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THE SOEHN BROTHERS EAT, SLEEP AND LIVE TRAMPOLINE — AND IT’S PAYING OFF

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The Soehn brothers are learning that they are stronger together than on their own.

Red Deer’s trampoline stars came up in the sport together, both achieving success on the world stage.

Then Kyle went off to the University of Calgary for school, leaving his younger brother Keegan behind in Red Deer. This year, however, Kyle has returned to the family-run Thunder Country Club and the two have found a new level in their abilities.

In the Pan American Championships in Toronto in August, the two won gold in team trampoline and fourth in the synchronized trampoline. Keegan, meanwhile, added silver in the individual trampoline and the team double mini trampoline and bronze in double mini trampoline.

The performances earned them both a spot at the Pan Am Games in Toronto in 2015.

“Coming back home to train with Keegan again, we’ve gotten exponentially better again, just having that extra drive in the gym,” said the five-footeight, 150-pound Kyle, 25.

“It’s one thing to have people all training in the same sport as you, it’s another to have someone right beside you at the same level, pushing you every day.

“It’s a fierce competition but it’s still a friendly competition. I want to see him do well and he wants to see me do well, but at the end of the day there are some bragging rights up for grabs at the competition.”

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TRAMPOLINE: Competing together pays off It’s little wonder that their most consistent top results have come when they are competing together in the synchronized events.

In 2015, Keegan, 22, will be trying to defend his individual title from the 2011 games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

And there will be a little extra pressure in front of a home Canadian crowd.

“It’s fantastic, normally you don’t get to (compete at home) — the crowd is always cheering for someone else. But being at this type of competition, the hometown, it should be great,” said the five-footseven, 146-pound Keegan.

Trampoline is often overlooked in the gymnastics world, but it has been growing by leaps and bounds, especially in Canada with the country’s success at the Olympics in the event.

For the Soehns, competing at the Olympics is the last major level to reach in their careers. Keegan came close in 2012 when he was named an alternate for the Canadian team in London and got to practice there, but did not get to compete.

Rio de Janeiro in 2016 is circled in big red ink on their calendars.

“We’re working towards this year’s world championships, but the main goal is to keep it rising to the Olympics, don’t peak too early,” said Keegan. “I’m in a much better position. Last time I was younger and I didn’t have it too much in my mind because I just moved to the higher level, so I didn’t really think I had a chance and I was named alternate, so it was like ‘Wow!’ ” There is still a lot of time and a lot of competitions — including the World Championships in Daytona Beach from Nov. 7 to 9. But it is clear where their focus is. Their father, Ken Soehn, 54, is the national team coach and has worked with them all their lives, and he says they plan according to the Olympic quadrennial.

“Our goals are always four years,” he said.

“They’re on pace, they’re slowly improving — we’d like to do really well at this worlds, but it’s next worlds that’s really important.”

The 2015 world championships will serve as an Olympic qualifier.

Ken has watched his two sons come a long way since they picked up the sport when Kyle was 11 and Keegan was eight, and he beams with pride when talking about them.

“This was always the goal, I think it’s great,” he said. “One of the things that’s unique is that we enjoy the process together. ... For us it’s a family adventure, really, just keep going till they don’t want to anymore.”

Keegan and Kyle have room for improvement, and mostly it comes down to the air they are getting on their jumps. Most of the world’s elite are at 30 feet in competition, but the gym where the Soehns train tops out at about 20 feet. They still hit those top heights in competition, but it comes down to consistency.

Getting to the top of their sport has been a long grind.

Kyle can only train part time — he works as a mechanical engineer at Nova Chemicals and also helps coach with Thunder Country and going to competitions.

Keegan, meanwhile, is a full-time athlete, but his schedule is still packed with training, coaching and competing.

They are both part of the national Own the Podium program, which has been a huge help in covering costs as they compete around the world, like in the World Cup competition in Minsk, Belarus, the first weekend of September. Kyle hurt his back in training at the competition, a mild muscle pull but it kept him out of the competition, while Keegan finished 40th in the individual trampoline and 17th in the synchronized trampoline.

“At times it’s very tough,” said Kyle. “This year I noticed it a lot, there were times where I had to work very intensely at work, and normally I’ve been able to handle anything that’s been thrown at me ... but that time I didn’t quite anticipate the demands on my working life and training, so I had a bit of a dip earlier in the season.

But now I have a greater appreciation for how to keep that balance going.”

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a long way in that time — where the world’s elite included about 10 trampolinists, now anyone in a group of about 30 can win any international event.

Kyle and Keegan are in that group.

On the world stage, China and Russia are usually the heavy favourites in the men’s competition, but Canada is never too far off.

At home, the two brothers have put Red Deer and Thunder Country on the map as one of the top clubs in the country — despite the low roof, it is a 100 per cent controlled environment to train in.

“We’ve had great success, but it’s one of those things where you get a group of people together with a great desire to get better and more people will come and follow that. It’s a great feeling,” said Kyle.

They are helping to groom the next generation, including their sister Kalena, 14, who is already showing well at junior international events.

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Having two elite trampolinists in the club has been a double-edge sword. For a while, they were so far beyond everyone else’s ability it created a bit of separation in the club with the younger kids. But now the young up and comers are starting to pick up the higher level skills.

“Now they’re seeing that this is something possible that they can do,” Ken said.

At the forefront for the Soehns is Daytona Beach and the world championships, which will bring about 120 of the top trampolinists in the world to Florida.

They will go through a couple of group rounds until the top 25 are selected for the semifinals, and then the top eight will move on to the finals. Last year in Sofia, Bulgaria, they both just missed out on the semifinals in the individual competitions — Keegan topped out with a silver medal in the team double mini competition.

Though they have both been competing for 14 years, it hasn’t started to get old or boring yet.

“It’s just fun,” said Keegan.

“When people get up on a trampoline, you see a big smile light up their face, it’s just the best.”

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Gravel pit rejection frustrating for Miller QUESTIONS DECISION OF MPC

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The man behind a controversial gravel pit project says an appeal board’s decision to reject the project was based on “speculation and emotion.”

Wendell Miller, of 6M Holdings Ltd., points out that Red Deer County planning staff have repeatedly recommended approval of his gravel pit plans near Markerville.

However, the municipal planning commission (which is comprised of members of council) and a public citizen-comprised subdivision and development appeal board have both ruled against incarnations of the gravel pit proposal twice each.

The retired farmer believes the planning commission and appeal board focused too much on environmental issues. He argues those concerns would have been dealt with by provincial and federal departments prior to the project going ahead.

“I don’t understand why the commission and the board are dealing with environmental issues when they are not qualified to do so,” says Miller in a letter he provided the Red Deer Advocate this week.

“From what I understood, they are to pay attention to (environmental issues) and pass their concerns on to

Environment, but not rule on them,” he elaborated in an interview.

Miller has been trying to get a gravel pit approved on land he owns next to the Medicine River, a few kilometres south of Markerville, since 2010.

A 126-acre gravel pit was turned down by the planning commission in September 2010, a decision upheld by an appeal board four months later.

Miller scaled back the project significantly to 28 acres, while reducing operating hours, the pit’s life span and truck traffic. The commission turned it down in June and the appeal board upheld that in a decision released on Monday.

Nancy Lougheed, county legislative services manager, said the planning commission and appeal board are well within their responsibilities to review environmental issues as they relate to the county’s various plans and bylaws.

“From a planning perspective, yes, they can look at those environmental issues.”

For instance, the Municipal Development Plan, the county’s key planning document, says that Environmentally Significant Areas — the gravel pit application fell within one of those areas — must be protected from “inappropriate development.”

What is inappropriate can be decided by the planning commission and appeal board.

More technical issues, such as specifics about fish habitat impacts, would usually be left to other levels of governments and their experts.

In recommending approval, county planners mostly use the measure of

whether the proposed development is allowable under existing plans, policies or bylaws.

For Miller, the process has been frustrating. Opponents of his project claim the gravel pit site floods frequently. Miller said he has owned the property for 10 years and it flooded once, from Dickson Creek, not Medicine River.

A road he has built since would have acted as a berm if flooding from the river did occur, he said.

Noise and dust were cited as concerns by residents, but the nearest live 580 metres away with brush and trees between the property and the pro-

posed gravel pit. All other properties are more than 800 metres away.

Miller believes residents in the area, including a cattle owner and recreational boat users, create more environmental damage and nuisance than a gravel pit. In his view, the project fell victim to the efforts of a vocal group of landowners.

“I cannot believe that a small group could have so much power as to be able to stop me from using my land in a way that was not going to bother any of them and was not going to harm the environment,” he concludes in his letter. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The move is on for Annie L. Gaetz Elementary students.

Parents learned that their children will relocate to Central Campus at a meeting on Thursday night.

The move is necessary in order to allow the school $5.2-million modernization project to move ahead. The Red Deer Public School District looked at various teaching scenarios after it was apparent it would be challenging to run the school while the project was underway.

Moving materials and equipment will take place during the Thanksgiving weekend.

Classes at Annie L. Gaetz will be cancelled on Oct. 14 and 15, in addition to the Thanksgiving break, to allow teachers to unpack and set up the school.

The temporary school will open on Oct. 16.

For the remainder of the 2014-2015 school year, the 305 students and 32 staffers will be relocated to the campus on 48th Avenue and 53rd Street.

Busing will be provided to students within the Annie L. Gaetz attendance area, which includes Morrisroe, Morrisroe Extension, Deer Park and Devonshire. The bus routes have not been determined yet.

Families who require busing for their children must complete an application form. They must be returned by Tuesday to allow for route planning.

The routes are expected to be determined by Oct. 7.

School district superintendent Piet Langstraat said that it was clear that parents wanted the school population to remain together in one location. The district looked at moving some classes to the Church of Nazarene and keeping the remaining classes at Annie L. Gaetz.

The modernization project is expected to be finished in time for the

2015-2016 school year.

Langstraat said he was very pleased with the support from the parents.

“They understand what needs to occur and they are very supportive of moving head,” he said. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Residents charged up over power lines CITES HEALTH CONCERNS IN PROTEST OVER PROPOSED ALTA-LINK LINES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Residents from Red Deer’s Pines neighbourhood are heading to City Hall on Monday to appeal for support in their bid to reroute a power line.

Ashley Meyers, who lives near a right-of-way that has been approved for a higher-voltage power line, hopes to see a dozen to 20 residents make the trip to the mayor’s second-floor office to press their case.

The Pines Group, which represents about 50 residents, has officially applied for a review of an Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) decision in July to allow AltaLink to keep its upgraded power line in an existing right-of-way.

Property owners are frustrated that their proposed alternate route, which had moved a stretch of the power line away from homes and to the bottom of an escarpment, was not even considered by the AUC panel. An AltaLink alternate route that involved a much smaller detour was considered but not adopted.

Meyers, who is married with young sons, is concerned about the health impacts on her family from electric and magnetic fields (EMF) that will be given off by the higher-voltage power lines to run behind her house.

“I wouldn’t put this much time and effort in if I wasn’t scared,” she said.

Meyers said she would not have bought her home last November if she had known about the looming power line project, which is part of a $350-million upgrade of transmission capacity in Central Alberta.

AltaLink says that the World Health Organization and Health Canada have been reviewing EMF for 40 years and no recommendations have been made that people limit their everyday exposure to EMF from power lines.

That sort of response does not ease Meyers’ fears.

She points out asbestos, tobacco and the chemical Bisphenol A, found in plastics and now declared toxic, were all considered safe initially.

The new power lines will also be bigger, uglier and will hurt property values, residents argue.

A Pines Group representative made a detailed

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presentation to the AUC panel during a public hearing in Red Deer in March. But residents believe by not addressing the panel individually the depth of local concern was not appreciated by the AUC. Many believe the panel dismissed residents’ concerns and want the AUC to tour the site to get a clear picture of the situation.

Meyers doesn’t feel AltaLink was seriously interested in hearing residents’ concerns or open to their alternate route.

Residents want to get as many concerned people as possible to pass their views on to the AUC and join the call for a review by the Tuesday deadline. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Prentice announces new flood prevention measures 12 PEOPLE HIRED TO SPEED UP CLAIMS FROM 2013 FLOODS Prentice said a dry reservoir will also be developed in the Springbank area, west of Calgary, to help protect the city from flooding along the Elbow River.

He said homes in the area of the dry reservoir will be raised or relocated to higher ground, adding that 15 families will be directly affected.

He said those families will be treated and compensated fairly.

“Government is required to make tough decisions from time to time, and this is one of those occasions,” he said.

Evacuation zones will be created to help people get out and rescuers get in during floods.

Each of the projects will range from $150 million to $200 million and are expected to be completed within three years.

Prentice said a deal will also be struck with TransAlta to ensure that

the Ghost Reservoir near Cochrane will be able to accommodate overflow from the Bow River to protect Calgary.

The changes, said Prentice, “will essentially provide Calgary immediately with one-in-100-year flood security protection.”

About 120,000 people were believed to have been affected after 350 mm of rain fell over two days in late June of 2013, wiping out roads, bridges, and

swamping streets, homes, and vehicles in the region.

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Prentice said 12 new people will be hired to clear up the backlog of disaster claims. And new construction projects have been given the go-ahead to divert and contain river overflow.

“Last summer’s flood-stricken cities and towns need comprehensive projects that are going to make them more resilient,” Prentice told a news conference.

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Harper says Canada can’t sit on sidelines OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his spokesman in Parliament and even the U.S. ambassador reached out Friday to clarify whether Canada will expand its role in the battle against Islamic militants in the Middle East.

The Conservative government has faced sharp criticism for a lack of transparency on the role the Canadian Forces will play in dealing with the threat of the violent Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant taking shape in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.

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Among the lesser-informed beyond our borders, our nation is apparently covered by ice 14 months out of the year; we live in igloos; we eat whale blubber; we don’t have cable TV; and the verdict is still out on whether we have microwave ovens.

But all those faults aside, RICK Canada is apZEMANEK parently America’s sweetheart, according to a recent survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Canadian Press reported that when Americans were asked to rate their favourite nations, “the cold country to the north elicited the warmest feelings.”

Canada came out with the top score of 79 per cent, beating out Britain at 74 per cent. Germany, Japan and France all scored in the 60s. Mexico was left in the dust with a rating of 54 per cent — that’s surprising, given that country’s reputation for violence, drug cartels, corrupt government and tourists coming to harm.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ survey has been conducted since 1974. This year, it asked “a sample of 2,108 Americans to rank a list of 25 countries on a scale from zero to 100,” reported the Washington Post. “Zero means they had ‘very cold, negative’ feelings towards that country, while 100 means ‘very warm, favourable feelings.’ ” (The survey attempts to provide an annual comprehensive assessment of American’s views on global politics and U.S. foreign policy.)

In 2010, 84 per cent of respondents said that when it comes to world affairs, the Great White North was “very, or somewhat” important to the U.S. The Washington Post reported that this year’s survey asked a sample of 2,108 people to rank a list of 25 countries on a scale from zero to 100.

While Canada finished first, Russia, Palestinian Authority, Iraq, Iran and North Korea scraped the bottom of the

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popularity barrel with scores of 36, 33, 31, 27 and 23, respectively.

What’s not to like about Canada?

Even Americans choose it as the country to relocate to when things aren’t going well south of the border. And despite being the butt of jokes, Canadians tend to take it in stride: we are, after all, also know for our sense of humour and the ability to laugh at ourselves.

And the love just keeps coming. A Reputation Institute international online survey of 27,000 people in 50 different countries ranks this country as having the best reputation in the world — edging out Sweden. Not bad, eh?

And even Canadians think living in Canada is awesome. A Better Living Survey by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents 31 countries, says that on a scale of one to 10, Canadians

rank the level of satisfaction with life here at 7.6. That’s third in the world, with Norway and Sweden residents the most content.

The OECD also concludes that Canada is a pretty safe place to live, with most Canadians feeling safe to walk outside at night. The believe they are less likely to get assaulted or murdered than Americans.

We are also a healthy bunch, and expected on average to live to 81 years.

That puts Canadians’ life expectancy two years ahead of the United States and one year above the OECD average.

We also have bragging rights about how smart our kids are.

The OECD says “Canadian students average top scores in the Programme of International Student Assessment, a regular survey that tests kids’ reading, math and science abilities in 44 countries.” Our high school students came

in fifth internationally in the most recent PISA ranking with a score of 522, above the OECD average of 497.

But, for shame for shame, Canadians are an embarrassment in exercising their democratic privileges: we are slouches when it comes to voting. We have some of the worst voter turnouts in the world — a paltry 61 per cent in recent federal elections. More people turn out to vote in Hungary, Slovenia, Mexico “and pretty much any other 35 OECD countries,” said one report.

When you boil it down, we Canadians have it pretty good, and we would likely have it even better if we were more vigorously involved in the democratic process. And, for the record, the country is not encased in ice all year round. We have two seasons: winter and almost summer.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

An imperfect but workable Afghanistan “We have to recognize that Afghanistan will not be a perfect place, and it’s not America’s responsibility to make it one,” said President Barack Obama last May. No, it isn’t, and Afghanistan is a strikingly imperfect society in almost every respect: politics, economy, security and human rights.

But it isn’t entirely a lost cause, either.

President Hamid Karzai, who was given the job of running Afghanistan after the United States invaded in 2001 and subsequently won two deeply suspect elections in 2004 and 2009, finally left office on Monday, although he didn’t move very far. (His newly built private home backs onto the presidential palace.)

On the way out, he took one GWYNNE last opportunity to bite the DYER hand that fed him for so long.

“The war in Afghanistan is to the benefit of foreigners,” he said. “Afghans on both sides are the sacrificial lambs and victims of this war.”

The U.S. ambassador, James Cunningham, said that “his remarks, which were uncalled for ... dishonour the huge sacrifices Americans have made here.”

But they were, of course, true.

Karzai’s remarks, though undiplomatic, are just common sense. The United States did not invade the country to bring democracy, prosperity and feminism to the long-suffering Afghan people. It did so because some of the senior planners of the 9/11 attacks had been allowed to set up camps there by members of the Taliban regime who shared their religious ideology.

You could argue (and I would) that luring the U.S. military into the quagmire of a long guerilla war in

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Even so, and despite all the rapidly changing reasons for “staying the course” in Afghanistan that Washington deployed in later years, the original and abiding motive in Washington was the perception, accurate or not, that who rules Afghanistan is a matter of great importance for the national security of the United States.

Over 1,400 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan (together with 400 British soldiers, 150 Canadians and sundry others), and they all basically died for a particular U.S. official vision of how American security might be best be assured. How else could the 13-year U.S. military commitment in Afghanistan possibly be justified to the American people?

As to whether the long occupation was also in Afghanistan’s interest, that depends very much on the stability and success of the two-headed potential monster of a government that is now being created in Kabul. Karzai has handed over the reins of power to two very different men, after five months of bitter disagreement over which one of them had really won last April’s presidential election. It was not as blatantly rigged as either of the two elections that maintained Karzai in the presidency, but it was still pretty dodgy.

In the first round of voting, when there were 11 candidates, the leader was Abdullah Abdullah, with 45 per cent of the vote, and the runner-up was Ashraf Ghani, with only 31 per cent. In the second round, Abdullah Abdullah’s vote actually dropped two points to 43 per cent, while Ashraf Ghani’s almost doubled to 56 per cent. The age of miracles truly is not past.

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Ghani tripled between the first and second rounds of voting. So Abdullah Abdullah cried foul, and the inauguration of a new president was endlessly postponed while the ballots cast were “audited” by an electoral commission that had been chosen by Hamid Karzai.

There was never going to be a clear answer to the question of who really won the election, and so after months of drift and delay, a deal was struck. Ashraf Ghani, a former senior official at the World Bank, will be president. Abdullah Abdullah, a former resistance fighter during the Soviet occupation in the 1980s and later foreign minister under Karzai, will nominate a “chief executive officer” who will act more or less as prime minister.

It is, in other words, a traditional Afghan carveup, with a proportional slice of power for every one of the country’s ethnic groups. Ghani will ensure that Pashtuns get the biggest share of the good jobs, and look after the Uzbeks as well. Abdullah will take care of the Tajiks and Hazaras. But compared to your average Afghan warlord or Taliban fanatic, both men look pretty good.

Indeed, Afghanistan’s government and nascent democratic system might actually survive and prove to be fit for purpose. After three decades of Russian and American occupation, a significant minority of Afghans (certainly several millions) have been exposed to many examples of how post-tribal societies run their affairs.

Afghanistan is still a tribal society, so this carveup of power on an ethnic basis may be a better option for the country than winner-takes-all politics. And if the United States and its allies do not abruptly cut off the foreign aid that keeps the whole show on the road, post-occupation Afghanistan may at least avoid a rerun of the disastrous civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal and the sudden ending of Soviet subsidies in 1992.

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Dorm Registries? Really?

“Move over brides and expectant moms: Now college-bound kids want to be showered with gifts also!”

This is a direct quote from a recent CNN article that heralds yet another clever marketing ploy dreamt up, no doubt, by some highly paid retail chain CEO who happens to have one or more offspring heading off to college this year.

Yes, it has come to this.

Just as people who are getting married and people who are having baby showers (and not necessarily in that order) can create a gift registry listing the items they need or the goodies they don’t need but really really want, now college students can have their very own Dorm Registry.

That is, instead of relying solely on raiding the parents’ furniture, appliances, cupboards, closets and bank acHARLEY counts, students heading to HAY their own apartments and dormitories can set up their Gotta Have wish list at any number of participating retailers and freshly minted websites.

Over the last couple of school terms, familiar megastores such as Target, Wal-Mart and The Bay have ‘quietly’ created online registries for those poor college kids who would surely be dumpster diving and living without the benefit of modern appliances if it wasn’t for relatives, friends and neighbours generously jumping in and consulting the Dorm Registry and gifting items on the struggling students’ lists.

Maclean’s magazine recently reported on one Meaghan Vital, a 19-year-old student who is moving into a college dorm in Windsor, Ont. She discovered the Dorm Registry concept and quickly listed “20 must-haves” with a well-known department store chain. These included: “a $160 blender, $130 Tassimo single serve coffee maker (with matching $25 disc carousel), and a $90 portable

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chopping system.”

