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Support is key in battling prostate cancer Red Deer man shares his story as ‘Movember’ campaign begins

BY MARK WEBER Red Deer Express

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ity man Ray Baird knows what it’s like to receive devastating news that can turn a person’s world completely upside down.

Back in 1997, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer during a routine physical.

He recalls not experiencing distinct symptoms that there was anything wrong.

But a PSA blood test showed there was a definite problem, and he was soon diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. “I was devastated, because it was so high,” he recalls of his initial feelings of the test results. Then came a series of consultations with oncologists and urologists, who told him they couldn’t really do a lot for him at that point. Surgery wasn’t an option as the cancer was too far gone.

“Radiation was my only option.” Even with those 39 treatments, Baird said the doctors predicted the cancer would be back within six months to a year.

So he began the radiation treatments, and also eventually chose to adopt a very healthy, holistic approach to his lifestyle in terms of eating and adding supplements to his diet. “I changed my diet and lifestyle completely. I started taking acupuncture, doing Tai Chi and doing meditation.”

It all turned out to wield powerful healing effects.

“It’s been 17 years now.” Baird looks terrific, and nowhere near his age of 80. “I feel great.

“Holistic means to nurture and nourish your body, your mind, your soul and your spirit. You have to put it all together. I eat pretty much anything as long as it’s wholesome food – no processed foods.” All kinds of fruits, vegetables and more moderate portions overall are also part of his approach to diet.

He added that overall, doctors say that his well-being is just one of those healing miracles that come along once in a while.

PSA tests continue to show good results, he said.

According to the Movember web site, prostate cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in Canadian men. An estimated 4,000 men will die from prostate cancer in 2014, accounting for 10% of all cancer deaths in men. One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and the risk of being diagnosed increases with age.

Prostate cancer occurs when some of the cells in the prostate reproduce far more rapidly than normal, resulting in a tumor. If left untreated, prostate cancer cells may eventually spread from the pros-

FAMILY SUPPORT – Pictured here are Linda and Ray Baird of Red Deer. With Movember coming up, Ray discusses his experience with prostate cancer and the importance of support during times of such challenge. tate and invade distant parts of the body, particularly the lymph nodes and bones, producing secondary tumours in a process known as metastasis.

One of the most worrying aspects of the disease is that most prostate cancers develop without men experiencing any symptoms in the early stages Meanwhile, for those struggling with the disease, there is a group of men here in Red Deer who are ready to offer support.

The Red Deer Prostate Cancer Support Group (Prostate Cancer Canada Network – local chapter) has been lending a supportive hand for about 16 years now. It was first launched by Bill Martynes and Mike Eckenswiller, with help from Marg Scheyen of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The awareness and support group, which continues to meet every third Thursday of the month since 1997, is an informal gettogether, where men share stories about their experiences with prostate cancer.

The meetings are open to anyone who is interested, and there is no expectation of

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commitment. The members of the group have a lot of information and even more personal stories to help men and their families gain insight into the different types of treatments and approaches. Anyone interested in more information about the group can contact Bert at 403-343-3808 or Bill at 403-342-0694.

“We only have four rules – we start on time, we end on time, things stay confidential and those in attendance have to laugh at least three times.”

Baird said belonging to the group has made an enormous difference in his life.

“There are so many different procedures for treating prostate cancer and everyone should explore all of them. Everyone is a little different, and a lot of it depends on how you feel about it. If you feel good about a certain (procedure), then you go with that.” The group provides an excellent setting to share one’s thoughts, fears, feelings and questions about dealing with the disease.

“It’s pretty lonely out there when you

are diagnosed and you have no one to talk to,” he said.

“These days, I’m not going so much that I need the support as I want to give support – to let people know there is life after cancer.”

Meanwhile, a concert presented by the Central Alberta Prostate Awareness & Support Group is slated for Nov. 7th at Festival Hall.

Singer/songwriter/artist Ben Crane will be featured at the event, which starts at 7 p.m. and also includes Lloyd Griffith, Ol’ Frisky, Ray Baird & Rod Soonias and Visions Country Gospel. Proceeds from the show will go to the David Thompson Health Trust in support of those affected by prostate cancer.

For more about the Awareness Musicale event, call Mac at 403-347-2191 or Ray Baird at 403-343-7332. Tickets are available by phone at 1-877-895-4430, online at www. davidthompsonhealthtrust.com or at 53rd Street Music. editor@reddeerexpress.com

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City council funds more beds for emergency shelter

BY ERIN FAWCETT Red Deer Express More overnight beds will be provided for the City’s homeless this winter.

City council approved additional funding to increase the overnight beds at the Winter Emergency Response shelter for the upcoming winter months.

Red Deer City council approved additional funding for Safe Harbour to operate a Winter Emergency

Response shelter, which is housed at People’s Place.

The funding approved Monday afternoon, totaling $32,427, will bring the total number of available beds up to 46 from 35.

The increased funding will also provide an additional eight hours of staffing and will allow for a staff member to be present for the entire 12 hours that the overnight shelter, which runs from Nov. 1st to April 30th, is open.

This is the second funding boost the program has gotten in recent months. In August, council approved $13,000 towards the program to provide four hours of staffing at that time.

“No one wakes up and decides they are going to sleep on the street and no one wakes up with the mindset that somehow being in this particular lifestyle is a hopeful one or one that does not lead to eventual destruction,” said

Councillor Ken Johnston.

“What we have here is an issue which municipalities struggle with because other partners in government are downloading this problem without adequate resources, without adequate funding, without adequate strategy. I know folks in our social planning department and in our agencies take no joy in coming to us every six months, 12 months, 10 months – whatever the case may be. But

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the reason is, there’s not a sustainable funding model and there is not genuine partnership at the table.”

Stacey Carmichael, director of programs with Safe Harbour, said the Winter Emergency Shelter is full on a nightly basis.

“If we are full, our staff work to try and secure emergency social services, or problem solve with them and look at other options that might be available – a family member or friend they might not have considered,” she said. “It’s unfortunate that folks have to be turned away, but it’s all about problem solving.”

Safe Harbour also operates the MATS program which can accommodate 26 people nightly who are under the influence of a substance. “That is typically at capacity – not all of the time but most of the time.

It’s a challenge sometimes for staff to make sure those that are needing shelter the most – the most vulnerable – are getting in.”

With the closure of Berachah Place recently, the City’s homeless don’t have anywhere to go during the day in the upcoming winter months, Carmichael said.

“We don’t have the ability to provide a lot of storage for these folks and we don’t have a day shelter or a warming centre so to speak,” she said. “Loaves and Fishes provides some support throughout the day, but they are more of a meal program. “It is a

concern that there isn’t a resource where people can go. But we are optimistic that the community will come up with a solution at some point.”

The number of homeless in the City each year is remaining consistent, Carmichael said. “It’s not the same people necessarily.

We’re having great success in taking some of those longer term, more chronic folks and providing them with housing in our Housing First program.”

She added most of the homeless they see are from Red Deer or Central Alberta. “At the end of the day in my opinion, it’s about having adequate housing,” said Carmichael. “We have programs in place and resources in place to house folks and that is the Housing First program.

“We are having great success with those programs and we are taking folks who have been homeless for the majority of their lives and who are living with major barriers – significant addictions and mental health issues – and we are seeing them housed. But at the end of the day, there’s not enough housing.

“I know we have made huge progress with homelessness in general in our community and in our province. We have so many things to be proud of. But I know there is still a lot of work that needs to happen.” efawcett@reddeerexpress.com

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Canadian flags commemorate fallen soldiers

BY ERIN FAWCETT Red Deer Express One hundred and sixteen flags line Hwy. 11 near Sylvan Lake in honour of Canadian soldiers who have lost their lives. The Flags of Remembrance will be on display until Nov. 15th.

Each flag represents 1,000 Canadian war dead.

“I had people coming over to me and shaking my hand and saying thank you – it blows me away,” said Allan Cameron, founding executive director of Veterans Voices of Canada, who spearheaded The Flags of Remembrance. “When I envisioned it, I thought there was no way people would not see this. The idea was to get people to stop and to think and it’s done that. I knew it was going to happen, but when it happens, it makes you think wow. It is amazing and it gives you that warm feeling.”

Cameron had the idea for the project three years ago.

“First and foremost this is a tribute and I wanted to make it a campaign for Veterans Voices of Canada as

well. It’s part of Veterans Voices of Canada and it’s another aspect of our remembering. Veterans Voices of Canada is all about historical interviews and documentation with veterans. This is another part of us trying to give back to our past, present and future serving veterans.”

The flags have been supplied by MPs, MLAs and senators across Canada.

The Flags of Remembrance has been planned for a number of months, but in light of last week’s events in Ottawa and Quebec which saw two Canadian soldiers killed (Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo), Cameron said the timing couldn’t be more significant. “I call it ‘sad timing’,” he said. “If these flags going up brings Canadians together and brings the world together, it’s a great thing and that makes me happy. These flags represent Canada, they represent remembrance and us pulling together as a nation. If Cirillo and Vincent are looking down on us

now, they would be proud of what we’re doing as Canadians pulling together.”

On Nov. 15th at noon, a closing ceremony for the Flags of Remembrance will be held. “These flags are sponsored by businesses and by individuals. As people sponsor these flags what we want to do is get them to give us a name and some information about a veteran, about a hero that they know about. We will put that information on a

plaque. These plaques will be placed on the flag poles.

“We invite them to come along to the closing ceremony, the flags and plaques will come down and we will present them to that family member or a representative of that family.”

Cameron’s hope is to have the Flags of Remembrance yearly in every province beginning next year. “We want to give every town and every area in Canada an opportunity

to take part in this and to show their community

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Alcohol and drug strategy presented to council

BY ERIN FAWCETT Red Deer Express A new Red Deer Alcohol and Drug Strategy that puts a plan in place to help combat the issue has been tabled by Red Deer City council.

Council tabled the proposed strategy for up to four weeks to find out more information about what it is that those behind the strategy are looking for

from them.

“I refer back to the Plan to End Homelessness because it is a similar complexity. Are we ever going to end addictions?

“It’s everywhere, but what I would like the public to see, just like the Plan to End Homelessness, was that Red Deer can talk about this, Red Deer will bring this out, we’ll highlight it and have conversations.

“We’ll work together as the community that we say we are and really think hard and carefully and deliberately in what we’re doing about it,” said Kath Hoffman, co-chair of the Central Alberta Addictions Consortium.

“We’re not afraid of the conversations. Red Deer shines a spotlight on those complex social issues that sometimes live under a rock.”

Councillor Ken Johnston introduced the tabling motion.

“I am struggling with this motion. I would respectfully ask that council table this item for further review, further discussion, further deliberation,” he said.

Hoffman said the Red Deer Alcohol and Drug Strategy is an important document for the City.

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“WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS ADDICTED – IT AFFECTS ALL OF US – SO IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, ALL OF US, THEN WE CAN GET SOMEWHERE.” KATH HOFFMAN and supports for people who are struggling with addiction,” said Hoffman.

“Before the strategy, even though we are a small town, we didn’t really have a framework, we all knew what we were doing in our own little worlds, but what the drug strategy does is it draws attention to the particular issue, it gives us an opportunity to highlight new research and really work collaboratively with the rest of the community because that is what will work when it comes to addiction.

“We all know somebody who is addicted – it affects all of us – so if we can work together, all of us, then we can get somewhere.”

Included in the Red Deer Alcohol and Drug Strategy is the suggestion of a drug court in the City.

“We would love to see a drug court in Red Deer.

We are wasting a lot of resources.

“We’d also like to see a mental health court too.

We think of addiction as a social issue rather than the very public health issue that it is. Edmonton and Calgary have had fantastic results with their drug courts.”

