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The 15th anniversary of the

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ifteen years ago, Lynn Stegman and her family saw a perfect summer evening become the most terrifying and damaging moment of their lives. When it was over, in a matter of minutes, their bodies, their spirits and their family were shattered.

As it did for so many others on July 14, 2000, the Pine Lake tornado turned what was to be a relaxing day at the lake into a catastrophe. Twelve people died and about 140 others were injured.

Lynn, with the support of her two sons, Josh and Jon, MARY-ANN is now ready to tell BARR the Red Deer family’s story about the sudden loss of husband and father Cliff Stegman, the subsequent loss of Lynn’s mother, and the pain.

But her story is also about the blessings that have helped the family heal.

The Green Acres campground at Pine Lake had become their favourite summer place. They had parked their trailer there

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We could see in the sky that it was grey but certainly not black twisting clouds that you see in the movies.

It was not that kind of sky at all. But it was unusual.

— Lynn Stegman seasonally for three years. “Everybody was great friends at the lake,” Lynn recalled this week.

She had taken the day off and with her mother, Irene Tkachuk, 70, her sons Josh, 14, and Jon, 11, went to the lake get an early start on the weekend. Cliff was joining them after work.

“We had a wonderful day at the lake.

No suspicion of a bad storm or any worries at all about the weather. ... Cliff had just driven in and he was not alarmed at all about anything. He was glad to be finished the work day ... we heard nothing on radio. Our TV was on. There were no warnings.

“We could see in the sky that it was grey but certainly not the black twisting clouds that you see in the movies. It was not that kind of sky at all. But it was unusual,” said Lynn.

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LYNN STEGMAN TELLS HER STORY ABOUT LOSS, PAIN AND THE BLESSINGS THAT HAVE HELPED HER FAMILY HEAL

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ABOVE AND LEFT: Rescue workers recover survivors from the from the destruction of the Green Acres campground.

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TOP: Lynn Stegman’s family enjoying a hike last fall. From left to right: Jon and his wife, Lisa, Cassie (Josh’s wife), Lynn and Josh.

Wildfires burning across Western Canada Firefighters battled wildfires in Saskatchewan and B.C., as campers evacuated areas of Jasper National Park.

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STEGMAN: Took a year for her to learn to walk again Cliff took the boys to the top of the hill above their campsite to take a look at the sky. When they returned they knew that it was going to rain but there was no concern. Then the hail began.

“We knew we were in major trouble when the hail was the size of grapefruits.

“It was so big that it was actually denting the ground and making little craters in the ground. You can imagine what that sounds like on the tin roof of the trailer.

“Cliff got there about quarter to seven and the tornado hit us, we believe, at about three minutes to seven.” They did not know it was a tornado.

As the hail came down, Jon became very upset.

Josh, trying to calm his younger brother, asked his family to say the Lord’s Prayer.

“Immediately when that prayer was over, the tornado hit,” said Lynn.

They saw their neighbours run out of their trailer, get under a truck and grab hold of its rear axel. But there was no room for all five of Lynn’s family to get under vehicles. So they took various positions inside the trailer because they knew if they went outside, the hail would seriously injure them.

And then it hit.

Days later when Lynn’s brother when back to the campsite, there was nothing left, save for a few golf balls on the ground.

“Cliff was killed instantly. ... It is still hard to talk about the pain of losing him. We had no time to say goodbyes,” Lynn said.

“Josh had the skin shredded from his hands to his elbows. He hit a tree, came down that tree, it took all the flesh off his back, crushed his pelvis.

“Jon and I landed together. My legs were broken and Jonnie actually was able to get up and walk away, so he was the first person to find Josh. Josh had a six-inch nail right in the back of his neck.”

Josh told his younger brother to go find their father. He did not find him.

“By this point it was chaos everywhere. The ground was very dangerous with shattered glass.

Everybody had a barbecue and of course nobody had shut off valves ... there were vehicles and trees everywhere,” said Lynn.

Somebody did the right thing and led Jon away from danger, to the top of the hill.

Lynn’s mother also ended up at the top of the hill.

Her heart had stopped, she had died, said Lynn. But STARS had arrived now and resuscitated her. They flew her in critical condition to Edmonton.

Later when they were reunited, her mother was bruised from head to toe. Irene had a weak heart and would never really recover, and she suffered a lot of fear of storms afterward. It all took a toll and she died two years later.

Josh was taken to a STARS helicopter. But he said he had no pain and told STARS personnel to just send him by ground ambulance so they could use the helicopter for someone else.

It turned out Josh’s injuries were so severe that he went to three hospitals in Calgary for different surgeries and treatment on his hands and his back, for his crushed pelvis, and to have the nail removed.

He was in intensive care in Calgary for weeks.

Jon was taken to Innisfail Hospital to have cuts on his hands stitched up. Lynn was taken by ambulance to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. She was heavily medicated and learned some time later that Cliff had been killed.

“I always assumed that my husband was with Josh. ... It was weeks later that I found out that Josh was by himself.”

The family’s recovery began.

When it became possible, Lynn’s doctor made arrangements so that Lynn, Josh and Irene were all located at the Red Deer hospital.

“I had excellent care. It took me a year to learn how to walk again. The recovery period was long.”

By the end of that September, she went home in a wheelchair.

Josh was told he might never walk again. He was still in hospital when Lynn got a call to come there.

“Coming down the hallway was Josh sitting in a wheelchair, his nurses and his doctors on both sides of him, and he stood up out of that wheelchair and he walked.

“And that was an amazing miracle for us that Josh never needed any special equipment, he never came home in a wheelchair.

“When they took those pins out, by God’s grace and a lot of excellent medical care, he walked.”

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Eerily calm in twister’s wake “You know you hear about things like that in the southern States but never really envision something like that taking place here in Canada, let alone Alberta.”

That’s former RCMP officer Dan Doyle talking about the Pine Lake tornado that claimed 12 lives and left about 140 people injured on July 14, 2000.

Doyle, then a community policing officer and media liaison for Red Deer RCMP, became the spokesman at the scene as media began to pour in. At one point, there were as many as 100 media represented there, he recalls.

Doyle, 57, retired from the RCMP in 2004 and is now the team lead for safety, wellness and security for the City of Red Deer.

The F3 tornado, with 300-km winds, destroyed the Green Acres Campground at Pine Lake about 40 km southeast of Red Deer when it struck just before 7 p.m. It was so powerful that it tossed dozens of vehicles and trailers into the lake.

Doyle was on scene soon after the tornado hit.

“When I was picked up and taken out to the scene, seeing the carnage, the damage that was inflicted as a result of the tornado itself, it was amazing. It was surreal.”

He already had about 20 years in the RCMP at that time and had seen his share of death and destruction, but this was the worst, and different.

“When you come up on something like this, it was eerie because you know here it is you had this tremendous storm that went through ... it was organized chaos because you have the emergency response function kicking in, yet everything just seemed so calm.

“There was no wind. It was just dead silence.

No sound of birds or life whatsoever. The question was asked of me a number of times: ‘What’s it look like?’ ” It looked like “Ground Zero”. “That’s exactly what it was like. Things that you wouldn’t normally see in real life, say for example a picnic table

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that was picked up and imbedded in the side of a travel trailer.

“We’re hearing helicopters coming in to evacuate injured. You think about a war zone.”

The first media on scene were local, but once the story moved on the Canadian Press wire service, “It took on a life of its own,” he said.

“You start seeing video crews coming in, setting up feeds for others. We had four satellite trucks when we were running at full (speed) ... all the major networks on site, in addition I was doing interviews with ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC. Anybody who is involved in this kind of event, there’s always going to be something that triggers a memory, he said.

“As soon as the conversation comes about again, then you start coming back to those things and you know the pictures in your mind are as clear as the days when you walked into it.

“When you look at the effort that was put into it and the resources that poured out to assist, not just the area itself but even in the surrounding area, it was phenomenal,” said Doyle.

“There’s a lot of turmoil in this world but there’s an awful lot of people that have good hearts ... the help was tremendous.”

The youngest person who died was two-yearold Lucas Holtom, the son of Jamie and Katrina Holtom. The Holtoms were from Brampton, Ont., and in Alberta helping to build Habitat for Humanity housing. Jamie Holtom is a United Church minister.

By sheer coincidence, some years later Doyle’s brother was getting married in Toronto. Doyle got to talking with the minister who performed the ceremony. It was Jamie Holtom.

The Holtoms have established a free children’s carnival in Brampton in memory of Lucas. It has grown to involve 250 volunteers and attracts 3,500 people. The 15th annual event is happening today in that community.

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Firefighters battling three new blazes near Rocky

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF The wildfire danger rating in the Rocky Wildfire Management Area was moderate as of Friday morning. However, firefighters were busy battling three new but small fires.

One that was discovered at 12:17 p.m. northwest of FULL COVERAGE OF WILDFIRES Rocky Mountain IN WESTERN CANADA A5 House was still classified as out of control later in the afternoon. It was the 100th wildfire in the area this season. The cause of this fire is under investigation.

A fire discovered at noon was under control and the other fire, discovered at about 9:15 a.m., was being held. Both were caused by lightning. All three fires were an acre or less in size.

A fire west of the Saunders area has burned 4.2 hectares and is out control. It was discovered on Wednesday.

The Rocky area has only seen about 130 acres burn this wildfire season. Of the 10 forest management areas in Alberta, it is the lowest loss.

The highest burned area in Alberta is in the High Level Wildfire Management Area, which has seen 277 fires (as of Friday) and about 600,000 acres burned.

Other northern forests — including Lac la Biche, Slave Lake, Fort McMurray and Peace River — have seen high numbers of fires and acres burned.

Provincially, as of Friday, there were 11 new fires in the past 24 hours and 30 wildfires out of control.

There were a total of 95 active fires.

Since the wildfire season began, there have been 1,308 wildfires and about 1.1 million acres burned.

This is over double the five-year average of 849 fires burning up about 500,000 acres.

The fire danger rating for all of Alberta is “mainly moderate to high in the boreal and southern slopes, and high to extreme in the northern slopes.”

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A motorcyclist was sent to hospital after crashing his bike into a street sign outside of Rimbey on Thursday evening. Few details were available but police say the man was driving on Lockhart Road, about five km south of Rimbey, when he lost control of his bike, hit a stop sign and landed in the ditch. He was taken to Rimbey Hospital with undetermined injuries.

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Since their start in a 8,000 square foot shop to their present 25,000 square Chiles Industrial the management ffoott shop h in i Chil I d t i l area, th g t andd staff t ff hhave seen many changes in both the community and fabrication industry. What has remained constant is the commitment to providing a quality product, on time and on budget; which owner Barry Simpson believes is the foundation to Wel-Can’s success and longevity. Simpson, and his partner Peter Leyen believe this foundation is a result of their staff, which presently has a combined 233 years of welding and fabrication experience. “Our reputation speaks for itself, but more than quality, Wel-Can has succeeded because of its employees” stated Simpson.

Wel-Can’s Operations Manager Rick Smith celebrated his 34th Anniversary with the company last fall. His knowledge and tenure has enabled Barry to step back from the day to day operation.

Wel-Can’s motto has always been No Job Too Large or Small; we’ve fabricated everything from a new leg for a kitchen chair to a 24 foot x 16 foot x 40 foot compressor package. Oversized doors were installed specifically to allow fabrication of large projects. In the shop video at www.wel-can.com, Rick states “You come with a drawing, you come with a sketch, we will work with you, we will help design what you need”. It is this solution based approach that customers look for when they come to Wel-Can. The recent volatility of oil prices has affected all of Alberta, and Wel-Can is no exception. Since encountering their first recession of the early 1980’s to today, Wel-Can has seen many changes and recognizes that technology and creativity play a key role in sustainability. Industry diversification and repair and maintenance work, help sustain operations when oilfield fabrication needs decrease.

The shop is Manufacturer Health and Safety COR, Canadian Welding Bureau, ISNetworld, and Alberta Boiler Safety Authority certified, with an Engineer on retainer. In 2014 a score of 96% on the External Safety Audit was achieved.

Wel-Can Welding & Fabrication Ltd. is known as a strong Community supporter.

The Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation, Loaves and Fishes, United Way, Red Deer Hospice and Minor Hockey in addition to many others benefit annually from Wel-Can’s ongoing support. Rarely a year goes by, that Cheryl Simpson is not photographed decorating one of her amazing Christmas trees as part of the Festival of Trees decorating committee, or that Barry isn’t running back and forth between the Westerner and the shop for steel to reinforce the trees, or to build more hall decorations. Three years ago, the employees began participating in payroll donations to the Central Alberta United Way and in 2014 won the Community Builder Significant Growth award.

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One of Lynn’s aunts came to stay with them for almost a year. Josh, who could run up and down the stairs and go shopping with volunteers, “became a caretaker at a very young age,” his mother says.

It was very difficult for her sons to lose their father at their age, said Lynn. Today they all remain grateful for the help and many services they received from the Red Cross, the medical people, the church, the community, other family members and so many others.

“Once you’ve gone ‘BUT WHEN through something like that ... you need to really WE TALKED AS think about how do you A FAMILY IT give back and how do you thank all of these people, IS ALSO VERY many of them strangers, DIFFICULT FOR that pulled all of our broken spirits, our broken US WHEN THAT bodies, our broken home DAY GOES BY back together again, to AND NOTHING IS make us a family.”

The family has found SAID. IT DOESN’T ways to heal and to give MAKE SENSE back. They got involved in fundraising for the REALLY. WE HAVE hospital foundation. Lynn MOVED ON. WE volunteers at the hospital. Josh did a fundraiser DO NOT DWELL for STARS. Jon has found ON JULY 14 BUT healing through his music.

IN SOME WAYS, In 2011 after touring IN OUR HEARTS, Environment Canada’s weather office in Edmon- IT STILL NEEDS TO ton, they got involved BE HONOURED.’ in pushing for better Doplar radar coverage — LYNN STEGMAN in Alberta, which has occurred. Josh did a school paper that was shared with government members and which helped lead to improved warning systems, said Lynn.

There is more information available now for people to protect themselves in a tornado.

“We are grateful and would never want to see other families go through what we went through,” said Lynn.

Community fundraising provided enough money to cover Josh and Jon’s post-secondary education, something Lynn said she could not have done.

She said the real story here is the amazing support they received, and fact her sons were able to pull their lives together and become “awesome young men.”

Both Josh and Jon are married now. Josh and his wife are expecting Lynn’s first grandchild in October.

Lynn does not remember anything after the storm hit and they were swept away.

“The storm passed very quickly and the sun was out immediately and I hear, although I never saw this, that there were rainbows. It was that symbol that stays with our family forever, because the rainbow to us really does mean help.”

It was difficult to tell her story after 15 years.

“But when we talked as a family it is also very difficult for us when that day goes by and nothing is said. It doesn’t make sense really. We have moved on. We do not dwell on July 14 but in some ways, in our hearts, it still needs to be honoured.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Traffic disruptions are the order of the day for motorists making their way northward into Blackfalds on Highway 2A at 597. Through the summer construction of a roundabout will be ongoing.

Anglers urged to avoid fishing in warm waters

Parking rates rising Motorists will have to pay a little more to park downtown.

Starting on Monday, parking rates on street parking, city-owned lots and Sorensen Station will increase by 15 per cent.

The changes were approved during the 2015 budget deliberations.

Parking at the two-hour restricted on-street parking meters downtown will now cost $1.30 per hour, an increase of 15 cents per hour.

Parking at two-hour unrestricted on-street parking meters outside of the downtown core will cost $1 per hour, an increase of 10 cents per hour.

The eight-hour unrestricted parking meters will cost 80 cents per hour, an increase of 10 cents.

City-owned parking lot rate in-

creases: â—? Lot P4, beside the Welikoklad Event Centre (formerly City Centre Stage), and lot P5, beside Sorensen Station, will increase to $1.20 per hour. â—? Lots P2, at 5100 50th Ave.; P3, behind the River Valley apartments; and P6, the old Arlington Hotel location, will increase to $1 per hour. â—? Lot P9, on the corner of 46th Street and 51st Avenue, will decrease by 10 cents to 80 cents per hour. â—? Parking rates for the remaining lots in and around the downtown core will increase to 80 cents per hour. â—? Sorensen Station monthly parking rates will increase to $110 from $94.50.

Daily parking rates will increase by 10 cents to $1 per hour.

Parking fees are in effect from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., with free parking on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

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If you’re on holidays, you might be de-stressing right about now, enjoying a nice cool drink with temperatures locked in between 25C and 30C-plus lately.

But if you’re a fish, you could be a little stressed, wishing you had one of those cold drinks.

As Alberta’s free fishing weekend commences, Alberta Environment and Parks is monitoring water temperatures, especially in the Red Deer River and points south, a government spokesperson said Friday.

Lisa Glover said when the river is low and temperatures are high, the water temperature obviously increases and the oxygen available for fish decreases. That causes stress to them. The lack of snow and rain hasn’t helped.

The province is not considering cancelling the free fishing weekend, she said. The free fishing allows people to fish without buying a licence, however all fishing regulations must still be followed. “We could potentially issue a high temperature advisory. That would be the first stage in letting people know it’s a more stressful situation for fish ... so they should be aware and follow safe-handling best practices for catch and release.�

If the temperatures do continue to stay hot in the coming days or weeks, the province may consider issuing some temporary closures in certain areas, although it’s hard to say now where those areas would be, Glover said. “We are monitoring and we are aware the temperatures in southern Alberta are rising. Our first priority is the preservation of those fish populations.�

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mendations when water temperature is 22C or higher.

Anglers should avoid fishing in warm waters and find another, cooler water body to fish; only fish in the early mornings or late evenings when the water is cooler; minimize the handling of fish by reducing the playing time; refrain from photographing the fish; and release it as quickly as possible.

The B.C. government recently banned some fishing in rivers and streams on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. The drought rating has been increased in these areas to a level 4, the highest on the scale. The ban does not affect lake fishing.

On Thursday, Alberta Environment and Parks issued a low flow advisory for the South Saskatchewan River Basin. The basin includes the sub-basins of the Bow, Red Deer, Oldman and South Saskatchewan river basins.

The basin is experiencing below normal flows in its rivers and tributary streams. “When this happens, water withdrawals may increase stress to fish and wildlife by lowering the amount of available water.�

Temporary diversion licences have been suspended on streams without storage facilities until the flow improves. Environment and Parks is directing users to streams and reservoirs that have available water.

Low flow restrictions on some permanent licences have been triggered, meaning that some licencees may be required to reduce or cease water use at current levels, the advisory stated.

This does not affect centres along the Red Deer River such as the city of Red Deer and Medicine Hat, although the province is encouraging people to be mindful of their water use.

Gleniffer Reservoir, which ensures a water supply during the lower flow winter months for users downstream of Dickson Dam, such as Red Deer, is slowly been filled and was 89 per cent full as of Friday. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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JASPER — A wildfire burning in Jasper National Park grew substantially Friday as staff worked to get campers and other visitors out of the area.

Kim Weir, a Parks Canada spokeswoman, said the 50-square-kilometre fire in the Maligne Valley was 14 kilometres from the town and 15 kilometres from Maligne Lake.

“We expect the fire to spread toward Maligne Lake, that is, to the south, and that means away from

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Bill Yearwood said the incident occurred just before 3 p.m. Friday at Puntzi Lake, which is about 180 kilometres west of Williams Lake in the Cariboo region.

B.C.’s Wildfire Centre said the 12-square-kilometres fire has forced the evacuation of 30 residents but is just one of about 200 burning provincewide.

The crash came at the start of a weekend, when showers and cooler weather are expected, although winds and lightning may still keep crews busy.

“The pilot escaped the aircraft,” said Yearwood. “He’s apparently OK.” “He was wearing a life-jacket and helmet.

The aircraft’s equipped with a safety cage, and that all worked to help him get out.”

Yearwood said the pilot suffered minimal injuries and would be checked out in hospital.

Environment Canada is forecasting lower temperatures and possible rain over the weekend and into next week in Williams Lake, Pemberton and Nelson — areas where fires have been devouring forests.

Smoke has dissipated throughout the province, and air quality advisories for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island have ended.

“Basically, the air quality is getting better and people can go back to their normal exercise routines,” said provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall.

the community of Jasper,” Weir said.

“The risk to the community is nil.”

Weir said possible wind gusts and lightning were expected later in the day.

Three Parks Canada fire crews supported by five helicopters and heavy equipment were busy fighting the wildfire, which officials believe was probably caused by lightning.

The road into the valley and campgrounds in the immediate area was closed.

The popular Rocky Mountain national park remains open, but with a complete ban on camp fires.

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PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Trisha Halkett has one wish as she spends her second week out of her northern Saskatchewan home because of threatening wildfires.

She would like to be back in Montreal Lake when her second baby is due to arrive next month.

“I certainly hope so,” said Halkett, 20, patting her stomach on a bench outside a Prince Albert hotel, her two-year-old daughter, Keirra, and husband Dudley Ross sitting by her side.

The family is among the more than 13,000 people who have fled as wildfires sweep across great swaths of northern forest. Massive fires continued to burn out of control Friday as crews worked to protect communities from the flames.

Steve Roberts of the Wildfire Management Branch says one blaze near the town of La Ronge has merged with another fire and is almost 1,000 square kilometres in size.

“For those trying to figure out what that looks like you take the entire area of the city of Saskatoon — it is 5 ½ times that size — and that is just the one single fire within two kilometres of La Ronge.”

Another major fire was within two kilometres of the village of Pinehouse, where 900 people usually live.

Data posted on the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says wildfires have burned almost one million hectares in Saskatchewan so far this year.

Montreal Lake, about 130 kilometres north of Prince Albert, is normally home to about 1,800 residents. Now, it’s a ghost town and about 200 Canadian soldiers are pushing through the bush trying to keep it safe.

A handful of houses have been destroyed, but Ross, 24, says his family has been lucky so far.

“I was worried at first that ours would go down because that’s where the fire was,” said Ross. “It missed our house and went another way.”

Halkett said she just wants life to return to normal.

“It’s boring. I would probably be outside playing with my three dogs, but I’m not too sure if they’re alive or not.”

Dorothy King Fisher is also eager to leave Prince Albert and get back to Montreal Lake.

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Gigatonnes of ice TO TRULY GRASP WHAT WE’RE DOING TO THE PLANET, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS GIGANTIC MEASUREMENT

BY CHRIS MOONEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE There’s been a lot of news lately about the losses of ice from the planet’s two gigantic ice sheets, Greenland and Antarctica. And not surprisingly, some people have found it very stunning — simply because the volumes of ice involved sound so huge.

For instance, after I wrote about a new study showing a disturbing increase in ice loss from one relatively small part of the Antarctic ice sheet, I saw the following tweet: Antarctic currently losing 56,000,000,000 tons of ice every year. goodbye, humanity. http://t.co/eINvMeqWkJ Actually, that’s just the losses for one region of Antarctica, the Southern Antarctic Peninsula. Total losses are much larger. But the tweet — and the general magnitude of the kinds of changes that we’re seeing — got me thinking. It can be hard to comprehend the scale of these events, so it would be helpful to break it down into more comprehensible pieces.

