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WATER CONSERVATION

Rainfall shortage grips city

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF City of Red Deer officials say water levels are lower than they’ve ever seen and they are asking residents to do some conservation.

The low rainfall so far this summer has led to river flows below average throughout the Red Deer River watershed and could result in a water shortage.

“We’re not at a complete minimum, but water levels are lower than we’ve seen,” said Alex Monkman, Red Deer water superintendent.

“Especially when we have lower rainfall like this, we just need resident to be more aware of how much water they’re using. If you don’t need to water you lawn, then don’t.”

From June 1 to July 12, 55 mm of rain had fallen in the Red Deer area, according to Environment Canada. The average Red Deer rainfall in June is 84.1 mm and the average July rainfall is 92.2 mm.

To combat the rainfall shortage, the city is encouraging people to take some steps to conserve water: ● Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator rather than running water until it’s cold. This alone can save almost 10,000 litres per person annually. ● Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water when washing dishes by hand. This can save 46,000 litres per household annually. ● Check toilets or faucets for leaks.

Try putting several drops of food colouring in the toilet tank. If, without flushing, the colour begins to appear in the toilet bowl within 30 minutes, a leak exists. ● Leave grass clippings on your lawn since they retain moisture. ● Water early in the morning to prevent evaporation in the afternoon. ● Don’t mow your lawn too frequently. Taller grass shades the soil, retaining moisture. ● Business owners are encouraged to introduce low-flow toilets, install aerators on faucets and ensure water conservation signage is in place in bathrooms and kitchens.

More water saving tips can be found at www.reddeer.ca/water.

According to Environment Canada, some rain is forecast for the near future.

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Ryan Tomlinson, left, and Austin Gardner of West Coast Amusements set up the Orbiter — a scrambler-esque thrill ride Monday at Westerner Park. The rides rolled into the city on Sunday in preparation for the 2015 Westerner Days Fair and Exposition, which kicks off Wednesday with the Westerner Days Parade at 9:30 a.m. downtown. The midway gates open at noon.

Music festival ‘a big step forward for community’: promoter

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

SYLVAN LAKE

Two days of hot weather, live music and fun made it a memorable weekend in Sylvan Lake — and a few bands even took advantage of the lake to cool off.

“I know a lot of the bands and artists were going for a dip in the lake because it was only 15 feet from the backstage area,” said Quan Diep, event promoter and president and manager of True Channel Entertainment. “They all did that to cool off.”

Headlined by Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good and Hedley, the Summer Sensation Beach Music Festival took over the Central Alberta town on Friday and Saturday.

Cpl. Kevin Halwa of the Sylvan Lake RCMP said 92 violation tickets were issued and 28 people spent some time in police custody.

“There were numerous people and performers that approached me and expressed their appreciation for the police presence,” said Halwa. “They said they felt some safety as a result.”

Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre said they are still awaiting a full report on how the festival went from the town’s perspective, but his first impressions were that it was handled well.

“It seemed to have run smoothly,”

said McIntyre. “We owe a lot of thanks to our residents for their patience and dealing with the extra crowds and road closures that came with the festival.”

McIntyre noted there were some noise complaints about the festival, but those were expected.

Diep said the event went smoothly and the feedback has been tremendous.

“I think the comments, reviews and feedback we have from everybody is beyond our expectations,” said Diep.

“The event went smoothly for the first year, and that’s rare.

“It was a big step forward for this community.”

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Scientists to use DNA to determine origins of ‘wildies’

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by DUANE STARR/Freelance

A wild horse gathering west of Sundre this past spring. The white horse, known as White Spirit, is defending his mares from the younger roan stallion.

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Modern science is going to be used to help determine the origins of about 900 wild horses that roam Alberta’s Eastern Slopes.

The government of Alberta has always argued that the horses are feral — merely descendants of domestic horses that ended up in the wilderness, and not due any special protection. Besides, the rangeland ecosystem needs to be balanced and too many horses causes a problem, it maintains.

But horse activist groups argue these wild horses — known affectionately as “wildies” — may in fact be native to the province. Some argue the horses should be allowed to roam free, without the annual culling permit-

ted by the government. Others argue that they must be treated as humanely as possible and promote adoption of those that are captured.

One of those groups, Help Alberta Wildies (HAW), is now involved in a project to collect DNA from the horses to try to determine their heritage and uniqueness.

HAW spokesman Darrell Glover said on Monday that if they can find some rare breed background in the horses, they might be able to get the government to rethink its practices.

They are partnering with American equine conservationist Victoria Tollman from North Carolina and Gus Cothran, a professor at Texas A&M University involved in horse genetics.

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Judge approves $430M railway settlement The $430-million settlement fund proposal for victims of the Lac-Megantic train disaster is fair and can proceeds.

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BRIEFS Two sudden deaths on weekend unrelated: RCMP Red Deer RCMP say two sudden deaths in Red Deer on Saturday are not connected.

One of them is considered suspicious while the other isn’t.

In the most recent death made public by RCMP on Monday, a 32-year-old Red Deer woman was found dead on Saturday around 4 p.m. She was found in a treed area north of 60th Street and 57th Avenue.

Her death is not considered suspicious.

It is not related to the sudden death of a man earlier on the same day in a different area of Red Deer.

RCMP said they will not be releasing the name of the woman out of respect for the family’s privacy.

The other death is suspicious and involves a 53-year-old man found dead in downtown Red Deer on Saturday morning.

Police received to a report of a deceased person on the ground near the 4300 block of 49th Avenue at about 10 a.m. The man was confirmed deceased by EMS personnel. Red Deer RCMP and RCMP major crimes unit — south are investigating.

Father, infant die in collision near Alix A father and his 10-month-old daughter have died following a two-vehicle collision near Alix on Sunday.

Bashaw RCMP, EMS and fire personnel responded to the collision at the intersection of Hwy 21 and Hwy 601 at 11 a.m.

A southbound mini-van carrying five people and a westbound SUV carrying five people collided.

The 37-year-old male driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene. His infant daughter was transported by STARS to Calgary with serious injuries but she late succumbed to her injuries.

Two other children in the minivan, boys age four and 10, and their mother, were taken to hospital by ground ambulance.

The four-year-old boy remains in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The mother and 10-year-old have been released from hospital, All five occupants of the SUV were taken by ground ambulance to Red Deer-area hospitals. A 31-year-old woman in the SUV remains in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. One more female passenger remains in hospital.

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WATER: Stringent programs in place However, at most there is a 60 per cent chance of rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Today there is a 30 per cent chance of rain.

Other Central Alberta communities have already introduced more stringent water conservation programs.

Penhold has even/odd watering restrictions based on street address in effect.

Sylvan Lake has a mandatory water conservation program, including even/odd watering dates based on street address and daytime outdoor water use ban that runs until Sept. 30.

Lacombe issued a water conservation advisory on June 10, asking residents to water lawns less frequently.

And Innisfail also has even/odd water restrictions based on street address, except for residents with new sod.

Blackfalds has not issued a water ban or advisory yet. Blackfalds receives its water from the City of Red Deer through a regional pipeline. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

FESTIVAL: Security staff ‘fantastic’ An incident on Friday evening during the Our Lady Peace show, where a crowd surfer injured a security guard, did not slow down the party.

Diep said the security guard, who was doing his

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Ethan Davis builds a Knight Bus Lego set at the Red Deer Public Library’s Dawe Branch as part of proof build to prepare a number of different Lego City kits for the library’s Lego Club, which will start in the fall. About 15 teenagers volunteered their time to build and prepare the kits on Monday afternoon. job, was back to work the following day.

The crowd surfer in the incident posted to the festival’s event page saying he landed on his back but he was not severely hurt.

Ten people were ejected from the festival grounds over the two nights, which Halwa said was a relatively low number.

“The security staff was fantastic,” said Halwa.

Two possession for the purpose of trafficking charges were laid, one for ecstasy and one for cocaine. There were several other charges laid for possession of a controlled substances.

Exact attendance numbers were not available on Monday.

“Our initial plan when we envisioned this whole concept of the festival brand and property was a long-term partnership and commitment with that location in the Town of Sylvan Lake,” said Diep.

“Hopefully we can do it every year. We’ll be in to apply for next year shortly and go from there.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

HORSES: Project expected to take up to 16 months Glover will collect hair samples from the horses and send them to Tollman, who will process them and underwrite and co-ordinate the work. Cothran will analyze the samples and the results will be published.

It’s expected the collection and analysis will take 12 to 16 months.

Photographer Duane Starr will assist with photos to go with the hair sampling process.

The first sample has been taken from a wild colt that Glover named Sierra and which he rescued in 2014. The horse is on his ranch north of Olds. He is gathering more samples this week from horses in the Strathmore area.

Samples will come from wild horses now owned

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by people who either purchased them at auction or adopted them. There is no charge to the horse owners who participate.

Glover said they want to get about 100 samples so that they can develop a trend on where the wild horses go back to.

“We know there’s going to be a certain amount of domestic horses introduced into these breeds, we know that.

“So it’s going to be a challenging effort to dissect all of that and get back to a horse that’s been here for hundreds of years.

“We’re trying to prove that there is a reason for them to be here and they have been here a long time.”

But if it’s determined the origin of the horses is domestic?

“Well the argument will be over then.” And then the group will have to accept it, Glover said.

He was one of a group of protestors arrested last year near a wild horse cull. No charges were laid.

The province allows a certain number of the horses to be captured every year through licences. Some of those horses are auctioned to horse owners while others make their way to slaughter. Another wild horse advocate group, the Wild Horses of Alberta Society, (WHOAS) has purchased some of the horses for adoption.

WHOAS is also involved in a new pilot project with the province that involves a contraceptive vaccine program in the Sundre area for wild mares as a means to lower the herd’s population.

Glover said that there is little scientific information on the horses, such as how many there actual are and their impact on the ecosystem. They want to see the annual cull stopped until there is more independent study on the horses.

He said his group feels at least 2,000 of the wild horses should be allowed to roam free.

Anyone who has a wild horse or knows of one that has been captured is asked to contact Glover by email at hawwildies@gmail.com. barr@reddeerdvocate.com

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BRIEFS Office group wins Lotto Max Fourteen Red Deer residents split a cool $1 million after winning the Lotto Max early last month.

The office group got their tickets through the Lotto Max subscription service and on June 5, the subscription came up big.

Karen Dilon, one of the group, said they were just talking about the subscription before the June 5 draw because a previous ticket did not pay out.

“All I could think was ‘Oh my God!’” said Dilon.

“Winning is going to be such a relief to some of the people in the group.”

Other people in the group include Ursula Shmalz, Bill Spiller, Rick Saulnier, Jerome Wipf, Pat Brown, Candy Victor, Kathy Henderson, Marlene Nicolas, Jay Pike, Natalie Gillingham, Darren Senkowski, Sandy Reed and Margo Gasser.

No one has immediate plans for their share of the winnings, which if distributed evenly is about $71,000.

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Sunchild woman ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder charge Just after her 20th birthday, a Sunchild woman was ordered to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge.

Sherilyn Kyrene Beaverbones, 20, had a preliminary inquiry in Rocky Mountain House provincial court that ended on Friday. The judge determined there was enough evidence for her charges to proceed to trial.

She also faces a charge of assault with a weapon in relation to the April 7, 2014, incident.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP were called to a reported disturbance at the O’Chiese First Nation.

They found two people with injuries; one was treated at the Rocky Mountain House Hospital and the other, Kieron Dale Beaverbones, 20, died at the scene.

Sherilyn Kyrene Beaverbones will appear in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Aug. 10 for arraignment.

Murderer granted day passes A man convicted of killing a Bentley Hotel caretaker has been granted day passes from jail, after the parole board deemed him a low-risk to re-offend.

Walter Raymond Anderson, 48, was convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing and beating death of Kenneth Gibson, 69.

Gibson was killed on Sept. 17, 2004, when he was working at the hotel northwest of Red Deer. Anderson committed the murder while he was attempting to rob the hotel.

After his July 2 hearing before the Parole Board of Canada, Anderson was granted day passes.

He is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for 16 years. The day passes allow Anderson to visit a halfway house under the supervision of a correctional officer.

Anderson is not eligible for day parole until 2018, with full parole eligibility in 2021.

Sylvan Lake woman receives conditional sentence for drug charges Although her co-accused is serving seven years in custody, a Sylvan Lake woman has escaped jail time for a serious of drug charges from a 2012 bust.

Summer Brook Kreiser, 32, pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of a controlled substance and failing to comply with an undertaking last week in Red Deer provincial court.

Ten other drug related charges were withdrawn by the Crown.

She was sentenced to a two-year conditional sentence order. It has strict conditions but allows the convicted per-

As Wel-Can Welding & Fabrication Ltd. enters into its 40th year of business in Red Deer, it is a time to reflect as well as look forward.

SASKATCHEWAN WILDFIRE

Search underway for soldier missing on front line

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Military officials say a soldier is missing on the front lines of the fight against wildfires in Saskatchewan.

Lt. Derek Reid, public affairs officer for Third Canadian Division, says a member of the Immediate Response Unit became separated from his co-workers Monday afternoon.

Reid says it happened after the soldier took a break from routine fire line operations near La Ronge, Sask.

When he didn’t return, members of the unit in the immediate area began a “box search” while other soldiers from the surrounding district moved in to help out.

Military officials aren’t releasing any other information about the soldier, including his name.

About 430 soldiers and reservists are currently working on fire lines and more are being trained.

Emergency officials are warning thousands of fire evacuees from northern Saskatchewan not to go home until it’s safe.

Meanwhile, some residents have been allowed to return to a handful of communities and wildfires across the province have become “a bit more normalized,” Duane McKay with emergency management said Monday.

But that progress doesn’t mean all danger has passed, he said.

“Until wildfire management actually issues an allclear for people to return, we respectfully request that people restrict on themselves travel in those areas.”

Flames and thick smoke have forced about 13,000 people out of their homes in at least 50 communities over the last two weeks. Fires have destroyed 81 houses and cabins.

Nearly 1,500 firefighters are in the region, including Edmonton military personnel and crews from other provinces and the United States. About 90 northern residents also started fire training Monday so they can join the effort.

McKay said he understands that many evacuees want to know how much longer they’ll be out of their homes. Officials are reviewing which communities are no longer under threat and have utility services and road access. Evacuation orders may be lifted after meeting with municipal leaders.

About 130 evacuees were allowed to return Sunday to Grandmother’s Bay reserve. Others from eight communities not under evacuation orders also went home after smoke no longer blocked road travel and ceased to pose health concerns.

Word of those going back prompted some people to drive back to their properties to check on them, and the traffic posed a problem for firefighters, said McKay. The fire situation remains “dynamic,” said Steve Roberts with wildfire management.

There were 127 fires burning on Monday, half of them near La Ronge, a town of 2,700 and one of the largest communities in the north.

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The Penhold Fire Department is reminding homeowners of the danger of toxic fumes in the wake of a small house fire on Monday.

On Monday at 11:19 a.m., Penhold fire crews responded to a fire alarm on Heron Court, where they discovered that there had been a small fire in the kitchen. The fire was caused by some rubber burning on a stove top.

The owner turned off the stove and the fire went out. There were no injuries to the two adults and two small children in the home.

In a press release, fire Chief Jim Pendergast said, “The owner did the right thing to the stove off.”

However, “We would like to remind everyone that when the fire alarm sounds, all occupants should evacuate the building,” Pendergast said.

He noted that firefighters carry “specialized equipment that can check for fire extension and for any toxic fumes. Very small levels of hydrogen cyanide (less than three parts per million) can be highly toxic and it is a known human carcinogen.”

In all, 11 firefighters responded to the incident.

son to serve their sentence outside of jail.

Kreiser was arrested by Red Deer RCMP as part of an extensive investigation done in partnership with Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods unit, a section of the Calgary Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team.

The investigation was done before Red Deer had its own ALERT police unit.

Police were conducting surveillance on a residence in Inglewood when a traffic stop was initiated on a vehicle that left the residence.

Kreiser, the driver of the vehicle, and Brian Randall Buxton, 34, of Red Deer were arrested — Buxton for outstanding warrants and drug trafficking and Kreiser for trafficking.

A search of the vehicle found cash, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, marijuana, bear spray and a bat.

Buxton pleaded guilty to his role and was sentenced to seven years in jail on Dec. 17, 2014.

Kreiser was scheduled to stand trial originally on Dec. 15, 2014. However, the case was adjourned until after the Buxton charges had been dealt with by the courts.

A Red Deer Court of Queen’s bench trial before a judge alone was then scheduled for June 8 to 12 of this year, but a plea deal was struck and her pleas were entered last week.

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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.

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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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Fourteen Red Deer residents split a cool $1 million after winning the Lotto Max early last month.

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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

An active life’s reward I read the news story about Red Deer becoming the only Canadian city to get attention for being an international leader in promoting active living with a grain of salt rubbed into old wounds.

That’s because some of the scars are still fresh, two years after Red GREG Deer received a NEIMAN national award for our pilot project on bike lanes. That whole experience (I became personally involved in assisting with the project) descended into the nastiest storm of negativity I can remember in our city.

Still, this latest trip back into the spotlight reveals how little it often takes to make big differences in how people look at us, and how we look at ourselves.

You want to know what ultimately got us that global attention? It was the fact that a good portion of our parks trail system is being kept cleared of snow through the winter.

That’s the nub of it. Of course, the nub of it is surrounded by a lot more good fruit. Inefficient or not, our multi-

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use trails are an important part of Red Deer’s transportation system. That’s above being an important part of our city’s recreation system — and through that, an ever-growing part of our entire city’s culture.

We built it, kept it clear for use yearround and the people came.

Here’s a side note to illustrate how our trails have become such a valuable resource for both travel and for healthy living.

It literally took years for the Central Alberta Regional Trails Society to get a paved trail built between Blackfalds and Lacombe. The barriers were tremendous — not just the physical logistics, but because of the entire culture of this region.

People want trails, just not near them — even though trails immediately enhance property values and are proven to improve the life outcomes of people who live near the trails.

With the upside so well-documented by now, landowners should be pounding on council doors for a trail extension to go near them.

But our culture has been to say no to trails — and especially to say no if tax money is to go into building them.

But the Blackfalds-Lacombe trail got built and in its first year. Guess what the biggest complaint about the trail has been? It’s that more money isn’t being spent to keep the trail clear for use year-round.

Now that we have it, Red Deer could not cease snow clearing on our city

trails any more than the Trans Canada Trail network could pull out the Blackfalds-Lacombe portion of it. The benefits are just too real, too immediate, too culturally-altering, to turn back.

Global sports equipment supplier Nike is the sponsor of the Designed to Move campaign, which seeks to inspire governments at all levels to pay attention to how their policies regarding design affect people’s health, for better or for worse.

The campaign hired a consultant, 8-80 Cities, to look around the world for places where governing bodies actually notice that their actions can either promote or impede the health of their citizens. The consultants discovered that Red Deer’s trails are widely networked, integrated into our transportation plans — and heavily used.

Winter, we have found, need not be a barrier to moving ourselves outdoors for either work or play — and that got the consultant’s attention.

I paid a visit to Nike’s website (www. designedtomove.org) and found one of their primary goals is to interest children in growing to become active adults.

They have a lot of science on their side. The site opens with the premise that today’s kids may well be the first generation ever to have poorer expected life outcomes than their parents. That’s because our car-centric, computer-centric, sedentary economy has produced a large population of overweight, unfit people.

Their thesis is that if we design walking, biking, running, sports and general activity into our day-to-day lives, starting early, that the current unhealthy trend of rising obesity, diabetes, heart disease and even some cancers can be reversed.

My thesis is that if we believe that exercise is good medicine, we will find ways to take it. When a significant portion of us realize that just walking or biking to work imparts a whole host of personal and societal benefits, we will demand that our municipal councils remove the barriers that keep us from just doing it.

But the belief has to come first.

