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ACROBATS, CONTORTIONISTS AND JUGGLERS WILL BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE IN RED DEER THIS WEEKEND SEE STORY ON PAGE A2

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Paz juggles flaming hockey sticks as a preview for The Hockey Circus Show during the CentreFest kick-off barbecue at City Hall Park at noon on Friday.

INSET: Daniel and Kimberly Craig gave Red Deerians a sneak peek of their Street Circus performance.

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A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 25, 2015

Born to entertain STREET PERFORMERS BRING THEIR ZANY ACTS TO DOWNTOWN RED DEER

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Pedro Tochas — The Sculptor Clown — performs during the kick-off barbecue at City Hall Park at noon on Friday. The annual street performer festival runs Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. versity that her interest in acrobatics formed.

“I was really physically bored, so I signed up for a gymnastics class,” said Craig. “In the studio, there was a circus performing and they let me tag along and learn. It was the most fun I’d ever had and a way to stay active without continuing to compete. It combined athletic skills with artistic endeavours. It was so much fun and I never looked back.”

For hockey fans, there is Paz. An L.A. transplant

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Red Deerians got a sneak peak at some of the CentreFest 2015 performers — including Jonathan Burns Flexible Comedy show— during the kick-off barbecue at City Hall Park at noon on Friday

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to Vancouver, he fell in love with hockey. Now he performs on cement while wearing skates.

“The first couple of days it was a little weird, but I’m an acrobat and my own balance is not an issue,” said Paz. “I did Winterlude in Ottawa this year and the performance stage was about 30 metres from my trailer and it was all ice. These blades are perfect for cement and a mess on ice, so it was the hockey guy stumbling to his show.”

Other performers include Eden Cheung, who showcased his whip skills on Friday, and El Gleno Grande the horse guy, who performs a spoof circus equestrian act.

CentreFest runs today from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. in downtown Red Deer.

Ross Street will be blocked off from 48th to Gaetz Avenues and 49th Avenue will be blocked off between 51st and 49th Streets.

Circle show performers run ever half hour at either end of Ross Street during the festival.

Palmer once performed at CentreFest under the name Flying Bob, but his role as artistic director has taken up most of his time.

“We love this festival and Central Albertans love this festival,” said Palmer. “Come on down, the more people come down, the more we know the community supports the festival.”

Although it is free to stroll and watch, the performers make their living off money put in a hat after performances.

On the music stage at the south end of 49th Street, performers will include Jeremy Doody, Ross and Smoke, Brad Abel, Underside Pattern, Klam Daggers and Peak Essau. Performances run today from 1 to 8 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m.

Food vendors will be set up on the north end of 49th Street.

For children, the Axion Architecture Circus World is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. It offers a chance to try out all sorts of circus activities.

Nearby Water World, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Red Deer, offers a misting arch and will sell souvenir water bottles to keep thirsts quenched.

Shimek hoped 25,000 to 30,000 people will attend over the weekend, saying that was about the average they draw for the festival. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Master of ceremonies Queen Elizabeth II officiated over acrobats, whips, contortionists and juggling flaming hockey sticks to kick off the 13th annual CentreFest on the steps of City Hall on Friday.

Taking over downtown Red Deer for the weekend, CentreFest offers a wide variety of entertainment, including circle performances, roving performances, circus activities for the kids, food and music.

Carolyn Sadowska, who portrayed Queen Elizabeth II at the kick-off festivities, is one of several roving performers who will appear throughout the weekend. Others include Kyle Key the Magician, from Red Deer, the Acro-rovers, Carisa Hendrix Stilt Walkers and Ryan Pilling.

“I loved them, I loved the performances this year,” said Janice Shimek, CentreFest festival director, of the pared-down performances offered at City Hall Park on Friday.

“They were quite entertaining, of course I think I say that every year.”

Mainstage performers come to Red Deer from as far away as Portugal and West Virginia.

Pedro Tocas, “the sculptor clown,” is a judge on Portugal’s Got Talent, a standup comedian and a corporate speaker.

“My first dream was to be an international street performer, but I was getting away from that and I wanted to go back and do it,” said Tocas. “I created this show, went to Edinburgh, Scotland, and did it.

Then I started doing it in the summer and met people on the circuit.

“This is good because here if people watch the show, they just like the show, they don’t know me. It’s much more fun.”

Tocas met CentreFest artistic director Robert Palmer many year ago and it was through this connection that he came here. Tocas made a mini-tour of Alberta as a result and has performed in Edmonton and Grande Prairie during his stay.

A self-described “weird kid” in school, Jonathan Burns started by grossing out girls in school with his ability contort his body.

“I decided I could do this as a job and I’ve been doing it most of my life,” said Burns.

One half of The Street Circus, Kim Craig has a background in figure skating. But it wasn’t until uni-

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Loaves and Fishes, a local charity that helps disadvantaged people, is still in need of help to replace its roof.

Executive director Halina Jarvis said while the roof work could wait through one more winter, it will have to be done next year for certain. Part of the roof has been done but the main peaked part hasn’t.

They are not doing a specific fundraiser but just trying to get the word out to anyone who could help with either labour or shingles, Jarvis said.

The work will cost between $15,000 and $17,000, but it will be awhile before they can come up with that kind of money, she said.

The charity is in the midst of planning its firstever fundraiser. It will be in mid-September. Details are still being ironed out but it will be a semi-formal benefit concert involving an evening of entertainment and special guests.

More information about Voices for Change will be announced closer to the date of the event.

Loaves and Fishes is located at 6002 54th Ave. The organization has been around since 1999.

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Hail damage claims have come in fast and furious since Tuesday’s storm in Central Alberta.

Darren King, insurance broker with Sims and Associates Insurance Services in Lacombe, said his office has been busy with more than 500 claims since the storm.

He said one of his clients had damage to two vehicles, his home and travel trailer.

“Everything he owned is now damaged. Everything that was parked outside,” said King on Friday.

He said some people were just finishing up repairs from a severe storm that hit Lacombe in July 2013.

“Two years ago it was big wind and hail. It was a nasty storm. But this one, the hail came down like rocks. It didn’t shatter on impact. It just kept going through whatever it hit.”

King happened to be at a local baseball field where his son was practising when hail struck on Tuesday evening.

“The first (hail stone) came down and landed beside a baseball. The baseball was bigger, but it would have been a toss-up.”

Everyone ran for the protection of the dugout.

“Ten seconds later, it just slammed,” King said.

Christine Swift, financial advisor with The Cooperators in Red Deer, said claims from people in Red Deer mostly involve their vehicles, but clients in Lacombe have filed claims involving vehicles and homes with some nasty damage.

The most extreme damage she heard of was to a modular home in Lacombe.

“The shingles from the roof were torn right off and then the water came in through the roof and it came in all the seams.”

The siding was peppered with holes.

She said the owner felt like she was in a tornado because the wind was so extreme.

Swift said The Co-operators sent out a storm team to help address claims.

“They have set up in Lacombe because that’s where the major event was. They set up there and started triaging.”

They dealt with most extreme damage first.

Celyeste Power, media relations manager with the Insurance Bureau of Canada, said IBC will be alerted to how much damage the storm caused if claims total $25 million.

Earlier this month, IBC reported that hail and windstorms that swept across parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on June 12 caused more than $45 million in insured damage.

In Medicine Hat and surrounding areas, that storm had winds gusting up to 116 km/h, with hail up to six cm in diameter.

Hail reached five cm in size in Lacombe and the north end of Red Deer on Tuesday, according to Environment Canada.

To prepare for storms, IBC recommends consumers proactively contact their insurance representatives for information about their policies and what types of coverage are best suited to their circumstances.

Damage to homes caused by hail or wind is usually covered under home insurance policies. Damage to vehicles caused by wind or hail is usually covered if people have purchased comprehensive or all-perils auto insurance.

To start a claim, people should assess and document potential damage when safe to do so; take photos; contact their insurance representative; keep detailed notes and be as detailed as possible when providing information; and be sure to keep all receipts related to cleanup.

For more information, call IBC’s Consumer Information Centre at 1-844-2ask-IBC (1-844-227-5422) or visit www.ibc.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A new housing project in Lacombe will provide affordable transitional housing to at-risk male youth in the community.

Through ‘THIS IS A its Affordable Housing StratHUGE STEP . egy, the City . . . WE HAVE of Lacombe SOMETHING has provided $80,000 to CenTANGIBLE tral Alberta NOW, WHICH Youth Unlimited (CAYU) IS A GREAT to help with WAY FOR THE the purchase of a home that COMMUNITY will have four TO GET beds available to youth ages INVOLVED.’ 16 to 24. There will also be — CHAR LOCKHART HOUSING DIRECTOR one bed for a house parent.

Char Lockhart, housing director for CAYU, said on Friday that they took possession of the house last week and they hope to have the beds available by this fall. They are doing some renovations, and seeking sponsors for beds and for setting up the rooms.

The plan for the YU-Turn Housing program, as it is called, is to charge each person $500 per month. Bed costs are actually closer to $1,400 per month to run so they are subsidized.

Some of the subsidization will come through Alberta Children and Family Services, for example, Lockhart said.

They are also looking for private or business partners to sponsor beds to help make it affordable.

Besides a home, the program will also offer wrap-around services to the youth, such as for mental health and employment.

Lockhart said the target population is young men at risk of homelessness, under-education and under-employment. They are in situations that have prevented them from gaining the skills to become fully independent.

“There’s a significant need actually.”

Various community organizations have identified 30 to 40 people who would benefit from the program, so they expect the beds will be full immediately, she said.

“The reality is that we get calls monthly, probably eight to 10 calls, from different organizations looking for some type of housing for the young people that they’re working with. It doesn’t exist.

“This is a huge step. ... We have something tangible now, which is a great way for the community to get involved,” Lockhart said.

A lot of these young people would be falling through the cracks, for example they don’t have a home of their own and are couch-surfing. Some would be youth transitioning out of foster care or out of homes ill-equipped to help them transition to independence and reach their full potential, she said.

“In order to be a healthy community member, you need to be a contributing community member and so one of the philosophies we will abide by is there needs to be an element of service. For example, they will be expected to help their neighbours shovel a sidewalk or mow a lawn,” Lockhart said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Alex Monkman, the city’s water superintendent, said the city was not in danger of running out of water when it issued a notice about conserving water. He said they simply want residents to be mindful of conservation.

But Monkman said the river flow rates are still below average. He said the levels are within the low normal levels seen at this time of year at Red Deer on the Red Deer River.

“There are places along the Red Deer River that are not within the limit,” said Monkman. “The river is below normal where it meets the South Saskatchewan River.”

Monkman said the city was not in danger of running out of water. He said they want to encourage residents to conserve.

In June, 52 mm of rain fell, compared to the average of 84.1 mm. In July, the average is 92.2 mm. So far this month, 85 mm of rain has fallen.

Wildfires losing ground as weather conditions turn CALGARY — Alberta’s wildfire situation continues to improve thanks mostly to cooler and wetter weather.

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Couple locked puppy in bathroom while on vacation LONDON, Ont. — A southwestern Ontario couple has pleaded guilty to four counts of animal cruelty after they locked their Chihuahua mix puppy in a bathroom when they left for a twoweek vacation.

An apartment building landlord in London, Ont., started to receive complaints of a neglected dog near the beginning of the year and contacted the humane society.

The humane society got a search warrant and went into the apartment on Jan. 6 and found the 12-week-old puppy in the bathroom.

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“The dog is doing wonderfully well in its new home ... and it’s having a wonderful life so we’re thrilled about that.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday a moratorium on Senate appointments — formalizing his practice over the past two and a half years of refusing to fill vacancies in the scandal-plagued upper house.

Harper said the moratorium will save taxpayers’ money and “force” the provinces to come up with a plan to reform or abolish the discredited, unelected, upper chamber.

“The government is not going to take any actions going forward that would do anything to further entrench that unelected, unaccountable Senate,” he said Friday at a news conference in Regina alongside Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, a champion of Senate abolition.

“It will be our policy to formalize that. We will have a moratorium on further Senate appointments.”

But the prime minister’s ploy is constitutionally debatable.

Vancouver lawyer Aniz Alani has already gone to court seeking a declaration that Harper has a constitutional duty to fill Senate vacancies within a reasonable time. And constitutional experts have warned that one or more provinces could also take Harper to court over his failure to ensure they have

the Senate representation to which they are constitutionally entitled.

Moreover, the Supreme Court of Canada has made it clear that letting Senate vacancies pile up can not continue indefinitely. In a landmark ruling last year, the top court said the Senate cannot be abolished indirectly by letting its numbers drop to zero.

However, Harper asserted Friday that the Constitution gives the prime minister “the authority to appoint or not appoint” senators.

He stopped appointing senators in March 2013, just as the scandal over improperly claimed expenses was engulfing the Senate. There are now 22 vacancies in the 105-seat chamber — a development Harper said has already saved taxpayers $6 million.

One quarter of Quebec’s 24 Senate seats are now empty, as are seven of Ontario’s 24 and half of Manitoba’s six.

Letting the vacancies continue to mount “will force the provinces ... to either come up with a plan of comprehensive reform or to conclude that the only way to deal with the status quo is abolition,” Harper said, adding that he expects public pressure will mount on the provinces to act.

“The ball’s in their court, they can now propose reforms. In the meantime, the membership in the Senate is going to continue to shrink and Canadians are going to ask the question, ’If you don’t have a program for reform and we’re not missing the senators,

why not just abolish it?’ And I think that’s the pressure that’s going to rise.”

Other than senators and those who want to be senators, Harper asserted that “no one is going to complain” about increasing vacancies.

He attached a caveat to his moratorium on appointments, however: it will apply only as long as the Conservatives have the numbers in the Senate to ensure passage of his government’s legislation, which Harper said “should not be a problem for several years.”

In its ruling last year, the Supreme Court said reforming the Senate requires a constitutional amendment approved by seven provinces with at least 50 per cent of the population. It put the bar even higher for abolition: unanimous provincial consent.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard last month said his province will never agree to abolition. Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne is also opposed, as are Atlantic premiers.

Quebec’s intergovernmental affairs minister, Jean-Marc Fournier, said Friday that his province is willing to take part in any constitutional negotiations on Senate reform but he repeated that it would insist on including other long-standing constitutional issues, such as recognition of Quebec’s distinctiveness.

“Refusing to name new senators is not a solution to the current situation,” Fournier said in a statement.

Finance minister mum on providing fiscal update

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Finance Minister Joe Oliver reaffirmed Friday his government’s commitment to balance its books, two days after the federal budget watchdog warned a slower-than-expected economy will keep Ottawa in the red this year.

But in a letter to Liberal finance critic Scott Brison, Oliver doesn’t say whether he’ll provide an update of the government’s fiscal projections before the expected Oct. 19 election.

The letter, which is laden with Conservative party talking points, notes the federal treasury reported a $3.9-billion surplus in April and May of this year.

And Oliver repeats what he’s been saying for

months — that the government remains on track for a balanced budget this year.

“Since we introduced Budget 2015 our Conservative government has repeatedly stated we remain on track for a balanced budget in 2015,” Oliver wrote.

“I can confirm that to you again today.”

The letter was in response to a request from Brison, who asked for the Finance department’s latest budgetary projections in light of a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

That report, based on a downgraded Bank of Canada economic forecast, warned that Ottawa could see a budget deficit of $1 billion in the current fiscal year.

The calculation raised doubts about the governing Conservatives’ insistence that there will be an election-year surplus.

Brison has said he can’t say with certainty that the Liberal party, if elected to govern, will produce a balanced budget this year without updated numbers from Finance.

Brison, who isn’t taking the Conservatives at their word, sent a letter this week to Oliver urging him to make his department’s latest budgetary projections public before a parliamentary committee.

“Then, and only then, are we able to predict with certainty what we’re capable of doing in terms of balancing,” Brison said in an interview Thursday.

“If they can’t create a surplus this year that is realistic, it’s pretty hard to see where anyone else can.”

The New Democrats had until Friday said they would still deliver a small surplus in 2015-16 under their platform policies.

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OTTAWA — The federal NDP seems to be encouraging parents who don’t need the newly enhanced universal child care benefit to donate the money to the party.

The party’s latest fundraising email blast cites the example of Ella, a financially-secure single mother who intends to donate her UCCB windfall to the NDP. “Ella’s not the only one who feels this way,” the email blast concludes.

“After a decade of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, Canadians want change in Ottawa. If you can, please donate to help build the campaign.”

The party denies the missive is designed to encourage people to follow Ella’s example; it is simply using Ella’s “inspiring story” to make its latest solicitation for donations more interesting.

But deputy Liberal leader Ralph Goodale said the pitch is “tawdry.”

“You’re turning a social support program into a political milch cow and that is very offensive,” he said.

Goodale said the missive underscores the “fundamental flaw” in the UCCB: the fact that the benefit goes equally to wealthy parents, whether or not they actually need it.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has promised that a New Democrat government would keep the enriched UCCB in place.

The NDP fundraising missive comes during a week in which Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has stepped up his criticism of Mulcair for perpetuating a Conservative benefits regime that gives equal payouts to parents, regardless of income.

It reproduces an email sent to Ottawa MP Paul Dewar by Ella, in which she says she was disgusted by Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre’s “offensive partisan announcement” earlier this week, touting the boost in UCCB payments which parents started receiving this week in a lump sum back-dated to January.

She says she got her cheque but can’t bring herself to cash it because it “feels tainted ... like a dirty little attempt to buy my vote.”

“Fortunately, I am a well-educated, financially secure single mom and cashing this cheque (or not) will not materially affect my daughter’s opportunities,” she says.

“But feeling like my household’s votes could be bought by some character in a Conservative golf shirt may.”

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VANCOUVER — The lies a former Mountie told a public inquiry damaged the reputation of the RCMP and undermined confidence in the once-trusted institution, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Friday.

Justice Nathan Smith sentenced former corporal Benjamin “Monty” Robinson to two years less a day, one year of probation and 240 hours of community service for lying to the inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski. Lawyer David Crossin said in an email that an appeal of the conviction has been filed, citing a number of errors by the trial judge. Robinson was released from custody pending the appeal.

He was the senior officer in charge on Oct. 14, 2007, when Dziekanski was jolted with a Taser and died at Vancouver’s airport.

Smith found him guilty last March, ruling he colluded with fellow officers to make up testimony that they gave at the inquiry.

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Round and round in the circle game Is it just me, or is the traffic around here getting to be a pain in our fancy heated leather seats? OK, for once it isn’t just me because lately there are an awful lot of honking horns, head smacking and bird flipping going on out there on our mean streets.

And you know for sure you have a permanent and persistent big city, full-on road rage scenario when local radio stations start broadcasting traffic reports every five minutes or so. What’s next in our fair HARLEY city — a traffic helicopter with HAY a painfully perky traffic reporter talking a mile a minute about the back up on Gaetz and 32nd or a fender bender on 67th? Maybe not, but for sure what’s next is a big honkin’ roundabout.

Everyone say it with me: “YIKES!” Roundabouts — also known as traffic circles, circular intersections or the hubs of hell, were invented several centuries ago in the U.K. Roundabouts were invented long before automobiles were even invented, and were in fact invented by sheep.

It’s well known, especially in Britain, that sheep, not being the brightest lights on the porch, like to travel together in bunches called ‘bunches’ and they like to travel round and round in circles. So whenever sheep farmers moved their sheep bunches on roads (every Thursday) they (the sheep) wouldn’t pay any attention to the traffic lights and just kept turning left, so they (the farmers) invented the roundabout.

These roundabouts remained once automobiles began appearing in bunches (called ‘herds’) and started driving on the wrong side of the road. Still the idea of a roundabout caught on, and became so popular that an excellent progressive rock band in the 1970s wrote a song about them. (Roundabout by Yes, 1971.) Also, other countries outside of the United Kingdom started listening to that excellent song and as a result, started building their own roundabouts.

Have you ever wondered why there are so many traffic circles in Edmonton, and hardly any roundabouts in Calgary?

Neither have I, but someone once told that the reason is, early Edmonton had a city planner who was from England, and at the same time, early Calgary had a city planner who wasn’t.

I have no idea if that’s true, or even why on earth someone and I were talking about roundabouts, but there you are.

And now our fair city is getting a major circular traffic junction. Coincidence?

It true we already have a couple of small one-lane traffic circles (Gasoline Alley and Sylvan Lake to name the only two I can remember) but this one will be what is officially known in the roundabout business as a “doozy.”

It will be plunked at the junction of the busy 30th Avenue and even busier 67th Street — an area you may have noticed because of all the traffic jams in the area lately due to the frenzy of construction activity and a confusing plethora of electronic signals, dayglow signage and reams of workers leaning on shovels.

The 67th/30th big-time roundabout is slated to be open sometime “before the turn of the century”

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which, the way time flies these days, will be any minute now, so we’d all better brush up on our roundabout driving technique. Not that we (I) ever had any.

Just recently, in fact, my Better Half and myself had a fairly scary roundabout incident that served as a wakeup call.

A stark reminder that most people don’t have a flippin’ clue what to do whilst driving in a roundabout.

We were entering a two-lane Vancouver traffic circle (yes, they have British planners in Vancouver too apparently) and proceeded correctly to the inside lane on our way around the circle to the third exit when, just past the second exit a humongous dump truck pulled out right in front of us.

This is to be expected when negotiating a traffic circle, especially from drivers who are morons.

Thing is, as soon as he finally saw us (four mm from a major collision) he slammed on his brakes and stopped dead right in front of us.

Blocking the entire circle. He throws open his truck door and begins gesticulating frantically at our signal light.

He wouldn’t stop yelling and pointing until I gesticulated back and yelled two loud words at him (I believe it was “Take off”), and after he rumbled away in disgust, nearly causing several more acci-

dents, we turned at the next circular exit and went on our merry way all dazed and confused about the moron’s odd behaviour.

He either hadn’t seen my signal light or was having some sort of psychotic episode, but my point is, if there is one somewhere, is that we should all look up “How to Drive a Roundabout” on YouTube and have a little lesson.

Because in actuality, roundabouts are safe, efficient and loads of fun. All you have to remember about British-imported roundabouts is to yield, signal and try not to keep your eyes too tightly shut in terror.

Besides, we Canadians already know all about traffic circles.

Not to be outdone by the Brits, an excellent Canadian even wrote her own very true and excellent song about roundabouts. It’s by Buffy Sainte-Marie and was a big hit in 1970. It goes: “…round and round and round in the circle game. …”

It’s the perfect song to listen to whilst spending hours and hours going round and round, trapped in the inside lane of a roundabout.

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

Japan turns back clock on war Fifty-five years ago, Nobosuke Kishi, Japan’s prime minister, resigned just after winning the battle to push the treaty revising the country’s military alliance with the United States through parliament.

The demonstrations against it were so massive and violent that his political capital was exhausted.

Today, his grandson, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is waging a quite similar battle, but he will probably get away with it. More’s the pity.

Abe, like his grandfather, is on the right of Japanese politics, and his target this time is Article 9 of Japan’s postwar Peace Constitution. That clause undermines his vision of Japan as a “normal country” (like the United States, Britain or France) that sends GWYNNE its troops overseas to fight DYER wars.

The language of Article 9 is clear. It says that “the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. ... Land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.” It would take a pretty sharp lawyer to get around that.

Moreover, it’s very hard to change the Japanese constitution.

It would take a two-thirds majority in each house of parliament, plus a national referendum, to change or drop Article 9. Abe would certainly lose that referendum: 80 per cent of Japanese like Article 9 just the way it is.

This is deeply ironic, since it was written into the post-war Japanese constitution in 1946 by the American occupation authorities, who feared that

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otherwise Japan might re-militarize and become an international threat again. By the mid-1950s, however, the United States was locked into the Cold War confrontation with communist China and the Soviet Union, and it badly wanted Japanese military support in Asia.

