-accused with his company, Auto Body Services Ltd. Yake found Veenstra not guilty on three charges under the Water Act because he did not personally undertake the pumping.

Evidence presented during the trial showed that the land he was leasing to other companies was prone to flooding and retention ponds were dug to hold runoff. However, in July 2010 they filled up and pumps were run for a week to empty the ponds into a nearby drainage ditch.

That overflowed onto a neighbouring farmer’s hay field, leaving a 25to 30-acre portion under water. The land was so sodden that the farmer has only been able to resume farming on it again this year because tractors got bogged down.

Accumulated water also led to an escarpment collapsing, covering up a lower section of farmland.

Yake rejected defence arguments that Veenstra was not involved in the pumping that was being done by other companies.

He also didn’t accept that the flooding and landslide could have been caused by recent heavy rains. The landowner had testified that the property had never previously flooded the way it did when the water pumping began.

A three-week trial had been scheduled but it wrapped up after a week earlier this month with 12 witnesses called.

A sentencing date has yet to be set.

Under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, an individual can be fined up to $50,000 and a corporation up to $500,000 on each count.

The same penalties apply to the three counts under the Water Act. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

to charge for the cost of cleaning vomit, or any other nasty substance, from cabs, but the new rule sets a specific rate, giving cabbies and their companies more certainty about how to handle the sticky situation.

Few taxi drivers wanted to comment on the new fee Friday, some worried they would lose their job.

Vancouver taxi driver Amarjit Singh said he, like many cabbies, is familiar with the consequences that follow once a passenger vomits in a vehicle.

“Other people can’t sit in the cab,” he said. “It smells so bad sometimes.”

He said the resulting cleanup costs can vary widely depending on the cleaner and the extent of the damage.

Then there is also money lost for the time not working, he added.

“It’s fair for the drivers,” said Singh, referring to the fee. “Sometimes drivers lose their time.”

Singh, who often works days now, said the problem is much more preva-

lent for those who drive overnight.

Carolyn Bauer, the spokeswoman of the Vancouver Taxi Association, said most of the problems happen during Friday and Saturday night.

“It happens all the time,” said Bauer of sick passengers. “We’ve had not just throw-up in the taxi, we’ve had a lot worse.”

“We’ve had a few times where they’ve urinated and the car is down for two days because it needs to be completely disinfected,” she said.

“You can imagine what one in the morning is like — we’ve got about 18,000 kids out on the street,” said Bauer. “They’ve all had a good time drinking, and surely to goodness out of that 18,000 less than 10 per cent are going to get sick.”

grappling with high crime rate

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The good news is that severe and violent crime rates are falling in Red Deer — and more local crimes are being resolved by police.

The bad news is that Red Deer is still grappling with a much higher crime rate than similar-sized communities, such as Lethbridge.

These conclusions can be extrapolated from Statistics Canada’s latest Crime Severity Index and police clearance rates.

According to a composite, aggregate index that was calculated based on an analysis of police crime reports, severe crimes in Red Deer dropped for the first time in 2013 after rising steadily between 2009 and 2012. There was a 3.5 per cent drop in the severe crime index in a year, from 2012 to 2013.

Violent crimes over the same fouryear period fluctuated, then fell sharply by almost 18 per cent between 2012 and 2013.

Only non-violent property crimes went up — the index shows a one per cent increase in that same one-year period.

Also on the positive front, local RCMP appear to be resolving more of the reported crimes.

About two per cent more overall crimes, 9.6 per cent more of violent crime and 4.5 per cent more of nonviolent crimes were cleared by police in 2013 compared to 2012.

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Legal group raps Harper for feud with top court

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s public criticism of Canada’s top justice impugned her integrity and was tantamount to undue interference with the independence of the courts, according to an international group of eminent judges and lawyers.

As a result, the International Commission of Jurists says Harper should withdraw his remarks and he and Justice Minister Peter MacKay should apologize to Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

The opinion by the Geneva-based organization follows a complaint from a group of Canadian lawyers and legal academics related to the federal government’s abortive appointment of Federal Court Judge Marc Nadon to the top court in October last year.

Harper and MacKay would later suggest publicly that McLachlin had behaved inappropriately by trying to talk to them about potential legal problems with the proposed appointment.

Their comments were out of line, the jurists said in a written opinion released this week.

“The (commission) sees no necessity for them to have aired their opinions on this matter several months after the fact, in public, and in a manner that impugned the propriety of the chief justice’s actions,” the opinion states.

“The criticism was not well founded and amounted to an encroachment upon the independence of the judiciary and integrity of the chief justice.”

If Harper or MacKay had any issues with how McLachlin had behaved, the review states, they should have handled the matter confidentially, not made public comments.

Harper’s communications director Jason MacDonald had little to say in response.

“We have seen the letter,” MacDonald said in an email Friday. “We have noted it. I have nothing further to add.”

MacKay’s office had no comment.

Khadr’s U.S. lawyers threatened over release of court documents

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A U.S. military commission court is threatening to strip the security clearance from Omar Khadr’s Pentagon-appointed lawyers as part of what they call an unconstitutional attempt to keep the public in the dark about the Canadian’s fight for exoneration.

At issue, according to submissions made Friday, is a demand by a senior court official that all appeal documents be kept secret until they can be vetted for national security concerns.

Documents already filed with the Court of Military Commission Review include, for example, the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner’s reasons for having his conviction for five war crimes quashed. The court has yet to release the brief, filed last November, although The Canadian Press obtained a copy at the time and reported on its contents.

The matter came to a head earlier this month when Clerk of Court, Mark Harvey, essentially accused the lawyers of giving a defence filing and government response to the U.S.-based blog Lawfare in apparent violation of security procedures he had implemented.

While it’s not clear who did turn over the material which The Canadian Press also received, court documents show Harvey wrote to Khadr’s lawyer, Sam Morison, to warn that such a violation could “result in the loss of access to classified and sensitive information.”

Loss of security clearance would effectively preclude a lawyer from doing any government work.

The defence says under Harvey’s system, documents must go to the Office of the Military Commission — which prosecuted Khadr and is a litigant in his appeal — for vetting, clearance and release to the media.

So far, the commission has made public only four of 19 defence documents, but seven of 12 government filings. The numbers are “decidedly skewed” in the government’s favour, the defence argues.

Khadr’s lawyers say they have no problem withholding information harmful to national security but say the vetting is being carried out in a secretive “legal vacuum” that runs counter to the open-courts presumption and the public’s right to know.

Khadr, 27, is currently serving an eight-year sentence handed down by a military commission in 2010 at a medium-security facility in Alberta.

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CRIME: Severity index double that of Lethbridge While this all seems pretty rosy, comparisons of Red Deer’s crime figures to national statistics and to cities like Lethbridge, with a similar population, are an eye-opener.

With some 90,000 residents, Lethbridge has an overall crime severity index of 77.02. While Red Deer’s population is now nearly 99,000, our crime index was calculated to be more than double that at 156.79. Comparatively, Canada’s national crime severity index is 68.72.

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This photo provided on Friday by the Burkina Faso Military shows a man at the site of the plane crash in Mali. French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism hasn’t been ruled out as a cause, although officials say the most likely reason for the catastrophe that killed all onboard is bad weather. At least 116 people were killed in Thursday’s disaster, nearly half of whom were French.

Eleven people with ties to Quebec among crash victims

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTREAL — At least 11 people with ties to Quebec are among the victims of the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali, an association representing Burkina Faso’s Montreal community said Friday.

Five of the victims were Canadian citizens and six others were permanent residents, Mahamadi Savadogo said in an interview.

Some had established themselves in Canada while others were just getting ready to begin their lives in the country.

One other passenger aboard the downed flight was coming to visit family in Quebec.

The website for the Ouagadougou Airport in Burkina Faso noted that a dozen people on the downed flight listed Montreal as their final destination.

Savadogo of the Association des Burkinabes du grand Montreal said the group gathered the information on the 11 from relatives and members of the Burkina Faso community.

The Canadian losses were among the 118 people on board who died Thursday.

French officials speaking to media on Friday raised the number of dead from 116, which Air Algerie and private Spanish airline Swiftair, which was operating Flight 5017, had originally reported.

Terrorism hasn’t been ruled out as a cause, although officials say bad weather is the most likely reason for the catastrophe.

The plane was travelling from Burkina Faso to Algeria’s capital and disappeared from radar over

northern Mali during what was described as an intense rainstorm.

The MD-83 vanished less than an hour after takeoff from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

On Friday, officials confirmed there were no survivors. The remnants of the plane were found about 50 kilometres from the Burkina Faso border, near the Malian village of Boulikessi.

Among the dead were five members of a family that lived in Longueuil, a suburb just south of Montreal.

Canadian citizens Winmalo Somda, his wife Angelique Kpoda and their two children, Nathanael and Arielle, were killed.

Also killed was Wilfried Somda, Winmalo’s younger brother, who was a permanent resident. The Somdas were travelling with a friend — Canadian citizen Isabelle Prevost of Sherbrooke, Que. At the home that Wilfried Somda shared with his wife, Rita Sanhouidi, a steady stream of mourners came to pay their respects and stand with Wilfried’s widow, who is the late stages of a pregnancy with the couple’s second child.

The door to their upstairs duplex remained open throughout the day as a steady stream of people came by.

Sanhouidi was resting and declined, through another person, to be interviewed when The Canadian Press paid a visit.

The living room was packed with people who wanted to lend their support.

Earlier on Friday, she told CTV Montreal she must stay strong for her daughter and her unborn child.

Sunwing flight forced to turn back to Toronto after alleged ‘threat’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Sunwing Airlines flight to Panama City was escorted by two U.S. fighter jets back to Toronto on Friday after a passenger allegedly made a “direct threat” to the aircraft, NORAD and airline officials said.

A 25-year-old suspect was arrested shortly after the plane landed at Toronto’s Pearson airport at 9 a.m.

“The aircraft turned around approximately 45 minutes into the flight over West Virginia when an agitated customer made a direct threat against the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement.

Flight 772 was carrying 183 passengers and a crew of six.

A spokeswoman for NORAD — the North American Aerospace Defense Command — confirmed that two of its F-16 fighter jets accompanied the plane back to Canada.

Capt. Jennifer Stadnyk said the jets were already

“We take crime rates for different jurisdictions ... we look at murders and robberies (etc.) and assign different weights to different crimes to calculate the index” — the higher the number, the worse is the crime rate, said Leonid Shafir, data dissemination officer for Statistics Canada.

Red Deer’s violent crime index is 122.18, also much higher than Lethbridge’s 71.79 and the national rate of 73.7.

Our non-violent (property) crime index also looms much higher at 169.06, compared to Lethbridge’s 78.76 and Canada’s rate of 66.76.

While an RCMP spokesman was not available for comment late on Friday, police previously stated that Red Deer’s Hwy 2 location makes this city’s crime rates more comparable to larger centres, such as Calgary and Edmonton, rather than other cities of our size that aren’t on a major traffic corridor. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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in the air doing exercise flight training near Toledo, Ohio and they “shadowed” the passenger plane back to Toronto as a “precautionary measure.”

Peel police said they have charged Ali Shahi with uttering threats and endangering the safety of an aircraft. He’s due in court Saturday for a bail hearing to face the allegations.

The RCMP said its national security enforcement team is assisting with the investigation.

Cellphone video footage from passengers aboard the flight, which was broadcast on several television networks, showed heavily armed SWAT team officers boarding the plane and shouting “heads down, hands up!”

The airline said the flight was rescheduled for Friday afternoon.

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The cart before the horse CRIME RATES ARE DOWN, SO WHO CAN WE PUNISH? While Statistics Canada reports that both the severity and incidence of crime continues to drop year after year across the nation, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association reports our jails are clogged, mostly with (assumed) innocent people awaiting trial.

Canadians are more safe in their homes and on our streets than we have been in a lifetime — and far more safe than polls reveal we think we are.

Yet our prison population is at an all-time high.

C a n a d a GREG has more than NEIMAN 15,000 convicts in federal lockup, costing us more than $100,000 each per year to house. The federal budget for this has grown 40 per cent, to $2.6 billion, in just the last five years. And we are building more prisons, as if hell itself wouldn’t have them.

There is both a connect and disconnect between Canada’s dropping crime rates and our overpacked lockups.

All provincial and federal governments will eagerly take credit for dropping crime rates, citing almost-universal tough-on-crime policies. Of course crime is down, politicians will tell you — we’ve got the bad guys behind bars.

That may be the case, at least in part. But more thoughtful people who actually study crime and social policy will tell you things are more complicated.

That’s the disconnect. Long jail sentences do not actually relate to the fact there is less actual crime. The clogged jails, the double-bunking, the backlogs of court cases, the increases in mandatory sentences — all these things happen after the crime. Prison crowding has virtually a zero effect on preventing crime.

Or, as has increasingly become the case, after the alleged crime. On any given day, says a recent report from the civil liberties association, there are more people in jail in Canada who have not been convicted of a crime than there are actual convicts.

Canada has begun to use unattainable bail provisions applied by the courts as a first-tier prison system, absent of the messy process of obtaining convictions.

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In one of those egregious sound-bite examples, the civil liberties association reported of a teen crime suspect being told he would go to jail if he did not make his bed when he was told him to. If he did not obey his mother explicitly, he would violate his bail provisions and be put behind bars.

(Obviously, there’s more to that story than we’re being told, but we do not generally jail disobedient teens. Yet.) Others are told that being five minutes late for an appointment with court officials is cause for bail to be revoked.

Remember, these are people who are supposed to be presumed innocent.

Set aside the injustice of thousands of (assumed) innocent Canadians sitting in overcrowded jails waiting too long for a trial.

What happens later to those convicted and imprisoned likewise has less to do with justice than an un-Canadian government desire for vengeance — or simple exhaustion in social policy.

If prison populations are exploding, the numbers are being driven disproportionately by aboriginal people (especially aboriginal women) — a 75 per

cent rise in visible minorities in the past decade, 80 per cent for aboriginal women.

A large number of these people have family abuse and sexual abuse in their history — 80 per cent for aboriginal women. About half of all federal inmates require mental health treatment each year.

Tough-on-crime supporters have used this for decades as a source of derision: “Your father didn’t love you, so we’ll have to excuse your drug addiction and robbery charge.”

That’s extremely funny — until you’re the person whose father was never around, your uncle raped you as a teenager, and nobody anywhere came forward to help you. Prison is where we send these people when they are left to deal with this on their own.

Hilarious.

And dangerously costly. Despite the ballooning Corrections Canada budget, the federal government is cutting back on prison guard pay. Austerity within overcrowded prisons is not a good situation going forward.

And all this in a climate of declining

crime rates.

Governments should be very grateful for the declining crime severity indexes. If our homes and streets were not indeed safer than they’ve been in decades, today’s policies on crime would have long ago created not just prisons, but gulags.

Canadians should be a lot more outraged about the injustices within our justice system.

Canada is supposed to use prison as a last resort, but we use it as a housing project for victims of family violence, abuse, mental illness and drug addiction.

Canada once used prison to punish people for something bad that they had done, so that they don’t do it again.

Now we use prison as a place where we send people to get punishment that has nothing to do with the crime for which a sentence was imposed.

And often, before there is ever a trial.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Will China squelch Hong Kong?

NOT IF IT HOPES TO THRIVE IN THE COMING DECADES

BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Much of the world is understandably focused on the recent Russianinspired tragedies in eastern Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

But another region is worth watching, particularly Chinese government action vis-à-vis Hong Kong.

On July 1, a large protest, half a million people according to some accounts, gathered in Victoria Park to protest Beijing’s plans for how Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive, with powers roughly equivalent to a big city mayor or a colonial governor, will be selected.

The Chief Executive has been an appointed position since Hong Kong was handed back to China by the British in 1997.

But as part of several promises contained in the Basic Law (the Chinesecreated constitution for Hong Kong), the “ultimate aim” is for the position to be filled via universal suffrage.

Hong Kong’s current Chief Executive, Chun-ying Leung, recently tried to reassure the public, saying that his position would indeed be elected by a popular vote in three years’ time.

But candidates will be vetted by a Beijing-appointed committee; thus the recent protests.

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The right to vote, desirable as it is, is no guarantee of peace and prosperity.

Hong Kong thrived for much of its history without democratic government.

But those in Hong Kong quite properly trust themselves and their unique British-created system of law, independent courts and capital markets, over what emanates from Beijing.

I was in Hong Kong last November, and in multiple meetings with many civil servants and a few politicians.

Almost everyone I met emphasized that they were absolutely committed to ensuring two things: that Hong Kong remains capitalist and that it will keep the common law legal framework.

Most people also hoped (as they have ever since the handover) that China would reform in Hong Kong’s direction.

This is especially critical given ongoing and deep corruption in China, including in the courts, bureaucracy and business world.

The Hong Kong attachment to open markets and all the structures that undergird it — property rights, the rule of law, independent courts, transparency, and rooting out of corruption — is no surprise.

All of it has helped make Hong Kong an economic success story.

Hong Kong, as many people might recall, has had a rather successful run

— especially after the Second World War. Back in 1950, according to the late British economist Angus Maddison, per person GDP in Hong Kong amounted to $2,218 while the mainland Chinese equivalent was just $448 (in Geary-Khamis dollars, which allows for apple-to-apple currency comparisons).

Back then, Canada’s per person GDP was $7,291. By 2010, Hong Kong’s per person GDP stood at $30,725, China’s was $8,032, and Canada’s was $24,941 (all figures are adjusted for inflation).

No surprise, then, that Hong Kong has long been pegged as the most economically free jurisdiction on the planet.

On the other side of the border, China has suffered from autocracy, civil war, revolution and the economically backward and murderous policies of Chairman Mao. It wasn’t until he died in 1976, and a successor, Deng Xiaoping, introduced economic reforms in 1978 that China had a glimmer of prosperity.

Historically, Hong Kong’s good fortune had much to do with its luck of being a British colony for a time.

Those living in Hong Kong benefitted greatly from London’s light rule.

The colonial power provided the sensible and necessary aspects of good governance: defence, independent courts, the rule of law, property rights,

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And Hong Kong’s government has also, since the 1970s, made a determined effort to root out corruption.

Chinese rulers mostly understood this, which is why, after the 1997 handover, Hong Kong’s Basic Law guaranteed a “one country, two systems” approach to the territory.

For instance, Article 5 guarantees that the “socialist system and policies shall not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the previous capitalist system and way of life shall remain unchanged for 50 years.”

Article 8 promises British common law will remain in effect.

Beijing’s rulers and China’s political allies in Hong Kong often say they intend to keep such promises. One hopes so.

Mainland China has multiple problems, from choking pollution to poverty to corruption and many other difficulties.

Beijing doesn’t need additional selfcreated headaches in Hong Kong.

Besides, if China wishes to thrive in the coming decades its rulers, bureaucrats, business community and public will all need to imitate the Hong Kong way of doing things — not vice-versa.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 26, 2014 A7

New opportunities needed To create the good jobs that will meet the needs of other countries in sustain a vibrant middle class and a growing and more populated world promote upward mobility, we need to where infrastructure, urbanization create and seize new opportunities. and consumption will meet head-on Growth and jobs come from new activi- the challenges of environmental susties. tainability.

Fortunately, if we are When we look at infrasmart about it, there is a structure spending, for exbig opportunity staring us ample, rather than taking in the face where Canada the traditional approach, is well positioned to gain which is to count the numadvantage and build future ber of construction jobs prosperity. created, we should focus on We know that we have to how we create new technolspend a great deal of money ogies, systems and software on infrastructure in the deto improve the operation cade ahead. We know that and efficiency of the infrawe have to become much structure we are building — more environmentally susin water treatment plants, DAVID tainable and more energy transit systems, highways, CRANE efficient. And we know that telecommunications and the next information revoluairports, for example — and tion — the Internet of Evin environmental and enerything — will enable us to ergy efficiency investments, develop much smarter infrastructure how we are designing buildings, moniand much improved environmental toring the state of the environment, and energy management. managing energy use and reducing What we have to do, then, is to mar- greenhouse gas emissions. ry our infrastructure and environmenThis will mean that instead of simtal needs with the next-Internet op- ply pursuing the lowest-cost bid on portunity. infrastructure projects, we should If we think of this as an innovation measure bids as well on how they constrategy for next-generation infrastruc- tribute to the development and use of ture and the environment, then we can new technologies or systems. But if we create new technologies, companies are going to succeed, we have to create and good jobs. And by meeting the the demand for new technologies, and needs of Canadians and exporting the that can be done, not only by insisting technologies that result, we can help that new projects include the use of

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new technologies but also by introducing new standards and regulations, for example in building codes, and new taxes, such as a carbon tax to bring down greenhouse gas emissions.

For many young companies, contracts may be even more valuable than grants. And demonstration projects are a key way to advance technology.

All of these and other policies and programs will help create a market for new technologies as consumers, businesses and public authorities all seek new approaches, and this, in turn, will create incentives for researchers and entrepreneurs to develop new technologies, software and systems for a smarter world.

A recent report from the Council of Canadian Academies — Enabling Sustainability in an Interconnected World — attempts to engage this potential.

“The world is on the threshold of fundamental, transformative change — a powerful convergence of digital computing power and information technologies with physical infrastructures and institutions that deliver energy, water, food, transport and communications services,” the panel report, chaired by former Toronto mayor David Miller, says.

The report was undertaken in response to a request from Environment Canada to identify existing or potential opportunities to use information and communications technologies for a greener Canada.

The task force looked at six thematic areas that represented opportunity: environmental monitoring; smart interconnected electricity and water networks; smart interconnected buildings and neighbourhoods; smart interconnected mobility; smart interconnected production; and healthy people and healthy communities.

It also argued that Canada could become a location for green data centres as the world moves to cloud computing and energy-intensive data warehouses given our capacity for reliable electricity supply.

But the panel also found that “the vast potential of these technologies to drive sustainability is currently not being realized in Canada” for a variety of reasons, including costs, or fear of costs, of bringing on new technologies, inadequate broadband capacity, a lack of data access and interoperability, and a lack of the needed ICT skills.

This points to the need for leadership and commitment if we are to capitalize on a real and urgent opportunity for Canada. This what a credible digital strategy would mean but it’s missing from the government’s recent Digital Strategy. But there is an opportunity for private sector leadership to get the ball rolling. Where is the Information Technology Association of Canada when we need it?

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

the BH and I go ahead without them so they could come home when we weren’t there and have various epic parties at the house.

So we went to Disneyland, just the two of us by ourselves, for the first time since the continental drift formed the continents.

Thank goodness good old Walt decided to build a phantasmagorical place for Mickey and his friends so that people like us could live some magic for a while.

So, suddenly, there we were, Mr. and Mrs. Elderly Demographic (well, one of us was) in Disneyland scurrying immediately to Space Mountain, wearing large Goofy grins and big bright red buttons they gave us that said “It’s Our Anniversary!”

This caused every well-trained, pathologically happy Cast Member (which is what Disneyland calls its every employee) to say “Happy anniversary” to us for five days straight.

We did it all — from the Radiator Springs car race ride to watching the real, honest-to-goodness Tinkerbell flying over Sleeping Beauty’s castle as the world’s most magical fireworks lit up the Magic Kingdom.

From the Tower of Terror (which perfectly describes how the Better

Half felt) to the BH’s most favourite (Peter Pan’s Flight), we lived happily in a completely different land.

Now I know there are actual people out there who believe that Disneyland is an overtly commercialized, capitalistic corporate juggernaut that cares naught for anything but emptying their visitors’ wallets.

A place of endless lineups, crass ubiquitous merchandising, strange cartoon character mascots and waaay more cuteness than any place should be allowed to have. I’m sorry, but those people are obviously sad, cynical and possibly psychotic.

Or maybe it’s us who truly have the psychosis. After all, on our way home, me in my funky Disneyland T-shirt and the BH in her fashionable Tinkerbell top, we looked at each other and said two things: “When can we come back?”

And: “Let’s bring the kids again next time!”

I wonder if we can make it back there before the summer disappears. …

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

The happiest anniversary on Earth!

In just a few short days, it will be But like I said, I can’t really gripe August and I don’t know about you, but about this short time-warp summer, I’m already wondering where most of on account of the Better Half and I July went. already had an excellent pre-summer Half of summer almost over? If that holiday. isn’t proof of the existence OK, so it was only five of a time warp, I don’t know days but in a self-employed what is. I haven’t done onefreelance kind of world 18th of the things I had even a whole week off away planned to do this summer, from the old salt mines is and I’m no mathematician kind of pushing it. but I don’t think 17 18ths But this is a milestone andivides into one-half very niversary year — and aren’t well. they all — in terms of our I don’t think I’ll get to exyearly tally of accumulated plore Europe, visit the Loch personal nuptial numbers.

Ness Monster, get a picture In fact, this one is so large walking across the Abbey you would never believe my Road album crosswalk in young Better Half couple HARLEY merry old England, have possibly be married that HAY multiple beers with herolong. Especially to Yours author Dave Barry in MiTruly. The poor thing. ami, or drive the Coquihalla The BH’s bad luck and Hwy on a perfect day in a poor spousal judgment topless sports car. aside, the point is, this was such a landOh, hold on — sorry, that’s part of mark year for the two of us celebrating my bucket list, not my summer list. souls gamely making our way through My summer list is much more, shall the vast and impartial universe that we say, less ambitious, or more to the we decided to return to the wonderfulpoint: a tad mundane, run-of-the-mill, ly romantic and perfect place we first non-particularly exciting, or bucket went to for our glorious six-day honeyworthy. moon back in the Pentatonic Era. My summer list contains such rivetIt wasn’t Hawaii or Niagara Falls. ing objectives as mow the lawn, have a or even Paris (Ontario) or London (Onnap, hit a golf ball less than 150 times tario). or any other typically popular in 18 holes, have a snooze, watch Ca- traditionally romantic honeymoon desnadian football on TV, have dinner on tination. Instead, we chose the happithe patio of my favourite watering hole, est place on Earth. maybe get a haircut, go to a couple of No, seriously, that’s what they call good movies and have the odd siesta. it in the commercials: “The Happiest But, as I may have mentioned, since Place on Earth!” And for the BH and I our summer typically consists of 12 to they couldn’t be more right on. We ab14 nice days, and 46 to 48 days of won- solutely love Carrot River, Sask! dering where the days went and what I jest of course, everybody knows on earth I got accomplished, I’m think- the happiest place on Earth is actually ing I have about three days left to live Disneyland, and that’s where we went my list and still have time for a little in married year zero and that’s where lie-down or two. we went in June.

