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Animal rescue centre in danger of closing its doors Medicine River Wildlife Centre turns to community for support

BY JENNA SWAN Red Deer Express

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edicine River Wildlife Centre is in dire need of community support as they are facing closure if a new hospital facility is not built.

MRWC was built 31 years ago following a grant of $100,000 from the federal government. Founder and Executive Director Carol Kelly, along with her family built the facility to address the needs of the many animals who were injured and orphaned in Central Alberta and have since saved the lives of over 10,000 animals.

However after years of wear and tear on the original building, which hosts the hospital, interpretive educational centre and offices for the staff, Kelly has found the ceilings of the building caving in, yearly flooding from heavy rains, with the building’s foundation no longer meeting government codes.

This spring the building’s heating system also gave out.

“After 31 years and numerous near closures in the past, I found myself wondering if this wasn’t the final straw that would lead to the closure of the centre,” explained Kelly. “We won’t make it through the Alberta winter without heat.”

Despite attempts to renovate the hospital, which is at capacity, contractors told Kelly time and time again the building was beyond repair. This left the centre with a $400,000 bill on their table to build a new hospital.

The team took to the Internet in an attempt to raise the funds via an IndieGoGo campaign. The online site allows people to donate to the cause. However after a month of the campaign it became clear they were nowhere near their goal, with $20,845 having been raised by last week.

She has since taken to the community in hopes they will come to the rescue of an organization which in turn rescues over 1,800 animals a year.

Following the forced gutting of their hospital area at the Centre, Kelly was forced to relocate the hospital into the interpretive educational centre, meaning they were no longer able to offer their onsite education programs.

“I’ve been turning away bus tours, school tours, university classes, individuals – we had to put a sign up saying we are closed because every day people were coming in but we kept having to turn them away.

“We aren’t just taking in a few birds and spoon feeding them until we can let them go again - what we do here is so much more than that.”

Not only does the centre rescue and care for animals - their practices for doing so

IN NEED OF HELP – Executive Director of the Medicine River Wildlife Centre Carol Kelly and the Centre’s mascot and previously rescued owl, Otis, recently launched an IndieGoGo crowd funding campaign to raise $400,000 for a new hospital. have become internationally renowned best practices for similar organizations around the world. They also participate in a number of research projects including studies of the effects of bitumen on animals caught in oil spills, as well as research into the release of animals back into the wild after being treated.

They also provide practicum and internship opportunities to both local and international students, as well as travel to schools and communities across Central Alberta to educate individuals about wildlife.

“I think that what happens is because we answer those phone calls for all of the people of Central Alberta and because we are always there when they need us, they assume if we are responding to our calls that we have everything we need,” she said.

“Operationally we are doing fine, we have the money we need to get by every year – we have all kinds of equipment and we have vehicles to get from the centre to sites.

“But I hope people are starting to realize that we really do need them and we need their support to do the things we do here – whether it be the rescuing itself, the recovery, the education initiatives or the research projects.”

With no other wildlife rescue facilities in Central Alberta, Kelly fears what will happen if they don’t raise the funds for their hospital.

“Thirty-one years ago, we didn’t exist here – so when we ask people what they did before we were here, most of the time the answer is they would euthanize them because there was no other option, but now there is,” she explained. “Every day I hear people on the phones saying thank you, thank you, thank you – what would we do without you,” she said.

“So I think people want us to be here and they appreciate the service we provide to the community, but they likely haven’t realized how dire the situation was and how much we desperately need this new building.”

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If you wish to support the centre, contact Kelly by phoning 403-728-3467 or email the centre at info@mrwc.ca.

“My biggest concern is that if we are forced to close our doors because of the lack of hospital, that people won’t be willing to drive injured animals to Edmonton or Calgary and if they can’t bring them to us then the animal will either die or they will take them home and care for these animals themselves both illegally and improperly.

“We aren’t sitting on Gaetz Avenue in front of people everyday - due to our location (near Spruce View roughly 60 km from Red Deer) we are removed from the public’s eyesight, and they often don’t think of us as someone who needs their help but we really genuinely do.” jswan@reddeerexpress..com

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“The learning curve has been very steep. There has been a lot of reading and learning. I’ve been able to work with some amazing people. The knowledge that this group of people has that all meshes together is amazing,” said Barb Miller, MLA for Red Deer South. “I know there have been comments (from the public) about some people are too young, some people are too old, some don’t know what they are doing. People don’t know what other people’s life experiences are. It’s just been amazing. I am loving it.”

Miller added the NDP have accomplished a number of things thus far.

“We passed three important Bills and one of them unanimously which is unheard of.”

That Bill was to get rid of corporate and union donations.

“When you’ve got all parties on side – that is incredible. We are determined.

We are going to work with the other parties,” she said.

Miller has also been appointed to some committees including one that will review laws governing elections, whistleblowers and conflicts of interest. She is also the chair of the Heritage Trust Fund Committee. She is also on the Public Accounts Committee.

“We are going to make some important, long overdue changes that will benefit Albertans.”

When she is in Red Deer, Miller said she has enjoyed meeting with local citizens to hear their concerns and feedback.

“I’ve been meeting with a lot of constituents and now that we are out of session I try and meet with three to four different groups a day.

We have a long list of people who want to talk to us. I won’t turn anyone away. If you have an issue, I want to listen and if I can’t do anything, I want to pass it on to the people that can,” she said. “If you have concerns, contact us. We are here to help the people of Red Deer.

We want to be accessible in

FULFILLING - Red Deer South MLA Barb Miller is pictured here in her downtown office. Miller said she has enjoyed her position so far and continues to learn more about her role everyday.

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this office.”

Miller said one aspect she would like to focus on is poverty and homelessness in Red Deer.

“Over the years I have worked with the homeless camps when I was with the Red Deer and District Labour Council. Something has to be done. Some of these people are gainfully employed, but they are not making enough at minimum wage – they’re living in cars or living in homeless shelters because they can’t afford a place to live.

That should not be happening in Alberta. It shouldn’t be happening anywhere, but especially not in Alberta.”

In addition, Miller added stepping into the Legislature for the first time after she was elected, is an experience that she will never forget.