But by then the Japanese population had fallen in love with Article 9. After three million war dead, followed by the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they wanted nothing more to do with militarized great-power politics. Article 9 became their foolproof excuse for staying out of the whole stupid, bloody game.

Those are the opinions of ordinary Japanese, however. They are not so widely held among the elite — and Japan has an elite like few other countries.

A Japanese historian once told me in confidence that he reckoned around 400 people — politicians, industrialists and senior bureaucrats — make almost all the decisions in Japan.

Moreover, they have been inter-marrying for generations, and are almost all distantly related to one another. Which explains, perhaps, why the grandson of a “Class A” war criminal is now the prime minister of Japan.

There’s an interesting contrast between Nobosuke Kishi, who became minister of Munitions in the Imperial Japanese government in 1941, and Albert Speer, whom Hitler appointed as minister of Armaments and War Production in early 1942. Both men were arrested at war’s end and Speer was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

But Kishi was never charged. And while Speer languished in Spandau prison, Kishi was freed, helped to found the Liberal Democratic Party that has dominated Japanese politics ever since, and was elected prime minister in 1957.

In fact, the great majority of the 400 elite of that era were back in business by the mid-1950s: the United States needed to get Japan back on its feet in

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So here we are, half a century later, and their descendants are still in charge. Japan is a democracy, but the voters mainly get to choose between members of the 400.

Kishi’s brother, Eisaku Sato, was prime minister for eight years in the 1960s and early 1970s, and his grandson Shinzo Abe became prime minister for the first time in 2006.

It’s safe to say that most members of the elite have always wanted Japan to become a “normal country” that is free to fight wars again. They aren’t thinking about aggressive wars, of course; only “just” wars, probably alongside their American allies. The big stumbling block has always been popular opinion — but Shinzo Abe has found a way around that.

If you can’t win a referendum on constitutional change, then don’t hold one. Just “reinterpret” Article 9 so it means the opposite of what it seems to say. Shinzo Abe’s cabinet did that last year, declaring that Article 9 really allows the military to go into battle overseas to protect allies — so-called “collective defence” — even if there is no direct threat to Japan or its people. That covers just about every contingency you can imagine.

Last week, Abe pushed two bills through parliament that reshape military policy and structures in accord with that reinterpretation. The opposition parties walked out and thousands demonstrated outside the parliament building, but the deed is done, and there won’t be any referendum about it.

Unless some mass movement arises to protest against this cynical manipulation of the law, Abe will get away with it.

The Peace Constitution will need a new name, and the United States will finally have a Japan willing to fight by its side. No doubt that will make the world a safer place.

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An obligation to farmers No government has been more adamant in its defence of supply management and the dairy, chicken, turkey and egg industries than that of Stephen Harper.

Under his leadership, in election campaign platforms, throne speeches and repeated public commitDAVID ments, the CRANE Conservatives have presented themselves as staunch defenders of supply management. Yet, it turns out, no government will have done more to weaken supply management than the Conservative government.

To succeed in free trade negotiations with the European Union, the Harper government increased the quota for duty-free access for European cheeses by 17,700 tonnes. Dairy Farmers of Canada estimates this will lead to a loss of $110 million to $150 million in annual farm income and $300 million in annual Canadian-made cheese sales. To be sure, the Harper government has promised compensation to

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dairy farmers, but the amount and details are vague and indications are that the government will impose tough tests for farmers to qualify.

Now, International Trade Minister Ed Fast is joining 11 other trade ministers in Hawaii to complete negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. There, the U.S., joined by Australia and New Zealand, will push aggressively for Canada to open widely its supply managed sectors.

Fast has acknowledged there will be further changes to supply management in the TPP. “We have said to the supply-managed industry we will continue to promote and defend their interests whenever we negotiate trade agreements, but I think they also understand we have to find a balance that allows the rest of the economy to participate in the global marketplace,” adding the prize is too big to turn down so “accommodations” will have to be made.

While the U.S. is leading the charge against Canada, it has, since 1937, subsidized and protected its dairy farmers. It is continuing to do so today. Yet we don’t hear complaints about U.S. non-market practices from Canadian critics of our own supply management system, a system which aims to achieve the same results as the stated goals of the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture

says its objectives for dairy are “to stabilize market conditions, benefit producers and consumers by establishing orderly market conditions, and assure consumers of adequate supplies of pure and wholesome milk at all times.” It does this by issuing Federal Milk Marketing Orders, which require dairy processors to pay a set minimum price for milk for financial viability of dairy producers. It has also introduced an additional safety net program, the Dairy Producers Margin Protection Program, to protect dairy farmers from the impact of harmful differences between the price of milk and the cost of feed, with most of the financial risk for participating dairy farmers covered by taxpayers.

Canadian critics depict our dairy farmers as overpaid, wealthy individuals who are imposing cruelly high prices on the poor and preventing Canada from winning trade gains for other Canadian industries because they want to hang on to their allegedly rich lifestyles.

These critics go on to argue that since dairy, and egg and chicken, farmers are not important in political numbers they can easily be sacrificed, even if that means much hardship for those affected.

Yet there is much more at stake than the fate of dairy, chicken and egg farmers and their families.

There is, for example, an economy

of dairy farmers, dairy processors, a wide range of suppliers, a research and innovation community and customers who rely on dairy inputs for a range of other food products.

In 2013, some 12,234 dairy farmers garnered $5.9 billion in revenues while 465 dairy processing firms reported $16.4 billion in revenues. Dairy farmers purchase a wide range of inputs, from feed, fuel and fertilizer to technology and machinery, vehicles, and biological products to trucking insurance, financial and veterinarian services.

All are at risk as are the communities where these producers and processors are located across Canada.

If the Harper government is giving up its commitment to sustain supply management, it has an obligation not only to ensure that farmers are compensated for the loss of their supply management quotas but also to bring in new policies to ensure that Canada has a successful dairy chicken and egg industries in the years ahead. There is no such commitment today nor any sign one is in the works.

Canadians have been well served with high quality and innovative products from our dairy, chicken and egg farmers. We shouldn’t want to lose this.

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

The value of time lost while waiting HIGH ECONOMIC COST FOR PATIENTS AND THE ECONOMY

BY BACCHUS BARUA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Imagine being told you need medical treatment, but have to wait for more than two months before you can get it.

This is the average wait time experience for more than 900,000 Canadian patients. While some of them may be lucky enough to wait for their treatment without an impact on quality of life, others may endure weeks of pain and suffering. In some cases, patients waiting for treatment may no longer be able to do their jobs properly and may be forced to take time off work and forgo their income. A new Fraser Institute study estimates that this lost time and income added up to $1.2 billion in 2014.

But this is only part of the true value of time lost as a result of long waiting lists.

To begin with, this estimate is based only on the 9.8 week wait from specialist to treatment, which doesn’t account for the 8.5 weeks it takes to see a specialist in the first place. Secondly, it only considers hours during the work week. Canadians, of course, also place value on time spent with family and friends, pursuing recreational activities, and simply being “pain-free.” If we add the value of hours lost outside the work week (including evenings and weekends, but excluding eight hours of sleep) the cost estimate rises to $3.7 billion.

Large as this number is, it’s still likely an underestimate because it does not include the cost of care provided by family members and friends, or the very real possibility of increased disability (or, in some cases, death) as a patient’s condition deteriorates while they wait for treatment.

In fact, a more comprehensive estimate from a 2008 study by the Centre for Spatial Economics pegged the economic cost of waiting for just four procedures (joint replacement, coronary artery bypass surgery, cataract surgery, and MRI scans) at $14.8 billion — plus another $4.4 billion in foregone government revenues from a reduction in economic activity.

By all accounts, wait times are costing Canadian patients and the economy dearly. And yet, we resolutely stick to our failed model, and prevent patients from seeking private relief within our

borders.

Part of the reason for this is that health care policy in Canada is routinely debated as though any change from the status quo will result in a collapse of the universal health care promise we cherish so dearly.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The experiences of developed countries around the world show that it’s entirely possible to sustain an affordable universal health care system with-

out excessive wait times. For example, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and Switzerland all spend about the same as we do on their universal health care systems (on an age-adjusted basis).

However, none of them have the long wait times we see in Canada.

Even Australia and Sweden, countries where wait times can sometimes be problematic, perform better than Canada on measures of timeliness.

The experiences of other countries prove that lost time and lost income

caused by long waits for treatment are not a necessary by-product of a universal health care system. We owe it to the Canadians who are quietly suffering through their medical limbo to examine and pursue policies that have enabled these countries to offer timely access to quality care.

Bacchus Barua is a senior economist in the Fraser Institute’s Centre for Health Policy Studies. This column was supplied

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Everyone is unique, everyone has something to offer So, tell me the truth.

How often have you met someone, formed an opinion about them, only to meet them again later and find that you were totally wrong?

Strange thing is that if in your judgment of that person, you gave them a name whether defamatory or flattering, even if you were proven wrong, they will always carry that name in your mind.

For the last number of CHRIS years, my wife SALOMONS and I have been following the lives of a pair of loons that nest every year at McKenzie Park and we went to see if they had returned.

They did and so we watched them for a time. They just amaze me.

The correct name is the great northern loon more commonly known as a common loon. But on closer inspection, they are anything but common.

The colour patterns on their back and neck are just incredibly perfect and

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symmetrical, even if it’s just black and white. Their contoured build is totally streamlined for the way that they procure their food; they are considered a diving bird and feed on small fish and invertebrates. To watch them dive in clear water proves that point.

They carry their newborn young on their backs. Plus they spend nearly 95 per cent of their time on the water. They usually have one chick, but sometimes two or three. Like I said, these birds fascinate me, but truth be told, they aren’t the brightest swimmer on the pond. They commonly build their nests right on the shore line of an island, so in years of heavy rain, the nest often is destroyed. If the eggs are hatched, it’s no problem but otherwise they are totally at the mercy of the elements.

The first year that we saw this pair was when I learned that the chick rides on the backs of the adults. If there is a threat from a predator, the adult (if unable to tuck the chick underwing), dives while the chick is left floating by itself, totally vulnerable. For the next two years, they lost their young due to flooding, which is why I thought they might not come back. Sort of sad to experience, but then they are totally susceptible to weather vagaries.

So of course in my mind, I tend to relate everything to the folks down-

town who I work with; and no, it’s not because they are looney. Some maybe but for the large part not so. Rather, I feel that the lessons I learned from the loons really are applicable here.

Just as the loon is anything but common, and so is misnamed or inappropriately labelled, the same has happened to a lot of the folks on the street.

In the case of the loon, they received their name because of the clumsy way that they walk on land. It is with great effort and to us looks funny or crazy.

Frequently we will give a label to a person who has a physical disability or handicap.

All too often the names or labels that we apply to these individuals are demeaning and if spoken out loud, libelous.

Over time, the name loon has been applied to several species of diving birds, thereby giving it a redefined modicum of credibility, but the original was not so nice. We do the same with each other and some names have stuck — that really is our bad.

Watching the loons has made me realize that I should accord the same studious appraisal of my fellow human beings before giving them an erroneous handle.

By taking a long, hard look at the loons, especially when they are diving, I began to see how uniquely they were

created. When they dive, they stretch out until they are about a metre long and shaped like a speeding arrow as they hunt skittish minnows; their spotted colouring, especially under water, looks like reflections of the sun on the water. Like I said, it’s just amazing to watch this beautiful creation.

Those individuals who walk with an exaggerated limp, have Tourette’s syndrome or a slight mental handicap are not to be treated as stupid or rejected commodities.

They are like you and me, uniquely created to be a benefit to our society.

Each and every one of them has a gift that is similar to a beautiful loon or a diamond.

A diamond is found as just a clear glass bobble, but when placed in the hands of a skilled and caring craftsman who works with it, cutting, polishing, and setting it on a ring or pendant, it becomes an incredibly beautiful, brilliant adornment to anyone wearing it.

Is expecting the same from someone even if they do have a handicap any different? I believe if we take the time and put in the same amount of effort, they would become infinitely more valuable than a glass bobble that we pay thousands of dollars for.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Theater gunman methodically chose his victims, using gun he bought legally LAFAYETTE, La. — A man who lost his family, home and businesses as he spent years angrily espousing right-wing extremism on television, the Internet and to anyone else who would listen did not say a word as he opened fire on strangers in a darkened movie theatre, authorities said Friday.

John Russell Houser, 59, stood up about 20 minutes into Thursday night’s showing of Trainwreck and fired on the audience, killing two people and wounding nine with a semi-automatic handgun.

“That was a horrific scene in there — the blood on the floor, sticks in the seats (showing the trajectory of the bullets), the smell,” state police Col. Michael Edmonson said after top officials got an inside look at the theatre.

“He took his time, methodically choosing his victims,” Gov. Bobby Jindal added. “One of the surviving wounded victims actually played dead to stay alive.”

Houser then tried to escape by blending into the fleeing crowd after one of his victims pulled a fire alarm and hundreds poured out of the theatre complex. But he turned back as police officers approached, reloading and firing into the crowd before killing himself with a single shot inside the theatre, police said.

“This is such a senseless, tragic action,” Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said. “Why would you come here and do something like this?”

Investigators recovered Houser’s journals, were studying his online postings and trying to reconstruct his movements to identify a motive and provide what Edmonson called “some closure” for the victims’ families.

Craft said Houser bought the weapon legally at a pawnshop in Phenix City, Alabama, last year, and that he had visited the theatre more than once, perhaps to determine “whether there was anything that could be a soft target for him.”

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Turkish jets hit IS targets in Syria, Kurds in Iraq ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish jets flying from a base in Turkey’s southeast have struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria for the second straight night, Turkish news reports said Saturday.

The fighter jets also hit camps of Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq, the reports said.

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There was no immediate official confirmation of the airstrikes reported by the state-run TRT television and other media. If confirmed, it would be the first time Turkey has struck Kurds in northern Iraq since a peace deal was announced in 2013 between Ankara and the rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The private Dogan news agency said the Turkish jets were targeting PKK training facilities, shelters and anti-aircraft batteries in northern Iraq.

Tensions have flared with Kurds in recent days after an IS suicide bombing in the southeastern Turkish city of Suruc on Monday killed 32 people.

Kurdish groups blame the Turkish government for not combatting IS. On Wednesday, the PKK claimed responsibility for the killing of two Turkish policemen near the Kurdish majority city of Sanliurfa, near the Syrian border.

In other attacks, seven police officers were injured after suspected PKK militants hurled a small bomb at a police station in Bismil town, near the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, the Dogan news agency reported Friday. Assailants also hurled a small bomb at officers inside a police vehicle in the town of Semdinli, near the border with Iraq, the agency said.

Turkey started attacking IS positions after the suicide bombing and an IS ambush that killed a Turkish soldier.

On Friday, three F-16 jets struck IS targets that included two command centres and a gathering point near the Turkish border in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine IS militants were killed in the raids.

In a related development, Turkey announced Friday that it was allowing its air bases to be used by the U.S.-led coalition forces for operations against IS extremists.

Thirteen more bodies found; death toll in Nile boat collision now at 31 CAIRO — Egyptian search teams have retrieved 13 more bodies from this week’s boat collision on the Nile River, bringing the death toll from the tragedy to 31, the health ministry said Friday.

Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told The Associated Press that search efforts were still

ongoing following the late Wednesday night collision near Cairo, when a passenger boat travelling down the Nile collided with a scow, causing the boat to capsize. The scow’s captain and his assistant have been detained and accused of manslaughter.

The online edition of the state-owned Al-Ahram daily reported on Thursday that the families of the missing had blocked a main road in Warraq, the district where the boat sunk, briefly clashing with security forces, which finally broke up the protest.

Nile traffic has been heavy, especially near Cairo, as Egyptians celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday following the holy month of Ramadan.

Nile rides are among favourite pastimes during the holidays but many city dwellers also use the passenger boats for travel along the Nile.

U.S. airstrike kills senior Al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan IRBIL, Iraq — U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter said Friday that a U.S. airstrike recently killed a senior Al-Qaida operational commander in eastern Afghanistan.

The airstrike killed Abu Khalil Al-Sudani on July 11, Carter said in a brief statement given to reporters travelling with him in Iraq.

Carter called Al-Sudani a senior shura member and head of Al-Qaida suicide and explosive operations, and said he is directly linked to plots to attack the United States.

He said Al-Sudani also directed operations against coalition, Afghan and Pakistani forces, and maintained a close association with Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaida.

Carter added that two other “violent extremists” were killed in the airstrike. He did not name the two others.

The strike was in the Bermal district of Paktika province, which borders Pakistan.

A U.S. military official in Kabul said that Al-Sudani had also been close to Osama bin Laden before his death, and had fought alongside bin Laden in the 10-year anti-Soviet war that followed the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The official spoke on the condition that he not be identified because he was not authorized to provide the information.

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VIA FERRATA

BANFF’S NEW PROTECTED CLIMBING ROUTE MAKES MOUNTAINEERING ACCESSIBLE — EVEN FOR MIDDLE-AGED GREENHORNS

rom a high h allpiine rid idge near th the top of Mount Norquay, I could see the snow-dusted craggy peaks of more than a dozen mountains and I couldn’t believe I was standing there.

When you reach a cert ain age, you realize the chances of you ever climbi ng a mountain are not v ery good. If you haven’t taken up mountaineering in your first 50 years of life, it’s unlikely you’ll do it in t he next 50. But Banff’s new Via Ferrata is making mountaineering accessible — even for middle-aged greenhorns.

DEBBIE “Via Ferrata” is an ItalOLSEN ian term that means “iron r oad.” It is a protected climbing route that uses a

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mettall cabl ble thatt iis fi fixed d to tth he rock k every th three to o 10 metres or so. Iron rungs, pegs, carved footholdss, ladders and bridges can make up a Via Ferrata a route. Since climbers can secure themselves to o the cable, it’s possible for even inexperienced d climbers to traverse a Via Ferrata safely and it’s a great segue to mountaineering.

Via Ferrata climbing routes have been in the e Alps of Europe for years and were used during g the First and Second World Wars to get men and d equipment up mountains in strategical positions.

Sometimes even experienced climbers enjoy a Via Ferrata route, because it doesn’t require e ropes and other equipment and as a result they y can climb solo safely — in places where that is al-lowed.

Banff became first national park in Canada to o have an engineered Via Ferrata when one was installed at Mount Norquay ski hill in 2013. It was an n idea that was more than a decade in the making.

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The climb can be steep, but you’re completely safe at all times, because your self-locking carabiners are always attached to cables that are bolted into the mountain.

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ABOVE: The suspension bridge is one of the exciting features of the Mount Norquay Via Ferrata. Some people find it to be the hardest part.

BELOW: John Thornton is the lead guide for Via Ferrata and the man who conceived the idea for it — after experiencing other Via Ferratas in Europe. He was leading the six-hour Mountaineer tour that was climbing at the same time we were.

BOTTOM: The descent is probably the most dangerous part of the experience, because you are hiking down steep trails and are not clipped into a cable. If you can hike in the mountains, you should be fine.

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IRON ROAD: No threat of falling

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Walkout among up to 1,200 workers at NYC’s two major airports called off NEW YORK — A walkout among some baggage handlers, security guards and other workers at New York’s two major airports has been averted after the subcontractor they work for reached a deal with the union that seeks to represent them.

Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union said Wednesday that contractor Aviation Safeguards has agreed to be neutral regarding union representation for its employees at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.

Aviation Safeguard’s parent company, Herndon, Virginia-based Command Security Corp., said its employees “will be guaranteed a peaceful environment in which to make this decision.”

The union said earlier that as many as 1,200 workers would walk off the job Wednesday night at JFK and Thursday morning at LaGuardia.

The workers say they are seeking a $15 an hour minimum wage.

Swimmers and divers draw to Santa Rosa’s Blue Hole SANTA ROSA, N.M. — In an otherwise arid stretch of eastern New Mexico is a seemingly bottomless, deep blue swimming hole that has built up quite a reputation.

If you go ● Banff has three Via Ferrata climbing experiences, all led by ACMG-certified guides. The 2.5-hour Explorer climb costs $139 per person. The fourhour Ridgewalker route costs $179 per person. The six-hour Mountaineer climb costs $299 per person and includes an alpinist lunch and après after the climb at The Cliffhouse Bistro. For reservations or information, visit http://summer.banffnorquay.com/ climbing-routes/. ● Via Ferrata participants should wear long socks, hiking boots, sunglasses and dress in layers.

If you don’t have hiking boots or rain gear, those will be provided. You should also bring water and a snack. Via Ferrata goes rain or shine, but will be cancelled for lightning. ● Mount Norquay’s summer programs include the Via Ferrata and the mountainside Cliff House Bistro. Cliff House Bistro is located at the top of the chairlift and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during the summer months.

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

Local legend has it that outlaw Billy the Kid would take a dip in the Blue Hole before heading into Santa Rosa.

Weary railroad workers and passengers followed at the turn of the century, and then came the flood of travellers along historic Route 66.

The artesian spring, tucked into a rock outcropping just off the highway, pumps out some 3,000 gallons (11,000 litres) of water per minute. That’s enough to fill a standard swimming pool in short order so it’s no wonder that the steady flow results in crystal clear conditions that have attracted divers from around the world.

Then there’s the consistently cool temperature and the depth.

The bell-shaped spring gets wider as it gets deeper. At the bottom, about 80 feet (24 metres) down, there’s a metal grate to keeps divers from going any farther into the maze of caves that sits below it.

The cave system has

been sealed off since 1976, when two divers in training died after getting separated from their classmates. New Mexico State Police divers quickly found one of the bodies but it took several weeks to find the other. In the process, police divers were able to make a crude map of some of the unexplored passage ways.

At the time, one of the divers descended close to 200 feet (61 metres) and found himself at the edge of an underwater cliff. His powerful flashlight wasn’t enough to see the cave wall across from him or the bottom, sparking only more curiosity.

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easy to climb a mountain.

As we ate our snacks and watched the other climbers above us, we decided that some day we’d come back and try the six-hour route.

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The idea was conceived almost 15 years ago by John Thornton, a senior manager and lead guide at Norquay. Once management was onboard, it took many years for the approval process inside a national park. Thornton selected the route and supervised the installation when it was finally approved and now he guides groups along the route.

It was raining lightly when we arrived bright and early for the first Via Ferrata tour of the day and realized we were inadequately outfitted. My husband had his good hiking boots on, but my daughter and I were wearing shoes. None of us had proper rain gear. Our guide, Kim, took one look at my daughter’s runners and suggested she use the rental boots available for Via Ferrata guests. My shoes were adequate, but when she said that she had never had someone regret the decision to use the rental hiking boots, I decided to change my footwear, too.

Since it was raining, we all changed into rain gear next. “We provide hiking boots and rain gear, because we want our guests to enjoy themselves on the climb,” explained Kim. “Nobody has fun when they’re wet and cold. The hiking boots are there for safety, too. You’re less likely to slip on the climb or on the trail when you are wearing a good hiker with a heel.”

After we had chosen helmets and were fully attired, we boarded the chairlift to take the short ride up the mountain to the hiking trail that leads to the start of the Via Ferrata. It was raining lightly as we exited the chairlift and began walking up the steep trail. “Watch your step,” advised Kim. “The trails leading up to and between the climbs are probably the most dangerous part. You’re clipped in for the actual climb, so you can’t fall there.”

Kim demonstrated the technique for properly attaching the carabiners to the climbing cable, along with a climbing technique she called the cancan.

Then we each practised on a small climbing area before following her to the actual start of the climb.

Once we were on the Via Ferrata, we were attached to the climbing cable at all times, so there was no threat of falling. We climbed higher and higher up the mountain and it was surprisingly easy — even for me.