Red Deer’s status as an international leader in designing active living right from our front doors to our workplaces and all places that we gather is only deserved if it stems from a belief that a healthy lifestyle matters — for us and for all those who will live here after we’re gone.

Two years ago, we tore out the bike lanes just weeks after getting an award for them. That’s OK, if we still believe it’s important to remove the design barriers that exist now for people to live a healthy, active life.

That may end up costing us a lot more money up front than simply clearing trails in winter. But hey, it’s the gumption that wins the awards.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

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The most difficult word to say It’s hard to say sorry, but it’s even harder to say you’re sorry for a genocide. The word just sticks in the throats of those who should be saying it, as the Turks have been demonstrating for the past hundred years in the case of the Armenians of eastern Anatolia. And the Serbs have just shown themselves to be just as tongue-tied in the case of the Bosnian Muslims slaughtered at Srebrenica.

Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the murder of between 7,000 and 8,000 people when Srebrenica was taken by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995.

The town’s population was swollen by refugees who had fled there to escape the “ethnic cleansing” that was being carried out against Muslims elsewhere in eastern Bosnia, because it was a United NaGWYNNE tions-designated “safe area” DYER defended by NATO troops. Or rather, not defended.

When the Bosnian Serbs, having surrounded Srebrenica for three years, finally moved to take it in July 1995, the UN and NATO commanders refused to use air strikes to stop them. And the Dutch troops who were there to protect the town decided they’d rather live and let unarmed civilians die.

So all the Bosnian Muslim men and boys between the ages of 14 and 70 were loaded onto buses — the Dutch soldiers helped to separate them from the women and children — and driven up the road a few kilometres. Then they were shot by Serbian killing squads, and buried by bulldozers. It took four days to murder them all.

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The crime has been formally declared a genocide by the UN war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia. Both the Bosnian Serb president of the time, Radovan Karadzic, and the Serban military commander at Srebrenica, Gen. Ratko Mladic, are awaiting verdicts in trials for directing genocide.

You would think that even the Serbs cannot deny that it was a genocide, but you would be wrong.

There are certainly some Serbs, like journalist Dusan Masic, who are willing to call it what it is. His idea was to have 7,000 volunteers lie on the ground before the National Assembly in Belgrade on Saturday, symbolizing the approximate number of Muslim victims at Srebrenica. “On July 11, while the eyes of the whole world are on the killing fields near Srebrenica,” he said, “we want to send a different picture from Belgrade.”

“This will not be a story about the current regime, which has failed to define itself in relation to the crime that happened 20 years ago,” he continued, “or about a place where you can still buy souvenirs with images of Karadzic and Mladic. It will be a story about ... a better Serbia.” But the better Serbia has not actually arrived yet.

Serbia’s interior minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, didn’t like the picture Masic wanted to send. When right-wing groups threatened to disrupt the demonstration, Stefanovic banned it in order to guarantee “peace and security in the whole of Serbia.” And the Serbian government had already asked Russia to veto a UN Security Council resolution describing the Srebrenica massacre as a “genocide.”

Russia was happy to oblige, and vetoed it on Wednesday. Maybe Moscow was just sucking up to the Serbs, whom it would like to steer away from their current ambition to join the European Union — but maybe President Vladimir Putin was also thinking that he didn’t want any precedent for some

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future attempt to describe what he did during the second Chechen war in 1999-2002 as a genocide.

Words matter. Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandr Vucic, who seems to have changed his mind about Srebrenica since his early days in Serbian politics, still cannot bring himself to use the word “genocide” when he talks about it.

Back in 1995, Vucic was a radical nationalist who declared in the Serbian National Assembly, only a few days after the Srebrenica massacre, that “If you kill one Serb, we will kill 100 Muslims.” By 2010, however, he was saying that a “horrible crime was committed in Srebrenica.”

Vucic even travelled to Srebrenica on Saturday to take part in the commemoration of the events of 20 years ago, a brave gesture for a Serbian prime minister who must contend with an electorate most of whom do not want to admit that Serbs did anything especially wrong. But he still doesn’t dare say the word “genocide.” The voters would never forgive him.

Most Serbs would acknowledge that their side did some bad things during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, but they would add that every side did. They will not accept the use of the word “genocide” — whereas that is the one word Bosnian Muslims have to hear before they can believe that the Serbs have finally grasped the nature and scale of their crime.

That’s why, when Vucic was at Srebrenica paying his respects in the cemetery, some Bosnian Muslims started throwing stones at him. His glasses were broken and his security detail had to hustle him away.

It was a stupid, shameful act and the Bosnian Muslim authorities have apologized for it. But like the Turks and the Armenians, the Serbs and their neighbours will never really be reconciled until the Serbs say the magic word.

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A5 $430M settlement approved

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

JUDGE REJECTS TWO CANADIAN PACIFIC MOTIONS AIMED AT STOPPING THE FUND GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES

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LAC-MEGANTIC DISASTER

MONTREAL — The $430-million settlement fund proposal for victims of the Lac-Megantic train disaster is fair and can proceed despite objections by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., a Quebec judge ruled Monday.

Superior Court Justice Gaetan Dumas rejected two Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) motions aimed at stopping the fund, which is earmarked for more than 4,000 victims and creditors in connection with the derailment that killed 47 people in July 2013.

CP said Monday it would review the decision and that it would have no other immediate comment.

While the company can appeal the ruling, it will require the permission of an appeals court justice to do so.

Lawyer Jeff Orenstein, who represents the victims of the tragedy, said if CP is not granted the right to appeal, he hopes to have the millions distributed to victims as soon as possible. “We will push to get the cheques out by the end of the year,� he said. “If it’s possible we’ll do it.�

On July 6, 2013, an unmanned train owned by the Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. (MMA) roared into Lac-Megantic and derailed, with its cargo exploding and decimating part of the downtown core.

MMA didn’t have enough insurance to pay damages to victims and creditors, so it filed for bankruptcy in the United States and Canada. The settlement fund is tied to the bankruptcy proceedings on both sides of the border.

About 25 companies accused of responsibility in the 2013 tragedy agreed to pay roughly $431.5 million to victims.

The terms of the fund offer all the companies that are giving money a full release from legal liability, in both the United States and Canada, for the disaster.

The fund was unanimously accepted by victims and creditors during a June 8 meeting.

While CP has said previously it doesn’t dispute that families of the victims deserve compensation, it insists it was not responsible for what happened.

Its lawyer, Alain Riendeau, reminded Dumas last month that the disaster “did not involve our tracks, did not involve our rail cars, our products or our employees.�

CP wanted Dumas to declare the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings for the railway responsible for the disaster — Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. — illegitimate.

It argued the case should be heard in Federal Court, not Quebec Superior Court.

CP also wanted Dumas to rule that the settlement fund was unfair because it would have limited its ability to countersue the other firms involved in the tragedy.

The problem for CP is if any of the 25 companies decides to sue it to recoup money put toward the fund, being freed from liability means CP wouldn’t be able to countersue.

Dumas’ ruling on Monday states CP waited too long to file motions against the court’s jurisdiction and the settlement fund terms.

CP was heavily criticized by lawyers representing victims and other companies in the fund for waiting almost two years before objecting to the court process.

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Federal revenue agency writes off billions in ‘uncollectible’ tax debts OTTAWA — The federal revenue agency has written off at least $4 billion in debts in the last two years — including accounts worth more than $10 million, newly released records show.

Debts were declared uncollectible because those owing had died, gone bankrupt, could not be located or lived outside Canada, according to Canada Revenue Agency records obtained under the Access to Information Act. In other cases, officials considered it not worth the expense to track down the money owing, or they reached a compromise settlement with the debtor.

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Stamps hold off Argos CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stampeders 25 Argonauts 20 CALGARY — Bo Levi Mitchell threw two touchdown passes to lead the Calgary Stampeders over the Toronto Argonauts 25-20 on Monday night.

Jon Cornish ran for another touchdown for the Stamps (2-1), who rebounded from a 29-11 road loss to the Montreal Alouettes on July 3.

Rene Paredes kicked a field goal for Calgary, while Rob Maver added a single.

Toronto quarterback Trevor Harris threw touchdown passes to rookie receivers Kevin Elliott and Tori Gurley while Ronnie Pfeffer kicked a pair of field goals for the Argos (2-1).

Neither team could get much going early on until Harris completed an eight-yard touchdown pass to Elliott late in the first quarter to cap off a seven-play, 78-yard drive.

Tim Brown appeared to give Calgary great field position with a lengthy punt return early in the second quarter, but the play was negated due to a penalty for face-masking on linebacker Karl McCartney. Undeterred, Mitchell tossed a 43-yard pass to Eric Rogers to start off a nine-play, 102-yard scoring drive. Rogers completed the drive by catching a three-yard TD pass from Mitchell, before Paredes missed the convert. The Stamps then regained possession when Jeff Hecht stripped the ball from Chad Owens at midfield.

Josh Bell recovered the fumble and ran eight yards lateralling the ball to

Fred Bennett, who raced downfield to the Toronto four-yard line.

After Cornish ran the ball into the end zone on the next play, Mitchell found McDaniel for a two-point convert to put the Stamps up 14-7.

Following a quick two-and-out by the Argos, Calgary struck again at 12:21 of the second quarter when Jeff Fuller reached over Toronto defender Akwasi Owusu-Ansah for a six-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell.

The Argos answered right back just over a minute later when Gurley caught a 44-yard touchdown pass from Harris. After a 55-yard punt single by Maver, the Stampeders took a 22-14 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Pfeffer kicked a 48-yard field goal in the third quarter and added a 45-yarder early in the fourth to pull the Argonauts within two points.

Calgary killed the clock in the fourth quarter with an extended 13-play, 62-yard drive that was capped off by a 30-yard field goal by Paredes to secure the victory.

Notes: Calgary offensive lineman Edwin Harrison and Dan Federkeil both had to be carted off the field in the second quarter with lower-leg injuries and neither returned. b& Due to the injuries, Quinn Smith moved from Calgary’s defensive line to the offensive line and had to switch jerseys from No. 90 to 68. Stamps receiver Simon Charbonneau-Campeau also left the game with a leg injury in the third quarter. With 56 yards on the ground, Cornish moved past Lovell Coleman and into fourth place behind Joffrey Reynolds, Kelvin Anderson and Earl Lunsford on Calgary’s all-time rushing yardage list.

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Toronto Argonauts’ Devin Smith, right, chases Calgary Stampeders’ Tim Brown during second half CFL football action in Calgary, Monday

Frazier wins home run derby

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI — “The Toddfather” has a new title. Todd Frazier — Little League World Series star, Frank Sinatra aficionado — is baseball’s new King of Swing.

The Jersey boy who never seems to get rattled waited until his very last swing — three times, no less — to win the All-Star Home Run Derby in his home ballpark on Monday night.

Pressure? Sure didn’t show it.

The Reds third baseman became only the second player to win the longball competition on his home field Monday night, topping Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson 15-14 with another late surge and one last perfectly timed swing.

“No pressure here with these fans,” he said, after accepting the crossedbats trophy to one more standing ovation at Great American Ball Park.

Frazier joined the Cubs’ Ryne Sandberg for home-field homer titles — the Hall of Fame second baseman did it at Wrigley Field in 1990. After finishing second last year in Minneapolis, this one was as sweet as that winning swing.

“That pushed me a lot,” Frazier said. “I wanted to get back here. I’d been working in the off-season a little bit. I’m just glad it was in Cincinnati and they could enjoy it with me.”

Pederson was trying to become the first rookie since Wally Joyner in 1986 to win or share the title. He reached the final round by knocking off Albert Pujols, who provided a blast after making the All-Star team for the first time in five years.

“I’m happy for Todd, especially being able to do it in front of his fans,” Pujols said. “It’s his night. He deserves it. I just hope the fans were pleased and happy with the performance every single guy did. The right guy won, too.”

Frazier topped Prince Fielder and

National League’s Todd Frazier, of the Cincinnati Reds, hits during the MLB All-Star baseball Home Run Derby, Monday

Josh Donaldson to reach the finals, where he faced his biggest test. Pederson went first and matched the highest total of the night with 14 homers. Frazier needed a late surge to pull even, tying him with 11 seconds left in his round.

He’d hit enough long homers to earn an extra 30 seconds, giving him a chance to take a few deep breaths, regroup and refocus.

On the first pitch from brother Charlie in extra time, Frazier puffed his cheeks and exhaled as he hit one solidly, then mouthed the words “That’s gone” as the ball headed for the left field stands. The ballpark was full of fans with arms raised even before the ball landed.

How’s that?

“It was a great environment,” Ped-

erson said. “It was extremely humbling being out there with Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols and Josh Donaldson.”

And, of course, it ended with a little more Sinatra.

Frazier uses “Fly Me To The Moon” as his music when he walks to the batter’s box during games, and it greeted each of his rounds on Monday. When he’d clinched the title, the ballpark rocked with “I Did It My Way.” “I had no clue they were going to do that,” Frazier said. “That was pretty nice.”

With that, Frazier made it an AllCincinnati All-Star event so far. Cubs catcher Kyle Schwarber, a Reds fan who grew up in nearby Middletown, Ohio, was the MVP of the Futures Game on Sunday with a two-run triple.

Frazier had been gearing up for

the derby all season. He faded badly last year in Minneapolis, reaching the finals before losing to Yoenis Cespedes 9-1. He was so worn out that he could barely hit one at the end, and he planned to pace himself better this time.

He hung in there and added to his lore for big home runs.

Frazier was a member of the 1998 Toms River team in New Jersey that beat Japan for the Little League World Series championship. He had a homer among his four hits in the clinching game. He loves hitting at Great American Ball Park, which has been one of the majors’ most homer-friendly places since it opened in 2003.

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Bucs’ Green is a beast in the backfield FORMER LACROSSE PLAYER FORMS DEADLY COMBO WITH RIVERA

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF What’s the best way to help out the best running back in the league? Give him a running mate to open holes and change the pace.

The ground game was not a position of need for the Central Alberta Buccaneers after 2014. Junior Rivera captured the Alberta Football League rushing title and rookie of the year honours with 810 rushing yards.

But this offseason, the Bucs picked up another weapon in the backfield as Lacombe’s Tanner Green returned to the game after playing out his junior lacrosse eligibility.

The combination gives the Bucs the most dangerous one-two punch in the league.

“We’ve clicked pretty well,” said

ALBERTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE Green, 22, of his chemistry with Junior.

That’s a bit of an understatement.

At six-foot-three, 230 pounds, Green is a completely different style of back than Rivera. Green is a big, bruising, upright runner in the mold of an Eddie George who made four pro bowls with the Tennessee Titans. Green entered Saturday’s 66-6 win over the Lloydminster Vandals with the best yards per rush average in the league with 14.1 (113 yards on eight touches).

Rivera, meanwhile, has speed to burn and the agility to make wouldbe-tacklers miss. He entered Saturday’s game against the Lloydminster Vandals as the third leading rusher in the AFL with 294 yards on 46 carries, just 26 yards behind Fort McMurray Monarch Greg Pelly (320 yards on 32

carries).

Buccaneers head coach Devon Hand is starting to find a comfort level with the two backs.

After almost ignoring the running game completely in their first two games, the Buccaneers have leaned heavily on their tail backs and have rushed for more than 200 yards in their last three contests.

He has been softening up defences with Rivera, getting them used to his speed and slashing style, and then uses Green like a battering ram to run them over.

“He’s the yin to Junior’s yang,” said Hand.

“He’s the power guy, Junior’s the outside guy, they’re both very good.

We made the decision to run the ball,

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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and that’s basically because of the way Tanner ran at practice ... he’s a beast.”

Green’s contributions have kind of come out of nowhere.

He hadn’t played the game for four years since high school when he was in the backfield for the Lacombe Rams, where he was used primarily as a blocking back.

Green thought his future lied in lacrosse and after starting out with the junior B tier III Lacoka Locos of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League, he transferred to Edmonton.

But his eligibility ran out at the end of last season, and he had friends already playing for the Buccaneers, who talked him into coming back to the gridiron.

The Bucs are just starting to scratch the surface of his potential.

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Central Alberta Buccaneers running back Tanner Green makes a catch over the middle on Lloydminster Vandals defensive back Jordan Moss during Alberta Football League action in Lacombe on Saturday.

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GREEN: Physical running Against the Vandals he continued his physical running, scoring a touchdown on a 12-yard run up the middle to open the second quarter and put the Bucs up 17-0. Then he showed his versatility with a 75-yard-catch-and-run for another score — pulling the ball down in traffic over the middle, then sprinting the final 40 yards to the end zone.

“In high school I mainly played fullback because I was too big to play running back, though I ran the ball pretty similar to what I do now,” said Green.

“Even here I’m ‘too big’ comparatively, but it’s nice that (offensive coordinator Aaron Sheppard) giving me a chance because I’m a rookie here and Junior’s been here a year already.”

The Buccaneers next test is going to be one of their most difficult of the season when they take on the Fort McMurray Monarchs on July 25 at Lacombe’s ME Global Athletic Park. The Monarchs improved to 4-1 with a 100-0 win over the expansion Airdrie Irish, and, like the Bucs, their only loss of the season came at the hands of the Calgary Gators. Whoever wins this game will get the inside track at home field advantage for the playoffs.

Key to beating the Monarchs will be the Buccaneers’ running game.

“Our whole offence coming together is our frontline. If our frontline is

strong, if they can push Fort Mac’s defence back, then I don’t think we’ll have any problem opening holes and running against them,” said Green.

“It’s all about giving our quarterback time to throw the ball and now that we’re keeping our running backs in to give them extra protection, I think our offence can really come together.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

DERBY: Speculation He ranks among the major league leaders with 25 home runs this season.

There was speculation that one of the All-Stars might knock one into the Ohio River beyond right field — Adam Dunn is the only one to reach it so far.

No splashdowns. Plenty of drama, though.

Frazier had a tough challenge right away. Fielder was trying to join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only three-time derby champions. Junior watched from foul territory after throwing a ceremonial opening pitch to his father, Ken Sr. And Fielder wowed ’em, hitting 13 homers — eight of them farther than 425 feet, with one estimated at 474 feet.

The home crowd groaned collectively as Frazier came to bat and got off to a very slow start. He called timeout to catch his breath after struggling to hit his first five homers.

He caught up with 5 seconds to go in his allotted time, then connected again on his first swing of extra time to move on.

And there was no stopping him.

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BRIEFS Chiefs win lacrosse championship The Red Deer Chiefs are the Alberta bantam 2 boys lacrosse champions.

The Chiefs, coached by Bryce Bowness and Chris Amell and with a staff that includes trainers Blayne Swanson and Vincent Hammer, were undefeated at the provincials in Grande Prairie during the weekend and slipped past Lethbridge 7-6 in Sunday’s gold-medal contest.

The Red Deer team opened the tournament with an 11-8 win over Lethbridge, then edged Strathmore 6-5 and hammered Westlock and Wainwright by indentical 13-3 scores.

The Chiefs trailed Lethbridge by two goals in the third period of the championship final before staging a late rally.

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PAN AM GAMES

TORONTO — Canada’s paddlers, rowers and divers kept the medals coming on Day 3 of the Pan American Games.

Led by gold-medal performances by the men’s coxless four and the women’s double sculls, Canadian rowers combined to add three more medals to Canada’s impressive early haul on Monday.

“It was pretty amazing. It sent goosebumps down my spine,” said veteran rower Will Crothers who could hear the vocal hometown crowd in St. Catharines, Ont., as the men’s four — Crothers, Tim Schrijver of Thedford, Ont., Kai Langerfeld of Parksville, B.C., and Conlin McCabe of Brockville, Ont. — entered their final 500-metre sprint.

“I started thinking, we’re sitting up (starting the final sprint). I yelled to the boys, ’Who wants to sing?’

“I think that probably fired them up pretty good. I think the (stroke) rate went up. We started really chucking down some heaters. Some hot strokes to get to the line.”