“It’s indescribable. It’s very regimented. You have your Sergeant at Arms and if the speaker stands up and if you are moving, you freeze, because that is disrespect,” she said. “I was very fortunate because the desk that I was assigned was one

of the original desks that went into that building in 1905. Inside the desk drawers are signatures of all the members who have sat there and mine is one of the original desks.”

Looking ahead, Miller said she looks forward to seeing the minimum wage increased.

“I think it’s a win-win.

People will have more means to live hopefully above the poverty line. I’m sure we’ll be working towards getting living wages.

We are getting rid of the two-tier wage system which is a good thing because it is wrong.”

Meanwhile, Miller said there is more to her than being a cashier at a local grocery store – a job which she held before being elected.

“We all have areas of expertise. People think I was a Safeway cashier, but I was also a banker for 10 years, I’ve worked in schools as a library tech and as a teacher’s aid,” she said. “No one is ever just something and I think people are starting to realize that.” efawcett@reddeerexpress.com

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OPINION A lengthy federal election campaign kicks off Canadians are bracing themselves for what will be a long federal election campaign.

To no one’s surprise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper dropped the writ this past weekend so it’s off to the races for the politicians – who also include Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, Green leader Elizabeth May and Bloq Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe.

They have 11 weeks to spread their messages across the country – an unusually lengthy period of time, considering most campaigns run about 37 days or so.

There has been some outrage amongst the public over the early election call we’re hearing disgust about everything from the soaring costs of calling the election early to an attitude of ‘what’s the point’ of calling it in the middle of summer and on a long weekend to boot.

Canadians will go to the polls on Oct. 19th.

It’s also sometimes a risky move to call

an election early – just ask former Premier Jim Prentice. It was a different situation of course, but he certainly didn’t do himself any favours, as we all know, by calling it early.

What was expected to be an easy Tory win in the province ended in ultimate disaster for the party, with a complete change in government.

Meanwhile let’s face it - in early August, there is little appetite for all things political.

People are away on holidays trying to enjoy the last month of summer before the inevitable Canadian cold weather sweeps in.

Parents are gearing up to send their kids back to school in a few short weeks. Families are busy.

Who has time to carefully dissect the platitudes of political leaders? Sounds like a tiresome prospect.

We suspect the beginnings of this campaign will largely fall on deaf ears as Oct.

19th seems like a long, long ways away.

Some have pointed out that people don’t tend to engage with a given political campaign until near the end of the run; when the voting day is in sight.

But calling it on the August long weekend couldn’t possibly attract much attention.

And these dry weeks ahead will make it hard on contenders like Mulcair and Trudeau who simply don’t have the funding like the Tories to help sustain a long, drawn-out campaign.

According to CBC, during a 37-day election period, each party can spend a maximum of $25 million.

For each additional day, that means an extra $675,000 can be spent which would see parties able to spend more than $50 million.

The cost to taxpayers rises with a longer campaign as well. It has been reported that a typical five-week campaign costs about $375 million.

Parties are then reimbursed for half of the money they shell out during the course of the campaign – which ultimately falls on taxpayers.

It’s certainly unusual for campaigns to be this long - according to The Canadian Press, only Canada’s first two election campaigns were longer.

The 1867 campaign lasted 81 days, while the 1872 campaign went for 96 days.

At that time, voting was staggered over the country for a period of several months.

The longest race in recent history was a 74day campaign back in 1926.

But all of that said, it could certainly prove to be an interesting few weeks. As mentioned, things tend to intensify greatly during the final leg of a campaign, so we will be in for some fired-up back and forth battles.

And even so far, there seems to be an appetite amongst Canadians for some type of change – but what that change could end up looking like remains to be seen.

Election could be a dry run for proportional representation If current polling trends hold, we are heading for a minority government in October, and the two frontrunners might have to approach rivals to construct a stable government. Unaccustomed as they are to such a scenario and given that ‘coalition’ is a four letter word in Canada, they will have their work cut out for them.

The challenge flows from our First-Past-thePost electoral system and the adversarial nature of our Westminster-style parliamentary system. As we shall see, they combine to produce a climate in which cooperation and compromise are alien, making it difficult to adapt to a new reality.

The Conservative Party won a majority in 2011 with about 40% of the vote.

It is thus fair to say that

Doreen

BARRIE most Canadians do not favour the Conservatives, but our electoral system does.

Not surprisingly, both the Liberals and NDP support electoral reform, but are they capable of dealing with a shift to new political terrain?

In the current system, the winner takes all and does not have to pay the slightest attention to suggestions or criticisms from opposition parties.

A majority government has a clear field and does not need to compromise to

get legislation passed.

The prevailing culture is therefore resistant to cooperation, and we cannot wave a wand and change it.

Will Canadian political parties be able to adapt to the imperatives of proportional representation when and if it is introduced?

The result of the October election may be a dry run if they have to combine forces to keep the Conservatives at bay.

NDP leader, Thomas Mulcair, has expressed interest in a coalition with the Liberals, but Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has ruled out a ‘formal’ coalition.

The term coalition government is carrying baggage left over from the 2008 campaign when the Liberals and New Democrats, along with the Bloc, proposed one.

Reaction from the Conservatives was vitriolic with accusations that the other parties were committing treason for trying to topple a democraticallyelected government.

But it is perfectly legal for the Governor General to turn to another party in the House should the governing party lose a vote of confidence.

It is a testament to the power of messaging that the Conservatives were able to convince Canadians that what their rivals were proposing was tantamount to a coup d’état.

Ever since, party leaders, when asked if they will form a coalition, deny that they will.

Yet, if there is a hung parliament, a party must then enter into some type of arrangement with another party, even if voters

feel betrayed.

Our adversarial, Westminster-style parliamentary system further exacerbates the situation.

As Question Period demonstrates, MPs are encouraged to go for the jugular in their attempts to best their opponents.

There is no incentive to engage in a productive debate; on the contrary, there are perverse incentives to ridicule ideas and suggestions from across the aisle.

Against such a backdrop, it is difficult to imagine how parties and leaders with such predispositions will come together to govern the country.

The disappointing aspect of this state of affairs is that, in the process of jousting (some of which is just theatre), the parties forget that they were elected to represent the interests of

the electorate.

It often seems the public interest is being sacrificed on the altar of personal ambition and partisan interest.

If parties lose sight of the fact that power, though heady, is something to be exercised for the greater good, they are doing us a disservice.