At one point we traversed a suspension bridge over a deep canyon. My daughter couldn’t resist jumping up and down to make the bridge shake when I got on.

When we reached the top of a ridge, I could see why they called this particular route the Ridgewalker climb. We let go of the cable and followed a trail right along the ridge of Mount Norquay surrounded by incredible views. The rain was still coming down, creating a foggy haze as we gazed down at the Town of Banff and the surrounding mountains. At higher elevations, many of the mountain tops were lightly dusted with snow.

We stood on the ridge at about 2,400 metres (7,900 feet) and watched the group on the Mountaineer route climbing even higher above us.

Prior to the climb, I worried that I wouldn’t be fit enough to make it, but the Via Ferrata made it fairly

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Hiking for the health of it HIKERS CAN LOSE 10 POUNDS IN A DAY — JUST NOT WHERE YOU THINK

BY KAREN NITKIN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Photos by ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

ABOVE; Jen Adach and Michael Martin — “ultralight” backpackers who make an art form of shedding gear — navigate a rocky descent on Gap Creek Trail.

RIGHT; On the trail of the popular Old Rag, in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park. For views just as beautiful, without ever-present crowds, try Massanutten Mountain. relative benefits of tents versus tarps, or how many pairs of socks to take. But, Michael notes, many hikers can trim 10 pounds or more simply by swapping out three things — old, heavy packs; sleeping bags; and tents — for new, lighter models.

The group organizes 75 hiking expeditions a month, plus educational seminars and gear showcases. “For our group, the philosophy is really to grow and nurture new backpackers,” Jen says. “We start with low-mileage trips, and we have a system where people advance as they gain new skills in the outdoors.”

On a recent Sunday, Michael and Jen took me on one of their favorite hikes. Massanutten Mountain is as close as many Shenandoah trails (about two hours from the Vienna park-and-ride), but far less crowded.

We saw only one other hiker, with her dog, even though it was a sunny, latespring Sunday.

This four-mile hike on the Gap Creek Trail was beautiful. And grueling. The final ascent was a jumble of rocks that Michael and Jen seemed to float over, while I had to use my arms to hoist myself up, one careful step at a time. My pack suddenly seemed unbearably heavy.

The first payoff was a warm, flat rock at the highest point, with a fabulous view over the valley. Payoff No. 2 was still a few hours away: an inexpensive and yummy meal at the Mexican restaurant Jalisco in Front Royal.

Michael and Jen spend a lot of time on trails all over the world, but they say they never get tired of the riches so close to home. “In the D.C. area, it’s pretty amazing that we have all these great hiking opportunities, and they’re so close,” Jen says.

Nitkin, a writer for Johns Hopkins Medicine, enjoys hiking and always took way too much stuff — until now.

IF YOU GO: WHERE TO BEGIN Jen and Michael recommend all the day hikes in their book, of course, but here are some of their favorites.

Cold Mountain A 6.1-mile round trip through alpine meadows and open fields, with excellent views from the top. Located in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, the trailhead is east of Buena Vista.

Mount Pleasant Stunning views from the Blue Ridge summit, particularly at sunset, give this 6.5-mile outing one of the region’s best payoffs for the effort. Located in Vesuvius, take Interstate 81 south to U.S. 60 East toward Buena Vista.

Old Rag It’s crowded, but this nine-mile hike in central Shenandoah National Park is a classic for a reason, thanks to the challenging rocky scramble to the ridgeline and its fantastic views. Pick up the trail in park’s borders, south of Sperryville.

Big Schloss A 4.4-mile round trip with an exhilarating rock scramble to the summit.

The trailhead is in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, in the Wolf Gap Recreation Area, southwest of Front Royal.

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About a mile into my hike with Michael Martin and Jennifer Adach, leaders of the D.C. Ultralight Backpacking group, we stop to compare our loads.

We’re standing in a clearing on the Gap Creek Trail on Massanutten Mountain. The path so far has been gentle, steadily uphill, not difficult. But it’s a warm, humid Virginia day, and sweat drips off my nose.

Michael and Jen are indulging me.

Normally, they would keep walking, probably for hours, but they stop to show me some of their gear and explain how it fits into their ultralight, long-distance hiking philosophy.

Michael and I shrug off our packs, and I lift one in each hand. I’m not surprised that Michael’s pack weighs a little bit less than mine. But I’m impressed, because Michael can travel for days with what he’s brought along on our day hike. He’s got an entire cooking system in there, a tarp, a sleeping bag, maps, a first aid kit. My pack, stuffed with water, snacks and an extra pair of socks, wouldn’t see me past sunset.

Ultralight backpackers such as Michael and Jen have made an art form of cutting the weight of their gear to 10 pounds or less, not counting food and water. With the D.C. Ultralight group (known as D.C. ULers), Michael and Jen have traveled hundreds of miles on trips across Sweden, Italy and Iceland.

In their new book, the couple hope to introduce people to the outdoor opportunities in our region.

AMC’s Best Day Hikes in the Shenandoah Valley, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club last month, describes 50 of Jen and Michael’s favorite trails, all close enough to the District to drive and hike in a day. The longest is the strenuous 13.2-mile Three Ridges trail, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The shortest is the 1.2-mile Blackrock Trail, in Shenandoah National Park.

There’s something for everyone, says Jen — particularly new hikers or people who recently moved to the Washington area.

The couple spent about a year researching the book, heading out nearly every weekend, rain and shine. “It was nice to have this reminder of how accessible it all is,” says Jen. “We’ve rediscovered a lot of great hikes.”

“Best Day Hikes” could be considered a prequel to Michael’s 2014 book, also published by the Appalachian Mountain Club. “AMC’s Best Backpacking in the Mid-Atlantic” features 30 multi-day hikes as far north as New York and as far south as Virginia. “I do believe that the lighter your load, the happier you’re going to be on the trail,” Michael writes.

“It’s not about leaving stuff at home,” says Jen, 38, who grew up on Long Island and works for the Food Research and Action Center, an antihunger nonprofit organization in the District. “You look at where you’re going and look at the things you need.

You really get dialed into your gear and how to use it.”

The goal, Michael and Jen say, is to carry everything that’s needed for comfort and safety — and not one fraction of an ounce more. Some D.C. ULers snap the handles off their toothbrushes. Others dehydrate toothpaste.

Michael and Jen typically cover 20 miles per day. “It’s all a question of gear and willpower,” says Michael, 43, a Texas native employed by the Department of Agriculture. They start hours before the sun rises and stop late in the day, leaving just enough time to eat, set up their tarp, and collapse into deep sleep before starting again the next day.

Those early-morning hours are the magical ones, they say, when the air is cool and wildlife abundant.

Nobody likes schlepping around more stuff than they need, but ultralight hiking as a concept is fairly new, dating to the 1990s. Michael believes the D.C. Ultralight group is the largest such organization in the country.

Formed in 2009, it has about 700 members and perhaps 150 active ones, he says.

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Redblacks upset Stamps ALVARADO FIELD GOAL LIFTS OTTAWA OVER CALGARY IN OVERTIME

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ottawa 29 Calgary 26 OTTAWA — Delbert Alvarado couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In a matter of minutes the Redblacks kicker experienced an amazing shift of emotions.

The 26 year old proved to be the hero Friday night, kicking a 34-yard field goal to lead Ottawa to a 29-26 overtime victory over the Calgary Stampeders in front of 23,018 fans.

Alvarado could have just as easily walked away with his head between his knees after missing a 32-yard field goal late in regulation with the game tied 26-26, but the young kicker was given a second opportunity and he made the most of it.

“It’s not easy,” said Alvarado. “You feel like you let your teammates down in that moment, but to have a second opportunity you just want to reward (your teammates) and they deserve it so you want to make sure all their hard work and effort gets rewarded when it’s all said and done.”

The Redblacks improved to 3-2 while the Stampeders dropped their second of the season for an identical record.

The win not only allowed Ottawa to snap a two-game losing streak, but will allow the team to head into a bye week feeling positive about their game.

“It’s good that we went out there and got a victory,” said QB Henry Burris. “It will give us a big momentum swing going into August.

“There’s still a lot of work we have to do to get better, but it was good to see us take the huge step forward offensively.”

Burris finished the night 28-for-43 and 389 yards and three touchdowns, while Bo Levi Mitchell was 23-for-41 and 318 yards and one TD for Calgary.

“You’ve got to give credit to Ottawa, they played hard all night coming back after two losses,” said Mitchell. “We’ve got to be better, especially me. End of the game, you can’t let that happen.”

What happened was Mitchell was

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Ottawa Redblacks’ kicker Delbert Alvarado is hoisted up by his teammates after kicking the game winning field goal in overtime against the Calgary Stampeders during CFL football action in Ottawa on Friday. Redblacks defeated the Stampeders 29-26. hit in overtime and fumbled the ball, allowing Ottawa to get into scoring position with the game on the line.

“Turnovers usually do have a big factor in wins and losses,” said Stampeders coach John Hufnagel.

The Redblacks trailed all night until Chris Williams was able to run in an 84-yard touchdown pass to give Ottawa a 26-23 lead midway through the fourth quarter.

Calgary tied the game on a 49-yard field goal and then Alvarado missed the field goal to avoid overtime.

After scoring 19 points in the first half, Calgary was held to just seven in

the second as it picked up two field goals and a single.

In comparison the Redblacks seemed to find their momentum in the second half and were able to make the most of their opportunities.

With Calgary leading 22-17 Alvarado hit a 43-yard field goal, but a single by the Stampeders made it a three-point game after three quarters.

The Redblacks trailed 19-17 at the half.

The Stampeders got the lead on a 33-yard touchdown pass to Eric Rogers and a two-point conversion and Rene Paredes added a 42-yard field goal to

put Calgary ahead 11-0.

For the first time this season the Redblacks were able to score in the opening 15 minutes as Ernest Jackson pulled in a 23-yard touchdown pass.

Jeremiah Johnson had the two-point conversion to make it an 11-8 game.

Penalty trouble by the Redblacks allowed the Stampeders to get into scoring position and Jon Cornish picked up his third touchdown of the season.

A two-point conversion gave Calgary a 19-8 lead.

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Campbell shoots 63 to surge to lead

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OAKVILLE, Ont. — Chad Campbell didn’t feel like he was approaching history during the second round of the Canadian Open.

Rolling off birdie after birdie, Campbell missed the course record at Glen Abbey Golf Club by one stroke in shooting a 9-under-par 63. The bogeyfree masterpiece gave him the tournament lead at 14-under.

“Never really felt like it was going to be a crazy round, which nine birdies, I’m definitely happy with it,” Campbell said. “Just solid play.”

Campbell’s understated assessment of his round had a lot to do with how it unfolded. The 41-year-old American didn’t sink any remarkably memorable shots but was consistent and didn’t make many mistakes.

“It’s kind of weird because it happened with the par-5s, knocking them on (the green) in two and two-putting,” Campbell said. “I made a couple long putts, which always helps.”

With some groups still left on the course, Campbell held a two-shot lead over Brian Harman and a three-shot lead over Johnson Wagner and Canadian David Hearn.

Like Campbell, Hearn didn’t have to do anything spectacular but still surged up the leaderboard with an 8-under 64.

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Chad Campbell, of the USA, chips up onto the eighth green during second round of play at the Canadian Open golf tournament in Oakville, Ont., on Friday.

“I felt really good about my game,” the Brantford, Ont., native said. “I hit a lot more greens, and my putter definitely got hot. Making those two birdies at the finish felt really, really good.”

After coming a putt away from winning the Greenbrier Classic earlier this month, Hearn is back to feeling good about his game after Friday’s performance.

“If I continue to keep playing the way I am, I know I have a chance,” he said. “I can’t control what Chad or any of the other players are going to do. But if I keep doing what I’m doing and stay focused on that, I like my chances.”

Campbell’s second round notwithstanding, the RBC Canadian Open looks wide-open going into the weekend. Harman came a three-putt and a “silly bogey” away from being right with Campbell, and 10th-ranked Jason Day is lurking at 10-under.

Day is coming off tying for fourth at the British Open, which didn’t wrap up until Monday.

Fighting physical and mental fatigue, the affable Aussie recorded an eagle on the 18th hole on the way to contention.

Frustrated by a couple of bogeys, Day doesn’t anticipate fatigue getting to derail his Canadian Open.

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De Grasse shatters Canadian records in 200-metre dash

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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TORONTO — Canadian sprint sensation Andre De Grasse laid down another stunning performance Friday.

The 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., shattered his own Canadian 200-metre record to win gold at the Pan American Games.

De Grasse crossed in 19.88 seconds, beating his previous mark of 20.03 to become the first Canadian in history to run both a sub-10, in the 100 metres, and sub-20 in the 200.

“It’s amazing. It feels so unreal right now,” said De Grasse. “I can’t believe I did it. Somehow I just managed to pull

it off. I’m really happy about this.”

Running blind out of Lane 8, amid a world-class field, De Grasse battled down the homestretch to outlean Jamaica’s Rasheed Dwyer and Panama’s Alonso Edward at the finish line.

Dwyer and Edward crossed in 19.90 — Dwyer taking the silver and Edward the bronze.

De Grasse won the 100 metres on Wednesday night in 10.05.

His performance led of another strong night at the Pan Am track.

Nathan Brannen of Cambridge, Ont., won silver in the 1,500 metres, while

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Quebec City won the bronze.

Genevieve Lalonde of Moncton, N.B., raced to bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase.

De Grasse, meanwhile, has burst onto the international scene this season with a series of eyepopping results.

He broke the Canadian record in the 200 — 20.03 — before breaking his own mark on Friday.

He also became the first Canadian in 15 years to break the 10-second barrier in the 100.

He’s coming off an NCAA season that saw him sweep the 100 and 200 titles.

Canada sits at 71 gold medals, 63

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silver and 59 bronze, second best at the games with 193 medals total. The United States leads the medal standings with 89 golds, 72 silvers and 73 bronze.

Canada also won gold in boxing as Toronto’s Arthur Biyarslanov won the men’s light welterweight final with a split decision over Cuba’s Yasnier Toledo. Ringside judges scored the bout 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 for Biyarslanov.

“It feels awesome. It was my goal to win gold for Canada, so I’m very happy,” said Biyarslanov. “Canada hasn’t won a gold in men’s boxing for over 30 years, so I’m glad to have broken that and won a gold for Canada.”

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Rain washes out most of day’s play

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNNINGDALE, England — Torrential rain wiped out most play Friday at the Senior British Open with more than half the field still to start their second round.

Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie is one of eight players on 5 under at the top of the leaderboard but six of them have yet to play a hole in the second round.

Defending champion Bernhard Langer, Americans Michael Allen, Marco Dawson, Lee Janzen and Jeff Sluman, plus Spain’s Miguel Angel

SENIOR BRITISH OPEN Jimenez, will start their second rounds when play resumes at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Two strokes behind overnight, Montgomerie birdied three of his first five holes to lead outright on 6 under.

With increasing rain, he bogeyed No. 10, birdied the 11th and bogeyed the 12th to return to 5 under overall, and 2-under 45 for the 12 holes he played.

China’s Lianwei Zhang and Bart Bryant of the United States had start-

Fireworks on Stage 19 of Tour de France

ed their second rounds when play was suspended for the day at 3 p.m.

Bryant parred the two holes he played to stay tied in first place — a stroke ahead of Zhang, who was 1 over for the round after 11 holes and tied for ninth.

Ian Woosnam made a move up the leaderboard with an eagle at the first and birdies at Nos. 4 and 9 to be out in 31.

The Welshman was 5 under over-

all at the turn, but in the worst of the weather he dropped strokes at the 10th and 12th and was 3 under when play stopped.

Woosnam is tied for 12th, including Duffy Waldorf, who had four birdies and just two dropped shots in the 17 holes he played Friday.

“The plan will be to finish round two and start round three tomorrow, when the forecast isn’t too bad,” said David Williams, chairman of the European Senior Tour.

“We’ll finish that off on Sunday morning ... and finish (the tournament) when we’re meant to.”

BLUE JAYS AT MARINERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

STORIES FROM PAGE B4

CFL: Control An Aston Whiteside sack gave the Redblacks control on Calgary’s 23, but penalties forced the Redblacks to settle for a 25-yard field goal.

The Redblacks nearly tied the game after Burris connected with Greg Ellingson for a six-yard TD. Looking to even the score, Ottawa went for the two-point conversion and despite having two attempts was unsuccessful.

Notes: Calgary’s Jon Cornish suffered a broken thumb and is expected to be out indefinitely.

In other CFL action Ronnie Pfeffer nailed his third field goal of the night with 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter as the Toronto Argonauts stormed back from an early 21-0 deficit to stun the B.C. Lions 30-27 on Friday night.

The rookie kicker’s 29-yard attempt capped an impressive comeback led by quarterback Trevor Harris, who threw two touchdown passes to go along with two interceptions for the Argonauts (3-1). Harris also scored on a two-yard TD run.

Andrew Harris ran in two scores and added another through the air in the game’s first 15 minutes 40 seconds for the Lions (2-2) as B.C. built an early 21-0 lead before Toronto started its comeback. Travis Lulay finished with one touchdown pass against one interception.

With the score tied 21-21 in the fourth quarter and the Lions’ offence stuck in neutral, Richie Leone nailed a 39-yard field goal with just over six minutes remaining for the home side’s first points since early in the second.

But Trevor Harris drove his team back the other way and hooked up with Natey Adjei with 3:31 to play to give the Argonauts their first lead at 27-24 after Pfeffer failed to connect on a 32-yard convert attempt.

Shaq Murray-Lawrence returned the ensuing kickoff to Toronto’s 35-yard line, but B.C. could only attempt another field goal, which Leone nailed from 42 yards out to tie the

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Reyes, left, scores as Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino turns toward him for the tag during the first inning of a baseball game Friday. The Mariners would go on to win the game 5-2.

Glendale City Council ratifies arena lease agreement with Arizona Coyotes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Glendale City Council voted unanimously in favour of a restructured arena lease agreement with the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, keeping the team in the desert for at least two more years.

The deal approved by the sevenmember council replaces a 15-year, $225 million arena management agreement signed in 2013. The new deal cuts Glendale’s annual arena management fee to the Coyotes from $15 million to $6.5 million, turns all hockey-related profits over to the Coyotes and rescinds a five-year out clause the team had in the original agreement.

“This is fair arrangement for the city, a fair arrangement for the taxpayers and a fair arrangement for the Coyotes and our fans and our sponsors,” Coyotes co-owner, president and CEO Anthony LeBlanc said.

The new deal comes after the City Council voted June 10 to terminate the score 27-27 with 2:22 on the clock before Pfeffer booted the winning points.

Down 21-7 at the half, the Argonauts cut the Lions’ lead to 11 on Pfeffer’s 33-yard field goal early in the third quarter.

B.C. turned the ball over on downs on Toronto’s side of half late in the quarter and Trevor Harris drove his team down the field before scoring on a two-yard plunge that with a two-point convert pass to Kevin Elliott made the score 21-18.

Pfeffer then nailed a 44-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to tie the score, before finishing off the Lions with a late kick to win 30-27.

GOLF: Feeling mentally sharp “I’m driving it great,” Day said. “I’d like to tune-up the iron shots, but overall I’m hitting it good. ”Biggest thing for me is still trying to get as much rest as possible, especially coming off last week so that I can stay mentally sharp.“ Canadian Graham DeLaet was feeling mentally sharp but physically couldn’t keep golfing. The left thumb injury he suffered on Thursday didn’t get better, so DeLaet withdrew after four holes Friday.

“When it all came down to it, I felt if I could compete and still hit the ball well, I probably would have kept going,” DeLaet said. “But I didn’t have any kind of golf game out there today, and then it was hurting.”

Among Canadians still in the field, amateur Austin Connelly was one stroke away from matching Hearn’s mark, shooting a 7-under 65. Connelly, who represented Canada in the Pan Am Games, is at 6-under through two rounds.

Fellow amateur Blair Hamilton is 5-under, and Adam Svensson is 4-under.

Ricky Barnes hit a hole-in-one on No. 4, winning a car in the process.

“It was a perfect 8-iron,” said Barnes, who’s 6-under. “I think the yardage was 165 into a little breeze, and it just landed right in the hole and never came out.”

original arena lease agreement, citing a conflict-of-interest law. The Coyotes obtained a temporary restraining order two days later and the two sides were likely facing a long court battle with the team threatening to sue the city.

The new deal allows Glendale to cut costs and gives the Coyotes a chance to work out a new long-term deal or explore other options like a new arena in downtown Phoenix.

“It truly was a truly unpleasant process, but I think it was something that was necessary,” Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers said. “This is a decision that benefits the entire city, the Coyotes, the Coyotes fans, which have proven they are very vocal. At the same time, we represent our citizens and we have to uphold that. I think this accomplishes all of that.”

The council voted to void the original arena lease agreement, citing an Arizona statute that allows a government entity to end an agreement if a person who worked on the deal later

represents the other party. Former city attorney Craig Tindall was the Coyotes general counsel before being terminated under the new deal with the city and former Glendale communications director Julie Frisoni did consulting work for the team after leaving her job.

The Coyotes responded swiftly to the decision, threatening a multimillion-dollar lawsuit while vowing to stick to the original agreement signed

by IceArizona shortly after it bought the team from the NHL two years ago.

The team’s stance changed with the start of the NHL’s free agency period.

While talking to agents, the Coyotes learned several players would not even consider playing in Arizona because of the team’s uncertain future. The Coyotes were still able to land a decent free-agency haul, bringing back former players Antoine Vermette, Boyd Gordon and Zbynek Michalek, but could only get Mikkel Boedker — one of the team’s best young players — to sign a one-year deal.

GAMES: Beat Chile

can Ashley Higginson (9:48.12) won gold, while Shalaya Kipp took silver in 9:49.96.

Winnipeg’s Erin Teschuk was fourth in 10:02.33.

Montreal’s Patrice Boily-Martineau won bronze in men’s 75-kilogram karate. In team sports, Canada will go for men’s basketball gold after defeating the United States 111-108 in an overtime thriller.

Also, Brienne Stairs of Kitchener, Ont., scored the winning goal as Canada beat Chile 1-0 in the women’s field hockey bronze-medal game.

Genevieve Lalonde of Moncton, N.B., also earned a bronze, finishing the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase in nine minutes 53.03 seconds. Ameri-

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LA TOUSSUIRE, France — Chris Froome always expected his rivals to throw everything at him and his Tour de France race lead. He just didn’t expect that would happen when he was stopped by the side of the road.

Showing bristle beneath his mild manners, the British rider angrily tore into Vincenzo Nibali, calling him “unsportsmanlike,” after the defending champion accelerated away while Froome was fixing a stuck wheel on the toughest Alpine climb on Friday.

Nibali, who went on to win Stage 19, said: “He was very angry but that’s his problem.”

Froome said a stone or piece of asphalt jammed between his brake and rear wheel on the Col de la Croix de Fer climb, forcing him to pull up momentarily to unjam it.

While Froome stopped, Nibali rode away.

Those weren’t the only fireworks on the exhausting Alpine stage that moved Froome one step closer to a second Tour victory.

On the stage’s final climb to the La Toussuire ski station, Nairo Quintana launched his most sustained and telling attack against the 2013 champion, and this time got the better of him.

Showing for the first time at this Tour that he’s not untouchable, Froome chose not to stay with the Colombian, his closest rival, as he rode away, eating into the Team Sky rider’s overall race lead.

Froome said he preferred to save energy for Saturday’s last Alpine stage, which features two very hard climbs.

So rather than hunt down the Movistar rider, Froome rode steadily, telling himself: “’I don’t need to panic but I do need to keep something in reserve.”’

He didn’t hold back on Nibali.