The men finished six minutes 10.80 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of silver-medallists Cuba (6:14.30) and bronze-medallists Argentina (6:16.52).

Kerry Shaffer, from Welland, Ont., and Antje Von Seydlitz of Smithers, B.C., won gold in the women’s double sculls with a time of 7:13.01, just ahead of the United States (7:14.65) in second and Cuba (7:20.00) in third.

Von Seydlitz could hear the partisan crowd from halfway out on the course.

“It was unreal. It kind of brings tears to your eyes,” she said. “You’re so proud to be racing in your own country in front of your hometown fans.”

Canadian rowers also took bronze medals in men’s double sculls and women’s coxless pairs.

Just down the road in Welland, Canada added four medals in kayak and canoe events.

Ben Russell from Dartmouth, N.S., and Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny from Trois-Rivieres, Que., won gold in the C-2 1,000 metres. Canadian flag-bearer Mark Oldershaw from Burlington, Ont., raced to a silver medal in the men’s C-1 1,000 metres. Michelle Russell of Fall River, N.S., won silver in K-1 500 metres — her second medal of the Pan Am Games. Veteran Adam Van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., won bronze in the K-1 1,000 metres.

Russell and Beauchesne-Sevigny won gold with a time of 3:46.316, beating Brazil by 0.801 seconds and Cuba by 3.616 seconds.

The duo played it patient before surging into the lead over the final quarter of the race.

“We train consistently that last 250 metres,” Russell said. “That’s where we want to be the best in the world, so

every time we get there we just go for broke, and having the crowd today was just the bonus.”

Canada added four more medals in diving.

Montreal’s Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion from Laval, Que., won Canada’s second diving gold in women’s synchronized 10-metre platform.

They earned 316.89 points to beat Brazil (291.36) and Mexico (287.91).

“This medal has a lot of value to us not only because we put a lot of work in this, but because it’s a little balm on my wound of two days ago,” said Filion, who won silver in the individual event on Sunday. “These are the Pan Am Games, that’s the title that we were missing, so it’s really great.”

Canada added silver medals in the men’s three-metre synchro springboard and 10-meter synchro tower and the women’s three-metre syynchro springboard.

Amanda Chudoba of Spruce Grove, Alta., won Canada’s second shooting gold with a victory in women’s trap.

Chudoba edged American Kayle Browning in a shoot-off after the final round was tied at 11.

“Actually, I didn’t have any prep, it was all new to me,” Chudoba said of preparing for the sudden-death session. “I just tried to see the target when it comes out and hit the target.”

Gymnast Ellie Black of Halifax won her second medal of the Games after capturing gold in the women’s allaround competition.

Black trailed Madison Desch of the United States after the vault and uneven bars, but posted the best result in balance beam and second best in floor to overtake the American and win the event.

“It’s spectacular, to come here in front of the home crowd, to be able to hit my best competition, I think ever, is unreal,” said Black, who helped Canada to a silver in the women’s team event on Sunday. “To finish off with the gold is incredible, just having the whole of Canada behind me feels amazing. This is probably one of the best for me, I can’t even believe it.”

Kelita Zupancic of Whitby, Ont., won Canada’s first judo gold medal of the Games, beating Cuba’s Onix Cortez by Ippon in the final of the women’s under-70-kilogram event.

“It feels surreal. Words can’t describe it,” Zupancic said. “I’m so proud to be Canadian. I’m proud to represent my family, friends, coaches, teammates, everyone.”

Stefanie Tremblay of Chicoutimi, Que., added a silver in the women’s under-63-kg event.

Also Monday, Toronto’s Jordan Belchos won Canada’s first ever Pan Am roller speedskating medal with a bronze in the men’s 10,000 metres.

The Red Deer Duathlon featured a field of 142 races.

Bantam AAA Braves take down Edmonton South The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves rolled to a trio of one-sided bantam AAA baseball victories over host Edmonton South Jasper Place during the weekend.

The Braves prevailed 14-2 in a five-inning opener, getting a home run and single from each of Aidan Schafer and Riley Seward, doubles from each of Cooper Jones, Zack Baker and Meghan Cameron, and a single and double courtesy of Adam Junck. Matt Kohle was the winning pitcher, giving up three hits while recording four strikeouts and allowing three walks. The visitors needed just five innings to post each of their next two victories by scores of 19-5 and 12-1.

Ben LeBlanc was credited with the win in Game 2, allowing just two hits while fanning five batters and walking four. Baker was three-for-three at the plate with two singles and a double, while Branden Woods stroked a double and two singles, Hunter Leslie and Ty Moline each had two singles and Kohle chipped in with a double. Seward earned the mound decision in the final contest, surrendering five hits while striking out eight batters and walking two. LeBlanc had three hits, including a double, as did Moline, with Kohle and Junck each cracking a double and Haley Lalor contributing two singles.

Alexander Ramrattan of Innisfail took top honours in the do-a-du distance race of the inaugural Comfortec Red Deer Duathlon during the weekend.

Ramrattan, a 16-year-old member of the True North Triathlon Club, posted a time of 40 minutes, 24 seconds in the competition, which included runs of 2.5km and 1.25km and a 10km bike race.

Dallas and Jackie Kobsar placed second and third with times of 44:50 and 45:07.

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Locals score well at Junior Tour event in Ponoka Daria and Shaye Ledenius of Wolf Creek finished one-two in the girls division of a McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event Monday at the Ponoka Community Golf Club with respective scores of 74 and 75.

Nikki Norlin of Innisfail placed fourth with an 86 and Clare McMahon of Balmoral tied for sixth with an 88. Meanwhile, Jaxon Lynn of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club (RDG&CC) shot a 70 to finish as runner-up to Dakota Smith of the Public Player Club in the boys division.

Smith checked in with a five-under 67. Brandon Maxwell of Pine Hills placed fourth overall with a 75, one stroke better than Logan Hill of the RDG&CC. Bryce Kopec of Alberta Springs tied for sixth with a 77 and Brady McKinlay of Lacombe shot a 78 and tied for eighth.

McKinlay also tied for top spot in the category for boys born in 2001 and later.

Other Central Alberta scores: Sam Hamelin, Pheasantback, 85; Noah Hackett, Ponoka, 85; Taylor Dobbs, Innisfail 87; Liam McKeen, Gull Lake, 88; Brendan Grabo, Lacombe, 88.

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Thurston, Laye earn big wins at Stampede It was a big day for small towns during Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede. The 2015 Stampede slate of rodeo champions came from places like Strong City, OK, (population 47), a place bull rider Sage Kimzey has already made famous. Or there’s Oelrichs, S.D. (population 126) – where barrel racing winner Lisa Lockhart calls home.

Check out Mt. Vernon, OR, (population 513), home address for the four-time steer wrestling champion, Trevor Knowles. Tie-down roping titlist Timber Moore hails from a much bigger place, Aubrey, TX, (population 2595).

But the two towns most faDIANNE miliar to central Albertans are Cadogan (pop. 112) and FINSTAD Big Valley (pop. 364). Those are the rural communities that serve as home base for two young cowboys doing their best to put their addresses on the rodeo radar.

Bareback rider Clint Laye and saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston could almost be considered ‘neighbors’ , in a country kind of way. Their parents worked together to help get the youngsters up and down the road when they were steer riding. And they were there together Sunday afternoon to share in the big spotlight moment as the two celebrated a huge career milestone — winning the Calgary Stampede.

Thurston, from Big Valley, had to do it the hard way, by riding an extra horse when three of the four finalists in the showdown round had matching marks of 90.5. In a day to remember, the 20-year-old rode a horse called Rubels to 88.5, to advance from the Finals round of 10. Then he was 90.5 on a U.S. raised horse called Spring Planting. And in the ‘bonus’ round, he was 88.5 on a Vold horse called Easy to Love.

“You’re pretty blessed to get one of those horses a few times a year, but having three of them like that, it’s crazy. It gets your blood running for sure,” declared Thurston.

Drawing the reputation horses is one thing, but riding them, and riding them well can be another.

Thurston had no trouble with that, even though it was his first Stampede in the open saddle bronc riding.

To win $100,000 is an amazing accomplishment for any cowboy, but consider the fact this comes less than four months after he won pro rodeo’s second biggest bonus, a $50,000 payoff at RodeoHouston. It’s

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already been a nearly unimaginable rookie year, and it’s not over yet.

“When you’re a rookie, you hope to do good, and maybe win rookie of the year. To have this much success this soon, it’s been crazy. Words can’t even describe how I feel right now.”

“Houston was pretty exciting, but it’s so far from home,” pointed out Thurston. “To win Calgary, it’s like in my backyard, it’s unreal, it’s awesome. I was the only Canadian in the bronc riding today, and then I was only guy in there that’s never been to the NFR, so those guys have been there and done that, and they can really ride. So you’ve just got to give ‘er all you’ve got, and just go for it.”

Thurston’s mother Lynda, and sister Tess, were as pumped about the win as Zeke, not to mention his grandma and girlfriend. Unfortunately, his dad Skeeter was just returning from a Montana rodeo where he provided the scoreboard.

“He got the board down this morning and then hauled butt to get across the border,” related Thurston. “I think he got to a Boston Pizza or somewhere there was a TV, and I think he’s been sitting there watching it. He’s going to be kind of bummed he missed it, but he’ll be excited, I’ll tell you that.”

Just as they’ll be brimming with pride in Big Valley, they’re also cheering in Cadogan, for Clint Laye, who’s just 21 years old. He made an 87.5 point bareback ride on a horse called Raggedy Ann in the long round, to snag a Showdown spot. That’s where he turned his spurs loose on the big grey called Virgil, from C5 Rodeo, for an 88-point performance.

Like Thurston, Laye gained some pressure cooker experience at RodeoHouston in March. He finished in a second place tie there, winning $15,000.

“I was in the four-man (final) for $50,000, and I’m really glad now that I was in that. Down there, I kind of got a little nervous and a little too psyched up.

Today, I stayed a little bit more relaxed, and was talking and laughing with my buddies behind the chutes.”

Laye was grateful to have his family with him in Calgary cheering him on, as he became the third Laye to win a Calgary title. Cousin Billy won the Stampede bareback riding in 1991, while another cousin, Mark, took the steer wrestling in 1985, both long before the win paid $100,000.

“That’s what I love about this rodeo. It’s in Alberta, this is where I’m from, and it makes it even that much better. Yea, it puts Cadogan on the map,” he laughed.

“All my hard work this year has really paid off, and it’s making me even want to work harder. Comparing myself to my first Calgary Stampede a couple years ago, I’m definitely a lot stronger, a lot faster,

Zeke Thurston with his sister Tessa and mother, Lynda, at the Calgary Stampede. way more confident in my riding, and I’m just hungrier. I want to win more.”

Both Laye and Thurston received special invitations to participate in Calgary this year, since they weren’t among the top five in last year’s Canadian standings. When all the accounting was done from the earlier rounds, Thurston’s final Stampede take was $108,000, while Laye earned $113,500.

Meantime, Donalda’s Curtis Cassidy had a chance at Stampede gold in both his timed events. He made it from Wild Card Saturday all the way through to the Final Four in tie-down roping. With a time of 8.2 seconds there, he was only a tenth behind Timber Moore’s winning 8.1. So Cassidy collected $25,000 for that, as well as another $16,000 from his week’s efforts. His brother Cody was in the ‘crying hole’ to advance to the Final Four in Sunday’s steer wrestling, but still left town with $14,300. Sydney Daines of Innisfail topped the Wild Card Saturday round, but tipped a barrel Sunday to prevent her from advancing in her event, but she still took home $10,800 from her first Stampede. Jim Berry of Rocky Mountain House earned $5,750 in the bronc riding this year, while Jake Vold, despite being 88 points on Wild Card Saturday, didn’t advance to Sunday. However, his Calgary take was still $8,500. Bowden’s Ky Marshall picked up $1,500 in the bareback riding. Dean Edge of Rimbey collected $4,500 in tie-down roping.

Dianne Finstad is a Red Deer rodeo writer

Dustin Johnson pushes US Open Cowboys receiver heartache aside as the British Open awaits Bryant won’t play without long-term contract NFL

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING, Texas — Dez Bryant is sending another signal that he won’t play for the Dallas Cowboys without a long-term contract.

The unsigned All-Pro receiver posted a message on Twitter to Dallas fans Monday, apologizing while saying he “will not be there” if he doesn’t have a new deal by Wednesday’s deadline.

Bryant, who led the NFL with 16 touchdowns receiving last season, has a one-year offer of $12.8 million under the franchise tag. Because he hasn’t signed a contract, Bryant can’t be fined for missing training camp, which starts July 30. He would lose about $750,000 for each regular-season game he skipped.

“As much as I love football ... I apologize cowboynation but I will not be there if no deal,” wrote Bryant, who skipped off-season workouts and has said he would consider missing games.

Bryant showed up on the sidelines at off-season practice a couple of times, including the final mandatory minicamp workout at AT&T Stadium in June.

He had about a 15-minute chat with owner Jerry Jones.

The Cowboys are not commenting on negotiations with Bryant, who was trending after his tweet. Actor Rob Lowe chimed in on Twitter, writing, “Pay Dez. Cowboys NFL This is a no-brainier (sic).”

If the 26-year-old Bryant doesn’t sign the franchise tender by 4 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, he can’t sign a long-term contract until after the season.

That makes his situation different from former Dallas running back Emmitt Smith.

The NFL’s all-time rushing leader missed the first two games in 1993 in a contract dispute, and signed a new deal after the defending Super Bowl champions lost both.

The contract is guaranteed if Bryant signs, but he has indicated that long-term financial stability is important to him. Bryant just completed his five-year rookie deal that paid him a total of about $11.8 million.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Dustin Johnson isn’t much for looking back. He doesn’t spend a lot of time wondering what might have been just a few weeks ago at the U.S. Open. But if he needed a reminder of how close he came to winning his first major title at Chambers Bay, he won’t have to look far Thursday at the British Open. There on the first tee with him at St. Andrews will be Jordan Spieth, who became the U.S. Open champion when Johnson 3-putted the final green from 12 feet.

“I like playing with Jordan,” Johnson said. “No pressure, though.”

Not in the opening round, for sure, when the pressure will be on Spieth to get off to a good start in search of his third major championship of the year.

And maybe not even on Sunday, when Johnson could be one of the contenders to upend Spieth and his chase for the third leg of the Grand Slam.

“I’m playing in the next two, so we’ll have to see,” Johnson said.

If recent history is any indication, Johnson figures to be in the mix at this Open, just as he was at the U.S. Open. Johnson can only hope the outcome won’t be as cruel as it was at Chambers Bay, where he missed a 12-footer to win, then missed a 4-footer coming back to miss a Monday playoff.

Instead of being known as a champion who hit driver and 5-iron on the par-5 to get into position for a winning eagle on that final hole, Johnson must deal with a growing reputation of not being able to close the big ones.

“I hit two great shots, and unfortunately my ball — I don’t know how it stayed where it did, above the hole up there, but unfortunately it stayed there and it was just a tough putt,” he said. “I was trying to make it, but I wanted it to barely go in, and it still went 4 feet by. Hit a good putt on the way back, and it just bounced and missed left.”

Disappointment in the final round is not new to Johnson. He lost a PGA Championship in 2010 at Whistling Straits by grounding his club in an 18thhole hazard he wasn’t aware existed. He had the lead in the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach the same year before collapsing. He insists he uses such setbacks as a learning experience, much as he did when taking a six-month absence from the PGA Tour that has never been fully explained amid reports that it was for drug use. Along with a new baby with fiancee Paulina Gretzky, Johnson believes he is also finally in command of his game.

“I think it’s very good, very positive,” Johnson said of contending in recent majors. “It gives me the con-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dustin Johnson reacts to his par putt on the sixth hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay on June 21. fidence to know I have what it takes to win. I think I showed that at the U.S. Open. Coming down the back nine, I was hitting the shots that I wanted to hit.

Unfortunately the ball wasn’t bouncing in the hole.

I’ve got what it takes, so I’m excited to get this week started.”

One of the longest hitters in the game, Johnson is among a handful of the favourites at the Open in his first tournament since losing to Spieth at Chambers Bay. He may be playing with Masters and U.S. Open champion Spieth in the first two rounds, but believes his performance will stand on its own on a golf course he both loves and knows well.

He also believes his ordeals have made him stronger, and he gets some advice from future father-inlaw Wayne Gretzky, the hockey great who knows well what it’s like to both win and lose.

“We do spend a lot of time together, just haven’t really got in depth about anything like that,” Johnson said. “I learn more from Wayne just by watching him and seeing what he does and asking him questions about when he was playing and things like that.”

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● Senior men’s baseball: Canadian Brew House Rays at Play it Again Sports Athletics, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer Razorbacks at Rocky Mountain House Red Dogs, 7 p.m. ● Sunburst baseball: St. Albert Tigers at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Men’s second division rugby: Calgary Saints at Red Deer Titans, 7:30 p.m., Titans Park.

Wednesday

● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track.

Thursday

● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track. ● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House Red Dogs at Innisfail Indians, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Printing Place Padres, Lacombe Stone and Granite at Canadian Brewhouse Rays, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday

● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track. ● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park.

Saturday

● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track.

Sunday

● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 2:30 p.m., Westerner track. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer Razorbacks at Lacombe Dodgers, 7 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Requested unconditional release waivers on RHP Jason Frasor.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Danny Farquhar to Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned RHP Roman Mendez to Round Rock (PCL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Mike Foltynewicz to Gwinnett (IL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP Jerome Williams to Lakewood (SAL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP Wilfredo Boscan to Indianapolis (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent C Tim Federowicz to Fort Wayne (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP John Kovalik.

LAREDO LEMURS — Signed LHP Jon Jones.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed LHP Darin Downs. Placed RHP Billy Buckner on the inactive list.

Frontier League FRONTIER GREYS — Released RHP Andrew Wellwerts.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Released RHP Tyler Murphy and RHP Aaron Vaughn.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Released OF Tommy Barksdale, RHP Jon Pusateri and C Steve Sulcoski.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Joe Pavlovich. Released RHP Heith Hatfield.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Traded RHP James Jones to the Sioux Falls (AA) for a player to be named.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed G Leandro Barbosa.

INDIANA PACERS — Signed F Myles Turner.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed C Marc Gasol to a multiyear contract.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Named Michael Copeland president and chief executive officer.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed F Mikko Rantanen to a three-year, entry-level contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Re-signed RW Mitch Callahan to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with D Nick Jensen on a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD — Signed C Joel Eriksson Ek to a three-year, entry level contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed D Anthony Bitetto to a one-year contract.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed F John Quenneville to a three-year entry level contract.

ECHL ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Signed D Kyle Brodie, D Mike Busillo, F Garrett Ladd and F Roberts Lipsbergs.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DBs Kacy Rodgers and Jeremy Williams to the practice roster.

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Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 48 40 .545 Tampa Bay 46 45 .505 Baltimore 44 44 .500 Toronto 45 46 .495 Boston 42 47 .472

GB — 3 1/2 4 4 1/2 6 1/2

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 52 34 .605 49 40 .551 44 44 .500 42 46 .477 41 45 .477

GB — 4 1/2 9 11 11

Los Angeles Houston Texas Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 48 40 .545 49 42 .538 42 46 .477 41 48 .461 41 50 .451

GB — 1/2 6 7 1/2 8 1/2

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games All-Star game at Cincinnati, 5 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 77 277 43 97 .350 Fielder Tex 86 336 42 114 .339 Kipnis Cle 87 347 59 112 .323 LCain KC 76 291 54 92 .316 JIglesias Det 77 255 19 80 .314 Trout LAA 88 324 68 101 .312 NCruz Sea 87 328 44 101 .308 Pedroia Bos 69 281 34 86 .306 Bogaerts Bos 85 316 39 96 .304 Burns Oak 63 271 38 82 .303 Home Runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 26; Trout, Los Angeles, 26; JMartinez, Detroit, 25; Teixeira, New York, 22; NCruz, Seattle, 21; Donaldson, Toronto, 21; 5 tied at 19.