I shouldn’t complain, although I do In between, of course, we’ve made find a person certainly does get a mea- sure to take our Rotten Kids to Dissure of pleasure from the act of com- neyland and/or World (three excelplaining and it gets sort of addictive, lent times) but we realized it’s been and then when you’ve (I’ve) got nothing 10 years or so since the last visit with really to complain about, you (I) tend Mickey at his place. to either look hard enough until you (I) So since the RKs are busy wending find something to complain about or their own way through life’s rich pagmake something up. eant, they were very supportive that

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Why we lose trust in government Of all the stories I have heard from to northern native families as the ’60s different people at the kitchen, the sto- Scoop. ry of the ’60s Scoop tugged at my heart As I sat listening to this beautiful like nothing else ever has. grandmother, my anger increased with Decisions made by the the number of tears streamgovernment of the day to ing down her anguished deal with crises or situations face. out of their control; or just So vivid were the memoto exercise control, have not ries and the pain involved only placed a black mark on (even after so many years), this country, but have shown that she constantly turned a callousness uncharacterisher face away to hide the tic of what we have been led tears as she related the to believe our decision makevents as they had affected ers represented. her.

The list just goes on and As a young married on. Here are just a few: mother of four children, ● The head tax on Chithis woman had to decide CHRIS nese immigrants and the rewhat to do about the vioSALOMONS fusal to investigate the mullent marriage she was in; titude of deaths of the railwhich eventually she left. road builders.

But she was destitute; no ● The incarceration of money, no home and no one the Japanese residents during the Sec- to turn to. ond World War, plus the longtime reArrangements were made to place fusal to reinstate their properties and her two oldest children with famrights after. ily, and so with two children aged ● The turning back of Jewish refu- two years and seven months, she apgees even when there was evidence of proached social services. extreme persecution and genocide.

As she was a very energetic young ● The abduction and incarceration woman, she knew that she could work of our native children into residential hard and establish a home for her famschools. ily, but she needed a hand up. She was ● The role of the social services turned down point blank. during the 1960s in what is now known So she relocated and tried again.

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This time, she was interviewed by a seemingly compassionate woman who spoke as if she was working only for her welfare, and she made the suggestion that if this young mother would sign over her two children to foster care for six months, she could establish herself and then take back her two children.

This ‘Rose’ did, and within that six months moved to Edmonton and did in fact find work and established a home.

So one week after the six-month period was over, she contacted this same social worker to reclaim her two children.

After establishing her identity, the social worker informed Rose that her two children had already been adopted.

The bottom fell out of her world. In subsequent conversations, the social worker turned the situation into Rose’s fault for not responding to letters sent but which were never received because they had been sent to Rose’s father, who was totally illiterate.

To add insult to injury, not only would they not discuss this any further with this grieving young mother, who at this point considered suicide to ease the pain, any attempts even up to this point in time to locate her two children have been stonewalled.

They referred her to an agency who

would take on her case for only $5,000 minimum, up front of course.

When I returned home and thought about this horrendous situation, thinking that the term the ’60s Scoop was just a local colloquialism, I decided to Google it.

What I found was that for the first time in history, two government departments actually worked together to hatch a response to a “problem.”

The Department of Indian Affairs had more problem young mothers than they knew what to do with, while adoption services had a great number of families who were willing to foster and adopt native children.

The result was to take up to 11,200 status children and as many as three times that number non-status, through whatever means necessary and give them to families who wanted them. Up to 70 per cent of these families were white.

Even now, these same agencies feign ignorance of the situation, and totally refuse to help or even to divulge any information so that families might be reunited.

I don’t know about you, but I now question every single move governments make.

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

A8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 26, 2014

12-hour truce HAMAS, ISRAEL ANNOUNCE LULL BUT U.S.-LED EFFORTS TO BROKER LONGER TRUCE STALL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal and Israel’s defence minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground operation “significantly.”

Hours after the U.S.-led efforts stalled, the two sides agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire to begin Saturday. However, the temporary lull was unlikely to change the trajectory of the current hostilities amid ominous signs that the Gaza war is spilling over into the West Bank.

In a “Day of Rage,” Palestinians across the territory, which had been relatively calm for years, staged protests against Israel’s Gaza operation and the rising casualty toll there. In the West Bank, at least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, hospital officials said.

The latest diplomatic setbacks, after several days of high-level diplomacy in the region, signalled that both sides are digging in and that the fighting in Gaza is likely to drag on.

Israel wants more time to destroy Hamas military tunnels and rocket launching sites in Gaza, while the territory’s Hamas rulers want international guarantees that a Gaza border blockade will be lifted before they cease fire.

The Israeli military said in a statement that Saturday’s 12-hour pause in fighting would start at 8 a.m. But it warned that the military “shall respond if terrorists choose to exploit” the lull to attack Israeli troops “or fire at Israeli civilians.” The military also said that “operational activities to locate and neutralize tunnels in the Gaza

Strip will continue.”

A Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, said earlier Friday that the group had agreed to the 12-hour lull, intended to allow civilians to receive aid and evacuate to safer areas.

Civilians on both sides have been hardest hit over the past 18 days.

In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes and tank shelling have killed more than 860 Palestinians, wounded more than 5,700, displaced tens of thousands and destroyed hundreds of homes, Palestinian officials said. In dozens of cases, Israeli attacks killed three or more members of the same family, according to U.N. figures, and civilians make up three-quarters of the dead.

Gaza militants have fired close to 2,500 rockets at Israel since July 8, exposing most of Israel’s population to an indiscriminate threat that has killed three civilians. Thirty-six soldiers have also been killed in battle in Gaza.

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said Friday that Israel’s military would continue to strike Hamas hard, in order to deter it from firing rockets at Israel in the future.

“At the end of the operation, Hamas will have to think very hard if it is worth it to taunt us in the future,” Yaalon was quoted as telling soldiers manning an Iron Dome anti-missile battery. “You need to be ready for the possibility that very soon we will order the military to significantly broaden ground activity in Gaza.”

“Hamas is paying a very heavy price and will pay an even heavier price,” he said, according to a statement by his office. The warning came shortly after Kerry announced in Cairo that he had been unable to broker a weeklong truce during which both sides were to talk about security arrangements and a possible easing of Gaza’s border blockade. For days, Kerry had been moving

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Smoke rises from a vehicle, destroyed by an Israeli strike, after Palestinian fire fighters put out the fire, in Gaza City, early Saturday. between the Egyptian capital, the West Bank and Jerusalem, and talking to officials from Qatar, who are in contact with Hamas. More meetings with his counterparts from European Union nations, Turkey and Qatar were scheduled for Saturday in France. Speaking alongside U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and the Egyptian foreign minister, Kerry insisted there was a general agreement on the “concept” of a truce but that both sides had concerns over details of carrying it out.

“Gaps have been significantly narrowed,” he said. “It can be achieved, if we work through some of the issues that are important for the parties.”

However, the Israeli Security Cabi-

net rejected Kerry’s proposal, according to Israeli media reports. Israel wants to be able to continue destroying tunnels used by Hamas militants to try to infiltrate into Israel and to smuggle weapons. It has so far uncovered 31 tunnels and destroyed half of them.

Meanwhile, heavy Israeli shelling was reported in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, an area where ground troops are operating.

One shell hit near the emergency department of Beit Hanoun hospital, wounding six people, including a foreign national who was not identified further, the Red Crescent said. Two of the wounded were in critical condition.

U.S. says Russia is firing across the border

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time, adding “it’s that close” to the border.

Warren also corroborated Ukrainian reports of artillery fire from Russia. He said there was no indication Ukraine had shelled Russia.

“For the last several days Russian forces using Russian artillery from Russian soil have conducted attacks against Ukrainian military positions in Ukraine,” Warren said. “This is unquestionably an escalation from a military perspective.”

Russia’s Foreign Ministry responded to U.S. allegations about cross-border shelling by saying: “Facts and details to confirm these lying contentions do not exist.”

The allegations come amid a Ukrainian government offensive against the separatists that has won back control of several important towns over the past few weeks.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden in a telephone conversation Friday that Ukrainian troops are increasingly coming under direct fire from the Russian side of the border, according to a White House statement.

Biden told Poroshenko that the U.S. “would continue to co-ordinate with the European Union and the G-7 about imposing further costs on Russia for its deeply destabilizing and irresponsible actions in Ukraine,” the statement said.

Douglas Lute, U.S. ambassador to NATO, accused Russia of waging “civil war by proxy” in Ukraine and said the Russians have about 15,000 troops massed near the border. He spoke at a security forum in Aspen, Colorado.

In another development, CNN said pro-Russian rebels abducted one of its local freelancers on Tuesday outside the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk and was still holding him on Friday.

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia is launching artillery attacks from its soil on Ukrainian troops and preparing to move heavier weaponry across the border, the U.S. and Ukraine charged Friday in what appeared to be an ominous escalation of the crisis.

Russia accused Washington of lying and charged Ukraine with firing across the border on a Russian village. It also toughened its economic measures against Ukraine by banning dairy imports.

Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said five salvos of heavy rockets were fired across the border near the town of Kolesnikov in the Luhansk region in the country’s east. A border crossing point near Marynovka was fired on twice with mortars, also from the Russian side, while Ukrainian forces shot down three Russian drones, Lysenko said.

If true, the allegations mean Moscow is playing a more direct role in the fighting than it has been accused of up to now — a dangerous turn in what is already the gravest crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. In addition, Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said that the U.S. has seen powerful rocket systems moving closer to the Ukraine border and that they could be put into the hands of the Russian-backed separatists as soon as Friday.

It wasn’t clear what those developments mean for the international investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. U.S. authorities believe the separatists shot it down with a missile, perhaps in the mistaken belief it was a military plane.

A small group of Dutch and Australian investigators combed the sprawling, unsecured field where the plane came down on July 17, taking notes and photos as their governments prepared police detachments they hope can protect the crash site and help bring the last of the 298 victims home.

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While vacationing in Mexico, our family spent part of the holiday monitoring weather reports — hoping that a hurricane would not ruin the trip. We knew that August was inside hurricane season, but when we found a rock-bottom last-minute airfare deal to Puerto Vallarta, we just couldn’t resist booking a late summer vacaDEBBIE tion.

OLSEN Fortunately for us, the hurricane in question headed toward the other side of the country. While hundreds of vacationers were frantically trying to exit Cancun, we enjoyed sunny skies. By the time it travelled inland to reach Puerto Vallarta, the Category 5 hurricane had been downgraded to little more than a remnant low. That said, the low caused a day of heavy rains that shut down the core of the city.

One day of rain is less than ideal, but the six days of sun, sand and surf, and the cheap price we paid seemed, to make up for it. Travelling during the off-season can pay off — especially if you are good at searching for silver linings.

Virtually every popular travel destination has an off-season when savvy travellers can score big deals and avoid the crowds. But it’s important to realize that some destinations come with risks. It’s a good idea to know what you’re signing up for before you put your money down on a discounted vacation.

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ABOVE: If museums and theatres are your thing, consider a visit to a city during the off season. These indoor venues are air conditioned in summer and heated in winter. The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix is pictured here. We visited in summer and I loved it.

BELOW: September to November are quieter months in the Disney theme parks, and visitors during that time typically enjoy savings such as free dining with a resort stay.

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OFF SEASON: Great deals can be found Here are a few great off-season escapes worth considering.

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There are great deals to be had in Arizona and Nevada during July and August, when temperatures typically average above 40C. Despite the scorching temperatures, Arizona and Nevada can be cool in the summer — at least figuratively. There are plenty of great ways to beat the heat and many of hotels have amazing pools, fun summer activities and huge discounts.

In August, there are a number of Las Vegas hotels with rates below $75 per night, according to booking. com, and in Arizona many of the ritziest resorts have mind-blowing summer rates.

The Arizona Biltmore for example, has summer room rates starting at $109 per night plus tax. That’s about a quarter of the cost of a lead-in room during the peak season. They also have huge discounts on golf along with a host of free summer activities (outdoor movie nights, s’mores on the lawn, and cooking classes) that guests can enjoy. The Biltmore is frequented by Hollywood celebrities and heads of state.

Many other upscale hotels are offering similar bargains.

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Try a green safari African safaris are never inexpensive. Some of the best luxury lodges can cost up to $1,000 per person per night during the peak season, but prices drop dramatically during the rainy season when rain is more frequent, the landscape is greener and wildlife becomes more difficult to spot.

In East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda), the green season generally falls from December to May. In Southern Africa (Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe), the green season falls from mid-November through April.

Mosquitoes and malaria are a bigger problem in some parts of Africa during the rainy season, but are almost non-existent in others. Travellers to Etosha National Park in Namibia have a far lower risk of contracting malaria than those who visit Krugar National Park in South Africa, for example.

Besides lower rates, the upsides to visiting during the green season are that landscapes are greener and lusher, birdlife is abundant and many animals give birth during this time of year.

A good guide should be able to help you spot plenty of baby animals as well as the predators that will inevitably be lurking nearby.

by almost 50 per cent and crowds become almost non-existent.

Most big cities have great heated metro systems and sometimes area attractions also offer deals during low season.

Just remember to bundle up.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

Winter city escapes If arts and culture is your thing, you can save a bundle by visiting cities like New York, Toronto or Montreal during the winter months.

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The islands of the Western Caribbean are less likely to be affected by hurricanes than those of the Eastern Caribbean.

The southernmost Caribbean islands (Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Grenada, Trinidad, Tobago) are rarely hit by hurricanes and are almost always a good bet.

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Storm watch Rock-bottom summer travel rates are quite common in tropical destinations — especially during hurricane season. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 and the Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 to Nov. 30, but the odds of having a named storm make landfall are actually relatively small — even in those destinations frequented by such storms.

The fact is some destinations have a higher incidence of hurricanes and named storms than others.

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No Jaws panic: frenzy over shark sightings off Cape Cod are a boon for tourism, sales

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHATHAM, Mass. — In Jaws, the fictional mayor tried to protect the summer tourism season by keeping a lid on reports of the man-eater lurking offshore.

As sightings of great white sharks mount off Cape Cod in real life, however, businesses in the Massachusetts town of Chatham are embracing the frenzy.

Shark T-shirts are everywhere, Jaws has been playing in local theatres and boat tours are taking more tourists out to see the huge seal population that keeps the sharks coming.

Harbormasters have issued warnings but — unlike the sharks in the movies — the great whites generally are not seen as a threat to human swimmers.

Among the entrepreneurs is Justin Labdon, owner of the Cape Cod Beach Chair Company, who started selling ‘Chatham Whites’ T-shirts after customers who were renting paddle boards and kayaks began asking whether it was safe to go to sea.

“I mean, truthfully, we’ve probably grown about 500 per cent in terms of the sale of our shark apparel,” he said. The T-shirts, hoodies, hats, belts, dog collars and other accessories bear the iconic, torpedo-shaped image of great whites and sell for between $10 and $45.

He said his store brings in thousands of dollars in sales of the shark-themed merchandise.

Tourists peer through coin-operated binoculars in hopes of catching a glimpse of a shark fin from the beaches of Chatham. The posh resort town is on the elbow of the cape that has a large population of grey seals — the massive animals whose blubber is the fuel of choice for great white sharks. Local shops sell jewelry, candy, clothes, stuffed animals and beverages with shark motifs.

A study released last month by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the number of great white sharks off the Eastern U.S. and Canada is surging after decades of decline. Conservation efforts and the greater availability of prey such as Massachusetts’ seals, are credited with the reversal.

Shark sightings have soared from generally fewer than two annually before 2004 to more than 20 in each of the last few years off Cape Cod, where the economy depends heavily on the summer tourism season. Despite notices urging boaters and swimmers to use caution, the official reaction has been nearly the opposite of the panic depicted in “Jaws,” the 1975 film shot mainly on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard.

“White sharks are this iconic species in society and it draws amazing amounts of attention,” said Gregory Skomal, a senior marine fisheries biologist who also leads the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, who said people are coming in hopes of witnessing the animals in their splendor. “I have not been approached by anyone who has said to me ’let’s go kill these sharks.”’

Skomal said sharks have been coming closer to shore to feed on the seals, which he said have been coming on shore in greater numbers because of successful conservation efforts.

Confrontations with people are rare, with only 106 unprovoked white shark attacks — 13 of them fatal — in U.S. waters since 1916, according to data provided by the University of Florida.

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RENOVATES POST OFFICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has big plans for the Old Post Office building, a historic structure in downtown Washington that he’s pledging to transform into the city’s most luxurious hotel.

As for the White House, four blocks away?

He’s not saying.

The real estate mogul and reality TV star was all business in his visit to the nation’s capital Wednesday for a ceremonial groundbreaking outside the 115-yearold building — shaking hands, posing for pictures with gold-plated shovels and praising Democratic political leaders for their co-operation.

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The Trump Organization won a $200 million contract with the federal government to turn it into a luxury hotel with 270 guest rooms and suites, restaurants, retail and a 13,000-squarefoot (1,208-sq. meter) ballroom.

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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who represents the District in Congress, has led the push to renovate the building.

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“Look at what the Old Post Office had been reduced to — something of an ugly duckling on Pennsylvania Avenue,” Norton said.

“I think we’re about to see the grand old lady back in her iconic glory.”

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Trump, a Republican, has openly pondered a presidential bid on multiple occasions.

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SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is taking steps to ban smoking on all 362 miles of beaches along the Pacific coast.

The move this week by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department follows an earlier ban on smoking at most other state park properties.

It’s partly a response to concerns that the earlier smoking ban, enacted in February, will push more smokers onto the coastline, said Chris Havel, an agency spokesman. The ban would also reduce litter on beaches and ensure consistent rules throughout the state parks system, he said.

The agency is taking public comment on the proposal through Aug. 29 and will hold public meetings to discuss it in Seaside, Newport, Coos Bay and Salem.

Smokers could face a $110 fine, although the agency says it prefers to educate visitors and only issues citations to the most egregious repeat offenders.

Oregon has about 548 park rangers — about two-thirds of them seasonal — who enforce the rules along the coast and in 224 state parks.

Under the rules enacted earlier this year, smoking is banned on state park property except in a vehicle or campsite, or portions of day-use parks that are designated as safety rest areas.

Rangers have started asking smokers to extinguish cigarettes, but nobody will be ticketed before next year, Havel said.

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Donald Trump takes part in a ground breaking ceremony for the Trump International Hotel on the site of the Old Post Office, in Washington, this week.

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Furyk, DeLaet tie record

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — It was almost as if Jim Furyk, Graham DeLaet and Matt Kuchar were a team when they went on a birdie spree in the second round of the US$5.7 million RBC Canadian Open on Friday.

The threesome were all smiles after they combined for 22 birdies (and only three bogeys), while Furyk and DeLaet tied the course record with 63s in near-perfect scoring conditions at Royal Montreal’s usually daunting Blue course.

Furyk, who birdied four straight holes early in his round, emerged with a share of the tournament lead at 10-under 130 with veteran Tim Petrovic, who shot 66.

Weyburn, Sask., native DeLaet in was in a tie for third at 8-under 132 with Kyle Stanley, who had 67.

“They’re fun to play golf with,” Furyk said of DeLaet and Kuchar. “We chatted a lot out there.

“And then to have everyone play well, you’re seeing birdie putts going in, it’s a lot of fun. And I think you can feed off that a little bit. Those guys are making birdies, you feel like putts are going in, it’s a good vibe.”

In a way they are a team. They are among the 10 PGA Tour players sponsored by RBC that includes Graeme McDowell, who had five birdies of his own for a 65 to sit at 7-under 133 along with Justin Hicks (67), Scott Brown (66) and Andrew Svoboda (66).

Kuchar’s 65 put him in a group at 6-under 134 that included first-round co-leader Michael Putnam, who shot 70.

The entire RBC-sponsored crew plays the Canadian Open, which many top stars skipped to rest up after last week’s British Open at Royal Liverpool.

The 44-year-old Furyk had extra motivation. He won the event back-toback in 2006 and 2007. One more win would put him in a tie for the secondmost Canadian Open titles with Tommy Armour, Sam Snead and Lee Trevino.

Leo Diegel won four in the 1920s.

“Winning any event is special,” said Furyk, who has 16 career victories.

“I’ve had a lot of success (in Canada) and really a lot of support here.

“But we’re only at the halfway point.”

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Graham DeLaet, left, from Weyburn, Sask., walks up the the 9th green with Jim Furyk of the United States during second round of play at the Canadian Open golf championship Friday in Montreal. a sizzling 65 at Royal Liverpool on Sunday that got him fourth place in the British Open. He hopped on a charter after that round to get to the Canadian Open in time to readjust to the Eastern time zone and get reacquainted with the course, which he played while on the U.S. team that defeated the Internationals at the 2007 Presidents Cup. With the fairways and greens softened by heavy rain on Wednesday, Royal Montreal was ready to be taken.

“The golf course is soft and receptive, and they have it set up where we can attack and fire at pins, so scores are going to be good,” he said. “It would be a totally different scenario if

these greens were firm.”

DeLaet isn’t short of motivation either. Canada’s top-ranked player at No. 31 in FedEx Cup standings is seeking his first PGA Tour win and would like nothing more than to become the first home grown player to win the Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954.

He started the second round at 1-under, then posted five birdies on the first eight holes and nine on the day to go with a pair of bogeys.

“I felt I was in control of my game all day, with a couple of little hiccups,” the 32-year-old said. “I mean, all three of us played great.

“I never saw so many putts rolling

in. It was a lot of fun. We were feeding off each other. When you see putts rolling in from everywhere like it was in our group, you just feel like putting’s easy or something and you just start holing them.”

Tying the course record was a particular thrill for the Canadian. It was set in the second round the last time the Canadian Open was played at Royal Montreal in 2001 by David Morland and Scott Verplank, the tournament winner.

“To share a course record here is pretty special and to have two guys in one group do it is pretty amazing,” said DeLaet.

Yankees overcome early deficit for win

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New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, right, watches as second baseman Brian Roberts drops a ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista for a double during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Friday at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees won 6-4.

New York 6 Toronto 4 NEW YORK — Derek Jeter stood on the dugout steps, stone-faced as a statue, when Ichiro Suzuki approached after rounding with the bases with his first home run since last August.

Only when the Japanese star was inches away did the New York Yankees captain crack a wide smile and offer a fist bump.

Suzuki hit a go-ahead, three-run drive in the third inning against Mark Buehrle, and the Yankees overcame an early deficit to beat the Blue Jays 6-4 Friday night for their 17th straight home win against Toronto.

“I was kind of expecting that,” Suzuki said through a translator, referring to Jeter’s reaction. “During batting practice, he always tells me, ’Can’t leave,’ which means the ball doesn’t leave the ballpark.”

This time, Jeter altered his comment slightly — or so Suzuki thought.

“I think he said, ’Can leave,”’ Suzuki said before laughing.

After months of injuries and mediocre play, the Yankees find themselves back in playoff position and in a much better frame of mind.

New York won for the seventh time in eight games since the All-Star break and moved one game in front of the

third-place Blue Jays in the AL East.

“It’s better than the alternative, but it really doesn’t mean a whole lot with 60 games to go,” manager Joe Girardi said.

Jose Bautista homered twice to reach 20 for the fifth straight season.

He also doubled and drove in four runs, but Buehrle couldn’t hold leads of 3-0 and 4-2. The All-Star left-hander dropped to 1-12 against the Yankees, including 10 straight losses over the past decade.

New York is 26-10 against Toronto since September 2012. The bottom four batters in the Yankees’ lineup combined to go 7 for 14 with four RBIs. “You walk in this stadium, you feel energy. It’s hard to really describe why, but it’s there,” said third baseman Chase Headley, acquired from San Diego on Tuesday.

Hiroki Kuroda (7-6) shrugged off a shaky start and allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings.

David Robertson pitched the ninth for his 26th save in 28 chances, completing the bullpen’s two-hit, scoreless night.

“With the stuff I had, I was struggling all day. But at the same time, I tried to hang in there,” Kuroda said through a translator.

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Bezzoubenko captures second rhythmic gymnastics gold

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GLASGOW — Patricia Bezzoubenko watched the Maple Leaf go up and wiped a tear from her eye.

It was a remarkable moment for the rhythmic gymnast who has lived most of her life in Russia but was overjoyed to win gold for Canada on Friday.

“Gosh, so proud of my country and for my coaches and my parents,” she said with a shy smile.

The 17-year-old captured her second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games, winning the individual allaround title a day after she led Canada to a victory in the team event. Later Friday, swimmer Katerine Savard made it a double-gold day for Canada by winning the women’s 100-metre but-

COMMONWEALTH GAMES terfly in a Commonwealth Games record time of 57.40 seconds.

Canada is fifth in the overall medal standings after two days of competition with nine (four gold, one silver, four bronze). England and Australia have 32 medals apiece, followed by host Scotland (15) and India (10).

More gold could be coming for Canada as Bezzoubenko is poised to climb the podium several more times when she competes in the four individual events — hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon — on Saturday. She could potentially win all four.

“I will try,” she said.

Bezzoubenko scored 59.175 points

to claim gold, while Francesca Jones of Wales was second with 57.350 and teammate Laura Halford won the bronze with 56.225. Maria Kitkarska of Montreal was eighth.

Canada has four gold medals at the Games. Swimmer Ryan Cochrane won the men’s 400-metre freestyle race on Thursday.

Bezzoubenko was born in Vancouver but her parents returned with her to Moscow when she was just four.

When Bezzoubenko was 13, Russia’s national team coach placed a call to Canadian coach Svetlana Joukova — who is Russian-born — suggesting she take a look at the young gymnast with

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dual citizenship.

Now Bezzoubenko, who lists her hometown as Thornhill, Ont., trains with Russia’s top gymnasts in Moscow, a privilege that was facilitated by Joukova, and that costs her parents about $2,000 a month. The family lives in a tiny rented apartment there.

It’s a partnership that’s paying off for the sport in Canada.

“Yes, the Russians are the best in the world , so she’s being exposed to the best in the world, you can’t really ask for more than that,” said Jean-Paul Caron, a consultant with Gymnastics Canada and its former president and CEO. “And she can come back and share that with the others.”

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B5

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014

Football

Local Sports

GP 3 4 4 3

CFL East Division W L T PF 1 2 0 57 1 3 0 101 1 3 0 70 0 3 0 41

PA 80 112 113 69

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GP Calgary 4 Edmonton 5 Winnipeg 5 B.C. 5 Saskatchewan 3

West Division W L T PF 4 0 0 99 4 1 0 130 4 1 0 141 2 3 0 102 1 2 0 59

PA 52 84 114 92 84

Pt 8 8 8 4 2

Today

● 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. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer at Innisfail, 7 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Selected the contract of INF Gregorio Petit from Oklahoma City (PCL).

Optioned RHP Anthony Bass to Oklahoma City.

Transferred RHP Matt Albers to the 60-day DL. NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed LHP Chris Capuano to a major league contract and selected him to the 25-man roster. Designated RHP Chris Leroux for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired RHP Deck McGuire from Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL).

SEATTLE MARINERS— Activated 1B-DH Kendrys Morales. Optioned DH-1B Jesus Montero to Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Purchased the contract of RHP Jerome Williams from Round Rock (PCL).

Placed OF Jake Smolinski on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 22. Released RHP Justin Marks.

Activated LHP Joseph Ortiz from the 60-day DL and optioned to him Frisco (Texas). Transferred 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff from the 15- to the 60-day DL. National League MIAMI MARLINS — Recalled C J.T. Realmuto from Jacksonville (SL). Optioned RHP Anthony DeSclafani to New Orleans (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Purchased the contract of 2B Dan Uggla from Fresno (PCL).