Scientists often measure the loss of ice from the planet’s two gigantic ice sheets, Greenland and Antarctica, in a particular unit called a “gigaton,” which is sometimes also spelled “gigatonne.” Either way, it’s not something you encounter in your ordinary life, because it’s incredibly “gigantic” — the kind of unit that planets depend on.

In the International System of Units, the prefix “giga” means 109, or one billion (1,000,000,000). Hence terms like “gigawatt” or “gigahertz.” Thus, a gigatonne is equivalent to a billion tonne.

A male African elephant might weigh, at most, 6.8 tonnes, according to the San Diego Zoo. So a gigatonne is well over a hundred million African elephants. As for sea life, the blue whale can weigh as much as 146 tonnes, according to NOAA. So a gigatonne is more than six million blue whales.

Or for another analogy, consider how Meredith Nettles of the LamontDoherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University recently described a gigatonne-sized piece of ice to me: “If you took the whole National Mall, and covered it up with ice, to a height about four times as high as the [Washington] monument,” says Nettles,

you’d have about a gigatonne of ice.

“All the way down from the Capitol steps to the Lincoln Memorial.”

With this in mind, let’s now look at how much ice Antarctica is losing, before moving on to the other sources of major ice loss, like Greenland.

A recent scientific paper estimated the total annual loss for Antarctica at 159 gigatonnes (plus or minus 48 gigatonnes, since these measurements are subject to considerable uncertainty).

Other scientific estimates vary — Jonathan Bamber, an Antarctic expert at the University of Bristol, recently gave me a lower estimate — 130 gigatonnes per year. Yet another, even lower recent estimate is 92 gigatonnes per year.

Whatever the exact number, Antarctica is clearly losing billions of African elephants worth of ice each year.

Climate change doubters, faced with such numbers, sometimes like to point out that East Antarctica is gaining some ice — but there is still a net loss of ice to the ocean because of massive losses in West Antarctica, the most vulnerable part of the Antarctic continent.

And it’s not as if we should be exactly content about the status of East Antarctica either.

The gigantic Totten Glacier of East Antarctica is losing 70 gigatonnes of ice per year, “enough to fill Sydney Harbour every two and a half days,” as one scientist with the Australian Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center puts it.

“It is common to see broad stroke comparisons between East and West Antarctica for the sake of convenience, however, doing so risks diminishing the fact that there is net mass loss occurring in a large area of East Antarctica, as well,” Jamin Greenbaum, lead author of a recent study of Totten Glacier, told me by email. “It is well established that the region encompassing the Aurora Subglacial Basin and Totten Glacier is losing mass and contributing to sea level at a rate that is large compared to variability in snowfall indicating that the losses are due to processes beyond snowfall (e.g. enhanced ocean melting).”

Moreover, the rate of ice loss from Antarctica has been increasing, and scientists keep finding new sources.

So what does it all mean? It takes 360 gigatonnes of ice to raise the global sea level one mm, Bamber told me.

So right now, Antarctica is doing that about once every three years.

Globally, though, sea level is going up at an increasing rate of 2.6 to 2.9 mm per year, according to the latest research, because Antarctica isn’t the only contributor.

The gigantic Greenland ice sheet, which is facing rapidly rising Arctic temperatures, is also contributing, and at least for now, appears to be throwing off much more ice than Antarctica.

A recent study put the loss at 378 gigatonnes per year for the years between 2009 and 2012.

That’s one mm per year right there.

Indeed, recent research suggests that some glacial iceberg calvings — from, say, Greenland’s Helheim Glacier — can be as large as a gigatonne at a single time.

Glaciers around the world are also contributing — and at the scale of many gigatonnes. Indeed, recent research suggests that the glaciers of Alaska alone are now contributing 75 gigatonnes per year, which is very large number, considering that they only constitute about 11 per cent of the

world’s glaciers.

Warm ocean water also expands, so in addition to ice loss, the oceans are also growing in volume due to their temperature.

And for those who don’t think two or three mm per year of ocean rise is a big deal — the real concern, with both Greenland and Antarctica (and also Alaska), is that these rates are increasing.

And why might that be happening?

It’s because of the 34 gigatonnes annually of carbon dioxide that humanity is currently putting in the atmosphere.

All of which further underscores that the gigatonne is the unit that really explains to you how we’re altering the planet — changing its atmosphere, and changing its oceans, at a scale that’s hard for humans to conceive of.

Net gigatonnes of CO2 are going into the atmosphere and net gigatonnes of H2O are going into the ocean. And if you wanted to reshape a planet, it’s hard to think of a better recipe than that.

Chris Mooney is a Washington Post columnist.

Up, up and away I’ve got a good idea! How about this: get one cheap plastic lawn chair, 100 or so party balloons, a whole bunch of string, and a serious lack of judgment. Then you tie the bouquet of balloons to the lawn chair, hop onto said lawn chair and kiss good old common sense goodbye.

Actually, you just sit there anchored in your back yard with a large cluster of balloons blowing around over your head on account of you didn’t realize you had to put HARLEY helium in those balloons inHAY stead of air.

Not that anyone would actually do such a thing, right?

Wait a minute. You say it’s already been done? In Calgary?

During the Stampede? You mean there’s another moron with dumb ideas out there besides us?

Off course there is, only this guy actually took his deficient brain cells, put them and the rest of himself in his lawn chair and then put helium in his balloons and went cloud hopping.

As widely reported this week, one Daniel Boria a 26-year-old cleaning company owner, went on quite a trip — in fact, he may have been huffing a little too much helium himself.

He apparently intended to advertise his company by floating over the Stampede grounds and then parachuting into the rodeo arena, or possibly near the deep fried Oreos stand.

As it turned out, the only good idea he had that day was wearing a parachute, on account of he was way blown off course and went high enough that he saw a WestJet plane below him at one point, and finally had to jump off the lawn chair and land in an

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industrial field several kilometres away, spraining his ankle.

Also, the police were not amused, and Danny boy is facing several charges including public mischief.

Of course, this is not the first time someone has gone airborne and AWOL on a lawn chair. According to Time magazine, the first really famous Balloon Bozo was Lawn Chair Larry in 1982.

He was from California (of course he was); 42 balloons, an aluminum lawn chair, a CB radio, some soda and a BB gun, and ole Lawn Chair Larry sat in the clouds at 16,000 feet (112,000 metres) and was spotted by several passenger airliners.

And here, of course, is where the BB gun comes in.

When Lawn Chair Larry decided enough was enough, especially since he wasn’t really prepared for outer space, he simply shot his balloons with his BB gun, one by one, until he finally landed.

Trouble was, he landed on a power line, knocking out a neighbourhood of electricity, and although he wasn’t physically injured, I’m sure his feelings were hurt when he was fined US$4,000. (Cdn$9,812).

Back in the ’70s when we were children, or at least acted like children, we also did the balloon thing, although it didn’t involve lawn chairs per se. In fact, it involved just one balloon, but it was a big honkin’ beast the size of a 10-storey building. And instead of helium, it was full of hot air. All you had to do was put a bunch of politicians in the basket and you had lift off in seconds! (Har har.)

Many veteran citizens may remember the big blue balloon in the Central Alberta skies in those days.

In fact, on one flight I clearly remember a farmer swearing at us as we drifted slowly over his pasture at tree-top level.

He said we were scaring his cows. He also said he was going to get his shotgun, so pilot Ken Kanten blasted the propane burner and we went straight up with the speed of an elephant attempting to jump over a barn. Hot air balloons don’t generally move

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all that quickly except when Mother Nature decides to blow some significant wind at you.

And that’s what happened when we took the Better Half on a Christmas balloon ride at Sylvan Lake.

Everything was beautiful for the adventure over the town — you could just hear The 5th Dimension singing “Up, up and awaaay, in my beautiful balloon …” until it came time to land and the wind, as they say in the world of balloon aviation, “picked up a bit.”

We crunched into a snowy field at a much faster speed than technically ideal, and were dragged sideways for what felt like several hundred kilometres, lurching and slamming and bouncing around in the basket until the balloon finally deflated and we came to rest in a large pile of snow.

Luckily, my future wife was relatively unfazed by an adventure that was a little more eventful than anticipated. “ That was fun!” she said, wiping several kilograms of snow out of her long hair as we popped the traditional landing champagne and waited for the chase crew to find us before we froze to death.

But a wicker basket and a licensed giant hot air balloon is one thing, and a lawn chair tied to party balloons is quite another, as Calgary’s Balloon Man Boria found out.

Thing is, as a stern and unimpressed acting police Insp.

Kyle Grant pointed out: “It’s my understanding that those balloons would pop once they get to a certain height and the chair would fall back to the Earth.”

Apparently nothing has been spotted or reported yet, so you just might want to keep your eye on the sky over the next little while. You never know when you might get hit by a plummeting lawn chair.

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Climate change inaction Climate change, it now appears, could be a much more important issue in the October federal election than it once appeared, though all three parties are tiptoeing around the key issue of what to do about Alberta’s oilsands.

DAVID The NDP CRANE and Liberals recognize we must show the rest of the world that Canada is part of the solution, not part of the problem. The Conservatives, though, are still in a state of denial that something urgent must be done.

Before the October election, there will be a much more intense global debate on the urgency of addressing climate change in the lead-up to the December global climate summit in Paris, and Canadians will almost certainly want to see Canada making a serious contribution. The summit’s goal is to devise a global action plan on climate change for the next several decades.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has echoed NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s promise to attend the December summit, if elected to form the next government. If he wins, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will find it hard not to attend, though as in the earlier 2009 Copenhagen summit, could be a reluctant participant. Harper skipped last year’s UN leaders summit on the climate in New York. The Harper government in May announced, as Canada’s contribution to global action on climate change, that it would cut emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. But it exempted the oilsands from any emission reduction measures, and failed to give any credible indication as to how its commitment would be met.

Canada made a similar commitment in 2009, promising to get emissions 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020.

Not only will Canada fail to come anywhere near meeting its 2009 commitment, it is also evident that the Harper government was never serious

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about trying to do so.

The NDP has been consistent with its commitment to a pan-Canadian capand-trade system. But while the NDP has said it will “do better” than the Conservatives in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it has not said what its reduction target would be. Likewise, a cap-and-trade system can, as the European Union’s experience shows, be ineffective in reducing emissions; there the price of permits has been too low to have an impact and there were too many exemptions.

An effective cap-and-trade system must have strict targets and not allow exemptions for oil sands or other industries. We need a fuller statement from the NDP on targets and how they would be achieved.

The Liberals have now come out with their proposed policy, but it tells us little about what its climate strategy might achieve. Trudeau set no target for emissions reduction, with only a promise to hold a First Ministers’ Con-

ference 90 days after the UN December summit to create, with the provinces, a national emissions reduction target.

This means a Trudeau government, in contrast to the U.S., Mexico, China, the European Union and others, would be unable to make any reduction commitment at the UN December summit.

It leaves wide open, as well, how a Trudeau government would actually negotiate an emissions reduction target with the provinces, and how it would be enforced. Would it simply be the sum of what provinces promise to do?

And while Trudeau has criticized the Harper government for failing to impose emission reductions standards for the oilsands, he has never said what he would have done to lower emissions. Any serious proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must embrace some form of carbon pricing to change consumer behaviour and encourage innovation, which both the NDP and Liberals propose, though

more details are needed.

But the Conservatives reject any kind of pricing. After their 2006 election win, the Conservatives promised regulations requiring the oil industry to lower emissions. But after about nine years and many failed deadlines, this plan has died, leaving the Conservatives with no plan other than to attack opposition plans.

Global action on climate change is becoming more imperative as the world faces increasing threats. As one of the world’s largest emitters on a per capita basis, Canada cannot evade its responsibility to act.

Canadians need, before the October election, to know which political party has the most credible action plan as the world struggles to avert catastrophic climate change. All have a lot more work to do between now and then to allow Canadians an informed vote.

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That feeling of emptiness For the last several years, a certain feeling comes over me as we drive away from the home of my children, or even now when my children leave our home.

It’s a feeling so intense that it almost feels physical.

S e v e r a l times I have tried to describe it to my CHRIS wife, but there SALOMONS just does not seem to be the right words to identify it.

There is no one English word that can do it justice, so without sounding like an absolute wimp, I’ll try to write it.

Start with an extreme emptiness, then add sadness and an intense longing. Like I said, that’s a start. So overwhelming are these feelings that sometimes there is an aching in my chest that can almost stop me from breathing at times.

The first time I experienced it was when we were in Iowa for my oldest brother’s wedding.

My sister-in-law’s mother, probably fourth generation Dutch/Ameri-

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can, having lost all Dutch from her language skills, had gone to the doctor to get checked for a constriction and an uncomfortable feeling in her chest.

Surprisingly, she used a Dutch word to describe the feeling: benhoudt (I think I got the spelling right).

What was even crazier was that the non-Dutch doctor understood what she was saying!

This was the feeling that was close to what I felt as we left that family.

It turned out that it was related to anxiety, which is probably the same in my case with these feelings that I get.

But the intensity of these emotions is real and palpable.

Over many years it has happened several times, but more lately when a parting from our children takes place.

It happened again last night when our son and his wife left for their home in Calgary.

That feeling of sad emptiness confuses me, like there was something left unsaid or undone; I think you catch my drift. It’s at times like this that thoughts like a fatal accident or some other catastrophe goes through your mind and then you would be faced with a life without that person, and so the sadness is intensified.

My imagination then contemplated what life would be like without the child who I had spent my life raising and the resulting thoughts were not

pleasant — as a matter of fact, they downright hurt.

This made me think about all the parents of children who have gone astray and ended up on the street, or whose mental state leads them awry.

If they have followed their child’s wayward spiral in any way, the pain of watching their children destroying themselves must be excruciating. The feeling of gut-wrenching hopelessness can be all consuming when they see what the confused mind, drugs and/or street life do to their children’s minds and bodies. No longer can they speak with them on an intimate level that they tried to nurture all the years in growing up. They are forever changed.

I really cannot imagine the pain they go through, but if the feelings of loss that I feel when my children part from my company (even when I know they will be OK), are any indication, then their pain must be indescribable.

When I look at these kids on the street, I always wonder what was it that made them adopt this abusive lifestyle.

What happened that they would leave the security of a family that loves them and turn to a life that would destroy them?

For sure, I know that in many cases these kids come from an abusive or a non-caring home, but it still makes me think that somewhere along the line,

could their choice have been averted?

Whatever the children have decided to do or whichever path they adopt, my heart goes out to the parents who did their absolute best to raise and train their child in a positive manner only to have them walk away physically and mentally from all these efforts.

It just proves to me that life is not always fair; many are the things in this life that constantly try to beat you down.

In spite of the many trials and emotions that we all face, I have through my faith been able to stand.

My thoughts then turn to folks who have no such hope; where can they turn for the comfort needed when they lose their child because of their child’s decision to live apart from their upbringing, which in some cases leads to their death.

The wake of destruction that is left when some parents lose their child to death or even the street leaves them with the inability to enjoy a fulfilling life with that child and takes away any joy that they should have experienced.

It is hard for many of these parents to accept the fact that they had very little or in some cases nothing to do with their child’s decision to take the path they did.

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Burma: the generals win again It’s game, set and match to the Burmese generals. On Wednesday, they finally announced the date of the general election that was once seen as the real dawn of democracy in Burma: Nov. 8. But the army will emerge as the winner once again.

The political party that was created to support the generals, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, will not win a majority of the seats in the new parliament. Indeed, it may win very few. But servGWYNNE ing military officers will DYER still have 25 per cent of the seats, in accordance with the 2008 constitution (written by the military), and that will be enough to preserve military rule.

The spokesman of Burma’s president, former general Thein Sein, tried to put a positive spin on this in an interview last month. “In the past, the military was 100 per cent in control of the country,” he told Peter Popham of The Independent. “Today it is only 25 per cent in control.”

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But that’s not true: it is still 100 per cent in control.

Those military officers (who wear their uniforms in parliament and vote in a bloc as the army high command decrees) will continue to dominate politics, because 25 per cent of the votes, according to that 2008 constitution, can block any changes to the constitution.

And if they can’t find or buy enough allies in parliament to muster a majority and pass legislation that the military wants, they have a fall-back position. The constitution still allows the military to simply suspend the government and take over whenever they like. Well, whenever they perceive a “security threat,” technically, but soldiers are usually pretty good at doing that.

Two weeks ago, the civilian parties in parliament tried to change those parts of the constitution. They also tried to drop the clause that was written to stop “Burma’s Mandela,” Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, from becoming president. (She has two sons with British passports, and the constitution says that nobody with “foreign” ties can be president.) The soldiers just used their 25 per cent blocking minority to reject all the changes.

Aung San Suu Kyi now has until Saturday to decide whether she will lead her National League for Democracy into the November elections, or boycott them as she did in 2010. In principle, it shouldn’t be a tough decision. Her

party could win by a landslide — indeed, it probably would — but she still couldn’t be president, and any NLDled government would be permanently under threat of removal by the generals if it challenged their privileges.

When she was asked in a press conference last year how the democracy project was faring, she gave a one-word answer: “Stalled.” And in an interview in April she put the blame squarely on the countries that used to support her: “I would just like to remind you that I have been saying since 2012 that a bit of healthy scepticism would be very, very good, and that too many of our western friends are too optimistic about the democratization process here.”

It’s quite true that just the promise of democratization was enough to end the long-standing Western economic sanctions against Burma and unleash a tidal wave of foreign investment in the country. After 50 years of military rule, during which the soldiers got very rich, Burma is the poorest country in Southeast Asia (it used to be the richest), but it does have huge, mostly unexploited natural resources.

So the foreign investors piled in and the economy is being transformed, even though the military are really still in charge. But Suu Kyi has made some serious errors, too. She took the generals’ promises seriously enough to let her party run in byelections in 2011, and even took a seat in parliament

herself. She undoubtedly understood that it was a gamble but unfortunately it failed.

So now she has no practical alternative to going down the road she chose in 2011: taking part in the November elections despite all the limitations on civilian power, and working for change within the military-designed system even though she lends it credibility by her cooperation.

Aung San Suu Kyi used to be a symbolic leader of great moral stature; now she is a pragmatic politician who has to get her hands dirty.

It cannot feel good, but it was inevitably going to end up more or less like this if she ever made any progress in her struggle to make Burma a democratic country. She has made some progress, and the military were inevitably going to push back. They never thought she was their friend or their ally.

The Burmese army has ruled the country for 50 years, and it has done very well out of it. It has won this round of the struggle, but Burma is changing: all the foreign influences coming in, all the new money, and a more or less free press are creating new dynamics in the society.

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

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Lawyer recalls frantic moments after blast

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WINNIPEG — Maria Mitousis clearly remembers the explosion that almost killed her as she worked in her small family law practice — a blast from a seemingly harmless mail package that police allege was sent by an ex-husband of one of her clients.

In a statement released Friday through Winnipeg police, Mitousis recounted assessing her condition immediately after the bomb went off last week.

“I have my teeth, I can see, I can blink,” the statement read.

“I’m going to get past this. I live in the moment,” she recalled thinking as emergency responders rushed her to hospital where she would undergo 10 hours of surgery.

The extent of Mitousis’s injuries became clearer Friday. Police confirmed the lawyer lost her right hand and her left was severely injured. She suffered “countless” injuries to her face, chest and thighs, said Const. Jason Michalyshen.

Despite the injuries, Mitousis expressed confidence and hope during an hour-long meeting with Michalyshen, he added.

“One of the first things she said was, ‘I want people to know I’m OK. I’ll get better.’ She is going to go back to doing what she does as a lawyer.”

Michalyshen said Mitousis recalled playing golf hours before the explosion and “remembered how at peace she was out on the golf course.”

“What became most evident is that Maria is an incredibly resilient person.”

The explosion last Friday was the first of what police allege was a targeted campaign Guido Amsel of revenge by Guido Amsel, a 49-year-old man who had gone through a long and bitter divorce.

Amsel is accused of putting explosive compound inside digital voice recorders and mailing them to

locations connected to two legal battles — his divorce and a lawsuit with his ex-wife over an auto body shop they used to jointly run.

One package exploded in Mitousis’s office last Friday. She was Amsel’s ex-wife’s lawyer in both the divorce and the lawsuit.

Police say a second package was found at Amsel’s ex-wife’s workplace and safely detonated by the bomb squad. A third explosive device was found and detonated safely at a law office that represented Amsel in the lawsuit until last fall, when the lawyer withdrew from the case, citing “a breakdown of the relationship” with Amsel in a court affidavit.

Amsel is due to return to court next week. He has yet to enter pleas to charges including two counts of attempted murder. He also hasn’t retained a lawyer, although he had been talking with one.

The legal community has rallied around Mitousis.

An online fundraising effort has garnered $65,000 so far to help her recovery, which by all accounts will be a long one.

“I’m going to come back to do what I do,” she said in the statement.

“I just don’t know how that’ll look just yet.”

Man accused in stabbing rampage said victims deserved attack, court hears

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A man who went on a stabbing rampage at a Toronto office while being fired told officers arresting him that his victims deserved the attack, his trial heard this week.

But Chuang Li’s lawyer plans to argue the 49-year-old was not criminally responsible for his actions.

Li is charged with three counts of attempted murder, four counts of aggravated assault and four counts of assault with a weapon.

Four people were taken to hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries, after Li started stabbing people while he was in the process of being fired from the human resources company Ceridian Dayforce Corporation last April.

Li’s lawyer, John Rosen, said he plans to argue his client should be

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Researchers create new claws for footless fowl CALGARY — A rooster who lost both of his feet to frostbite is cock of the walk once more thanks to researchers from the University of Calgary.

Foghorn had just stumps and couldn’t walk when bylaw officers took him from a city property earlier this

found not criminally responsible.

An agreed statement of facts submitted at Li’s trial revealed details of the attack, including what Li said as he was being led away.

“As he was being escorted to the police car, Mr. Li stated, ’They deserve it. They deserve it. You know, I don’t care. They deserve it,”’ it said.

Li, who was born in China and immigrated to Canada in 2001, became a Canadian citizen in 2005 and does not have a previous criminal record.

He had difficulties maintaining stable employment after arriving in Canada and was employed by 12 different companies between 2006 and 2012, the statement of facts said, noting that Li was hired by Ceridian as a software developer in June 2012.

Under questioning from a Crown-retained forensic psychiatrist, Li said he has, since a young age, “lost his temper on occasion and then later felt bad

about it,” the document said.

“Mr. Li told Dr. McMaster that sometimes he gets so angry that he does not think about the results,” it said.

Li’s wife first noticed her husband beginning to act strangely in 2009, saying “very funny things” about the people he worked with and sometime in 2011, began talking about an “organization” that was trying to “set him up,” the document said.

Li’s family doctor diagnosed him with depression in October 2011 and prescribed anti-depressants which Li did not take, court heard.

