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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Emergency Services personnel used hydraulic cutters and spreaders on a vehicle that rolled at the north end of Gasoline Alley; The drivers and passengers of two vehicles involved in a two vehicle collision at 30th Avenue and 32nd Street escaped with no serious injuries; City of Red Deer firemedics move one of two patients to waiting ambulances after a six vehicle collision.

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67th Street crash central

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s most hazardous stretch of roadway is on 67th Street, according to collision data released by the City of Red Deer.

The 2011 Red Deer Annual Motor Vehicle Collision Report documents RCMP-reported vehicle collisions that occurred on public roads, alleys and parking lots within Red Deer between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011.

Collisions at intersections accounted for 41 per cent or 1,480 of 3,629 reported crashes.

Forty-eight crashes took place at the 67th Street and Johnstone Drive junction, followed by 41 collisions at 67th Street and Gaetz Avenue, and 37 collisions at 67th Street and Taylor Drive.

City of Red Deer Engineering Services manager Frank Colosimo said many factors are at play at the Johnstone Drive intersection. They include a high volume of traffic leaving and entering the city from the Hwy 2 ramps, the growing development in the area and the interaction between highway speeds and urban speeds, and high turning movements.

This year, the city will make changes to Johnstone Drive and other northern areas of the city. Westbound lanes will be added on the north side of the Johnstone Drive intersection and the right turning lane will be extended.

Proposed road and street improvement projects are in the department’s 10-year capital plan, including at 32nd Street and Taylor Drive, and 19th Street and Taylor Drive.

Every three years, an in-service road safety audit with resulting shortand long-term recommendations is conducted on city roads. Colosimo said another audit is expected in a couple years.

“We want to make sure our network is developed so we don’t have people feeling that they have to drive over aggressive to get to wherever they want to go in the city,” said Colosimo.

According to the data, there were seven fatalities between 2009 and 2011.

Three people died in 2011, compared to four in 2010 and zero in 2009.

The cause of the deaths included drivers impaired by drugs, medical defects and unsafe speeds.

Overall, the data shows there were 3,629 reported motor vehicle collisions on public streets and parking lots in Red Deer in 2011. There were 3,897 reported collisions in 2010. Only those collisions that were reported to the RCMP and resulted in a minimum of $2,000 property damage, or result in injury or a fatality are included in the report.

Drivers and passengers experienced 503 major and minor injuries, compared to 439 injury collisions in 2010 and 539 injury collisions in 2009.

City staff turnover and the transition to online reporting has delayed the reporting of the information for a couple of years.

However, residents can expect to see another report with more up-todate information by the year’s end.

A progress update on the Red Deer Traffic Safety Action Plan from 2009 to 2011 is also included.

It focuses on eight areas — aggressive driving, snow-related, restraint usage, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists), impaired driving, intersections, commercial vehicles and motorcycles. It was released in 2006 and updated in 2009.

The data shows safety progress has been made at intersections, in aggressive driving, restrain (seat belts) usage,

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City of Red Deer firemedics work to extricate a man trapped in his vehicle after a three vehicle collision on Highway 2A north of Red Deer.

Top 10 collisions locations 1. 67th St. & Johnstone Drive — 48 2. 67th St. & Gaetz Avenue — 41 3. 67th St. & Taylor Drive — 37 4. 32nd St, & Taylor Drive — 35 5. 32nd St. & Taylor Drive — 34 6. 22nd St. & Gaetz Avenue — 29 7. 19th St. & Taylor Drive — 27 8. 19th St. $ Gaetz Avenue — 25 9. 32nd St. & 40th Avenue — 22 10. 68th St. & Gaetz Avenue — 22 Source: 2011 Red Deer Annual Motor Vehicle Collision Report, March 2015 commercial vehicles, impaired driving and motorcycles over three years.

Between 2009 and 2011, on average there were 226 reported collisions each year involving aggressive driving, compared to 276 between 2006 and 2008.

At intersections, there were 290 collisions on average each year between 2009 and 2011, compared to 356 collisions a year from 2006 to 2008.

“That is counter to what you would expect to see right now with the growth in the city,” said Colosimo.

Red Deer’s population was 91,877 in 2011, 90,084 in 2010 and 89,891 in 2009. Last year, the municipal census showed there were 98,585 people living in Red Deer. A 2015 municipal census is underway.

While snow-related, pedestrians and cyclist collisions did decline, there were no increases. Snow-related injuries and fatalities saw a reduction per 1,000 population to 1.12 from 1.14.

Pedestrian and cyclist collisions remained the same at 0.51 injuries/fatalities per 1,000 population.

“There has been some excellent progress made here and some very surprising progress,” said Colosimo. “I think culturally we’re becoming more aware that impaired driving is not a

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In its move to a more collaborative and co-ordinated road safety model, the city — along with the RCMP and Traffic Services — will develop a new traffic safety action plan to replace the existing plan, from 2009. It should be released by the end of 2015.

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tion into an attempt to withdraw money from a Royal Bank in north Red Deer.

Kabange and his accomplice, Darsel Nzikou, 28, were charged with 12 counts each of fraud over $5,000, identity theft, trafficking in identity information and possession of stolen property.

An arrest warrant was issued for Nzikou last July when he failed to show up for court.

Alberta Justice had no record of any court appearances by Nzikou since then.

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BRIEFS Warrant issued for Montreal man facing identity theft charges

City almost finished removing PCBs from electrical equipment The City of Red Deer is nearly finished removing the toxic polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) from its electrical equipment.

Jim Jorgensen, Electric, Light and Power manager, said the city has made excellent progress, well ahead of the federally-mandated 2025 deadline.

“We are down to just two pieces of equipment in service in the 50 mg/kg to less than 500 mg/kg range,” he said. “We have work scheduled for this weekend that will remove one more piece of equipment from the list so we will be down to one item remaining.”

Under 2008 federal rules, the city must have all oil containing at least 50 mg/kg and less than 500 mg/kg concentration of PCB removed from service by Dec. 31, 2025. A few years ago, the city removed all the higher concentration PCBs from service.

Jorgensen said the city expects to complete the last removal before the end of 2016.

Lacombe library opens temporary kiosk to serve patrons

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Montreal man facing identity theft charges after he was a no-show for his trial in Red Deer on Friday.

Crown prosecutor Ed Ring told Red Deer provincial court Judge Gordon Yake that there was no sign of Junior Kabange, 28, who was due to stand trial on Friday morning.

A law student acting as agent for Kabange’s Edmonton lawyer Akram Attia said the lawyer had lost contact with his client and had no expectations of hearing from him.

Yake gave Kabange about half an hour to make an appearance before issuing an arrest warrant.

Kabange was arrested along with another Montreal man in June 2014 following a police investiga-

A temporary kiosk will be ready on Monday for Lacombe’s bookworms until the city’s water-damaged library is reopened.

Mary C. Moore Public Library was closed on March 31 after extensive flooding. The book collection has been put into storage until restoration work is completed in two to three months.

The library announced on Friday that it would set up a kiosk in the Lacombe Memorial Centre where the public can speak with staff, place holds on books and pick up materials.

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in 2011, 2010 and 2009. ● Seventy-five drivers involved in collisions were impaired by alcohol in 2011 compared to 74 in 2010. There were 17 injuries and no deaths due to alcohol-related collisions in 2011. ● The most common collision type was rear end, as seen in 887 collisions. ● The most frequently recorded improper driving actions in collisions on public roadways was “followed too closely,” with 649, and in parking lots was “backed unsafely,” with 488.

Source: 2011 Red Deer Annual Vehicle Collision Report 2015. Full details are available at: www.reddeer.ca/city-services/roads/engineering-traffic-section/ red-deer-annual-collision-report/

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● There were 33 reported pedestrian collisions, resulting in 27 injuries. This is a decrease from 2010, when there were 38 pedestrians collisions resulting in 35 injuries. ● There were 23 cyclist collisions compared to 26 in 2010 and 28 in 2009. ● November was the leading month for collisions with 373 while June experienced the lowest with 236. ● Friday had the highest percentage of collisions (17 per cent) compared to Sunday (nine per cent) with the lowest. ● The age group 25 to 34 had the most collisions

Colosimo said along with a more collaborative approach to road safety, one of the goals is to have one real-time collision database. Currently, the city builds its database from information from police collision reports and Alberta Transportation. The RCMP also has its own database.

City Development Services director Elaine Vincent said one of the key pieces in the new approach is ensuring the police, traffic services and the city are working with the same information.

The data collected from the reports is used to develop, establish and implement systems for managing road safety. That may include education, enforcement and communication campaigns.

New focus areas such as curbing distracted driving may become part of the new action plan. The committees are expected to get to work in the coming weeks. Another collision report will be released later this year.

Retired engineer Doug Taylor, who is behind the

Red Deer Road Users Challenge, said the key to making the city streets safer for everyone is education. Taylor tracks monthly collision statistics in sixmonth rolling totals. Twice a year, he distributes up to $12,000 of his own money to groups in Red Deer in the name of road safety.

Taylor said while the police and various municipalities develop initiatives around traffic safety, it is ultimately up to the individual driver to make a conscious effort to make roads safer.

Taylor said it is important for drivers to be aware of the mistakes they are making on the roads in order to avoid more collisions. He is trying to acquire more detailed information, including causes of collisions, for his website.

“Drive safely,” he said. “Pay attention. It can be a lot better. ... What I find is when people have better information, they make better decisions.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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City to fill in cave found in creek bank STRUCTURE COULD COLLAPSE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF City workers will soon be filling in a cave dug into the creek bank by Sunnybrook Farm Museum, as well as dealing with a longtime, outdoor party place near Piper Creek.

Parks superintendent Trevor Poth said that in February, a bylaw officer discovered the cave, roughly three metres wide by 1.5 metres high. It was dug and used for shelter by the homeless.

“We’ve had a couple of underground structures dug through the years. It’s not super abnormal. Certainly the location of this one was a little bit interesting because it’s so completely isolated in the park,” said Poth on Friday about the cave along Piper Creek.

A pickaxe and hammer were found inside. A fire pit was located near the entrance.

Built about three metres above the current water level in the creek, the cave didn’t impact spring runoff and no

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BRIEFS Red Deer Airport seeking more funding Red Deer Airport is seeking a $100,000 increase in operating grants and another $250,000 in one-time funding from Red Deer city and county.

On Monday, city council will debate the airport’s request for $50,000 on top of its $185,000 per year for three years agreement, plus a one-time funding maintenance grant of $125,000.

Airport officials say the funding would allow it to meet its 2015 maintenance requirements and hire extra staff.

The allocation would be contingent on Red Deer County’s approval of the matching funds.

Also on Monday, council will revisit the 2015 operating budget in light of the provincial budget and required requisitions. In January, council ad-

slope issues were identified, he said.

This week, city workers drilled a hole from the top of the bank into the cave, located about 500 metres west of the walking trail between Kin Kanyon and Bower Place and 30 metres below the museum.

“We’re going to make it uninhabitable. We’re actually going to fill it up.

We’re going to put a low-strength concrete slurry in there,” said Ron Wardner, construction and maintenance superintendent with the city’s Environmental Services Department.

“We need to make it safe. There is potential for a cave-in.”

Filling it in from the top means avoiding environmental damage to the creek from heavy equipment, he said.

Cement will be poured early next week.

Wardner said the cave is boarded up to keep people out and hold in the mix of sand and concrete until it sets.

Poth said the cave project will cost the city about $7,000 and another $200,000 will be spent on renewing

about one acre of adjacent forest that has been heavily used for bush parties and by people on bikes.

“What we’re doing is reclaiming it with interpretative opportunities and some more formalized trail development through the area, as well as for re-naturalization to occur, to encourage appropriate use and discourage some of that inappropriate activity that was taking place.”

Remediation signs will be installed on paths into the area and bylaw enforcement will be stepped up.

Crews will begin their work next week.

He said enhancing public access to the area will actually help protect the forest, similar to the development of Maskepetoon Park.

Poth said people should be using the park system, but appropriately, to leave it intact for the next generation and for the health of city ecosystems. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

opted an interim $330.6-million operating budget expecting there would be some revisions following the provincial budget.

First reading of a tax rate bylaw that sets the municipal portion for 2015 is also on the agenda. Administration recommends a 3.73 per cent property tax increase for residential, multifamily and business classes.

A public hearing will be held on the proposed disposition of municipal reserves and rezoning in Riverlands at 6 p.m.

The city proposes to dispose of a portion of municipal reserves at 4924 Taylor Drive and rezone it to Direct Control District 21 from P1 (Parks and Recreation District).

It will allow the land to be subdivided and consolidated with other cityowned land and the Carnival Cinema site, to the south. This will enable Carnival Cinemas to develop its parking lot to the north. As well, the city will be able to create a road and intersection along the south side of the cinema as part of the plans in the Riverlands Area Redevelopment Plan.

William Berry running as an independent in Red Deer South Another contender has declared his intentions to run in the Red Deer South race.

William Berry, a longtime city resident, said he will run as an independent candidate in the Red Deer South constituency in the May 5 provincial election.

Berry joins Progressive Conservative candidate Darcy Mykytyshyn, Wildrose hopeful Norm Wiebe, New Democratic Party nominee Barb Miller and Alberta Party candidate Serge Gingras.

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No new fire permits are being issued, as of Friday at noon.

A high wildfire advisory and wind advisory are in place for the area.

Wildfire officer Barry Shellian said winds will gust up to 80 km/h today and will continue throughout the weekend.

“This is, of course, a concern,” said Shellian. “The high winds can cause extreme fire behaviour and allow fires to grow rapidly.”

Safe campfires are permitted in campgrounds and backcountry or random camping areas.

He said residents and visitors to the area are urged to be extra cautious with any burning at this time.

Shellian said so far this season, there have only been a few small fires in the area.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is challenging the Wildrose party to specify which jobs it would cut and which construction projects it would mothball under its proposed budget plan.

“Show us the details,” Prentice said at an event in Calgary Friday.

“What are they proposing to cut?

Which public projects in this province are they proposing to cut?

“Which communities are they proposing to cut those projects in, and who is it that they’re talking about cutting in terms of front-line services?”

Prentice said his budget is a realistic blueprint to get the province through the rocky financial waters brought on by the recent plunge in oil prices.

The budget, introduced on March 26 but not yet passed by the legislature, includes sweeping hikes in fees and taxes along with cuts to services, but no tax increase for corporations.

Even with these measures, the province will still have a $5-billion deficit this year and $30 billion in debt by 2020 to pay for infrastructure.

Prentice has called it a difficult budget for Albertans, but said even harsher measures would put the economy into a tailspin.

“We know we can’t get through this other than taking a balanced approach,” he said.

Prentice called the election this week to get a mandate to implement the budget, which he has described as game-changing in terms of how the province saves and spends.

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Alberta Progressive Conservative Party Leader Jim Prentice serves customers at a Tim Hortons in Red Deer on Thursday.

The budget comes with a 10-yearplan that Prentice said would see increasing amounts of oil revenue diverted from day-to-day spending into long-term savings accounts and to pay down debt.

He said it’s necessary so that future programs and day-to-day spending don’t rise and fall as the volatile price of oil changes.

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nounced his party’s budget plan Thursday.

He said the tax hikes are unnecessary and counterproductive given what he termed the waste in government management ranks that Prentice refuses to address.

The Wildrose plans to cut a third of the manager jobs in the government and half the management positions in Alberta Health Services.

It would be a total of 3,200 jobs cut over three years, most through attrition.

Jean said they would also slash consultant contracts, travel, conference and advertising budgets and roll back politician pay.

The changes would save more than $2 billion a year in the first year alone, he said.

He also said his government would continue infrastructure building, but would defer projects not directly related to quality of life, such as roads, hospitals and schools.

He declined to be more specific on what would be deferred.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley also spoke on the economy Friday.

Notley told reporters in Edmonton that an NDP government would create a commission to deliver incentives to have more oil refined in Alberta rather than shipped abroad for processing.

Notley said more upgrading could deliver 16,000 direct and spin-off jobs and add $400 million a year in corporate income tax.

“We’ll make sure Albertans, the owners of our natural resources, get better value,” said Notley.

Jean, campaigning in Fort McMurray, promised to deliver more seniorscare spaces.

In Calgary, Liberal Leader David Swann urged Prentice to rethink a budget measure that rolls back the tax credit for charitable donations to 12.75 per cent from 21 per cent for donations over $200.

Swann said the benefits to the needy far outweigh the estimated $90 million a year in savings.

Tough times in oilpatch mean busier repo men

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CALGARY — As Alberta’s oilpatch slows down, John Shortridge is bracing for an onslaught of work.

He runs Allied Shortridge Civil Enforcement, one of eight agencies in Alberta that work with bailiffs to carry out court orders and seize property, among other things.

Shortridge has been in the business for more than three decades — first with the Alberta Sheriff’s Office and then on his own after those functions were privatized in 1996. So, he’s seen enough booms and busts to know what’s coming.

“What we’re probably going to have

by September is there won’t be enough bailiffs in the province to get all the work done,” he said.

“The work will get done, but everybody will be working like a dog. You’ll be able to work seven days a week.”

Steven Low, chief operating officer at Consolidated Civil Enforcement, said vehicle repossessions are keeping his agency the busiest these days.

Car payments are usually the first to be missed in an economic downturn, he said.

“Later on in a downturn cycle, you’ll start to see numbers increase in the evictions, some of the other types of seizures, whether it’s the sale of land or bigger assets,” he said.

Based on his workload, Low said he can get a sense of the unemployment picture before Statistics Canada comes out with its official numbers.

Low said most of the vehicle repossessions he’s working on are under the Personal Property Security Act, or PPSA, process. That means a bank, for example, could repossess a truck if payments aren’t being made, without having to go to court.

According to the Alberta Sheriff’s Office, which now oversees the civil enforcement industry, there were 14,273 PPSA files opened between April 2014 and February of this year. For the entire 2013-2014 fiscal year, there were a total of 12,584 PPSA files opened.

Kastner Auctions in Edmonton has been hiring more staff to keep pace with the surge in work that’s expected, said CEO Dave McLachlan.

Lately, the auction house has been working with bankruptcy trustees and bailiffs to sell a lot of sporting equipment and RVs from retail outlets that

have fallen on hard times.

“I’m predicting, in about three months from now, we’re going to find that the prices are going to drop but our inventory is going to explode,” he said.

Bruce Maclennan, president of Century Services Inc., said appraisals of machinery and equipment have been in higher demand as companies run into debt trouble.

“I would say we’re substantially more busy than we were at this time last year,” he said. “Oil and gas service companies seem to be right now particularly challenged.”

Maclennan said compared with 2008 and 2009, the current crude downturn appears to be more painful and prolonged.

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Election 2015: just another horror story The Alberta Progressive Conservatives like to use the fear factor play when it comes to elections and it has been an incredibly effective strategy for them. So effective that our premature election will employ this timetested strategy of better-thedevil-you-know.

The newest heir to the PC throne is Jim Prentice, and he has seized an opportunity to maintain Alberta’s political status quo (large PC majority) with an JIM early election SUTHERLAND in May. His noble reason is the vote is an opportunity for Albertans to have a say in the latest budget and the PCs’ latest version of a “10-year financial plan.”

His less noble reason is a golden opportunity to kick an injured political adversary (the Wildrose Party) while it is down, and so easily win another

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large majority government.

I wondered how a government blessed with huge financial resources could somehow drown in red ink and then have the sheer audacity to ask Albertans to look in the mirror for the answer.

The real answer: the PC government failed to align spending with inflation plus population growth and lost their opportunity to enjoy a multibilliondollar surplus, instead ending up with of a giant deficit. This government has spent $22 billion more than warranted by inflation plus population growth since 2005.

Much of their spending spree was designed to pacify the large provincial employee sector because the public employees represent a very motivated voting machine, as evidenced in the 2012 Alberta election.

Premier Prentice fomented a campaign of fear prior to the actual budget and initially supported a five per cent across-the-board cut in provincial spending — right up until he realized the same public sector employees could become an election problem if he implemented these measures.

A struggling energy sector meant deep cuts for private industry, but the

public sector was left intact by Prentice, for political purposes.

Many “experts” suggested Prentice should have raised corporate taxes and implemented a sales tax to cover the shortfall, but Prentice was smart to leave these two contentious taxes off the table.

Neither would have addressed the real issue: a bloated provincial public employee sector that has grown like a remorseless monster since the last days of Ralph Klein.

The real issue is an out of control approach to employee costs that delivers a very poor services return to Albertans for the per capita spending, which runs at or near the front of the pack in Canada. For example, Alberta spent $10,754 per capita, while B.C. spent $,8857 per capita in the latest comparison. Merely adhering to B.C. spending habits would have prevented the Alberta deficit.

The horror story got worse when I looked at the Alberta government website and found out how many managers work within the current system. The minimum threshold for this golden list is a base $102,000 salary, and that figure does not include any applicable expense funds for each person.

I was taken aback when I discovered there were 6,413 “items” that fell under these parameters. My interpretation of “items” was people — and the items (people) all made a minimum of $102,000, plus generous expense accounts.

There were an astounding 642 pages of manager salaries to sift through under all government departments on this website. I looked at Health and saw an incredible 404 items listed, while Education had 391 items listed.

There were 88 items listed under Tourism; yet another example of management overkill for a small-by-government-standards department.

There is indeed a horror story found in Alberta’s financial woes and it starts with the management monster created by a party that knows how to win elections but not how to run a business.

Prentice has invited voters to assess his party’s 44 years-and-counting reign in Alberta.

I would advise voters to think about those 6,413 “items” (expensive manager positions) and remember those items are only part of the spending problem in this province.

Jim Sutherland is a freelance Red Deer writer.

Discontentment and the feeling of failure All four of my brothers went to college and or university. I took up a trade.

But for many years I was not content because my general income would be lower, and my conversations never seemed to be as intelligent as theirs.

Also, as in any large family, there was always sibling rivalry and joking around with CHRIS each other, and I often felt that SALOMONS I was the butt of the jokes.

Disorganized mayhem is the only way to describe this one particular young woman who came into the soup kitchen.

Without provocation of any type, she would suddenly burst out in tears; then five minutes later, it would be all smiles.

When I approached this feminine

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enigma, I found she was easy to talk to.

She was broke.

She needed detox but was unwilling to stop what she was doing. I asked her why when it was so obvious that she was driving herself into the ground.

Her answer was that she was just not satisfied as she was and that because she could not fathom working for a whole week at $13 an hour.

Her drug intake was much higher than that.

She went on to state that she would use that up in about two hours; she could make more trafficking drugs or turning tricks in four hours than a whole week at $13 an hour.

Every morning many of the men who come to eat breakfast will proceed to Diversified to get a day’s wages at some menial labour job.

Many of these jobs pay them only about $12 an hour.

But there are others who refuse to work for anything less than $20 an hour.

Discontentment — it makes people do things that they normally would not.

Alcohol, drugs, theft, panhandling, sex and the list goes on.

Whatever they do though, it leaves them with a feeling of failure, in-

creased discontentment, and a high degree of restlessness.

The idea then is to find whatever it is that can produce a sense of accomplishment and then a contentment that leads to a feeling of great peace.

If we look at our children when they are in school, the peer pressure is absolutely incredible.

During these years of growth and insecurity, they are ever so vulnerable.

They make decisions and do things that they know in their hearts are wrong for them, but that pressure to assimilate is like blinders on a horse.

At the kitchen and on the street, many will follow people who are extremely bad for their health, but the attitude that these people have — confidence, bravado, etc. — is what the others desire for themselves. It doesn’t hurt that they carry the pills or drugs that help to provide that attitude.

A teacher once said, “I have learned to be content, whether I have a lot or if I have nothing.”

For many years, that is the state of being I wanted to attain.

Not to be in a state of nirvana, or whatever you call it, or anything other than just to be able to walk down the street, see other people, observe things

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So now that I feel that I have achieved that state of contentment, how then do I relate that to the folks I serve?

How do I tell a young person that they are beautiful just as they are, or that they have abilities that are peculiar to them and have them believe that? How do I let them know that they do not have to do anything that others do in order to be accepted?

Even before that, how can I make them trust me enough to listen to me when all they have ever faced is rejection and abuse?

I find that it is not a Chris thing, or even a Potter’s Hands thing; it is the whole community at large that has to be part of rebuilding that lost trust.

Gone are the days when we brush it off, saying that it’s not our problem.

If we do say it is not our problem, we are not part of the solution, we are purveyors of that very mistrust and discontentment that every one of us faces in life.

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A quick trip to the planet Endor Just got back from a quick trip to the planet Endor. Except Endor is actually a moon in the Star Wars universe — the forest moon, to be exact. You know, the one with all the cute furry little humanoid two-legged shih tzu creatures called Ewoks.

Not sure about the Ewoks, but I’m absolutely certain we saw Gandalf there. Although what the wizard from the Lord of the Rings was doing in the Star Wars universe, I’m not too sure about that either.

Maybe I should explain.

So the Better Half and Yours Truly took a little jaunt to the West Coast last weekend to see the Rotten Kid, the daughter one, perform in her university year-end HARLEY dance production. This was, HAY of course, extremely excellent on her part and a source of great pride on our part but I would never for a moment mention it in public or brag about my extremely talented and wonderful Rotten Kids.

And after a full weekend of intense physical and emotional performing on her part and intense physical and emotional observing on our part, we all really needed a quiet, relaxing retreat getaway for each of us to reassemble our DNA and recalibrate our biorhythms. Also, to nap a lot. (I’m speaking personally here.)

It turns out we are lucky enough to have excellent, long-standing, generous friends who have a family home on the forest moon of Endor and who gave us the keys to said home. Oh, and I should mention that to them and to most people this particular forest moon of Endor is also known as Salt Spring Island.

Salt Spring Island, for those of you unfamiliar with Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, is the largest of

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the Gulf Islands, which are situated in the ocean between mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island. Perhaps many readers have been there.

Perhaps you met Gandalf. Getting to the island is swift and easy, if you have a helicopter or perhaps a parachute. Otherwise it involves a nice long ride on a ferry the size of a small cruise ship over to Vancouver Island. Thing is, about 10 minutes out of Vancouver, you sail right on by our friends’ house nestled on the forested cliffs so close you can practically see what time it is on their kitchen clock, only to carry on another hour and a half or so to dock at Vancouver Island, drive your car off the ferry and turn around and get back in line for another ferry to Salt Spring.

This time a much smaller ferry, an open deck ferry where you sit in your car unless you are my Better Half, whose duty it is to personally stand at a window concentrating on the water intently until she sees a whale, porpoise or floating log. Whereupon she gets very excited and does her happy dance and takes 45 blurry pictures of said floating log.

But the real excitement was waiting for us on the island. We drive our car off the ferry at Fulford Harbour (after the ferry has docked there). This village consists of a quaint cluster of buildings obviously built by Hobbits that includes an organic food café and market, a bakery/bookstore and several cool shops, one of which is called Stuff and Nonsense. Oh, and also, Gandalf.

We saw him coming out of the washroom at the funky little Rock Salt Restaurant. I kid you not, he was about seven feet (16 metres) tall, a beard and hair nearly to his waist, and he was wearing a wizard hat, a long flowing cape and he carried a long walking stick/magic wand/staff as all wizards should.

The waitress sees us staring. “Oh,” she says. ”He’s a regular here. His name is Ancient and he makes trees.”

“Pardon?” we say, almost in unison.

“Out of wire, like,” she says. “He makes trees out of wire.”

And that pretty much captures Salt Spring Island in a proverbial nutshell.

The house is at the end of a long and winding road through an enchanted forest of deep verdant green and red-barked arbutus trees and hidden Ewoks and you totally expect Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia to come zooming around the corner on their speeder “swoop bikes.” The house is waiting for us visitors and the lady who lives elsewhere on the property and looks after the place meets us and I’m openly surprised she is neither an Ewok nor a wizard.

The home is every bit as amazing as the forest and rolling rock landscape that it is cleverly and seamlessly built into. And with the exploring of the cliffs and the seashore and the woods and the taking of 4,000 photographs, I completely forgot to have that nap I was looking forward to.

The Better Half did her happy dance numerous times over three days there, especially when she saw the harbour seal down at the shore and about 17 varieties of hummingbirds that visited the feeder outside one of the 15 picture windows in the house, and when five small island deer grazed beside the deck in the evening. The Rotten Kid soaked up the serenity and sloughed off many months of big city madness and the Salt Spring Shangri-La has become her own mind’s-eye happy place to take with her wherever she goes.

And me? I learned you don’t have to be doing stuff constantly a mile a minute. I found out it was OK just to sit and read, or go for a slow walk without tripping and falling off some rocks and plummeting into the ocean. That’s it’s all right to enjoy the verdant golden here and now.

Of course, it helps when you happen to be on the planet Endor.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Centre of the world’s economy shifts “The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable,” said John Kenneth Galbraith, the wisest American economist of his generation. (“A paltry honour,” he would have murmured.)

But you still can’t resist wondering when the Chinese economy will be bigger than the U.S. economy — or the Brazilian bigger than the British, or the Turkish bigger than the Italian — as if it were some kind of horse race.

The latest document to tackle these questions is The World in 2050, drawn up

by HSBC bank, which ranks the world’s hundred biggest GWYNNE economies as they are now, DYER and as (it thinks) they will be in 2050. It contains the usual little surprises, like a prediction that per capita incomes in the Philippines and Indonesia, now roughly the same, will diverge so fast that the average Filipino will have twice the income of the average Indonesian by 2050.

The Venezuelan economy will only triple in size, but Peru’s economy will grow eightfold. Per capita income will double-and-a-bit in Nigeria; in Ethiopia it will grow sixfold.

Bangladesh powers past Pakistan, with a per capita income in 2050 that’s half again as big as Pakistan’s. (It’s only two-thirds of Pakistan’s at the moment.) And so on and so forth: local phenomena mostly of interest to local people.

But what’s happening at the top of the list is of interest to everybody. That’s where the great powers all live, with the BRICs nipping at their heels. Or rather, some of the BRICs are nipping at their heels, and some are not. That’s the big news.

We owe the concept of the BRICs to Jim O’Neill, who came up with it almost 15 years ago when he was head of economics at Goldman Sachs. He was the first to realize that some big, poor countries were growing so fast economically that they would overtake the established great powers in a matter of decades.

The really impressive performers were Brazil, Russia, India and China, so he just called them the BRICs — and pointed out that at current growth rates the Chinese economy would be bigger than that of the United States by the 2040s.

We’re quite familiar with that kind of prediction today, but at the time it was shocking (especially to Americans), and the term BRIC has become firmly entrenched in the language. Just in time for HSBC to spoil it.

By now the BRICs are formally the BRICS (with a capital S added for South Africa). But the South African economy is only in the group out of courtesy, because you couldn’t leave Africa out altogether.

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It’s much smaller than any of the others and growing very slowly, so you can safely leave it out of the calculations altogether.

China is performing roughly as expected, and by 2050 its economy will be around 10 per cent bigger than that of the United States. (Per capita income, of course, is a different matter, and even then China’s will be only a third of America’s.) India will come next, but with an economy only one-third as big as China or the United States. .But the other BRICs practically vanish from view.

Brazil hasn’t even overtaken Britain by 2050, despite having three times as many people. And Russia’s performance is downright embarrassing: its economy barely doubles in the next 35 years, and it ends up smaller than Spain’s.

So six of the top 10 countries in the 2050 list are already there today, and the world isn’t going to look so dramatically different at all.

Now, predictions like this are open to all sorts of criticism. China’s growth rate has consistently been two or three percentage points higher than India’s for several decades. Project that to 2050, and China ends up far ahead of India. But China’s growth rate is falling, and India’s may even overtake it this year.

India will almost certainly grow faster in the long run, because it has a young, rapidly growing labour

force and China does not.

There’s enough time for that to change the pecking order radically by 2050.

The recent performance of the economy obviously affects the long-range forecast more than it should, so Russia drops down the list and Mexico goes soaring up.

Five years ago, it would have been the other way around. And yet there’s no reason to believe that the fundamental strengths of either economy have changed.

And then there are the “Black Swans,” events like the Sarajevo assassination that tumbled the world into the First World War and invalidated all existing assumptions about the economic future.

Not to mention the disasters that you know are coming, like catastrophic climate change — but leave out of your calculations anyway, because you don’t know how to quantify them and don’t know when they will arrive even to the nearest decade.

All that said, some sketchy notion of what the future may bring is better than no idea whatever.

And the basic idea behind the BRICs is still sound: the centre of gravity of the world economy is moving south and east.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Canada’s missed Asian opportunity Canada’s failure to join other nations as a founding member of the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is mystifying many who believe Canada should be aggressively pursuing closer ties with Asia and raises worrying questions about whether Canada has a coherent strategy of any sort for pursuing trade and investment opportunities in Asia.

The AIIB was launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping DAVID at the APEC CRANE summit in Beijing last year, with 20 founding members, including India as the second largest shareholder. China invited other countries to become shareholders, setting March 31 of this year as the deadline for participation as a founding member with the opportunity to participate in formulating the structure, governance and operating procedures of the new bank.

While the U.S. opposed the creation of the bank, and put strong pressure on

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its allies not to join, in recent weeks there has been a flurry of announcements from many countries, including Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, South Korea and Israel of plans to join the original 21 members from Asia and the Middle East. Canada stood silent. Under the plan, China will put up US$50 billion and is looking to other countries and private investors to put up another US$50 billion.

Asia, which represents about 60 per cent of the world’s population and a growing share of the world’s economy, faces huge infrastructure needs, estimated conservatively at US$8 trillion, for everything from highways, rail systems electric power and telecommunications to clean water and sewage systems, ports and airports, housing and urban infrastructure. All of these represent opportunities for Canadian companies and good Canadian jobs.

The reasons for Canada failing to join are not clear. One may be that it does not want to disobey the U.S., perhaps hoping this will make it easier to gain approval for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Or it may simply reflect disorganization or complacency within the government on Asian strategy.

Whatever the reason, joining the bank was a no-brainer and declining to do so was a major error that raises hard questions about how strategic decisions are made in Ottawa on Cana-

da’s relationship with Asia.

Two recent reports from the Conference Board of Canada highlight the importance to Canada of Asia’s future development.

To date, Canada’s exports to Asia have been concentrated in natural resources and, despite growth, account for just one per cent of Asian imports, with Canada’s share of the Asian market shrinking. Canadian business investment in Asia is equally weak.

Looking at 12 key Asian markets, the Conference Board found that just four per cent of Canada’s foreign investment stock is in these countries and that 13 per cent of Canada’s two-way trade is with them.

The Conference Board concluded that Canada was missing out on the Asian opportunity. Raw materials and semi-processed resources account for about two-thirds of all Canada’s goods and services exports to Asia. As it noted, “very few commercial services and intermediate- or end-use products are exported there.”

Yet while the U.S. and Europe are important markets for Canada, “they do not offer the type of growth opportunities that Asia does,” the Conference Board said.

As the McKinsey Global Institute has pointed out in various reports, there will be a spectacular growth in the Asian middle class over the next

two decades. This growth will retransmit a vast opportunity not only for a wide range of consumer goods and services, but also for the infrastructure, urban systems and housing that Asia will need.