Placed 2B Marco Scutaro and INF Ehire Adrianza on the 15-day DL. Designated LHP Jose De Paula and INF Nick Noonan for assignment.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released RHP Kevin Sweeney.

LAREDO LEMURS — Traded INF Josh Scheffert to Joliet (FL) for a player to be named.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released RHP Alan Williams and INF Trevor Whyte. Acquired OF Jake Luce from Brownsville (UL) for a player to be named.

Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed RHP Evan Kirsch.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Acquired RHP Chris Squires Kansas City (AA) for a player to be named.

Signed INF Preston Overbey. Released 1B Caleb Bryson, INF Ben Kline and RHP Edgar Valle.

FRONTIER GREYS — Released RHP Oliver Van Zant.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Received INF Josh Scheffert from Laredo (AA) for a player to be named.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Sold the contract of RHP D.J. Johnson to Minnesota (AL).

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Released 1B Connor Lewis.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed LHP Andrew Ferriera. Released RHP Tad Barton.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed F Adreian Payne.

CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed F Noah Vonleh. Re-signed G Jannero Pargo.

ORLANDO MAGIC — Signed G Luke Ridnour.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL AND NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — Named Derrick Brooks an appeals officer.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed WR Reggie Dunn.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived WR Darius Johnson.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Bobby Felder.

Added LB Randell Johnson to the active roster. Released DT Colby Way. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated DT Christo Bilukidi, G Clint Boling, CB Leon Hall, P Kevin Huber, WR Colin Lockett, CB Onterio McCalebb and G Mike Pollak.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Jamaal Westerman.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed P Drew Butler. Released S Gabe Lynn.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed LBs Mike Neal and Nick Perry on the PUP list.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR Andy Cruse and WR Ty Walker. Waived WR Josh Cooper and OT Matt Hall. Placed TE Chase Ford, CB Captain Munnerlyn and S Andrew Sendejo on the PUP list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released TE Nate Byham.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed S Jairus Byrd and DL John Jenkins on the PUP list.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed S Mike Mitchell and RB Alvester Alexander on the PUP list.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed G C.J. Davis and WR David Gilreath. Placed LB-DE Bruce Irvin and DB Eric Pinkins on the PUP list.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released OL Carl Nicks.

Indoor Football League SIOUX FALLS STORM — Announced the retirement of QB Chris Dixon.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Re-signed C Landon Ferraro to a one-year contract.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Agreed to terms with G James Reimer on a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed F Nathan Walker to a three-year, entry-level contract.

American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Signed LW Mike Hoeffel and D Hubert Labrie to one-year contracts.

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed Fs Jordy Trottier and Nick McParland to one-year contracts.

SOCCER FIFA — Reprimanded the Argentine soccer association and fined it $33,000 after its players were pictured with a political banner before a World Cup warmup match.

Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Vancouver coach Carl Robinson and the team an undisclosed amount for a mass confrontation with Real Salt Lake during a July 19 game.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Loaned MF Ian Christianson to Orlando City (USL Pro).

TORONTO FC — Announced G Julio Cesar returned to Queens Park (English).

Ottawa Toronto Montreal Hamilton

Week 5 Thursday’s results Calgary 26 Edmonton 22 Friday’s results Winnipeg 23 B.C. 6 Saturday’s results Ottawa at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s results

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.

Week 7 Thursday, August 7 Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, August 8 Edmonton at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Hamilton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 9 Ottawa at Calgary, 5:30 p.m.

Second Quarter Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 33 4:48 B.C. — FG McCallum 11 11:37 B.C. — FG McCallum 19 15:00 Third Quarter Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 51 5:39 Wpg — TD Denmark 37 pass from Willy (Hajrullahu convert) 8:39 Wpg 8:56..

Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 49 14:23 Fourth Quarter No scoring.

Winnipeg 6 3 14 0 — 23 B.C. 0 6 0 0 — 6 Attendance — 25,321 at B.C. TEAM STATISTICS Winnipeg First downs 17 Yards rushing 50 Yards passing 250 Total offence 300 Passes made-tried 26-19 Returns yards 81

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Blue Bombers 23, Lions 6 First Quarter Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 19 6:25 Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 27 12:44

B.C. 19 100 242 342 33-18 128

Interceptions-yards by Fumbles-Lost Sacks by Punts-average Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

2-0 0-3 6 46-5 35-14 30:30

1-35 1-0 2 46-6 122-5 29:30

Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Winnipeg: Grigsby 15-19, Willy 4-18, Denmark 1-9, Pontbriand 1-4. B.C.: Harris 8-38, Logan 8-32, Arceneaux 3-28, Partridge 1-2.

Receiving Winnipeg: Moore 7-99, Denmark 4-66, Fitzgerald 1-38, Grigsby 3-18, Carter 1-13, Kohlert 1-11, Pontbriand 1-5. B.C.: Taylor 4-66, Arceneaux 4-63, Jackson 4-36, Gore 2-34, Harris 3-23, Logan 2-20.

Passing Winnipeg: Willy 18-26-250-1-1. B.C.: Glenn 18-31232-0-2, Beck 1-2-10-0-0.

Baseball RED DEER SENIOR MEN’S Thursday’s Scores Printing Place 12 North Star Sports 5

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 56 45 .554 54 48 .529 54 50 .519 50 53 .485 47 56 .456 Central Division W L Pct 57 42 .576 52 50 .510 51 52 .495 50 54 .481 46 56 .451 West Division W L Pct 63 39 .618 60 41 .594 53 49 .520 42 61 .408 41 62 .398

GB — 2.5 3.5 7 10 GB — 6.5 8 9.5 12.5 GB — 2.5 10 21.5 22.5

Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Texas 4, Oakland 1 Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 6, Cleveland 4 Miami 2, Houston 0 Detroit at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Toronto (Hutchison 6-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 1-1), 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 8-6) at Seattle (C.Young 8-6), 2:10 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 11-6) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-1) at Minnesota (Darnell 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 3-5) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-9), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 6-7) at Houston (Cosart 9-6), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 11-3) at Texas (Tepesch 3-6), 6:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 9-8) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 7-3), 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 11:40 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

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

Oakland at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 56 44 .560 Atlanta 55 48 .534 Miami 49 53 .480 New York 49 54 .476 Philadelphia 45 58 .437 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 58 46 .558 Pittsburgh 54 48 .529 St. Louis 54 48 .529 Cincinnati 51 51 .500 Chicago 42 59 .416 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 57 45 .559 Los Angeles 56 47 .544 San Diego 46 56 .451 Arizona 44 59 .427 Colorado 42 60 .412

GB — 2.5 8 8.5 12.5 GB — 3 3 6 14.5 GB — 1.5 11 13.5 15

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 6 Philadelphia 9, Arizona 5 Washington 4, Cincinnati 1 San Diego 5, Atlanta 2 Miami 2, Houston 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2 Colorado 8, Pittsburgh 1 L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games St. Louis (S.Miller 7-8) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-2), 2:05 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-5) at Cincinnati (Cueto 10-6), 2:05 p.m.

Arizona (Collmenter 8-5) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-5), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 6-7) at Houston (Cosart 9-6), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-5) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 116), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Despaigne 2-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-6), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 2-1) at Colorado (Matzek 1-4), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-7), 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Miami at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games San Diego at Atlanta, 10:10 a.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

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

Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

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

Hand, Morris (8), Cishek (9) and Mathis; Keuchel, Fields (8), Veras (9) and J.Castro. W—Hand 2-2.

L—Keuchel 9-7. Sv—Cishek (25).

St. Louis Chicago

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Buehrle, Redmond (4), Cecil (7), McGowan (8) and D.Navarro; Kuroda, Huff (6), Kelley (7), Betances (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and Cervelli. W—Kuroda 7-6. L—Buehrle 10-7. Sv—Dav.Robertson (26).

HRs—Toronto, Bautista 2 (20). New York, Beltran (11), I.Suzuki (1).

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Lester, A.Miller (7), Tazawa (7), Breslow (8) and D.Ross; Price, McGee (9) and J.Molina, Casali. W—Price 11-7. L—Tazawa 1-2. Sv—McGee (10). HRs—Boston, Victorino (2). Tampa Bay, De.Jennings (9).

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J.Kelly, Choate (5), Siegrist (6), Neshek (7), S.Freeman (8), Maness (8) and T.Cruz; T.Wood, W.Wright (6), Grimm (7), N.Ramirez (8), H.Rondon (9) and Castillo. W—Grimm 3-2. L—Siegrist 1-2.

Sv—H.Rondon (12). HRs—St. Louis, M.Carpenter (6), Holliday (9). Chicago, Sweeney (2), T.Wood (3), Valbuena (7).

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Miley, Delgado (6), E.Marshall (7), O.Perez (8) and M.Montero; K.Kendrick, Bastardo (6), De Fratus (7), Diekman (8) and Ruiz. W—K.Kendrick 5-10. L— Miley 6-7. HRs—Arizona, A.Marte (1). Philadelphia, D.Brown (7).

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Roark, Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and W.Ramos; Simon, Hoover (5), LeCure (7), Partch (8), Contreras (9) and Mesoraco. W—Roark 10-6. L—Simon 12-5. Sv—R.Soriano (24).

Hammel, O’Flaherty (6), Cook (8) and D.Norris; Je.Williams, Mendez (7), Feierabend (7), Cotts (8), Feliz (9) and Chirinos. W—Je.Williams 2-4. L— Hammel 0-3. Sv—Feliz (1).

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Hahn, Boyer (7), Quackenbush (8), Benoit (8) and Rivera; A.Wood, Hale (6), Shreve (8), S.Simmons (9) and Gattis. W—Hahn 6-2. L—A.Wood 7-8. Sv— Benoit (2).

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Tomlin, Crockett (6), Carrasco (7), Hagadone (8), Axford (8) and Y.Gomes; Ventura, Bueno (7), Frasor (7), K.Herrera (8), Crow (9) and S.Perez. W—K. Herrera 2-2. L—Carrasco 3-4. Sv—Crow (2). HRs— Cleveland, C.Santana 2 (17). Kansas City, S.Perez (12), Moustakas (13), B.Butler (4).

Chicago 302 Minnesota 010

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Joh.Danks, Guerra (8), Thompson (9) and Flowers; Correia, Thielbar (5), Burton (7), Duensing (8), Fien (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Joh.Danks 9-6. L—Correia 5-13. HRs—Chicago, J.Abreu (30), Al.Ramirez (9), Flowers (6). Minnesota, Arcia (7), Willingham (10).

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Za.Wheeler, Black (7), C.Torres (8), Mejia (9) and d’Arnaud; Gallardo, W.Smith (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Maldonado. W—C.Torres 5-4. L—Fr.Rodriguez 4-4. Sv—Mejia (14). HRs—New York, Duda (17).

Milwaukee, C.Gomez (15).

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Morton, Pimentel (8) and R.Martin, C.Stewart; B.Anderson, Kahnle (7), Brothers (8), Masset (8), Belisle (9), Ottavino (9) and Rosario. W—B. Anderson 1-3. L—Morton 5-10. HRs—Colorado, C.Gonzalez (10).

Commonwealth Games MEDAL STANDINGS At Glasgow, Scotland (through Friday’s medal events) England Australia Scotland India Canada New Zealand South Africa Wales Cyprus Nigeria Malaysia Singapore Jamaica Bangladesh Cameroon Ghana Northern Ireland Papua New Guinea Sri Lanka Samoa Zambia

G 12 11 7 3 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

S 11 9 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

wealth Games

B 9 12 5 3 4 4 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

Total 32 32 15 10 9 8 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

What Canada Did on Friday at the Common-

Badminton Mixed Team — Canada won both their games with a 4-1 decision over Wales, and 3-2 against Australia.

Boxing Men’s 69 kilograms — Custio Clayton of Dartmouth, N.S., def. Jonathan Francois, Grenada, by unanimous decision.

Cycling (Track) Women’s 3,000 Individual Pursuit — Laura Brown and Stephanie Roorda, both Vancouver, and Jasmin Glaesser, Coquitlam, B.C., placed 10th, 11th and 14th respectively in qualifying heats and failed to advance.

Men’s 4,000 Individual Pursuit — Remi Pelletier-Roy placed ninth, and Ed Veal (12th) in qualifying and did not advance.

Field Hockey Women — Canada (0-2) lost 2-0 to South Africa.

Judo Men’s 70 kg — Alix Renaud-Roy, St-Roch-desAulnaies, Que., won a bronze medal.

Men’s 81 kg — Jonah Burt of Whitby, Ont., won a bronze medal, while Louis Krieber-Gagnon, Montreal, lost his bronze match.

Women’s 63 kg — Beatrice Valois-Fortier, Quebec City, lost in the bronze-medal round.

Women’s 70 kg —Monika Burgess, Kitchener, Ont., was eliminated in the quarter-final round.

Lawn Bowling Women’s singles — Kelly McKerihen, Toronto, def. Elizabeth Moceiwai of Fiji, 21-14.

Women’s fours — lost to South Africa, 19-9.

Men’s pairs — lost to Malta, 20-6; then defeated Malaysia, 14-13.

Men’s triples — lost to Guernsey, 18-16, and later fell 20-16 to New Zealand.

Mixed pairs (para-sport B2/B3) — lost to New Zealand 20-10.

Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around — Patricia Bezzoubenko, Vaughan, Ont., won the gold medal; Maria Kitkarska, Montreal, finished eighth.

Shooting Women’s 10-metre Air Pistol — Dorothy Ludwig of Langley, B.C., won the bronze medal; Lynda Kiejko, Calgary, placed fifth.

Men’s skeet — Jason Caswell, Edmonton, stands sixth after qualification.

Squash Women — Samantha Cornett, Deep River, Ont., was eliminated with a loss to Jenny Duncalf, England, 3-0 in the round of 16.

Swimming Women’s 50 breaststroke — Tara Van Beilen placed fifth in the final.

Women’s 100 butterfly — Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., won the gold medal in a Commonwealth Games record time of 57.40 seconds; Audrey Lacroix placed seventh in the final.

Men’s 100 backstroke — Russell Wood was eighth in the final.

Men’s 100 freestyle (para sport S8) — Morgan Bird was fourth in the final.

Men’s 400 individual medley — Luke Reilly finished seventh in the final.

Men’s 4x100 freestyle relay — Canada finished fifth.

Table Tennis Women’s team — Canada advances to the quarter-finals after winning both of their games: a 3-0 decision over Papua New Guinea, then downing Guyana, 3-1.

Men’s team — Canada failed to advance to the quarter-finals following a 3-1 loss to Australia which took nearly three hours.

Weightlifting Women’s 53 kg — Jessica Ruel of RouynNoranda, Que., placed ninth

LPGA INTERNATIONAL CROWN OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Results Friday from the LPGA International Crown at the 6,628-yard, par-71 Caves Valley Golf Club: Fourball Pool A Standings: Thailand 5, United States 4, Taiwan 4, Spain 3.

Thailand 4, Taiwan 0 Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, Thailand, def.

Candie Kung and Teresa Lu, Taiwan, 3 and 2.

Pornanong Phatlum and Onnarin Sattayabanphot, Thailand, def. Yani Tseng and Phoebe Yao, Taiwan, 1 up.

United States 4, Spain 0 Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson, United States, def. Belen Mozo and Beatriz Recari, Spain, 3 and 2.

Paula Creamer and Stacy Lewis, United States, def. Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz, Spain, 2 up.

Pool B Standings: Japan 6, South Korea 4, Sweden 3, Australia 3.

Japan 3, Australia 1 Mamiko Higa and Mika Miyazato, Japan, def.

Minjee Lee and Karrie Webb, Australia, 3 and 2.

Ai Miyazato and Sakura Yokomine, Japan, halved Katherine Kirk and Lindsey Wright, Australia South Korea 2, Sweden 2 Caroline Hedwall and Anna Nordqvist, Sweden, def. Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu, South Korea, 1 up.

Na Yeon Choi and I.K. Kim, South Korea, def.

Pernilla Lindberg and Mikaela Parmlid, Sweden, 1 up.

Golf CANADIAN OPEN At Royal Montreal Golf Club, Blue Course Montreal Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,143; Par: 70 (35-35) Second Round a-amateur Jim Furyk Tim Petrovic Graham DeLaet Kyle Stanley Graeme McDowell Justin Hicks Scott Brown Andrew Svoboda Michael Putnam Matt Kuchar Greg Chalmers Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Danny Lee Nick Watney Tim Clark Jamie Lovemark Joe Durant Tim Wilkinson Robert Allenby Roberto Castro J.J. Henry Will Wilcox Edward Loar Retief Goosen Tim Herron Nathan Green Eric Axley Dicky Pride David Hearn Ben Curtis Martin Laird Matt Bettencourt Ernie Els Stewart Cink Scott Piercy Patrick Rodgers Steve Marino Russell Knox Woody Austin Charl Schwartzel Vijay Singh Morgan Hoffmann Joel Dahmen

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Nibali’s rivals vie for second

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France’s Jean-Christophe Peraud center left, rides in the pack during the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 208.5 kilometers with start in Maubourguet and finish in Bergerac, France, Friday. another two minutes slower in sixth place — and erasing his four-minute deficit to join the podium contenders would be no small feat.

In reverse order of the standings, riders on Saturday set off one by one down the starter’s ramp at severalminute intervals over more than six hours. Cheng Ji of Giant-Shimano, the first rider from China in the race, will go first. Nibali goes last.

The not-quite flat and long course will require riders to muster all the strength they have left in legs that have suffered, strained and burned over three weeks — a trek that began in the hills and dales of Yorkshire, England, covered coarse cobblestones and ascended several mountain peaks.

“There’s no real danger, it’s not too technical — it’s really power that will matter,” race director Thierry Gou-

U.S. uses revamped lineup to beat Spain twice

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A switch in pairings led to a change in fortune for the United States in the International Crown.

Coming off a dismal showing in the opening round, the U.S. shuffled its lineup and got the desired result, beating Spain twice Friday to earn its first points in the eight-country competition.

Lexi Thompson and Cristie Kerr took control on the back nine against Belen Mozo and Beatriz Recari in a 3-and-2 win, and Paula Creamer and Stacy Lewis held on to beat Azahara Munoz and Carlota Ciganda 2 up.

One day earlier, the top-seeded U.S. lost twice to Taiwan and was the only country without a point. The Americans traded partners Friday — and the new pairings proved to be far more productive.

“Obviously, we made the right decision,” Creamer said. “We felt comfortable.”

Kerr said: “I thought Lexi and I had a lot of chemistry out there together.

We played with a lot of heart for each

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INTERNATIONAL CROWN other.”

The Kerr-Thompson pairing won holes 10-12 to go 3 up, and CreamerLewis took the lead for good by winning No. 7 before adding to their advantage on Nos. 9 and 11.

Munoz and Ciganda got to 1 down heading to 18 before both landed shots in a bunker. They ended up conceding the hole.

“I would say it was a little bit of a relief when they hit the bunker, but until they hit the bunker shots I don’t think we were relaxed at all,” Lewis said.

Although it was an uplifting performance by the U.S. team, that won’t be the only memory Creamer will take from the afternoon.

“The highlight of the day was shaking (Olympian) Michael Phelps’ hand,” Creamer said.

“I almost fell over. I haven’t washed my hand yet. We talked about that for two holes. I mean, when are we ever going to do that again?”

After two days, Thailand leads Pool A with five points, followed by Taiwan experience. It’s very important for her to feel that everybody cares about her, everybody loves her, and everybody is behind her, to support her and give her more power. This will stay strong in her mind.”

Canada has had a long tradition of success in the sport at the Commonwealth Games, but there’s been a gap since Alexandra Orlando swept all six gold medals eight years ago in Melbourne, Australia.

The gymnasts have been training together for the past three or so weeks, and Kitkarska said she’s been watching Bezzoubenko train and perform with a keen eye.

“She’s very young, but she’s training very hard and she has goals and I’m sure she’ll achieve them because she’s Buehrle (10-7) started the season an amazing gymnast and an amazing 10-1 but dropped to 0-6 with a 4.83 ERA performer and I really love her rou- in nine starts since beating Kansas tines. All of them,” said the 18-yearold. “I love her.”

Bezzoubenko’s programs come with much higher degrees of difficulty, so even if she drops an apparatus — which she did with the hoop on Friday — she still has the potential to win.

“She’s taking risks,” Caron said. “A lot more difficulty, a lot more movement of the apparatus, a lot more difficulty spinning with the apparatus in the air, also the flexibility that she obviously has.”

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and the U.S. with four points apiece and Spain with three.

Japan stands atop Pool B with six points. South Korea has four points and Sweden and Australia each have three.

On Saturday, the final day of betterball play, the United States will face Thailand, and Spain will play Taiwan.

In Pool B, Sweden will face Australia, and South Korea will play Japan.

The top two teams in each pool, along with the winner of a playoff between the third-place teams, will compete in singles matches Sunday for the inaugural International Crown title.

Thailand moved atop Pool A with a pair of wins over Taiwan, which wasn’t able to sustain the momentum it generated with twin wins over the U.S. one day earlier.

Moriya Jutanugarn and younger sister Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand teamed to beat Candie Kung and Teresa Lu 3 and 2. The Jutanugarns took the lead with birdies on the par-4 first and did not lose a hole all day.

Thailand’s other tandem, Pornanong Phatlum and Onnarin Sattayabanphot, beat Yani Tseng and Teresa Lu 1 up with a birdie on the 18th hole.

City on June 1. He gave up six runs and nine hits in three innings, his shortest outing since June 6, 2010, for the Chicago White Sox against Cleveland.

“That’s just frustrating,” Buehrle said. “A big game like this, we needed to come out and try and make a point.”

Toronto manager John Gibbons called off pregame batting practice, hoping to change his team’s luck in the Bronx. And it seemed to work at first when Bautista hit a three-run homer over the left-field scoreboard on a 3-0 pitch in the first.

But New York closed in the second on Brian Roberts’ bases-loaded infield hit on a bouncer to third and Brett Gardner’s sacrifice fly. Bautista hit a solo drive in the third — he’s 4 for 16 against Kuroda with four home runs.

venou said, referring to the time trial.

“There’s just a little climb at the end, but after you’ve covered the Alps and the Pyrenees, it’s really a little climb.”

Three-time world time-trial champion Tony Martin of Germany is perhaps the favourite to win the stage, Gouvenou said, but “when you reach this part of the Tour de France, it’s really a question of freshness and what you have left in the tank.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALL RIVER, Mass. — A judge has rejected a motion to dismiss charges against Aaron Hernandez stemming from the 2013 slaying of a Boston man whose body was found near Hernandez’s home.

Lawyers for Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight end, argued that prosecutors hadn’t shown probable cause to sustain the murder charge against Hernandez in the death of Odin Lloyd and hadn’t presented any evidence or motive for the slaying.

Bristol Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh said in her ruling Thursday that probable cause, and a defendant’s guilt, can be established by circumstantial evidence, and prosecutors don’t need to prove a motive to secure a murder conviction.

The grand jury heard “sufficient evidence” to establish probable cause that Hernandez “intentionally participated in some meaningful way” in Lloyd’s death, she wrote.

Hernandez’s lawyers had also moved to dismiss an unlawful possession of a firearm charge, partially on the grounds that prosecutors presented improper evidence to the grand jury of Hernandez’s alleged prior bad acts involving guns.

“After reading all the grand jury transcripts, the court has a firm belief that the grand jury would have returned the indictments it did even if the disputed items of evidence had not been presented,” Garsh said in the decision.

Hernandez is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to killing Lloyd, who was dating Hernandez’s fiancee’s sister. His trial is scheduled to start Jan. 9.

Hernandez is also charged with killing two men in Boston in August 2012.

He has pleaded not guilty.

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BERGERAC, France — Ramunas Navardauskas gave Lithuania and his American team a stage victory Friday at the Tour de France. Now cycling’s great showcase is reduced to this — the race for second place behind Vincenzo Nibali.

The Italian, who has all but won the yellow jersey, cruised to the finish in Stage 19 in the rain-splattered pack behind the Lithuanian’s breakaway. Only a mishap of the highest order during Saturday’s time trial would deny Nibali victory in Paris on Sunday.

With cool and methodical racing, Nibali has bit by bit built a lead of more than seven minutes on his closest rivals, and much more against many others. Frenchmen Thibaut Pinot and Jean-Christophe Peraud and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde are vying for second and third.

The showdown comes down to Saturday’s 54-kilometre (33.5-mile) race against the clock from Bergerac to Perigueux. Relatively long by Tour standards, the time trial will require riders to maintain a steady rhythm and face the wind or rain on their own without the protection of the pack.

Only 15 seconds separate the three riders behind Nibali. Pinot trails the leader by 7 minutes, 10 seconds. Peraud is 7:23 back, with Valverde two seconds slower. Pinot is considered the least skilled among the three in time trials.

“Tomorrow is the most important stage of the Tour,” Pinot said. “I’ll have to be strong.”

Next in the standings is France’s Romain Bardet, a teammate of Peraud’s on the AG2R La Mondiale team.

But he’s more than two minutes behind Valverde and not considered strong in time trials. American Tejay van Garderen is regarded as strong, but he’s

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 26, 2014 B7

Busch trades The Double for The Single

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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INDIANAPOLIS — Kurt Busch is slacking at Indy. He’s only entered in one race, scheduled to drive just 400 miles, and has no reason for a mad dash to the helicopter to catch a ride to another track.

Busch is like any other driver trying to win the Brickyard 400, blending in around the garage without scores of reporters and a documentary crew shadowing his every move. Busch has scrapped The Double for The Single at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Returning to IMS for the first time since the Indianapolis 500, Busch’s schedule was considerably less hectic, with one practice session the only racing on his Friday schedule.

“This feels like an off weekend,” Busch said, chuckling.

Busch should enjoy his extra free time. He could have made IMS his primary address in May when he tried to make history with an attempt at completing all 1,100 miles of the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Coca 600 on the same day. Busch earned top rookie honours driving for Andretti Autosport at Indy with a sensational sixth-place finish.

After some rest, food and fluids on a flight to North Carolina, Busch fell 129 laps shy of his goal because of a blown engine in the No. 41 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing.

His date with history has to wait.

Busch was the fourth driver to attempt the feat. Just one — Tony Stewart — has completed both races.

Only John Andretti, Stewart and Robby Gordon had even attempted The Double, and no driver had tried since Gordon in 2004. Busch hasn’t decided if he’ll make another run at double

duty in 2015.

“Every day I wake up and like, yes, let’s do it again,” he said. “Then there are thoughts of, I finished sixth, that’s pretty special. I don’t know if I could achieve that result again.”

But he’s reminded daily of open wheel life. Busch texts with car owner Michael Andretti, IndyCar teammate Marco Andretti and other friends he made during his brief stint in open wheel. With unfinished business, Busch admits it would be fun to take another shot at both races.

The Double Part II is not as simple as just landing a ride. Busch spent months training like a cadet and crisscrossing the country for the doubleheader. He had to make sacrifices on the Sprint Cup side to chase his dream at the Brickyard.

At least next time, he’d have some experience juggling both rides.