At the finish, “I told him exactly what I thought of him,” Froome said.

There was other unpleasantness out on the road. TV images of the final climb appeared to show a spectator spitting toward the race leader as he sped past. Froome said he didn’t see the man but called his behaviour “appalling.”

SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today

● Mosquito AA baseball: Provincial tier 4 and tier 6 championships at Great Chief Park fastball diamonds; games at 9 a.m., noon, 3 and 6 p.m. ● Women’s rugby: Calgary Irish at Red Deer Titans, 1:45 p.m., Titans Park. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, doubleheader, 3 and 6 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Alberta Football League: Fort McMurray Monarchs at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Senior C Lacrosse: Airdrie Mohawks at Blackfalds Silverbacks, first game of best-of-three provincial final, 7 p.m.

Sunday

● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park. ● Mosquito AA baseball: Provincial tier 4 and tier 6 championships at Great Chief Park fastball diamonds; finals at noon. ● Senior C lacrosse: Airdrie Mohawks at Blackfalds Silverbacks, second game of best-of-three provincial final, 1 p.m.; third game, if necessary, 3:10 p.m. (mini game). ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer TBS Rampage, fifth game of best-of-five playoff series, if necessary, 3 p.m., Kinex.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled 1B Jesus Aguilar from Columbus (IL). Optioned LHP Kyle Crockett to Columbus.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled INF Cheslor Cuthbert from Omaha (PCL). Optioned INF Dusty Coleman to Omaha.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned OF L.J. Hoes to Fresno (PCL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Acquired INF Conor Gillaspie from the Chicago White Sox for cash. Designated LHP Adam Wilk for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Angel Castro from Nashville (PCL). Optioned RHP Arnold Leon to Nashville.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Activated OF Corey Dickerson from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Rex Brothers to Albuquerque (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Zack Greinke on the paternity list. Recalled RHP Josh Ravin from Oklahoma City (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Recalled RHP Andre Rienzo from New Orleans (PCL).

NEW YORK METS — Placed OF Michael Cuddyer on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Michael Conforto from Binghamton (EL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Acquired RHP Steve Cishek from Miami for RHP Kyle Barraclough.

Eastern League TRENTON THUNDER — Announced INF/OF Jose Rosario was transferred from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). Placed RHP Andrew Bailey on temporarily inactive list.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Signed LHP Matthew McCormick.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed INF Jairo Perez.

LAREDO LEMURS — Signed INF Ty Forney.

Released RHP Mark Haynes.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed LHP Jon Jones.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Release RHP Matt Soren.

Frontier League RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed OF Kelton Caldwell. Released 1B Mike Parker.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed RHP Taylor Thurber.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed G-Fs Lamar Patterson and Terran Petteway.

DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G John Jenkins and F Jarrid Famous.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Scottie Wilbekin.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Signed G Phil Pressey and F Cliff Alexander.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Denver DE Derek Wolfe four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances, Kansas City CB Sean Smith for three games after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge earlier this year and Minnesota CB Jabari Price for two games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TE Jermaine Gresham to a one-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released CB Bernard Blake.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released QB Josh Freeman.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Josh Thomas.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed CB C.J. Wilson on the reserve/retired list. Waived LB Jared Koster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Signed Fs Josh Jooris and Turner Elson to a one-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Agreed to terms with RW Tomas Jurco on a two-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed F Alexander Semin to a one-year contract and F Daniel Audette to a three-year, entry-level contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed D Jack Dougherty to a three-year entry-level contract.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Named Tom Fitzgerald assistant general manager.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Announced the resignation of chief executive officer Tod Leiweke to become chief operating officer of the National Football League. Named Steve Griggs chief executive officer.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed G Braden Holtby to a five-year contract extension and D Ryan Stanton to a one-year contract.

ECHL FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to terms with F Maxime St. Cyr on a one-year contract.

MOTORSPORTS Atlanta Motor Speedway AMS — Named Ken Ragan director of the U.S. Legends racing program.

SOCCER Major League Soccer TORONTO FC — Signed D Ahmed Kantari.

North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed MF Danny Szetela to a contract extension.

COLLEGE CASTLETON — Named Drew Henley strength and conditioning coach.

NORTH CAROLINA — Suspended senior CB Malik Simmons indefinitely from all team activities.

ALBERTA SENIOR MEN’S GOLF The province’s premier 55 and over golfers will gather at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club for the Alberta Senior Men’s Amateur Championship Tuesday to Thursday. The list of Central Alberta competitors includes Tom Skinner, Ken Evanecz, Merv Dusyk, Pete Duncan, Dale Bingham, Tim Gyori and Eric Brodie of the host club, as well as Rick Young and Les Swelin of Sundre, Keith Newton of Olds and Ron Skoreyko and Tom McKinlay Sr. of Lacombe.

Frank Van Dornick of Camrose, the 2014 champion, is not in this year’s field. The first tee time is at 7 a.m. and the finalround leaders will head out at about 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015

Baseball RED DEER SR. MEN’S Canadian Brewhouse 15 Gary Moe Volkswagen 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB New York 53 42 .558 — Tampa Bay 49 49 .500 5.5 Toronto 49 49 .500 5.5 Baltimore 46 49 .484 7 Boston 43 54 .443 11 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 57 38 .600 — Minnesota 52 44 .542 5.5 Detroit 47 49 .490 10.5 Cleveland 45 50 .474 12 Chicago 44 50 .468 12.5 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 54 42 .563 — Houston 55 43 .561 — Texas 46 49 .484 7.5 Seattle 45 52 .464 9.5 Oakland 44 53 .454 10.5 Friday’s Games Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1 Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 0 Boston 2, Detroit 1, 11 innings Houston 4, Kansas City 0 Minnesota 10, N.Y. Yankees 1 Texas 4, L.A. Angels 2 Seattle 5, Toronto 2 Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Today’s Games Detroit (Simon 8-6) at Boston (S.Wright 3-3), 2:05 p.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 0-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 10-5), 2:05 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 9-2) at Seattle (Happ 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 8-6) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-3), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-5) at Cleveland (Carrasco 10-7), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 4-5) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 4-4), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-8) at Minnesota (Milone 5-2), 5:10 p.m.

Texas (Gallardo 7-9) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4), 7:05 p.m.

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

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

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

Toronto at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 6:08 p.m.

Monday’s Games Atlanta at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

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

Arizona at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 51 44 .537 — New York 49 48 .505 3 Atlanta 45 51 .469 6.5 Miami 41 56 .423 11 Philadelphia 35 63 .357 17.5 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 62 34 .646 — Pittsburgh 56 40 .583 6 Chicago 51 44 .537 10.5 Cincinnati 42 52 .447 19 Milwaukee 43 54 .443 19.5 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 56 42 .571 — San Francisco 51 44 .537 3.5 San Diego 45 52 .464 10.5 Arizona 44 51 .463 10.5 Colorado 41 53 .436 13 Friday’s Games Philadelphia 5, Chicago Cubs 3, 10 innings Pittsburgh 7, Washington 5 L.A. Dodgers 7, N.Y. Mets 2 St. Louis 4, Atlanta 2 Colorado 6, Cincinnati 5 Milwaukee 2, Arizona 1 San Diego 3, Miami 1 Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Today’s Games Oakland (Bassitt 0-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 10-5), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 5-7) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 11-5), 2:05 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 7-4) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 8-3), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Z.Lee 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 8-7), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (S.Miller 5-6) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 10-4), 5:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 6-6) at Colorado (Rusin 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Jungmann 5-1) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 7-5), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Phelps 4-6) at San Diego (Kennedy 5-9), 6:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Atlanta at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

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(10 innings) J.Williams, J.Gomez (7), Giles (9), Papelbon (10) and Rupp, Ruiz; Lester, H.Rondon (8), Motte (9), J.Russell (10), Soriano (10) and D.Ross. W—Giles 5-2. L—J.Russell 0-2. Sv—Papelbon (17). HRs— Philadelphia, Francoeur (9). Chicago, Bryant (13), Coghlan (10).

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L—Solis 1-1. Sv—Melancon (31). HRs—Washington, Desmond (10). Pittsburgh, P.Alvarez (14), G.Polanco (4), N.Walker (8).

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HRs—San Diego, Wallace (1), Alonso (3), Kemp (11).

Pan Am Games 2015 PAN AM MEDAL STANDINGS TORONTO — Medal standings at the 2015 Pan Am Games (ranked by total gold medals won): Nation G S B Total U.S. 90 72 73 235 Canada 71 63 59 193 Brazil 34 34 55 123 Cuba 30 23 33 86 Colombia 26 12 30 68 Mexico 19 27 39 85 Argentina 11 25 29 65 Guatemala 6 0 3 9 Venezuela 5 17 16 38 Chile 5 6 15 26 Ecuador 4 9 13 26 Dominican Rep. 3 6 9 18 Peru 3 3 6 12 Jamaica 3 2 2 7 Trinidad & Tobago 2 3 1 6 Bahamas 2 1 1 4 Puerto Rico 1 1 12 14 St. Lucia 1 0 0 1 Uruguay 0 1 3 4 Barbados 0 1 2 3 Paraguay 0 1 2 3 Bolivia 0 1 1 2 Panama 0 1 1 2 Antigua & Barbuda 0 1 0 1 Grenada 0 1 0 1 Honduras 0 1 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 2 2 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 Costa Rica 0 0 1 1 St. Kitts & Nevis 0 0 1 1 St. Vincent & Grenadines 0 0 1 WHAT CANADA DID FRIDAY AT THE PAN AM GAMES TORONTO — What Canada Did on Friday at the Pan American Games (distances in metres unless specified): ATHLETICS

Men’s 200 — Andre De Grasse, Markham, Ont., won the gold medal in a personal-best time of 19.88 seconds.

Men’s 110 hurdles — Johnathan Cabral, Peribonka, Que., placed eighth in the final (14.07); Sekou Kaba, Ottawa, finished third in his qualifying heat (13.57), did not advance.

Men’s 1,500 — Nathan Brannen of Cambridge, Ont.,won the silver medal (3:41.66) and Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Quebec City, was 0.13 seconds behind (3:41.79) to take the bronze medal.

Men’s 4x400 relay — Canada (Philip Osei, Toronto; Nathan George, Coquitlam. B.C.; Brandon McBride, Windsor, Ont.; Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont.) finished fourth in a semifinal heat with a season-best 3:05.40, but it was not enough to earn a berth in the final.

Men’s triple jump — Tacuma Anderson-Richards, Toronto, finished 13th overall (15.89); Aaron Hernandez failed to register a mark.

Men’s 4x100 relay — Canada (Gavin Smellie, Brampton, Ont.; Aaron Brown, Toronto; Dontae Richards-Kwok, Toronto; Brendon Rodney, Brampton. Ont.; Andre De Grasse, Markham, Ont.) placed third in their semifinal with a season-best 38.39 — will race in Saturday’s final.

Men’s javelin — Evan Karakolis , Toronto, placed seventh in the final with a personal-best 75.09 metres; Raymond Dysktra, Grimsby, Ont., 11th (73.73).

Women’s 200 — Kimberly Hyacinthe, Terrebonne, Que., was sixth in the final (23.28).

Women’s 4x400 relay — Canada (Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Montreal; Taylor Sharpe, Pickering, Ont.; Sarah Wells, Toronto; Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Humboldt, Sask.; Sage Watson, Medicine Hat, Alta.) placed third in their semifinal (3:30.61) and will compete in Saturday’s final.

Women’s discus throw — Alanna Kovacs, Barrie, Ont., placed 10th with a season-best mark of 49.08 metres; Marie-Josee Le Jour, Dorval, Que., finished 11th (44.67).

Women’s heptathlon — Jessica Zelinka,

London, Ont., is ranked fourth after the first day of the event (100 hurdles: first, 13.12; high jump: 11th, 1.65; shot put: fifth, 13.87; 200: sixth, 24.47); Jillian Drouin, Corunna, Ont., is 12th (100 hurdles: disqualified; high jump: second, 1.80; shot put: seventh: 12.80; 200: 12th, 25.51).

Women’s 4x100 relay — Canada (Crystal Emmanuel, Toronto; Kimberly Hyacinthe, Terrebonne, Que.; Jellisa Westney, Mississauga, Ont.; Khamica Bingham, Brampton, Ont.; Shaina Harrison, Aurora, Ont.) second in semifinal heat (42.98) and will compete in Saturday’s final.

BASKETBALL Men — Canada (4-0) defeated the U.S. 111-108 in overtime in the semifinals. The Canadians will play Brazil on Saturday for the gold medal.

BOWLING Men’s Singles — Dan MacLelland, Kitchener, Ont. (224.9 average after 12 games), finished second in qualifying with a total of 2,699 pins. Francois Lavoie, Quebec City (224.5 after 12) finished third with 2,694. Both advanced to Saturday’s final rounds.

Women’s Singles — Isabelle Rioux, TroisRivieres, Que. (202.0 average after 12 games), finished 10th in qualifying with a total of 2,424 pins.

Robin Orlikowski, St. Catharines, Ont. (196.6 after 12) finished 14th with 2,359. Niether advanced to Saturday’s final rounds.

BOXING Men’s Light Welterweight (64kg) — Arthur Biyarslanov, Toronto, defeated Yasnier Toledo, Cuba, 2-1 for the gold medal.

FENCING Women’s team Epee — Canada (Alexis Rudkovska, Toronto; Malinka Hoppe, Montreal; Leonora MacKinnon, Newbury, U.K.) won the fifth-place match, 45-37 over the Dominican Republic.

Men’s team Epee — Canada (Hugues BoisvertSimard, Quebec City; Maxime Brinck-Croteau, Markham, Ont.; Jean Lelion, Montreal) lost 45-37 in the quarter-final round to Cuba.

FIELD HOCKEY

Women — Canada (4-2) defeated Chile 1-0 to win the bronze medal.

HANDBALL Women — Valerie Lochet, Toronto, scored four goals on six shots as Canada clinched seventh place with a 27-20 win over Chile.

KARATE Men’s 67kg — Leirick Chung, Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to Julian Pinzas, Argentina, 4-0 in the preliminary round and was eliminated.

Men’s 75kg — Patrice Boily-Martineau, SteJulie, Que., earned a bronze medal after losing 5-0 in the semifinals to Thomas Scott, U.S. Women’s 61kg — Kamille Desjardins, Buckingham, Que., lost to Karina Diaz, Dominican Rep., 3-1 in the preliminary round and was eliminated.

SOCCER Women — Canada (1-4) lost 2-1 to Mexico in the bronze medal game.

SOFTBALL Women — Canada (4-2) lost 5-2 to the U.S. in the semifinals. The Canadians will play Puerto Rico on Saturday in a game to determine which team plays the U.S. in the grand final on Sunday.

TABLE TENNIS Men’s singles — Pierre-Luc Theriault (3-0), StFabien, Que., defeated Timothy Wang, U.S., 4-1 in the round of 16 and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Eugene Wang, Ottawa, defeated Andy Pereira, Cuba, 4-1 in the round of 16 and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Women’s Singles — Anqi Luo, Mississauga, Ont., defeated Angie Umbacia, Colombia, 4-2 in the round of 16 and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Mo Zhang, Chilliwack, B.C., defeated Melanie Diaz, Puerto Rico, 4-0 in the round of 16 and advanced to the quarter-finals.

VOLLEYBALL Men — Canada (3-1) lost 3-1 to Argentina in the semifinals. The Canadians will play for the bronze medal on Sunday.

Bye: Montreal Friday’s results Ottawa 29 Calgary 26 (OT) Toronto 30 B.C. 27 Saturday’s games Winnipeg at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s games Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 3 Toronto at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Third Quarter Cgy - FG Paredes 23 6:32 Ott - FG Alvarado 43 8:48 Cgy - Single Maver 59 12:25 Fourth Quarter Ott - TD C.Williams 84 pass from Burris (convert failed) 6:50 Cgy - FG Paredes 49 11:08 Overtime Ott - FG Alvarado 33 Calgary 11 8 4 3 0 — 26 Ottawa 8 9 3 6 3 — 29

Football GP 4 5 4 3

CFL East Division W L T PF 3 1 0 118 3 2 0 105 2 2 0 85 1 2 0 88

PA 103 127 69 67

Pt 6 6 4 2

GP Calgary 5 Edmonton 3 B.C. 4 Winnipeg 4 Saskatchewan 4

West Division W L T PF 3 2 0 112 2 1 0 80 2 2 0 105 2 2 0 106 0 4 0 122

PA 126 55 113 127 134

Pt 6 4 4 4 0

Toronto Ottawa Montreal Hamilton

WEEK FIVE

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES RedBlacks 29, Stampeders 26 (OT) First Quarter Cgy - TD Rogers 33 pass from Mitchell (two-point convert: McDaniel 3 pass from Mitchell) 6:34 Cgy - FG Paredes 42 10:13 Ott - TD E.Jackson pass 24 from Burris (two-point convert: Je.Johnson pass 3 from Burris) 14:41 Second Quarter Cgy - TD Cornish 3 run (two-point convert: McDaniel 3 pass from Mitchell) 3:18 Ott - FG Alvarado 25 9:15 Ott - TD Ellingson pass 6 from Burris (two-point convert failed) 12:34

WEEK SIX Bye: Ottawa Thursday, July 30 B.C. at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 31 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1 Montreal at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Attendance — 23,018 at Ottawa.

Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF D.C. United 10 7 5 35 24 Columbus 8 7 6 30 31 New York 8 6 5 29 29 Toronto FC 8 7 3 27 28 New England 7 9 6 27 27 Orlando City 6 8 6 24 23 Philadelphia 6 11 4 22 26 Montreal 6 8 3 21 24 N.Y.C. FC 5 9 6 21 24 Chicago 5 11 3 18 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE

W FC Dallas 10 Los Angeles 9 Vancouver 10 S.K.C. 9 Seattle 10 Portland 9 Real Salt Lake 7 San Jose 7 Houston 6 Colorado 5

GA 20 30 23 28 33 26 34 27 28 28

L 5 6 8 4 9 7 7 8 8 6

T 5 7 3 6 2 5 8 4 6 9

Pts 35 34 33 33 32 32 29 25 24 24

GF 28 36 24 29 25 23 23 21 24 18

GA 24 25 21 20 20 24 27 24 26 19

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Friday’s Games Real Salt Lake 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 Today’s Games Toronto FC at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle at Montreal, 6 p.m.

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

Los Angeles at Houston, 7 p.m.

Portland at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Orlando City at New York City FC, 12:30 p.m.

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

San Jose at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, July 29 Tottenham Hotspur at MLS All-Stars, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1 Montreal at New York City FC, 12 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Toronto FC at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Orlando City, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 2 Portland at San Jose, 3 p.m.

FC Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Golf CANADIAN OPEN At Glen Abbey Golf Club Oakville, Ontario Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,273; Par: 72 Second Round a-denotes amateur Chad Campbell Brian Harman David Hearn Johnson Wagner Jason Day Erik Compton Eric Axley Bubba Watson Michael Putnam Brooks Koepka Chez Reavie Scott Pinckney Vaughn Taylor William McGirt Emiliano Grillo Colt Knost Andres Gonzales Brendon de Jonge Alex Prugh Jim Furyk Charley Hoffman Mark Wilson Justin Leonard a-Austin Connelly Austin Cook Steve Wheatcroft Ricky Barnes Pat Perez Matt Kuchar Camilo Villegas Jonas Blixt Lucas Glover Nick Watney J.B. Holmes James Hahn a-Blair Hamilton Cameron Percy J.J. Spaun Sam Saunders J.J. Henry Hudson Swafford Tim Clark Zac Blair Scott Langley

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Jeff Overton Retief Goosen Ben Crane Carlos Ortiz Tom Hoge Andrew Putnam Steven Alker Chad Collins Hunter Mahan Jon Curran Ollie Schniederjans Tom Gillis Adam Hadwin Brian Stuard Jhonattan Vegas Chesson Hadley Steve Stricker Tony Finau K.J. Choi D.A. Points Rory Sabbatini Stewart Cink Andres Romero Roberto Castro Jonathan Randolph Tyrone Van Aswegen a-Ryan Ruffels Daniel Summerhays Luke Donald Scott Piercy Andrew Svoboda Angel Cabrera Martin Flores Scott Verplank Derek Fathauer Marcelo Rozo Blayne Barber Ryo Ishikawa Alex Cejka Nick Taylor Seung-Yul Noh Ryan Palmer Brian Davis Jim Herman Heath Slocum Tim Wilkinson Adam Svensson

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MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC At Blythefield Country Club Belmont, Mich.

Purse: $2 million

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Yardage: 6,414; Par: 71 a-denotes amateur Second Round Lexi Thompson Alison Lee Lizette Salas Gerina Piller Q Baek Kris Tamulis Jaye Marie Green Wei-Ling Hsu Kim Kaufman Lisa Ferrero Pernilla Lindberg Katy Harris Morgan Pressel Katie Burnett Ilhee Lee Dori Carter Katherine Kirk Cristie Kerr Min Seo Kwak Danah Bordner Jodi Ewart Shadoff Minjee Lee Brittany Lincicome Inbee Park So Yeon Ryu Brittany Lang Caroline Masson Amy Anderson Alena Sharp Sarah Jane Smith Sarah Kemp Jane Rah Sun Young Yoo Julieta Granada Ha Na Jang Jeong Eun Lee Becky Morgan Eun-Hee Ji Azahara Munoz Hee Young Park Pat Hurst Brooke Pancake Sadena A Parks Ju Young Park Chella Choi Lee-Anne Pace Austin Ernst Nannette Hill

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Demi Runas Juli Inkster Jee Young Lee Mi Hyang Lee Laura Diaz Beatriz Recari Anna Nordqvist Mariajo Uribe Sakura Yokomine Xi Yu Lin Sydnee Michaels Karine Icher Joanna Klatten Min Lee Giulia Sergas Caroline Westrup Laetitia Beck Natalie Gulbis Tiffany Joh Sandra Gal P.K. Kongkraphan Amelia Lewis Simin Feng Christina Kim Meena Lee Haru Nomura Jane Park Jenny Gleason Danielle Kang SooBin Kim Jennifer Rosales Amy Yang Belen Mozo Ji Young Oh

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SENIOR BRITISH OPEN At Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course) Berkshire, England Purse: $2.1 million Yardage: 6,618; Par: 70 Second Round 115 golfers did not finish the round a-amateur Gary Rusnak Cesar Monasterio Jeff Hart Steve Jones Sam Torrance Russ Cochran Ross Drummond Olin Browne

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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015

Bringing attention to workplace safety

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Cruising down waterways in a hovercraft is definitely one way to get attention.

And the Steadman family of Strathmore is using their eye-catching machine to raise awareness for workplace safety and the national charity Threads of Life.

Colin Steadman, Souther Alberta manager for Alberta Construction Safety Association, said the family’s two-week trip is practise for a cross-Canada trip, from British Columbia to Newfoundland, that they plan to take with the hovercraft next year.

So far this month, they have visited Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray and now Red Deer. They finish up in Calgary.

He said the awareness campaign has also raised some money for Threads of Life.

“The national average right now is about one person dying every nine hours in the workplace.

When you think about it, every shift in this country, we know someone is not coming home. That’s where Threads of Life comes in and their incredible support services,” said Steadman, who brought his new $30,000 Hovertrek, made by Neoteric Hovercraft, to the Red Deer River near Bower Ponds on Friday.

He said last year in Alberta there were 98 workplace deaths.

Donna VanBruggen of Wetaskiwin was involved in the Steps for Life walkathon in Red Deer on May 3 that raised almost $30,000 for Threads of Life. She said the charity offers many services to help families cope with their loss. It also lets people know they are not alone.

“My son David was killed Oct. 17, 2012. He was struck by a forklift at his worksite and killed instantly. He had a wife and four young children,” said VanBruggen.