Arguing that the commodity boom is over, the Conference Board stressed that Canada “will need to adapt its export mix to grow — or even maintain — its export share in Asia,” adding that “there are many goods, services, and investment opportunities where Asian demand is growing rapidly and where Canada is playing a limited role.” Infrastructure is clearly one example where Canada has many companies that could play a role, making Canada’s absence from the AIIB all the more puzzling.

Participation in the AIIB was a huge missed opportunity to reinforce Canada’s commitment to Asia as well as opening up the opportunity for many Canadian companies to participate in the massive infrastructure development that has to occur in Asia, along with the good jobs in Canada this would generate.

The government line is that we can always join later, which is true. But with leadership and vision we would have signed up already.

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

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CALGARY — A Calgary woman has been fined $10,000 after more than 30 dogs were seized from her home.

Beverly Jean Creed pleaded guilty Friday to causing an animal to be in distress.

Police and bylaw officers were called to the house in the Acadia neighbourhood last May when a delivery person smelled a foul odour.

The Calgary Humane Society says feces and urine were found throughout the building and health officials later declared the house unfit for human habitation.

Veterinarians also determined 17 of the dogs had been in medical distress.

Brad Nichols, manager of cruelty investigations with the humane society, said the fine is the largest ever handed down in Calgary for animal cruelty.

“This reflects both the number of animals involved and the severity of the environmental and medical neglect. The animal limit effectively ends any breeding, pet sitting or mass handling/showing, which is a considerable penalty considering Creed’s lengthy involvement in the dog show community.

“Hopefully this sentence acts as a deterrent for those warehousing animals for any purpose. This case demonstrates how severely quality of care can drop off with a large population of animals.”

About a dozen of the animals were returned to their owners, while the rest have been adopted, Nichols said.

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Les Hagen, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, says they are keen to work with Health Minister Stephen Mandel, saying the issue is “too important ... to give up on.”

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Mandel has been accused of caving to tobacco lobbyists but he says it was important for his department to properly consult with “rural people and other individuals.”

He says the topic will be back up for discussion in September.

He says he can’t say what will happen as the legislation goes through the appropriate processes, “but I think there’s a desire to do that.”

Ontario could soon be the first province in Canada to include menthol in a flavoured tobacco ban; the province’s legislation recently passed second reading.

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Robertson questioned why the city was not alerted until 13 hours after the spill and why it took so long to install an oil-absorbing boom around the ship.

“The response to what is a relatively small oil spill by historical standards has been totally inadequate,” he said.

“This really goes back to the lack of federal and

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VANCOUVER — The toxic spill that fouled Vancouver’s English Bay has created some poison between federal, provincial and city politicians.

B.C.’s premier and Vancouver’s mayor criticized the sluggish and inadequate response of the clean up operation by the coast guard on Friday.

Industry Minister James Moore reacted defensively, telling reporters that it was unhelpful to have politicians “piling on and spreading misinformation.”

“I think it’s highly inappropriate for any politician to start pointing fingers and trying to score political points, and taking jabs at other levels of government, without knowing all the facts, while the cleanup is still ongoing,” he said.

“I think what the public expects all of us to do is to act responsibly and in the public interest.”

The leak began Wednesday evening, but officials only confirmed on Friday that the grain-carrying MV Marathassa was in fact the source of the leak. About 80 per cent of the bunker fuel that spilled has been cleaned up.

Earlier Friday, Premier Christy Clark and Mayor Gregor Robertson held separate news conferences to criticize the Canadian Coast Guard, the federal agency responsible for spill cleanup.

Clark said that had the province been the lead agency, it could have done a better job. She added that she has contacted Ottawa, including the prime minister’s office, to demand changes.

“Somebody needs to do a better job of protecting this coast, and the coast guard hasn’t done it,” she said. “It is totally unacceptable that we don’t have the spill response that we require here and the fed-

provincial leadership to make sure that these efforts are co-ordinated, that there’s an immediate response to an oil spill in Vancouver’s waters, regardless of the scale of it, and that response was lacking.”

But Roger Girouard, the Canadian Coast Guard commissioner tasked with overseeing the cleanup, said that what had been achieved in the past few days was “exceptional.”

“You don’t contain 80 per cent of a spill inside 36 hours and call that inadequate,” he said. “I will not accept that definition of my team.”

City officials have said that the operator of a passing sailboat noticed an oil sheen in the water at about 5 p.m. Wednesday and called a pollution telephone line, which alerted the coast guard.

Girouard said such reports are not unusual in Vancouver. He said they realized by 8:30 p.m. that this was a significant event, and the port and police were contacted.

He said the oil-absorbing boom was installed by midnight — a three-hour turnaround he called “solid.” Girouard earlier said the boom was installed by 2 a.m., but revised the timeline Friday after receiving new information.

Girouard said the province, through Emergency Management B.C., was alerted Wednesday evening and it is their responsibility to contact city officials.

However, he said the situation would be reviewed to ensure the city isn’t left in the dark again.

Transport Canada said the ship appeared to suffer a malfunction when it leaked about 2,700 litres of bunker fuel. The ship was built in Japan and had just come out of the shipyard in February.

A statement from the Marathassa’s owner, Alassia NewShips Management Inc., said all possible causes will be investigated.

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Cuba, Venezuela thorny issues for PM

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SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

PANAMA CITY — Measuring Stephen Harper’s success or failure at this weekend’s meeting of hemispheric leaders in Panama will depend on how he navigates a complex collection of thorny issues across the Americas, experts say.

Harper could face challenges stickhandling two major topics that are expected to attract much of the attention during the two-day Summit of the Americas: the deepening crisis in Venezuela and the warming relationship between the United States and communist Cuba.

The prime minister arrived in Panama City on Friday for the summit, which is expected to be overshadowed by the historic encounter between the U.S. and Cuban presidents as the countries work to normalize diplomatic relations.

But not only will Harper, who has been critical of the Cuban regime in the past, have to position himself on the rapprochement, he may find himself weighing in on the troubles in Venezuela and its dispute with the U.S. The Obama administration recently levied sanctions against seven Venezuelan government officials to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s crackdown on his political opponents. Obama’s executive order described Venezuela as a security threat to U.S., which Maduro and his allies called an act of aggression. “(The U.S. move) has been roundly condemned by all Latin American countries, including countries that are very close to the United States,” said Jean Daudelin, a Carleton University professor who specializes in development and Latin America.

Daudelin said summit members might produce a resolution over the weekend that denounces the U.S. for its sanctions and rhetoric against the Venezuelans.

He believes it could create significant divisions among the 35 member states.

Success for Canada, Daudelin said, might be dodging the sanctions dispute, while instead focusing on simply applying pressure on Venezuela to become more democratic.

“I expect Canada to be one of the most-forceful

critics of Venezuela,” he said, adding that while many countries would oppose that position, he doesn’t think it would have major consequences on Canada.

When it comes to Venezuela’s close ally Cuba, Harper has had strong words for the Castro regime -and communism in general -- in the past and he had initially opposed its invitation to this summit.

Harper has been much more critical of Cuba than past prime ministers, Daudelin said.

But in Panama, Harper would welcome an opportunity to meet Cuban President Raul Castro, a government source has said.

Ottawa, the source added, is “very pleased” with the direction Cuba is headed, though it remains “deeply concerned” with the country’s human rights record.

Harper will also seek to use the summit as a way to meet the government’s objectives for the hemisphere, such as promoting human rights, security and prosperity.

The government announced $98.1 million worth of “economic” projects Friday in Cuba, Honduras, Colombia, Peru and Guatemala. The investments will focus on areas such as rural economic development, small-scale mining, sustainable food production and youth entrepreneurship.

Harper met Friday with 10 Canadian business leaders who interests in Latin America at a gathering on the margins of the summit. He was joined by Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson.

Canada has considerable business ties in the Americas, including free-trade agreements with eight countries.

“It’s been an important region, we obviously have lots to discuss, not just in terms of the Canadian economy, the regional economy, but also the general global economy,” Harper said at the start of the meeting.

The Harper government has long touted its trade credentials, but Daudelin doesn’t see a lot of opportunity for any gains at the summit, especially since he said there’s been little progress with big economies of Brazil and Argentina.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — If he wanted to, could Prime Minister Stephen Harper appoint Justin Bieber to the Senate?

That’s how prosecutor Mark Holmes shook awake Mike Duffy’s criminal trial Friday after watching a days-long cross-examination of his opening witness that at times did more for the defence than it did for the Crown.

The court has been debating the merits of the suspended senator’s housing and expense claims — notably, those related to his residency requirements as a senator and contracts for research and other services.

In both cases, the Crown alleges the way Duffy handled his finances constituted a crime, but the defence says he was merely trying to follow the rules — rules so vague and nondescript it was all but impossible to know how.

The qualifications for Senate appointments themselves are laid out in the Constitution. They say, among other things, that would-be senators must be at least 30 years old and a resident of the province from which they are appointed.

The Crown argues Duffy was not a resident of Prince Edward Island and therefore not entitled to the expenses he claimed. But were he not a resident, surely he couldn’t have been appointed in the first place, counters the defence.

Holmes, the deputy Crown prosecutor, was clearly struggling with that logic as he cross-examined former Senate law clerk Mark Audcent.

“Justin Bieber is 21 years old,” Holmes offered.

“And so — see if this helps, at least me, understand — if the Governor General, acting on the advice of the prime minister, appointed Justin Bieber to the Senate tomorrow, would he become 30?”

“Of course not,” Audcent replied.

That exchange came after defence lawyer Donald Bayne spent hours taking Audcent through the Senate rules and regulations that codify what members of the upper chamber can and can’t do in the course of their jobs.

The guidelines had become more numerous and complex in recent years, Audcent said, but haven’t always been crystal clear, often having to be tweaked following specific events, he acknowledged.

One example: a rule spelling out that nomination contests were not considered official business wasn’t added until after that specific example came up, Audcent said.

TORONTO — A man who was shocked with a Taser after trying to force his way on board a plane at Canada’s largest airport is not currently facing criminal charges, police said on Friday.

A video capturing part of the incident at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport depicts Peel Regional Police using a Taser to subdue the unidentified man after he refuses to put down the briefcase he was carrying.

Sgt. Matt Small said the man, who was taken into custody after the Taser was used, is currently being held under the province’s Mental Health Act and has not been charged with a crime.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident, he added.

Aboriginals to blame for most deaths: RCMP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The head of the Assembly of First Nations says it’s important to know that 70 per cent of aboriginal females killed in cases solved by police have died at the hands of other aboriginals.

“Now that the information is out, what do we do with it?” National Chief Perry Bellegarde said Friday in an interview from Regina.

“We all have to start putting our heads and minds and hearts together to start planning the strategies ... to end violence amongst men, amongst women in our communities.”

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson released the statistic in a letter. The letter is addressed to Chief Bernice Martial of Cold Lake First Nation in Alberta, who is also grand chief of Treaty 6.

Martial had asked Paulson to verify the number, questioning whether the figure, earlier spoken of by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt, was accurate.

“The consolidated data from the nearly 300 contributing police agencies has confirmed that 70 per cent of the offenders were of aboriginal origin, 25 per cent were non-aboriginal and five per cent were of unknown ethnicity,” Paulson wrote.

“However, it is not the ethnicity of the offender that is relevant, but rather the relationship between the victim and offender that guides our focus with respect to prevention.”

He said most female homicides, across all races, are linked to family and spousal violence. About 62 per cent of aboriginal women and 74 per cent of nonaboriginal women, are killed by a spouse, intimate relation or family member.

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TORONTO — A controversial Ukrainian-born pianist whose performances with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra were cancelled over her “offensive comments” was unable to find a venue for a free concert on Friday.

Valentina Lisitsa, an ethnic Russian born in Ukraine, spent the past week defending her views on the armed conflict in her native country, and her right to express them, saying her music has nothing to do with her political stand.

The Orchestra, however, defended its decision saying it was not about free speech, or political persuasion, but it was about her “very offensive, intolerant comments about people.”

Lisitsa’s tentative plans for an alternative performance failed to pan out in the days that followed.

On Friday afternoon, Lisitsa said she felt like she was “participating in an Orwell re-enactment act.”

“They are still trying to silence the music,” she said on Facebook after a Toronto church she was supposed to give a free concert at refused to host her.

“The concert is off. We are going to see instead a jubilant dance of those who managed to intimidate yet another organization.”

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Pakistan votes against joining air strikes in Yemen SANAA, Yemen — Pakistan’s parliament voted unanimously Friday to stay out of the Saudi-led air campaign targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen, offering instead to mediate a solution, in a blow to Saudi Arabia’s attempts to build a Sunni front in an increasingly sectarian conflict.

Pakistan’s decision is unlikely to greatly affect the Saudi-led coalition’s military capabilities. But it was an embarrassment to the kingdom from a traditionally close ally, now reluctant to get pulled into a conflict that is threatening to escalate into a new proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Saudi Arabia had been seeking to expand the coalition, made up of fellow Gulf nations as well as Egypt and Sudan, which has waged a nearly 3-week campaign of airstrikes against the rebels, known as Houthis, and is reportedly considering a ground incursion. At the same time, Shiite powerhouse Iran, which backs the Houthis, also lobbied Pakistan and other Sunni nations to back a cease-fire and a negotiated end to the conflict.

A senior official in the United Arab Emirates — a member of the coalition — lashed out angrily at Pakistan, accusing it of choosing Iran over the Gulf nations at a time when they face an “existential confrontation” in the Yemen conflict.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton will end months of speculation about her political future and launch her longawaited 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday, according to people familiar with her plans.

The first official word that Clinton will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination will come via an online video posted on social media. She’ll then make stops in key early voting states, including Iowa and New Hampshire, where she’ll hold small events with voters.

One Democrat familiar with campaign rollout said Clinton’s stops would include visits to people’s homes in those early states.

The people familiar with Clinton’s plans spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly.

The former secretary of state will be making her second bid for president and

will enter the race in a strong position to succeed her rival from the 2008 Democratic primary, President Barack Obama. Clinton appears unlikely to face a stiff primary opponent, though a handful of lower-profile Democrats have said they are considering their own campaigns.

Should she win the nomination, Clinton would face the winner of a Republican primary season that could feature as many as two dozen candidates. Among them, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is expected to formally announce his campaign in Miami on Monday — a day after Clinton’s announcement on social media.

Clinton will return to politics following a two-year leave from government. If elected, the former first lady would be the nation’s first female president.

Republicans have been preparing for a Clinton campaign since she left Obama’s administration in early 2013. They intend to

equate her potential presidency to that of a “third” Obama term, during which they argue she would continue his most unpopular policies.

Clinton’s announcement was preceded by withering criticism over her use of a personal email account and server while she was secretary of state, as well as the Clinton Foundation’s acceptance of donations from foreign governments.

She said at a news conference last month she used the personal email account for convenience. Republicans running a select congressional committee reviewing the 2012 attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya, which took place during Clinton’s tenure at the State Department, are investigating her decision to delete thousands of emails she has deemed personal in nature.

By campaigning heavily in Iowa and New Hampshire, Clinton hopes to avoid making the same stumbles against Obama as she did in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, which he won in an upset. Democrats echoed hopes that she would seek personal connections this time.

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Head-on collision kills 33 in Morocco

PLO says it won’t be drawn into battle to oust IS DAMASCUS, Syria — The Palestine Liberation Organization said it will not be drawn into military action in an embattled Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, rejecting claims that Palestinians would join Syrian troops in driving out Islamic State militants.

The PLO statement, issued late Thursday, contradicted comments earlier by the PLO envoy to Damascus, Ahmad Majdalani, that Palestinian groups are ready to join forces with the Syrian government to expel IS fighters from the Yarmouk camp in the Syrian capital.

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RABAT, Morocco — A fiery head-on collision between a semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local media reports.

The news agency quoted authorities saying the crash took place just before sunrise at 7 a.m. Friday in the district of Chbika, near the southern desert city of Tan-Tan. A video posted by the French-language economic daily L’Economiste shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus, which caught fire after hitting what the newspaper identified as a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons.

People wander around the burning hulk in a bleak desert landscape.

The official MAP news agency said two of the nine initially listed as injured died, raising the death toll to 33.

According to details provided by the Le360. ma news site, the bus was carrying young athletes and officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports that were involved in a national sports competition.

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There was a time when all visitors to Stonehenge could walk among the stones and touch them, but these days the site has been roped off to protect the stones and the vegetation surrounding them. Fortunately, if you want to get past the ropes, there are still a few options.

You haven’t really experienced Stonehenge until you’ve stood inside the stone circle as the Neolithic people who built it once did and watched the sun come up on the English countryside.

As I observed the morning light bathe the massive blue stones, I definitely had a different perspective than I had during a previous visit, when I stood outside the ropes and listened to a recorded monologue. I could see why people believe there is some sort of mystical power associated with this site.

There was a time when all visitors to Stonehenge could walk among the stones and DEBBIE touch them, but these days the OLSEN site has been roped off to protect the stones and the vegetation surrounding them. Fortunately, if you want to get past the ropes, there are still a few options.

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Impersonate a Neo-Druid Stonehenge is a place of religious significance to people with New Age beliefs and summer and winter solstice and spring and fall equinox are considered particularly significant. Solstices mark the longest and shortest days of the year and the equinox is a time when daytime and nighttime are of approximately equal duration.

Since Stonehenge appears to be arranged in an astronomical configuration, many believe its mystical power is affected by the position of the sun with respect to the Earth.

For the sake of religious freedom and possibly due to the fact that they can’t keep people from jumping the fences during certain times of the year, the ropes come down and people are allowed to visit the site for free during the solstices and the equinoxes. Many camp out overnight, so they can watch the sun come up on the site.

Last year, 37,000 people gathered at Stonehenge and waited for the sun to rise on the longest day of the year. Some of them did yoga poses, some dressed in Mayan costumes, some chanted and performed pagan rituals, some blew ceremonial horns and some prayed. Most camped overnight in the fields and from all accounts they left a huge mess behind.

If you aren’t particularly religious about the site and you have to choose between summer and winter solstice, Pat Shelley, a private tour guide, suggests you go for winter solstice.

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Between 2600 and 2400 or 2300 BC, in the site were erected some 30 stones, forming a circle with a diameter of 33 metres. Thirty lintel stones were placed on them, fastened with mortise and tenon joints.

Lintels themselves were joined with tongue and groove joint. Both these connection methods are borrowed from woodworking. Stones were worked with high precision. Lintels were slightly curving, forming a perfect ring. Standing stones were slightly widening towards the top to create wholesome visual impression.

“Hippies aren’t hardy,” he says. “Thousands of people camp out at the stones during summer solstice, but only a few hundred are here during winter solstice when it’s colder. That’s the best time to go.”

Special access tours If you want to avoid the crowds and you aren’t partial to cold weather, another option for getting inside the ropes is to book a special access tour with Pat Shelley. Special access tours take small groups behind the ropes and onto the site before it is open to the public or after it is closed to the public.

Shelley has been leading these tours for many years and is an expert on all things Stonehenge.

“Most scientists believe Stonehenge was used for

ceremonial and ritual purposes,” he says. “That’s really another way of saying they have no idea what this site was used for. It may have been a meeting place for chieftains, a healing place for the sick, a burial area or an astronomical observatory — no one knows for sure.”

The bigger mystery is how Neolithic peoples managed to move massive stones weighing more than 45 tonnes to the site. The quarry site for some of the stones has been identified as the Preseli Hills in Wales, some 240 km from the Stonehenge site. It would take sophisticated engineering to move the stones into place and by all estimations the society did not seem advanced enough to manage it. Yet, somehow they did it.

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Last year, 37,000 people gathered at Stonehenge and waited for the sun to rise on the longest day of the year. The other option is to book a special access tour.

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A perfect weekend getaway BENEATH MILWAUKEE’S COLD EXTERIOR, QUIRKY DISCOVERIES ABOUND

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STONEHENGE: Look but don’t touch There also seems to be some architectural acumen in the overall design, with the Stone Circle and Three km Avenue from the River Avon being built on the access of the midsummer sunrise. Whether this alignment was for calendaring, sun worship or another purpose is unknown.

TRAVEL WITH One of the things that is known is the site is of great ecological impor“because we care” tance. “There are 77 different types of lichen on the stone and some are PAY FOR 5 very rare,” says Shelley.

CASINO DAY TRIPS “If the Stonehenge wasn’t - 6TH DAY TRIP IS FREE an important archeological site, it would be a world-class ecological CASINO TRIPS site. People are no lonCASINO ger allowed to touch the EDMONTON rocks or to climb on them, Wed April 22 because this kills the lichen.”

DEERFOOT CASINO After further examinaCALGARY tion of the archeological Thurs May 14 significance of the blue LETHBRIDGE stones, we were given CASINO some time to wander July 13-14 around the site and photograph it in the morning MEDICINE HAT light. I couldn’t help but CASINO notice several shiny black Oct. 13-15 jackdaws nesting on the massive stones. Like senti-

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Eat late-night ramen noodles prepared by professional chefs at Milwaukee’s Red Light Ramen/Arden. options and on every trip, we open our eyes to some kind of new, quirky discovery. The more I get away from the Milwaukee standards — the Milwaukee Art Museum, Harley-Davidson Museum, beer tours, fish fries and bratwurst consumption — the more I’m drawn to the city. Especially this time around. ★★★ We’d arrived earlier in the day, pulling up to our home for the weekend: a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I’d found the place on Homeaway.com for less than $200 a night, which seemed a reasonable enough price of admission to peek into the nooks and crannies of a home designed by an American icon.

The narrow, two-story cream building — formerly a duplex — sits in a row of five other Frank Lloyd nels, they seemed to watch me as I wandered around taking photographs.

I’m not sure if there is any real magic at Stonehenge, but there is something magical about standing in a mysterious place that dates back thousands of years.

It’s even better if you can see it from the centre as its original builders once did — without the ropes surrounding it.

If you go ● Someday I may go back to Stonehenge and impersonate a Neo-Druid during summer solstice, but

Wright houses, three of which are identical to it.

The other two are squat, one-level edifices that have been either pristinely cared for or pristinely renovated.

We take it all in as we’re carrying our luggage up the sidewalk, when a tall, thin blond woman walks toward us, a welcoming smile filling her face. “You staying next door?” she asks. Surprised, we say yes.

“We’re offering tours today. Come on over once you get settled in,” she says. Without knowing it, we’ve booked our stay on one of two Saturdays per month that volunteer docents from the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program lead tours through two of the FLW-designed spots.

Please see MILWAUKEE on Page B3 on my most recent visit I participated in a special access morning tour. The cost for a Stonehenge Special Access Tour with Shelley is £98 (about $180) per person and this includes transport from Salisbury City Centre and entrance to Stonehenge with a fully guided tour. Tours run on select dates. For more information or for reservations, visit www.stonehengetours.com.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

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MILWAUKEE — It’s just after 11:30 p.m. on a frigid winter night in Milwaukee, when my boyfriend, Neil, and I descend a handful of stairs bathed in red light and enter a small, very dark, very crowded space that is one of the hottest late-night spots in town.

We add our name to “the list,” behind seven other parties, and we’re told it’ll be about a 20-minute wait.

“Ice Ice Baby” blares so loudly that we have to speak directly into each other’s ear as we stand shoulder to shoulder in the crowd, our eyes tracking servers as they walk from the lighted kitchen to the dim restaurant floor. They’re delivering large, steaming bowls of what we’ve all come here for: ramen.

Yes, ramen. Once a college dorm-room staple in America, ramen is now to soups what kale is to greens. That is, every Friday and Saturday night at 11:30, a fine-dining spot named Ardent morphs into Red Light Ramen, and bowls of the tonkotsu soup are the only thing on the menu.

After a brief wait, during which I order a Manhattan slushie (which will sell out by midnight) and Neil orders a brandy old-fashioned slushie (which sells out just before he orders), we’re seated at a spot at the diner-style counter, with a front-row view of the kitchen. We can see the chef, Justin Carlisle, whom I recognize from photos I saw when reading up on the place, hard at work filling bowls and laughing with the kitchen crew. Everyone here seems giddily happy, and as our ramen shows up, its broth so rich in pork it’s practically opaque, it’s easy to understand why. The salty soup is the epitome of comfort food, punctuated with the complementary textures and flavors of the noodles, pork, nori, egg and pickled wasabi greens. We slurp it down without speaking, using both hands as we clumsily attempt to coordinate chopstick and spoon motions. When our bowls are empty, we both sigh and look at each other, sated. “Chicago needs a place like this,” says Neil.

In fact, I’m happy to keep places like this in Milwaukee, which is, in many ways, the perfect weekend getaway from our home in Chicago. It’s manageable in size and easy to navigate, it has incredible food

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 11, 2015 B3 There I watch in awe as the bartender constructs beverage after beverage, putting things on a stick that just don’t belong on a drink. Like bacon-wrapped deep fried cheese curds.

And a bacon cheeseburger slider.

The woman sitting on the stool next to me receives her architectural icon ● Brewhouse Inn & Suites of a beverage with such nonchalance, 1215 N 10th St. I want to shake her as she slowly re414-810-3350 www.brewhousesuites.com moves the greens from the cup and Formerly the Milwaukee Pabst brewdismisses them on a plate — Brussels ery, this downtown national landmark has sprout, green onion, olive — and tears large, smartly renovated rooms with steaminto the bacon cheeseburger, as though punk design highlights. Each room has a full the consumption of this beverage is an kitchen. Starting at $169. everyday occurrence not even worthy of a selfie. ● Hilton Milwaukee City Center After about a half-hour, we’re seat509 W. Wisconsin Ave. ed and I ask our server for a bloody 414-271-7250 mary menu. “I’m your walking bloody wapo.st/mkehilton mary menu,” she says with a smile, Attentive service, affordable rates and and proceeds to detail the options: a central location set this downtown Hilton The Bloody Masterpiece comes topped apart. Starting at $135. with a shrimp, Brussels sprout, green onion, olive, tomato, celery, asparagus, lemon, mushroom, cheese wedge, sausage, cocktail onion and bacon ● Red Light Ramen/Ardent cheeseburger. The Baconado has all of 1751 N. Farwell Ave. the above, but swaps out the burger for 414-897-7022 bacon-wrapped cheeseballs. And then ardentmke.com there’s the Chicken Fried Bloody Mary Late-night underground ramen spot is — a pitcher of bloody mary topped open 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday until with an entire fried chicken ($50, 1:30 a.m. (or until the ramen runs out). From serves four). Each version comes with $7. beer chasers.

I opt for the Masterpiece. Even ● Sobelman’s Pub & Grill 1900 W. St Paul Ave. though I’ve been watching similar 414-931-1919 drinks assembled for the past 30 minwww.milwaukeesbestburgers.com utes, I’m still in awe, and snap photos Their epic bloody mary is topped with while tediously detailing each ingreas many as 13 ingredients — including your dient as I eat it. Neil, who is not a fan choice of a bacon cheeseburger, baconof the bloody mary, rolls his eyes and wrapped cheese balls or a whole fried chickdistracts himself with his phone as we en. Try one of their burgers if you still have wait for our burgers. (I couldn’t resist room. The bloody marys start at $10, burgordering one.) But by the time the meal ers at $5.75. comes, I’m too full to appreciate it.

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We ring the bell at our place and are welcomed by the little ball of fire who owns it and has been awaiting our arrival. As we walk in through the entryway, my eyes do a quick census of the front room, with its signature Frank Lloyd Wright art glass windows, intricate woodwork and mission-style furnishings (not designed by FLW, I later learn). Our hostess gives us a quick history: The house was built in 1917, and has changed hands only a few times. She says that when it went on the market three years ago, she wasn’t familiar with Frank Lloyd Wright but began reading up on him and was intrigued with what she found.

She and her husband, who live across town, decided to make an offer on the house and soon learned they were competing with a number of other bidders. They ultimately won the bid, she tells us, because they explained to the seller their plan: to turn it into a property open to all.

She gives us a tour, pointing out the amenities (smart TV, WiFi code, clawfoot tub). After she hands over the keys and leaves, we explore like children, running up the stairs, peeking into closets, switching on the light in the elaborate stained-glass skylight. We take photos of all the Wright touches: small, simple windows that remain the same size throughout the property; the horizontal lines that make the ceilings feel lower than they are; the amount of intricate design overflowing from something so simple as the etching on a doorknob. It feels as though we’re going to be sleeping in a museum.

We walk next door for a tour, led by the woman we met on the sidewalk earlier, who happens to be a docent.

She fills us in on the “why” behind the homes: At one time, this neighborhood was considered the edge of town, and these houses were model homes, built to entice families to purchase one of their own. Known as the “American System-Built Homes,” they speak to Wright’s democratic views that all families should be able to afford a beautiful, architect-designed abode that allows views of nature in.

A precursor to prefab homes, each dwelling consisted of factory-built parts that could be assembled on site by a contractor. The standardization and modest size (as small as 805 square feet) made the residences affordable, and, at the time, they sold for around $3,000.

Our docent leads us through a small, gray one-story building and then up the block to a duplex that the nonprofit has purchased and is in the process of restoring. As we walk through the construction zone, it’s clear that an incredible amount of work needs to be done. Our jaws, which dropped when we learned the nonprofit had purchased the house for around $200,000 (“That’s high for the area,” she says), snap shut when we hear the estimated cost of the restoration: $750,000.

After the tour, we hop in the car and head a few miles east to the Walker’s Point neighborhood, an industrial area that’s seeing an influx of local, artisa-

WHERE TO EAT

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Sobelman’s Pub & Grill in Milwaukee is known for its burgers and bloody marys, including the Chicken Fried Bloody Mary — a pitcher of bloody mary topped with an entire fried chicken. nal businesses. Here, the sidewalks are filled with people energetically chatting and laughing, having just come from a boozy tour at Milwaukee Brewing Co. or its neighbor, Central Standard Distillery. We walk through Clock Shadow Creamery, a small, dairy-filled storefront that proudly proclaims its status as Wisconsin’s first “urban” creamery, and ogle the extensive cheese offerings. Then we visit Indulgence Chocolatiers, a chocolate-and-wine shop, and each choose a decadent truffle for now (caramel fleur de sel for me and mint for Neil) and a vanilla bean malt bar for later (it doesn’t last long).

The cold doesn’t seem to put much of a damper on the frozen custard business, we learn when we drive to Leon’s, an old-timey drive-in with huge neon signs. There’s a line five deep outside (where’s a good carhop when you need one?). Neil joins it while I wait in the car with the heat on, too cold for custard. Or so I think, until I try a bite of his double-dip of butter pecan, which, with the ideal combination of salty-sweet-fat to make the addiction centers in my brain stand on end, makes perfect sense, winter or no winter.

The next day, at about 3 p.m., Sobelman’s bar and restaurant is more packed than the ramen place. We’ve heard — from my boyfriend’s personal trainer, no less — that they make the best burger and bloody mary in town, so we belly up to the bar and wait.

★★★ Of course, there’s more to Milwaukee than food. During our non-eating hours, we roam around the Europeanstyle Milwaukee Public Market, where you can buy fresh, local fish and meat, baked goods and coffee. We watch a movie at the grandiose Oriental Theatre, an old movie palace that dates back to 1927. And Neil hasn’t stopped talking about Ray’s MTB, an indoor mountain bike park filled with steep hills, tricky trails, half pipes and even moving bridges — a veritable fun house for cyclists, with a lengthy damage waiver. We also visit our first geek bar: 42 Lounge, a long, narrow cocktail and craft beer spot with Xboxes and other consoles, where we watch a crowd of about a dozen 20-somethings form around a video game, boisterously cheering on a player.

With that, we get in the car, preparing for our 90-mile drive back to Chicago/reality. But as we turn out of the parking lot, we still aren’t quite ready for the weekend to end.

I look at Neil. “One more custard?”

I ask. He puts Leon’s in the GPS again.

This time, we both line up in the freezing cold for one last bite of butter pecan.

● Leon’s Frozen Custard 3131 S. 27th St. 414-383-1784 www.leonsfrozencustard.us This walk-up frozen custard spot dates back to the 1940s. If butter pecan is a daily flavor, order it. $2 and up. ● Blue’s Egg 317 N. 76th St. 414-299-3180 www.bluesegg.com Daily breakfast/lunch spot known for their “stuffed” hash browns and egg dishes.

If you order the monkey bread, be sure to ask them to “crunk” it (add bourbon glaze).

Breakfast starts at $6.95. Open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHAT TO DO ● Wright in Milwaukee 2714 W. Burnham Street www.wrightinmilwaukee.org Every month on the second and fourth Saturdays, the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program offers tours of the Wright-designed American SystemsBuilt Homes. Admission is $15.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2015

Pratt pens contract with Rebels U.S. PROSPECT BRINGS SIZE AND SPECIAL SKILL SET TO RED DEER

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR It’s like Austin Pratt grew homesick after leaving Red Deer on three occasions over the past year.

“Every time I came here it seemed like I didn’t want to leave,” Pratt said Friday, after signing a standard Western Hockey League players contract with the Red Deer Rebels at the team office.

“It just felt like home. Brent (Rebels GM/head coach Sutter) is a great coach and I trust him with everything. I’m just happy to be here.”

The Rebels snared the six-foot-two, 205-pound forward in the fourth round of the 2014 WHL bantam draft. Pratt, from Lakeville, Minn., was selected out of the Shattuck St. Mary’s program and attended the Rebels’ prospects camp in June.

He returned to Shattuck St. Mary’s last fall and suited up with the school’s under-16 team. In 55 games over the past season, he scored 20 goals and added 32 assists for 52 points.

As an elite American player in his age group, Pratt attracted interest from U.S. (NCAA) colleges and while he didn’t receive any firm scholarship offers, he did talk to a few schools. But in the end, Red Deer was where he wanted to be all along.

Still, he had to convince himself that moving north of the border was the right call.

“It was a pretty tough decision, being from the United States and having a bunch of people wanting me to go to the NCAA,” he said. “But I have a lot of people supporting me. My family really supports me. That’s really what matters to me and it really helped with my decision.”

That Pratt didn’t sign with the Rebels until Friday shows that he put a lot of thought into the process. He was back in Red Deer for training camp last fall, visited again recently and was visited on more than one occasion at his home by Sutter over the past 12 months.

“We definitely tested his (Sutter’s) patience,” said Pratt. “I’m just glad he stuck with us and I couldn’t be more proud to be a Rebel.”

Sutter’s patience never wore thin and now he’s prepared to help Pratt develop into a player who can eventually make a living from the game.

“There’s been a process with it, but he obviously played in a great program at Shattuck and learned a lot from that,” said the Rebels boss. “Now he can come here and we can enhance those skills and get him to a level he foresees himself to be at and a level we foresee him to be at.

“He’s obviously a big young man, that’s why he can handle playing major junior hockey. Also, he has a gift with his skill set and the way he plays the game. He has that power forward approach and he’s more than capable of playing at this level next season and growing with it.

“There’s going to be some adjustments for him as there is with all young kids, not just on the ice but the office the ice too. But we’re certainly very excited to have a top-end player like this being with us.”