Runs Batted In Teixeira, New York, 62; KMorales, Kansas City, 61; Bautista, Toronto, 60; Donaldson, Toronto, 60; JMartinez, Detroit, 59; Pujols, Los Angeles, 56; Vogt, Oakland, 56.

Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 11-4; FHernandez, Seattle, 11-5; Gray, Oakland, 10-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 10-5; Carrasco, Cleveland, 10-7; Eovaldi, New York, 9-2; Price, Detroit, 9-2.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 48 39 .552 47 42 .528 42 47 .472 38 51 .427 29 62 .319

GB — 2 7 11 21

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 56 33 .629 53 35 .602 47 40 .540 39 47 .453 38 52 .422

GB — 2 1/2 8 15 1/2 18 1/2

West Division W L Pct 51 39 .567 46 43 .517 42 45 .483 41 49 .456 39 49 .443

GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 10 11

Posey SF 83 303 46 95 .314 Tulowitzki Col 79 294 44 92 .313 LeMahieu Col 84 315 45 98 .311 GParra Mil 87 278 41 86 .309 Panik SF 85 328 47 101 .308 Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 27; Harper, Washington, 26; Frazier, Cincinnati, 25; Arenado, Colorado, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; Pederson, Los Angeles, 20; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 18.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 70; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 70; Stanton, Miami, 67; Harper, Washington, 61; Posey, San Francisco, 58; Frazier, Cincinnati, 57; Braun, Milwaukee, 56; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 56.

Pitching GCole, Pittsburgh, 13-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 103; Wacha, St. Louis, 10-3; Arrieta, Chicago, 10-5; Scherzer, Washington, 10-7; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 9-5; Heston, San Francisco, 9-5.

Tot 9

Long 431

ET :00

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Rizzo (6), Chicago Cubs Frazier (2), Cincinnati

8 14

430 474

:30 :30

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Fielder (7), Texas Pederson (4), L.A. Dodgers

13 13

474 487

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Monday’s Games No games scheduled

def.

Machado (5), Baltimore Pujols (1) L.A. Angels

12 10

469 446

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

def.

Bryant (9), Toronto

9

462

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Semifinals Frazier

Tot 10

Long 444

ET :00

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Donaldson Pederson

9 12

450 448

:30 :30

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H 87 315 60 107 81 277 59 94 84 361 46 122 78 302 41 97 67 262 33 83

Goldschmidt Ari Harper Was DGordon Mia YEscobar Was Aoki SF

Pct. .340 .339 .338 .321 .317

Championship Frazier def.

Pederson

11

451

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Tot 15

Long 449

ET :30

14

461

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Seeding in parentheses based on 2015 home run totals through July 7th.

Five minutes per batter, per round.

Ties in any round will be broken by a 90-second swing-off with no stoppage of time or additional time added; if a tie remains after the swing-off, batters will engage in successive three-swing swing-offs until there is a winner.

Each batter entitled to one 45-second “time out” per round.

ALL-STAR GAME STARTING LINEUPS At Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati

2015 HOME RUN DERBY At Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati First Round Donaldson (3), Toronto

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

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Pujols

American League Mike Trout, Angels, cf Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays, 3b Albert Pujols, Angels, 1b Nelson Cruz, Mariners, dh Lorenzo Cain, Royals, rf Adam Jones, Orioles, lf Salvador Perez, Royals, c Jose Altuve, Astros, 2b Alcides Escobar, Royals, ss Starter: Dallas Keuchel, Astros National League Andrew McCutchen, Pirates, cf Todd Frazier, Reds, 3b Bryce Harper, Nationals, rf Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks, 1b Buster Posey, Giants, c Anthony Rizzo, Cubs, dh Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals, ss Joc Pederson, Dodgers, lf DJ Lemahieu, Rockies, 2b Starter: Zack Greinke, Dodgers

Football GP 3 3 2 3

CFL East Division W L T PF 2 1 0 88 2 1 0 64 1 1 0 75 1 2 0 68

PA 76 78 50 56

Pt 4 4 2 2

GP Calgary 3 Winnipeg 3 Edmonton 2 B.C. 2 Saskatchewan 3

West Division W L T PF 2 1 0 60 2 1 0 81 1 1 0 57 1 1 0 51 0 3 0 98

PA 72 101 43 59 107

Pt 4 4 2 2 0

Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

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.

WEEK THREE Bye: Hamilton Monday’s results Calgary 25 Toronto 20 Friday’s results Winnipeg 25 Montreal 23 B.C. 35 Saskatchewan 32 (OT) Thursday’s results Edmonton 46 Ottawa 17

Daniel 3 pass from Mitchell) 8:45 Cgy — TD Fuller 6 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 12:21 Tor — TD Gurley 44 pass from Harris (Pfeffer convert) 13:20 Third Quarter Tor — FG Pfeffer 48 9:16 Fourth Quarter Tor — FG Pfeffer 45 1:46 Cgy — FG Paredes 30 13:33 Toronto 7 7 3 3 — 20 Calgary 0 22 0 3 — 25

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

MONDAY’S SUMMARY Stampeders 25, Argonauts 20 First Quarter Tor — TD Elliott 8 pass from Harris (Pfeffer convert) 14:52 Second Quarter Cgy — TD E.Rogers 3 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 6:53 Cgy — TD Cornish 4 run (two-point convert: Mc-

couver, earned a semifinals berth after defeating Winder and Zornoza of Peru, 2-0.

Men’s Singles — Andrew D’Souza, Ottawa, def.

Pongnairat, U.S., 2-0 in the quarter-finals.

CANOE/KAYAK Canoe Men’s singles 1,000 — Mark Oldershaw, Burlington, Ont., won the silver medal (4:09.587).

Men’s pairs 1,000 — Benjamin Russell, Dartmouth, N.S., and Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny, Trois-Rivieres, Que., won gold (3:46.316).

Kayak Men’s singles 1,000 — Adam van Koeverden, Oakville, Ont., won the bronze medal (3:43.055).

Men’s pairs 1,000 — Brady Reardon, Burlington, Ont., and Andrew Jessop, Halifax, placed fifth in the final (3:30.726).

Women’s singles 500 — Michelle Russell, Fall River, N.S., won the silver medal (2:02.361).

DIVING Women’s synchronized 10-metre platform — Meaghan Benfeito, Montreal, and Roseline Filion, Laval, Que., won the gold medal with a score of 316.89 points.

Women’s synchronized three-metre springboard — Jennifer Abel, Laval, Que., and Pamela Ware, Montreal won the silver medal with a score of 298.23 points.

Men’s synchronized three-metre springboard — Philippe Gagne, Montreal, and Francois ImbeauDulac, St-Lazare, Que., won silver (413.37).

GYMNASTICS (ARTISTIC) Men’s Individual All-Around — Hugh Smith, Dartmouth, N.S., finished seventh overall (84.9 points); Rene Cournoyer, Repentigny, Que., was 11th

(81.2).

Women’s Individual All-Around Final — Ellie Black, Halifax, won the gold medal with a score of 58.150.

Isabela Onyshk, Brandon, Man., finished sixth with 55.050.

JUDO Women’s 70kg Final — Kelita Zupancic, Whitby, Ont., def. Cortez, Cuba, for the gold medal.

ROLLER SKATING (SPEED) Women’s 500 — Valerie Maltais, La Baie, Que., was fifth in her semifinal (43.420), did not advance.

Women’s 10,000 points race — Maltais finished seventh.

Men’s 500 — Christopher Fiola, Montreal, placed sixth in his semifinal (39.926), did not advance.

Men’s 10,000 points race — Jordan Belchos, Thornhill, Ont., won the bronze medal.

ROWING Women’s pairs — Rosanne DeBoef, Victoria, and Kristin Bauder, Langley, B.C., won the bronze medal (7:34.23).

Women’s double sculls — Kerry Maher-Shaffer, Welland, Ont., and Antje von Seydlitz, Smithers, B.C., won gold medal (7:13.01).

Men’s double sculls — Pascal Lussier, Napierville, Que., and Matthew Buie, Duntroon, Ont., won bronze (6:35.89).

Men’s fours — Canada (Will Crothers, Kingston, Ont.; Kai Langerfeld, Parksville, B.C.; Tim Schrijver, Thedford,.; Conlin McCabe, Brockville,.) won gold (6:10.80).

SHOOTING Women’s Trap — Amanda Chudoba, Spruce Grove, Alta., won the gold medal in a shootoff; Susan Nattrass, Edmonton, was sixth in the semifinals, did not

advance.

Men’s Trap — Drew Shaw, Collingwood, Ont., and Curtis Wennberg, Winnipeg, are tied with five others for third place after the first day of qualifying with 45 points.

Men’s 10-metre Air Rifle — Benjamin Taylor, St. John’s, N.L., was 12th in qualifying (608.4); Cory Niefer, Saskatoon, 18th (602.7) — neither advanced to the final.

Women’s 10-metre Air Rifle — Monica Fyfe, Winnipeg, 17th in qualifying (404.2) and Aerial Arthur, Saskatoon (23rd, 400.1) — neither advanced to the final.

SQUASH Women’s Doubles — Samantha Cornett, Ottawa, and Nikole Todd, Regina, defeated Teran and Urrutia, Mexico, 2-0 in the semifinals.

TENNIS Men’s Singles — Brayden Schnur, Pickering, Ont., lost 2-0 in the quarter-finals to Novikov, U.S. Women’s Singles — Francoise Abanda, Montreal, is eliminated after losing her quarter-final 2-0 to Puig, U.S. Gabriella Dabrowski, Ottawa, defeated Chirico, U.S., 2-1 in the second round. Carol Zhao, Richmond Hill, Ont., defeated Gonzalez, Paraguay, 2-1 also in the second round.

WATER POLO Men — Canada lost 9-8 to the U.S. in the semifinals and will play for the bronze medal.

WEIGHTLIFTING Men’s 77kg — Jerome Boisclair, Sherbrooke, Que., was ninth in the final (290); Darryl Conrad, Winnipeg, did not finish.

Frisco, Texas

Costa Rica 1, El Salvador 1 Tuesday, July 14 Toronto Jamaica vs. El Salvador, 2200 GMT Wednesday, July 15 Toronto Canada vs. Costa Rica, 0030 GMT

Pan Am Games MEDAL STANDINGS TORONTO — Medal standings at the 2015 Pan Am Games: G S B Total Canada 17 14 10 41 U.S. 12 10 14 36 Cuba 10 8 8 26 Colombia 10 6 10 26 Mexico 8 6 13 27 Brazil 6 6 12 24 Argentina 2 9 5 16 Ecuador 2 4 4 10 Chile 2 1 2 5 Dominican Rep. 1 0 3 4 Venezuela 0 5 1 6 Peru 0 1 1 2 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1 What Canada Did Monday at the Pan Am Games TORONTO — What Canada Did on Monday at the Pan Am Games: BADMINTON Women’s Singles — Rachel Honderich, Toronto, won her quarter-final, 2-0 over Silva, Brazil. Michelle Li, Markham, Ont., defeated Vicente, Brazil, 2-0 also in the quarter-finals.

Women’s Doubles — Honderich and Li advanced to the semifinals following a 2-0 win over Gaitan and Gonzalez of Mexico.

Mixed Doubles — Toby Ng, Richmond, B.C., and Alex Bruce, Toronto, won quarter-final, 2-0, over Reyes and Azcuy of Cuba.

Women’s Doubles — Bruce and Phyllis Chan, Van-

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 21 10 6 5 23 New York 18 7 6 5 27 Toronto 17 7 7 3 26 Orlando 19 6 7 6 23 Columbus 19 6 7 6 27 New England 21 6 9 6 26 Philadelphia 20 6 10 4 25 Montreal 16 6 7 3 23 New York City 19 5 8 6 24 Chicago 17 5 9 3 19

GA 18 23 27 24 29 33 32 25 27 24

Pt 35 26 24 24 24 24 22 21 21 18

Western Conference GP W L T GF Seattle 20 10 8 2 25 Vancouver 20 10 8 2 23 Dallas 19 9 5 5 26 Portland 20 9 7 4 22 Los Angeles 21 8 6 7 31 Kansas City 17 8 3 6 26 San Jose 18 7 7 4 19 Houston 19 6 7 6 24 Salt Lake 20 5 7 8 19 Colorado 19 4 6 9 17

GA 19 20 23 23 23 17 19 24 26 19

Pt 32 32 32 31 31 30 25 24 23 21

Saturday’s results Philadelphia 3 Portland 0 New York 4 New England 1 Orlando 0 Dallas 2 Montreal 3 Columbus 0 Chicago 1 Seattle 0 Colorado 3 Salt Lake 1 Sunday’s results New York City 4 Toronto 4 Vancouver 0 Kansas City 1 Wednesday’s games

Columbus at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

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

Saturday, July 18 Philadelphia at Toronto, 2 p.m.

New York City at New England, 5:30 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

D.C. at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Houston at Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 19 Chicago at Columbus, 3 p.m.

Friday, July 24 Kansas City at Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 25 Toronto at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle at Montreal, 6 p.m.

New England at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Houston, 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 26 Orlando at New York City, 12:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at D.C., 3 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

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 1, Honduras 0 Tuesday, July 14 Kansas City, Kansas Panama vs. United States, 0130 GMT GROUP B Jamaica Costa Rica El Salvador Canada

GP W D L GF GA 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 Thursday, July 9

GOLD CUP GROUP STAGE GROUP A GP W D L GF GA ak-United States2 2 0 0 3 1 Haiti 3 1 1 1 2 2 Panama 2 0 2 0 2 2 Honduras 3 0 1 2 2 4 Tuesday, July 7

Carson, California Pts 6 4 2 1

GROUP C GP W Trinidad and Tobago 2 Mexico 2 1 Guatemala 2 0 Cuba 2 0

Costa Rica 2, Jamaica 2 Carson, California El Salvador 0, Canada 0 Saturday, July 11 Houston Jamaica 1, Canada 0 Sunday, July 12 Houston

Pts 4 2 2 1

D 2 1 1 0

L GF GA 0 0 5 0 6 0 1 1 3 2 0 8

Pts 1 6 4 1 0

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 2, Cuba 0 Monday, July 13 Glendale, Arizona Guatemala 0, Mexico 0 Wednesday, July 15 Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba vs. Guatemala, 2200 GMT Thursday, July 16 Charlotte, North Carolina Mexico vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 0030 GMT

Basso withdraws with tumour, puts hopes on Contador

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOUR DE FRANCE

PAU, France — Stunning the Tour de France on its first rest day, doctors diagnosed a tumour in the left testicle of two-time Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso on Monday, forcing him out of the showcase race.

His former rival Lance Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer that spread to his lungs and brain, immediately tweeted his support.

At age 37, Basso wasn’t a contender to win the race, as the Italian was in his heyday before he was banned for doping. But his experience and pedigree — Basso finished second at the 2005 Tour and third in 2004 — meant his withdrawal was keenly felt by his team leader Alberto Contador.

The 2007 and 2009 champion must now tackle the most arduous two weeks of the Tour, with decisive climbs in the Pyrenees and Alps, without the assistance and moral support of his veteran teammate and training partner.

On what is often an uneventful day of rest and relaxation when riders recharge their batteries before the high mountains, a visibly shaken Basso appeared with Contador at a news conference and announced that just two hours earlier, doctors diagnosed a tumour in his left testicle that had been painful since he crashed on Stage 5.

Contador put his arm around Basso and vowed, his voice cracking with emotion, to do his best to win the race to honour his teammate.

Basso said he has cancer.

“I have a small cancer in the left testicle,” he said.

“I have to stop and go back to Italy.”

But his Tinkoff-Saxo team said more tests are needed to be certain the tumour is cancerous.

“Probabilities are very high,” Pierre Orphanidis, a team spokesman, said in an Associated Press interview. “We still need the further analysis to be 100 per cent sure.”

Tumors can be benign, meaning they’re not cancerous and don’t spread to other parts of the body, or malignant, which means they are cancerous and can spread.

Armstrong, who came back from cancer to win the Tour in seven victories later stripped from him for doping, tweeted: “Thinking about bivanbasso and wishing him the very best as he embarks on his cancer journey. IvanSTRONG!!”

He and Basso had memorable battles on the Tour’s roads when both were in their prime, long before Armstrong eventually confessed to doping.

Basso served a two-year ban for his involvement in a blood-doping ring.

In what he called “a moment of weakness,” Basso said at the time that he “attempted doping” but never actually went through with it. His wins at the Giro, one of cycling’s three biggest stage races along with the tours of France and Spain, came on either side of that suspension, in 2006 and 2010.

Now dedicated at this 102nd Tour to helping Contador win, Basso was in 158th place — out of 185 remaining competitors — and trailing race leader Chris Froome by more than 50 minutes after nine stages. His team said Basso will have surgery to remove the tumour and that other treatment will de-

pend on the findings of more checkups.

“It has been a blow to all of us,” said Contador.

“The entire team will give its best in order to get the yellow jersey and enjoy it in Paris with him.”

Contador, who won his second Giro d’Italia this May, is attempting to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win that race and the Tour in the same year. But he heads into the Pyrenees already trailing Froome by 1 minute, 3 seconds.

The time gaps will force Froome’s main rivals to attack him in the mountains. Unlike last year, when the-then defending champion had to pull out injured on Stage 5, he safely negotiated bone-breaking crashes, peloton-splitting winds and, on Stage 4, teethrattling cobblestones on this Tour’s opening swing from Utrecht in the Netherlands, through Belgium and across northern France.

“If nobody attacks, we’ve won the race,” the manager of Froome’s Sky team, Dave Brailsford, said Monday.

Tuesday’s 15-kilometre (9-mile) final ascent to the Stage 10 finish at La-Pierre-Saint-Martin is sufficiently long and arduous to provide the first acid test of which riders are genuine contenders for victory in Paris. The ski station perched high in the Pyrenees is known for its underground network of caves. The climb up there, with leg-burning 10-per cent gradients in parts, could swallow the podium ambitions of contenders who struggle.

It’s the first big chance for lithe, lean climbers to shine. Froome, a human toothpick in Lycra, looks to be the strongest of them and seemed to actually be looking forward to the pain. His closest challenger, Tejay van Garderen of the BMC team, is 12 seconds back.

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Greece strikes deal with eurozone

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS — After grueling, often angry negotiations that tested the limits of European unity, Greece struck a preliminary rescue deal with its creditors Monday that should avert an imminent financial catastrophe but also guarantees years more hardship and sacrifice for its people.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras flew home to sell the bailout plan to skeptical lawmakers and political allies, some of whom accused him of selling Greece out. Panos Kammenos, leader of the junior partner in Tsipras’ coalition government, denounced the deal as a German-led “coup.”

“This deal introduced many new issues ... we cannot agree with it,” he said after meeting with Tsipras.

Other Greeks rallied Monday night before Parliament in Athens, urging lawmakers to reject the new demands.

To close the deal with his partners in the euro currency, Tsipras had to consent to a raft of austerity measures, including sales tax hikes and pension and labour reforms — measures he had campaigned vociferously against over the last five years of Greece’s financial crisis.

Since his election in January, the youthful Tsipras has faced intense pressure to backpedal on many of his promises to Greece’s exhausted electorate.

Finally, faced Sunday by the leaders of the 18 other nations that share the euro and the knowledge that Greek banks were just days from running out of money, the moment came when he couldn’t resist any more.

A series of supposed red lines vanished, including objections to tight international oversight of Greece’s economy, continued involvement by the International Monetary Fund in Greece’s bailout program and cuts to pensions.

The result of marathon negotiations emerged Monday: about 85 billion euros ($95.1 billion) in loans and financial support for Greece over three years that will preserve its membership in the euro, shore up its banks and allow a modicum of stability to return to the battered Greek economy.

