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Between the first and second period Sylvan Lake hockey fans went wild when their image was playing on the big screen TV outside the Sylvan Lake Multiplex on Wednesday during the Kraft Hockeyville celebration. Inside the Multiplex the Arizona Coyotes and the Calgary Flames were playing a preseason game. BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF SYLVAN LAKE — This was the centre of the hockey universe on Wednesday. If it was ever in doubt, the appearance of NHL broadcasting legend Don Cherry at a special Kraft Hockeyville-organized pre-game tilt between the Calgary Flames and Arizona Coyotes at the town arena made it official. Nattily attired as always — this time in a red and green plaid suit — Cherry wasted no time in making friends. “This place here is Canada as far as I’m concerned,” Cherry proclaimed to thunderous cheers from a standing room-only crowd of about 1,000. Outside, at least another 1,000 gathered to watch the game on a big screen from the comfort of their lawn chairs. The area around the rink was turned into a giant street party, with games, food, music and plenty of free swag courtesy of the Calgary Flames and Kraft Canada. “It’s awesome. We’re really loving it,” said Angela Kosolofski, who brought her son, niece and nephew down. They came prepared with lawn chair and a blanket for the big game, which started shortly be-
fore 5:30 p.m. Brandee O’Toole was one of a group of nine adults and youngsters that were gathering downtown. She was one of the lucky ticket winners and passed it on to her 16-year-old daughter who was “totally pumped” to get in to the game. FOR MORE HOCKEYVILLE “She’s taking her boy- COVERAGE SEE PAGE B1 friend, who’s a big Calgary Flames fan.” Jon Caines was even luckier. He was walking around the site with his son Trent, five, and daughter Hannah, nine, when an NHL representative offered them free game tickets. “We’re having a great time of course,” said Jon. “It’s exciting.” The family also took in last Sunday’s Fun Day, which drew about 1,000. Hannah said the bouncy castle was her favourite activity but has enjoyed the whole experience. “I like how the town came all together,” she said. Brandon Slade, 10, was another lucky game ticket holder after his mom’s name was chosen in the lottery. “It was great because it’s a one-in-a-lifetimething,” he said as he headed into the arena. Zach Daniels, 13, was also in the stands.
“I thought it was cool to see the NHL on our ice,” said the Bantam AA player. “It’s awesome. TV doesn’t even come close to watching it live.” Sylvan Lake was crowned Kraft Hockeyville by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in a ceremony last April. The town received more than 2.5 million votes defeating runner up Kingston, N.S. by 108,164 votes. It was the result of a huge community volunteer effort. At the centre of the town’s bid was its compelling tale of misfortune — losing one of its two arenas to a snow-laden roof collapse in January. Gayle White came to Wednesday’s game prepared in hopes of catching Don Cherry’s eye. She sported a large sandwich board that said: “Don Cherry you tell no lies when it comes to hockey you are so wise.” Her homage to “Grapes” did not go unnoticed by the colourful personality, who pointed her out to TV cameras. White said Hockeyville and the collapse of the arena showed the community’s spirit. Down to one arena, families scrambled to car pool to take youngsters to surrounding arenas.
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Multi-family housing gets the green light PLANNED BUILDING WOULD ALSO INCLUDE CULTURAL CENTRE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF
RED DEER NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE SOCIETY
The Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Society’s planned multi-family housing building and cultural centre has been given the green light. The centre will be located east of Lions Campground on Riverside Drive. This week the city’s subdivision and development appeal board overturned an earlier decision which had denied the application. It was turned down in August because it was 300 metres within non-operating landfill site which is prohibited under the Municipal Government Act
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Subdivision and Development Regulations. The society plans to build a three-storey multi-family building including a cultural centre and 16 multi-attached residential dwellings on 4615 Riverside Drive. According to hearing documents, both the appellant and development authority agreed that any risk due to the old landfill was negligible. Studies conducted showed that there were no significant concentrations of soil vapour or concerns for the environmental quality of groundwater. There
will be no use of ground water. The proposed development will connect to city servicing. Design strategies were incorporated to mitigate any potential risk of flooding. The appeal board approved the development with 12 conditions including providing an erosion control plan and build a 1.5 metre pedestrian sidewalk along the east side of Riverside Drive from the corner of the adjacent transit stop. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
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