Pratt, who will celebrate his 16th birthday in July, is a self-described team player.

“I’ll do anything for a win. Even if I’m having a bad game, if I block at shot near the end that helps us to win, I’ll have the biggest smile on my face,” he said. “As long as we win I’ll be happy.”

He’s also had a blast racking up points over the past two seasons. During the 2013-14 campaign, Pratt sniped 30 goals and collected 73 points in 65 games with the Shattuck bantam tier 1 team.

“That’s always fun. I always thought points were a big deal but as I get older I know it’s harder and harder (to score) and you don’t have to focus on points to be a good player,” he said.

Pratt will likely be the only 16-yearold on the Rebels’ 2015-16 team that will host the Memorial Cup tournament next May. “That’s going to be a blast,” he said. Obviously it’s going to make for a tough, long season. It’s going to be hard for me after being used to only playing about 55 games, but I’m ready for the grind.

“It (being the Memorial Cup host) wasn’t the main factor regarding me coming here, but the thought did lin-

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Austin Pratt signed a contract with the Red Deer Rebels on Friday. The six-foottwo, 205-pound forward in the fourth round of the 2014 WHL bantam draft. Pratt will likely be the only 16-year-old on the Rebels’ 2015-16 team that will host the Memorial Cup tournament next May. ger around. I thought that it would be cool to play in it, but I’m coming for everything that happens before the Memorial Cup and all the coaching I’ll get here.”

His size will definitely be a plus as he adjusts to the major junior game, particularly with the style he plays.

“I make sure I get in there and play like a power forward,” he said. “I like to get to front of the (opposition) net and make sure they know I’m there. I make sure I finish at the net on every play.”

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Hawkes, Brisbane named RDC athletes of the year

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

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Tiger Woods hits out of the rough off the 13th hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament Friday, in Augusta, Ga.

Spieth continues record run at Masters

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth is making the Masters look easy.

He opened with a 64 despite making a bogey at the easiest hole on the course. He followed with a bogey-free 66 in which he missed a pair of 6-foot birdie putts. He still broke the 36-hole Masters record that had stood for 39 years. His five-shot lead matched another Masters record.

For two rounds, he has 15 birdies, one bogey and no worries.

The plan Friday afternoon for the 21-year-old Texan was to hang out with his family and some high school friends from Dallas, “taking it easy and hopefully just acting like nothing’s going on.”

Don’t be fooled. He knows exactly what’s happened at Augusta National.

And he knows the hard work is about to start.

“This is just the halfway point,” Spieth said.

He was at 14-under 130, a two-day total matched by one three other players in major championship history and breaking the Masters mark set by Raymond Floyd in 1976. His five-shot lead over Charley Hoffman looked even larger considering that Spieth was a runner-up in his Masters debut a year

ago, and he came to Augusta this year as the hottest player in the game.

It sure got the attention of the best player in the game.

Rory McIlroy went from trying to complete the career Grand Slam to trying to stick around for the weekend after a 40 on the front nine. He rallied with a 31 on the back nine to make it easily, though he was still 12 shots behind Spieth.

“It’s really, really impressive,” McIlroy said. “I think a few guys can still catch him. It will take, obviously, something extraordinary from myself to get up there, but you never know. I know better than most people what can happen with the lead around here.”

McIlroy lost a four-shot lead in the final round in 2011.

Tiger Woods broke 70 at Augusta National for the first time since 2011.

He had a 69 and joined McIlroy at 142, only his outlook was more upbeat.

“I’m still right there,” Woods said.

“I’m 12 back, but there’s not a lot of guys ahead of me. And with 36 holes here to go, anything can happen — ’96 proved that. So we have a long way to go.”

He was referring to Greg Norman losing a six-shot lead on the final day in 1996.

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Bronwyn Hawkes couldn`t have written a better script for her final year with the RDC Queens volleyball team.

Hawkes, who took over as starting setter in the 2013-14 season, led the Queens to a 25-2 record in the ACAC and played a major role in the Queens capturing their second consecutive Canadian Colleges Athletic Conference championship.

She was on the ACAC All-Conference team for the South Division, an all-star at the national championship and all-star and tournament MVP at the ACAC finals.

To put the lid on the season she was named the RDC female athlete of the year at the Athletic Awards Banquet at RDC Friday.

She shared the spotlight with volleyball Kings first-year setter Luke Brisbane, who received the top male award. Brisbane, a native of Australia, won almost every individual award handed out this season.

He was on the ACAC All-Conference team in the South Division, the ACAC male volleyball player of the year, the ACAC men`s athlete of the year for all sports, an All-Canadian and the CCAA male volleyball player of the year.

He was a first team all-star at the ACAC and CCAA championships.

The only disappointment came on the team side. The Kings finished second in the ACAC, losing to the host Augustana Vikings in the final, then ran into a string of injuries at the nationals and finished fifth.

Hawkes, who will attend the University of Alberta next season but doesn’t expect to play volleyball, was surprised to receive the award Friday.

“I certainly wasn`t expecting it,” she said. ”But it`s sweet.

“There were so many unforgettable moments with this team and I guess this is a good keepsake. There is nothing more I would have done … it’s the greatest way to end the season. I’m so glad I got to play with the players I did.”

Hawkes arrived at RDC from Notre Dame High School and was listed behind Kirsten Sorensen, who also came from Notre Dame.

“I always watched Kirsten, so she was kind of my inspiration, but I always wanted to start and Talbot (Queens head coach Walton) led me there. He was always a good coach for me since I was 13 and his encouragement pushed me to be the best I could be.”

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soccer’s Jessica Whyte and hockey’s ACAC player of the year Megan Jones, were also in the running for the award.

Brisbane arrived at RDC expecting to battle Tegan McGraw for the starting spot. But McGraw ran into injury problems the first weekend of the season and Brisbane played every point the rest of the season.

“When I arrived here I had a lot of stuff to work on,” he said. “The first month or two my play was up and down, but as we got into the season I became more consistent. I gradually improved, gained confidence and went from there.”

There were times when he would have liked a break, but it wasn’t to be.

“Other guys did rest, but I had to stay in, which in the long run was fine,” he said.

“I had to stay in and continued to get more consistent. I love playing so really I was happy to be out there.”

Brisbane, who is a member of the Australian junior team, was pleased with the individual award, but he would have rather been accepting a national title.

“This is a nice recognition, but really this isn’t why anyone plays,” he said.

“Since Day 1 of the season we were focused on winning the ACAC championship and the national championship.

As it turned out it was disappointing, but we didn’t lose any respect as a program.”

Brisbane will be back next season as will a number of the starting lineup.

“I’m already looking forward to next August,” he said. “We will have a similar team back, and hopefully we do a little better.”

They will be without fifth-year power hitter Tim Finnigan, who was injured in the CCAA semifinal, which likely cost them a gold medal.

“He’d been battling the (quad) injury all season, but it was tough to lose him in the first set of the semifinal. But still I was proud of the way everyone played.”

Brisbane will go home to in a couple of weeks and take some time off prior to returning.

Basketball’s Matt Johnson and hockey Kings scoring leader Riley Simpson were also in the running for the award.

RDC Queens volleyball head coach Talbot Walton received special recognition as he received the Excellence Award for all CCAA sports.

The award recognizes overall coaching contributions over the last five years.

Danny Rode is a retired advocate reporter, who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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Generals head to Allen Cup looking to improve on last year’s finish

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REBELS: Worked out great

provincial/Chinook League playoffs.

Tobler didn’t dismiss the notion that the 2015 Generals are a more talented side than the 2014 Generals, however . . .

“Something tells me the tournament is going to be The Bentley Generals will be a tired bunch when they arrive in Clarenville. Nfld., at some point Sun- better too,” said Tobler.

“It’s all relative and we can kind of use last year day.

Luckily, the Alberta senior AAA hockey cham- as a learning experience.”

Tobler is in his second season as Bentley’s bench pions don’t enter into Allan Cup competition until Tuesday, when they’ll take on the host Clarenville boss after serving as an assistant to Brandin Cote during the 2012-13 campaign.

Caribous at 4:30 p.m. MDT. “For myself, just being at the Allan Cup out of The Generals, who practised twice at Olds this province last year was a week, will conduct one last new experience,” he noton-ice workout Saturday ed. “It was a bit of an eyeevening in Calgary before ‘IT’S JUST A MATTER OF BEING opener and we can lean boarding a 12:30 a.m. redPREPARED AND REALIZING HOW on that and hopefully be a eye flight heading east.

Bentley will be loaded IMPORTANT THAT FIRST GAME IS. WE little better prepared and what to expect playfor bear in NewfoundKNOW IT’S NOT GOING TO BE EASY know ing the host team right off land after finishing a disappointing fourth in last AND WE HAVE TO BE AS READY AS WE the hop.”

The Generals faced year’s Allan Cup tournaPOSSIBLY CAN BE..’ some tough competition ment at Dundas, Ont., 12 months after capturing —RYAN TOBLER en route to winning the the Canadian senior AAA BENTLEY GENERALS HEAD COACH Alberta title, in particular the Innisfail Eagles championship at the Red whom they ousted in four Deer Arena.

The current edition of the Generals is of a higher straight — but competitive — games. Now they’ll be calibre than last year’s squad, yet still boasts a roster taking on championship teams from across Canada.

“It’s just a matter of being prepared and realizing of Allan Cup savvy players such as Kyle Sheen, Kyle Bailey, Curtis Austring and Don Morrison. The club how important that first game is,” said Tobler. “We added the likes of forwards Torrie Dyck, a key player know it’s not going to be easy and we have to be as with the 2014 CIS champion University of Alberta ready as we possibly can be.”

The Generals will face the other club — the Golden Bears, and Cam Maclise, the Brooks Bandits’ best player during their run to the Canadian junior Lameque Au P’tit Mousse of New Brunswick — in their three-team pool Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. MDT. A crown two years ago.

Another huge addition has been offensive de- The other pool consists of the defending champion fenceman Giffen Nyren, who suited up with the Dundas Real McCoys, Grand Falls-Windsor, Nlfd., Lloydminster Border Kings in the 2012 Allan Cup Cataracts and the Southeast Prairie Thunder of tournament. While Nyren has Allan Cup experience, Manitoba.

The quarter-finals, featuring the third-place teams Dyck and Maclise do not, yet have played in national facing the second-place teams in a pool crossover — championships.

“It’s different, but similar in a way in that they’ve with the first-place clubs getting a bye — will be played at a high level with high expectations, so they played Thursday and will be followed by Friday’s can lean on that experience,” Generals head coach semifinals and the championship contest at 2 p.m.

Ryan Tobler said Friday, in reference to Maclise and MDT Saturday (TSN at 4 p.m., two-hour delay). gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com Dyck, the club’s top two scorers during the recent

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SENIOR BOWL Quarterbacks Brett Barrett of the Hunting Hills Lightning and Skylar Selk of the Sylvan Lake Lakers are among 18 Red Deer and area athletes attending the Football Alberta Senior Bowl North camp this weekend at Edmonton.

The other Central Alberta players to compete at the camp are offensive lineman Matthew Atchison, linebackers Tony Morelli and Bryce Maki and slotbacks David Dunbar and Kolbi Street of the Lindsay Thurber Raiders; slotback Cameron Heslop and defensive end Skylar Schellenberg of the Lacombe Rams; wide receiver Jesse Kowalchuk, safety Lawrence Taylor and defensive back Dagbara-

ni Wande of the Notre Dame Cougars; Sylvan Lake tailback Landon Rosene, linebacker Sulley Larocque and defensive back Kyle Eckenswiller; and Lightning defensive back Dawson McCrady and corners Matthew Larsen and Tanner Olstad.

The 180 players attending the camp are vying for the 40 spots on the North roster, which will be announced Monday. The North squad will face the South team in the provincial Senior Bowl May 18 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.

Greg Thompson of Hunting Hills will be in charge of selecting the North quarterbacks.

TRAMPOLINE Keegan Soehn of the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club has been named to the Canadian trampoline team for the 2015 Pan Am Games July 10-26 in Toronto.

Meanwhile, Kyle Soehn has been selected as a team alternate.

Keegan Soehn won gold in the 2011 Pan Am Games in Mexico. The other members of the national team are Rosie MacLennan, a gold medalist in both Pan Am and Olympic competition, Karen Cockburn and Jason Burnett.

“The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games are a great opportunity for our athletes to compete and showcase their sport at home,” said Peter Nicol, the president and CEO of Gymnastics Canada.

“We are very excited to have this experience and help prepare for Rio in 2016 (Summer Olympics).”

Although the Rebels waited until the fourth round of last year’s bantam draft to select Pratt, Rebels assistant GM/director of player personnel Shaun Sutter and director of scouting and player development Randy Peterson were of the opinion the young American would have been a top six to seven pick if he had been a Canadian player already committed to playing in the WHL. “That’s the type of player he is,” said Brent Sutter.

“At the end of the day, it’s worked out great for everybody and we’re all excited about moving forward with it.”

The Rebels targeted another American prospect in the 2014 bantam draft, taking Pratt’s former teammate Grant Mismash in the fifth round. However, Mismash, who turned 16 in February, has committed to the U.S. national program for two years and also has a scholarship offer from the University of North Dakota.

Mismash has been shifted to the Rebels’ college list with the hope that he’ll join the team at some point. He’s projected as a high NHL draft pick in 2017 and might report to Red Deer at the request of his NHL team.

Regardless, the Rebels were able to land Pratt, the first high-end American prospect the team has lured north under Sutter’s ownership.

“This is awesome, from an organizational standpoint and for me personally,” said Sutter. This is a very exciting day, to have a player like Austin commit to our program. Obviously this is a player we are very high on, a player who can fit right into our team next season as a 16-year-old.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

MASTERS: Dream about Spieth might find comfort in another reference.

The three other players who had a five-shot lead after 36 holes at Augusta — Herman Keiser in 1946, Jack Nicklaus in 1975 and Floyd in 1976. All went on to win.

Spieth sure looked like a winner. The fans treated him like one. They rose to their feet and applauded when Spieth walked onto the 12th tee, and for the next two hours, ovations greeted him on tee boxes and greens. The red number next to his name on the leaderboard — 14-under par — was better than 11 of the last 13 winners.

“I got standing ovations walking to multiple greens,” Spieth said. “I mean, that’s something you can only dream about. It’s Friday, too. I’d like to have the same thing happening on Sunday. Got a lot of work to do before that happens.”

Hoffman tried to keep pace with Spieth and ran off three birdies on the back nine until closing with a bogey for a 68. He was five shots behind at 135, a score that would have been leading at 36 holes in the last three Masters. Hoffman didn’t care about that.

“It’s this year. It’s not any other year,” he said.

“I’m just playing golf and I’ve only played 36 holes.

And we’ve got a lot of golf left.”

Dustin Johnson opened with a double bogey, and then became the first player in Masters history to make three eagles in one round. A bogey from the trees on the last hole gave him a 67, and he was seven shots behind, along with Justin Rose (70) and Paul Casey (68). Phil Mickelson (68) was eight behind.

One score that didn’t matter belonged to Ben Crenshaw, a two-time Masters champion playing in his 44th and final competitive round on the course.

He missed the cut and in a poignant moment, longtime Augusta caddie Carl Jackson came onto the 18th green for a long, warm embrace.

“I feel like I’ve won the tournament,” Crenshaw said.

Spieth thought he could have won it last year when he had a two-shot lead with 11 holes to play until a two-shot swing on No. 8, another one on No. 9, and failing to get any closer to Bubba Watson the rest of the way.

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Bautista leads Blue Jays to win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 12 Orioles 5 BALTIMORE — As the strikeouts mounted and his hitless streak endured, Jose Bautista was not concerned because the Toronto Blue Jays were winning anyway.

Manager John Gibbons wasn’t worried, either, because he figured it was only a matter of time before the slugger got on track.

Bautista ended an early-season slump by going 3 for 3 and scoring four runs as Toronto ruined the Baltimore Orioles’ home opener with a 12-5 victory Friday.

Josh Donaldson and Dioner Navarro each drove in three runs for the Blue Jays, who took control with a four-run first inning and led 10-1 in the fourth.

After going 0 for 12 with eight strikeouts during Toronto’s opening three-game series in New York, Bautista got a hit in each of his first three at-bats and added a walk before leaving with leg cramps.

He drove in two runs and tied his career high in runs scored as the Blue Jays improved to 3-1.

“Slow start individually doesn’t matter when your team is winning games,” Bautista said. “If we sustain that I’ll be happy.”

Toronto manager John Gibbons knew Bautista — a five-time All-Star — wouldn’t be struggling for long.

“He’s the last guy you got to worry about,” Gibbons said. “Early in the year they were pitching him tough, but I thought he was too aggressive. Today I thought he did a better job of getting a pitch to hit.”

Mark Buehrle (1-0) allowed one run and eight hits in six innings to earn his 200th career win.

“It’s going to mean more when I get home, retired and sit on the couch and look back,” Buehrle said. “It’s a round number. Obviously been around a while, stayed healthy, made some starts.”

Toronto finished with 16 hits, half of them doubles — including two by Dalton Pompey. After playing the spoiler’s role at Yankee Stadium for New York’s home opener Monday, the Blue Jays pulled off an encore at Camden Yards.

“We got one more,” Gibbons said. “Maybe we can do it right at our place.”

Adam Jones homered, had a career-high tying four hits and drove in two runs for the Orioles, now 41-21 in home openers since coming to Baltimore from St. Louis in 1954.

Bud Norris (0-1) allowed eight runs and seven hits in three-plus innings. He was 4-0 lifetime against Toronto and had won nine straight decisions against AL East foes.

“Frustrating. It’s not what I envisioned,” Norris said. “It’s tough to do that here at home and in front of my team. I’ll take that one on me, for sure.”

After winning two of three on the road against Tampa Bay, Baltimore returned home for its first game at Camden Yards since October.

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Dioner Navarro, left, and Jose Bautista, center, are greeted by teammate Kevin Pillar after Bautista scored on Navarro’s sacrifice fly ball in the sixth inning of a home opener baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, in Baltimore.

The pregame festivities included a video montage of the Orioles’ run to the 2014 AL Championship Series, plenty of fireworks and Jones and J.J. Hardy receiving their Gold Glove Awards. Also, Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer threw out the ceremonial first pitch to 1983 World Series MVP Rick Dempsey.

Under an overcast sky and with rain in the forecast, Norris began the game with a first-pitch strike that drew a huge cheer. Not long after that, Toronto sucked much of the enthusiasm from the sellout crowd of 45,936.

The first-inning uprising began with three straight hits, including an RBI single by Bautista. Edwin Encarnacion added a sacrifice fly and Dioner Navarro doubled in two runs.

Jones connected in the bottom half to make it 4-1, but in the third Bautista doubled and scored on a fly ball.

Toronto batted around in a five-run fourth.

Pompey and Donaldson each hit two-run doubles and Bautista singled in a run.

DOUBLE FIGURES Blue Jays: The eight doubles was Toronto’s most

since July 20, 2010, at Kansas City.

Orioles: It was the third time in club history that Orioles allowed at least 10 runs in a home opener.

They yielded 12 to Milwaukee in 1988 and 13 to the Yankees in 1959.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: OF Michael Saunders (left knee surgery) won’t be rushed back from a rehabilitation assignment that began with an 0-for-3 performance Thursday with Class A Dunedin. “You want him to get plenty of at-bats,” Gibbons said.

Orioles: LHP Wesley Wright has a sore trapezius that could put him on the DL. “It’s one of those things that’s been kind of bothering me a little bit the last couple days and it got to a point where it wasn’t going away,” he said after the game.

ON DECK Blue Jays: RH Aaron Sanchez will make his first major league start Saturday night.

Orioles: RH Ubaldo Jimenez returns to the rotation after struggling in 2014, going 6-9 with a 4.81 ERA.

Sophomore Gaydosh looking forward to training camp with Ticats CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Linden Gaydosh is healthy and showing no ill effects from the back and foot injuries that plagued his first go-around in the NFL. But the Hamilton Tiger-Cats sophomore defensive lineman isn’t about to call it a normal off-season until he completes his first CFL training camp in June.

“Then I’ll say normal,” the burly six-foot-four, 305-pound defensive tackle told The Canadian Press on Friday. “I’ve got to make it through one of those first.”

Gaydosh’s trepidation comes honestly.

In 2013, the native of Peace River, Alta., required season-ending back surgery while in camp with the Carolina Panthers. He returned to the NFL club last summer with a clean bill of health but suffered a foot injury and was ultimately released in August.

Gaydosh signed with the Ticats on Sept. 4, more than a year after they took the University of Calgary star No. 1 in the 2013 CFL draft. Gaydosh’s arrival was timely as two weeks later veteran defensive lineman Brian Bulcke suffered a season-ending torn bicep.

“It wasn’t that I wasn’t ready, I just didn’t expect that type of injury so soon,” Gaydosh said. “But I thought everything went pretty well and pretty smoothly.

“A couple of hiccups here and there but overall it went pretty good.”

Gaydosh appeared in nine regular-season games — two starts — registering four tackles, two tackles for a loss and a pass knockdown. He added four tackles in two playoff contests, including Hamilton’s heart-breaking 20-16 Grey Cup loss to Calgary.

More importantly, Gaydosh was able to move past his injuries and again be a contributing, everyday player, something he hadn’t been since his university days.

“I needed it, I just needed to be able to get back on the field where I could practise, go full out and not have to hold back,” Gaydosh said. “I was able to get back out there and get that love of the game back.

“It was re-ignited that first game while warming up . . . I couldn’t believe I was back on the field. I wanted to be able to put (injuries) to the test. They’ve held up strong since and I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t now.”

Gaydosh isn’t lacking confidence heading into his first training camp with Hamilton. After all, he’s

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healthy, has had a good off-season of training thus far and has first-hand experience in the Ticats’ defensive schemes. He’s looking forward to the club’s mini-camp later this month as well as the start of training camp in June.

“I’ve got confidence in my abilities from playing last season,” he said. “I’d like to be able to show them where I stand right from the start of training camp.

“I’ve got experience and familiarity with what I’m going into so that always helps. It’s always better to be put into the system right from the start of training camp then kind of jumping in midway through the season when all the adjustments are being made

and everyone’s already got their solid base of knowledge.”

But preparing for training camp hasn’t been the lone thought on Gaydosh’s mind this off-season. The bitterness of Hamilton’s Grey Cup loss — a game the Ticats dropped after kick-returner Brandon Banks’ 90-yard punt return TD with 35 seconds remaining was nullified by penalty — has always lingered.

“It’s always there,” he said. “I’ve fallen back to it often this off-season . . . unfortunately, the result is always the same.”

Not surprisingly, fixing that result in 2015 will be Gaydosh’s primary goal once training camp opens.

SCOREBOARD Hockey Brandon (1) vs. Edmonton (4) (Brandon wins series 4-1)

x-Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 22 x-Portland at Everett, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary.

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF x-Montreal 81 49 22 10 217 x-Tampa Bay 81 49 24 8 259 x-Detroit 81 42 25 14 233

Regina (2) vs. Swift Current (3) (Regina wins series 4-0) Calgary (1) vs. Kootenay (4) (Calgary wins series 4-3)

GA Pt 186 108 209 106 221 98

New Jersey at Florida, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Columbus at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 8 p.m. end of the regular season Friday’s summaries

Medicine Hat (2) vs. Red Deer (3) (Medicine Hat wins series 4-1)

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF z-NY Rangers 81 52 22 7 248 x-Washington 81 45 25 11 240 x-NY Islanders 81 47 28 6 248

Kelowna (1) vs. Tri-City (4) (Kelowna wins series 4-0) Victoria (2) vs. Prince George (3) (Victoria wins series 4-1) Everett (1) vs. Spokane (4) (Everett wins series 4-2) Portland (2) vs. Seattle (3) (Portland wins series 4-2) Quarterfinals Brandon (1) vs. Regina (2) (Brandon leads series 1-0) Friday, Apr. 10 Brandon 5 Regina 1 Saturday, Apr. 11 Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 14 Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 15 Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 17 x-Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 19 x-Brandon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 21 x-Regina at Brandon, 6 p.m.

WILD CARD W L OL 42 26 13 42 27 12 41 27 13 37 29 15 41 35 5 33 30 18 32 35 14 30 40 11 30 44 7 23 50 8

GF 235 219 211 203 231 214 179 188 208 161

GA Pt 190 111 199 101 225 100

Ottawa Pittsburgh Boston Florida Columbus Philadelphia New Jersey Carolina Toronto Buffalo

GP 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81

y-St. Louis x-Nashville x-Chicago

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF 81 50 24 7 244 81 47 24 10 231 81 48 27 6 227

GA Pt 199 107 204 104 186 102

y-Anaheim x-Vancouver x-Calgary

Pacific Division GP W L OL 81 50 24 7 81 47 29 5 81 45 29 7

GA Pt 225 107 217 99 211 97

GF 234 236 240

GA 214 210 208 221 246 231 213 224 258 272

Pt 97 96 95 89 87 84 78 71 67 54

WILD CARD GP W L OL GF GA Pt x-Minnesota 81 46 27 8 229 197 100 x-Winnipeg 81 42 26 13 225 209 97 Los Angeles 81 39 27 15 216 204 93 Dallas 81 40 31 10 257 259 90 San Jose 81 40 32 9 227 228 89 Colorado 81 38 31 12 216 225 88 Edmonton 81 24 44 13 193 277 61 Arizona 81 24 49 8 169 270 56 Note: a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. d — automatically qualifies for playoffs; w — qualifies for playoffs through wild card

Calgary (1) vs. Medicine Hat (2) (Calgary leads series 1-0) Friday, Apr. 10 Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 1 Sunday, Apr. 12 Medicine Hat at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 13 Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 15 Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Kelowna (1) vs. Victoria (2) (Kelowna leads series 1-0) Friday, Apr. 10 Kelowna 5 Victoria 0 Saturday, Apr. 11 Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 14 Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 15 Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 17 x-Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 19 x-Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 21 x-Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s results Ottawa 3 NY Rangers 0 Carolina 3 Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 4 New Jersey 3 (OT) Florida 4 Boston 2 Montreal 4 Detroit 3 (OT) Minnesota 4 Nashville 2 St. Louis 2 Chicago 1 Colorado 1 Winnipeg 0 (SO) Calgary 3 Los Angeles 1 San Jose 3 Edmonton 1 Vancouver 5 Arizona 0

Everett (1) vs. Portland (2) Friday, Apr. 10 Portland at Everett, late Saturday, Apr. 11 Portland at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 16 Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 17 Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 19 x-Portland at Everett, 5:05 p.m.

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Friday’s results Columbus 4 Buffalo 2 NY Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 1 Saturday’s games Ottawa at Philadelphia, 10:30 a.m.

NY Rangers at Washington, 10:30 a.m.

Calgary at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Islanders 3, Penguins 1 First Period 1. NY Islanders, Cizikas 9 (Clutterbuck, Leddy) 8:00 (sh).

Penalties — Hickey NYI (slashing) 7:30.

Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Scuderi 1 (Crosby, Martin) 19:54.

Penalties — Boulton NYI (interference) 5:46, Downie Pgh (clipping) 14:39.

Third Period 3. NY Islanders, Tavares 37 (Okposo, Strait) 2:46.

4. NY Islanders, Grabner 8 (Bailey) 16:20.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal NY Islanders 5 8 13 — 26 Pittsburgh 17 11 10 — 38 Goal — NY Islanders: Halak (W, 38-17-3); Pittsburgh: Fleury (L, 33-20-9).

Power plays (goal-chances) — NY Islanders: 0-1; Pittsburgh: 0-2.

Blue Jackets 4, Sabres 2 First Period 1. Columbus, Foligno 31 (Dubinsky, Savard) :14.

2. Buffalo, Grigorenko 3 (Gionta, Foligno) 2:25.

3. Columbus, Calvert 13 (Savard, Johnson) 9:35.

Penalties — Bogosian Buf (hooking) 12:58.

Second Period 4. Buffalo, Gionta 13 (Ennis, Bogosian) 19:01 (pp).

Penalties — Dubinsky Clb (charging) 10:46, Johansen Clb (tripping) 18:44.

Third Period 5. Columbus, Atkinson 21 (Prout, Johansen) 10:35.

6. Columbus, Jenner 9 (Calvert, Johnson) 19:50 (en).

Penalties — Foligno Clb (kneeing) 8:10.

Shots on goal Buffalo 10 7 8 — 25 Columbus 17 13 10 — 40 Goal — Buffalo: Lindback (L, 6-15-2); Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 30-17-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Buffalo: 1-3; Columbus: 0-1.

NHL Scoring Leaders John Tavares, NYI Jamie Benn, Dal Sidney Crosby, Pgh Jakub Voracek, Pha Alex Ovechkin, Wash Tyler Seguin, Dal Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Jiri Hudler, Cgy Daniel Sedin, Vcr Claude Giroux, Pha Steven Stamkos, TB Nick Foligno, Clb Tyler Johnson, TB Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Henrik Sedin, Vcr Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Ryan Johansen, Clb Rick Nash, NYR Joe Pavelski, SJ Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Max Pacioretty, Mtl Logan Couture, SJ Jonathan Toews, Chi Erik Karlsson, Ott Henrik Zetterberg, Det Pavel Datsyuk, Det

G 36 32 28 22 52 37 18 31 19 25 43 30 29 36 18 28 26 42 37 24 37 27 28 21 17 26

A 47 51 55 59 28 40 59 45 55 48 29 42 43 35 53 42 44 27 32 44 30 40 38 45 49 39

Pts 83 83 83 81 80 77 77 76 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 70 70 69 69 68 67 67 66 66 66 65

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Toronto 3 1 .750 Boston 2 1 .667 Baltimore 2 2 .500 New York 1 2 .333 Tampa Bay 1 3 .250

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 4 0 1.000 3 0 1.000 2 2 .500 1 3 .250 0 4 .000

Los Angeles Oakland Houston Texas Seattle

West Division W L Pct 2 1 .667 3 2 .600 2 2 .500 2 3 .400 1 3 .250

GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 2 GB — 1/2 2 3 4 GB — — 1/2 1 1 1/2

Thursday’s Games Detroit 7, Minnesota 1 Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 5, Houston 1 Texas 10, Oakland 1 Boston 6, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Friday’s Games Toronto 12, Baltimore 5 Houston 5, Texas 1 Detroit 8, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 0 Boston at N.Y. Yankees, late Miami 10, Tampa Bay 9, 10 innings Oakland 12, Seattle 0 Kansas City at L.A. Angels, late Saturday’s Games Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 0-0), 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 0-1), 12:10 p.m.

Seattle (Happ 0-0) at Oakland (Gray 1-0), 2:05 p.m.

Detroit (Price 1-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-1), 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 0-1) at Miami (Cosart 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 0-0) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Houston (R.Hernandez 0-0) at Texas (Gallardo 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

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Central Division W L Pct 4 0 1.000 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 1 3 .250 0 4 .000 West Division W L Pct 4 0 1.000

GB — 2 2 3 3 GB — 2 1/2 2 1/2 3 4 GB —

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Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 3 San Francisco 1, San Diego 0, 12 innings Boston 6, Philadelphia 2 Friday’s Games Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Philadelphia 4, Washington 1 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 4 Miami 10, Tampa Bay 9, 10 innings Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 innings San Diego 1, San Francisco 0 Saturday’s Games St. Louis (Wacha 0-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-0), 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 0-1) at Miami (Cosart 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

Washington (Fister 0-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-1), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Worley 0-0) at Milwaukee (Nelson 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 0-0) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-0), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at Arizona (Bradley 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 1-0) at San Diego (Shields 0-0), 6:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games St. Louis at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 11:35 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 2:10 p.m.

Friday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 401 501 001 — 12 16 1 Baltimore 100 010 021 — 5 13 1 Buehrle, Hendriks (7), Hynes (8), Estrada (9) and D.Navarro; B.Norris, Brach (4), Jas.Garcia (6), W.Wright (8) and Joseph. W—Buehrle 1-0. L—B. Norris 0-1. HRs—Baltimore, A.Jones (1), Schoop (1).

Houston 100 010 102 — 5 10 0 Texas 000 001 000 — 1 6 2 McHugh, Neshek (7), Qualls (8), Gregerson (9) and J.Castro; D.Holland, Bass (2), Mendez (7), Sh.Tolleson (8), Feliz (9), Klein (9) and Chirinos.

W—McHugh 1-0. L—D.Holland 0-1. HRs—Houston, Lowrie (2), Col.Rasmus (1).

Minnesota 100 011 003 — 6 10 0 Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 3 1 Milone, Duensing (8) and K.Suzuki; Noesi, Albers (5), Da.Jennings (7), Putnam (9) and Flowers. W— Milone 1-0. L—Noesi 0-1. Sv—Duensing (1). HRs— Minnesota, Dozier (1).

Detroit 010 220 300 — 8 18 0 Cleveland 000 003 010 — 4 10 1 Simon, Alburquerque (6), B.Hardy (7), Chamberlain (9), Soria (9) and Avila; McAllister, Crockett (5), Swarzak (6), Rzepczynski (7), Shaw (7), Atchison (8), Hagadone (9) and Y.Gomes. W—Simon 1-0.

L—McAllister 0-1. Sv—Soria (1). HRs—Detroit, Castellanos (1).

Seattle 000 000 000 — 0 3 1 Oakland 320 600 01x — 12 16 0 T.Walker, Wilhelmsen (4), Furbush (6), Medina (7) and Zunino; Pomeranz, Abad (8), R.Alvarez (9) and Vogt. W—Pomeranz 1-0. L—T.Walker 0-1. HRs— Oakland, Canha (1).

INTERLEAGUE Tampa Bay 000 100 701 0 — 910 0 Miami 101 600 010 1 — 1013 0 (10 innings) Geltz, E.Ramirez (3), Balfour (5), Andriese (6), Yates (7), Beliveau (8), Frieri (8), Boxberger (10) and Rivera, B.Wilson; Haren, Phelps (7), S.Dyson (7), A.Ramos (7), Cishek (9), Morris (10) and Saltalamacchia, Mathis. W—Morris 1-0. L—Boxberger 0-1. HRs—Tampa Bay, Kiermaier (2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 001 000 000 — 1 5 1 Colorado 010 022 00x — 5 11 0 T.Wood, Motte (5), Schlitter (6), E.Jackson (7) and Castillo; Matzek, Bergman (5), B.Brown (6), Betancourt (8), Logan (9) and Hundley. W—Bergman 1-0.

L—T.Wood 0-1. HRs—Colorado, Morneau (1).

Wash.

100 000 000 — 1 6 0 Phila.

000 000 40x — 4 7 0 G.Gonzalez, Cedeno (7), Stammen (7), Treinen (8) and W.Ramos; Williams, L.Garcia (7), Giles (8), Papelbon (9) and Rupp. W—L.Garcia 1-0. L—G.Gonzalez 0-1. Sv—Papelbon (2). HRs—Washington, M.Taylor (1).