Hoffman added she was not surprised that the proposed document was tabled.

“I’m convinced that council is just not going to gloss over something, they want a clear understanding and we want that too,” she said.

“I know that they want recommendations, but we need the community to help us with that.

“We are a little addictions consortium that was tasked to build a framework and we did that and we need the rest of the community to help us talk about recommendations.

“I know when council wraps their heads around the framework, they are going to have a communication tool. I know they get talked to a lot about the addiction problems in the community and what they are doing about it. They are going to be able to say that they have this drug strategy and that they have people working hard to do that.”

The proposed Red Deer Alcohol and Drug Strategy will come back to council in up to four weeks’ time. efawcett@reddeerexpress.com

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

OPINION Paying respect Heading into a season of remembrance coupled with the recent deaths of two Canadian soldiers makes a recently-installed row of Canadian flags along Hwy. 11 that much more meaningful.

Central Albertans can view the flags, which were erected by Sylvan Lake’s Allan Cameron of Veterans Voices of Canada until Nov. 15th.

It’s a poignant reminder of patriotism, sacrifice and remembrance of those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. This year is also important as it marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. There are 116 flags that line the highway going south – each flag representing 1,000 soldiers who have died in conflicts over the years.

It’s a very emotional sight, and with all that this country has witnessed over the past while, all the more so.

The two men recently killed were Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, a soldier for 28 years who had been considering retirement. The other was Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a reservist from Hamilton. Vincent, 53, was the victim of a targeted hit and run in Quebec and Cirillo was shot and killed at his post by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa.

In light of these tragedies, it was comforting to see the unity that surfaced across the nation in the days following, and that still continues.

International support was also

strongly felt. These kinds of events are not something that Canadians are used to – so the impact was felt that much more intensely. People talk about how Canada has lost something of an innocence, but sadly this kind of tragedy is something that we simply are not immune to any longer with the building war on terrorism. All the more disturbing is the emergence of the ‘lone wolf’ type of terrorist – where there is no predictability. How can a society guard itself against this type of violence?

Over the days following the shooting in Ottawa, it was heartening to see citizens refuse to stay away from that area of the City. Many commented on how they would not allow these kinds of acts to keep them from their day-to-day routines because that would show those responsible that they had somehow ‘won.’

Here at home, residents can honour not only these two brave men who we’ve lost, but the countless lives that have been lost over the many years in conflicts and wars around the world. We really couldn’t be more proud to be Canadians, and to have a man like Cameron plan and execute such a powerful project like the flags speaks to that sense of pride we take in our country, and in the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way to protect our freedom.

Consider these reasons for getting the influenza immunization Flu shots are beneficial for everyone – not just the person who receives them. Sure, it’s a little annoying. Your arm is sore and some people may feel a little unwell for a couple hours, but it is worth it.

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MENDONSA I admit – I didn’t used to get vaccinations because I was raised in a home where that didn’t happen regularly if at all. However, knowing what I know about ‘herd immunization’, I now understand that everyone who is able to should get a flu shot.

The concept of herd immunity or ‘community immunity’ is smart. It is a means of protecting

the portion of a population who can’t receive vaccinations, and therefore cannot build immunity to a particular disease.

That means some people will catch the flu and not be able to fight it. They will often have more severe symptoms and longerlasting bouts of illness. People who have immune disorders, organ transplants and even those with egg allergies are within the population of people who cannot receive immunizations, specifically flu shots.

It’s coming to be that time of the year where the flu runs rampant.

Nobody wants to be sick at home, feeling miserable and being miserable. Flu shots don’t guarantee you won’t get the flu, but they will help your body fight off an infection quicker. They will help your body fight off the strain and will make the chances of sharing your sickness slimmer.

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There are adults who refuse to get vaccinated because they believe they can handle a cold or flu.

There are parents who refuse to immunize their children because they don’t ‘trust’ the vaccines, and are under the impression that immunizations can actually cause illnesses.

First of all, getting a flu shot will not give you the flu. This has been proven, and there are a number of creditable web sites that will tell you this, as well as any pharmacist or doctor.

Secondly, it will not render you completely immune to the disease. Yes, there is a chance that one can get the flu after receiving a flu shot.

Third, and perhaps most importantly, getting vaccines benefits everyone in your community. It helps to stop the spread of viruses and helps protect people who are not able to receive the

preventative shots.

I’d like to take a step back to the myth that ‘flu shots will give you the flu’. This is impossible because vaccines use dead strains of illnesses so your body can recognize what the disease looks like and prepare antibodies to fight it.

Some people will swear up and down that it was ‘that darn flu shot’ that got them sick – and forget they interact with tons of people per day and any number of those people could have passed on a bug. People often misinterpret the side effects from a flu shot. Usually, it’s only a sore arm or muscle. Previously, before the vaccine was in a way reinvented, some people felt mild cold symptoms. Also, this is cold and flu season. Things are going around.

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Flu shots should be done every year. They are beneficial for the person who receives the shot, elderly people who will have a tougher time fighting infection, small children and babies. Those populations will likely get much sicker than the average person, and therefore need to be protected. The flu shot is also safe for pregnancies, and there are studies available to prove this point.

This protects the mother and in turn, the child. Just be sure to let a doctor know beforehand if you are pregnant or think you might be.

You are still vulnerable for a few days after a shot, but the benefits far outweigh the negatives.

Herd immunity is extremely important, and if that doesn’t matter to you, self-preservation ought to be motivation enough. kmendonsa@reddeerexpress.com

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Red Deer’s new Catholic elementary school, Father Henri Voisin, officially opened yesterday with a ceremony and blessing.

Members of the clergy, including Archbishop of Edmonton Rev. Richard W. Smith, joined together with council members, Catholic School Board trustees and the Father Henri Voisin Elementary community to officially celebrate the opening of the newest Alberta Catholic school and to accept a blessing from members of the church.

Dean Sarnecki, executive director of the Alberta Catholic Schools Trustee Association was present at the ceremony and offered a few words of thanks and celebration to the community.

“There are over 400 Catholic schools in Alberta, Father Henri being the newest of those as of today.

“This is one pillar in the Catholic community in Alberta Education, and in the family of Jesus. It’s a privilege to be a part of Catholic education in Alberta, and today we celebrate that,” he said.

Sarnecki also presented the school with a plaque to, “Remind them of the greater community they are a part of.

“We bring a plaque that we hope you hang in front of your school that reminds you that you’re part of something bigger – the Catholic education community. When Father Henri was growing up he lived a life with Jesus as his model and wanted to focus his life on Jesus,” he added.

“We have to remember that we, the Catholic education community, are interconnected across Alberta and across the world.”

Mayor Tara Veer also took part in the celebration acknowledging, “All of the hard work” put forth by members of the Alberta government to bring and officially open Father Henri Voisin Elementary School.

“We’d like to extend our sincere gratitude to the leadership, staff, volunteers, parents and students of Red Deer Catholic for ensuring the ongoing and thriving presence of Catholic education in our community,” she said.

“HAVING NEW SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY.” TARA VEER “We are so grateful for the tenacity of Father Henri Voisin. He played a very crucial role in bringing Catholic education access to Red Deer, as well as the rest of Central Alberta. Having new schools in our community is a demonstration of the fact that we are moving forward as a City.”

Father Henri Voisin has been open since September and is located in Clearview Ridge. The school hosts students from Kindergarten to Grade 5.

Principal Denise Kofin said she is, “Living an administrator’s dream as principal of this fantastic learning facility.” She gave her thanks to the many volunteers, the staff and members of the community who brought this school into fruition.

The school received a blessing for students, as well as in the classrooms and community. Two Kindergarten students who were the first to enrol at the school were given the opportunity to officially open the school with a ribbon cutting.

Red Deer Regional Catholic School Board of Trustees Chair Guy Pelletier was also present at the event and gave his greetings on behalf of the board.

“We’re so blessed in Alberta to have access to Catholic education. I want to acknowledge and thank our friends in government for their continued support of Catholic education in the community.” kmendonsa@reddeerexpress.com

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CITY BRIEFS TRAIL CLOSURES FOR TRANSMISSION WORK This past Monday AltaLink began brushing and clearing along their right of way in north Red Deer resulting in trail closures. This brushing and clearing is along AltaLink’s 80L transmission line between the area of 82 St. and Taylor Dr. The trails that will see closures are the mountain bike paths crossing AltaLink’s right of way north and east of the Mountain Bike Park, as well as portions of the trails in the right of way south of 77 St. to Parsons Close.

This is preliminary work part of AltaLink’s Red Deer Area Transmission Development project which involves reconstructing an existing transmission line between southwest and north Red Deer.

On Sept. 30th, The City filed an application for review and variance to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) pertaining to the route selected for the upgraded 80L transmission line through the Pines neighbourhood.

The application is still under review by the AUC.

HOSPICE GALA TICKETS Celebrity Chefs Massimo Capra, judge on TV’s Chopped Canada and Master Chef Canada Judge Michael Bonacini are back by popular demand and ready to serve up another gourmet meal Feb. 6th for the Hospice Society Gala at the Sheraton

Hotel. The chefs will be onstage demonstrating menu prep. Gala guests will again have a chance to join the chefs onstage and are in for a few surprises. Additionally, both chefs have donated live auction dining packages at their world renowned restaurants.

Gala 2015 will feature a Canadiana theme in both decor and menu. After dinner local singing sensation Randi Boulton and her band will perform.

Tickets are $200 and on sale Nov. 1st at www.reddeerhospice.com or by calling Red Deer Hospice at 403309-4344.

BUSINESSES RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce announced the three recipients of the 2014 Business of the Year Awards at their 33nd Annual Business Awards gala Oct. 22nd at the College Arts Centre.

About 300 business leaders were on hand to celebrate the success of local businesses. The 2014 recipients are: Business of the Year 1- 10 Employees: Go Tire Inc.; Business of the Year 11 – 20 Employees: Collegiate Sports Medicine Inc. and Business of the Year 21+ Employees: Accu-Thread Machining Ltd. The Business of the Year Awards are organized by the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce and held annually in conjunction with

by Mark Weber BDC’s Small Business Week.

All companies, Chamber members and non-Chamber members are eligible to be nominated for an award. Finalists in each of the three categories are selected by an independent judging panel.

WINNER OF MALL STREET MARKET Parkland Mall has announced the third annual Mall Street Market was a great success once again this year.

The four-day long event featured multiple Central Alberta artisans showcasing talents from handmade art, jewelry, gifts and more.

Shoppers of the Market were able to vote for their favourite vendor, who was named the Mall Street Mogul.

This year’s winner is Candy Couture Girls, a home-based business from Lacombe, who creates homemade candy trees and other candy décor.

The mother-daughter team of Hayley and Jackie

Tickle won four weekends of free rent at a Parkland Mall kiosk location, a oneyear membership to the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, and business coaching from Community Futures.

“Their unique designs were definitely a hit, and their home-based business will definitely benefit from our fabulous prize package,” says Melody McKnight, Marketing Director of Parkland Mall.

“We are very happy with

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POLICE BRIEFS HEAD ON COLLISION ON THE QEII HWY.

MEN ARRESTED FOR RESIDENTIAL BREAK-IN

Police continue to investigate a head on collision that took place on the QEII Hwy. last week.

On Oct. 24th at 4:55 a.m.

Blackfalds RCMP received complaints of a truck driving southbound on the northbound lanes of the QEII Hwy. near the Hwy. 12 overpass.

RCMP attended to the complaint and at 5:03 a.m. they came across a truck on fire in the east ditch of QEII Hwy. adjacent to the horse race track.

The Dodge truck that was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes hit head on with a semi hauling two empty fuel tankers in the northbound lane.