Li told the forensic psychiatrist he began carrying a saw with him in November 2012 because he felt unsafe in his neighbourhood, the statement of facts said.

In February 2013, Li also began carrying a large knife to work in his shoulder bag, saying he didn’t feel safe at the office.

year.

Daniel Pang, an assistant professor at the university’s faculty of veterinary medicine, learned of Foghorn’s condition and wanted to help.

He talked to faculty colleague Mark Ungrin, who does some work in his lab on simulated body parts.

Ungrin tasked a mechanical engineering student working in his lab with creating prosthetics for Foghorn using a 3D printer.

Douglas Kondro’s first attempt wasn’t successful, but his second try had Foghorn strutting his stuff once more.

The fortunate fowl has been adopted by a family and has a new home on a rural property north of Calgary.

number of items were seized as part of the investigation.

The release says Hamdan will appear in court shortly to face the allegations against him, but doesn’t give a specific date.

RCMP charge man with terrorism-related offences VANCOUVER — A man from northern British Columbia has been charged with three terrorism-related counts, accused of posting Islamic State propaganda online.

The RCMP say Othman Ayed Hamdan of Fort St. John was arrested on Friday.

He’s charged with counselling to commit murder for the benefit of a terrorist group, counselling to assault causing bodily harm for the benefit of a terrorist group and counselling to commit aggravated assault for the benefit of a terrorist group.

An RCMP news release alleges the propaganda included inducement and instructions to commit murder in the name of Jihad.

Police say a search warrant was executed at Hamdan’s residence and a

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Canadian fighter jets strike ISIL positions in Iraq OTTAWA — Canadian fighter jets were in action over Iraq on Friday, backing up Iraqi forces fighting members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

The military issued a brief statement saying two CF-18s struck at ISIL fighting position northeast of Fallujah.

There were no other details of the strike.

Six Canadian CF-18 jets are providing Canada’s punch to coalition air strike efforts in Iraq.

They’re based in Kuwait, backed by two CP-140 Aurora patrol planes conducting target surveillance, along with a C-150 refuelling plane.

Conservation officer called killing bear cubs ‘needless’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — A conservation officer in British Columbia credited with sparing the lives of two orphaned bear cubs apparently told his superiors that his duties don’t include the needless killing of a baby animal.

An anonymous source provided a number of media outlets with what it says is an email exchange between Bryce Casavant and officials at British Columbia’s environment ministry.

It has been reported that Casavant was suspended for refusing an order to destroy the cubs last weekend along with their mother, who raided a meat freezer at a home in the Vancouver Island community of Port Hardy.

A government spokesman would not confirm or deny the authenticity of the emails, which are dated July 3-5 and are purportedly between Casavant and an official whose name is blacked out.

It’s not known when a decision will be made on the fate of the cubs, named Athena and Jordan — the government is reviewing the incident and the bears’ future.

In the purported email exchange the unnamed official expresses appreciation for Casavant’s good intentions but said killing the cubs is necessary “for public safety and most humane for these bears in the long run.”

Earlier in the exchange, a purported Casavant email indicates he appeared to know his actions would be second-guessed, saying his decision might be reviewed by his superiors, but defended his handling of the matter, saying his job doesn’t “include the needless destruction of a baby animal that can be rehabilitated.”

There have been reports that Casavant was suspended — the head of B.C.’s conservation officer service did not dispute the reports, but said he couldn’t discuss it.

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LEFT: My guide packed our canoe around like it was nothing and made it to the lake well before anyone else — including me.

ABOVE: Moose are abundant in Algonquin Provincial Park.

RIGHT: A bug jacket is a good idea in Algonquin Provincial Park during black fly and mosquito season. The difference between the cheap bug jackets (pictured here) and the more costly ones is breathability. Although it’s mesh, it was hot in there.

BELOW: Little Minnow Lake is a short portage from Lake Opeongo, but the portage means it’s less fished and quieter.

BOTTOM: Baiting the hooks was part of the service with my guide, Adam.

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here’s a bulletin board inside the Algonquin Outfitters Opeongo Store and as I looked at the pictures of the fishermen on display, I felt really optimistic about my chances of catching a big fish.

Dozens of men and women were pictured holding large brook and lake trout caught from the lakes in the area, so I

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knew it could be done.

Lake Opeongo is the largest water body in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park and it is well known for having some of the best lake trout and smallmouth bass fishing in the park, but on this day we were going after brook trout.

My guide, Adam “Duper” Duplante, was confident we’d have a better chance of catching a brooky on Little Minnow Lake than we would on Lake Opeongo.

“We’re going to have to portage our

canoe to get to this lake, but there’s way less fishermen there and that makes it worth the effort,” he said. “The only enemies these fish have are loons and other birds. I usually have success on Little Minnow.”

Adam was a big guy, the largest of the two guides accompanying our little group, and I was pretty sure he could carry the canoe overland — a task I wasn’t sure I would be very good at. After paddling across the narrow end of DEBBIE Lake Opeongo, we OLSEN got out of the canoe TRAVEL and I took the fishing poles and one of the backpacks while Adam carried the canoe and the other backpack. Even with a canoe on his back, he could walk twice as fast as me and he was soon out of site.

I stumbled along the muddy trail in rubber boots that were a little too big for my feet, stopping several times when I managed to tangle the fishing poles in bushes and trees along the way.

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ABOVE AND BELOW: Killarney Lodge is a quiet cabin respite in Algonquin Provincial Park. Rates include three meals per day and snacks.

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ALGONQUIN: Pretty tough to have a bad day fishing June and July are peak season for black flies and mosquitoes, so I wore a nylon bug jacket to protect myself from the swarming insects, but even that wasn’t enough.

By the time I reached Little Minnow Lake, I had sweat running down my back and mosquito bites running up my arms, but Duper didn’t appear to have even broken a sweat and he was oblivious to the bugs — though he had bare arms and legs.

Duper baited our hooks and we loaded up our gear and began paddling out into the lake.

I congratulated myself for choosing such a great guide. I had deliberately paired up with him for several very good reasons: he could portage the canoe for me, he was a very experienced fisherman and he was the only person in the group with a fish finder.

“Some people think using a fish finder is cheating,” Adam had said. “I find it useful to get an idea of what the bottom of the lake looks like and the depth of the water. It also gives you an idea where the fish are congregating.”

I’ve never been opposed to using technology and I wasn’t about to stick my nose up at any device that might increase my chances of catching something.

It’s difficult to write a fishing article when you don’t actually catch a fish. And let’s face it — my first few casts were pretty ugly. I needed all the help I could get.

We used a spinner and put a live worm on the end of the hook. We’d paddle to a good spot and then let the current carry our canoe downstream while we casted and trolled out opposite sides of the canoe.

On one of my early casts, I got a solid bite, but I was too quick to try to set the hook and ended up losing my worm and the fish.

A while later, I had another fish nibble on my worm but that was the only action I saw all morning.

As I sat in the boat casting out my line time and again, I couldn’t help feeling privileged to be in one of Canada’s iconic parks having one of Canada’s

iconic experiences.

We never caught any fish that morning but sometimes the old saying is true: “A bad day fishing is better than a good day working.”

Truth be told, it’s pretty tough to have a bad day fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park — even when you don’t actually catch a fish.

If you go ● Fishing packages start at $54.98 per person for two people with Algonquin Outfitters (algonquinoutfitters.com). A canoe or kayak rental, fishing rod and safety equipment are included, but guide service and lures cost extra. Algonquin Outfitters also offers a water taxi service for those who want to explore the north or east end of the lake and the tributaries that branch off from there. The water taxi can transport canoes and guests 16 km in 15 minutes and saves a day’s paddle. You’ll need an Ontario fishing

licence to fish in Algonquin Provincial Park. ● I stayed in a private cabin at Killarney Lodge (killarneylodge.com) and absolutely loved it. Rates start at $199 per person during low season and go up to $389 per person per night for the nicest private cabin during peak season. Rates include three meals daily, snacks, canoes and activities. Rates vary depending on the style of cabin selected. There are no radios, televisions or telephones at the lodge, but the lodge does have an Internet room. I enjoyed the quiet peacefulness of the lodge and the meals were outstanding. Lobster and prime rib are almost always on the menu on Sunday evenings and there are evening naturalist talks on some days. Killarney Lodge is closed during the winter months.

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 who 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.

If the shoe fits, wear it THE RISE OF SNEAKER CULTURE IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW MUSEUM EXHIBIT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The sneaker is a force in fashion, music and sports, but where did it all begin?

With the rubber tree, of course, and that’s where senior curator Elizabeth Semmelhack ventured for a new exhibit, “The Rise of Sneaker Culture,” at the Brooklyn Museum.

“I wanted to go all the way back to the sap of the tree — the rubber tree — and find out how and why the sneaker even came into existence in the first place,” said Semmelhack, from Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum, a partner for the show with the American Federation of Arts.

The exhibit of about 150 shoes opens Friday and is ambitious in scope, spanning rubber production to Prada to the coveted kicks bearing basketball legend Michael Jordan’s name, along with his monumental endorsement deal with Nike. Semmelhack created the show after 15 years focusing on high heels, when she realized “there is no way I can ignore the sneaker because they are so important culturally.”

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“These are sneakers that you just cannot see,” said Semmelhack.

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Sneakers have “a long history that has both incredible continuity but also incredible shifts and have been with us for some profound cultural moments,” Semmelhack said.

Foremost, she said, they were in the realm of the elite. Before the five-day work week, only the wealthy could make the time to play tennis and jog in the early 19th century — and they were the only ones who had a need for sneakers. Between the two world wars, governments began to democratize physical health and sneakers so that people had fit bodies to

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“They begin to segue back to a status symbol, as well as fashion, because these same people who are jogging begin to wear those bright-colored shoes to discos like Studio 54 and the idea of casual wear and fashion is becoming really important,” Semmelhack said.

Calvan Fowler, who owns the shop Jordan Heads Brooklyn, said Spike Lee-directed commercials and hip-hop music fueled the “sneakerhead” craze.

“In 1984, ’85, ’86 it started growing exponentially and as hip-hop grew the sneakers grew as well. It became a part of your personality and fabric; it became a part of who you are,” Fowler said. “It crosses different socioeconomics and racial ethnicities.”

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A wee bit of Scots golf in Oregon Oregon’s Bandon Dunes, rambling over wild-looking land, is barely recognizable as a course to the casual golfer. But for those who love golf, every hole brims with intrigue.

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opening, Bandon Dunes was hailed as a links wonder, an honest importation of Scottish links golf to the Pacific, some 5,000 miles west of the game’s homeland. The resort’s rather presumptuous slogan, “Golf as it was meant to be,” left those yet to visit snickering.

But after a round or two, most were converted. One wag even quipped that Bandon Dunes was destined to one day host an open — the British Open!

Bandon Dunes has significantly expanded since its opening in 1999.

There are four 18-hole courses (Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails and Old Macdonald); two shorter courses with nothing but par-3 holes (the Preserve and Shorty’s); and a 100,000-square-foot putting course (Punchbowl). The resort boasts five lodging complexes (ranging from fourbedroom cottages to inn accommodations) totaling 372 beds and six restaurants (ranging from high-quality pub grub to regionally inspired haute cuisine). There are some walking trails interspersed among the courses and a few massage tables and a hot tub buried deep in the main lodge.

But what people come here to do is play golf. Most play rain or shine. And even out-of-shape 50-somethings like myself will haul themselves 11 or 12 miles in a day to play 36 holes, so every inch of Bandon’s offerings can be explored over a long weekend.

For non-golfers, one course is pretty much like the next one. Parkland style? Mountain style? Inland links?

True links? What’s the difference ... and who cares?

For people who really like golf, however, every hole on every course is brimming with nuance and intrigue.

These are the sort of people who are drawn to Bandon Dunes. (This being said, I’ve brought casual golfers here who could barely distinguish a pit bunker from a putter and they’ve enjoyed the courses for their beauty and serenity.)

Though all the courses blend seamlessly into their surroundings — one has the sense that each hole was found instead of built — each has its own personality. Bandon Dunes may be the truest links course of the four.

Many holes are set along the coastline, the fairways play firm and fast, there are many natural undulations in both the fairways and the greens, and there are few trees on the field of play.

There is, however, quite a bit of gorse, a spiny evergreen shrub that was originally introduced to Oregon from Scotland by settlers to help stem erosion.

It blooms yellow in the springtime and is to be avoided at all costs. (The gorse at Bandon has claimed many a ball; a story that circulates among the caddies goes that one slightly inebriated golfer went into the gorse after an errant shot, became lost, and was finally

BY CHRIS SANTELLA ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Walking up the 18th fairway of Bandon Trails, I cannot shake the phrase “fair dreich” from my head, a Scots idiom I’d first heard some 20 years ago in a pub near the Old Course at St. Andrews. Sheets of rain are falling as I make my way between towering sand dunes festooned with waving fescue grass. Somewhere to my left, the surf crashes on the Oregon coast, its fury muffled by the mist. Fair dreich roughly translates as “really dismal weather,” and though it’s rained for 35 of the 36 holes that we’ve played this day, my spirits are barely dampened.

I reach my ball — in the fairway, for a change — grab a 6-iron and drop the ball on the green, 20 feet to the right of the flag. I bound up the steep hill ahead of the other members of my foursome, anticipating one of the day’s few birdie putts. When my first putt dribbles past the cup and my second comes up short, I shrug my shoulders, tap in for bogey and turn around.

Looking back across the dunes, I take in a slice of the Coast Range mountains to the south and a sliver of the Pacific to the west, and I can’t be too upset. The day’s score will be largely forgotten by the first pint of Alphadelic IPA at McKee’s Pub; the rain will make a good story. And no missed putt (or three) can take away the sense that I’ve just partaken of a very pure golf experience, the kind once only available on the shores of Scotland and Ireland.

Back in the late ‘90s, more than a few people thought that Mike Keiser, co-founder of Recycled Paper Greetings, a card company, was crazy when he broke ground on Bandon Dunes on a tract of windswept, sandy bluffs above the Pacific, roughly 100 miles north of the California border. It was too isolated, not on the way to much of anything.

The architect who was commissioned to design the resort’s eponymous first course, a then-29-year-old Scotsman named David McLay Kidd, had never designed a golf course before. The course would be a links-style layout, rambling over dunes and ungroomed terrain that would be barely recognizable as a golf course to the casual American player. And there would be no golf carts; instead, players would be required to walk the rolling terrain and encouraged to hire caddies, many of whom had been displaced from their livelihoods by declines in the region’s timber and fishing industries.

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Pacific Dunes, designed by Tom Doak, is many golfers’ favorite of the four 18-holers. “When I first learned to scuba dive, my instructor advised me to not look for whales, but to focus on the small but remarkable facets of the reef,” golf writer Brian McCallen told me. “I think that applies to Pacific Dunes.

Look at the undulations around the

green, how the bunkers fit into the land. Pacific Dunes is a masterpiece.

Pacific is not geared toward penciland-scorecard approach. It’s about enjoying each hole for what it is. You’re never unhappy, even when you’re fluffing the ball around. It’s just a fun course to play. And you can’t say that about many of the courses that make it on the ‘must-play’ lists.”

This intangible “playability” aspect extends to all the courses at Bandon.

The fairways are wide and the hazards benign enough that even a 90s player will part with only a handful of golf balls over several rounds.

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Spare no spectacle DONOVAN BAILEY HEADLINES STARRY PAN AM OPENING CEREMONY WITH CN TOWER BASE JUMP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Pan Am Games kicked off with an audacious flourish Friday, featuring a dazzling Cirque du Soleil production, a constellation of the country’s most accomplished sports stars and the indelible sight of Canada’s fastest man Donovan Bailey base-jumping from Canada’s tallest structure, the CN Tower.

Bailey’s freefall was not the only sky-reaching moment in a spare-nospectacle opening ceremony that rivalled — or topped — the scale and sizzle of the memorable launch of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with an inclusive, youthfully skewed presentation that adorned its Cirque wizardry with a cavalcade of famous faces.

Organizers followed through on a promise to cater the presentation to a younger generation of viewers who might have anticipated a stodgier production.

The opening sequence found A Tribe Called Red’s DJ Shub twisting vinyl on elevated turntables as 183 vibrantly clad dancers nodded to the city’s diversity with a “Powwow Carnival” that sought to incorporate choreography from countless cultures.

Cirque’s production featured at various points a fleet of BMX cyclists hurtling up and over ramps, a cheeky sequence of jukebox-based choreography set to a mashup of semi-recent pop tunes and abstractly edgy multimedia accompaniments beamed imagery that was by turns soothing or ripped from a dystopian-future sci-fi flick.

Even the mandatory elements of the ceremony were buffed to a slick finish.

The raising of the flag was accompanied by a performance from Grammy-winning Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales (a collaborator of Daft Punk, Feist and Drake), while the parade of nations — during which flag-bearer Mark Oldershaw led the biggest Ca-

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Canadian canoeist Mark Oldershaw carries the Canadian flag as Canadian athletes enter during the opening ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto on Friday. nadian team ever assembled — was marked by an insistently pounding EDM score paying tribute to the unique sound of each of the 41 competing countries, the names of which were beamed through gaudy LED screens.

And the entrance of the flags for the International Olympic Committee and Pan American Sports Organization was enlivened by the presence of a procession of Canuck public figures, including: political activist Loly Rico;

former hockey stars Mark Messier and Bobby Orr; author Yann Martel; Hall of Fame right-hander Fergie Jenkins; astronaut Chris Hadfield; and decorated athletes Marnie McBean, Catriona Le May Doan, Rick Hansen and Chantal Petitclerc.

The vibrant core of the presentation, however, was provided by a frequently awe-inspiring presentation from Cirque du Soleil with an oblique plot intended to pay tribute to the re-

gion’s First Nations population and its rich history.

Even without pondering the ornately costumed performance’s thematic messaging, it was a sensory feast that encompassed 625 performers, 47 makeup artists, 530 costumes crafted from 600 metres of fabric and 1,000 laborious hours of rehearsal spread over 22 weeks.

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Duffy leads Royals to sixth straight win

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A trainer checks on Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marco Estrada, left, during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Friday. Estrada remained in the game.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Danny Duffy pitched six sharp innings to pick up his first victory in more than two months as the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 Friday night.

Duffy (3-4) shut down a Blue Jays offence, which leads the majors with 470 runs. He gave up four singles while walking three and hitting a batter to earn his first victory since beating Detroit on April 30.

The Royals have won six straight to improve to an American League-best 51-34.

Eric Hosmer went 4 for 4, his first four-hit game of the season and his eighth career game with at least four hits. Salvador Perez, Alex Rios and Alcides Escobar each had two hits and an RBI. Blue Jays right-hander Marco Estrada (6-5), who did not allow a hit until the eighth inning in his previous two starts, gave up a season-high nine hits.

He suffered his first loss since May 27.

The Blue Jays, 3-7 in July, dropped below .500 for the first time since June 8.

Rios’ double in the second scored Salvador Perez with the first run.

Escobar’s two-out fourth inning single brought home Rios to make it 2-0.

Perez homered, his 15th, in the eighth off reliever Ryan Tepera.

Duffy was in trouble only in the

fourth when he walked Danny Valencia and Russell Martin singled to begin the inning, but Duffy retired the next three batters.

After Duffy exited, Royals relievers Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland completed the shutout. Holland struck out the side in the ninth for his 18th save in 20 opportunities.

Rain delayed the beginning of the game for 2 hours, 7 minutes.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: Rookie RHP Aaron Sanchez (strained right latissimus dorsi) will throw 50 pitches for Advance-A Dunedin (Florida) on Saturday. If all goes well, he will report to Triple-A Buffalo for a Thursday for a rehab start.

Royals: 3B Mike Moustakas was reinstated from the bereavement/family medical emergency list after missing four games. Moustakas went 0 for 4 in his return. INF Cheslor Cuthbert was optioned to Triple-A Omaha and will play in the Future’s All-Star game Sunday in Cincinnati.

UP NEXT Blue Jays: LHP Mark Buerhle, 4-1 in his past eight starts, will start Saturday.

Royals: RHP Chris Young will be working on three days for the fourth time in his career.

Buccaneers face Vandals with rejuvenated lineup

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The bye week could not have come at a better time for the Central Alberta Buccaneers.

As banged up as any team in the Alberta Football League, the Bucs managed to eke out a victory over the Edmonton Stallions in their final game before the Canada Day week off, and are now ready to host the Lloydminster Vandals on Saturday with a full, rejuvenated lineup.

“We really needed the break,” said Buccaneers head coach Devon Hand.

“We needed the time to get mentally

ready and more importantly we needed the break to get physically ready.”

The Bucs sit in a three-way tie for second place in the AFL with a 3-1 record — sharing space with the Fort McMurray Monarchs and St. Albert Stars.

However, they have yet to put together a complete game.

Their defence finally looked like the dominant unit everyone was expecting at the beginning of the season in their shorthanded win over the Stallions, but the offence is still trying to get on track.

Hand is hoping they were able to iron out a few of their issues over the bye week.

“We’re still kind of feeling ourselves

out, we’re still trying to identify and shape that identity of who we are as an offensive football team,” he said.

Their leading quarter back Jamie Fox is still just the eighth-ranked pivot in the league with 431 passing yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions with a 53.5 per cent completion percentage. He is still sharing time with Pascal Plante who has 215 passing yards, no touchdowns and three interceptions, but is better on his feet with 123 yards on 12 rushes.

“When we go run heavy and mash it up between the tackles we’ll put Pascal in there and then when we’re looking to spread it out and push the ball down the field we’ll lean on Jamie Fox, until

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one guy clearly takes over,” said Hand.

“We’re not going to be forcing round pegs into square holes, we’re going to be relying on both of their talents and wring out ever ounce of talent we have offensively and put some points on the board.”

To help out their struggling offence, they plan to continue to feed their running backs, Junior Rivera, who is third in league rushing with 294 yards, just 26 behind the Monarchs’ Greg Pelly for first, while Tanner Green is sporting a league-best 14.1 yards per carry average with 113 yards on eight touches.

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Bombers hold off Als for second win

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Bombers 25 Alouettes 23 WINNIPEG — Defensive back Teague Sherman looked more like a sprinter Friday night.

Sherman scored a touchdown off a blocked punt as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers held on to defeat the Montreal Alouettes 25-23.

Bombers defensive back Lin-J Shell started the play by blocking Alouettes kicker Boris Bede late in the second quarter and Sherman pounced on the ball in the end zone to give Winnipeg a 19-10 halftime lead.

“I won the race,” said Sherman, an Edmonton native in his third season with the Bombers. “There was a few of us, but I won the race. I think my speed increased incredibly as soon as I saw the ball out there. I wanted to try to get there first.

“It was awesome. I’ve got to give full credit to Lin-J Shell. It was all him. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

The University of Manitoba product wasn’t the only Bomber in the right place at the right time.

Rookie cornerback Johnny Adams grabbed one of two interceptions thrown by rookie Rakeem Cato, stepping in front of intended receiver S.J. Green and running 40 yards for his major in the second quarter.