St. Louis 120 000 100 — 4 10 0 Cincinnati 202 000 01x — 5 4 0 Lackey, Maness (7), Walden (8) and Molina; Marquis, Gregg (7), M.Parra (7), Hoover (7), Chapman (9) and Mesoraco. W—Hoover 2-0. L—Walden 0-1.

Sv—Chapman (2). HRs—St. Louis, Grichuk (1).

Cincinnati, Votto 2 (3).

New York 000 300 000 — 3 8 2 Atlanta 201 000 02x — 5 9 0 Niese, Goeddel (6), Gilmartin (7), R.Montero (7), Blevins (8) and d’Arnaud; Stults, Co.Martin (6), Cunniff (7), Avilan (7), Ji.Johnson (8), Grilli (9) and Bethancourt. W—Ji.Johnson 1-0. L—R.Montero 0-1. Sv—Grilli (3). HRs—New York, D.Wright (1), Mayberry (1). Atlanta, Maybin (1).

Pittsburgh 030 110 010 — 6 10 0 Milwaukee 000 200 000 — 2 9 0 Locke, J.Hughes (7), Bastardo (8), Caminero (8), Melancon (9) and Cervelli; Fiers, Thornburg (6), Jeffress (7), Cotts (8), Blazek (9) and Lucroy. W— Locke 1-0. L—Fiers 0-1. HRs—Pittsburgh, P.Alvarez (2), Marte (1).

Los Ang.000120 000 0 — 3 8 1 Arizona 003 000 000 1 — 4 7 0 (10 innings) B.Anderson, Y.Garcia (7), Jo.Peralta (9), Howell (10) and Grandal; C.Anderson, Chafin (6), Reed (9), O.Perez (10) and Gosewisch. W—O.Perez 1-0.

L—Howell 0-1. HRs—Los Angeles, Grandal (1).

Arizona, Goldschmidt (1).

San Fran. 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 San Diego 000 000 01x — 1 5 0 Lincecum, Affeldt (8), Y.Petit (8) and H.Sanchez; Morrow, Benoit (8), Kimbrel (9) and De.Norris. W— Benoit 2-0. L—Affeldt 0-1. Sv—Kimbrel (1).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—AGonzalez, Los Angeles, .688; Lind, Milwaukee, .615; LeMahieu, Colorado, .471; Alonso, San Diego, .471; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .462; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .444; Arenado, Colorado, .438.

RUNS—AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 7; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 6; Arenado, Colorado, 5; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 5; 7 tied at 4.

RBI—Votto, Cincinnati, 8; Dickerson, Colorado, 7; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 7; Lamb, Arizona, 7; Rollins, Los Angeles, 6; Arenado, Colorado, 5; Frazier, Cincinnati, 5.

HITS—AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 11; Aoki, San Francisco, 9; Alonso, San Diego, 8; LeMahieu, Colorado, 8; Lind, Milwaukee, 8; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 8; Arenado, Colorado, 7; Votto, Cincinnati, 7.

DOUBLES—Tulowitzki, Colorado, 5; Pagan, San Francisco, 4; Arenado, Colorado, 3; CGonzalez, Colorado, 3; CJohnson, Atlanta, 3; Lind, Milwaukee, 3; Walker, Pittsburgh, 3.

TRIPLES—Trumbo, Arizona, 2; HKendrick, Los Angeles, 1; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 1; Pagan, San Francisco, 1; Rollins, Los Angeles, 1; Solano, Miami, 1; Soler, Chicago, 1; Upton, San Diego, 1.

RDC Sports Awards RDC Awards Scholarships Al Ferchuk Athletic Leadership: Tim Finnigan.

Al Ferchuk Hockey Leadership: Jayna Kitchen.

Jon Walsh Memorial Kings Volleyball: Luke Brisbane.

Inglis Family Kings Volleyball: Patrick McIntyre.

Henry’s Eavestroughing Kings Volleyball: Adam Turlejski.

Major Volunteer Contributor Award: Dave Kolesnik, assistant coach Queens basketball.

Team Awards Curling: Coach’s Award (CA): Logan Oddie. Most Improved (MI): Cyril House. Rookie of the Year (RoY): Sarah Gerrard. Most Valuable Player (MVP): Marla Sherrer.

Kings Basketball: CA: Matt Johnson. MI: Tyler Wise. MVP: JP LeBlanc.

Kings Hockey: CA: Riley Point. MI: Joel Topping.

RoY: Greg Lamoureux. MVP: Riley Simpson.

Kings Soccer: CA: Chase Grenier. MI: Benjamin Schultz. RoY: Alex Ingraham. MVP: Alim Hirji.

Kings Volleyball: CA: Tim Finnigan. MI: Pat McIn-

tyre. RoY: Adam turlejski. MVP: Luke Brisbane.

Queens Basketball: CA: Kennedy Burgess. MI: Cassidy Hollingsworth. RoY: Morgan Dool. MVP: Dedra Janvier.

Queens Hockey: CA: Cassidy Holt. MI: Suze Vanderlinde. RoY: Summer Roberts. MVP: Rachael Hoppins.

Queens Soccer: CA: Kaitlin D’Arcy. MI: Allyssa MacPhaden. RoY: Sydney Daines. MVP: Jessica Whyte.

Queens Volleyball: CA: Maddi Quinn. MI: Lauren Marshall. RoY: Kelsey Tymkow. MVP: Bronwyn Hawkes.

Cross-country: CA: Laura Friesen. MI: Jonathan Allen. RoY: Mitchel Dore. MVP: Noah Arychuk.

Golf: CA: Rochelle French. MI: Tim Hannebury.

RoY: Tanner Shapka. MVP: Bennett Williams.

Team Service Awards Kings Basketball: Joel Carroll, Lloyd Strickland, Clint Unsworth.

Queens Basketball: Dave Kolesnik, J’Anna Atchison, Jessica Albrecht.

Cross-country: Jodi Nesbitt, Stephanie Flieler, Courtney Long.

Curling: Jason Anderson.

Golf: Mike Williams, Melissa Koster.

Kings Hockey: Cody Reynolds, Colin Stebner, Jeff Denham, John Engelhart.

Queens Hockey: Wes Makofka, Laura Salomons.

Kings Soccer: Stephen Kelly, Ado Sarcevic, Gaelan Lavery.

Queens Soccer: Elton Clements.

Queens Volleyball: Mandy Carroll, Shelby Bramall, Brooke Sutter, Danielle Newton.

Kings Volleyball: Blake Henwood, Mitch Irvine, Aaron Yasinski.

Student Trainer Award Kings Soccer: Jose Ribiero.

Queens Soccer: Alyse Fitzpatrick.

Queens Hockey: Caitlyn Wildeman, Bea Landaverde.

Kings Hockey: Mark Fay, Norm Slater, Sydni Siebel.

Queens Volleyball: Brynna Maloughney, Shannon Schoepp.

Kings Volleyball: Alyse Fitzpatrick, Jessica Petryshen.

Queens Basketball: Caitlin Rye. Kings Basketball: Cody Lutz, Taylor Hubley.

Curling: Courtney Smith.

Minor Officials Recognition: Larissa Walker.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 60 19 .759 — y-Cleveland 51 28 .646 9 y-Toronto 47 32 .595 13 x-Chicago 47 32 .595 13 x-Washington 45 34 .570 15 Milwaukee 39 40 .494 21 Boston 37 42 .468 23 Brooklyn 37 42 .468 23 Indiana 36 43 .456 24 Miami 35 44 .443 25 Charlotte 33 46 .418 27 Detroit 30 49 .380 30 Orlando 25 54 .316 35 Philadelphia 18 61 .228 42 New York 15 64 .190 45

Thursday’s Games Chicago 89, Miami 78 Golden State 116, Portland 105 Friday’s Games Toronto 101, Orlando 99 Atlanta 104, Charlotte 80 Indiana 107, Detroit 103 Boston 99, Cleveland 90 Brooklyn 117, Washington 80 Milwaukee 99, New York 91 New Orleans 90, Phoenix 75 Oklahoma City 116, Sacramento 103 San Antonio 104, Houston 103 Dallas 144, Denver 143,2OT Memphis 89, Utah 88 L.A. Lakers 106, Minnesota 98

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Golden State 64 15 .810 — x-Memphis 54 25 .684 10 x-San Antonio 54 26 .675 10 1/2 y-Portland 51 28 .646 13 x-L.A. Clippers 53 26 .671 11 x-Houston 53 26 .671 11 x-Dallas 48 31 .608 16 New Orleans 43 36 .544 21 Oklahoma City 43 36 .544 21 Phoenix 39 41 .488 25 1/2 Utah 36 43 .456 28 Denver 29 50 .367 35 Sacramento 27 52 .342 37 L.A. Lakers 21 58 .266 43 Minnesota 16 63 .203 48 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

Saturday’s Games New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 3 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 3 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. end of the regular season

Golf Masters Friday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Jordan Spieth 64-66 Charley Hoffman 67-68 Justin Rose 67-70 Dustin Johnson 70-67 Paul Casey 69-68 Phil Mickelson 70-68 Ernie Els 67-72 Kevin Na 74-66 Kevin Streelman 70-70 Bill Haas 69-71 Ryan Moore 74-66 Angel Cabrera 72-69 Louis Oosthuizen 72-69 Mark O’Meara 73-68 Jason Day 67-74 Adam Scott 72-69 Hideki Matsuyama 71-70 Charl Schwartzel 71-70 Tiger Woods 73-69 Sergio Garcia 68-74 Danny Willett 71-71 Russ Henley 68-74 Jonas Blixt 72-70 Patrick Reed 70-72 Bubba Watson 71-71 Rory McIlroy 71-71 Ryan Palmer 69-74 Keegan Bradley 71-72 Seung-Yul Noh 70-74 Geoff Ogilvy 74-70 Zach Johnson 72-72 Webb Simpson 69-75 Erik Compton 73-72 Bernd Wiesberger 75-70 Chris Kirk 72-73 Hunter Mahan 75-70 Brooks Koepka 74-71 Graeme McDowell 71-74 Thongchai Jaidee 75-70 John Senden 71-74 Jamie Donaldson 74-71 Jimmy Walker 73-72 Rickie Fowler 73-72 Vijay Singh 75-70 Darren Clarke 74-71

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130 135 137 137 137 138 139 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 143 143 144 144 144 144 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF D.C. United 3 1 0 9 3 New York 2 0 1 7 5 New England 2 2 1 7 4 Chicago 2 3 0 6 5 NY City FC 1 1 2 5 3 Orlando City 1 2 2 5 4 Columbus 1 2 1 4 5 Toronto FC 1 3 0 3 6 Montreal 0 1 2 2 2 Philadelphia 0 3 2 2 5

GA 2 2 6 7 2 5 5 8 3 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Vancouver 4 1 1 13 9 FC Dallas 3 2 1 10 7 Real Salt Lake 2 0 2 8 6 Sporting KC 2 1 2 8 6 Seattle 2 1 1 7 6 San Jose 2 3 0 6 6 Colorado 1 1 3 6 4 Portland 1 1 3 6 6

GA 6 8 4 6 3 7 2 5

Ian Poulter Morgan Hoffmann Jason Dufner Sangmoon Bae Cameron Tringale Matt Kuchar Henrik Stenson Lee Westwood Anirban Lahiri Steve Stricker Failed to make the cut Bernhard Langer Jim Furyk Shane Lowry James Hahn Mikko Ilonen Luke Donald Gary Woodland Stephen Gallacher Matt Every JB Holmes Brandt Snedeker Ben Martin Billy Horschel Branden Grace Brian Harman Camilo Villegas Joost Luiten Ian Woosnam Padraig Harrington Victor Dubuisson a-Corey Conners Sandy Lyle a-Byron Meth Jose Maria Olazabal Kevin Stadler Thomas Bjorn Larry Mize Brendon Todd Miguel Angel Jimenez a-Antonio Murdaca Martin Kaymer a-Matias Dominguez Tom Watson Trevor Immelman Fred Couples Robert Streb Scott Harvey a-Bradley Neil Ben Crane a-Gunn Yang Mike Weir Ben Crenshaw

73-72 73-72 74-71 74-71 71-75 72-74 73-73 73-73 71-75 73-73

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145 145 145 145 146 146 146 146 146 146

73-74 74-73 75-72 73-74 74-73 75-72 71-76 71-76 73-74 76-71 74-73 74-74 70-78 75-73 76-72 72-76 76-72 75-74 72-77 74-75 80-69 74-76 74-76 79-71 77-74 72-79 78-73 80-71 78-73 78-73 76-75 76-76 71-81 76-77 79-74 80-76 76-81 78-79 79-78 85-74 82-81 91-85

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147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 148 148 148 148 148 148 149 149 149 149 150 150 150 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 152 152 153 153 156 157 157 157 159 163 176

Soccer Los Angeles 1 2 2 5 5 6 Houston 1 2 2 5 2 3 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s Games Vancouver 2, Columbus 2, tie Friday’s Games Colorado 4, FC Dallas 0 Saturday’s Games Columbus at New England, 1 p.m.

New York City FC at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

New York at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Montreal at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Orlando City at Portland, 3 p.m.

Seattle at Los Angeles, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 16 Philadelphia at New York City FC, 5 p.m.

Lacrosse Calgary 15 5 10 .333 179 187 4 1/2 Vancouver 14 4 10 .286 169 212 5 x — clinched playoff berth.

National Lacrosse League

x-Toronto Rochester Buffalo Minnesota New England

East Division GP W L Pct 16 12 4 .750 13 9 4 .692 14 7 7 .500 14 5 9 .357 12 4 8 .333

x-Edmonton x-Colorado

West Division GP W L Pct GF GA 14 9 5 .643 188 134 14 8 6 .571 174 168

GF 205 142 167 145 133

GA GB 166 — 129 1 1/2 171 4 176 6 159 6 GB — 1

WEEK 15 Friday’s results Toronto 14 Vancouver 7 Calgary 9 Edmonton 8 Saturday’s games Colorado at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s games Vancouver at New England, 11 a.m.

Transactions Friday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded C Brian Ward and RHP Ryan Webb to the L.A. Dodgers for RHP Ben Rowen and C Chris O’Brien.

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent RHP Koji Uehara to Greenville (SAL) for a rehab assignment.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Transferred RHP Josh Tomlin to the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Austin Adams to Columbus (IL). Selected the contract of 1B/ OF Jerry Sands from Columbus.

DETROIT TIGERS — Placed RHP Joe Nathan on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Recalled LHP Blaine Hardy from Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent RHP Luke Hochevar to Omaha (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed C John Jaso on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Durham (IL). Agreed to terms with 2B Alexi Casilla on a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Sent RHP Tanner Scheppers to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent OF Michael Saunders to Dunedin (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Placed RHP Justin Grimm on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 2. Recalled RHP Brian Schlitter from Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHP Jorge De La Rosa to Albuquerque (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Scott Baker and Jorge De Leon and C Matt Koch on minor league contracts.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Adam Reifer on a minor league contract. Sent OF Domonic Brown to Clearwater (FSL) and RHP Chad Billingsley to Lehigh Valley (IL) for rehab assignments.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent OF Jaff Decker to Indianapolis (IL) and C Chris Stewart to Altoona (EL) for rehab assignments.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed C Tony Cruz on the paternity list. Recalled C Ed Easley from Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP Ian Kennedy on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Chris Rearick from El Paso (PCL). Recalled RHP Brandon Maurer from El Paso. Optioned RHP Nick Vincent to El Paso. Transferred LHP Cory Luebke from the 15-day to the 60-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent OF Jayson Werth to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

American Association

AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Traded INF Ryan Soares to Fargo-Moorhead for cash.

LAREDO LEMURS — Traded OF Nick Van Stratten and INF John Alonso to Bridgeport for INF Abel Nieves.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed OF Brian Humphries. Traded OF Chris Valencia and LHP Hector Cedano to Sussex County (Can-Am) for cash and future considerations.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended N.Y. Giants LB Victor Butler four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.

MIAMI DOLPHINS —Agree to terms with OL Mike Pouncey on a multi-year contract extension.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed DE Anthony Spencer.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announced the retirement of S Troy Polamalu.

Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed DB Joe Burnett.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DL Nate Collins and DB David Van Dyke.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Chicago F Andrew Shaw $2,000 for diving/embellishment.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Ryan MacInnis to a three-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Chad Ruhwedel from Rochester (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled D Alexey Marchenko from Grand Rapids (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Raman Hrabarenka and Seth Helgeson to Albany (AHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Assigned G Eric Hartzell from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled G Brandon Anderson from Tulsa (ECHL) to Hershey (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Recalled G Connor Hellebuyck from St. John’s (AHL).

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Recalled G Jeff Malcolm from Greenville (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Released D Steve Weinstein for his amateur tryout agreement.

ECHL ALLEN AMERICANS — Released G Joel Rumpel from his amateur tryout agreement.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Released F Spencer Pommells.

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS — Added G Tony Giordani as emergency backup.

B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 11, 2015

Loss puts Penguins playoff hopes in limbo NEED A WIN IN LAST GAME TO SECURE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT IN EAST

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Islanders 3 Penguins 1 PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have spent the majority of the Sidney Crosby era treating the regular season as an 82-game exhibition until the playoffs start.

Not this year. Not by a long shot.

John Tavares broke a tie with his 37th goal of the season early in the third period and the New York Islanders pulled away to beat the reeling Penguins 3-1 on Friday night. Pittsburgh has lost five straight but can still claw into the post-season through a series of scenarios, the easiest coming with a win over lowly Buffalo on Saturday night.

“That’s why we play 82 games to see who (are) the best teams after that,” Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist said. “Tomorrow is a hell of a game and everybody is excited. Live or die.

Can’t wait.”

There are no such issues for the Islanders. New York clinched a spot Thursday and assured itself of at least third-place in the Metropolitan Division.

The Islanders can earn home-ice in the first round with a win over Columbus on Saturday and a Washington loss to the New York Rangers.

Jaroslav Halak recovered from a horrific meltdown in a loss to Phila-

delphia on Tuesday night — when he allowed the winning goal on a knuckling wrist shot from 50 feet with 2 seconds left in regulation — by stopping 37 shots. Michael Grabner and Casey Cizikas also scored for the Islanders.

“They had a desperate team tonight and they were throwing everything at the net,” Grabner said. “And (Halak) stood on his head. But he’s been doing that all year for us and the last game, it was just bad luck. We put that behind us.”

Pittsburgh appeared to grab momentum when Rob Scuderi he banged home a shot from the left circle with just 5.7 seconds to go in the second to tie the game. The defenceman’s first goal in more than two years evened things, but not for long.

Tavares had little trouble flipping a rebound by Marc-Andre Fleury 2:46 into the third. Grabner added his eighth goal with less than 4 minutes remaining and Halak took care of the rest.

“I needed to be better,” Halak said.

“Especially with giving up a late goal (on Tuesday) like that.”

No matter what happens in the final regular season game ever at Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, the Islanders will at least get two more games in their outdated rink before moving to Brooklyn next season.

There may be no more home games for Pittsburgh, at least this season. It’s a scenario that seemed far-fetched a

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Patric Hornqvist cannot get the puck past New York Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak and Michael Grabner (40) during the first period of an NHL game in Pittsburgh, Friday. month ago before a 3-9-2 spiral that has left the Penguins scrambling. Fleury, voted Pittsburgh’s MVP by his teammates earlier in the day, made 23 stops but the Penguins continued to struggle to score. Pittsburgh has 11 goals in its last seven home games.

“We were all around the net, generating some good chances, getting a lot of pucks at the net, competed hard in the corners, all the things you need to do to generate goals,” Crosby said.

“You have to trust that it’s going to go in.”

Flames still have something to play for WIN AGAINST WINNIPEG COULD GIVE THEM HOME-ICE ADVANTAGE IN FIRST ROUND

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — With their surprising playoff berth in the bag, the Calgary Flames now hope the planets align to give them home-ice advantage in the first round.

The Flames close out the regular season Saturday afternoon in Winnipeg against the Jets. First-round opponent Vancouver finishes at home to the lowly Edmonton Oilers in the evening.

A Calgary win plus a Canucks loss in regulation moves the Flames past Vancouver into second place in the Pacific Division.

So will Flames head coach Bob Hartley put his top guns on the ice Saturday at the MTS Centre in a game that might have zero impact on the playoff picture?

“We’re going into Winnipeg with the firm intention of closing out the season with a win,” Hartley said Friday.

“Then we’ll start preparing for Vancouver.

“Rest is not part of our vocabulary.”

Hartley’s “onward soldier” comments may have been to keep the Flames from dialling down mentally this weekend.

They had dethroned the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings the previous evening to both claim Calgary’s first playoff berth since 2009 and knock the Kings out of playoff contention.

The Calgary Tower lit up with flashing red and white lights in celebration.

Whether or not the Oilers do the Flames a favour Saturday, finishing off the regular season with a fourth straight win would further augment Calgary’s confidence heading into the playoffs.

“We’ve got to carry momentum into Winnipeg, end the season off right and it’s a whole new journey,” forward Josh Jooris said. “We’ve got to try and keep the same mindset and try not to get away from things.”

Hartley said decisions on whether players such as goaltender Joni Ortio, defenceman Tyler Wotherspoon and forward Sam Bennett get into the line-

up Saturday still had to be made.

“We have quite a few guys that are banged up,” Hartley acknowledged.

“We will make decisions later on today if it’s better to play other guys.”

Despite a 41-21 edge in shots, the Jets are coming off a 1-0 loss in a shootout to the Avalanche in Denver. But in eliminating the Kings, the Flames also pulled Winnipeg into the playoffs.

Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg are the Canadian clubs already qualified for the NHL post-season, with the Ottawa Senators positioned to join them.

The Jets are in the playoffs for the first time since 1996. They’ll face either Anaheim or St. Louis in the first round and can’t improve on their eighth place in the conference Saturday.

“I’m going to take the guys out that I think can get better by not playing,” Jets coach Paul Maurice Maurice told reporters in Winnipeg.

“We’ve got some guys with the daily maintenance stuff that we just don’t want to see get worse. It gives us a chance to get ahead of it a little bit.”

With Scotiabank Saddledome turned over to the Calgary Roughnecks for a lacrosse game, the Flames held Friday’s optional skate at a multi-purpose facility. Children and adults surrounded the glass with cellphone cameras in hand. Some players heard their names chanted as they left the ice.

Calgary finished 27th in the NHL in 2013-14. A team in the second year of a rebuild, and one that lost captain and top defenceman Mark Giordano to injury with almost a quarter of a season left, defied odds and expectations en route to the post-season.

“We finished 27th last year and guys like me coming into the lineup, so there was a lot of unknowns with our team,” said Jooris, a rookie free-agent signing last summer.

“Things have worked out for the best. It’s been a great ride, so it’s nice to prove people wrong.”

Calgary called up wingers Emile Poirier and David Wolf and defencemen John Ramage and Brett Kulak from the Adirondack Flames on Friday.

Boston U, Providence stay Playoff-hungry Jets fans prepare for first near home to play for NCAA hockey championship post-season in 19 years

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — After a long 19-year wait, Winnipeg Jets fans are gearing up for a trademark “whiteout.”

Playoff hockey is set to return to the city for the first time since 1996, and fans greeted the news by pouring into the streets, flying Jets flags, and snapping up jerseys and other whitecoloured gear.

“My wife told me ’get down there, get (T-shirts) for the family,”’ said Eric Troniak, one of several dozen people who lined up early outside the NHL team’s official store at MTS Centre.

He snagged five white T-shirts within minutes of the store’s opening Friday, and navigated through crowded aisles to get to the cash register.

The celebrations started Thursday night, moments after the Jets clinched a playoff berth. Hundreds of fans gathered at the intersection of Portage Ave and Main St. — the same sport where, in the mid-1990’s, Troniak and thousands of others rallied in an attempt to stop the original, money-losing Jets from leaving the city.

“That really tore the heart out of the city, and the Jets coming back (in 2011) really invigorated the city,” he said.

Fred Carpenter got into the store Friday morning and made a beeline for a $99 white jersey.

Toronto mayor to push for Winter Classic, says city is the world capital of hockey

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Mayor John Tory says he hopes a renovated BMO Field will help bring the Winter Classic to the city.

“I consider Toronto to be the world capital of hockey and I think it’s time, now that they’ve proven the success and appeal of having the Winter Classic, that we should have it in our city,” Tory told reporters Friday during a tour of BMO Field, currently nearing the end of the first phase of a $120-mil-

“I wanted to wear something white ... I’m so excited to see the whiteout again,” said Carpenter, who attended the last Jets playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings.

The whiteout was a tradition for fans of the original Jets franchise.

They’d try to create a sea of white clothing in the old Winnipeg Arena in a show of support for their team.

The new franchise, which registered the term “whiteout” as a trademark when the team moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg, will be resurrecting the tradition.

As soon as the playoff spot was clinched, the team’s official Twitter account issued a tweet that read “A storm is coming! WPGWhiteout”. Posters of some of the team’s top players, altered to make it appear as if they were in a snowstorm, were put up outside MTS Centre.

Others took a different approach.

The city’s firefighters’ union announced Friday all fire trucks in the city will be adorned with a Jets flag on the back for this year’s playoff run.

“So every time you see them going to an emergency call, whether it’s a fire or a medical emergency, you’re going to see the Jets flag flying proudly,” union president Alex Forrest said.

Jets playoff tickets go on sale Tuesday and will cost between $107.75 and $340.00 per game. lion-plus renovation.

“So it will be something that I’ll be trying to go after because I think it’s appropriate we get it here as soon as we possibly can. So we’ll engage in discussions with the NHL about that.”

Toronto is considered a likely site for the 2017 Winter Classic, and perhaps the all-star game as well, given the Leafs’ 100-year anniversary that year.

Commissioner Gary Bettman has said the NHL is in discussions about appropriate ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of both the Leafs and the league, as well as Canada’s 150th anniversary.

Even with the BMO Field expansion, Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment president and CEO Tim Leiweke said some 8,000 temporary seats will have to be installed to bring the total to 40,000 for a Winter Classic.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston University coach David Quinn has a chance to become a hero on campus and a pariah at the country club all at the same time.

The Rhode Island native and former BU player will be on the bench when the Terriers face Providence in the NCAA hockey championship Saturday night. It would be BU’s sixth men’s hockey title; Providence is looking for its first.

“I know it’s been a long time coming for Providence. It’s been a great program for a long time,” Quinn said Friday, a day after the Terriers advanced to the title game with a 5-3 victory over North Dakota in the Frozen Four semifinals. “I’m happy for the team. I’m happy for the school. But I will be happier to beat them.”

Quinn’s divided loyalty is symbolic of the local flavour at this year’s Frozen Four, where two Hockey East teams about an hour’s drive apart will compete for the national championship at Boston’s TD Garden.

With Hobey Baker Award winner Jack Eichel, a freshman who led the nation in scoring, BU (28-7-5) finished atop the conference in the regular season and won its post-season tournament; Providence (25-13-2) finished second before losing in the quarterfinals and waiting for an invitation to the NCAAs. “We felt like we had a second life,” PC coach Nate Leaman said. “We had a near miss. I think it was probably a good thing for us, because it increased our level of desperation, it brought us together, I think, as a group, and we’ve been playing our best hockey.”

The teams met twice during the season — each winning on the road in the fall. The 4-1 loss to BU on Oct. 31 dropped the Friars to 1-3-1.

“They took it to us that first night.

But the second night we rebounded, and that’s been our philosophy all year,” Providence forward Shane Luke said. “We’re a pretty tight-knit group.

When things don’t go the right way, you have to stick together. This year we had a lot of ups and downs, and during the times we were down we came together.”

For the Terriers, the rebound has been two years in the making.

A BU player from 1984-88 and an

Boston University’s Jack Eichel wins Hobey Baker Award Boston University freshman Jack Eichel won the Hobey Baker Award on Friday as the top player in college hockey.

Eichel, who is expected to be one of the first two players selected this year in the NHL draft, is just the second freshman to win the award in its 35-year history. The other was Paul Kariya, who won at Maine before going on to a 15-year NHL career in which he scored more than 400 goals.

The 18-year-old Eichel has 26 goals and 44 assists so far this season, including two goals and an assist at the Frozen Four on Thursday night to help the Terriers reach the NCAA championship game.

After thanking his teammates and coaches, Eichel told his parents at the ceremony at Northeastern’s Matthews Arena, “I get to play a game that I love every day because of everything you do for me.”

The other finalists were Harvard forward Jimmy Vesey and North Dakota goalie Zane McIntyre.

Baker was a football and hockey star for Princeton and the biggest name in hockey before serving in the Army Air Corps during World War I. He was 26, already scheduled to be shipped home, when he was killed in a plane crash in France. assistant on the BU team that won the school’s last title, in 2009, Quinn took over the BU job from Jack Parker when he retired after 40 years in 2013.

The Terriers went 10-21-4 in his first season.

A year later, they have a chance at the national championship. But to get it, the native of Cranston, Rhode Island, and member of the Wannamoisett Country Club in East Providence will have to go through the Friars.

“I’ve been engaged in a lot of fun text exchanges since last night,” Quinn said, adding that he couldn’t share any without cleaning up the language.

“A lot of guys loved me going into last night’s game and a lot of them don’t like me now.”

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Logano looks to defend in Texas NASCAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Joey Logano had dreams as a kid of racing Jeff Gordon to the checkered flag.

That was reality a year ago at Texas, when Logano made a last-lap pass of Gordon in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

“When your 6 years old — I remember that part, and having all of his gear, and all the (No.) 24 stuff,” Logano said. “It’s still cool, you’re racing against your childhood hero, and last year at Texas to be able to pass him for the win like that. That was a really cool moment.”

Logano was leading and about to take the white flag when a late caution came out instead. Gordon exited pit road first after the ensuing stop, but Logano recovered during NASCAR’s version of overtime for the first of five wins in a breakout year.

The Team Penske driver has carried that momentum into this season, starting with a win in the Daytona 500 and finishing in the top 10 in all six Sprint Cup races. Logano is second in points going into Saturday night’s Duck Commander 500 at Texas, after

the series was off last weekend for Easter.

Gordon makes the first of his two trips to Texas in his last full-time Cup season, returning to the scene of that post-race melee last November involving Logano’s teammate, Brad Keselowski, and their respective teams. Contact with Keselowski during extra laps ended Gordon’s shot at winning the eighth of 10 races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup — and his fifth season title.

Keselowski qualified third for the first night Cup race of the season, with Kurt Busch the polesitter.

Logano will start sixth, and Gordon 12th.

While Gordon and Keselowski may have moved past what happened five months ago, Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has certainly had fun with it.

Billboards promoting the race in North Texas showed a puffy-faced Keselowski with the slogan, “Left turns and right crosses!” Others listed “Gordon’s Last Stand!” with a picture of a stern-looking Gordon.

“Got to have fun with this stuff, don’t take it serious,” said Gossage, who saw Gordon about a month after that race.

“He said, I looked over and I saw you, and expletive, of all places for me to do this, why does it got to be here, because I know what you’re going to do,” Gossage recalled. “I said, well, yes.”

During an open test this week at Richmond, Keselowski told NASCAR.com that he’s tried not to feed into that hype.

“I don’t think that’s what racing’s about or what it should be about,” Keselowski said. “But I respect that for Eddie, that sells tickets. He’s got to do what he’s got to do.”

Kyle Larson, who had top-10 finishes in both Texas races as a rookie last year, is back after missing the race two weeks ago at Martinsville. He fainted during an autograph session the day before the race, and extensive tests determined that he was severely dehydrated.

“It’s never fun to miss a race, especially when you’re sitting in the hospital,” Larson said. “But it was actually nice in a way too, because I could watch the race from a different perspective, and listen too.

I had my NASCAR app up so I could listen to other people’s radio communications and try and learn things that maybe I could do differently to be a better race car driver.”

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver is always anxious to get back to racing after a break, but Larson said he’s not feeling any different than the rest of the Cup drivers.

“Doesn’t even really feel like I’ve been out, it was only one day,” he said. “I was still there for practice and qualifying and all that. Just missed the race.”

Nedohin going out with a bang at Players’ Championship FORMER SCOTTIES CHAMP READY TO STEP BACK AFTER 20-YEAR RUN

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Heather Nedohin is closing out this phase of her curling career in style.

The Edmonton skip took down the reigning Olympic champion at the start of The Players’ Championship, and then knocked off the reigning world champion on Friday morning.

Nedohin clearly still has the game to compete at the top level, but she knows it’s the right time to step back after a 20-year run.

“Am I retiring? No. I mean that would be stepping away completely from the game,” Nedohin said. “I manage a curling club, so I play Tuesday morning ladies (games) with the girls. But the competitive circuit is just — I know and see what it takes to be No. 1.

“I like being No. 1 and I just don’t have the time to be No. 1.”

Nedohin, who turns 40 in July, won a Scotties Tournament of Hearts title in 2012 as skip and finished third at the world championship that year. She also won a national title in 1998 as a third on Cathy Borst’s rink.

She knew earlier this season that this would be her last campaign at her current level of commitment.

“I think the turning point came to me when I was at an event and I missed both of my girls’ provincial championships,” she said. “And I was just like, ’I really don’t want to be here.’ So I would rather be elsewhere. When it’s becoming work to go to practice and it’s not enjoyable to be on the road, I think it’s time.

“I’ve had an amazing career. I’ve had an amazing opportunity through the sport to travel and (create) friendships.”

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Heather Nedohin is stepping away from the sport after a long run as skip of her Edmonton team.

Nedohin is shown calling to her sweepers during a draw against Jennifer Jones at the 2013 Roar Of The Rings championship in Winnipeg.

Nedohin downed Sochi Games champion Jennifer Jones in her opening game Wednesday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre and improved to 2-2 on Friday with an 8-6 victory over Switzerland’s Alina Paetz, who won a world title last month in Japan.

Nedohin also beat Switzerland’s Binia Feltscher 8-5 in her final pool game to finish fourth and qualify for the playoffs.

The top six teams in the 12-team women’s field will make the cut at the last Grand Slam of Curling

event of the season. The men’s draw uses the same format.

Paetz, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan and Edmonton’s Val Sweeting were tied in first place at 4-1 on Friday afternoon. Mike McEwen led the men’s standings at 4-0 entering evening play.

The finals at the $200,000 competition are scheduled for Sunday.

The Players’ Championship is usually an emotional finale to the curling season and this year is no exception.

It could also be the last hurrah for veteran Winnipeg skip Jeff Stoughton, who is also planning to step away from the game. For others, this is the last event before lineup changes are made in the off-season.

Nedohin hasn’t ruled out making appearances at a few events next season and might be up for a run at the provincials. She’s going to enjoy the coming months and maybe give it more consideration later in the year.

But she hasn’t given her two-decade run in the sport much thought. She’s too busy enjoying the present and looking forward to the future.

“I just know I needed some downtime,” Nedohin said. “So I’m not reflecting back because I’m still here. I’m living it.”

As curlers entered the playing area Friday after the morning draw, Nedohin drew many hellos and well-wishes. She loves the camaraderie, fun and pleasure of elite competition, but is ready to spend more time with family, including watching her two daughters play sports like ringette, lacrosse, waterskiing and curling.