Creditors have also dangled the carrot of a possible future debt restructuring in the event of a smooth bailout.

“We managed to avoid the most extreme measures,” Tsipras said.

But in many cases, ordinary Greeks now face

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anti-austerity protesters hold Greek flags as they shout slogans during a rally against the government’s agreement with its creditors in Athens, Monday. After months of acrimony, Greece clinched a preliminary bailout agreement with its European creditors on Monday that will, if implemented, secure the country’s place in the euro and help it avoid financial collapse. tougher measures than those they voted down in a nationwide referendum a little over a week ago.

Syriza’s Left Platform, a group of traditionalists in Tsipras’ own party, swiftly denounced the agreement as the “worst deal possible ... (one) that maintains the country’s status: a debt colony under a Germanrun European Union.”

Financial experts themselves were divided over the result.

“It was the best deal the Greeks could get,” says Jacob Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson

Institute for International Economics. “They did not do too badly given the terrible, terrible, disastrous starting point the current government put them in.”

But Ashoka Mody, visiting professor of international finance at Princeton University, says the deal just repeats policies that have already failed.

“The economics of this program have been set up for failure,” he told The Associated Press. “In three years, if this program is implemented, the Greek economy will be 10 per cent smaller than it was and the debt burden will be higher.”

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LaSalle Creek flows out of LaSalle Lake, left, crossing the right of way of a proposed Enbridge Energy pipeline through pristine lakes and forests near Pequot Lakes, Minn. Native and environmental groups are fighting a pair of proposed Enbridge pipelines that would cross lake-dotted country in northern Minnesota.

Pipeline battle pits Enbridge against native, environmental groups MINNESOTA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Native and environmental groups are fighting a pair of proposed Enbridge pipelines that would cross lake-dotted country in northern Minnesota.

The Sandpiper and Line 3 Replacement projects would take the same route through much of the state — carrying North Dakota light oil and oilsands crude, respectively, to Superior, Wisc.

Opponents are using a variety of legal and bureaucratic means to stymie the pipelines, which are at different stages in the Minnesota regulatory process.

Both are slated to start up in 2017.

For Ojibwe communities near the headwaters of the Mississippi River, the big concern is over wild rice beds, said Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth, an environmental group based on the White Earth reservation.

Not only is wild rice a sacred crop to her people, but it’s a major source of income, said LaDuke.

“It is the only thing our people can count on. You cannot count on the U.S. economy,” she said.

“But you can count on your rice.”

The $2.6-billion Sandpiper pipeline is already about a year behind schedule because the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last fall decided to review the need for the project and its route separately, rather than at the same time.

The commission granted Enbridge a certificate of need for Sandpiper in early June, a move that LaDuke said was tantamount to a “declaration of war.” Groups are planning to challenge the certificate as soon as they’re able. The route permitting process is now underway.

Meanwhile, the commission is just about to begin reviewing the Line 3 Replacement. The $7.5-billion project, the biggest in Enbridge’s history, involves decommissioning a nearly half-century old pipeline that runs between Hardisty, Alta., and Superior and replacing it with all new pipe.

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Enbridge spokeswoman Lorraine Little said the lines don’t cross reservation boundaries, so there’s no formal negotiation process with bands. The Ojibwe do, however, gather, hunt and fish on ceded land.

Some, but not all, native groups have chosen to engage in consultations with the Calgary-based company, said Little.

“We certainly are sensitive to the concerns that have been raised in terms of the wild rice. And so that is part of the consultation process and the conversations that we’d like to have with the reservations to address those concerns.”

Frank Bibeau, a lawyer for Honor the Earth, is drawing on his past career experience in the Minnesota government to “add confusion and delay” to the process.

“I think there’s going to be a lot bigger fight than Enbridge understands right now,” he said.

While opponents would prefer pipelines not be built in the first place, many are pragmatic.

Friends of the Headwaters, a local environmental group, pitched a route that juts diagonally across southwestern Minnesota, well away from most wild rice lakes.

“We understand that in the practical realities of today’s world, that there’s still a need to move petroleum product around the nation and around North America,” said Richard Smith, with Friends of the Headwaters. “We think that Enbridge already has too large a footprint across Minnesota’s northern water resources.”

Enbridge pipelines have been crossing through the area for several decades. Smith is concerned that if Line 3 and Sandpiper go ahead, yet more pipelines will proliferate.

Little foresees Enbridge having to make “microadjustments” to Sandpiper to minimize impacts, but a drastic reroute would only mean a longer pipe that would affect more densely populated areas.

Joe Plumer, a lawyer who represents the White Earth reservation, said he recognizes that “they’re probably going to put a pipeline through,” but the company’s proposed Sandpiper path “is the worst route that they ever could have chosen.”

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Parkland Fuel Corp., a Red Deer-based distributor and marketer of fuels and lubricants, has announced that a dividend of nine cents per share will be paid on Aug. 14.

Shareholders who wish to enrol for the first time in the Premium DividendT or enhanced Dividend Reinvestment Plan must do so prior to the July 20, ex-dividend date if they wish to participate in the plan for this month’s dividend.

In addition to the option of receiving a monthly cash dividend of nine cents per share, the Premium DividendT and enhanced Dividend Reinvestment Plan provide Canadian shareholders with the following options: ● The Premium DividendT — this provides eligible shareholders with a two per cent cash premium in addition to their regular cash dividend. Participants in this option will receive 9.18 cents per share on the dividend payment date. ● Dividend Reinvestment — this allows shareholders to repurchase shares with their dividend at a five per cent discount to the volume weighted average price as defined by the plan.

Those shareholders who do not elect to participate in either plan will still receive their regular monthly dividend of nine cents per share.

Parkland Fuel delivers gasoline, diesel, propane, lubricants, heating oil and other petroleum products to motorists, businesses, households and wholesale customers in Canada and the United States.

Saskatchewan harvest could be worst in years REGINA — The harvest in Saskatchewan is looking discouraging due to the heat and lack of rain.

Bill Gehl of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission says crops are flowering much earlier than usual. That will mean a poorer yield.

Gehl says some areas could produce an average crop because of some moisture from thundershowers. But he says it’s too late for many farmers, even if it rains now. Saskatchewan Agriculture says canola and other moisture-sensitive crops are the hardest hit.

“There are going to be areas that are going to be OK, areas that might be average and then areas that are going to be significantly below average, so I think we’re going to have a bit of a mixed bag,” Gehl said.

“Generally, it’s beginning to look like we’re going to have a below- average crop.”

Saskatchewan had bumper harvests in the last two years.

Bell Media’s CraveTV to become available to all Canadians on Jan. 1 TORONTO — Bell Media’s streaming service CraveTV will be available to all Canadians beginning Jan. 1.

The service is currently available only to subscribers of certain television providers, including Bell, Eastlink and Telus.

A spokesman for Bell Media would not confirm pricing details yet.

The service currently costs $4 per month and features the entire off-air library of HBO programming, plus series including Seinfeld, South Park, Orphan Black and many Showtime properties.

CraveTV competitor Shomi announced in May that it would soon be available to all Canadians as well.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 133.39 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.29 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.00 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.83 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.74 Cdn. National Railway . . 74.00 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 200.11 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.62 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.83 Cervus Equipment Corp 15.86 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.94 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.76 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.00 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.00 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.68 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 24.33 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.23 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.93 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 37.17 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.17 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.55 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 50.59 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 132.92 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.26 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.70 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.82 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Stock markets surged Monday as news of a tentative deal between Greece and its creditors brought out buyers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index closed up 122.15 points at 14,533.22, building on another triple-digit gain Friday when news of a likely agreement on Greek debt began to emerge.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average shot up 217.27 points to 17,977.68 after soaring almost 212 points on Friday.

The Nasdaq also enjoyed another big day, rising 73.81 points to 5,071.51 on top of a 75-point gain the previous session, while the S&P 500 advanced 22.98 points to 2,099.60.

The strength on North American markets followed a rally on European bourses that saw Germany’s DAX climb 1.4 per cent, while France’s CAC 40 surged two per cent and Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.7 per cent.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the August crude contract was down 54 cents at US$52.20 a barrel, while August gold fell $2.50 to US$1,155.40 an ounce.

Meanwhile, the loonie continued to trend lower, down 0.38 of a U.S. cent at 78.49 cents amid speculation that the Bank of Canada may cut its trend-setting policy rate on Wednesday.

The tentative deal on Greece’s debt woes was announced early Monday, some nine hours after a self-imposed deadline by negotiators had passed.

The three-year loan program providing about 85 billion euros in bailout loans would remove the immediate threat of Athens defaulting on its debts, shore up its banks and prevent the country from leaving the euro. Creditors have also indicated that a future debt restructuring might be possible.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.85 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.78 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.88 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.65 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.69 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.33 First Quantum Minerals . 16.43 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.79 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.85 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.62 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.33 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.76 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.78 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 12.11 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 21.05 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.59 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 60.30 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.36 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 28.43 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.18 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.84 Canyon Services Group. . 5.51 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.24 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2550 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 12.22 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.16 However, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still has to get tough austerity measures that include tax increases and pension and labour market reforms through the Greek parliament in the face of strong opposition even within his own Syriza party.

A group of party traditionalists, known as the Left Platform, denounced the agreement as the “worst deal possible ... that maintains the country’s status: a debt colony under a German-run European Union.”

And the government’s junior coalition partner immediately said it cannot back the agreement, describing it as a Germanled “coup.”

Craig Fehr, Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, agreed there are definite risks ahead.

“I wouldn’t advise anybody to get too euphoric over the prospects of a deal, which is what I think we have to call it at this point, the prospects of a deal,” he said.

Nevertheless, Fehr contrasted that with the mood last week when “it was apparent that, at least on certain days, the kind of the worst-case scenario (of an economic collapse by Greece and its exit from the euro) was being baked into the market.”

“So I think we’re seeing a little bit of a rally on the fact that at least that most adverse outcome appears to be off the table, at least for the moment.”

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,533.22, up 122.15 points Dow — 17,977.68, up 217.27 points S&P 500 — 2,099.60, up 22.98 points Nasdaq — 5,071.51, up 73.81 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.42 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.87 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.81 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 23.51 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.92 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.82 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.91 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.34 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.38 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.76 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 48.58 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2550 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 74.51 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.91 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.25 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 26.65 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.61 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 40.18 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.11 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.36 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.66 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.92 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.28 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.38

Currencies: Cdn — 78.49 cents US, down 0.38 of a cent Pound — C$1.9732, up 0.63 of a cent Euro — C$1.4011, down 1.22 cent Euro — US$1.0998, down 1.49 cent Oil futures: US$52.20 per barrel, down 54 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,155.40 per oz., down $2.50 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.489 oz., down 4.8 cents $658.72 kg., down $1.54 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $2.90 lower $540.00; Nov ’15 $2.90 lower $532.00; Jan. ’16 $3.00 lower $531.90; March ’16 $3.10 lower $529.00; May ’16 $3.00 lower $524.00; July ’16 $2.90 lower $518.00; Nov. ’16 $3.50 lower $478.00; Jan. ’17 $3.50 lower $479.10; March ’17 $3.50 lower $480.80; May ’17 $3.50 lower $480.80; July ’17 $3.50 lower $480.80.

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

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 249,280 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 249,280.

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A Chinese stock investor uses a magnifying glass to look at his mobile phone screen as he monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing, China.

China accuses trading firms of manipulating stocks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Authorities accused securities firms of manipulating stock prices during China’s market plunge and launched a crackdown Monday against unlicensed companies that financed speculative trading.

The moves appeared to be aimed at deflecting blame from the ruling Communist Party for trillions of dollars in investor losses as China’s market benchmark plummeted 30 per cent over the past month.

They came as drastic official efforts over the past two weeks including a ban on sales by executives and big shareholders appeared to at least temporarily stop the decline that wiped out $3.8 trillion in investor wealth.

On Monday, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed up 2.4 per cent for its third straight daily gain but still was 23 per cent below its June 12 peak.

Investigators have found “evidence to suspect that individual trading companies are illegally manipulating securities and futures exchanges,” the police ministry said late Sunday. Its one-sentence statement said a criminal investigation was underway but gave no details of which firms were targeted. On Monday, the securities regulator ordered brokerages to sever ties with unlicensed companies that lend money to finance trading. The regulator also accused brokerages of improperly allowing customers to trade without giving their real names or to subdivide accounts to allow oth-

ers to use them to trade.

The stock market boom began last year after the state press said shares were cheap, which led investors to believe Beijing would intervene to prop up prices if needed. The collapse came after changes in banking regulations made investors suspect Beijing might withdraw its support. Regulators also tightened controls on lending to finance trading.

Novice investors who rushed into the market near the peak have suffered heavy losses, souring sentiment toward stock investment.

The price collapse could frustrate Communist Party plans to encourage the public to buy stocks and to raise money for state companies to pay off debts and become more competitive.

More than 1,000 of the 2,802 companies traded on the mainland’s exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen also have suspended trading in their shares following the plunge in prices.

That has left small investors locked into shares that some are under pressure to sell to repay loans.

“It remains to be seen how the market holds up once all the artificial impediments to selling are withdrawn,” said Carl B. Weinberg of High Frequency Economics in a report.

Official media have blamed the market slide on short-selling, rumours and misconduct, possibly by foreign investors. On Monday, the securities regulator ordered brokerages to sever ties with unlicensed companies it said were providing loans to finance trading and were given access to customers in violation of regulations.

B.C.’s law blueprint for largest Canadian railways expected to temper tough market private investment deal LNG

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plans to build a plant at Lelu Island though it has not yet made a final investment decision.

Horgan said the NDP will vote against the legislation because there are no job guarantees for British Columbians.

“I certainly believe there should be guarantees in a project development agreement that’s giving a 25-year tax holiday to a foreign company, that we should get something back in return other than making a final investment decision in time for the next election.”

The New Democrats cited Petronas documents that forecast “Canadian workers may account for 30 per cent of the on-site workforce for the remaining two years of construction.”

B.C. politicians were back at the legislature Monday to debate a single piece of legislation geared to pave the way for the proposed US$36-billion LNG plant. De Jong said earlier Monday that the Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act will serve as a tool to grant investors certainty from targeted tax increases and environmental regulations.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canada’s sluggish economy and lower volumes of coal, grain and energy-related products could undermine the lofty 2015 earnings goals for the country’s two largest railways, say industry analysts.

Canadian National (TSX:CNR) and Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) are expected to temper their earnings outlook when they report results next week.

Calgary-based CP had anticipated at least 25 per cent earnings per share growth for the year, while Montreal’s CN had suggested nearly 10 per cent growth. But lower freight volumes in recent months prompted several analysts to trim their earnings forecasts for the second quarter and raise concerns about the current quarter that began July 1.

BMO Capital Markets analyst Fadi Chamoun warns of a “tough earnings season ahead,” adding that a turnaround in volumes may not come until later this year or early 2016.

CN’s volumes were down 7.3 per

cent in the second quarter, led by double-digit decreases for coal and grain.

CP volumes decreased 5.8 per cent, hurt by U.S. grain, crude and domestic intermodal.

Although WTI oil prices surged about 25 per cent in the quarter, the railways are being hurt by a delayed recovery in crude volumes as heavy oil producers like Cenovus and Canadian Natural Resources were forced to shut down production in northern Alberta for about two weeks due to wildfires.

Benoit Poirier of Desjardins Capital Markets says the outlook for crude-byrail remains uncertain for both railways even though the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers expects shipments will rise eight per cent this year to 200,000 barrels per day before accelerating to 600,000 barrels in 2018.

Poirier has lowered his forecast for crude carload growth at both railways.

He expects CN’s shipments will increase five per cent to 135,000 carloads this year, while CP volumes will slip 10 per cent to 99,000. Offsetting the railway’s challenges is growth in international intermodal for both railways.

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark heralded her government’s blueprint for British Columbia’s first liquefied natural gas plant Monday as a moment destined to be etched in history as she attacked the Opposition New Democrats for opposing her plans.

“It really will be a historic debate, one that people will look back on for decades,” she said after the government introduced LNG legislation.

“They are inventing numbers out of the blue,” said Clark, adding Horgan’s calculations of 70 per cent temporary foreign workers on a proposed LNG project are misguided. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” she said. “My view, and I’ve expressed this to all the proponents, is B.C. first, Canada second, and then start looking in the United States and other places in the world for temporary workers.”

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ABOVE: Cream cans line the loading dock at the Markerville Creamery Museum.

BELOW: Markerville Creamery employee Jenna Berild serves up some ice cream from the Kaffistofa Coffee Shop.

Built in 1902, the Markerville Creamery was operated until its closure in 1972.

Since then, it has been restored to its 1932 appearance. Now the Markerville Creamery Museum is open to the public from May to September.

Nestled in the traditional Icelandic hamlet of Markerville, west of Innisfail, the creamery is one of four historic sites owned and operated by the Stephan G. Stephansson Icelandic Society under the banner Historic Markerville.

The museum and cafe are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You’ll find ice cream and deli-style menu, featuring Icelandic specialities in the coffee shop known as the Kaffistofa.

Through the summer months, several special events take place at the Creamery Museum.

The next major event in Markerville will be the Taste of Markerville, on Saturday July 25. This country food fair celebrates great local food, farmers and the community. From noon to 4 p.m., the Spruce View Country Market will take place throughout Markerville along with barbecue fair being served up at the creamery. At 5 p.m., Happy Hour begins at the Creamery followed by a Long Table Dinner with Chef Blake Anderson and Friends on the street outside the creamery.

On Sunday, Aug. 9, Cream Day will take place at the creamery.

And on Sunday, Aug. 16, classic cars will roll into town for the show and shine event.

Other sites operated by the Stephan G. Stephansson Icelandic Society in Markerville include: ● The Markerville Lutheran Church.

Built in 1907, the church held services until 1964. Restored in 2009, this quaint church is available for weddings, funerals or special events. ● Fensala Hall, built in 1903, is the longest operating community hall in Alberta.

Restored in 2006, this 100 guest hall is available for special events. ● The Tindastoll Cemetery opened in 1899 and is still active. Nestled on a hilltop, the cemetery offers a quiet spot for reflection.

A stroll through the hamlet is a must; beautiful gardens, wildlife and the rich history of Markerville make this a great day trip from anywhere in Central Alberta.

Inside the Markerville Creamery Museum, equipment used in the creamery process is on display.

ABOVE: The Markerville Lutheran Church on Mozart Street was built in 1907 and continues to be an eyecatching landmark in the community.

BELOW: Sandwiches on homemade bread, salads and ice cream, coffee and tea are on the menu at the Kaffistofa Coffee Shop at the Museum.

A cream can outside the coffee shop has become a flower pot.

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RCMP exploited suspects: lawyer

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

B.C. TERROR TRIAL

VANCOUVER — The lead investigator of an RCMP sting wanted a pair of British Columbia terrorism suspects out of their home and away from the distractions of drugs and video games to keep them focused on their bomb plot, a court has heard.

Staff-Sgt. Vaz Kassam testified that removing John Nuttall and Amanda Korody from “their element” would give police a better assessment of the couple’s commitment to threatening public safety.

“A person that is committed to something b& will carry (through) with the scenario,” Kassam told B.C. Supreme Court on Monday. “However, if they’re not motivated or they don’t want to do something they’ll say, ’Look, I’m out,’ or make up excuses.”

Last month, a jury found Nuttall and Korody guilty of planning to detonate homemade pressure-cooker explosives on the grounds of the B.C. legislature on Canada Day in 2013.

The second stage of their trial began Monday, with defence lawyers arguing the RCMP entrapped the pair through a months-long undercover operation.

Korody’s lawyer Mark Jette suggested to Kassam that police removed his client and her husband from the house because otherwise “they weren’t motivated to do much of anything except play video games.”