There is growing cynicism about politics and politicians among Canadian voters.

If party leaders behave badly after the October election, it will further disillusion Canadians and turn them off.

There might be shortterm gain for political parties but damage to the body politic will be long-lasting.

Doreen Barrie is a political scientist at the University of Calgary. Her column is distributed through Troy Media.

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Some impacts of dropping the election writ early Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be pulling a Premier Jim Prentice and dropping the writ early.

He wants to buy this election. He wants to bankrupt the opposition parties. He wants to get re-elected at any and all costs.

The economy is now in recession, and our economic growth is at the bottom of the G8, unemployment is up, our dollar is down, but Mr. Harper likes being Prime Minister.

Everyday that the writ is dropped early means that the parties can spend an extra $675,000 on campaigning and only the Conservatives have that much money.

The NDP and the Liberals could borrow that much but then they would not be able to afford to bring down a Conservative Minority government if it meant another election.

Another election would be necessary if the Liberals and the NDP did not have enough seats to form a majority because of the Bloc’s seats.

Prentice had the money, had decimated the official opposition, and two parties with new or interim leaders and he dropped the writ early and a 44-year dynasty was defeated at the polls.

Prentice faced being leader of the third

party and immediately resigned, his position and his seat before all the votes were counted.

Normally, the Prime Minister will run on his record, it was the economy but since we are worse off now than we were before he became Prime Minister at least statistically and worse off than other countries in the G8, he can’t.

Climate change has grown exponentially as an issue, and the Prime Minister has been recognized as a climate change denier, he cannot run on that record.

Veterans and the military have been rebuffed, senior bankruptcies are increasing, his own laws have more often than not been defeated at the Supreme Court, transparency and accountability have gone out the window and democracy has been damaged so severely that children in the U.S. think we are a dictatorship.

So all that is left, is to try and buy this election.

The parties and the candidates will spend hundreds of millions of dollars of tax deductible donations.

We the taxpayers will have to replenish the tax base depleted by the tax deductions of the political supporters. Election Canada will have to spend over a half bil-

lion dollars on increased support services, leases, phones and staff etc. for the longer campaign. We lose at every corner.

We will also reimburse the party and the candidates a portion of their expenses after the election, but not in time for an immediate election, if the Conservative minority government was defeated and another election became necessary. This election could be Canada’s first billion dollar election.

The 2006 election was won but after using the ‘In and Out’ advertising scheme to circumvent spending limits.

The ‘In and Out’ scandal was a Canadian federal political scandal involving improper election spending on the part of the Conservative Party of Canada during the closely contested 2006 federal election.

On March 6th, 2012, charges were dropped as part of a plea deal in which the Conservative Party of Canada and its fundraising arm pleaded guilty to exceeding election spending limits and submitting fraudulent election records, and agreed to repay $230,198 for its role in violating Canadian election spending laws.

The 2015 election, if started early as many expect, will have almost twice the limit to make it almost limitless.

Thus negating any concerns about a repeat scandal.

If you cannot obey the law in your quest for power, you change the laws if you can so it makes what you want to do legal, not moral or ethical, but legal. That is the benefit of being in power.

You can hand out big cheques, use tax payers’ money for free partisan advertising, change the rules, ignore the constitution and hope for four more years of politicking. Governing is not even in the picture.

Power and politics is what it is all about.

Harper will pull a Jim Prentice and drop the writ early, but will he pull a Jim Prentice and resign on election night if he loses his majority?

Harper will leave, maybe not on election night, because like Prentice, without the power why he would have no desire to stick around? Not like he wants to serve the constituents who voted for him, no it is the need for power and perks and without those, he like Prentice, would be gone. We would still have the bills but he would be gone. Perhaps it is time for Canadians to do a Jim Prentice on Stephen Harper.

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fun and easily comprehended by kids.

The activities they do with the kids are just fantastic – I wasn’t expecting so much.

In one of the programs, after a ‘safety story/talk’ the kids get to go outside and each ride their own little quad, around the little ‘city’ of Safety City. There is even a life-size working traffic light and a little railway crossing with flashing lights and warning bell. Their facility is fun and so interactive for children, and also just really cool. My kids just love this place and keep wanting to go back. They have learned so much and continue to ask me safety questions and talk to me about what they have learned.

My concern is that I recently learned

Best of Red Deer winner thanks community Dear Red Deer Express readers and community of Central Alberta Wow, I always feel overwhelmed by the support that I get from this community. Recently, once again you showed me this support with the selection of me as the Gold level volunteer. Thankyou, thank-you, Thank you!

When I read about the 2 other recipients of the awards, I was so humbled as they have shown an undeniable commitment to this community. I was also so excited and motivated by them! I don’t know Kelly but it is my mission to meet

her. As for Val, wow, this is the ever ready bunny. I have such deep respect for Val’s capabilities of knowing how to energise a crowd.

I get to work with and among hundreds of volunteers and I always feel that I need to be just like them and there is so much potential in this community. For every volunteer out there, remember whether you’re giving an hour or hundreds of hours, someone is benefitting and just maybe you made their day better, cause I know mine was! With sincere gratitude,

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that Safety City is going to have cancel several of the programs offered this summer because they don’t have enough children enrolled in the classes to be able to run them. These programs are awardwinning and top quality. It would be a terrible shame to lose this valuable resource for our children, that is so local to us (and also so affordable). They offer half-day programs, drop-in 90-minute programs, weeklong, half day summer camp programs – there is much variety and much to choose from.

Here is a bit more information about Safety City for those who are unfamiliar with it. Red Deer City Society is a volun-

teer-driven, non-profit, charitable organization started by the Kiwanis Club of Red Deer in April 2001. The organization offers highly regarded, educational injury prevention programs for children ages four to 12 years. The ultimate aim is to reduce or prevent injuries. Programs include weeklong, half day safety summer camps, bicycle safety, acreage and farm safety, pedestrian traffic safety, fire and home safety and safety-themed birthday parties.

For further information, see their web site at www.safetycity.ca.

Thank you from a concerned mom.

Darla Nolan Red Deer

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

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POLICE BRIEFS FLIGHT FROM POLICE On Aug. 1st at 11 p.m., Blackfalds RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a rural location south of Red Deer.