The driver of the Dodge truck was found outside the vehicle and transported to Lacombe Hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The driver of the semi truck was shaken up but did not sustain any injuries. Lacombe and Blackfalds Fire Departments assisted in the response to the collision.

Blackfalds RCMP are continuing their investigation.

Red Deer RCMP arrested two men after receiving a number of phone calls about suspicious behaviour in Rosedale on Oct. 15th.

At 12:30 p.m. that day the two men were going from home to home knocking on doors. When residents answered their doors the men claimed they were responding to an online ad about a bike for sale and must have the wrong address, after which the men departed.

RCMP patrols located the men who ran from the area; the men were located again and detained by Police Dog Services. RCMP investigation of the afternoon’s events revealed that a home in the area had just been broken into.

Shane Harvey Yanke, 38, has been charged with break and enter, possession of break in instruments and resisting arrest and obstruction of a peace officer.

Mark Allen Woodcock, 36, has been charged with break and enter, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and resisting arrest and ob-

by Erin Fawcett struction of a peace officer.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in pursuing this investigation is asked to call Const. David Illi at 403-406-2300. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

at 403-343-5575. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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POLICE SEARCH FOR BANK ROBBER Red Deer RCMP are disseminating a third surveillance photo of the male suspect responsible for robbing the ATB Financial located in Bower Place Shopping Centre parking lot at 12:50 p.m. on Oct. 17th. On reviewing the footage RCMP were able to identify a clearer image of the suspect than those sent out the day of the robbery.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, 5’5” tall and about 175 lbs. He had pale skin with flushed red cheeks and was wearing a bright red or pink jacket, black and white checkered pants and white shoes.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in identifying the suspect responsible for this crime is asked to call Red Deer RCMP

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The Innisfail RCMP is looking for any possible assistance from the public with any information regarding knowledge of the offence or suspects.

SUSPECT SOUGHT IN THEFT On Aug. 7th the Innisfail RCMP entered into a theft investigation after receiving a report of a lone adult male having entered the Centex Gas station in Penhold, wearing a mask and completing a theft of cash from the store. This was at approximately 1 a.m. At that time there was a lone female clerk working.

As of Oct. 19th, the investigation remains ongoing, however, the RCMP can report that the female clerk has been charged as an accomplice before the fact of the theft.

The female is 30-years-old and lives in Penhold but cannot be identified at this time.

The investigation revealed she was complicit in the execution of the crime and a party to the offence accordingly. Charges of theft under $5,000 and wearing a disguise with intent to commit an offence have been pursued.

The investigation continues into the identification of

Red Deer RCMP are searching for a suspect who broke into the Café O Play, located at 2085 50th Ave. The break-in occurred at 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 21st and the suspect left with two Nintendo DS game consoles and a number of games.

Despite the suspect’s efforts to avoid surveillance cameras while committing this crime, he was caught on camera.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male with an average build and short, dark hair. He was wearing a green and yellow sweater with ‘Crook’ written across the back.

Anyone with information is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575.

POLICE SEEK SUSPECTS Red Deer RCMP continue to search for the suspects responsible for a string of vehicle vandalisms that began the evening of Oct. 13th and has continued sporadically since then.

On Oct. 14th, RCMP received reports of approximately 55 broken windows in vehicles parked throughout the City.

In most cases, nothing was stolen from the vehicles and side or back windows were

broken via small holes that were punched in them. Since that day, a handful of vehicle vandalisms similar in nature have also been reported, again through various neighbourhoods across the City.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in identifying the suspects responsible for these acts of vandalism is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-3435575.

MAN ARRESTED FOR BREACHING CONDITIONS Red Deer RCMP have arrested David Michael Daignault, 46, of Red Deer after he breached a number of conditions that were imposed on him by the courts as a result of previous convictions.

Three warrants were issued for Daignault in July for these breaches of probation.

Red Deer RCMP were assisted by members of the Red Deer General Investigative Section (GIS) in arresting Daignault without incident on Oct. 7th at a Red Deer residence.

He has been charged with three counts of breach of probation.

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Halloween stories stemming from tragedies Another Halloween is rapidly approaching.

It is one of the annual events that seems to be becoming more and more popular each year, although the tradition of children going door-to-door for candy and treats is in significant decline.

People seem to enjoy dressing up and decorating their houses with all kinds of scary things. More fundamentally, the fascination with the unknown, the supernatural and the macabre is a timeless human trait.

Many Halloween stories have their roots in tragic events such as sudden deaths and epidemics.

Right now, there is a lot of well-founded concern over the rapid increase in the incurable and generally fatal Ebola disease. However, despite the world-wide attention to Ebola, that epidemic (at least so far) is quite minor compared to some of the great epidemics of history.

Central Alberta was a region where devastating epidemics frequently took place. As Europeans began to make their way to western North America 200 and 300 years ago, they brought with them diseases to

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A story related to the early explorer David Thompson by the elderly Blackfoot man, Saukamappee, help to illustrate the horror of the early epidemics.

A band of Blackfoot First Nations attacked a Shonshoni camp along the Red Deer River. However, to their surprise, no resistance was offered.

Once the raiders entered the camp, they found all of the Shoshoni were, “A mass of corruption,” dead or dying from smallpox.

Within two days, the Blackfoot began to succumb to the terrible illness they had caught from their intended victims.

Before long, more than half of Saukamappee’s fellow tribesmen had died.

Some drowned after they threw their fever-tortured

bodies into the Red Deer River.

The smallpox epidemic quickly escalated. The death toll was enormous.

Some Blackfoot encampments were completely wiped out by the disease.

The Blackfoot Confederacy suffered a dreadful setback. The Shoshoni were so weakened that they retreated into what is now the United States and were rarely seen in Central and Southern Alberta again.

Another horrific smallpox epidemic struck in 1869-1870. The epidemic started with a disease stricken non-native on a steamboat at Fort Union on the Missouri River in North Dakota. Before long, the epidemic had exploded across the western plains.

The Hudson’s Bay Company tried to take measures to stem the spread of the disease. Quarantines were imposed on traders and other employees. Attempts were made to bring in vaccines. However, the distances were enormous and most areas were too remote to bring in vaccines on a timely basis.

By the summer of 1870, smallpox had become endemic amongst the Metis

SPOOKY SIGHTS - Red Deer Cemetery on the north side of 55th St., c. 1920. buffalo hunters. Of the 900 residents in the settlement of St. Albert, near Fort Edmonton, more than 600 people became ill. More than 320 died. Many felt that the death rate would have been even higher if not for the efforts of the local Roman Catholic nuns and priests.

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As the epidemic raged on, food became short as many people were far too ill to hunt and fish. Bad prairie fires in the fall increased the misery. Many of the sick suffocated from the smoke. Others, having lost their shelter, succumbed to exposure after the blazes.

By the spring of 1871, the crisis finally began to abate.

However, William Christie, the chief factor of the HBC at Fort Edmonton, reported 3,544 official deaths.

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That was only a fraction of those who had actually lost their lives, to the disease and subsequent malnutrition and even starvation.

At Red Deer, there was a cemetery for the local victims of the epidemic of 1869-1870 on the ridge on what is now the west side of the QE II Hwy. At one time, there were markers on many of the graves. However, these appear to have now been lost and the exact location of this cemetery is now forgotten.

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COURT BRIEFS MAN FACING CHARGES OF CHILD LURING APPEARS IN COURT A Calgary man charged with luring a Red Deer child over the Internet for sexual purposes is set to make his fourth court appearance in Red Deer provincial court this morning.

Earlier this month, Red Deer RCMP charged a Calgary man after he approached a 14-year-old Red Deer girl online for sexual purposes.

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Red Deer College hosts ninth annual World Religion Conference

BY JENNA SWAN Red Deer Express The ninth annual World Religion Conference opened Monday night with a moment of silence in honour of two soldiers who were killed last week and it couldn’t have fit better with this year’s theme of, “Is religion a source of conflict?”

Representatives from Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and atheism offered the crowd of more than 500 people insight into their

respective belief systems while tying their talks into why they believed religion may or may not be a source of conflict.

This was the first year that atheism was represented at the conference.

Represented by Karen Lumley Kern, the president of the Edmonton Society of Atheists, who told the crowd that while atheism is not technically a religion as it rejects the notion of deities, it was still a set of beliefs that she felt were

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She then gave examples from past historical events of fundamentalist groups from all representative religions present at the conference that have committed religious acts of violence or ‘terrorism’.

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He explained that the word Islam literally translates to peace, “So if the word literally means peace, then why is the media primarily associating the word Islam with violence?

We hear Islamic terrorist, but it has nothing to do with terrorism.”

He added, “So if our God is a non-denominational one, not interested in killing people and our religion promotes peace, then why are there some Muslims who are committing violence in the name is Islam?

This is because when religion drifts from its source people create their own interpretations and use it to gain power over others, and then try to enforce it on other people, but these people are not representative of the entire religion.”

Moderator for the event and RDC instructor, Dr. Guillermo Barron, stated he hopes that next year’s event will continue to foster a notion of understanding. jswan@reddeerexpress.com

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BY KALISHA MENDONSA Red Deer Express The evolution of the agriculture industry will be well represented at the annual Agri-Trade Exposition coming to the City Nov. 5th-8th.

The two major focuses of the show are equipment and technology. Over 400 vendors with thousands of products will be welcomed to the Westerner grounds for Red Deer’s largest expo.

“Agri-Trade started out around equipment – bringing in new tractors and that sort of stuff. Now, we’re really seeing the trend into technology, and the use of technology in a farming operation. People are calling it ‘farming smarter’,� said Show Manager Diane Smirl. “We bring in new products and services that are used in the agriculture industry. When I say agriculture, I’m talking about cattle, grains – everything.

This event is the agriindustry under one roof.

Whatever you’re looking for in your farming operation, this is the show that will have what you need.�

The show will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday – Friday, and from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $14 per person, parking and GST included. Children under 12 are free when attended by an adult.

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Last year, an ‘Ag-Technology’ Pavilion was launched and this year that will continue. Smirl said that each year there is becoming more and more of a technological presence at the expo. “The future of agriculture is really technology and robotics. I’ve

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EVENTS The Red Deer Public Library presents First Thursdays in the Snell Nov. 6th, 12:15 - 1 p.m. This month’s artist is Wendy Markosky, professor of music at Canadian University College. Dr. Markosky will present a harpsichord recital for this special First Thursday anniversary program. No admission charge. Donations accepted at the door. Tea and coffee provided by Cafe Noir.

Medieval Fair runs Oct. 31st from 5 to 9 p.m. Bouncers, swimming, gymnastics, pre-school park, wall climbing, skating, costumed characters, music, lazertag, bungee run, skyball and more. Candy bags for the first 1,000 kids. Cost is $5 per person or $20 for a family of five. Purchase tickets in advance at the Collicutt Centre.

Grant Fuhr will be in Red Deer at Costco on Nov. 2nd from 12 to 2 p.m. to sign copies of his book - Grant Fuhr: The Story Of A Hockey Legend.

St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church in Lacombe has their annual fall tea and bazaar Nov. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. Bake table/craft table with lots of cookies.

Winter 2014 – poinsettia fundraiser with all proceeds supporting Generations Church in Mandeville, Jamaica to fund various ministries. Pick up or delivery on Nov. 26/27th; delivery on orders over six.

Order deadline – Nov. 17th. Call Dwayne at 403-598-3021.

Annual cookie walk, craft and bake and quilting sale runs Nov. 15th from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church – 18 Selkirk Blvd. Cookie boxes are $7 each. Everyone is welcome.

