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Robotics club expands from high school to beyond Lacombe students get first-hand knowledge of latest technologies

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express

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acombe Composite High School’s (LCHS) robotics club, the United Robotics of Lacombe (URL) has been growing by leaps and bounds.

The world-class, competitive robot building team has attended world championships, mentors other junior robotics teams and continues to reach well past being just a school club into real life situations.

Now that they’ve graduated and are attending post secondary institutions, Riley Derksen, EJ Aquino, Xiangnan Xue and Curtis Woods, former URL members, see the real life application of robotics. They see the club not only as an outlet to meet other students who have like interests, but as a true bonding experience.

Aquino said that he and Woods joined the club when they were in Grade 10.

“We were just friends trying to do something new,” he said. “We didn’t really know much at first, but the Grade 12’s at the time showed us.”

He added that over the years, each competition they attended seemed to have more competitors.

“On our first year, there were only eight teams,” he said. “At the second competition there were 12 teams. Now there will be 40-plus teams.”

Aquino is enrolled in veterinary medicine, but he still sees a definitive connection between the world of robotics and his choice of study.

“Some people think it’s not really connected to animals, but it’s prepared me how to solve problems at that exact moment,” he said. “It keeps me on my feet, and helps me to think really fast to solve a problem and also assists with communicating with people.”

Woods said the club was a hands-on representation of the theoretical engineering skills he is currently learning at the University of Calgary.

“We learned a lot of things dealing with forces and circuits and how all of these things work,” he

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BATTLE BOTS – Josh England watches closely as his teammates maneuver their robot to stack a block during a battle at the Lacombe Composite High School last week.

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said. “But it wasn’t until I actually went into the robotics club that I had a hands-on opportunity to use these skills. I actually saw a connection from these to how it would actually work in industry.

“They keep trying to give us these messages and now that we are at university and trying to apply them, I found because I was in the robotics club a lot of it is already there. I already see these connections.”

Derksen added that at NAIT he is studying more hands-on stuff, but he still needs to use many of the skills he learned in the club.

“We had to put together an engineering book,” he said. “I still need to do that now. We still have to do all of these problem-solving tasks for our projects and put together stuff like we did in robot-

ics. It has really helped me complete my program.”

Xue agrees that participating in the club has been a worthwhile experience as it has helped him understand theories he’s now learning in an engineering program.

“The practical application in robotics has helped me to understand the theory,” he said. “More importantly robotics really opens our eyes to the future. It prepares us for the future.”

Staff mentor Warren Kreway became involved with the club four years ago. He said the club has grown from 20 students to around 40.

“The excitement is growing tremendously,” he said. “It’s helping the older generation to think out of the box a little and challenge

themselves along the way.

“The thing that we can all attest to is the family atmosphere that we have built. That’s what makes the club work. That’s what keeps it going - the bond is beyond the school.”

Kreway said the club has expanded to mentoring younger students in junior high and elementary school with Lego. Now the club has partnered with Red Deer College with an advanced program called Mechatronics.

“We are hoping that by incorporating the younger groups, that by the time they get to high school, they will be leaps and bounds ahead in knowledge to excel at this,” said Kreway. “So who knows where they will go from there.”

During a recent lunchtime robotic competition at LCHS on

Feb. 26th, the current 40-plus members of URL showcased their mechanical prowess to their fellow students.

Team Captain Cassandra Payne’s robot may have had some adjustments to make during the showcase, but as the first female captain in the club, she said the club is full of opportunities.

“It gives a us big opportunity to meet people,” she said. “There is a very big variety of teams at the FTC competition and at the past VEX competition, there were teams from all over the Canada.”

Fellow club member Chase Bailey agrees with Payne that the big draw for joining the club is the people.

“You don’t just make friends here,” he said. “You make family.”

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Local teacher pays it forward after Ellen show appearance

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express After two recent whirlwind appearances on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, a local teacher is paying it forward.

Laurie McIntosh, a Lacombe resident and Grade 2 teacher at Father Lacombe Catholic School, has chosen to give the prizes she received at the show to the community, in true Ellen fashion.

McIntosh is inspired daily by Ellen and her basic decree: be kind to one another. McIntosh uses Ellen in her classroom as a teaching tool and was beyond blown away when she received tickets to attend a taping of the show two weeks ago.

“I’ve written to her for years on and off,” said McIntosh. “When I’m having a bad day, I’ve always found writing to her was therapeutic. I would write to her about people in our community, people that were affecting me and ask more than anything, if she could do something for these people.”

McIntosh attended the show with her mom, sister and husband two weeks ago. During a commercial break, she was caught passionately singing Ice Ice Baby and received a nod and encouragement from Ellen.

“I was like, there’s my Ellen

moment,” explained McIntosh.

But then, 30 seconds later, McIntosh found herself randomly selected from the audience to play a game live on stage with Ellen.

McIntosh and Ellen were the Heads Up dream team and McIntosh won a trip to Las Vegas. Afterwards, backstage she told producers about how she has written to Ellen hundreds of times and Ellen even noted that she would like to see her return as a super fan.

After returning back to Lacombe, McIntosh received a call a few days later from the producers, who after reading all of her letters, were inviting her to return to see another taping.

McIntosh and her husband again packed their bags and flew down to Los Angeles.

During the second taping last week, the entire audience received tickets to Ellen’s renowned 12 Days of Giveaways, including McIntosh and her husband. But then, at the end of the show, there was another surprise, Ellen invited McIntosh on stage and gave her a giveaway of a lifetime.

“I get called down and I’m a mess,” said McIntosh. “I can’t believe it’s happening. We talked about how I incorporate her into my classroom and how at home, we do pay it forward Wednesdays.”

Ellen wanted to pay it forward

to McIntosh and gave her a 2015 Ford Flex and all the prizes from the 12 Days of Giveaways shows.

McIntosh said that while she was on maternity leave, she watched Ellen each day and while the 12 Days of Giveaways shows were on, she along with her family, made a list of all the people they wanted to give each prize to.

Ellen had a copy of that list, which contained names of families and individuals in the Lacombe community.

“We are going to be using that list as a guide,” explained McIntosh on how she and her family are going to distribute the many prizes they’ve received.

McIntosh arrived home the next day with many giftcards and vouchers and gave away the first prize this past Friday morning.

McIntosh and her family will also receive their new Flex from the local dealership Lacombe Ford, which is another unique community tie-in to the pay it forward initiative.

McIntosh said the whole experience seems surreal and will take a long time to settle in.

“The best part isn’t even that we have all of this stuff,” she explained. “The best part is how people are telling us how happy they are for us. And then on top of that we get to give them some-

FINDING INSPIRATION– Laurie McIntosh, a Grade 2 teacher at Father Lacombe Catholic School, stands by her inspirational Ellen quote outside photo submitted her classroom. thing we would never be able to give them and say thank you for being there for us.”

Even though the experience of the show is over, McIntosh is sure the story is going to continue on and affect many lives in the community. She said the pay it forward concept is not a program, or something she subscribes to, but just a way of life.

“It’s about doing what you can

in your own community, with your own resources,” she said. “If you choose to focus on the really amazing things that are happening around you, it changes your outlook. It gives you a different perspective on people and on life.

“That gratitude you have, for all the little awesome things that are happening, makes a big difference.”

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Local school celebrates Father Lacombe Day

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express The life and influence of Albert Lacombe, also known as Father Lacombe, was celebrated by the school named after the FrenchCanadian Catholic missionary last Friday.