He also shared the limelight with the defensive line.

“They pressured (Cato) and I just helped out and did my part on the defence,” said Adams.

Bombers quarterback Drew Willy

showed no ill effects from taking a helmet-to-helmet hit in last week’s loss to Hamilton, a smack that made him miss three quarters of the game.

Willy completed 20-of-29 pass attempts for 251 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. He also ran three times for 28 yards.

Lirim Hajrullahu booted four field goals in a contest that left the Alouettes (1-2) trying for a late comeback.

Winnipeg (2-1) held a 22-13 lead going into the fourth quarter, but Montreal running back Tyrell Sutton ran eight yards for his second touchdown of the game 55 seconds in to start closing the gap.

Hajrullahu booted his fourth field goal to make it 25-20, but Cato guided the Als on a six-play, 55-yard drive that ended with Bede’s third field goal of the game from 38 yards.

With their team leading 25-23, the 25,605 fans at Investors Group Field got loud and Montreal was facing third down and eight with 1:26 left in the game.

Winnipeg avoided a pass interference penalty and Cato’s throw to target Green was tipped away and the ball was turned over at Montreal’s 26-yard line.

Green finished with six catches for 180 yards.

“I’m sure my wife and kids are happy, but we want (wins) in here,” said Green.

Cato threw two interceptions and finished 22 of 31 for 317 yards with no TDs. The rookie’s CFL debut last week had the league buzzing after he went 20 of 25 with three touchdowns in a 29The Braves are in Edmonton for a three-game set this weekend.

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Braves rough up first place Red, sweep doubleheader The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves swept a rare mid-week doubleheader in Okotoks on Wednesday.

In the first game they beat the first place Okotoks Black 6-4 with Branden Woods pitching a complete game, striking out four and allowing no walks.

This was Black’s third loss of the season and two of those have come to the Braves with Woods on the mound.

Matt Kohle led the offence with a pair of singles and a pair of runs while Cooper Jones also had two singles.

Hunter Leslie, Ty Moline, Brett Porter and Ben LeBlanc each had one single.

The Braves followed that win up with a second in the late game, this time beating the Okotoks Red 7-3.

Hayley Lalor lasted four innings as starting pitcher to collect the win, allowing three runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Moline came in in relief and pitched three shutout innings, allowing only one hit and two walks with four strike outs.

Cooper Jones led their attack with two doubles while Aiden Schafer, Leslie and LeBlanc both had one double each. Porter, Kohle and Riley Seward hand one single each.

Red Deer native and minor hockey graduate Paul Postma has signed a two-year deal with the Winnipeg Jets with a cap hit of $887,500 per season.

The 26-year-old defenceman appeared in 42 games with the Jets in the 2014-15 season, recording two goals, four assists and 16 penalty minutes.

Postma has played in 100 NHL games over five seasons, all for the Jets, recording 18 points (7G, 11A) and 30 PIM. • Former Red Deer College Kings hockey player Mike Kadar has joined the Detroit Red Wings as the NHL team’s strength and conditioning coach.

Kadar had been with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the same role since 2007 and broke into the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in 2003, two years after serving as the RDC Kings’ strength and conditioning coach for one season.

Kadar also worked with the 2007 Slovenian national team, which won the gold medal in the B pool of the world championship.

With four straight birdies, Yang charges into first place LANCASTER, Pa. — Amy Yang rolled in four consecutive birdies in a

A forest sequence soundtracked by ethereal cooing featured dancers incubated in sparkling spheres, rising and descending high above the stage.

Later, a 25-metre strip of towering fire bisected the stage, with 53 hip-hop dancers on each side, before eight tumblers initiated a series of scalpscorching flips over the flames.

Another sequence featured an aerial contortionist cavorting 15 metres in the air, the stage draped in 14 pieces of fabric billowing 30 metres wide. A storm motif incorporated acrobats clinging to 10-metre-high ladders while the show-stealing BMX sequence was furthered by the efforts of three bungee-plunging aerialists dressed as airline pilots.

Impressive though the spectacle was, perhaps a more moving story was conveyed with the simple journey of the torch.

The flame first flickered into view early in the show with a pre-recorded bit that depicted Canada’s Olympic gold medal-winning 4x100-metre relay team from the 1996 Atlanta Games ushering the fire towards the venue one by one, with Carlton Chambers preceding Robert Esmie, who preceded Glenroy Gilbert.

Gilbert then touched the flame to the base of the CN Tower, sparking a series of popping pyrotechnics that

11 win over Calgary.

“I think he did well,” Green said of Cato. “We had a rough first half as a team. I don’t blame the first half on him at all.”

But Cato was pointing the finger at himself, vowing to study the play book more and watch more film.

“I had a terrible first half, a bad first half,” said Cato. “I tried to come back and do the best I can and bounce

back in the second half.

“I thought we played a much better second half, but the first half I played terrible. Gave up two interceptions, one critical touchdown, a pick six. I’ve just got to do a better job at seeing things.”

The Als return home to host Hamilton in Week 4 while the Bombers are on the road against Calgary.

round of 4-under 66 for a three-stroke lead after two rounds if the U.S. Women’s Open.

While the bulk of the field tried to solve the sloping greens at Lancaster Country Club, Yang charged into the lead on her inward nine with birdies on Nos. 11-13. The 25-year-old South Korean was at 7-under 133.

Stacy Lewis, last year’s runner-up, and Japan’s Shiho Oyama were tied for second at 4-under 136.

Marina Alex, part of a three-way tie for the lead after one round, carded a 1-over 71 and was next at 3-under 137.

Karrie Webb, also first round coleader, had a 2-over 72 and was in a large group at 2-under 138. That group includes top-ranked and two-time champion Inbee Park (70), first-round co-leader Jane Park (72) and Michelle Pressel (70). Defending champion Michelle Wie rebounded from an opening 72 with a 2-under 68 and was seven shots off the lead.

breaking at the end of each set, Federer put on a supreme grass-court performance to outclass his British rival 7-5, 7-5, 6-4. The win sent Federer into his 26th Grand Slam final, where he will face defending champion Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s championship match.

It will be a repeat of last year’s final, which Djokovic won in five sets.

If anyone thought the 33-year-old Federer was past his prime, this match dispelled any of those thoughts. The second-seeded Swiss served as well as he ever has, saving one break point in the opening game of the match and never facing another the rest of the way.

Federer won 70 of 81 points on serve and, after the first game, was taken to deuce only once on serve. He piled up 56 winners and had only 11 unforced errors, compared to 35 and 17 for Murray.

Federer, who ran his record in Wimbledon semifinals to 10-0, is the oldest man to reach the final since Ken Rosewall finished runner-up in 1974 at the age of 39.

If he can beat Djokovic, Federer will become first man to win eight Wimbledon titles. In 2012, he tied Pete Sampras and 1880s player William Renshaw with seven. Federer extended his career record against Murray to 13-11, including 5-1 in Grand Slams.

This was the first time they’ve met here since 2012, when Federer beat Murray in the Wimbledon final and the Briton won in straight sets a few weeks later on Centre Court in the Olympic final.

Federer beats Murray in straight sets LONDON — Playing the kind of untouchable tennis that has brought him 17 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer beat Andy Murray in straight sets Friday to reach his 10th Wimbledon final and put him within one victory of a record eighth championship at the All England Club.

Riding a dominant serve that produced 20 aces, keeping relentless pressure on Murray with his returns and cauldron at the base of the CN Tower alight.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Demond Washington defends as Montreal Alouettes’ Cody Hoffman can’t haul in this pass in the Bombers’ end zone during the first half of CFL action in Winnipeg Friday, July 10, 2015.

symbolically lifted the fire up to Bruny Surin — who was bravely trotting around the apex of the 553-metre high structure to the appreciative applause of those inside.

Finally, he arrived at a hooded Bailey, who lifted his veil and flung himself off the structure, popping his parachute and fluttering to the dome’s roof. Though the stunt was taped, the crowd gasped gratefully. As the recording segued into reality, Bailey descended from the roof, flame in hand, serenaded by applause.

Surrounded by his relay-mates, he passed the fire on to 15-year-old Canadian diver Faith Zacharias, who left the torch in its mid-stage resting place.

It wasn’t until the grand conclusion that the flame again became the centre of attention.

Zacharias returned to light a new torch held by Olympic silver medallist runner Dana Wright, who cycled the flame through to torches clutched by the remaining members of her relay team: Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck and Marita Payne-Wiggins.

Payne-Wiggins then walked over and ignited a torch held by her son, the NBA’s locally reared reigning rookie of the year Andrew Wiggins.

He then jogged up the aisle and into the audience where he met the final torchbearer: fellow basketball star Steve Nash.

The Victoria product then trotted outside the venue, through hundreds of applauding onlookers, and finally dipped the torch, setting the Pan Am

BUCCANEERS: Hands full with Vandals “We’ve ran the ball for more than 200 yards (in each our last two games),” said Hand. “We’re looking to try and keep that trend going and trying to control the clock and be as physical as possible.”

The defence is starting to figure itself out as well. Outside of one bad game against the Calgary Gators when they were torched for 320 passing yards in a 50-6 loss, they have held up well, particularly against the run as they have given up just 42.5 yards a game on the ground.

“We do get a pile of guys back health wise and guys coming back from work situations, so our defence should be immediately improved this week and we should be stronger going for-

ward,” said Hand.

The Bucs believe they will have a tough challenge in the Vandals who have fallen on hard times since winning the 2012 national championship, but appear to be turning the corner on their rebuild.

Their 28-14 win over the Calgary Wolfpack on June 27 was their first victory in two years.

They are led by athletic quarterback Mike Holman who is tied with Fox with 431 yards passing with three touchdowns and six interceptions but is also the Vandals leading rusher with 108 yards on 12 carries.

With their next two games at home against the Monarchs and Stars, Hand is working hard to keep them focused on Saturday.

“I keep telling the guys ‘Don’t look at the records, because we’re not good enough to look past anybody,” said Hand. “We need to take it week by week, improve every week, focus on the task at hand and stay healthy as possible as we get to the home stretch.”

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Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF D.C. United 10 6 5 35 23 Columbus 6 6 6 24 27 Orlando City 6 6 6 24 23 New England 6 8 6 24 25 Toronto FC 7 7 2 23 22 New York 6 6 5 23 23 N.Y.C. FC 5 8 5 20 20 Philadelphia 5 10 4 19 22 Montreal 5 7 3 18 20 Chicago 4 9 3 15 18

GA 18 26 22 29 23 22 23 32 25 24

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Seattle 10 7 2 32 25 Vancouver 10 7 2 32 23 Portland 9 6 4 31 22 Los Angeles 8 6 7 31 31 FC Dallas 8 5 5 29 24 S.K.C 7 3 6 27 25 San Jose 7 7 4 25 19 Houston 6 7 6 24 24 Real Salt Lake 5 6 8 23 18 Colorado 3 6 9 18 14

GA 18 19 20 23 23 17 19 24 23 18

Friday’s Games Houston 2, San Jose 0 Today’s Games Portland at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

New England at New York, 5 p.m.

FC Dallas at Orlando City, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto FC at New York City FC, 1 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15 Columbus at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 17 San Jose at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

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L GF GA 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 47 39 .547 44 42 .512 44 45 .494 44 45 .494 41 46 .471 Central Division W L Pct 51 33 .607 47 40 .540 44 42 .512 42 44 .488 40 44 .476 West Division W L Pct 49 40 .551 47 39 .547 42 44 .488 40 47 .460 39 50 .438

Costa Rica Jamaica Canada El Salvador

GROUP B W D L GF GA 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Mexico T. and T. Guatemala Cuba

GROUP C W D L GF GA 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 6

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GB — 5.5 8 10 11 GB — 1/2 5.5 8 10

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Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-4) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-7), 2:05 p.m.

Detroit (Simon 8-5) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 7-6), 2:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 11-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 0-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 10-7), 4:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-2) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 4-2), 5:15 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 7-5) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 7-5), 5:15 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 7-3) at Texas (Lewis 8-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6) at Seattle (Iwakuma 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Houston at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Toronto at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

San Diego at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled

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Tuesday’s Games All-Star game at Cincinnati, 5 p.m.

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Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 Baltimore 3, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Arizona 2 Cincinnati 1, Miami 0 Texas 4, San Diego 3 Colorado 5, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Today’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-4) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-7), 2:05 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 7-6), 2:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Wisler 3-1) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-3), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-1) at Miami (Latos 3-6), 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 7-5) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 7-3), 5:15 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 7-5) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 7-5), 5:15 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 7-3) at Texas (Lewis 8-4), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 0-5) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 6-6), 8:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Jungmann 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Beachy 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

San Diego at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

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Graveman, Pomeranz (6), Fe.Rodriguez (7), Abad (8) and Phegley; Salazar, Allen (9) and Y.Gomes.

W—Salazar 8-4. L—Graveman 6-5. Sv—Allen (19).

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Sv—Boxberger (21). HRs—Houston, Col.Rasmus (11). Tampa Bay, Guyer (3).

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W—G.Cole 13-3. L—Lynn 6-5. Sv—Melancon (29). HRs—St. Louis, M.Carpenter (9). Pittsburgh, N.Walker (7).

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L—Ch.Anderson 4-3. Sv—Familia (25). HRs—New York, Duda (11), Cuddyer (7).

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Santiago, Gott (8), Pestano (9), Salas (9) and Iannetta; Montgomery, Farquhar (6), Beimel (8), Nuno (9) and Zunino. W—Santiago 6-4. L—Montgomery 4-3. HRs—Los Angeles, Trout 2 (26), Cron 2 (5).

Seattle, Trumbo (2).

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Sv—Sh.Tolleson (13). HRs—San Diego, Upton Jr. (2). Texas, Fielder (14), Beltre (7).

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Verlander, B.Rondon (8), Soria (9) and Avila; E.Santana, Graham (5), O’Rourke (8), May (9) and K.Suzuki. W—May 6-7. L—Soria 3-1. HRs—Detroit, V.Martinez (4), Cespedes (13), J.Martinez (25). Min L.A.A. Seattle

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Estrada, Loup (7), Tepera (8) and D.Navarro; D.Duffy, K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—D.Duffy 3-4. L—Estrada 6-5. Sv— G.Holland (18). HRs—Kansas City, S.Perez (15).

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G.Gonzalez, Barrett (7), Janssen (8), Thornton (8), Roark (9) and Lobaton; Tillman, O’Day (7), Brach (8), Britton (9) and Wieters. W—Britton 1-0. L— Roark 4-4. HRs—Baltimore, A.Jones (12), Schoop (5).

Pineda, Ju.Wilson (7), Betances (8), A.Miller (9) and B.McCann; Buchholz, Ross Jr. (4), M.Barnes (8), Breslow (8), Masterson (9) and S.Leon. W— Pineda 9-5. L—Buchholz 7-7. HRs—New York, A.Rodriguez (17). Boston, Betts (10).

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Rodon, Petricka (7), Duke (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and Flowers; Hendricks, H.Rondon (8), Grimm (9) and Teagarden. W—Petricka 3-2. L—H.Rondon

Nelson, W.Smith (8) and Lucroy; Bolsinger, Tsao (7), Howell (8), Jansen (9) and Grandal. W—Tsao 1-0. L—Nelson 6-9. Sv—Jansen (15).

Attendance — 25,605 at Winnipeg.

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WEEK THREE Bye: Hamilton Friday’s results Winnipeg 25 Montreal 23 Saskatchewan at B.C. Thursday’s results Edmonton 46 Ottawa 17 Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m.

WEEK FOUR Bye: Toronto Thursday, July 16 Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, July 17 Edmonton at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

B.C. at Saskatchewan, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 18 Winnipeg at Calgary, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Blue Bombers 25, Alouettes 23 First Quarter Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 52 9:01 Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 21 12:27 Second Quarter Mtl — FG Bede 22 1:15 Wpg — TD Adams 40 interception return (convert failed) 4:53 Mtl — TD Sutton 4 run (Bede convert) 10:25 Wpg — TD Sherman blocked punt return (Hajrullahu convert) 14:43 Third Quarter Mtl — FG Bede 22 3:07 Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 25 13:29 Fourth Quarter Mtl — TD Sutton 8 run (Bede convert) 0:55 Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 34 4:53 Mtl — FG Bede 38 11:53 Montreal 0 10 3 10 — 23 Winnipeg 6 13 3 3 — 25

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCORING LEADERS Unofficial 2015 CFL scoring leaders through Thursday’s game (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pt J.Medlock, Ham 0 7 5 3 25 x-C.Marshall, Wpg 3 4 0 0 22 D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 6 0 22 G.Shaw, Edm 0 4 3 2 15 B.Bede, Mtl 0 2 4 1 15 B.Banks, Ham 2 0 0 0 12 P.Cotton, Wpg 2 0 0 0 12 T.Gurley, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 E.Jackson, Ott 2 0 0 0 12 K.Lawrence, Edm 2 0 0 0 12 R.Smith, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 B.Whitaker, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 R.Pfeffer, Tor 0 3 2 1 10 P.McCallum, Sask 0 1 3 0 10 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 1 3 0 10 x-J.Cornish, Cgy 1 2 0 0 8 x-C.Getzlaf, Sask 1 2 0 0 8 x-G.Ellingson, Ott 1 2 0 0 8 x-J.Messam, Sask 1 2 0 0 8 x-C.Owens, Tor 1 2 0 0 8 L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 3 1 2 8 R.Leone, BC 0 1 2 1 8

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Golf JOHN DEERE CLASSIC At TPC Deere Run Silvis, Ill. Purse: $4.7 million Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71 Second Round Pts 1 1 1 1

Thursday, July 9 Carson, California Costa Rica 2, Jamaica 2 Carson, California El Salvador 0, Canada 0 Saturday, July 11 Houston Jamaica vs. Canada, 2230 GMT Sunday, July 12 Houston Costa Rica vs. El Salvador, 0100 GMT Tuesday, July 14 Toronto Jamaica vs. El Salvador, 2200 GMT Wednesday, July 15 Toronto Canada vs. Costa Rica, 0030 GMT GP 1 1 1 1

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Tuesday, July 7 Frisco, Texas Panama 1, Haiti 1 Wednesday, July 8 Frisco, Texas United States 2, Honduras 1 Friday, July 10 Foxborough, Massachusetts Honduras 1, Panama 1 Saturday, July 11 Foxborough, Massachusetts United States 1, Haiti 0 Monday, July 13 Kansas City, Kansas Haiti vs. Honduras, 2300 GMT Tuesday, July 14 Kansas City, Kansas Panama vs. United States, 0130 GMT GP 1 1 1 1

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ak-Advanced to knockout stage Thursday, July 9 Chicago Trinidad and Tobago 3, Guatemala 1 Friday, July 10 Chicago Mexico 6, Cuba 0 Sunday, July 12 Glendale, Arizona Trinidad and Tobago vs. Cuba, 2230 GMT Monday, July 13 Glendale, Arizona Guatemala vs. Mexico, 0100 GMT Wednesday, July 15 Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba vs. Guatemala, 2200 GMT Thursday, July 16 Charlotte, North Carolina Mexico vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 0030 GMT

a-denotes amateur Justin Thomas Johnson Wagner Tom Gillis Scott Pinckney Daniel Summerhays Will Wilcox Bryce Molder Steve Wheatcroft Robert Garrigus Spencer Levin Brian Stuard Luke Guthrie Zach Johnson Steven Alker Steve Stricker Nicholas Thompson Shawn Stefani Ryan Moore Jordan Spieth Brian Harman Vijay Singh Danny Lee Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Jason Bohn Michael Putnam Derek Fathauer Sam Saunders Tyrone Van Aswegen Max Homa Mark Hubbard Jonas Blixt Charles Howell III Scott Piercy Robert Streb Kevin Kisner Boo Weekley Chad Campbell Chris Stroud Jim Renner Jerry Kelly Cameron Percy Hudson Swafford Carl Pettersson Roberto Castro Ryo Ishikawa Tim Wilkinson Jhonattan Vegas John Huh Glen Day Josh Teater Pat Perez

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U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN At Lancaster Country Club Lancaster, Pa. Purse: TBA ($4 million in 2014) Yardage: 6,483; Par: 70 Second Round a-denotes amateur Amy Yang Stacy Lewis Shiho Oyama Marina Alex Inbee Park Jane Park Rumi Yoshiba Morgan Pressel In Gee Chun Karrie Webb Min Lee Angela Stanford Sei Young Kim Mi Hyang Lee Pernilla Lindberg Michelle Wie Lizette Salas So Yeon Ryu Brittany Lang Lee Lopez Ai Suzuki Candie Kung Na Yeon Choi Q Baek Ryann O’Toole Ayako Uehara Azahara Munoz Jung Min Lee

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Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Milwaukee OF Ariel Estades (DSL Brewers) 72 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned 1B Christian Walker to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent C Blake Swihart to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled INF Tyler Saladino from Charlotte (IL). Sent RHP Nate Jones to Winston-Salem (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent RHP Josh Tomlin to Akron (EL) for a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHP Brett Oberholtzer to Fresno (PCL). Reinstated RHP Chad Qualls from the 15-day DL. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned INF Cheslor Cuthbert to Omaha (PCL). Reinstated 3B Mike Moustakas from the bereavement/family medical emergency list.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent INF Brendan Ryan to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Patrick O’Brien on a minor league contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent OF Ender Inciarte to Mobile (SL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with 1B Matt Fields on a minor league contract.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent LHP Josh Outman to the GCL Braves for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Vin Mazzaro and LHP Andrew Barbosa on minor league contracts.

CHICAGO CUBS — Designated RHP Donn Roach for assignment. Optioned INF Mike Olt to Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Called up RHP Gonzalez Germen from Albuquerque (PCL). Placed RHP David Hale on the 15-day DL. Selected LHP Aaron Laffey from Albuqeurque. Optioned RHP Scott Oberg to Albuquerque.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Released RHP Brandon League. Designated LHP Chris Reed for assignment. Claimed RHP Preston Guilmet off waivers from Tampa Bay. MIAMI MARLINS — Placed INF Jeff Baker on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Agreed to term with 3B Casey McGehee on a one-year contract.

NEW YORK METS — Placed LHP Steven Matz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled INF Danny Muno from Las Vegas (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with 3B Dylan

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Becker on a minor league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed OF Denard Span on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Placed RHP Jordan Zimmermann on paternity leave. Recalled INF Wilmer Difo from Harrisburg (EL). Reinstated RHP Aaron Barrett from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with C Zach Wright on a minor league contract.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Sold the contract of C Zach Wright to the Washington Nationals.

LAREDO LEMURS — Released RHP Scott Garner.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released RHP Dan Child.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Alex Koronis.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released INF Kyle Brandenburg.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Signed F LeBron James and G Mo Williams to two-year contracts.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed F Jarell Martin.

MIAMI HEAT — Signed G Dwyane Wade and C-F Amare Stoudamire on one-year contracts.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed G Cameron Payne.