“I want to be that fan in the stands and I want to be that coach behind the boards,” she said. “It’s another aspect of life.”

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Dear Annie: Why is it that I know six women who words to your husband and tell him exactly what you are divorcing their husbands? need to keep the marriage strong, he won’t know, and Why are there so many middle-aged men newly di- he certainly won’t do anything about it. And you’ll vorced? Why does it take a divorce to wake guys up? need to repeat it more than once.

I’m 47 and have been married to my husband for But it seems a shame to throw away 25 years of almost 25 years. He is a good dad. He can fix almost what we assume is otherwise a decent marriage beanything. But the older he gets the more he is happy fore seeing what can be fixed. to sit on the couch and let life go by while I take care Dear Annie: I disagree with your answer to “Feelof everything. I’m tired of it. ing Stalked in the Midwest,” the 75-year-old man Romance is zero. Women like some romance be- who’s the victim of unwanted gestures from a lady in fore sex. When I exaggerate my feelings about this, her late 80s who lives in his retirement residence. he will question me, but won’t reciproThe main issue here is respect of MITCHELL cate. boundaries, and on this issue, the woman & SUGAR It’s so hard to carry the burden of this is a violator. relationship alone. What does this teach The fact that she is old and lonely does our children about the role of a husband? not give her licence to touch whoever — Feeling Unappreciated and Unloved she wants, especially when he has told Dear Feeling: We’re not sure what you mean by her not to. She doesn’t deserve to be let off the hook. “exaggerate your feelings.”

What she is doing is sexual battery, and if she doesn’t Do you actually point-blank tell him what you stop, he should call the police. — Been There, Know want? If not, he doesn’t seem likely to catch on, no the Type matter how blatant the hint.

Dear Been There: We were surprised at the numHere’s a different question: Why do so many wom- ber of readers who want this 80-something woman en wait until they are fed up, exhausted and ready to arrested, when it is clear to us that she doesn’t have divorce rather than attempt counselling so they can the full use of her faculties. She believes she is flirtcommunicate more clearly with their husbands? ing. She is inappropriate, but not harmful. He is emWe absolutely agree that some men are obtuse, barrassed by her, not afraid of her. not to mention lazy about maintaining their relationWe don’t believe hauling her off to jail would ships. But too many women hint around and expect teach her anything. She would only be confused. Seguys to understand what they need, and then grow riously, folks, get a grip. more and more frustrated and angry.

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I’m a little conflicted right now, though, because I like this guy who has a girlfriend. We’ve been flirting, but I realize when I ask myself if I would want to date him that the answer should be “No,” because if he is flirting with another girl while he has one, then that could mean that he would be chasing other girls if I was with him.

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Is it totally bizarre that I like this guy who I know could potentially break my heart and who I might not even get a chance to date? — Potential Heartbreak Dear Heartbreak: It’s normal. Just don’t sleep with him.

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Don’t get too attached until you know these men. Let them flirt, go on a date with them and kiss them, but go slow. The more you date (without sleeping with these men), the more you’ll get to know what you want and who you’re with.

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2015 Olds College Growing the Legacy Gala

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t was a night of celebration as Olds College welcomed some 450 friends and supporters to the 2015 Olds College Growing the Legacy Gala, hosted on Friday, March 6, in the Ralph Klein Centre in Olds.

The theme of the evening was Cultivating Gems, and it was apparent when student ambassadors Gerené Cole and Erikka Weisgerber took the stage that the event was to showcase a variety of Olds College Gems.

Guests were treated to an array of delicacies from the National Meat Training Centre at Olds College, and were sent away with a bottle of the special edition Governor’s Beer, brewed with expertise and care by the students and staff of the Olds College Brewery.

The musical stylings of Production Horticulture student and former Warner Music musician Danny Hagen, who has taken the stage alongside

Randy Travis, Jesse Cook, Jessica Andrews and others, kicked off the night, and served as musical interlude throughout the evening.

The biggest story of the evening was surrounding keynote speaker Paul DePodesta, New York Mets vice-president of player development and

scouting, and key figure from the book Moneyball. DePodesta helped take the Oakland Athletics, the team with the lowest payroll in baseball, to the playoffs for four seasons in a row, with more total wins that the New York Yankees, who, during that same period had spent more than $350 million more on player salaries.

Olds College president Tom Thompson continued on, presenting our Partner of the Year award to local internet provider O-NET, who has provided Olds College with Canada’s first one-gigabyte fibre Internet service, giving Olds College the highest bandwidth per student ratio in North America.

To cap off the evening, one of our greatest ambassadors, Julie Calderwood, was announced as the Olds College Honourary Degree recipient for 2015. She is a long-time supporter, donor, mentor and friend to Olds College.

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CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: Two one-of-a-kind living statues were on display; Student Danny Hagen (far right), along with bandmates Mike Edel (guitar), Mark Zielke (keyboard) and Evan Petkau (drums) entertained during breaks in the program; Jordyn Spiller and Emma Vandervliet from the Penhold School of Dance; Olds College student ambassadors and masters of ceremonies Gerené Cole and Erikka Weisgerber; Guests enjoyed a number of fresh delicacies; Keynote speaker Paul DePodesta.

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FORMER TORY RUNS IN RED DEER NORTH, WIEBE MOVES TO RED DEER SOUTH FOR WILDROSE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer city Coun. Buck Buchanan has turned in his Progressive Conservative card to run under the Wildrose banner in the May 5 provincial election.

Buchanan, 57, lost the PC nomination for the Red Deer North constituency to Christine Moore on March 21.

He is taking a leave of absence, starting Friday, from city council until the election is over.

The third-term city councillor said he did not have sour grapes about losing the nomination. He called the process “interesting” but would not elaborate.

Buchanan said he considered run-

ning as a Wildrose candidate after the provincial budget came out on March 26.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean also called Buchanan last week and that sealed the deal. Buchanan said while Premier Jim Prentice talked about change, the budget said otherwise.

“I saw the 59 new taxes and the average family getting about a $2,500 hit,” said Buchanan. “We just can’t keep doing what we are doing.”

Buchanan’s candidacy in Red Deer North means Norm Wiebe, who initially had the nod for Red Deer North, will now run in Red Deer South.

Buchanan said Wiebe was instrumental in helping him take the leap.

Buchanan said he didn’t always agree with the Conservative policies.

“Most of the policies that the Wil-

drose have are ones that I believe in,” said Buchanan. “I wasn’t a big advocate of their previous leader but I quite like the new guy (Brian Jean) and his style.”

Buchanan said Prentice was initially a breath of fresh air for the Conservatives. “He grabbed the low hanging fruit,” he said. “He kept Michener Centre open. After the budget came out, we were going to change things. But things didn’t get changed. We can’t continue to keep doing what we are doing.”

Buchanan said he looks forward to the forums, where he wants to hear what his opponents have to say.

“Let’s get it on,” he said. “I would throw my record up against anybody ...

I saw in the last process that there are a lot of angry people out there.”

Other candidates in Red Deer North

are: Michael Dawe for the Liberals and Green Party, Kim Schreiner of the New Democratic Party and Krystal Kromm with the Alberta Party.

In Red Deer South, the PC’s are represented by Darcy Mykytyshyn, while the New Democratic Party has Barb Miller and Serge Gingras is the Alberta Party’s choice.

Both Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski and Red Deer South MLA Cal Dallas are not seeking another term.

The official list of candidates will be released after nomination day on April 17.

The Red Deer Chamber of Commerce will host an all-candidates forum on April 27 at the Memorial Centre. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Japanese students arrive in region for two-week stay A total of 115 Japanese students can learn what Alberta has to offer during a two-week exchange in Central Alberta.

The students from Yamate Gakuin High School from Yokohama, Japan, arrived in Red Deer on Friday.

The students are participating in an exchange with three local high schools: Ecole Secondaire Notre Dame High School, H.J. Cody School in Sylvan Lake and Innisfail High School.

The students are encouraged to see themselves as a part of the global community. A goal of the Japanese high school is to instill in the students a broad world view.

This reflects what is taught in Notre Dame’s Japanese language class. In addition to learning the Japanese language, the class is aimed at helping students develop skills and attitudes gained from participating in a culture different from their own.

The 115 students from Japan will be divided among the 66 students from the three local high schools who will act as host families.

Japanese exchange students will stage a culture night at Notre Dame to allow local students to participate and learn about Japanese culture. Students can learn how to write their names in Japanese at one of the many activities and information booths provided.

The evening will also include a performance that is generally a song and dance put together by the Yamate students, said Notre Dame teacher Paul Couillard.

While the exchange students are in Alberta, they have planned excursions to places such as Banff National Park, and West Edmonton Mall.

They will also visit the schools, as improving their English is an important aspect of the trip, and tour Central Alberta with their host families, said Couillard.

In July, the students from Red Deer, Sylvan Lake and Innisfail will visit Yamate for two weeks.

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BRIEF Red Deer Law Day to include mock trials, tours Mock trials, a drug dog and tours of the courthouse, including the prisoner cells, highlight Red Deer Law Day. A chance to learn about the legal system, Law Day goes on April 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Red Deer Courthouse, at 4909 48th Ave. The free event celebrates the Canadian legal system and the organizations that provide legal assistance in our community.

The event includes activities, displays and tours. On hand will be a Bowden Penitentiary drug dog. Visitors will also be able to take pictures with an RCMP officer, view a mock trial, take part in children’s art activities, and tour the courthouse and prisoner cells. There will be free popcorn, Tim Hortons coffee and prize draws for kids.

For more information, visit www. lawdayalberta.weebly.com/red-deer. html.

Tiny church development fee must be paid: county A Lacombe County man who wants to build a tiny church as a tourist attraction came up with an empty collection plate on Thursday.

Art Wiebe, who lives near Lacombe Lake, north of Blackfalds, wants to build a three-by-2.1-metre model church on his property that is next to the TransCanada Trail.

Wiebe, who wasn’t at council, requested that his $200 development permit fee be waived because of the benefits the project would produce for the area.

The fee must be paid before the county will consider his development permit for the church.

Photo courtesy RCMP

Several of the RCMP’s newest recruits beckon for attention. Thirteen puppies born at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre now have names, thanks to entries from children across the country.

The puppies will be named Haley, Hammer, Hannah, Haven, Hawk, Herc, Hero, Hector, Hitch, Hooper, Hope, Hulk and Hunter. The dogs that exhibit the qualities police trainers are looking for are placed with members of the RCMP in the Imprinting Program. Police officers interested in becoming future dog handlers are responsible for the development of these dogs. The potential police service dogs are socialized/familiarized with many environments and situations to allow for an easy transition should they be accepted into a formal training course. The dogs are evaluated at four, eight and 12 months to determine their suitability for police work. Those that pass muster will train at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre south of Innisfail.

Council voted unanimously not to grant the waiver, citing the bad precedent it would set.

Harlem Globetrotters in Red Deer on April 21 Whistling Sweet Georgia Brown, the famed Harlem Globetrotters take the hardwood at the Centrium for a display of their skill and showmanship.

The team known for antics and athleticism, sportsmanship and showmanship will be in Red Deer on April 21 for a game against the Washington Generals. It starts at 7 p.m. at the Centrium, at 4847A 19th St. Tickets range from $28.75 to $72.

For more information, visit www. harlemglobetrotters.com and for tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.ca or call 1-855-985-5000.

Build a robot with your child at Red Deer museum event A free class offers parents a chance to build their own robot pal with their children at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

On April 19 from 10 a.m. to noon, at the museum at 4525 47A Ave., parents can build a complete programmable robot with motor and sensors with their child to help them foster an interest in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.

It is a free class, however it is best suited to children from Grade 2 to Grade 6.

For more information, call 403-3416110 or email sylvanreddeer@shaw.ca.

Street sweeping crews hit Red Deer roads Street sweeping crews are at work on city streets.

Crews began sweeping medians on Monday and will start sweeping boulevards this weekend.

All city streets, boulevards, medians and sidewalks adjacent to arterial roadways are swept of sand and debris

that built up over the winter.

The street sweeping takes place from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday through Friday.

The sweeping is necessary to reduce the amount of dust in the air, to prevent sand from contaminating soil and to curb the excess sand from entering the Red Deer River.

Pedestrians and motorists are asked to be cautious around street sweeping equipment by staying at least three car lengths away to avoid injury or damage from flying debris.

Once arterial roads are complete, crews will begin sweeping the downtown area before sweeping residential streets.

The street sweeping program typically continues into June, depending on weather.

Gardening experts speak to Red Deer gatherings Two gardening experts are coming to Red Deer to speak.

Janet Melrose, a teacher at Olds College and gardener from Calgary, will be speaking at the club’s meeting on April 16 at 7 p.m. Melrose will speak about edible gardening with heirloom seeds.

That meeting will be at Kerry Wood Nature Centre, which is located at 6300 45th Ave. in Red Deer.

And an expert gardener and gardening columnist for CBC will be speaking in Red Deer about growing multi-purpose edible plants.

Lyndon Penner of Calgary will be talking at the Golden Circle on May 20 as a special guest for the Red Deer and District Gardening Club.

Penner has authored books about growing plants in Alberta and is a horticulture teacher at Olds College. He will speak from 6:45 to 8 p.m.

Tickets for the event are $10 for club members or $15 for non-members.

Tickets can be bought at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery or at the gardening club’s April Meeting.

The Golden Circle is located at 4620 47A Ave. For more information, visit www. reddeergardenclub.ca.

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

Wild Rose school trustee named, second to be elected Heidi Hetherington has been named to the Wild Rose School Division’s board of trustees.

Hetherington will represent Ward 5 schools in the Town of Rocky Mountain House. She replaces Dixie McLeod, who stepped down from the board earlier this year.

A byelection will be held on May 7 to fill the Ward 1 spot that was left vacant by Nancy McClure, who resigned in January. Russ Hickman and Wendy Snow are vying for the spot.

Ward 1 covers schools in Drayton Valley and the western part of Brazeau County.

Contact the Wild Rose Division for more information on the byelection, including the polling locations, at 403845-3376 or www.wrsd.ca.

Man faces charges after Penhold-area arrest A 44-year-old Red Deer County man is facing drug and break-and-enter charges after a suspect was arrested by Innisfail RCMP responding to a Penhold business alarm.

Mounties were called to the business about 4 a.m. on Tuesday. When they arrived, the suspect had fled.

A review of security cameras showed a man entering various sheds and taking a number of items. The suspect then left in a truck stolen at the scene.

The truck, pilfered tools and other items were found later a short distance away.

Police conducting a traffic stop identified the driver as the suspect and he was arrested without incident.

A search of the vehicle turned up crystal meth, and several pry bars and flashlights.

The suspect is facing charges of break and enter and theft, theft of a motor vehicle, possession of break-in tools, and possession of methamphetamine. He was in Red Deer provincial court on Friday and will return on May 14.

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Much ado about nothing RDC’S LAST PRODUCTION OF THE SEASON LOOKS AT THE LIVES OF WELSH VILLAGERS

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The setting is a quaint Welsh village, not the Big Apple. And it’s written by Dylan Thomas, the greatest English poet of his time, not Larry David.

Otherwise, Under Milk Wood, the last Red Deer College Theatre Studies play of the season, can be thought of as a sort of Seinfeld.

“It’s really a show about nothing. There seems to be a lot going on and a lot of characters, but very little gets done,” said the production’s director, RDC instructor Tom Bradshaw, with a chuckle.

The most unique aspect of Under Milk Wood, which opens on Wednesday, April 15, at the Welikoklad Event Centre in downtown Red Deer, is its wonderful, poetic language. Bradshaw said that’s what initially attracted him to this script about the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of a small Welsh fishing village.

The fictional town, named Llareggub (‘Bugger all’ spelled backwards as Thomas’s little in-joke), also contains some memorably eccentric characters, who should present an interesting challenge for the 13 first-year actors to bring to the stage. Bradshaw said each student will take turns narrating the action, as well as playing multiple roles.

Among the good folks of Llareggub is Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard, who’s still relentlessly nagging her two dead husbands, Mr. Willy Nilly the Postman who spreads local news and gossip, and music-obsessed church organist Organ Morgan.

There’s Mr. Dai Bread, the bigamist baker, who dreams of harems, and his wives Mrs. Dai Breads One and Two. There’s Mae Rose Cottage, who is 17 and never been kissed, Mr. Pugh, who dreams of poisoning his nasty missus, and Mr. Mog Edwards, the lovelorn draper.

Edwards is enamoured of sweet-shopkeeper Myfanwy Price — who adores him too. But no one knows about their romance because it’s restricted to the love letters they write each other.

Other residents harbour unfulfilled fantasies, including Gossamer Benyon, the school teacher, who dreams of illicit love and longs to be with Sinbad Sailors.

Bradshaw believes this little Welsh village has a

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Laune Zazalak playing Cherry Owens and Elena Stalwick as Mrs. Cherry Owens on the set of Under Milk Wood at Red Deer College. lot in common with small communities everywhere — its residents are wary of others knowing their business, lest they be judged or ridiculed.

“People will talk. ... When you grow up in a small, rural place, you know everybody and you hear the gossip or rumours. In this case, you also get to hear what people are thinking,” he said.

Thomas, who died in 1953 at age 39 from his alcoholism, is best known for penning the poems Do not go gentle into that good night and And death shall have no dominion, as well as the book A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

The BBC commissioned a radio drama from Thomas at a time when he was interested in expanding into playwriting so he could reach a wider audience and augment his income.

Some of the ideas that formed Under Milk Wood go back to 1945, when the poet reportedly took an early morning walk into a sleepy Welsh town and verses came to mind about its inhabitants. Some of these ideas were worked into a short story, and eventually into a 1954 radio presentation about the fictional Llareggub.

The script was later turned into a 1972 film, star-

ring Richard Burton as a narrator and Peter O’Toole playing Captain Cat, the old, blind sea captain who dreams of his lost lover Rosie Probert, who was portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor.

Bradshaw said his first-year RDC students have been learning all about Wales in preparation for the play, and are eagerly tackling the tricky Welsh accent. He describes the dialect as having the rolling Rs and broad Os of a Scottish accent, combined with the melodic quality of an Irish accent. “It’s really quite challenging, you can hear other British accents in it. ...”

Since Thomas’s writing is the highlight of the play, Bradshaw said “the biggest challenge for the actors will be to grasp the language, the sounds and the cadence.”

As for the audience, he hopes theatregoers will sit back and enjoy the sounds of “something a little bit different.”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. shows that run April 15 to 18 are $21.80 ($17.80 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. (There’s a 1 p.m. matinee on April 18). lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer dancer performing in U.S. musical

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Georgina Moore never imagined the tap-dancing classes she started in Red Deer would launch her on a journey to the Big Apple and beyond.

Yet that’s what’s happened for the talented 20-year-old, a soon-to-be graduate of New York’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She will be performing in a U.S. touring company of the musical 42nd Street.

“My Red Deer teachers are not forgotten,” said the Red Deer-raised singer and dancer.

Moore credits Jody Liptak, Judy Dorland and other local dance instructors for giving her a solid foundation of skills and discipline. These ultimately helped her nab a chorus role in a “show within a show.”

The stage musical of 42nd Street, adapted from the 1933 film, is about putting on a big Broadway musical during the Depression. Moore was among 400 young dancers who auditioned in New York for a role in the national touring company. Although it was her first professional audition, and it was strung out over a week of gruelling call-backs, she ended up being among 15-or-so women who made it into the ensemble.

“It was really a credit to all the jazz and tap I learned in Red Deer,” said Moore, who left this city at age 14 to carry on with dance training at the School of Alberta Ballet in Calgary.

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Georgina Moore, a dancer originally from Red Deer, will be performing in a U.S. touring company of the musical 42rd Street As an 18-year-old she moved to New York City in 2013 to study dance, singing and acting at the academy. While Moore admitted she was initially “overwhelmed” by the fast-paced life in the busy city, she said, “the program really helped me figure out what I wanted to do, and my confidence has grown.”

So far, she’s one of only two graduating students from the academy to land a professional musical the-

atre role.

“I think it’s a good start, right out of school,” said Moore, who will sing We’re In the Money, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Lullaby of Broadway and other favourites when 42nd Street opens in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sept. 22.

Her family, including her mother, Christine Moore, PC candidate for Red Deer North in the next provincial election, plan to attend that show. Moore, who’s still figuring out how she can vote for her mother while living in the U.S., will continue touring with the company throughout the U.S. until the fall of 2016.

She then hopes to successfully audition for a Broadway show, or become one of the Radio City Rockettes.

If she does link up with the high-stepping Rockettes, Moore will be following in the footsteps of Lacombe’s three Jantzie sisters, who all danced as Rockettes together — although Alison recently stepped down from that chorus line.

Instead, she’s now making her Broadway debut in a revival of Gigi, starring Vanessa Hudgens of High School Musical fame. Alison fills the role of “swing,” understudying all the female ensemble parts, and is also dance captain for the show.

Moore remembers learning some dance moves from Alison during one of her classes in Red Deer.

She thinks its wonderful that she’s still in touch with the Jantzies, and that Central Alberta dancers are staking out some territory in New York City. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

MonkeyJunk: Not your average blues band

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF There’s traditional 12-bar blues, and then there’s MonkeyJunk.

The Ottawa trio that performs on Sunday, April 19, at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer, keeps distinguishing itself by not being typical. Among the illustrious hardware that MonkeyJunk has earned over the last seven years is a Juno Award, 20 Maple Blues Awards, two Canadian Independent Music Awards and a U.S. Blues Music Award.

Singer and guitarist Steve Marriner said he has “all due respect” for traditional blues, but his band explores a wider musical territory.

“We take some of the flavour of the blues, but we don’t limit ourselves to writing music in a particular format. ... We like soul, rock ’n’ roll, punk, all different kinds of music, so we try not to have boundaries.”

MonkeyJunk’s new album, slated for a fall release, will contain influences from a couple of special guests: Big Sugar frontman Gordie Johnson, and singer/guitarist David Wilcox.

Johnson played Hammond organ on Love Attack and also helped arrange the tune, which will have Big Sugar’s “very reggae-ish” stamp, added Marriner.

He believes the spontaneous energy generated between musicians in the recording process will be very evident to listeners. “We joked and it was a very joyful experience. I think the song will (showcase) the positive vibe that was in the room.”

Wilcox contributed to MonkeyJunk’s cover of one of his own songs. The new version of Wilcox’s Hot, Hot Papa was recorded at about half the tempo of the original, said Marriner. “It was a very up-tempo number and we slowed it right down,” yet he believes the song retains its unique elements. “It’s very Wilcoxian.”

This is the only cover on the yet-untitled album

of original material, which Marriner hopes pushes MoneyJunk’s sound further, in musical quality and direction. The upcoming release has “some of the most interesting lyrical stories we have ever written,” he said, and shows a progression from the band’s three previous albums.

The only ballad will be Learn How to Love, which is very personal to Marriner. He described the song’s inspiration by saying one of his relationships has changed since the last album. “I don’t want to get too much into it, but I think everyone can relate to the idea of love and loss at some point in their life. ...”

The new tunes are creative collaborations with other MonkeyJunk members, Tony D on lead guitar and Matt Sobb on drums. Marriner also did some co-writing with “one of my favourite people,” blues artist Paul Reddick.

MoneyJunk was formed in 2008 after the musicians, who often played together on Ottawa’s music scene, began regularly jamming at a pub called Irene’s and developed a fan following.

Marriner recalled that he and Tony D decided to make their arrangement official. “We called up Matt and told him we just made a band and he was the drummer.”

The trio soon recorded the critically lauded Tiger in your Tank, “and the rest is history,” said Marriner who credits hard work and playing at prestigious events for increasing his band’s profile. One of MonkeyJunk’s first big coups was placing third in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

“We have a really strong work ethic and we’re making a presence. We’re out there in people’s faces.

You always have to bring your band to the forefront of the public mind. It’s an important part of the music business.”

Conquering new territory is another crucial factor — so Marriner is very happy to play for the first time in Red Deer, where he has relatives. “They’ve been wanting us to come to Red Deer because they’re tired of having to drive to Calgary or Edmonton to

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MonkeyJunk perform at Fratters Speakeasy on Sunday, April 19. see us play.”

Marriner feels he found the right venue for a MonkeyJunk show; “We’re very excited to be coming to Fratters.”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $20 in advance from the venue. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Britt Robertson, right, and Scott Eastwood appear in a scene from The Longest Ride.

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After nearly a year of touring, Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan plans to settle down for the next few years in Vancouver.

“I’m home and I’m staying home now,” McLachlan, who has two daughters aged 13 and nearly eight.

“I feel like 13 to 17 are dangerous years and I need to be home and be focused and be a mom.”

McLachlan has been touring since last May for her album Shine On, which got her a ninth Juno Award. The threetime Grammy Award winner has a couple of one-off gigs in her schedule but that’s it.

“I’m going to probably put out another Christmas record at some point, so I’m going to start compiling songs for that and figure out how to produce them,” she said. “And a Christmas

Murder mystery theatre at Olds College Enjoy a night of comedy and intrigue at a murder mystery theatre at Olds College on April 18.

The murder mystery is a Hillbilly Wedding. Guests will be given clues and be involved in solving the crime.

Guests will be served handmade appetizers and dessert, as well as have access to a cash bar. The menu includes red neck taco cups and hillbilly mushroom caps.

The murder mystery is put together by students in hospitality and tourism management at Olds College and performed by Smoking Gun Entertainment of Calgary.

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Doors for the event open at 6:30 p.m. The show begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $60 each.

The murder mystery theatre will take place in the Crossing on Olds Campus, which is located at 4500 50th St. For more information or tickets, email murdermystery@oldscollege.ca or call Jenna at 403-3920560.

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Welikoklad Events Centre Age Group: Teens & Adults EVENINGS April 15 – 18 | 7:30 pm SATURDAY MATINEES April 18 | 1:00 pm SCHOOL MATINEES April 16 | 12:00 pm TICKETS & INFORMATION Black Knight Ticket Centre bkticketcentre.ca rdc.ab.ca/showtime 403.755.6626 | 1.800.661.8793 PRESENTING SPONSOR SEASON SPONSORS dr. caroline krivuzoff-sanderson

With the audience as voyeurs, we are taken on a poetic tour uncovering some of the charming and disarming situations of real life that many will recognize as similar to our own life journey.

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A war of the ages! SIX concertos, TWO styles and an audience poll to determine the winner. Take in the COMPLETE set of Bach’s immortal masterpieces, LIVE in Red Deer! Join us on April 25, 2015 for an epic battle of modern versus antique! Tickets are available at the Black Knight Ticket Centre or by visiting www.rdso.ca.

Performance begins at 8pm @ RDC Arts Centre.

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It’s the time of year when the sap rises, the syrup flows, and the teardrops fall as another Nicholas Sparks novel morphs into a movie.

The Longest Ride is this year’s spring treaclefest. It matches Scott Eastwood’s Luke, a buff and steer-straddling North Carolina cowboy, with Britt Robertson’s Sophia, a brainy and fetching college gal from New Jersey.

He’s into rodeos, barbecue and “old school” manly ways; she’s into Andy Warhol, PETER Jackson Pollock and liberated HOWELL female thinking. Could there be a more perfect romantic match?

Well, you have to ask Rango, a seriously angry bull whom Luke is determined to ride to rodeo glory, even if it kills him — which it just might. The movie begins with Rango giving Luke a swift kick to the head, but Luke’s good with that miserable stack of sirloins.

“This is what I do,” he tells Sophia. “It’s all I know.”

The humans in this bizarre ménage à trois at least make a cute couple. Eastwood is the son of Clint, and looks distractedly like him, right down to that shy grin and “make my day” scowl. Robertson will soon be seen opposite George Clooney in the summer blockbuster Tomorrowland. She obviously knows how to handle Hollywood and domineering men.

But this wouldn’t be a proper Nicholas Sparks heart-tugger without a parallel story loaded with tender flashbacks, benevolent elders and Hallmark sentiments. This second romance, recalling the earlier Sparks weeper The Notebook, comes courtesy of

Alan Alda’s lovable codger Ira, whom Luke and Sophia rescue after he crashes his car through a highway guardrail.

While Ira recuperates in hospital, he tells Sophia about the love of his life, Ruth, played by Oona Chaplin, Charlie’s granddaughter. Ruth adored art, too, and collected loads of what Luke will later dismiss as “squiggly lines on white canvas.” Ira’s memories flood back via a boxful of letters that he had in his car, which Sophia rescued along with him.

Ira and Ruth met and swooned in the 1940s, during Second World War, a conflict that seriously affected their relationship and family dreams, as we learn.

The younger Ira is played by Jack Huston, grandson of filmmaker John Huston, and he Alda don’t look at all alike. This is par for the course in a Nicholas Sparks movie. Why quibble over what your eyes see, when the heart is at stake?

The Longest Ride, by the way, is directed by George Tillman Jr., who has also made good and serious movies, like Men of Honor and the criminally underseen The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete.

Here he’s content to just fit into the Sparks mould, shining an amber light and popping the questions.

Can love conquer all?

Can Luke tame Rango and lasso Sophia?

Did Ira and Ruth work things out?

And here’s one from me: Will this movie ever end? It runs a long 128 minutes. You have to wade through not just puddles of tears, but also piles of BS.

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ANDERSON Mildred Rosalia Anderson of Red Deer passed away on April 7, 2015 at the age of 85 at the Lacombe Hospital.

Funeral details to be announced at a later date.

ENGBRECHT Patrick Bryan Engbrecht passed away suddenly on April 7, 2015 in Edmonton at the age of 40 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his son, Coleman Engbrecht; his parents, Harvey and Lorie Engbrecht; brother Joe and sister-in-law Jacquie; sister Marcie Delaney; and his nieces and nephews. Patrick was predeceased by his sister, Angela Wiebe, in April of 2011. A memorial service will be held at Crossroads Church chapel, 38105 Range Road 275 Red Deer, Alberta, on Friday, April 17th at 3:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Neighbour Centre, Edmonton. http://www. theneighbourcentre.ca/.

Sharing of memories and condolences to the family may be made by visiting the ‘Remembering Patrick Engbrecht’ Facebook page.

BURK Roze 1946 - 2015 Mrs. Roze Marie Burk of Red Deer, Alberta, sadly passed away at Evansburg, Alberta on Friday, March 27, 2015 at the age of 68 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons; Darren (Sheena) and Wayd (Tamara), all of Red Deer; her grand daughters, Breanna and Sophie; as well as numerous family and dear friends. A Funeral Service will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 37370 Range Road 274A, (McKenzie Road) Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, April 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Roze’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca or to the Red Deer and District S.P.C.A., 4505 - 77 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 2J1.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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GRAHAM C. Roy Graham of Red Deer passed away peacefully in Edmonton on April 7, 2015 at the age of 77 years. It was unexpected and very sudden.

Roy was born February 20, 1938 in Brandon, MB. His childhood years were spent in Ninette, MB, Brandon and on his uncles’ and grandparents’ farms in the Wawanesa, MB area. Roy married Gail Truss of Brandon in 1956. From this union he had 2 daughters and a son. He moved to Alberta in 1964, working on a farm in the Bentley area. Over the years he worked a variety of jobs until he found his niche in sales, beginning with cars and ending with oilfield servicing. Roy had a natural ability to connect and communicate with people from all walks of life, which made him successful. In 2007, he retired to Saskatchewan to be closer to his daughters. However, missing “God’s Country”- Alberta, he moved to Red Deer in 2012, living in the Waskasoo Estates Park until the time of his passing. Roy loved his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, having a passion to know Him and His presence more. Roy loved being a part of his church family at Frontline Worship Centre in Sylvan Lake. He loved attending and helping out at Frontline conferences held throughout the year, but he especially loved being with his children, family and many dear friends. Roy had a tremendous sense of humour and over the years got much enjoyment from the practical jokes he played on his family and co-workers. Roy will be sorely missed by all who knew him, especially his children who loved him dearly. We know that he is now totally healed and at peace in Heaven, reunited with his mom and dad, along with all who have gone before him. We look forward to the day we will see him again! Roy will be lovingly remembered by his son, Greg Graham of Innisfail; daughters, Kim (Dan) Libke and Kelli (Leonard) Beaucage, both of North Battleford, SK; grandson, Logan Graham of Penhold; brother, Garry (Diana) Graham of Sorrento, BC; as well as many cousins and family members - along with the wonderful friends he made over the years. Roy is predeceased by his mother, Florence Graham (nee Firby); and father, Orval Christopher Graham. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta with Pastor Peter Nash of Frontline Worship Centre and Pastor Leonard Beaucage officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Roy’s honour may be made directly to Frontline Worship Centre (www.frontlineministries-int.com) or to Iris Ministries (www.irismin.ca). Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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SANDERS Ada Iowa Ada Iowa Sanders, age 86, left this earth to join her beloved John on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Ada was born on February 14, 1929 in Winnipeg, MB. to Annetta and Victor Perrett. She lived most of her life in Carnduff, SK., until moving to Red Deer, AB. to be closer to her family. She lived her final days at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre, Lacombe, AB. She grew up on her parent’s farm where she gained a love of horses.

She loved her life in small town Saskatchewan. She had a close group of friends that remained that way for many years. In February 1952 Ada was joined in marriage to her beloved Alfred John Sanders. To their union four daughters were born; Patricia, Linda, Joy, and Christine. Ada was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Ada worked with John for many years in the family store Sanders Solo Store, followed

by Radio Shack and an insurance office. Ada was a member of St Andrew’s United Church choir, the UCW and the Legion Auxiliary.

Ada was predeceased by her husband, John, her parents, Annetta and Victor Perrett, John’s parents, Viola and Jack Sanders, her sister-inlaw, Aileen Sanders, her brother-in-law and sister-inlaw, Cecil and Edna Sanders and her nephew, Larry Sanders. She is survived by her four daughters, Patricia Staley of Rhode Island, USA; Linda Levy of Australia; Joy (Ron) Elefson of Red Deer, AB; Christine Forrester of Lacombe, AB; her grandchildren, Nathan Marshall, Damien (Carrie) Levy, Ashley (Danial) Bayliss, Chantelle Forrester (Josh Deyell), Amy Elefson, and Morgan Elefson.

She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Zoe and Ethan Marshall, Gabe and Kira Bayliss and Emma Deyell. As well she is survived by her brother-inlaw, Bob Sanders and her nieces, Donna, Barb and Louann along with cousins in Carnduff, Iowa and England.

A celebration of Ada’s life will be held at St. Andrew’s United Church in Carnduff, SK. at a later date. Interment will follow at the Carnduff Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest that donations be made to St. Andrew’s United Church, Box 364 Carnduff, SK. S0C 0S0, Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre Foundation, 5430, 47 Avenue, Lacombe, AB. T4L 1G8 or to the charity of your choice. The family wishes to thank the staff of Unit 32P of the Red Deer Hospital, Dr. Antoinette Olivier, the staff of Unit 3 of the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre for their exceptional care of mom. As well we would like to thank Pastor Dale Fallon and Rev Jeff Rock for the prayers and support.