Students at Father Lacombe Catholic School in Lacombe celebrated the significant man through a day full of activities on Feb. 27th.

Father Lacombe, who lived from 1827 to 1916, lived among the Cree people and visited the Blackfoot First Nations in western Canada. He is remembered for having brought peace to the two First Nations and assisting with negotiations between the Blackfoot and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

“Father Albert Lacombe was the founder of the developed west and started Catholic schools to bring Christ to the First Nations people,” said Father Lacombe Catholic School Principal Denis Cote.

“He really brought peace to the west and it’s important for us to take time to celebrate. He’s our namesake.”

Cote added it was very rewarding for the students to experience the day and to bring the Catholic presence to the school.

The City of St. Albert was founded in 1861 by Father Lacombe as well as the City of Lacombe is also named in his honour.

Throughout the day, the students dressed up as either Father Albert Lacombe or as someone who may have lived during the time period when Father Lacombe was ministering.

First Nations ancestry was a main the focus of the day as well, with Métis storyteller Denise Miller engaging the students in a traditional drum song, a Cree story and the history of Father Albert Lacombe.

Miller told the students about the original people of Canada, the First Nations. She also said Father Albert Lacombe had two nicknames given to him from the First Nations people, ‘good heart’ and ‘the noble soul.’

Father Albert Lacombe was born in Saint-Sulpice on Feb. 28, 1827. His grandmother was Ojibwe, making him Métis, said Miller.

“He was the first priest to come to the prairies,” she said. “He opened the first flour mill. He did a lot of firsts.”

According to Alberta Culture and Tourism, Lacombe’s overall accomplishments are staggering.

“He established First Nation mis-

FOUNDING FATHER – Principal Denis Cote, dressed as Father Lacombe, welcomes students into an assembly on Feb. 27th to mark Father Lacombe Day. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express sions, served numerous Roman Catholic parishes, and founded new settlements. He mastered several First Nation languages and published dictionaries and prayer books in these dialects.

“During the upheavals of the 1880s, Father Lacombe was a peacemaker, resolving disputes between Aboriginals and the fed-

eral government and Canadian Pacific Railway.

“He (also) established the Lacombe Home in Midnapore and recruited the Sisters of Providence to administer care for the sick, the poor, and the aged at the site. Lacombe coordinated the construction of bridges and grist mills, of schools and churches.”

During the celebration last week, students also had the chance to make their own bannock, a traditional flat bread often consumed by First Nation’s people.

Feb. 28th marked the 188th anniversary of Lacombe’s birth as well. news@lacombeexpress.com

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Local ski area runs as a non-profit

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express Canyon Ski Hill and Lake Louise are popular local ski destinations, but few know about the natural runs of the Medicine Lodge Ski Area, a not-for-profit venture.

Located 11 kms west of Bentley, the Medicine Lodge Ski Area is a hill comparable to Canyon in height, but only operates with natural snow. Medicine Lodge is a small, comfortable place where the locals have worked to keep it family-oriented, accessible and welcoming.

“I raised my kids here. Now, they’re all grown and raising kids. One of my sons is a ski patrol and he’s raising his children out here as well. It’s just so much about family here – we all know that we can bring ours here and they will be absolutely safe,” said Gina Williams, one of the volunteers of the Medicine Lodge Ski Area non-profit group.

According to long-time volunteer Bud Offett, local farmers originally donated the land as a natural, walk-up ski area in the 1950s. A group of skiers from Rimbey, Ponoka, Lacombe and Bentley founded the Medicine Lodge Ski Club. Offett said that this group installed a tow-rope and

made a few more runs.

From there, the Ski Club maintained the hill until it was given to the Village of Bentley to be held for skiers.

“All of the money from concession and admission goes right back into the operations of the place. We don’t make tons of money here. We do major developments by working bingos, casinos, etc. That’s how most of the major stuff has been done in the past,” said Offett.

“The big thing is that we’re run completely by volunteers so we can’t be open all the time. This year, it’s been harder with the weather being so up and down.”

The hill has a variety of runs but is best suited to those looking for a simple ride or learning how to get their bearings. There are several black diamond runs near the top of the hill where the terrain is steep. There are intermediate and beginner runs near the bottom of the hill, most of which are visible from the lodge, which means parents can supervise.

The volunteers who operate the hill have all grown close, but say that they are always accepting people into their ‘ski family’. Many, like Williams and Offett, grew up in the area and have used

the hill to teach their families to enjoy winter sports and to develop their skills in the snow.

“Right at the top of the T-bar, there is a handle tow that takes you straight across the top so you can access runs on the other side. We’re in the process of putting in a new run that will come right from the top and curl around toward the west side of the hill. It’ll be a beginner/intermediate run right from the top,” said Williams.

“We’ve got a second handle tow that doesn’t run when there are small groups.

We have a new tow as well that got put in this summer. It’s been a godsend, actually. It takes a lot of the stress off of the main T-bar, and it’s mostly for beginners. Going up the T-bar, you can get off both sides halfway and they are beginner runs. Most of the runs from the top are black and they are pretty steep. One is double black diamond due to the steepness of the slope.”

In the summer, the hill has been used for car shows and weddings and other events. Through the winter, it is only open usually on weekends but hours of operation depend on snowfall and volunteer availability. kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

LIVELY STRINGS - Caleb Johnson performs Kol Nidre during an afternoon solo string session on March 3rd, during the second day of the 34th annual Lacombe and District Music Festival. The performing arts festival continues Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express until March 11th.

Community input sought for Blackfalds school boundary

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) is hosting several community meetings to discuss school boundaries.

The construction and boundaries change of the proposed Blackfalds Kindergarten to Grade 9 school will be discussed at an up-

coming meeting on March 10th.

“With the number of new school buildings and renovation projects we currently have occurring, we wanted to host these community meetings to encourage the participation of our school communities and to enhance the consultation process,” said RDCRS Superintendent Paul Mason

in a press release.

“We have hosted similar types of meetings in the past and they have been very positively received.”

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed boundary changes and the transition process that will take place when the school opens in 2017.

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9 schools in Blackfalds and surrounding areas are invited to attend.

Although the construction of the school may still be pending, the regional school board still plans to move ahead with discussing the boundaries change for the Blackfalds area as well as the naming the school.

“We have not yet selected an exact location until we have a better idea regarding funding,” said Haleigh Packer, RDCRS communications coordinator.

In regards to the school naming campaign, Packer said RDCRS wanted direct input from the community.

For the month of February, RDCRS held a full

online naming campaign, asking for local input on naming the new education facility. Individuals could have submitted names through Twitter and by filling out a Google form.

Some guidelines for name submissions included that the name should be seen as a role model to students, as opposed to honouring individuals.

Canonized saints, the use of Christ’s mysteries, angels and historical faith-focused people, if a significant time period has elapsed since they have passed away, were also accepted.

“The faith element and Catholic presence in the name was to be signifi-

cant,” said Packer.

A short list of the collected potential names will be submitted to Archbishop Smith for consideration in relation to the guidelines. Once the names are approved by Archbishop Smith, the RDCRS board of trustees will select the final name for the school in Blackfalds.

The name of the school will be announced sometime in the future.

The community meeting regarding the Blackfalds Kindergarten to Grade 9 school boundary will be held on March 10th at St. Teresa of Avila School (190 Glendale Blvd.) in Red Deer from 7 to 9 p.m. news@lacombeexpress.com

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OPINION Celebrating women This Sunday is International Women’s Day (IWD), a time set aside where we recognize and celebrate ordinary women who have played extraordinary roles throughout history and in our communities.

