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Hometown Hockey hits Red Deer
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BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF It would have been difficult to get through the weekend in Red Deer without sensing even just a little of the hockeyism that hit town. Rogers Hometown Hockey — a mini hockey festival full of celebrities, activities, contests and seemingly endless giveaways — took centre ice on Saturday and Sunday, focusing on all things hockey with a special Red Deer flavour. FOR MORE HOMETOWN It concluded with HOCKEY PHOTOS SEE PAGE C1 locally grown sportscaster Ron MacLean broadcasting live from the Red Deer Arena during the Calgary Flames versus Montreal Canadians National Hockey League game on Sunday night. MacLean and his wife Cari are originally from Red Deer where he began his career in the industry as a night disc jockey in 1978 and went on to host CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada for 26 years. He is now host of Rogers’ new Sunday night NHL hockey broadcast. During the show Sunday, features aired on Calgary Flames defenceman Kris Russell, who was born in Red Deer and grew up in Caroline, and on the Sutters, primarily Darryl Sutter, coach of the LA Kings and one-time Red Deer Rustlers player, and his son Christopher, who has Down Syndrome. All six members of the famous Sutter hockey family played for the Rustlers before eventually making their way to the NHL. Hometown Hockey is touring 25 communities this NHL season, with Red Deer being the fourth stop on a long road that includes three communities MacLean has never visited — Fort McMurray, Prince George, B.C., and Brandon, Man. The hockey festival, geared toward being a family event, included among many things, a meet and greet with several NHL alumni such as Darcy Tucker (originally from just down the road, Castor), a hockey skills competition, street hockey, cheering contest and local entertainment. MacLean, 54, said Rogers Hometown Hockey will cover 29,000 kms, going to communities that have produced a total 634 NHL players between them. “Which is neat.” MacLean, along with his wife Cari also happened to be Red Deer’s honorary chairpersons for the 2019 Canada Winter Games Bid Committee. The games were recently awarded to Red Deer. Hometown Hockey is broadcast from a mobile studio. “That’s made it a little bit challenging because we can’t get an instant feed as we call it ... so we’re not seeing what’s happening on television live,” said MacLean.
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Brett Barrett of the Hunting Hills High School Lightning narrowly missed a tackle by his Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Raiders opponent during the Sr. Football League Final at Great Chief Park on Saturday evening. The Lightning won 44-13. See page B5 for a full recap.
Joe Anglin to sit as an independent BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Wildrose caucus was one member smaller on Sunday following the announcement from RimbeyRocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Joe Anglin that he was leaving the party to sit as an independent. Anglin lost his local nomination race in July, and he accuses the party in a Facebook statement of “poor management and infighting.” He says in the statement that his decision to leave the Wildrose caucus came right before Smith was to present a motion to kick him out. “It is no secret that I have been a round peg in a square hole in the Wildrose Party. I speak my mind. I bring different experiences and a different point of view to the caucus than my colleagues,” Anglin said in the statement. “This party was founded on the principles of a grassroots democracy. It is now infested with an unelected backroom weed that is choking off the grassroots movement.” Wildrose leader Danielle Smith said in a statement that she accepted Anglin’s resignation. “On behalf of my Wildrose caucus colleagues, I thank Mr. Anglin for his service to Albertans,” Smith said. Anglin has represented the riding since 2012. His departure from Wildrose leaves the Opposition party
with 16 seats in the Alberta legislature. Anglin’s resignation wasn’t the only party news on Sunday. Wildrose legislature members unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for the withdrawl of leader Smith’s request for a leadership review. Smith put her leadership on the line in the wake of four byelection losses last week, asking that a review be on the agenda when the party holds its annual general meeting in Red Deer later this month. A news release from the party on Sunday states the request to withdraw the leadership review will now go to the party executive for consideration. Smith says in the release that she is “humbled and honoured” to have the unanimous support of her caucus colleagues. Following the byelection losses for Wildrose last week — three in Calgary and one in Edmonton — Smith said she had to take responsibility for the result. Even though she said she wouldn’t have to face a review until after the next general election, she said it was important for her to know she had the support of her members. The party said in the news release that the motion calling for the withdrawl of the request for the leadership review was debated and voted on without Smith present.
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United Way quiet on goals, money raised BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF
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Carter Sabey, left, and Reece Beddome play a game of box hockey during the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour festivities at the Red Deer Arena on Saturday.
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United Way of Central Alberta remains hush on the amount of money it wants to raise for its 2014 fundraising campaign and on how much its raised so far. When the community agency held its annual fundraising campaign kickoff in September, it purposely did not set a specific dollar amount as its goal. “We really want to get people thinking about us being a community impact organization, not just a fundraiser,” said United Way CEO Robert Mitchell on Friday. “There certainly hasn’t been any backlash. There hasn’t been much discussion around the goal at all.” The only dollar figure announced so far was at the September launch when guests to the luncheon heard $231,000 had already been donated to the 2014 United Way campaign.
Mitchell said eliminating goals is a bit of a trend. Some United Way organizations don’t set a goal and haven’t for a few years. The United Way may make announcements when it hits $1 million or $2 million, he said. The 2013 campaign surpassed $2.2 million, a first for the United Way of Central Alberta. Some Central Alberta companies have already started their annual workplace campaigns to raise money for the United Way. More are starting in November. “We’re pleased with the progress.” Mitchell said there’s also been a lot of buzz around the Leadership Matching Challenge. Any donations that are $1,000 or more are matched dollar-for-dollar until the matching challenge fund is depleted. This year, leadership matching sponsors have committed to match $37,500.
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