When police attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver refused to stop, driving into a nearby field where the vehicle, later determined to be stolen, became stuck.

The two occupants then fled the area on foot. Police pursued the occupants into the eastside of Gasoline Alley until they were cornered in a small wooded area.

With the combined efforts of the Blackfalds RCMP, Red Deer City RCMP, Innisfail Freeway/Detachment RCMP and Red Deer City Police Dog Service, the police were able to apprehend a 34-year-old male, a firearm he attempted to dispose of and his 25-year-old female accomplice. The male was wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant and currently faces firearms, drug and other Criminal Code charges. The female is also facing charges under the Criminal Code.

Alexander Smythe, 34 and Kayla Boucher, 25, have been charged.

by Erin Fawcett

ARRESTS MADE AFTER WARRANT EXECUTED Red Deer RCMP executed an arrest warrant on a room at the Aladdin Hotel in north Red Deer July 30th, taking four men and three underage females into custody and interrupting the aggravated assault of a fifth man who police discovered was being held in the hotel room against his will.

As RCMP were investigating the whereabouts of 19-year-old Darren Lagrelle, who was wanted on outstanding warrants, their investigation led them to the Aladdin Inn; police then obtained an arrest warrant to enter in search of Lagrelle.

When they entered the hotel room at 3:20 p.m. on July 30th, RCMP discovered the victim, who was being held in the hotel room. The victim had suffered a number of non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at the scene

by EMS and released. Police took four men and three underage females into custody without incident. The victim and suspects were known to each other.

RCMP returned to the Aladdin hotel July 31st at 8

a.m. with a search warrant for the room. They seized a number of edged weapons and a rifle, as well as a small amount of drugs. The investigation is ongoing.

Lagrelle of Red Deer has been charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent, robbery, pointing a firearm, use of a firearm in the commission of an offence and possession of firearm contrary to order.

Jeffrey Allan King, 18, of Red Deer has been charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent, robbery, pointing a firearm, use of a firearm in the commission of an offence, unauthorized possession of a firearm and failing to comply with conditions of a youth sentence.

Daniel Arthur Potter, 26, of Innisfail has been charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent and robbery.

Corim Kyle Conway, 23, of Red Deer has been charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent and robbery.

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the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, are being jointly charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault and robbery.

One also faces two charges of failing to comply with an undertaking while the other faces a further charge of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

The third girl was released without charges.

ARMED ROBBERY AT RADISSON HOTEL Red Deer RCMP are investigating an armed robbery at the Radisson Hotel where one of two masked men wielding firearms shot at the ceiling before making

off with cash from the VLT lounge.

The two men entered the VLT lounge in the Radisson Hotel on 67th St. shortly after 10 p.m. on July 24th with hoods up and their faces covered; one carried a long-barrelled firearm and the other carried a handgun. The suspect carrying the long-barrelled firearm discharged his weapon into the ceiling while the second suspect pointed his handgun at the staff member and at customers in the bar. The two suspects then exited through a back door with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured.

Suspect one is described

as wearing a black hoodie, a ball cap, dark pants, white running shoes and carrying a long gun. He was also wearing a dark coloured face covering with a white design on it.

Suspect two is described as wearing a grey hoodie, blue jeans, black shoes, ball cap and carrying a handgun.

He was also wearing a light coloured face covering.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-3435575.

Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com.

Airport expansion on hold Expansion of the Red Deer Airport is temporarily on hold after the City was informed the runway extension and infrastructure upgrades needed at the airport will not be funded through the Small Communities Fund (SCF).

“While we are disappointed that the provincial and federal governments do not see this project as suitable for funding through the SCF, the minister of municipal affairs has verbally committed to working with the City to support and fund the expansion of the airport and determine an alternative solution in the coming weeks,” said Mayor Tara Veer.

The City and the County jointly applied to the Small Communities Fund (SCF) for funding of a runway extension and infrastructure for the southeast field at the Red Deer Airport. SCF designates $94 million in federal funding to support infrastructure projects in communities.

The core infrastructure improvements needed at the airport are part of a 20 year capital investment program which trans-

lates to not only potential for increased passengers, revenues and regional economic development, but also opportunities to generate employment at a time when the economy is still recovering.

“The airport is a regional amenity that supports the whole of Alberta,” said Veer. “Unfortunately, the City and County do not have the means to fund the entire project without provincial and federal support. Ideally the project needs to be complete when we welcome more than 25,000 people to our City for the 2019 Canada Winter Games.”

The project is expected to cost $10.47 million. The proposed funding model involved The City of Red Deer and County of Red Deer contributing $4.47 million the federal government contributing $3 million and the provincial government contributing $3 million.

Veer and Minister Deron Bilous, Minister of Municipal Affairs, have committed to working together in the coming weeks.

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Teacher travels to France for insight into Canadian history

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Red Deer Express A teacher from Hunting Hills High School is currently exploring France in an effort to learn more about Canada’s involvement in the World Wars.

Rafaela Marques Barnabe, along with 24 other Canadian educators, is participating in the Juno Beach Centre Summer Institute and Battlefield Tour for Teachers, presented by the Juno Beach Centre Association (JBCA).

The Association is a Canadian non-profit organization that operates an interactive museum facility in Normandy, France that educates people on the Canadian role in World Wars.

“I’ve wanted to do this tour for a long time but with timing and whatever it never worked out. I finally decided that this year was going to be the year. I find that when I’ve been to the places I teach about it becomes way more impactful in the classroom,” Barnabe said.

“When I can bring my stories and my

pictures and tell the kids about what the day was like and how it felt to be in those places – the kids become much more interested than when they just hear about a battle or a site.

“When you can bring those stories and experiences to the classroom, the kids can ask questions and you can give them a good answer.

“You’ve been there and know what it feels like to be in these places. I find that as a social teacher it adds so much more to lessons and makes it more interesting.”

The 10-day tour includes visits to such historical sites as the Beaumont-Hamel Memorial, Vimy Ridge, Dieppe Beach and Canadian Cemetery, Juno Beach, Omaha Beach and the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian Cemetery.

The tours offers educators a chance to experience these historic regions in-depth and better their understanding of the histories they teach about.

Before she left for France, Barnabe said she was very much looking forward to the whole experience.