“I’m more than willing to jump back in and try to do a full 1,100 miles because that’s the objective, to complete all 1,100,” he said. “It’s something special and it’s a target, and it’s only been achieved once. It’s very difficult to do.”

His lone regret, not sticking around Indy on Saturday for another crack at qualifying in the top nine instead of leaving early for the driver’s meeting for the All-Star race in Charlotte.

Busch said he’s writing thank-you notes to everyone who helped along the way in his Double attempt.

He can make some out to his No. 41 team.

Busch has had a mediocre first season at SHR, an early-season win thrusting him into the Chase for the

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Kurt Busch practices for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Long Pond, Pa. Sprint Cup championship field. But he slumped badly in the six races following his victory, with no top 10s and four finishes of 30th or worse. He started to turn his season around in the aftermath of his failed Double attempt with a pair of third-place finishes and nothing worse than 17th in the last six races.

Dubbed “The Outlaw,” Busch was embraced by the race-crazed fans at IMS who appreciated his efforts as he helped shine a brighter light on the Indy 500. He brought some definite buzz to the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing,” the crown jewel race of the IndyCar

Series and one of the most prestigious races in the world.

“What I saw here in the month of May was very different than what it is here in July and August,” Busch said.

“It’s their big backyard party. It’s their moment to show the world what Indianapolis means and what this oval has always meant to them. And so the people make this Speedway what it is and it’s very special.

“I’m glad that they were rooting me on.”

After conquering Indy, Busch is often asked, what’s next?

“Monster trucks,” he deadpanned.

Johnny Manziel says he’s Bernhard Langer made ‘rookie mistakes’ leads at halfway stage vows to focus on football SENIOR BRITISH OPEN BYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA, Ohio — Like reading a blitz, Johnny Manziel knew the questions about his off-field wildness were coming. So the Browns quarterback struck first.

“At the end of the day,” Manziel said, “I’ve made some rookie mistakes.”

On the eve of Cleveland’s first training camp practice, Manziel offered some regret about his well-chronicled weekend partying over the past two months. But as he prepares to battle Brian Hoyer for a starting job, Manziel said he’s in good standing with his bosses. It’s time to get to work. From here on, he’s Johnny All About Football.

“There’s some things that I wish I could’ve gone back and done a little differently,” Manziel said. “But I’m continuing to move forward and trying to represent this organization in a positive manner and a positive light, so just very excited to be back in camp and it’s football 24/7 and that’s what I love doing. That’s what I live for and it’s what my job, so for me, I’m very excited to be back and can’t wait to get this underway.”

Manziel addressed his fraternity-guygone-wild behaviour, which included photos of him hanging out poolside in Las Vegas with Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, swigging champagne on an inflatable swan pool raft in a Texas nightclub and a shot of him rolling a dollar bill in a bathroom. Manziel didn’t say he’ll change completely, but vowed to be focused on football going forward. Manziel opened his news conference by discussing his off-field exploits, saying he has spoken to Browns coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer.

“For me, my main thing is, people within this building, my teammates, the coaching staff, the higher-ups in this organization we’ve all been on the same page,” he said. “We’ve all been good and very eager to be moving forward.”

For weeks, the Browns downplayed Manziel’s antics. But as his questionable conduct continued and after the startling photo surfaced of Manziel with the rolled-up bill, Pettine reached out

to the 21-year-old while he was on vacation.

“I’ve talked about that with Coach Pettine,” Manziel said. “I’ve talked about it with Farmer and the people I needed to talk about that with. Moving forward, they’re good with everything.

I’ve told them everything that I need to, and everything’s been good.”

While acknowledging he could have made better decisions, Manziel also defended his lifestyle.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with me going out and having a night life, having a social life,” he said. “I mean I am 21 years old and I do like going out and it was the off-season. It’s free time for us and if I want to go out and hang out with my friends or go to nightclubs or do things like that then I think that’s within my rights to be doing that.

“I think there’s other guys throughout the league that are doing that and I’m not trying to compare myself to anybody else but I think that’s within my rights to be doing that.”

Manziel doesn’t think his busy social calendar will hurt his chances to beat out Hoyer.

“I don’t believe so,” he said. “I think there are definitely things moving forward to help better act as a professional. At the same time, I’m still learning how to do that. I’m still getting used to this role, still getting used to this league, still getting used to being a pro football player.

“I’m not in college anymore. There’s things I need to do better, and that’s just part of being a professional. Hopefully with time and going through this season and as time goes on, I’ll get better at doing that.”

The former Texas A&M star enters his first camp as Cleveland’s No. 2 quarterback behind Hoyer, who will get all the reps with Cleveland’s starting offence during the first few days of camp.

Pettine, who earlier this week said he wants to name his starter “pretty quickly” believes Manziel enters camp well prepared to compete with Hoyer.

The continuous controversy surrounding Manziel has somewhat overshadowed Hoyer, who has worked his way back after suffering a season-ending knee injury in his third start last season.

BRIDGEND — Bernhard Langer has and chipped his third to three feet on a seven-stroke cushion to take into the the par-five sixth and sank it. third round of the Senior British Open Two more birdies came at Nos. 11 after shooting a 5-under 66 Friday to and 12, he saved his par at the 14th add to his opening 65. with a 15-foot putt, then hit a drive and The German is on 11-under 131 over- a 5-iron to 10 feet at the 18th and just all at a sunny Royal Porthcawl with missed his eagle attempt.

Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie and “I played very aggressive and smart South African-based Englishman Chris today,” said Langer, who was champion Williams tied for second on 4-under at Carnoustie in 2010. “I missed a cou138. ple of opportunities early Montgomerie shot on but I’m very pleased ‘I PLAYED VERY 66 while Williams addoverall. Playing good golf AGGRESSIVE AND ed a 70 to his opening on a great course is a lot 68.

SMART TODAY. I of fun.

Spaniard Pedro Lin“But you have to be MISSED A COUPLE hart (69) was a further very careful, very smart shot back in fourth, OF OPPORTUNITIES and hopefully execute while Americans Bob properly.”

EARLY ON BUT Tway (73) and Tom Montgomerie hit back Watson (66) shared I’M VERY PLEASED from dropping strokes at fifth on 2-under 140. the first two holes to post OVERALL.’ Watson had a faultsix birdies in the next less round of 66 with — BERNHARD LANGER seven, including five on three birdies, an eathe run from the fifth, for gle at the 18th and no 31 on the first nine holes. dropped shots.

He then got two more on the way Langer was beaten in a playoff by and just one dropped shot.

Mark Wiebe of the United States in last Despite the impressive round, he year’s championship at Royal Birkdale wasn’t hopeful. after blowing a two-stroke lead on the “I’ve got a massive mountain to final hole when he failed to get out of a climb to catch Bernhard,” admitted greenside bunker.

Montgomerie.

“It still hurts when I think about it,” Tway, only two behind Langer overLanger said. night, got to 5 under with a birdie at “If you put me in that situation a the sixth, but then slipped to level par hundred times, I think I would win 98 before closing with two birdies. or 99.”

Fred Couples had to settle for a par Langer started with a bogey five at 71, while Tom Pernice Jr. came back the opening hole when he pulled a from an opening 78 to bag eight birdies 4-iron into a bad lie, hit his second and drop just one shot for 64 and the over the green and didn’t get up and best round of the tournament so far. down.

Wiebe, playing with Langer, made He recovered with three straight an early exit after shooting 77 for an birdies from the fourth, hitting a sand- 11-over 153 — some 22 strokes worse wedge to six feet, a 3-iron to seven feet than the man he beat last year.

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B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 26, 2014 runner-up status in the Alberta senior women’s golf championship.

Kuehn, the leader heading into the final 18 holes, finished with a 54-hole total of 235 that included earlier scores of 78-77.

Jackie Little of the B.C. Public Players Club shot a 75 Friday and captured the provincial title with a 233 total. She turned in earlier rounds of 80-78.

Cathy McMillan of Ponoka tied for 17th with a 253 sum (83-84-86) and Cathy Herbert of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club (RDG&CC) tied for 29th at 259 (82-88-89).

Other Central Alberta results: Brenda Hargreaves, Ponoka, 89-83-89—261, tied for 32nd; Sharon Peart, RDG&CC, 87-88-88—263, tied for 35th; Wendy Wiltzen, RDG&CC, 89-95-87—271, tied for 40th; Brenda Morisseau, Ponoka, 89-93-98—280, 49th.

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Rietze wins junior golf event in playoff Jeremy Rietze of Lacombe rolled in a 15-foot downhill putt for birdie to force a playoff, then dropped a 10-footer for birdie on the first extra hole to win a McLennan Ross Sun Junior Golf Tour event Wednesday at Olds.

Rietze and Jacob Thomas of Edmonton each shot 71 through 18 holes before heading to the first playoff tee. Peter Slade of Calgary was another sbot back and Logan Hill of Red Deer placed fourth with a 74.

Jaxon Lynn of Sylvan Lake finished fifth with a 75 and Carter Graf of Red Deer was 10th after carding an 82.

Clare McMahon of Red Deer won the girls title with an 80. Courtney Dickson of Innisfail was second with an 83, while Nicole Schultz of Olds finished last in the six-player field with a 94.

Other Central Alberta boys results: Chandler McLaren, Wolf Creek, 83; Spencer Bearchell, Olds, 86; Brandon Maxwell, Rocky Mountain House Pine Hills, 86; Sam Hamelin, Stettler, 88; Chase Broderson, Lacombe, 91. ● Jordan Cooke of Sylvan Lake carded a finalround 78 Wednesday and placed seventh in the bantam boys division of a 54-hole Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour event at Calgary McKenzie Meadows.

Cooke turned in earlier scores of 83-85 and finished with a 246 total. Korbin Allan of Lyalta captured the bantam title with a 222 total (71-77-74), 16 strokes better than runner-up Jordan Bean of Saskatoon. ● Chandler McLaren shot an 86 and finished out of the overall top 10 in a McLennan Ross Junior Golf Tour event Thursday at Calgary Country Hills.

McLaren’s score was good for fifth place in the category for boys born in 1995, ‘96 and ‘97. Chris Horton of the host club was the overall winner with a 77.

Detroit Red Wings sign C Landon Ferraro to 1-year contract DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have signed centre Landon Ferraro to a one-year contract.

The team did not announce terms of the deal Friday.

The 22-year-old Ferraro, a former Red Deer Rebel, made his NHL debut for the Red Wings in March.

He ended up playing four games with Detroit, averaging 8:58 of ice time.

He also played 70 games with the team’s minor league affiliate in Grand Rapids, scoring 15 goals with 16 assists.

Capitals sign forward Nathan Walker, first Australian player to be drafted

Goaltender Reimer agrees to two-year deal with Leafs, avoids arbitration

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals have signed forward Nathan Walker, the first Australian player to be drafted by an NHL team.

The 20-year-old Walker was selected in the third round of last month’s draft. He signed a standard three-year, entry-level contract Friday.

Walker was born in Wales but spent his early childhood in Australia before moving to the Czech Republic.

Walker became the first Aussie in the American Hockey League when he played for the Hershey Bears, the Capitals’ AHL affiliate. He had five goals, six assists and 40 penalty minutes in 43 games with Hershey last season.

TORONTO — Goaltender James Reimer and the Toronto Maple Leafs have avoided arbitration with a new two-year contract worth US$4.6 million.

The Leafs confirmed the deal in a release Friday.

Reimer, a restricted free agent and a former Red Deer Rebel, and the Leafs were scheduled to go to arbitration on Monday. Instead he will get $2.6 million next season and $2 million in 2015-16. His salary will count for $2.3 million against the cap.

Reimer lost the starting job in Toronto to Jonathan Bernier last season, but was forced into service with Toronto’s playoff hopes on the line when Bernier suffered a knee injury that ended his season.

The Leafs ended up crashing out of playoff contention, with Reimer shouldering much of the blame.

He also seemed to lose the confidence of Leafs coach Randy Carlyle.

When asked about Reimer’s performance following a 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, Carlyle answered: ”I thought he was OK, just OK.” The comment seemed to rattle the normally unflappable Reimer.

The 26-year-old from Morweena, Man., had a 12-161 record last season, with a 3.29 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage and one shutout.

In four seasons with Toronto, he is 65-48-15 with a 2.85 goals-against average, a .914 save percentage and 11 shutouts.

Kuehn runner-up at senior women’s golf championship MEDICINE HAT — Lacombe’s Lynn Kuehn carded a final-round 80 Friday and had to settle for

Huge windfall for winner of 50-50 charity draw at Eskimos game EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos say a 20-year-old man has won the largest 50-50 draw in the football club’s history.

The CFL team says Connor Croken of Edmonton presented the winning ticket worth $348,534 when the Eskimos office opened this morning.

Tickets were sold during a game Thursday night against the Calgary Stampeders, which the Eskimos lost 26-22.

The game drew more than 40,000 people, many of whom stood in line for much of the first half to buy tickets.

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Bark at the Bend PHOTOS BY LISA RUETHER/ Freelance It was another successful year at Three Mile Bend for the Red Deer and District SPCA’s Bark at the Bend held on Saturday, June 28.

The dark clouds threatened rain, but Mother Nature provided a perfect morning, huge fields for the dogs to get acquainted, ponds to swim in and treats galore. The event is one of the SPCA’s annual summer fundraisers and has been going on for about a decade now.

This year, the group raised just over $13,000 for the veterinary care of animals that come into the shelter and the spay/ neuter program. That is mainly thanks to the participants who raised over $10,000 in pledges, and the community that stepped up to support them by pledging them in their walk-athon.

The event included a walk around beautiful Three Mile Bend, with a few pit stops along the way for pups to show off their tricks for treats. There was a high jump competition, look-alike contest and prizes for the top fundraisers as well.

The morning was capped off with a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast.

There were about 60 dogs in attendance, and those who raised over $100 in pledges won themselves a free pet photo session with Kimberly C Photography, who generously donated her time and services for the SPCA.

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Experiment pays off for artist

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PRESIDENT’S AWARD AT PROVINCIAL SHOW Experimenting paid off for one Blackfalds artist.

Christel Langan took home the President’s Award for her encaustic piece Crystal’s Choice at the 2014 Alberta Community Art Clubs Association (ACACA) provincial show in Sherwood Park last week.

Langan typically works in oil and acrylic. She decided to paint a portrait of her bridesmaids in encaustic, a waxbased paint which is kept molten on a heated palette.

“I really enjoyed the expression on Crystal’s face,” she said. “I wanted to see if I could enlarge it.”

Langan said the challenge with working with encaustic is that it is difficult to have an end idea because you are constantly melting the wax. “You apply it,” she said. “You melt it. You have to fuse each layer so you never know what’s going to happen when you fuse. If you are holding the heat gun further away or closer, you will get a different result. It was a lot of experimentation to come to the end result.”

Langan said receiving the award was validating.

Her piece will become a part of the ACACA’s permanent collection.

She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax.

In 2012, Langan won the Master’s category for her acrylic portrait called Blue Straw.

Blackfalds artist Christel Langan’s award-winning encaustic work, Crystal’s Choice.

Red Deerians also shone at the art show, scooping up another five awards.

Brenda Herzberg won the beginner award for Soul Searching. The Jean Stephenson Award went to Penny Thompson for What Character. Sheila Wright received the Martha Houston Award for Thrashing Power. Lana Michelin received the Margaret Seelyve Award for Road 2. Lacombe’s Peggy Averill won the digital art award for Flash on the Past.

County applauds lawsuit verdict

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Nina Leontowicz, left, admires the metalsmithing of Cindy Nychka during RDC’s Summer Series student showcase on Thursday evening at the college.

People throughout Central Alberta and beyond were invited to take a look at what the artists had accomplished throughout the week, and enjoy cocktails and a silent auction.

STETTLER

Mountain View County has voiced its pleasure with a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the municipality and two councillors in connection with a development project.

“Mountain View County is pleased with the decision of the court to dismiss the claims made by the plaintiffs against the county and two former councillors,” says the brief statement issued on Friday.

“This decision supports the integrity of the processes followed by county staff and councillors in reviewing and revising the Municipal Development Plan in 2012.

“This will be the county’s only statement at this time in regards to this

decision.”

Calgary-based Neuroese Properties, Style Realty Inc., Abe Neufeld and a pair of numbered companies sued the county and two councillors, Paddy Munro and Kevin Good, arguing that changes made to a Municipal Development Plan and the repealing of a concept plan for an area known as Netook Crossing North caused the company significant financial damage.

The lawsuit sought $28.75 million in loss of economic opportunity, along with $3.56 million in additional damages. Justice J.T. Prowse dismissed the claims in a Tuesday decision.

Neuroese and its partners are considering whether to appeal.

DROWNING PREVENTION

Pheasant Festival to boost tourism A number of long tail feathers are scheduled to rustle their way into Stettler this fall.

The first Canadian Badlands Tourism Pheasant Festival will kick off on Oct. 15, featuring a five-day pheasant sport hunt.

“There will be 30 sites and birds released on each site every day,” said Canadian Badlands vice-president Barry Morishita.

Interested hunters can register for $120 for a chance to take home fresh meat for pheasant pie.

There will also be a banquet on Oct. 17 and a silent auction.

At the end of the festival, there will be a 300-hen release outside of the hunt as a conservation effort and to help increase the pheasant population in southeast Alberta.

“The Canadian Badlands is committed to the idea that rural tourism has an opportunity to create an economic benefit to a community and bring that community together,” Morishita said.

Online registration starts on Aug. 5. Morishita hopes to see 500 to 700 hunters come out.

The Canadian Badlands Pheasant Festival in Stettler is the first of several pheasant festivals the company hopes to operate annually in southeast Alberta.

They plan to add two more events in 2015 and another two in 2016.

The current festival is inspired by the Taber Pheasant Festival, now in its fourth year and already sold out.

For more information or to register, visit www. canadianbadlands.com.

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Towels with the phrase: “Before you think only other swimmers drown, have a word with yourself,” appeared on Sylvan Lake’s beachside on Thursday afternoon, reminding swimmers of the alwayspresent risk of drowning. The towels were laid down by Safe Communities Central Alberta and their injury prevention partners as part of National Drowning Prevention Week. Last year, 22 people drowned in Alberta alone.

Tool museum expected to open in 2015

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

BIG VALLEY

A world-class museum boasting more than 30,000 antique tools is expected to open in Big Valley by next summer.

The tools were donated by Big Valley resident Rod Miller, who wanted to leave his collection to the community. Miller had collected the tools, of which some are as old as the late 1800s, for about 30 years.

Lois Miller, Big Valley Historical Society president, said construction on the new museum is expected to start this summer and will be open by next year. She is not related to Miller.

The building will be constructed on a site south of the Big Valley Inn. The society raised money for the project with a $75,000 Community Facility Enhancement Program

grant from the provincial government and local fundraisers.

It has been in the works for many years. Miller said they had been short on money but between the fundraising efforts and the provincial grant they were able to make it happen.

“The building should be up this year and worked on all winter,” said Miller. “We hope it will be open in some form next summer.”

Miller said because the donor’s collection is quite vast they will need some time to sort out the displays.

“While it will be open next year it will take a long time to display the items properly,” she said. “All the displays will not be in the finished position before we open.”

She said gradually over the next five years they will make the displays better and better. Miller said the donor is older and wanted to leave his collection so people would appreciate the items in the future.

“There’s so many people who have private collections, some small, some large,” said Miller.

“His family isn’t interested in it. He wants it to be a legacy.”

Miller said this museum may be one of the largest in Alberta or Canada. Other donated items will be in the museum but the majority of the items will come from Miller’s collection.

Formed in 1973, the Big Valley Historical Society volunteers have been responsible for the saving and restoration of several older buildings in the village of Big Valley, including a church, grain elevator, and 1930s garage.

Big Valley is 98 km east of Red Deer. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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

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Blood thinner injections during pregnancy ineffective: study group, got no blood-thinner treatment.

“About 17 per cent of participants in the control group had complications and an almost identical TORONTO — Pregnant women with clotting disor- percentage had complications in the blood-thinner ders are often prescribed a challenging and cringe- group,” said Rodger, adding that more than 80 per inducing treatment — daily doses of a blood-thinner cent of women in both groups did not experience a injected into the abdomen — in a bid to prevent a major pregnancy complication.

“There was no difference between those who got miscarriage or other complications. But a long-term clinical trial has found that the widely used therapy the needles and those that didn’t get the needles is ineffective in most cases and puts women through in terms of percentages that got complications.” he said. unnecessary pain.

Among women who did have a complication, they Up to one in 10 pregnant women are at risk of developing blood clots in their veins, a condition were roughly evenly matched in both the treatment known as thrombophilia. Over the last 15 years, and control groups: eight per cent miscarried; six many doctors have treated women with an antico- per cent had low birth-weight babies; four per cent agulant drug called low molecular-weight heparin had pre-eclampsia, a serious high blood-pressure (LMWH), with the idea that it could prevent blood disorder; and about one per cent developed a major clots in the placenta that can cause such complica- blood clot that was treated with a blood-thinner.

“While I wish we tions as miscarriage, pre-eclampsia and ‘IT BECAME A STANDARD OF CARE IN MANY could have shown LMWH prevents underweight infants.

INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE WORLD — EVEN that complications, we Over the course BEFORE THERE WAS SOLID EVIDENCE THAT actually proved it of the pregnancy, a woman could end CAME FROM DOING RANDOMIZED TRIALS.’ doesn’t help,” said Rodger. “However, up poking herself with needles up to — MARC RODGER I’m very glad that we 400 times, leaving a HEMATOLOGIST AND SENIOR SCIENTIST, can now spare these patchwork of bruises OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE women all those unnecessary needles.” across the belly.

Ottawa lawyer AlHeparin injections not only cause bruising, but they can also result lison McIntosh, 34, pinned her hopes on the injecin minor bleeding episodes involving the nose, gums tions during her third pregnancy, which followed or vagina. The treatment is also expensive, running two miscarriages. For about 10 weeks, she gave herto about $4,000 in total, a cost not covered by most self daily heparin needles, only to find out the treatment had been ineffectual when she miscarried for provincial insurance plans.

The idea of using heparin began after studies the third time.

“It was difficult after realizing that the injections showed that women with thrombophilia have an increased risk of pregnancy complications, said Dr. didn’t work,” McIntosh, who was unavailable for Marc Rodger, a hematologist and senior scientist at an interview, said in a statement. “I thought that I was doing something to make a difference by giving the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

“What’s happened over the 15 years is it’s gone myself the injections. I kind of lost hope after that from an idea to some early preliminary evidence experience.”

Now six months into her fourth pregnancy, havthat suggested that it worked to prevent blood clots in the placenta and hence pregnancy complications,” ing decided with her husband against the injections, he said. “It became standard of care in many institu- McIntosh said she’s not surprised to hear the treattions across the world — even before there was good ment appears to have been disproven. “I feel sad for solid evidence that comes from doing randomized other people who are going through that process. It can be disillusioning for people if those injections trials.”

Twelve years ago, Rodger began an international are their only hope.”

However, Rodger said there is one type of thromtrial that enrolled women with a clotting disorder to see whether daily heparin shots indeed helped pre- bophilia — called anti-phospholipid antibodies — vent pregnancy complications compared to getting for which blood thinners may be effective in preventing recurrent pregnancy loss, based on the findings no treatment.

“And its turns out it doesn’t,” said Rodger, who of several clinical trials.

Angela Donatucci found out she carried the anadmitted to being somewhat surprised at the findtibodies after two early miscarriages in the last two ings.

The study, published online Thursday in the Lan- years, and she opted to go on the injections when she cet, enrolled 292 women with thrombophilia, who became pregnant a third time.

“I have a phobia of needles, so it was probably the were being seen by doctors at 36 centres in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia. Half were random- last thing I was expecting to do,” said Donatucci, 44, ized to self-inject heparin — one needle per day for who’s seven months’ pregnant.

“It’s been OK because my husband’s the one that the first 20 weeks, then two daily for the balance of their pregnancy — while the other half, the control administers them.”

Got back pain?

Acetaminophen may not work but you’ll probably get better anyways

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Acetaminophen isn’t any better at relieving back pain than a fake pill, despite almost universal recommendations to take the drug, according to the first big trial to test it.

Acetaminophen, sold as Tylenol and Paracetamol, among other names, is recommended in numerous guidelines for back pain, mainly because it has few side effects; past studies have shown it works for other types of pain. But there is no proof it is effective for lower back pain in particular.

In a new study, Australian researchers assigned more than 1,600 people with acute lower back pain to either acetaminophen — to a maximum dose of 4,000 mg per day — or a placebo. Scientists found no major difference in the time it took people to recover: Those on acetaminophen got better after 17 days while those who took dummy pills recovered after 16 days. The study focused on the kind of back pain most people experience, resulting from lack of exercise, bad posture, or a strain.

The research was paid for by the Australian government and GlaxoSmithKline Australia. It was published online in the journal, The Lancet.

“Most people would have thought (acetaminophen) would have some effect, so this was a surprise,” said Bart Koes of Erasmus MC University Center in the Netherlands, who co-authored an accompanying commentary. He said doctors should monitor people taking acetaminophen to see if the drug actually works. If not, they should switch patients to stronger medication while advising them to stay active.

Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and doctors usually recommend treatments including painkillers, exercise, stretching, physical therapy and old-fashioned remedies like hot and cold packs.

“The mechanisms of back pain are likely to be different from other pain conditions and this is an area that we need to study more,” said Chris Williams of the University of Sydney in Australia, the study’s lead author, in an email.

“We know exercise helps so people should stay as active as possible,” said Chris Mercer, a physical therapist specializing in back pain and spokesman for Britain’s Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

“Don’t just take to your bed.”

Some doctors said it was too early to give up on acetaminophen and said most people would get better within a week or two whatever treatment they tried.

“Different strategies will work for different patients,” said Dr. Nigel Mathers, honorary secretary of Britain’s Royal College of General Practitioners.

“If (acetaminophen) works for you, then continue to take it.”

Online: www.lancet.com

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The Human Resources Institute of Alberta (HRIA) is seeking public input on its application for the self-regulation of the human resources profession. With nearly 6,000 members, the HRIA is the leading human resources professional association in the province of Alberta. Obtaining self-regulation would make Alberta the third province in Canada, after Quebec and Ontario, to obtain this legislative distinction.

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A Midsummer Night’s delight YOU WILL LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY AT THIS BARD ON BOWER OFFERING Get thee hence — forthwith! — to that’s in keeping with this comedy beBard on Bower’s delightfully over- ing re-set in a New York advertising the-top presentation of A Midsummer agency in the Mad Men-era.

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by William Shakespeare can clinging to Demetrius, like be side-splittingly funny. a piece of toilet paper on When it comes to huhis heel.