Oh, and also, as a “long shot” she is asking for a pink cotton candy maker and a stainless steel deep fryer.

But if that doesn’t rattle your piggy bank, Ms. Vital will also accept the department store “gift cards,” though she fails to specify what amount is currently acceptable for a Dorm Registry gift.

And CNN News interviewed Patricia Blanton, 17, who is leaving home to attend San Francisco State University. Not only has she set up a Dorm Registry, Patricia is planning what many college freshman have: a trunk party. A trunk party consists of having a bash “specifically to fill up their suitcases (or trunks) with dorm necessities.”

What better reason to have a party than to collect some valuable stuff while you’re at it?

One wonders if young Patricia and Meaghan happen to be business majors.

Oh, I’m all for loading up college students as they make their way into the often merciless and uncertain world of university that involves a demanding regimen of 24-hour partying and occasional studying.

In fact, my Better Half and I did our best to set up our own Rotten Kids for university to the extent that we, the parents, are now living with significantly less furniture and appliances, and our cupboards, closets and bank accounts are virtually empty.

But to my knowledge, our RKs never got wind of this latest trend toward Dorm Registries and trunk parties. I wonder if it will work for second-, third- or fourth-year students. Hmmmm.

I can’t help but think back to the first time I attempted university. Picture this: four 19-year-old guys in a “furnished” basement bachelor apartment consisting of one medium-sized room with a kitchenette, four single beds scattered about, a large room divider closet/shelf monstrosity, and a couch. And that’s it. No TV; no coffee maker. No pink cotton candy machine.

Our various parents made sure we had essentials, of course, like cutlery, dishes, a box of granola bars, and something called ‘laundry detergent,’ which we never even opened. I had a one-speed bicycle that

I’d purchased for $3.50 and painted with spare cans of spray paint. It was stolen within two weeks.

Suffice to say, I lasted half a miserable school year, came home and got into a rock ’n’ roll band, and got my happiness back.

But I really wonder what our freshman Dorm Registry would have looked like back in the bachelor apartment days. Something like:

Dorm Registry — H. Hay Top 10 preferred items: 1. TV set. Preferably the maximum 29-inch screen.

With cinder blocks to put it on.

2. Two-four of beer. Preferably Alta 3.9. Preferably chilled.

3. One large pizza, loaded (no shrimp). Preferably hot, from Tom’s House of Pizza.

4. Bean bag chair, any colour.

5. Leather jacket. Size: medium. Colour: black.

6. TV dinners. Preferably several dozen, preferably Hungry Man. 7. Schneider’s popcorn maker. With supply of popping corn, butter, salt.

8. Bicycle, preferably electric.

9. Ludwig Rock On practice drumset. Two tom toms, four cymbals. (Worth a try?)

10. Pink cotton candy machine.

Ahh, college life — how much better would it have been if Dorm Registries had been invented way back when?

Actually, not that much for me, I suspect, because sometimes it’s not really about the stuff, is it?

Besides, there wouldn’t have been any room for any of that merchandise in our basement suite — except for the beer and the pizza.

And when you think about it, what else do you really need when you’re a college student?

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.

Who will show leadership on climate change?

The news on climate change keeps getting worse, yet Canada continues to keep its head buried in the (oil) sand.

There is now no hope of meeting our international commitment to lower annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 by 17 per cent below the 2005 level. In fact, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government DAVID has never even CRANE tried to keep its promise.

We have to become much more aggressive and soon.

A draft of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns the world is already seeing harmful impacts on food production, devastating heat waves, rising sea levels, extreme weather with floods in some regions and drought in others and the prospect that all of this will get much worse unless we act with a sense of urgency.

In Canada, the recent report from Natural Resources Canada — Canada in a Changing Climate — also warns of the increasing urgency in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, observing that the negative impacts of climate change are already impacting the country.

The growing risks to human well-being led UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon to host a summit in New York on Tuesday to address the climate challenge and energize world leaders for the critical negotiations for a new climate treaty in December of next year.

U.S. President Barack Obama attended Ban’s dinner but Harper skipped the event. While Obama wants

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to act on climate change, despite a hostile Congress, Harper doesn’t, despite his parliamentary majority.

Yet we face an election next year where climate has to be one of the top issues — we will be electing a government for the next five years, and the need to act on climate will be even greater. Whoever forms the government will have to go to Paris in December 2015, right after the election, with a climate action plan in hand.

Of the three political parties, the NDP has shown the most leadership on climate change, promising a cap-andtrade system which, while not as effective as a carbon tax, is an improvement over the do-nothing policy of the Conservatives. The Liberals have no policy.

The Conservative priority is rapid development of the oilsands and Harper frequently makes it clear that he will oppose anything that affects jobs in the oilpatch, effectively ruling out serious action.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has stressed the importance of carbon pricing, arguing government has to ensure that “the polluters pay for the

pollution they create instead of leaving these costs to the next generation.”

Greenhouse gas emissions are clearly a form of pollution.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has no policy. In June, he attacked the Harper government for its failure to act, declaring the Liberals were “committed to responsible resource development, while promoting clean energy and reducing carbon emissions.”

But what does this mean? In a recent interview with journalist Paul Wells, Trudeau waffled, only saying he wanted “to have a mature conversation about what is the best way to do it.”

The leadership on climate change in Canada so far has come from three provinces — Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. But in their recent gathering, all provincial premiers agreed on a revised national energy strategy that included a commitment to act on climate change, though how remains unspecified. Quebec’s new premier, Philippe Couillard, plans a climate summit next spring.

In the meantime, an encouraging new report from the Global Commission on the Economy and the Environ-

ment contradicts Harper’s oft-stated claim that climate actions such as a carbon tax are “job killers” by showing that action to deal with climate change can be pro-growth. The world is expected to spend about US$90 trillion on new power plants, public transit and other infrastructure over the next 15 years. By adding on another five per cent, or roughly $4 trillion, the world could embrace green infrastructure and greater energy efficiency the commission said. Additional benefits would include improved human health.

What applies to the global economy could apply in Canada as well.

Leadership is about dealing with needed change, recognizing there will be both costs and gains.

On that score, Harper has so far failed, Mulcair at least has the outlines of a plan though it needs more flesh, and Trudeau is waffling.

We need better, and the coming election is the time to put the politicians to the test if we care about the future of life on our planet.

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

The struggle to keep children on the right path Every part of society is comprised of people from birth to death and all ages in-between. In order for a community to remain in force, this means that you need to keep up the numbers by supplying new blood.

One of the principal reasons for my stepping down from the kitchen on Saturday mornings was because it needed new blood. If as a volunteer I am always there, then no one else will step up to the plate, so to speak.

Also, it allows me to pursue one activity that I really enjoy and that is to stroll the farmers market. I love seeing all the different sights, smelling CHRIS all the different smells and SALOMONS listening to vendors talking up their product and buskers playing their tunes.

Not only that, I get to meet and greet a lot of friends and acquaintances both old and young. It, in my mind, is one of the activities that develops, builds and maintains community spirit.

So it was on Saturday past my wife and I went to the market. It was such a beautiful autumn day, what with the sunshine and the smaller than normal crowds. Often it’s so busy that you can hardly move,

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but not this September Saturday.

We ambled along in the pleasant atmosphere and every time we met a friend, got caught up on all the news about their families and their well-being. Then we would move on until we either met someone else or stopped to make a purchase. This we did for just about two hours and it was on our last leg of the market that it happened.

Rounding the corner for the last row of vendors, we witnessed a mother disciplining her young son.

Now, under normal circumstances we agree with discipline if it is needed, but we feel very strongly that there is a right and a wrong way to do so. What we witnessed was definitely wrong.

This mother was, in a raised voice, telling her sixyear-old son to smarten up and behave, all the while pushing him along. We see this a lot, so we didn’t say anything. After a couple of moments, this crying young lad turned to face his mother and declared in a sobbing voice, “I wish I could just die,” which prompted her to give him another light slap and utter another empty threat of punishment.

This bantering went on for about 200 metres, during which time she harshly picked him up just to sit him hard on to the curb while she gave him another tongue lashing. Shortly after this, we lost sight of them and we went home.

But this incident lingered in our hearts and minds for the rest of the day. Especially my wife — she just could not let it go; her heart just ached for this

blond-haired six-year-old.

One of the more difficult parts of child-rearing is the public demonstrations that your children will subject you to. You see it all the time in grocery stores or the big supermarkets where a young mother wants to shop but the child has other ideas.

I won’t minimize it and I won’t criticize it, because a wilful child can in a lot of cases outlast a frustrated mother. But in our mind, we believe that if you threaten a child with a punishment and don’t carry through with it, you give that child the licence to drive all over you and you have no one to blame but yourself. This is what we witnessed in this scene with the young boy and his mother: a lot of empty threats and shoulder shaking.

When in the evening my wife and I were discussing this scenario that was still bothering us, we decided that we maybe should have said something to the mother, like: there is a better way.

But we didn’t and that bothered us just about as much.

But one thing we do believe in is prayer, because we have seen it work, so we did pray for this family and especially for this young lad.

Because unless there is a change in their lives and the way they treat each other, even though they love each other, this young boy stands a better than normal chance of becoming future street material.

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

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MP apologizes for not answering question

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — One of the Conservative government’s most colourful guard dogs made a tearful apology to the House of Commons on Friday over his controversial non-answer to an opposition question.

Paul Calandra, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary, stood following question period, his voice cracking with emotion, and said he was sorry for failing to answer NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s queries earlier this week about Canada’s mission in Iraq.

“I allowed the passion and the anger at something I read to get in the way of appropriately answering a question to the leader of the Opposition,” said Calandra, who has spent the last three days on the hot seat of public disdain.

“For that I apologize to you and to this entire House and to my constituents.”

Calandra also suggested to Speaker Andrew Scheer that his response wasn’t based on any behind-the-scenes instructions, although Conservative members receive extensive pre-question period prep every day.

But he had barely exited the House of Commons when the buzz grew deafening on Parliament Hill over the alleged involvement of the Prime Minister’s Office.

“This was my response,” Calandra said, weeping. “I take full responsibility and I apologize to the leader of the Opposition, to you and to all my colleagues.”

Later Friday, however, the CBC reported the PMO ordered up the apology. A senior government official, however, said Calandra acted alone in his decision to apologize.

On Tuesday, Mulcair had asked the government to clarify when the 30day window for Canada’s Iraq mission would close.

Calandra, in response, demanded

Mulcair explain a two-month-old Facebook comment from an “NDP fundraiser” harshly critical of the Israeli military action in Gaza and news coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

This stance, Calandra said, was in stark contrast with the Conservatives,

who stand with Israel.

Mulcair immediately ridiculed Calandra, accusing him of confusing two countries that start with the letter I, but also pleaded with Scheer to intervene and instruct the MP to provide relevant answers.

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On the central Pacific Coast, Playa Jaco and Playa Hermosa are good spots for rookie surfers to safely hone their skills.

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Some may even be dangerous during low tide when rocks may be more exposed.

Ollie’s Point on the North Pacific side of Costa Rica, is a popular spot for advanced surfers for example, but it is very tide dependent. Surfing can be a dangerous sport and it’s always wise to minimize risks be getting advice from those in the know before heading out. Even beaches that are considered good spots for beginners can have their hazards.

The point break on the north side of Playa Hermosa, for example, has a powerful channel and rocks that can be dangerous at low tide.

Swimmers and novice surfers should avoid that side of the beach.

Costa Rica’s top surfing spots November through April is high season in Costa Rica, when those in the northern hemisphere come to escape the cold in a tropical climate. During peak season, off-shore winds provide good swells off the northern Pacific Coast and certain regions of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica that are very appealing to experienced surfers.

From May through November, the Caribbean Coast has better surfing conditions.

Beginner surfers will find Tamarindo Beach on the northwest Pacific Coast a good bet. The beach is in a very touristy area of the country close to hotels with equipment

● Sunwing Airlines has direct flights from Edmonton to Liberia, Costa Rica departing on Sundays from Dec. 21 to April 5. They also offer air and hotel packages that represent a good value. Alternatively, there are many other airlines that have connecting flights into Costa Rican airports. ● We stayed at Anamaya Resort on the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica.

Anamaya offers weekly surfing retreats and clinics that can help you learn to surf. These courses are designed for beginner and novice surfers. To get to the Nicoya Peninsula, we flew into Liberia and caught a transfer to the resort. You might also choose to fly into San Jose, Costa Rica and then connect from San Jose to Tambor (the closest airport to Montezuma area). The total cost for those flights will be about $935, depending upon the season of travel.

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.

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We’d been trying to cycle the 17 miles (27 kilometres) from Chenonceaux to Chaumont, but kept getting lost. We even asked directions from a passing motorist who was certain she knew which way the bike route went, then sent us to the wrong town.

Now we were at a Y-intersection on the outskirts of Chaumont; facing two green-and-white bike path signs mounted on the same post, but pointing in opposite directions.

Perplexed, we took a guess and went right, eventually reaching our bed-andbreakfast from the back of town. Perhaps the other fork would have led to the front. Perhaps not.

Despite the misadventures, cycling in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is thoroughly enjoyable.

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Our favourite was the Chateau de Chenonceau and its beautiful gardens.

It has not only been refurnished, but the wing built spanning the river Cher has been turned into a gallery that recounts the 16th century love affair between King Henri II and his much older mistress - along with the revenge his wife, Queen Catherine de Medici, eventually enjoyed.

It was also the site of our best meal, on the terrace of our hotel, La Roseraie, a simple 18th century inn that claims it has hosted Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill among others.

We planned our self-guided trip with the help of Maggie LaCoste, who runs ExperienceFranceByBike.com.

In Amboise, we passed two group cycling trips, one run by Backroads and the other by Butterfield & Robinson.

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Any feeling of superiority I had as we passed the riders in matching jerseys on those organized trips quickly vanished after a few wrong turns.

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Cantilevered steps led up handstacked dry stone walls to narrow ledges, where the schist rock had been crumbled, also by hand, to make the soil. The terraces, planted with rows of vines, basked in the early summer sunshine.

Tony Smith was showing me around his Quinta da Boa Vista estate outside the winemaking town of Pinhao, with 26 miles (42 kilometres) of walls, some 9 metres (30 feet) tall, supporting vines at least 80 years old.

“Vines thrive when they suffer a bit,” he said.

No kidding. These mountain-hugging terraced vineyards produce one of the most recognizable wines in the world and the most visible export of this economically struggling country: Port, or vinho do Porto in Portuguese, from its namesake harbour city at the Douro’s estuary, 80 miles (130 kilometres)downriver from Pinhao.

In June, on my fourth trip to the region, I explored the port cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia (often simply called Gaia), the city on the opposite riverbank from Porto, and then drove up the Douro to visit three vineyards near the towns of Baiao and Pinhao.

Holding a glass of 20-year tawny port at the Ramos Pinto lodge in Gaia, the house head winemaker and general manager Joao Nicolau de Almeida smiled at the dark amber swirls.

“The most humanized wine,” he called it, because, from stone-breaking to the constantly changing blends over years, it’s “people’s work, not just nature’s.”

Tawny was De Almeida’s first wine — at age 6 at his parents’ dinner table — and first school break job, when his father sent him to work in the family warehouses as punishment for bad grades.

Over the last 30 years, De Almeida has been a leader in studying and modernizing Douro winemaking.

The story of port, just like the resilient Douro grapes of which it’s a blend, continues to be one of human creativity.

“Port-tonic?” a waiter offered as I sailed the Douro between the monument-crammed historic centre of Porto and the wine cellars directly across the river in Gaia during the St. John’s Day regatta of rabelos, the traditional boats that were used to transport wine barrels.

The trendy cocktail, made with white port, seeks to attract younger drinkers, said Rui Cunha, a Portobased winemaker and great-grandson of Adriano Ramos Pinto, the house founder.

Already in the late 19th century, he commissioned risque Art Nouveau advertisements of port as “a temptation,” including a glass-holding snake slithering up Eve as Adam watches. The ads are on view at the company’s museum.

But for all its indulgent luxury reputation, port’s origins are backbreakingly earthy, stemming from rocky, steep terroir that couldn’t be more different from the gently rolling hills of Bourgogne, Chianti and Napa.

Because vines need little water and can grow where little else will, Romans and then 12th-century Cistercian monks cultivated them along the upper Douro, which flows to the Atlantic from northern Spain (where, called Duero, it also waters celebrated vineyards).

In the 1600s, English traders de-

prived of French wines turned to Portuguese producers, and, one story goes, added brandy to the full-bodied reds to preserve them on their sea voyage making port.

By the mid-1700s, parts of the Douro valley — beginning near the town of Peso da Regua, about 60 miles (100 kilometres) upstream from Porto — became a demarcated region, its vines and wines highly regulated to protect indigenous grapes like the prized touriga nacional.

The landscape was unchanged until the 1980s, when port shipping companies started buying land upstream and innovators like De Almeida introduced vertical planting and larger terraces alongside the traditional ledges to mechanize some of the work.

The latest trend has been bringing Douro winemaking closer to its country roots. The same Douro grapes blended for port are now being used for qualitycertified table wines with a more universal, and inexpensive, appeal.

As you travel upriver from Porto, just before the Douro region you cross the southernmost corner of another Portuguese demarcated wine zone, the generally cooler and wetter vinho verde one. In the granite hillsides around Baiao and Regua, it produces mostly a dry, mineral white.

“Vinho verde is a growing segment,” being less alcoholic and a better fit with light foods, said Smith, whose other quinta, Covela, makes two kinds.

During a Saturday lunch at Bom Retiro, Ramos Pinto’s quinta near Pinhao, friends and I used bacalhau, roast beef, Serra da Estrela cheese and custard as excuses to try five bottles - white port, white and red wine, and vintage and 20-year tawny port.

The latter’s flavour lingered in my mouth like an exquisitely buzzy blend of caramel and dried nuts. All around me were the grapes that went into my glass, hand-picked from plants growing on those hot hand-carved stone terraces - monuments to a grueling feat of human ingenuity well worth toasting, even if you only drink water.

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Dixon provides defensive dilemma 19 YEAR-OLD REBELS’ PLAY HAS ADDED ANOTHER WEAPON TO POTENT BLUE LINE contribute.

“I feel a lot more confident coming into my 19 (year-old) season and I’ve Kolton Dixon represents a nice been given a bit more of an opportunity right now, especially with Haydn problem for the Red Deer Rebels. gone,” Dixon said Friday.

The 19-year-old was pro“Whether it’s an extra shift, jected as a forward this seaan extra penalty kill or someson, but his play on the bluething like that . . . it just adds line this fall has impressed to my overall confidence and the coaching staff to the point I feel that the last two games where the Red Deer native have been good. has played both Western “I’ve brought a bit more ofHockey League regular-seafensively, I’ve stepped up a son games at his natural posibit there and created chances tion. in that sense. Everything has Dixon’s improved play on just kind of been clicking so the back end has also resultfar.” ed in the club having seven Dixon, who through two rearguards at the ready. MaKolton Dixon games has scored once, is a rio Grman sat out both seasonplus-1 and has taken two miopening contests as a healthy scratch and when fellow import Hugo nor penalties, didn’t realize he was Jansons returns from injury — he’s scheduled to fight for a forward posiout indefinitely with an upper body tion when training camp opened last ailment — and Haydn Fleury is reas- month.

“It came as a bit of shock to me that signed to the Rebels by the Carolina Hurricanes, the number will rise to I’d maybe have to learn a new position,” said. “I’m adaptable to that and nine unless a body or two is moved.

Whatever, it’s not a bad problem open to anything, but ideally I’d like to have as long as Dixon continues to to earn a spot back on defence. That’s

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kind of natural to me, that’s where I’ve been the last 15 years. I feel I’ve had a good start so far and hopefully that helps my chances of staying there.”

Dixon appears to have improved his mobility during the off-season.

“I did a lot of footwork with Al (Parada) at Can-Pro (Training Centre),” he said. “Plus being another year older and stronger and a little better conditioned . . . everything has helped.

“Really, I feel like I don’t stick out in a bad way at all. I think I can bring some good assets to the team this year.

I can be a stay-at-home guy with a mobile edge. I feel like I can use that to my advantage.”

Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt suggested that Dixon’s improved play this fall has been a result of his reining in his emotions, just being smarter on the ice and playing within himself.

“He’s controlling his feet better this year that what he did,” said Truitt. “He has active feet as it is, but he’s kind of put himself where he’s in position first and reacting later, rather than reacting and then getting caught out of position.

So I think he’s a bit of a happy medium there with his feet and his eagerness

to shut things down. He’s a little more patient this year and it’s shown.”

Improved discipline has also been a key for the six-foot-four rearguard, Truitt noted.

“Last year he was a guy who you were trying to harness in a little bit.

He’s an aggressive player and sometimes after the play he can sometimes get a little exuberant and enthusiastic, so we asked him to kind of calm that stuff down,” said Truitt.

“There’s a time and a place for it, but what we want him to do is just concentrate on being a solid defensive defenceman . . . move pucks simply and let’s get the play going up ice. He’s defended a lot better early on here and he bounced one in off somebody’s foot the other night (during a 4-1 win last Saturday at Calgary), which was great to see. The improvement factor we’ve seen from last year to this season has been evident early on.”

The Rebels host the Kootenay Ice tonight and next week will head out on a three-game Eastern Conference trip that will include stops in Moose Jaw, Brandon and Regina. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Kings fall to Vikings in home opener LACK OF DISCIPLINE RUINS START OF REGULAR SEASON FOR RDC

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer College King Riley Point watches as a shot from teammate Riley Simpson bounces over the shoulder and into the net behind Augustana Viking goaltender Andy Williams in the last minute of first period play at the Penhold Arena Friday.

Vikings 3, Kings 1 PENHOLD — The Red Deer College Kings received another lesson in discipline in their Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s hockey season opener.

They gave up two power play goals on six chances to the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings en route to a 3-1 loss at the Penhold Multiplex on Friday night.

Zaine Walker, Adam Johnson and Scott Swiston scored for Augustana while Andy Williams made 27 saves for the win.

Riley Simpson had the lone goal for the Kings, also on the power play, while Kraymer Barnstable was solid in net making 31 saves.