Her 35-year-old son was working in Lethbridge when he died. He lived in the nearby community of Magrath.

She said while workplace deaths hit families hardest, they also affect co-workers, emergency workers and, in her son’s case, residents of the small community of Magrath.

For more information, go to www.threadsoflife.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff

Colin Steadman, with the Alberta Construction Safety Association, and his son Colton, took their hovercraft out for a ride on the Red Deer River near Bower Ponds on Friday afternoon to raise awareness for Threads of Life, a charity that helps families dealing with a workplace injury or death.

LOCAL

BRIEFS Parkland Mall looking for Mall Street Market vendors Entrepreneurs with home-based businesses that offer unique, handmade goods will have an opportunity to take their products to a mall environment.

Parkland Mall is looking for vendors who want to participate in the fourth annual Mall Street Market.

This could also include people who sell licensed products such as Avon, Scentsy and Stella and Dot. The event allows vendors to gain exposure to Central Alberta shoppers.

The title of Mall Street Mogul 2015 will be given to one winning vendor, who will also get rent-free space for four weekends at the mall and $479 in business training from Community Futures. Public voting (60 per cent) and a of judges (40 per cent) will determine the winner.

The market runs from Oct. 16 to 18. Vendors can apply until Aug. 15 and will be notified on Aug. 20.

For more information and to apply for the Mall Street Market, go to www.parklandmall.ca/mallstreetmarket.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Workers wear protective clothing as the work continues to contain and clean up a pipeline spill at Nexen Energy’s Long Lake facility Wednesday,

Energy, environment ministers troubled by Nexen pipeline spill

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — Alberta’s energy and environment ministers say they’re troubled by a huge pipeline spill in the oilsands region, but they have confidence the provincial regulator will get to the bottom of what went wrong.

Marg McCuaig-Boyd and Shannon Phillips toured the cleanup site 35 kilometres southeast of Fort McMurray on Friday, along with a representative from a nearby aboriginal community. McCuaig-Boyd called the spill “unacceptable.”

“We all want to know that when an incident like this happens, not only is it contained and cleaned up, but every possible effort is made to find out what went wrong and fix it, prevent it from happening again here or anywhere else in Alberta.”

A contractor discovered the spill last week at Nexen Energy’s Long Lake oilsands project. About five million litres of bitumen, sand and produced water covered a 16,000-square metre area.

Nexen has apologized for the rupture on the yearold, double-walled pipeline, which went undetected by its warning system.

Both ministers said they have confidence in the investigation underway by the Alberta Energy Regulator, an independent watchdog, and that pipelines remain the safest way to transport petroleum products. The pipeline had been deemed by the Alberta Energy Regulator to be “low risk” because of its age and leak detection system, said Kirk Bailey, the regulator’s executive vice-president of operations.

The investigation could result in fines or criminal action, he said.

“We have all those options in mind as we are analyzing the information and making decisions about the investigation,” he said.

The possibility that the pipeline could have been leaking for as long as two weeks before it was shut off is one of “a number of things that are troubling about this,” said Phillips.

McCuaig-Boyd said one of the main topics of conversation during Friday’s visit was how to close communication gaps with First Nations when an incident occurs. Byron Bates, a councillor with the Fort McMurray No. 468 First Nation, said he saw a much busier cleanup scene during Friday’s visit than he did a week earlier. Measures are in place to keep animals away and contaminated water is being “sucked” out, he said.

Development permit for apartment buildings approved A development permit for 109 apartment units in two buildings in the Laredo neighbourhood in Red Deer was approved this week by the Municipal Planning Commission.

The project is located at 50 Livingston Close, which is at the corner of Lindman Avenue and Livingston Close. It is north of 22nd Street on the east side of the partially developed neighbourhood.

Building A will have 54 units while Building B will have 55. They are each four storeys. There will be 175 parking stalls, with one per unit and the remaining can be rented.

In total, the multi-family project will have 17 onebedroom units; 80 two-bedroom units; and 12 threebedroom units.

Seymour Pacific Developments, based in Campbell River, B.C., is the developer.

The same company developed 157 units earlier in the Vanier Heights neighbourhood, at 2450A and 2450B 22nd St., which were completed last year.

The parcel of land for the current project is about three acres that is already zoned R3 (high density residential).

Trade powers agree on deal to slash tariffs on tech products WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — Prices for games consoles, home entertainment systems and GPS devices could soon fall after major trade powers agreed Friday to cut tariffs on some 200 technology products.

The Geneva-based World Trade Organization said 49 of its members — including the United States, China and the European Union — reached a tentative accord to expand the 1996 Information Technology Agreement following three years of talks.

“Today’s agreement is a landmark,” said WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo. “Annual trade in these 201 products is valued at over $1.3 trillion per year, and accounts for approximately 7 per cent of total global trade today. This is larger than global

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trade in automotive products — or trade in textiles, clothing, iron and steel combined.”

In order for the deal to take effect, however, countries signing the accord must account for 90 per cent of the global trade in technology products. Taiwan, a big producer of electronics, has faced considerable domestic pressure not to join. Along with four other countries — Thailand, Turkey, Columbia and Mauritius — Taiwan asked Friday for more time to consider the agreement.

Final details of the deal will be worked out by December, when trade ministers meet in Nairobi, Kenya.

Once implemented, the agreement will require countries to eliminate trade tariffs on most newgeneration semi-conductors, satellite navigation systems, medical products that include magnetic resonance imaging machines, machine tools for manufacturing printed circuits, telecommunications satellites and touch screens within three years starting in 2016, the WTO said.

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‘ANNUAL TRADE IN THESE 201 PRODUCTS IS VALUED AT OVER $13 TRILLION PER YEAR, AND ACCOUNTS OR APPROXIMATELY 7 PER CENT OF TOTAL GLOBAL TRADE TODAY. THIS IS LARGER THAN GLOBAL TRADE IN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS — OR TRADE IN TEXTILES, CLOTHING, IRON AND STEEL COMBINED.’ —ROBERTO AZEVEDO, WTO DIRECTOR-GENERAL

“This deal will cut costs for consumers and business, in particular for smaller firms, which have been hit especially hard by excessive tariffs in the past,” EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement.

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B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 25, 2015

MARKETS

D I L B E R T

COMPANIES

OF LOCAL INTEREST Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 131.99 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.25 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.44 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.58 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.78 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.29 Cdn. National Railway . . 78.96 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 204.48 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.99 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.67 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.87 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 45.97 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 55.42 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.13 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.64 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.06 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.05 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.37 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 36.11 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.17 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.08 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.40 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 130.34 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.35 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.90 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.40 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday, dragged down by the energy and mining sectors, while the Canadian dollar crept marginally higher. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 79.13 points to close at 14,186.24.

“Commodity stocks are just not the place to be right now,” said Ian Nakamoto, director of research at MacDougall MacDougall & MacTier Inc. in Toronto.

The September contract for crude oil fell 31 cents to US$48.14, while the August natural gas contract dropped four cents at US$2.776 and the August gold contract fell US$8.60 at US$1,085.50. The energy sector of the TSX lost more than two per cent, while the metals and mining sector declined 1.57 per cent. Meanwhile, the loonie, which has been flirting with its lowest level since 2004, rose 0.03 of a cent at 76.72 cents US. “That’s probably as good a reflection as anything in terms of what foreigners think of our markets,” Nakamoto said.

In the U.S., markets closed lower amid disappointing quarterly earnings results and weak economic data. A housing report indicated that sales of new single-family homes dropped to the slowest pace in seven months.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 163.39 points at 17,568.53, while the Nasdaq dropped 57.78 points at 5,088.63 and the S&P 500 gave back 22.50 points at 2,079.65.

However, Nakamoto noted that U.S. markets are still faring better than those north of the border.

“Canada doesn’t seem to be much in favour these days,” he said. “The U.S. is down today,

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.71 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.98 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.58 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.05 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.47 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.51 First Quantum Minerals . 12.01 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.35 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.63 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.22 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.49 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.14 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.53 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 9.26 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 19.21 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.42 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 58.66 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.09 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 24.74 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 30.69 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 7.28 Canyon Services Group. . 5.16 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.50 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.185 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.26 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.01 but the U.S. is close to an alltime high. We’re nowhere near that.”

A slew of Canadian companies are set to report their second-quarter results next week, including oilpatch companies Suncor, Cenovus, Imperial Oil, Enbridge and TransCanada.

Oil companies are expected to report weak results due to the slump in the price of crude, which fell below the US$50 a barrel mark in recent days.

The outlook is not great for mining companies either, said Nakamoto, as prices of gold and other commodities have been weak.

Miners Agnico-Eagle Mines, Kinross Gold and Goldcorp Inc. will report their results next week.

Earnings from Canada’s big banks, which don’t report until later in August, should be “okay, but nothing to write home about,” he added, noting that their wealth management and capital markets divisions should compensate somewhat for a slowdown in consumer borrowing and pressures on their net interest margins stemming from recent rate cuts from the central bank.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,186.24, down 79.13 points Dow — 17,568.53, down 163.39 points S&P 500 — 2,079.65, down 22.50 points Nasdaq — 5,088.63, down 57.78 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.72 cents US, up 0.03 of a cent Pound — C$2.0218, down

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 79.94 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.72 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.77 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 22.58 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.65 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.17 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.64 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.29 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 33.08 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.79 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.30 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.68 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.225 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 73.07 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.31 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.58 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.77 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.15 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.33 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.22 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.78 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.64 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.59 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.44 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.86

0.22 of a cent Euro — C$1.4310, down 0.26 of a cent Euro — US$1.0978, down 0.17 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.14 per barrel, down 31 cents (September contract) Gold futures: US$1,085.50 per oz., down eight dollars, 60 cents (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.788 oz., down 14.4 cents $636.18 kg., down $4.63 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ’15 $7.60 lower $508.80; Jan. ’16 $7.90 lower $509.00; March ’16 $7.40 lower $506.80; May ’16 $7.00 lower $503.20; July ’16 $6.70 lower $498.00; Nov. ’16 $7.00 lower $466.70; Jan. ’17 $7.00 lower $467.90; March ’17 $7.00 lower $469.60; May ’17 $7.00 lower $469.60; July ’17 $7.00 lower $469.60; Nov. ’17 $7.00 lower $469.60.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’15 $5.30 lower $212.10; Dec. ’15 $6.00 lower $212.10; March ’16 $6.00 lower $214.10; May ’16 $6.00 lower $215.10; July ’16 $6.00 lower $215.10; Oct. ’16 $6.00 lower $215.10; Dec. ’16 $6.00 lower $215.10; March ’17 $6.00 lower $215.10; May ’17 $6.00 lower $215.10; July ’17 $6.00 lower $215.10; Oct. ’17 $6.00 lower $215.10.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 447,580 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 447,580.

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Encana trims workforce by about 200 CALGARY — Encana Corp. said Friday it has trimmed its workforce by more than 200 over the past month or so as it posted a net loss of US$1.6 billion during the second quarter.

The Calgary-based company now has 1,400 fewer workers than when it unveiled a new strategy in the fall of 2013. Close to 1,000 jobs were cut when Encana made that announcement and it has been paring down its workforce further since then.

“Obviously in today’s commodity price, our spending levels are lower than what we had anticipated when we originally launched our new strategy,” CEO Doug Suttles said of the most recent round of cuts.

U.S. benchmark crude is below US$50 a barrel, less than half of where it was last year.

Encana’s loss was mostly due to a US$1.3-billion non-cash, after-tax “ceiling test impairment” charge to do with the impact of lower commodity prices. Without that and other unusual items in the mix, Encana’s operating loss was US$167 million.

During the same quarter a year earlier, Encana posted a net profit of US$271 million and an operating profit of US$171 million.

Encana shares were down nearly nine per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange, settling at $10.26.

The company’s spending this year is focused on two oil deposits in Texas and two shale gas formations in Western Canada.

Suttles said oil prices are going to have to rise above US$50 a barrel eventually to meet long-term global demand for energy. But for now, it’s hard to predict how long the doldrums are going to last, he said.

“We have to let the market rebalance. There’s been quite a bit of speculation about when and how that will occur, but it’s clearly trying to find its feet,” he said.

Demand has been growing more than expected, but that’s been offset by higher output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

“The real question is does it work itself out over six months or does it take a couple of years and I don’t know the answer to that,” Suttles said. “We’re well prepared to manage through that, though.”

TORONTO — A consortium including SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) and Aecon (TSX:ARE) have closed a deal to build the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit project in Toronto.

Under the project agreement, Crosslinx Transit Solutions, which also includes ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and EllisDon, will design, build and maintain the light rail transit line.

The line will span 19 kilometres, 10 of which will go underground, and include 25 stations and stops.

The Ontario government announced in 2010 it would spend $5.3 billion to build the project.

Lowe’s growing to 54 stores in Canada including 12 former Target locations TORONTO — Lowe’s Canada said Friday it will spend $50 million to build two new stores in Ontario.

In addition to a dozen former Target Canada stores it recently acquired, the home improvement retailer said it will grow to 54 stores in Canada. Lowe’s acquired 12 former Target locations as well as Target’s Milton, Ont., distribution centre for $147.75 million after the company decided to close its Canadian operations. Lowe’s had earlier agreed to buy 13 former Target Canada locations and the distribution centre for about $151 million, but a deal could not be reached on one of the locations.

The 14 new stores will be located across the country including four new stores in British Columbia, two in Alberta, one in Saskatchewan and seven in Ontario.

Ottawa announces funds for programs in N.S. to help new grads find job HALIFAX — The federal government is giving nearly $900,000 to a Halifax university this year to help new graduates find jobs and to improve the business climate in Nova Scotia.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay made the announce ment at Saint Mary’s University today. The Sobey’s School Business Development Centre will receive more than $620,000 to fund paid internships throughout Atlantic Canada for 40 new post-secondary graduates.

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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Bird Farm

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n Saturday, July 11, Ellis llis Bird ual BlueFarm held its 15th annual bird Festival.

Over 300 people came out to enjoy ined by the day, including being entertained Red Deer’s Jazz Explosion and served akeside a delicious chili lunch by the Lakeside Social Workers.

There were activities for alll ages, anized including a scavenger hunt organized g, box

by Nature Alberta, pond dipping, g. building, crafts and face painting. arm’s Cynthia Pohl, Ellis Bird Farm’s ll athead gardener, led two very well rs. tended and received garden tours. shed The Red Deer River Watershed tiviAlliance oversaw the aquatic activirsity ties, while the Alberta Biodiversity and Monitoring Institute was on hand ork to answer questions about its work across the province.

Site manager and resident bing ologist Myrna Pearman, along ie with prior award recipient Arnie ue Gerlach, presented the 2015 Blue hFeather Award to twin brothers Leroy and Richard Moore of Rochester, Alta.

The Blue Feather Award rec-ognizes individual efforts in con-serving the bluebird population in Alberta.

The sun shone all day, providing the perfect weather for the outdoor event, and the airconditioned new visitor ceny educational tre with its many displays and gift shop provided d a welcome escape from the heat.

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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015

Bush party spot reclaimed ONE-ACRE SITE NEAR SUNNYBROOK FARM MONITORED BY CITY

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A longtime bush party area in the forest along Piper Creek near Sunnybrook is being brought back to life.

Reclamation on a one-acre site near across the creek from Sunnybrook Farm Museum started in early June and is now about 75 per cent complete.

“Within the parks system itself, that area had the most repetitive use out of any area.

“It was one of the worst damaged sites in the city,” said parks superintendent Trevor Poth.

“There are stories of people using the site 30 years ago for similar inappropriate activities.”

The $200,000 project will take about two years to complete.

About 90 per cent of planting has been done to re-vegetate the site that was worn down to clay and silt. Top soil was brought in and seeded with grasses and forbs native to spruce forest and covered with coconut matting to prevent erosion. Shrubs and trees have also been added.

A 250-metre mulch trail through the area is in place for people to travel through the area and a 300-metre dirt surface trail will be established for

controlled access points. Unauthorized trails will be reclaimed.

Poth said the site been open while most of the work was underway.

“The mulch trail has seen a significant amount of use already, which is excellent. We are encouraging people to just stay on the trails and certainly use and enjoy the area and watch it be reclaimed.”

Reclamation signs will be installed on paths and bylaw enforcement has been stepped up.

“We’ve had a couple of instances of vandalism where people have come in and caused a little damage. We’ve just been vigilant in restoring that as

soon as it happens as a deterrent to people.”

At times, people have continued to light fires in the area, litter and even pull out newly planted trees.

He said between managing the weeds while plants take root and managing the behaviour of visitors, it will probably take until next summer before the site no longer requires regular maintenance.

In less than two months, work on the site has made a huge difference, Poth said.

“The visual impact even today is amazing.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

ROCK’N RED DEER

Classic cars cruising into town

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The Kraay Family Farm Corn Maze opened for business on Friday. To reach the farm, take Exit 422 on Hwy 2, 4.8 km west of Lacombe. Drive 1.6 km (west of the Hwy 2 overpass on Hwy 12) then another 800 metres south on Range Road 27-3. Watch for the signs.

Corn maze honours Terry Fox

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe’s corn maze got a pass on any hail damage this week.

The Kraay Family Farm Corn Maze opened for business on Friday after Tuesday’s storm ripped through Central Alberta, causing chaos and damage.

“Surprisingly we missed most of the storm,” said Rachel Kraay, maze co-owner. “I know it’s hard to believe but I think it hailed mostly in town.

We got a couple pieces then it turned to rain. The corn is still standing tall.”

This year, the 15-acre maize maze pays tribute to Terry Fox — 2015 marks the 35th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope.

“I think everyone has been affected by cancer in some way,” said Kraay.

“We have always been inspired by Terry Fox being a Canadian hero.”

Kraay said they are also working with the Chilliwack Corn Maze and Pumpkin Farm in B.C., which is doing a similar design.

The farm is open for the summer now until Aug. 31. It is open Monday to Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The last trip in the maze is at 8 p.m.

It typically takes a person with

a reasonable sense of direction between an hour and an hour and half to finish the maze.

Admission is $12.50 and season passes are $30. Admission includes the corn maze, farmyard and jumping pillow, mini golf and much more.

To reach the farm, take Exit 422 on Hwy 2, 4.8 km west of Lacombe. Drive 1.6 km (west of the Hwy 2 overpass on Hwy 12) then another 800 metres south on Range Road 27-3. Watch for the signs.

More information on the farm is available at www.kraayfamilyfarm. com. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

A car show celebrating the sights and the sounds of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s cruises into Red Deer next week.

The showpiece of Rock’n Red Deer will be a giant cruise night on Ross Street on Friday, July 31.

Classic cars will begin cruising into the city on Monday, leading up to the big show on the weekend. Roughly 2,500 participants are expected to take part in the show.

A cruise night in downtown Red Deer is slated for July 31.

All are welcome to visit the car show on Aug. 1 and 2 at Westerner Park. Public viewing is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be an outdoor stage with live entertainment, vendor displays, a kids’ zone with arts and crafts and activities throughout the weekend.

Dick Wallace, Alberta Superrun Association president, said the show started in 1997 as a typical static experience where the cars would be parked for viewing. The non-profit organization is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the cars, music and culture of the three decades.

But over the years they discovered there many cars trickling into the city days before the show.

“The hobby in general is getting away from the static display shows to cruising events,” said Wallace. “You’re actually getting in your car and driving somewhere.”

Starting on July 27, the cars go on an early bird cruise to various spots in Central Alberta and beyond leaving from Westerner Park. It is not open to the public.

Admission for the car show is $8 for adults and kids under 12 get in for free.

For more information, visit www.rocknreddeer.com.

New partnership to forge graffiti strategy

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A strategy to rub out the city’s graffiti is in the works.

Earlier this week, city council endorsed a partnership with the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre (CACPC) to come with a strategy to deter and stop the growing issue.

The centre will take the lead with community partners such as the RCMP and the Downtown Business Association.

TerryLee Ropchan, CACPC executive director, said graffiti in the city is becoming more sophisticated.

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The Flexxaire Parkinson Step ’n’ Stride is the organization’s largest annual fundraising effort to provide services for people with Parkinson’s disease and those who care for them.

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It is no longer some kid jotting his signature across a street sign, she said.

“Now we’re starting to see larger ones and the more repetitive ones, and the ones where you can tell they have been practising,” said Ropchan.

“Those type of things tell us there is a need and we should be addressing it.”

Ropchan said they are taking notice of strategies in communities across Canada, the United States and internationally.

She said there is a lot of information out there related to graffiti and the broken window theory.

Part of the strategy will outline who is responsible for what.

The city currently addresses removal and cleanup on city-owned property.

Many of city-owned assets such as signs, benches, playgrounds, washrooms, and streetlights have been the target of taggers.

The centre handles abatement with organized graffiti scrub days, education sessions and sales of a graffiti removal products.

Last fall, the centre held a regional partnership meeting with communities along the Hwy 2 to discuss graffiti.

Ropchan said it was determined then that there is a need to address the issue regionally. As a result, working with neighbouring communities will be captured in the strategy.

“We know graffiti taggers travel,” said Ropchan. “It would be reasonable to assume that if we started taking all the pictures and sharing that information, we would find we have some similar graffiti taggers.”

The Downtown Business Association, the RCMP and other community partners will be involved in developing the strategy.

The city allocated $10,000 for the graffiti initiative in the budget.

The CACPC will host its next community scrub, sponsored by the Downtown Business Association, on Aug. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit www.cacpc.ca for more information. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

mon neurodegenerative disease, after Alzheimer’s, and affects thousands of Albertans. There is no known cause or cure.

Step ’n’ Stride will be Sept. 12 at the Golden Circle with registration at 9 a.m. and the walk at 10:30 a.m.

For more information, contact Moira Cairns at 403-346-4463 or go online to www.parkinsonalberta.ca.

portantly, have the potential to create social change,” he said.

The artists were selected earlier this year to design and complete the murals over the summer months.

Designs were submitted to the City of Red Deer for approval before work began on the first of the three locations.

Amanda Gould, Downtown Business Association executive director, said the association is thrilled to be able to support this project for another year, and to contribute to the continual revitalization of Red Deer’s downtown.

court before Judge Bert Skinner, Crown prosecutor Carolyn Ayre said there was no reasonable prospect of conviction and sought to withdraw the charges.

Defence counsel Walter Kubanek requested that all personal property seized during the police investigation be returned to Rowe.

Skinner granted the request with the caveat of items used in active prosecutions be held on to.

Rowe was arrested on Aug. 23, 2014, when Innisfail RCMP executed a search warrant on South Pine Lake Road east of Innisfail.

Three downtown murals to be painted this summer Art Alley has returned to Red Deer for another year.

By summer’s end, there will be three more original murals downtown, bringing the total to eight.

The three new spaces are Fratters Speakeasy venue, CanWest Travel and the Buffalo Hotel.

Project co-ordinator Steve Woolrich said street art initiatives are thriving in cities across North America and throughout the world.

“Projects such as this support public art, revitalization and, most im-

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Charges dropped, property returned to man Charges have been withdrawn against a man once accused of involvement in a chop shop operation near Pine Lake.

Kris Rowe, 38, was charged with three counts of stolen property over $5,000 and one count of breaching a probation order.

On Friday in Red Deer provincial

Clarification: 911 call numbers being updated An item in Thursday’s Advocate on Page A2 about unfounded 911 calls incorrectly stated the number of those calls. The numbers were provided by Red Deer RCMP. RCMP will work with the City of Red Deer Emergency Services team to release correct 911 numbers next week.

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Pope Francis’s approval rating drops FUELED BY CONSERVATIVE DISCONTENT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Pope Francis’s approval rating among Americans has plummeted two months ahead of his first trip to the U.S., driven mostly by a decline among political conservatives, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday.