It’s a day to inspire women, celebrate achievements and the progress made worldwide towards equality.

IWD is an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia.

It’s also a national holiday celebrated only by women in China, Madagascar and Nepal. The day sees many men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends and colleagues with small gifts or flowers, similar to Valentine’s Day. IWD was first observed in the early 1900s, during the turn of the industrialized world. The first National Woman’s Day was observed in the United States on Feb. 28th, 1909.

From there, IWD has expanded into a global movement and is celebrated across developed and developing countries.

In Canada, the day has far less public recognition, even with the significant change in society’s outlook of women’s equality and emancipation.

According to Stats Canada, 8.1 million Canadian women (58.3%) were employed in 2009, more than double the number in 1976.

Also over the past three decades, employment rates of women with children have increased. In 2009, 72.9% of women with children under 16 living at home were part of the workforce. In 1976 the number was 39.1%.

Stats Canada also released the information that women are still less likely to be employed than men, with the exception of younger women age 15 to 24. The majority of the female workforce continues to work in traditional female occupations.

In 2009, 67% of employed women had jobs in education, healthcare fields, sales and services and clerical and other administrative positions. Only 31% of employed men work in these female driven fields.

Women have also expanded their role in managerial and professional fields. In Canada in 2009, women made up 37% of those employed as managers, an increase of 7% from 1987.

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ered much worst than that of men.

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In trying to write this column, I had to do a lot of research. A lot. I carefully dissected each of the five major sections of Bill C-51, as well as looked into how each section would affect and change consequential Acts already established.

My overall opinion of it is that we do not need this legislation, and that it is giving more power to an already partially unchallenged and ignorant government.

I’m no expert, but I’m not uninformed. I have picked apart this proposal and found overall there is too much unaccounted and unregulated power being doled out.

I won’t get into too much detail about the Bill itself simply because I don’t have the space to dissect it in print the way that I have at my desk. Looking at the official summary, some flags are raised.

The Bill is separated into five parts: enacting the Security of Canada Informa-

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MENDONSA tion Sharing Act, enacting the Secure Air Travel Act, amending the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Part of the Bill is also revising a number of other Acts, including the Canada Evidence Act, the Customs Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act to name a few.

Essentially, with the introduction of the two new Acts, Bill C-51 (also known as the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2015) radically changes the existing policies on the way our government collects, uses and distributes information anonymously collected through the CSIS.

With the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act, it provides a lot of power for government agencies to dig into people’s emails, phone calls, associations, etc. all under the suspicion of terrorism.

I use that word cautiously because nearly every time I hear someone use it, it’s in an ill-informed, scared perception. Theoretically, you have a higher chance of dying on your drive to work than by an act of terrorism.

CSIS already has enough power and authority to send people to prison based on emails, text messages, private tax information and history, financial history, phone conversations.

So why do they need more?

Each year the SIRC publishes an annual review, complete with a list of recommendations for CSIS to follow. On the list from 2013/2014, the most recently published, a common theme through the recommendations are to keep

more accurate archives and that the unit improve its information management.

That is CSIS being told that they need to better manage and organize their intake of sensitive information. Also, CSIS was told by SIRC to, “Strive to ensure that reporting to the Minister of Public Safety be done in a formal and systematic manner.”

To me, those few instances alone show the possibility for abuse if CSIS gains more power and the permission to be even more secretive.

If anyone is reading this and thinking, “Well the news said that terrorists just said that they were going to attack West Edmonton Mall. What about that?”

As a person who can’t put faith in conspiracy theories and who has to double-check everything, I still think the circulation of that news and the severity with which it was presented was careless.

Maybe if the word terrorism wasn’t thrown around so easily, people could take it more seriously.

What it really comes down to for me is that this Bill has so many implications that might not be seen until later. If the government misses a tragic event that might have been preventable, we know for sure this will come up.

But in all reality and in my opinion, these events aren’t becoming more prevalent – they are becoming more accessible to the public through social media and the instant exposure that terrorist organizations can receive.

The Bill just has too many holes and does not show an adequate framework for responsibility and accountability. There is too much secrecy and far too many chances for the rights and freedoms of people who are not even remotely involved in terrorist organizations to be affected. kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

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Letters to the editor

Lacombe resident says more ice space is critical I wrote a Letter to the Editor about the critical shortage of ice time at the Lacombe arena ice facilities for local minor user groups.

I mentioned that the dressing rooms are not adequate in Lacombe.

There is a critical shortage of available ice time for minor hockey, ringette and figure skating groups in Lacombe. A CRITICAL CRISIS. I’m observing the ice usage now with the current population of Lacombe, compared to that ice usage for minor hockey in Lacombe when I was the ice coordinator for the Lacombe Minor Hockey Association (LMHA)

executive in the late 80s and early 90s.

I was on that LMHA executive in several different positions over a number of years.

The available ice time was short and or very tight back then.

Lacombe’s population has grown a lot in the last 25 or 26 years so it is obvious that the available ice time would be critically short because ice was short back then.

So the letter which I presented to the editor which was graciously published is a way for me, a long time resident, to contribute suggestions so that people who are not aware of this would hopefully now understand more about this situation of a crisis about ice

time availability.

So I’ve had some compliments about my regards to the problem but apparently there are some people who are annoyed that I have taken the opportunity to express my point of view.

My letter to the editor is a form of our freedom of speech. Anyone who disagrees about my ideas could use some form of freedom of speech to suggest how I might be correct or incorrect.

Whatever the current City councillors decide will be the policy going forward. I understand how their decision-making is achieved. At the same time I can continue to say politely, whatever it is that I believe.

I believe then, again, that Lacombe needs to construct more indoor ice sport facilities with correct dimensions of artificial ice playing surfaces. And I also believe that Lacombe needs adequate dressing rooms.

The decisions of City council for projects such as this could be to include ideas that would benefit the City here for many years in the future.

The facilities that exist are nice. They have been ‘pieced’ on as additions so the space, parking and amenities get more and more awkward.

Whether you agree with my thoughts or not, I will say it yet another time that Lacombe with

our current population needs more ice surfaces.

I will continue to write because freedom of speech is a good thing to utilize. Build or don’t build.

I think Lacombe should build something as soon as possible, not two or three or five or 10 years away.

Now, I’m old so I don’t need any of this.

The children in Lacombe deserve more ice surfaces so that they don’t have to go to neighbouring towns such as Clive and Alix and Blackfalds and other places. Lacombe needs to provide for Lacombe’s people.

W. Sandy Douglas Lacombe

Assisted suicide not the only response to suffering It is eloquent, persuasive and based in law; it almost had me convinced that physician-assisted dying is the correct response to suffering.

In the Carter decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a competent adult who consents to death, and has a, “Grievous and irremediable medical condition (including illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition,” has a right to physician-assisted dying.

The ruling does not restrict physician-assisted dying to those who are terminally ill.

The Court found that a total ban against physicianassisted dying is broader than necessary to achieve its objective of protecting, “Vulnerable persons from being induced to commit suicide at a time of weakness”. In the view of the Court, the consequences of the prohibition impinge on the individual’s right to life, liberty and security of the person.

In the words of the Court, “The prohibition deprives some individuals of life, as it has the effect of forcing some individuals to take their own lives prematurely, for fear they would be incapable of doing so when they reached the point where suffering was intolerable. The rights to liberty and security of the person, which deal with

concerns about autonomy and quality of life, are also engaged.