“The team that scores the most power-play goals wins 90 per cent of the games, that’s a fact,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper.

“They got two power-play goals on six chances and we were 1-for-3. Our percentage is the same, but it doesn’t matter when they get more opportunities.”

Red Deer actually opened the scoring at 18:34 of the first period as Simpson chipped a shot up and over the blocker of Williams.

But the Vikings responded 1:13 later on a power play of their own as Walker’s point shot deflected off a RDC defenceman and over the Barnstable’s glove.

After a scoreless middle frame, the Kings appeared to be getting some momentum early in the third period.

Augustana head coach Blaine Gusdal called a time out and then the Kings fell apart.

While on a power play of their own, RDC forward Greg Lamoureux took an undisciplined cross-checking penalty, but an unsportsmanlike misconduct minor was tacked on to it when he disputed the call with the ref. Seconds after the Augustana penalty expired, Kings defenceman Tanner Butler was called for another cross-checking pen-

alty when he attempted to clear the front of the RDC net of a rebound, putting the Kings down two men for more than two minutes The Vikings capitalized 10 seconds later at 9:54 as Johnson caught Barnstable leaning off the post and snapped it short side for the go-ahead goal.

They put it away ay 18:04 after Kings defenceman Blair Mulder mishandled the puck inside his own blue-line and Swiston broke in all alone on Barnstable and beat him with a deke, putting a backhand up over his outstretched glove.

“We’ve always had a good power play, for whatever reason, and a lot of it is just guys being creative and working hard,” said Gusdal. “Tonight we came in and knew it was going to be a tough road game, but what I liked is that we worked hard five-on-five and they would work even harder when we had that opportunity on the power play.”

The short-handed Kings appeared to lack jump for most of the game. They were down three of their top six forwards due to injury — Jeff Archibald, Clay Petrie and Brett Printz — and it showed as they struggled to create much offensively through the first 50 minutes of the game.

“We’re pretty deep and everyone can score ... but no one is switching in and out when we have three guys hurt,” said Simpson.

“We couldn’t get the puck through, their D-men front the puck really well, but you’ve just got to get the puck through and hop on those second chances.”

The two teams meet again tonight in Camrose at 7:30 p.m. The Kings have now lost four games in a row, counting their final three exhibition games, and they are hoping to turn it around.

“You never want to lose more than two-in-a-row ever, but it’s been kind of a tough stretch,” said Simpson. “We can’t really dwell on that, we’ve got to think of the next game and do positives and we’ll get a win if we’re doing the right things.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Europe takes lead after opening day at Ryder Cup

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GLENEAGLES — For the first time in eight years, Europe is ahead after the first full day of play at the Ryder Cup. Europe grabbed a 5-3 lead after Friday’s two sessions at Gleneagles — even though big guns Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter contributed only half a point.

But it was an improbable half point that felt like a win, gave the home side a momentum boost and could prove decisive in the final outcome as Europe bids for its eighth victory in 10 Ryder Cups.

“We’ve seen in the Ryder Cups over the years how important momentum switches are and how it can really have a domino effect,” European captain Paul McGinley said. “So when the surge came from America at the end of the session this morning, for our guys to react as well as they did in all four matches, shows real strength of character.”

The last time the Europeans led after the opening day was at the K Club in Ireland in 2006. They went on to win 18 ½-9 ½. The Americans led after the first full day in each of the last three Ryder Cups.

Trailing the United States 2 ½-1 ½ after the morning fourballs, the Europeans won three of the alternate-shot matches in the afternoon. More dramatic was the late rally by McIlroy and Garcia, who came from two shots down with two to play to halve with Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker.

McIlroy made a 30-foot birdie putt at the 17th and Garcia hit a beautiful approach from the rough on the 18th to set up another birdie.

“That was probably as good as a win, to come back from where they were,” McGinley said.

The No. 1-ranked McIlroy and No. 3 Garcia had lost their fourballs match in the morning, beaten 1-up by Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley. Until the late comeback, it looked like McIlroy would become the first No. 1 player to lose two Ryder Cup matches on the same day since Tiger Woods in 2002.

“Sergio and I battled for all 36 holes out there today,” McIlroy said. “It was a long day for both of us, and just glad that we were able to contribute something to the cause today.”

He called the half-point a “minivictory.”

“It definitely is a huge halve in terms of momentum for the European team going into tomorrow,” McIlroy said. “It was huge. For Sergio and I, it’s

just nice to be able to walk away from today with at least something.”

The 3 ½ points won in the afternoon set a European team record in Ryder Cup foursomes — beating the 3-point total achieved in five previous contests. In the morning session, the Americans seemed to strike a big psychological blow by taking down McIlroy and Poulter.

In a stunning performance, 21-yearold Jordan Spieth and 24-year-old Patrick Reed — rookies who formed the youngest pairing in Ryder Cup history — beat Poulter and Scottish rookie Stephen Gallacher 5 and 4.

U.S. captain Tom Watson had singled out Poulter as the one player the Americans wanted to target — even more than McIlroy. Poulter had won seven consecutive Ryder Cup matches and was the catalyst of Europe’s remarkable comeback in Medinah two years ago. This was Poulter’s heaviest ever Cup defeat.

Watson left Spieth and Reed out of the afternoon session, a decision he knows will be second guessed.

“I thought at the time it was the best decision not to play them,” Watson said. “There were a variety of reasons but I won’t go into those. It was a decision that my vice captains and I made. ... I take the blame for that.”

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Watson said he told his team there is still plenty to play for. He portrays this weekend as a chance for redemption after the epic 2012 defeat in Medinah, where the Americans blew a 10-6 lead going into the final day.

“This is the second quarter of a football game,” Watson said.

The afternoon began with Lee Westwood and Jamie Donaldson pulling Europe level by beating Jim Furyk and Matt Kuchar 2 up. Westwood, playing in his ninth Ryder Cup, enjoyed his role as mentor to the Welsh rookie.

“I love it, kind of watching somebody take to it like a duck to water,” he said.

Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson won their second match of the day, beating Hunter Mahan and Zach Johnson 2 and 1.

Graeme McDowell and French rookie Victor Dubuisson secured the final point, defeating Mickelson and Bradley 3 and 2. It’s the first time Mickelson and Keegan have lost together in the Ryder Cup after four straight wins.

“Very fortunate to be playing alongside a player who I think really is Europe’s next superstar,” McDowell said of the 24-year-old Dubuisson, the youngest player on the team. “I really believe that. He was awesome today.

He didn’t miss a shot.”

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Cougars lose to Cochrane in exhibition play

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Cougars 28 Cobras 17 Justin Fedun rushed for 109 yards in a losing cause as the Notre Dame Cougars dropped a 28-17 decision to the Cochrane Cobras in high school football exhibition play Friday at Great Chief Park.

Cougars quarterback Keegan MacDonald completed nine of 15 passes for 117 yards and scored a fourth-quarter touchdown on a six-yard run. He also tossed a 26-yard scoring pass to Jesse Kowalchuk, while teammate Eric Meraw booted a 25-yard field goal and two converts.

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Miller and Eriksson share shutout as Canucks blank Flames

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Ryan Miller and Joacim Eriksson shared an 18-save shutout and Henrik Sedin furnished three assists as the Vancouver Canucks blanked the Calgary Flames 3-0 on Friday night in NHL pre-season action.

Vancouver improved to 3-1 in exhibition play while the Flames dropped to 3-2.

Linden Vey, Jannik Hansen and Radim Vrbata scored for the Canucks with all of the goals coming on the power play.

Daniel Sedin provided two assists for the victors.

Vancouver converted 3-of-6 power plays while Calgary had three.

The Canucks dressed mostly veterans while the Flames mainly iced prospects. Calgary’s inexperience was evident in the shots total as the hosts enjoyed a 33-18 edge.

Miller stopped all seven shots he faced in his first appearance as a Canuck after becoming their top free-agent signing in the summer.

The 34-year-old was sharp early as he stopped Sam Bennett on a partial breakaway, but that was the only shot the Flames mustered in the first 10 minutes.

Calgary then came on strong, though, and had the better scoring chances in the scoreless first period. Miller was forced to make timely stops on a John Ramage slapshot and Corban Knight as he cruised through his crease with the puck. The Canucks outshot the Flames 8-7 in the opening 20 minutes but could not beat Calgary No. 1 goaltender Karri Ramo.

Carr, a 25-year-old rookie who spent the past four seasons with the University of MassachusettsLowell, replaced Ramo at the start of the second period.

Vey opened the scoring on a power play 7:27 into the middle period as he put in Chris Tanev’s rebound. Hansen gave the Canucks a 2-0 lead with two seconds left in another power play as he wired home a pass from Henrik Sedin while playing the point. The Canucks kept the puck in the Calgary zone for all but a few sec-

“It was an exhibition game. We wanted to see where our strengths and weaknesses are,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan, whose Central Alberta League team is on a bye week.

“We changed our coaching staff around tonight to get a feel for every aspect of the game. It was good for everyone, the kids and the coaches, and we didn’t play too bad.”

The Cougars are unranked among Football Alberta high school tier 2 schools, while the Cobras are No. 2 among tier 3 teams.

“Cochrane has a very good program,” said Castellan. “I’ve known Rob McNab and Bruce O’Niel for 20 years.

They’re very good coaches and run a very good program.”

The visitors piled up 388 yards of offence, including 242 through the air.

“We didn’t quit tonight, we could

have gone down 20 to 30 points,” said Castellan. “We did some good things and that’s what we’re going to build on.

We’re going to show the kids our weaknesses so we can fix them. That’s why we play these games.”

The Hunting Hills Lightning will host Grande Prairie St. Joseph’s in another exhibition game tonight at 7 p.m. at Great Chief Park. ● Austin Rosland rushed for 153 yards and scored three touchdowns as

onds during the man-advantage situation midway through the second.

Miller was replaced by Eriksson after the goal. He did not face a single shot in the second as the Canucks outshot the Flames 19-6 during the period.

Eriksson, a 24-year-old from Sweden ho played most of last season with the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League and appears headed back there, stopped 11 shots.

the host Stettler Wildcats ripped the Rocky Mountain House Rebels 28-0 in Central Alberta League tier ¾ action Thursday.

Jeremy Kirk added a major, Kyle Lawrence contributed a two-point convert and Garrett Burns had a convert to round out the scoring.

Wildcats quarterback Jordan Lane completed three of 11 passes for 79 yards. The Rebels managed just 85 yards of total offence.

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Rookie Billy Gorn stopped all 19 shots he faced and Kyle Moore scored a pair of thirdperiod goals to lead the Grizzlys to victory. Austin Kernahan, Josh Zablocki and Sean Richards also tallied for the winners, who directed 39 shots at Mustangs netminder Ravi Dattani.

On Thursday, Chris Gerrie and Kodi Schwarz scored in a losing cause as the Grizzlys fell 6-2 to the Drayton Valley Thunder. Scoring for the Thunder were Luke Orysiuk, Joseph Tambasco, Brett Smythe, Jordan Taupert, Trevor Poirier and Jason Miller.

Garrett Mason made 29 saves for Drayton Valley, while Olds goaltender Jordan Piccolino blocked 24 shots.

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B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014

Tate, Glenn together again at McMahon, but on opposite sides

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Saskatchewan Roughriders Trevor Guyton (92), Chad Kilgore (50) and Weldon Brown (35) chase Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly (13) during first half action in Edmonton, on Friday.

Running back John White leads Eskimos to shutout of Roughriders

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Eskimos 24 Roughriders 0 EDMONTON _ John White scored both of the game’s touchdowns as the Edmonton Eskimos moved into second place in the CFL’s West Division with a rare 24-0 shutout victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.

White had been out of Edmonton’s lineup for six weeks with a hand injury. It was just the second win in the last five outings for the Eskimos (9-4), who moved into a tie for second with the Riders, both teams two points back of the first-place Calgary Stampeders.

Saskatchewan has won eight of its last 10 games and dropped to 9-4 with the loss.

The Roughriders have not been shutout since July 5, 1986, a 56-0 loss to Winnipeg.

Edmonton took an early lead four minutes into the game after a third down gamble by Saskatchewan misfired with backup quarterback Seth Doege getting stuffed on a big tackle

by Eskimos linebacker Dexter McCoil at the Riders’ 36-yard-line. On the next play, White made a couple of nice moves as he blazed his way into the end zone to make it 7-0.

The Eskimos marched the ball down the field on their next possession, but had to settle for a 27-yard Hugh O’Neill field goal.

Saskatchewan had no first downs and just 11 total yards of offence in the first quarter.

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Kvitova will be aiming for her third title of the year — and more importantly, a spot in the season-ending WTA Championships in Singapore.

Bouchard will be going for her second career title.

Bouchard said she learned a lot from her first Grand Slam final.

WUHAN, China — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard will be hoping for a slightly different outcome when she plays Petra Kvitova for the inaugural Wuhan Open title on Saturday in a rematch of their Wimbledon final.

Kvitova overwhelmed Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in 55 minutes to win her second Wimbledon trophy in July, in what was the most lopsided women’s final in 22 years.

This time, the young Canadian from Westmount, Que., says she’ll be ready.

“I hope tomorrow I can kind of do my thing more on the court and not get, I don’t know, maybe pushed around so much,” she said.

“I need my revenge. I’m TELUS going to try really hard to OPTIK TV get that.”

Both women advanced with dominating performances in the Wuhan semifinals on Friday.

Kvitova saved five of six break points to beat Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-3, 7-5, while Bouchard

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The Roughriders conceded a safety early in the second quarter and the Esks added a single on a missed field goal soon afterwards to put Edmonton ahead 13-0.

Saskatchewan finally got its initial first down of the game five minutes into the second quarter, but them promptly lost the ball as quarterback Tino Sunseri, still subbing in for the injured Darian Durant, was intercepted by Ryan Hinds.

Edmonton gained another point on a punt single with three minutes remaining in the first half.

The Eskimos made it 17-0 with a 45-yard O’Neill field goal five minutes into the third frame, a score that held up into the fourth as the game hit a major lull.

Saskatchewan was finally in a scoring position after a 25-yard passing play to Weston Dressler took them to the Edmonton 35. However, on the next play Doege was picked off at the five by Eskimos defensive back Aaron Grymes.

A 31-yard passing play to Fred Stamps led to a 10-yard pass from Mike Reilly to White for the Edmonton running back’s second touchdown of the game.

Over the final three weeks of this regular season the teams will meet twice, with both games taking place in Saskatchewan.

The Riders return home to face the Calgary Stampeders next Friday, while the Eskimos hit the road for a game in Toronto next Saturday.

CALGARY — Their careers intertwined as Calgary Stampeders teammates. On Saturday, the paths of Drew Tate and Kevin Glenn cross again as opposing quarterbacks.

Their backstory is of Tate the prodigy forced by injuries to give way to Glenn, the insurance policy that paid off with 20 wins and a Grey Cup appearance during his two seasons as a Stampeder.

Claimed in the expansion draft by Ottawa and traded to the B.C. Lions to start this season, Glenn continues to be a well-worked, winning backup to Travis Lulay, who re-injured his shoulder in his one start this season.

Glenn ranks third in throwing yards with 2,703 behind Toronto’s Ricky Ray (3,206) and Winnipeg’s Drew Willy (2,977).

With Bo Levi Mitchell a week away from returning for Calgary, Tate will get his second straight start this season and just the 10th of his career Saturday. Tate, 29, and Glenn, 35, are in different stages of their careers in terms of experience.

Tate is the developing quarterback still trying to get games under his belt.

With the amount of work he’s had in recent years, it feels like the CFL is trying to eke every last game out of Glenn before he retires.

The quarterbacks have different strengths. Tate is a scrambler who can turn trouble into a touchdown. Glenn’s smarts and patience in the pocket gives the offence time to develop.

But Tate feels some of Glenn’s game rubbed off on him during their time as teammates.

“There was a lot I learned from Kevin on the field and off the field,” Tate said Friday. “My locker was right next to him so there was just a lot of insight he could give to me personally, professionally. He had great poise. He had a quick release on a quick game and had good pocket awareness and good poise

to let things develop downfield.

“He’s smaller than me which is probably the only quarterback I’ve ever seen shorter than me. It was neat to see him work and just how he approaches the games and how he is in the huddle and in the locker room.”

Glenn, who is five foot 10 to Tate’s six feet, says even though he has more experience than Tate, there was still something to learn from the younger quarterback.

“I’m never too proud to say that I’ve learned something from a guy who may not have as many years in the league as me,” Glenn said. “I respect the fire that he has. To be able to overcome some of those injuries he had, it was tough.

“To have that ’injury-plagued’ (label) hanging over your head and still be able to come back and be positive and successful. He’s the type of guy that believes he can overcome and do anything. It’s one of those things that you may have inside of you, but it never comes out because you may have never been put in that situation.”

Calgary (10-2) lost 31-15 to Montreal last Sunday, but still owns the best record in the CFL. The Lions (7-5) are fourth in the West Division, six points back of Calgary and coming off a 40-23 loss to Toronto.

The Lions are the only West Division team to defeat Calgary and the only team to beat the Stamps at home so far this season. Trailing 11 points at halftime, B.C. rallied to edge the hosts 25-24 back on Aug. 1.

Stampeders running back Jon Cornish didn’t play in that game. He missed six games in July and August with concussion symptoms. The CFL’s Most Outstanding Player and leading rusher last season also didn’t travel to Montreal last week.

Cornish will be back in the lineup Saturday. He’d been cagey about his reasons for staying home from Montreal. Cornish revealed Friday that he landed on his head and felt his neck lock up in a win over the Argonauts on Sept. 13.

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GA 1 1 9 10 9

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GA 2 0 4 2 10

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Friday’s results Brandon 6 Saskatoon 3 Edmonton 5 Swift Current 1 Medicine Hat 4 Calgary 2 Regina 7 Moose Jaw 1 Kelowna at Prince George, late Kamloops at Victoria, late Seattle at Tri-City, late Portland at Vancouver, late Saturday’s games Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Lethbridge at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 6 p.m.

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Rebels vs. Kootenay Ice Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Ice enter tonight’s contest with a 1-1-0-0 slate.

Kootenay defeated the host Rebels 5-3 Sept. 19 as Wyatt Hoflin made 28 saves, and fell 4-2 to the Oil Kings last Saturday at Edmonton . . . Tied for the team lead in scoring are eight players with two points apiece — RW Jon Martin (20), D Bryan Allbee (1-1), RW Austin Vetteri (1-1), RW Zak Zborosky (1-1), Levi Cable (02), D Cale Fleury (0-2), D Troy Murray (0-2) and D Dylan Overdyk (0-2) . . . The Ice released G Jayden Sittler, a Red Deer product, this week. Sittler has since resurfaced with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the AJHL. Injuries: Kootenay — C Luke Philp (lower-body, dayto-day), D Rinat Valiev (lower

Toronto Montreal Detroit Ottawa Tampa Bay Boston Buffalo Florida

5 3 1 1 7 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Columbus 4 4 0 0 8 N.Y. Islanders 4 3 1 0 6 Philadelphia 4 2 1 1 5 Washington 4 2 2 0 4 New Jersey 3 1 1 1 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 0 2 Carolina 3 1 2 0 2 Pittsburgh 3 1 2 0 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 3 2 1 0 4 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 2 Nashville 2 1 1 0 2 Chicago 3 1 2 0 2 Minnesota 2 0 1 1 1 St. Louis 3 0 2 1 1 Colorado 4 0 3 1 1 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Vancouver 4 3 1 0 6 Arizona 4 2 0 2 6 Los Angeles 3 2 0 1 5 Anaheim 4 2 1 1 5 Edmonton 3 2 1 0 4 Calgary 5 2 3 0 4 San Jose 2 1 1 0 2

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GA 12 4 4 8 5 13 15

GF 12 15 12 12 6 7 7

GA 8 12 11 10 4 12 6

Friday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2, SO Toronto 6, Buffalo 4 Washington 5, Boston 4, OT Montreal 3, Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 6, Dallas 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Chicago 1 Vancouver 3, Calgary 0 Arizona at San Jose, late Saturday’s Games Columbus at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Florida (ss) at Nashville (ss), 2 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Dallas vs. St. Louis at Kansas City, MO, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Florida (ss) at Nashville (ss), 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago vs. Edmonton at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Scouting report body, 3-5 weeks). Red Deer — D Hugo Jansons (upper body, indefinite).

Specials teams: Kootenay — Power play 14.3 per cent, ninth overall; penalty kill 87.5 per cent, tied for 11th; Red Deer — Power play 0.0 per cent, 20th overall; penalty kill 87.5 per cent, tied for 11th.

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PA 313 261 325 308

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PF 347 296 317 268 293

PA 232 265 252 236 308

Pt 20 18 16 14 12

Montreal Hamilton Toronto Ottawa

Week 14 Friday’s results Montreal 15 Ottawa 7 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, late Saturday’s results Hamilton at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.

B.C. at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 New England 2 1 0 .667 Miami 1 2 0 .333 N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 South W L T Pct Houston 2 1 0 .667 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 Jacksonville 0 3 0 .000 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 3 0 0 1.000 Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 West W L T Pct Denver 2 1 0 .667

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PF 66 83 56 62

PA 45 66 85 68

PF 62 66 58 62

PA 52 49 83 72

PF 64 95 43 44

PA 50 78 69 119

PF 80 65 73 74

PA 33 50 72 77

Sunday’s Games Green Bay at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Houston, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Miami vs. Oakland at London, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 2:25 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis

PF 75

PA 67

Monday’s Game New England at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB x-Baltimore 95 65 .594 — New York 83 77 .519 12 Toronto 82 78 .513 13 Tampa Bay 76 84 .475 19 Boston 70 90 .438 25 Central Division W L Pct GB z-Detroit 89 71 .556 — z-Kansas City 88 72 .550 1 Cleveland 84 76 .525 5 Chicago 72 88 .450 17 Minnesota 69 91 .431 20 West Division W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 98 61 .616 — Oakland 87 73 .544 11 1/2 Seattle 84 75 .528 14 Houston 70 90 .438 28 1/2 Texas 66 94 .413 32 1/2 z-clinched playoff berth; x-clinched division Friday’s Games Cleveland 1, Tampa Bay 0 Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 11, Detroit 4 Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2 Oakland 6, Texas 2 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels at Seattle, late Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 13-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 3-2), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 16-5) at Toronto (Happ 10-11), 4:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Colome 1-0) at Cleveland (Carrasco 8-6), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Nolasco 5-12) at Detroit (Lobstein 1-1), 7:08 p.m.