“It sounds to me like your assessment is that if they were at home they were unfocused and unmotivated and

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John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are shown in a still image taken from RCMP undercover video. using drugs but if you got them out of the house you might be able to motivate them to do something,” Jette suggested.

“I disagree,” Kassam replied. “I think it’s more of a commitment level as to how serious they are.”

Kassam was appointed primary in-

vestigator in charge of the undercover file on June 24, 2013, one week before Nuttall and Korody were arrested.

He testified that when he took over the case the other officers appeared frustrated that the suspects weren’t moving forward with their bomb plot as predicted.

Jette argued that the RCMP exploited Nuttall and Korody’s vulnerabilities, including their drug addiction, poverty, social isolation and status as recent converts to Islam. He also alleged police used love, friendship, loyalty, gratitude and fear to manipulate the couple.

Nuttall and Korody were recovering heroin addicts living on welfare in a basement suite in Richmond, B.C., when police first made contact with them.

“Weren’t you concerned at all that due to the vulnerabilities of these people as you came to know them that police actions might unduly influence what they did?” Jette asked Kassam.

Kassam said the average person would not talk about committing jihad, reading an al-Qaida-inspired online magazine or storming a naval base using AK-47 machine guns.

“I believed that posed a risk to public safety and we would be remiss, the police, if we didn’t do anything.”

Court earlier heard how Nuttall had floated a myriad of ideas for a terrorist plot, from hijacking a nuclear submarine to firing rockets and from overpowering a military base to taking train passengers hostage.

Man found guilty in Via Rail plot motivated by drug addiction, court hears

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A psychologist has described a man convicted of terrorism in a plot to derail a passenger train as a desperate drug addict who conned people to get high but wouldn’t even kill a spider.

Dr. Jess Ghannam told a Toronto court on Monday that Raed Jaser did not have consistent radical Islamic ideology, but adopted a persona as a pious Muslim to trick members of that community.

Ghannam concluded that Jaser had no intention to hurt anyone and he was motivated by his drug addiction and by wanting to take care of his family.

He told the sentencing hearing that Jaser had a “debilitating” addiction and “would do anything to stay high.”

Jaser and his co-accused, Chiheb Esseghaier, were found guilty in March of a terror-related conspiracy to commit murder, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison.

The 12-member jury also found the men guilty of six other terror-related charges between them.

Ghannam — a licensed psychologist and clinical professor of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco — said he conducted interviews with Jaser’s parents, brother, wife and sister-in-law as part of a psychiatric assessment.

Ghannam has testified in other terrorism cases in the U.S. and specializes in working with refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.

He described Jaser — a permanent

resident of Palestinian descent — as a man who was “broken psychologically” but had a caring family and “a special love of cats.”

“He would rather spend what limited money he had on cat food, and feeding local neighbourhood cats or even feral cats, rather than spend money on food for himself or his wife,” he said.

“Rather than kill an ant or a spider in his apartment, (he) would capture it and release it into the wild.”

He said that he believes Jaser had neither the intention nor intent to hurt anyone and that he is a good candidate for rehabilitation. He said he is not challenging the jury’s decision.

Court heard Jaser, 37, was doing drugs heavily while in high school, where he developed a $2,000-per-week habit by 1998.

Canada funds democracy-promoting initiatives in Ukraine

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KYIV, Ukraine — Canada has joined its allies in dusting off a Cold War playbook to push back against Russian influence in Ukraine, but the advance of democratic ideals is fraught with contradictions and qualifications.

The Harper government is pouring millions of dollars into a series of

democracy-promoting initiatives and programs intended to build a western-style bureaucracy, spending that’s over and above Canada’s recent commitment to training Ukrainian combat troops.

Ottawa’s contribution — over $49 million — is an attempt to fight Kremlin influence with grassroots ideology rather than tanks, artillery and troops.

That money is in addition to $9.2

million invested through a partnership with Poland, announced with much fanfare in April 2014, designed more generally for east European countries.

Like the use of the Canadian embassy in Kyiv as a safe haven by opponents of former president Viktor Yanukovych, understanding the money trail is integral to the Harper government’s deepening involvement in the war-torn country. It has been the sub-

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Terror suspect makes court appearance after arrest FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A northern British Columbia man charged with terrorism-related offences has made his first court appearance.

Othman Ayed Hamdan, 33, wore a long-sleeved black T-shirt Monday when he appeared in a Fort St. John courtroom via video conference.

A publication ban was granted on evidence being presented at a bail hearing, and Hamdan is scheduled to appear in provincial court again on Wednesday.

Hamdan is charged with two counts each of 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.

RCMP allege he distributed propaganda online involving the group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including instructions to commit murder in the name of Jihad.

Court documents show the alleged offences took place between Sept. 22, 2014 and March 21, 2015.

Hamdan was arrested Friday, and is currently in custody.

RCMP said a search warrant was executed at Hamdan’s home, and a number of items were seized.

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Lessons Wondrous day camp from the bottle depot “Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.”

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I’ve got a taste of the future … and I think I like it.

The children had been begging me to enrol them in day camp this summer. I guess this particular summer program was the hot topic of the kindergarten class before school let out and Lars was gung ho to sign up. Lucky for me, Sophie qualified to participate in it, too.

It would take place every Tuesday and Thursday for two weeks, running from 9 to 3 at our local community centre. A few of the instructors were the same teachers Sophie had during her previous year in junior kindergarten. I read through the daily schedule and found that their days would be chockfull of crafting, singing and all around awesomeness made especially for kids.

As I dropped my darlings off, the instructors already knew them by name. The atmosphere was inviting and I left feeling happy that we had found such a great program to occupy some of our summer holidays with.

It wasn’t until I was driving away — in complete and utter silence — that I realized I had hit the summer vacation jackpot. I would have four full days to do whatever I wanted. It struck me that I was childfree for an entire six-hour span. I had the world at my fingertips!

So I picked my jaw up off the floor and gave my friend Jen a call. Her kid was also enrolled in this wondrous day camp so we decided to whoop our newfound freedom up together. We went for lunch — a lovely adult lunch that didn’t involve crayons or colouring books. We then meandered over to one of the local shops downtown. There we perused the racks free of little fingers grabbing at our elbows or tiny heads popping in to spy on us while changing in the dressing rooms. It was superb.

Ever since schooling made its way into the par-

My friend James is a positive guy — always looking on the bright side.

When times get tough at work, he is the first person many folks will seek out for a pick-me-up. One day, I asked James how he managed to stay so upbeat. He just laughed and said it was no big secret — just something he learned while working at the bottle depot. I asked him to explain.

“Years back, when I was MURRAY out of work, the only job I FUHRER could find was at the bottle depot.”

James told me that the work was hard, most patrons were grumpy, bored or uninterested in conversation, the building was stifling in summer and freezing in winter, and each night he would arrive home feeling exhausted, sticky and badly in need of a shower.

“I told myself, when I find another job, I’m never going to whine or complain. In fact, each morning and every night I’m going to express appreciation for my good fortune.”

I asked James if he felt working at the bottle depot had damaged his selfesteem. He thought about it for a while and then responded with, “At first I felt really down but the longer I worked there and the more I came to know some of the workers, the better I began to feel. I began to appreciate the people, the stories and the difference we were making for the environment.”

It occurred to me that even before James found other work, he had begun to shift his thinking.

Though his current situation was less than ideal, he made an effort to appreciate aspects of it.

Many of us fail to appreciate the moment because we’re too busy looking at or longing for what we can’t have, don’t have or don’t have any longer.

When we can focus and show appreciation for all the good things we have, we feel happier, less stressed and more thankful.

Someone told me once the grass only looks greener on the other side of the fence because the neighbour invested a tremendous amount of time and effort into fertilizing it.

How much effort are you willing to put into lawn care or, more specifically, life care? Being appreciative takes work. If you’re fixated on what’s missing in your life or blaming others and feeling cheated or envious, you’re going to miss out on all the blessings that already surround you.

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BROWN So what have I learned in my child-free time so far, you ME PLUS THREE ask? Well, several things actually.

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BROWN: Finding time for a relaxing bath This in turn infuriates Mother and the wistful ideas of relaxing bath time/rockin’ Mom bod are forever ruined.

But wait! All is not lost. In just one six-hour stint of child freedom I can sneak in a great workout and a nice tranquil epsom salt bath to follow. And it is all kinds of wonderful.

I think, however, the most important thing I’ve learned in these days of my children’s absence is how I sometimes can take the little buggers for granted.

The quiet in the house is definitely nice, don’t get me wrong, but by the last Thursday I was without them I began to wonder what they were up to throughout they day. I kind of, sort of, missed their shrill little laughs and the way they always manage to seek me out when I’m the busiest to ask what a “rhombus cube” is or something else random and weird like that.

So as I finish up this article, I also ready myself for their arrival home. I batten down the hatches and brace myself for the juvenile hurricane that is certain to follow.

One thing’s for sure, as much as I anticipate September’s full days of school, Lars and Sophie make life pretty interesting and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

FUHRER: Develop a deeper sense of appreciation We chase things we’re supposed to want only to discover — upon acquiring them — that we don’t feel any greater sense of joy, happiness or fulfilment.

Studies have shown that people with a lot of desirable possessions are often no happier than people with much less. The “I’ll have more appreciation when I have more to appreciate” argument holds little water.

If you’d like to enjoy a greater appreciation for life and all it has to offer, here are a few techniques I’ve picked up that have helped me develop a deeper sense of appreciation. ● Practice gratitude: say thank you to life.

Research has shown that people who express gratitude on a regular basis are happier in their relationships, experience less stress and depression, feel more in control and enjoy a higher level of selfesteem. They’re also able to rebound more quickly from setbacks as they focus on what they have or lessons learned rather than on what they’ve lost. One way I express gratitude is by writing daily in my gratitude journal. I start with the sentence stem “Today, I am thankful for …” and then capture the events (big and small) that have shaped my day. ● Volunteer to help the less fortunate.

Spend some time helping out at the local food bank or homeless shelter. If you’re handy, offer your services to a group such as Habitat for Humanity. In this way, you’ll be doing what James did by creating an invaluable reference point. Help out but also talk to people. Listen to their stories. What’s life like for these people? What challenges do they face that you may never have considered? It’s a fact that connecting with people from different walks of life broadens

Q: Do you think it’s wise to have loans among family members — for example, brother to brother, adult to child, parent to child, etc.?

Jim: Financial counselor Ron Blue highlights one all-important point to bear in mind in any situation like the one you’re envisioning: Whenever money is loaned, the relationship between the parties involved changes.

It’s no longer simply brother-sister, father-son or friend-friend — it’s borrower-lender. When you loan money to a family member, you’ve introduced another level of complexity into the relationship.

This would also apply in the case of cosigning on a loan for a family member — in other words, putting yourself in the position of becoming a surety for that person’s debt. This is, in effect, the same thing as lending the money yourself.

If a member of your family is truly in need, you may want to seriously consider the option of simply giving him the money. Giving generously, with no strings attached, is a commendable and positive virtue.

However, if you have reasons for believing that this would be impractical or unwise, then Ron Blue recommends that you take steps to establish a formal borrower-lender relationship with repayment terms and interest rates clearly defined. Both parties should understand and agree to these terms up front. Don’t leave anything to uncertainty or chance (as in, “Oh, just pay me back when you can”). Those terms should be documented in writing so the expectations for repayment are plain to all concerned.

Again: However you approach the situation, lending to or borrowing from family members is a potentially dangerous thing to do precisely because of the way it changes relationships; it will almost certainly introduce tension at some point or other. I’m not saying that it’s wrong to get into an arrangement like this, but it’s something that needs to be approached with caution and discernment.

Q: I’m a stay-at-home mom and my husband works hard to support our family, but we’re living on a shoestring budget. How can I give my kids the chance to try different activities and programs when we don’t have much money? I don’t want them to miss out on life-enriching opportunities.

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our compassion and awareness and deepens our sense of community. ● Express appreciation by giving.

Volunteering your time is a great way to give but you can also express appreciation in a monetary sense. I’m not talking about donating a fortune toward a building that will bear your name — though if you can afford to do so, more power to you. I’m simply suggesting that the next time you feel the urge to splurge, set the money aside and donate it to a worthwhile cause. In an experiment conducted by the University of British Columbia, participants were given a small amount of cash with the option of spending it on themselves or using it to help someone else.

Those who spent the money on others noted a significant increase in happiness levels.

“Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed,” wrote Denis Waitley, American speaker, consultant and best-selling author. “Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”

When you appreciate all that you have, life becomes a lot more fun. So, don’t wait for tomorrow; be grateful for what is in your life right now, this very moment.

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Ministries: The happiest, most well-adjusted children aren’t those who are involved in a million different activities and who own every tech device on the market. Rather, the kids who thrive best are those JIM who have comDALY mitted, caring parents who spend time with them on a regular basis, and emphasize the importance of character over comfort and consumerism. So if you’re feeling guilty because you can’t buy your kids everything our culture says they need — don’t.

There are dozens of ways you can provide stimulating activities for your children that don’t cost much money.

A great place to start is your local library. Books and DVDs can introduce them to people and places they’ve never dreamed of before. If they’re old enough, they can get their personal library cards and select their own materials to check out.

You should also take advantage of public museums, science centers and zoos in your area, most of which offer low-cost or free children’s programs.

If you live in a rural location, this may involve a special weekend trip once in a while, but it’s well worth the time and effort.

Finally, don’t overlook the world of music and drama. Many communities and universities offer concerts and theater productions for kids. There are also a number of classical radio stations across the country that produce educational programs aimed primarily at children (many of which stream over the Web).

These are just a few suggestions.

I’m sure you can come up with many more ideas on your own, or from other moms.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

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And the next time you’re at the bottle depot, take a moment to express appreciation to the hardworking staff.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator.

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NEW YORK — Deepak Jayasimha’s fitness tracker is now with his fatherin-law in India, where it sits unused.

Annabel Kelly foisted hers off on the kids. Virginia Atkinson took hers off to charge the battery and hasn’t picked it up since February.

Although sales of Fitbit and other fitness trackers are strong, many of their owners lose enthusiasm for them once the novelty of knowing how many steps they’ve taken wears off. One research firm, Endeavour Partners, estimates that about a third of these trackers get abandoned after six months.

A health care investment fund, Rock Health, says Fitbit’s regulatory filings suggest that only half of Fitbit’s nearly 20 million registered users were still active as of the first quarter of 2015.

“The question for investors is how long the market will continue to grow at this rate, and whether Fitbit can execute on growing engagement before ... the number of devices sold per year reaches saturation,” Malay Gandhi, a managing director at Rock Health, wrote on a blog.

Abandonment affects all manufacturers of fitness trackers, which are relatively cheap at about $100 and are commonly given as gifts. Fitbit gets the spotlight because it started trading publicly last month and has 76 per cent of the U.S. market share by revenue, up from 64 per cent a year earlier, according to the NPD Group.

Investors and analysts are bullish on Fitbit’s prospects. Its stock value has more than doubled since the initial public offering. Analyst William Power at Baird Equity Research said Fitbit had room to grow worldwide, as only a quarter of its revenue came from outside the U.S. last year. Power also wrote that Fitbits remain popular among employers and insurance companies looking for ways to keep people healthy. Fitbit is also profitable, earning $132 million last year on revenue of $745 million.

The company’s market valuation of $8.6 billion is high compared with earnings so far, which could point to enormous growth potential — or simply overvaluation.

Fitbit now has competition from Apple Watch and other smartwatches that do what fitness trackers do and

more, such as showing news updates and boarding passes for flights.

In a statement, Fitbit said it intends to remain a market leader through new features and services to boost user engagement and revenue. The company said it keeps users motivated by offering ways to compete with friends and family and awarding virtual badges for hitting fitness milestones. Fitbit added that people who regularly use their devices make healthier choices.

The statement didn’t address Fitbit owners who’ve stopped using the device.

If people aren’t using their trackers, they won’t recommend them to friends and family or upgrade when a new model comes out, said Dan Ledger, who tracks wearable devices at Endeavour Partners. They also won’t pay for premium subscription packages, a potential growth area for Fitbit.

Jayasimha, a New Yorker who walks three to four miles a day, said his Jawbone Up stopped giving him information he didn’t already know. After it stopped working one day, he didn’t bother getting it fixed for months. Even then, he never used it again. His wife used it for two weeks before sending it off overseas to her dad, who has yet to use it.

“I was just carrying through with the motion,” Jayasimha said. “For someone who is not physically active, I think it will be useful. But once you get to a state where you are happy with the activities you do, it loses its efficacy.”

With smartphones, tablets and game consoles, IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said, you can download a new app or game to give them new life.

That’s not to say all of these trackers get abandoned. ● Eric Leverett, 52, a production manager in Birmingham, Alabama, got a Fitbit Charge as a gift and engages in a friendly competition with his 82-yearold dad on who walks more. Though the initial excitement has worn off, he said, wearing the Fitbit encourages him to walk the dog more often and shun the golf cart while playing a round. ● Shari Winston, a high school counsellor in Falls Church, Virginia, credits her Fitbit Flex with getting her to exercise regularly. She considered devices that do more, but she’s sticking with the Fitbit for now for its simplicity.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A recurring feeling has accompanied Amy Schumer’s rapid ascent in show business.

“It’s always: I walk in a room thinking maybe I belong in here,” she says over a plate of meatballs at a Greenwich Village cafe. “And then I get reminded quickly that I don’t.

But then no one really does. And I’m going to do it again.”

It’s getting hard to find a room too big or too prestigious for the 34-yearold Schumer. In her rise to becoming one of the pre-eminent stand-ups in the country, Schumer has emerged as one of the sharpest, wittiest commentators on gender in America. Her humour — satirical, raunchy, absurdist — is built on a fresh and on-point feminism, alert to both the injustices of sexism and the helpless farce of the sexes.

She’s turned her Peabody-winning Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer,” into a spinning collider of gender roles, firing out weekly, instantly viral parodies of men and women, in bed and on screens.

In Trainwreck, a comedy she wrote and stars in due out Friday, Schumer wades into movies for the first time.

Her arrival in Hollywood, like many of her punchlines, is well timed. Her voice feels particularly valuable to a movie industry wrestling with gender equality.

It’s a conversation Schumer has already joined, most notably in a

sketch about the expiration date of sexual attractiveness for women in Hollywood. In it, Tina Fey and Patricia Arquette toasted Julia LouisDreyfus’ final day.

Schumer’s introduction to the superficiality of Hollywood, she reckons, has already given her 20 minutes of new material. The jokes have included her expectation a more attractive actress, “a Kate” (like Kate Upton or Kate Middleton), would be cast in her place, and her insistence that her Los Angeles experience has proven she’ll never be a movie star.

“Definitely not,” she confirmed.

“I’m not doing it. I don’t like anything that comes along with it. I don’t like it so much that I don’t know if I would ever do it again. I left the press junket like, ‘Stand-up’s cool.”’

Yet Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow, has already won glowing reviews for its crude humour and sweet authenticity. It flips the usual conventions of a romantic comedy.

Schumer plays a serial dater and the men (Bill Hader, flanked by his protective friend, Lebron James) are the ones yearning for a second date.

It wasn’t a conscious inversion, she says, but is simply true to her experience. One of her most famous sketches, a full-episode version of 12 Angry Men in which jurors weigh whether Schumer is hot enough for TV, also came from a blogger’s comments.

“I’m trying to do my part, just so people can feel comfortable in their own skin,” she says. “I don’t think we

should throw out all the hot people. But people are actually OK with looking at people other than models.

They actually kind of like it.”

That underlying message of self-acceptance has made Schumer a kind of comic everywoman candidly baring her anxieties and embarrassments — and triumphs over them — for an understanding audience.

“It’s you saying, ‘Yeah, isn’t it ridiculous I had to go through this?’ And their laughter is saying, ‘Yes, that sounds horrible!”’ she says.