“An individual’s response to a grievous and irremediable medical condition is a matter critical to their dignity and autonomy. The prohibition denies people in this situation the right to make decisions concerning their bodily integrity and medical care and thus trenches on their liberty. And by leaving them to endure intolerable suffering, it impinges on their security of the person.”

As I read through the lengthy decision, it was difficult not to let the logic of the Court inform my belief on the matter. It is hard to argue against the individual’s right to autonomy and dignity when I like to make my own decisions, and have no wish to endure suffering, nor watch someone else endure it.

Still, I have issues with physician-assisted dying.

My attitude towards suffering differs from the negative approach towards suffering implied in the term ‘dying with dignity’ and endorsed in the Carter decision. In my view, the human person is created in the image and likeness of God. This divine stamp on the individual sanctifies every human life, and gives each of us an innate and inviolable dignity.

We operate under a false premise when we equate the suffering arising from disease, illness or disability

with a loss of dignity. I have known people to endure each of these with great dignity, allowing their suffering to transform them, and in the process, their relationships and those who cared for them. Rather than losing their dignity, they grew in graciousness.

Archbishop Antonio Mancini of Halifax-Yarmouth, in a homily I happened to hear while visiting Halifax a few days after the Supreme Court decision, addressed our struggle to make sense of suffering.

“When there is no meaning to suffering, it is only pain, and of course people are afraid.

“But where there is meaning, where there is love and proper care, where there is community support, suffering can become sacrifice. Sacrifice is not just another word for ‘put up with’. It literally means to make something ‘sacred’. To take suffering and to transform it with meaning is to make the reality of suffering a manifestation of the holy and the sacred.”

While this view of the relationship between suffering and dignity differs from that of the majority of Canadians and of the Supreme Court, there is the same desire to act compassionately towards those who suffer. From this standpoint, the compassionate response begins with a willingness to share, not to avoid, the suffering of another, and encompasses support and care.

For those who do not applaud this decision as one giant step forward for Canadians, and who seek an alternate response, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement that may be helpful.

The bishops recommend that legislators interpret the decision as narrowly as possible so as not to open

the door to euthanasia.

They urge governments and professional associations to implement policies that will protect the freedom of conscience of health-care workers who oppose physician assisted dying. And, they renew their call for universal access to quality hospice-palliative care.

Undergirding these acT-

tion points is an unshakeable belief in the sanctity of human life as a reality that defines the human person, and in the power of love to ease the transition from life to death in even the most difficult of situations.

Troy Media columnist Louise McEwan is a catechist and former teacher with degrees in English and Theology.

WE WANT READER INPUT Letters to the editor are welcomed by the Lacombe Express. We attempt to publish a cross section of opinion and letters criticizing or praising our writers or content. However we reserve the right to edit every letter if necessary for length, taste, clarity and to eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements.

We prefer short concise letters, but will run letters unedited (for length) to a maximum of 250 words.

Anything over this is subject to cutting. To be considered for publication letters must contain the name, address and phone number of the writer.

We publish the letter writer’s name and home town at the end of the letter.

Please send your letters by fax to 403-7825344, email to news@ lacombeexpress.com or mail to Editor, #5019A - 51 St., Lacombe, AB. The postal code is T4L 2A3.

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Light refreshments will follow.

This will be the last of the P.D. James Series for 2014-15.

EVENTS Parkinson Alberta Education offers support groups for persons with Parkinson disease, family members and caregivers at the following Central Alberta locations: Red Deer, Lacombe, Innisfail, Olds, Three Hills and Castor. Visit www.parkinsonalberta.ca for more information.

The Ponoka Thespians present Radio Active, a musical radio comedy. Held at the Asker Lutheran Church (20 minutes east of Ponoka on Hwy. 53, north on Asker Road). March 5th, 7 p.m. dessert night - $25 tickets, March 6th, 1:30 p.m. Seniors’ Matinee; March 6th, 7 p.m. evening show. Admission by freewill offering. For more information and dessert night tickets, email debzepick@gmail.com.

MESSY CHURCH: Food, Fun, Faith and Family - designed to bring children, youth and adults together in fun and interactive activities, Messy Church is a new way to explore the values and stories of Christian Faith in an atmosphere of creativity, hospitality and celebration. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 6th, in the CE Building at St. Andrew’s United Church (522651 Avenue). For more information, call 403-782-3148 or visit www.lacombeunitedchurch.ca.

Rural Crime Watch Information Meeting: for the Summer Village of Gull Lake and Lacombe County residents. March 9th, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Gull Lake Community Hall. Representatives of the RCMP, County Peace Officers and members of rural crime watch will be in attendance. For more information, contact Ken Wigmore at 403-588-1222.

Karma Yoga: Wednesday, March 11, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the LMC in the Servus Credit Union room. All proceeds are donated the Lacombe and District FCSS. Please bring your own yoga mat.

P.D. James book series with moderator Denise Herr, will discuss the book the Lighthouse with a group discussion, March 12th at 7 p.m. at the LMC

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p.m., with the play beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the front desk of the Red Deer Legion, by contacting any Pipe Band member or calling Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.

Friends of the Library will be pleased to present Ross Smillie to tell those in attendance of the indigenous people in Guatemala on March 17th, 7 p.m. at the LMC in the Country Room. Enjoy the light refreshments served by the Friends of the Library. Free admission.

Lacombe Walking Group Wednesdays from 12-12:30 at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic. No Registration required.

Kozy Korner — Tuesday dinners every week at noon.

Friends of the Library. On March 26th in the LMC Country Room, at 7 p.m. Keith Meyers will present the history of the Lacombe Chamber of Commerce of Trade:

Lacombe dance lessons – social and choreographed ballroom dancing. Traditional Two-step or Cha Cha/Jive. For details, phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.

March 10th at 1:30 to 3 p.m. The meetings offer an opportunity to learn about resources through guest speakers and group discussions. You will receive support and encouragement through connections with other people living with vision loss. If you, or someone you know could benefit from this group please join us. For more information about the support group please call Amanda Bradley, Senior Peer Support Specialist, CNIB Red Deer at 403-346-0037.

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Lacombe Legion Community Breakfast, March 15th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. upstairs at the Lacombe Legion. Cost: 6$ per adult (12 years and older), $3 per child.

Lacombe Victim Services 13th Annual Comedy Cabaret Friday, March 13th. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Comedians start at 8 p.m.

Silent auction as well as door prizes and a 50/50 draw. Tickets are $25 each or a table of eight is $180. Tickets can be purchased at Lacombe Police Station or call Debbie at 403-782-3279 ext. 152.

The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 will be hosting the multi-award winning play, Jake’s Gift. The performance will take place on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Red Deer. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. Pipe Band will play at 6:45

St. Andrew’s United Church Jr. Choir for ages five to 18. Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. Contact Jessica at 403-352-5486.

St. Andrew’s United Church Adult Choir for those 18 and older.

Practices are on Wednesdays from 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Contact St. Andrew’s United Church office at 403-782-3148 for more details about the choir.

Parkland Anglican Churches St. Patrick’s Day Beef Supper, Tuesday, March 17th, Elnora Community Hall. Entertainment, door prizes and basket draws.

Adults $12.50; 6 to 10 years old $6; preschoolers free. Doors open at 5 p.m. Supper at 5:30 p.m.

Contact Paddy 403-227-1635, Jean 403-749-2411, Gwen 403773-2270. Everyone welcome.

Did you know? Lacombe has a CNIB peer support group for seniors who are blind or partially sighted.