The Cronquist House Tea House is now closed for the season , but will reopen for the Christmas Season! We will be hosting our annual International Christmas Tea on Dec. 2nd, then the Tea House stay open till Dec. 19th, Tuesdays – Fridays 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Come and enjoy the Cronquist House

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CentreFest has grown to become Central Alberta’s largest, most affordable, most accessible festival. Each year, the festival is presented by a community team of dedicated individuals, without whom the festival would not operate. We are searching for new individuals to join our team in organizing CentreFest.

Interested parties are asked to complete an application on the CentreFest web site at http:// www.centrefest.ca or email info@ centrefest.ca and we will send you one. Time commitment will be monthly meetings, increasing as the festival date approaches.

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mopolitan cities of Barcelona and Paris. Come to the library and appreciate some beautiful photography. Listen to our presenter and share your own travel adventures, while enjoying coffee or tea with us. For more information, contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100.

Past lives, dreams and Soul Travel!

Free spiritual experiences discussion on Nov. 5th, 7-8 p.m. at Red Deer Library, 4818 – 49th St. Free Spiritual Experiences Guidebook for all guests. For more information call 403-3145353 or visit www.spiritualexperience.org. Presented by ECKANKAR CANADA in Alberta.

On Nov. 8th, the fifth annual

books about the history of aviation and the Second World War. Anne Gufiuk, Elinor Florence, and Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail will read and speak, followed by a question and answer period and book signing. The event is free and light refreshments will be served. Visit rdc. ab.ca/library or call 403-3423344 for more information.

The Dickson Store Museum and the Danish Canadian National Museum will hold their annual Julestue (Scandinavian Bazaar) at the Spruce View Hall on Nov. 8th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Danish Restaurant: lunch services will begin at 11 a.m. Scandinavian crafts, antiques and collectibles.

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The Centre for Spiritual Living has on Nov. 2nd – Rev. Joanne will be showing Lori Ravenborg’s awardwinning short film The Long Road, after the service. There’s bingo on Nov. 5th. On Nov. 9th, Rev. Joanne Boruck will be installed as a staff minister in our Centre, as part of our Sunday morning celebration. Be sure you are here to join in celebrating with Rev. Joanne – it’s an important day! (We’ll have our November pot luck lunch that day, too). Nov. 14th dinner at 6 p.m.; movie at 7 p.m. Admission to dinner by donation. Suggested $10/person minimum.

Travel Memories runs Nov. 5th from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Red Deer Public Library, Downtown Branch, Waskasoo Meeting Room. Our speaker this month will share pictures and tales of her travels through the cos-

Judy Schweitzer ALS Curl for a Cure will be taking place at the Michener Hill Curling Club!

Carrie Mello began the Funspeil in honour of her mother, Judy, who passed away from ALS last year. Judy was passionate about curling, leading Carrie, along with friends and family, to begin an annual fundraising event.

Donations will be accepted at the Funspeil, as well as on the ALS Curl for a Cure fundraising web site. Registration must be completed by Nov. 4th. You can sponsor the 2014 Judy Schweitzer ALS Curl for the Cure by visiting www.alsab.ca or by donating directly at the event.

War Birds: Western Women Talk about their WWII-Era books on aviation and the stories that Inspired them on Nov. 7th at 1 p.m. in the Red Deer College Library.

Just in time for Remembrance Day, join us as we welcome three renowned authors and historians who will read from their recent

coffee, juice and the chance for a door prize. For more information or to book a vendor table call Joanne at 403-227-4917.

Lacombe Christmas Farmers Markets will be held every Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Nov. 14th to Dec. 12th at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. There is also a moonlight madness sale on Nov. 27th from 5 to 10 p.m. Call 403782-4772 for more information.

Red Deer Curling Classic attracts top name curlers: the 2014 Red Deer Curling Classic to be held Nov. 14th-17th will feature some top stars from the national and international curling fraternity.

One of the woman’s predicted favorites will be Rachel Homan, two-time winner of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2012-13 and 2013-14. Other top teams include Shannon Kleibrink, Heather Nedohin and Michelle Englot. There is also a strong International presence

from Switzerland, Scotland and Korea. On the men’s side Brock Virtue and Brendan Bottcher, both world junior champions will be battling against a strong line up including teams from USA, Russia, Korea and Switzerland.

Starting draw is 9:30 a.m. Nov. 14th with the finals on Nov. 17th. Put it on your calendars to view first class curling and cheer on our local teams Jocelyn Peterman, Dustin Eckstrand and Harvey Kelts.

Ghostpine 40+ Christmas Party at the Pine Lake Hub Community Centre Mon. Nov. 10th.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment to follow. Black Velvet Band and Cowboy Poet. Admission $25. Limited number of tickets available. Call 403-886-2478.

Daytime Documentaries – Nov. 12th from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Public Library, Downtown Branch, Waskasoo Meeting Room. Our documentary this month is about Sixto Rodriguez, the greatest 70s rock icon who never was. Bootleg recordings made it to South Africa after his career ended in the States.

Years later, two fans track down their hero in Detroit, working construction. Join us for this award-winning film and enjoy coffee or tea with us as the winter season approaches. A discussion facilitated by a staff member will follow the film.

The Golden Circle is having its Christmas Craft and Bake Sale on Nov. 15th. The sale is held at 4620-47 A Ave. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lots of great vendors and items for sale.

Come SPARKLE with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Innisfail. On Nov. 15th, the Innisfail Legion will really SPARKLE. The Big Brothers Big Sisters annual Fall Fundraising Dinner, called SPARKLE...little Steps make BIG Dreams Happen will be happening. The semi-formal evening at Innisfail Legion #104 consists of a catered dinner by Complete Catering of Innisfail, a motivational speaker – Cody Davis and then Randi Boulton will perform.

Silent auction, draws, special raffles are all planned for the evening. Included in the silent auction items to bid on, are a hot air balloon ride and a pair of season tickets for the Red

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Week of October 22 - October 29, 2014 Deer Rebels. Two lucky individuals will also have their names drawn that evening in the annual fundraising Raffle that has been underway since midsummer. Prizes for that raffle include free Airfare donated

by Westjet and a day cruise donated by local Innisfail travel company, ITS. For More information check out Big Brothers Big Sister of Innisfail at 403-2276766 or innisfail.general@ bigbrothersbigsisters.ca.

Town & Country Dance Club Couples Old Time Social Dance Lessons - six consecutive Tuesday evenings through to Nov. 18th at the Bower-Kin Community Center - 85 Boyce St. $70 a couple or $35 for singles. No need to have a partner but pre-registration is required in order to keep the male/female ratio equitable.

Dry comfortable shoes required for comfort and to keep dance floor clean. Things start at 7 p.m. with Step Above – more advanced. At 8 p.m. it’s basic social dance for beginner to intermediate. Call Doug and Doris at 403 728-3333 or 403391-3016 to register as space is limited. Email contact is townandcountrydance@airenet.com.

Central Alberta Singles Dances run Nov. 29th, Dec. 13th and Dec. 27th. Dances run at the Innisfail Legion Hall. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with music starting at 8 p.m. For information, call Jim at 403-638-6563 or Murray at 403-357-8022.

Everyone is welcome.

Do you have an interest in singing for seniors? The Tony Connelly Singers celebrate their goal by preparing 10 programs each year filled with oldies, newer music, sing-a-long and instrumental highlights with a friendly, easygoing atmosphere.

We practice from 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday morning, September to June at the Downtown House Seniors Centre and average four to five sing outs monthly. We welcome anyone to take part. 403-346-7316.

Visions Country Gospel Christmas Concert will be held at Blackfalds United Church on Nov. 21st at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and 16 and under are free. There will also be a silent auction and snacks provided. Phone 403885-4857 or 403-885-4780 or

check our web site at blackfaldsunitedchurch.com for more information or advance tickets.

SEMINARS Freed Up Financial Living, Nov. 1st 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Balmoral Bible Chapel. Couples $75, Singles $40. Coffee and lunch provided.

Facilitated by Helmut Giesbrecht, participants will learn how to develop a personal spending plan, prioritize financial goals, reduce debt and much more. Discover tools and develop skills that help you control your finances so your finances don’t control you! Call Shalom Counselling at 403-342-0339 to register.

Living Well with a Mental illness is open to anyone in Central Alberta with an interest in mental health. This includes people with a mental illness, their friends, family members, and the general public. Attendance is limited to 15 participants. To register call the Canadian Mental Health Association at 403-342-2266 and ask to speak to education program staff. This free course is co-sponsored by CMHA, Central Alberta Region, and the Red Deer Public Library.

MEETINGS Riverside Meadows Community Association annual general meeting runs Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Meadows Activity

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Benalto & Area Rural Crime Watch Society AGM Oct. 30th at 7 p.m. at the Red Deer Art Club invites you to join our weekly sessions at the Golden Circle every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. Mix and mingle with the beginner to advanced artist as we share ideas, techniques, using water based mediums. This is an opportunity to share and socialize in a friendly atmosphere. Like us on facebook, email reddeerartclub@gmail.com or call 403-342-4242. We also have monthly workshops, Oct. 25th is Rita Rake using tissue paper and water based paints.

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There is also a Health Recovery Class - this Tai Chi class is specially designed for people with chronic illness such as MS, arthritis or those who are recovering from stroke or surgery. Contact 403-346-6772 for more information or to register.

Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This 12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing difficulty with eating behaviours. No dues or fees. See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403-347-4188.

The Red Deer Celiac Support Group will holding our meetings the third Tuesday of the month at Sobeys South, 5211–22 St. in Red Deer. We offer information and support on celiac symptoms, diagnosing, gluten free diet and products. 2014 meeting schedule Nov. 18th. The group also has an awareness table set up at the Red Deer hospital the fourth Tuesday of every month as well. For information call Fay 403-347-3248 or Clarice at 403-341-4351. There are also support groups in Rocky Mountain House and Stettler.

Legion Ladies Auxiliary monthly meetings run the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Alberta Room, Red Deer Legion.

Alberta Health Services is inviting local individuals to attend supportive health information workshops that are helping Albertans make positive adjustments to their lifestyles. The workshops are offered as part of the Alberta Healthy Living Program (AHLP). The assortment of AHLP workshops cover a range of information, including heart health, weight management, nutrition, diabetes care, chronic illness management and more. All sessions are led by AHS professionals who share their expertise in group discussions and provide support and encouragement to participants.

Each workshop is free of charge.

For more information, or to register for a workshop, please call 1-877-314-6997. To access the full schedule of upcoming sessions throughout Central Alberta visit http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/ev/ne-evcdm-calendar-2014-summer.pdf.

Centre (6021 – 57 Ave.) Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre will be giving a report on the work done to see how safe is the Riverside Meadows community. They sponsored a BBQ during the summer. We would like to hear your comments and ideas on how to move forward.

Benalto & Area Rural Crime Watch Society AGM Oct. 30th at 7 p.m., Benalto Leisure Centre, Ag. Grounds. Elections and yearend business. Guest speakers sr. Peace Officer Julian Veuger, Lacombe County Protective Services and Sr. Peace Officer Bob Dixon, Red Deer County Protective Services. Topic: ‘The Life of a County Peace Officer: the lighter side.’ Also in attendance BARCWS Liaison Cst. Marty Reed, Sylvan Lake RCMP. BARCWS membership: $25 for 5 years; membership should reside within area patrolled by Sylvan Lake RCMP. For more information, call Yvette at 403-746-3429.

people who want to get out and embrace all that Red Deer has to offer, whether your are new to the City or just looking to broaden your circle of friends.

We do walking, movies, dinners out, cultural events, music, festivals, book club, crafts, and many other things. Check out our calendar of past and future events, then jump in, be active, and make new friends. Check us out at http://www.meetup. com/Red-Deer-Culture-Club/.