Arrangements in care of Redpath Funeral Home Carnduff 306-482-3309. To send condolences to the family, please visit: www.redpathfuneralhome.com

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SJARE Becky Lynn Apr. 25,1958 - Mar. 28, 2015 Becky Sjare passed away peacefully in the presence of her loving family. Leaving to mourn, her mother Heather Sjare, sister Holly and husband Brad Milne, brother Michael Sjare and family, and niece Madison Milne.

Becky was predeceased by her dad Bernard Sjare. A memorial service will be held and announced at a later date.

BROWN In loving memory of Sandy Brown.

One year has passed since that sad day when he left us but his spirit lives on through his family and friends. He will never be forgotten. We know he’s up there playing a good hand of poker and going to the track with Max.

Card Of Thanks COLE We would like to thank our many relatives and friends from the bottom of our hearts for the cards, telephone calls, delicious baking, beautiful flowers, donations to the S.P.C.A. and all those hugs that we have received.

Special thanks to Rev. Jeff Rock, Miriam Pratt and Parkland Funeral Home for the care and compassion shown for Kevin’s Funeral.

Your kindness and thoughtfulness will always be remembered. “ Friends are God’s way of taking care of us”.

Sincerely Eileen, Allison, Aaron, Maddison and Noah

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309-3300 KAJ HANSEN Passed away April 11, 2008 Lovingly remembered and missed by family and friends KING In loving memory of our Dad Darren King July 6, 1966 - April 14, 2014 Always on our mind Forever in our hearts Megan, Michelle, and Matthew

WHITECOTTON 1936 - 2015 Dorothy Joyce Whitecotton (nee Gummow) of Lacombe passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, April 9, Funeral Directors 2015 at the age of 78 years. & Services An extended obituary with family information and service details will follow.

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WOLK Thomasina “Tommy” Thomasina Wolk passed away at the Michener Hill Extended Care on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the age of 93 years. Tommy is lovingly remembered by her family, G. Stewart (Charlotte) MacKenzie, Janet (Michael) Botten, Ian (Tara) Wolk; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren and a host of friends and extended family. Thomasina WILSON was predeceased by her Brandi Marsellus and Kyle husband, Louis.

A Wilson are happy to Celebration of Thomasina’s announce the birth of their Life will be held at Deer Park son Kamden Reid Wilson Alliance Church, 3960 - 39 born March 30, 2015 at 5:04 Street, Red Deer, AB on p.m. weighing 5 lbs. 14 oz.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Thomasina’s memory to New Card Of Thanks Tribes Mission of Canada, THANK YOU FROM Box 707, Durham, ON, N0G THE HENDERSON FAMILY 1R0 or to the charity of your Thank you to our family, choice. The family would like friends and neighbours for to give a special thank to the your love and support when staff at Unit 3300 for the care Larry passed away so and love shown to Mom suddenly far from home. while she was there.

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BOWER DENTAL JJAM Management (1987) KEYERA CENTER Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s is currently seeking req’s a full time Registered Requires to work at these a Field Engineer to join our WHAT’S HAPPENING Dental Assistant who is a Red Deer, AB locations: Ricinus Gas Plant. The 5111 22 St. CLASSIFICATIONS motivated, committed and successful candidate will passionate individual. We 37444 HWY 2 S provide operations 50-70 run a high paced practice 37543 HWY 2N engineering expertise to where experience is an 700 3020 22 St. maximize the efficient, safe asset, but new grads are FOOD ATTENDANT and profitable operation of Coming Req’d permanent shift welcome. Must be avail. on the facility. Suitable living Events weekend day and evening evenings and one Sat. per locations for this position both full and part time. month. Very rewarding include: Rocky Mountain 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + position. Please send THE MONKEY’S UNCLE House, Caroline, Sundre resume to: benefits. Start ASAP. A used kids clothing and and surrounding areas. ebakleh@yahoo.com or Job description toy sale. Lots of vendors Qualifications include: www.timhortons.com apply within office. selling used good cond.

Engineering degree from Education and experience children’s items. Child and accredited university and not req’d. parent related businesses registered Professional Apply in person or fax too. Sat. Apr. 11, 10 am-2 Engineer in Alberta with a resume to: 403-314-1303 pm. Innisfail Legion. Door Farm Work minimum of 7 years prizes. Toonie admission chemical, mechanical for adults. themonkeysuncle FEEDLOT in Central and/or process Sales & @shaw.ca.

Alberta seeking F/T engineering experience in www.facebook.com/ employee for feed truck implementing projects and Distributors themonkeysuncle operator and machinery providing operational maintenance. Send support for gas and NGL SALES ASSOCIATE Buying or Selling resume to fax: processing facilities.

REQUIRED your home?

403 638-3908 or e-mail to: Please visit For North/Central Alberta.

Check out Homes for Sale dthengs@hotmail.com www.keyera.com to view Opportunity for a mature in Classifieds the complete job posting. person or couple in wholesale fashion jewelry, giftware and clothing sales.

Legal

52

755

830

Companions

58

59 YR. old farmer in Sylvan Lake area, 5’,9”, 182 lb., seeks slim, sincere, loving lady, 49 - 69, for a lifetime commitment. Pls. enclose photo and phone no. to Box 1103, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 LADY, petite, enjoys walking, reading, dancing, travelling, cycling, looking for a gentleman, n/s, age 60ish, active with varied interests.

Reply to Box 1105, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

780

SCHNELL HARDY JONES LLP in Red Deer, Alberta requires an experienced Legal Assistant in FAMILY LAW/LITIGATION We are a well-known law firm offering competitive salaries, great benefits and a wonderful work environment. If you have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a law firm, a top notch work ethic and are a team player, we would like to hear from you.

Please send your resume to rosanne@ schnell-law.com or fax to 403-340-0520

790

Professionals

810

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB. HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

• • • •

Reply to: order@klassenjlrs.com Terry, 306-652-2112 Check us out at: www.klassenjlrs.com

GED Preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558 NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

1 ROUNDTREE CRES Apr. 10 & 11, Fri. 3 - 6, Sat. 9 - 4. Black leather recliner, household appls., toys, chainsaw, books.....

Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

80 NOBLE AVE April 11 & 12 Sat. 9-5 & Sun. 10-3 Assorted tools, end tables, high chair, clothes, tires and rims.

Clerical

This is a 30 hour per week position, beginning June 8th and ending August 28th. $15 per hour.

Preference to post-secondary students. First aid training and a valid driver’s license are definite assets.

11 STEWART STREET Apr. 11 & 12, 9 - 3 Furniture, household, books, toys, camping, men’s jeans(new), etc.

720

ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message. or 403-350-1520

Please contact the Elnora Village Office for the detailed position description and position requirements.

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

For More Information Call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

ANDERS AREA

CARRIERS NEEDED 3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

CARRIERS REQUIRED

Alexander Cres., Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres. Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

To deliver the

BOWER AREA

1 day a week in:

Boyce St. / Byer Close Barrett Drive

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

INGLEWOOD AREA Isaacson Cres. / Irwin Ave. Iverson Close

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

MORRISROE AREA McCullough Cres.

McDougall Cres.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close LANCASTER AREA Lord Close

Dennison Cres. & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Durand Cr. & Drummond Ave. $69./mo.

ALSO Drummond Cl. & Dowd Cl. $59./mo.

SOUTHBROOK AREA Sorrensen/Sisson Ave. VANIER AREA Victor Close Viscount Drive

MICHENER AREA 50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

Resumes will be accepted until noon May 8, 2015.

ACCOUNTING POSITION

Post:

Village of Elnora Box 629, Elnora, AB T0M 0Y0 Phone: 403-773-3922 Fax: 403-773-3173 Email: elnoravl@platinum.ca

Red Deer company requires three quarter to full time experienced accounting person that will learn company structure and daily duties including payroll, payables, bank reconciliations, lease managements and be able to complete monthly ¿nancial reporting to owners. Accounting experience required to prepare Year end ¿nancials for accountants.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED Morning Delivery 6 days/week by 6:30 am

DEER PARK AREA

SUMMER RECREATION DIRECTOR

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Advocate Opportunities

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

WANTED:

OUR SUMMER FUN PROGRAM NEEDS A LEADER!

Sunnybrook

is looking for an organized and hardworking individual to join our parts team in the SHIPPER/RECEIVER role. Prior experience is an asset but not a must.

If interested contact Wayne Mountain (403) 442-3866 or fax/email resumes to (403) 442-3829 wmtn@inbox.com.

GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306 528607D11,18

Normandeau

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

TROCHU MOTORS LTD.

Busy road construction company looking for safety person. Work is throughout the province. Experience is an asset but willing to train the right person. Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license. Fax resume 403-309-0489

ORIOLE PARK

jobs

4316 - 32 ST Beside firehall Apr. 11, Sat. 10 - 4 pm Antiques, carnival glass, stained glass windows, enamelware, crocks, cobalt blue and more!

ACTIVE self-storage business requires permanent employee for customer service.

Minimum of 3-4 days/week. To start immediately. Must be able to work independently and have good computer and communication skills.

Attached 2-bedroom apt at discounted rent available.

Please send your résumé to Lisa at iss@innstor.ca or drop it off at Innisfail SelfStorage & RV Parking at 4320 42nd Ave Innisfail, AB.

SAFETY PERSON

CARRIERS REQUIRED

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Rosedale

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

LUBE TECH wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement into apprenticeship.

Must have drivers license.

Fax resume to 341-5066

Advocate Opportunities

800

Mountview

880

Misc.

Help

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

880

880

Misc.

Help

SPRING START

60

Misc.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Help

880

Misc.

Help

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

850

Trades

880

Misc.

Help

ACADEMIC Express

RECYCLE SORTERS F/T, required Immed. in Great second career.

Red Deer. Email resume Must be fit and love to with a min. of 2 references. travel. to: canpak@xplornet.ca Work schedule approx.

8 months per year.

Classifieds...costs so little A strong interest in Saves you so much! ladies fashion an asset.

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Valid Driver’s Licence F/T / P/T Pharmacy Red Deer, AB locations: preferred. Fax or email Technicians. Apply w/ 5111 22 St. info@goodmenroofi ng.ca Personals resume to: Highland Green 37444 HWY 2 S or (403)341-6722 Value Drug Mart, Red Deer 37543 HWY 2N NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! 700 3020 22 St. ALCOHOLICS F/T & P/T Pharmacist NOW HIRING Manager/Food Services ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 positions req’d. Apply w/ 2 - Tile Setters $25/hr Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

COCAINE ANONYMOUS resume to: Highland Green 5 Floor Covering Wknd, day, night & eves.

Value Drug Mart, Red Deer 403-396-8298 Installers $25/hr Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

Min 3 years exp./ 40hrs/wk 40 hrs/week, + benefits , You can sell your guitar 3 - Construction Labourers 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., for a song...

Oilfield $20/hr. No exp required. criminal record check req’d. or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Full time perm position Req’d education some and we’ll sell it for you! with Valid Driver’s Licence secondary.

Apply in LOCAL SERVICE CO. Email Resume to: person or fax resume to: in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. cat1employment@ 403-314-1303 For full job VACUUM TRUCK gmail.com description visit www.

OPERATOR or drop off resume at timhortons.com Must have Class 3 licence Central Alberta Tile One w/air & all oilfield tickets.

TAP HOUSE 7619 50 Ave #9 Red Deer Fax resume w/drivers BAR & GRILL abstract to 403-886-4475 YEAR-ROUND employment NORTH in Central Alberta, exp.

TOO MUCH STUFF? is now taking applications maintenance grader CLASSIFICATIONS Let Classifieds for Full Time/Part time operator required.

700-920 help you sell it.

COOK and Dishwasher.

Reply to Box 1106, c/o Bring resume to RED DEER ADVOCATE, 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer 2950 Bremner Ave., Red between 2-4 pm.

Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Medical

860

Truckers/ Drivers

Misc.

Help

880

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Misc.

Help

880

Please submit cover letter, resume and references to: Peacock Inn/KFC #1, 4971 Phelan Street Red Deer, AB T4P 3Z4 Email mail@peacockgroup.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

538016D15

Competitive wages and bene¿ts plan.

Hours Àexible.

820

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT)

Strathmore

Joffre

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.com

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.com

The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

Ferus has an immediate opening for a Plant Assistant at our Strathmore liquid nitrogen production facility. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

Ferus has an immediate opening for a Plant Assistant at our Joffre liquid nitrogen production facility. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

Duties • Assist in general maintenance work as required • Wash Equipment • Work independently and as part of a team • General Plant and Yard Maintenance • Ensure correct environmental and safety practices are adhered to and upheld at Ferus facilities

Duties • Assist in general maintenance work as required • Wash Equipment • Work independently and as part of a team • General Plant and Yard Maintenance • Ensure correct environmental and safety practices are adhered to and upheld at Ferus facilities

Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree.

• Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Clean Drivers Abstract • Own transportation • Ability to work in a team setting • Strong communication skills

Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree.

• Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Clean Drivers Abstract • Own transportation • Ability to work in a team setting • Strong communication skills

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment,

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment,

Please visit www.ferus.com/careers or fax your

Please visit www.ferus.com/careers or fax your resume to 1-888-879-6125 by April 24th, 2015

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume

by April 15th, 2015 to recruiting@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125

Please reference: Ad #JFRE – 0215 - SSPA

Please reference: Ad #BLCK – 0215 - SSYA

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

resume to 1-888-879-6125 by April 24th, 2015 Please reference: Ad #STR – 0215 - SSPA 537906D23

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

YARD ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT)

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT)

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

517873C18-D15

517879C18-D15

Blackfalds Base Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.ca The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

Ferus is looking for a Summer Student to work with will be handling duties that are more labour intensive such as grounds maintenance, office organization, and inventory organization.

You will be require to perform grounds maintenance such as sweep/mop office & shop floors, cut grass, clean up debris around yard site, paint, clean trucks and wash equipment.

Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree.

• Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Ability to work in a team setting • Knowledge of trucking industry would be considered an asset • Strong communication skills • Experience in operating and maintaining various heavy equipment such as a grader, dozer, backhoe, excavator, and mower would be considered assets.

517885C18-D15

C8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 11, 2015

900

Employment Training

SAFETY

ANTIQUE diningroom set, buffet, china cabinet, table, 6 chairs 403-347-3839

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

1530

Auctions

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

PS2 with 10 games $60, 3 BDRM. 3 bath, house in stereo w/cassettes $70, Inglwood. 1250 sq.ft., dbl.

Game Cube with 2 games garage. 403-886-4735 $60 403-782-3847 Central Alberta’s Largest Start your career!

Wii with drums, games, Car Lot in Classifieds See Help Wanted and dance mat $140 403-782-3847 3 BDRM. main level, Auctions house, Johnstone Park.

Misc. for $1300 + d.d. 30% utils.

Sale incld’. immediate no pets Advance Notice 587-877-2839 403-667-5527 BUD HAYNES & WARDS Children's 18 QT. electric roasting Firearms Auction oven $20, 14” color flat SYLVAN LAKE: fully Items Sat. June 13 @ 10 AM screen tv like new $30, furnished, inclds dishes, 11802-145 St. Edmonton 1/2” 19V cordless variable bedding, 50” tv, utils.

GAMES, toys, books, lots spd. reversible drill $45, Avail. now from $1100. to check web site for more, 2 boxes. $20. updates Craftsman spiral cut out $1300. 403-880-0210.

403-314-9603 we have an Estate, saw $50, Dremel 16” scroll WEST PARK and a collection saw $75 403-347-2603 HIKING shoes, child’s Just completely reno’d. 3 To consign: Red Deer 1998, 1999 (5) & 2000 (4) sz. 13, Columbia brand, bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., Head Office: 403-347-5855 CALGARY Stampede very good cond. $10. large fenced yard, $1400 Linda Baggaley Posters, 36’x23’. $5. ea.

403-314-9603 mo. $1000. d.d.

403-597-1095 403-347-7405 Avail. now or May 1.

Brad Ward 780-940-8378 403-304-5337 www.budhaynesauctions.com HOODY, Ed Hardy, childs 4,000 ft. of 7” used pipe. www.WardsAuctions.com sz. M. $15. 403-314-9603 403-347-4064 or 350-8431

1530

Advocate Opportunities

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION, 5th Annual Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction, Indoors, Expo Centre, April 10 -12, over 80,000 spectators, 90% sold last year, all consignments welcome, call 888-296-0528 ext. 102 or e-mail egauctions.com

1590

Clothing

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

ITALIAN ladies chocolate leather boots, soft glove fit over knee length, zippered back, 2 3/4” heel, $200.

403-227-2976

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

GLENDALE Gehrke Close & 71 St. ORIOLE PARK

1660

Firewood

Olsen St. ALSO Overdown Dr. ALSO Owens & Osmond Close WESTPARK

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 APPOX. 1 cord of birch firewood $40 403-343-8662

38 St. Cl. & 59 Ave Cres. also 5800 block Westpark Cres.

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

For more information or to app at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

1710

Household Appliances

ANDERS AREA Ammeter Close Ackerman Cres.

DRYER, Inglis HD, white ext. large capacity, Electric. $100.

403-341-9990

BOWER AREA

Household Furnishings

Beatty Close 54 Bell St.

1760

Ingle Close Inglis Cres.

Irving Cres.

1720

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

LANCASTER AREA

4010

Sporting Goods

1860

GUN SHOW May 2, 10 am - 5 pm, May 3, 10 am - 3 pm.

UFA Agri Centre West Info: 403-347-3767

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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For VANIER Area

VANIER AREA

With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo.

Viscount Drive Voisin Close

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

CLASSIFICATIONS

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

KAYLA 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT w/own car Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

1200

Handyman Services

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

COUNTERTOPS & kitchen renovations.

Wes 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 REMOVAL of old concrete, Garage/RV pads, driveways, patios, bsmt. Dave 352-7285 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds SIDING, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

1130

EAVES CLEANED Residential/Commercial Free quotes. 403-506-4822

Landscaping

1240

GROUND Up Bobcat & Landscaping Ltd. For free quote call 403-848-0153

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

1280

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town.

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree removal.

403-358-1614 Property clean ups and all junk removal. 403-550-2502

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Painters/ Decorators

1310

MEDICAL CONDITION? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian government.

ALL conditions qualify.

Call Alberta Benefits *** 1(800) 211-3550

Roofing

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

Window Cleaning

1420

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL Free quotes.

403-506-4822

1430

SPRING cleaning, weekly mows, anything yards we do. familyyards.com or call 587-876-8969

Lots For Sale

90 Rowell Close, quiet neighbourhood.

3 bdrm, 3bath, hardwood, carpet, finished basement, infloor heat, shed.

No fees. $389,000 or consider offer 403 346 2174

4160

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Mike at 1-403-588-0218

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NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550

SYLVAN LAKE, Private bdrm. +. Cable, fridge, etc. $550/mo. 403-880-0210

RENO’D FULL DUPLEX in Ponoka.

3 bdrm., 1 bath per side. $257,000. 403-963-0204

MOVE IN TODAY

3080

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Tires, Parts Acces.

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

5180

TWO SIZE 17 Firehawk GT 225/50R17, m/s, $120; 403-309-7387 403-392-6138

WANTED 700R4 GM Trans. Also, have 350 GM trans. w/ Lokar floor shift, $425. for sale. 403-350-1777

If you think an ad with a

5020

Cars

5030

SUV's

grabs your 5040 attention

2007 NISSAN Extera 115,800 kms, $10,900 403-877-6020

Trucks

5050

2012 FORD 150 e/c, 77,900 kms, $16,900 403-877-6020

5070

2009 PONTIAC MONTANA, 151,389 km, $5,500 obo.

403-886-2815 1989 CHEV SUPER VAN, V8, auto. 403-391-4144

Motorcycles

LARGE HEADING

5080

2011 HARLEY Sportster $9,000. 403-598-4131

the REVERSE is also true

3090

3190

Mobile Lot

Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION, 5th Annual Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction, Indoors, Expo Centre, April 10 -12, over 80,000 spectators, 90% sold last year, all consignments welcome, call 888-296-0528 ext. 102 or e-mail egauctions.com

Vans Buses RISER HOMES Spring into summer special. 3 bdrm. 2 bath Modified bi-level w/walkout Too many upgrades to mention. $430,000 inclds.

GST, legal fees, sod, tree and appls. Call LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

5160

WatersEdge Marina

5000-5300

MUST SELL! 1977 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 2 door, Condition - As New Mileage - 7,000 orig. miles Price - Greatly Reduced.

403-350-5346 or 403-887-6413

AT THE LAKE Executive 5 bdrm., 3 bath, Att. 4 + Garage.

Secluded, Quiet. Boat Dock, Beyond affordable, BELOW Replacement @ $749k. Dori Westin, Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty 403-357-9010

Marine

CLASSIFICATIONS

FREE…LIST OF HOMES with owners phone numbers, addresses and prices. Call Help-U-Sell of Red Deer at 403-342-7355

GRAND THEFT

5140

wheels

Antique & Classic Autos

DOWNSIZING TO A DUPLEX?

4110

4800 SQ. FT. BUILDING at Red Deer Airport.

403-886-2201

BENALTO HOME By owner. in quiet hamlet.

1187 sq ft. fully dev., 4 bdrms., 3 baths, vaulted ceiling, hardwood/tile. large windows, custom blinds, 825 sq. ft. dble. det. garage, built 2003. $369.000.

403-746-3346, 302-7751

CALL RISER HOMES, Spring into summer Special. Beautiful 2 story with amazing master ensuite, 3 bdrms. 2 1/2 baths, hardwood/tile, Many upgrades: legal fees, GST, sod, tree and appls. All for the price of $389,000. A must see!

Call LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

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Suicide bomber targets U.S. troops

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Afghan security personnel gather at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday. The bomber targeted armored vehicles, wounding two civilians, according to Farid Afzali Kabul, the head of the Kabul police’s criminal investigation unit.

The Taliban claimed responsibility.

Zubaida Akbar, senior communications manager with Save the Children in Afghanistan, confirmed to The Associated Press that five staff members had been killed.

“We confirm that five of our staff members were abducted about five weeks ago. Today we have received news that they have been killed,” she said.

She would provide no further details except to say that all five men were administrative staff with the Uru-

Grief counsellors help families of students slain in attack KENYA

NAIROBI, Kenya — There was sobbing and silent grief. Some boiled with bitterness, while others found solace in memories of the dead. One mother considered suicide until counsellors talked her out of it.

The raw emotions were on display this week at a Nairobi morgue as relatives viewed the bodies of their loved ones killed April 2 in an attack at Garissa University College by Islamic militants.

Parents emerged in shock and hysteria after seeing the corpse of a cherished son or daughter. Their grief also played out in the privacy of tents, where counsellors offered words of consolation.

A small army of counsellors, many in Kenya Red Cross vests, were deployed to the Chiromo Funeral Parlour to lend support after the attack by al-Shabab, a Somalia-based extremist group that killed 148 people. The morgue operation was winding down Friday as bodies were handed over to families for burial.

It was intense and sometimes exhausting work for the counsellors.

“You have to be there,” whether it means embracing a grieving parent,

talking or just being present without saying anything, said Sammy Mwangi, a worker with the Kenya Red Cross.

Family members were traumatized by the violent deaths of young men and women in whom they had invested scarce resources for their education.

Many relatives travelled to Nairobi by bus for hours from small towns and villages, and they were overwhelmed at first by their unfamiliar surroundings.

Mwangi said Thursday he had counselled up to 30 people a day.

“Sometimes, I get overwhelmed. But as a counsellor, I’m trained to deal with that,” he said, adding that he and his colleagues discussed the challenges of their work in a debriefing session at the end of each trying day.

“I feel lighter when I share it. I feel it’s not my burden,” Mwangi said.

He recalled a case of a woman from Busia, near the Uganda border, who lost her sister in the attack and had to sell a chicken to raise bus fare for her first trip to Nairobi to identify the body. She arrived without a change of clothes, and on the first day, “she couldn’t even speak” because she was so upset, Mwangi said.

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by Islamic insurgency. More than 5,000 people have been killed in the three southern provinces since 2004.

Muslims in the area, which was an independent Islamic sultanate until it was annexed by Thailand in the early 20th century, have long complained of discrimination, and the insurgents are thought to be fighting for autonomy.

The militants, however, have made no public pronouncements about their aims.

Poonsak said the bomb destroyed most of the pickup truck and damaged a few other vehicles that were parked at the mall, located a few hundred meters from the popular Chaweng beach.

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In the capital, Kabul, a suicide bomber in a car targeted armoured vehicles, wounding two civilians, according to Farid Afzali Kabul, the head of the Kabul police’s criminal investigation unit. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

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Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan, said the five were abducted around 40 days ago and that the government refused their captors’ demands for a prisoner exchange.

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KABUL — A suicide car bomber targeting a convoy of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan killed three Afghan civilians and wounded four on Friday, while in another eastern province, 10 people were killed when their minivan hit a roadside bomb, officials said.

The international aid group Save the Children meanwhile said five of its local staff who had been abducted several weeks ago were found dead in the southern Uruzgan province.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the convoy attack, which took place near the U.S. military base not far from the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.

No American soldiers were wounded in the bombing, said Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, the spokesman for the provincial police chief.

The attack happened outside the gates of the base as the convoy was returning from an early patrol, according to an official at the base who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media.

The area is built up, with residential housing mixed with retail outlets, mostly selling vehicles. Friday is the weekend in Afghanistan and the area is typically bustling with people.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the insurgent group was behind the attack.

The bombing came just two days after an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on American troops at the Nangarhar provincial governor’s compound, about 5 kilometres (8 miles) from the U.S. base. One U.S. soldier was killed and eight others were wounded in the attack.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s assault, which was the first so-called “insider attack” to target NATO troops since they ended their combat mission at the start of the year.

Also Friday, 10 people were killed when a minivan they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb in the remote eastern Ghazni province, according to Deputy Gov. Mohammad Ali Ahmadi.

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Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stands firm on whiskey law OTHER DISTILLERS VOW THE FIGHT ISNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T OVER producer, George Dickel, makes about 130,000 cases per year, while most of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other 32 licensed distilleries have yet to bring a Tennessee whiskey to market.

Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s says the law ensures minimum quality standards, but some smaller distillers chafed at its requirement to filter spirits through charcoal and store them in unused oak barrels in order to label them Tennessee whiskey.

Michael Ballard, owner of the Full Throttle distillery in the northwest Tennessee town of Trimble, said Arnett and Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has been acting like a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bullyâ&#x20AC;? by demanding every new producer follow the technique known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lincoln County Process.â&#x20AC;?

Ballard noted that Scotch whiskies, including the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top-selling Johnnie Walker brand, are aged in used barrels, and that Kentucky bourbons are generally not charcoal filtered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So how is that watered down whiskey?â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ballardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business partner Jes-

se James Dupree, lead singer of the hard rock band Jackyl, has put plans to build his own distillery in Trimble on hold until the whiskey law is rescinded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It does not guarantee any quality of anything,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could put terrible whiskey in a virgin oak barrel and charcoal-filter it, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still going to be terrible whiskey.â&#x20AC;?

Dupree also decried what he called Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavy-handed tactics in contributing $96,000 to state lawmakers last year and supplying barrels to craft distillers that have largely lined up to support the law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that completely discredits the Tennessee Distillerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guild when they say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17-3 in favour of the law.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in the guild, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, Speakeasy Spirits owner Jeff Pennington, said he was pleased with the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defeat for the year, saying the current law protects the quality and brand of Tennessee Whiskey.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason so many people wanted to open up here, because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a franchise here in Tennessee,â&#x20AC;?

Pennington said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that separates us from everyone else.â&#x20AC;?

Charles Nelson of Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Brier Distillery in Nashville, who supports the law, agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just glad I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about the standards coming into question, and if comes up again Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back here every year it comes up until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally dead and buried,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Opponents of the law found an unexpected ally in conservative lobbying group Americans For Prosperity, an organization backed by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

AFP state director Andrew Ogles said the group would work to find a solution â&#x20AC;&#x153;so that Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walks away feeling theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re well represented, but also that smaller distilleries that want to come online and not necessarily use the Lincoln County Process also have representation.â&#x20AC;?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel like breaking out of your usual routine and doing something completely different today Lions.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep two- unforeseen consequences today Sagittarius. way communication going today Taurus. Your And, if you are less than 100% honest, then ruling planet Venus moves into your money the current stars increase your likelihood of zone so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fabulous time to find creative getting caught out.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The stars people appreciate your point of view.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Avoid being highlight your creativity and spirituality â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but a self-righteous Crab, and using manipulation also your tendency to be disorganised and to coerce people into doing what you think confused. Intuition is heightened, as you tune they should be doing. Let others make their into the feelings of those around you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to own choices â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and their own mistakes.

study a subject that has always fascinated you, tackle a new skill, or start a creative project. Focus is the key to success for flighty Fish. Plus be extra patient with a child or teenager.

professional project, accepting a volunteer position or enrolling in a new course.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mercury â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your ruling planet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; joins Mars in your adventure zone, so plan an exciting trip away for some time soon. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an appropriate time to study a topic that has always fascinated you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Attached Librans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your partner is likely to surprise you today, so keep your adaptability muscles well-flexed. Singles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to be more adventurous in your choice of partner.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is the potential for confusion with a loved one today.

You think they are saying one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while they are on a completely different page. So make sure you ask for some clarification.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians are inclined to overdo just about everything today. Aim to be gregarious and generous, rather than bossy and belligerent.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also in the mood to mix and mingle.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to slow down and take the time to nurture a child, teenager or friend. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold back Capricorn. The more honest and direct you are with others, the better the day will be.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aim to be as proactive and informed as possible. At the moment, knowledge is power â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and taking action is non-negotiable. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also very tuned in to your surrounding environment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Escaping into a fantasy world is fun, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay there too long! If you take creative ideas and turn them into practical projects, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll savour the sweet taste of success.

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NASHVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has turned back the latest challenge to a state law that determines which spirits can be marketed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tennessee Whiskey,â&#x20AC;? but upstart distillers hoping their brands make the cut vow the fight isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t over for good.

Opponents of the law enacted at the behest of Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in 2013 said they withdrew their repeal measure this week to try to generate more support before next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislative session. But Jack Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s master distiller Jeff Arnett declared the proposal dead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What it shows is that that dog wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hunt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and it never will,â&#x20AC;? Arnett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put a stake in this, and consider it to be over.â&#x20AC;?

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This wrap-around deck is perfect for the coming summer. It’s made of quality western red cedar and designed by our Cabin Pressure contractor, Randy. The black frame with glass railing provides visual satisfaction as well as extra sightlines. You can see the deck from our private seating area on site (and vice versa).

It’s getting warmer in cottage country. Fact. Yup, little by little, the frigid snow is abating and the thick ice melting. Before long, God willing, we’ll be enjoying those glorious summery sunsets as dramatic displays of rich yellow and blush red fill the sky.

Hoorah: soon we’ll be outside, breathing in that pure lake air. And diving into the crystal waters of Drag Lake. It can’t be long now. It just can’t!

Preparing for summer to arrive, we’re looking longingly at our wrap-around deck as it slowly emerges from several feet of snow. Lovingly crafted from western red cedar, its sustainable to the max and derived from forestry businesses that respect the landscape.

It’s such a rigid genus and, COLIN & in this regard, we can be asJUSTIN sured our deck hasn’t been undermined by the perilous white stuff that has hidden it from view these last few months. Even with Mother Nature at her cruelest, it’s as good as the day it went down.

So what, in usability terms, makes a good deck?

Well, just like any aspect of an interior scheme, it’s all about quality workmanship.

Randy, principal contractor on Cabin Pressure, spent the best part of a week (ably assisted by his team) laying ours. And the results (seen here, but photographed at the end of last season) speak for themselves. It’s breathtakingly lovely, beautifully engineered and sanded smooth at each corner.

But, of course, every scheme needs layers to bring it alive. In the same way that paint and furniture alternate interior beat, so too can visual and physical tricks make your exterior scheme look considered.

This in mind, we opted to change the woodsy beat at our deck’s perimeter. To do this, we specified Sunspace (www.sunspacesunrooms.com) glass and metal railings, built by the team at Nortech (www.nortechhomeimprovements.com), with whom we worked closely to appraise options.

Chasing visual drama, we opted for a black frame and glass railing system. The ebony toned metal work that wraps around the glazing is visually satisfying and literally frames sightlines to the exterior as viewed from the living room beyond.

When it came time to furnish, we created separate zones. First up, a dining area (which we’ll reveal in a subsequent epistle) and a bar zone dressed with circular metal framed tables featuring Acacia surfaces.

These came from Artemano (www.artemano.ca) and serve as a wonderfully convenient hospitality zone during social gatherings.

To establish an inviting seating area, we installed a faux wicker patio set from Casual Life (www.casuallife.ca). Dressed with removable covers in soft, creamy linen, its position — directly in front of the sliding Euro Vinyl doors — appears to stretch the living quarters from inside to out. Dressed with cushions made up with scraps of fabric from last season’s cottage — and a sunny yellow throw from HomeSense — it feels seasonally relevant.

Jeesh: scanning these images we can hardly wait for summer to return! In the meantime, we’re already using the terrace, albeit warmed by the Solus (www. solusdecor.com) firebowl, which, powered from a propane tank below deck, is an asset that comes into its own at night when the dark Haliburton sky plays host to its twinkling constellations of stars.

As last summer faded, and with our deck complete, we hired Greg Brown Construction (discover a little of the company’s history by exploring their website (www.gregbrownconstruction.com) on the recommendation of friends who’d been thrilled with

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their performance. For them, the hardworking family team installed a septic system (also part of our project’s remit), making such a good job of neatening the site (post dig) that they were immediately hired to work on other aspects of landscaping and gardening.

A family operation (Dad Greg masterfully herds his three sons Benton, Andrew and Jordan), GBS worked through dire weather as Mother Nature played despicable hardball revealing, as she did, her full climatic repertoire of rain, hail and sleet.

The resultant landscape, it should be reported, resembled a war zone but even this onslaught didn’t dampen the Browns’ ardour. Were we to suggest that we’ve never worked with more capable landscapers, we’d be doing Greg and his boys a disservice.

Diversely experienced as they are, they’re a one-stop shop for all things build or contracting related — indoors and out.

All things considered, we’re knocked out by the overall transformation.

The cedar deck underpins the entire project and

Randy and his gang made a marvelous job as they installed it, plank by plank.

And the landscaping: Holy Moly. All hail Sir Greg and his saintly sons.

Hey — at our behest they even plucked a derelict concrete drainpipe from the water’s edge, which we subsequently turned into a fire pit. Dressed with rocks and circled with $20 second hand Lloyd Loom chairs, it’s the bee’s knees on cold evenings. The perfect place, indeed, to bake our s’mores and toast our mallows.

As the last vestiges of snow begin to melt, we can finally discern the future. And, as the ice abates, we’re thinking summery thoughts. It won’t be long, it won’t be long!

Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts in print and on TV. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, colinandjustin.tv. Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure airs on Cottage Life at 9 p.m. on Sundays.

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Clean, cheap and Canadian. The blue flame of natural gas provides the best heating option where it’s available.