The bi-monthly meetings are held at Spruce Terrace (5002-51 Ave.) The next meeting is Tuesday,

quilts or bring your own quilt/ craft to work on. Check out our web site at blackfaldsunitedchurch.com or call 403-8854780 for more information.

The Lacombe Legion has bingo on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the upstairs hall. Coffee time runs Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. ($2 for coffee, tea and cookies). On Fridays, there are four meat draws and tickets are $2/ set of three tickets. Draw starts at 6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there are four meat draws which start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the ace starts after meat draws.

New to Lacombe? Contact Lacombe Welcome Wagon at 403-348-9567 for free maps, information about the City & area, as well as free gifts from local businesses. New baby in the family? Contact Lacombe Welcome Wagon at 403-3489567 for free information, baby product samples as well as free gifts from local businesses.

Youth Unlimited Drop-in activities schedule! Drop-in activities run every Tuesday from 6 – 9 p.m. with ball hockey on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. Girls only drop-in is also Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m.

Thursdays Grade 3-6 drop-in program runs from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and Grade 4 and up program from 6 – 9 p.m. Cost is 2$ for drop-in and ball hockey with drop-in 10 passes at $10 and ball hockey season pass at $50.

Affirm – providing safe and confidential support to people of all sexual orientation and identity, their families and friends. We meet in Lacombe. For more information, call Marg at 403-7821887 or Ross at 403-782-3671.

Imperial Daughters of the Empire is a non-profit women’s volunteer program that raises money in support of numerous initiatives supporting education. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month and begin at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church. For more information about the group, feel free to contact Mary Lou Wilson 403-782-3923.

Lacombe Art Guild – the guild meets regularly on the second and third Tuesday of each month. A variety of workshops are provided for developing artists. Membership is $15 per year.

Contact Betty Peers at 403782-9968 or blog lacombeartclubwordpress. com. Meetings run in LMC Credit Union Room at 5214 50 Ave. in Lacombe.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Table Talk Coffee Group: Meets the second Friday of each month at Demi’s Restaurant (Lacombe Motor Inn) at 10 a.m. If you or someone in your life has been affected by MS, join us for a fun, casual and supportive coffee chat. For more, contact Terri Blanchard at 403-346-0290.

Clive TOPS – Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Every Thursday at the Clive Christian Fellowship Church 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Mirror Jolly Seniors — pancake breakfast every second Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mirror Moms and Tots play group — located at the small brick building along Hwy. 50 past the old school. Contact Wendy at 403-788-2612.

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Horoscope ARIES

TAURUS

Mar 21/Apr 20

Apr 21/May 21

You impress everyone with

Keep your goals relatively

your creativity this week, Aries.

simple for the next few days,

Allow this creativity to be the

Taurus. You can benefit from the positive reinforcement of

inspiration behind projects you

completing tasks and getting

have been putting off of late.

things done.

GEMINI May 22/Jun 21

CANCER Jun 22/Jul 22

Gemini, you have been

Cancer, you have a lot to get

immersed in work and are

done, but resist the urge to

starting to show the ill effects

micromanage every detail, as

of keeping long hours. Now is

this could be a surefire path

a great time to take a few days

to burnout. You need to take a

off or enjoy a mini-vacation.

few breaths.

LEO

VIRGO

Jul 23/Aug 23

Aug 24/Sept 22

Leo, avoid the temptation to

It is sometimes easy to miss

get started on another new

the forest for the trees, Virgo.

project. You already have plenty of other things on your

can look at a puzzling project

moving on to something new.

from a new perspective.

LIBRA

SCORPIO Scorpio, you suspect that

for a new adventure, but try to

someone is hiding something,

appreciate the here and now

and that very well may be the

as well. It’s easy to get swept

case. Perhaps a welcome

up in fantasies, but don’t let

surprise is coming your way.

them carry you too far away.

Resist the urge to dig too deep.

Nov 23/Dec 21

CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20

You can probably talk

Capricorn, find balance

your way out of trouble,

between your personal

Sagittarius, but this time it’s

ambitions and things you have

better to let things play out.

to accomplish at work and at

Keep conversations light and

home. Finding a middle ground

free from controversy.

is the best approach.

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Jan 21/Feb 18

Feb 19/Mar 20

Aquarius, you need a few

Your demeanor makes it

extra people to contribute to

easy for others to enjoy your

a special task, but you do not know who to ask. If you think hard enough, you will know who you can depend on.

company, and that will come in handy as your social schedule fills up in the days ahead.

Fill-in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started.

Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.

13. A set of type of one style 14. Not completely closed 17. No (Scottish) 19. Microelectromechanical system 22. Having the wind against the forward side 23. Reestablish 24. Khloe K’s former husband 25.Verse forms 29. Places to sit 30. Chilean pianist Claudio 32. Rounds of poker 33. Spanish be 34. Sing and play for somebody 38. Chemical symbol for gold 39. Praying insects 43. Israeli politician Abba 45. 7th planet from the sun 49. Br. plural of a penny 50. Largest continent 51. Distress signal 52. Senate and People of Rome 54. Fill with high spirits 55. Egyptian statesman Anwar 57. Non-verbal entertainer 58. 12th calendar month (abbr.)

59. A major division of geological time 60. Ultrahigh frequency 61. Yes vote

Oct 24/Nov 22

Libra, you may be searching

SAGITTARIUS

ANSWER

Try taking a step back so you

plate. Finish those tasks before

Sept 23/Oct 23

HOW TO PLAY:

CLUES ACROSS 1. Printing speed measurement 4. Fed 7. A domed or vaulted recess 11. Macaws 12. Neck garment 14. A billionth of an ohm 15. Local area network 16. Cleve. basketball hero 18. Wounded & disfigured 20. Civil Rights group 21. Master of ceremonies 22. Smallest artery branches

26. Ref 27. Exist 28. Diagram of earth’s surface 29. SE Asian sarsaparilla soft drink 31. Fire remains 35. 3rd tone 36. Before 37. It breaks down lactose 39. A waterproof raincoat 40. Atomic #18 41. NW Canadian territory 42. Hindquarters 44. Follows sigma

46. Rural delivery 47. Point that is one point N of due E 48. Excels 53. Berkus and Silver 56. Famous for fables 57. Philippine capital 58. Meg Ryan’s ex-husband 62. Doleful 63. Arugula genus 64. Nursery verse 65. The 7th Greek letter 66. Container for shipping 67. Charge for services 68. Immature onion plant

CLUES DOWN 1. Swedish statesman Olaf 2. Baltic flat-bottomed boat (alt. sp.)

3. Fingernail treatment 4. Breezed through 5. Check 6. Stray 7. Ancient computing devices 8. Something cheerleaders wave 9. The woman 10. Ambulance rescue initials 12. In a drowsy manner

ANSWER

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Building a legacy with Tree House Youth Theatre

BY MARK WEBER Lacombe Express There are those special people who just have a way with today’s youth – they can really connect with them, and even help to strongly inuence them in a range of positive ways.

Matt Gould, 58, is one of those people. He’s been at the helm of the Red Deerbased Tree House Youth Theatre as artistic director for 10 years, and has decided that at the end of this spring’s production, it’s time to move on.

Tree House Youth Theatre was created in 1988.

The aim of the program is to build theatrical interest and foster skills in the young people of Central Alberta. “I understand that they have a great affection for me, and it’s reciprocal,� he explains of his band of actors and crew members. “I totally love the kids, and I know that I deal with them really well.� There’s no question of that – several return season after season to sign up. Much of that is no doubt due to Gould’s obvious ability to connect Over the years, Tree House has produced many compelling shows, running the gamut from renditions of classics such as Sleeping Beauty, The Wind and the Willows and Fiddler on the Roof to others equally engaging that have been penned by Gould himself.