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Amy Schumer, the writer and star of the upcoming film ‘Trainwreck,’ waves to the audience during the Universal Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 23, 2015.

BRIEF Singer/Songwriter performs at The Olive on Saturday Carly Thomas is heading to Red Deer.

Backed by an electric guitar and drummer, the London, Ont.-based singer/songwriter will play The Olive on Saturday, July 18.

The show starts at 8:30.

Thomas was born in Thailand and raised in Argentina, France, and various parts of the United States and Canada. She launched her career in Paris, where she played the famous Fête de la Musique when she was just 16 years old. At 17, she moved to New York City, developing her craft and stage presence at open mics and clubs in Manhattan’s lower east side.

She continued to play and write over the next decade, spending time living and travelling throughout Canada.

The Say Yes tour will include 17 stops in Alberta and British Columbia.

Thomas is supporting her most recent EP, Explode. She has also released two full-length CDs, Distance (2003) and Up This High (2010). Explode was released last fall and features five new songs that showcase her insightful lyrics, understated vocals, and radiofriendly indie rock style.

The tour also includes several on-board performances through VIA Rail’s Artist on Board program.

Thomas has shared the stage with artists including Trent Severn, Jenn Grant, Connie Kaldor, Matthew Barber, Ma Petit, and Sarah Smith, with whom she toured Eastern Canada in 2013.

Prime Stock Theatre fundraiser at Fratters Speakeasy Three nights of dynamic, singingand-dancing entertainment will be served up at Frolic at Fratters.

The fundraiser for Prime Stock Theatre runs on Monday, July 20, Monday, July 27, and Friday, Aug. 7, at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer.

Top-notch theatre performers and a three-piece band will be performing music, dance and show tunes to benefit Prime Stock’s Bard on Bower productions that run this month at the outdoor stage at Bower Ponds.

Six Red Deer College theatre grads, directed by Lynda Adams, Morgan McKee and Elisa Nixon, will also bring to life characters who inhabit the speak-

Jacobson wins Emerging Artist Award Singer-songwriter Charlie Jacobson of Red Deer has won an Emerging Artist Award from the Red Deer Arts Council.

The $1,000 Red Deer Emerging Artist Award was established in March 2014 to support and encourage promising Red Deer artists early in their careers.

Jacobson is a 22-year-old blues/rock artist. Over the last few years, he has played hundreds of shows across the Canadian West, from festivals to house concerts to large blues clubs to community halls and theatres.

He fronts the four-piece Charlie Jacobson Band as well as appearing solo.

Jacobson released his solo debut EP Live from the Chop Bin in 2013 and in 2014 released the EP Charlie Jacobson Band. He is wrapping up his first full-length album, set to release in fall.

He has also provided guitar work for such blues ascts as Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Russell Jackson, David Vest and Donald Ray Johnson.

Jackson, Johnson and Vest form the rhythm section on the new Charlie Jacobson Band recording. The 2015 touring Charlie Jacobson Band is Craig Gomez on guitar and keyboards, Corey Gomez on bass and Jason Koop on drums.

Jacobson was raised in Central Alberta.

Pettifor honoured with Princess Margaret Scholorship The Red Deer Arts Council has announced that this year’s winner of the Princess Margaret Scholarship for post-secondary students has been awarded to Erin Pettifor of Red Deer.

The City of Red Deer award is the responsibility of the Red Deer Arts Council to adjudicate.

Pettifor is a second-year student in the Theatre Performance and Creation program at the Red Deer College.

One of her instructors, Lynda Adams, said: “Erin has a strong work ethic, is passionate about the arts, is a versatile performer, team player, a role model for her classmates and an up-and-coming leader.”

Pettifor has consistently been on both the dean and president’s honour rolls and the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Connie Massing Award for exceptional achievement.

Her singing voice is outstanding, as is her acting ability.

Pettifor attended a five-week course at Canada’s National Voice Intensive in Vancouver, where she excelled.

The jurors for this scholarship agreed that Pettifor shows exemplary promise for and understanding of her chosen field. Her focus on her career path and exhibited dedication to lifelong learning underscores the heart of a true artist.

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The Red Deer Advocate is publishing our annual special feature

BACK TO SCHOOL

in the Wednesday, August 12 edition

Readers will find insightful features on what parents, guardians, teachers and students need to know for preparing for school. Important information on when the school year begins for public and private schools will highlight this section.

To book space in this special section, on n, se enta ati tive ve. please contact your Advocate sales representative.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these WHAT’S HAPPENING Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. CLASSIFICATIONS 37444 HWY 2 S 50-70 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

Lost Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

40 hrs/week, + benefits , REWARD FOR 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., SAFE RETURN. Lost Pure White Male Cat criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some in Eastview on Friday July secondary. Apply in 10. Phone 403 346 4098. person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job REWARD description visit www.

NOKIAN STUDDED timhortons.com Directional tire 275/45/20, lost in commute from 48th The Tap House Pub & Grill St. to 40 Ave. & Hwy. 42 req’s full and part time on June 30. Please Call COOKS AND 403-588-5277 if found.

DISHWASHERS. Apply with resume at SUNGLASSES, 1927 Gaetz Avenue prescription, lost around between 2-5 pm.

North SaveOn Foods, garden area. Please call 403-358-5515 if found.

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CHAMBERS Aurea Aurea passed away July 11, 2015 following a long and happy life filled with family, laughter, faith and love.

Aurea brought sunshine and happiness when she entered this world on March 21, 1939 to her parents, Edward and Anne Wheeler. The baby in a family of ten children, she grew up with the values and principles her own children still emulate. As a young girl, Aurea’s independence and humour drew in the attention of a young boy who would eventually become her beloved husband, Terry.

Together, they laughed through the sadness and loved through the difficulties.

With a large family to raise, Aurea was fiercely independent and amazingly organized.

Erin (Faith), Koren (Michael), Kareena (Rob), Shannon (Chris) and little Aurea (Jim) remain steadfast carriers of the values and traditions which Aurea held dear. Her most precious possession was her 13 grandchildren and 6 greatgrandchildren.

They will forever remember their ‘Mama’.

The love and happiness they brought to her life was only equal to the joy she brought into theirs.

Aurea will be lovingly remembered in the hearts and minds of her children; grandchildren; sister, Donelda; brother-in-law, Staley; nieces, nephews and countless friends. Aurea has been met at the Gates of Heaven in the loving arms of her departed husband, Terry.

Now reunited, their love will be the sunshine which ends the darkness, the rainbows which remind us the beauty of the rain and the butterflies that show us the strength and value of growth. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer with Reverend Father Les Drewicki presiding. Memorial donations in Aurea’s memory may be made directly to STARS Air Ambulance or the Red Deer Hospice Society.

Many thanks to the staff of RDRH Unit 32 and the Red Deer Hospice for their excellent care and support.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

WEINKAUF (nee Patterson) Margaret Ann Margaret Ann Weinkauf passed away in Toronto, ON, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in her 67th year with her family by her side after a twoyear battle with cancer. She is survived by her beloved husband Lorne; daughters Kathy and Kris (Keith); sons David (Tracy) and Tim; and grandchildren Chloe, Nicholas and Oliver.

Marg had wonderful memories of growing up in Red Deer.

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FLEURY 1945 - 2015 Wayne Roy Fleury of Springbrook, passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at the age of 70 years. Wayne is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Dar; sons Ryan (Linda), Cam (Angela); daughters Melanie Fleury and Sara (Brad) Hackl; eleven grandchildren; one great grandchild and numerous family members and friends. A Celebration of Wayne’s life will held in the Theatre Room of the Springbrook Multiplex, 3216 22 St, Springbrook AB., on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Casual attire suggested. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Ave, Red Deer AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences to Wayne’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

YELLOW and black Joe Rocket motorcycle jacket lost between Dickson Dam and Spruce View on Wed., July 8. 403-877-9329

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Found

FIRE EXTINGUISHER found in Sylvan Lake.

403-887-5799 to claim GOLF Club found on Father’s Day. Please call 403-886-2384 MUST IDENTIFY.

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Companions

MALE cross dresser, bi curious looking to meet same. Reply to Box 1109, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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Oilfield

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COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

PILLER George Edward 4/15/1934-7/8/2015 George passed away suddenly on Wednesday July 8th at his home in Sylvan Lake. He leaves to mourn his loving wife of 45 years Elaine, his daughter Marlene, his grandson Corey (Taralee), and his granddaughter Shera (Cory), along with his great grandchildren Grayson and Lucas. He also leaves his special pet Chloe. George and his two brothers (Frank and Bill) were raised in the Stauffer area. George loved fishing, bowling and golfing in his spare time. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him, as he was always smiling and telling jokes. A celebration of George’s life will be held at The Chapel Of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home on Wednesday July 15, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Sylvan Lake Seniors Lodge. Condolences may be forwarded to: www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca.

SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators Have current Safety certificates including H2S • Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time • Must be physically fit • Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: jbecker@colterenergy.ca

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Trades

HEAVY duty truck mechanic needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Truckers/ Drivers

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm. abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

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HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 8 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $13/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. or Call 403-848-2356 JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

F/T TOW TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract.

Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

PROMAX Transport is looking for drivers for long/short haul. Weekend shifts. Please send resumes to fax # 403-227-2743 or call 403-227-2712 for more information

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F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Now Hiring In-Home Caregiver $11/hr 40 hrs/wk Care of a 7 yr. boy. Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.

Email resume: delmundot4r@gmail.com ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 Please leave a message.

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. mail resume to: nwoods1976@ hotmail.com or fax to: 403-346-9099 or drop off at: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

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Bicycles

1540

BICYCLE, Vintage, Ladies Free Spirit. $100.

403-986-2108

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BOGS boots size 3, good cond. $30, Ugh slippers size 5, new cond, $30 403-314-9603 INSULATED Winter Coverall type suit, size large. $50. 403-342-0587, 391-9058 CENTRAL AB based NEW size 4X pink gown trucking company requires with beaded embellishCONTRACT ments $200 obo DRIVERS 403-782-3031 in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558 DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841

Truckers/ Drivers

Electronics

1605

DS LITE with 3 games, $60; and Gamecube with 2 games, $60. 403-782-3847 NES with 2 games, $120.

403-782-3847

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Firewood

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail.

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

LOGS DRILL Press, King Canada Semi loads of pine, spruce, H.D. w/some drill bits and tamarack, poplar. lazer guide system. $125. Price depends on location.

VICE, Tech Tool 5”, new Lil Mule Logging H.D. w/regular & pipe grip 403-318-4346 jaws, $75. 403-342-0587, 391-9058 SKILL SAW, $20; drill $25; Hand tools w/box $100; 403-342-0587, 391-9058 VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

Farmers' Market

1650

SASKATOON BERRIES, east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11.

Open Tues. & Thurs. 4-8 Wed. & Fri. 1-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-8. 4L U-pick $13. We pick $25 403-318-2074

Health & Beauty

1700

Portable/foldable wheelchair. Sunburst Medical Model #TR19. Great for day trips/travel, with easy storage in trunk of car. $150. Call 403) 342-7908.

Household Furnishings

1720

BUNK beds $25; chesterfield and love seat $25; book cases $25 403-346-4012

Advocate Opportunities CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA

Davenport Place (Corner of Ross St. & Donlevy Ave.) $123.04/mo.

SHIFT YOUR CAREER INTO HIGH GEAR!

ALSO Dixon Cres, Ave, Close and Dunlop St. $111.52/mo

Steve’s Livestock is currently accepting applications for

DOWNTOWN / WOODLEA

PROFESSIONAL CLASS 1 DRIVERS For Dispatch out of our brand new Red Deer terminal!

We offer steady work, excellent home time and a great team environment.

Call 1-855-SLT-JOBS or email recruiter@slt.ca www.slt.ca

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55 St. and 47A Ave. area $95.84/mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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GROW WITH US Excellent Salary with Benefits CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIAN

Become a sought-after professional in the art and science of carpet & upholstery and all-surface cleaning! Work Monday to Friday during the day, with some evenings and Saturdays.

We’re looking for someone with: • A commitment to excellence • Good communication skills • Good physical fitness • Mechanical aptitude • Good hand/eye coordination

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This image provided by NASA shows Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft.

On Tuesday NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will come closest to Pluto. New Horizons has traveled 3 billion miles over 9.5 years to get to the historic point.

Spotlight shining on Pluto

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto.

Well, not quite, but the tiny, icy world is getting front-page, primetime attention as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms closer.

Tuesday morning’s 31,000-mph (50,000-kph) flyby — with closest approach at 7,767 miles (12,500 kilometres) — is expected to open up new ground on the last unexplored planetary territory of our solar system.

“Turning little dots, little points of light into planets,” is what New Horizons, on the road for 9 ½ years and 3 billion miles, is all about, principal scientist Alan Stern said Monday.

Here’s a rundown on Pluto, a 20thcentury discovery about to become the 21st-century darling of astronomers:

DISCOVERY:

Pluto is the only planet (OK, now former planet) in our solar system discovered by an American. Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh spotted the dot in 1930 from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. The name Pluto came from a British schoolgirl, Venetia Burney, then 11, based on the mythological god of the underworld.

Tombaugh died at age 90 in 1997, nine years before New Horizons took flight. A smidgen of his ashes is on board. Burney died in 2009, also at age 90. A student-built dust counter aboard New Horizons — from the University of Colorado at Boulder — is named after her.

FIVE MOONS:

Big moon Charon was discovered in 1978 by Americans using the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, followed by little moons Nix and Hydra in 2005, Kerberos in 2011 and Styx in 2012.

The Hubble Space Telescope revealed all four baby moons. Astronomers stuck to underworld undertones when it came to the names.

New Horizons will hunt for more moons, but at this point, they would have to be pretty elusive — scientists guess probably less than a mile across. The Pluto empire, complete with six bodies, at least for now, is like its own mini solar system.

FORGET THE SUNGLASSES:

Pluto is so far from the sun — between 2.8 billion miles and 4.6 billion miles (4.5 billion and 7.4 billion kilometres) — that twilight reigns.

At high noon on Pluto, it looks as though it would be dawn or dusk on Earth. And let’s not forget the frigid weather, given its distance from the sun. Temperatures can plunge to minus-400 degrees.

Pluto’s orbit is extremely oblong, plus it’s tilted. It takes 248 years for Pluto to orbit the sun. Thus, it’s only made it about one-third of the way around the sun since its discovery in 1930. Every so often, Neptune’s orbit exceeds Pluto’s, putting Neptune slightly farther out.

FIRST A PLANET, THEN IT’S NOT:

Pluto is the only planet to get kicked out of the solar system club.

Just seven months after New Horizons rocketed away from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the International Astronomical Union declassified Pluto as the ninth planet for technical reasons. Instead, it became a dwarf planet.

The decision left the solar system with eight full-fledged planets, with Mercury replacing Pluto as the smallest.

On Monday, scientists said measurements by New Horizons showed Pluto to be 1,473 miles (2,370 billion kilometres) in diameter, a little bigger than earlier estimates.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE:

Pluto is the biggest object in the icy Kuiper Belt, also known as the third zone after the inner rocky planets and outer gaseous giants. It’s also called the Twilight Zone because of its great distance from the sun.

The Kuiper Belt (pronounced KIEper) is full of comets and other small frosty objects.

It’s named after the late DutchAmerican astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who proposed a bevy of small bodies beyond Neptune back in the 1950s.

The New Horizons team hopes to go after a smaller Kuiper Belt object following the Pluto flyby, provided a mission extension is approved.

10 police officers injured

by Protestant rioters

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NORTHERN IRELAND

DUBLIN — At least 10 police officers have been injured in nighttime Belfast riots after the British territory’s main Protestant brotherhood was blocked from marching past a Catholic district, an annual confrontation that usually ends in violence.

The officers, who donned helmets, shields and flame-retardant boiler suits, suffered a range of injuries from bottles, bolts and other handthrown projectiles as they blocked the Orange Order parade from passing Ardoyne, a power base of the outlawed Irish Republican Army.

Masked men and teenagers in the Protestant mob tried to break through police lines, a few jumping on top of police armoured vehicles, but they were forced back by officers’ locked shields and blasts from mobile water cannons.

One senior officer, who wasn’t wearing a riot helmet, was struck on the head with a brick, knocked unconscious and dragged by officers away from the confrontation zone.

At a Catholic counterdemonstration in nearby Ardoyne, a motorist appeared to drive his car deliberately into the crowd, striking and injuring a 16-year-old girl who was left pinned under a wheel of the car. Catholic civilians and police surrounded the car and tipped it on its side to free the girl. Police arrested the driver.

Ardoyne protest leaders said they believed the driver was an Orange Order supporter trying to maim or kill anti-Orange protesters; some said the driver was wearing the uniform of an Orange-affiliated band.

Police have blocked the annual Orange parade past Ardoyne since 2013, when Orangemen and their supporters rioted for hours and left dozens of officers injured. The anti-Catholic

fraternal group has mounted a roundthe-clock protest camp near the point of the blockade for the past two years, insisting their right to freedom of assembly was being unfairly restricted because of IRA-style violence mounted by the other side’s extremists.

In the years before the 2013 ban on evening Orange parades past Ardoyne, the march was repeatedly pelted with projectiles as it passed and police faced much more intense violence, including from IRA activists on Ardoyne store roofs overlooking the street who hurled homemade grenades into police lines. Hundreds of officers were wounded while protecting the parades.

The Orange Order, founded in 1795 as an umbrella group for Protestants in Ireland, was instrumental in founding Northern Ireland as a Protestantmajority state in 1921 as the predominantly Catholic rest of Ireland won independence from Britain. Each July, tens of thousands of Orangemen and accompanying troupes of fife, accordion and drum called “kick the pope” bands march to commemorate the 1690 battlefield victory of William of Orange, the Protestant king of England, over forces loyal to the Catholic king he deposed, James II. The sectarian event is an official holiday in Northern Ireland and is called the Twelfth because, usually, it happens on July 12. This year’s parades — more than 600 of them across the British territory of 1.8 million residents — took place a day later because Orangemen decline to commemorate William’s victory when the Twelfth falls on a Sunday. Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 in support of Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace accord.

WORLD

BRIEFS

Iran nuke deal likely to be reached early today VIENNA — An Iran nuclear agreement appeared likely within hours, diplomats said late Monday after a day in which American and Iranian negotiators appeared to be struggling to clear final obstacles and looking like they’d miss their fourth deadline in less than two weeks.

Three diplomats familiar with the talks said the announcement could come early Tuesday, possibly during pre-dawn hours in Vienna. One said some of the top officials involved in the negotiation needed to leave Austria’s capital in the morning, thus hastening the declaration.

The diplomats weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the status of the negotiations and demanded anonymity. Their reports of a breakthrough capped a seesaw day of developments that started with high hopes for an accord. The mood soured as vexing questions including the future of a U.N.

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CHEESE: The first clue is visual But how can you tell if it’s a summer cheese? With cow’s milk cheese, the first clue is visual, says Sona Creamery’s Hviding: “You’re looking for a rich yellow interior, which is achieved from all the beta carotene coming out of what the cows are grazing on in the meadows and pastures, with a dense, buttery texture.”

Meadow Creek’s Feete sees a change throughout the season, not only in the lactation cycle of the cows but also in the nature of the grass itself and how that affects the milk: The lush, fast-growing grass of springtime translates to a bright lactic cheese with clean flavors, while the drier, more concentrated grass of high summer creates more complex flavors.

The Grayson cheese, made with spring milk, is what Hviding calls “puppy breath” cheese: “A little bit stinky, but in a good way.”

At Vermont Shepherd’s operations in Putney, Vt., owner David Major the-

arms embargo on Iran proved troublesome.

As a midnight target for a deal approached in Vienna, diplomats said the nuts and bolts of the written nuclear accord had been settled days ago. And Iranian President Hassan Rouhani briefly raised expectations of an imminent breakthrough by proclaiming on Twitter: “Iran Deal is the victory of diplomacy & mutual respect over the outdated paradigm of exclusion & coercion. And this is a good beginning.”