Experience a relaxing, holistic low impact exercise. Contact 403346-6772 for more information or to register. Port-O-Call Centre: #100, 4419 - 50 Ave. Sessions run Monday/Friday from 11 a.m. to noon; Tuesday/Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and evenings on Monday and Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. and Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For Class times and locations in Innisfail, Lacombe, Rimbey and Sylvan Lake phone 403-346-6772.

Gamblers Anonymous meetings are Wednesdays’ at 7 p.m. in the Red Deer Regional Hospital (3942-50 Ave.) south complex, lower level rooms 503 and 504.

Gamblers Anonymous phone number is 403-986-0017.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is a 12-step support group offering a solution for all forms of food addiction. No dues, fees or weigh-in. Central Alberta groups meet in Red Deer, Lacombe and Rimbey.

For locations and dates, call Joanne at 403-314-1972.

‘Friends Over 45’ is a group for ladies. Members may be new to the Red Deer area or have made a recent lifestyle change, or just wish to meet new friends.

Our meetings are held at various restaurants in the Red Deer area. New members are welcome. Call Pat at 403-3419606 or Heidi at 403-346-1718.

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ENTERTAINMENT Performance pays tribute to legendary pop group Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons’ many hits featured in show

BY MARK WEBER Red Deer Express Fans of timeless classics won’t want to miss Oh What a Night! A Musical Tribute To Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons set for Nov. 11th at the Memorial Centre.

Showtime is 7 p.m.

It’s a glittering musical revue written by Motown producer and creative consultant George Solomon, directed by Michael Chapman with choreography by Paul Holmquist. And it’s a show that organizers say has been dazzling audiences with its choreography, boundless energy, humour and, of course, songs that have become instantly recognizable in pop culture.

Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like A Man, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, My Eyes Adored You, Working My Way Back To You, Let’s Hang On and Who Loves You are just some of the hits audiences will enjoy from the songbook of those boys from Jersey - Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons. Currently there are 40 men split up into groups of four taking the show across the globe.

Cast member Rick Wojnowski just returned from a six-week touring stint with the troupe in Australia, and he continues to be amazed and inspired at the powerful impact the show has on audiences. “We averaged about six to eight shows per week,” he says. “And 90 per cent of the time, we were in a different town every night. So it was a busy schedule, but very rewarding.”

The show brings to life a total of 30 of the Four Seasons’ hits. It’s a tribute to the songbook of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame super group with note-perfect renditions of the iconic ‘Jersey boys’.

The songs span the two decades of the group’s major hits from the early 1960s to the late 1970s disco er – all featured in a high-energy

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Wojnowski, who has been singing with the production for six years, credits the enduring nature of the tunes to their catchy melodies and accessible, relatable lyrics.

“One of the things that blows my mind every time we do the show is that we have people that come back stage in their 60s who say, ‘Oh my gosh, you took me back to my high school days – that was amazing’. And then we have kids and teenagers that were dragged to the show and they loved it. They want to take pictures with us afterwards.”

He notes that in past eras, families often had a shared experience of entertainment. There were limited choices in terms of TV stations, radio, film and such.

Folks pretty much listened to and saw the same sorts of things.

These days, the entertainment choices are virtually limitless with the coming of online offerings, to name just one example. Oh What A Night! - in a sense - hearkens back to that sort of warm sensibility, which is really a refreshing change of pace for those not familiar with those times.

“So when these kids come to see the show, they’re really seeing that this is good too. It never ceases to amaze me when a teenage boy or girl says how much they loved it. I’m so happy that we are reaching those in that age group – a new generation.

“It’s fun music. It’s touching music – and our show is non-stop, full of dancing and comedy, too.”

Solomon has also pointed out that Oh What A Night! is not a carbon copy of The Jersey Boys.

There’s a uniqueness to how the production has been put together which continues to draw a loyal and growing audience.

“The melodies and harmonies are great to sing and the songs are always a special memory for

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MEMORY LANE – Capturing the magic of many classic hits, Oh What An Night! A Musical Tribute To Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons arrives in Red Deer Nov. 11th. somebody.” Wojnowski adds that the show’s creators aren’t just looking for the right voice when singers audition – they are looking for the right attitude as well.

It’s vital that each and every performer be a true fan of the music and love to sing it, because if there’s a hint of that passion not there, the audience can detect it.

“It’s just fun – a real celebration of this music for sure. And it’s timeless, too.”

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cordings, this tribute indeed honours the talent of an American legend.

In 1990, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

To this day their music continues to thrill all ages. To that end, the cast of the show stay true to the recordings without trying to mimic or impersonate the group.

As for the songs’ enduring appeal, Solomon credits the songwriting finesse and Valli’s unique

voice with much of its legendary nature.

“I see them as little stories, and I think they had amazingly catchy hooks to them. If you hear one of the songs once, you can sing it – the melody would be in your head and the harmonies are so pleasing to the ear.”

For tickets, call the Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre at 403-755-6626 or visit www.blackknightinn.ca. editor@reddeerexpress.com

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Cornerstone stages The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

BY MARK WEBER Red Deer Express Cornerstone Youth Theatre is gearing up to stage one of the literature’s bestloved classics.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – The Broadway

Musical runs Oct. 31st-Nov. 1st, and Nov. 7th-8th with evening shows at 7 p.m.

There are also daytime performances on Nov. 1st at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and on Nov. 8th at 3 p.m.

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Written by Mark Twain and set in 1840 Missouri, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the tale of young Tom Sawyer and the never-ending mischief of which he so often finds

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himself a part of; whether it’s matching wits with Aunt Polly, tricking his friends into white-washing a fence for him or narrowly escaping the clutches of a murderous villain.

Along with best friend Huckleberry Finn and love interest Becky Thatcher, the greatest Tom exploits are plucked from the book and plopped on the stage.

The story jumps off the page and comes to life in this musical adaptation of one of North America’s favourite books.

Stephanie Orr, who is co-directing the play along with Tori Grebinski, said it’s been a delight interpreting such an enduring piece of literary gold.

This rendition is also a musical, with the book by Ken Ludwig and music and lyrics by Don Schlitz.

“I have seen this production before and knew it was a good retelling of Mark Twain’s story – it stuck to the flavour, cleverness and drama of the original.

There’s a real conflict, and this story really presents that along with all of the fun.

“There are portions of this story which are really powerful in that it’s fun and it’s clever, and Mark Twain’s perception of humanity is so clear. Things aren’t all black and white or so easily compartmentalized. It’s very deep writing.

“I think Mark Twain was such a student of human nature, and such a student of conflict; of people who are pretending everything is good when it’s not. He just nails that so concisely.

We can see ourselves in so many characters. But it’s fun – it’s not heavy-handed.”

Orr added that the style of the music woven into the production is also new for Cornerstone Youth Theatre.

The 16 pieces have a kind of bluegrass style, countrytype feel. “That presented

the kids with a fun and new challenge.”

Her cast, which ranges in age from eight to 18, numbers about 65.

“I THINK MARK TWAIN WAS SUCH A STUDENT OF HUMAN NATURE, AND SUCH A STUDENT OF CONFLICT; OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS GOOD WHEN IT’S NOT.” STEPHANIE ORR Orr, who last co-directed Grimm Fairytales this past winter, said leading such a large cast has been a really fun and energizing experience.

“The kids are really good – they are focused and they really want to do this,” she said.

“They’ve auditioned for these parts and it’s evident right from day one that this is an activity they want to be part of. They are extremely creative and cooperative. It’s also neat to see that kind of enthusiasm and fun in such a broad age range.

“The kids also continue to build on their skills – they are really good risktakers and willing really to trust the artistic team.

Laurette Woodward is our musical director for this session, and she is so gifted in teaching and encouraging the kids and has such a great musicality and affection for the students.

If it wasn’t for people like Laurette, it would be very hard to mount a musical like this.”

Interestingly, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theater on April 26th, 2001 and closed less than a month later. It was surprising, as reviews were strong.

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succeed. “It had really good reviews, and really good reviews from people who brought their children.”

But Broadway audiences at that time didn’t seem to be interested in something of a more family-oriented, wholesome nature.

“Although it was reviewed very well, they just didn’t have the ticket sales,” she added, pointing out that some have said folks weren’t really accustomed to bringing their kids to Broadway shows for the most part.

Looking back at the time, Orr also said the bulk of the shows at the time were more of the ‘envelopepushing’ type.

“It just wasn’t the right time.”

However, the well-crafted, engaging production has enjoyed continual success in the years since in community theatres, she said, adding it seems to be the right season nowadays for staging a classic like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

“We need a little light, a little hope and a little encouragement.”

For Orr, the joy of being part of Cornerstone Youth Theatre stems largely from the inspiration she receives from her young actors.

“There is something so refreshing about it,” she explains.

“The kids that I see - they are the future of this country.

“They are sharp, enthusiastic, intelligent, kind kids. To be able to work with them, and feel the spirit of hope in them is great. These are our adults of the future, and they are exciting to be alongside of.

They are really inspiring.

It’s emerging, uplifting and hopeful.”

For more information about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, check out www.cornerstoneyouththeatre.org or call 403-9862981. editor@reddeerexpress.com

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Strumbellas bring ‘popgrass’ tunes to City Set for a City stop on Nov. 5th at Fratters Speakeasy, The Strumbellas are indeed riding high following the international release of their latest project We Still Move On Dance Floors.

The Strumbellas is a Juno-award winning, sixpiece Canadian band whose music has been described as alternative country, indie rock and ‘folk popgrass’.

Formed in 2008 in Toronto, the band consists

of songwriter Simon Ward on vocals and guitar, David Ritter on vocals and keys, Jon Hembrey on lead guitar, Isabel Ritchie on violin, Darryl James on bass guitar and Jeremy Drury on drums.

Hembrey, James, Drury and Ward are all from Lindsay, Ontario while Ritter and Ritchie joined after Ward posted a call for additional musicians to Craigslist.

The band’s self-titled EP was released in 2009, garnering positive reviews and mentioned by many as a band to watch. And 2010 was a busy year as they were invited to play venues like Yonge-Dundas Square, the Horseshoe Tavern and the Peterborough Folk Festival.

Their full-length debut CD, My Father and the Hunter, was released in 2012 and was nominated for a 2013 Juno Award in

RDSO set for Saturday The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for their second concert of the season, ‘Something Old, Something New’ on the College Arts Centre Mainstage this Saturday.

The concert, which features Marcel and Elizabeth Bergmann premiering their original work, Urban Pulse for Two Pianos and Orchestra, begins at 8 p.m.

The Bergmann’s have touched and inspired audiences with their eclectic programs for more than two decades. Always adventurous, the couple combines virtuosic dedication with the instincts of professional entertainers who love their music.

As international prizewinners, including the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition and Provincia di Caltanissetta International Chamber Music Competition, they have performed in recitals and with orchestras across North America and

Europe including appearances at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Salkind Duo Piano Festival, San Francisco and Munich in 2013 and 2014.

They have several recordings to their credit as well and are also frequent artists on CBC broadcasts.

In addition to their performing careers they also enjoy teaching and working in other capacities in the music industry.

Beyond the talent of the Bergmanns, the concert also features an original work by Maestro Claude Lapalme himself and in a nod to the traditional, the new pieces are flanked by music from Poulenc and Kodaly.

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the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group category.

The band later signed with Six Shooter Records, releasing their second project We Still Move on Dance Floors, in 2013.

We Still Move on Dance Floors went on to win a 2014 Juno Award in the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group category.

Since then, they have

been long listed for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize and won the SiriusXM Indie award for Folk Group Of The Year.

They also spent this past summer running the festival circuit with stops at TURF in Toronto, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Folk on the Rocks in Yellowknife, Live At Squamish, as well as their first tour on the Pacific Northwest.