Fifty-nine per cent of Americans said this month they had a favourable view of the pope, compared to 76 per cent in February 2014, Gallup reported. The share of Americans who disapproved of the pope increased from 9 per cent to 16 per cent in the same period. The changes were most dramatic among political conservatives, whose opinion of Francis nosedived by 27 percentage points to 45 per cent. Among Catholics, Francis’ approval dropped by 18 percentage points to 71 per cent.

The survey was conducted from July 8 to 12, three weeks after the pope released his teaching document proclaiming climate change largely man-made and excoriating an economic system he said drives global warming and exploits the poor. The survey of more than 1,000 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

When the poll was under way, Francis, the first Latin American pope, was on a homecoming tour through South America that especially unsettled conservatives.

In his July 9 speech in Bolivia — an address that the Rev. Jim Martin, editor at large of the Jesuit magazine America, called Francis’ most revolutionary so far — the pope called for radical reform of the global economy and solidarity with the poor, while naming labour, lodging and land as “sacred rights.”

Mark Gray, polling director for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, said the poll reflects that “many American Catholics are more closely affiliated with their political party than their faith.”

Several Catholics competing for the Republican presidential nomination have criticized or distanced themselves from the pope over his role in the historic thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations and his insistence that unfettered capitalism has hurt the poorest and most vulnerable.

Catholic conservatives have also expressed discomfort with Francis’ style and emphasis. Carl Olson, editor of the conservative Catholic World Report, last week wrote that while he agreed with the pope’s criticisms of consumerism and overreliance on technology as a cure for society’s ills, Olson also found a “weariness” among some Catholics over the tone of many of Francis’ sermons and statements, which Olson described as often “haranguing, harping, exhorting, lecturing” and “grating.”

However, political liberals also appeared to have soured on Francis, with a 14 percentage point dip to 68 per cent since last year. John Gehring, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life, a liberal advocacy group in Washington, said, “some progressives naively expected him to overturn church teaching on abortion, contraception and same-sex marriage.”

Francis raised the hopes of gays and lesbians when he famously uttered, “Who am I to judge?” about gay priests, and said “we shouldn’t marginalize these people.” Francis has repeated his emphasis on being more open to gays and others, while also reaffirming church teaching on marriage and abortion, most recently in his ecology document, or encyclical, last month.

After his surge in overall popularity last year, the pope’s approval ratings are now back to the level they were soon after he was elected in 2013, according to Gallup. The Pew Research Center found a similar if less dramatic pattern, with a peak in Francis’ favourability at 70 per cent this past February and a drop to 64 per cent last month.

Francis is due to arrive in Washington on Sept. 22, and will also travel to New York and Philadelphia.

One of the most-watched events will be his Sept. 24 speech to a joint meeting of Congress, where Republicans have largely ignored his climate change encyclical. Francis added a Cuba leg onto the begin-

Emboldened by Pope, mayors endorse UN sustainability goals at Vatican summit

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Mayors emboldened by an appeal from Pope Francis committed themselves Wednesday to a new set of U.N. goals to end poverty and promote sustainable development over the next 15 years.

At the end of a two-day Vatican summit, several dozen mayors from around the world unanimously adopted a declaration pledging to endorse the goals and work to implement them in their home cities.

World leaders are set to adopt the 17 “sustainable development goals” at a U.N. summit in September that will be opened by Francis. Among other things, the goals commit leaders to end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030, ensure health care, education, access to water, sustainable energy and growth for all — and take urgent action to combat climate change and protect the Earth.

The Vatican invited some 60 mayors (from as far away as Porto Alegre, Brazil and Bojonegoro, Indonesia) to commit to fighting climate change, well aware that cities are key to tackling global warming.

Cities account for two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions, are the drivers of the world economy and are expected to grow enormously over the coming decades as the poor flock to urban centres in search of work.

At the opening of the summit Tuesday, Francis told the leaders that their commitments were paramount to sensitizing the “conscience of humanity” about the intrinsic link between caring for the planet and its most vulnerable people.

The aim of the two-day meeting was to put pressure on national leaders to make solid commitments at the September U.N. development summit as well as climate negotiations in Paris later this year. Experts say the Paris talks are critical to negotiating targets that will keep global temperatures from rising. Conservatives have criticized the Vatican for cozying up to the U.N. on the sustainable development agenda since some of the goals include ensuring reproductive health care for girls, which means access to contraception and abortion.

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Pope Francis holds hands with children wearing traditional clothing as he walks with Bolivian President Evo Morales, background right, upon his arrival at the El Alto airport in Bolivia earlier this month. The pouch Francis is wearing around his neck was given to him by Morales. According to a new Gallup poll released this week, two months ahead of his first trip to the U.S., Pope Francis’s approval rating among Americans has plummeted, driven mostly by a decline among political conservatives and Roman Catholics.

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The real revival JOHN FOGERTY IS BACK ON THE ROAD WITH HIS CCR HITS, AND HE’S IN CONCERT IN RED DEER ON TUESDAY

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Singer-songwriter John Fogerty performs in concert in Bethlehem, Pa., in 2014. Fogerty performs at the Centrium in Red Deer on Tuesday.

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Remove all rose-coloured glasses.

John Fogerty will take Central Alberta fans back to the real Flower Power past by playing the songs of Creedence Clearwater Revival on Tuesday at Red Deer’s Centrium.

While there’s a temptation to wax nostalgic and view the late 1960s and early ’70s as a free-spirited time of peace and love, anyone who’s lived through the Vietnam War era can attest it was not a kinder, gentler time.

Fogerty watched the privileged sons of politicians and millionaires skirt the draft, while poor and middle-class sons were shipped overseas to fight.

He wrote Fortunate Son as a protest song about this inequity. And the tune (released as a split single in 1969 with Down On the Corner) climbed the charts.

The enduring rock song is No. 17 on Pitchfork Media’s 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s list and No. 99 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

In 2014, Fortunate Son was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

During CCR’s tumultuous, remarkably short lifespan, from 1967 to 1972, the group managed to make music that defines the counterculture area: Bad Moon Rising, Proud Mary, Born on the Bayou, Green River, Down on the Corner, Travelin’ Band, Who’ll Stop the Rain, Run Through the Jungle and Up Around the Bend.

CCR, once described by Melody Maker as the best band in the world, was a headliner at Woodstock, released eight million-selling double-sides singles in a row, and put out six platinum-selling albums.

And it all started in El Cerrito, Calif., in 1959, when Fogerty started playing music with his junior-high friends Doug Clifford and Stu Cook. John’s brother, Tom Fogerty, later joined the group that was signed to Fantasy Records in 1964.

After John Fogerty and Clifford completed military service in 1968,

the band officially became Creedence Clearwater Revival and recorded a debut self-titled album.

Through the seminal recordings that followed, Bayou Country, Green River and Willy and the Poor Boys (all from 1969), Fogerty was central to the group’s sound as its lead vocalist and main songwriter.

His front-and-centre role became a key factor in the power struggle that was to come between Fogerty and the rest of the band members that ended in an acrimonious breakup in 1972.

Fogerty went on to a successful solo career, producing hits such as Centrefield. But bad blood remained with his former bandmates over a variety of issues, including royalty claims. The dispute was so intense that Fogerty refused to play with Clifford and Cook even when CCR was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

(When his brother Tom died in 1990, the two hadn’t reconciled.)

After years of legal troubles that stretched into the 1980s (Fogerty was unsuccessfully sued by Fantasy Records for supposedly ripping off his

old song Run Through the Jungle for his new song Old Man on the Road), the singer went through a period of not wanting to perform his old hits.

Fortunately for fans of CCR, the 70-year-old got over this and is on the road again.

He’s even facing the old days headon in an autobiography being released in October. It’s called Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music, and pledges “an unvarnished look back” at the highs and lows of his personal and professional history.

“I’m excited to share my story and my life with you,” Fogerty says in a statement. “You’re going to hear where it all started, my passion to become the best musician I could be. You’ll travel down some rough roads, but that road leads to something beautiful.”

Much like his music, Fogerty promises, “My book won’t be sugarcoated!

It’s all in there.”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are from $20, $50 or $80 from Ticketmaster. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

No quarter for Adam Sandler Pixels Two stars (out of four) Rated: PG Torontonians have a special reason to be peeved at Pixels, the latest eruption from Adam Sandler’s gas factory.

This sci-fi comedy of invading outerspace arcade PETER gamers was HOWELL filmed last summer on the city’s major downtown streets, adding to already considerable traffic jams. They closed streets for this?

But everybody can get steamed about what a waste of a good idea the movie is, despite the directorial efforts of Chris Columbus, who did the first two Harry Potter movies. Josh Gad on the run from a Pac-Man turned bad in the high-concept, low-comedy Pixels.

Pixels writers Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling adapt their screenplay from a brilliant French short film of the same title and theme, which exhibits more creativity in two brisk minutes than Sandler and his team do in nearly two droning hours.

The feature-length Pixels also steals mightily from Ghostbusters. Sandler teams with a hyperactive Josh Gad and a pixel-chewing Peter Dinklage as middle-aged versions of geeks who, in the early 1980s, excelled at playing video games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Space Invaders. None of these guys have done much with their lives since

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This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures shows Josh Gad as Ludlow chased by Pac-Man in Columbia Pictures’ Pixels. then.

But when an alien race misinterprets their old-school amusements as a real-time intergalactic threat, and starts attacking Earth with monstrous versions of these pixellated pals, then who you gonna call?

Kevin James plays the U.S. president doing the calling. He just so happens to be the childhood buddy of Sandler’s Sam Brenner. He’s also illiterate, for no particular reason other than a lame attempt at political humour.

Such dull contrivances pile up like Tetris tiles in Pixels, which also adds

Michelle Monaghan as the token female invader battler and obligatory Sandler love interest. The film really bogs down midway when the action abruptly stops so Sandler and Monaghan can get their own game going.

The special effects are good — a car chase with a giant-sized Pac-Man is well done — and Torontonians will have fun playing Spot the Landmark, even though our city is once again subbing for New York.

You can see Queens Park at the end of a barely disguised University Ave., during a scene where digital beasties

run amok.

But while the concept is a cut above the usual Sandler swill, the comedy isn’t.

The script might as well have been penned by the same clueless aliens doing the invading.

Sandler seems so listless and disconnected, he’s like E.T., another 1980s character.

You know, the stranded and lonely extraterrestrial who just wanted to phone home.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 25, 2015 C5

Who does T-Pain think he is?

BY CHRIS RICHARDS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Every July, there’s at least one bratty little song that waits for everybody else to slip into the pool, then cannonballs into the deep end.

This year, it’s Classic Man by TPain, a tune that made its glorious brat-splash last Friday afternoon and climbed out dripping like the song of the summer.

It’s an ecstatic piece of music with a complicated lineage. First, it’s a remake.

Or a remix. Or as T-Pain likes to say, a “T-Mix.�

The original Classic Man first materialized back in February on the lips of Jidenna, a Wisconsin-born globetrotter who dresses like he’s from the 1920s, but might only be nostalgic for 13 months ago.

That’s when Australian rapper Iggy Azalea’s cloying mega-hit Fancy, was ruining everyone’s summer from the tippy-top of the pop charts.

The respective bass riffs of Classic Man and Fancy each possess a frosty thump so similar, Iggy is reportedly credited as one of the songwriters of Classic Man. (Not credited: DJ Mustard, the Los Angeles producer whose pummeling minimalism was shamelessly counterfeited by the creators of Fancy.)

So if you’re keeping score at home, that makes T-Pain’s Classic Man a hijacking of an imitation of a rip-off — and ultimately a corrective gesture.

Because Jidenna’s Classic Man comes sauntering out of the pages of GQ in search of a house party, but veers into schticky self-seriousness, extolling the integrity of an “elegant, old-fashioned man.�

Thematically, the song pulls in separate directions.

Vocally, there’s no bounce.

And T-Pain is made entirely of bounce.

He knows that this song needs to feel good, and he knows exactly how to make that happen.

So with his larynx sounding as elastic as ever, he casually changes the subject from musty masculinity to automobile fetishism.

Then he takes us for a ride. “Any whip from the ‘50s to the ‘90s, catch me in a classic, man,� he sings. “I’m in a Buick with a Chevy right behind me ridin’ through Tallahassee, man!� — Tallahassee being both the singer’s hometown and not even the fifth classiest city in the state of Florida.

But when T-Pain cruises down the boulevard saying, “Look at me,� who are we really looking at?

We could have asked that question more assertively nearly a decade ago, back when he was R&B’s most thrilling new man-machine — an oracle of

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BRIEFS Foreigner vocalist coming to Olds Lou Gramm, the Voice of Foreigner, is coming to Olds.

The lead vocalist of one of the biggest rock bands of the 1970s and ’80s is playing the Olds Regional Exhibition Grandstand on July 27.

He will be playing many of the band’s hit singles, including Feels Like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Double Vision, Midnight Blue and many more.

He is now touring with his new band that includes the Foreigner namesake.

Gates open at 6 p.m. with Lou Gramm going on at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.bkticketcentre.ca.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

T-Pain released a new version of Classic Man recently.

And while T-Pain doesn’t present himself as particularly hopeless or nerdy on Classic Man, he does sound as alive as one can while bragging about a car collection.

Human melody still bursts from his body with enough moxie to confirm that his legacy is still being written.

Another 10 years down the road, if anyone in popular music has the right to call themselves a classic man it might be him.

invited to perform at the showcase at the conclusion of the festival. They have also been recommended to represent the local festival at the provincial finals in Edmonton in May. These three young musicians will perform works by Bach, Albeniz, Prokofiev, and Grovlez — as well as several very well-known works by Chopin. A highlight of the recital will be a performance of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

There is no admission charge but a free will donation will be accepted at the door.

Coffee and tea are provided by Cafe Noir.

dian Country Music Association award the airways just in time for him to hit nominee Tebey will be in Red Deer on up the summer festival circuit, sharing Aug. 4 for KG Country’s lunch hour of stages with some of the biggest names Lounging with The Stars. in the industry.

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First Thursday will feature performances by three young local pianists on Aug. 6.

The Red Deer Public Library’s next First Thursday in the Snell runs from 12:15 to 1 p.m.

Three piano students of Ted Isenor (SweetieKatz Music Studio) — Nick Hoskins, Caleb Kalsbeek and Emily Liu — will be on stage.

All three of these students were awarded scholarships at the 2015 Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts and were

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WASHINGTON — The cause of human rights in China has brought a Canadian beauty queen before the U.S. Congress.

Actress Anastasia Lin, who made human rights part of her winning bid in May to become Canada’s contestant to the global Miss World beauty pageant, testified Thursday about religious persecution in China.

The 25-year old Lin, who was born in China, plays an imprisoned practitioner of the outlawed Falun Gong sect in an upcoming Canadian movie, The Bleeding Edge. “Through my encounters with persecution victims and their family members, I have found that these practitioners of Falun Gong, who have been marginalized, defamed and vilified in China for the past 16 years, are noble people,� she told the Congressional Executive Commission on China. She said practitioners are imprisoned and tortured for their beliefs. “I wanted to speak for those in China that are beaten, burned and electrocuted for holding to their beliefs; people in prison who eat rotten food with blistered fingers because they dare have convictions.�

Falun Gong was outlawed as a threat to social stability in China in 1999. Lin moved to Canada when she was 13, and said her father was proud of her when she was crowned Miss World Canada, “but within a couple days, my father’s tone changed.� “He told me nervously that I must stop my advocacy for human rights in China, or else he would have no choice but to sever contact with me,� Lin told the commission.

She said she believes her father was visited by Chinese security agents, who forced him to apply pressure on her. “I don’t get to talk to him anymore.’ These threats are how Canadian and American citizens with family in China feel the weight of the regime’s repression — even on the other side of the world, she said. “I hope that you can help Chinese people gain a voice, to support them in their wish to believe what they want to believe and talk to whoever they want to talk to about any topic they wish. “I miss my dad.�

Auto-Tune who used pitch-correction software to forge a sonic aesthetic that remains inescapable to this day.

Back then, the android timbre of his singing felt so seductively alien, it invited us to fixate on the technology instead of the man — a man who was singing openly about falling in love with bartenders and strippers.

Smothered in futurism and machismo, his nerdy hopelessness gave those songs their latent humanity.

Leave the Living finish up tour at the Vat Red Deer groove metal band Leave the Living is wrapping up their Western Canada tour in support of their debut album Pacifist on July 30 at the Vat. Doors open at 8 p.m., with the 18-plus show getting underway at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $10.

Pacifist is the follow up to their 2012 self title EP and was released on May 1.

Miss World contestant testifies on religious persecution

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1984 — Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space. She is aboard the orbiting space station Salyut 7.

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LIFESTYLE Daughter refuses to return ring to her mother Dear Annie: I have a problem with my oldest daughter.

She has always been a selfish child. For years, we did not get along, and many times, we stopped speaking.

She popped back into my life last October through a Facebook chat. She was separated from her husband and had left her teenage children. She blamed everything on him and I believed her.

She visited me one day and MITCHELL asked to borrow my mother’s & SUGAR ring, but I said no. I always wore it. Mind you, it’s not worth any money. It only has sentimental value. But when she dropped by another night and asked, I said OK. She promised to give it back. After a few weeks went by, I asked her to return it and she claimed I had given it to her to keep. I corrected her and said I only let her borrow it.

She has since blocked me from her phone and Facebook page. Her husband has informed me that she is seeing a man at her job who is 20 years younger, and that she has started partying, drinking and possibly using drugs. He says he barely knows her anymore. I asked her husband to tell her that I want my mother’s ring back, but she refused his request as well. I am heartbroken. What can I do? — Hurt Mom Dear Mom: Not too much. You voluntarily gave her the ring, which makes it her word against yours that it was only intended to be temporary. You could threaten her with legal action, but actually doing so would cost both of you and might make the relationship irreparable (although we know some readers would think that’s a positive outcome).

Some children don’t turn out the way we hope, no matter how much we love them. Your daughter sounds like an irresponsible, selfish person. You may need to consider Grandma’s ring to be her inheritance, and for your own peace of mind, please try to forgive her.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Had Enough,� the 68-year-old woman who was tired of her husband’s demand for sex. She asked how other seniors handled this.

My husband also had a robust sex drive. I lost interest after menopause, but for his sake, pretended all was well. When his progressing Parkinson’s disease made it difficult for him to complete the act, I let him know that I had no interest, but I did agree to have sex once a week. I dreaded it, as it became a real chore, but I kept my bargain until he died.

I did this because I understood how great his need was, I loved him and he loved me, and he was a considerate sex partner who was always faithful.

I came to understand that sex for him was a security blanket. I am glad I made the effort, because I would not want to be living with regrets now that he is gone.

P.S. The night before he died, his last words to me were, “I love you and I want to have more sex.� — Been There in Florida Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

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HOROSCOPES Saturday, July 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Matt LeBlanc, 47; Iman Bowie, 59; Illeana Douglas, 49 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Hold onto your seat and expect the unexpected!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The more disorganized you are, the more stressful the year will be. A healthy dose of realism will get you motivated and moving in a positive new direction.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Restless Rams — it will be easy to upset others today with your seemingly reckless and disorganised approach.

So strive to be spontaneous and dynamic, rather than rebellious and disruptive.

JOANNE TAURUS (April 20-May MADELEINE 20): Attached Bulls — your MOORE partner will test your patience today. Singles — with love SUN SIGNS planet Venus retrograde for six weeks, expect a few romantic setbacks along the road to finding a partner.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your social calendar won’t be as full as usual as party planet Venus moves backwards, until September 6. So small, intimate gettogethers are favoured over large and rowdy parties.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Love and money planet Venus shifts into retrograde mode, so put off making major romantic decisions or purchasing big ticket items for the next six weeks. Be patient and wait.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re impatient to get things done but barging ahead without thinking about the long-term consequences could just land you in a heap of hot water. So cool down Cats!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With Venus retrograding through your sign, it will be very hard to please others today. And you won’t be satisfied with work you do either. So leave important projects for another time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With Venus, your ruling planet, moving backwards, expect some romantic hiccups over the next six weeks. Single Librans — true love has been delayed, so you’ll just have to be patient.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It would be best not to organise things too precisely today, as plans are likely to change at the last minute. So you’ll need to be flexible and adaptable rather than stubborn and unyielding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The unpredictable stars charge up your fiery nature today Sagittarius and, if you’re not careful, it will be very easy to do or say something impulsive that is totally inappropriate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you’re expecting a run-of-the-mill day then the planets have other ideas, as your usual routine is shaken up and time lines are considerably shortened. So you’ll need to be adaptable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With your ruling planet Uranus squaring Mars, you’re in a rebellious and impatient mood today Aquarius. You’re also more accident-prone than usual, so pace yourself and take care.

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Sunday, July 26 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Sandra Bullock, 50; Kevin Spacey, 55; Mick Jagger, 71 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Saturn stymies displays of affection today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Take a second look at your goals and aspirations for the coming year, and make sure they are an honest reflection of the real you. Resist upsetting others with blunt remarks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The devil is definitely in the detail today Rams. If you rush, you’ll just have to re-do tasks — which will test your limited patience. So take the time to do things properly the first time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stubborn Bulls are very good at holding onto grudges, especially at the moment, with Venus in retrograde motion. So try to let go of the past and move on. You’ll be much happier if you do!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Expect your home life to be busy today Twins, with people coming and going, and emotions running high. You’re keen to speak your mind but is that such a sensible idea?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Crabs are feeling mighty moody today, as the stars increase your emotional frustration. A pinch of patience will save you from saying or doing things that you later regret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Has your enthusiasm for a domestic project taken a nose-dive? Saturn is asking you to shoulder your share of the work today Lions.

Contributing your talents will bring much satisfaction.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your curiosity is increased at the moment and so are your stress levels.

So try to avoid people and situations that you find vexing today Virgo. Instead, take a chill pill and try to relax!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Retrograde Venus places stress on a close relationship today Libra, as patience is tested and cross words are said. And you may also find yourself with extra expenses you hadn’t anticipated.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With Venus moving backwards through your hopes and wishes zone, it’s time to revisit and review your goals for the future.

Then you can put them into action after September 6.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Venus is retrograding through your career zone until September 6, so strive to communicate tactfully with colleagues.

Patience and diplomacy are the keys to workplace harmony.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re busy but don’t neglect the personal touch Capricorn. If you are too business-like with loved ones, then you may find yourself left out of the loop or excluded from a social occasion.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With Mercury moving through your relationship zone, it’s time to get talking— really talking — with your partner. Singles — look for someone who you can really communicate with.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t accept information without checking the facts first. You may have to do some extra homework, but it could save you from getting involved in a situation that doesn’t suit you.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Visitors always admired the entrance gate to my vegetable garden, more than I ever did.

Built from cedar branches, it did have rustic charm. But it really was too flimsy for its size and, as it sagged with age, it had to be muscled open and shut.

That gate, which I have since replaced, illustrated an important point for anyone building a rustic garden structure: Make sure it is strong enough for its intended use.

I built my new gate, like my old one, wholly from natural limbs. Locally gathered wood makes any rustic structure harmonize well with its surroundings. Leaving most of the wood in its natural state — branches often intact, their twists and bends highlighted in the finished structure — creates a gate just a short step removed from Mother Nature.

Wood that endures The type of wood you use will help determine a rustic structure’s strength, longevity and beauty. Rot resistance is mandatory. My original gate was made from juniper (Juniperus virginiana), also known as Eastern red cedar, an abundant and native tree whose heartwood is rot-resistant. But its gate-size wood, 3 inches to 6 inches in diameter, has little heartwood, which is one reason that old gate became so flimsy.