Economical heating options

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air. That said, even with purchased wood, priced as it usually is in rural areas, it still costs less than any other option except natural gas.

Your plan to use electricity sparingly as a backup makes sense, especially if you’re already wired for it. Despite its cost, electric baseboard heaters are super-simple and completely reliable.

Floor staff at big box stores often don’t know that their stores carry these products, so I’ve put together a web page with product numbers and availability at stevemaxwell.ca/kill-moldproducts.

When it finally comes time to refinish your siding, repeat the mould killing process again before reapplication.

You want to give any new finish the best possible chance for remaining mould-free.

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Wooden wall mould removal Question: How can I get rid of mould on the cedar walls of my eight-year-old lakeside home?

Trees around our place reduce air circulation.

The wood siding was sealed when installed, and resealed again a couple of years ago.

Answer: Given your situation, some kind of mould formation will always be at nipping your heels.

You can still control it, but it will be something you need to deal with from time to time.

I love trees, especially in a lakeside setting, but I’d start by trimming branches and increasing air flow. You needn’t remove trees completely, just try removing branches.

This won’t get rid of the current mould and staining you have, but it probably will reduce the chances of mould coming back.

Assuming your current wood finish is in reasonable shape, I recommend a three-part mould-removal process.

Start by washing your walls using the kind of long-handled scrub brush that fits on the end of a garden hose.

I find brushing action works better than a pressure washer for removing dirt on wood, and there’s no risk of driving water under the siding or tearing up the wood surface.

Your walls will look better after washing, but if you don’t kill the remaining mould and spores, things will get ugly again fast.

The most widely available, non-toxic product I know of for killing mould and removing stains is made in Canada under the brand name Concrobium.

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Question: What’s the cheapest way to heat?

There are so many different ways to go that I’m confused.

I plan to heat mostly with wood, using electric heaters as a backup. Is this reasonable?

Answer: Not only are there so many heating options in our world, but it’s far from easy to compare one to the other financially. Electricity is sold in kilowatt hours, natural gas in cents per cubic metre, fuel oil is sold in cents per litre.

STEVE Propane is MAXWELL sold in cents per litre too, but a litre of propane contains less energy than a litre of oil.

Even with a proper way to compare prices, you still need to do the leg work to find out what the prices are for various energy options where you live.

I’ve just run the numbers and electricity is by far the most expensive. No surprise there.

Natural gas is much cheaper than anything else right now — roughly 85 per cent less expensive than electricity for the same amount of heat.

And while that’s not always true, the future favours natural gas if you can get it where you live.

Canada has large domestic reserves, and there is only one conversion step between the natural gas itself and heat for your home.

One reason electricity will always average more than gas is that there are energy conversion steps and transmission losses that waste tons of energy.

Heating with wood you cut yourself from your own property is virtually free from financial cost, but you do need to value the exercise and fresh

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Eye-catching details The return of colour in the spring is heady stuff.

Winter’s predominantly black and white landscape has its moments of brilliance, a red cardinal perched on the backyard feeder, snowy hills dappled with brightly hued hats and mitts on kids playing. These are wonderful.

But the return to warm breezes, green grass and the scent of cherry and apple blossoms is greeted with glee.

The palette of new growth brings with it a sense of wellbeing that we all share.

Like the seasons, decorating our homes has an ebb and flow of colour and energy.

It is always exciting to DEBBIE see what’s new in the design TRAVIS world, which patterns and shades have arrived, how styles have shifted, or perhaps stayed the same but have a new twist.

When you have fallen in love with a bolt of fabric or a quirky lamp, what’s next?

Pulling a room together so that it works for you and your lifestyle can be a challenge, and what are the chances that you can add something new without making everything else look shabby.

It can be done if you know what to keep and where to refresh.

First, get inspired by doing some research online, in magazines and in stores.

Upholster a chair, switch your carpet, try out a modern lamp, paint the walls.

As long as you co-ordinate with a repeat in colour shades or some other link that pulls it all together, you can mix styles, patterns, old and new furniture and accessories without it looking like a jumble.

I have learned that it’s the details that transform a room, those eye-catching moments that make you pause and smile.

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Bazz outside lamps LED from Rona Home & Garden are seen in this undated handout photo.

Fresh decor trends in bloom for the new season TORONTO — With the arrival of spring comes the ritual of seasonal cleaning and the urge by many to refresh their interiors, front porches and backyards.

Design experts share tips on changes Canadians can make to spice up their spaces.

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“We’ve had such a long winter, and everybody’s ready for some colour,” said Erin McLaughlin, editor-in-chief at Style at Home magazine.

McLaughlin said they’re seeing bright splashes of colour, such as a gallery of inexpensive prints in vibrant hues.

Yellow is the standout shade for spring and pairs well with grey or black.

“It could be an enamel lampshade; it could be that you’re taking an old chandelier and spray-painting it bright, bright yellow,” she said. “It’s really a hot look right now.”

For those timid about embracing colour, McLaughlin suggested creating a focal point with an accent chair.

“It could be anything from a little art deco upholstered piece that just has a very pretty silhouette, to an armchair with a new slipcover on it.”

She also suggested teaming a favourite hue with complementary colours, like dark and pale blues paired with a fresh green or yellow accent.

McLaughlin recommended homeowners consider painting the front door in a high-gloss colour and updating hardware with brass accents.

“When you go to Europe, colourful doors are the norm. It adds personality ... creating a focal point on your home — especially if your home doesn’t have great curb appeal.”

Ottawa-based interior designer and Rona expert Ulya Jensen said individuals should go beyond minimalist approaches in colour use.

“We’ve always said, ’Just do a cushion here or there.’

But doing a new area rug with that nice bright colour scheme that you want to incorporate into your space, that’s really going to have some bold impact.”

LIGHT IT UP

There is no shortage of illuminating options which fuse style with function.

Among fresh alternatives are colour-changing LED lights, rechargeable LED cubes and a wireless vase with programmable remote available in a variety of hues.

The vase can be transformed into storage for chilled beverages, Jensen noted.

“It’s functional because you can use it as an ice bucket or a planter, but it’s also a piece of art.

“We’re lighting up from the ground up instead of the ceiling down. So it really helps to layer beautiful light for your space.”

Jensen said LED cubes can double as side tables.

To add a taste of country chic, place a lamp with a reclaimed base and white shade atop the modern cube.

LED lights can also be housed within a hurricane glass. “That would look so neat as a centrepiece on a table,” said Jensen.

Homeowners missing the glow of festive lighting can put retro string lights with exposed filament bulbs under an outdoor umbrella or clustered along a fence.

Jensen said there’s also a trend toward tabletop fireplaces, from gel fuel versions to coffee table built-ins.

PATTERN PLAY

HomeSense spokeswoman Hilary Smyth said flo-

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DETAILS: Bold aqua blocks The Taos vase has bold aqua blocks stacked slightly askew; the intersecting circles of teal glass art are Escher sculptures.

Sofa cushions are a simple way of introducing a seasonal change to your rooms. The bright colours and floral patterns in the Palmetto pillow on the sofa are joyful, and are highlighted with appliques and hand embroidery.

Again, it’s about detail.

This is a passion for Company C. They have posted videos on their site that show the care and high quality workmanship that goes into making their products in India. Watch a carpet being made, fabric dyed and patterned and then hand-stitched, and step-by-step of a chair being upholstered.

Now that spring is here, bring some of that awesome spirit inside and bask in the tropical splendor.

It can last all year round.

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rals are showing up large-scale on everything from rugs and artwork to tabletop accessories and cushions.

“The key to florals this season is to go bright and bold and pair them with graphic black-and-white Locally stripes or polka dots,” she Manufactured says.

Smyth said block-printed textiles are a decorator favourite, and there are plenty of options for spring with bedding, throw cushions, draperies and placemats in a pretty palette of turquoise, pink, purple and orange.

Geometrics will also make an impact with circles, squares, diamonds and triangle shapes printed on textiles.

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Tropical colours will add punch.

“Watch out for zebra print rugs in bright hues of yellow and green.”

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Scrambling into spring cleaning

Photo by Adrian Higgins

The author’s backyard pond in the midst of last year’s Herculean cleaning effort.

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The sudden appearance of spring has me scrambling to attend to chores that should have been done by now.

The lawn is showing signs of life, but I have yet to get the mower ready for the season, a task that includes sharpening the blades on a grinding wheel.

Poppy seeds that I should have scattered in winter are still in their packets, so I’ll have to wait and sow them next fall for blooming the following May. All those clay pots that should be scrubbed, sterilized and ready to go are still stacked in the shed, caked in old mud and fertilizer salts.

These deficits are mere trifles, however, compared with the one job that gives credence to T.S. Eliot’s idea that April is the cruelest month. I refer to the periodic draining and cleaning of the fishpond.

This should be done every couple of years, but I usually wait twice as long as that because it’s a task whose anticipation could easily keep you up at night.

It’s essentially two days of messing about in bone-chilling water, fretting about the survival of your fish and dealing with gunk.

But I can speak of this with some detachment, because I undertook the task a year ago.

This spring, the pond preparation is relatively easy and will consist of cleaning one submerged filter and two others that are outside the pond, and extracting four pots of mud containing the remnants of last season’s tropical waterlilies.

They will receive new ones in May. Let’s cut to the chase.

Are ponds a lot of work? At times, yes, even when they are designed to minimize problems with water clarity and health.

Are they worth it? They are; they bring a unique vitality to the garden.

After a few false starts, I decided to go big with the filtration system in the belief that it was better to overengineer than not.

The result is a large green box beside the pond, with one chamber for physical filtration and the second for biological control. I n the latter, bacteria simply arrive to munch on toxic ammonia to make a kinder nitrate.

The whole shebang, including a fountain, is run by a strong pump that moves many hundreds of gallons per hour. (The pond contains 2,500 gallons, which is considered mid-size as garden ponds go.)

In spite of the robust filtration system, time takes a toll: The pond gets mucky from accumulated fish waste

and the decay of fallen holly blossoms, dead algae and more.

You can’t get rid of all this, nor of the string algae on the sides of the pond, without draining it — hence last year’s spring cleaning.

One of the most time-consuming aspects of the job is catching dozens of goldfish, four large koi and, because every life is precious, the tiniest mosquito fish that have multiplied over the years.

They are black, hard to see, and as small and wriggly as worms.

The fish spend the weekend in two large trash cans of pond water full of aquarium aerators.

We are all relieved when it is over.

At the same time I replaced the ailing pump, whose high cost was tempered by the fact that it was supposed to run for seven years but lasted twice as long.

The excitement of having a fresh pump and a clean pond was also tempered by the fact that I would still be looking at the green filtration box.

The pond technician said modern filtration boxes are much smaller than mine, but if I wanted one I’d also have to retrofit a skimmer to the side of the pond as well as an ultraviolet light assembly.

That isn’t going to happen.

A landscape architect friend suggested I move the box to behind the stone wall that forms a backdrop to the pond, a measure that would require threading three pipes through the wall.

I might just replace the three boxwood bushes in front of the box with bigger ones.

Life is too short to wait for boxwood.

But it isn’t too short to think about getting this year’s aquatic flora in the works, particularly the waterlilies.

Hardy lilies are lovely and need less elbow room than tropicals — a consideration for small ponds — but the tropical lilies bloom day and night until the autumn, are thick with fragrance and bring a sense of exotic luxury to the clammy weeks of summer.

The presence of waterlilies has been brought into vivid relief with the release of four new postage stamps depicting lilies in various hues: blush, magenta, violet and white.

They were photographed by Cindy Dyer, a photographer and graphic designer from Alexandria, Va., at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Northeast Washington.

The knack to a good waterlily photo, she told me, is to capture the bloom either on an overcast day or in the shade, using a piece of photographer’s kit called a portable light diffuser.

In the past, she has grown a waterlily in her own small backyard pond.

“We have frogs,” she said. “Right now, it needs cleaning.”

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 11, 2015

We’ve taken a shine to metal accents Looking for an easy way to add polish to your home? Metallic accents — copper, brass, silver and platinum — are having a moment in today’s interiors.

They create a feel of “relaxed luxury,” says Wisteria head designer Marlene Kennedy, adding sophistication without pretension.

When used sparingly, today’s metals can also help make gilded heirlooms look expertly eclectic in modern rooms. “ So many people inherit amazing pieces from their parents or grandparents. . . . People want to keep those treasured items, but they want to freshen them up with new pieces,” Kennedy says.

To achieve this, she suggests mixing metals: Pair your grandmother’s gold antique sunburst mirror with something that’s burnished brass, silver or pure iron, and the mirror goes from dated and traditional to fresh and hip.

The trick is not to go crazy with too many pieces or too many types of metals. As Kristin Peake, an interior designer in Rockville, Md., says: “Whether it’s metallic or color, you want it to be subtle. You want it to be the surprise of the space.”

And as a bonus, metallics, like mirrors, reflect light and can help make a room feel spacious. Here are some of our favorites.

— Metallics can add that dash of swank that helps make a room feel more composed. Hammered metal, especially, elevates neutral furnishings, Kennedy says. Try shiny pendants — such as Original BTC’s Stanley Pendant in brass, copper or nickel — over a white table or tablecloth in the dining room ($598$898, www.anthropologie.com).

— Metal-framed mirrors, such as Wisteria’s silverpainted-finish Magnolia Mirror, are one of designer Kristin Peake’s top picks for giving a room some shimmer and shine ($299, www.wisteria.com). For other easy accents, Peake recommends metallic drapery rods, drum tables and art.

— Another bright idea from Peake: Use a modern metal shade, such as the hand-finished Metal Drum Lampshade from Shades of Light in pewter, gold or black, to refresh a lamp ($89, www.shadesoflight.

com). “It’s cool to use a different type of lampshade than fabric or linen,” she says.

— Why shouldn’t plants get the golden touch? Use one of West Elm’s four-inch Metallic Planters to add sparkle to any tabletop or bookshelf vignette ($12, available soon, www.westelm.com). Or, for a more glamorous statement, line a few up in a row.

— Peake loves how nailhead trim gives textiles and furniture a layer of understated metallic detail.

See: the Lissa Nailhead Chest, made of hardwood and canvas and accented with solid brass nailheads ($3,399, www.horchow.com).

— “Sometimes gold can come across as pretentious and stuffy,” Kennedy says. So stay away from the big, gold statements and go for softer, smaller items, such as glassware and textiles; Peake is partial to drapery with nailhead trim, for example. Pillows are another good choice. Room & Board’s Shimmer Pillows come in a subtle gold, taupe, copper or silver ($99, www.roomandboard.com).

— Both Kennedy and Peake recommend mixing metals but caution that it may take some trial and error to get it right. One good rule of thumb, Kennedy says, is to use only one of each — copper, platinum, etc. — “depending on the size and scale of the pieces,” she says.

A set of Fleet Brushed Nickel Chairs from CB2 around a dining table, for example, would be fabulous but might preclude using nickel elsewhere in the room ($179, www.cb2.com).

— The mix of materials in Serena & Lily’s Metallic Suede & Hemp Rug — natural hemp keeps it relaxed, sueded silver leather makes it special — epitomizes the kind of understated, sumptuous look that Kennedy says is in vogue ($195-$1,150, www.serenaandlily.com).

— For a cohesive look, choose your materials based on the warm or cool tones of a room’s color palette, Kennedy says. Canvas Home’s Dauville Platter, in gold or platinum trim, will work in either case ($50, available soon, www.canvas homestore.com).

— Warm materials such as copper, gold leaf and burnished brass are now the “refreshing” metals of choice over the shiny ‘80s brass and cooler silver, Peake says. Anthropologie’s round or square Brass Mirrored Tray ($98-$128, www. anthropologie.com) has a a softer, antiqued finish.

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Hammered metal can elevate neutral furnishings, such as these shiny pendants by Original BTC in brass, copper or nickel.

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Why millennials should take religion more seriously ARTHUR E. FARNSLEY II SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

what it says it is? Beyond America, the world as a whole is becoming more religious. A new Pew study shows that even as the unaffiliated category grows in the U.S., the number of unaffiliated people is shrinking as a percentage of world population because global growth is occurring elsewhere.

My point is not that Americans should be more religious, but that we must remember most of the world is religious and religious convictions help determine social action of all kinds.

In the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case last year, religious interests won in the dispute about the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate. No matter who wins or loses in particular instances, discounting religious conviction muddles the debate, making it even more difficult to balance competing interests.

I’m doing my best to help my millennial students see that religion is not just a placeholder for other interests; it is a powerful motivator and many religious people are willing to sacrifice, die, and even kill in its name. These millennials will get their turn, and since my kids are in that generation, I wish them the best. Like my colleague, I’m optimistic.

But I’ll stick with gradual change, letting millennials take over when their time comes. Managing the balance between religious and secular interests is crucial in America and even more critical in a globalizing world.

Secularists all need to learn to take religion more seriously, but millennials have the advantage of time to learn.

Arthur E Farnsley II is professor of religious studies at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis and author of “Flea Market Jesus.”

Upcoming events

Red Deer Armenian Community memorial service for Christian Armenians killed during the first genocide of the 20th century in Turkey will be held on April 24, 6 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Statue of homeless Jesus

by Ontario sculptor prompts donations in Buffalo A southern Ontario artist says he’s “very, very happy” that his homeless Jesus sculpture is being used to help the most marginalized people in society. Tim Schmalz’s sculpture depicting a homeless Jesus sleeping under a blanket on a park bench was unveiled a week ago in downtown Buffalo, N.Y., and has already prompted people to leave money, food and other items.

The bronze statue was unveiled last Tuesday outside St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, which collects the items each day and donates them to a local organization that helps the homeless.

“When I first heard about this I thought, well, it’s doing precisely what ... artwork at its best could possibly be doing,” Schmalz said from St. Jacobs, Ont. Schmalz said the sculpture has been installed in a number of cities including Toronto and Davidson, N.C., and others, are planned. The artwork had its genesis a few years ago in downtown Toronto, Schmalz said.

“I saw a homeless person, and initially I had an experience where, from seeing this person, I felt that I saw Jesus and I wanted other people to make that connection that I did that day,” he said.

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SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. Divine Service 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 7:00 p.m. Divine Service Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

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One of my favourite colleagues recently gave her retirement lecture. Of the many smart things she said, the one I remember most is this: “I would happily turn the country over to the millennial generation.”

Most of our current university students are millennials, born between 1981 and 2000.

My colleague sees ongoing culture wars in America, with cultural conservatives on one side and cultural liberals on the other. She hopes millennials can move past the culture wars toward stability because she says they are more open to science and evidencebased discussion, but I suspect it is because they are, on the whole, more secular.

I’m a secular baby boomer myself, but I worry secularism has led many of my generation, and even more millennials, to discount religion’s influence in ways that could prove dangerous.

The Pew Research Center compared millennials to the Silent Generation, born between 1928 and 1945.

It found that 26 percent of millennials have no religious affiliation, but only 8 percent of silents have none.

And 41 percent of millennials pray daily, much less than the 71 percent of silents. Maybe millennials are just as “spiritual” in some other sense, but they are in fact less religious and thus more secular by definition.

They are also less concerned about culture war issues. Fifteen years ago, 35 percent of Americans supported gay marriage. Today, 52 percent support it.

Over that time some people changed their minds, but much more important-

ly, millennials support gay marriage more strongly than silents.

Should pornography be illegal? Only 21 percent of millennials think so, but 57 percent of silents do. Should the Bible or the Lord’s Prayer be read in school? Fifty-six percent of millennials don’t think so, but just 32 percent of silents agree with them.

This is not data cherry-picking.

These are discernible, consistent differences.

So why am I worried this secularism leads to a misreading of religion?

I teach comparative religion to millennials in a state university and I have a nagging sense they do not take religion seriously.

To return to the Pew study, only a third of millennials see a link between Islam and violence, but about half of silents do. I do not want Muslims to be the “villains” in this story, so the positive spin is that millennials are more likely to know Muslims personally and to realize Islam is not essentially about violence.

But a different spin is that many millennials do not see religious ideology as real or ultimately important. My more secular students frame religion as a social construct, not as “true” or “false” in and of itself.

But religion is real. When a relatively small slice of Muslims use Islam to underwrite a violent ideology, they are being religious. Too many millennials assume religion could not be the underlying reason because it is only a reflection of other interests.

I find this discounting of religion worrisome because religion is not going anywhere soon. Can we really manage the tension between secular and religious worldviews if one side believes the other side is not quite

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LUANN April 11 1991 — Ottawa to give $15 million in compensation to families of victims of the 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster.

1989 — Philadelphia Flyers’ goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net in an 8-5 victory over Washington Capitals, first NHL goalie to score a playoff goal.

1970 — Apollo 13 blasts off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explo-

sion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.

1921 — The first live sports event on radio takes place this day on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh. The event is a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.

1785 — John Johnson helps draw up a petition for the United Empire Loyalists, asking for a separate province. It is the origin of Upper Canada and the province of Ontario.

1713 — Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession; France cedes Acadia and Newfoundland to Britain.

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Looking towards the future OLDS COLLEGE RED CHALLENGE WINNERS USING PRIZES TO GIVE BUSINESSES A BOOST

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR They’re still in school, but that hasn’t stopped the winners of the 2015 RED Challenge from planning for their entrepreneurial futures.

Five students from Olds College and Red Deer College combined to earn $35,000 in the annual business competition, the results of which were announced this week. All plan to pursue their ventures while continuing their studies, with the prize money expected to give their fledgling businesses a boost.

Alberta Craft Malting Peter Schill and Tyler Rose, who are in their first year of Olds College’s brewmaster and brewery operations management program, earned the RED Challenge’s $20,000 first-place money for their Alberta Craft Malting business.

“I’m hugely excited,” said Rose, who along with Schill plans to produce the specialty malts favoured by craft beer brewers.

“We’ve been talking to a few brewers in Alberta and they’re very excited about the development of the whole thing,” said Rose. “It’s something that you can’t currently get here and it’s something that we think could be a huge, huge benefit to all of the brewers here.”

Schill elaborated on the market potential in Alberta.

“Believe it or not, in the heart of barley country here, most of the speciality malts that add the flavour and the colour to beer come from out of province, and generally from out of country,” he said.

That’s because big maltsters like Rahr Malting Co. of Alix produce the homogeneous base malts that high-volume producers need. But small microbreweries have different demands.

“We found that brewers were looking for something to differentiate their new developing beers from the traditional macrobrews,” said Schill.

“This is a market that’s just ready to be tapped.”

Despite the existence of a market for specialty malts, producing them won’t be easy, he acknowledged.

“It’s a process that takes a high degree of skill.”

He and Rose have done some done “home maltings,” but aren’t yet ready for commercial production.

“We’re heading off this summer to be certified at the Canadian malt bar-

ley technical centre in Winnipeg,” said Schill.

If all goes according to plan, Alberta Craft Malting could be supplying Alberta brewers as early as a year and a half from now, said the partners.

Quinoa Kings Another pair of Olds College students, Gerené Cole and Oliver Edwards, claimed $10,000 as RED Challenge runners-up. They impressed the judges with their Quinoa Kings venture.

Cole said they grew about an acre of quinoa in 2014, and plan to spread the resulting 40 bushels of seed over 80 acres this year.

“We should be able to market by this coming winter.”

The edible seed plant thrives in parts of South America, but its viability this far north was a question that Cole and Edwards — students in Olds College’s ag management program — researched.

Uncertainty remains, said Cole, but his family’s farm in east-Central Alberta might have the right combination of soil and climate to grow quinoa.

“As far as we know right now, we’re the only people producing quinoa in Alberta.”

There were earlier efforts to grow quinoa here in the 1980s, he noted, but demand for the then obscure grain was low.

The market is much more quinoafriendly now, especially since its a good dietary option for people who are gluten intolerant, said Edwards.

It’s also questionable whether it will grow in much of Alberta, added Cole.

GreenWay Pallets Rounding out the list of RED Challenge winners this year was Red Deer College’s Alain Catellier, who was awarded $5,000 for his business GreenWay Pallets.

“We want to be an environmentally friendly pallet manufacturing and recycling company,” said Catellier, who’s in his second year of the Donald School of Business’s bachelor of business administration program.

In addition to building new pallets, GreenWay would collect used ones — repairing those that are damaged and converting those beyond salvage into woodchips or sawdust. Both would be good alternatives to the current common practice of landfilling used pallets.

“That’s a pretty big waste of perfectly good lumber,” said Catellier.

He plans to use part of GreenWay’s profits to support reforestation efforts.

Photo contributed

Quinoa Kings: Oliver Edwards, left, and Gerené Cole with a bag of the quinoa they grew in Alberta for their business Quinoa Kings. The duo are planning to us the $10,000 as RED Challenge runners-up to help grow their business.

“We definitely want to be known as a green company.”

Catellier, who for the past three years has operated the Model T Smokies food truck with his brother, hopes to advance GreenWay with his RED Challenge winnings.

“I’m actually hoping this summer to get the ball rolling a little bit.”

The RED Challenge is sponsored by Olds Colleges, Red Deer College, the City of Red Deer, Red Deer Regional Economic Development, Alberta Innovates Technology Futures and Community Futures Central Alberta. It’s open

to students who enrolled in a post-secondary institution or who graduated in the previous year.

This year, 46 unique entries were submitted, with five of these qualifying to go before a panel of judges and make a Dragons’ Den-style pitch. The other finalists were Vania Bowman, who manufactures urban aquaponics systems as Malachite Greens; and Kyle Kaiser and Sabby Choudhary, whose Scout smartphone app and marketing platform is designed for small and medium-sized enterprises. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Residential construction Regional job stats stay stable LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LOWEST IN PROVINCE pace slowed in March

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The pace of residential construction in Red Deer slowed last month, according to figures issued by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. on Friday.

Work commenced on 24 single-detached homes in the city last month, which was down from 30 in March 2014.

In the case of multi-family units, starts fell to eight from 38.

A third of the way through 2015, Red Deer home builders had broken ground on 202 homes: 92 in the singledetached category and 110 multi-family units. That compared to 285 to the same point last year, with 82 of these single-detached projects and 203 multifamily homes.

Among Alberta’s largest urban centres, housing starts for the Januaryto-March period were also down in Calgary and Medicine Hat this year, but higher in Edmonton, Lethbridge and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Grande Prairie was unchanged.

Among communities with 10,000 to 50,000 people, Lacombe has seen its first-quarter housing starts slip to 11 from 12, while Sylvan Lake’s number has decreased to 53 from 66.

Across Canada, CMHC reported a seasonally adjusted housing stat rate of 189,708 units, up from 151,238 in February. Most of the growth came from multiple-unit dwellings, especially in urban areas.

Starts of multiple-unit dwellings such as condos and apartments was up 48.2 per cent, rising to 125,263 units on an annualized basis March. Construction on detached urban houses accounted to 52,196 units of the total, down 3.4 per cent from February.

Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and the Prairies saw increases in urban housing construction, while the Atlantic region had a decline.

CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan says the month-to-month comparison is only part of the story and the trend has moved lower since September “partly reflecting efforts to manage the level of completed but unsold units.”

With files from The Canadian Press.

Commuter service BOLT Regional Transit receives award of excellence from EDA

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A commuter bus service linking Lacombe, Blackfalds and Red Deer has earned recognition from Economic Developers Alberta.

BOLT Regional Transit received an Award of Excellence at EDA’s annual conference this week. It won in the Community Economic Development category for large communities or regions with populations greater than 100,000.

BOLT was launched last year with six round trips on weekdays, and three on Saturdays. It provides riders with free Wi-Fi. EDA also announced its board of directors for 2015-16, and a Central Al-

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Matt Cornall, who is technology development adviser at Central Alberta Regional Innovation Network — Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, was elected president of the organization.

“I am extremely pleased with the experience and knowledge this diverse group of individuals will bring to our organization and look forward to working with them,” said Cornall in an EDA release. “Economic developers play an essential role in helping Alberta communities build, grow and diversify their economies.”

EDA is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to advance the economic development profession in Alberta through communication, information and education.

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If low petroleum prices are causing companies in the Red Deer region to shed jobs, it isn’t evident from last month’s employment stats.

Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the local unemployment rate in March was 4.7 per cent, down 0.2 per cent from February. That was the lowest jobless figure among Alberta’s eight regions, and well below the seasonally adjusted provincial average of 5.5 per cent.

The second lowest unemployment rate in the province was recorded in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region, which came in at 4.9 per cent. Next were the Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River areas at 5.1 per cent, followed by Calgary at 5.5 per cent, Edmonton at 5.7 per cent, CamroseDrumheller at 5.8 per cent and Wood

CANADIAN JOBLESS RATE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s economy posted a surprise job gain in March as more people found part-time work.

Statistics Canada’s latest labour market survey says the country’s jobless rate remained at 6.8 per cent in March — unchanged from the previous month — and it registered a month-tomonth net gain of nearly 29,000 jobs.

Women over 55 years old, in particular, were able to find new jobs in March.

The unemployment rate matched the consensus projection of economists, who also predicted no new jobs would be created for the month, according to Thomson Reuters.

“The bar was set pretty low for this employment release and it managed to clear it,” Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter said in a note to investors. “While the details were mixed, at best, any gain is better than the alternative given how the economy struggled out of the gate in 2015. Over-

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The Red Deer and Lethbridge-Medicine Hat regions were the only areas to see their unemployment rates drop in March. The preceding month, only Red Deer avoided a rate increase.

Alberta’s unemployment rate was up 0.2 percentage points from February, reflecting a labour force with 4,900 more people but just 1,500 more jobs.

Todd Hirsch, ATB Financial’s chief economist, pointed out in his daily economic comment on Friday that full-time jobs in Alberta actually decreased by 18,400 positions but this drop was more than balanced by a 19,900-position jump in part-time jobs.

“That sizable swing towards parttime work is a clear indication of a softer job market,” said Hirsh.

Saskatchewan had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada last month, at 4.4 per cent. Manitoba was next, at 5.4 per cent, followed by Alberta. The national average was 6.8 per cent. all, the point is that the labour market is grinding out very modest gains amid an economy that is grinding out very modest growth.”

The gain was driven by more people finding part-time work, Statistics Canada said. The number of part-time jobs rose by 56,800 in March — offsetting a loss of 28,200 full-time positions.

Over the first quarter of the year, the economy has gained 63,000 jobs, which the agency says are mostly parttime positions. But the agency also notes since last March, the economy gained 138,000 mostly full-time jobs.

Statistics Canada says more people found jobs in retail and wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, educational services and natural resources in March, while there were fewer people working in construction, public administration and agriculture.

Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, said the March job numbers take the pressure off the Bank of Canada to further cut interest rates next week.

“On balance, the numbers will give a much needed dose of optimism after a deluge of weak data for January-February,” Shenfeld said.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 134.51 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.28 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.94 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.64 Cdn. National Railway . . 84.38 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 237.45 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.36 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.80 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.84 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 48.39 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 63.34 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.68 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.57 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.69 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.22 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.80 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.47 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.97 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.47

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.84 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.65 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.07 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.95 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.14 First Quantum Minerals . 16.19 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.29 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.06 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.90 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.82 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.25 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.30

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 85.56 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 46.26 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.32 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 53.55 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.16 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.53 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.76 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.68 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.90 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.80 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 55.12

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 135.99 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.37 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.13 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.95 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.01

Energy Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.56 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 66.54 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.89 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 36.03 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 40.65 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 11.56 Canyon Services Group. . 8.01 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 22.13 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3150 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.56 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.18

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 78.33 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.41 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.30 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.30 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.95 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.42 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.88 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.24 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.72 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.93 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.60 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.42

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market extended its rally to a seventh consecutive session Friday amid higher com-

modity prices and a surprising surge in job creation in Canada last month.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.12 points at

15,388.43, while the Canadian dollar rose 0.07 of a U.S. cent to 79.49 cents.

Economists had expected no job growth in March, but Statis-

tics Canada said about 29,000 net jobs were added, although much of it was part-time work, while the unemployment rate remained at 6.8 per cent.

Allan Small, senior adviser at HollisWealth, described the report as more of the “bouncing around” that has been going on for some time, with most of the gains in lower-quality part-time jobs at the expense of full-time employment.

“It just all leads back to the fact that in Canada right now our economy is struggling. We’re struggling with a below two per cent growth rate, we’re struggling with energy, were struggling with employment,” he said.

Still, Small remains reasonably optimistic about the Canadian market even though he’s not bullish on oil -- seeing little to take it much higher than current levels -- or gold, a hedge that is vulnerable to the rising U.S. dollar.

In particular, Small has been encouraged by the recent strength in financials which he believes were “wrongly sold off when the price of oil started to fall.”

And while he expects more ups and downs on the TSX, he added: “I think we can still scrape out somewhere around a six to seven per cent rate of return for this year, similar to last year.”

But right now the much more diversified U.S. market “is the best place to be,” Small said.

“I think their markets will continue to move higher. As long as the Fed continues to remain accommodating, keeping interest rates low, I think the U.S. will be a winner for investors going forward.”

New York markets were up Friday as investors continued to

take in the latest corporate earnings reports.

Among companies reporting was General Electric (NYSE:GE), which announced an up to $50-billion stock buyback and said it planned to sell off most of its financial services arm and focus on its industrial businesses. It shares rose $2.78 or 10.8 per cent to $28.51.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 98.92 points at 18,057.65, the Nasdaq advanced 21.41 points to 4,995.98 and the S&P 500 advanced 10.88 points to 2102.06 On the commodity markets, the May crude contract added 85 cents to US$51.64, while June gold rebounded from a threeday string of losses to rise $11 to US$1,204.60 an ounce.

In other corporate news, stock in Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) rose sharply after a news report, later denied by a Quebec government minister, said the aircraft and train maker was looking to either sell or spin off its rail division in a deal that could be worth up to US$5 billion.

The issue, up 19 cents at one point, gave back most of the gain and closed up four cents at $2.64.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,388.43, up 62.12 points Dow — 18,057.65, up 98.92 points S&P 500 — 2,102.06, up 10.88 points Nasdaq — 4,995.98, up 21.41 points Currencies:

Cdn — 79.49 cents US, up 0.07 of a cent Pound — C$1.8428, down 0.85 of a cent Euro — C$1.3346, down 0.69 of a cent Euro — US$1.0609, down 0.45 of a cent Oil futures: US$51.64 per barrel, up 85 cents (May contract) Gold futures: US$1,204.60 per oz., up $11 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.586 oz., up 41.1 cents $693.99 kg., up $13.21 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $0.70 higher $454.00; July ’15 $1.80 higher $454.50; Nov ’15 $0.70 lower $443.30; Jan. ’16 $0.20 lower $444.30; March ’16 $0.20 lower $443.80; May ’16 $0.20 lower $444.50; July ’16 $0.20 lower $445.00; Nov. ’16 $0.20 lower $439.60; Jan. ’17 $0.20 lower $439.60; March ’17 $0.20 lower $439.60; May ’17 $0.20 lower $439.60.