Minutes later, Rouhani’s tweet was deleted. He then retransmitted it, adding the word “If” in front of “Iran Deal” to reflect that negotiators weren’t there yet. The proposed pact would impose long-term and verifiable limits on Iran’s nuclear program and provide the Islamic Republic tens of billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions.

At the White House, press secretary Josh Earnest said the talks were “making genuine progress,” and the American negotiating team under Secretary of State John Kerry would remain in Vienna as long as the negotiations advanced. If a deal wasn’t reached Monday, he said, the 20-month-old provisional constraints on Iran’s enrichment of possible bomb-making material and other nuclear activity would

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, July 14, 2015 D3 remain in force as the diplomacy concaptured Ramadi in May. Iraqi forces, tinued. The current round of talks is which had been making steady progalready in its 17th day. ress against the extremists in recent months with the help of the air campaign, scored a major victory in recapturing Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit last month.

In a brief statement, Iraq’s Prime BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Minister, Haider al-Abadi, vowed to began on Monday a long-awaited large- “take revenge from Daesh criminals on the battlefield... and their cowardly scale military operation to dislodge crimes against unarmed civilians will Islamic State militants from Iraq’s only increase our determination to western Anbar province, a military chase them and to expel them from the spokesman announced. land of Iraq.”

The spokesman for the Joint OperaDuring the past few weeks, the tions Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Ratroops have been moving to cut the sool, said in a televised statement that militants’ supply routes and to surthe operation started at dawn Monday and that government forces are backed round and isolate Ramadi and Fallujah.

by Shiite and Sunni pro-government Rasool didn’t provide any further fighters. Rasool didn’t clarify whether details on the ongoing operations. By the U.S.-led international coalition is noon, the country’s state TV reported taking part. government forces recapturing vilThis is not the first time the Iraqi lages and areas around Fallujah. government has announced an operaMeanwhile Monday, the IS group tion to retake Anbar — where several claimed responsibility for Sunday’s sekey towns, including the provincial ries of bombings in Shiite areas of the capital Ramadi, remain under IS concapital, Baghdad, that killed at least 29 trol. In May, authorities announced an people and wounded 81 others, accordoperation to retake Ramadi, but there ing to the IS-affiliated Aamaq news has not been any major progress on agency. the ground since then.

Iraq is going through its worst criThe Islamic State group, also known sis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. by the Arabic acronym Daesh, seized large parts of Anbar in early 2014 and troops.

orizes that the milk and cheese made in late spring and early summer are the most flavorful because his sheep are grazing on grasses and flowers that are in full bloom and then going to seed. “As I pour milk into the vat at the beginning of cheesemaking, I can often smell a whiff of whatever is in bloom this time of year, whether it be dandelion, yarrow, mints, tansy,” he says. “If you want cheeses that truly reflect the season, buy cheese that comes from animals that are grazing.”

Major makes just two cheeses: Verano, an earthy, herbaceous hard cheese made from spring milk and released in August; and Invierno, a full-flavored variety made with a mixture of sheep and cow’s milk that is produced during summer and aged until early winter.

Some would say that sheep’s milk cheese is perhaps the most seasonal of cheeses, simply because, unlike cows — and goats to some extent — sheep make milk only during warm weather to coincide with lambing, which is why many mongers will feature a classic fresh sheep’s milk feta on cheese boards in the summer.

At Lively Run Goat Dairy in New York’s Finger Lakes region, owner Peter Messmer finds that seasonal cheese is deeply intertwined with the animals’ breeding patterns. “The natural breeding season for goats begins in the

autumn and lasts until spring,” says Messmer. “This cycle means that most goat dairies reliant on a single herd of goats have to deal with a period of two months of no milk production, which can be very challenging, because customers want cheese in February as well as in June.”

The solution at Lively Run has been to stagger breeding slightly among several herds of goats, creating a shorter dry period during the winter and giving Messmer an opportunity to observe up close the difference between goat’s milk cheese made during different seasons. “It is very interesting to compare the same cheese made in the winter with cheese made in the summer,” he says. “Our Cayuga Blue during the winter is a much more intense cheese: The blue mold is stronger, more fungal, almost truffle-like, creamier because of the higher fat content, and a bit more goaty. Cayuga Blue in the summer, by comparison, is more portobello mushroomy than truffle-like; the texture crumbly rather than creamy; the flavor less goaty and brighter.”

At Sona Creamery, the tangy housemade chevre is a summer staple and, when blended with fresh dill and red onion, makes for a welcome change from standard cream cheese to schmear on a Sunday morning bagel.

“A really fresh goat cheese is clean

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and light,” says Hviding. “You want to look for a bright white color.” When seeking to up the ante on grilled burgers, Slesinger at Blue Duck Tavern likes Cabra La Mancha, a raclette-like goat’s milk cheese from FireFly Farms in Maryland that won first place for washed-rind goat’s milk cheeses in the 2014 American Cheese Society Competition.

As summer cheese begins to make its appearance, cheesemongers showcase the fresh, grassy flavors of the season by building cheese boards that include at least one cow, one goat and one sheep cheese and complementing them with seasonal fruits, vegetables and herbs. Slesinger adds quick-pickled cucumbers, summer squash and onions, honey-accented candied apricots and grilled bread. “The cheese is your centerpiece, then you build out from there,” she says. “I know everyone thinks of wine to go with a cheese board, but I like to pair it with beer, something crisp and seasonal. What could be better than pickled vegetables and cold beer with fresh cheese on a warm summer evening?”

With a little practice, you might even catch a whiff of clover in your next bite.

Kristen Hartke is a Washington-based food writer and editor.

RECIPES

MAKES: 12 to 24 servings (makes 3 cups) PREPARATION: The spreads can be refrigerated in airtight containers for up to 1 week.

INGREDIENTS For the dill and red onion spread 8 ounces mild goat cheese, at room temperature 1/4 cup minced red onion 1 bunch fresh dill, minced Kosher or sea salt (optional) For the oregano and lemon zest spread 8 ounces goat cheese, at room temperature 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest (from 2 or 3 lemons) 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper For the spicy pepper and Thai basil spread 2 green chili peppers, such as Thai/bird’seye, serrano or jalapeno (depending on how spicy/hot you like your food) 8 ounces goat cheese, at room temperature 1 tablespoon chopped Thai basil STEPS To make the dill and red onion spread: Place the goat cheese in a mixing bowl. Fold in the red onion and dill until evenly distributed.

Taste, and add salt as needed. Chill thoroughly before serving. The yield is 1 cup.

To make the oregano and lemon zest spread: Place the goat cheese in a mixing bowl.

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Fold in the lemon zest, oregano and pepper until evenly distributed. Chill thoroughly before serving. The yield is 1 cup.

To make the spicy pepper and Thai basil spread: Char the peppers over an open flame until blackened all over. Wrap each one in aluminum foil and let sit for a few minutes, then unwrap; peel off and discard the skins. Finely dice the flesh of the peppers, transferring it to a mixing bowl as you work; add the amount of seeds you like (for spicy heat). Add the goat cheese and Thai basil, folding those in until well incorporated. Chill thoroughly before serving.

The yield is 1 cup.

Marinated Farmstead Feta MAKES: 16 servings (makes about 2 quarts) PREPARATION: The feta needs to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 48 hours and up to 3 weeks.

INGREDIENTS 4 cups good-quality extra-virgin olive oil 1 bunch fresh thyme 1 bunch fresh rosemary 3 bay leaves Rind (no pith) of 2 oranges Rind (no pith) of 2 lemons 2 pounds good-quality sheep’s-milk or goat’s-milk feta cheese, such as Seven Springs and Lively Run brands 3 tablespoons whole black peppercorns 3 tablespoons whole pink peppercorns 3 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes

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Goat Cheese Spread, Three Ways

(see headnote) STEPS Combine the oil, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves and citrus rinds in a medium saucepan over medium heat.

Meanwhile, drain the feta and cut it into 1-inch cubes. Place them in the glass or plastic container. Add both kinds of peppercorns and the crushed red pepper flakes.

Once the marinade begins to bubble at the edges, remove it from the heat. Let it cool to room temperature, then pour it over the feta.

The cheese should be completely submerged.

Seal and refrigerate for at least 48 hours before serving; discard the herbs for longer-term storage.

Allegheny Chevre and Honey Tart MAKES: 10 to 13 servings (makes one 9-inch tart, plus up to three 4-inch tarts) PREPARATION: The crust dough needs to be refrigerated in its pan for 30 minutes. The baked tarts can be wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

INGREDIENTS Two 9-inch homemade or store-bought pie crust doughs 1 pound (2 logs) chevre, preferably Allegheny from FireFly Farms, at room temperature 3/4 to 1 cup regular, low-fat or nonfat milk 4 large eggs

1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1/4 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus 1/2 teaspoon for optional garnish STEPS Press the pie dough into a 9-inch pie plate or low-walled tart pan and into three 4-inch tart pans; refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Place the cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer; gradually add 3/4 cup of the milk, beating on low speed until incorporated, then on medium speed until fluffy.

If the mixture seems stiff, beat in some or all of the remaining 1/4 cup of milk. The mixture will not be smooth.

Whisk together the eggs in a separate bowl (by hand), then add the confectioners’ sugar and the flour, whisking until well incorporated.

Add this mixture to the cheese. Add the honey and the 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, stirring until well incorporated.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the pie plate or tart pans on a rimmed baking sheet.

Pour the cheese filling into each chilled crust, filling right up to the top and smoothing the surface. Bake (on the baking sheet) for 50 to 60 minutes or until the filling is golden brown around the edges. (The smaller tarts will be done first.) The filling will puff as it bakes but will sink back down as the tart cools.

If desired, sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon over the tarts while they are still warm. Let them rest for 10 minutes before serving.

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LUANN July 14 1976 — The House of Commons abolishes the death penalty by a free vote of 132-124.

1965 — Toronto Stock Exchange members agree to declare the exchange a public institution; issue statement of principals.

1940 — Andrew George Latta McNaughton is put in command of new Anglo-Canadian 7th Army Corps; with British and New Zealand troops as well as Canadian.

1896 — Jerry Potts dies of tuberculosis. The scout and interpreter helped the North West Mounted Police secure loyalty of native people in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was born 1840 to a Blood mother and white fur trader father. He worked as guide and translator for the North West Mounted Police and arranged the first meeting between Assistant Commissioner James Macleod and Blackfoot leaders in fall of 1874. He helped bring about the signing of Treaty Seven in 1877 and assisted in convincing Blackfoot to remain neutral during North West Rebellion of 1885.

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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Cheating husband may have another kid

WATER FIGHT!

Dear Annie: My husband has been dead for years.

He was strong, handsome and successful, but not faithful. Women shamelessly threw themselves at him and he took advantage. He once had to send me to a doctor to be tested for STDs, and I was so angry and embarrassed that I decided the only way to keep the marriage intact for the children’s sake would be to forget about romance and approach it like a business.

The problem is, one of his affairs may have produced a child. The woman was married at the time and still is. Her husband is considered the legal father, and for all I know, he may be the biological father. My husband and I never spoke about this baby boy, but everyone else did because we lived in a small town. I always told myself I would speak to the woman if I ran into her, but I have not, mainly to protect my children’s inheritance.

But I worry that someday this information may have to MITCHELL be dealt with. Should I put a & SUGAR letter in with our family records to be discovered after my death? Or is this something I should take to my grave? — The Wife Dear Wife: If there is a likelihood that your husband fathered a child by someone else, you should keep medical information available in case the child decides to search for his father. But it is unlikely that he would be entitled to an inheritance, especially if many years have passed and the money is gone.

Dear Annie: I’d like to vent about people who plan things at the last minute. My sister-in-law has the rude habit of “planning” parties on a minute’s notice. She has five children, and I’d love to attend their birthday parties if I had more than four hours’ notice. Her excuse is that they are so active in sports and can’t plan ahead because games run over or they didn’t expect to “still be in the playoffs.” She has even scheduled parties on short notice and then texted to cancel them.

The most absurd example was her husband’s 40th birthday, again planned with a few hours’ notice.

And all of these invitations come via text message.

If my phone is charging, or I left it in my car, I will never see the invitation until the party is over.

I have become so fatigued at her last-minute invites that I have stopped making any effort to attend.

Why should my children and I be expected to drop our plans to appease her? I don’t know what to say to her kids when they ask why I wasn’t at their party.

Any suggestions? — Any Minute Auntie Dear Auntie: Your sister-in-law is either disorganized or enjoying a power trip. We’d give her the benefit of the doubt. Trying to arrange parties when you have five children in sporting activities is difficult. She could plan for overtime games by scheduling the party later in the day, but she seems too frazzled to think that far ahead. Nonetheless, you are not obligated to attend any party planned on such short notice and subject to cancellation. If you want to let the kids know that you care, we recommend getting them a birthday gift and dropping it off at another time.

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, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Diet Pepsi with aspartame will still be sold online, company switching to sucralose NEW YORK — The artificial sweetener in Diet Pepsi is about to change, but fans of the old formula may still be able to get it.

PepsiCo said earlier this year it would replace the aspartame in Diet Pepsi with sucralose, another artificial sweetener many know as Splenda, in response to customer feedback. That change is set to take place in the U.S. starting this summer.

But during a call to discuss its earnings Thursday, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said “for those consumers who still love Diet Pepsi with aspartame, we’ll figure out how to make it available online.”

A representative for PepsiCo declined to elaborate on Nooyi’s comment.

HOROSCOPES Tuesday, July 14 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Sara Canning, 28; Vladimir Kulich, 59; Jane Lynch, 55 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Relationships will be frustrating today so you’ll need plenty of patience.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Confident and convincing, you are a born storyteller. The next 12 months is the time to take your relationship responsibilities more seriously.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The main quality you need to cultivate is patience, especially where joint finances are concerned. You’re raring to go but the message for today is “Good things come to those who wait.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Close relationships will be difficult today, as Saturn pours cold water on communication, cooperation and displays of affection. So plenty of patience and understanding are required.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re hungry for news and up-to-the-minute information, so phone a friend and have a good long chat. Don’t be too frivolous though Twins; they may have serious issues to talk about.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When

it comes to a problem with a child, teenager or friend, there are no quick fixes. It’s a case of one step forwards and two steps backwards or sideways — but you’ll eventually make progress.

JOANNE LEO (July MADELEINE 23-Aug. 22): MOORE Are you keen to zoom ahead with a project but others seem to be holding you back? It’s time to take a long hard look at the situation Leo. Perhaps the procrastinator is actually you?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you dwell on things too much today Virgo, you’ll just make giant mountains out of tiny molehills. There’s a lot happening so quit being a worry-wart and just get on with things.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Luxury-loving Librans are in the mood for some

Whether there’s lingering demand for Diet Pepsi with aspartame remains to be seen. Seth Kaufman, vice-president of Pepsi, has said that the reformulated drink might have a “slightly different mouthfeel,” but that people will still be able to recognize the drink to be Diet Pepsi. According to the industry tracker Beverage Digest, Diet Pepsi was the seventh most popular soda brand in the U.S. last year. Diet Coke was the third most popular soda, following regular Coke and regular Pepsi.

Both Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke have seen declining sales volume, however, with executives blaming concerns people have about aspartame. Coca-Cola Co., based in Atlanta, has said it has no plans to take out the aspartame in Diet Coke.

John Sicher, publisher of the industry tracker Beverage Digest, said making Diet Pepsi with aspartame online would be a smart move for PepsiCo. “They can tell consumers, if you want the old one, we have it for you,” he said.

retail therapy, but the stars suggest caution. Buy practical things that you really need, rather than expensive trifles that you’ll later regret.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may feel like you’re getting nowhere with an important professional project today. Relations with a work colleague will be frustrating as well so you’ll have to be extra patient.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You want to move fast and those around you are just so slow! The stars are asking you to be more meticulous today Sagittarius, as you revise projects and wait for others to catch up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With tricky Venus/Saturn aspects, you’re in for a frustrating day as others oppose

your plans in some way. Calm down Capricorn, and try to adopt a patient and long-term approach.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s not a good day to be cooped up inside, as you’re keen for excitement and adventure. But if you try to rush a loved one, then there will be unexpected consequences later on.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look at your aspirations in a realistic way. Are you doing what you want to do? Are you heading in the right direction? If not, it may be time to make some positive, practical changes.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate

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Distilling the landscape

FROM SUMMER PASTURES COMES SINGULAR CHEESE

BY KRISTEN HARTKE SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST

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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Allegheny Chevre and Honey Tart; Goat Cheese Spread, Three Ways. There is an almost endless variety of combinations you can make at home to celebrate summer flavours; In the summer, cheese is often lighter and brighter because of what cows, sheep and goats eat; Marinated Farmstead Feta — this is party food made easy.

For some people, the summer solstice signals the true start of the season, but for Sophie Slesinger, it’s the release of Grayson cheese. “It’s the kind of thing cheese mongers get excited about,” says Slesinger, the cheese specialist at Blue Duck Tavern in Washington. “You’ll hear everyone buzzing about it: ‘It’s June. Grayson’s coming back!’ “ Grayson, made in the mountains of southwestern Virginia by Meadow Creek Dairy, is just one of many cheeses from across the country that true turophiles long for as spring turns into summer. Such cheeses are made in the Alpine tradition from the milk of cows, sheep and goats that have been released into their summer pastures to munch on fresh grass, clover, wild onions and dandelions galore.

The result is often lighter in flavor and texture than its counterpart from wintertime, when the same animals are living a more sedentary life, feasting on dried hay in warm barns and producing milk with a higher fat content.

“Cheese is an agricultural product like anything else, which means it’s seasonal,” says Slesinger.

“Americans are now starting to realize what everybody else already knew.”

“Everybody else” is, of course, Europeans, particularly those in Switzerland, France and Italy, where cheesemaking is a highly revered art form on the same level as winemaking, often protected by designation-of-origin standards. True Roquefort, for instance, can be made only from the milk of certain breeds of sheep and aged only in the Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, but Americans aren’t quite that fussy — at least not yet.

“The idea of terroir is now coming up when we talk about American cheese,” says Lisa Hviding, a self-described “curd nerd” and head cheesemonger at Sona Creamery in D.C. who was Slesinger’s predecessor at Blue Duck Tavern. “And when you consider that all cheese is basically made with the same four ingredients [milk, cultures, rennet and salt], but they are all still so different, it starts to make sense.”

Zoe Brickley of Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont, believes that terroir — the way in which the natural environment of a place is said to provide a unique flavor to locally grown food — can be a critical factor for cheese made from spring or summer milk, like Meadow Creek’s Grayson or Jasper Hill’s own widely acclaimed Willoughby. “Pastured dairies are distilling the local landscape into the cheese,” she says. “The people, the landscape, the cows, the microbes: They all come together.”

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The idea of terroir is now coming up when we talk about American cheese.

And when you consider that all cheese is basically made with the same four ingredients . . . but they are all still so different, it starts to make sense .

— Lisa Hviding Cheesemonger

At Meadow Creek, that means the Feete family doesn’t make cheese after Christmas, giving the cows a vacation until milk production picks up again after calving season begins in March. “When we first started the dairy, we were very committed to building a sustainable farming system,” says Kat Feete, whose parents opened the farm in the 1980s. “Sustainable led us to grass, and grass led us to seasonal, a system where all the cows calve in the spring, when the grass is plentiful, and go into their dry period in the hard winter months.”

The Feetes became interested in Alpine transhumance — turning the livestock out to pasture — as a method for producing high-quality cheese, and once they started following the same tradition, they agreed with the Europeans: “Cheese made while the cows were on grass was better cheese,” asserts Feete. “It’s all part of the big picture for us: a sustainable system that matches the natural cycle of the pastures to the natural cycle of the cows and, in the process, gives us superior cheese.”

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