LANA mour, nothing has essenEngler’s less-than-graceMICHELIN tially changed in 500 years. ful Helena sets the tone The same antics that left an for the rest of the cast. Her ale-swilling Elizabethan aucomic timing is impeccable dience rolling in the aisles — as is Engler’s ability to can still make a modern crowd chortle tailor Shakespearean speeches to the out loud in this wry, ironic age. modern ear. It’s amazing how close Full marks go to director Thomas some of them sound to an episode of Usher and a comically gifted cast for Modern Family, Seinfeld or Friends. so soundly kicking the ‘stuffy’ out of Victoria Wells-Smith also nails the Shakespeare. portrayal of Hermia, who’s besotted The opening night crowd of about with Lysander (Isiah Williams). We 100 people were treated to a fun and like her because of her unfiltered enfrothy one-and-a-half-hour show that thusiasm. She waves her engagement featured scene-setting 1960s Beatles ring around and shrieks her joy like a music by local rock group Underside Beatles fan in Shea Stadium.

Pattern, and a generous helping of The four young people end up runbroad humour. ning off to Central Park to more or less The magic really ignited on Thurs- dodge disapproving authority figures, day evening with Jennifer Engler’s and inadvertently cross paths with a feisty and phenomenal portrayal of band of free-living fairies — I mean Helena. hippies.

The adorably sad-sack character was given a contemporary rendering Please see DELIGHT on Page C5

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Thisbe (Warren Stephens as Francis Flute) clutches Pyramus (Sarah Spicer as Bottom) during a scene of the Bard On Bower’s Beatles-infused production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

IMPRESSIVE BATTLE SCENES AND AN ENGAGING STORY

BY BRUCE DEMARA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Hercules Three stars (out of four) Rated: 14A If you’re feeling the summer box office is lacking muscle, try Hercules, a surprisingly satisfying blend of action, adventure and swift plotting.

It’s surprising in part because the film’s distributors, Paramount and MGM Pictures, held the only press screening the night before the movie opened in theatres, making it virtually impossible to get critics’ reviews into their traditional spot in Friday newspapers.

That doesn’t usually augur well. Hercules is, happily, an exception to the rule.

Directed by Brett Ratner, best known for the trilogy of Rush Hour films as well as X-Men: The Last Stand, the film offers both a

sense of intimacy in its portrayal of Hercules and his small band of mercenaries as well as a sense of grandiosity with its impressive battle scenes and sets.

The story opens with a quick series of flashbacks as Hercules works through a trio of his legendary 12 labours (the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, the Erymanthian Boar) to appease the goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus, his alleged father.

In the present, Hercules is commissioned by Lord Cotys to rescue Thrace from a marauding army led by Rhesus, purported to be a centaur. This being ancient Greece, separating myth from reality is a rather tricky proposition.

Actually, this is an integral part of the script. Is Hercules a demi-god or just a regular flesh-and-blood guy with massive strength (and the body to prove it)? It’s an intriguing idea and one that adds to the richness of the story. When Hercules’

nephew Iolaus volubly recounts some of his epic adventures, the big guy is inclined to roll his eyes and smile.

Ratner has assembled an impressive cast, starting with Dwayne Johnson as Hercules, an actor with the on-screen charisma to match his impressive physique.

There’s also Ian McShane for semi-comic relief as Amphiaraus, an augur (or seer) who gets precious few tantalizing hints from the gods to see the future.

Toss in Rufus Sewell as the Spartan Autolycus, Ingrid Bolso Berdal as the archer Atalanta, Aksel Hennie as the mute but fierce Tydeus, and you’ve got a very appealing company of companions. John Hurt as Cotys and Joseph Fiennes as the rather prissy King Eurystheus simply add to the depth of an already strong cast.

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DELIGHT: Notable performances But all is not peace and love with Titania (Tara Rorke) and Oberon (Andres Moreno), who’ve had a tiff. To get back at his flower-festooned girlfriend, Oberon suggests that his young protégé Puck administer a potion that will make Titania fall in love with the first idiot she sees.

That idiot turns out to be Bottom, who’s memorably played by Sarah Spicer. The blow-hard amateur actor acts as if she’s God’s gift to the theatre in a silly production of Pyramus and Thisbe.

Puck, who’s mischievously depicted

by Anna Pinder, thinks Bottom is an ass, so she turns her into one by giving her donkey ears. Unfortunately, Puck also meddles in human affairs and miscalculates, so that the wrong lovers end up falling for each other.

Of course, hilarity ensues until it all comes right in the end.

Other noteworthy actors are Albertus Koett (as the authority figure Theseus and a zen hippy), and the rest of the uproarious play-within-a-play cast: Ryan Matilla as Peter Quince, Derek Olinek as Snout, Warren Stevens as Flute, and Sarah Gibson as Robin Starveling.

As with Hamlet, which is running

HERCULES: Story is action-filled The script is far more intricate than expected, in a good way, with a few unexpected twists and a back story about our main hero and a tragic loss that engages our interest.

Care and attention have clearly been paid to the costumes and the sets in terms of authenticity, and director of photography Dante Spinotti delivers some nice panoramic views of rugged Hungarian landscapes subbing for northern Greece.

The film looks great in IMAX and it’s a pleasure to report that the 3D effects are both impressive and mesh well with the action-filled story.

The battle scenes are impressively choreographed and, while there is a fair degree of violence, it never feels gratuitous.

The climactic scene, when our hero bellows “I am Hercules!” is actually rather stirring.

Looking for a rousing summer escape? Hercules is the ticket.

Bruce DeMara is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

Progressive rock show at Vat tonight Canadian prog-rock band Bend Sinister performs tonight at The Vat in Red Deer.

The four-piece group from Vancouver has released several albums since forming in 2001, and has played across the country and at festivals such as Calgary’s Sled Island.

For more information about the show at The Vat, call 403-346-5636.

Punk rock quartet part of Slumland bill

the bands Working Class Threat, Snakebite, Sexloader and M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction), call 403307-3528.

Lucy a brainy thriller

BY BRUCE DEMARA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Lucy Two stars (out of four) Rated: 14A Spoiler alert: the popularly held belief that human beings use only 10 per cent of their brains — a factoid critical to the plot of Lucy — is complete and utter hokum.

The latest action thriller from French writer/director Luc Besson nonetheless takes this simple (but erroneous) concept and runs with it, using the gravitas of actor Morgan Freeman, playing eminent Professor Norman, to posit the possibilities of what might happen if a person were able to use much more of their grey matter.

The person in question is hapless Lucy, who finds herself in Taipei, Taiwan, dating a shady dirt bag named Richard, who cons her into delivering a briefcase to a ruthless crime lord named Mr. Jang. How ruthless is Mr. Jang? After his thugs drag Lucy upstairs, Mr. Jang emerges from a nearby room covered in blood and uses bottled water to wash his hands.

Lucy soon finds herself in deep trouble, part of a quartet of mules who unwillingly have packages of weird blue crystals — possibly a growth hormone

— implanted in their guts for export to foreign climes, mostly in Europe.

Worse still for our heroine, Lucy finds herself chained to a wall and menaced by another baddie who, after his advances are rebuffed, kicks her hard enough to break the bag and unleash the contents into her unsuspecting circulatory system.

Things begin to change rapidly as Lucy’s heretofore semi-limited brain power starts to soar dramatically.

Before you know it, Lucy is reaching a new level of self-awareness — including a clear memory of the taste of her mother’s breast milk — followed in short order by an ability to toss things around telekinesis-style.

Scarlett Johansson plays the central role of Lucy in two parts, first as a teary-eyed ingénue who finds herself the victim of events beyond her control before she morphs into a clear-eyed super-genius rapidly discarding all vestiges of her humanity. It’s a deftly textured performance by the exceedingly versatile Johansson, especially the subtle moments when she realizes her former identity is slipping away.

At a mere 90 minutes, the film zips along at a breathless pace and the action sequences are delivered with Besson’s usual aplomb.

Bruce DeMara is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

First Friday offers variety

BY ADVOCATE STAFF An intriguing mix of visual, literary and musical arts will be offered at Red Deer’s First Friday gallery openings for August.

Edmonton abstract artist Paul Holowack will showcase his mixed-media works in the Channels exhibit at the Harris-Warke Gallery. The show upstairs in Sunworks on Ross Street, runs from Aug. 1 to 29. The First Friday reception will be held on Aug. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Twelve Red Deer-area members of Writers’ Ink, are holding a collaborative display of visual and literary artworks at The Hub on Ross. Their Albertan Landscapes exhibit runs Aug. 1 to 31.

There will be no reception this First Friday, although the gallery will be open from 9 to 4 p.m. and free music from Carlos Copaban and friends will be offered in the afternoon. Albertan Landscapes will have its opening reception from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 18.

The GlassEarth exhibit of organic

mixed-media and glass sculptures by Vancouver artist Larissa Blokhuis continues at the Kiwanis Gallery, downstairs in the Red Deer Public Library.

The exhibit goes to Aug. 24. A First Friday reception will be held Aug. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring a live performance of original music, and blues and Bruce Cockburn covers by singersongwriter Vincent Millward.

Two- and three-dimensional works from Alysse Bowd, Robin Lambert, Shirley Rimer, and Erin Boake will be exhibited at the Viewpoint Gallery in the City of Red Deer’s Culture Services Centre at 3827 39th St. The exhibit runs to Sept. 30. The gallery will be open until 6:30 p.m. on this First Friday.

The Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre will have no First Friday opening on Aug. 1, but look for the Bird Frieze exhibit by Brian McArthur and Dawn Detarando to open Aug. 4. It will feature ceramic pieces.

Also, art by Russell Smethurst will be showing from Aug. 1 to 30 at the Velvet Olive, and works by Sasha Grinnell will be exhibited at Cafe Pichilingue for the month of August.

Sylvan art on display on three Wednesdays Sylvan Lake’s Centennial Park will be turned into a beautiful “outdoor gallery” when a variety of artists sell their wares.

Local artists will be showcasing their original works in the green space along Lakeshore Drive during three Art in the Park events that run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on different Wednesdays.

Paintings and drawings will be displayed on July 30, pottery, clay and sculptures will be shown on Aug. 6, and photography will be exhibited on Aug. 20.

Everyone is welcome to come peruse. For more information, call 403887-1192, Ext. 512.

Calgary punk rockers Streetlight Saints will be bringing their “Joe Doe revolution” to Red Deer.

The hard-hitting punk quartet performs in a lineup of Rock ’n’ Oi! bands on Friday, Aug. 8, at Slumland Theatre on Ross Street.

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(NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN,FRIGHTENING THURS 2:50, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10 SCENES,VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED The Steetlight Saints’ FRI-SUN 5:45, 9:30; MON-THURS 5:30, 9:00 FRI-SUN 1:00; MON-THURS 2:40 music is described as MALEFICENT () CLOSED CAPTIONED PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE 3D (G) CLOSED FRI-SUN 1:30, 4:00; MON-THURS 2:10, 4:35 “Anthems for a disenCAPTIONED FRI-SUN 3:15, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50; MONDAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) THURS 4:50, 7:00, 9:10 franchised generation of (FRIGHTENING SCENES,NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHEF (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI-SUN 9:15; MONCHILDREN,VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED common people fighting WED 9:25 FRI-SUN 1:10; MON-THURS 3:00 back against injustice DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D (PG) THE PURGE: ANARCHY (14A) (NOT RECOMMENDED through song and mind.

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in repertory with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Usher hits the target this season by giving us well-paced productions that are pithy and really move along so audiences can make it out of the park before darkness and/or mosquitoes descend. (It still gets cold, though, so bring jackets and blankets along with your bug spray and lawn chairs.)

Don’t miss A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the belly laughs as well as the nostalgic Beatles music, charmingly performed by Jonah Falk, Corey and Craig Gomez, and Stephen Wheeler of Underside Pattern.

If there’s one play that can help anyone get over finding Shakespeare dense, humourless or intimidating, this one is surely it.

The comedy runs from 7 p.m. on July 26, 30 and Aug. 1 and 2, and at 2 p.m. on July 27 and Aug. 3. Hamlet is on from 7 p.m. on July 27 and 31, and at 2 p.m. on July 26 and Aug. 2.

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Woman bothered by husband’s weight Dear Annie: My husband and I have around the house or work on his weight been married for 10 years. We have no is undermining your respect for him. children.

Beyond that, please be paMy biggest problem is his tient. weight. He has put on a lot Try to love him as he is, of poundage in the past sevfor all of the other qualities eral years and is definitely he brings to the marriage not the guy I married. I don’t and for the things that atclaim to be a princess, but tracted you to him in the I stay pretty fit. I am not atfirst place. tracted to him sexually beDear Annie: My fiance cause of his rolls of fat. I am and I are getting married in saddened. a few months.

We love each other dearThis will be the second ly, but my husband refuses marriage for both of us. to take walks with me and We have decided to have a MITCHELL will not help around the small private ceremony for & SUGAR house. I know I should love our immediate family, with him with my heart, so how an open house for other do I get around this probfamily and friends. lem? —California Dreamin’ We are sending out inDear California: You cannot force vitations for our open house, but I am your husband to do anything about his unsure whether I should register for weight. He must want to do it for him- gifts. self. Tell him you are worried about What do you think would be the best his health. Ask him to talk to his doctor way to handle this? Gifts are nice, but about his weight (or leave a message not necessary.—Bride-to-Be for the doctor with your concerns). ExDear Bride: People will want to buy plain that his unwillingness to help you a wedding present, and a registry

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HOROSCOPES Saturday July 26, 2014 cate with will commence today. Try to give more CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mick value to those who have stood by you through Jagger, 70; Sandra Bullock, 49; Jerthick and thin, they will offer you the emy Piven, 48 best confidence boost today. Take THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The action to create more passion on New Moon in Leo will welcome in a the daily! time when you will be able to act out CANCER (June 21-July 22): your enthusiasm on a great scale.

There is a new start for you on a Make sure to set proper boundaries financial level now. Perhaps your with others and don’t overdo it with confidence has taken a turn for generosity with others now. Hold the better, or simply through all the what it is dear to your heart close changes that have happened to and find out your passions in life you, you now understand you can now. Write out intentions towards live through anything. Take actions things that bring a smile to your face towards what makes you happy and inner child-like joy! now!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A new is your birthday, then this year will moon in your sign will definitely enLARISA MAIRA promise to be absolutely wonderful. liven the atmosphere for you now.

OZOLINS New strides will be taken within your There will be more action taken home life, perhaps you will have to with family or within your home life travel to visit family at a distance at this stage which will cause you this year. Release any past wrong a bit of stress. Those at a distance doings or else it will be your karma that you will will only feed your subconscious worries — let go need to clear. Others in your life will be supportive of the past. if you are following your own heart. Be couraVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do not overcomgeous! mit yourself now with siblings or activities within ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today will mark your local environment. You will want to see the a new start with romantic relationships in your stress as more abundance not more stress, make life. Deeper bonds will be formed with others and plans with those you have a strong bond with you will likely start a relationship now. You have already. A new start to clear up all past karma will a desire to turn the tides in your favour now, and start today! create the career you want. Creative projects will LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A new start for all go well. your wishes to come true will start to today, just TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A new optimistic be careful that you truly want what you wish for. start for you on a soul level will emerge today. Activities with friends will enrich your confidence Who is it that speaks to you and reaches you at and you will feel blessed now. Abundance will a very profound level? A profound change in your come in the form of being able to follow you heart! direction will mark new perspective on life and SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A powerful new with your family life as well. Blessings are coming start for you on a professional level now will come your way now! into play. Make sure you are careful what you GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A new start with wish for with this new moon. Your wishes will how you communicate and who you communi- manifest whether you fully want them to happen

helps them know what you want. It’s perfectly OK to register. However, it is not appropriate to put this information in the invitation. If someone should ask, you may tell them where you are registered.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Jaded and Voting with Our Wallets,” who is upset that people who have never invited her over for a cup of coffee have the nerve to send her an invitation to their child’s graduation or wedding.

I have the same problem, but with my children. I’m always invited to all kinds of parties and showers, but never to the homes of my three children for a meal of any kind.

My son and daughter-in-law lived with me for a year and were not too happy to leave, because I did all the cooking, cleaning and laundry.

I finally asked them to find their own place, but they still showed up every weekend to be fed.

When they found a house to buy, they had to borrow money from me, even though I hadn’t done that for my other children. I insisted they repay it

monthly, which they did, but I never heard the end of it from his resentful siblings.

I have always loved to cook and entertain, and over the years, I’ve had many parties for my extended family.

But other than invitations where a gift is required, they have never reciprocated.

I never hear from any of them now, and parties go on without me.

I have a great-granddaughter who is 2 years old, and I’ve never met her. I’m 76, waiting for two knee replacements and don’t have the money or energy to entertain. At first, I cried not to see my family. I now spend time with people who enjoy being with me and try not to think about how ungrateful and distant my children are. Needless to say, there will be no inheritance when I die. —Used, but Got Over It 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.

or not, focus your attention on what you are passionate about!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A new start with foreign travel or higher education will commence today. Try to move towards what you are truly passionate about now. Those in foreign lands will definitely be more receptive to you and you will find greater fulfilment and blessings surrounding you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A new start with business or romantic relationships will come about today. You will find out what they are passionate about and this in turn will create greater blessings for you both. Share in the passions of life and enjoy each others company.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A new start

with others will leave you feeling especially passionate about them. Take action on a public level to create greater stability within your public status and career. Your mother will also be keen on directing your actions forward now. Trust her judgements.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There is a new and powerful start for you within your work life now. Have you decided to teach or publish your work? Well, whatever you are passionate about will be reinforced on a larger scale. Be careful what you wish for, you will get just that and more from now on!

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Lee Adamson may have been nipped out at the line in the dash for cash,, but the blow was softened by y wrapping pp ng up his second North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship — 20 years after the first — at the Westerner Days on Sunday.

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HOROSCOPES Sunday, July 27 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Maya Rudolph, 41; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 36; Triple H, 44 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: There will be a sense of excitement to this day, as you start following your passions and interact with new individuals now.

At the same time, there will be a sense of responsibility from those close relationships in your life that will pull back into reality. Creative projects started now will be very steady and will be tinged with excitement! Make peace with your past and move forward!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will be quite wonderful for you on a personal LARISA MAIRA level. There will be many changes for you on a daily level, with your OZOLINS work, and health. This will be provoked by you finally letting go of any emotional ties that hold you back.

Take the initiative and truly walk your path now. There will be plenty of stable changes within your home and family life this year.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today you will feel quite excited about romance or simply having fun.

Be mindful of the structures you have in place now with regards to savings. Don’t overdo it just because you want to.

Create more of a realistic enterprise of events and a time for fun, you’ll feel blessed by it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today will leave you feeling a bit off, or slightly nervous, as you will have new individuals within your home. If you do not share those feelings you will feel alone. So make sure to share them and this will allow for more closeness to be formed within your relationships.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today you are going to be feeling quite passionate.

Your dreams and aspirations are happening for you and today you will be getting even more inspired! Structure the excitement a little more now as it might leave others out of the discussion. Include everyone today!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The more determined you are to get creative projects off the ground and running, the better today will be.

If you are simply looking for more excitement within your life then you might be disappointed today.

Add more structure within your interactions, try something new now!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This is truly your time to step out and shine. More stability will be had if you see your home life and family differently now. You should not overdo it now, as it might leave you feeling slightly low.

Family and those within your home will not see the future as you do today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today will be a day to interact with those close to you in your life.

They will offer you much needed energy and excitement as you move towards your dreams and ambitions. Find a more structured way of going about your business now. It is a day to become more disciplined.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are passionate venturing forward now towards you aspirations and perhaps even socializing with others.

Make sure to structure your spending more, the only limits you create for yourself now will have to do with overspending.

You are always on the right path.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are definitely interacting with new individuals today.

This will get your energy levels up and excitement brought back into your life.

Make sure to not overdo it with being the authority with them, simply allow for your knowledge and actions to speak for themselves.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There is some excitement coming in from your romantic life. A new creative project might have you feeling very inspired now. Although you might be feeling quite unsure of yourself, try to allow for that uncertainty to transpire as more discipline towards the new!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are quite excited about the direction things are heading within your business or close bonded relationships now. There will be a reason for you to take a more serious look at your direction forward.

What is it that you wish to achieve, discipline this energy to-

wards that!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will be quite chatty and easily excited by others today. Try to channel that energy into your career, as that will instigate greater authority within your work. This will happen by others become inspired by your actions and how you translate that energy professionally.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 26, 2014 C7 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You might want to spend a little more today. Ask yourself if this is helping or hurting your direction forward. You will be quite passionate about work, health, and your daily life. Try to stay within the limits, and try to develop the mentality of teaching by example.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY RECEPTION / ADMINISTRATION / CUSTOMER SERVICE FULL TIME PERMANENT Provincial Sleep Group is a dynamic and growing, privately owned and operated allied health care clinic that specializes in the testing and treatment of patients who may have Sleep Apnea (OSA).

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Please note: Travel and out of town work is a requirement for this position, which is based out of Red Deer. The successful candidate must possess a valid driver’s license, suitable transportation for this position, and be willing to work throughout Alberta.

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CWC is currently seeking an Accounting Manager/Divisional Controller Located in our Red Deer office, this position reports to the Corporate Controller and indirectly to the Chief Financial Officer, the Accounting Manager/Divisional Controller leads the operation of an accounting department including accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit and collections, and general accounting functions. Evaluates and makes recommendations for change to reporting and other control functions. Develops and implements accounting policies, systems and procedures. Trains and mentors accounting personnel. Prepares operational reports and summaries and provides additional analysis as requested by the management team. Prepares and coordinates the operational budgeting process. Must have 8+ years experience at a supervisory level, a CMA or CGA accounting designation or formal accounting education is preferred but not required.

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The municipal district office is located in an historic town with good shopping and schools. The location is perfect for someone who wants to live in an area where mountain sports and recreation are just minutes away.

Please email your resume to margogasser@cwcenergyservices.com.

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NEW YORK — More teen girls are getting a controversial cervical cancer vaccine but the increase isn’t much of a bump, the government reported Thursday.

Last year’s rise follows a couple of years when the girls’ HPV vaccination rate was flat and health officials worried that it wouldn’t budge.

For girls ages 13 to 17, the rate is now up to about 38 per cent of girls, from 33 per cent.

“It was better than nothing. But we really need to do better moving forward,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The vaccine protects against human papillomavirus, or HPV. The sexually transmitted bug can cause cervical cancer, genital warts and other illnesses.

A three-dose series of HPV shots was introduced in 2006. The government recommends the vaccine for girls ages 11 and 12 because it works best if given before a teen starts to have sex.

Some have worried that taking a child for the vaccination implied green-lighting sexual activity.

But health officials have tried to push doctors and parents to see it as just another disease-prevention measure for pre-adolescents, like the recommended shots against meningitis and whooping cough.

It takes time for new vaccines to become widely used, but the HPV vaccine has lagged behind other shots.

There’s some good news: Campaigns in Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico and South Carolina paid off with increases last year of at least 12 percentage points for girls who got at least one dose, the CDC reported.

Nationally, vaccination rate increases were larger for boys.

About 35 per cent got at least one dose last year, up from 21 per cent in 2012.

The three-dose number doubled to 14 per cent, from 7 per cent.

The government only began recommending the vaccine for boys in 2011, and the increases mirror those seen in girls five years earlier. It’s not clear if the trend will flatten out after the early rush — like it did for girls.

The CDC numbers come from a random phone survey of parents of about 18,000 adolescents, followed by a check of medical records.

But many declined to be in the survey and it’s possible that those who agreed to participate were more likely to embrace HPV vaccinations.

That could make the actual HPV rates lower than the CDC report suggests, Schuchat said.

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10 great summer reads for Catholics ENDURING BOOKS ENCAPSULATE SOME OF THE BEST IN RELIGIOUS WRITING

BY KEVIN D. SULLIVAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The best Catholic literature is not about apologetics. It’s not about using a story to pack in the teachings of the faith, nor is it about the Scriptures.

Often, it’s not even about providing a model for Catholic life.

Instead, great Catholic literature captures and expresses the Catholic worldview through human lives and stories — characters and events that point to the sacred among the profane and the extraordinary in the ordinary.

For the young Catholic seeking to make sense of a faith that our culture deems archaic and outdated, these beautiful novels can teach us what really lies at the heart of Catholicism in our everyday lives.

Plus, they’re great summer reads — on top of offering greater wisdom, they deliver that great feeling of reading a moving and page-turning story.

1) Therobe Robe

by Lloyd Douglass A timeless classic, immortalized in the famous 1953 film, The Robe is a beautiful example of Christian imagination bringing Scripture to life.

A Protestant minister who saw literature as a method of preaching, Douglass’ greatest work is a historical novel recounting a young Roman tribune’s participation in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the radical change in his life as a result of gambling for Christ’s robes and winning them.

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2) Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh Think an English Great Gatsby with immense wit, irony, and most importantly, a prescription for the moral wasteland of modernity. Waugh’s novel is one of those classic works that has a great, unique hidden treasure for each reader that dares to open it. Waugh, an outspoken Catholic in an age of nihilism and a culture of faux Anglicanism, is not a Christian apologist. His is a story capturing the search for the sacred in a secular time.

3) The Samurai

by Shusaku Endo Shusaku Endo is no romance or adventure novelist. His historical fiction cuts right to the heart of a period of immense suffering and brutalism; it is for the brave reader only. The Samurai is lesser known than Endo’s other acclaimed book, Silence, but deals with the same horrific persecution of Christianity in Japan in the seventeenth century and the fallen humans that contributed to it. A masterful account of how suffering tests the human soul, The Samurai is an emotionally and religiously trying story.

4) Morte D’Urban

by J.F. Powers Few have the talent to turn the mundane and ordinary into great literature as J.F. Powers. In many ways though, J.F. Powers’ greatest ability as a Catholic writer is precisely that: finding the sacred and transcendent amid the profane. In this hysterically ironic, entertaining, and witty story of the behind-the-scenes life of Catholic clergy

in America, the observations Powers makes, and questions he asks, are sincere. The deeper meaning, depending on the reader, may prove radical.

5) Joan of Arc

by Mark Twain Mark Twain is best known for his biting social commentaries and entertaining stories Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. What few readers know, even his devoted literary admirers, is that Mark Twain said his greatest work was his historical account of the life of St. Joan of Arc. Twain, after five years in France at the national archives researching this saint’s life, ultimately tells another tale of how those least respected in a society are often the true heroes of justice and compassion.

6) With God In Russia and He Leadeth Me

by Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ A spy novel, or the autobiography of a modern saint? With God in Russia, and the accompanying spiritual autobiography He Leadeth Me, recount the unbelievable tale of Fr. Ciszek’s unexpected ministry in the hearts of the Soviet regime and its gulags and prison camps. One of the most powerful examples of self-sacrifice and a life devoted to God of our time.

7) The Silmarillion

by J.R.R. Tolkien Nothing about this collection of the mythology that Tolkien created is necessarily “Catholic.” It is not about a world where religion even exists, to a degree. But everything about his imagination, and the incredibly dignifying and transformative act of “sub-

creation,” gives credence to a world full of the sacred and a view of time as a long, but hopeful, battle between good and evil. In short, his mythology expresses “beauty” in written form.

8. That Distant Land

by Wendell Berry The famous agrarian Wendell Berry is a master of authentic story-telling.