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TRAVEL A journey never to be forgotten – part two As I re-live in memory what I had just experienced from South Africa to the Cape Verde Islands, I was promptly met by my imagination as to what I was in for during the next part of my journey.

The Cape Verde Islands were uninhabited when the Portuguese spotted them in 1456 and founded the first European settlement in the tropics in 1462. Grapes flourished and produced excellent wines leading to slaves being brought in to do the backbreaking work on the plantations.

The Portuguese found it the ideal base to control portions of the African coast and as a transit point for slaves on their way to the Americas.

The Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco deserves its reputation for beauty and mild climate. They are volcanic in origin with Mount Teide on Tenerife - the highest peak in Spain at over 12,000 ft. It arises from a volcanic crater over 29 miles in circumference in the centre of Las Canada’s National Park. The rock landscapes that resulted from eruptions have made this a popular setting for spaghetti westerns and space movies located on inhospitable planets.

Casablanca in Morocco has the most beautiful doors imaginable. Doors! A variety of shapes, the wood is carved and polished to a shine and often graced with the ‘Hand of Fatima’ to ward off evil and bring luck to inhabitants. The narrow streets of the old Medina area are cobbled and wind in a manner suggesting mysterious secrets. The detail of the doorways, carvings, tile work and fountains carries into that of the Hassan II Mosque - extraordinary is an understatement. It is built on land reclaimed from the ocean and part of the floor retracts allowing worshippers to pray looking straight into the water.

Ceuta, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, contains Mount Hacho which along with Gibraltar, forms the ancient ‘Pillars of Hercules’. A strategic location in ancient times Muslim forces used Hacho to invade Gibraltar and Spain. In the 1500s, Ceuta was settled by Spaniards resulting in today’s blend of Spanish and Moroccan styles. The blue-washed city of Chefchaouen, settled by refugees of the Spanish ‘Reconquista’, contain the Arab Bazaar, the ancient walls of the Alcazaba and the turrets of the Kasba are in this beautiful city. The Medina of Tetouan, settled by Islamic refugees, is a UNESCO

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We docked in the centre of Rouen near the medieval quarter. It is known as the City of One Hundred Spires which includes the Cathedral Notre Dame de Rouen, started in the 12th Century and completed 300 years later. A bronze cross in the Old Marketplace marks the spot where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy. A small train roams the medieval quarter allowing people to see the historic sites with no exertion. Paris, the quaint 17th Century harbour town of Honfleur and Monet’s Home at Givernay are excursion options for those wanting to venture farther.

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The last port of call before disembarking in Dover was Antwerp whose reputation as a diamond cutting centre dates back to the Renaissance. The Cathedral of Our Lady in the Old Town is the largest Gothic cathedral in Belgium with seven naves and 13 pillars. Also in the Old Town is the old marketplace with guild houses, the Town Hall, the Brabo Statue and narrow medieval Pie Alley.

A canal cruise through Ghent and Bruge is a unique medieval experience and provides an opportunity to see famous works of art.

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end. So many cultures, so many centuries of history. I could travel the amazing eastern coastline of the two continents and learn again and again.

I was truly struck over and over. One month by far is not enough to see everything. However, it is enough to be able to taste what a world so far away has to offer.

The people, history, cultures, and overall energy pouring from that area of the world I will cherish always and never forget.

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The trick to keeping it off for good Your hard work has paid off ! Hours of exercise and months without your favourite dessert have enabled you to reach your weight loss goals. Unfortunately, eight out of 10 people who watch the scale go down will one day watch it go back up. After all the sweat and tears required to get you where you are today, it would be a shame for all your work to be for nothing.

Lasting weight loss is your goal. Reach it with these strategies.

Journaling is a proven way to help people lose weight and it works for weight management as well. Each day, write down what you ate, when you ate, and how much you exercised. Once a week, step on the scale and record your weight as well.

Tracking these facts is an easy way to keep you aware of the lifestyle habits that affect your weight. You’ll notice trends and see areas you need to work on. Frequently recording your weight will help you stop

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Journaling can also help keep you accountable to yourself. Before you put that brownie in your mouth, you’ll stop and think, “I have to write this down, too.”

Don’t let the healthy habits that got you to your goal fall by the wayside. Physical activity is a key part of weight loss and weight management. You may no longer have to exercise as long and hard, but you still have to exercise. Reverting back to a sedentary lifestyle will quickly put the pounds back on.

If you found the time and energy before,

you can find it now. Be active enough to walk at least 10,000 steps a day and you’ll keep that weight off for good.

It’s a lot easier to stay on track with healthy habits when life is going smoothly.

But when work gets hard, relationships get rocky, or money runs low, it doesn’t take long to fall back into your old unhealthy lifestyle. Plan ahead for hard times by setting stress management strategies in place.

Talk to a friend, go for a run, journal, or take a long hot bath rather than reach for comfort foods or other unhealthy vices.

You can’t expect to eat whatever you want and not gain weight. Hopefully, many of the healthy eating habits you used to lose weight will stick with you for the long run. Limiting carbs, enjoying plenty of produce, and filling up on fiber and protein aren’t tricks just to lose weight, but to manage it as well.

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mindful of each bite. Tempted as you may be by a busy schedule, continue to eat a healthy breakfast. Skipping meals isn’t a strategy for weight management. In fact, it has the opposite affect by slowing your metabolism and leading to overeating when the next meal finally rolls around.

You’ve lost the weight and finally fit into your skinny jeans. Why hold onto the old clothes that no longer fit? Keeping them in your closet lets you off easy if you happen to regain the weight. Take away that option by bagging up the clothes that are two sizes too big and donate them to charity. You won’t need them again!

You don’t want to become another failed diet statistic. Stick with the habits that got you to where you are today and those bigger-than-desired pants will be a thing of the past.

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How to prevent dying the tough way Humans are inconsistent when it comes to preventing cancer. For instance, I have often written that mammography, a popular test, is an inefficient and deceptive procedure to prevent breast cancer. Yet millions of North Americans never get the one test that can save their lives, colonoscopy.

Large bowel cancer is not a rare disease. Rather, it is the second leading

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colon malignancy does not develop overnight.

Colon cancer normally starts after a soft fleshylike polyp forms in the large bowel. The polyp can remain non-malignant for years, but it may also develop into one that kills.

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On the surface the cure sounds simple, remove the polyp and you won’t die from this cancer. Moreover, I’m sure that everyone would agree they would act quickly to remove a potential malignant polyp from the nose.

Unfortunately, the bowel is an embarrassing site.

Besides, patients complain of the copious amounts of water and laxative that must be used to clean out the bowel, and also that the procedure is painful. This is often exaggerated.

I’ve had regular colonoscopies without any sedation for years and it’s not an agonizing procedure.

The temporary discomfort is trivial compared to death from metastatic cancer of the bowel.

I admit that when I am forced into the undignified position for colonoscopy I wish that the Almighty had designed the human body differently. But if you’re thinking, “I’ll get a colonoscopy sometime,” think again. Getting it ‘sometime’ means getting it ‘no time’.

For those who simply

refuse to submit to colonoscopy, there is an alternative, a combination of sigmoidoscopy that examines only the lower large bowel where most cancers occur, along with the FOBT (fecal occult blood test) that detects blood in the stool.

This is a home test that is used in many parts of the world as it’s less expensive.

If blood is detected then it’s mandatory to follow up with a colonoscopy.

How accurate are these tests? The FOBT is not a totally effective diagnosis since the polyp may not bleed in the early stage.

Or if it does, it may not be bleeding when the test is done. It also can give a false diagnosis of bleeding due to certain foods, medication or Vitamin C. It’s believed that colonoscopy misses a polyp about 4% of the time. This is often due to faulty preparation of the bowel. After all, it’s impossible for a doctor to detect a polyp he cannot see when the bowel contains fecal matter. Moreover, as always, practice makes perfect. So the more experi-

ence a doctor has the more likely a polyp will be found.

And never forget that if a polyp is present and colonoscopy is not done, the missed rate is 100%!

What is happening in some parts of the country is appalling. For Instance, a report by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer reveals that the rate of colonoscopy goes from a high of nearly 60% in Manitoba to lows of 38.5% in Nova Scotia and 28.3% in Quebec. In the U.S. 60% of those over 50 years of age have not had a colonoscopy.

These results show that people and governments are both totally inconsistent in their thinking. Basically, millions and millions of dollars are being wasted on mammograms that cannot detect early breast cancers and cause tremendous anxiety when false positives are diagnosed. Yet others are dying from colon cancers when they could be detected early on and save thousands of lives.

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Squash is an intense, physical sport

BY JIM CLAGGETT Red Deer Express If you put your heart into the game of squash, your heart will thank you if it could.

“Squash is one of the best cardio games there is,” said Jim Nowicki, the reigning club champion at Body Basics in Red Deer.

“It’s really an intense physical activity. They say after an hour you can burn close to 1,500 calories.”

Aside from the heart health a person derives from the game Nowicki said a person can really feel it in other muscles following a hard match.

“It’s important you stretch out the Achilles and the butt and your groin before a game.”

After watching a game of squash you can see how that’s possible with all the lateral movement in a small space, using many muscle groups at one time.

Squash is a game which originated in England in the 1800s, started by a group of school boys. In the early 1900s the rules of the game started taking shape and more definition of the walls took place.

“Now it’s played by nearly 17 million people in 185 countries on over 50,000 courts.”

Nowicki said for him it’s tough to get really active and stay enthused on a treadmill for example but when he hits the squash court he can put in 45 minutes to an hour of intense work and not even notice he’s getting such a valuable workout.

He loves the one-on-one combat and the strategy which goes into moving your opponent around the

court. The rules of the game are simple enough for a beginner to pick up quickly and Nowicki said he often takes new members onto a court to show them the basics and have a friendly game.

“The idea of the game is to own the ‘T’ which is the centre of the court.

“So you want to run your opponent around the court and keep the ball in the back part of the court and

keep him moving front and back all the time.”

Equipment is basic needing a good pair of court shoes, a racquet and the most important thing to bring would be some form of good eye protection.

“If you get hit by a squash ball you could lose an eye,” he said.

It’s also a bit of a gentlemen’s game in that you try your best not to hit your opponent with your racquet

or the ball in such close quarters.

“The ball, if it does hit you, is going to leave a pretty good welt.”

If there is a chance for a kill shot and the other player is in the way you can call ‘let’ and stop the play with you getting the point but if it was just an obstruction which wouldn’t have caused a point you would just reserve it, he said.

There is a good mix of

players around the club and Nowicki said they are a tight-knit community, using a former member as a prime example.

John Wood was tragically killed by an alleged drunk driver a year ago as he was riding in a cab on the way home from a night with friends at a bar.

“When we lost him the community really came together,” said Nowicki.

“He actually won a build-

er’s award for Squash Alberta.

“He was really an instrumental builder in squash in Alberta so it was a really tough loss for everybody but we’ve all kind of rallied around it.”

The award will be at the Body Basics gym during their tournament at the end of October which has been named the John Wood Memorial tournament. sports@reddeerexpress.com

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Hunting Hills runners place well in recent competition

BY JIM CLAGGETT Red Deer Express It was a banner year for the Grade 9 cross-country running team at Hunting Hills High School - literally.

The squad ran over the competition recently at the CWAJHAA championships with five runners placing in the top 25 out of more than 90 in the race.

Devin Saunders took home the gold medal while teammates Quaid Hartley

and Juan Vasques grabbed silver and bronze medals respectively.