Barley (Western): May ’15 unchanged $205.00; July ’15 $1.00 higher $205.00; Oct. ’15 $1.00 higher $190.00; Dec. ’15 $1.00 higher $190.00; March ’16 $1.00 higher $190.00; May ’16 $1.00 higher $190.00; July ’16 $1.00 higher $190.00; Oct. ’16 $1.00 higher $190.00; Dec. ’16 $1.00 higher $190.00; March ’17 $1.00 higher $190.00; May ’17 $1.00 higher $190.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 547,400 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 547,400.

Rogers extending roaming plan to Europe; daily rate to be double U.S. offering TORONTO — Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) hopes to corner the market on European travellers with a new roaming strategy that covers many countries in the region.

The telecom company unveiled plans Friday to launch a new flat-rate package that lets customers make phone calls, text and use data while they’re travelling around 35 countries in Europe.

It’s part of a rollout that Rogers tested last November when it launched its Roam Like Home plan in the United States.

“Roaming is becoming a battle-

ground in the wireless market,” chief executive Guy Laurence told reporters at a media conference.

Wireless carriers have faced many complaints from subscribers who say they’ve unknowingly driven up their wireless bill by hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of dollars when they’ve used their data plans outside Canada.

Since Rogers launched the U.S. plan, it has signed up more than a million customers, Laurence said.

He estimates that Rogers customers are using five times as much data, on average, in the United States as they do at home, as they send pictures to their friends and post on social media platforms.

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“Having broken this fear of roaming in the U.S., we’re convince we’ll break it in Europe,” he added.

Like its U.S. plan, Rogers customers can opt into the program by texting the word “travel” to 222 before they leave or once they arrive in Europe to activate the discount, and will then be charged $10 per day to a maximum of $100 a month.

Roaming in the United States costs $5 per day to a maximum of $50 a month.

There are exceptions to the plan, which will be available starting next Wednesday, as not every European country is included in the new package.

The list of 15 ineligible countries includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Latvia, Kos-

ovo, Belarus, Cyprus and others, according to documents provided by the company.

Rogers estimates that less than one per cent of its customers travel to these countries.

Rogers has been searching for new ways to generate more revenue per wireless subscriber, as competition heats up with Bell and Telus, who are trying to attact a larger chunk of its subscribers.

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Green Deer - Leave it better than you found it campaign kicks off What not to flush?

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Green Deer’s “Leave it Better than you found it” campaign starting As the snow melts, it’s clear that Red Deer needs a spring cleaning, which is why the annual Green Deer cleanup is happening again this year from April 13 to June 14. Green Deer is a volunteer based program where citizens give back to the community by helping to clean up litter from the winter.

“The Green Deer campaign is about beautifying our city and using the positive energy and actions of the majority to cancel out the careless actions of the few who littered over the winter months,” said Suzanne Jubb, City of Red Deer Community and Program Facilitator.

This year the campaign kicks off with a free barbecue on Monday, April 13 from 5p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Parkland Mall parking lot (weather permitting). Those wanting to participate in the Green Deer program can register in person at the barbecue or by any of the methods listed below.

The event is looking for volunteers from all areas of the city to register to help out and clean up during this time. Participating can be as simple as picking up trash while out for a walk, taking 15 minutes with your family in your own back yard and alley way, or by organizing a litter pick up challenge where neighbours, clubs, church groups and sports teams challenge each other to clean up the most trash.

“By individuals picking up even a few pieces of garbage, they are leaving the community better than they found it and have contributed to creating a cleaner and healthier Red Deer for everyone.”

Those wanting to partake are encouraged to register for the cleanup in order to get the free Green Deer garbage bags and to be eligible for prizes. The prizes this year includes a barbeque donated by Canadian Tire and a BBQ Event hosted by KG Country/ Zed 98.9.

Trash collected during Green Deer can be put out in

Participating can be as simple as picking up trash while out for a walk the special Green Deer waste bags with household garbage on the regular collection day.

Additional bags will not be charged. If large amounts of litter are collected, residents can call 403-309-8409 and The City will pick it up. Residents are asked to ensure that all trash is disposed of properly by securing bins with lids and avoiding overflowing dumpsters. If an issue is identified it can be reported through The City’s website tool Report-a-Problem.

Register for Green Deer •IN PERSON: Recreation Centre, Collicutt Centre or G.H. Dawe Centre

Green Deer 2015

•AT THE GREEN DEER KICKOFF BARBECUE: Monday, April 13, 5 6:30 p.m., Parkland Mall Parking Lot (weather permitting)

April 13 – June 14

•BY PHONE: 403-309-8411 •ONLINE WITH LOOK’N BOOK: www.reddeer.ca/looknbook , Course Code: #72631

Leave it better than you found it.

Garbage bags are provided at the kickoff BBQ and from City facilities throughout Green Deer.

For more information about Green Deer, please call Suzanne Jubb @ 403-309-8409 or visit the website at www.reddeer.ca/greendeer

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Brian McLoughlin

Wait! Don’t Flush That!

We often think of our homes as a self-contained haven away from the rest of the world. In some respects this is exactly what they are, but in others ways we can lose track of what we do, even at home, and how it affects our environment and our city’s infrastructure.

In Red Deer, our homes are connected by a slender network of services that act to sustain our personal environments 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year.

Power, gas, phone, Internet and television signals all enter our homes to make our lives easier. In balance, an equally slender network of services takes away the byproducts of our daily lives. The wastewater and storm water lines leaving our homes and neighborhoods carry away large quantities of wastewater produced in our homes as well as rain and snowmelt from our yards and neighborhood.. If anything happens to any of these services it can certainly have a negative impact on our lives, but none of these are as likely to affect both our lives and our environment as much as problems affecting both the sewage lines leading away from our homes and the storm water collection lines leading from our homes and out of our neighborhoods.

Sewage lines are meant to carry human waste and toilet paper out of your home to the City of Red Deer Wastewater Treatment Plant, where it is processed to remove the fibrous material and nutrients, including phosphorus and nitrogen and return the water to the Red Deer River.

Flushing items other than this waste can cause blockages and backups in the sewer lines which can cause damage and disruptions in the lines and the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

“Common sense definitely comes in to play when thinking about what to flush”, says Barry Brookes, Lead Source Control Inspector for the City of Red Deer’s Environmental Services. “Our environment is very important to us. Some of these blockages can lead to sewer water going into your home, onto your street and into the river and it can lead to expensive cleanups and health concerns.”

According to Brookes, items that should not be flushed include: paper products such as tissues, paper towels, and paper napkins, rags, disposable diapers; feminine hygiene products, Q-tips, cotton balls and cotton swabs, bandages and medical wrappings, medications such

Waste and Storm Water Blockages Affect Our Environment

“Some of these blockages can lead to sewer water going into your home, onto your street and into the river and it can lead to expensive cleanups and health concerns.”

Barry Brookes, Lead Source Control Inspector for the City of Red Deer’s Environmental Services

Saturday, April 11, 2015 E3 as pills, capsules and liquids, dental floss, disposable toilet cleaning brushes, cat litter; condoms, hair from hairbrushes, toothpicks, cigarette butts, fats, cooking oils and grease, vegetable and fruit parings scraps, diabetic needles and other sharp objects as well as motor oil, varsol, paint thinner and other solvents.

While paying close attention to what should and shouldn’t be introduced into the sewage system is important, knowing what to keep away from the storm water system is also very important. This system carries rainwater and snow melt from sidewalks, streets, and parking lots, but does not move it through the Wastewater Treatment Plant but rather transfers it directly into the Red Deer River. This means heavy rainfall and snow melt runoff can wash all types of pollutants into storm water drains and directly into the river.

There are some simple steps you can make to prevent this from happening. Collect litter and animal waste before they wash into storm drains; choose organic pesticides and fertilizers and apply them sparingly and do not over water your lawn. Go to a car wash to wash your vehicles and ensure those vehicles do not leak oil or other fluids. Do not wash oil and solvent spills down storm drains and as the City of Red Deer cannot accept used motor oil at the Waste Management Facility take the used oil to Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire or other used oil disposal site. Finally, empty your swimming pool or hot tub into your floor drains, because the chlorine and other chemicals used can harm fish and other aquatic life. Even if you don’t live by a body of water, the storm water collection system will carry pollutants to the Red Deer River. Allowing or intentionally pouring pollutants into the storm water or wastewater collection system is illegal and can be punished by a maximum penalty a fine of $2500.

Living in a city as great as Red Deer comes with responsibilities and using the waste and storm water collection systems responsibly is an important way to help protect and preserve our environment.

For more information on these systems and their usage, visit reddeer.ca or contact environmentalservices@reddeer.ca.

RED DEER Join Mayor Veer & Red Deer City Councillors for

Cigarette Butts

BE CONNECTED - LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR CITY. Red Deer City Council, and staff from City departments and agencies will be throughout the mall to talk to Red Deerians about City projects, programs and services. Come and see the over 30 displays to learn more about being active, being green, being safe and belonging in our great city.

a little litter can do a lot of damage

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Although each cigarette butt is small, the cumulative effect is large.

Improperly disposed cigarette butts account for almost 30 per cent of the litter collected during the annual city cleanup events.

Many people carelessly flick cigarette butts out car windows or toss them onto sidewalks, without realizing cigarette butts are not biodegradable, they will not disappear.

In fact, the build-up of plastic filters and chemicals from cigarette butts is toxic to the animals, plants, and water around us.

Keeping butts off the ground ensures that properties and streets are litter-free and helps the environment. Building owners and property managers are encouraged to have cigarette disposal sites outside of buildings, providing a convenient way help keep litter off the streets.

Considerate smokers are asked to

continue to do their part to ensure cigarette butts are disposed of properly.

As part of Green Deer, the City of Red Deer is giving away 1,000 free pocket ashtrays. These handy little tools help keep cigarette butt litter off the ground. It is a reusable and flexible foil lined pouch. Drop in your butt, snap it shut, and an air seal suffocates burning matter and traps the odour inside. These light, convenient ashtrays easily fit in a pocket or purse, so people can butt out when they’re on-the-go and then dispose of their cigarette butts in a garbage bin later.

The pocket ashtrays are available for free at the following locations: Recreation Centre – 4501 47A Ave Collicutt Centre – 3031 30 Ave G.H. Dawe Community Centre – 56 Holt St.

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Taking the Bus Just Makes Sense

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In 2016 the City of Red Deer’s Transit System will celebrate its 50th anniversary, and as the those first fifty years wind down Red Deer Transit looks to the challenge of the next fifty years with excitement and anticipation.

The world looked considerably different as the first Red Deer Transit buses hit the streets in 1966. Ernest Manning was the Premier of Alberta and Lester Pearson was Prime Minister. Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Ottawa Rough Riders for the Grey Cup, the Montreal Canadiens bested the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup. Neil Young joined forces with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay to form the rock super group Buffalo Springfield, the original Star Trek premiered and Kurt Browning, Wendel Clark, Kerrin Lee-Gartner and Keifer Sutherland were born.

Much has changed in the intervening years, but the tradition of customer service, operating excellence and forward thinking pioneered through those years by Red Deer Transit continues into the city’s second century. According to George Penny, Transit Manager for the City of Red Deer, the rapid and continual advances in technology give Red Deer Transit the opportunity to design and implement a bus system built around rider’s needs and preferences. “The past few years have been very successful for Red Deer Transit, but we need to keep building on the progress we’ve made, we can’t allow the momentum we’ve generated to die,” says Penny. “We have excellent support from our riders and from City Council and we have a number of outstanding projects slated for 2015; such as identifying alternative fuel options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our carbon footprint, implementing mobile data terminals on Action buses and a new electronic fare collection system, all of which will provide a positive boost for us as a city.”

The planners at Red Deer Transit know they can’t remain idle when ongoing innovation and responsiveness to riders needs must drive the bus.

The department was in high gear in 2014, introducing Red Deer Transit on Google Maps, initiating the Small Bus pilot project and partnering with Lacombe and Blackfalds to launch BOLT Transit regional system.

Ridership data collection will play a huge role in the future, as will the ability to provide real time bus route information to riders by way of smart technology. “We’ll be using the information we collect through our new electronic fare collection system and bus based GPS location track-

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Red Deer Transit is making it easier for riders to plan their commute with a free trip planning tool that uses Google Maps to show the latest bus routes and schedules.

ing to identify peak periods ods on our routes, allowing us to enhance or reduce bus availailability on different routes”, s ”, says Penny. “We will also be able to track bus location and an nd provide riders with bus arrival val time updates by way strategieg gically located digital display la ay boards and smart phone apps. ps.

We also want to be able to use e the system to be able to let rididers know when they will arrive ive at their destination. Another her innovation we’re reviewing g is Automatic Voice Annunciation ion that will play recorded messages announcing upcoming stops and departures, both in the bus and outside. I like to say that we’re trading an old fashioned bus for a BMW or ‘Busing My Way’, giving riders the ability to tailor their bus connection to their own needs.”

Red Deer Transit currently operates 38 modern buses over 12 city routes ranging from Johnstone Park and Kentwood in the north to Gasoline Alley and Springbrook in the south. Regional bus routes in conjunction with the Town of Blackfalds and the City of Lacombe also gives our riders the opportunity to commute to these municipalities on the BOLT Transit system.

Red Deer Transit also operates the Action Bus system which offers personalized transportation services to citizens of Red Deer who cannot use regular transportation because of a disability or physical need. Action Bus customers include adults and children with disabilities and seniors.

“Using transit is a great way to help the environment because riding the bus helps to fight traffic congestion, reduces air pollution, and contributes to a healthy, vibrant community,” says Penny, “At any given hour we operate, each Red Deer Transit bus could take between 30 to 60 vehicles off the road. When people make the choice to travel this way, it has a hugely positive impact on the environment.”

For further information on Red Deer Transit routes and services check them out online at reddeer.ca/city-services/transit.

Give the environment a break, make Red Deer Transit part of your lifestyle.

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Jane’s Walk:

Walk and Talk about Red Deer “No one can find what will work for our cities by manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities. You’ve got to get out and walk.”-Jane Jacobs.

Teena Dickerson

If you are proud of your neighborhood and would like to share its unique characteristics, or facilitate a conversation about its challenges, you can host your own Jane’s Walk. walk was “Where Will All the Boomers Go?”, led by a grandmother and granddaughter team. This walk opened a conversation about Red Deer’s city development and accessibility for the growing Baby Boomer generation and seniors.

If you are proud of your neighborhood and would like to share its unique characteristics, or facilitate a conversation about its challenges, you can host your own Jane’s Walk.

Walks can be funny or serious, informative or exploratory, historical, social, political, or cultural. Walks can focus on any aspect of your community and on almost any local topic you are passionate about. Jane’s Walks are an opportunity to get creative in your region and highlight local interests and opinions. If you would like to host your own walk, it is simple and fun. The first step is to decide what you want to talk about, the location, and then plan your route. After that, you can visit www.janeswalk.org to create and account and register your walk details. The website has tips on planning, hosting, and easy to use promotional tools and templates for posters, postcards, and buttons.

If you would like to attend a Jane’s Walk in Red Deer you can visit www.janeswalk.org/canada/ reddeer or reddeer.ca/janeswalk to see a listing of walk events and dates. You can also contact Red Deer city organizer, Lauren Maris at lauren.maris@reddeer.ca for more information. Jane’s Walks will take place on May 1, 2 and 3 in neighborhoods around Red Deer.

JANE’S WALK 2015 May 1-3

Jane’s Walks are free, local walking tours for Red Deerians to explore, talk about and celebrate our neighbourhoods.

Call for walk leaders Anyone can lead a Jane’s Walk because everyone knows something about where they live. Walks can focus on almost any aspect of a neighbourhood and almost any topic.

Visit www.reddeer.ca/janeswalk for details and to register as a leader by April 13.

This global event is in honour of Jane Jacobs who believed that residents should have input on how their neighbourhoods develop, and encouraged people to explore the places they work, live and play.

Find the full listing of free walks taking place throughout the weekend at www.reddeer.ca/ janeswalk.

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This May, the City of Red Deer will be hosting its fifth annual Jane’s Walk. Last year there were more than 1000 Jane’s Walks hosted in 130 cities across 6 continents.

What is a Jane’s Walk?

Jane’s Walk is a Canadian campaign of free, locally organized, community hosted, urban walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs. The walks are hosted by individual community members telling the stories about their areas, celebrating their neighborhoods, and connect with issues relevant to the urban environment. Jane’s Walks are focussed on cultivating community curiosity, sharing culture, discussing civic issues, and exploring community creativity at the grassroots level.

Who is Jane? Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urban activist and writer in New York and Toronto. She advocated for a community based approach to city building and urban planning. She was interested in a pedestrians-centered approach to neighborhood planning and the refurbishment of old buildings rather than construction of new ones. She was also deeply concerned with urban sprawl and its implications on the environment. Jane’s Walk is a project of Tides Canada Initiatives Society, a Canadian charity dedicated to social and environmental issues.

“Red Deerians have been really responsive and have come out in force to learn more about their community. That’s the point: it is to get people out in the community, talking about their community, and the issues that matter to them.” explains Lauren Maris, the city organizer for Jane’s Walk Red Deer, “They are walking conversations, encouraging discussion and participation in the community.”

In the past four years, there have been several creative and interesting Jane’s Walks in Red Deer. One popular walk last year was hosted by the public art coordinator who offered commentary and a tour of the bronze sculptures in the city’s downtown core. Another walk was titled, “Where Did the Sidewalks Go?” and explored the challenges of pedestrian navigation in Red Deer. Another popular and innovative

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Green Cart program will encourage reduction of organics in landfills Do you leave stuff in your fridge way past the expiry date so that you can compost it? Steal your neighbour’s bags of garden clippings, so you can spread it on your flowerbeds?

Crazy, right? In fact, the City of Red Deer wants a lot more residents to get crazy. Not so ridiculous that we waste good food, of course, but rather in the sense that more of us actively embrace the benefits of composting. This month, the City of Red Deer is rolling out the Green Cart Pilot Project, in part to divert residential organics. Other goals of the project are to “trial” various aspects of organics collection, including the use of automated carts and educational materials in order to refine the design of a future citywide program.

Approximately 2 thousand households have been selected to participate in the program.

Keran Braich, Waste Diversion Specialist in Environmental Services, says the participants reflect the overall demographic of the full population.

With wheels and lids, the green carts provided by the City will hold kitchen food scraps, including meat or meat products, garden clippings and leaves, soiled paper – think of pizza boxes - and pet waste.

Braich says all these items are fine to toss into the cart. Collection days will remain the same as the usual garbage and recycling schedule. Participants in the pilot program are supplied with a limited number of compostable bags in order to make

Organic waste – kitchen scraps, garden debris, and the like – accounts for 40 per cent of the volume found in the landfill. Along with addressing problems of volume in landfill sites, diverting the waste helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions. moving food scraps from the kitchen to the cart easier. The City won’t be giving out extra bags beyond the initial supply, but the bags are available at many retail locations.

“This isn’t a new idea, “ says Braich. “In fact, it is part of the 2013 Waste Management Plan adopted by the City, with the goal to reduce our overall waste. We are focusing on reducing the amount of organic matter in our landfill.”

Organic waste – kitchen scraps, garden debris, and the like – accounts for 40 per cent of the volume found in the landfill. Along with addressing problems of volume in landfill sites, diverting the waste helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These seemingly innocent scraps in the trash heap potentially trap and heat the air in the atmosphere. The greenhouse gas they produce contributes to the problems associated with global warming. “We want to deal with our organic waste better because it has value in terms of the finished compost and has great environmental

benefits,” according to Braich.

A contractor will transport the green cart waste to a local facility where it will be made into compost for use on agricultural land from the contents.

Soil amendments reduce the need for chemical fertilizers and water: an environment bonus in both instances.

To plan for this program, the Environmental Services Department accessed information from other communities, such Calgary and Airdrie. “We had to consider certain issues that we face in Central Alberta. For example, how the weather will impact use of the carts. We talked to our counterparts in northern communities about how to operate the carts in the snow,” Braich says.

Environmental Services staff plans to solicit and answer questions from the program participants from before rolling out a citywide program in 2017. “We want to learn as much as we can from the residents so we can be ready to offer the best full-scale program for everyone,” says Braich.

Why a green cart?

Organic matter – kitchen, yard & pet waste – accounts for a whopping 40 per cent of the volume of stuff in our landfill sites. The City of Red Deer has adopted the 2013 Waste Management Master Plan to reduce the overall waste in our community.

What can I put in the green cart?

Kitchen scraps including meat, yard clippings, leaves, pet waste & litter box contents, including compostable bags, soiled paper, including pizza boxes.

No need to separate items or use additional containers.

When do I put out my green cart?

Green cart collection will occur on your regular scheduled garbage & recycling pick up day & location.

Who can use the green carts?

It’s a pilot program at this stage, for 2 thousand pre-selected households, but Environmental Services hopes to offer a city- wide program in spring of 2017.

Where can I get more information? greencart@reddeer.ca Reddeer.ca/greencart 403-340-8662

Green thumbs

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YARD WASTE PICKUP BEGINS YARD WASTE PICKUP RUNS

April 13, 2015 - Nov. 13, 2015

Yard Waste Guidelines We provide weekly collection of yard waste for single-family residences, so that yard waste can be given new life as compost.

Yard Waste Includes: • Grass clippings • Garden waste

• Tree trimmings • Leaves

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- Small branches can be bundled and tied with a string.

Maximum branch size is 1 inch in diameter and 4 feet long.

GIVE IT ANOTHER CHANCE

Yard waste is only a waste if you let it be. Grass clippings, leaves, garden materials and tree branches can all be recycled by The City of Red Deer and given a new life.

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I want to come back as a carrot.

Jillian Best The City of Red Deer has several gardening programs available this year for those who like a little dirt under their fingernails. City Garden Plots, Community Gardens & Orchards, and the Parkside Community Food Forest provide opportunities for residents to access fresh, locally grown produce.

“The City Garden Plot program allows residents to plant and grow their own produce over a season,” says Ken Lehman, Ecological & Planning Specialist with The City of Red Deer. “The City prepares and manages the plots and oversees soil maintenance in these gardening areas, in addition to administering annual plot registrations.”

Starting April 28, residents can register on a first-come, firstserve basis for a plot in one of three gardening areas in our city, Michener Gardens, Piper Creek Gardens and Parkside Gardens.

There are three plot sizes available at different costs, including Large (120 m2) for $43/season, Medium (60 m2) for $27/season, and a Small plot (30 m2) for $14/ season. Plots become available for gardening on May 16 and are accessible to registrants until October 13 when they close for the season. To register for a plot, call 403-342-8303.

Community Gardens & Orchards is a partnership between The City and various community groups to oversee several different gardening initiatives in various neighbourhoods. These areas are typically smaller, more localized gardens and orchards that promote walkability and strong community spirit. There are currently eight separate sites operating in Red Deer with several more planned. With the exception of the one community orchard, all other locations have raised beds, and some have rain barrels and composting units available to users. Each site is prepared and managed by volunteer community groups, with annual feedback of challenges

and successes of the projects provided to The City. Funding is available through The City for groups interested in starting up a garden project in their neighbourhood, and interested parties are encouraged to contact the Parks section for information on the process.

“There are many benefits to gardening and local food production, including increased physical and mental well-being, and better food quality resulting from organic gardening practices, which is a requirement for all City garden projects. There’s a lot to be said for knowing where your food comes from and how it was produced,” says Lehman.

“Community gardening also encourages residents to get out and meet people, learn about gardening and share their knowledge.

It’s a great community-builder.”

The Parkside Community Food Forest, adjacent to the Parkside Garden plots, is the first of its kind in Red Deer. Initiated by The City, in partnership with Tree Canada and using tree donations from local nurseries, it utilized volunteers from ReThink Red Deer and the general public to assist with planting. Produce grown in the food forest is available for the public to harvest.

The City asks residents to harvest respectfully to avoid damaging the trees and shrubs, and to be sure to leave enough for others to enjoy. Projects like the Food Forest typically take at least three years to start generating a significant amount of produce.

The 2015 season should bring in a crop of berries (haskaps or honeyberries, blueberries and saskatoons), while apples, plums, pears, sour cherries, and hazelnuts are what we can look forward to in future years.

For more information on City Garden Plots, Community Gardens or the Parkside Community Food Forest, contact the City’s Parks section at 403.342.8303 or visit www. reddeer.ca/gardening.

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Air quality in Red Deer is everyone’s concern

than five minutes. You can further reduce warm up time by getting a block heater timer that will heat your engine before you need it. A final, and timely, recommendation to improve air quality involves yard waste and spring clean up; yard waste should be composted rather than burned. The City of Red Deer has a bylaw banning back yard waste burning and offers a yard waste pick up pro-

Lauren Maris, Environmental Program Specialist for the City of Red Deer below the exceedance level.

There are many opportunities to address the issue and everyone has a role to play.”

An advisory committee made up of organizations most influential on nitrogen sources (a chemical precursory of particulate matter) and local stakeholders, such as Red Deer County and Lacombe County representatives, has been assembled.

The advisory committee met in January to discuss the issue and have planned another meeting for June. The June information session will welcome the public and invite feedback. The purpose of the June meeting will be primary education, to provide updates, and to share recommendations for the public, municipalities, industry, and provincial government on how to change behavior, activities, and policies to improve air quality in Red Deer and surrounding areas.

Right now, the easiest thing the public can do to improve air quality is to not idle their vehicles. Environment Program Specialists in Red Deer recommend and that if you are going to be stopped for more than one minute, except in traffic, turn off the engine. Another recommendation involves warming up vehicles; even in the coldest weather, modern engines don’t need to be warmed up any longer

Water correctly Watering a lawn can do more harm than good if the lawn is not watered correctly. Excessive watering is a waste of water and can cost homeowners money while harming the environment at the same time. Water that is not absorbed by the lawn can result in runoff, which causes nitrogen in the grass, any fertilizer that was applied and chemicals in the water itself to run into gutters and eventually pollute streams, rivers and oceans. In addition, grass needs

Air quality in Red Deer is among the worst in Alberta and has recently exceeded the Canada-wide standard for fine particulate matter.

oxygen in the soil to grow properly.

But when a lawn is overwatered, the oxygen between the soil particles is pushed out, depriving roots of the oxygen they need to grow in strong. This leads to shallow root systems, which make a lawn more susceptible to stress, disease and insect infestation. But overwatering can also be unsightly, as lawns that are overwatered tend to have more weeds, robbing even the greenest of lawns of its aesthetic appeal. (MS)

gram.

“Nobody owns air but it affects everyone. Its really challenging to find ways to actively engage people in promoting air quality.” concludes Maris. For more information on air quality and upcoming public meetings visit www.reddeer.ca/environment.

COMPOST!

& Keep up with the Joneses the Johnsons, the Penners, and the Morins Congrats to these amazing Red Deer families who have been composting for nearly a year after joining the Composting at Home program.

Dennis Burriss Tiffany Crone Jimmy Kennedy Deanna Doan Karen Gardiner Cristina Stewart Lisa Goltz Louise Munn Jolene Arsenault Joanne Palecek Mitchell Sargent Vanessa Gilbertson Leah Christiansen Lesley Stafford Harley Richards Danielle Bustamante Kyla Courte Kim Tang Tera Katrenicz Lou Trudgeon Linda Znak Shauna Hubel Jennifer McCord Rebecca Johnson Elly Jacobson Kelly O’Brien

Carol Van De Weghe Steven Gruenberg Rachel Stebbins Sora Kanngiesser Cindy Klaudt Donna Matolsci Crystal Cummings Verna Penner Nicole Mcgeough Winter Strong Karmen Weiss Shay Tangerman Caitlynn McNutt Brenda Kemp Charlotte Wagner Ashley Larsen-Stewart Shireen Anderson-Kuprowski Doug Wiesner Paige Mitchell Toni Haley Adrienne Young Mark Blatz Vincent Leckie Natalie Day Lazenby Quitcy MacAulay Tracey Gall

Jackie Muddle Harrison Blizzard Tanya Olafson Christine Swift Kaisa Nadeau Cathie McCracken Dean Duniece Leanne LaBrash Cheryl Reynen Tanya Mullakady Doug Spicer Carla Walli Tony Penney Dori Neufeld Kelly Justus Lisa Delver James Better Sara Smillie Scott Simon Daniel Kim Justine Bromley Wendy Naherny Annette Beisick Lindsay Ziegler Carla Morin Becky Amthor

Since 2012, nearly 650 Red Deer households started backyard composting.

Are you interested in composting?

Red Deer residents get discounts on composting tools at Red Deer Peavey Mart. Find out how to get your coupons by visiting www.reddeer.ca/composting.

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Teena Dickerson “Sometimes when you drive into Red Deer from Sylvan Lake now you can see that Red Deer has a layer of yellowish gray smog.” explains Lauren Maris, Environmental Program Specialist for the City of Red Deer.

“We have taken our air quality for granted. We are now having problems and we need to take ownership. Its everyone’s responsibility and we need everyone to join in the solution to reducing air pollution in Red Deer and the region.”

Air quality in Red Deer is among the worst in Alberta and has recently exceeded the Canada-wide standard for fine particulate matter. The only other area in Alberta with similar levels has been the capital region around Edmonton.

Fine particulate matter is material smaller than 2.5 micrometers that is suspended in the atmosphere. These tiny particles are dangerous to both human and plant life. Particulate matter is very easily embedded into lung tissue and studies have linked it to cardiac and respiratory illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis, and various forms of heart diseases. People with chronic lung problems, such as asthma and emphysema, will experience worsening symptoms when breathing air with higher concentrations of fine particulate matter. It can also affect plant health and nutrients in soil and water contributing to soil and water toxicity. Fine particulate matter levels are monitored in two stations, in Red Deer, operated by Parkland Air Management Zone.

“This is primarily a winter problem from what we understand from the science so far.”

Lauren Maris continues, “We are working on getting some causation but it is complex.”

Particulate matter comes from both natural and human sources. It is caused two ways, either, directly, in a primary contribution like wind-blown dust or ash from a forest fire, or indirectly, as a secondary substance created by chemical constituents working in combination with meteorological conditions. A good example of secondary particulate matter is vehicle emissions and stagnant weather. When emissions from vehicles, public or industrial, combine with very cold weather and calm winds, particulate matter is created and becomes trapped and concentrated within the area. Emissions from any combustable source react this way in these weather conditions: wood furnaces, fire places, industrial processes, construction operations, or vegetation burn-

ing (such as land clearing or yard waste).

“Because we exceeded the Canada-wide standard, Alberta Environment Sustainable Resource Development is responsible for the development of a management plan.” said Sharina Kennedy of Alberta ESRD. “We have gathered relevant stakeholders, including representatives from municipalities, industry, and the public to provide input on a plan that will get us

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Time For Spring Clean-Up! Turn Your Scrap Into Cash!

Eco-friendly lawn care can be easy

Healthy soil promotes strong roots, which leads to a more robust, lush and aesthetically appealing lawn. While a lawn needs to be fertilized in the spring and at various points throughout the summer, it’s important that homeowners avoid overfertilization, which can create thatch that, when allowed to thicken, will prevent nutrients from penetrating the soil. Lawns need more nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium than soil can typically provide, so fertilizing throughout the warm weather seasons and into early fall can promote a healthy lawn. But choose a slow-release fertilizer so it gradually feeds the lawn. Compost and grass clippings can also be spread around the lawn to promote healthy soil. The pH level of the soil should also be checked to ensure the lawn can fully absorb nutrients.

Speak with a local lawn care professional to determine what a healthy pH level is for soil in your area.

Don’t cut too low when mowing.

Homeowners who don’t enjoy mowing their lawn might be tempted to simply cut the grass as low as possible to extend the intervals between cuts. But the United States Environmental Protection Agency recommends that grass never be cut more than onethird of the height of the grass blades. Longer grass can take in more sunlight, allowing it to grow in thicker and develop a deeper root system. That deep root system can help a lawn survive drought and prevent disease, two potentially costly problems that often force homeowners to embrace solutions that are not eco-friendly. Ideal lawn height depends on the type of grass, so consult a lawn care professional to ensure you are cutting your grass to a healthy length.

Avoid overwatering.

Excessive watering not only wastes water, which is not very ecofriendly, but also hurts the lawn when dry periods inevitably arrive.

That’s because shallow and frequent watering encourages roots to stay near the surface, so when dry periods arrive, the roots struggle to find water. An established lawn should not need daily watering. Instead, watering responsibly when the lawn needs water and when evaporation can be kept to a minimum, can strengthen a lawn and do so in an eco-friendly way. (MS)

• Free scrap vehicle pickup in the Red Deer area • Purchase of copper, aluminum, brass, tin, and many other nonferrous metals • Large volume metal clean ups on site

• Bin Services (large or small containers) allow you to store your recyclable metals at your own site, we exchange/drop off with a fresh one when needed.

• Drive on scale for precise measurements and ease of use • Personal and professional services to load/unload your materials

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For Your Scrap Vehicle Includes pick-up within 10km of Red Deer

If you deliver your scrap vehicle to us!

Copper • Stainless Steel • Brass • Steel • Aluminum • Iron • Batteries • Rads • Car Disposal

4305-78 St. Cres.,Red Deer 403-347-5815 www.bulldogmetals.net

“Recycling that makes ¢ent$ for you and your community” Profits generated by recycling cans and bottles at Cosmos Bottle Depots Ltd. support persons with disabilities through Cosmos Community Support Services Ltd. and the Cosmos Foundation.

Large blue bins are located around Red Deer and Blackfalds and charities within the communities receive 100% of the profits from the bins on a monthly basis.

Contact the depot manager to have your non-profit added to the list.

Choose a grass that can thrive in your climate.

Though you might prefer the look of a certain grass, choosing a grass based entirely on appearance is a mistake that could cost you money and prove harmful to the environment. When installing a new lawn, opt for one that’s suitable to the local climate. Installing a lawn that needs substantial amounts of water in a region known for drought can rob the lawn of its aesthetic appeal and will cost homeowners a substantial amount of money to maintain. If an existing lawn struggles to stay green regardless of your best efforts, then consider replacing it with a new type of grass that might be more suited to the local climate.

Including Scrap Autos, Industrial Scrap Metals, & Farm Scrap Metals

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We Pay Cash For All Types Of Metal

What’s Recyclable?

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POLYCOAT CONTAINERS OTHER PLASTIC JUGS,, ETC.

COSMOS CO OSMOS I RED DEER #1, 7428 - 49 Avenue Open Mon, - Sat 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thurs & Fri 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

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PLASTIC BOTTLES

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COS COSMOS SMOS II RED DEER 6332 Orr Drive Open Mon to Sat 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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BAG-IN-A-BOX & POUCHES

ALUMINUM CANS

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Open Thurs - Sat 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Sun 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Homeowners know that a healthy lawn can add considerable curb appeal to a property while giving residents of the home a place to relax and enjoy the great outdoors. But few might know that a healthy lawn can also benefit the environment, especially when homeowners take a proactive approach to lawn care that emphasizes eco-friendly techniques.

A proactive approach to lawn care can prevent certain problems, including disease, insect infestation and weed growth. When such problems arise, many homeowners opt to combat them with pesticides, which can harm the environment. But a proactive approach to lawn care can reduce the likelihood of developing such problems and protect the planet at the same time.

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