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“I think it’s at Vimy Ridge where we get to go into some of the World War I trenches and I think that will be very interesting.

I’m not sure if they’re re-created or the originals but it will be interesting,” she said.

“If you’re standing on a beach, you might be able to think there was a battle here. But when you’re standing in a bunker or trench as it was – that becomes so much more meaningful. I know we’re going to see other places that are preserved or left as they were, and that’s where I learn the most. I like to be standing and seeing it as it was.”

The teachers will visit a variety of locations through their trip and will discuss the experience with each other as they plan lessons for future use.

“We get half a day at the Juno Beach Centre to do some lesson planning and things with a historian.

“We’re going to really work on what we can take back to the classroom and use –

project and lesson ideas and things like that. I think it’s a half-day or full day that we just work on that. That will be interesting and fun, too, so I’m looking forward to what I can bring back from that.”

Barnabe wanted to remind people that the Juno Beach Centre is not only for teachers – it can be accessed by anyone in the area, and she strongly encourages Canadians to visit if they find themselves in France.

“I think it’s important that they see what the Canadian contributions were during the wars. I think that people sometimes underestimate what Canada did in the wars and it is important that people know what we did,” she said.

“We want to pay our respects to the people who gave their lives so we can live in the society that we live in. Yes, this is a teacher tour but the centre encourages school groups and citizens and regular visitors to make their way up there.” kmendonsa@reddeerexpress.com

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MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION DECISIONS On the 4th day of August, 2015, under provisions of the Land Use Bylaw 2006/6, Red Deer County Municipal Planning Commission issued a decision approving the following applications: PERMITTED USE South of Red Deer 1. 1844889 Alberta Ltd. – a car wash facility including two bays for vehicles over 1,000 kg on Lot 1, Blk 2, Plan 002-0557, NE 20-37-27-4 (Gasoline Alley West).

Springbrook 2. AB Garage Guy –construction of a 5-metre high accessory building on Lot 38, Blk 4, Plan 082-1673, SE 13-37-28-4.

DISCRETIONARY USE West of Sylvan Lake 1. R. Davison - location of a Warehousing and Storage Facility (Recreational Vehicles) on NE 34-38-2-5.

IN HONOUR - Local teacher Rafaela Marques Barnabe poses beside one of the memorials photo submitted during an educational tour for teachers throughout France.

South of Gleniffer Reserveoir 2. Pidherneys (Kure Pit) - 5-year extension for an existing sand and gravel pit operation on SW 28-34-2-5.

East of Innisfail 3. A. Archibald - 3.2-metre front yard setback relaxation for the location of a second dwelling (modular home) on NE 32-35-27-4.

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East of Red Deer 4. R. Dalueg – 11-metre front yard setback relaxation for the location of a second dwelling (modular home) on Lot 1, Blk 1, Plan 052-2266, SE 4-38-25-4.

The Municipal Government Act provides that any person(s) may appeal a Discretionary Use approval within 14 days of the date of the decision being advertised by paying the required appeal fee and by filing an appeal in writing against the decision with the Red Deer County Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, 38106 Rge Rd 275, Red Deer County, Alberta. A Permitted Use approval may not be appealed unless the decision involves a relaxation, variance or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. For further information, contact Planning & Development Services at 403-350-2170.

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Times of drought throughout Central Alberta Many people are commenting on what a dry year 2015 has been (at least so far) across Western Canada.

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DAWE However, while some people have been claiming that this spring and summer has been ‘driest on record’ or ‘the worst in memory’, they are forgetting that drought, sometimes droughts that last for years, have always been a periodic fact of life in Alberta.

One of the worst multiyear droughts started in 1919, just after the end of the First World War. While the Red Deer Fair, dubbed the Victory Fair, was generally deemed to a success, many of the agricultural exhibits were cut back because of the dry conditions.

Moreover, the air was full of heavy smoke from

a major forest fire near Rocky Mountain House.

Large ashes fell constantly to the ground.

The upbeat fair organizers claimed that the resulting pall only served to, “Cut off the full glare of the hot July sun.”

The succeeding summers were hot and dry, while the following winters were long and brutally cold.

Feed became so short that many cattle perished out in the pastures. A number of farmers became destitute and had to apply for emergency relief from the provincial government.

The provincial and local governments struggled to respond as all were suffering from severe financial shortfalls in the post-war years.

Conditions hit bottom in 1922.

The closest the Red Deer area has ever come to a total crop failure occurred in the summer and fall of that year. Most were able to salvage at least some crops.

Nevertheless, the growth in the fields was so sparse that many farmers could easily keep up to the har-

vesting machines while stooking up the resulting straw.

Fortunately, things started to turn out better in 1923.

Crop yields improve markedly as the prices for grain rose as well. The crop of 1928 was one of the best in years. Tragically, thereafter, another multi-year drought began to set in, coinciding with the onset of the Great Depression.

The Red Deer area never suffered the dustbowl conditions that hit southeastern Alberta and most of Saskatchewan. Nevertheless, there were times when the phenomenal dust clouds created in the dried out areas forced the Red Deer householders to turn on their lights in the late afternoon.

The dry years seem to hit their deepest intensity in 1932.

Then the drought eased somewhat. However, in 1936, one of the worst heat waves in Canadian history struck.

There were more than 780 heat-related deaths recorded across the country.

Crops literally shriveled

CHALLENGES - Cutting grain on the Lawrence Banting farm, south of West Park (current site of the Red Deer College), September 1923. The crop of 1923 was the first good harvest in several years as Central Alberta had been suffering from drought conditions since 1919. photo courtesy of the Red Deer Archives P6152

up in the extreme heat. Soil erosion in the great Dust Bowl intensified even more.

Central Alberta suffered, although not as badly as other parts of the prairies.

There were no reports of deaths due to heat prostration in this area.

There were still several days with temperatures exceeding 30C. On the hottest day in Red Deer, the thermometers registered 35.5C (96F).

Crops that year were light and matured very early.

Some farmers reported that they had been able

to start harvesting their wheat in early August.

The summer of 1937 was also generally hot and dry.

In early July, the temperatures hit 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit in Midale, Saskatchewan.

Then, on July 14th, the day before Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, made a vice-regal tour of Central Alberta, heavy rains set in. Many scheduled events had to be cancelled. Lord Tweedsmuir optimistically made the comment that if he had known that his visit

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would have ended the big drought so dramatically, he would have come to Red Deer much earlier.