Coach Brian Johnson said he wasn’t really surprised with Saunders and Hartley making the podium as both are very strong runners but he admits the third place finish

by Vasques was a pleasant surprise. “He hasn’t really trained with me. I just invited him along,” said Johnson after a teacher told him this young man was a very

good runner. Johnson said the boys were not at the front of the three km race in the first 500 metres but instead were behind maybe a dozen others which was the strategy for this race.

“They went out at a very appropriate pace and then slowly ran through the runners as the endurance kicked in and the kids who went out too fast started to fall off the pace.”

In fact, that pacing advice was along the same lines as

his talk with Vasques before the race.

“I told him if you see Quaid and Devin, if you’re in front of them, you’re running too fast. I said after a kilometre you can see how you feel but don’t go out faster than those two.”

Along with the podium finishes Johnson said there were also Hunting Hills runners who placed 11th, 18th and 22nd on the boys’ side which shows the strength of the program.

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“I’m actually really excited,” he said about the future of the team. “I’ve not had a Grade 9 team this strong in awhile.”

He said he’s losing some Grade 12 runners from the team which finished third at provincials this year and to have such a strong junior team bodes well for the next few years.

“To me it’s exciting to be able to develop these guys over the next three years.

So we’ll see. I predict by

Grade 12 some of them will be incredible.”

He said the offshoot from these strong runners is how good they are academically as well. “Kids who don’t mind a little pain and suffering on the race course also don’t mind a little pain and suffering doing their homework too.”

There’s a feeling these young adults are going to take that work ethic and run with it for many years. editor@reddeerexpress.com

Some golf trivia Sadly the golf season for the majority of us north of the 49th is over.

I thought instead of lamenting the end of golf for 2014 why not arm you with some trivia to impress your buddies next year?

- The term ‘birdie’ comes from an American named Ab Smith. Back in 1899, so the story goes, he played what he described as a ‘bird of a shot’ and it stuck. It is a term I am vaguely familiar with.

- The ‘tee box’ came from back in the early days when players used a mound of sand to build a tee to hold their ball so they could hit some form of driver. The sand was kept in a small box near each green.

- A lot of golf terms are nautical in nature as most of the early players were sailors who played the courses which were mainly on the coast. For example, the ‘fairway’ was the term used to describe the best way of navigating a ship safely into a harbour. The term ‘bunker’ was an area on the ship down in the bowels which was not a very nice place to be at any-

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- Sam Snead was the youngest PGA player in history to shoot his age, which he did when he was 67-years-old.

I can do that but I still have eight holes to play when I hit that number.

- While filming the 1938 movie Carefree actor Fred Astaire used a driver to hit 12 golf balls during a dance that was filmed as one continuous scene. To the surprise of the crew the 12 balls were found within eight feet of each other.

- A typical 18-hole golf course produces enough oxygen to support between 4,000 and 7,000 people. Golf courses nationwide filter a total of approximately 13 million tons of dust from the air every year. Thank you golf courses. sports@reddeerexpress.com

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CREATIVE LIVING – This delightfully designed, custom-built sitting room of a Somerset Homes show home in Sylvan Lake features a beautifully built-in gas fireplace and plenty of sitting spaces to gather around the warm room.

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Take caution with renovations to older homes Happy Halloween!

It’s a spooktacular time of year and I am eagerly awaiting the little ghosts and teenage mutant ninja turtles arriving at my door on Friday!

I truly love Halloween as it’s an excuse to watch scary movies and eat mini chocolate bars.

As a lover of heritage homes, I have always been fascinated with old (even slightly creepy) homes.

I visited the movie set of Psycho and couldn’t tear my eyes away from that house on the hill, it was so deliciously creepy!

I am the person who checks out the set of a movie more carefully than the acting and I am fascinated by the design elements that go into set decor, especially for haunted house and horror flicks.

Kim

MECKLER As dreary as these sets are made to be, there is still an alluring, gothic enchantment to them. Real life houses of horror are not as charming or as alluring and I have seen my share over the years.

To be frank, some homes are absolute health hazards. Not that they are necessarily dirty but unsafe and riddled with tripping hazards, lead and asbestos. When you are in a house that is more than 30-40 years old you are living with these hazards whether you can see them or not. Most homes

built in that era were built with the materials of the day which have now been deemed unsafe.

Lead - in houses constructed before 1960 lead was present in paint and in the soldering in plumbing which can affect drinking water.

A professional plumber is the best solution if you want to check your pipes. Painting over lead paint is the safest and easiest way to cover the problem but if you are faced with peeling or chipping paint you do need to get rid of that first or new paint will not adhere.

Pregnant women or children should not be exposed to this at all and whoever is working on the project needs to take serious precautions. OHS approved HEPA

masks must be worn and must be completely blocked off from the rest of the house.

Disposable coveralls and shoe covers should be worn and disposed of before leaving the area.

Cover vents with plastic and make sure if anything is left in the room it should be covered with two layers of poly. Be careful not to spread lead dust to the rest of your home and do not eat or smoke while working on lead paint removal.

Asbestos – this scary word can exist in older homes in hard surface flooring or insulation and is best left alone or left to professionals. If you have vinyl flooring older than 1965 or 9”x9” tile squares in your home please leave it be.

Most of these products contain asbestos and once you start breaking them or scraping you create dust which can be fatal if inhaled. Professional asbestos removal looks like a space exploration with men in white suits and it is best left that way.

There are also strict laws about disposal which need to be observed so the disposed of product doesn’t contaminate land or water sources.

A few extra steps of preparation will turn that house of horrors into your home sweet home again. You can safely remove or shroud an existing problem if you do your research on the correct methods. Be safe everyone!

Kim Meckler is an interior designer in Red Deer with Carpet Colour Centre.

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The different types of mortgage lenders So it’s time for a mortgage. You call up your professional to discuss your options, provide the pa-

perwork and then await a call letting you know you are good to go. Alas, when you get that call it’s to hear

Pam

PIKKERT

YOUR CAREER IN

BUSINESS

only a ‘b’ lender is willing to look at your application.

What in the heck does it mean to you?

There are four types of lenders in the mortgage world. We will take a look at the first two and go in depth on the others.

1. The ‘big five’, local credit unions and treasury branches. These lenders offer mortgages to you based on their pre-set criteria.

2. Monoline lenders – this group of providers typically source mortgages through the mortgage broker channel. There are banks, trust companies and other mortgage companies within this group. These lenders are also bound by the Bank of Canada and OSFI regulations.

The funds they lend typically come from the major banks

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in category 1 and from investors. It can be a great resource to utilize these companies as they often have different guidelines which can fit your situation.

3. ‘B’ or subprime lenders – this group of lenders is also comprised of banks and a variety of providers.

There are many reasons you would go with a lender from this group.

• You may be recently self-employed or are fully commissioned. Your credit may be blemished from a divorce, illness or other life situation.

• High debt ratios.

You will need a larger down payment for these lenders. They mitigate the higher risk by requiring you to put more down.

There may also be fees and the rates are higher than those offered by the first two groups of lenders. Subprime lenders also ask for documentation not generally required by the other groups. So should you go with this type of a lender? The answer can be yes. Let’s take a look at the groups listed above.

Self-employed – if you

have followed your accountant’s advice you have likely paid yourself very little in the way of taxable income. This can be a great strategy for avoiding taxes however when it comes to a mortgage, the lenders require you to prove you can afford the payments.

Subprime lenders are able to take a look at the whole picture to determine income reasonability.

It is important to note if you do a stated income through a mainstream lender with less than 20% down you will pay a 6% mortgage insurer premium.

On a $300,000 purchase that would mean you would pay $16,200. The higher interest rate is worth examining to compare which way will cost you less.

Credit issues – most mainstream lenders require a clean two-year history on your credit bureau and a full explanation of any issues you had before.

Subprime lenders are able to look at a much broader scope including those new to Canada without documentation, those recently

discharged from bankruptcy or those with low credit scores. The maximum loan value is lender dependent.

High debt ratios – subprime lenders generally allow your debt servicing levels to be higher than the mainstream lenders.

4. Private lenders – this group of lenders generally sources the funds they lend through a group of private investors. Who would consider these mortgages?

• Those with tax arrears.

If you owe money to the Canada Revenue Agency, the provincial government or have property tax arrears, you may have to. The first two groups of lenders will not proceed if you have outstanding taxes and with the third it is a case-by-case situation • A short term fix – perhaps you need to pay out your ex-spouse or business partner. You will work with your professional to develop a plan to get you back to the first groups of lenders ASAP. Pam Pikkert is a mortgage broker with Dominion Lending Centres – Regional Mortgage Group in Red Deer.

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INVITATION TO TENDER, CULTIVATING RIGHTS Competition No. T14/14 Pt of 11 and 12, 36-1-W5 Innisfail Airport Plan 962-4411, Block 2, Lot 1 Approximately 330 acres of arable cropland Terms of lease • Five-year term with a possible 5-year extension • Payment for first year required by January 15, 2015, and each year thereafter by January 15 for the term of the lease • Lessee responsible for adherence to all terms of the lease • Lessee responsible for weed control as required TENDERS TO BE BASED ON A PER ACRE PER YEAR BASIS

Each parcel will be offered for sale, subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations and conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.

The land is being offered for sale on an “as is, where is” basis, and Red Deer County makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the existence or adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development conditions, absence or presence of environmental contamination, or the development ability of the subject land for any intended use by the purchaser.

No bid will be accepted where the bidder attempts to attach conditions precedent to the sale of any parcel. No terms and conditions of sale will be considered other than those specified by Red Deer County.

Red Deer County may, after the public auction, become the owner of any parcel of land that is not sold at the public auction.

Tender documents available at the Red Deer County Office and on the County’s website at www.rdcounty.ca

PUBLIC SALE OF MANUFACTURED HOMES (MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT)

Sealed tenders stating tender number are to be addressed to Land Management Department Red Deer County 38106 Rge Rd 275 Red Deer County, AB T4S 2L9 Tender closing date: Friday, November 21, 2014, at 2 p.m.

Red Deer County reserves the right to reject the highest and/or any other bid. For further information, contact Brigitte Boomer, Land Manager, at 403-350-2166.

PUBLIC SALE OF LAND (MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT, RED DEER COUNTY will offer for sale, by Public Auction, in the Red Deer County Centre, 38106 Range Road 275, Red Deer County, Alberta, on Friday, November 14, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., the following lands: Part of Section

Section

Township

Range

Meridian

Area

Certificate of Title

36

24

4

44.45 A

072720279

35

28

4

78.97 A

102183510

SE 28 37 Plan 8720376 Block 1 Lot1

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5

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5

160.0 A

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5

2.97 A

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160.0 A

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT, RED DEER COUNTY will offer for sale, by Public Auction, in the Red Deer County Centre, 38106 Range Road 275, Red Deer County, Alberta, on Friday, November 14, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., the following Manufactured Homes: Legal

Lot

Mobile Home Park

Year

Model

5-02-38-31-NW

K12

Kountry Meadows Estates

1976

Ted’s Home

5-02-38-31-NW

K141

Kountry Meadows Estates

1976

Norfab Model 14683

4-28-38-09-SE

MM019

Melody Meadows MH Park

1973

Fleetwood

Serial # 2983 FM3767 51175

Each Manufactured Home will be offered for sale on an “as is, where is” basis subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations, conditions and financial encumbrances registered in the existing Alberta Registries and otherwise existing. Red Deer County may, after the public auction, become the owner of any Manufactured Home that is not sold at the public auction.

No bid will be accepted where the bidder attempts to attach conditions precedent to the sale of any Manufactured Home. No terms and conditions of sale will be considered other than those specified by the County.

Terms: Cash or certified cheque. Non-refundable deposit of 10% of bid due at the time of the sale with the balance of 90% of bid due within 10 days.