Houston (Deduno 2-6) at N.Y. Mets (R.Montero 1-3), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (D.Duffy 9-11) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 10-11), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Samardzija 5-5) at Texas (D.Holland 2-0), 8:05 p.m.

Today

● College women’s/men’s soccer: SAIT at RDC Queens, noon; SAIT at RDC Kings, 2 p.m. ● College cross-country running: ACAC Grand Prix #3, women at 2:45, men at 3:30 p.m., River Bend Recreation Area. ● Bantam football: Ponoka at Hunting Hills, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park; Sylvan Lake at Lacombe, 1 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park; Rocky Mountain House at Olds, 1 p.m.; Stettler at Lindsay Thurber, 3:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Drumheller at Innisfail, 4 p.m. ● Peewee football: Rockyview at Red Deer Hornets, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park; Red Deer Steelers at Lacombe, 11 a.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park; Drumheller at Olds, 11 a.m.; Innisfail at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Rockyview at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 3:15 p.m., Kin City A. ● Midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● High school exhibition football: Grande Prairie St. Joe’s at Hunting Hills, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Indy Graphics at Red Deer Elks, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Blackfalds at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Sunday

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 13-10) at Seattle (Paxton 6-4), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Houston at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

End of Regular Season National League East Division W L Pct GB x-Washington 94 66 .588 — Atlanta 77 83 .481 17 Miami 77 83 .481 17 New York 77 83 .481 17 Philadelphia 73 87 .456 21 Central Division W L Pct GB z-St. Louis 88 71 .553 — z-Pittsburgh 88 72 .550 1/2 Milwaukee 81 79 .506 7 1/2 Cincinnati 74 86 .463 14 1/2 Chicago 72 88 .450 16 1/2 West Division W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 91 68 .572 — y-San Francisco 86 73 .541 5 San Diego 76 83 .478 15 Colorado 66 93 .415 25 Arizona 63 96 .396 28 z-clinched playoff berth; x-clinched division; yclinched wild card Friday’s Games Washington 4, Miami 0, 1st game Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Miami 15, Washington 7, 2nd game Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis at Arizona, late Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, late San Diego at San Francisco, late

● College women’s/men’s soccer: Olds at RDC Queens, noon; Olds at RDC Kings, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Steel Kings, 12:45 p.m., Kin City A; Foothills at Olds, 2:45 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Red Deer Elks, 4 p.m., Arena; Sylvan Lake at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

Golf Ryder Cup Friday At Gleneagles Resort (PGA Centenary Course) Yardage: 7,243; Par: 72 EUROPE 5, UNITED STATES 3 Fourballs United States 2 1/2, Europe 1 1/2 Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, Europe, def. Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson, United States, 5 and 4; Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker, United States, halved with Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer, Europe; Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed, United States, def. Stephen Gallacher and Ian Poulter, Europe, 5 and 4; Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson, United States, def. Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy, Europe, 1 up.

Foursomes Europe 3 1/2, United States 1/2 Jamie Donaldson and Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Jim Furyk and Matt Kuchar, United States, 2 up; Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, Europe, def.

Hunter Mahan and Zach Johnson, United States, 2 and 1; Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler, United States, halved with Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia, Europe; Victor Dubuisson and Graeme McDowell, Europe, def. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, United States, 3 and 2.

Blue Jays’ big bats not going anywhere bers and told them the team wouldn’t lose money on it. The formula hasn’t changed, as far as anyone can see.

So Anthopoulos is in a tough spot, and he’s OK with it. He will have Colby Rasmus money, and Casey Janssen money, and Brandon Morrow money, and Dustin McGowan money. He needs to fix the bullpen, and re-sign Melky Cabrera if he can, and find either a second baseman or a third baseman, depending on where Brett Lawrie plays. Centre field might belong to the kids. Won’t be easy.

But after last winter’s enforced slumber, at least now he gets to try.

“We have had the resources to get things done, and we haven’t gotten things done, and that starts here,” says Anthopoulos, pointing at his chest. “Do I think we’re close? Yes. Am I excited about this offseason, which is maybe the first time that I’ve said that? Yes I am. I’m excited.

“And maybe I’m excited about it because . . . there’s a good chance there’s going to be some turnover, and I’m excited about the core we have, and we have a blend of young and older players, and it could make for a really interesting off-season. Exciting.”

Maybe Anthopoulos has no choice but to be upbeat, but he’s never been a liar. He built this box, and Rogers has painted it shut. Season’s almost over. Time to try again.

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But there’s no extra money. They had to get players to defer money to sign Ervin Santana at the start of the season, and then Santana bolted for Atlanta anyway. The Toronto Sun’s Bob Elliott, citing eight players, reported that Edward Rogers, the scion of the Rogers empire, told the team there would be money available at the deadline if the team was close. The team was close. Nothing happened.

Anthopoulos, for his part, insists the deadline wasn’t about the money.

“If the right deal, talent-wise, had lined up for us, we could have done it,” he says. “Jon Lester, David Price — the reason those guys were not acquired was not financial. The acquisition cost for us was a deal I did not believe in, and easily, comfortably did not believe in. I’ve had deals that I’ve had to debate, and agonize over. These weren’t even close.”

But the Jays were, and there still wasn’t any real help. They tanked in August, and when asked by the Star’s Richard Griffin whether his perception of the organization’s dedication to winning had changed, Bautista said, “I don’t have enough information to answer that question.”

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When Alex Anthopoulos first became a general manager, Oakland’s Billy Beane gave him some advice: You will never be able to stop.

There will always be something to do, something else, and you will never get caught up enough in any one thing to stop and take a deep breath.

It didn’t quite resonate with Anthopoulos, not really.

He is four years in now, and he gets it. His Toronto BRUCE Blue Jays are about to play ARTHUR their 159th game of this boomthen-bust season, and he can’t wait to do something. The Jays broke hearts in slow motion this season, showing just enough promise to lose games that felt like they mattered, or mattered enough. They will finish right around .500. He didn’t enjoy it when they were rolling over the world in May; he didn’t enjoy the slow decline, and couldn’t stop it.

But Alex Anthopoulos is talking fast, like he always does, like he has a bus to catch.

“We were OK,” he says, sipping a water. “There were a lot of good stories, and sure, we could talk about those. But whatever the record is, and we’ll see at the end of the year, I think we’re really close.

“And that’s not spin, that’s genuine belief. I could tell you at the end of 2010 we won 85 games, and I remember people telling me you’re really close, and you just need to tweak. And I never bought into the 85.”

Anthopoulos is buying now, as tough as the season was. People can throw up trial balloons about trading Jose Bautista while he’s still dominant or trading Mark Buehrle or Jose Reyes to shed the salaries, but that’s not the plan. The Blue Jays aren’t planning to disassemble this group, failures and all. Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are under contract for two more seasons, for a preposterous combined cost of $24 million. The consensus is Anthopoulos is safe for now, so he thinks the window stretches that long, at least.

“At least two. At least two,” says Anthopoulos.

“A big part of why we did everything was to capitalize on players like Jose and Edwin, and that hasn’t changed. Two years is a long time . . . there’s no reason why we wouldn’t want those guys around, and I’m hopeful and optimistic that they would want to stay around, too.”

For that to happen, Alex Anthopoulos has to succeed within the box. The Jays have bats and they have young arms, and that’s something. Marcus Stroman is already a pro; Drew Hutchison has unexplored ability; Daniel Norris has that pretty curveball; Aaron Sanchez has room to grow, too.

“I think Aaron Sanchez could come into the rotation next year, health permitting, and be a very effective starter, because I believe he’s going to throw strikes and put the ball on the ground, and that’s going to allow him to pitch deep into games with tremendous stuff,” Anthopoulos says.

The Jays think they added some things that helped their pitchers stay healthy this year; they only used eight starters, and hope it can be replicated. There’s upside, sure.

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Sheriff Ryan Crawford (far right) and Const. Ray Leonhardt (third from right) get moral support from fellow officers during their 55-hour ordeal.

FREE THE FUZZ Law enforcement officers from throughout Central Alberta converged on Wal-Mart in the Parkland Mall recently to raise funds for Special Olympics through the annual Free-The-Fuzz event.

Sheriff Ryan Crawford of the Alberta Sheriff’s Branch and Const. Ray Leonhardt of the city RCMP spent 55 hours camped out on scaffolding erected in front of Wal-Mart.

Their fellow officers, along with athletes and volunteers from Special Olympics, solicited donations from mall customers with the goal of raising $25,000 to get the officers off their perch.

Wal-Mart employees were arrested, handcuffed and required to raise money in the mall before being released.

By Sunday afternoon, they were close to their goal with over $21,000 being raised through the generosity of mall patrons.

Free-The-Fuzz is a project of the Law Enforcement Torch Run, a worldwide organization of law enforcement officers with a mandate to support Special Olympics through various fundraising activities.

Detachments represented at this event included Alberta Sherriff’s Department, Red Deer City RCMP, Alberta Animal Control officers,; Corrections Canada, Penhold peace officers and Calgary city police.

Left: Members of the Alberta Sheriff’s Branch collect donations.

Right: Sheriff Chris Zelko from the Innisfail traffic department arrived on his motorcycle.

Above: Const. Jeff Hewitt from the Red Deer RCMP collected donations while riding his Segway.

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CITY SEEKS TO ADD $6.5 MILLION TO COST OF SERVICING NEW DEVELOPMENT Red Deer city council will examine borrowing nearly $9 million in order to provide storm trunk and sanitary service to new development and redevelopment in the city’s northeast on Monday.

Council approved $3.5 million for the North Highway Connector 30th Avenue Storm Trunk from Northland Drive to the South Quarter Line during the 2014 capital budget discussions in

November 2013.

An additional $6.5 million is needed because of the elevated construction of the school site in advance of developing the Emerson quarter and reorientation of the proposed school site near 30th Avenue to 67th Street.

It was also found that the trunk needs to be buried an additional three to four metres and the subgrade material is found to be unsuitable for road

construction.

The developer of the Evergreen development plans to start construction of the neighbourhood storm pond before winter.

Advancing the ponds will allow the development to proceed.

The sanitary trunk extension project needs an additional $2.3 million. Council approved $4.4 million in funding previously for two sanitary offsite proj-

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ects for the Timberlands subdivision.

The south quarter line to 67th Street requires an additional $150,000 and the North Highway Connector (30th Avenue Sanitary Trunk — Northland Drive to South Quarter Line) requires an additional $2.3 million to finish.

Council will consider second and third reading of the two borrowing bylaw amendments to enable the borrowing.

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Members of Bull Skit Jenna Goldade, Jeremy Robinson, left, and Daniel Vasquez rehearse their one-act skit titled Yoga Competition at the Scott Block. The troupe will play at the Scott Block tonight at 8 p.m. as part of the Alberta Culture Days in Red Deer this weekend.

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BRIEF NDP leadership hopefuls in Red Deer on Monday The three Alberta NDP leadership candidates are coming to Red Deer for an all-candidates forum on Monday.

Hear David Eggen, Rod Loyola and Rachel Notley will be at the Red Deer Public Library downtown branch, in the Snell Auditorium.

The session is scheduled to run from 6 to 8 p.m.

Alberta New Democratic Party members will elect a new provincial leader to replace outgoing leader Brian Mason on Oct. 18.

Mason led the party for 10 years.

He will stay on as the MLA for Edmonton Highlands-Norwood.

For more information on the Alberta NDP leadership race, visit www.albertandp.ca.

Take a flight for food bank The annual fundraiser to help out the Red Deer Food Bank takes place on Sunday at Red Deer Airport.

Sky Wings Aviation offers Operation Food Lift — 20-minute flights over Red Deer, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., for $25 cash donation or equivalent food donation to the food bank.

The event takes place at Sky Wings Hanger 13 in Springbrook.

The event includes the Flying Flea Market and a concession provided by the food bank’s BBQ Crue.

This is the 20th year of the Food Lift program.

Blackfalds wins award The Town of Blackfalds received a feather in its cap at the Alberta Urban Municipalities annual convention this week in Edmonton.

The town won the 2014 AUMA Sustainability in Action Award for a municipality with a population of between 2,500 and 10,000.

The focus of the award this year was on social sustainability and municipal achievements in moving from planning to measurable success with initiatives related to health, affordability, inclusiveness and quality of life.

The award recognizes member municipalities who have demonstrated excellence in implementing their municipal sustainability plans.

Volunteer director named Volunteer Central has a new person at the helm.

Karen Oatway has been named executive director of the organiza-

tion that connects volunteers to events and groups. This is a newlycreated role.

Oatway brings many years of nonprofit experience to the position and a lifetime of volunteer commitments.

To get involved with volunteering, visit the Volunteer Central website at www.volunteercentral.ca or call 403-346-3710.

Youth centre seeks director The search for the Red Deer’s Youth and Volunteer Centre executive director is underway.

The new recruit will replace Dave Murphy, who retired in June.

The board of directors retained a search firm to support them in the process. Several firms expressed interest to the organization’s request for proposals and Conroy Ross Partners — a national search and consulting firm — was selected to lead the search process.

A short list of candidates is expected by the end of October, with interviews taking place in November. The new executive director is expected to be in place by January 2015.

In the interim, program director Dawn Flanagan and program manager Les Waite are acting as co-executive directors for the organization.

Dawe to read from book Longtime Red Deer archivist Michael Dawe will be reading from his most recent book, Red Deer: A Memorable City, on Friday, Oct. 3.

The popular book, which is in its third printing, gives Red Deerians a glimpse into the city’s past.

He will be reading some of his favourite excerpts from the book.

The reading, presented by the Red Deer Arts Council, is from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium, Kiwanis Gallery, at Red Deer Public Library.

Refreshments will be served.

Robbery suspect sought Sylvan Lake RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for a man believed to be armed and dangerous and wanted in an armed robbery.

Kevin Gray Taylor, 30, of no fixed address, and believed to Kevin Gray Taylor often be travelling between Alberta and Manitoba, is wanted following the robbery by a man with a large knife at the Booster Juice on 47th Avenue in Sylvan Lake on Sept. 16. The arrest warrant was issued on Thursday.

Following their investigation, RCMP have charged Taylor with robbery, uttering threats to cause bodily harm and wearing a disguise with intent to commit a crime.

Taylor is described as Caucasian, 1.78 metres (five feet 10 inches) tall, 91 kg (200 pounds), brown hair, blue eyes, and is known to be operating a 2000 black four-door Chevrolet Impala with Manitoba licence plates HAC 387. One window on the driver’s side is missing.

Police said the public should not approach him. Instead, call police immediately. Call Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-858-7200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Lacombe graffiti probed Lacombe Police Service is looking for the culprits who spray-painted two local schools.

Police received a complaint on Sept. 11 that James S. McCormick School (at 5424 50th St.) and Father Lacombe Catholic School (at 5114 54th Ave.) in Lacombe had been spray-painted by unknown suspects.

Someone had used purple paint on exterior walls, doors and windows at the schools.

Police are asking the public to report suspicious activity they see.

Anyone with information is asked to call Lacombe Police Service at 403-782-3279, your local police department or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

Stabbing brings jail Sentence has been passed on a man arrested after a stabbing incident at a home in Red Deer on Monday.

Leslie Gerard Makokis, 33, was arrested on Monday on a single charge of assault with a weapon.

Red Deer City RCMP reported on Monday that they had been called to a stabbing incident at a house on Hermary Street at about 4:30 a.m.

The suspect had fled on foot. Makokis was located and arrested shortly afterward, in Riverside Meadows.

In Red Deer provincial court on Friday, Crown prosecutor Carolyn Ayre said Makokis attacked his brother with a knife, wounding him in the forehead and arm.

She explained that Makokis, a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation, 180 km northeast of Edmonton, was working in Red Deer and staying part-time with his mother.

Police allege in a press release issued on the day of the fight that their mother also suffered a cut while trying to separate the two men.

Judge Jim Glass sentenced Makokis to 90 days, minus eight days of credit for the five days he spent in remand. At the request of duty counsel, Murray Shack, Glass allowed Makokis to serve his sentence on weekends so he can continue to work and support his family.

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

Irene Verhaeghe and her enthusiasm for Ukrainian dance was centre stage on Friday.

The Red Deer resident received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Red Deer’s Heritage Preservation Committee. The award was introduced just this year.

She was nominated for her contributions to cultural heritage preservation and education in Red Deer and surrounding area over an extended period.

Verhaeghe, who moved to Red Deer in 1962, said it was important to her to continue the traditions of her culture because it was such a big part of her life while growing up in a small farming community west of Edmonton.

She joined the Red Deer Canadian Ukrainian Dance Club, Kvitka, in 1980 and has been promoting Ukrainian culture ever since.

“Dance is my passion Irene Verhaeghe and Ukrainian dance is very near and dear to my heart,” Verhaeghe said after she accepted her award at ceremony at the Red Deer Public Library on Friday.

“My personal goal was to make the Ukrainian dance club viable and visible with the community and represent Red Deer in a positive way.”

Verhaeghe has organized many cultural festivals and dance performances and coordinated many displays to showcase Ukrainian heritage and traditions, including being a supporter and participant in Ukrainian new year celebration Malanka.

For the past 15 years, she has also been an active member of Fanatullen Scandinavian Dancers, and belongs to the Old Time Pattern Dancers.

Verhaeghe, who was coy about her age, said she will continue to dance until she can’t do it anymore.

“It’s a big part of my life.”

Other 2014 Heritage Recognition Award winners included: ● Central Alberta Historical Society for the development of the Historical Arches on the site once occupied by the Canadian Pacific Railroad’s rail yards at Centennial Plaza Park, which sensitively fits into its heritage location. ● Remembering the Children Society for its work honouring the memory of the 350 children who attended the Red Deer Indian Industrial School and the 50 who died and were buried in the school cemetery between 1893 and 1919. ● Mary Joan Cornett for her longtime commitment to the preservation of Red Deer’s built heritage and her contributions to enhancing people’s knowledge of local history. ● Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School for its Commemorative Wall Project that honours those who served and died overseas during the First and Second World Wars.

The awards recognize excellence in heritage preservation, education, and awareness in Red Deer and Red Deer County.

Bill Mackay, past president of the Central Alberta Historical Society, said many residents probably don’t know Taylor Drive was where the railroad ran, and that the railroad station was the hub of activity for about 75 years.

“That’s where people came, it’s where they left. You didn’t go to Hwy 2, you went on the railway and took the train to Calgary, the train to Edmonton,” said Mackay, who accepted the society’s award.

The 27 heritage panels at the arches provide a glimpse into rail history and the nearby fountain was once part of the garden that greeted visitors who disembarked at the CPR Station. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Cello takes centre stage for RDSO NEW SEASON OPENS WITH WORK THAT MOVES FROM GRANDIOSE TO WHIMSICAL

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra will starts its new season with three memorable works that look back at the past in grandiose, anxious and whimsical ways.

Compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten are on the program for the Continental Cello concert on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

The weightiest work is Shostakovich’s extraordinary Cello Concerto No. 1, which will feature Toronto soloist Winona Zelenka on cello and the full orchestra (minus most of its brass section).

RDSO music director Claude Lapalme calls this piece, which requires an orchestra with only one horn to compliment the solo cello, “the soul of the concert.” It’s also his favourite of all Shostakovich concertos.

To understand why the work is so special, he believes listeners need to understand the turbulent times in which it was written. The Russian composer, who lived in the first seven decades of the last century, spent various periods being either in or out of favour with the Soviet Union’s ruling Communist Party.

Whenever Shostakovich fell into disfavour, he dreaded that the secret police would show up in the middle of the night to declare him an “enemy of the state” and haul him off to jail.

Many people who were taken into custody were never heard from again.

The composer was so certain this could happen that he kept a packed suitcase under his bed, said Lapalme, in case his number came up.

It never did. Although the composer was often criticized by authorities

for his “coarse, primitive and vulgar” works, Shostakovich managed to make it to almost 70 before dying — of lung cancer, as it turned out.

But many of his friends were not as fortunate, and something of the anxiety he and others suffered during the Joseph Stalin years made its way into his music.

His Cello Concerto No. 1, from 1959, inspired the melody for Shostakovich’s later String Quartet No. 8, which looks back at his life as a study of apprehension. The concerto is as tense as a Franz Kafka novel.

Lapalme said the first movement is like a chase scene, “an extraordinary description of there being nowhere to hide.”

The second slower movement evokes “desperate loneliness,” while the third movement for cello alone, appears to be the composer’s despairing rumination on the human condition. Lapalme said the final movement rounds to a chase again — which might create the same impression as a snake swallowing its tail.

Shostakovich’s own political views couldn’t be expressed during his lifetime, so he remains something of an enigma. Lapalme suggested listeners might well wonder how much of a communist he really was.

Like other artists, Shostakovich sought to tell the truth through his art.

“You take a chance and be truthful and hope it will be OK,” added the music director, who got an unexpected reaction when he spoke of the concerto story with another musician.

This cello player from Edmonton told Lapalme she would have trouble playing the piece in future, since her father was one of the people who was hauled out of bed in the middle of the night by the police during her childhood in Poland. He spent six years in jail.

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Toronto cello soloist Winona Zelenka will be featured as the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra opens its new season on Oct. 4 at the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

To counterbalance the heavy Shostakovich work, two lighter compositions will also be played by the RDSO. Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 is a grand, majestic piece written to impress the Parisians. Lapalme said the Austrian composer first played in Paris when he was a callow — albeit highly gifted — child prodigy.

Upon returning to the city as a more established composer in his 20s, Mozart was looking back at his first appearance in the French capital and vowing to really wow the Parisians with his more seasoned skills.

“It’s a very fun, energetic work.”

Britten was also looking back at his childhood when he wrote his Simple Symphony. The British composer gathered all the short, juvenilia he had

composed as a 10- or 11-year-old and wove it into this larger work — which shows Britten always had a great gift for creating ear-catching tunes, said Lapalme. “It’s a tribute to youth.”