What exactly his stories “tell” is up to the reader, but what the reader cannot escape is an overwhelming recognition of finding God and transcendent meaning in our relationships and “places.”

Our identity is not something we determine on our own, but in relationship to others and our Creator. Berry speaks so strongly to the human heart that one cannot escape the laughs, tears, stresses, and triumphs that his own characters experience.

9) Till We Have Faces

by C.S. Lewis Lewis was no stranger to the Christian imagination and its power. But what Till We Have Faces accomplishes is the exploration of how the Christian world existed in classical mythology even before the time of Christ.

10) The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton Many consider Merton’s autobiography to be a “modern Augustine’s Confessions.” For the young soul facing the modern world’s questions and lackluster answers, Merton relates his own long search for meaning and his incredible journey to an unlikely place to find peace Kevin D. Sullivan writes for OnFaith

Schedule of Services THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA

Sunday, July 27

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY! Everyone Welcome July 27 - “Called to Service” 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm • CrossRoads Kids (to gr. 6)

www.cslreddeer.org #3 - 6315 Horn Street

WWW.CROSSROADSCHURCH.CA

Established 1898

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560 Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid

Rev. Judy Andersen

SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

AFFILIATED WITH THE EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CANADA

KNOX

“Giving her best to the Master” 10:30 am Worship Service

Sunday Services Services Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m.

6:00 p.m.

The Anglican Church of Canada

Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

Sunday, July 27

403-346-6036

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 am WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

Passion for God, Compassion for People.

2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

West Park Presbyterian

“A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m.

Holy Communion 10:00 a.m.

Holy Eucharist

3628-57 Ave.

26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road)

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Message: Paul Furseth Everyone Welcome

GAETZ MEMORIAL

Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m.

Sunnybrook United Church

Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

streamschurch.com 403.342.7441

Streams Christian Church afÀliated with the PAOC

10:30 a.m. Worship Service “Getting More Than We Deserve”

Babyfold, Toddler Room, Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org

9:00 am Breaking of Bread Service 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Fred Thomson

“It’s Tradition” Mark 2:18-3:6 Children’s Church Ages 2 1/2-Grade 3 www.balmoralchapel.ca

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER WELCOME YOU Sunday, July 27

GOOD SHEPHERD 40 Holmes St. Rev. Dr. Marc Jerry

Worship Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Everyone Welcome

Caring - Dynamic - Proactive - Inclusive 12 Stanton Street 403-347-6073

403-347-5450

Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.)

403-340-1022

www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

The Patient Gardener

Balmoral Bible Chapel

Saved by grace - called to serve

Bahá’í Faith “The abolition of war is not simply a matter of signing treaties and protocols; it is a complex task requiring a new level of commitment to resolving issues not customarily associated with the pursuit of peace” Universal House of Justice www.ca.bahai.org or www.building-community.ca

MOUNT CALVARY (LC-C)

#18 Selkirk Blvd. Phone 403-346-3798

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk SUNDAY DIVINE SERVICE 10:00 a.m.

DIVINE SERVICE 7:00 p.m. www.mclcrd.org

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M. 2nd Wed. each month - Testimonial Meetings noon Christian Science Reading Room: Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

4907 GAETZ AVE. 403-346-0811 For more information on Christian Science visit christianscience.com

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

Living Faith Lutheran Church

Worship 10:00 AM Family Ministry Bethany Collegeside

99 College Circle RDC Everyone Welcome Rooted in the word of God. Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Red Deer AG Foods now SuperValu

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A longtime Red Deer grocery story has returned to its Loblaw roots.

Red Deer AG Foods, which is located at 3518 Gaetz Ave., rebranded last week as SuperValu. The new name is a Loblaw Companies Ltd. banner, with the national grocery giant now supplying the Red Deer store.

Previously, Associated Grocers — a division of The Jim Pattison Group — was its distributor.

Marlo Ruttan, who owns the store with his wife Violet and their business partner Chad Young, said the Loblaw affiliation gives them a much broader range of products. These include the President’s Choice and No Name brands.

“Our customers can now get lower prices,” he said of the benefit of being linked to Canada’s largest food distribution network. “That’s the whole idea behind this.”

Young said the business had operated as Red Deer AG Foods for 20 years.

Before that, it was Lucky Dollar Foods — another Loblaw brand. The store has been at its current location since 1976, he added.

Young has been involved with the business since 1995, and bought it about four years ago. Ruttan and his wife joined as partners last year.

Service and convenience have been the key to competing against larger grocery stores, said Young.

“You can come to our store, get what you need and get out, whereas the big stores you’re in there for half an hour.”

Ruttan also pointed out that SuperValu is a full grocery store, with a bakery and a butcher shop. Service is the store’s strength, he agreed, citing as an example its home delivery service.

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Red Deer SuperValu owners Marlo Ruttan, left, and Chad Young sell about $1 million worth of Keurig coffee products a year.

Operating as an independently owned business has also been important, said Ruttan.

He and his partners have the flexibility to stock what they want — such as more than 300 Keurig coffee products. That lineup is now responsible for more than a million dollars in annual sales.

“We have people from B.C., Saskatchewan, Calgary, Edmonton coming in here and buying coffee,” said Rut-

tan.

The changeover to SuperValu has involved more than adding new signs and some different products.

“We revamped the whole store, virtually,” said Ruttan.

That’s included everything from new tills and floors inside to new flower beds and lights outside.

“It was a few long nights,” he acknowledged. “We were in here until 3 or 4 in the morning.”

That kind of commitment wasn’t easy, considering that Ruttan and Young both also work as licensed Realtors — Ruttan with Royal LePage Network Realty Corp. and Young with Seller Direct Real Estate. And they’re planning on doing even more.

“Within the next two years we’re going to try to change out most of the equipment that’s in here and get more energy-efficient,” said Ruttan. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

AltaLink Ottawa showing progress in drive to sale eliminate deficit DEFICIT NARROWED TO $1.15B IN APRIL-MAY shouldn’t impact customers: ministers

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF Albertans will be protected from negative impacts that result from the pending sale of AltaLink to an American company, say a pair of provincial government ministers.

International and Intergovernmental Relations Minister Cal Dallas and Energy Minister Diana McQueen issued a joint statement on Friday, following the announcement by Industry Canada that it is approving the proposed $3.2-billion sale of the Alberta electricity transmission company to Berkshire Hathaway Energy by SNCLavalin Group Inc. “The proposed sale is still under review by the independent Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to ensure there is no negative impact on rates, reliability and overall service,” said the written statement.

“It is important to note that any company choosing to invest in Alberta’s transmission sector must respect and follow Alberta’s laws and regulations. The AUC regulates our electricity system to ensure that Albertans are protected.”

AltaLink, which is headquartered in Calgary, is Alberta’s largest power transmission company.

Its current projects include development of a 350-km transmission line connecting the Genesee area west of Edmonton to the Langdon area east of Calgary.

In a release issued by the Canadian government, federal Industry Minister James Moore said Berkshire Hathaway Energy agreed that there would be no job losses at AltaLink, it would continue to be locally managed with headquarters in Alberta, its board of directors would be composed of a majority of Canadians, and all of its earnings would be reinvested in AltaLink for at least five years.

He added that at least $27 million would be invested in joint development opportunities in Canada and the United States, with Canadian partners, over the next five years, and that Berkshire Hathaway Energy would invest at least $3 million over three years to support academic programs across Alberta.

AltaLink’s commitment to provide $3 million in community and charitable contributions across Alberta over three years would also be maintained.

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OTTAWA — The federal government continues to show progress in its drive to eliminate the deficit by next year, the latest accounting from the Finance Department indicates.

In the first report on its financial position for the new 2014-15 fiscal year, the department said it posted a combined $1.15-billion deficit for April and May, the first two months of the fiscal year.

That compared with a $2.7-billion shortfall last year during the same period.

The improvement was mostly on the revenue side as the government took in $1.6 billion, or 3.8 per cent, more than in the April-May months last year, while program expenses increased only $216 million, or 0.6 per cent. Debt charges fell by $167 million.

By individual months, Ottawa said April produced a $1.4 billion deficit, while May brought a tiny surplus of $267 million.

The April-May numbers slightly undershoot the pace required to achieve the budget goal of a $2.9-billion deficit in 2014-15, especially since the government is counting on making huge strides on the deficit during this fiscal period.

The budget estimate for last year’s deficit was $16.6 billion, meaning that

Ottawa will need to shave about $13.7 “If Ottawa was able to reduce the billion from that number in one year deficit to below $5 billion, it will look to meet the target. very good and the deficit will be a fracAnalysts tion of GDP caution, how(gross domes‘IF OTTAWA WAS ABLE TO ever, that tic product),” REDUCE THE DEFICIT TO BELOW she pointed the monthly tracking of $5 BILLION, IT WILL LOOK VERY out.Politically, the fiscal position can GOOD AND THE DEFICIT WILL BE A however, the be “lumpy.”

Conservatives FRACTION OF GDP.’ Individual need to balreports can —MARY WEBB, SENIOR ECONOMIST SCOTIABANK ance the budshow large get in order swings that to fulfil a 2011 are not indicative of the underlying election promise to cut taxes for famistate of the country’s finances. lies through income splitting once the “It’s a pretty respectable start, al- deficit is eliminated. though it is early days yet,” said Mary Ottawa has a few aces in the sleeve Webb, a senior economist with Scotia- toward achieving the target, even if bank who specializes on fiscal policy. economic and employment growth un“The part I worry about is on the derperform expectations. revenue side because employment has Although the budget projected a not been very strong and for the gov- $16.6-billion deficit for last year, the ernment personal income tax is very preliminary numbers point to a shortimportant.” fall about $4 billion below that numEmployment growth has been weak ber. in Canada the past 12 months with only As well, Ottawa has built in a $3-bil72,000 net new jobs created. lion contingency buffer it may not However, the government has bene- need. Finally, the government can sell fited from strong oil prices and higher assets, such as millions of General Moinflation, which tends to increase tax tors shares, to reduce the deficit. revenues.

Still, the expectation is that in the Webb said attaining a balanced bud- coming months Ottawa’s books will be get by 2015 is “important politically” showing fewer and smaller monthly for the Harper government, but not shortfalls, turning to surpluses by the from a market perspective. end of the year.

NEB orders Enbridge to cease pipeline work in Manitoba

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

LINE 3

CALGARY — The National Energy Board has ordered Enbridge Inc. to stop work along its Line 3 oil pipeline in Manitoba after an inspection earlier this month revealed numerous environmental and safety concerns.

Line 3 has been carrying crude between Alberta and Wisconsin for nearly half a century. Enbridge announced plans earlier this year to replace the pipeline in its entirety — a $7.5 billion undertaking that would be the largest project in the company’s history.

Company spokesman Graham White said Friday the NEB order relates to regular maintenance work on the existing pipeline around Cromer, Man., not the larger replacement project.

The NEB says it won’t allow work to resume until it’s satisfied the problems have been fixed by Enbridge (TSX:ENB).

“During the inspection of the project, it was observed that multiple con-

struction mitigation measures committed to by Enbridge in its Environmental Protection Plan to conserve topsoil, control erosion and manage drainage were not implemented,” the NEB said in its order.

That has resulted in “numerous non-compliances observed both on and off the construction right-of-way causing environmental damage to wetlands and property damage to a substantial amount of agricultural land.”

The NEB order also said erosion, lack of safe access to agricultural land and open excavations and trenchlines pose safety hazards.

“The resumption of construction activities by Enbridge without a full assessment of damages would cause further detriment to property, safety of the public and the environment,” it said.

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said Enbridge has to complete a detailed assessment of the safety and environmental issues and put together an action plan, with a detailed timetable, to address each item.

White said Enbridge has already started working on the issues flagged by the NEB and that safety concerns will be dealt with immediately.

He added flooding and heavy rainfall in late June hampered efforts to address the problems, which had been raised by a landowner and about which Enbridge was aware.

The issues were related to land around the pipeline, not the pipeline itself, he said.

For the full Line 3 replacement project, White said Enbridge is holding open-houses in communities along the route and plans to submit a regulatory application by the end of this year.

The upgrade will allow the line to pump a maximum of 760,000 barrels per day, up from the 390,000 barrels it is currently able to move.

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Ottawa sitting on $730M stockpile of uncashed taxes and cheques

MARKETS COMPANIES

OF LOCAL INTEREST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.43 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 32.90 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 73.42 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.48 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 61.68 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 48.79 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 23.89 Canyon Services Group. 17.28 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.99 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.99 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 23.84 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.47 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 103.18 blaw Co. Ltd. (TSX:L). The Dow shed 132 points or 0.8 per cent.

The industrials sector was ahead 0.48 per cent after Candu Energy Inc., an SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) company, signed a co-operation agreement with China Nuclear Power Engineering Company Ltd. for the construction of two nuclear reactors at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant in Romania. SNC rose $1.23 to $57.74.

The metals and mining sector gave back 0.27 per cent, returning all of the gain racked up Thursday in the wake of the strong report on Chinese manufacturing.

However, the International Monetary Fund warned that global growth will be about threetenths of a point lower at 3.4 per cent this year than it thought in April.

The energy sector was down 0.37 per cent, while September crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange edged up two cents to US$102.09 a barrel.

The move came after U.S. officials accused Russia of firing artillery shells over the border into Ukraine.

Also on Friday, European Union ambassadors reached a preliminary deal on stepped-up sanctions against Russia, targeting its access to European capital markets and its trade in the defence sector, dual-use goods and sensitive technologies.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,455.04, up 60.59 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,017.44, up 5.79 points TSX 60 — 890.67, up 4.06 points Dow — 16,960.57, down 123.23 points S&P 500 — 1,978.34, down

TORONTO — A lastminute settlement was reached Thursday in a key dispute in the Nortel Networks Ltd. bankruptcy case — over how much interest should be paid on Nortel’s outstanding bonds, according to documents filed in U.S. court.

The settlement, which will see U.S. bond holders collect up to US$1.01 billion in interest payments on outstanding bonds, still needs approval by the court, which will hear the matter in midSeptember.

Nortel, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, has $4.1-billion in outstanding bonds.

The Globe and Mail reported that U.S. bondholders had made written submissions to the court saying that interest should accrue at a contractual rate that would add up to at least $1.6-billion.

But Nortel’s Canadian monitor Ernst & Young and other creditors argued that any interest should have been calculated at a much more modest U.S. federal judgment rate, which would have capped payments at around $90-million, the Globe said. That would leave more for other creditors, including pensioners and former employees. The compromise will see bondholders receive $876-million, plus as much as $134-million more if they have not been repaid by the middle of next year, according to the documents.

9.64 points Nasdaq — 4,449.56, down 22.55 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 92.47 cents US, down 0.60 of a cent Pound — C$1.8359, up 1.06 cents Euro — C$1.4525, up 0.58 of a cent Euro — US$1.3432, up 0.32 of a cent Oil futures: US$102.09 per barrel, up two cents (September contract) Gold futures: US$1,303.30 per oz., up $12.50 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.945 oz., up 6.8 cents $737.68 kg., up $2.18 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $1.80 higher $442.50; Jan ’15 $1.60 higher $446.00; March ’15 $1.90 higher $446.80; May ’15 $1.70 higher $443.20; July ’15 $1.70 higher $439.10; Nov ’15 $1.50 higher $427.10; Jan. ’16 $1.50 higher $433.10; March ’16 $1.50 higher $436.90; May ’16 $1.50 higher $436.90; July ’16 $1.50 higher $436.90; Nov. ’16 $1.50 higher $436.90.

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.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 268,920 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 268,920.

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Settlement reached in a key dispute in Nortel bankruptcy case

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.30 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 73.53 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.40 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 41.10 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.62 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.50 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 51.31 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 71.34 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.09 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 48.43 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.02 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.89 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.10 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.52

is pleased to announce the election of Mr. Darcy Teichroeb PEC as President at its Annual General Meeting in Edmonton.

MONTREAL — Ottawa is sitting on a stockpile of more than $730 million in uncashed tax refunds and other government cheques, according to Public Works Canada.

Many Canadians eagerly await their pension, employment insurance and child-tax benefits, but the department says that 3.2 million cheques issued over the past five years have never been cashed for a variety of reasons such as cheques being lost, not delivered or recipients moving without registering a new address.

The largest amount held is $149 million in tax refunds owed to 338,000 recipients.

There are also more than 1.5 million cheques, worth a total of $420 million, that have remained unclaimed issued under various programs, including $40.1 million in Ontario Trillium Benefit/Ontario Sales Tax credits and $32 million in British Columbia Low Income Climate Action Tax credits. The Receiver General for Canada issues payments for almost 30 programs on behalf of all provincial governments except Manitoba.

Other outstanding payments include: — $41 million for the Canada Pension Plan program.

— $5.1 million for Employment Insurance.

— $92.6 million in GST/HST credits to nearly one million recipients.

— $22.6 million in Canada Child Tax Benefits.

Ottawa isn’t alone. Ontario’s ministries of finance and health and longterm care, for example, have a $67 million reserve of outstanding cheques.

The federal stash of uncashed cheques, which never expire, is in addition to nearly $1 billion worth of dormant bank accounts and Canada savings and pension bonds being held by the Bank of Canada. But unlike the central bank’s unclaimed property, taxpayers can’t type their name into a website to discover whether they are eligible for a claim. Consumer advocates are pushing legislation from the Ottawa and the provincial governments

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The law ¿rm of Johnston Ming Manning LLP LP is pleased to announce that ALEKSANDRA ILIû was admitted to the Alberta Bar on July 18, 2014.

Aleksandra was born in the former Yugoslavia and grew up in Montenegro, Calgary and Red Deer. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society from the University of Calgary and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Juris Doctorate degree. Aleksandra completed her articles with Johnston Ming Manning LLP, and is pleased to remain with the ¿rm and continue to serve our clients in the areas of civil litigation, with an emphasis on estatee litigation, collections and property disputes, as well as wills and estates.

Mr. Teichroeb, PEC is currently Director of Bar W Petroleum & Electric in Red Deer. Previously Mr. Teichroeb was President/Owner of Bar W Petroleum & Electric Ltd for 19 years before selling the company in 2007. He has been President of the ECAA Central Chapter for many years and represented the ECAA on the Safety Codes Council Electrical Technical Council for the past 5 years, and has also served as Provincial Secretary 2012, Treasurer 2013 and Vice President in 2014.

ECAA’s 2014/15 BOARD President: Darcy Teichroeb, PEC, Red Deer Past President: Les Dzwonkiewicz, PEC, Grande Prairie President Elect: Keven Lefebvre, PEC, Edmonton Treasurer: Darrell Castor, Calgary Secretary: Eric Fadden, PEC, Edmonton

Directors: Brian Halina, Edmonton Clem Gratton, PEC, Edmonton Brent Connell, PEC, Edmonton Doug Miller, Calgary Adam McNamara, Fort McMurray Tim Tarita, Grande Prairie Terry Barnett, Lloydminster Rob Coleman, PEC, Lethbridge Ray Wery, PEC, Calgary Terry Milot, Edmonton Dennis Horrigan, Edmonton Hans Tiedemann, Calgary

David M. Manning, Q.C. Jennifer A. Campbell Chad J. Evans Andrew J. Luft

Darrell R. Moore Sandra L. Manning D. Grant Watson

Keith R. Lamb Christopher A. Rickards Q.C. Brad A. Balon Aleksandra Ilic

J. Macdonald Johnston, Q.C. (Retired) Counsel James T. Mah Ming, Q.C. (1937 – 2010)

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Gold stocks and financials helped give the Toronto stock market a lift Friday amid a rebound for U.S. durable goods orders and gold prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 60.59 points to finish at a record high close of 15,455.04.

The gold sector was ahead about 3.3 per cent as the August gold contract gained $12.50 to US$1,303.30 an ounce after three days of losses.

The financials sector was up 0.59 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar shed 0.6 of a cent to 92.47 cents US as the greenback strengthened in the wake of U.S. data showing that orders for durable goods increased by 0.7 per cent during June.

U.S. markets were lower after earning disappointments from online retailer Amazon and Visa. The Dow Jones industrials dropped 123.23 points to close at 16,960.57 while the Nasdaq fell 22.55 points to finish at 4,449.56.

The S&P 500 index lost 9.64 points to close at 1,978.34.

Amazon shares plunged 9.65 per cent to US$324.01 after posting a quarterly loss of US$126 million, or 27 cents per share, 14 cents worse than estimates.

Revenue rose 23 per cent, but operating expenses also rose by a similar percentage.

Shares in Visa, which is closely watched because of its heavy exposure to U.S. and global consumer spending, dropped 3.58 per cent to $214.77 as the global payments technology company trimmed its forecast for annual revenue growth.

The Toronto stock market finished the week up 188.47 points or 1.24 per cent on positive Chinese manufacturing data and a series of positive earnings reports from Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR), Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) and Lo-

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that would make it easier to claim their property, an improvement over a process that requires Canadians to call each department responsible for issuing the cheque to begin the hunt for their money.

“It’s not rocket science,” said Brenda Potter Phelan, an accountant who runs the website and blog Legacy Tracker. “This is 2014. My goodness, why are we not using technology?”

Public Works said each federal department receives a semi-annual outstanding payment report, related to their programs, for follow up with payment recipients “as required.” Efforts are made to contact the recipient of uncashed cheques to confirm their address or banking information, he said.

Marcel Poulin, spokesman for Public Works Minister Diane Finley, said the minister has instructed officials to “examine options to help Canadians receive the payments the Government of Canada owes them.”

Darren Jack, chairman of the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization, a non-profit group that educates holders of unclaimed property and companies that provide services finding assets, said Ms Finley’s response is encouraging.

“I’d like to see something implemented fairly quickly and also very transparently so it’s easy to use,” said Jack, who is also the managing Director at Impact 360 Degrees Inc., an Ontario based company that helps find missing assets.

The degree of government openness varies across North America. Some state governments in the U.S. go to the extent of attending county fairs armed with names of people who haven’t claimed their property.

Canada lags other developed countries, but Jack hopes Ottawa and the provinces will move to help Canadians gain access to billions of dollars worth of assets. Currently, only Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia have unclaimed property legislation and online searches. Jack said the fiveyear figures provided by Public Works Canada suggests that the total amount of money being held by the federal government is likely worth about $2 billion.

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Red and white — a favourite Colin and Justin pairing — along with a do-it-yourself headboard is foolproof where design is concerned. The room before is below.

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DESIGN Red and white. A favourite Colin and Justin pairing for as long as we care to remember.

In its various incarnations, think 1950s scarlet meets pure perfect snow, or decadent crimson wed with soft creamy beige.

And our favourite red and white combo? That’s simple: raspberry and cream — the mouth-watering team is foolproof where design is concerned.

Need convincing? Look at our before picture and then, when your eyes rebalance, observe the after.

The former boasts all the allure of a budget B&B with a warrant out for lost patrons.

The latter, however, is a symphony of simple design concocted in a relaxed and easy fashion.

It’s fair to report that some C and J mini-miracles take weeks to achieve, yet some — like this bedroom — are whizzed together with minimal fuss in just a couple of days. Our ambition, however, is that all our work (whether full-scale demo or lightweight refurb) is inspiring yet attainable, and that it all looks layered and comfy.

And, on the subject of attainable, how about this wee project? A classic weekend reno, we hope it inspires you to revamp your needy rooms.

Bear in mind that we seldom break the bank — sending our clients (or their bank managers) into cardiac free fall is so not our scene. The notion

of affordable transformation, on the other hand, is typically us. Here’s a guide to how we tightened our sporrans yet still managed to achieve expensive looking visuals.

Nest is best Beds are so important, which is why rushing out to buy a quick fix mattress and box spring is a bad idea.

Come on, think about it: you spend one-third of your life ensconced in slumber so invest wisely.

Watch for sales and look out for mismatched mattresses and box springs with large discounts — when your bed is dressed, you won’t see the difference.

DIY headboard Decide upon size, then, wearing a mask, cut mediumdensity fibreboard (you can get three-quarter-inch thick eight-by-four foot sections for around $30) to the relevant proportions and, using.

Spray adhesive, secure foam to the MDF surface. Find two-inch thick foam for around $22 per 22-inch by 88-inch strip. A project like this will need three strips.

Position headboard on top of fabric (pattern side out) and staple at the rear — it’s the same principal you’d use when recovering a chair pad, albeit on a larger scale. Don’t rush — spend time making this as

neat as possible. Finally, batten to the wall using screws and plugs.

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These cute wee nightstands are previous stock from Pottery Barn. At $399 each, they weren’t inexpensive but PB quality is, to be fair, excellent.

As such, their simple lines should easily last through subsequent room overhauls.

In short? Enduring style that will last and last.

When searching for good value furniture ranges, we also recommend you check out Urban Barn (www.urbanbarn.ca) — their mesmerizing collection of styles is utterly ‘fashion forward’ and they carry inven-

tory to suit every budget.

Flooring To add a welcome, natural element to our crisp red and white design, we opted for natural sea grass flooring.

Hard wearing — and constantly on trend — it’s great value product which we’ve used for years in both commercial and residential application. Look for a selection of coir, seagrass and jute. Costs?

Around $4 to $7 per square foot buys good quality product, so for a 10-by-10-foot room, expect to pay in the region of $400 to $700.

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Curb appeal Dear Debbie: We have ordered a new garage door that comes primed but not painted. Our 40-year-old house has natural cedar siding and some brown trim, somewhat arts and crafts style. The garage takes up approximately 50 per cent of the front façade. Do you have any colour suggestions?

Think fun. We are in our 70s, and want fun/tasteful/pretty.

Many thanks. — Sue Dear Sue: Colour is an individual choice, but it also needs to work with the DEBBIE Contributed photo colour of your home’s exteTRAVIS A trellis has been built rior cladding. over the large garage What could look fabulous on your garage door door to add interest is a smoky grey/green blue and detail to the colour. Think turquoise that efit from building. is softened with grey.

Any shades of blue go well with t h e c a r e wood shades, and this choice has lots our neighbours take in their home and surroundof life to it.

Although front doors and trim look ing property. Enjoy your new venture, good in a high gloss finish, because and never lose your wonderful spirit.

Dear Debbie: I have a wooden angel the garage door is so large, use a satin that I painted white and want to apply finish.

There are other additions to your highlights in a shade of brown. I’ve exterior that will build on the style seen you do this on a white bed headand appeal of the façade. Fypon manu- board. What is the mixture you apfactures thousands of decorative mill- plied? Thanks for all your great ideas. work elements in a variety of archi- — Macelinda Dear Macelinda: There are many tectural styles. Each piece is crafted from tough, weather-resistant, high- recipes for creating the aged or anperformance materials that are resis- tique look that you are looking for.

I generally use one part latex paint tant to decay, insect infestation and mixed with three parts glazing liquid. water damage.

The colour comes from the paint; For arts and crafts homes, Fypon recommends woodgrain/timber prod- choose a burnt umber or medium ucts such as lightweight beams under brown shade.

Apply a thin coat of the coloured a porch ceiling, brackets, corbels and glaze over the dry white painted surtwo- and three-plank panel shutters.