ORLANDO MAGIC — Signed G Mario Hezonja.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Announced the suspension of Dallas DE Greg Hardy has been reduced to four games.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F John Scott to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired D Trevor Daley and F Ryan Garbutt from the Dallas Stars for F Patrick Sharp and D Stephen Johns.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Agreed to terms with RW Gustav Nyquist on a four-year contract. Named Mike Kadar strength and conditioning coach.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed Fs Vladislav Kamenev and Yakov Trenin to three-year, entry-level contracts.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with G Magnus Hellberg and F Marek Hrivik.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with D Paul Postma on a two-year contract.

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BOISE OPEN At Hillcrest Country Club Boise, Idaho Purse: $800,000 Yardage: 6,807; Par: 71 Second Round Martin Piller Jorge FernandezValdes Peter Malnati Ben Kohles Erik Barnes Tag Ridings Rick Cochran III Brady Schnell Trey Mullinax Zack Fischer Steve Allan Steve Marino Joel Dahmen Kevin Tway Peter Tomasulo Michael Arnaud

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Economy loses 6,400 jobs PART-TIME LOSSES OUTPACE FULL-TIME JOB GAINS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada suffered a net loss in jobs last month but overall performance on the employment front was better than expected in a result that did little to shed light on what the Bank of Canada will do on interest rates next week.

The central bank is expected to reduce its economic outlook for the year, but whether it will cut its key interest rate is a matter of debate among economists.

“On balance, this was a slightly better result than expected and makes the (central) bank’s decision next week very much a toss-up,” BMO chief economist Doug Porter said of the jobs report.

“Having forecast that we expect the bank to trim rates next week, we’re not going to change the call on one murky labour force survey — but it will make for one intense debate next week for the bank, especially if Greece does indeed manage to reach a deal this weekend.”

Statistics Canada said there were 6,400 fewer jobs last month, as a strong gain in full-time employment only partially offset a bigger decline in part-time positions.

The economy shed 71,200 part-time jobs, which provide fewer than 30 hours per week, but added 65,800 full-time jobs. The national unemployment rate held steady at 6.8 per cent.

Economists had expected a loss of 10,000 jobs and an uptick in the unemployment rate to 6.9 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters.

Concerns have been raised in recent days about the strength of the Canadian economy, with some speculating the country slipped into recession in the first half of the year following a string of disappointing economic data.

The jobs report was the last major economic data point before the rate announcement and the release of the central bank’s latest monetary policy report.

The C.D. Howe Institute’s monetary policy council recommended Thursday that the Bank of Canada keep its target for the overnight rate on hold at 0.75

per cent.

However the decision wasn’t unanimous. Seven members of the think-tank’s council voted to keep the key rate on hold, while four supported a cut to 0.50 per cent.

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said it will likely be a close decision, but stuck with his prediction of a rate cut.

“We still lean towards one more rate cut from the Bank of Canada in the coming week, because forecasts of sunnier times ahead have a lot of downside risk,” Shenfeld wrote in a note.

Porter pointed to several areas of strength in the jobs report, including that it was the third month in a row that full-time employment posted strong growth and that wages were up three per cent from a year ago.

Total hours worked in June were “quite strong,” he said, adding “usually that’s not a bad rule of thumb for how the overall economy performed.”

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Get ready to raise a glass BLINDMAN BREWING ON TRACK TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER IN LACOMBE

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Soon something big will be brewing in Lacombe, as the Central Alberta community’s new microbrewery expects its production equipment to arrive by the end of July.

Hans Doef, co-owner of Blindman Brewing, said they are looking at a September opening date for their microbrewery and tap room.

“We’re really excited to get more local craft beer to the area,” said Doef. “We know people are excited about it and we’re excited to make it. It’s been a long time coming, but now we know it will be here soon.”

Initially, they want to offer three beers: an India pale ale, a session ale and a saison.

“A session ale is basically a lower alcohol-byvolume ale, they call it a session because you can sit down and have a session of drinking,” said Doef.

The saison, a beer with French origins, has a unique flavour, said Doef and will be split-batched, half with higher in alcohol-by-volume content and the other half lower.

Test batches of the beer are well underway. But with their major production equipment anticipated to arrive by the end of July, Doef said they hope to start large-scale brewing by mid-to-late August.

It has been a process more than two years in the making, said Doef. Between brainstorming, projecting, businesses plans, bringing investors on board and learning what it takes to run a microbrewery, many hours have been spent getting the idea off the ground.

“We feel we’re coming together to make a bunch of beer that people will really enjoy,” said Doef.

Once they open, Doef said getting the beer to market is the top priority and they want to distribute throughout Central Alberta. Work on a taproom component of the microbrewery will be secondary to the retail sale of the beers.

“We have the building, we have the recipes in line, we’re getting the equipment,” said Doef.

“It started out with homebrewing and geeking out on beer.”

When they open, Blindman Brewing will be the

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

From the left, Hans Doef, Matt Willerton, Kirk Zembal, Shane Groendahl, Adam Campbell and Dave Vanderplaat raise a glass of their craft beer from a test batch. Their brewery Blindman Brewing is preparing their operation for a September 2015 opening in Lacombe. third microbrewery in the area. They join Troubled Monk Brewery and Drummond Brewing Company, both in Red Deer.

For more information on Blindman Brewing, visit

their Facebook page Blindman Brewing, on Twitter @blindmanbrewery or online at www.blindmanbrewing.com. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Developers say parking plenty at proposed apartment

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Developers of a proposed 109-unit apartment complex have been asked to work with planners to address parking concerns.

Campbell River, B.C.-based Seymour Pacific Developments Ltd. was seeking an 18-stall relaxation for the project to be located at 50 Livingston Close in southeast Red Deer. Developers have proposed 165 stalls for the two four-storey buildings of 54 and 55 units.

That number of parking spaces works out to about 1.5 stalls per unit, which is in keeping with the stan-

dard for similar buildings developed by the company.

At a municipal planning commission meeting on Wednesday, Coun. Dianne Wyntjes proposed that the issue be tabled for up to a month so the developers could meet with planning staff and try to find a way to meet the parking requirement.

Wyntjes said on Friday that the area is already quite densely developed, including the presence of other apartment buildings, and she is concerned about creating future problems and enforcement issues.

Seymour development manager Adam Cooper says in a letter to the planning commission that their past experience in Red Deer suggests 165 stalls will

be enough.

In a recently completed multi-family project in Vanier Woods, the company met the city’s parking requirement of 271 stalls. After assigning one parking space per unit and renting out additional requested stalls, there were 30 spaces left unassigned.

The latest project would have 52 revenue-generating stalls and four barrier-free stalls after each unit is assigned its single space.

“We feel this is entirely sufficient to meet the demand expected on this site and that we will not create any injurious impacts on the neighbourhood; such as a high number of vehicles parked on-street,” says Cooper. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Bombardier shares hit new 22-year low CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT BUSINESS JETS, CSERIES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Bombardier’s stock closed at its lowest level since 1993 on Friday amid reports that its new Global 7000-8000 business jet may be delayed and concerns that a deal between a major Chinese airline and Boeing could hurt sales of the Montreal company’s CSeries.

The shares hit a low of $1.84 in early trading, but closed down two cents to $1.98 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

That followed a more than 10 per cent dip on Thursday.

The last time Bombardier’s shares (TSX:BBD.B) plunged so low was in October 1993.

Thursday’s sell-off followed a Bloomberg report that cited a company official who said Bombardier’s new leadership team is conducting “a full review of all aspects of the program, including its schedule” for its new Global aircraft.

David Tyerman of Canaccord Genuity said such a delay should not come as a surprise given that Bom-

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bardier hasn’t provided an update on the development of the Global 7000 and 8000, including the date for first flight.

The analyst said he’s assuming the plane will be two years late and be delivered in 2018 and 2019.

Tyerman also said investors might have some concern about the impact of economic problems in China and Greece. Asia Pacific and Europe are two big areas of business for Bombardier’s rail and aerospace divisions.

The rail business is largely dependent on orders from government, which often spends more during economic slowdowns. In aerospace, the regions account for about 18 per cent of the US$20 billion in annual revenues.

Bombardier announced in May plans to lay off 1,750 employees and slow the rate of production for its Global 5000/6000 planes to reflect conditions in some markets such as Latin America, China and Russia.

The company’s shares could also be taking a hit from the lack of CSeries orders.

China Eastern Airlines announced it is buying 50 Boeing 737 aircraft for its budget subsidiary, China

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Boeing said the order is for planes with 160 to 189 seats. However, a report in Seattle said the order from China’s third-largest airline will also include upgraded Max variants.

Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets initially issued a report suggesting the order could include smaller planes that would be a direct competitor to the CSeries. He later amended it to reflect the larger plane size.

“While the 737-800 is not a direct competitor to the CSeries, the order from China Eastern...does likely reduce the probability of a CSeries order from China Eastern in the near term,” he wrote in a report.

Bombardier said it didn’t compete for this order but is “in discussions with a number of local airlines in the region.”

Tyerman said it’s a hyper-sensitive time for the CSeries.

“We won’t know what orders they get for quite a long time and while you’re waiting it’s painful, painful, painful....but it doesn’t tell you if the plane is going to be successful,” he 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. . . . . . . . . . . 130.93 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.00 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.36 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.98 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.15 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.94 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 199.58 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.15 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.54 Cervus Equipment Corp 15.88 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.41 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 57.69 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.47 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.28 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.40 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.88 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.23 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.21 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 36.07 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.98 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.44 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.96 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.91 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.16 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.55 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.79 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.63 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.94 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.12

WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.70 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.82 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.00 First Quantum Minerals . 15.58 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.84 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.55 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.66 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.80 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.50 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.79 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 11.25 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 20.98 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 25.05 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 59.71 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.40 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 28.70 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.01 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.89 Canyon Services Group. . 5.54 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.19 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2400 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 12.23 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.18 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.22 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.33 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 23.50 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.53 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.87

Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.83 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.33 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.00 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.84 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 49.17 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 74.19 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.58 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.49 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 26.83 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.30 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 39.71 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 89.91 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.14 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.86 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.58 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.87 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.36

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets posted solid gains Friday as traders took in encouraging developments in the Greek debt negotiations and a rebound on Chinese markets that continued to gain traction.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 132.58 points at 14,411.07, as the latest employment survey from Statistics Canada that showed a big increase in full-time employment in June despite an overall loss of 6,400 jobs as 71,200 part-time positions were eliminated.

“I loved the gains in full-time jobs,” said Allan Small, senior investment adviser at Holliswealth.

“One of the biggest knocks on our economy, when we did grow jobs, was that most of them were part time.”

“But overall, in terms of the markets, where I focus my attention, it had very little effect.”

“We are still today, and probably at least until early next week, Greece dependant and who knows how long we’ll be China dependant until things (there) settle down.”

In New York, Dow Jones industrial soared 211.79 points to 17,760.41, although the widely watched index ended the week only slightly above where it started. The Nasdaq shot up 75.30 points to 4,997.70 and the S&P 500 advanced 25.31 points to 2,076.62.

The Canadian dollar rose for a second consecutive day, up 0.17 of a U.S. cent to 78.87 cents. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the August crude oil contract settled at US$52.74 a barrel, down four cents, while August gold lost $1.30 to

US$1,157.90 an ounce.

Overseas, Chinese markets advanced strongly for a second day following a three-week skid in the wake of strong moves by government and regulatory authorities to halt selling and promote buying.

Meanwhile, Greece and its creditors appeared to be narrowing their differences after Athens offered an austerity package that included concessions in key areas such as tax increases and cuts to pensions. Representatives from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund are assessing the proposals in advance of a meeting on Sunday of finance ministers from the full 28-member European Union.

Small said the latest proposals by Athens shows Greece wants to remain in the euro and the positive response on markets “is showing you today that everyone is happy about the situation.

“Now we’ll just have to wait and see if the European finance ministers all agree that this a something they can work with an hopefully this whole situation will come to a close.”

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close on Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,411.07, up 132.58 points Dow — 17,760.41, up 211.79 points S&P 500 — 2,076.62, up 25.31 points Nasdaq — 4,997.70, up 75.30 points Currencies: Cdn — 78.87 cents US, up

0.17 of a cent Pound — C$1.9669, up 1.27 cent Euro — C$1.4133, up 1.25 cent Euro — US$1.1147, up 1.23 cent Oil futures: US$52.74 per barrel, down four cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,157.90 per oz., down $1.30 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.537 oz., up 15.4 cents $660.26 kg., up $4.95 ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $2.60 higher $542.90; Nov ’15 $2.80 higher $534.90; Jan. ’16 $2.30 higher $534.90; March ’16 $1.80 higher $532.10; May ’16 $1.10 higher $527.00; July ’16 $0.60 higher $520.90; Nov. ’16 $2.10 higher $481.50; Jan. ’17 $2.10 higher $482.60; March ’17 $2.10 higher $484.30; May ’17 $2.10 higher $484.30; July ’17 $2.10 higher $484.30.

Barley (Western): July ’15 $1.00 higher $218.40; Oct. ’15 $1.00 higher $218.40; Dec. ’15 $1.00 higher $220.40; March ’16 $1.00 higher $222.40; May ’16 $1.00 higher $223.40; July ’16 $1.00 higher $223.40; Oct. ’16 $1.00 higher $223.40; Dec. ’16 $1.00 higher $223.40; March ’17 $1.00 higher $223.40; May ’17 $1.00 higher $223.40; July ’17 $1.00 higher $223.40.

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BY JAYME FORD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

My husband Lucas and I were expecting our second child together in April 2013. The pregnancy was relatively normal until we went for a routine 20-week ultrasound. It was then that we learned that our son Hudson had a heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which resulted in the left side of his heart being smaller than the right, rendering it unable to contribute.

It was an incredible blow, we had no idea just how common heart defects are (one in 100 babies are born with some for of congenital heart defect). When I was 37 weeks pregnant, we moved to Edmonton to make sure our son was born close to the Stollery Children’s Hospital. We took up residency at the Ronald McDonald House by the University of Alberta and waited for our son’s arrival.

He was born at the Royal Alexander Hospital on April 18, 2013, at 8:17 p.m. and was promptly taken to the Stollery, where I was able to see him a few hours later. He had his first open-heart surgery (Norwood Procedure) at 14 days old and his second (Glenn Procedure) and 4.5 months.

Today, Hudson is a very energetic, independent goofy two-year-old and we couldn’t be more thankful to the team of doctors who saved our son’s life. From his surgeon to the nurses and everyone in between, we are so very grateful for your kindness, understanding and compassion for our situation.

While we were at the hospital, we were al-

ready t r y ing to come up with ways to raise money for this hospital.

They are completely funded by private donations and do no receive any money from the government, which is why we want to try to help this place as much as we can.

My husband owns Classic Tattoo in Red Deer. We have such an incredible family of clients and with that came an idea — and the Hudson Heart Project was born.

We enlisted the help from our friends and fellow tattooers from all over Western Canada, amazing local business owners and volunteers and got to planning. During the first annual event in 2014, we raised $25,000 between 112 tattoos, silent auctions, temporary tattoos and more! We were overwhelmed with the support and couldn’t wait to do it again in

2015.

This year we had a few more tattooers (25 in total), opened an hour earlier (9 a.m.) and blew last year out of the water!

We did 180 tattoos and raised $30,459!

We are incredibly humbled by our community’s support and how helpful everyone was. We had clients lining up at 4:30 a.m. too many volunteers to even put to work and people drove upwards of four hours one way just to be there to make stencils.

We are completely overwhelmed by how much everyone put into this without even a second thought. Everyone was so patient and kind, the tattooers donated 15 hours of their time (not including driving) just to be there.

We truly have an incredible group of friends.

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C2 A guide to Westerner Days fun

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015

PLENTY OF OFFSITE EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT WEEK

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Tuck in your napkin and get ready to feast at 10 community pancake breakfasts, four barbecues and one chili cookoff to raise money for local charities as part of 2015 Westerner Days.

Hopping onto a mechanical bull or kicking up your heels at a barn dance for charity will help burn off the calories.

Children can grab a stick to test their hockey skills and meet Canadian Women’s Hockey League and Olympic medalists at the fair.

The Westerner Days Parade will launch the annual fair and exposition at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Gates to the grounds at Westerner Park open on Wednesday at noon.

Wednesday through Saturday, the fairgrounds are open from noon to midnight. On Sunday, the gates again open at noon, and the five-day annual fair wraps up at 10:30 p.m. that night.

Parade Sponsored by Express Employment Professionals, the parade will wind through the heart of Red Deer. It will featuring marching bands, dignitaries, floats, collector vehicles, light and heavy horse hitches and other livestock entries.

The world champion Express Clydesdales are headlining the parade.

“They are the rare black and white Clydesdales. They are 17 to 18 hands high and weigh about 2,000 pounds each,” said Meghan Gustum, marketing manager for the fair.

The horses were named world champions in the eight-horse hitch and the best cart at the 2012 World Clydesdale Show.

Among their many parade appearances, they escorted Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge in North America at the Calgary Stampede in 2011.

Hay wagons and photos with the Clydesdales are available on Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Westerner Days for donations with a donation to Red Deer Kid Sport.

For the parade, downtown northbound traffic will be detoured to Taylor Drive from 49th Avenue from 9 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. Roads the parade will take are closed starting at 9 a.m.

From 6 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m., sections of 48th Avenue, 43rd Street and 47th Avenue near Red Deer Tennis Club where the parade starts and ends will be closed.

Southbound traffic can continue to use 51st Avenue. East and westbound traffic should use 32nd or 67th Streets.

Mason Martin Homes & Canada Mortgage Direct Snack Shop, located at 4840 51st St., will provide kid-friendly snacks and drinks during the parade, starting at 8 a.m., with proceeds going to STARS Air Ambulance.

Pancake breakfasts ● Flapjacks are flipping starting today at the 34th annual Bower Place Pancake Breakfast, from 8 to 11 a.m., in the mall parking lot at 1000-4900 Molly Banister Drive, where donations will

be accepted for the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter.

Hey Romeo, the 2012 Canadian Country Music Association group of the year, will perform.

Shopping centre manager John Rooke said about 6,000 people come out for breakfast and about $5,000 was raised last year for charity.

“We’ve got about 170 volunteers from all over the community that help us put this together. We do it all here, from making the pancakes from scratch to serving,” said Rooke. ● Mooney Insurance Westerner Days Pancake Breakfast will be held on Tuesday from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Mooney Insurance parking lot at 4910 45th St. Cash donations will be accepted for the Red Deer Food Bank. ● Original Joe’s third annual Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday from 8 to 10 a.m. at 4720 51st Ave. will raise money for Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre. Breakfast is $5 for adults and $3 for children. ● Red Deer Primary Care Network is hosting a Westerner Days Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday from 7 to 9 a.m. close to the parade route at 5130 47th St. All cash donations will provide necessities for Red Deer’s vulnerable population. ● Fratters Grab N’ Go Pacos will be held on Wednesday from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at 5114 48th St. featuring pancake tacos stuffed with breakfast sausage and eggs drizzled with maple syrup for a $3 donation to Red Deer Arts Council Emerging Artist Award. ● Sun Life Financial Charity Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at 4940 51st Ave. will raise money for Julietta’s Place operated by Central Alberta Women’s Outreach. ● Eventide Funeral Chapel is hosting its Fourth Annual Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. just off the parade route at 4820 45th St. Proceeds go to Suicide Information and Education Services. ● Servus Pancake Breakfast on Thursday from 7 to 10 a.m. at 400-6730 Taylor Dr. will raise money for United Way of Central Alberta. ● The First Annual Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty Westerner Days Pancake Breakfast happens on Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m. at 2085 50th Ave. In addition to Coldwell Banker OnTrack Realty, the event is sponsored

by Roof Runner Roofing with breakfast donated by ABC Country Restaurant.

The $3 breakfast, with live music, face painting, door prizes, raises money for Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre. ● Western RV Country’s fifth annual Pancake Breakfast runs Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. at 65 Burnt Park Dr. with proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta.

Barbecues Those hankering for a barbecue will have plenty to choose from during Westerner Days. ● Living Stones Church Free Community BBQ on Wednesday runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Living Stones Church parking lot at 2020 40th Ave. with children’s crafts and activities.

Donations of cash or nonperishable food items will be accepted on behalf of Living Stones Church Benevolence Program.

● BIG 105 and 106.7 The Drive Chili Cook Off on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at London Drugs parking lot at 109-2004 50th Ave. will benefit the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Red Deer Chapter.

Red Deer businesses will be serving up roughly 500 bowls of chili and people are invited to sample and vote on their favourite chili. ● Home Hardware Westerner Days Fundraiser BBQ on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 7894 48th Ave. will be raising money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

A burger with a pop costs $5 with all proceeds to be donated. Last year, the event raised about $2,300.

“We’re trying to smash that $2,300 record,” said Rob Leis, Home Hardware general manager about the barbecue where 200 burgers will be available, along with a silent auction. ● Red Deer Airport Boot Scootn’ Westerner Days BBQ runs Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 3801 Airport Dr. in Springbrook.

Donations to get a meal go to Aspire Special Needs Red Deer. TOKOMOE is providing the music — everything from classic rock, country, blues and soul and jazz. ● Alpine’s seventh annual BBQ Fundraiser on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2250 50th St. is raising money for Red Deer Special Olympics.

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Entertainment ● The third annual Peavey Mart Barn Dance happens on Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. at the 4900 and 4800 block of Little Gaetz. The free, outdoor concert for all ages features country rock by Steve Arsenault Band, and aboriginal music and dance with multi-Grammy nominee Northern Cree. Country Pride Dance Club and the Copper Cowboy will be there, with BullSkit comedy performing at the Scott Block stage.

Proceeds from the event goes to Central Alberta Women’s Outreach for Tools for Schools. Food vendors will be on site. ● Toad ‘n’ Turtle Pubhouse & Grill is hosting Let ’Er Buck Mechanical Bull on July 18 from 7 to 11 p.m., at 1292004 50th Ave. People can ride for free, but donations will be accepted for the Red Deer Food Bank. ● The Prairie Toyota Clarkson Cup tour featuring Canadian Women’s Hockey League stars, Olympic gold medalists and Amazing Race favourites Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson will be at Western Days on July 18 from noon to 5 p.m.

A mobile synthetic ice rink will be set up for young fans who are encouraged to bring their own skates, helmets and sticks, although some equipment will be available for use. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Clearview garage fire doused by EMS crew An early-morning garage fire on Chappel Drive kept fire crews busy in Clearview on Friday.

Red Deer Emergency Services crews put out a fire around 8 a.m.

There were no reported injuries.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Model aircraft show takes off on July 26 It’s almost like a real airshow, but the planes are mini.

The Central Alberta Radio Fun Flyers are hosting a weekend of fun for pilots of all model aircraft, but above all a public airshow on July 26 afternoon starting at 1 p.m.

Jon Fromm, CARFF president, said they want to pack a lot of content into a three-hour remote control aircraft airshow this year.

The airshow takes place just off the dirt road at the east end of McKenzie Road, about 7.5 km east of Hwy 2.