Whatever he has selected for a given performance, there is always much that is unique about it – Gould has a way of injecting a raw originality into pretty much anything he puts his hand to. “I get in there and do my work with my quirky sense, I carry whatever energy I can to the room – my expertise, my ignorance and my love for putting on shows and telling stories,� he adds with a smile.

Teresa Neuman ďŹ rst met Gould about 10 years ago when her daughter became involved with Tree House.

She also served on the board for a time as well. “What was really noticeable right from the beginning was that all of a sudden, there was a real elevation in the quality of the work that Tree House was doing,� she recalls of Gould’s arrival. “It has always been an excellent program, but the expectation that Matt brought for those kids to rise to was something I hadn’t seen in my

time there up to that point. “What was also special is that Matt has such a diverse set of skills – he’s a visual artist, he’s a designer, he knows about textiles and costuming, he’s an actor and he’s a musician. So he brought everything to the table in one package, which I think is going to be a challenge to even begin to replace in that kind of a mentor.�

Neuman said she also has noticed Gould’s approach to productions has been different in that it is often quite minimalistic in terms of costuming and set. “What had to come through in order to make the production work were the performances, and the allowance of the audiences to use their own imaginations to get there,� she said. “I think that’s what we be-

gan to see – not only were the actors challenged to rise to the expectation, but the community was challenged to become more engaged in the productions because they had to bring their own imagination to it.

I found that really exciting right from the beginning.�

Looking ahead, Gould’s last show will be a kind of retrospective – Let the Play Continue will be his

last spring production with Tree House. “It’s a series of scenes and musical numbers from all the shows; there will be scenes from Last Known Position, Red Deer River Stories, Mulan, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty and the Beast,� he said, acknowledging how the preparation has brought about many memories. “I think it’s really fun.� editor@reddeerexpress.com

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SPORTS

TEAM WORK - Karen Gullekson and Al Winslow sweep during the second day of the Lacombe Curling Club’s last bonspiel of the year, the Mixed Open, on Feb. 28th.

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Local curler continues to excel in her sport of choice

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express Chantele Broderson, 17, as part of Team Alberta will be attending the Optimist U18 International Curling Championships next month.

Fresh off her win this past weekend at the Northern Alberta Curling Association Juvenile Provincials in Edmonton, Broderson told the Lacombe Express the competition was not only a qualifying round, but also a true success.

“We curled the best we have all season,” she said on March 2nd.

Team Broderson, skipped by Broderson, with Kate Goodhelpsen as third, Brenna Bilassy at second, Madysan Theroux as lead and coached by Skip Wilson competed against five of the toughest young female teams in the province from Feb. 27th to March 1st.

In the round robin format, Team Broderson was pitted against five teams.

“We went five and zero,” said Broderson of the win.

In the first draw, Team Broderson took on Team Dixon of the Calgary Winter Club, landing a 9-4 win. On the second draw on Friday night, Team Broderson was matched with Team Sturmay of the Airdrie Curling Club, totalling a 6-3 win.

On Saturday, Broderson squeezed a win away from Lauren Marks of the Leduc Curling Club, with a total of a 6-4 in draw three. Team Broderson also came out on top in draw four with a 5-4 win from Team Skrlik of Falher.

The fifth draw, held on Sunday saw Team Broderson hammer Team Smith of Fort St. John 9-1.

With a distinct winner, playoffs were not required to determine who moves on to compete in the

international championships.

This was the first time Broderson attended the juvenile provincials, but it was not by far her first provincial competition. Team Broderson previously attended the juvenile playdown, one of the other qualifying competitions for the international championships.

“It was our second provincial of the season,” she said.

Broderson said she’s excited to be heading to the international championships, especially as a skip for Team Alberta. “It’s going to be nice to have my first Alberta jacket, and have my first provincial win,” she said.

Team Broderson will be matched against teams from all over Canada, many of which they haven’t met yet on ice.

The Optimist U18 International Curling Championships will be held on April 1st-5th in Edmonton. Teams from all of the prov-

inces and territories of Canada, the United States and Japan will be competing.

The championships will be held partly at the Jasper Place Curling Club and Saville Community Centre, which is Broderson’s home club for the season.

This year Broderson joined the U of A pre-varsity team specifically as a skip.

“I was pretty much slotted in,” she said of the move that saw her replace previous team skip Danielle Schmiemann.

Last year, the team saw Broderson compete with her Lacombe-based team at the junior provincials and her fate was basically sealed. Now skipping with the elite team in Edmonton, Broderson is aiming to accelerate her career in the junior circuit.

“First I plan to finish out the season and then attend the University of Alberta next year,” she said.

She is also not ruling out competing in the Winter Olympics or the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in the future.

Last November, Broderson and her team attended trials for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

“We ended up being second, ranked out of four teams,” she explained.

Team Broderson then competed against another team out of the Saville Centre, losing in the final and on the chance to attend the Canada Winter Games on behalf of Team Alberta.

But if Broderson did end up attending the Canada Winter Games, she would have missed out on the chance to attend the Optimist U18 International Curling Championships, a world-class competition and opportunity for a young curler with a career on the rise. news@lacombeexpress.com

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Bentley Generals working hard in playoffs

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express The Bentley Generals had a great 2014/2015 season with a record of 23 wins, one loss and no ties. Heading into playoffs, things continue to look good.

“We were extremely happy with the season this year from start to finish. We came ready to go in camp and carried that spirit right through, even through exhibition games.

“We did really well throughout the year,” said coach Ryan Tobler.

“Record-wise, of course we are happy with it. We were consistent all year and that’s probably what I was most happy with.”

The team has earned the title of division leaders with consistent game play and technique shown throughout the season.

Of the four playoff games that the Bentley Generals have played so far, they have won three.

As for playoffs, Tobler said that the guys won’t play any differently than they have all year and that they hope to keep up their reputation of tough competition.

“We started in the series like we wanted, with two wins on the first weekend.

“We were down two nothing in Eckville, a home game for us. Maybe we weren’t as ready, or underestimated the Chiefs or whatever the case may be, but I’ve got to give them credit because they played a great game last Friday,” said Tobler.

“This time of year it’s about responding the right way, and we got the two points we needed to finish it up and win on the 28th.”

Currently, Torrie Dyck, Cam Maclise and AJ Gale of the Generals are all among the top five scorers of the league. Dyck and

Maclise are tied with Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs player Brett Holmberg with seven points, Gale only a point behind.

Travis Yonkman is second only to Todd Ford for the amount of saves made in net, with Yonkman at a save percentage of 0.949.

Tobler said that it is not one aspect, but many that make the Generals a strong team.

“These are 60-minute team games and we’re trying to do all the little things we can to make them good.

“We’re not trying to be something we’re not just because it’s playoffs. We’re going to play the same way we have all year and we’re going to try and bring our consistency and work ethic,” he said.

The team’s next game falls on March 6th at the Eckville Arena, where the Generals will take on the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs

in game five of a seven game series.

“The intensity of course raises at this time of year so you have to make sure that one, you’re ready and two, you’re doing all the little things to prepare and get the last two points.

“We’re taking it one game at a time,” Tobler said.