Britten also revealed his whimsical side with the alliterative titles he gave the symphony’s four movements: Boisterous Bourrée, Sentimental Serabande, Playful Pizzicato and Frolicsome Finale.

Lapalme believes the audience will enjoy this emotion-packed first concert, which should provide a stirring start to the RDSO season.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $59.35 ($54.85 seniors/$43.35 students or first four rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

The Equalizer an exercise in overkill

BY ANN HORNADAY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The Equalizer One star (out of four) Rated: 14A Anyone ancient enough to remember when The Equalizer was a terrific prime-time procedural — and to have harboured special feelings for Denzel Washington since his days on St. Elsewhere — will understand when I describe Antoine Fuqua’s big-screen adaptation of the show as an exercise in missed opportunities.

Now nearing 60, Washington is a credible, even inspired choice to play Robert McCall, here a clerk at a Boston big box home construction store, whose banal workingstiff persona belies a darker, more shadowy past.

Like Liam Neeson, whose late-in-life action career has given so many appealing actors a second chapter to which to aspire, Washington carries with him not just native sex appeal and charisma, but decades’ worth of audience goodwill.

The role of McCall — who leads a spartan, monklike existence and goes out of his way to help his co-workers (when he’s not expertly deflecting their curiosity about where he came from) — fits Washington like a supple, comfortably worn glove.

So far so good, even when McCall strikes up a friendship with a teenage prostitute named Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), who shares his penchant for late-night chats at a corner diner. It takes only one or two of these encounters to establish both characters’ soulful, high-minded bona fides, with McCall ostentatiously reading The Old Man and the Sea (in hardcover) over his ascetic cup of tea, while advising the waiflike Teri, an aspiring pop singer, to lay off white sugar in order to maintain her vocal cords.

Fuqua goes out of his way to stage these scenes as reenactments of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, right down to the sulfuric green-and-yellow colour scheme. But soon, the former music video director reverts to stylistic form, abandoning any pretense of restraint or artistic subtlety in favor of pulpy hyperbole. It turns out that Hemingway hardcover isn’t

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Denzel Washington stars as Robert McCall in The Equalizer. He shows great characterization, but the plot is a violent mashup. just a literary talisman but also a convenient weapon, a dual use McCall manages to find in everything from a common screwdriver to a hedge clipper.

What sends McCall on his vigilante mission to weaponize everyday appliances — culminating in an outlandish, overlong climax that can only be described as Death by Home Depot — is an inciting incident as trite as it is offensive: an unspeakable act of violence against a female character, in this case a girl who’s been hyper-sexualized not just by her victimizing pimp but, by extension, the filmmakers as well.

The very real crime of sex trafficking is thus extruded, through the filmmakers’ toxic imaginations, into an obliquely titillating excuse for McCall to go on a violent rampage — the more stylized, mannered and grotesque, the better.

As for Teri, she’s folded up and put away once her two-dimensional role has been fulfilled, only to reappear just as perfunctorily for a pat, self-congratulatory example of a cinematic bow-tying ceremony.

In between, Fuqua sends McCall on a lone chivalric journey through a generic-looking Boston being terrorized by a Russian mob that, in The Equalizer, has apparently moved in where Whitey Bulger left off. A visit to a former colleague (played by Melissa

Leo) provides a moment of respite — and the intriguing possibility of a genuinely substantive plot twist — but soon enough the film resumes its chief aim, which is to find a way for Washington to dispatch as many Russian baddies with as much imaginative bloodletting as possible. For Fuqua, everything looks better underneath a moody scrim of rain, here duly supplied by a cooperative fire alarm system.

For all of The Equalizer’s overkill, Washington retains an admirable air of seriousness, embodying McCall as a believable figure of purity and protection, even when he’s going after his opponents with methodical, thoughtfully choreographed sadism.

But finally — and, at over two hours, finally is a long time coming — even Washington’s handsomely reassuring screen presence can’t keep The Equalizer from being another preposterous, but somehow also bland, exercise in predictability and fetishistic carnage In another movie, Washington’s McCall might have been the beginning of a promising new franchise. But, even drenched in blood and fake rain, this “equalizer” leaves its star — and the audience — high and dry.

Ann Hornaday is a syndicated Washington Post movie critic.

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OCT. 3 IN RED DEER

Performance art, fibre art, ceramic art, literary art, acrylic art — and just about every other kind of art — will be in the offing for the First Friday in October.

The Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery is among the many Red Deer galleries that will be open late on Friday, Oct. 3.

A reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the MAG for two shows: Trudy Golley’s Lucent: Works in Light and Shadow, and Once + Future: Canadian Contemporary Ceramics, curated by Robin Lambert.

After a short talk about these exhibits at 7:15 p.m., Red Deer artist Alysse Bowd will appear in The Wishing Girl, a performance art piece. Bowd is the recipient of the Red Deer Art Council’s Emerging Artist Award.

Some alumni of the Red Deer College visual arts program will have their mixed-media works displayed in the joint exhibit, You Are Here, at the City Centre Stage Gallery. A reception will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday.

Transformation: A Colourful Movement is a show of acrylic paintings by Michael Huyzer at the Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

It will have a First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m.

The exhibit runs to Oct. 13.

At the Kiwanis Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library, Red Deer author Michael Dawe will read excerpts from his latest book, Red Deer: A Memorable City during a 6 to 8 p.m. opening reception for an ongoing fibre arts show. The Common Threads exhibit from Fratters or abarrelhouseproduction@gmail. com.

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Durand, Spearn play at The Hub Canadiana folk artists Donna Durand and John Spearn will play some heartfelt roots music at The Hub on Ross in Red Deer.

Durand is a former city resident who released an album of prairie songs, The Road Back, and now lives in the Edmonton area.

Spearn is “silky-voiced, guitar-scorching” Edmonton balladeer who has performed across the country, and been nominated for multiple awards.

Their show is Friday at 7 p.m. at 4936 50th St. Tickets are $15 ($30 per family) at the door. Cash only.

Jim Brenan Quartet at Fratters The Jim Brenan Quartet will bring some groovy jazz sounds to Red Deer this week.

The quartet promises to get the Fratters Speakeasy crowd swinging on Thursday.

Saxophonist Jim Brenan established himself as a top-notch performer and educator on the North American jazz circuit.

The former jazz studies co-ordinator at the University of Auckland in New Zealand now chairs the music department at Calgary’s Mount Royal University, and performs with his quartet all over the province.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $20 in advance

Two Prairie bands to perform at Bo’s

Deer audience a memorable evening of electric, earwormish and eccentric sounds.

Royal Canoe, from Winnipeg, and Close Talker, from Saskatoon, will perform on Friday, Oct. 3, at Bo’s Bar and Grill.

The six-member Royal Canoe evades categorization with a distinctive style that crackles with energy and draws from a wide number of musical genres.

The prolific band released its Today We Are Believers album in 2013, after taking part in Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival in 2012, arranging and performing a portion of Beck’s Song Reader.

Close Talker is a quartet known for pairing edgy vocals and gentle piano melodies with peppy drums and shimmering guitars.

The group plans on releasing its second album, Flux, in November.

For more information about the show, call 403309-2200.

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Venice makes way for Clooney wedding MILAN, Italy — Venice city officials on Thursday ordered the closure of a walkway fronting the picturesque Grand Canal on Monday.

The move is being made to keep crowds away from George Clooney’s wedding to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

The city order closes pedestrian access to walkways accessing the 16th-Century Cavalli Palace for at least two hours Monday, citing “the George Clooney wedding.”

The order is the first official indication of the timing of the nuptials.

Clooney revealed earlier this month at a starstudded benefit in Florence that he would marry Alamuddin in the lagoon city, but refrained from giving the date. Press reports have speculated that the couple would have two ceremonies, one on Saturday followed by a civil ceremony on Monday.

A Venice city official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak

to the media, said police requested the closure to prevent crowds from gathering and creating a safety risk. The official said such closures have taken place previously for both public and private events.

Only city offices are affected by the closure area, not businesses that cater to tourists, the official said.

The Renaissance-era Cavalli Palace is used as a venue for civil marriage ceremonies, with rooms offering views of the Grand Canal and the famed Rialto Bridge. The palace can be accessed by gondola for the most “exciting arrival,” the Venice city website notes. Clooney owns a lakeside villa in northern Italy and has been a frequent visitor to Venice, notably to premier movies at the annual film festival.

Clooney, 53, and Alamuddin, 36, a Beirut-born British national based in London, posted the required legal notice in Britain last month, declaring their intention to marry abroad, specifically in Italy.

It’s his second marriage and her first.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 2014

‘Do you know who I am?’

BY STEVE NORMAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It happened again last week.

Another celebrity had a run-in with law enforcement and when confronted with potential consequences for her actions, responded with the all-too-common: “Do you know who I am?”

One blogger actually compiled a list of personalities from politics, sports, and entertainment who are rumoured to have posed the query.

I bristle when I hear these stories. I like to think I’m a fan of personal accountability, taking direct ownership for one’s actions, and refusing to leverage influence or notoriety to skirt potential penalties for my misconduct. I would like to declare my total disgust for those who play this ace of entitlement.

But I can’t. While I have no celebrity privilege to parlay to escape traffic tickets, I’m certainly guilty of playing my own version of this game.

I do it at home, at the office, at church, in the community. It’s usually subtle and I’m rarely consciously aware of it when it happens.

I’ll be in an exchange with one of my children when I gently remind them that because I’m the dad, I get to win. Or I’ll be tangling with a well-meaning acquaintance over a finer point of theology when I drop my academic creden-

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tials as a pre-emptive shot over the bow.

When I was in college, I was required to do a ministry practicum with a local church.

I’ll never forget how one of the pastors I served under seemed to go to significant lengths to make sure everyone acknowledged him by his title.

At 19, I remember swearing to myself that if, or when, I ever had the opportunity to lead a congregation, I’d never power up on people like that. So, when I started in formal ministry almost 20 years ago, I made a conscious effort to forego any traditional, formal addresses.

I’ve tried to always — and only — be just “Steve.”

If it’s true that Jesus checked all of his privilege at the door when he came to walk among a broken humanity, who am I to do otherwise?

However, looking back, I realize that some of this was merely a matter of semantics. Just because I haven’t used my title as a means to power up, doesn’t mean I haven’t, in truth, done so. If I’m honest with you, and with myself, I’ll admit I’ve run the “Do you know who I am?” flag up the pole to push my agenda forward.

And when I’ve done so, it’s been an obvious failure to reflect the posture of Christ, who “did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature

of a servant” (Phil. 2:6-7).

I’ll never forget going to a retreat and hearing the speaker Bill Ury unpack the fiercely countercultural perspective of biblical servanthood.

Using Philippians 2 as a framework, he explained that Jesus never asked, “How do I look?” or “What’s in it for me?” or, for this conversation, “Do you know who I am?”

If it’s true that Jesus checked all of his privilege at the door when he came to walk among a broken humanity, who am I to do otherwise?

There’s a beautiful flipping of this entitlement script recorded in the account of King David’s life.

2 Samuel 7:18 says: “Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: ‘Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?’”

It’s a powerfully refreshing twist, isn’t it?

Rather than using the crown to demand special privileges from others, David sits humbly before his Creator and acknowledges, “I don’t deserve any of this.”

It’s his gratitude, not his status, that makes him so endearing.

What might our days, relationships, even lives, look like if we inquired, “Who am I, Lord, that you have brought me as far as you have?” more than we asked, “Do you know who I am?”

Steve Norman is pastor of Kensington Church in Troy, Michigan.

LOCAL EVENTS

Sunday

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — Back to Church — Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m. with Eucharist, preaching from The Word, good music, church school, youth program. Phone 403-347-5372.

Monday

Blackfalds United Church Turkey Supper will be held on Sept. 29. Two sittings — 5 and 6 p.m. — are available and advanced tickets are required. Prices are $15, adults, $7 for children and free for those under five. Contact Holly at 403-391-2310 for more information and tickets. Go online to Blackfaldsunitedchurch.com

Oct. 4

Cookie Walk at Sunnybrook United Church will be offered on Oct. 4, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Purchase a box for $5 and fill it with a choice of cookies. Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee. Come early for best selection. Contact Linda at 403-347-6073.

Crystal Clear Ministries with Herb and Crystal Taylor Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Oct. 4, features a fundraising banquet, a silent auction, entertainment by Jordan Echoes, and more at Balmoral Bible Chapel. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30, or $200 for table of eight, either at the door, or reserve by calling 403-342-7357, or 403-347-5450. See www.crystalclearministries.com

Upcoming events St. Stephen’s Catholic Church Traditional Turkey Supper will be served on Oct. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the church hall in Olds. Costs are $40 for family including parents and children under 18 years, $12 for adults ages 13 years and up, $6 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for preschoolers. Phone 403-556-6566.

Innisfail United Church Harvest Turkey Supper will be held on Oct. 21, 4 to 7 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion Auditorium in Innisfail. Costs are $14 for ages 11 years and up, $6 for ages six to 10 years, and free for ages five years and under. Take out orders welcome. To place an order call 403227-4159 between 9 a.m. and noon on Oct. 21.

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Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

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Sunday, September 28

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“O ye dear friends! The world is at war and the human race is in travail and mortal combat. The dark night of hate hath taken over, and the light of good faith is blotted out…. The Faith of the Blessed Beauty is summoning mankind to safety and love, to amity and peace; it hath raised up its tabernacle on the heights of the earth, and directeth its call to all nations.” Abdu’lBahá Devotions every Sun. morning – call 343-0091 www.ca.bahai.org or www.building-community.ca

C8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014

Volunteers’ help frees shelter staff to do better work ANIMAL SHELTERS ‘COULD NOT FUNCTION’ WITHOUT HELP FROM THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Help Wanted: No pay, hours can be lousy, and sometimes it stinks.

That plea from animal shelters and rescues across the country doesn’t sound very appealing, but thousands and thousands of faithful volunteers answer the call every day.

“I don’t know how we could function without volunteers. We could never do what we do for animals without them,” said Robin Starr, CEO of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Richmond, Virginia.

Jobs include that often smelly cleanup chore, but every facility also needs people to feed, walk, groom, train, play with and show animals. They also need office, fundraising, shopping, phone and other help.

Every volunteer says they do it for the animals.

Here are a few of their stories.

Volunteer Karen Gammon, 58, donates her art for auctions and the gift store at Starr’s shelter. She used a charcoal-smothered canvas and then an eraser to peel away the charcoal.

Bidding wars were common. “One year, the bidding got to $11,000, so she agreed to do two drawings at that price, making $22,000 for the shelter,” Starr said.

Gammon started volunteering in 1999. Less than a decade later, she had to give up her drawings because rheumatoid arthritis and surgeries would not let her grip the erasers.

It took her a few years, but she found a substitute and resumed making money for the shelter with “Muttcrackers,” a term she copyrighted which means nutcrackers with mutt heads, pivot joints with tails and paws for feet and hands.

Last year, she made 28 in different sizes for the gift shop. They were gone in hours. She’s trying for 40 at $300 or less this year, along with a life-sized version for the auction.

At Florida’s Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, Cornelia Perez has seen it all in more than 30 years. She has adopted, fostered, volunteered, served on the board, worked with students, co-ordinated building campaigns and fundraisers and is the shelter historian and archivist, said Janet Winikoff, the shelter’s director of education.

“Cornelia is also a true community pied piper. If we tell her we need something, you can bet she’ll be able to help,” Winikoff said.

Perez, 72, started volunteering 60 years ago when she rode her bike to a shack by the railroad tracks and they let her walk the dogs.

She was away for a while — boarding school, college, early career. But she was back in 1984, and

HOROSCOPES CONTINUED

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You might feel that certain things cannot be shared on a public level and within your professional life. This could create some tension for you early on in the day, as you are not one of those individuals who like barriers or blocks of any sort. Later the perspective will change!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): At the beginning of the day there will be a block and stop on expressing exactly what you want to share. This could be that the information needs to be properly sorted, and learnt by you in full, or that you simply feel it is not time yet. Later on you’ll find that release to share!

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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there is nothing she hasn’t done. She put pails in and I don’t want to leave,” she said. supermarkets for food donations and co-ordinated “She’s young, bubbly, vivacious, dedicated and the building campaign for the shelter that replaced quickly made herself a standout,” Thompson said. the shack.

She’s completed nearly every class offered to volunShe now volunteers at the state-of-the-art shelter teers. that replaced the building.

Giron, majoring in biology, said she has wanted to A retired school teacher, Perez lined shelter walls be a veterinarian since she was 5. with facts and questions; turned baby sweaters into She’d never seen a shelter close up before. “It’s animal coats; established humane-education and care-cadet programs for students; and today runs greater than I could have imagined,” she said.

Usually shy, she said she gets quite chatty now programs for pets that need special medical or denwhen talking to customers about animals. tal care. And she publishes the Humane Times.

Giron does those smelly jobs too, but she sees it as “I also did laundry,” Perez said.

“If I save the staff time, that’s time they have to a matter of faith. “I know it’s because they trust me devote to the animals.” to go in the kennels,” she said.

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Hog exchange owner reacts to video showing abuse SAYS VIDEO DISTORTS, BUT ALSO SHOWS STAFF AREN’T ALWAYS FOLLOWING STANDARDS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Hidden-camera video shot at Western Hog Exchange’s handling facilities in Red Deer has attracted the scrutiny of CTV’s investigative program W5.

The producer-owned marketing organization issued a news release on Thursday confirming that W5 contacted it in early September to say that it had obtained a video showing the mistreatment of animals at a Western Hog Exchange facility. Brent Moen, chairman of the Western Hog Exchange’s board of directors, told the Advocate on Friday that the facility was in Red Deer.

“What we did immediately is we contacted the Alberta chapter of the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and we contacted the CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) office in Calgary,” he said.

“We asked W5 to turn the tapes over to the authorities immediately so we could do an investigation.”

W5 replied that the video was provided by a third party on the understanding that it would be used only for the production of W5’s show. It was later revealed that the third party was Mercy For Animals — an activist organization dedicated to the prevention

of cruelty to farmed animals.

Moen agreed to watch the video and to be interviewed by W5 staff last week.

“I did find some of the information disturbing and shocking,” he said.

“Some of the segments clearly showed that the policies and procedures that we have in our training manual, for all of our employees to follow, were not being executed 100 per cent of the time.”

But, added Moen, the video distorted the situation by compressing two months of activity into about 30 to 40 minutes. It also presented scenes that would be upsetting to most laypersons but reflect standard practices in the livestock industry — such as euthanizing hogs that arrived sick or injured.

“It’s not pretty; it’s not what we as producers want to see — but it happens.”

Western Hog Exchange arranged for three Red Deer vets who specialize in swine to inspect the handling facility, said Moen.

“They came back to us with generally a very positive report, but they also identified a few areas that they suggested improvements. And we will act on those.”

Jennifer Woods, a recognized expert in livestock transport and handling, was also invited onto the site. Her formal report isn’t expected for at least a

week, said Moen.

“But her overall assessment to our team in Red Deer yesterday was that things look pretty good.”

Western Hog Exchange has continued to urge Mercy For Animals to turn the video over to the SPCA and CFIA. “If we have clearly committed physical abuse action toward animals, as decided by industry specialists, not as decided by the Mercy For Animals people, we will take action on that.”

But Moen doesn’t think the video shows anything that would result in punitive action by the SPCA or CFIA. Western Hog Exchange’s handling facilities in Red Deer are connected to the Olymel pork processing plant. It receives about 40,000 market animals per week, with these delivered to Olymel. About 500 to 1,000 culled sows and boars also pass through weekly as they’re transloaded to other destinations.

An average of 20 people work there.

“We have operated this facility under our organization and its previous organization corporate name for almost 20 years and we have never had a complaint lodged against us by the CFIA, which is our managing agency, or secondly by the SPCA,” said Moen. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

EU leaders say trade deal with Canada is done

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Members of the I Dare Ya Club ham it up before taking to the stage this week during The Leadership Centre of Central Alberta’s 2014 Leadership Conference. The local group won an Alberta Sings competition to earn more than $8,000 for the Alzheimer Society. Finishing second was Team Earls, which resulted in the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada receiving $5,300. The two-day conference featured video-conferenced and live speakers who presented on a variety of leadership issues.

DataCan buys Lee’s Specialties

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The business formerly known as Lee Specialties has been purchased by DataCan Services Corp.

Red Deer-based DataCan, which specializes in oilfield instrumentation, announced on Friday that it has acquired Quinn’s Energy Services’ electronics division.

Lee Specialties’ name was changed to Quinn’s Energy Services in July. It continued to manufacture Lee Specialties Products, including PCE equipment,

grease injectors, wireline skids, trucks and rod pump components.

DataCan’s purchase includes the company’s production logging, acquisition systems and software product line.

Quinn’s Energy Services will continue to design and manufacture Lee Specialties wireline equipment, including pressure control equipment, wireline skids and trucks, depth tension devices and associated equipment.

A release issued by DataCan said Lee Specialties’ electronics team will join DataCan.

OTTAWA — The European Union leadership presented a united front on their trade agreement with Canada on Friday in an attempt to dampen concerns that some European countries might still scuttle the deal.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy stood shoulder to shoulder with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill, saying that all 28 EU countries support the deal.

Barroso and Van Rompuy joined Harper to declare in writing that their five tough years of negotiations were done and to push for a speedy final ratification of the deal in Europe and among Canada’s 13 provinces and territories.

They did so in face of German opposition that resurfaced in the country’s parliament again on Thursday, after first rearing its head last month over the language of an investor-state dispute mechanism contained in a leaked text of the deal.

The Canadian government also released the full text of the agreement on Friday, following years of criticism that the negotiations were too secretive.

The Canadian Press has also learned there is persistent worry that two unhappy eastern European countries could still derail the deal.

Canada requires visas for travellers from Romania and Bulgaria and some diplomats fear one or both of those countries could block ratification of the agreement if the requirement is not lifted.

Barroso said that a joint declaration that he, Van Rompuy and Harper signed just minutes earlier had the full backing of every member of the EU. “The declaration that we signed was fully backed by all of the member states of European Union, including Germany,” Barroso said.