About 15 to 20 pilots will put on about 30 to 35 acts ranging from vintage remote control planes from the 1930s to modern fighters and bombers.

The show costs $5 for anyone aged 12 and over at the gate, and free for those under 12.

For more information, visit www.carff.ca.

Taste of Markerville offers country food fair

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Judy Brownlee stops along the bike path in Red Deer to fill a bucket with Saskatoon berries. The berries have really come in this week, she said, but she is afraid the berries ripening later will not be as plump and juicy as these ones if it does not rain soon.

Brownlee also said she thinks the Saskatoon crop in Red Deer is about two weeks ahead of last year’s crop.

Get a sampling of locally made food at Taste of Markerville, a country food fair celebrating food, farmers and community.

On July 25, from noon to 9 p.m., at various locations in Markerville, on Township Road 364A from Range Road 22, north from Hwy 54 or Township Road 364B from Range Road 15 north from Hwy 54.

It starts with the Spruce View County Market all over the community, or a barbecue at the Markerville Creamery from noon to 4 p.m.. At 5 p.m. at the Markerville Creamery, there will be appetizers followed by a dinner from 6 to 9 p.m.

The food will be prepared by chefs Blake Anderson of Terre it up/ Ellis Bird Farm Tea House, Mike Ubbing of West Lake Grill/ Heritage Ranch and Derek Layden of Innisfail Golf Course.

Tickets to the dinner cost $125.

The rest of the Taste of Markerville is served in a market style.

For tickets or more information, visit www.tasteofmarkerville.com, call 1-877-728-3007 or 403-728-3006 or email tastemarkerville@gmail.com.

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

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SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015 FASTING FOR RAMADAN

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BRIEF Human rights group condemns Myanmar’s parliament for bill regulating interfaith marriages YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s parliament is “playing with fire” by passing a bill regulating the right of women from the country’s Buddhist majority to marry men from outside their religion, an international human rights group said Wednesday.

Phil Robertson of New York-based Human Rights Watch linked the bill to a campaign by extremist Buddhist groups that have incited anti-Muslim hatred. Religious tensions have led to deadly violence since 2012, especially against Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, who have felt compelled to flee abroad, leading to a regional refugee crisis.

The Buddhist Women’s Special Marriage Bill passed Tuesday is one of four known as the Protection of Race and Religion Laws, which have been criticized as discriminatory by rights groups. It mandates that Buddhist women register their intent to marry outside their faith, and allows them to be stopped if there are objections.

President Thein Sein has 14 days from when the bill was passed to sign it or return it with suggested changes.

“It’s shocking that Burma’s parliament has passed yet another incredibly dangerous law, this time legislating clearly discriminatory provisions targeting the rights of religious minority men and Buddhist women to marry who they wish without interference,” said Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division. Burma is the old name for Myanmar, sometimes used by critics of its military-backed government.

He suggested that the leaders of the Buddhist nationalist groups that pushed for the laws “be investigated and prosecuted for hate speech rather than feted in the halls of parliament.”

Robertson said in an email that by initiating and passing such laws, “the government and ruling party lawmakers are playing with fire.” He said that if sectarian violence flares again like it did in 2012, “then these legislators will have blood on their hands.”

Also among the laws is the Population Control Health Care Bill, which became law in May and calls for a 36-month interval for women between child births, ostensibly to keep poor families from becoming overstretched financially. It is vague about penalties, raising fears that they could include coerced contraception, forced sterilization or abortion.

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Pakistani volunteers mix milk with fruit juice for devotees to break the day’s fast that many Muslims practise during the month of Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk.

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Quebec human rights commission blames various parties in Lev Tahor case MONTREAL - Quebec’s human rights commission says various parties are to blame in the case of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect accused of mistreating children.

The commission released its findings today and stated that freedom of religion cannot be used as a pretext for abusing or neglecting kids.

It is also blaming Quebec’s youth-protection agency, school officials, social services and the police for not acting quickly enough on suspicions that 134 children in the Lev Tahor community were being abused.

Lev Tahor was the subject of a youth protection investigation in Quebec over allegations of neglect and child abuse before members fled to the Ontario community of Chatham.

Lev Tahor leaders have acknowledged the children are given a religious education but deny claims of abuse and underage marriages.

The families fled Chatham in March 2014 when a judge ruled that 14 children in the community would be sent back to Quebec and placed in foster care.

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Pope to celebrate Mass in town dedicated to Virgin Mary, centre of Paraguayan spirituality CAACUPE, Paraguay — Few countries are as devoutly Catholic as Paraguay, and no place in this South American nation means more to believers than the shrine of the Virgin of Miracles in Caacupe, where Pope Francis is to celebrate Mass on Saturday.

Hundreds of thousands turn out each December to worship before the little wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, who wears a crown over her long hair, with a billowing white robe and a blue cloak.

“I’ve heard incredible and marvelous stories of people who believe they have experienced a miracle,” said Desire Cabrera, a Caacupe-based reporter for ABC Color, a leading Paraguayan newspaper.

“Some say they have been cured of a disease, or that miraculously they have found a job.”

Lore has it that the Virgin was carved by a Guarani man named Jose, by many accounts an early convert to Christianity around the beginning of the 17th century. Francis’ Jesuit order and their Franciscan brothers were both evangelizing the region and created settlements that gave local Indians unusual autonomy.

According to tradition, Jose was carrying a load of wood back to his settlement when he spotted a rival group that was fighting the incursion of Christianity and killing converts. He hid behind a tree and prayed to the Virgin, promising to carve a statue of her out of it if he was not spotted. His escape is considered the first of many miracles in what would become the religious centre of this poor nation of 6.8 million sandwiched between Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.

While Christianity is under siege by secularism and evangelicals in much of the hemisphere, Paraguay remains overwhelmingly Catholic. Eighty-nine per cent here profess the faith, according to the Pew Research Center.

The country’s indigenous roots remain powerful as well. Even wealthy Paraguayans of European lineage take pride in speaking Guarani, and Francis is likely to emulate the example of Pope John Paul II, who used that language to greet the faithful in 1988.

“I was so moved when Pope John Paul II said in Guarani, ’I love you all,”’ said Jorgelina Rojas. “Now when I see Francis I’ll be praying that he works a miracle so that my 14-year-old daughter, who was born deaf, can (learn to) speak.”

Caacupe, about 35 miles (55 kilometres) east of Asuncion, has 48,000 residents, many of whom make a living by catering to visitors. On a recent day, another woodworker, Isabelino Maidana, was putting the finishing touches on a wooden chair topped with an intricately painted image of the Virgin that Francis will use during the Mass.

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ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

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UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Gaetz Memorial United Church

“Sharing Faith, Serving Community” 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer 403-347-2244 www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Programs weekly

Sunnybrook United Church Caring - Dynamic - Proactive - Inclusive 12 Stanton Street 403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. Worship Service

“Promises” Babyfold, Toddler Sunday www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room,Room Sunday Club Club www.sunnybrookunited.org

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Minister: Rev. Wayne Reid Worship Service 10:30 am “I Believe In The Holy Spirit . . .”

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WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN 26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road) COWBOY CHURCH Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Speaker: Don Wudel Inspirational Hymns with Steve & June Potter, Lynda & Rob Purdie Everyone Welcome

Lutheran Church Sunday Worship with Holy Communion 10:00 am Pastor Jonathan Aicken Bethany College side, 99 College Circle RDC Everyone Welcome

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Bahá’í Faith “Fear not: I am come into this world to bear witness to the glory of sacrifice….The drops of this consecrated blood will be the seed out of which will arise the mighty Tree of God, the Tree that will gather beneath its all-embracing shadow the peoples and kindreds of the earth.” The Báb The Profit Herald of the Bahá’i Faith (The Báb meaning the Gate) was martyred on July 10th 1850 about noon. The Bahá’i community will commemorate it with prayers for the community and a picnic at the river. www.ca.bahai.org.

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Country for the fans

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF In this interactive age, there’s no need for musicians to gamble on which songs to record and release to radio, in hopes of landing a hit.

Why not just ask listeners which tunes they’d like to hear?

That’s the populist approach taken

by Alberta country band High Valley.

When brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel were planning to record their last album, County Line, they asked fans to decide which songs should make their CD. “I’d written so many, we went to our fan clubs. We sent a couple thousand fans a link to 20 to 30 songs that were on our list of finalists, so they could narrow it down to the Top 10,” recalled Brad Rempel.

Listeners made their selections and the songs with the highest vote counts made the album.

It was no coincidence that the top three favourites — the County Line title track, as well as Make You Mine and She’s With Me — turned into big radio hits.

“It makes sense, the way we did it,” added Brad, who doesn’t subscribe to the “I only make music for myself” philosophy embraced by some artists. “We don’t hold anything too precious about our ‘art.’ We make music for as many people as want to hear it.”

Thousands of fans are expected to fill the Centrium on Friday, July 17, when High Valley performs with The Road Hammers as part of Red Deer’s Westerner Days fair.

And Brad and Curtis look forward to putting on a high-energy concert in a dance-friendly, family-oriented setting.

“It’ll be dynamic,” promised Brad.

“I think if you put people who have just attended a fair or rodeo, eating fair food, going on rides, into an arena, (the vibe) is going to be different than when people get all dressed up to go to a concert. ...

“I’m not a big fan of people sitting down,” he added. “Our goal is to get people dancing. We’re going to keep everybody rockin’ with some good bluegrass tunes that will get you up on your feet.”

The best concert moments, he recalled, are when the audience is “freaking out,” cheering and singing along after the band plays the first couple bars of a familiar song. “We’re going to make sure it keeps happening.”

High Valley released its debut recording in 2001, but the Rempel brothers have actually been performing professionally since 1997 (and were a trio until brother Bryan left the group to focus on his family last year).

“I started when I was 12 years old,” said Brad, who grew up on a farm near La Crete, close to the border of Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

He has learned much about music, the industry and life in the ensuing 18 years. “We’ve had some great

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Brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel from the band High Valley asked fans to decide which songs should make their latest CD, County Line. The band performs with The Road Hammers on July 17 at Westerner Days. teachers,” said Brad — including Paul Brandt, who took the group under his wing in the early days when High Valley went on tour with him.

“We’ve also played with Emerson Drive, Doc Walker, opened for Shania Twain and Alan Jackson. ...” And Ricky Skaggs recorded with the group and took the Alberta brothers to the Grand Ol’ Opry.

“People in country music are so nice,” added Brad. He tries to be similarly encouraging to younger perform-

ers, such as The Hunter Brothers, whom he’s producing for. “I try to be a good example.”

Now a married father of two and living in Nashville, Brad continues to write music on most days. When inspiration strikes, he ambles down to “music row,” a street made up of recording studios, to do some formal songwriting.

Sometimes he is introduced to another writer he’s never met before but has been “set up with” through a mutual friend. “It’s like a blind date. You

start getting to know each other, you talk about your backgrounds” and you wait for something to spark.

When the partnership is successful, it’s magic, said Brad, who was recently thrilled to have one of his tunes, I Remember You (co-written with Kelly Archer and Ben Caver) recorded by Trisha Yearwood for her latest album, produced by Garth Brooks.

“It was so amazing. ... It was a surprise and a real treat.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Ryan Reynolds vehicle of a different kind Self/less Two stars (out of four) Rated: 14A In Self/less, a story of bodily invasion, Ryan Reynolds awakens to discover he’s but a shell of his former self.

Art, meet life. Reynolds undoubtedly feels a kinship with his character Edward, since his career pulse has flatlined of late.

He’s been struggling in PETER films both big (Green Lantern, HOWELL R.I.P.D.) and small (The Captive, The Voices), but it’s really not his fault. He was the best thing about Atom Egoyan’s misbegotten kidnap drama The Captive, for example.

Reynolds is obviously hoping to put the heart paddles on his resumé with Self/less, a Twilight Zone-ish tale of personal conscience versus scientific advancement. It’s a Ryan Reynolds vehicle of an altogether different kind.

It teams him with a stylish director, Tarsem Singh (Mirror, Mirror), and estimable castmates in Ben Kingsley, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode and Victor Garber.

Self/less looks like high-minded scifi going in, exploring the concept of whether minds (and souls) or physical bodies define humanity.

A dying New York billionaire named Damian (Kingsley), is offered a way out of mortality by mysterious scientist Prof. Albright (Goode), via a revolutionary body-transfer process called “shedding.” In exchange for a large basket of dollars, Damian can trade his worn-out body for a youthful new model, one that Albright suggests has been grown from cells in the lab.

Damian has misgivings, but he al-

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Ben Kingsley as billionaire industrialist Damian Hale, in Gramercy Pictures’ psychological science fiction thriller Self/less, directed by Tarsem Singh and written by Alex Pastor and David Pastor. so has no time to waste. He awakens to see a young face and buff body in the mirror that he doesn’t recognize (Reynolds). He’s now called Edward, beginning a new life in New Orleans, but he still thinks and feels like Damian — until he starts getting strange flashbacks, along with questions about the origin of his new body.

The screenplay by Spanish brothers David and Alex Pastor quickly devolves into a generic thriller. Singh’s flair for daring visuals might have saved this picture, but he seems singularly uninspired — a chase scene on a highway looks like a bunch of Hollywood stuntmen demonstrating how they do chase scenes.

The acting is equally bloodless, which is appropriate to the theme, I suppose.

But any hope Reynolds had of reviving his stardom with Self/less is as fruitless as thinking a person can swap bodies without consequence.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Simmons unleashes his dark side RED DEER MAN THE VOICE OF POPULAR JAPANESE ANIME VILLAIN

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man is lending his voice to the world of anime.

Ryan Simmons, music director and swing announcer at 106.7 The Drive, is starting to make a name for himself in the world of voice-overs for Japanese cartoons.

He appears weekly in a show called Buddyfight, where Simmons plays bad guy Ikazuchi.

By far it is his favourite character because it allows Simmons to tap into his darker side, he said.

“He’s just unbridled evil,” laughed Simmons. “I get to shout and laugh maniacally.”

During every episode, Ikazuchi is up to no good including electrocuting teenagers, in the popular Japanese show.

“It is just fun and weird,” he said.

“You get to be mean and evil. It’s just a cool outlet.”

Buddyfight appears on Teletoon on Wednesday mornings.

He also has a regular guest spot as Takeru on Vanguard G, where he plays

the brother of Hayato, who is voiced by Red Deer’s Keaton Whitbread.

While the 27-year-old has always enjoyed making weird voices to amuse his friends, Simmons has only been in the industry for about six months.

Simmons also does voice work for commercials, safety videos and mobile apps.

It all came about after learning that one of his instructors at SAIT voiced a character in the popular 1990s anime Dragon Ball. Simmons graduated from the radio and broadcasting program in 2010.

Simmons said this piqued his interest and he began seeking out work in cartoons. “It’s a lot of fun,” said Simmons. “You get to be a cartoon character. It’s crazy.”

Most of his work appears online on sites such as YouTube, Hulu or Netflix.

But Simmons is likely not to give up his day job for a full-time gig in the voice business.

He said there is not much work in Alberta and he would likely have to move to Toronto or Vancouver.

These days he is happy giving voice to cartoons on the side.

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Ikazuchi from the show Buddyfight is voiced by Red Deer man Ryan Simmons

For those interested in giving voice to cartoons, Simmons suggests they do their research, take a course or a hire a coach.

Check out Simmons’s work on YouTube or on Twitter @RyanSimmonsVO. crhyno@reddeeradvocate

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Gospel music fans Doreen Peske, Gwen MacDonald and Ruth Hiebert of Mordan, Man., speak with Matt Fouch of the Legacy Five singers from Nashville at Westerner Park on Thursday. Canada’s Gospel Music Celebration started on Thursday and winds up today. The Booth Brothers, Collingsworth Family, the Young Street Vocal Band and the Mark Trammell Quartet are all part of the lineup. Dozens of other devotional acts will join in. The event features concert events Friday and Saturday hosted by Gerald Wolfe of Greater Vision and Scott Fowler of Legacy Five. A free Canadian Showcase will be performed today from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Parkland Pavillion. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. For more information, visit www.gospelmusic.ca.

The Gallows snaps under weight of silly ending

At the

the low-battery indicator comes on, grisly death is not far behind.

Directors Travis Cluff and Chris Loring use this found footage device to their best advantage in creating dark, shadow-filled scenes steeped in foreboding and suspense, even if at times they become a bit jarring and disorienting.

For reasons unknown, all four principals have the same first names as their characters but only Reese Mishler as Reese Houser demonstrates any actual emotive ability.

The other three, looking and acting more like 90210 habitués, make no discernible effort to portray Midwest cornhuskers.

The gore, along with the bad language, is kept to a

minimum — ensuring a 14A rating — and the script, co-written by Cluff and Loring, has a few serviceable red herrings to generate doubt about the source of the ghostly goings-on.

There are even occasional moments of gallows humour, as it were, though they seem to be mostly unintentional.

The whole effort will be somewhat diverting for young horror fans but, hang it all, it’s the ending that strains the suspension of disbelief past the breaking point and, like a snapped rope, leaves the film in a muddled heap on the floor.

Bruce DeMara is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

BY BRUCE DEMARA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

The Gallows Two stars (out of four) Rated: 14A

July 15 - 19, 2015

Thinking about swinging by your local theatre to see the latest teens-in-peril horror flick, The Gallows?

You may want to hang back.

Because — despite its initial promise and some decent scares — you’re in for a sharp and sudden drop in satisfaction in the final throes.

The story goes something like this: 20 years ago at a Nebraska high school, a kid named Charlie suffers death by hanging during a performance of a decidedly grim high school play called The Gallows.

(Wouldn’t a musical have been a bit more teenageappropriate?)

In the present day, when an inexplicable decision is made to restage it, the star of the play, high school jock Reese, is persuaded by mischievous friend, Ryan, to break in after-hours and destroy the set in hopes of derailing the production.

(This at least is plausible. Reese can’t seem to remember his lines the day before the show and his acting on stage is, to say the least, wooden. Breaking a leg — literally — in this case would have been a far more judicious solution.)

In the darkened school, Reese, Ryan and Ryan’s girlfriend, Cassidy, are joined by Pfeifer, the girl who persuaded Reese to trade gridiron glory for the theatre and before you can say, “What was that sound?” they’re trapped and being terrorized by a noose-wielding vengeful spirit.

This being the digital age, the footage is all recorded via cellphones and woe be he or she who fails to properly recharge in advance because when

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LUANN July 11 1989 — Canadian marathoner Vicki Keith, from Kingston, Ont., becomes the first person to swim the English Channel using the butterfly stroke.

1984 — Canadian dollar sinks to US74.86¢, an all-time low to that date.

1980 — UNESCO unveils a plaque at L’Anse aux Meadows, N.L., declaring Viking ruins a First World Heritage Site. The first Europeans

known to visit North America landed there circa 950.

1962 — The first transatlantic TV transmission was sent through the Telstar I satellite.

1917 — Arthur Meighen introduces the Conscription Act. 1896 — Wilfrid Laurier is sworn in as Canada’s seventh prime minister, succeeding Charles Tupper. He is Canada’s first Frenchspeaking prime minister.

1873 — American whisky traders massacre a group of Assiniboines. The government is forced to send police to the Canadian West.

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How much is too much home staging?

Dear Annie: The time has come for my husband and basically set it like a model home. We are told and me to downsize. It has been 10 years since we’ve that this is what people expect. sold a home, and something seems to Can this be true? What happens if the have become very popular: “staging.” house doesn’t sell for a year? I’ll have to I have been married 50 years and in dust the dishes on the preset table for that time have sold seven homes. Four my imaginary guests and invest in a lot of of them sold to the first people who saw champagne if I have to do this every time them, so I feel I have some insight into there is a showing. I’m all for new fluffy how to present your home for sale: Fresh towels, but so many of the other suggespaint where needed; an attractive yard tions seem frivolous. I pity someone with and entry; clean windows, floors and small children if this is what it takes to sell rugs; heating and cooling units in good a house now. — Curious condition; and a minimum of person Dear Curious: People who make their items (photos, mementos, etc.). But today, livings setting up homes for sale will of that doesn’t seem to be enough. course try to convince you that you need to I am told by realtors and magazine do this, but it’s all a matter of degree.

MITCHELL and newspaper articles that I must A house that looks like a model home is “stage.” I have to get rid of anything, innaturally going to create a more positive & SUGAR cluding furniture and paintings, that the impression than one that looks unkempt or stager deems offensive. I should set the poorly maintained. But most buyers expect table as though I am about to serve dina house to be in good shape structurally ner (but not be cooking), put out chamand include the elements they want. They’d pagne and glasses by the bed (we are too old to even rather see that the toilets flush properly than have have anyone want to imagine where that might lead), champagne by the bedside.

ANNIE ANNIE

HOROSCOPES Saturday, July 11 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Passion and persistence will take your far today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Smart and socially-aware, you love to observe the world around you. The coming year is the time to focus more on the spiritual side of life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A bored Ram is a recipe for trouble!

So today try new activities, get JOANNE stuck into some domestic DIY, take MADELEINE a trip, go on an adventure or study MOORE something that has always fascinated you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Expect to be stubborn and slow-moving today Bulls — but also patient and persistent. Saturn also urges you to take your relationship responsibilities much more seriously.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Think before you speak, otherwise you could say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time. When it comes to a problem with a relative, try extending the olive branch of peace.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You won’t get far with your nearest and dearest if you are needy and over-emotional today Crabs. Instead, do your best to balance head and heart with intellect and intuition.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At the moment, some of your best work is behind the scenes. Others may not notice — or appreciate — what you’re doing, but your efforts will be rewarded in the days and weeks to come.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you worrying about something? Seek advice from an older relative or family friend — someone whose wisdom and experience you respect. A problem shared is a problem halved.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Luxury-loving Librans can be very short-sighted but, when it comes to money matters, try to have a long-term view. Smart saving now will lead to a larger nest egg in the future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s a fabulous day to make concrete plans, set ambitious goals, or power through personal and professional projects. But don’t spoil things by taking on way too much.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t take short-cuts today Sagittarius. Success will come if you are patient and do all the homework or research that is required. Look for facts that are hidden beneath the surface.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Relations with loved one may be somewhat strained today, as stern Saturn pours cold water on displays of affection. So channel your energy into work matters or personal projects.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With peacemaker Venus now visiting your partnership zone — until July 18 — it’s the ideal time to improve your close relationships or smooth over problems with a cranky colleague.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Discipline and discretion are needed today, to stop you from blurting out information that should be kept confidential. Focus on writing down your Piscean aspirations for the future.

This is why buyers should hire a reliable inspector before finalizing the sale. An attractive presentation is lovely, but it’s all gravy. Those who buy a home based primarily on a nice table setting deserve what they get.

Dear Annie: Please add to your comments to “R.M. in PA,” regarding pedestrians keeping to the right on sidewalks, escalators, concourses, etc.