Sylvan Lake had enjoyed great popularity as an affordable summer resort for much of the 1930s. However, the summer of 1937 turned sour as the cool and wet conditions continued on into fall.

The farmers had a better year than they had experienced for quite a while, but the tourist operators suffered as the usual summer crowds dropped off dramatically.

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The Welikoklads continue to contribute to the community

BRIGHT LIGHTS – The newly illuminated signage of the Welikoklad Event Centre at what was formerly City Centre Stage and the Uptown Theatre was recently renamed following a donation of $1 million from Bill and Irma Welikoklad to Red Deer College.

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BY JENNA SWAN Red Deer Express To say Bill Welikoklad has had a hand in building the city of Red Deer would be an understatement.

In fact, Welikoklad has had more than a hand in building everything from local houses to RCMP stations, schools, public swimming pools and most notably Red Deer College.

It’s been a journey of ups and downs for Bill and Irma Welikoklad - one that wasn’t always filled gleaming signs toting their surname in Red Deer’s downtown, as the recently lit Welikoklad Event Centre (formerly City Centre Stage and Uptown Theatre) signage now does. The renaming of the building followed the dynamic duo’s $1 million donation to the Red Deer College in June of 2014.

Bill, whose parents came to came to Canada from Czechoslovakia pre Second World War, grew up on the same land he now lives in – but instead of the beautiful stone covered, custom built home that now stands he describes his former abode as a one-room house.

He got his first glimpse into the work force at the age of 10 with his first job as a janitor at the Waskasoo School, west of the city in Red Deer County. He made $6 a month and had to walk more than a mile to the school each day regardless of the weather.

A few years later at the age of 17 he began working construction for an Ukrainian man his father had befriended at

INVESTMENT – Red Deer College President Joel Ward (left) and Vice President Michael Donlevy (right) stand for a photo with Bill and Irma Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express Welikoklad (centre) following their donation of $1 million to Red Deer College. church. This was where Bill would spend the next eight years learning the ins and outs of construction.

A few years later he met Irma, originally from Westlock, while visiting the Calgary Stampede and the pair’s destinies intertwined. Together they would give life to their daughter Kathy and their son Jason and have been married 56 years.

In 1966 Bill was appointed construction foreman and headed the building of the

main campus at RDC when it moved from its former Lindsay Thurber location.

Following this job his entrepreneurial mindset told him it was time to move on.

From that notion he began Welikoklad Construction, Executive Homes, and eventually led to the creation of his own lumberyard and what is today the Home Building Centre, now run by his son Jason.

He explained none of these things were ever easy for him – from the early days

when he struggled to get construction contracts to the later days going head to head with other lumberyards.

“There were some struggles definitely,” he remembers. “One of my first days as a foreman will always stick out to me, it was raining and my supervisors sat me down in a shack with a stack of blueprints for the central schools – I had lots of practical experience building but had never read a blueprint in my life.

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COMMUNITY CENTREPIECE – Pictured here is the Uptown Theatre in the summer of 1970.

“I never had any formal training, I had dropped out of high school at 17 to do construction - but when I came out of that shack two days later I could tell you every nook, cranny and cross section of that school from studying it.”

Together with his wife, Bill built his businesses on the principles of hard work, dedication and perseverance.

Adding he got to where he is today through long days and long nights full of hard work.

“No one was poorer than we were and I seemed to do alright – anyone can do what we did,” said Bill. “You don’t get rich by working 35 or 40 hours a week – most of the self-made people out there got to where they are today by working 10 to 12 hours a day six to seven days a week.”

Eventually it came to a place in their lives in which they were able to begin to build their community in ways beyond the construction of buildings.

David Plumtree photo

Their philanthropic spirit led them to personally support a number of families through Family Services of Central Alberta, the Ronald McDonald House and in 2010 they made their first gift of $250,000 to RDC to support the growing of the Welikoklad Family/Home Building Centre Endowment Fund to go towards scholarships for deserving students.

This led to their most recent gift of $1 million entrusted to the college for projects the institution deemed most beneficial in ensuring the success of the their students.

“The money only goes so far and then it gets to the point of what do you do with it?” asked Bill. “If you can give that money to someone who is going to use it to better the lives of other people then why wouldn’t you do it?

“Seeing the impact of that money is an immeasurable feeling.”

EARLY DAYS – A look at Red Deer College on the west side in 1970.

BUILDING COMMUNITY – Red Deer College was founded in 1963 and established by Order-In-Council and housed at Lindsay Thurber High School initially Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express with today’s campus officially opening in 1967.

jswan@reddeerexpress.com

photo courtesy of the Red Deer Archives

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fyi EVENTS The Red Deer Arts Council is pleased to present a special First Friday Red Deer Concert featuring multi-talented pianist Dr. Duke Thompson, Aug. 7th in the Snell Auditorium at the downtown library. Thompson will play a Musical Menu Cabaret from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The adjacent Kiwanis Gallery will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. No charge, but donations are accepted.

Murder Mystery Dinner Aug. 7th at 6:30 p.m. at the Cronquist House. Are you looking for an evening of mystery, fun, foods and drinks? Dinner includes a four-course meal & we have a cash bar! This event is adults only. Tickets can be purchased at the Cronquist House (Bower Ponds, 4707 Fountain Dr.) for $45/person. Call 403346-0055 or e-mail rdchsev@telus.net to reserve.

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don and Nikk Nikkea Kayler on Aug. 9th. Sunday 9th Sunday, Aug. 16th – Pot luck lunch. Also, on Sunday the 16th – guest musician Brad Able on guitar, and (hopefully), a pianist working with him! Bingo on Aug. 26th. Aug. 27th – Men’s Group, The Gentle Art of Self Care. Aug. 30th – guest speaker Rev. Connie Phelps is back with us – with lots of goodies for purchase in support of Science of Mind Kenya.

Visit us at www.cslreddeer.org.

The Red Deer Public Library presents First Thursday in the Snell Aug. 6th, 12:15 – 1 p.m. in the The Snell Auditorium, featuring performances by three piano students of Dr. Ted Isenor (Sweetie-Katz Music Studio); Nick Hoskins, Caleb Kalsbeek

noon a guided walking tour of old downtown Red Deer, and a Saturday evening banquet. For more information call 403-343-6547.