“Until now, all the official communications we’ve received from Germany were absolutely in favour of this agreement. If would be very strange if it were to be otherwise because, if I may add, the country that is going to benefit the most from this agreement is, indeed, Germany.”

Harper appeared pleased by the show of support and played down the continuing opposition.

“Does that mean that in the normal process I don’t expect that somebody will say change this here or give me a bit more money there?” he said.

A helping hand for those who want to be their own boss Dear Working Wise: You always have tips for job seekers, but I’ve never seen you talk about people who want to be their own boss.

I want to start my own painting company and I’m wondering what government assistance is available?

— Aspiring Entrepreneur Dear Aspiring: There are a number of rich resources that can assist you with starting your own business — the most significant being the Business Link.

The Business Link is funded by the government of Alberta and the government of Canada to provide a wealth of free and low-cost services to Alberta businesses and entrepreneurs.

Business Link (www.canadabusiness.ab.ca) services include: ● Taxation information guide; ● Business Incubator Services; ● Advice on buying a business; ● Advice on starting a business; ● Research services for business; ● Advice on growing your business; ● Advice on financing your business; ● Advice on managing your business; ● Advice on marketing your business; ● Advice on starting an online business; ● Tips on starting specific kinds of businesses; ● Advice on exporting and importing products; ● An interactive business plan writing software tool; ● Tips on hiring staff and setting up a payroll system; ● Videos — BizStart is an informative six-part webinar services; ● Website assessments to tell you how effective

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WORKING The Canadian Business Network (www.canadabusiWISE ness.ca) offers similar helpful information, including links to specific federal government agency information. The Canada Revenue Agency, for example, offers easy-to-understand guides and videos on GST, payroll, preparing T4 and T4As, and reporting your business income.

Western Economic Diversification funds 28 Community Futures offices located across Alberta to provide economic development outside major urban centres. Community Futures provides advice to businesses, loans and self-employment assistance programs. You can find the Community Futures office nearest you by visiting www.wd.gc.ca/eng/6310.asp.

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Futurpreneur Canada provides young, immigrant and former military entrepreneurs with expertise, financing, mentoring and business resources. To learn more, visit www.futurpreneur.ca.

Self-employment tips, including how to start and build your business, are available on the ALIS website at http://alis.alberta.ca/js/wo/small-bus.html.

The Alberta Canada (http://albertacanada.com) website offers information for entrepreneurs ranging from statistics to help attracting and retaining skilled workers.

In addition to offering loans, the Business Development Bank (www.bdc.ca) provides free advice to entrepreneurs through their Advice Centre.

If you live in a rural community, you may be able to take advantage of the eight Rural Alberta Business Centres (www.rabc.ca), which provide one-stop access to information, advice, seminars and services for business owners.

This is only a partial list of the government-funded services and programs that are available across the province to help you get your business off the ground. There may be additional private or municipally supported services in your community (e.g., business accelerators).

Check with your city/town’s economic development office or your local Alberta Works Centre (http://humanservices.alberta.ca/offices) for additional local resources.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. He can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov. ab.ca.

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 113.66 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.55 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.50 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 55.82 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market ended its five-day losing streak, rebounding strongly in a session helped by energy and infotech stocks, particularly BlackBerry whose shares surged five per cent after beating expectations on earnings.

The S&P/TSX composite index soared 133.20 points to 15,026.77, while the Canadian dollar dipped 0.38 of a cent to 89.65 cents US. Wall Street also snapped back from deep losses from the previous day. The Dow Jones industrials added 167.35 points to 17,113.15, the Nasdaq gained 45.44 points to 4,512.19 and the S&P 500 index saw an uptick of 16.86 points to 1,982.85.

It’s been a wild week for investors, who saw the Toronto market plunge more than 200 points Thursday, capping a fifth day of declines. The U.S. indexes did even worse, sporting the steepest declines in two months as the Dow shed nearly 250 points.

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) (Nasdaq:BBRY) says it had an adjusted loss of two cents per share in its latest quarter — better than the loss of 16 cents per share that analysts expected.

However, CEO John Chen, who joined the company last November, concedes the struggling smartphone marker has travelled only half the way on its journey back profitability as it struggles against intense competition from Apple’s iPhone and the Samsung’s Galaxy models.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 18.84 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.69 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 88.38 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.49 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.80 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.02 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.75 First Quantum Minerals . 22.00 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.24 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.92 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.80 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.67 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.16 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.59 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 21.50 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 29.05 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.40 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 66.34 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.08 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.93 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.33 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.58 Canyon Services Group. 13.09 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.55 CWC Well Services . . . 0.8800 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 23.59 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.48 Oil futures: US$93.54 per barrel, up $1.01 (November contract) Gold futures: US$1,215.40 per oz., down $6.50 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.263 oz., down 0.05 of a cent $651.46 kg., down 16 cents ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $1.00 lower $395.30; Jan ’15 $0.50 lower $402.90; March ’15 $0.20 higher $410.90; May ’15 $0.80 higher

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 95.43 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 65.88 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.85 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.92 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 53.31 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.97 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 7.66 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.060 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.26 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 40.69 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.93 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.48 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.62 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 66.53

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Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.74 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 69.35 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.16 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 39.77 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.35 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.29 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 48.70 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.27 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.69 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 51.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.92 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.44 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.29 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.39 $418.60; July ’15 $1.40 higher $425.70; Nov ’15 $5.10 higher $430.90; Jan. ’16 unchanged $431.00; March ’16 unchanged $434.90; May ’16 unchanged $434.90; July ’16 unchanged $434.90; Nov. ’16 unchanged $434.90.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’14 unchanged 123.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $125.50; March ’15 unchanged $126.50; May ’15 unchanged $126.50; July ’15 unchanged $126.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $126.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $126.50; March ’16 unchanged $126.50; May ’16 unchanged $126.50; July ’16 unchanged $126.50; Oct. ’16 unchanged $126.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 446,920 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 446,920.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 101.28 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.86 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.80 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.44 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.63 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.25 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.74 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 225.93 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.84 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.52 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.99 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.57 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.84 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 32.45 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.12 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.17 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.40 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.20 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.16 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 72.20 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.57 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.79 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 58.14

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,026.77, up 133.20 points Dow — 17,113.15, up 167.35 points S&P 500 — 1,982.85, up 16.86 points Nasdaq — 4,512.19, up 45.44 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.65 cents US, down 0.38 of a cent Pound — C$1.8120, down 0.03 of a cent Euro — C$1.4149, down 0.09 of a cent Euro — US$1.2684, down 0.62 of a cent

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Evraz North America, which operates a pipe plant north of Red Deer, announced on Friday that it plans to go public.

The steel company, which is owned by Russia-based Evraz Plc., said that it’s filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission related to an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares The number of shares being offered, their price range and which stock exchange they would trade on were not disclosed.

A release issued by Evraz North America said Evraz Plc. will remain the majority owner of the company. It added that the proceeds from the IPO will be used to “complete the acquisition of certain North American assets from Evraz, to repay existing intercompany debt to Evraz and for general corporate purposes.”

In addition to the Red Deer pipe plant, Evraz North America has facilities in Camrose, Calgary, Regina, Portland, Ore.; Chicago, Ill.; and Pueblo, Col. Evraz purchased Ipsco Inc., including the Red Deer pipe plant, in 2008 from Swedish steel company SSAB.

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Fifty shades of grey

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This room features both soft and dark shades of grey. You can use brown or taupe to make a grey room feel ‘warmer.’ Grey is great for decorating because you can always add colour to change the palette for the season. The room before is below.

You can imagine how we felt when visiting this room for the first time — nothing short of terrified.

Just as well our assistant was on hand with a calming tot of whisky (single malt, never blended) as we exited the room on terror alert. After a few dainty sips of the amber nectar, however, the screaming subsided.

And we settled at our drawing boards. When appraising rooms, and before doling out restorative prescriptions, we look at the symptoms that — in decorative terms — make for design failure.

Our clients went to great lengths explaining that they found it difficult to arrange COLIN & furniture being that one of the JUSTIN main wall areas was effectively sterilized by a second (and ultimately unnecessary) exterior door.

But worry not. With a little jiggery pokery, here’s how we closed one door, widened another and, in doing so, created an eminently more user-friendly family room.

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Bead board removal

Paint colour Seeking to brighten this sombre space, we specified softest grey white with darker grey accents. Our specification derived from consultation with our clients, who were thrilled when the project drew to completion.

Tip: To introduce a warm feel with a grey scheme, choose shades with taupe or brown ‘whisper’ undercurrents. We also recommend that you don’t choose colour from a one-inch paint chip. Instead, buy a tester pot, paint a large section of card and move it around the room to monitor performance as light changes throughout the day.

As one door opens After a structural surveyor had appraised the situation, we popped out the old doors, inserted a steel beam, then added larger newbies that allowed light to flood in.

Tip: When dealing with your supplier, discuss as many options as possible and, if you can, choose products that fold out of the way so you can effec-

tively connect outdoors and indoors.

... Another one closes At the other end of the room was a second door that led to the garden. But this, to us, was folly. With proportions already limited, it seemed crazy to have this extra portal compromising space even further.

So we did what any sensible designer would do and had our contractor seal off the aperture and install a window. A relatively simple manoeuvre, but one that helped expedite our simple room transformation.

Flooring Karndean. We love the stuff. Easy to install, warm underfoot and the ultimate problem solver if there’s even the slightest hint of moisture ingress.

Timber, if exposed to water, can buckle, cup and scuff. But once Karndean has been laid, it’s there for the long haul. The ultimate in hardwearing, it comes plank form in a variety of timber genus finishes. It’s also worth noting that, due to its low profile (it’s only a couple of millimetres thick), it can often be run below existing doors and directly against trim.

Fireplace update Come on now — that was one seriously ugly fireplace.

But we saw potential. Recoloured creamy white,

and given a chunky new mantle and base, our transformation was an exercise in damage limitation.

An entirely new fireplace would have eaten into funds, meaning our overall project might have had to forego a bedroom makeover. And with two kids’ zones to tackle, imagine the drama had we told one child we weren’t doing their space. Some battles are best avoided, right?

Furniture and detailing A new grey sofa and complementary swivel chairs (past stock at Ikea) added loads of valuable seating, while silky sheer drapes (again from Ikea) provided light filtering screening.

We regularly plunder the big blue and yellow shed as their bulk buying and clever manufacturing techniques keep prices realistic.

As final layering, we added an ellipse-shaped table and touchy-feely cowhides to provide curvy, decorative detours in an otherwise rectilinear vision.

The best news, as far as colour scale is concerned, is the ease with which our clients can switch things up on a seasonal basis. With a palette such as this, pops of colour (perhaps red, yellow, or zesty lime) can be rolled out on a whim. Flexibility, you say: us?

Let it be said we’re like Russian gymnasts with paint charts: always looking for that perfect (decorative) 10. More high scores from us, next week.

Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts in print and on TV. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, colinandjustin.tv.

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Faux wood beadboard. Beloved of homebuilders since the 1940s, we can honestly say we’ve never worked in a country with more of it — and we’ve worked in Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Cyprus and America.

So many of the basements, bathrooms and rec room we encounter are ominously clad in this synthetic forest. And so it came to pass that we teased the faux wood away from the wall — lovingly of course — to ensure minimal disturbance to the plaster below.

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Obituaries BOSTOCK Kenneth On September 18, 2014 Ken passed away peacefully at the age of 87. He was predeceased by his wife, Victoria and daughter Denise; his parents, Albert and Etta. Ken leaves to cherish his memory; sons, Douglas, Dwight and Darren; grandchildren, Scott, Trevor, Ryan, Derek, Travis, Matthew, Elisa, Austin, Isaac, Giselle, Evan and Owen; great grandchildren, Makennah, Kelsie and Nicholas; brothers, Walter, Rodger, Bob and sister Doreen. As well as many other family and close friends. A celebration of Ken’s life will be held at All Saints Anglican Church on Saturday September 27, at 10 am in Regina, Saskatchewan. He will be missed by all.

DALSTRA Fred Aug. 27, 1935 - Sept. 23, 2014 Fred went home to be with his Lord and Saviour. He was surrounded by his wife Beatrix of 52 years, and his 3 children and grand children: Zonja Dalstra, Trevor (Jackie), Jessica Tyler and Eric; Jason (Kerri-Ann), Raya and Ryker. He was predeceased by his grandson Gabriel.

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DUDA John John Duda passed away in Red Deer on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the age of 97 years. John was predeceased by his parents; Thomas and Rozalia, three sisters and one brother. He is survived by his loving wife, Margaret, five children; Lyle (Trudy), Susan, Frank (Jackie), Dennis, and Anna, eleven grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. John was born in Ardley, Alberta on June 3, 1917. His family moved to Luskar for a bit while he was a young boy.

They moved back to Delburne where John attended Delburne School until grade 6. At the young age of 12 years old, he began to farm west of Delburne where he established his life. He met his beloved wife Margaret in Delburne and they married at the United Church in Delburne, Alberta on August 30, 1958. John enjoyed farming for 85 years.

For those who wish to pay their final respects to John, visitations will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Monday, September 29, 2014 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at the Delburne Hall on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. with burial to follow. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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HAGAN Caroline Hagan passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, September 1, 2014 at the age of 94 years. Carol was born in Lemberg, SK, to Karl and Theresa Mueller. In 1938, she married Clarence Hagan in Regina. In 1960, Carol and Clarence moved to Calgary to expand their trucking business. Six years after the death of her husband, she moved to Sylvan Lake in 1980, and finally settled in Red Deer in 1988. Carol will be lovingly remembered by four children; Morley (Paula) Hagan of Edmonton, Myrna Hrabinsky of Michigan, Merrill Hagan of Red Deer, and Murray (Debbie) Hagan of Sylvan Lake, ten grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Clarence Hagan in 1974, and one grandson. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, October 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Memorial donations in Caroline’s honour may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4.

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LAVERS Claire 2013 - 2014 We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beautiful, strong baby, Claire Pyper Lavers at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at the age of 10 months. Claire will be lovingly remembered by her adoring parents; mother, Kara, father, Chris, her twin sister, Shae, grandparents, Martin and Ina Lavers, grandparents, Dan and Holly Schleppe, grandpa, Vince Cox, uncle and aunty and cousin, Tracy, Clayton and Callie Hughes, uncle Curt Cox, great grandparents, Walter and Mildred Biggin, great grandma, Edith Heslop and great grandmas, Dianne David.

“FOREVER LOVED, NEVER FORGOTTEN” Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski celebrant. Interment will follow at the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Claire’s honor may be made directly to the Stollery Foundation, c/o The Cardiac Unit at www.stollerykids.com.

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Classifieds 309-3300 ROPCHAN Geraldine 1935 - 2014 Mrs. Geraldine Louise Ropchan (nee Guenette) of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, following a courageous battle with cancer, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday,September 25, 2014 at the age of 78 years.

Geraldine was born on December 14, 1935. She met her childhood sweetheart, Harry at Athabasca High School, Athabasca, Alberta and the couple was married on June 9, 1956. Geraldine was a successful business woman in and around the Red Deer Area for many years. She loved to golf and was a member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Geraldine also loved to entertain and was a gracious and wonderful host for many family get togethers and parties for friends over the years.

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and kind friend will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered and forever cherished in the hearts of her family and many dear friends. Geraldine leaves to mourn her loving husband of fifty-eight years, Harry Ropchan; her sons and daughter, Dwayne (Wendy) of Calgary, Alberta, Cathy (Steve) Dick, Robert (Janice) and Troy (Terry Lee), all of Red Deer; her beautiful grandchildren, Christopher, Jennifer and Karys; Melissa and Stephanie; Laine and Randi and Kali-Ann; as well as seven beloved great grandchildren and one on the way. She will also be sadly missed by brothers Donnie (Agnes) Guenette of Grande Prairie, Alberta and Gordon (Janet) Guenette of Sherwood Park, Alberta, her sister, Pauline (Gilbert) Calhoun of Edmonton, Alberta, sisters-in-law, Evelyn Guenette of St. Albert, Alberta and Mary Pasula of Edmonton, Alberta, and a brother-in-law, Andy Ropchan of Leduc, Alberta, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Geraldine was predeceased by her parents, Rene and Eleanor Guenette, a sister, Audrey Brown, a brother, Lawrence Guenette and an infant brother, Russell Guenette. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer,Alberta on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski celebrant. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations in Geraldine’s honor may be made directly to www.ovariancanada.org.

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.

MURPHY Cheryl Gail November 27, 1953 - Lafleche, Saskatchewan September 23, 2014 - Calgary, Alberta Cheryl Murphy, beloved wife of Terry Murphy of Calgary, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the age of 60 years. Cheryl and her husband Terry formed T.A. Murphy Petroleum in 1989 in Red Deer, Alberta. Cheryl was a partner in the business from 1989 until they sold the company in 2004. Cheryl enjoyed reading, gardening, cooking, shopping and spending time with family and friends. Cheryl was a marvellous host, who made all feel welcome in her home.

She simply loved having people around her, and meals were often the focal point of social gatherings. She enjoyed numerous trips, especially to warm locations soaking up the warmth of the tropical sun, sand and clear waters. She loved spending summers at the family cabin, hosting, laughing, visiting, and taking rides on the family boat (but not too fast).

Cheryl started her volunteerism journey with the United Way in Red Deer as a Board Member, later becoming Campaign Chair, and finally sat on the National Board of Directors for United Way Canada. She touched the lives of many in her community through her time with this organization. Cheryl was a member of Beta Sigma Phi for over thirty years. She joined the organization circa 1980 in Brandon, Manitoba and was active in Chapters in Kamloops, Red Deer and Calgary.

She formed many of her deepest and lasting friendships through this wonderful organization. Cheryl was active with the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce. Cheryl’s proudest achievement was being a loving wife, mother and grandmother, and friend to all. Cheryl is survived by her husband Terry Murphy; son Ryan Murphy (Alex Murphy) of Calgary; grandson Heston Murphy, Calgary; her siblings Donna Nelson (Dewane), Gerry Monea (Chris), Boyd Monea (Roxie), Myles Monea (Rose), Edwina Segboer (Jeff), and Cliff Monea; and many other friends and family too numerous to mention. A special thank you to the dedicated professionals at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and Dr. Pyatt, Grassroots Naturopathic Clinic. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the United Way of Central Alberta in Cheryl’s name. Donations can be directed to 4811 - 48 Street, Red Deer, AB or by calling (403) 343-3900. A Celebration of Cheryl’s Life will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Park Memorial, 5008 Elbow Drive S.W. Calgary, AB) on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.

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In living memory of Cheryl Murphy, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES Park Memorial, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W. Calgary, AB, T2S 2L5, Telephone: 403-243-8200.

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HICKFORD Peacefully and surrounded with care and love, Kenneth Hickford of Innisfail died on September 25, 2014 at the age of 82. Kenneth was born in Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire England to Arthur and Violet May Hickford, and immigrated to Canada at the age of 15. He was married to Rosina (McIlwaine) in 1961, and following Rosina’s death in 1992, found love again and married Mavis (Durstling) in 1995. Kenneth embraced the love of both combined families, and enjoyed the active life brought by all of their children and their families.

Kenneth was a family and career man, community volunteer, musician and a lifelong learner.

Grieving Kenneth’s loss are his many co-workers, friends and family, and especially his cherished wife, Mavis, and her children and families: Joey (Carey, children Hayden and Hailey), Valerie (Jason) and William (Trish, children Dawson and Chloe; his sons Kelly (Johanna, children Kayla and Alisa), Christopher (Jeanne), and his daughter Kathleen (Brent, children Andrew, Jordan and Justine) and his much loved Auntie Ivy in England. Kenneth provided over 60 years of service to Canada, first in the Canadian Army and then with the Correctional Service of Canada. His career as an army officer began with 2RCHA (Royal Canadian Horse Artillery) in Victoria, led him to the Canadian Defense Liaison Staff in Washington DC and finished in Ottawa where he retired as a Communications officer.

He also served with 749 Communication Troop in Red Deer (Communication Reserve) as their commanding officer.

Upon retirement from the regular forces in 1979, Kenneth began his second career, working until the time of his death at the Bowden Penitentiary as Chief of Institutional Services. Outside work and family, Kenneth had many volunteer interests and passions. Kenneth loved to travel, particularly to his native England and with Mavis in their motorhome. As a boy, he was a King’s Scout, and later a Scout leader. He served the Army Cadet League of Canada as president and treasurer, sang with the Innisfail “Senior Serenaders”, served many churches as organist and choir director, was a member of the Friends of Innisfail Library Society and a member of Royal Canadian Legion. Kenneth always had a language to study, a book to read, a pet to cuddle and an instrument to play. His was a life fully lived!

Arrangements entrusted to: Heartland Funeral Services, Innisfail, Alberta, heartlandfuneralservices.com (403)227-0006 Service to be held at Peace Lutheran Church, Innisfail, Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 1:30 PM.

WATSON (PROUD) OLIVE ‘FERN’ Feb. 14, 1921 - Aug.18, 2014 Born in St. Thomas, ON, Fern passed away peacefully in Didsbury, AB. Ferns’ interests were baking, sewing, rejuvenating dolls for the Christmas Bureau, reading and caring for foster babies.

With her great sense of humor, we knew we were loved and cherished. Predeceased by her husband, Stanley Robert Watson, son Paul Watson, son-in-law Jim Boucher, her parents and siblings; Fern is survived by her sons David (Donna), Ian (Karin) Watson, daughter Lynn Boucher, daughter-inlaw Irene Watson, grandchildren: Michael, Matthew (Caroline), Darren (Eva), Dean (Aileen), Nancy, Dennise (Jaime), Karen, Gail, and great-grandchildren Toni and Sebastian.

Interment to take place at Union Cemetery, 6990 Church Street, Union, ON, October 2, 2014 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a local charity supporting children.

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HITMAN Lillian Margaret 1926-2014 Lillian Hitman beloved wife of the late Stewart Hitman passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Lillian was born in Swan River, Manitoba to William and Margaret Alford. Married for 55 years to Stewart, she spent most of her years in Red Deer. She was a Hearty Walker who delighted in the beauty of the trails through all the seasons; and was an avid sports fan in arena’s, ball parks and soccer fields.