When walking on the side of any streets without sidewalks, one should walk facing traffic. This gives the pedestrian the ability to see a car passing too closely or driving erratically, and be able to move off the roadway to safety. I am amazed by the number of people I see walking on the roadway in the same direction as traffic. — A. Dear A.: Several readers pointed out that staying to the right on sidewalks, concourses and escalators makes sense. But where there are no sidewalks, pedestrians should face traffic for safety reasons, and that might be on the left.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com.

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Sunday, July 12 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Variety is the spice of life today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Capable and committed, you have the power to persuade others so make sure you’re doing so in positive and proactive ways. Love is in the air in December.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take the initiative in making contact with friends and family today. You’re feeling frank but don’t be so forthright that you scare others away. Aim to be more careful and considerate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Press onward and upward, even if you’re stressed by competing demands on your time and energy today. State firmly what you can and can’t do; prioritize; and don’t be afraid to say no.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You think you know how others are feeling but you may be way off the mark. Situations are more complex than they appear, so take your time and don’t jump in too quickly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expect a cooling of relations with a child, teenager or friend today. Don’t take it too personally Crabs. You each need your own space to work through issues and process feelings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Even though it’s Sunday, getting the ratio right between domestic duties and career concerns will be tricky today. Tricky but not impossible. Take time to reflect on your long-term objectives.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re keen to convey your views but be careful how you communicate today, and give others time to process what you are saying. Otherwise you may receive negative feedback.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Saturn currently shines the spotlight on money matters, and you may find you are caught short. Don’t look to others for financial relief — they have their own problems to deal with!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Enjoy being self-sufficient today. It will take a lot of time and energy to generate the interest of others, so it’s smarter and quicker to just get on with things and do them yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians are spontaneous souls who live in the moment so the more emotionally flexible you are, the better the day will be. Plus find time to get outside and do some exercise in the fresh air.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Aim to be of service to others today. Can you contribute your Capricorn talents to a group, club or organization? Or a friend may turn to you for some sound common-sense advice.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you feeling stressed Aquarius? Domestic responsibilities and professional demands are a tricky juggling act at the moment. Don’t lose your sense of perspective. Balance is the key.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An aspiration may seem a long way off but hang in there Pisces. Saturn is testing your mettle. How badly do you want your dream? And are you willing to work hard and wait - to get it?

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate

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The blue-winged teal is among the latest ducks to migrate northward in spring, and one of the first to migrate southward in fall. They have a clutch size from six to 14 eggs. There were 12 chicks counted following mom around at Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer.

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Chic outdoor shower Dear Debbie: We are considering installing an outdoor shower by the swimming pool and would like to know the pros and cons. Any advice would be appreciated. — Andy Dear Andy: Outdoor showers are becoming a popular way to keep beach and backyard sand and dirt out of the pool or house.

There are systems for all budgets, from the hand-held garden hose to rain forest showers.

Choose a style that fits your needs, and pick a location.

Will your shower require privacy?

Do you want DEBBIE cold or hot waTRAVIS ter?

Also drainage is an important point.

Open or closed drain?

Open has a tendency to attract mosquitoes.

You will require a plumber for proper installation and to connect up the water source.

One of the top-of-the-line outdoor showers is from MGS, an Italian company that has retailers in North America (www.mgstaps.com).

Their complete line of indoor and outdoor taps and showers for kitchen and bath all share an exquisite flair for style and durability.

The CB406 outdoor shower shown here illustrates the clean, refined lines of Italian craftsmanship partnered with the precision of Swiss engineering for a flawless look and feel.

The tilting handles control water flow and temperature. MGS uses solid stainless steel, with a brushed or polished finish, for durability and low maintenance.

The shower resists dents and scratches and ages gracefully.

Dear Debbie: Is there a way to organize all of my essentials in a small condo without my home looking like a

HOUSE TO HOME

storage locker?

I am tired of the look of bins! — Andrea Dear Andrea: Vertical surfaces offer plenty of underused space that you can transform into attractive storage arrangements.

Everything needs a place to go but it doesn’t have to be hidden away.

Locate wall space over counters, beside cabinets, inside cupboard doors, in the hallway or bedroom.

Group the items that need to be stored by category.

Visit your local hardware or home store or go online to find a versatile array of hanging hooks and shelving to set up your displays.

By using this method you will discover items that you don’t really need or use, and out they go.

Another option is to create a nook in the wall by cutting out space between the studs.

This inset will hold toiletries in the bathroom or CDs in the living room.

Save the bins for items not often needed that can be stored under the bed or high on a shelf in a cupboard.

Old suitcases hold lots of stuff and they make an interesting arrangement stacked up in a corner.

Dear Debbie: We are building a cottage and need help with cabinets and flooring.

I’m considering nutmeg stain for the cabinets and an island painted in a biscoti colour with a cocoa glaze.

What colour for the laminate floor?

Does it have to match the cabinets?

Thanks — Lynda Dear Lynda: This really is the decade of colour alternatives to beige, or bright contrasts.

Your floor does not have to match, in fact, Check out all the shades that are available now in laminates. Then choose one that will add definition to the kitchen, such as a teal green or baby blue.

It will look brilliant.

Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter. com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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Architecturally refined outdoor shower by MGS adds a sleek splash of style to this pool area.

How to create a pickled wood finish Fashions come and fashions go, but real beauty always comes back. Pickled wood finishes are a case in point.

A combination of paint-like colour with wood grain showing through, this technique gets its name from the ancient practice of treating wood with lime to discourage insect infestations.

Although forgotten for decades, pickled wood finSTEVE ishes have MAXWELL come back in a big way. These days, they’re all about looks, not insects, and it’s easier than it seems to create great pickled results even if you’ve never done it before.

As with any wood finishing technique that’s new to you, always prepare test samples first. There are so many ways wood finishes can turn out differently than you want, so it’s vital to figure things out on samples before you tackle that wall, ceiling, wainscoting or furniture you’re working on.

This is especially true with pickling since there are so many variables.

Pickling is all about applying a semi-transparent coat of paint-like finish that allows natural wood grain to show through. But pickling doesn’t necessarily start with anything like paint. When you want the wood grain to be as prominent as possible, start by staining the wood you’ll eventually be coating in pickling product. The trick is using a type of stain that dries quickly and is chemically compatible with the pickling liquid you’ll be using.

The best stains I’ve found for enhancing the underlying wood grain base below a pickled finish are waterbased. You don’t necessarily need to stain wood before pickling, so it all depends on the look you’re after. If you want the lightest possible results, with only a hint of wood grain showing through, no need to stain.

But staining adds a great, antique look to the results, so you should at least know how it works.

Waterbased stains are perfect as an initial step in pickling because they’re pleasant to work with, they have no harsh odours and they dry quickly.

In my most recent pickling job I used Minwax Wood Finishing Cloths in the walnut colour as a first step and they worked well.

Take a cloth out of the package, put on the plastic glove that comes with the product, wipe stain on the wood, then let it dry for two hours. After that it’s on to pickling, and this is where

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A heavy pickling treatment gives these ceiling boards a shabby-chic look, while also letting the wood grain show through.

Wiping is the final step in creating a pickled finish. some artistry comes in.

You don’t have to look far to find specialty products made for pickling wood. I used my first can of pickling stain in 1987, when pickling was an almost forgotten idea.

These days pickling is more mainstream, and several companies make what you need. Minwax White Wash Pickling Stain is the most widely available that I’ve found. Ready-to-use pickling stains are easy and foolproof, but there’s a reason you might want to try something else in some cases.

It’s helpful to be able to dial in just

the right amount of transparency in your pickling efforts, and that’s where latex paint comes in.

Simply add more or less water to the paint, then try the results. Diluting latex paint with 15% to 25% water usually does the trick.

With the paint watered down like this, simply brush some on the surface you’re working with, then wipe off the excess with a paper towel. The thinner your paint and the harder you wipe, the more transparent the results will be.

Does this sound tricky? It’s not.

Practice on some sample boards and you’ll be surprised how consistent the results look. Traditional pickling is always white, but you can pickle with different shades of colour using different colours of paint.

Pickled finishes aren’t for everyone, but it’s surprising how good they look.

No wonder we keep coming back to them, centuries after they began.

Steve Maxwell first pickled wood as a cabinetmaker making kitchen and bathroom cabinets. Learn more from Steve about woodworking and home improvements at SteveMaxwell.ca.

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Beautiful blossoms, muscular form CATALPA TREES HAVE A LOT TO RECOMMEND THEM

AFFECTION FOR CATALPA BLOSSOMS Catalpa has a lot going for it besides beautiful flowers. It tolerates all sorts of growing conditions: heat, cold, wet soils, dry soils, pollution, sun and shade.

Catalpa’s leaves, as well as its flowers, evoke the tropics. The leaves are large, up to about a foot long, and heart-shaped.

It’s a wonder that more people don’t plant catalpa trees.

One reason is that catalpa can be a big tree, and a behemoth 75 or 100 feet tall and half that width is too large for many yards. (A southern species, also quite cold-hardy, grows to only half that size.)

NOT FOR EVERYONE The main reason people don’t plant catalpas is because the trees are considered messy.

Those large leaves look dramatic hanging on the branches but once they drop ... well, they’re not as attractive flopped down on a lawn.

And then there are the fruits. Catalpa is also known as Indian Pipe or Indian Stogie for the foot-long, half-

RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT PLACE Still, catalpas are well worth planting in the right place, which means a large yard and a portion of lawn that is not manicured, unless you enjoy raking.

Catalpas are not long-lived, but they’re fast-growing and precocious.

Once cut down, their soft wood carves and turns well.

The heartwood is also very rot-resistant, ideal for fence posts and arbors.

Catalpa is native to a relatively small area of the central Midwest, but has spread from there, planted mostly for fence posts and landscaping.

You won’t find whole forests of them; self-seeding ones tend to just pop up here and there — in my yard, for instance.

Considering the tree’s white blossoms, muscular form, large leaves and useful wood, I plant to let some of these seedlings grow or transplant, rather than weed out.

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BY STEVE WYDLER AND HANS WYDLER SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Over the last few years, we have seen a boom in both significant home renovations and new construction. It is an exciting time as homeowners, interior designers and builders are incorporating thoughtful design details into their projects.

Some are functional or aesthetic. Others are a bit of both. Since we have the unique vantage point of seeing lots of homes and working with many sellers/ buyers, we thought we’d share with you 10 of our favorites. ● Kitchen cabinetry: Let’s face it, you can’t have too much storage in a kitchen. Kitchen cabinetry that goes all the way to the ceiling makes use of all the vertical space. Besides, when cabinets stop short of the ceiling, the tops just collect dust.

We like to see good quality cabinetry that include “soft close” (a.k.a “self close”) features on the drawers and dovetail joints. Also, inset cabinets (as opposed to overlay) require a higher level of craftsmanship and have more of a finished look. Of course, they cost more money, too. ● Smart use of pocket doors: Nothing is more frustrating than opening a door only to have it slam into another door that was left ajar. Where there are too many doors opening into an area or just a need for precious space, pocket doors make sense. In addition to saving space, pocket doors allow for easier placement of furniture and avoid the inadvertent crash of doors. ● Attic HVAC unit: Most attic A/C air handlers we see are located in an unconditioned area. We are starting to see “green” homes in which the attic unit is built in a “conditioned” room. In other words, the A/C unit cools itself — making it run far more efficiently and extending the life of the unit. Very cool. ● Backsplash outlets no more: A kitchen backsplash can be a great finishing touch to pull a kitchen design together. Because building codes require electrical outlets at regular intervals throughout the kitchen, electrical outlets break up the look of the backsplash.

In the past, we’ve seen homeowners go to great lengths to mask these outlets (e.g., faux painting). A more elegant solution is tucking the kitchen electrical outlets neatly under the hanging kitchen cabinets. They are out of sight but conveniently accessible. ● Floor vents and return grilles: Finished floor vents custom crafted from the same material as the floor are vastly better than a cheap metal insert.

Similarly, once overlooked metal air returns are an opportunity to add some pizazz with vintage style patterns. ● Placement: Look for bathroom shower and tub faucets conveniently located where you can turn on the water without getting wet. Similarly, “toe kick” light switches at the bathroom vanities make it easy to turn on lights with dirty or wet hands.

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A catalpa in bloom is like a whole tree full of orchid-like blossoms, good in vases or just admired on the branches, in New Paltz, N.Y.

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I stopped to stare at some buckets of flowers at a farmers’ market last Sunday.

The white flowers, their throats speckled purple and yellow and grouped together on stalks like a candelabra, looked almost like orchids.

But there’s no orchid that showy that could be harvested in such quantities in a cold-winter climate.

Buckets and buckets were overflowing with these flowers; even an average-size greenhouse couldn’t supply that many orchid blossoms at once.

The flowers were not orchids, of course.

I stared and scratched my head, and then was embarrassed when the farmer told me what they were: catalpa flowers.

Catalpa. One of my favourite trees.

I’d always admired the blossoms en masse and from afar, as they decorated enormous trees.

Now, here they were, up close and bunched together in buckets.

inch-wide brown fruits that dangle in profusion from the stems.

They drop in autumn and winter, and some people object to those stogies on their lawn.

Some people also don’t like the dropped flowers littering the lawn.

But wait a second here: I don’t consider a lawn awash in orchid-like blossoms to be littered!

I do have other beefs, all relatively minor, against my catalpa tree.

The first is that catalpas leaf out late in spring so that, for a time in spring when just about every other plant is green, catalpa appears to be dead. Its bare branches do get to show off how thick, craggy and muscular they are, a look I appreciate more in winter than in spring.

Second, by late summer the leaves usually pick up a thin, sooty covering, the result of a superficial fungus living on aphid honeydew and otherwise doing the tree little harm.

And third, in autumn the leaves do nothing more than fall, never turning anything more than a washed-out green colour.

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A combination problem Question: My decorating problem is how to arrange and furnish a smallish living and dining room, which open into a kitchen.

Our bungalow dates from 1967.

In 1970, we installed a corner fireplace — the then-popular avocado hood type — but we would now like to replace it with a Franklin stove.

We opened up the wall DAVID between the FERGUSON kitchen and the dining room to let the sunlight into the kitchen. There are hardwood floors throughout the area and the only floor covering we use is a five-foot by ninefoot area rug. The pieces of furniture we would like to keep are four ladderback chairs and an old grandfather’s clock. We have lots of artwork, prints and pottery. I would appreciate your comments!

Answer: In examining your combination living room/dining room space, there are several problems that jump out at me. The first is the traffic pattern that passes through both the living room and the dining room to get to the kitchen. The second is the view one sees in entering the living room from the front entry — 20 feet of blank wall.

These are the major decorating challenges that need to be addressed.

On the plan that I have made for your room, you can see that the area has been divided into four areas.

I have created an entry space into the room by placing the sofa as a barrier that forces traffic towards the gallery wall. This gives you an excellent space for showing off the grandfather clock. Not only does the sofa table help define this area but it also give you a the option of displaying some of your more striking artwork and pottery to guests as they first enter the space.

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aesthetic highlight of the rooms décor.

This base raises the stove so that it can easily be seen when entering the room and it gives the room a focal point for guests as they enter the space — a destination. The flagstone itself, with its natural texture and earthy colours, will complement the pottery in your collection, which sits on the ample horizontal table surfaces in the conversation area. The fourth area is the dining room, where there are no large pieces of furniture to compete with the simple elegance of the ladder back chairs. Again, in this area I have left ample open wall space for more or your artworks and prints. Colours and materials in the room should be in

light earth tones. I would recommend clean-lined, small-scale upholstered pieces for the conversation area and that you use texture instead of pattern for these pieces so that they do not distract from either the artwork or the area rug. Try for continuity in the tables used throughout the space.

Black stained wood and clear glass for the odd tables, even for the dining table, would work well. For a warmer look, you might consider Shaker-style pieces in dark wood.

David Ferguson is a regular contributor to CBC Radio. Write to David at: ferguson@creativespaceonline.com and check out his website at www.creativespaceonline.com.

combo electrical outlet/USB ports into key areas in the kitchen, by bed tables and in home offices can make charging your devices far more convenient.

While we typically are reluctant to hard wire technology into a home (because of how quickly technology changes and thereby “dating” your home), we think the day-to-day practical benefits of this feature outweigh the costs of upgrading them over time. ● Doors and thresholds: Hollow doors make a home feel flimsy. Look

for solid core doors, with good quality hardware.

Taller door thresholds on the main level create a more open feeling and let light travel between rooms. ● Solar tubes: Solar tubes are cylinders connecting from the roof to a ceiling bringing natural light into a home at a fraction of a cost of skylights. They help save electricity costs and can brighten up an otherwise dark part of the home. ● Wood burning fireplace with gas

starter: A gas starter for a wood burning fireplace is the best of both worlds.

With a gas starter, you can look like an Eagle Scout starting a fire effortlessly.

No kindling, no newspaper, no sweat!

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This entry space forces traffic along the gallery wall and helps to create a clear traffic aisle which leads directly from the entry, through the living room and around the corner into the kitchen without disrupting activities under way in either the living room or the dining room. Your collection of artwork displayed on the gallery wall can be appreciated both from close inspection as guests pass by the pieces into the space, as well as from a distance as they sit comfortably in the conversation area. The conversation area has comfortable seating grouped around the bay window and your new Franklin stove. It features a flagstone base that is both a safety necessity and an

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 11, 2015

The primal elegance of ferns If you believe, as I do, that the most deeply satisfying gardens are ones not of flowers alone but of form and line, of texture and shades of green, then have I got a plant for you.

The fern is primal not only in its botanical lineage but also in the way it stirs a deep connection to something primordial; it wells deep within us.

And yet it is not primitive. Far from it. Fern plantings imbue a garden with sophistication — if only more people knew it.

A plant that may have climbed out of the bog remains one of the last underused and undervalued treasures of the garden, a perennial that does not flower but adds a simple beauty to almost any space that is in light to full shade.

The problem for the fern is that it was always viewed as a default plant, one to stick in a deep corner of the garden that’s too gloomy for anything else. There have long been handsome fern species, but in the past few years, growers have introduced spectacularly beautiful ferns with more colors than green. At the same time, interest in native plants has heightened awareness of indigenous ferns.

What ferns lack in bloom power, they make up for in other ways. In addition to their refinement, they are little bothered by pests and diseases, so you don’t need to spray them with nasty chemicals.

Moreover, ferns are not troubled by deer, rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, chipmunks, voles and the rest — these pesky mammals are a real bane to those of us who grow other plants, but when it comes to ferns, these creatures are largely uninterested. (A deer may find a fern glade a nice place to make a bed.)

“Twenty-five years ago, you might have found nine ferns to plant. Today, we produce about 160 different varieties, maybe 100 for landscape use,” said Kent Kratz, vice president for research for a major wholesale fern grower, Casa Flora, based in Dallas.

The only real consideration when planting a fern is that the soil has some organic matter and is not allowed to dry out. Ferns will take more sunlight than you imagine and less shade. If you have darkness the whole day long, stick in an aspidistra.

Because ferns have different visual punch and range in size and soil needs, you need to place them with thought.

The good news is that the Mid-Atlantic region is a fern nirvana in that we can grow ferns from more northern and southern regions — for example, the cold-loving ostrich fern or the South-

ern maidenhair.

With such a large palette available, ferns can be used as accent plants, as specimens, as ground covers and as filler plants. When you place different species together, something amazing happens: You see that they are not all the same.

I travelled to one of my favorite haunts, Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, Pa., to see how my horticultural friends use ferns imaginatively and to great garden effect.

Under an oak grove formerly carpeted with lawn, the gardeners have converted the area to ground-cover plantings of the autumn fern variety Brilliance in a combination with the Dixie wood fern. An area of utilitarian grass has become an absorbing garden space and, by the way, a better place for the trees because turf and hardwoods have different watering and fertilizing needs.

In the Bell’s Woodland garden at Chanticleer, Przemek Walczak showed me a highly effective massing of the Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides). Named for its evergreen fronds once used as holiday decorations, the Christmas fern is a stalwart of the shade garden because of its architectural quality — a medium-size fern that is upright and arching — and the way its dark green fronds capture and reflect the light.

Here, he has planted a generous ribbon of Christmas ferns amid a patch of foam flower, which was a froth of bloom in spring but is still attractive in leaf, and the grasslike oak sedge (Carex pensylvanica).

The Christmas fern is one of the easiest ferns to grow and takes a range of conditions. In winter, the old fronds flatten to the ground to await the emergence of new growth in the spring, when ferns produce their distinctive coiled fiddleheads. “I don’t even cut it back; the new fronds come through the old foliage,” Walczak said.

In larger shade gardens, ferns can be planted as an alternative to the blankets of mulch that are spread each year to provide a visual uniformity and to keep weeds at bay. Two related ferns will colonize nicely in such places — the hay-scented fern and the New York fern. They may be too eager to please in a small urban garden, but given some room they will light up a glade with their bright yellowgreen foliage. The hay-scented fern is particularly fine-textured, almost feathery, and smells of fresh mown hay when bruised. It grows to 24 inches and you determine the spread. The botanic name is Dennstaedtia punctilobula.

Carl Taylor, a noted botanist and fern expert who gardens in Arlington, Va., reminded me that the hay-scented fern will take much more sunlight than most other garden species, though, like

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Ostrich fern on a river bank: there have long been handsome fern species but in the past few years, growers have introduced spectacularly beautiful ferns with more colours than green. most ferns, it will get ragged if neglected through a drought.

The New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) is similar in its size and its desire to spread, but it has its place in the right setting. I like the paradox of these two extremely delicate-looking plants having such vigor.

Walczak said that if they look tired and frazzled in the midst of a dry summer, you can cut them back, and with some watering they will grow back springfresh.

I asked Taylor what he might grow in an area of dryish shade, and he commended the marginal wood fern (Dryopteris marginalis), which is a medium-size evergreen fern with a blue cast to its leaves. Another choice, he said, is the related Goldie’s wood fern (Dryopteris goldiana), which is larger and has distinctive brown fiddleheads in the spring.

Dryness hasn’t been a problem this summer; it has been a banner year for ferns. They look as fresh as they did in May, but about twice the size.

Walczak took me to see a clearing where he had planted a mass of New York ferns behind a single glade fern and a few Northern maidenhair ferns.

The leaflet, or pinna, of the glade fern is quite coarse and contrasts strikingly with its wispier neighbor. The botanic name is Diplazium pycnocarpon. “This is one of my favorites. The appearance is similar to Christmas fern but lighter in color and more robust,” he said. “It mixes well with other ferns.”

The glade fern likes its location on the moister side, and if you have damp areas, there are several other sterling ferns that will grow where such woodland perennials as heucheras and hel-

lebores will peter out.

The ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is a monster, and it spreads by wiry black runners. In optimum locations, its fronds can grow to six feet or more, but it has its place in a large property afflicted with wet soil.

In such a garden, you could position ostrich ferns in and around other bog lovers: winterberry, Yaupon holly or river birch, or the herbaceous hardy hibiscuses, swamp lobelias or ligularias.

Another wet-loving fern is the swamp fern (Dryopteris cristata), which is small to medium in stature but handsome in its upright and archetypal form.