If the Generals can pull together two more wins, they win the best of seven series that would bring them to play the winner of Okotoks/Innisfail series. In turn, the winner of that will go on to represent the Western division in the Allan Cup. Regularly, the winners of the playoff series would compete in a best of five MacKenzie Cup before qualifying for the Allan Cup, but British Columbia has no identified team this year to challenge for the Western division title. kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

Clive woman wins silver medal at 55 Plus Winter Games

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, but for Janice Johnson, that means

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The Clive woman recently competed at the 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games

held in Lethbridge.

“It really was a lot of fun,” she said of the experience.

“I’ve never attended before.”

Johnson competed in the Scrabble 70 Plus Open,

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and Lacombe. Zone 4 competitors played in Scrabble, shuffleboard, darts and curling.

“There were quite a few venues and over 1,000 participants,” she said of the Games.

To qualify to attend the 55 Plus Games, Johnson had to ‘out-word’ more than a few players during scrabble playoffs held in Mirror.

The playoffs were held last fall and from there she made the cut to attend to represent Zone 4.

Johnson said the competition at the Games was fierce, starting at 9 a.m. each day, over a two-day period, with each game lasting 50-minutes and just a few breaks in between.

“We played seven games a day,” she said. “It was pretty intense.”

In the Scrabble 70 Plus Open final, Johnson took on Laverne Brooks of Calgary. Brooks out-matched Johnson, but Johnson still won a coveted silver medal.

Walter Hawksworth of Mirror, also competed in the Scrabble 70 Plus category, as a player from Zone 2 couldn’t make it so he filled in for the player for the two-day competition.

Johnson and Hawksworth

competed against each other at the Games, like they had during the Mirror playoffs.

Hawksworth won a bronze medal in the Scrabble 70 Plus Open final.

“It’s all about who gets the letters,” explained Johnson about her technique.

Johnson has been honing her Scrabble skills her whole life.

Some of her opponents practice online, but Johnson has a more challenging opponent to practice with, her 96-year-old mother.

“She keeps me on my toes,” she said.

Johnson practices with her mother three times a week, but recently wanted to test her skills out on someone else, which is why she attended the scrabble playoffs last fall.

Lisa Hawksworth, of Mirror, also competed in the Scrabble 55 Plus Open category and came home with a silver medal.

Frank Snopek, of Camrose, and Hazel Heistad, of Lacombe, won gold medals in the 55 Plus Table Shuffleboard competition.

Linda Stevenson, of Camrose, and Fran Kelly, of Lacombe, won a bronze medal in 55 Plus Women’s Doubles in darts. news@lacombeexpress.com

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ARTS & LEISURE

Cow Patti Theatre drives home latest comedy

FOUR’S A CROWD - The Cow Patti Theatre Company presents the western Canadian premiere of The Ladies Foursome.

BY SARAH MAETCHE Lacombe Express There’s more to golf than just putting and having an excellent back swing.

In Cow Patti Theatre’s latest production The Ladies Foursome, we learn there is more to the show than just golf terminology, but we get to see a true reflection of life and of course, enjoy some laughs as well.

The Ladies Foursome, premiering for the first time in western Canada, at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club, will run until the end of March.

The production features the cast of four strong women, one 18-hole golf course and the renowned wit of Norm Foster.

Many may remember The Foursome, also penned by Foster, which Cow Patti Theatre previously featured last season.

Director Jesse Collins said The Ladies Foursome is not the female version, but is more inspired thematically by the The Foursome and has its own distinct story.

“In my opinion it’s one of the strongest plays,” he said.

“It’s funny. It has a lot of heart.”

Cow Patti Theatre’s Artistic Producer and one of the four cast members AnnaMarie Lea said she heard a rumour last year that Foster had written a sequel of The

Foursome. “I immediately emailed him,” she said. “I grabbed it. A lot of people saw The Foursome last season.

We are really excited to give this to the audience.”

She added Foster has revolutionized theatre, making productions accessible to the people.

“He’s allowed the people to take ownership of the theatre,” she said. “Our audience is always filled with a variety of people. It’s great to see them transformed. He (Foster) has done that for us.”

Collins added it is very significant why Foster writes plays about everyday people, for regular people in communities like Lacombe and the surrounding area.

“They will find if they come out, they will enjoy a story of regular people sharing about their lives,” he said. “It’s a very funny take on a bunch of girls. They really talk about everything but golf.”

Lea added she’s thrilled to present The Ladies Foursome, especially with an all-new cast. The production features Debra Hale as Connie, Michelle LeBlanc as Tate, Lea as Margot and Alison Lawrence as Dory. Collins is a guest director, who has over 30 years experience in theatre and directing.

From tee-off to the 18th hole, The Ladies Foursome is a fun-filled celebration of friendship.

Essentially, The Ladies Foursome tells the tale of three females who play a round of golf the day after a funeral

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of a beloved friend. The trio is joined by a fourth woman, another old friend of their deceased friend who they didn’t know anything about. During the round of golf they discuss everything under the sun: life, love, men, sex, children and careers.

No topic is off limits for the girls as they take on the challenging course and each other. Some surprises and confessions come to the surface during the test of the bonds of friendship.

Lea said the main mandate of Cow Patti Theatre is to make people laugh.

“We try to do a show that has a bit of meat as well,” she explained. “But we need to laugh. Come on out and see a really good show — What an escape,” she said.

The Ladies Foursome runs through to March 29th at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club.

Performances are on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday evening. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday afternoons are brunch shows.

The theatre is also hosting eight benefit shows for various local community groups.

For more information about The Ladies Foursome or Cow Patti Theatre visit www.cowpatti.com. For tickets contact the box office at 403-782-3956 or 403-304-6329. news@lacombexpress.com

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The Gallery on Main features prolific artist

BY MARK WEBER Lacombe Express A local artist is enjoying a measure of exposure that few have the opportunity to relish.

Larry Reese, an instructor at Red Deer College in the film studies program, is also an extremely gifted and prolific artist. Currently, The Gallery on Main in Lacombe is featuring an exhibit of his works entitled ‘As I See It’ through to March 20th.

Reese lives near Sylvan Lake, in the peaceful and very scenic Half Moon Bay area, and there are plenty of picturesque sites around to capture his imagination.

According to his artist’s statement for the exhibit, Reese explains that he, “Usually paints in a somewhat realistic manner with much influence from my subconscious creative imaginings. Thus my palette and canvas are wide open to many interpretations of colour, line and form.

“I am definitely a ‘heart’ artist and leave the heady stuff for academics. It is an intention of mine to invite the viewer to go inside my paintings and join me in the world ‘as I see it’.”

Reese, as mentioned earlier, is truly a consummate artist. He is musical, he is an actor, a director, a filmmaker and a teacher - just to point out some of the ways he so effectively expresses himself.

Meanwhile, he is thrilled to be able to showcase some of his works at The Gallery on Main.

“When I first went there, I was delighted to see a number of artists that I’m familiar with around Central Alberta. So the fact that I

was accepted into this group was a big thrill for me, and also that owner Laverne (Jones) offered me a show is an honour.

“It’s a good chance for me to establish more of a reputation as a painter. This is also the first time I’ve had a commercial gallery solo show with oils.”

He’s also recently shown works at Red Deer’s Harris-Warke Gallery, the gallery in the Welikoklad Centre and there are others featured at Redstone restaurant in Red Deer as well.

“One of the things I’m most proud of is that I’ve been included in the Group of Four – we push each other in very positive ways, challenging each other to excel,” he explains of the group which includes local artists Jeri Lynn Ing, Susan Woolgar and Judy Sutter. “That group has opened up a lot of doors for me personally.”

Reese originally hails from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and immigrated to Canada in 1961.

Painting proved an early interest, as did music.