Redemption may be affected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time prior to the sale.

Date Advertised: October 29, 2014

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TAYLOR,

Oilfield

Chester Alexander Chester Alexander “Alex” Taylor ylor of Blackfalds, passed away Oct 18, 2014 in Lacombe at the age of 84 years. Alex was born in Vegreville July 12, 1930 settling in Red Deer with his family in 1961. Alex was an avid outdoorsman. The Rocky Mountains were his second home. Alex was active in Red Deer and District real estate for many years. He is survived by his loving wife Joan, his children; Randy (Laura) Taylor of New Dayton, Garth Taylor of Red Deer, Charlene (Duane) Bouck of Kitscoty, Jeremy Taylor of Innisfree, James Taylor of Calgary, Lorinda (Travis) Waldo of Vermilion, Alexandra Taylor of Red Deer and Alexander Taylor of Red Deer, his step children Ron Zwicker of Victoria, Don Zwicker of Victoria, Kelly (Serina) Zwicker of Blackfalds, and Wade (Michelle) Zwicker of Edmonton, 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his cousin and best friends Ernie and Helen Taylor and family of Viking, his sister-in-law Jane Parker of Edmonton, his brother-in-law Ralph Magee of Chiliwack, niece Eleanor (Ron) Dzus-Adolphe of Paradise Valley, and nephew Terry (Dawn) Magee of Edmonton.

As per Alex’s request there will be a private family service at a later date. Donations can be made to the Lacombe Hospital & Care Centre 5430 – 47 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1G8, or a 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”

Personals

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Personals

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RED DEER HEALING ROOMS Imagine a Walk-In Clinic where Jesus is the Doctor.

It’s a reality!

Healing Rooms operate very much like a Walk-In Clinic, except it’s Free and open to all!

Open Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at: Melodious Design, 5305 - 50th Ave., Red Deer.

Open to anyone needing healing.

No appointment necessary. Ph 403-350-8954

Medical

790

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION IS AN IN-DEMAND CAREER IN CANADA! Employers have work-athome positions available.

Get the online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-athome career today!

Medical

790

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS NEEDED! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued.

Start training today.

Work from home! www.canscribe.com; info@canscribe.com.

1-800-466-1535.

Trades

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850

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. In-the-seat training.

No simulators. Real world tasks. Weekly start dates.

Funding options. Weekly job board! Sign up online! iheschool.com.

1-866-399-3853 JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC required for oilfield trucking company. Will consider 3rd year apprentice or higher.

Full-time position. Phone resume to: 780-842-6444.

Fax 780-842-6581. Email: rigmove@telus.net.

POST FRAME BUILDERS. Prairie Post Frame’s premium buildings with competitive pricing has resulted in an unprecedented growth.

We are looking for additional outstanding builders.

Please contact Adam: adam@prairiepostframe.ca or 403-507-1996.

Trades

850

VERY BUSY OKANAGAN dealership requires immediately a Service Manager. Must enjoy a fast-paced working environment and have a minimum of five-years automotive management experience including, parts, service, and warranty.

This is a full-time position which includes competitive wages and full benefit package. Please reply in person, email or fax your resume to: Hilltop Subaru, 4407 - 27 St., Vernon, BC. Attention: Dayna Kosmino; dckosmino @hilltopsubaru.com.

Fax 250-542-1778.

Truckers/ Drivers

Hours:

403.347.6620 classifieds@reddeerexpress.com www.reddeerexpress.com #121, 5301 - 43 Street Red Deer, Ab. T4N 1C8 Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Items to Buy/Sell .................................. 1500-1940 Agricultural ........................................... 2000-2210 For Rent ................................................ 3000-3200 Wanted to Rent..................................... 3250-3390 Real Estate ............................................4000-4190

AN ALBERTA OILFIELD company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 780-723-5051.

July 12, 1930 - October 18, 2014

Fax: Email: Online: Mail:

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ROADEX SERVICES requires O/O 3/4 tons, 1 tons and 3 tons for our RV division and O/O Semis and drivers for our RV and general freight deck division. Paid by direct deposit, benefits and company fuel cards.

Border crossing required with valid passport and clean criminal record.

1-800-867-6233; www.roadexservices.com.

Business Opportunities

870

ENTIRE MOKA HOUSE Coffee franchise consisting of 7 locations in Vancouver and Victoria for sale.

Excellent ROE. Owner retiring. Asking $795,000.

Contact Len at 604-569-3358. Email: len@mokahouse.com.

GET FREE VENDING MACHINES. Can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629.

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THE DISABILITY TAX CREDIT. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average). Covers: hip/knee replacements, arthritic joints, COPD. Apply today!

1-844-453-5372.

Misc.

Help

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FULL-TIME MEAT CUTTER REQUIRED at Sobeys in Olds, Alberta.

40 hours per week.

Benefits. Fax resume to 1-403-556-8652 or email: sby1148olds@sobeys.com My Warehouse Liquor CASHIERS Full-Time 40hrs/wk Part-Time 20-25hrs/wk $11/hour Training provided Fax Resume to: 403-348-5450 OR Email: seemaslall@telus.net SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper business? Post your resume for FREE right where the publishers are looking. Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

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Employment Training

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MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Learn to process & submit billing claims for hospitals and doctors!

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Local training gets you ready to work!

1-888-627-0297.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Employment Training

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ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLE CONSIGNMENT AUCTION. Sand Hills Community Centre, Sat., Nov. 8/14.

Starts 10 a.m. sharp!

For complete directions, listing & pictures: www. spectrumauctioneering.com Phone 780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

Auctions

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BIG STRAPPER AUCTIONS Phone:403-304-4791 Location Moose Hall 2 mi. South of Ponoka on Hwy 2A *** Weekly Sales Wednesdays @ 6 pm *** Antique Sales 1st Sun. of ea. month @ 1 pm

Buying, Selling or Renting?

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Service Directory To advertise your service or business here, call 403.346.3356 Cleaning

1070

1070

Cleaning

SINCERE HOUSEKEEPING

Weekly, bi weekly Move in’s Move out’s For a reliable service that you can trust.

Contact Debbie 1-403-702-0503 in the Red Deer area.

Financial

1170

LET’S GET YOU MOVING FORWARD. Input Capital infuses your farm with the capital you need to start calling your own shots. 844-715-7355; www.inputcapital.com Looking for a place to live?

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Health Care

1210

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP. Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000. from the Canadian Government. Toll free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/ free-assessment

Legal Services

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Inexpensive. Debt recovery?

Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300 or 1-800-347-2540.

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Live intimate conversation, Call #7878 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call 1-866-311-9640 or #5015.

Meet local single ladies.

1-877-804-5381. (18+).

Check web for full listings & addresses bigstrapperauctions.net UNRESERVED EQUIPMENT AUCTION. Saturday, November 1, 10 a.m.

Trucks, skid steers, trailers, tools, and more!

South of Provost, Alberta on Hwy 899.

Scribner Auction; www.scribnernet.com.

780-842-5666.

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Building Supplies

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Call 1-800-457-2206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

2 LARGE STORAGE BUILDINGS AND ONE GARAGE, brand new. Heavily discounted, for immediate liquidation. (Negotiable delivery time). Direct from factory. Won’t last.

Call for details 1-866-207-6547.

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A-STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers.

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48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors.

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Grain, Feed Hay

2190

HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed.

Buying damaged or offgrade grain.

“On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252

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20’ X 76’ MAPLEWOOD - 230. $111,000. This spacious floor plan offers great potential for your family with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4 appliances & more. For more information call United Homes Canada 1-800-461-7632 or visit us at: www. unitedhomescanada.com Buying or Selling your home?

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Answer phone calls, take reservations. Check in/out Guests Balance cash out & attend to guest needs Housekeeping Room Attendant $14.00/hr.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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WINTER TIRES

ON ANY NEW IN-STOCK 2014 TOYOTA VEHICLE! ENDS FRIDAY OCTOBER 31st!

DAYS LEFT! 2 Yaris $105 $94 $ 16,995 2014

MSRP

5DR LE A/T WITH CONVENIENCE PKG. inc.

GST

$

WITH

200

Bi-Weekly Twice Monthly LEASE Finance Lease ASSISTANCE!

Matrix $119 $111 $ 21,070

inc.

GST

Toyota cash incentives up to

Camry $139 $117 $ 23,750

2014

LE, AUTOMATIC

inc.

GST

MSRP

Bi-Weekly Twice Monthly Finance Lease

$

WITH

500 LEASE

ASSISTANCE!

*

OR

Rav4 $179 $141 $ 30,280 2014

MSRP

2014

WITH

500

$

Bi-Weekly Twice Monthly LEASE Finance Lease ASSISTANCE!

MSRP

$7,500.00

Corolla $118 $95 $ 19,500

CUV AUTO WITH A/C, CRUISE AND MUCH MORE

2014

MSRP

LE CVT (Continuously Variable Automatic Transmission) inc.

GST

$

WITH

300

Bi-Weekly Twice Monthly LEASE Finance Lease ASSISTANCE!

Available

0% *

4WD XLE

Financing Rates

Tundra $254 $223 $ 45,835

2014 inc.

GST

Bi-Weekly Twice Monthly Finance Lease

MSRP

CREWMAX 5.7L 4X4 TRD OFFROAD inc.

GST

Bi-Weekly Twice Monthly Finance Lease

WITH

500 LEASE

$

ASSISTANCE!

*MSRP does not include dealer freight and dealer preparation ($1690 commercial vehicles, $1540 passenger vehicles). All Toyota new products include summer and winter mats and a full tank of fuel on delivery. All payments include GST and dealer freight/preparation/block heater. 2014 YARIS KTUD3P BA Selling Price $19,013.02 60 month 22,500 kms/year lease - $1500 down. Buyout at lease end $6556.90 Amount financed $17,493.97 at 0.9% Cost of borrowing $574.72 84 month finance - $1500 down. Amount financed $18,568.67 @ 0.9 % Cost of borrowing $594.11. 2014 MATRIX KU4EEP EA Selling Price $22,690 64 month 22,500 kms/year lease - $2500 down. Buyout at lease end $7252.20 Amount financed $20.142.86 at 0.9% Cost of borrowing $654.72 84 month finance - $2,500 down. Amount financed $21,150 @ 0.9 % Cost of borrowing $677.26. 2014 COROLLA BURLEC AA Selling Price $21,333 60 month 22,500 kms/year lease - $2500 down. Buyout at lease end $7,800 Amount financed $18,766.35 at 0.9% Cost of borrowing $634.88 84 month finance - $2500 down. Amount financed $21,333.02 @ 1.9 % Cost of borrowing $1367.59. 2014 COROLLA BURLEC BA Selling Price $22,833 60 month 22,500 kms/year lease - $2500 down. Buyout at lease end $9,399.39 Amount financed $22,922.86 at 0.9% Cost of borrowing $773.12 84 month finance - $2500 down. Amount financed $24,569 @ 0.9 % Cost of borrowing $791.44. 2014 RAV4 RFREVT AM Selling Price $32,280 60 month 20,000 kms/year lease - $3500 down. Buyout at lease end $12,826.60 Amount financed $29,046.67 at 0.9% Cost of borrowing $1,000.96 84 month finance - $3500 down. Amount financed $30,499.00 @ 1.9 % Cost of borrowing $2,084.46. 2014 TUNDRA DY5F1T CM Selling Price $47,584.50 60 month 22,500 kms/year lease - $5000 down. Buyout at lease end $16,650.00 Amount financed $46,250.00 at 0.9% Cost of borrowing $1,412.48 84 month finance - $5000 down plus $7000 TCI consumer credit. Amount financed $37,568.72 @ 5.99 % Cost of borrowing $8,517.32.

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