My new gate is made from black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), another native that is fast-growing and much more rot-resistant. Fortunately, black locust grows wild along one edge of my property. And fortunately again, cut it down and new sprouts appear; within about a decade, those sprouts grow fat enough to be harvested again for more gates, fence posts or arbors.

Other naturally rot-resistant woods include osage orange (Maclura pomifera) and white oak (Quercus alba).

Spring is a good time to look for and gather wood because that’s when the bark strips most easily. Bark left intact provides a home for insects and, more importantly, makes for poor joints when bark included in the joinery rots away. (The bark is not rot-resistant.)

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I gathered more wood than I needed last spring to allow for mistakes and to afford many possibilities for joining pieces together in a manner both functional and beautiful.

Design and join For the new gate, I laid out on flat ground various combinations of limbs as they might look on the finished project. I wanted relatively straight members up each side and along the bottom of the gate.

For maximum strength, I wanted a sturdy top branch to sweep down from a higher point at the hinge end of the gate to a lower point at the opposite end. The heaviness of locust wood puts a lot of stress on a 5-foot-wide gate, so I also selected a smaller limb to add diagonal strength in the opposite direction.

Once I found the right combination of pieces, I cut them to length.

The strongest and best-looking way that two natural limbs can join together is when they are naturally branching, as they were on the tree. Even if you find such branches, though, plenty of “artificial” joinery is also needed in a rustic structure. The butt, lap, and mortise and tenon joints used for rustic structures are the same as those used with finished lumber. As with finished lumber, the greater the surface contact between the two pieces of wood, the stronger the joint. I fastened joints together using either bolts and nuts, or screws.

Full functionality My gate and fence are meant to keep animals — from large deer to my bantam chickens — out of my vegetable garden. So I stapled the same material I used for fencing — wire with 2-by-4inch openings — right onto the gate. In addition to fending off feathered and furry interlopers, the wire fencing also adds lateral strength to the gate.

Every rustic structure has its finishing touches.

I never found the steel hinges on my original gate very attractive; this time, a carpenter friend suggested that I hang my new gate using two spikes, one protruding up from a locust post sunk in the ground and the other pro-

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A rustic gate made from locust wood, a rot-resistant wood that will protect and decorate the entrance to this garden for many years to come. jecting down from the top crosspiece in the arch around the gate. The spikes enter holes in the top and bottom of the vertical limb that makes the gate’s hinged end.

This gate now opens and closes with

just a nudge from my pinky.

A good gate invites easy access, especially important for a vegetable garden, where there’s planting, replanting, harvesting and weeding to be done throughout the growing season.

Boosting stair safety Question: How can I make wooden stairs less slippery?

I’ve seen stairs with rough surfaces.

How can I create this?

Answer: One way to increase traction on wooden stairs is with a grit product made especially for the job. It’s essentially a refined sand with a large, uniform particle size that you sprinkle onto STEVE urethane or MAXWELL paint when it’s still wet.

You sprinkle on more than you need, let the coating dry, then vacuum off the excess.

The most commonly available product I know of is called No Slip Compound. It’s made by Dynamic Paints and you can find it in paint stores and big box outlets.

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Finishing wooden floors Question: How do I stain wooden floors so they look good? I’ve seen some floors with a blotchy appearance and I want to avoid that.

Answer: When people talk about “staining” floors, that’s really not entirely accurate.

That’s because staining to add colour is just part of the job. The other part — the more important part — is sealing the floor and protecting it.

Before you decide whether or not you really want to add colour with stain, realize that as your floor wears, lighter colour will show through where the stain gets thin or scratched, making the floor look pretty bad.

This is why I always recommend that people consider sealing only, living with the natural colour of the wood if possible.

If you do want to stain, be sure you finish a complete sample of your floor material before doing the actual floor.

This will give you a chance to test various stains and sealers to see what the end result looks like.

In the case of softwoods, you’ll almost certainly need to use some kind of pre-stain conditioner so the stain colours the wood evenly.

Omit the conditioner and you’ll probably have a mottled appearance.

Apply three or four coats of urethane to your floor after the stain has dried.

Sand each coat lightly with 240-grit sandpaper after it has dried, then vacuum before adding the next coat. No need to sand the last coat.

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ABOVE:: No-slip granules made for increasing traction on painted surfaces.

Sprinkle them onto wet paint or varnish.

BELOW: Foam insulation panels installed on the top of a roof being reshingled.

New roofing will be applied over top of this insulation.

Best finish for softwood furniture Question: Will an oil finish work well on cedar coffee tables? These tables are new and I want to protect the wood while letting the grain show through.

Answer: I really like oil finishes on hardwoods, but I prefer something else on softwoods such as cedar or pine because these woods are so thirsty.

Wipe on polyurethane offers all the advantages of oil, including ease of application, repairability and good looks.

The benefit on softwoods is that wipe-on polyurethane seals the surface in fewer coats and dries more quickly.

It will take four or five coats to give good protection, but the results will be great.

Improving cottage roof insulation Question: How can I improve the roof insulation in my eastern Ontario cottage? It’s a Viceroy from the 1970s, and I don’t want to hide the wooden rafters and ceiling that’s there now.

We plan to use the place spring, summer and fall and will be replacing the shingles this season.

Answer: Adding insulation from the top of the roof is the way to go.

A two-inch layer of foam over the existing roof boards with half-inch plywood on top works well in my experience.

Seal the edges of the sheets of insulation with spray foam as they go down.

If you’re putting new asphalt shingles on, be sure to choose fibreglass

shingles as opposed to organic shingles.

Your insulated roof will get very hot because it’s not ventilated, and fibreglass shingles withstand heat well. You could also install a metal roof.

Steve Maxwell has been helping Canadians with home improvement articles since 1988. Visit him online at SteveMaxwell.ca.

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Giving gardens some character

Dear Lena: Garden ornamentation has been around forever.

The statuary or figuDEBBIE rines that you TRAVIS choose tell a story that can have historic significance, reinforce an architectural style, create an imaginary setting such as a farmyard, tell a story, or bring humour to a small part of the garden.

You can discover wonderful characters and garden decoration on line as well as at your garden centre.

The ducks in rain boots and hats shown here are from Plow and Hearth (www.plowhearth.com). They are resin painted to look like wood, very realistic and full of fun.

All outdoor painted figures will fade and even chip over time due to weather.

But they are easily refreshed.

Clean your figurines with mild soap, use a toothbrush to get into all the nooks and crannies as paint will not stick to dirt or grease.

If there are sharp edges, smooth them out with sandpaper. Let the piece dry thoroughly before you start to paint.

Prime with an exterior high adhesion primer first, then paint with acrylic craft paint.

A top coat is a good idea, look for a varnish that supplies UV protection.

When the weather gets cold, you might want to bring them inside as freezing temperatures will damage the protective coating and even crack the resin.

Enjoy your garden and all the whimsical spots you have created.

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Dear Debbie: We are fortunate to

be asked to visit friends at their summer cottage, and like to take a gift that would be appreciated.

They always have lots of company.

What do you suggest? — Vivian Dear Vivian: Coming up with ideas for considerate hostess gifts can be challenging, especially if you have never been to the cottage, and so don’t know what to expect.

Entertaining when you are on holidays should be as effortless as possible.

Generally, there is some discussion beforehand regarding who is bringing food, beverages, snacks and so on.

Opt for a category that can match up with a useful gift.

For fish lovers, a fish platter is always appreciated; fill it with smoked salmon to be served for breakfast, lunch or hors d’oeuvres.

Bring a favourite casserole ready to heat in a good sized oven dish. Same idea for desserts such as brownies, and fruit crisps.

Drinks caddies are essential for carting beverages down to the beach or dock.

You can find ones that are compartmentalized in cooler bags at home stores. I have seen a carton style with three-inch sides divided into sections that holds glasses and bottles as well as condiments.

The container is the gift, and fill with specialty beers, juices, glasses, homemade jams and preserves, whatever you and your hosts like.

Think about crowd control, too. A set of eight labelled napkin rings will keep everyone organized and cut down on paper products.

A cookbook for cottage favourites and barbecue specialties — include one of your own, of course.

And for the bathroom, a thoughtful and eco-friendly gift is a selection of natural soaps and lotions.

Any of these ideas will please your hosts and guarantee a return invite.

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Dear Debbie: We have several outdoor resin figurines that have faded due to sun and water.

Can they be painted, what type of paint?

Also can a sealer top coat be used to keep them fresh looking as long as possible? — Lena

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A design for spending time Question: We could really use some advice that can take my living room from an unused and dark waiting room to a space we enjoy spending time in.

Twenty-plus years ago, we completely covered the walls, ceiling and floor in old hemlock boards.

For years, we thought the rustic feeling in this room was cosy and casual, until our family members began DAVID to describe the FERGUSON space as “depressing.”

We mostly use the living room watching television or reading by the fireplace in the winter.

Much of our furniture is oak and in a Mission style, and we would prefer to keep it.

However, we are open to adding other styles and although that idea appeals to us, we are not sure how to do it.

We have a large Moroccan area rug, which is bright blue on a cream background with bronze and black accents.

What we really need is advice on where to place the furniture, how to integrate new styles, and making the room less “depressing.”

As our family is all grown now, the emphasis should be on comfort for adults.

We will especially welcome colour suggestions with a view to making the space appear brighter in the daytime.

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Answer: What I loved most about your letter is that for years you enjoyed using this space until others shared how they felt in the space.

That tells me that you are someone who likes to please others, and any way you look at it, the design of your living room must be very special.

Overall, the natural textures of the aged hemlock, combined with the rugged fieldstone fireplace would have made this an ideal setting for casual, comfortable living.

Having said that, we’ve reached a new era where people are most comfortable in rooms that are brighter and offer a more spacious feeling.

Your living room has plenty of assets that can be manipulated to feel both lighter and brighter.

Both the wood and the fieldstone can work well with any colour you choose, so when considering a decorative plan, a first option is to use only lighter tones for paint, fabrics and accessories.

This room also has great proportions, unhindered traffic patterns, as well as some interesting architectural details.

In the plan I have sketched for your room, I have identified the fireplace as a central focal point.

There, I have organized an arrangement with seating for five adults, both around the fireplace and orientated towards the television.

I’ve left your games table and the buffet in their current locations, and I have shown the additional table snuggled cosily under the stairs.

The Mission-style rocker, adjacent to the fireplace, should be a choice spot for sitting and reading on cold winter nights.

This room has great proportions, unhindered traffic patterns and a rustic fireplace as a central focal point, all ensuring that a beautiful and comfortable room for five adults can be easily achieved.

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2. Cover the hoop with the goldcolored duct tape.

3. Thread the two curtain panels onto the hoop.

4. Close the hoop with more gold duct tape.

5. Drape the string of lights around the hoop.

6. Add decorative washi and ribbon details to the string of lights.

7. Tie a pretty cord at four balanced points on the hoop and hang it from these points.

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Dorm redo: a canopy chandelier and other DIY elements For teenagers heading off to college, it’s both a design dream and a challenge: What to do with a small, nondescript dorm room — a space you may have to share? A space that may include furniture you can neither remove nor alter?

Do-it-yourself projects are a great, low-cost way to inject personality into a temporary space.

Some DIY advice from the experts: Reclaim old wood from junked furniture to turn into new furniture, says Maxwell Ryan, who focuses on economical, small-space design as founder and CEO of the New York-based lifestyle blog Apartment Therapy.

For instance, you might build a desk by positioning a wood slab, such as a piece of an old door, atop two inexpensive file cabinets.

“When you think about it, a desk is mostly just a hunk of wood,” says Ryan.

Create a headboard from a large mirror, which reflects light and makes a room look larger.

If you want to go the cinder-block route (or plastic milk crates or wood pallets) to make bookcases, a desk or other simple furniture, be

sure to paint them first — preferably white or something bright, Ryan suggests. Wood pallets, in particular, are useful: “They can become coffee tables or foundations for beds or sofas.”

Christine Lemieux, founder of DwellStudio and creative director at Wayfair, suggests personalizing bookcases with colorful scrapbook or other paper on the inside back wall, adhering it with Blu-tack, which removes easily. Or use washi tape, which also comes off easily, on nearly any surface: the edges of bookshelves, computer cords, and furniture, including headboards and mirrors.

You can create a graphic image on a dorm wall with washi tape, Lemieux suggests, or cover a large wall with temporary wallpaper or an adhesive mural. Try the temporary dry-eraseboard or chalkboard wallpaper, on which you can write (and erase) your daily activities.

Temporary wallpaper can also be used on furniture, she says. Or jazz up a plain, white dresser (your own, not the one provided by the dorm or in a furnished apartment!) with colored Sharpie pens. Update drawer pulls with bright duct tape or spray paint.

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DESIGN: Additional option Obviously, an additional option would be removing the hemlock wood at least from the walls and ceiling and replacing it with painted drywall.

To achieve the ultimate brightness here, this is the best option, short of painting the walls and the ceiling or adding more ambient light sources.

In both cases, the objective should be to make the space feel livelier by introducing updated colours and patterns.

The love seat sofa style should be upholstered in a solid, neutral fabric that is similar in tone to the cream of the area rug.

A similar tone could be used to create a wall of draperies around the window wall.

The drapery style could feature beautiful cast iron hardware and plenty of fabric draping fabric in order to create a soft, supple surface in contrast to those in the rest of the room.

It is the accessories that will bring the brightness to the space, when you choose dramatic patterns and colours for throws, accent pillows and art work.

Keeping with the casual ambience in the room, maintain the eclectic decorating style that you’ve already begun.

If in the end you find that there is too little contrast in the space, and you are feeling adventurous, you might try using some of the drapery fabric as a backdrop for the buffet unit.

The backdrop should start at the same height as the drapes and extend at least 45 cm (18 inches) on each side of the buffet.

Track lighting with its sleek lines and contemporary fixtures is the ideal way to illuminate the area.

Consider using two levels of lighting here.

General illumination, or ambient lighting, should wash the fireplace wall and create a lighted path around the conversation area.

This lowest level of lighting is ideal for watching television or holding evening conversations by the fire.

The second level would be task lighting where you would focus brighter lighting on the games table with additional lighting strategically placed around the room for reading and other activities.

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mieux says, is the bed, usually a dorm room’s centerpiece. Think of it as a sofa: Push it sideways against a wall and dress it up like a day bed.

“Your bed is your lounge area, your media centre, your office, your everything,” she says.

Hang a tapestry or curtain behind it to create an inexpensive but dramatic headboard.

Over the bed, hang a canopy chandelier made from a hula hoop, duct tape, two curtain panels, a string of lights and washi tape.

“It’s so easy to do and so inexpensive, and provides such a big bang,” says Lemieux.

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DURWARD Alice Christina Mary 1910 - 2015 Alice Christina Mary Durward of Evarts, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Lacombe Extended Care Facility on July 17, 2015 at the age of 105.

Alice was born on June 17, 1910 in Elgin, Scotland, the third child of Peter and Maggie Cameron. The Cameron family immigrated to Canada in 1912 and initially settled in the farming community of Ferintosh, near Camrose, Alberta. Shortly thereafter, the Cameron family moved to a farm in the Marianne District, and it was here that Alice attended the Marianne school for her first eight years. The Camerons relocated to the Evarts District in 1924 where Alice completed her education. Alice met her future husband, Harry Durward, who had emigrated from Scotland to the Winterburn area before he moved to the Marianne district in 1929. In 1939 Alice joined Harry in Kamloops, where they were married. The Durwards continued to live in Kamloops before moving to Vancouver in 1942 when Harry gained employment in a steel works company. In 1944 their son, Wilson was born and in 1946 Harry and Alice returned to the Evarts district to take up farming on the PN Cameron home quarter where Alice had grown up. Alice continued to live on the “farm” until 2005 when she moved to the Sylvan Lake Seniors Lodge where she resided until 2013 when a series of health episodes necessitated her move to a long care facility in Lacombe. By her own admission, Alice was a “farmer”... proud of her farming heritage and intent on being actively involved in its continued stewardship until the end.

Alice believed in community participation. She was an energetic member of both the Evarts Ladies Aid and the Evarts Community Club. Alice also had a long association with the Benalto Agricultural Society - first as a child exhibitor during the Fair’s formative days, latterly as a dedicated Director and finally as a proud recipient of a Life Membership in the “Ag Society”. Alice’s community activity was not limited to the purely secular. She was a regular member of the Evarts Presbyterian Church until it closed, and subsequently of the Sylvan Lake Memorial Presbyterian Church where she was a faithful member of the Senior Choir for many years.

Alice was predeceased by her husband Harry in 1982. She is survived by her son Wilson of Burnaby, British Columbia as well as five nephews and nieces: Robert (Muriel) Bramall and Dennis (Ardis) Bramall of Evarts, Fraser (Phyllis) Bramall of Gaetz, Peter (Barbara) Bramall of Tokorora, New Zealand, and Allison Storey of Courtenay, BC as well as many grand, great-grand, and great-great-grand nephews and nieces. A memorial service will be held in the Sylvan Lake Memorial Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm after cremation has taken place with the Reverend Joanne Lee officiating. In lieu of floral tributes, friends may wish to donate memorial tributes in Alice’s name to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

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DANYLUK Alex 1945 - 2015 Alex passed away with his loving family by his side at the Red Deer Regional hospital on July 16, 2015 at the age of 69. Alex was born in Bellis, Alberta on August 2, 1945. He will be remembered as a beloved husband, loving father and proud grandfather.

Alex leaves to mourn his passing his wife of 49 years, Rita Danyluk; daughter, Cynthia (Robert) Jamieson; grandson, Michael Danyluk; siblings, Helen Kashuba, Jean Demetryk, Mary (Peter) Hutniak, and William (Rose) Danyluk.

Alex was predeceased by his parents, William and Rose Danyluk, siblings, Lena Krasse, John Danyluk, Peter Danyluk, Katie Farmer, Sylvia Brown, Pauline Trosko and Vicki McDougall. As per Alex’s wishes no funeral service will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Alex’s memory may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

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LOVEJOY 1931 - 2015 Mrs. Mary Lovejoy of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at the age of 84 years. Mary is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Peter, as well as numerous family members and friends in Canada and England. Friends are invited to share in a time of remembrance between the hours of 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in the social room (4th floor) of Montfort Heights, 6118 - 53 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mary’s honor may be directed to the charity of choice.

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LAFRENIERE Wallace Leon Wallace “Wally” Leon Lafreniere of Red Deer passed away on July 20, 2015 at the age of 64. A Funeral Service for the late Wallace Lafreniere will be held at the Chapel of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home, 5019 47A Ave, Sylvan Lake, AB on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House. A full obituary will follow at a later date. 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

Celebrations LEONA KNOPF Is turning 80!

Come & Go From 1 - 4 Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015.

Waskasoo Estates Clubhouse, England Way, Red Deer County.

Trying to keep it a surprise but..... your presence is gift enough!

Just had a baby boy?

Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

Anniversaries

Booking Clerk - P/TLacombe. Medical terminology is a must.

Medical clinic experience is preferred. Fax Resumes to 403-782-5879 or e-mail fmala@shawbiz.ca

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Dispatcher/Service Coordinator Assistant

CAMPBELL George & Esther OPEN YARD CELEBRATION 50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday August 2, at 207 Piper Drive Light lunch at 1.

Open mike at 3.

No presents please, only your presence.

50 th Wedding Anniversary

SERVICE RIG

Friday, July 31 Open House from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm At the Lacombe Memorial Centre - County Room

No gifts or cards please A donation box will be available for Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Fast paced Service Company is currently looking for a Service Coordinator Assistant.

Duties include: Answering multi-line phone system, coordinating and managing service calls, create, schedule and manage/ track work orders and purchase orders, data entry, ensure all supporting documents are received.

Candidates must be organized, thorough and have good time management skills, good communication skills and proficient at typing with a high rate of accuracy and attention to detail, proficient in Word and Excel, demonstrate the ability to respond to rapidly changing situations and make critical decisions in a timely fashion.

Please fax resumes to: 403-347-9310 or email administration @ barwpetroleum.com

Join Us As We Celebrate our

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Announcements

JOHNSON Allen 1957 -2015 Allen passed away suddenly at the RDRH on July 16, 2015 at the age of 57. He will be sadly missed by commonlaw wife Louella Liebig; children Quentin Liebig, Theresa (Sam) Webster; and grand-children Micheal, Samantha, William and Allen’s Elizabeth.

Per request, there will be no service.

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60 YR Old lady with MS seeking F/T live-in nurse maid in country. Drivers licence would be an asset.

Wages $15.75/hr. per 44 hr. week. 403-722-2182 or email: wayneleorasmith@gmail.com

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DRURY Louise Jan. 18, 1929 - July 22, 2015 Louise Drury passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at the age of 86.

Louise is survived by her husband, Ron (currently residing at Symphony Senior Living Evergreen in Calgary); daughter, Sue Drury (Brian Veldhuis); son, Doug (Jean) Drury; grandsons, Eric and Robert; and brother, Keith (Gloria) Johnson. As per Louise’s wishes, no formal service will be held. Photos, stories, and condolences may be shared with the family through www.choicememorial.com.

Donations in memory of Louise may be made to the Red Deer SPCA (www.reddeerspca.com) or the World Wildlife Fund (www.wwf.ca).

Arrangements entrusted to the care of CHOICE MEMORIAL CREMATION & FUNERAL SERVICES (403) 277-7343.

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Personals

Forever remembered and loved, Moreau, DeAeth, and Scott families

REED (nee ING) Kyle, Kai-Li, Andy, Andrea, Elijah and Mackenzie are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Charlotte Elizabeth on June 11th, 2015 at 3:47pm weighing 8lbs. 2oz. Proud Grandparents are Weiman and Rae Ing and Wes and Verdell Reed.

Excited Great Grandma is Edith Scalf. Thank you to the doctors at Horizon Clinic and all the staff on Unit 25 for the excellent care of mom and baby.

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: Become an 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S Optician?

37543 HWY 2N Would you like to become 700 3020 22 St. an Optician?

Food Service Supervisor Earn your Diploma in Req’d permanent shift Optical Sciences at NAIT’S weekend day and evening 2 yr. program both full and part time.

4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + REQUIREMENTS medical, dental, life and vi-Grade 12, GED, or sion benefits. Start ASAP. assessed equivalent Job description -Must be a Canadian www.timhortons.com citizen Experience 1 yr. to less Enrollment starts than 2 yrs.

May 1 - Aug. 15, 2015 Apply in person or fax Course cost $3000/yr. resume to: 403-314-1303 Employer will payroll deduction for assistance, Looking for a new pet? if req’d.

Check out Classifieds to EARN WHILE YOU find the purrfect pet.

LEARN Full time employment Central Alberta’s Largest 40/hrs/wk Car Lot in Classifieds Training & Practicum hours proved to successful candidate.

JJAM Management (1987) Mon. - Fri. 10-7 Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Sat. 9-6 Requires to work at these Medical/Dental Benefits Red Deer, AB locations: To arrange for an 5111 22 St. interview, please call 37444 HWY 2 S 403-347-7889 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Restaurant/ Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

Hotel Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

CALKINS CONSULTING 40 hrs/week, + benefits , o/a Tim Hortons 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., 8 vacancies at each criminal record check req’d. location for FOOD Req’d education some COUNTER ATTENDANTS secondary. Apply in for 3 locations $13/hr. + person or fax resume to: benefits. F/T & P/T 403-314-1303 For full job positions. Permanent shift description visit www. work, weekends, days, timhortons.com nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job JJAM Management (1987) description avail. at Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s www.timhortons.com Requires to work at these Apply in person to 6620 Red Deer, AB locations: Orr Drive. Red Deer, 5111 22 St. 6017 Parkwood Road, 37444 HWY 2 S Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. 37543 HWY 2N Lacombe. or 700 3020 22 St. Call 403-848-2356 FOOD ATTENDANT The Tap House Pub & Grill Req’d permanent shift req’s full and part time weekend day and evening COOKS AND both full and part time.