Left to cherish Lillian’s life are her two daughters’ families: Maureen and Michael Calder, children Cassandra and Scott; Alison Jackson and Don Tolhurst, children Christopher and Leah Jackson.

Lillian was especially grateful for friend Joan Talbot, nephew Allan Poole, and in-laws Bob and Martha Winchell’s devoted care and kindness. Lillian is survived by her brothers and sisters; Laura Poole, Gordon (Clara) Alford; Edwin Alford; Marjorie Hart; Alvin (Darlene) Alford; Dorothy Foster, and sister-in-law Anna Alford, plus 37 treasured nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Roy and an infant brother Harold. Staff at the Red Deer Hospice provided compassionate care till Mom succumbed to cancer.

At her request there will be no funeral. In Lillian’s memory, plant bulbs to bloom in your garden or care for a rescued pet.

HUSS William (Bill) Jan. 3, 1923 - Sept. 17, 2014 Bill Huss passed away September 17, 2014 at Lacombe after a short illness with his family at his side. Bill farmed east of Lacombe from 1950 - 2000, when he moved to town. He was very active in the community. He loved horses, music dancing and square dancing. He is survived by his daughter-in-law Ella, grandchildren Kendall, Ron (Sam), and Karyn (Jon); eight great grand children, four nieces and one nephew.

Also surviving Bill is a dear friend, Dorothy Phillips. He was predeceased by his son Keith in 1992, wives Georgina in 1999, and Edith in 2006. A celebration of life will be held at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5526 - 51 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta on Monday September 29 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Lacombe.

A special thanks to the staff at Royal Oak Manor for the care of Bill. If friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, STARS, or the charity of the donor’s choice.

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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BOWER DENTAL REQ’S F/T ORTHODONTIC ASSISTANT. Position to start immed.

Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Association. Great benefits and perks. Email resume to: sheila@bowerdental.com or drop off resume.

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IMMED. Central Alberta’s Largest F/T ADMINISTRATIVE Car Lot in Classifieds ASSISTANT, Req’d for busy Lacombe based Business. This position supports the accounting dept. with general accounting duties, Legal as well as general administrative duties.

Familiarity with ACCPAC, Warren Sinclair is a highly respected Central Alberta Word & Excel an asset.

Fax resume to 403-342-7447 business law firm and is one of the largest firms in Looking for a new pet? Red Deer, Alberta. Warren Check out Classifieds to Sinclair is currently seeking full time Legal Assistants find the purrfect pet. for the following areas of LOOKING for an energetic, law: motivated individual to join - Corporate Law; our team to take on a - Real Estate Transactions; position of Payroll/Benefits - Commercial and Bank Administrator. This person Financing. must have payroll The successful applicant experience as well as be will display a team player proficient in Simply outlook, demonstrate effective Accounting and Microsoft communication skills, and Office. This position is 20 will have the ability to multi hrs. per week with flexible task and to work in a fast hrs. and will possibly lead paced environment. into F/T with our rapidly We offer excellent wages growing company. Only and benefits. exp’d person need apply Please submit your with resume to our office at resume to: stacyschnepf@ #600, 4911-51 Street hurricaneenergy.ca Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6V4 Fax: 403-343-6069, or Start your career! email Rhonda Elder, See Help Wanted relder@warrensinclair.com You can sell your guitar TOO MUCH STUFF? for a song...

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PETERMAN Agnes Lillian Peterman (nee Fonstad) passed away peacefully at the Olds Hospital on September 24, 2014 at the age of 86 years. She was born on a farm near Torquay, Saskatchewan on August 16, 1928. Agnes married Lyle Peterman in 1947 and they continued to farm and raise their 3 eldest children.

In 1958, they moved to Olds as Lyle was offered a position with an oil company as a battery operator. Two more children were born to complete their family. Agnes was always involved in music.

She taught organ lessons for years and until recently was the organist at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Olds. Agnes will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her husband Lyle; children Judy (Joel) Thompson of Olds; Lowell (Nancy) Peterman of Red Deer; Kathy (Kevin) Rowland of Olds and Terry (Sandy) Peterman of Olds, 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She was predeceased by her parents Simon & Olga Fonstad; brothers Selmer and Martin Fonstad; sisters Jean Swenson, Carol Mossing, Kay Miller; daughter Gwen McLeod. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday September 29, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Olds with Pastor John Lentz officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made directly to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church or Olds & District Hospice Society.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., OLDS entrusted with arrangements.

403-507-8610 www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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SPARKS - WILLISCROFT Wayne and Lorrie Sparks are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Melissa to Kirk, son of Barry and Marg Williscroft.

The couple will exchange vows on November 22, 2014.

Congratulations to Melissa on obtaining her Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree and Kirk on obtaining his Bachelor of Commerce Degree both from the University of Saskatchewan this spring.

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A used kids clothing and old farmer seeks honest, toy sale. Lots of vendors sincere very romantic slim selling used good cond. lady 48-68 for lifetime comchildrens items. Child and mitment of true love and parent related businesses happiness in the Red Deer too. Sat. Oct. 4, 10 am-2 area. Not looking for a pm. Innisfail Legion. Door hired hand. Enclose photo prizes. Toonie admission and phone number and refor adults. themonkeysuncle ply to Box 1096, c/o RED @shaw.ca.

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ALCOHOLICS LARGE suitcase with ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 photo albums and poem Start your career! book 403-358-5577 See Help Wanted Celebrate your life with a Classified COCAINE ANONYMOUS ANNOUNCEMENT 403-396-8298

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OFFICE assistant/general help req’d for trucking company E. of Blackfalds.

Knowledge of trucking industry/mechanical knowledge of maintenance an asset but willing to train.

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HYDROTESTORS 2000 is currently taking resumes for

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Competitive wages.

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Must have class 5 Q endorsement license.

Please provide drivers abstract as well as valid oilfield tickets. Drop off resumes at 7889 49 Ave. Red Deer.

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71 HILL Cres. Fri. Sept. 16 SHERWOOD CRES. 26, 2-6, Sat. Sept. 27, Back Alley -SUNDAY ONLY 9:30-4. Multi family. Tea Sept. 28th, 10 am - 5 pm Cart, household items, Night table, couches, tools, mens coats, skates, more. dresser sets, chairs & more You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Parkvale 4307-46A Ave. & 4305-46A Ave. (back alley) Sept. 26 & 27, 10-4. Radio Torque wrench, plus size ladies clothes, Christmas/Halloween decor, etc.

HUGE GARAGE SALE FRI & SAT 10 -7 SUN. 10-5 Between 4000-5000 items 9 WRIGHT AVE. Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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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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Class 1 Driver / Operators f Frac - Pump Operators, Frac Supervisors f Coiled Tubing - Experienced Operators, Crane Operators, and Supervisors f Cement & Acid - Fluid Pump Operators f Heavy Equipment Technician– Journeyman (2 positions) f Heavy Equipment Technician—Apprentice 3rd & 4th Apprentice ( 2 positions)

Why Canyon? f Paid technical and leadership training f Career advancement opportunities f RRSP matching program

f Premium compensation package f New Equipment f 15/6 Schedule

To apply for the above positions, in confidence, please email or fax your resume and a copy of a current drivers abstract. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

How to apply: online: canyontech.ca/careers fax: 888 249 3895

CALFRAC Where it all comes together

MARTIN Jean On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Jean Martin (72) died peacefully in hospice. She’s lovingly missed by her family and friends; especially her husband Bob. The farm was a special place for Jean, even in her last days she loved to sit on the deck enjoying the warm summer breeze and the gentle chatter of the birds. She loved knitting, baking pies, shopping, friends and summers she spent at Outwest Campground. Thanks to the RD Hospice for their gentle care of Jean and her family. On Monday, September 29 at 1:30 we will gather at the Poplar Ridge Hall (Range Rd 283) to celebrate and give thanks to God for the joy of sharing in her life.

Memorial contributions to the Red Deer Hospice Society.

RUSSELL Robert Roy May 25, 1974 - Sept. 17, 2014 Robert passed away suddenly and peacefully at the young WEISENBERGER age of 40 years. He was born Phoebe Jane in Red Deer, AB on May 25, Feb. 9th, 1934 - Sept. 23, 2014 1974. He attended school in It is with great sorrow that we Penhold and Red Deer and announce the passing of furthered his education with Phoebe Weisenberger at the his love of music at the Red age of 80. She will be forever Deer College music program. missed by her partner Chuck He was a member of many McWhinney, her daughter bands including Moonshine Shannon (Brent) Wasylycia , Bandits, 89, and Sam her son Leigh, and her Drucker’s General Store to grandchildren Derek and Kyla. name a few. He was also She will also be mourned by very proud to have had the her sisters Bea Stenson, opportunity to manage the Shirley Humphreys; her “Clayton Bellamy Band”. brothers Kelly (Donna) Readman, He made many lasting and Darby Readman, Hugh (Betty) close personal relationships Readman and numerous throughout his musical nephews and nieces. In lieu career. Although Robert was of floral tributes donations passionate about his music, can be made to the Red his greatest love was his Deer Foodbank or to the Red sons Grayson and Gibson. Deer Hospice Society.

He furthered his working Cremation has already taken career in the trades of place and in keeping with welding and pipe fitting. Phoebe’s wishes there will These trades often took him not be a funeral service. away from home, which Where is Phoebe now? although he enjoyed his In the warm breeze of a accomplishments in his prairie afternoon careers, he was always In the brilliant blue of a clear eager to return home to his summer sky boys. Rob is survived by his And forever in our hearts and parents, Ron and Helen warm memories.

Russell; sons, Grayson and Gibson, their mother Kandy and son Griffin; brothers, Tony (Cathy) and Ryan (Tara); as well as numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He will be dearly missed by Carey Anniversaries and her family. Rob was very proud of this relationship, which brought him so much joy. Robert is predeceased by his grandparents, Roy Russell, Gwen Russell, Rose Friesen and Armand DesRochers. Rob’s generous spirit, large loving heart and sharp sense of humor endeared him to many. The beautiful memory of Robert will live on in our hearts. A memorial celebration of Roberts’s life is planned for Saturday, September the 27, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Theatre Room of the Springbrook Multiplex in Springbrook Alberta which is located on highway 2A Congratulations to between Red Deer and Gloria and Raymond Hulyk Penhold.

The memorial on their service will be followed by an 50th wedding anniversary. afternoon luncheon, with a musical celebration afterward Love from your family in which we encourage and friends, and especially participation from Robert’s your grandchildren fellow musical artists in attendance, as a fond loving memory of Robert’s love of music. In lieu of flowers, donations in honor of Rob will be accepted into a trust for his sons. Alberta Treasury Branches across the Births province are prepared to receive donations to the STOFFELS Grayson and Gibson Russell Kelly and Erich and big Trust Fund. Condolences brother Oli welcome may be forwarded to the son/brother, Emmett John, family by visiting born Sept. 18, 2014 at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Fernie, BC. Grandparents, Arrangements entrusted to Tom and Arlene Vis, and RED DEER FUNERAL Peter Stoffels.

HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER Join our Calfrac Red Deer Team Calfrac Well Services has built a world-class pressure pumping Services Company with locations worldwide. Our state-of-the art HTXLSPHQW DQG DGYDQFHG SURFHVVHV DOORZ XV WR RSHUDWH D PRGHUQ ÁHHW of custom designed fracturing, and coiled tubing units. We are one of the global energy industry’s fastest growing pressure-pumping providers!

If you’re like most people, you want to be part of a winning team. By providing industry leading training and attracting people who are focused on the right core values: ethics, energy, and an entrepreneurial spirit – we’ve created that winning team. We are eager to learn more about what you’ve done, what you can do, and where you would like to go!

As we grow, we are currently looking for local talent in a number of Field and Maintenance positions including:

Operators, Fracturing and Coiled Tubing (Class 1 drivers license is required)

Transport Operators (Class 1 drivers license is required) Supervisors, Fracturing and Coiled Tubing (Class 1 drivers license is required)

Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics Electronics Technicians How to Apply:

In-Person: 7310 Edgar Industrial Drive, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 3R2 Online: www.calfrac.com/careers SAFETY REWARDS TEAM WORK OPPORTUNITY SCHEDULE

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EXP’D CLASS 1 DRIVER REQ’D.

Class 1 is a must and picker exp. would be an asset. Oilfield exp. preferred. Will require H2S and First Aid Certificate.

This position is F/T days only in the Stettler area.

Salary to commensurate with experience. Please send resumes to: lornemurfitt@telus.net.

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Work as part of a safety oriented team Fabricate pipe spools Fabricate structural assemblies Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications: Journeyman or Red Seal Welder B Pressure or CWB certificates would be an asset Stainless pipe experience would be an asset Be able to interpret drawings Compensation: Starting at $35.00 per hour (based on experience) Matching RRSP program Medical, Dental, Vision plan Disability and life insurance Apply to: Alstar Oilfield Contractors LTD. 310 East River Road Hinton, Alberta T7V 2G3 www.alstaroilfield.com hr@alstaroilfield.com Fax: 780 865 5829

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Millennium Geomatics is currently seeking full-time Survey Assistants based in the Red Deer area. In this position, you will assist the Crew Chief in the day to day activities, as it relates to all aspects of field surveying.Millennium provides a safe work environment. The successful candidate will be a graduate of a registered Survey or Geomatics Technology program, or have equivalent experience.

Experience in legal surveying specifically in the Western Canadian region will be considered a definite asset, however we will accept applications from candidates with the correct blend of experience who are quick learners. To be successful in this role, you must be well versed with all aspects of oilfield surveying, proficient with RTK and static GPS data collection, and relevant computer skills. If you have experience using MicroSurvey software, have H2S certification, First Aid, ATV, and chainsaw faller safety, then you will be at an advantage above the rest!

Millennium offers above average compensation packages including: competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, company RSP matching, a safe work environment, and the opportunity to contribute to, and receive the benefits of, a successful company.

Please submit your resume and cover letter in confidence to: careers@ millgeo.com NEEDED: H2S Supervisors, firefighters and medics. Please email resume and relevant oilfield tickets to: admin@ tcbsafety.com or call Carl 403-506-1255

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

OIL & GAS OPERATOR LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

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Attn: Human Resources email:payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Picker Operator

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking LEASEHAND & DRILLER Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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Franchise Partner Opportunity JOIN MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY

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cam@marbleslab.ca 1-888-337-7522 ext 525

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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TR3 Energy is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry We are currently recruiting for:

is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

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

EASY!

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

IT NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR Full Time in Red Deer, min 5 year verifiable hands on experience. Criminal Security check and own reliable vehicle required.

Full comprehensive benefits and vehicle allowance provided.

Please reply by email to stevel@telus.net or by fax 403-309-3920

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A & W GASOLINE ALLEY Requires to work at these locations: 121 Leva Avenue 61 Gasoline Alley Food Counter Attendants Permanent F/T & P/T shifts, Weekends, day, night & evenings. Starting wage $11./hr. Start date: ASAP, 40 hrs./wk + Blue Cross Benefits.

3 Vacancies. Education & exp. not req’d. Apply in person or at aw.ca or fax to 403-346-6017

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THE OPEN RANGE SALOON in Sylvan Lake req’s Line Cooks. Full or Part time with Food Safety.

Please contact Nancy 403-887-3033 or 403-887-3465

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STORESMART Self-Storage

is now hiring for the following position!

P/T Customer Service Assistant (for 6-16 hrs./week)

For job descriptions and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs.

No phone calls please.

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BIG HORN ELECTRIC and CONTROLS LTD. Now Recruiting Electrical and Instrumentation Journeyman and Apprentices Req’d QUALIFICATIONS H2S Alive / First Aid CSTS or PST / Fall Protection Valid Driver’s Licence Oilfield Experience Will Require a Pre-Employment Drug & Alcohol Screening SEND RESUMES TO FAX: 403-638-3688 OR EMAIL: careers@ bighornelectric.com

BRAATT CONST.

Of Red Deer is seeking exp’d. carpenters and laborers for the agricultural industry. Must have drivers license. Call Brad 403-588-8588

Licensed Heavy Duty Mechanics and apprentices • Planned preventive maintenance on fleet equipment • Major repairs and overhaul of onhighway vehicles.

• CVIP inspection and repairs as per government programs.

As an integral part of our TEAM, you will receive top rate wages and benefits and be a part of our Quality-Share bonus program. Submit your résumé to: Hi-Way 9 Express Ltd. 4120 78 Street Crescent Red Deer, AB T4P 3E3 Fax: (403) 823-4285 email: employment@hi-way9.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP. $18/hr. 40 hrs/week, + benefits , 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secondary. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job description visit www. timhortons.com

Are you looking for year-round work that is not interrupted by local economy?

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APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER

Family owned and operated, Trail Appliances continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our delivery department. We are currently looking for an experienced Delivery Driver to work out of our Red Deer Warehouse located at #6 4622 61 Street, Riverside Industrial District The ideal candidate will: • be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100lbs • possess exceptional customer service skills • enjoy working within a diverse team • hold a valid driver’s license and a clear drivers abstract The Company provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit program including such things as: • Medical & Dental benefit Program • Flex days • Stat holidays off • Paid vacation time off • Employee & Family Assistance Program • Referral Incentives • Employee discounts • Boot Allowance Trail is always looking for people who want opportunities to grow, take initiative and work well within a team environment. Launch your career with a well-known and respected company.

Become a part of the successful Trail team by submitting a resume to reddeerjobs@trail-appliances.com or by fax to 403-347-3314.

A security check will be conducted on successful candidates. We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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KCB CABINETS & RENOVATIONS is looking for a

CARPENTER/ HANDYMAN

to work on our renovation jobs. Individual needs to have a solid background in construction and own his own tools and vehicle.

Experience in all aspects of renovations will be considered an asset.

Must be bondable and willing to work as part of a team. If interested, please email resume or call Rick at 403-347-3334 kcbkitch@telus.net 2, 4646 Riverside Drive, Red Deer Rattray Reclamation Ltd is currently seeking an experienced backhoe operator with a clean and valid class 1 license preferably 3 years experience to work in the Lacombe and surrounding areas. Duties will include lease construction, lease cleanups and reclamation.

Valid H2s, Ground Disturbance, and First aid tickets are a must.

Competitive wages and benefits available Please email resume to drattray@rattrayrec.com.

Or fax to (403)-934-5235 No phone calls please.

Required Immediately Parts Delivery Driver / Warehouse

Must possess clean drivers abstract, know city well. The individual must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. Some heavy lifting is required.

Parts Person

Parts person required for JJAM Management (1987) rapidly expanding HD Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Parts Supply Store.

Requires to work at these Must be able to work Red Deer, AB locations: unsupervised in a fast 5111 22 St. GOODMEN paced environment.

37444 HWY 2 S ROOFING LTD. Have experience in the 37543 HWY 2N Requires heavy truck/trailer industry.

700 3020 22 St. Must possess strong FOOD ATTENDANT SLOPED ROOFERS customer service skills.

Req’d permanent shift LABOURERS weekend day and evening & FLAT ROOFERS Above average wages, both full and part time. benefits package.

16 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + Valid Driver’s Licence Apply with resume @ benefits. Start ASAP. preferred.

Fax or email Artic Truck, Email: Job description info@goodmenroofing.ca ron.cain@nfleetsolutions.com www.timhortons.com or (403)341-6722 Fax: 403-348-5198 Education and experience NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! not req’d.

Service Plumbing & Apply in person or fax NEEDED F/T Service Person Heating is looking for resume to: 403-314-1303 for after sales service and experienced residential set up of manufactured and commercial service and modular home. Must technician with current have exp. in roofing, siding, Alberta gas/plumbing flooring, drywall, paint etc., ticket. Benefit package SERVER -CUSTOMER Competitive wages and after 3 months, wages COUNTER - F/T health plan avail. Apply to based on experience.

Duties: Take customer James at M & K Homes, Email: orders, portion raw food, 403-346-6116 info@serviceplumbing.ca package take-out orders, or fax to (403) 342-2025 NEEDED IMMED. FOR handle cleaning & store manufacturing cleaning products, stock SHOP HELP AND/OR company in Blackfalds fridge, & collect money APPRENTICE MECHANIC JOURNEYMAN from costumer. $11.89/hr.

REQ’D IMMED. WELDERS 5 days/wk. Must be avail.

Truck exp. preferred.

Competitive wages and on weekends & holidays.

8:30-5.

15 mi. E. of Blackbenefits package.

Paula @ 403-347-8001 falds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Email resume to: Phone: 403-784-3811 joel@prolineinc.ca

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

880

Requires Full Time

Carpenters & Apprentices

FRONTIER BUS LINES Ltd.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERS

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

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

900

810

Requires Full Time

Equipment Operator/Truck Driver

Q Endorsement preferred.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca Skill Metal Fabricators in Bassano, Alberta are looking for operators in the following departments CNC machine shop, sheet metal, powder coating, welding and anodizing. We offer competitive wages and benefit package.

These are full time positions - available immediately. Please email your resume to: resumes@ skillmetal.com or fax to 403-641-3466.

STUCCO/Plaster & labour needed! Can pay cash. Call /text Chris@4035507237 TERROCO INDUSTRIES JOB OPPORTUNITY: Heavy duty mechanic/ apprentice. Red Deer.

Engine/truck and trailer experience necessary. hr@terroco.com Fax 403-346-9720

Truckers/ Drivers

860

2-GOOD OILFIELD SERVICES is currently seeking CLASS 1 TANK TRUCK & PRESSURE TRUCK OPERATORS. Base salary + bonuses.

Great benefits pkg after 3 mo.

Please fax resume & drivers abstract to: 403-346-3766

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

Field Operator

CLASS 1 DRIVER with super B and grain hauling experience for Central AB. Call Wayne 403-341-9113

Centrica Energy is hiring a Field Operator for their Gilby gas plant located near Eckville.

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

452183I27

Business Opportunities

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume and abstract to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca

450575I16-27

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s SHOP LABOURER for Central Alberta.

Oilfield related work, some long hours req’d. Oilfield tickets are an asset.