Three species of native fern — all related — love damper conditions and will be found in any fern connoisseur’s garden. (They’re also among the easiest to find in nurseries and garden centers.) The royal fern (Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis) grows from three to five feet, and a plant can attain the presence of a shrub if planted in rich soil at a key spot along a path in dappled shade.

The cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) is named for the way its fertile, spore-bearing fronds form attractive cinnamon-brown wands amid the green foliage. The third osmunda is the interrupted fern (Osmunda claytonia), named for the way its small, dark, fertile leaflets appear in the midst of the green fronds. It grows to four feet and, like its cousins, is distinctly upright and eye-catching.

Viewing this, I was reminded of Kent Kratz’s earlier comment: “I don’t think the appreciation for ferns has peaked yet.”

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I get nowhere. It’s like he Don’t make it all about her. has no expectations and Your friend just represents he’s just not interested your deepest fear: that a womin preparing in any way an will reject you. for this experience. He Here’s how I know it’s doesn’t appear nervous or more than just your friend excited, just indifferent. that’s the problem. FriendI’m concerned that he ship is the foundation of a has no clue and will be relationship. If there’s one totally unprepared for place that should be safe for what’s coming. Any adsharing your feelings, it’s vice? — Concerned with a friend. This woman is HARLAN Dear Concerned: With a friend, and you’re still not COHEN some kids, the more they comfortable. Instead of focuslove you, the more they ing all your energy on this one push you away. woman, focus on your deeper He really must love you. He just fears. Why is it so hard for you to take doesn’t acknowledge it. Talking means a risk with any woman? facing the truth, and the truth is scary.

Work on finding the answer. I’m First, give him permission to have sure you’ll discover that rejection will whatever response he’s going to have. play a major role in your journey. You If you expect him to say or do some- need to change your world from one of thing, he will shut down more. scarcity and fear to one of abundance Next, share the concept of “five people, three places and a realistic timeline” with him: Students need five people in their corner on campus, three Powered by places to find connecCentral Alberta’s tions, and patience (the career site first year is the “getting of choice. comfortable” year).

Tell him that I told you all about this. Blame it on me. Share my TEDx talk, videos and resources (www.HarlanCohen.com).

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Dear Harlan: I’m a single woman in my 20s. I see men in passing, but rarely ParklandGEO has an immediate vacancy for a strike up a conversation.

Geotechnical Manager responsible for overseeing How can I start a con- the management and operations of the Red Deer versation with a guy I Geotechnical Group. find attractive but don’t know? I can’t seem to find The office has a core group of eight professional the words. — Conversation Engineers and EITs working on a variety residential, Starter commercial, industrial, and resource development Dear Starter: Just ask sector projects in Central and Northeast Alberta. something — anything. It The Geotechnical Manager would be responsible for doesn’t matter.

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Dear Harlan: I am a JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN 29-year-old man who has had few female friends Electric Light & Power and fewer female companions in his life.

The City of Red Deer is always on the hunt for There is a young woman in my life whom I have talented and success driven people. We offer a great known now for nearly five work environment with the opportunity to work years, and I consider us with a dynamic and dedicated team of likeminded quite good friends, despite professionals. our shared introversion.

She has admitted to me We are currently seeking the right person to fill the and our friends that she position of Journeyman Electrician. This position is not good at expressing involves skilled work at the journeyman level in the herself emotionally, and is installation, maintenance and repair of electrical systems fearful of trusting anyone and equipment. The primary focus of this position will too deeply. When she first be traffic operations. began associating with my friends and me, she was As our preferred candidate you will have: so guarded that the only • Completion of grade 11 supplemented by technical proof we had that she concourses in electrical theory with experience as a sidered us friends was journeyman electrician in the installation and repair her saying she wouldn’t be around us if she didn’t of wiring and equipment. Power Systems Electricians like us.

(PSE) and Powerline Technicians (Linemen) may also Now here we are, years be considered. later, and I have begun to • Considerable knowledge of electrical meters, develop feelings for her motors, testing devices and generating and control beyond just friendship. equipment.

I have had inklings of these feelings off and on • Ability to locate and correct defects in electrical throughout, but have told power lines and equipment. myself I don’t want to ruin • Considerable knowledge of the practices, methods, our friendship — which I tools, materials and equipment of the electrical trade. truly do treasure — by being unable to control my • Ability to read and interpret sketches, diagrams and tendency to attach romanblueprints. tically to female friends.

If you think this is the job for you; come build your It has reached the point where my secret affeccareer with The City of Red Deer. We are committed tions are slowly eroding to a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable community. Our our friendship! employees are the cornerstone of our organization and I have contacted her working with us will provide you with the opportunity less due to fear and confuto work in an ever growing environment and to work sion, and in turn, she rewith an awesome group of people. sponds less and less to me.

Now on top of other fears, We welcome applications until July 17, 2015. real or imagined, I believe there is another man she For more information and to apply online, may be interested in, and please visit us at www.reddeer.ca/careers I think that my “chance” or email your application to may have slipped away. I humanresources@reddeer.ca. don’t want to lose her as a possible romantic partner, but I love her as a friend too. I battle with myself over this almost daily, but

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VALCKX Herman John Herman passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on July 8, 2015 at the age of 90 years.

He is lovingly remembered by his children, Joanne (Michael), Herman (Sharon), Bill, Pete (Debbie), Rose (Craig) and Marge (Joe); a loving grandfather to 16 grandchildren; 23 greatgrandchildren and 1 greatgreat-grandchild. Herman is predeceased by his loving wife of 66 years, Maria; son, John; and greatgranddaughter, Charlotte. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, July 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 48A Avenue, Red Deer with Reverend Jozef Wroblewski celebrant.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4R 3S6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

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McCARTY Lyle Edward Lyle was born on September 28, 1959. It is with great sadness he passed away on July 8, 2015 with his loving family by his side. He fought a courageous battle to the very end with the utmost class that he always had.

Lyle always lived life with his passion for the outdoors. He loved fishing and skiing and mostly was known for his absolute love for animals.

He was famous for always adopting any pets needing a loving home, accepting each one as his own. We are all so very proud to call Lyle our Son, Brother, Uncle, and Friend. He is survived by his life partner Cindy Penny, Dad Jack McCarty, Mom Teresa Lindholm (Barney), Sister Cindy Wood, Nephews and Niece Jeff Wood, Jared Wood, Alex Wood (David), and lifelong best friend Dan Windle. In lieu of flowers, family and friends are asked to donate directly to the SPCA, 4505 47th Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4P 2J1. At the request of the family there will be no service.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

BRUIN Reyer Cornelis 1921 - 2015 Mr. Reyer Cornelis ‘Cor’ Bruin of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the age of 94 years. Cor was born on April 17, 1921 at Rotterdam, Holland, where he met and married his wife, Ariea. Cor and Ariea, along with their two young children, Herman and Anne moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1957. The family then moved to Red Deer in 1962. Cor and Ariea were the founders of Bruin’s Plumbing and Heating Ltd.; which they started in March of 1965, leaving a lasting legacy that has now surpassed fifty years. Cor worked in the family plumbing business until retiring in 1988. Cor’s favorite times were spent playing sports, traveling, fishing, he had a deep passion for playing the piano, and spending time playing his computer games. He enjoyed the special occasions that gathered his large family together. Cor leaves to mourn his loss, his two children, Herman (Christine) and Anne Pisesky, his six grandchildren; Corinna (Roger), Troy (Diane), Marty (Catherine), Rebecca (Chuck), Shayne (Gail) and Cindy (Jesse) and his 19 great grandchildren; Amanda (Steve), Rachelle (Nathan), Cassandra (Chris), Kandace (Joey), Kristen (Matt), Ryan, Logan, Jeff (Nikki), Brodie (Casandra), Colby, Morgann (Nick), Nolan, Kenisha, Layton, Caridee, Jessy, Austyn, Shayna, Andrea and eight great great grandchildren; Madyson, Saydie, Thomas, Hunter, Juliana, Damon, Kolton and Charlotte. Cor was predeceased by his wife, Ariea, daughter-in-law, Carol, granddaughter, Heidi, grandson, Cameron and a son-in-law, George. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Sunday, July 12, 2015 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. A Celebration of Cor’s Life will be held at First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, July 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Josh Friend officiating. A Private Family Interment will take place. At the family’s request, in lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations in Cor’s honor would be appreciated; and may be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Sonya Henderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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FOWLER Paul Lyman Paul died at the age of 88 on July 6, 2015 in Victoria, British Columbia. He was born in Delburne, Alberta on March 21, 1927 to Neva and Reverend Jessie David Fowler. He grew up in central Alberta, son of a Nazarene Pastor and the youngest of five children. Paul married Reta Miriam (nee Austin) of Toronto on September 10, 1948. They settled in Red Deer, Alberta and raised their four children. Paul used his nursing and management skills over the span of his professional career working in Alberta’s Social Services and Community Health, advocating for those without a voice, ensuring appropriate care - the same kind of care that he needed these last few weeks. After retiring from 45 years with the Alberta Government, Paul and Reta made their home in Victoria, B.C. Paul was predeceased by his four siblings and his dear grandson, Kieran. Paul is survived by his loving wife, Reta; his children, Leah Fowler, Timothy (Kathy) Fowler, Peter (Jody) Fowler and Neva (Rob) Bruce; grandchildren, Matthew (Celeste) Fowler, Joshua (Cherise) Fowler, Connor Bruce, Jeremy and Caleb Fowler and 2 great-grandchildren, Kyla and Luke Fowler.

Through the years, Paul enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, skiing and “camping” in their Airstream trailer. He will be remembered as a man of God who is now at peace with His Saviour.

Friends are invited to join in a celebration of life on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at Victoria Church of the Nazarene, 4265 Quadra Street, Victoria, BC. followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Alzeimer’s Society or the Compassionate Ministry Warehouse. The family would like to thank Dr. Fast, Dr. Leggett, Dr. Brooke and the staff at Cloverpoint Care Home for their care and support.

Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mccallbros.com McCall’s of Victoria, BC. 1-800-870-4210

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MCPEEK William 1929 - 2015 Mr. William Morris ‘Bud’ McPeek peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, June 15, 2015 at the age of 86 years.

Left to cherish his memories; his wife of sixty-four years, Thelma McPeek (nee Torgerson); son, Doug (Netty) McPeek of Saskatoon; son, Dallas (Sherry) McPeek of Red Deer; daughter, Glenda (Bob) Stewart of West Kelowna; grandchildren: Todd (Krystal) McPeek of Red Deer, Stacey McPeek of Saskatoon, Chris (Kim) Stewart of Grand Forks, BC, and Graydon Stewart of West Kelowna; great grandchildren: Brooke McPeek, Cole McPeek of Red Deer, Alex Stewart and Skyla Stewart of Grand Forks, BC. Bud also leaves a loving family of brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.

He will be deeply missed by all of us. Please visit our website to view complete obituary and express messages of sympathy.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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BERNIE ZILKOWSKI 1942 - 2012 3 years ago today You left this world so quickly, We still wonder why.

For the saddest part of all, You never said goodbye.

You left us so many memories To us you were so dear No matter when we needed you, We always found you near You gave us all you had to give, Gifts both big and small But most of all you gave us love, The greatest gift of all.

Love your family.

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CAMPBELL George & Esther OPEN YARD CELEBRATION 50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday August 2, at 207 Piper Drive Light lunch at 1.

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No presents please, only your presence.

CRESSEY Stan and Evelyn 60th Anniversary.

Open House at Ridgewood Community Hall, July 19, 2015, 2-5 pm.

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LORNA SANDBERG (1939-2005) The world may change from year to year And friends from day to day, But never will the one I loved From memory pass away. ~Forever in our hearts, Love Neil

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McCAUGHEY - EARL Sharon McCaughey and the late Gerald McCaughey take pleasure in announcing the marriage of their daughter Jacqueline Dianne to John Christopher Earl, son of Bev and Jack Earl of Calgary. The family wedding will take place in Calgary July 16, 2015.

On August 8, 2015 there will be an open house at Michelle and Adams to celebrate with family and friends.

Graduations MCKENZIE MILHOUSEN Congratulations on graduating with your Bachelor of Commerce from The University of B.C. We are very proud of you and wish you continued success in New York City with Morgan Stanley.

Much Love Mom, Dad and Whitney

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SAFETY CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Sunday July 12 Knowledge of Red Deer 10 am * Viewing 9 am and area is essential.

CALKINS CONSULTING Location: Ridgewood Verbal and written o/a Tim Hortons Community Hall communication skills are 8 vacancies at each Partial List only req’d. Send resume by fax location for FOOD Seven Piece Ornate to 403-346-0295 COUNTER ATTENDANTS Walnut Four Poster for 3 locations $13/hr. + Now Hiring In-Home Bedroom Suite with benefits. F/T & P/T Caregiver $11/hr 40 hrs/wk Appraisal – positions. Permanent shift Care of a 7 yr. boy.

Optional 12 Place Setting Royal work, weekends, days, accommodation available Vienna China – nights, evenings. Start at no charge on a live-in GE Double Door date as soon as possible. basis. Note: This is not a Fridge/Freezer – No experience or condition of employment.

Citation Compound Bow education req’d. Job Email resume: with Arrows – description avail. at delmundot4r@gmail.com Flat Screen TV’s – www.timhortons.com Electronics – Apply in person to 6620 SOURCE ADULT VIDEO Hand & Power Tools – Orr Drive. Red Deer, requires mature P/T help Antiques – Furniture – 6017 Parkwood Road, Fri & Sat. mail resume to: Misc. AND MUCH MORE Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. nwoods1976@ Complete list and Lacombe. or hotmail.com or fax to: Directions visit Call 403-848-2356 403-346-9099 or drop off at: www.cherryhillauction.com JJAM Management (1987) 3301-Gaetz Avenue Cherry Hill Auction & Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Appraisals Requires to work at these WOULD you like to earn Phone 403-342-2514 or Red Deer, AB locations: an extra $500/month and 403-347-8988 5111 22 St. be your own boss? Call to 37444 HWY 2 S book your business appt.

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16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + Drivers benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 JJAM Management (1987) Steve’s Livestock is currently accepting Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these applications for Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S For Dispatch out of our brand new 37543 HWY 2N Red Deer terminal!

700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services We offer steady work, excellent home Permanent P/T, F/T shift. time and a great team environment.

Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

Call 1-855-SLT-JOBS 40 hrs/week, + benefits , or email recruiter@slt.ca 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., www.slt.ca criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secondary. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job Oilfield description visit www. timhortons.com The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time COOKS AND DISHWASHERS. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

Trades

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860

Clerical

Bower

880

CITY P & D, Some out of town trips.

Monday to Friday.

PLEASE FAX RESUME TO: 403-347-6110

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

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 HANDYMAN Available.

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Landscaping

1240

GROUND Up Bobcat & Landscaping Ltd. For free quote call 403-848-0153 SAWYER Trucking, Skid Steer and Track Hoe service.

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Massage Therapy

1280

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403-341-4445

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1280

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Misc.

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1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Roofing

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Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1310

1372

Window Cleaning

1420

ROBUST CLEANING SERVICES - Windows, Eavestroughs, vinyl siding.

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Painters/ Decorators

1370

Moving & Storage

1300

Moving & Storage

1300

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

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403-342-7801.

Roofing

1370

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HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

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Professionals

Misc.

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Companions

Truckers/ Drivers

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, y,July 11, y 2015 , Office Supplies

1800

FILING Cabinet, metal, 4 drawer, legal size, $50; FILING Cabinet Credenza, (30”x19”) legal or letter size, $60. 403-342-0587, 391-9058

1830

Cats

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1840

Dogs

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

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2 BDRMS., no pets. $900./mo. 5805-56 Ave 403-343-6609

homes

3 BDRM., no pets, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609

CLASSIFICATIONS

ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

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Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

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403-304-5337

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

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1900

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AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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ORIOLE PARK

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Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650.

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403-304-5337

Suites

3060

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious Farm suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY Equipment BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 ANTIQUE Steel wheel tractor w/plow and antique BRAND NEW farm trailer w/wood stocks RENTAL & rubber tires.

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3030

3 BDRM. townhouse in Red Deer, 1 1/2 bath, full bsmt, 2 parking stalls, fenced back yard. **RENTED**

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~ Westpark

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Mobile Lot

3190

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By appointment only.

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5020

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5030

Cars

2002 CHEV Cavalier, 5 spd.

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5110

Fifth Wheels

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 5th whl. large slide,exc. cond.

403-227-6794, 505-4193

Boats & Marine

5160

LACOMBE 2 bdrm. 1 full baths, livingroom, kitchen, bsmt, single car garage $1095 782-7156 357-7465

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Greek MPs pulling an all-nighter WILL DISCUSS REFORM PROPOSALS FOR AUSTERITY DEAL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers braced for an all-night parliament session Friday as the country’s prime minister sought to rally support for tough austerity measures designed to win approval for a third bailout.

The proposed measures, including tax hikes and cuts in pension spending, are certain to inflict more pain on a Greek public who just days ago voted overwhelmingly against a similar plan.

But the new proposal, if approved

by Greece’s international creditors, will provide longer-term financial support for a nation that has endured six years of recession.

The government was asking for lawmakers’ endorsement to use the proposed measures as a basis for negotiation.

If approved, Greece would in turn get a three-year loan package worth nearly $60 billion (53.5 billion euros) as well as some form of debt relief — far more than the 7.2 billion euros creditors had been offering during the previous five months of fruitless negotiations.

Greece’s latest proposal was sent to rescue creditors who were to meet this weekend to decide whether to approve it. The country has relied on bailout funds since losing access to financing from bond markets in 2010.

In an unusual move, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called Friday’s emergency parliament session to try win the backing of reluctant members of his left-wing Syriza party — essentially asking them to sign off on measures that seem like a U-turn after more than 60 per cent of voters opposed more austerity in last Sunday’s referendum.

Procedural issues led to the start of the debate being delayed until midnight, with a vote expected in the early hours of Saturday.

The coalition government has 162 seats in the 300-member parliament and pledged backing from a large section of opposition lawmakers. But a significant loss of votes from his own government could topple Tsipras’ coalition.

Greece’s major creditors — the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and other eurozone nations — were already finecombing through the proposals before sending them to the other 18 eurozone finance ministers Saturday. A summit of the full 28-nation European Union in Brussels was to consider them on

Sunday, with hopes for a deal before midnight.

French President Francois Hollande gave the measures a swift thumbs-up, calling them “serious and credible,” though Germany refused to be drawn on their merits. France’s Socialist government has been among Greece’s few allies in the eurozone during the past months of tough negotiations, with Germany taking a far harder line.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who chairs the meetings of the eurozone finance ministers known as the eurogroup, said the proposals were “extensive” but would not say whether he considered them sufficient.

As the government inched closer to a deal to ensure Greece isn’t jettisoned out of Europe’s joint currency, some Greeks were furious at the proposed measures.

“If this is Europe, then we don’t want this Europe,” said Aristidis Dimoupulos, a marketing professor in Athens. “If this is the eurozone, we don’t care if we go out or in. If in this life we’ll be slaves, it’s better to be dead.”

Others adopted a wait-and-see approach.

“I don’t know. The chances are 5050” for a deal, said Athens resident Omiros Fotiadis.

Meanwhile, banks remained closed since the start of last week and cash withdrawals were restricted to 60 euros ($67) per day. Although credit and debit cards work within the country, many businesses refuse to accept them, insisting on cash-only payments. All money transfers abroad, including bill payments, were banned without special permission.

Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas said the banks would be gradually restored to operation. They are set to remain closed through at least Monday, at which time he said a new order would be issued expanding what transactions can be carried out.

Experts said it was unlikely, even in the event of a deal, that limits on cash withdrawals and transfers would be lifted completely for some time.

Several thousand anti-government protesters demonstrated in central Athens Friday night in a communistbacked rally.

The main governing party, Syriza, a fractious coalition of left-wing groups, had resisted a new loans-for-austerity deal, arguing the country is too weak to endure it with a quarter of the labour force out of work and a growing number living in poverty.

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS

Progress halts as discussions devolve into blame game

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA — The Iran nuclear talks shifted Friday to a blame game, as Iran’s foreign minister accused the United States of shifting its demands and dismissed a warning that the U.S. was ready to quit the negotiations.

Hours after his comments, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met again with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for another attempt at resolving the differences standing in the way a landmark deal that offers Iran sanctions relief in exchange for long-term, verifiable curbs on nuclear programs that Tehran could use to make weapons.

Afterward, Kerry spoke of progress, while acknowledging a “couple of very difficult issues” still blocking a deal. And despite the sharp public comments by both sides, he said the negotiating atmosphere was “very constructive.”

Still, the sense of drift grew. A senior U.S. official said the preliminary April deal that set up the present negotiations had been extended until Monday. That effectively set a fourth target date for a final accord that initially was supposed to be sealed by June 30.

The tougher rhetoric Friday mirrored the frustrations by the sides as the current round of talks entered its 14th day. After blowing past two extensions, negotiators had hoped to wrap up the talks by Friday, but Zarif’s comments cast doubts that agreement was near.

The sides had hoped to seal a deal before the end of Thursday in Washington to avoid delays in implementing their promises.

By missing that target, the U.S. and Iran now have to wait for a 60-day congressional review period during which President Barack Obama cannot waive sanctions on Iran. Had they reached a deal by then, the review would have been only 30 days.

Iran is unlikely to begin a substantial rollback of its nuclear program until it gets sanctions relief in return.

“If you drive the talks into a dead

end then it will be you who will be committing a strategic mistake,” Iran’s parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani said at Friday prayers following the rally in Tehran, addressing the U.S. “And its outcome will not benefit you since Iran’s nuclear staff are ready to accelerate nuclear technology at a higher speed than before.”

The talks are formally between Iran and six world powers but have devolved into U.S.-Iranian negotiations over recent months, with diplomats saying the other nations were ready to accept terms agreed to by Tehran and Washington. Zarif’s critical comments were thus seen as mostly directed against Washington.

Still, disagreements also have surfaced recently between the U.S. and Russia. Moscow supports Iranian demands for at least a partial lifting of the conventional arms embargo as part of any deal. That’s something Washington opposes — and an issue Zarif appeared to touch on in his comments to Iranian state television.

Beyond “witnessing a change of stances” from the other side, Zarif noted a “different stand” on some issues among the six nations. “This situation has made the work difficult,” he said.

Kerry had warned Thursday the Americans were ready to leave the talks, declaring “we can’t wait forever for a decision to be made.” Zarif, in contrast, said his side was ready to stay and work for a “dignified and balanced deal.”

Foreign ministers or top deputies of all seven nations are expected to join the talks before any impending deal. But while Germany’s foreign minister remains in Vienna, the Russians and Chinese left days ago, and their French and British counterparts followed Friday, reflecting the lack of substantial advances.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond spoke of “painfully slow” progress, telling reporters ministers planned to re-group Saturday “to see if we can get over the last hurdles.”

The scope of access to U.N. inspectors monitoring Iran’s nuclear program remains one of the sticking points in the talks.