DISHWASHERS. 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + Apply with resume at benefits. Start ASAP. 1927 Gaetz Avenue Job description between 2-5 pm. www.timhortons.com Education and experience LOOKING for line cooks. not req’d.

Must have some cooking Apply in person or fax experience and work well resume to: 403-314-1303 in a team atmosphere. chillabongs@hotmail.com

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KODIAK Enterprises Red Deer, AB. is taking application for JOURNEYMAN & APPRENTICE WELDERS F/T year round employment Please call Bob 403-357-8669 or email resume to: bob@kodiakent.com

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS LTD

BEARSPAW is a moderately sized oil and gas company operating primarily in the Stettler and Drumheller areas. We are currently accepting applications for a

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field.

Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly.

Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler).

Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3K 0S3 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

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 Start your career!

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TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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SALES ADMINISTRATOR RED DEER, ALBERTA Key Responsibilities - Provide customer service to by promoting and managing front counter sales - Answer incoming calls - Process feed orders - Provide administrative support to the management team

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Qualifications - High School Diploma - 3-5 years in an office environment - Sales experience considered an asset

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

TELECON, Canadian leader within Knowledge, Skills and the telecom industry with Abilities over 45 years in business, - Superior customer who’s currently expanding services skills his Western region market, - Excellent communications is seeking for experienced and inter-personnel skills INSTALLATION & REPAIR - Excellent organizational TECHNICIANS in Red abilities, high attention to Deer: - Minimum of 1 year details exp. in I & R (POTS, - Expert knowledge of ADSL and TV services) Microsoft Office and Availabilities to work on various computer programs all shifts and to travel We offer a competitive salary Other and a full range of benefits.

- Must be genuinely Please visit our website at interested in the www.telecon.ca/ agriculture and feed industry Careers-en-15 - May be required to lift to submit your resume and move items or call weighting up to 20kgs.

1-800-465-0349 ext. 440.

Only candidates We offer competitive considered will be salaries and employee contacted. benefits. Please apply by August 7th, 2015

Truckers/ Drivers

E-mail: hr@emf-nutrition.com Person: 4747-60th Street Mail: 715 Marion Street Winnipeg, MB R2J 0K6 Fax: (204) 233-7245

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

Parkvale

3934 -37 AVE, Sat., July 25, 10 - 3, household items, carpenters and mechanics tools.

Back alley in garage.

Fri. July 24, 2-7, Sat. July 25, 10-2.

Downsizing.

TOOLS, household, etc. Back alley 4631-48 St.

Lonsdale

Out of Town

15 LAMB CLOSE, MultiFamily, Sat. July 25, 8-4, lawn tools, household, sewing machine, guitar, truck box cover, and much more.

Morrisroe 118 MAXWELL AVENUE Fri. July 24, 1-8 and Sat. July 25, 9-5. Crafts, collectibles, household goods, tables, some furn., and more.

Oriole Park HUGE SALE!!

6 ORCHARD GREEN July 23, 24, 25 & 26 Thurs., Fri. Sat. 12-7, Sun. 1-4 - Baby items, collectibles, fish tanks, household, seasonal.

Oilfield

LARGE Multi family. Fri. July 24, 4-6, July 25, 9-4.

Gasoline Alley overpass East on McKenzie Rd., 3 miles south on RR271.

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE Household items, quad gear, pictures, kids toys, shelves, exercise equip., furniture, bikes, golf clubs, etc. Fri., July 24, 12-6, Sat., July 25, 10-5.

Directions: C & E Trail north to Twp Rd 392, turn right to Valley Ridge.

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Sylvan Lake

Sylvan Lake YARD SALE 35 Lakeview Crescent, Friday, July 24 & Saturday, July 25 10 a.m. To 5 p.m.

Weather permitting.

Mantiques & up cycled items, tractors seats, ornamental horse tack, Wurlitzer Organ, garden décor, lifejackets, household items, cream cans, cream separator, and much more! NO EARLYBIRDS PLEASE

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

JOURNEYMAN Welder required: Is capable of performing a variety of welding functions. The individual should be familiar with and capable of using various types of welding equipment. Please submit resumes to calvin@ decoking.com. Thank you for your interest

Professionals

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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COORDINATOR POSITION TERM POSITION AUGUST 25, 2015 – AUGUST 19, 2016 Rocky Support Services Society is a certified not for profit agency providing residential, employment, community access and independent living supports for persons with developmental disabilities in Rocky Mountain House.

WASKASOO ESTATES 414 and 534 Woodlea Cres., downsizing. Thurs.

July 23, 4-8, Fri., Sat. and Sun., July 24, 25, and 26, 9-6. Lots of everything.

Follow signs.

Reporting directly to the Program Director, the Coordinator provides input and supervises the development and delivery of programs and services to meet individual needs in residential and day programs, as well as ensuring the effective use of human and financial resources.

Experience in Behavioral Management is an asset.

Qualifications: Community disability studies or comparative, related experience and/or education is required to ensure individual services plans are developed and implemented according to the needs of the client.

Rocky Support Services Society offers a competitive wage and benefit package and employee friendly policies.

Closing Date: August 7, 2015 Please Mail, Fax or Email a resume and cover letter to: Scan to See Current Openings

Linda Bozman, Human Resources Manager Rocky Support Services PO Box 1120 Rocky Mountain House AB T4T 1A8 Phone: 403-845-4080 x: 102 Fax: 403-845-6951 Email: lbozman@rockysupportservices.ca

PH 403.845.4080 l FAX 403.845.6951 4940-50 Ave. Box 1120 l Rocky Mountain House, AB l T4T 1A8 www.rockysupportservices.ca

FRAC SAND B-TRAIN DRIVER RESPONSIBILITIES: • Comply with our Target Zero program as a mimimum standard unless regulations or legislation is more stringent in any area • Operate various large duty trucks over outdoor terrain and through all weather conditions • Perform pre and post trip inspections and accurately ¿ll out all required forms • Perform rig-in and rig out of all equipment, for travel • Operate all equipment in a safe and responsible manner • Attend pre-job safety meeting on location • Perform maintenance on units and auxiliary equipment • Complete required paperwork • Establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues • Consult with supervisor and crew regarding any operational de¿ciencies

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TRICAN is a global well service company with operations in Canada, USA, Russia, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Australia, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and Norway.

If you are a motivated, service-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills, we invite you to apply for the following position:

Find it.

Classified. It’s the solution you’re searching for — whether you’re seeking a home, an apartment, a new occupation or even a stray pet.

CALL 309-3300

Restaurant/ Hotel

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NORTH HILL (6889 50 AVE) LOCATION FULL TIME

SUPERVISORS • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities • Medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820 Misc.

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Using well developed leadership skills, you will provide support in training, developing and evaluating staff.

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Classified. It’s the resource you can count on to sell a myriad of merchandise items because our columns compel qualified buyers to call.

Now Hiring

Sylvan Lake

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Sell it.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! 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

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Classified. It’s the easy-to-access, information-packed marketplace visited regularly — by all kinds of consumers.

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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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Trades

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Oilfield

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Catholic Social Services is offering a rewarding opportunity with the Approved Home Program; As an Approved Home proprietor you will provide ongoing training and support in addition to daily structure in a positive supportive home environment for a middle aged adult male diagnosed with Schizophrenia and OCD behaviors.

The gentleman is successfully employed in Calgary and has been for the past 10 years. He wants to move closer to family here in Red Deer and suitable employment has been located within the city. The gentleman will have staffing supports ( 8 hours/weekly ) as he is new to Red Deer and will need assistance to connect with various community groups.

• The individual would benefit from a mature proprietor living within the city of Red Deer as well as a positive male role model in the home.

• The successful candidate(s) must demonstrate creative approaches for ensuring routines are maintained. The home can have no Children, but pets are fine.

• The individual will pay Room & Board.

Part of the hiring process demands proof of a current Criminal Record check prior to starting the position.

Catholic Social Services will facilitate an orientation session to the Approved Home Program and on-going monthly training is offered as well.

Monthly remuneration paid to proprietor $ 2036.00 Interested applicants please contact

Catholic Social Services @ 403 347-8844 ext. 2917

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

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: • Valid Class 1 Driver’s Licence is required • Pressure pumping experience is preferred • High school diploma is an asset • Safe driving skills, driver’s abstract will be requested • Heavy lifting required, must be physically ¿t • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Learn under the personal direction of one of North America’s experts in restorative cleaning!

WHAT MAKES US ATTRACTIVE: • Values-driven organization • Full coverage bene¿ts program, Health Spending Account, RRSP matching program • Global technical leader within our industry • Focus on Safety, training and development

Salary and Benefits based on skill set and experience

Please forward your resume and a copy of a current driver’s abstract (in confidence) Fax: (403) 314-3332, Online: https://trican.hgcareers.com Please visit our website at www.trican.ca for additional information about our company.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

Drop off or mail resume + driver’s abstract to MancusoCleaning #8-7428-49 Ave Red Deer, T4P 1M2 www.mancusocleaning.com

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• 15 days on / 6 days off • On call 24-hours per day during days on • Willing to live near base of employment • Pre-employment medical testing required • Working in all weather conditions

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Employment Training

SAFETY

PAT’S Off-Road Transport is currently hiring

TRAINING CENTRE

experienced managers

Industries #1 Choice!

for our Canadian Division.

We are proud to offer our employees on the job skill development training to enable their career growth and an opportunity to advance within our company.

Position description: Managers are accountable for the welfare and operational excellence of their crew. They are responsible to promote teamwork, ensure their team complies with all Company Health, Safety & Environment policies and regulations, improve performance and seek out new opportunities, along with ensuring all paperwork is completed in a timely manner. Managers must do direct sales with clients and potential clients.

Position responsibilities: - Effectively communicate with upper management, Crew and our Clients in the planning coordination and execution of our services - Review all functions and ensure they are error free and within the capacity of the crew and equipment - Plan and coordinate - Ensure all equipment is inspected and properly configured to meet treatment requirements - Complete and submit all paperwork including invoices, logbooks, pre-trip and post-trip inspections, etc. to meet specified deadlines

OILFIELD TICKETS

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

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OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 PROPANE heater for inside travel home, works good $150 obo 403-314-0804 PS4 Playstation brand new, retail $450, Firewood sell $300 cash 403-728-3336 403-350-0959 AFFORDABLE VINTAGE Royal Doulton Homestead Firewood Beswick horse, brown Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail. shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 $40; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size B.C. Birch, Aspen, 6 1/2, like new $25. Lazy Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. Boy, recliner, tall style, PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 beige, $95. 403-352-8811 LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Cats Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 1 BALINESE kitten, 403-318-4346 1 Siamese $60/ea; 403-887-3649

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

2 BDRM Duplex overlooking Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, NO PETS. $1150 incl. water, garbage & sewer, d.d. $1000. avail. Aug.1.

403-346-3179

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3 BDRM, 3 flr, 3 bath, finished basement w bath, 5 appl., deck, 3 car parking on site, newly painted and carpeted, clean house at 7316 - 59 Ave. for August 1.

Rent/DD $1700 to over 35 yr old working tenant family. Ph:403-341-4627 for questions.

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Houses/ Duplexes

Household Furnishings

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DINING room table, Oak, 48” round, extends to 92” w/6 chairs. $250.

403-342-0587, 391-9058

Sporting Goods

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3 BDRM. main floor, approx 1000 sq.ft. Shared Laundry. $950 + utils. 403-660-7094

Condos/ Townhouses

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Suites

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BRAND NEW RENTAL COMMUNITY Now leasing for Sept. 1!

1 & 2 BDRMs from $1230.

In-suite laundry. Dishwasher. Storage. Balcony. Pet friendly. Elevator. Parking avail. Gym. Community garden. Non-smoking.

On-site mgmt. 39 Van Slyke Way, Red Deer.

403-392-6751 SkylineLiving.ca FEMALE TENANT wanted, A.I.S.H. welcome, incld’s furnished bdrm., kitchen facilities, washer/dryer & utils. $500. rent & S.D. Phone Dalyse after 6 pm. weekdays 403-896-3722 or Mike 403-346-8581

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CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in

Tour These Fine Homes

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SERGES HOMES Open House 22 Coachill St. Blackfalds July 23, 24, 25 & 26 Hours: 1 - 5

CALL CLASSIFIEDS

DEER PARK AREA

TO ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY HERE!

Davenport Place (Corner of Ross St. & Donlevy Ave.) $123.04/mo.

309-3300

ALSO Dixon Cres, Ave, Close and Dunlop St. $111.52/mo

Mobile Lot

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. in

WESTPARK

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Moving & Storage

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Painters/ Decorators

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DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Moving & Storage

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Massage Therapy

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Roofing

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FANTASY SPA

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

10 - 2am Private back entry

QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

403-341-4445

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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Moving & Storage

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MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Seniors’ Services

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GRAND VILLA SALEM, 3 slides, $34,000 obo.

Contact Rennie Green, 587-225-7070

Boats & Marine

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WatersEdge Marina JACK MACAULEY (403) 357-4156

AND JACQUI FLETCHER (403) 896-3244 Father/daughter team Sutton Landmark Realty suttonrd@shaw.ca

Houses For Sale

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“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

3 ACRES in Sundance Hills 20 minutes outside of Red Deer Lovely Bungalow with a view Huge 32’ X 36’ Shop $669,000 Call Today to View!

Jack Macauley (403) 357-4156 Sutton Landmark Realty

BEAUTIFUL Bi-Level in Benalto 5 bedrooms and 3 baths Backing onto a green space $389,900 SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE 2-4 PM Call Jacqui Fletcher (403) 896-3244 Sutton Landmark Realty

Lots For Sale

Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com 2006 SEADOO RXT, 66 hrs., Ezload trailer, tarp, new battery, mint cond., $6,900. 403-357-4770

If you think an ad with a

LARGE HEADING grabs your attention

the REVERSE is 5020 also true 5040 4160

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Mike at 1-403-588-0218

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Antique & Classic Autos

ANTIQUE cars. Exc. running cond. Call for details. 403-396-2396

SUV's

BOWER AREA

BEAT THE RUSH! Book JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. now for your home projects. Free Est. 403-872-8888 Reno’s, flooring, painting, RMD RENOVATIONS small concrete/rock work, LAUREL TRUDGEON Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. landscaping, small tree Residential Painting and Call Roger 403-348-1060 cutting, fencing & decking.

Colour Consultations.

Call James 403-341-0617 WOOD fences starting at 403-342-7801. $18/ft. 403-352-4034

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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Handyman Services

Holiday Trailers

Archibald Cres.

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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Hasn’t left yet and already homesick

Christine Sinclair to share cover with Messi on FIFA 16 video game in Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

to No. 103 for the men.

Messi has been a constant on the cover in recent years, with other athletes added for local editions of the game, which is developed in Burnaby, B.C. The video game developer says it captured the likeness, body movements and playing styles of star players like Canada’s Sinclair, America’s Morgan, and England’s Stephanie Houghton.

FIFA 16 will be available Sept. 22 PC, Xbox One and 360, and PlayStation 3 and 4.

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TORONTO — Canadian soccer captain Christine Sinclair is not just in the game, she’s on the cover.

EA Sports announced Monday that the 32-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., will share the Canadian cover of FIFA 16 with Barcelona star Lionel Messi. U.S. international striker Alex Morgan will be on the American cover with Messi.

They join Australian Steph Catley, who will be showcased in Australia, as the first women to appear as the face of the hit video game franchise.

Powered Powe ered by “This year’s World Cup showcased the unbelievable talent and skill in Central Alberta’s women’s soccer,” Sinclair career site of choice. said. “I’m thrilled that EA Sports is celebrating female athletes in FIFA 16. To be featured in the game and to promote women’s soccer with Alex is really special and another exciting step for women in sports.”

The video game developer announced in late May that the new version of the game would feature 12 women’s national teams for the first time in the 22-year history of the franchise.

Teams from Canada, Australia, Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S. will be available to play in several game modes including Kick Off, an offline tournament, as well as online friendly matches.

The women’s teams will “compete exclusively” against each other in the game, according to EA Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has grown over five decades to become one Sports. of the largest disability based service providers in Alberta. Parkland “As soon as we knew C.L.A.S.S. exists to improve the quality of life of children & adults women’s national teams with developmental disabilities through individual choice, were joining FIFA 16, we immediately recognized dignity and rights. We strive to empower the people that Christine and Alex we serve, measuring our success against would be the perfect cover the goals they set for themselves. athletes based on their accomplishments and what they represent for their respective countries and the sport of women’s socApply now to provide value in the Human Services Industry cer,” said David Pekush, We are recruiting for the following positions: senior manager of North America marketing for EA CHILDREN & ADULT DISABILITY Sports.

SUPPORT WORKERS “They are exhilarating players and exude heart CHILDREN & ADULT PROPRIETORS and courage on the pitch, Experience, knowledge of First Nations Culture and related education would be an asset, however not and we are extremely required, as we provide comprehensive training at no cost. High school diploma, police information proud to be working with check, child intervention record check and a positive attitude are required. Most positions, but not all them this year.” require a driver’s license and a vehicle to transport the individuals.

The Canadian women appear to have it over We offer a variety of appealing benefits and a friendly, caring and helpful working environment. their male counterparts.

To get detailed information regarding any vacant positions, please visit our website at While EA has yet to anwww.parklandclass.org – Job Opportunities nounce the men’s national teams in the new game, Please check back often; vacancies are updated every Wednesday & Friday.

Canada was not one of the Feel free to contact us or submit a cover letter and resume to: 47 squads in FIFA 15.

6010 45 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 3M4 The Canadian women Email: hr@pclass.org Fax: (403) 986-2404 are ranked 11th in the Phone: (403) 986-2400 world by FIFA, compared

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HELP

to begin biting into that next chunk, but I’m unsure as from what angle I should bite into it. — Hungry Dear Hungry: Bite. Don’t think about the angle.

Just take a bite. Then, take another.

This reminds me of advice someone gave me years ago. I was fresh out of college when I called Mike Royko. Mike was a Chicago legend in the newspaper business. So, I picked up the phone and called him.

I didn’t have the option to email him, tweet to him, “like” or follow him on Facebook, Snapchat or Instragram, or connect with him on LinkedIn. I used a telephone (it was connected to a wall with a telephone cord). I made sure to call at noon.

His assistant was at lunch, so he picked up the phone. Before he could speak, I said: “Mr. Royco, my name is Harlan Cohen, and I want to be a syndicated columnist. Can I ask you a question?” He responded with a gruff and surprised “What?” I then asked him, “How did you become a syndicated columnist?” He replied, “Write. I just write. Write.” I asked, “Do you have any advice for an aspiring columnist?” He said again, “Write. I just write. Write.” I then said “thank you” and hung up the phone.

He was right. Write, write, write. For you, it’s bite, bite, bite. Never stop biting. When you stop biting, you stop growing. If you get a bad bite, spit it out and keep biting. Go on an adventure.

Make the next five years about doing, living and experiencing. Write about it. Ask questions. Be selfish. Spend time with yourself. Meet people. Surround yourself with hungry people who want to live life. Then write to me in five years.

By then you will know what to write and how to write it, and you’ll go after it. Keep writing, keep biting, keep living, keep learning and keep laughing, and you will get wherever you’re supposed to go.

Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

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Olds College is presently engaged in the “Employ Your Passion Capital Campaign” and has an employment opportunity available for a 2 to 3 year contract Senior Development Officer. Alternating work between Olds and Calgary, or Olds and Edmonton the successful candidate will develop and execute strategies designed to achieve the financial goals of the Advancement Office within an assigned major gift ($100,000+) portfolio.

MARKETING & SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER (ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I) Hourly Rate: $24.64

Olds College has an opportunity for a full-time temporary Administrative Assistant. Reporting to both the departments of Corporate Enterprise and Sustainability and the Office of the Registrar, the Officer will work to effectively promote and sell all of our academic programs including website promotion, content management and overseeing marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities also include: assisting and leading multiple sustainability campaigns and developing innovative programs that will ‘future proof’ Olds College. In conjunction with sustainability, this position will also explore new retail opportunities that will closely align with marketing the academic programs that have enterprise components thus maintaining and exploring new partnerships.

Please forward a resume quoting the appropriate competition number by the closing dates indicated on our website.

For information on these or other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment

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Dear Harlan: I’m moving from California to OklaDear Crazy in Love: Want her to want you? homa.

Give her permission to figure out who she is withMy parents are not going to be nearby, and I’m out you. Give her space. Don’t pressure. Acknowlvery anxious about it. Do you have any advice on how edge that while this is hard for you, it’s important for to get past not being with your parents for an extend- her to have what she needs. ed period of time?

In the meantime, experiment with being It’s my first time being away from famwithout her. Find more people in places ily, and I’m living in a new area. I’m nerwhere you live, work, sweat, lead, learn vous about not being able to see them as and play. much as I’m used to. — Leaving Home While you’re working to find them, let Dear Leaving Home: Oklahoma used this be a sign that you need more balance. to be far away.

You need to make sure you have a life that Then the car was invented. Then came you love with her and without her. For a the airplane. Now, there’s the Internet. huge part of your life, she has been your You can see your parents whenever you rock. want.

If you find that you’re not able to reThe best part is that you can blame spect her boundaries, stop talking to her as a bad connection when you get tired of much. Be patient and appreciate that this seeing them. It’s normal to miss them will be painful and it will take time. and feel homesick, but realize that The best way to keep her in your life is change magnifies fear. to give her room to live her life without you HARLAN Plan when you’ll text, talk and chat. for a few months.

COHEN Pick a date when you will see them and Dear Harlan: I recently graduated from know that date is coming. Another trick college and am finding myself with a lot of is to tell your story as if it already hapuncertainty. pened. For example, your story will be: The whole world is out there for me to “I’m so grateful and excited to be thriving in Okla- take, but I am having trouble finding out where I homa. I have amazing friends and an incredible life. should start. I am a writer with the dream of reachI’ve worked so hard to find my people and places ing more people than Facebook, WordPress and here. I did X, Y and Z to meet them. I’m so grateful I Twitter currently allow. get to talk to and see my parents online whenever I I am realizing that the close-knit web of people I want. I love that I visit my parents and they visit me.” was surrounded by in college only left me more overWhen you tell your story from a place of happiness whelmed by the real world, or maybe the almost-real and abundance, you can manifest the experience you world, since I had to move back in with my parents. desire in the future.

I have come to be satisfied with moving away from Hey Harlan: I have been dating this girl for almost the beautiful college town I lived in for the past four eight years (we are both 21) and we have been going years, and I am hungry for all the “newness” that is through a bit of a rough patch right now. to come my way.

She is moving to another state for an internship I am ready to take risks, to fail, to succeed and to for the summer. She suggested a break while she is possibly inspire people in my pursuit of my dream. I gone. I was OK with it, but she started to talk to other do not want to settle. I do not want to look back and guys. find myself muttering the words “I wish,” “If only” She has told me numerous times that she isn’t and “I regret.” I am young, so this is the time to start looking for another relationship. She just wants time the next chapter of my life — and the best is yet to for herself. It really crushes me to see her talk to come, right? other guys. I try not to text or call her often, but it’s I guess what I am trying to ask is: As a writer yourso hard when she is the main person I go to with al- self, what is your advice for beginning the walking most anything. stage, which eventually will lead to running and ulShe was my rock and my support, and now that timately, the chasing and then the catching of one’s she’s gone, I really feel alone. I’m crazy in love with dreams and passions? this girl, and I know she is the one for me. Any adSomeone great once told me that the best way to vice? Thanks! — Crazy in Love eat an elephant is one chunk at a time, so I am ready