Competitive salary. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

Oilfield

Misc.

Help

Req’s and experienced

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

800

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

Truckers/ Drivers

451203I20,27

Restaurant/ Hotel

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

Oilfield

452336I25-J8

DUE to recent significant growth, Alstar Oilfield Contractors has immediate openings for full time permanent JOURNEYMAN WELDERS AND B PRESSURE WELDERS (NOC 7265) at our Hinton location.

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days Oil & Gas Well Testing Supervisors, 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 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

800

Oilfield

452973I27-J4

800

Oilfield

CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

Fluid Experts Ltd. Of Red Deer is seeking experienced

880

Misc.

Help

GAETZ SOUTH FT/PT CASHIERS Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

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 NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

WE are currently looking for experienced

Winch Truck Driver &

Class 3 Driver

We offer competitive wages based on oilfield experience, benefits after 3 months. You are required to pass the pre-employment substance screening.

Please email or fax your resume & safety tickets to: humanresources@ phoenixrentals.ca Fax: 403-346-4177

GAETZ SOUTH P/T Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

HIGH Paying Entry Level Positions

We are a growing water purification company proudly serving families across central AB. Average starting base pay of approx. $18/hr. with room for rapid advancement. In house training is provided to qualified applicants.

Applicants should be motivated, reliable, professional, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Call to schedule an interview between 10 am and 7 pm.

403-356-0330 Hiring students aged 17+ in HS and College. Nonstudent positions available.

Flexible sched. with $17.25 guarranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply.

Visit www.work4students. ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY NOW!

880

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RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

Fax to 403-346-5786 We are looking for LANDSCAPE LABOURERS to work on residential and commercial properties in Red Deer and surrounding area.

Main duties to include: - Laying sod, spreading top soil, plant flowers, grass, trees and shrubs.

- Cut grass, rake, fertilize, water, prune trees and shrubs.

-In snow season, we require snow removal.

No formal education or experience necessary.

Full time/Seasonal position. Weather dependant Wage: $16.51 per hour/44 hours per week Email resume to: erika.skalozub @bg-rd.com Phone: 403-347-7211 Fax: 403-342-7488 Att: Erika

900

Employment Training

SAFETY

Firewood

870

OILFIELD TICKETS

AFFORDABLE

CHOPPED POPLAR - free, you pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS

437627L20

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

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866

6 mo. Community Support Worker Program AND Funding may be available.

Labourers, Flag 403-340-1930 Persons & Operators Academic Express Busy road construction

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

wegot

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

LUBE TECH

Children's Items

880

DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS For our parts & service dept.

Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume:joel@prolineinc.ca DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

GAETZ SOUTH F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

6 mo. Community Support Worker Program AND

LEAPSTER L-MAX with extra game, tv cables.

Very good cond. $25 403-314-9603

GED Program

Funding may be available.

403-340-1930

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca

PARTS TECHNICIAN WANTED. Trochu Motors is seeking a customer oriented and responsible individual to join our parts team. Prior experience in the industry would be an asset but not a must.

Applicants must have organizational skills, basic computer skills and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

We are looking forward to add to our growing dealership. Please Apply in person at 102 Eckenfelder St. Trochu, Alberta. Fax (403) 442-3829 or by email wmtn@inbox.com

1580

BOYS RUNNERS - Spiderman, size 3, very good cond. $10.

403-314-9603

OCTOBER START!

Misc.

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1590

Clothing

DOWN FILLED HOODED COAT beige colour, knee length, brand new. Size XL, $100.

403-343-1112

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

AIR COMPRESSOR, electric, on wheels, 5 h.p. $195.00 403-346-7856

wegot

RASPBERRY bushes to give away, barbless, healthy canes, dig all you want 403-392-8034 RIMBEY TREES Large variety of trees for sale.

Planting available.

Fall Specials!

Call Walter, 403-748-3611

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

Accounting

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Eavestroughing

1130

GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368 WINDOW / EAVESTROUGH CLEANING. Free quotes, 403-506-4822

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees?

Call James 403-341-0617

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

1370

Roofing

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869

International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Seniors’ Services

1372

Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

1380

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Window Cleaning

1720

KITCHEN TABLE & 4 CHAIRS 40” long with 12” wide leaf.

Asking $40. 403-782-7439

1930

WANTED: film of “Good Morning Vietnam “ featuring Robin Williams.

Connie 403-346-8121 WANTED: Model train set, G or O Scale. Price negotiable. 403-986-2942

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

12” COLOR TV w/remote, 2 yrs. old $25 403-314-0804 DS LITE w/19 games, $140.

403-782-3847 GAMEBOY w/1 game $60.

403-782-3847 PS2 w/10 games, $50.

403-782-3847

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

1760

Condos/ Townhouses

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $575. 403-466-7979 MOUNTVIEW: Avail Oct. 1.

1 fully furn bdrm for rent. $500/$250. Working/Student M only. Call 403-396-2468

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Yard Care

1430

YARD care, Junk/tree/snow removal, comm/res.

403-358-1614

★

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

★

3 Bdrm. condo on south hill.

Great investment or starter. $158,900.

3110

Offices

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $1800/mo.

403-343-9300

3140

Warehouse Space

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, AWD, new windshield, Nokian all season tires, in exceptionally good condition. 180,000 kms. $14,750 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320 2 bdrm 18+ top floor condo at Cosgrove place. Wood fireplace. $147,900.

403-350-1779

Trucks

Affordable Penhold condo!

2 bdrm. updated, balcony, Laundry $147.900.

403-886-2095

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000. Sliding box cover. 403-348-9746

HELP-U-SELL RED DEER 403-342-7355 NEW CONDO

2011 SILVERADO E/C, 4x4, 75,000 kms., $20,000 403-347-3241

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

Housesitting Wanted

3300

MATURE M 55 yr. old professional looking to housesit for snowbirds.

403-318-5150

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Acreages

4050

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homes 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010 Beautiful views overlooking scenic river valley. Only 6 miles from Red Deer on pavement.

Starting at $254,000

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Quiet peaceful 18.31 acres only 10 mins. to Alix. 14 yr old home. $550,000.

403-304-9772

4090

SLEEPING BAG, $8 backpack $8; heavy rubber garden hose $10; men’s green coverall size 44T $15; 403-347-5316

Musical Instruments

1770

AMPLIFYER for guitar, RX-100 for beginners, 7 Watt. Asking $30.

403-227-2976

Pets & Supplies

1810

37 TABS 225 mg. Milk Thistle for dogs/cats w/liver disease. Expires 05/15 Vet cost $85. Asking $50.

403-227-2976

Cats

1830

2 BALINESE KITTENS & 2 BERMAN KITTENS $50/ea. 403-887-3649

AVAIL. Oct. 1 recently reno’d 2 bdrm 1.5 bath, 4 appls, water, sewer & garbage incl. No Pets, N/S, $1100.

403-788-3980, 391-2795

CLEARVIEW

2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls.

Rent $1125. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. Oct. 1.

403-304-5337 NEWLY RENOVATED bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

Suites

2 Bdrm., 2 Bath. main Floor laundry, hardwood, tile, and much more. $347,900. Prices include legal fees, GST, appliance package, front sod & tree.

For private viewing call Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

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

You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a 2 BDRM apt. for over 40 low set fee. No advance fee. yr. old working tenants, no Money back guarantee. pets, no partiers, no drugs.

Free laundry, heat, water, private parking at 5910-55 Ave. in Riverside Meadows. $1100 . Avail.Immed.

403-341-4627 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 Fully developed Lancaster LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. bungalow! 5 bdrm., 3 bath.

SUITES. 25+, adults only Dbl. garage. $387,900 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

UPGRADED mobile in Parkside Estates. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 14x40 addition. $70,000. 403-304-9363 Help-U-Sell RD 342-7355

Income Property

4 Bdrm. 4 bath home. Lrg lot on quite cres. Across from green space. Newer cabinets & flooring. $339,900.

4100

MULTI-USE commercial/ residential, 2 large suites with separate shop & yard. $549,900. Help-U-Sell Red Deer 403-342-7355

5070

Vans Buses

2002 TOYOTA Sienna XLE fully loaded, 201,000 kms, priced to sell immed. $3950 403-391-8331

5150

ATV's

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike 950.00 403-346-2819

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

2- 15” SUMMER RADIALS $25/ea.

2- 15” SUMMER RADIALS & RIMS, $50/ea.

403-358-3865 4 BRIDGESTONE BLIZZAK SNOW TIRES P235/55R17. Take a look, good price. $200 for all 4.

403-342-5118 4 STOCK 17” mags with locking nuts. Suitable for Elantra or Forte (includes tires). $350.00 Phone 403-341-9322 HITCH - fits Chevy. New. $100. 403-314-0804

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

SUNNYBROOK

1989 1 TON 4x4 with plow, controls inside, & dump. $6350. Good working order.

403-348-9746

veranda bungalow

3060

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 SLT quad cab. New tires, battery, power steering pump. $6000. 403-506-9632

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 Club Cab, Magnum V8, 5 speed. 162,000 kms. $4500. obo.

347-3110 after 3 pm

4070

3050

2010 DODGE RAM 3500, loaded SLT, white, 4x4, S/B, 60,600 kms., $39,000.

403-347-4896

CLASSIFICATIONS

4020

6 Plexes

5050

SHOP/OFFICE, 1500 sq. ft. $1000 Phil 403-350-0479

4430

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

TOOL BOXES, (2) UWS truck fender well, $500 for both. 403-343-2058

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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Open House

wheels 4 Bdrm. 2 bath corner lot with double garage.

Underground sprinklers $261,900. 598-2714

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

Tour These Fine Homes

5030

2006 SRX Cadillac. Exc. cond.

Leather heated seats, must see! $8900. 403-356-9701

Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614

2010 RAV4 50,000 kms. $17,000 403-358-1614

~ Kitson Close HELP-U-SELL ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres.

Houses RED DEER ~ Holmes St. DOWN FILLED For Sale 403-342-7355 S.D. $1000 HOODED COAT Rent $1245 to $1445 beige colour, knee length, CUSTOM BUILT brand new. Size XL, $100.

3 bdrm. townhouses, Farms/ NEW HOMES 403-343-1112 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, Land by Mason Martin Homes lrg. balconies, no dogs.

Kyle, 403-588-2550 H.D. ROTOTILLER, N/S, no utils. incl. avail.

130 ACRES recreation, hay, 8.5 HP, rear tine. $650 Sept. 15 & Oct. 1 FREE Weekly list of pasture, 20 miles W of Red 403-346-7856 References required. properties for sale w/details, Deer, 1/2 mile off Hwy 11. prices, address, owner’s SOUTHWOOD PARK HIDEABED $50; home Very scenic, Spruce, phone #, etc. 342-7355 Tamarack, Poplar, creeks, 3110-47TH Avenue, gym, $50; playpen $20; Help-U-Sell of Red Deer mens size 10 football 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, fenced, lease revenue. www.homesreddeer.com generously sized, 1 1/2 cleats $30 403-340-1347 $369,000. 1-403-638-2145 baths, fenced yards, MUST SEE! HOUSEHOLD ITEMS full bsmts. 403-347-7473, MOVE IN NOW! Manufactured - 2 box fulls Sorry no pets.

RISER HOMES Sheets set, afghan, www.greatapartments.ca Homes cushions, dishes, glasses, BLACKFALDS coffee maker & filters, $25.

Beautiful front 4 Plexes/ 403-314-9603 RAILRY USED Phillips Food Processor - assorted blades, storage rack, containers, etc. $150 obo.

403-342-2678 please lv msg.

5040

SUV's

SEIBEL PROPERTY

~ Westpark

5030

Cars

1993 CADILLAC STS like new 200,000 kms, $3000 403-358-1614

3030

1420 Directory

WINDOW CLEANING. Outside/Inside.

Free quotes, 403-506-4822

4040

BDRM. for rent in Vanier Woods,. $500 + dd, 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

LACOMBE 2 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, $1295 immed. poss.

403-782-7156 357-7465

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SEGA Genesis w/8 games , 6 locations in Red Deer $100. 403-782-3847 ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

Misc. for Sale

Condos/ Townhouses

3090

Rooms For Rent

Mobile Lot

MISSION OAK STYLE COUCH ~ Dark green upholstery. $100. 403-340-2452

HELPING HANDS

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Snow Pampering at its Removal BEST! 403-986-6686 SNOWPLOWING Come in and see Comm/Res. Contracts why we are the talk welcome. 403-358-1614 of the town. www.viimassage.com

Misc.

Services

Wanted To Buy

1710

FREEZER. 12 Cu. Ft. $165. 403-346-7856

TOWER Fans (2), $10. ea.; Canadian made computer speakers, $20 set; large area carpet, gently used, $10; wireless, cordless phone, no battery, $10; 2 plant pots (1 with stand), $5.; Christmas tree stand for large artificial tree, New, $5; car model kits (2) $5. ea.; older suitcase, $5. 403-986-2942

services Massage Therapy

1680

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

TRUCK LOAD OF CHOPPED FIREWOOD $50. 403-782-7439

Household Furnishings

Accepting registrations for

Accepting registrations for

Travel Packages

GE Washer & Dryer Super C. comm. quality $500. 358-1614

OCTOBER START!

wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement into apprenticeship.

Must have drivers license.

Fax resume to 341-5066

HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

3080

Roommates Wanted

ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet all incl.

N/S, $475. 403-506-1907

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Household Appliances

Industries #1 Choice!

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

company looking for Labourers AND flag persons. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

1840

Dogs

Homestead Firewood

GED Program

Business Opportunities

1660

TRAINING CENTRE

278950A5

860

Truckers/ Drivers

SE Red Deer

4280

OPEN HOUSE Sat. Sept. 27th, 2-5pm 134 LANTERMAN CLOSE 1450 sq.ft., 1.5 Story 3 Bdrm, 3 Bath. Custom Built in 2005.

Fully Finished bsmt. $369,000. 403-505-5981

SE Red Deer

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OPEN HOUSE 23 Logan Close, Sun. Sept.28, 2-4.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 D9

Cannon backfires, shoots 100-pound metal mound after bicentennial celebration

SEEKING A REWARDING CAREER!

TECHNICAL SUPPORT AGENT SOFTWARE TRAINER

Apply now to provide value in the Human Services Industry

Visual-Eyes® is the premium practice management software of the eye care industry in Canada and is based in Red Deer Alberta. Founded in 1996, we have grown to over 350 clinics across Canada and are looking for skilled and experienced applicants to join our team.

Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has grown over five decades to become one of the largest disability based service providers in Alberta. Parkland C.L.A.S.S. exists to improve the quality of life of children & adults with developmental disabilities through individual choice, dignity and rights. We strive to empower the people we serve, measuring our success against the goals they set for themselves.

The Trainer's primary focus is streamlining clinic office processes through successful implementation of Visual-Eyes.

This is accomplished through consultation, data preparation, and formal training. The successful candidate will be required to travel extensively across Canada approximately 50% of the time.

We are recruiting for the following positions:

CHILDREN & ADULT DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS CHILDREN & ADULT PROPRIETORS

The Technical Support Agent's primary focus is to provide technical support solutions via phone to customers related to their Visual-Eyes implementation. Other focus areas include: performing software updates, report development and client training.

Experience, knowledge of First Nations Culture and related education would be an asset, however not required, as we provide comprehensive training at no cost.

High school diploma, criminal record check, child intervention record check and a positive attitude are required. Most positions, but not all require a driver’s license and a vehicle to transport the individuals.

Visual-Eyes offers a relaxed corporate atmosphere and each member of our team is a highly driven and innovative person, looking to do what's best for our clients. We enjoy several staff and family events each year, encourage a good work-life balance, offer group RSP, and health benefits.

We offer a variety of appealing benefits and a friendly, caring and helpful working environment. To get detailed information regarding any vacant positions, please visit our website at www.parklandclass.org – Job Opportunities

We thank all interested candidates, however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

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For further information, please visit us at www.visual-eyes.ca

Feel free to contact us or submit a cover letter and resume to: 6010 45 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 3M4 Email: hr@pclass.org Fax: (403) 342-2677 Phone: (403) 347-3333

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BALTIMORE — In late-breaking news from the 19th century, there’s been a cannon recall.

The National Park Service says an iron reproduction historic cannon exploded during a celebratory firing Sept.

16 at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, launching a 100-pound mound of metal on the cannon’s rear more than 300 feet afield. The cannon was filled with powder and fired as part of the weeklong bicentennial celebration of the StarSpangled Banner. One crew member sustained minor burns, but no visitors were injured.

The park service issued an internal memo announcing that cannons from manufacturer Cannons Online will be taken out of service until further notice. The park service also says it has suspended the historic weapons firing program at Fort McHenry.

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Are you ready to advance your career? Mountain View Credit Union has an outstanding career opportunity available in our Business Banking Centre in Olds, Alberta.

Employers:

1. UPS 2. URS Corp 3. Almita Piling 4. Home Depot 5. BEAR Services 6. Cosmos Group 7. Voltage Wireline 8. Parkland CLASS 9. The Phone Experts 10.Wendy’s Restaurant 11. St Johns Ambulance 12. Sungold Specialty Meats 13. Canyon Technical Services

Do you possess significant experience in agricultural lending with a track record of past success? Do you aspire to assist others and make a difference every day? If so, we’d like to talk. We’ll provide the opportunity, combined with a work environment and a set of shared values that will enable you to chart your own course to career satisfaction and success.

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On Saturday, November 8th, the Advocate, with the generous support of the local business community, will pay tribute to those who have answered Canada’s call in time of need by publishing a very special pictorial section honouring our veterans.

In Search of Pictures and Stories . . . of yourself, your family, loved ones or friends who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean ConÀict, Desert Storm, Afghanistan or any of Canada’s Peacekeeping Missions.

THE RED DEER ADVOCATE ATTENTION: SPECIAL SECTIONS COORDINATOR 2950 BREMNER AVE. RED DEER, AB T4R 1M9 OR EMAIL: SPECIALSECTIONS@REDDEERADVOCATE.COM We will run as many photos as possible, but space is limited. Those individuals whose photos have been submitted, but for whatever reason are unable to be reproduced and do not run, will be named in our special “Honour Roll.”

The Red Deer Advocate would like to thank participating businesses and families of veterans for their assistance in the publication of this very special section.

Advertisers: Please call Display Advertising at 403-314-4392 for information on how to be included in this event.

PLEASE INCLUDE COMPLETED FORM WITH YOUR PHOTO(S).

Name of veteran(s) _______________________________________________________________________________

Please ensure your photos are clearly marked with your name and address so we can return them to you.

We can reproduce black & white or colour photos of almost any size; however, we do require an original.

We cannot reproduce photocopies of pictures.

Mail or bring in your photos before Wednesday, October 15, and completed write-up to:

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Branch of Service _______________________________________________________________________________ Unit _______________________________________________________________________________ Years Enlisted _______________________________________________________________________________ Served In Which Theatres _______________________________________________________________________________

Medals Awarded __________________________________________________________________ A brief biography relating unique experiences: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Advocate has archived all the photos and biographies from our previous editions in 2011, 2012 and 2013. We plan to continue our tribute and memory of the veterans from those editions in our 2014 edition. In order to assist our composing department in this special publication, please indicate if the veteran’s photo appeared in either the 2011, 2012 or the 2013 edition.

D10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014

Petty neighbour needs to get over it Dear Annie: My husband passed amazingly petty. away in January.

Nonetheless, it seems as though you I found him dead on the floor when prefer to get along with her, so you’ll I came home. Then the ambulance, fire have to mend the fences. Invite her truck, police, undertaker and coroner over for coffee and apologize sincerely came. for your granddaughter’s inadvertent My grandchildren wanted to get parking job. here as soon as possible, We hope she can get and my granddaughter over it. ended up parking hapDear Annie: I am dathazardly, taking up two ing a 56-year-old man. inches of my neighbour’s “Ralph” has been mardriveway. ried three times and has Yesterday, this neighbeen single for the past bour was in her yard, seven years. and I asked whether she I’m a 53-year-old womwould trim her tree that an. I’ve been married was hanging over my twice and have been didriveway. vorced less than a year.

She told me she was Ralph and I have been still angry that my granddating for nine months daughter had parked in and have been living toher driveway. gether for the past seven.

Annie, it’s SeptemIn the beginning, we MITCHELL ber, and she is still updiscussed getting marset about something that ried. Now, he never men& SUGAR happened in January. Do tions it. I have brought I need to give her a lolthe topic up twice, but he lipop? doesn’t respond.

I am 86-years-old, and I want to get married she is 45. This bothers me, again. Is it time to move and I don’t know what to do. on and leave this relationship? — HarShould I talk to her about it or leave riett in Hartford her alone? — N. Dear Harriett: So you moved in with Dear N.: Your neighbour sounds Ralph after two months? And you want

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to get married again, even though you’ve been divorced less than a year?

We think you don’t know how to live without a man in your life, so you rush into every relationship and try to make it permanent.

We’d advise you to move out of Ralph’s place and live on your own for at least six months.

Do not even think about moving in with a boyfriend until you are engaged or married.

If that means you end up living by yourself for a while, even better.

When you become attached to a guy simply for the sake of being part of a couple, it invariably creates problems down the road.

Please take the time to enjoy your own company for a while.

Dear Annie: I’d like to respond to “Any Light at the End of My Tunnel,” the woman with a controlling husband.

Run, don’t walk, to the nearest exit.

I was in that situation 45 years ago.

We went to counselling.

The psychologist diagnosed me as being emotionally abused and advised me to seek a divorce.

I kept trying for another 10 years, but finally left.

My ex remarried, and my children tell me he is emotionally abusive to his

second wife.

I went from the frying pan into the fire and married a physically and emotionally abusive man.

After suffering through 30 years of abusive relationships, I finally stood on my own.

It hasn’t always been easy, and it’s sometimes downright scary, but I wish I had toughed it out when I was younger.

I would be light-years ahead of where I am now, but I am extremely content on my own.

“Any Light” needs to find a co-dependency counsellor to avoid getting into another bad relationship.

She should also be warned that her children are just as damaged by this relationship as she is.

By staying and trying to make the relationships work, I was setting the example for my children. — Been There in Omaha Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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