According to his RDC biography, he has lived all over the world including stints from Dacca, Bangladesh, to London, England to Guadalajara, Mexico.

These experiences, soaking up the richness of various cultures, also seep into his work. Reese’s paintings are consistently bold, intricate and strikingly original interpretations of the world around him.

In 1974, he earned a Bachelor of Music in composition from the University of Alberta and has composed numerous songs, stage musicals and film scores. Television movie credits include Butch

GIFTED - Local artist Larry Reese is currently featured in a new exhibit called ‘As I See It’ at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe. The show runs through to March 20th.

Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Oklahoma City – A Survivor’s Story and In Cold Blood. He’s also played recurring roles on several series such as Jake and the Kid, North of 60 and Lonesome Dove.

As an acting teacher he has taught at the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan College and at RDC for many years where is the head of performance for the Motion Picture Arts Program.

In 2011, Reese and collaborator James Wilson joined forces on

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a documentary called Mapping Creativity which explored the creative process through interviews with artists including Jazz great PJ Perry, blues impresario and radio host Holger Petersen and film legend Fil Fraser. Shaun Johnston of CBC’s Heartland, local painter David More and Jean Grand-Maitre, the artistic director of Alberta Ballet also shared their insights on the creative process. In terms of acting, he’s appeared in such acclaimed films as

Brokeback Mountain and Unforgiven, both of which were partly filmed in Alberta.

These days, Reese has his eye on retiring from teaching in a few years, so to that end, he’s establishing himself more and more as a painter. But teaching has, in its own way, provided him with a rich education as well.

“That’s the best way to learn – is to teach,” he explained. “I’m a consummate student.” editor@reddeerexpress.com

Frequent sex cuts prostate cancer risk – report Hmmm…why wasn’t this study done 70 years ago when I was young with an abundance of testosterone?

Dr. Gifford

JONES This was my first reaction to a report in the journal, Cancer Epidemiology. But for the Don Juans of this world, this news is better late than never. I’m sure they will be ecstatic to learn that frequent sex can decrease the risk of prostate cancer. But what will their bride-to-be say?

Marie-Elise Parent is associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Montreal. I have not met her, but she’s been affectionately called, for appropriate reasons, ‘Madame Prostate’. She also has my congratulations for her unique research.

So what’s the good news for Romeos?

The Montreal study questioned 3,208 men between 2005 and 2009 about lifestyle factors, particularly their frequency of

sex. Of this group 1,590 had been diagnosed with prostate malignancy. There were 1,618 males in the control group.

The study revealed that men who had sex with more than 20 women had 28% less risk of developing prostate cancer. And there was more good news. They were also less likely to have the rapid growing form of this disease.

Parent, however, cautioned that this research did not mean men should try to beat the four-minute mile while getting to the bedroom. Or, that it favoured a weekend of unparalleled sex with 20 women. Rather, the lovemaking should be with 20 or more women spaced over a lifetime.

This clarification must have some downto-earth side-effects, and I wonder if Madame Prostate has considered them? For instance, I can imagine the reaction if you said to your bride-to-be, ‘Darling, this ring means ‘till death do us part’. But recent research shows that I’m more likely to die of prostate cancer if I don’t have sexual relations with 20 or more women.

“I hope you understand that I still love you and it’s not something I want to do. But I’m sure you will agree this condition is in

the interest of my health and life.”

Maybe readers could pass along to me what the blushing bride-to-be would say!

But the study wasn’t all good news. For instance, men who slept with men and who had 20 male partners, had twice the risk of developing prostate cancer than men who never slept with a man. Even worse, their risk of a quickly growing prostate malignancy was five times greater.

What about male virgins who never had sex?

Results showed they were twice as likely to develop prostate cancer.

The question, apart from the marital disruption this affair would cause, is why romping with 20 or more women would decrease the risk of this often fatal malignancy.

Marie-Elise Parent doesn’t know the answer. But she speculates that the frequency of sex with a variety of women increases the sex drive. And increased sex means that during orgasm the concentration of carcinogens is reduced in the prostate gland.

The same theory has been proposed for the prevention of colon cancer. In effect,

normal bowel movements decrease the time carcinogens have contact with the wall of the colon and therefore also decrease risk of this disease.

But many question this theory and I’m sure many will also question Parent’s research.

However, a Harvard study also showed that men who had sex 21 times a month had a 33% less risk of prostate cancer than men who had sex four to seven times a month.

Parent declares more research on this matter is obviously required. But 70 years ago I would have applauded her decision, and sacrificed moral standards in the interest of science to participate in this project. But alas, for those of my age, all we can do is cry in our beer that it is too late to volunteer.

This year 250,000 North American males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

But since many have a slow growing form of the disease, only 30,000 will die from it.

As a world authority aptly remarked, “Getting older is invariably fatal, cancer of the prostate only sometimes.”

See the web site at www.docgiff.com. For comments, email info@docgiff.com.

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CREATIVE DESIGN – This kitchen of a Pegasus Homes show home in the Laredo subdivision of Red Deer features a unique movable island, which compliments the flow of the kitchen.

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Warming up your home with wonderful wood Do you remember the 70s and early 80s when wood was king?

Oak panelling and flooring almost became a status symbol and the more you had, the more grand your home.

Fast forward to the late 90s and people start furiously demolishing, removing or painting this formerly exalted decorative item in an attempt to ‘get rid of all the honey oak’.

For a time wood panelling became synonymous with tacky and retro was almost a four letter word in design.

Sometime in 2014 wood snuck back on the scene, it did it quietly and without controversy and we began to see walls covered with wood, laminate or wood grained tile once again.

Nobody even saw it coming, no one set up road blocks or spike belts to prevent this offensive style from rearing its ugly head and now wood panelling is back in vogue.

Kim

WYSE Of course it’s better and cooler than the 70s retro creepy basement dungeon decor and it’s far more beachy and coastal than the 80s overindulged over panelled excess but it is still wood panelling dressed up with a new hipster urban vibe.

The wonderful thing about wood in any area (or era) is that it provides one-of-akind texture to a space and is the most versatile and easiest to manipulate.

You can shape wood to any profile, stain or paint and you have a lovely feature in any room in your home.

Not only does wood build your home and support its structure, it also comes inside after a long day, takes off its coveralls and

puts on a dashing tuxedo as your design guest of honour. The versatility, beauty and strength of wood is why it has never really gone out of style and has simply adapted and changed its appearance to fit into any decorating period.

Wood is amazing because the older it gets, the more valued and coveted it becomes.

We crave the personality of vintage furniture pieces and will troll the deepest bodies of water to retrieve wood from wreckage.

Do you think anyone would submerge to retrieve a couch from 1940 or lovingly remove a ceramic tile installed in 1972 to re-use in their new home?

Other design items age and become obsolete in the design world but wood seems to keep renewing itself, the older and uglier the better as we recondition and refinish it to a beautiful luster.

History is represented in wood, stories

and lives are shaped with this fabulous product.

The beauty queens like maple and walnut become furniture and are gently sanded, lacquered and put on display.

The gnarly and not so pretty ones are used for structural support or are burned to give us warmth and an irresistible place to gather.

No other element on earth is as useful as wood, regardless of its appearance or strength. A gem is discarded or devalued if it is flawed but wood is simply repurposed and given a new home – it is a marvellous evolution.

It’s time to embrace wood once again and bring it up off of the floor and allow it to decorate walls, ceilings and fireplaces again. The trend is back, readers, and I encourage you to consider it for your home design projects, you will not be disappointed!

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

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