Shown here over a double garage face. Let dry. Apply more coats until in a row of town houses is a trellis sys- you have the colour that you want.

The glaze makes the mixture transtem kit in woodgrain. It also comes in lucent so that you will see the white smooth style.

Also shown is a cheerful window shining through.

The more glaze in the mixture, the flanked by three-panel shutters with a beam window sill. The violet stain more translucent it will be and the lonis a vibrant colour that would also ger it will take to dry. More paint in the suit your home. Planters and gardens mixture will make it more opaque.

Experiment on a spare piece of add colour and joy to the front of your painted wood until you have the shadhome as well.

When you are not sure of a colour ing that suits.

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LIGHTING: Great styles and choices Lighting We love HomeSense (www.homesense.ca) and their lighting department is particularly strong.

With great styles and choices at up to 60 per cent less than regular retail, the red liveried hallowed aisles are a first stop off point when we’re searching for affordable modish illumination.

In our homes, both sides of the pond, we’ve seldom paid more than $70 per lamp.

Accessories If you shop around, there’s always a great value treasure to be found.

Whether plump feather filled cushions, delicate glasswares or ornate sparkling mirrors, you’re bound to find a gem that’ll perfectly finish your carefully conspired scheme.

All things considered, we hope our raspberry and cream transformation kicks starts your next DIY project. Aye, stick with us for affordable, easy to achieve design ideas.

And always remember that the biggest room in your home — is the room for improvement.

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Above: Menu on display showing the four options for adjusting the Dayclox.

Below: Like a scroll wheel on a hand-held, the controls on the back of the Dayclox are easy to use. Just don’t be fooled by the volume signs on the side of the wheel. These simply move menu items from side to side.

And he saw it most obviously because of his mom.

“When my mother moved into the retirement home where I work, she’d wander over to see me more than once a day to ask ‘What day is it?’ ” explained Gary.

“I wondered if there might be something out there to help her feel more at ease.

“I found and bought a Dayclox online for Mom because it looked like it would give her peace of mind.

It certainly has.

She never has to ask me what day it is now.”

One criticism I can offer is that Dayclox needs to be reset twice a year as daylight savings time come and go.

There’s a leg on the back of the clock that extends to allow the unit to stand upright on a table or desk, and a hole in the back of the case for hanging the unit on a wall.

Gary liked his mom’s Dayclox experience so much that last October he set up a Canadian retail website as a sideline to his work at the retirement home (www.daycloxcanada.com). That’s turning out to be a story in itself.

“It’s quite a balancing act getting a little business up and running online,” explains Gary.

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“Most of our earnings have gone back into the business, and there are lots of things to learn.”

Super-simple, easy-to-read time and date information might not seem like much to most of us, but it can make a difference for individuals with challenges, and those people taking care of them.

Like I said, sometimes it’s the little things in life that matter the most.

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Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make the biggest difference, and for some people this means an easy way to see what time and date it is.

Sounds basic, I know, but when advancing age, stroke, deteriorating eye sight or creeping mental infirmity make ordinary time pieces impossible to use, a just-thebasics clock starts to make sense.

I don’t have trouble using regular clocks and watches (not yet, anyway), but timepiece simplicity is still a good thing in my book.

Surely I’m not the only one tired of a world filled with over-done, over-featured clocks, am I? For the last 5 years, my faSTEVE vourite wall clock has been MAXWELL a large, simple, self-setting model with hands.

It’s made by a company called La Crosse and though it adjusts its own time based on a wireless signal, it’s still not ideal for people losing the ability to remember time and date information.

I’ve seen this happen to a few people, and that’s one reason I took a closer look at something called Dayclox. It may be the world’s easiest-to-read digital clock and calendar.

Dayclox is a plug-in digital clock with an eightinch screen that delivers just the basics, nice and clear.

Day-of-week, time, month and date information are obvious to see and understand. I’ve been using Dayclox in my home for three months, and I find it a breath of fresh air.

Super-bright, white letters on a black screen make it exceptionally easy to read in my performance tests.

The unit also has an internal memory that retains time and date settings even when unplugged.

The clock continued to keep time for days during my tests simulating an extended power failure.

The clock’s display can be set for 12-or-24-hour mode and the calendar has eight language options.

There’s an instruction manual, but I found it unnecessary.

Just hit the menu button, then choose different setting options.

The need for a simple, reliable, easy-to-read timepiece is something that struck Ontario nursing home worker Gary Ball, too.

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announcements Obituaries LAWRENCE Christopher 1998 - 2014 It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved son, as a result of an accident, Christopher ‘Chris’ Michael Lawrence near East Coulee, Alberta on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the age of 15 years.

Chris was born on July 21, 1998 at Red Deer, Alberta and spent his early years in Penhold, Alberta and Red Deer. At the age of seven, the family moved to Blackfalds, Alberta, where Chris attended Iron Ridge Elementary Campus. He was well liked and made many friends there. Chris went on to attend school in Red Deer and also Innisfail for his Junior and Senior High but realized early on that the world would be his true classroom. Chris recently moved to Innisfail, where he had met Kristina Kinder, who very quickly became one of the most important parts of his life. He had been attending High School until obtaining employment in the Construction Industry for the summer months. Chris’s ambition was to become a Heavy Duty Mechanic like his Grandpa Blauel, with whom he shared a very special bond. Chris was an avid skateboarder spending entire days at the Skatepark when he could. We all feel such emptiness within but will cherish the many loving memories of our dear son, grandson, great grandson, brother, nephew and friend in our hearts forever. Chris will be lovingly remembered by his mother, Nicole Blauel and stepfather, Dave Sutherland of Blackfalds, Alberta, his father, Michael Lawrence of Red Deer, his girlfriend, Kristina Kinder of Innisfail, Alberta and his brothers and sister, Trevor Blauel, Riley Sutherland and Kieran Sutherland, all of Blackfalds.

He will also be very sadly missed by his Grandparents, Laurel Blauel, Doreen and Frank Mardian, all of Red Deer, Bill Lawrence of Penhold, Ian and Pamela Sutherland of St. Albert, Alberta and Heather and Albert Cramette of Red Deer; his great grandparents, Ken and Melba Stuart of Red Deer, Rose Mardian of Kindersly, Saskatchewan and Gladys Bigg of St. Albert; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and all his friends. Chris was predeceased by his grandpa, Barry Blauel. A Celebration of Chris’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Chris’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer & District S.P.C.A. at www.reddeerspca.com or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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BENTLEY Classmates of 64’ Fifty Year Reunion Aug. 8, 9 & 10. If we have missed you contact Gail at 403-748-2935

BRUNS (Bunch) Norma Vivien Norma passed away in the Stettler Hospital on July 23, 2014 at the age of 94. Norma Bengtson was born in Frontier, Sask. on July 18, 1920. Then moved to Rimbey, AB. district where she met and married William Bunch.

Norma and William had 5 children and is survived by Beverly Bunch, Gail Johnson (Edwin), Kelly Bunch and Sandy Chartrand, 9 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren, 3 sisters and 1 brother. Predeceased by daughter Patricia Balog, 2 husbands, parents, 2 brothers and 2 sisters, and 2 son-inlaws. The family wishes to have a small memorial at the Red Deer Legion on July 29, at 1 pm. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to a charity of one’s choice.

GERVAIS Vivian 1960 - 2014 It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Vivian Gervais of Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at the age of 54 years. Vivian will be lovingly remembered by her mother and stepfather, Ena and Brad Screpnek her daughter, Donna (Chris) Hort and her beloved grandchildren, Heather and Caiden Hort, all of Red Deer, Alberta. She will also be very sadly missed by her brothers, Anthony Gervais and Roland (Tari) Gervais and her sister, Nancy Gervais (Anthony Fobert), also all of Red Deer.

Vivian was predeceased by her father, Noel Gervais in 2004. A Celebration of Vivian’s Life will be held at the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge, 140 Petrolia Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Vivian’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Ashley Paton, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED MONDAY AUGUST 4, 2014 Red Deer Advocate Publication dates: SAT. AUGUST 2 TUES. AUGUST 5 Deadline is: Fri. August 1, 5 p.m.

Central AB Life Publication date: THURS. JULY 31 Deadline is: Fri. August 1, 5 p.m.

Ponoka & Lacombe Express Publication date: WED. AUGUST 6 Deadline is: Thur. July 31, 5 p.m.

Rimbey Publication date; TUES. AUGUST 5 Deadline is: Thurs. July 31, NOON Stettler & Weekender

Publication date: WED. AUGUST 6 FRI. AUGUST 8 Deadline is: Fri. August 1, NOON Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo Publication date: THUR. AUGUST 7 Deadline is: Fri. August 1, 5 p.m.

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Deer Park MULTI FAMILY SALE Saturday, July 26th 3 living room couch sets 2 bedroom suites 1 kitchen table set + Plenty More Household Items

OLMSTEAD - DEETJEN Friends and family would like to congratulate Kalee and Lorne on their wedding, taking place July 26, 2014, Wishing you love and happiness on your special day!

Eastview 3945 35 AVE. July 24, 4-9, July 25 & 26, 10-9. 3 family. Household, outdoor furniture, plants, table saw, misc.

Glendale VARIETY of items. Snowboards, exercise equipt. headache tack, guitar, etc.

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Celebrations 90th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for LORETTA SALTER Friends and family of Loretta Salter are invited to attend a 90th Birthday Come-and-Go Tea on Sunday, July 27th from 2-4 pm at the Victoria Park Retirement Residence, 9 Avery Street, Red Deer.

NO GIFTS PLEASE.

HORN HILL - CLEARVIEW - HILLEND WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION All current and former residents of these rural school districts are invited to help dedicate our war memorial.

August 2nd, 2014 at 10 a.m.

Hornhill Cemetery.

Any questions, phone Matt 403-396-9262

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Pines 95 PHELAN CRES. July 26th 10-5. Stereo w/record player, computer, treadmill, recliner, TV stand, many misc. items.

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CLARK David William Murray March 2, 1954 - July 25, 2014 David passed away at the Red Deer Hospital at the age of 60. He was a beloved husband, father, brother and friend. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Sharon and children Christopher and Hilary. He will be sadly missed by his sister Dianne (Peter), brothers Dean and Derek (Janet), nephews Stuart and Patrick, and nieces Hannah, Avril and Lindsay. David was surrounded by three favourite things in life, Family, Friends and Golf. He was the toughest teddy bear, hard working and loving. He was never a complainer and always willing to lend a helping hand.

He was a golf professional for 37 years and served as president of the CPGA. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Hwy 2A, Lacombe, AB. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division, 200, 325 Manning Road NE, Calgary, AB T2E 2P5.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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Happy Ads DUNCAN Anne Duncan, beloved wife of John Duncan, passed away peacefully on July 23, 2014 in the Innisfail Hospital at the age of 91 years. When Anne lost her private battle to leukemia, she was surrounded by loved ones.

John and Anne farmed west of Innisfail for over 50 years, moving into a beautiful condo in Innisfail in the summer of 2012. John is currently living in the Sunset Manor in Innisfail. Anne was born in 1923 in Morpeth, England.

She was the oldest daughter of James and Minnie Wight. The family moved to Canada when she was three years old - first to Alix and then to Red Deer where Anne completed her schooling. As an outgoing and vivacious young woman, Anne loved to curl and golf. She worked as a receptionist at the Snell Optometry Clinic for nearly 20 years. Even as a young woman, Anne loved to travel. She and a group of young girlfriends toured Europe together. Anne met John through mutual friends; they married on November 11, 1961 in the chapel of the Geatz Memorial United Church. They moved onto family land to farm and quickly became an integral part of the little Red Deer District. Anne and John were happily married just short of 53 years. They were a busy couple - always looking for an adventure. Together they enjoyed downhill skiing, curling and golfing. The two of them were active members of the Spruce View Square Dance Club and Circle Chase in Innisfail. They square danced all over Alberta-even going as far as Phoenix, Arizona to dance. They loved to travel! Their many travels included trips to: Europe with extra time spent in England; China, where they walked the Great Wall; an Alaskan Cruise; Australia; New Zealand; and an unforgettable bus tour of the Maritime Provinces. Anne was a member of the Little Red Deer Dorcas WI. She loved to garden. Her mammoth vegetable gardens and flower gardens were the envy of many. Anne was a very accomplished seamstress. Every single one of her 100+ square dance dresses (with some matching ties and shirts for John!) were sewn by herself. Up to the very end, Anne loved to bake and was an exceptional hostess. She would set out a lovely tea cloth and her Royal Albert china to serve the delicious baking that she always had on hand. Anne was an outgoing and cheerful presence at all gatherings. She loved to talk and would be the first to make someone feel special. Her baking was especially renowned at Faye’s “Camp Grandma.”

Auntie Anne would treat her great nieces and nephews with TUBS of amazing cookies... and to their delight; she insisted that there was no cookie limit! Anne is survived by her loving husband John; her sister Grace Koss; sister in laws Mary Duncan and Elizabeth Anderson; brother in law Gordon (Shirley) Duncan and numerous nieces, nephews and their families. She was predeceased by her parents James and Minnie Wight and her brother Matt Wight and brother in laws Ed Koss, Harold Anderson, Donald Duncan and Les Duncan.

In Anne’s memory and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Innisfail United Church or to the Innisfail Hospital. Funeral services for Anne Duncan will be held in the Innisfail United Church on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. A private family interment to follow at the Innisfail Cemetery.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, LTD., INNISFAIL entrusted with arrangements. Phone: 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com.

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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.

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P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

403-505-7846 LOST IN BOWER July 24th - Small black cat with white on belly and chest. She is very shy, answers to Nymeria.

Declawed, tattooed & microchipped.

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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.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SAMSUNG Galaxy S4 phone found in Bower Creekside area. ** OWNER FOUND **

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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

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EXP’D receptionist req’d for general and cosmetic dental office. 4 day work week Mon. - Thurs, guaranteed monthly salary, with generous active bonus plan. Please reply with resume to info@saby.com Resume may also be delivered to 100 3947-50a ave, Red Deer, AB. T4N 6V7.

Contact Dr. Brian Saby at 403-340-3434 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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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.

Medical

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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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P/T friendly receptionist, good with details. Fax resume 403-314-5307

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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

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$2500 Bonus Every 100 days 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

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CLASS 1 driver w/5 yrs. exp. and oilfield tickets.

Email resume: jkinsella @xplornet.com

HS&E Manager Canyon Technical Services is a leader in the oilfield service industry, providing customized fracturing and pressure pumping solutions to oil and gas producers across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. At Canyon, our employees are ‘Champions’, dedicated to fulfilling our Vision of “improving the industry one job at a time” - our ‘Champions’ have made Canyon one of the most sought-after providers in our industry. If you are looking for a career within a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then Canyon is looking for you! Canyon is preparing for an extremely busy 2014/2015 and are looking for qualified employees.

WE’RE EXPANDING! We have the right customers We have the right jobs We have the right equipment Are YOU the right fit?

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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 Buying or Selling your home?

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Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com Looking for a place to live?

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Red Deer division is currently accepting resumes for an oilfield equipment sales position.

Experience in water containment, Conical Trailer and Frac Water heater is an asset. Candidates must be self-motivated and willing to travel. Oilfield back ground, Class 1a and oilfield tickets and passport are an asset. Only selected individuals will be contacted for interviews.

Thank you.

Please forward resume to jeff.sahli@modernusa.com TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

PRODUCTION TESTING EXPERIENCED SUPERVISORS and TESTERS Day & Night Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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

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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

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Boundary Technical Group Inc. Is now hiring for: - Technologist (Party Chief) - Technician (Rodman) In the Red Deer and surrounding area Boundary offers a competitive salary and benefits package as well as an RRSP program. We are a Construction/Land survey company based in Airdrie.

Please send resume to: FAX: (403) 948-4924 or email tanya.dowie@btgi.ca

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FULL TIME SALES POSITION

OIL & GAS OPERATOR 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

An established and respected oilfield service company in the Red Deer area is looking for an HS&E Manager to oversee One of Alberta’s premium used vehicle activities directly related to operations is looking for a the company’s various safety programs. Essential full-time sales consultant. functions include enforcing Sales Experience is a requirement. compliance of operations personnel with administraHere’s what we offer: tive policies, procedures, safety rules, and govern• Large Inventory – 2 locations mental regulations, to sell from maintain safety and accident records, submit • Flexible Hours applicable annual reports, • Excellent Reputation conduct safety audits, manage company’s drug Attn: Human Resources • Excellent Pay Structure email:kwolokoff@ and alcohol program and • Excellent Benefit Plan bearspawpet.com more.

Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Desired candidates will Contact Wayne or Daryl at Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 possess a university 403-227-4456 for an interview. degree or technical diploma with 3-5 years’ Or send your resume Sales & experience, be a member Distributors to wkarach@truckranch.ca of a related Professional Society, have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to partner with internal and external MAVERICK Supply customers at all levels of the organization, and hold Inside Sales Person a class 5 driver’s license.

Required for Rimbey/Ponoka Oilfield Supply Store A background in environmental science or Duties to include: engineering is a plus. Must be able to travel up to 60%, Inside Sales Customer Service including overnight stays.

Inventory Control Heavy Lifting involved Clerical Duties Deliveries Interested candidates can Operating Forklift Shipping & Receiving send a resume and cover letter to oilfieldcanada Please Send Resume to: @outlook.com.

Email: rick.davies@meridianvalve.ca Fax: (403) 843 - 3775 LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. In Person: 5618 – 44th St, Rimbey VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

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Why Canyon? f Paid technical and leadership training f Career advancement opportunities f RRSP matching program

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OILFIELD EQUIPMENT SALES POSITION AVAILABLE DRAGON ENERGY

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A RED DEER BASED Pressure Testing Company req’s. Operators for testing BOP’s throughout AB. Only those with Drilling rig exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

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Based in Alberta/ TRICAN WELL SERVICE IS Canada’s largest pressure pumping company with operations in western Canada and around the world.

Trican is founded on the principles of service excellence, operational safety and technical expertise, and we are proud to have received numerous accolades as a top employer.

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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

lf you are a motivated, service-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail we invite you to apply for the following positions:

Fracturing Crew Bus, Cement Bulk, Cement Operators

You will perform maintenance and repairs on our well-maintained fleet of buses. You possess a valid driver's licence and are a licensed Technician, ideally with diesel experience.

We offer a friendly work environment, day shifts and competitve wages and benefits. E-mail sheldon.goers@firstgroup.com or visit www.firststudentcanada.com An equal opportunity employer that values diversity.

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WHAT MAKES US ATTRACTIVE: • Values-driven organization • Full coverage benefits program • Global technical leader within our industry • Focus on safety, training and development • Career advancement opportunities • RRSP matching program • Health Spending Account

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We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER CONCRETE FINISHERS CARPENTERS OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATORS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

www.eaglebuilders.ca Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources

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EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: • Valid Class l license preferred; fewer than 6 demerit points • Pressure pumping experience is preferred • Physically fit- heavy lifting required • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

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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

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Central Alberta Residence Society Do you enjoy helping others achieve their full potential?

A CARF accredited agency has long been recognized for providing quality support services to individuals with developmental disabilities.

We are currently seeking to fill a number of positions which are necessary in order to maintain the level of supports we have come to be known for.

Successful candidates will be responsible to provide personal support and mentorship in accordance with individuals’ needs and aspirations, within their home and community.

Applicants should possess prior experience in the human service field.

Full time positions offer competitive wages with benefits. Vehicle and valid driver’s license required.

Forward Resumes to: CARS #101 - 5589 47 St. Red Deer, AB T4N 1S1 Fax: 403-346-8015

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Outreach Worker to provide holistic STBBI prevention and support services responding to the specific health issues of vulnerable people living in rural Central Alberta.

Experience working in rural populations is an asset. Knowledge of or experience working in Aboriginal community is required.

For a complete job description see our website www.caans.org

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SOUTHPOINTE COMMON and BOWER invites applications for the PLACE Mall Locations. following position: Positions for SUPERVISORS. Looking School Social Worker for motivated and hard Wolf Creek Academy working individuals. Having your own transportation is For further specifics on the a plus. On the job above position, please visit training, but experience in Wolf Creek Public Schools’ fast food is an asset, and website at must be avail. to work all www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, store location hours. or contact the Division Starting wage $13.50/hour Office at 403-783-3473. with restaurant exp.

Please specify which store Start your career! you are applying for.

See Help Wanted No open LMO’s to hire foreign nationals at this time.

Classifieds Email resume to Your place to SELL awbsp@xplornet.ca Your place to BUY or phone 403-391-0555 and ask for Lynn.

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Joffre Plant

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/ home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages through support the development of their employees for future growth.

Ferus requires a Maintenance Electrician to join our production maintenance team. This position will be based out of our Joffre production office with some occasional travel to other facilities within western Canada. The ideal candidate will be open and honest with the ability to work individually as well as within groups.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

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5 P.M. Each Day For The Next Day’s Paper CALL 309-3300

JJAM Management (1987) Distributors Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these WANTED: SALES PERSON Above average wage & Red Deer, AB locations: benefits. Flexible hours.

5111 22 St. Drop off resume to 5211 50 Ave. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N Looking for a place 700 3020 22 St. to live?

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC MEGA CRANES is now Manager/Food Services Take a tour through the Requires hiring exp’d Class 1 drivers.

Permanent F/T shift. $18/hr.

CLASSIFIEDS Boom/crane truck tickets 40 hrs/week, + benefits , 1 an asset. Please email Vacancy, 2-3yrs. exp., QUALIFIED résumé with drivers criminal record check req’d, 1st yr. through to abstract to Apply in person or fax Trades JOURNEYMAN cathy@megacranes.com resume to: 403-314-1303 or fax 403-885-4292 ELECTRICIANS JJAM Management (1987) Apprentice & Journeyman RED DEER BASED Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Welders With Residential exp. a TRUCKING COMPANY Requires to work at these Absolute Fusion is a must.

Competitive wages Looking for Class 1 Red Deer, AB locations: Repair & Maintenance & benefits. Fax resume to: Tank Truck Drivers & 5111 22 St. and New Fabrication 403-314-5599 Pressure Truck Operators.

37444 HWY 2 S Facility. We are looking for Exc. benefits package & 37543 HWY 2N Welders with Mechanical top industry wages.

700 3020 22 St. Truckers/ Abilities to join our team.

Please fax resume to: FOOD ATTENDANT Please forward your Drivers 403-346-3766 Req’d permanent shift resume via Fax to weekend day and evening 403-309-7134 Something for Everyone CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d both full and part time.

Or via Email to info@ Everyday in Classifieds for moving equipment.

15 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + absolutefusion.ca Resumes to be dropped off benefits. Start ASAP. Looking for a new pet?

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Job description Check out Classifieds to Cres.

Red Deer.

CRYSTAL GLASS www.timhortons.com find the purrfect pet. needs EXP. D GLASS Education and experience DRIVERS for furniture WORKER. Drop off renot req’d. moving company, class 5 STETTLER TRANSIT MIX sume at: 4706-51 Avenue Apply in person or fax required (5 tons), local & Drivers wanted for or fax 346-5390 or email: long distance. Competitive resume to: 403-314-1303 mixer/pumping concrete. branch208@crystalglass.ca wages. Apply in person.

403-742-2134 or You can sell your guitar 6630 71 St. Bay 7 email:stettlertransitmix Classifieds...costs so little for a song...

Red Deer. 403-347-8841 @gmail.com Saves you so much! or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Core Responsibilities: • Maintain equipment in accordance with preventative maintenance program • Assist operations with plant optimization and troubleshooting • Provide technical support on new projects and designs • Assisting with planning of turnarounds and other maintenance activities.

• Maintaining VFDs and soft starts on low and medium voltage.

Qualifications: • Journeyman electrician with interprovincial red seal.

• Possess good troubleshooting shills for both electrical and instrumentation.

• Knowledge in computer based maintenance systems an asset but not required.

• Previous configuration and programming experience would be an asset.

• Ability to travel within Canada and the USA. • Both written and verbal communication skills.

• Current H2S Alive & First Aid certification an asset.

• Current Class 5 Drivers License.

• Willing and able to accept occasional after hours support calls.

Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including a Group RSP Savings Plan.

If you are interested in working in positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume to humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad # JFME-0714

Truckers/ Drivers

RAMADA INN & SUITES FRONT DESK CLERK SUPERVISOR - Permanent F/T Shift position open immediately $14-$18/hr(+bonus). 40 hrs/wk.

REQUIREMENTS: Experience preferred High school completion or higher DUTIES: Responsible for daily front desk operations. Balance inventory/sundry goods , schedule, complaint resolution, group bookings, supervise and train staff.

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada, good communication and computer skills.

Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 or email gm@ramadareddeer.com

RAMADA INN & SUITES

Journeyman & apprentices We offer competitive wages. Full benefits after 90 days. Must have valid drivers licence. Email resume to: d.generationglass @platinum.ca or Fax: 403-886-5224 or Call 403-886-5221

req’s Permanent ROOM ATTENDANTS Attendants. Exp. not nec.

GOODMEN will train. Approx. 35 - 40 ROOFING LTD. hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 Requires $14/hr. Duties incl’d but not limited to: vacuuming, SLOPED ROOFERS dusting, washing floors, LABOURERS making beds, empty trash, & FLAT ROOFERS disinfecting & cleaning bathrooms. Performance Valid Driver’s Licence based bonus program. preferred. Fax or email Must be fluent with verbal info@goodmenroofing.ca l& written English, be or (403)341-6722 physically fit. Applicants NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer IMMEDIATE OPENING T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 ARMOR INC or email: is looking for licensed info@ramadareddeer.com Diesel & Suspension THE RUSTY PELICAN is Mechanic for light duty now accepting resumes for automotive performance F/T DISHWASHER shop. Diesel & transmission Apply within: 2079-50 exp. preferred.

Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Starting @ $40/hr. Phone Fax 403-347-1161 Phone 403-346-9188 or email calls WILL NOT be accepted. donavan@armorinc.ca

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Joffre Plant

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages through support the development of their employees for future growth.

Ferus requires an Instrumentation Technician to join our production maintenance team. This position will be based out of our Joffre production office with some occasional travel to other facilities within western Canada. The ideal candidate will be open and honest with the ability to work individually as well as within groups.

Core Responsibilities: • Maintain equipment in accordance with preventative maintenance program • Assist operations with plant optimization and troubleshooting • Provide technical support on new projects and designs • Assist with planning of turnarounds and other maintenance activities.

• Maintain and perform minor configuration changes to existing control systems. Current systems are Delta V, Allen Bradley Controllogics, Wonderware, Factory Talk.

Qualifications: • Journeyman instrumentation technician.

• Possess good troubleshooting shills for both instrumentation and control systems.

• Knowledge in computer based maintenance systems an asset but not required.

• Previous configuration and programming experience would be an asset.

• Ability to travel within Canada and the USA. • Both written and verbal communication skills.

• Current H2S Alive & First Aid certification an asset.

• Current Class 5 Drivers License.

• Willing and able to accept occasional after hours support calls.

Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including a Group RSP Savings Plan.

If you are interested in working in positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume to humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad # JFIT -0714

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/ home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages through support the development of their employees for future growth. www.ferus.com

Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman & Apprentices Grande Prairie & Blackfalds

Ferus’ Operations division requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic to join our growing team to service Ferus’ expanding fleet of tractor & trailer units in our Blackfalds and Grande Prairie Bases.

Reporting to the Shop Foreman you will be responsible for a variety of duties in a service oriented environment. Working in the Oil and Gas Field you will be required to work effectively unsupervised, have good working knowledge of Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer repairs, combined with a great attitude. A CVIP inspection license or the ability to obtain one is required. Due to the nature and volume of work some overtime and on call work will be required.

The successful candidate will be willing to work towards their Interprovincial Heavy Equipment Technician certification and have completed at a minimum their 3rd year apprenticeship requirements.

This individual must be highly motivated and mechanically inclined. Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including flex days, flexible spending account and a Group RSP Savings Plan.

Successful candidates may be provided with a relocation allowance.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume to humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad #RDGP-MEC-0714 We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Position Available www.ads-pipe.com

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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products are expanding and are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years B-train trailer experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within Alberta.

ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License, with previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

BENEFITS INCLUDE: Signing Bonus paid upon completion of a 60 day/120 day retention period Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance Short-term and longterm disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus

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All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CANADA INC. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

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www.ferus.com

Revenue between $24,000 - $120,000 Initial cash required as low as $6,000 In Business for over 20 years *Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl. *Training Incl. *Ongoing Office Support

Ferus requires experienced Professional Class 1 drivers with three years or more experience to operate a variety of late model liquid carbon dioxide and liquid nitrogen equipment out of our Blackfalds & Grande Prairie bases.

We offer: Industry competitive wages based on an hourly pay schedule • • • • •

Automatic pay increases Daily per diem allowance Recognition and incentive programs Mechanic-maintained equipment Travel Compensation

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866

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ACADEMIC Express

PLUS: • Flexible Spending Account • Group RSP Savings Plan • Comprehensive Health and Dental Plan • Career Advancement Opportunities

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

A delivery vehicle is provided.

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are: Morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday shifts starting at 1 PM. * All shifts based on 4 hours and likely run longer * $13.19/Hour.

Please address resume to the attention of Doug and drop off to 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB or email: dsibbet@reddeeradvocate.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 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

DRIVER REQUIRED Experienced 3 ton van driver required.

Duties incl. driving Central Alberta, loading bags in to hopper, performing pre/post trip inspections.

General truck maintenance oil/grease. Must have valid Alberta drivers license, reliable transportation to and from shop and safety boots.

Please submit resume and current driver’s abstract to B&B Cowie Insulation.

Email: bbcowie@telus.net Fax: 403-347-8075 FITNESS Orientated Sales Rep. Needed - Fitness Mechanics. Send resume to info@fitnessmechanics.ca or call 1-855-348-4487.

Is seeking to hire

Shop Supervisor for our Red Deer location.

This position is a fulltime and is a salary based position with company benefits upon hire. 11-3 days off schedule. Duties include maintaining shop, assist minor repairs of units and equipment, monitor inventories, loading of fluid trucks with various products for the Oil & Gas industry. Will also be trained to blend various products supplied to our clients. Ideal candidate would be from the trucking industry with fluid Hauling experience with class 1 license. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

FALL START

We offer a work rotation of 15 days on & 6 days off.

Preference will be given to applicants with off-road experience.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment please send your resume & driver abstract to humanresources@ferus.com or by fax to 1-888-879-6125 Please Reference: Driver #0514 Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

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Community Support Worker Program GED Preparation

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Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

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.

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:

frontbus@platinum.ca 403-347-4999

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

GROWING National company seeks mechanically inclined service person for Periodic basic equipment maintenance in the Red Deer area, for 5-10 service calls per month. Service times flexible. Perfect for a young retired person. Will train, must have own reliable vehicle and basic tools. Fax resume or letter of interest to 905-760-1233 or email to dispatch. canada@air-serv.com.

LANDSCAPING POSITION Physically demanding.

Own transportation & exp. an asset. Regular hours.

Fax 403-341-3042

CEA AIR (Custom Energized Air Ltd) a respected leader in the pneumatics industry is GROWING AGAIN and we are looking for:

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

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

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/MAVERICK

Supply

Warehouse Person/Shipper-Receiver Duties to include: Deliveries Heavy Lifting involved Clerical Duties

In Person: 5618 – 44th St, Rimbey

Fax: (403) 843 - 3775

SHOP HAND FULL TIME POSITION MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:00 AM TO 4:30 PM Medical & Dental Benefits.

LOCATED: 6725 A Golden West Avenue - Red Deer.

Own mode of transportation required EDUCATION: Some high school EXPERIENCE: Some shop experience required, mechanically inclined a definite asset!

Willing to train the right candidate.

SKILLS NEEDED: A willingness to learn, good attitude, ability to work with a team or independently.

MUST HAVE: Steel Toed Boots WORK CONDITIONS: Must be able to pay attention to detail.

TURPLE BROS. LTD.

Please Send Resume to: Email: rick.davies@meridianvalve.ca

LUBE TECH wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement.

Fax resume to 341-5066

Please forward resume to: rdadmin@tartancontrols.com

Required for Ponoka Oilfield Supply Store Shipping & Receiving Inventory Control Assisting Inside Sales Operating Forklift

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DO YOU: Want extra income Know the city well Posses a clean, valid drivers license Have a friendly attitude Enjoy customer service Want part-time work (12-22 hours per week)

FLUID Experts Ltd.

START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS

PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS WANTED

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Instrumentation Technician

(Part-time)

Position closing date: August 8, 2014

F/T COMMERCIAL GLAZIER

880

CIRCULATION RUNNER

Professional Truck Driver

860

Experienced Heavy 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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Class 1 Operators to join our team of drivers hauling clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry.

Home most evenings, scheduled days off, company benefits with exceptional pay structure that includes guarantied salary + hourly when hauling. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

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Maintenance Electrician

860

Of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Carpenters & Helpers WOLF CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Truckers/ Drivers

Fluid Experts Ltd.

Requires Full Time

The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society (CAANS) is looking for an

860

Truckers/ Drivers

402881E23,24

810

428434H2

Professionals

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

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 26, 2014 D7

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in: GLENDALE

KENTWOOD

278950A5

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Advocate Opportunities

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

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A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

1-877-223-3311 To Place Your Ad Now!

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

Grimson Street & Goodall Ave. For more info or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

Farmers' Market

1650

SASKATOON BERRIES, east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11.

Open Mon. - Fri. 2-7, Sat. & Sun. 9-6. 4L U-pick $13.

We pick $25 403-318-2074

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Supplies

1550

1680

2 LARGE Christmas cactus $50/ea, 2 large Philodendron $15/ea, or offers 403-556-6473 LAWNMOWER rear bag,6.5 B & S motor, 1 yr. old $190. 403-314-0804

Advocate Opportunities

6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

Phone 403-314-4301

WOODLEA AREA

CARRIERS NEEDED 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $175./mo

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Alexander Cres.

Ashley Ave/Ashley Close Andrews Close Archer Drive/Austin Dr. Anquetel/Atlee Close Allsop Ave/Atlee St. Allison Cres

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA

EASTVIEW AREA

Sunnyside Cres.

Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Sutton Close Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close

$536/month For More Information, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr. also Lister Cres. & Lockwood Ave. also Ladwig Close Lund Close

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Cleaning

1070

HONEST dependable lady will do house cleaning, laundry, ironing. In town or country. Call 403-309-4640

Contractors

1100

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???

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Fencing

1169

CHAINLINK FENCING Commercial/Residential Dog Runs/ 403-304-5055

Handyman Services

1200

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666

1370

RE-ROOFING Specialist Quality work at an affordable price. 10 yrs. exp. 403-350-7602

EASY!

CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. easy way to find a Locally owned. BBB member. The buyer for items you want to 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

Moving & Storage

1300

Massage Therapy

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2010

500 GAL. gas tank w/stand $100 403-556-6473 JF 1350 sileage cutter, exc. cond. 403-588-0958

Horses

3110

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-343-9300

AGRICULTURAL

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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Warehouse Space

3140

RIVERSIDE Industrial 5280 sq. ft. office/show room, mezzanine, sump, overhead door.

403-588-4081 SHOP/OFFICE, 1500 sq. ft. $1000 Phil 403-350-0479

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Acreages/ Farms

3010

3 BDRM. FARM HOUSE, 2 bath, at Condor, AB. Avail. Sept. 1st. $1500/mo. incl. gas, power & satellite.

Neil @ 403-700-1100

Houses/ Duplexes

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

4020

3050

NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

Suites

MASSAGE

1372

1310

1130

Pampering at its BEST! Electrical 403-986-6686 Roofing Come in and see ELECTRICIAN AVAIL. why we are the talk to do house reno’s, garages, PRECISE ROOFING LTD. of the town. etc. Free estimates.

15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. www.viimassage.com 780-268-5294 403-896-4869

1370

Window Cleaning

1420

ROBUST Cleaning Services WINDOW CLEANING outside/inside. Free quotes.

403-506-4822

MUST SELL 1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550

MUST SELL New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

RISER HOMES Grand Opening of New Show Home 11 Morris Court, Blackfalds.

Come & See. Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

NEW CONDO 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Acreages

4050

Between Red DeerSylvan Lake 5 Bdrm, 3 bath walkout bungalow. Oversized heated garage. Covered deck.

Beautiful private 1 acre lot in Poplar Ridge area. $649,900.

403-340-0813

4070

Farms/ Land

3060

1530

Short Notice Liquidation Auction Diablo Pizza & Main Street Grocery

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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Manufactured Homes

1983 2 BDRM., 1 bath, carport, addition, back deck, new metal 8x10 shed, central air, peaked roof, new laminate flooring & new ceiling texture.

Located in Innisfail. $49,500.

403-865-1996 or 597-7063 VERY clean reno’d mobile, all 4 appls. incl. Asking $31,900. 403-986-8656

Open House Directory

Tour These Fine Homes East Red Deer

4250

SE Red Deer

4280

2 ARDELL CLOSE OPEN HOUSE SAT. JULY 26TH, 2-4 HOT NEW PRICE! $599,000

7 LOGAN CLOSE OPEN TO OFFERS! MOVE IN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS! (2 new schools open minutes away this Sept.!)

(Public & Catholic) Beautiful home in the desired Timberlands.

18 mo. old (BUILT GREEN) 1688 Sq.Ft. 2 Storey.

3 OVERSIZED bdrms, 3 baths, granite, stainless steel appls. totally fenced & landscaped (OVERSIZED YARD!) w/fire pit surrounded by cobblestone circular patio, AIR CONDITIONED & more!

OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY July 27th from 2:00-4:00.

107 Timberstone Way. $409,800.00.

Call today! Colleen Kelly Royal Lepage 403-928-1110

OPEN HOUSE SUN. JULY 27TH 2-4 NEW REDUCED PRICE! $474,900 Margaret Comeau RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-391-3399 MargaretComeau @remax.net

Out Of Red Deer

4310

4 SEASON GULL LAKE COTTAGE REDUCED TO $398,000 Bungalow, stone fireplace, surround decks, heated shop/residence, 20 x 48.

22 Parkland Drive, Margaret Comeau RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-391-3399 (cell)

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FANTASY

A MUST SEE 3 bdrm. 2.5 baths, 2 storey.

Many upgrades, front att. garage. $372,000 incl.

GST, legal fee, appls. pkg.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

BY OWNER

3 BDRM, 1.5 bath townhouse for over 40 yr old employed tenants. 6appls, private yard & parking, 1 small pet with additional Sec. Dep. of $500. Houses Quiet people, no drugs, For Sale no partiers, no police etc.

At #9, 15 Stanton Street, 27 MALCOLM CRES. Sunnybrook. Rent & S.D. $317,00 1040 sq. ft. 4 $1400/mo. 403-341-4627. bdrm, fully finished, single det. heated garage, vinyl NICE and clean 2 bdrm. fence, underground condo on ground floor, sprinkler system. adult bldg, N/S, no pets, no Margaret Comeau partiers, in suite laundry, RE/MAX real estate avail. immed, north end, central alberta $1100 + power, SD 403-391-3399 $1100 403-340-6807 ( 8 am - 8 pm) 4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 appls, garage $1695 mo.

SOUTHWOOD PARK 403-782-7156 or 357-7465 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, CUSTOM BUILT generously sized, 1 1/2 NEW HOMES baths, fenced yards,

by Mason Martin Homes full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Kyle, 403-588-2550 Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

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HELPING HANDS 403-352-4034 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Free Est. 403-872-8888 Home Supports for Seniors.

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4X8 DYNAMO COIN OP POOL TABLE & Various Arcade & Pop Machines.

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Asking $60. 403-755-2760 ELECTRIC Black & Decker Apartment Size Oven, $75 obo.

2 End tables, $15/pair.

Night Stand, $15.

403-348-1905 HONDA 5000W generator $1100 403-877-0825 LADIES RIGHT HAND GOLF CLUBS AND BAG $90. 403-342-7107 MAN’S YELLOW GOLD WEDDING BAND with small diamonds set across top. Size 9. $175. 403-358-3073 Pick Up Only.

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COMPUTER DESK (Paid $400 - Asking $40.)

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LATERAL FILE CABINET, Oak colour.

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Good student piano. $200.

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Antique & Classic Autos

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2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900.

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2009 SMART FORTWO 11,970 KM’s Colour: Silver Complete with a hitch plate & wired to be towed behind a Motorhome. it is in very good shape. $10,500.

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2006 VW Jetta TDI 137,000 kms, fully loaded,sunroof, diesel, auto, $11,900 403-346-1392 340-9068 2003 DODGE Neon loaded safetied 403-352-6995 1992 CADI Eldorado Coupe.

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Trucks

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2011 Dodge Ram 3500, SLT. 28,000 kms, $39,500. **SOLD**

2004 DODGE Dakota 4x4 Good shape. $5700.

403-598-4131 2003 GMC 2500 4x4 211,000 kms, 6L, set up for 5th wheel, new tires/brakes, $8900 obo 403-340-3149

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2004 ITASCA Meridian 36’ Class A diesel pusher, 330 Cat, 6 spd. Allison, Freightliner chassis, 2 slides, 98,000 miles, c/w 2005 Hyundai Sante Fe pull behind, 68,000 kms. $68,000 for both 780-913-6532 1995 PINNACLE 32’ ready for the road, good cond, offers 403-986-2004 1978 TOYOTA Hi-Lux all orig., self contained, exc. cond, $5000 403-391-0631

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1983 23’ Triple E. Good cond. $3500 obo. 403-728-0004

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Emergency workers watch an engine lifted from the TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 crash site on the outlying Taiwan island of Penghu, Friday. Investigators on Friday were examining wreckage and flight data recorders for clues into a plane crash on the Taiwanese island that killed 48 people.

Crash survivor crawls out, phones father from nearby house

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TAIWAN

XIXI, Taiwan — The 10 survivors of Taiwan’s worst air disaster in more than a decade include a 34-year-old woman who called her father after scrambling from the wreckage and seeking help at a nearby home.

Hung Yu-ting escaped through a hole in the fuselage that opened up after the plane plowed into homes Wednesday while attempting to land on the outlying resort island of Penghu, killing 48 people. She used the phone at the nearby house to call her father.

“She called me on the phone to say the plane had crashed and exploded but that she had already crawled out and I should come right away to get her,” said Hung’s father, Hung Changming, who lives just a few hundred meters (yards) from the crash site.

Hung rushed to the scene, but his daughter had already been taken away by rescuers.

“When I was halfway there the fire was still really big, but it was smaller when I arrived on the scene,” Hung told reporters. “There were two other injured outside and the first ambulance had already taken away three, including my daughter.”

Hung Chang-ming joined rescuers and other residents in putting out the fire and rescuing other survivors be-

fore going to the hospital to check on his daughter.

Hung Yu-ting was recovering Friday from burns to her arms, legs and back suffered during her escape.

The condition of the other survivors wasn’t immediately known.

Other relatives weren’t so lucky, some recalling the last phone conversations with their loved ones.

Shu Chi-tse said he had spoken to his son, Shu Chong-tai, just before the flight left the southern city of Kaohsiung on Taiwan’s main island for the short ride west across the Taiwan Strait.

“He is a good boy. He cares for me and his mom. He loves his grandma a lot,” Shu said.

Among the dead were all four members of the flight crew, a family of six and a family of four. They included several children, among them 9-year-old Ho Po-yu, who was returning home to Penghu with his mother after attending a summer camp for young choral singers.

Stormy weather and low visibility are thought to have been factors in the crash of the twin-propeller ATR72 operated by TransAsia Airways.

The investigation is expected to focus on a four-minute gap between the pilot’s request for a second approach

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a Liberian government official, arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday to attend an international conference and died early Friday.

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Head of Syrian war crimes commission says extremist leaders should face justice The head of an independent commission on Syrian war crimes says commanders of the Islamic State extremist group are “good candidates” to be put on a confidential list of alleged perpetrators who should be brought to justice.

Brazilian diplomat and scholar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro says the Islamic State group, which now controls a swath of north and eastern Syria, has carried out public executions, crucifixions and other “gross human rights violations.”

Pinheiro singled out the Sunni militant group when he provided details of the categories of people on the list to UN Security Council members and a group of journalists for the first time Friday.

Plane passenger takes Ebola to Nigeria, spreading outbreak ABUJA, Nigeria — West Africa’s current Ebola outbreak has spread to a fourth country, after an ill Liberian man vomited, had diarrhea and a high fever on an airplane to Nigeria.

As soon as the plane landed on Tuesday the 40-year-old Liberian was moved into an isolation ward and he died Friday.

It is the first case of Ebola to be confirmed in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, since the current outbreak began in West Africa earlier this year, according to Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu “All ports of entry into Nigeria including airports, seaports and land boarders are placed on red alert,” he said. “Ministry of Health specialists have been positioned in all entry points. Active surveillance has also been stepped up.”

Authorities are currently investigating all persons who may have come into contact with the deceased, said Chukwu. The man,

Argentina debt negotiations deadlocked NEW YORK — Argentina’s negotiations with creditors to resolve a dispute over $1.5 billion in unpaid debts remained deadlocked.

Argentina will default for the sec-

and the plane’s crashing into village homes at 7:10 p.m., during which visibility dropped by half.

One of the questions is why the pilots decided to proceed with the flight despite rough weather on the heels of a typhoon that had forced the cancellation of about 200 flights earlier in the day. However, aviation authorities said conditions were safe for flying and two other planes had landed at Penghu prior to the crash.

The mother of one of the victims screamed at TransAsia Chairman Vincent Lin when he arrived to pay respects at the funeral hall Friday.

Lin kneeled down, bowed to the woman and apologized.

“Give me back my son, he is only 27 years old,” the woman cried. “He is still young, but now he is lying there at the morgue. I want my son back.”

“This is an unpredictable tragedy.

The priority for us is to assist victims’ relatives,” Lin later told reporters as Buddhist monks conducted rituals for the dead.

Local media reported Friday that the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder had been sent to the main island of Taiwan for analysis.

One of the devices was damaged in the crash and ensuing fire, and it wasn’t immediately clear when results of the investigation would be made public. ond time in 13 years if it’s unable to reach a deal with the U.S. hedge funds before July 30. The debt mediator in the dispute met with Argentine officials Friday.

But Daniel Pollack says that progress has not been reached. Pollack also said the Argentine mission is returning to Buenos Aires Friday night, but he expects more talks before the deadline.

Following a U.S. judge’s order, Argentina can’t pay investors who accepted lower-valued bonds after its record $100 billion default in 2001.

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1984 — The Supreme Court of Canada says that the obligation of parents from other provinces moving to Quebec to register their children in French schools is unconstitutional.

1978 — Queen Elizabeth II starts a 10-day visit to Canada to open the Commonwealth

Games in Edmonton.

1956 — Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal.

1889 — A group of more than 100 people make a pilgrimage to the church at Lac SteAnne, 50 km northwest of Edmonton. The shrine was built to commemorate the vision of a parish priest from St. Albert, who saw a vision of the Saint on a visit to Ste. Anne’s shrine in France in 1889.

1874 — Alexander Graham Bell first describes his idea for the telephone to his father in Brantford. It would be patented in 1876.

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Nearly a third of kids misperceive weight — mostly heavy kids thinking thinner

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Nearly a third of children in a national survey didn’t have an accurate idea of their own weight — most of them heavy or obese children who viewed themselves as normal.

These false impressions were more common in black and Mexican-American children than in white kids, the survey found.

Some experts say such findings are reason for concern because obese children who permanently settle into an unhealthy physique face diabetes and other health problems later in life.

Studies have repeatedly shown many adults — especially men — think themselves taller and thinner than they actually are.

And an earlier study of U.S. adolescents found nearly a third misperceive their weight.

But the new report is noteworthy because it comes from a gold-standard federal survey that not only interviews kids, but also weighs and measures them.

The survey is “a true snapshot of what the U.S. population thinks their weight status is,” said Kendrin Sonneville, a Harvard researcher not involved in the study.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did the research.

Researchers focused on the responses of more than 6,100 children and adolescents, ages 8 through 15, who participated in the survey during 2005 through 2012.

They found: ● About 30 per cent misperceived their weight status, and a large majority were heavier kids who thought they were normal weight. ● Nearly half of obese boys and more than a third of obese girls consider themselves to be about the right weight.

● About 34 per cent of black and Mexican-American kids misperceived how heavy they were. About 28 per cent of white kids did. ● This kind of misconception was more common among children in lower-income families than those in households with more money.

The findings echo what’s been seen in adults. An earlier CDC study — drawing on the same CDC survey — found nearly 40 per cent of overweight adults and about 8 per cent of obese adults considered themselves to be “about the right weight.”

That study also found weight misperceptions were more common in blacks and Mexican-Americans.

Earlier studies have also found that among overweight women, blacks tend to be more satisfied with their bodies than whites.

It’s possible children are adopting their parents’ standards, one of the study’s authors suggested.

“It could be they look like other people in the family who don’t perceive themselves as overweight,” said the CDC researcher, Vicki Burt.

If children understand their weight, it can help them to take action and head off future health problems, said the study’s lead author, Neda Sarafrazi.

But there’s some debate about the impact of children judging themselves fat.

One of Sonneville’s studies found that overweight adolescent girls who liked their bodies were less likely to binge eat and less likely to gain weight over time than overweight girls who didn’t like their bodies.

“On the surface, many people assume weight misperception is a bad thing,” Sonneville said. “But it remains to be seen if it is harmful or helpful.”

Online: CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Teen crafting nights: spending time with your kids and boosting their creativity THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A few months ago, I launched a diabolical plan to entice my teenage daughters to spend more time with me, and to semi-shelter them from the maddening world.

I started a Friday Crafting Night for my two girls and their friends.

Brad Sachs, a psychologist who works with adolescents and families, calls family crafting “a lovely metaphor for what parents need to do at this point in child development.

“We can’t abdicate our authority; they still need us.

“On the other hand, we can’t craft them. We need to supply them with the materials and the capacity to craft themselves.”

Teenagers want to spend time with us — on their terms, says Sachs, of Columbia, Maryland.

For crafting nights, that means they pick the friends, the food and the crafts; I pull it all together and step back (but stick around — I’m here

to connect and get crafty, too).

Teenagers also want (and need) to build independence and identities separate from their families, but our society places too much emphasis on that and not enough on their need to connect, says Sachs, author of “The Good Enough Teen: How to Raise Adolescents with Love and Acceptance (Despite How Impossible They Can Be)” (HarperCollins, 2005).

“Of course you don’t

want to suffocate them, but you also want to help them find ways to be with adults in healthy ways,” he says.

Crafting nights are just one way. Hiking, playing games, sitting around a campfire — there are plenty of activities that foster family closeness.

I opened crafting nights to my high-school girls’ friends — female and male — to gin up interest.

Deanna Kaylor Lenz, of Overland Park, Kan-

sas, says her daughters are hooked on crafting just with her.

Years ago, she introduced Sydney, now 20, and Elyssa, 14, to scrapbooking.

It didn’t take, but sewing, painting, photography, jewelry making, beadwork, knitting and upcycling used furniture did.

“They’ll just sit with me and do whatever craft they’re working on.

I have weird daughters who like to be with me,” Lenz says with a laugh.

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Question: Our daughter was wait-listed by an instate college. We were going to send her to an out-ofstate college, until last week.

We received word that she was accepted to the instate college. Needless to say, her dad and I are very relieved to pay in-state tuition.

It took four very unpleasant days to convince her that this was a good thing, but she has reluctantly agreed to attend. Any words of wisdom?

Answer: She must be sick.

She was set to go in one direction. Now she’s thrown in another.

It’s enough to make anyone in the midst of the most dramatic change of his or her life want to throw up.

Here’s the wisdom — acknowledge that she can feel upset and confused. Instead of telling her it’s going to be great and perfect, tell her that HARLAN it must be tough and chalCOHEN lenging to make the mental switch.

Empathize, relate and give her permission to feel her emotions — even if it makes you feel bad.

Encourage her to put together a plan to find her places and people on campus.

Places (activities, organization, life outside the classroom) give her connections. People give her support and direction.

With the right people and places, she can have an amazing college experience. But first she has to feel all the emotions — then she can plan and get excited.

Question: I have never been kissed, or even been on a date.

Never. I am 19 years old, and ever since high school, guys have never wanted to date me.

I get those random guys who will ask for my number, but then only want to sext me (gross), and then when I tell those guys I am not into sexting, they never speak to me again.

So, there are no dates and no kisses — and I am feeling depressed. Is there anything I can do to make myself seem more dateable?

Answer: There are thousands of men and women who would love to kiss you. You attract men — just not the right men.

Here’s an experiment to make you more dateable — initiate conversations with men who you find interesting.

Make it clear that you find them attractive.

Make it clear that you’re interested in spending time with them.

Make it safe for them to approach you.

If you can’t do it, look in the mirror and start working on you.

Commit to changing what you don’t love, and work to tolerate what you can’t change.

Once you do the work, you’ll find that you’re more comfortable, confident and dateable.

Question: I’m a university student on break for the summer. Whenever I’m on campus, it feels like my family is always eager to communicate with me; they seem positive about how I’ve grown since starting school.

But when I’m back home, I feel heavily criticized, ridiculed and judged, almost like they’re bothered by me.

How do I repair our relationship?

Answer: Are you sure it’s damaged? At school, you’re playing the role of independent mature you.

When you’re home, you play the role of dependent, younger you.

Appreciate that your family will NOT instantly see you the way you see yourself. It’s a gradual process.

Instead of trying to change them, start with changing how you see the situation.

Give your family permission to treat you like the old you, but act like the new you. The more mature you feel, the less sensitive you’ll become, and the sooner they’ll start to see you the way you see yourself.

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ASPEN RIDGE

INGLEWOOD

3100 22 Street, Red Deer

10 Inglewood Drive, Red Deer

403-341-5522

403-346-1134

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(We’ll even treat you to a complimentary lunch, we’re proud of our food!).