The Red Deer Runners invite you to participate in this year’s Weber Physio Harvest Run Sept.

13th. Register online at www. harvestrun2015.eventbrite.ca.

A longstanding community run, the event hosts an 3 km walk/ run and an 8 km run along the Maskepetoon trails in the heart of the river valley. This familyfriendly event allows participants of all ages to enjoy the Harvest Run at the level they chose. The Weber Physio Harvest Run is affordable and fun. Entry fees are kept low and bursaries are created from any surplus funds.

to everyone! Whether you like to dance, would like to learn to dance, or if you play a fiddle and would like to join the band onstage, this event is a great opportunity for you and/or your family. Come on out and join the fun. Learn to dance, bring your fiddle and join the band onstage. It’s happening Aug. 18th at Deer Valley Meadows - 39017 Range Road 230 - 30 minutes west of Red Deer on Hwy. 11.

Things begin at 7 p.m. Admission is by a silver donation.

Hard of Hearing Support Group meeting Aug. 14th at ABC Country Restaurant from 11:30 am to 1:30 p.m. Guest Speaker: Dr. Allison Fox, Strategic Hearing Solutions, will demonstrate

Become a proactive member of your community by training as a victim of crime Advocate! Develop friendships, network, and gain personal satisfaction from making a difference in the lives of others.

For further information check out our website or call Gloria at 403-885-3355

Cronquist House Facebook Contest runs to Aug. 12th. Send in an Central Alberta Victim & Witness Support Society serves residents of original, creative piece of work Lacombe County, Blackfalds, Clive, Springbrook, and Red Deer County that represents the Cronquist House! This can be a drawing, a painting, a photograph or even a creative story about the Cronquist House! Send in your creative piece to rdchsev@telus. and Emily Liu. All three of Viking Days at the Danish CanaAssistive Listening Devices net! All works will be shared these students were awarded dian National Museum Aug. 15th such as PockeTalkers, TV Ears on our facebook page, so let us scholarships at the 2015 Red - Aug. 16th from 11-5 p.m. both and more. Special Guest: Duane 1 Festival of the Perform12/05/14 know who we can give credit14-01279.indd Deer days. Admission is $10 for adults 8:32 AM Melchert, X-cel Communications, to. Contest closing date: Aug. ing Arts. These three young and $5 for children 10 years and will demonstrate a Portable 14-01279.indd 1 12/05/14 8:32Please AM bring your 12th at 4 p.m. Contest winner musicians will perform works under. Come experience through Loop System. will be announced Aug. 14th.

by Bach, Albeniz, Prokofiev, and their reenactments, the daily headphones or earbuds. No Grovlez – as well as several very loves of Vikings a thousand years charge to attend. RSVP appreciThe Central Alberta Brain Injury well-known works by Chopin. A ago. Fun for the whole family. ated as we have limited seating.

Society (CABIS) is seeking a highlight of the recital will be Vendors and concession on site.

Email: speakupcentralalberta@ person who is familiar with a performance of Beethoven’s Visit, www.danishcanadians. gmail.com or phone (403) 356accounting to serve as a Moonlight Sonata. No admission com for more information.

1598 and leave message. treasurer on their volunteer charge. A free will donation will board of directors. Meetings be accepted at the door. Coffee Feast with the Vikings at the Danish The Annual Dahlia & Gladiolus Show are held on the last Monday and Tea provided by Cafe Noir.

Canadian National Museum Aug. & the Western International evening of each month (except 15th from 5:30-9 p.m. Limited Gladiolus Show hosted by the for July and August) at 5:30 Red Deer Symphony Orchestra’s tickets on sale for this fundraisAlberta Dahlia and Gladiolus p.m. at the CABIS office at Evening of Jazz at the Lake is ing event. Enjoy an authentic Society will take place Aug. #202-4805 48 Street in Red on Aug. 15th. Red Deer SymDanish meal – roast pork with 29th - Aug. 30th at Bower Place Deer. CABIS provides support, phony Orchestra, featuring Dan crackling red cabbage, new poShopping Centre. The staging information, advocacy and Brubeck Trio, Cheryl Fisher and tatoes fried in butter and sugar, times for the show will be Aug. social events for people with Eric Allison. Gates open at 6:30 new potatoes and brown sauce 28th from 6 p.m. to midnight brain injuries, their family and p.m. at Centennial Park, Sylvan and there’s dessert too. Tickets and Aug. 29th from 7 a.m. - 11 caregivers. Call CABIS office at Lake. Tickets at www.rdso.ca. are $50 each. Call Joanne or a.m. Judging begins at 11 a.m. on 341-3463 for more information.

Kari at 403-728-0019 or email Saturday. Visit www. albertadahlLindsay Thurber Class of ’70, 45th joanne@danishcanadians.com. iaandgladsociety.com for show Centre for Spiritual Living has a Reunion is set for Sept. 11th and booklet. For further informaspecial presentation by Practi12th. Events: Friday evening The Alberta Society of Fiddlers is tion, contact Larry Quintilio tioners-in-Training, Janice Langmeet and greet, Saturday afterhosting a Family Dance open at 403-346-8401 or by email

at larryquintilio@gmail.com.

The Good Sam Travelling Club invites those interested in having fun and camping to a breakfast on the first Saturday of every month at Albert’s Restaurant in the Co-op mall at 8:45 a.m. If interested, call Roy at 403-346-8546 or Roberta at 403-391-6557.

The Ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Museum are presenting their annual Lunch at the Farm events between noon and 3 p.m. on alternating Wednesdays Aug. 5th and 26th; and Sept.

9th. Guest can relax in the 1889 Hanna Log House and enjoy a hot lunch, including pie with ice cream and musical entertainment. The afternoon features a guided wagon ride showcasing the history of Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Cost is only $10 for lunch. Drop-ins are welcome, but larger groups are encouraged to reserve by calling 403-340-3511.

The Spruce View & District Lions Club is hosting the fourth annual Fun Golf Tournament Aug. 21st. Registration at 8 a.m.

Shotgun start 10 a.m. Glennifer Lake Resort & Country Club. Cost: $75 per person which includes golf, dinner, and prizes. Registration & information contact - Jack Marshall 403-728-3427 or Ray Brinson at 403-347-5883.

Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a Aug. 22nd at the Innisfail Legion with music by Randy Hillman and Hot Spur. Double band, extra charge. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m.

Everyone is always welcome.

Eckville Quilt Show & Sale Aug. 28th-29th - Eckville Community Centre - 5305 52 St. beside the green water tower.

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. We have a quilt show, quilt items sale, bake sale and silent auction. For more information contact Janet – 403-746-5813.

Join us for lunch on Sept. 10th at the Sheraton Hotel to celebrate the kick-off of the United Way’s 50th annual campaign. We promise there will be lots of fun and laughter, and perhaps a few tears of empathy when the people whose lives have been positively impacted by

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Week of August 5 - 12, 2015 supported programs share their powerful stories. Things start at noon. Tickets are now available for $50 per seat or $400 per table of eight and can be bought online at www.caunitedway.ca (select the Kick-off Luncheon link under Events) or by calling 403-343-3900.

Real Men Sing Barbershop! The Wild Rose Harmonizers Barbershop Chorus is a chorus for males of all ages who love to sing four-part a cappella harmony. We are a proud member of the Barbershop Harmony society providing entertainment at seniors’ lodges, hospitals and numerous community and private functions throughout the year. No experience is required, just a love to sing.

Join us on Tuesday evening, rehearsals from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Davenport Church of Christ (#68 Donlevy Ave.) For information, call David at 403-342-1318 or email crozsmit@telusplanet. net. Visit www.harmonizers.ca.

run Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Contact Connie at 403-396-1523.

Do you love to sing? Join our adult choir, the Red Deer Chamber Singers, where you will enjoy an environment of positive learning and quality music.

Practices are at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton St. at 7 p.m. Contact Sadie at 403347-5166 for more information.

Love to sing? Hearts of Harmony, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is an a cappella chorus for women of all ages who love to sing and harmonize. Rehearsals are Monday nights from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Davenport Church of Christ (68 Donlevy

Shotgun start 10 a.m. Where: Glennifer Lake Resort & Country Club. Cost: $75 per person which includes golf, dinner, and prizes.

Registration & Info contact: Jack Marshall 403-728-3427 or Ray Brinson 403-347-5883.

The 21st annual Crystal Clear Ministries Fundraiser runs Aug. 29th at Balmoral Bible Chapel, Hwy. 11 east Red Deer. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a complimentary ‘cowboy’ dinner. Herb and Crystal Taylor invite all heir friends to this annual event which includes: a report on their ministry from coast-to-coast over the past year, hear Crystal share some of her newest songs she has written, a financial report, testimonies, a silent

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of $3. Euchre is played the e first and third Friday of the month nth at 1 p.m. Drop in fee of $2. Join us for scrabble Friday’s starting at 1 p.m. Drop in fee of $1.

Thursday night dances continue at the Golden Circle at 7 p.m. Admission is $7. Call 403-346-3896, 403-3476165 or 403-342-2875.

Johnson MS Bike Tour runs Aug. 29th and Aug. 30th. Come help us celebrate our 21st annual Johnson MS Bike tour by spending a weekend with the ‘best little bike tour’ in Alberta. Challenge yourself and raise money to help end MS! Begin each day at the Penhold Multiplex and cycle along scenic roads

Springbrook Archery will be operating on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Fridays 7 to 9 p.m. Memberships available.

Living Faith Lutheran Church - welcomes everyone to our Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. We offer Traditional and Contemporary Service with Holy Communion. Services held at Bethany CollegeSide Red Deer College.

For more information, contact Ralph at 403-347-9852.

Scottish Country Dancing has classes held weekly at Knox Presbyterian Church and go from September to May. A certified teacher comes regularly from Edmonton to conduct the class. SCD is not Highland dancing but is more like square dancing. No partner needed, no need to be Scottish. For more information, call 403343-0975 or 403-347-0907 or visit www.reddeerscottishcountrydancers.weebly.com.

Dance for the health of it. Working in a team, learn easy dance steps while enjoying a variety of music. Everyone is welcome – families, couples, solos and teens. No dance experience necessary. Twenty-four sessions for $120. Maximum 24 participants. Sessions

Ave.) Join us any Monday night, you will be welcomed. For the month of September the group will host an open house every Monday. Experience the joyful sound of four-part harmony with a group of wonderful women.

For more information, call Nancy at 403-357-8240, or our director, Sheryl @403-7424218 or check out our web site at www.heartsofharmony.ca.

Learn to foxtrot, two-step, polka, waltz, and more. Town and Country Dance Club has started dance lessons. A Step Above Basic at 7 p.m. followed by Basic Social Dance at 8 p.m. Classes run for six weeks in Red Deer. Only $35 per person. For more information and to pre-register call Doug or Doris at 403-728-3333 or email doris@airenet.com.

The Spruce View & District Lions Club is hosting the fourth annual Fun Golf Tournament on Aug. 21st. Registration is 8 a.m.

auction, a live auction, and the opportunity to financially help this important ministry continue. To accommodate food supplies, please contact at least five days ahead the church office at 403-347-5450 to let us know how many are planning to attend. Visit www. crystalclearministries.com.

The Senior Citizens Downtown House has cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $3.

Whist runs every Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Fun Contact Bridge runs every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Cost is $3 as well for both of these activities. For more information, call 403-346-4043.

Cards at the Golden Circle. Join us for Canasta on Mondays at 1 p.m. Drop in fee $1. Wednesday afternoons at 1 p.m. join us for Singles Bridge. Drop in fee of $2. Partner Bridge is played the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Drop in fee

throughout Central Alberta. Riders will enjoy a fully supported tour covering approximately 80 kms per day. Along the way, rest stops with water, snacks, first aid, washroom facilities and mechanical teams will be provided.

The day concludes with a beer garden and a finish line BBQ inclusive of friends and family!

You don’t want to miss our 21st annual event! It is because of inspiring individuals like yourself that we are able to continue to gear up to end MS. Join us for an amazing journey you will never forget! Create a team by encouraging family, friends, and coworkers to join you or pledge you on your ride. Register online today at www.msbike.ca.

MEETINGS The Red Deer Culture Club is for people who want to get out and embrace all that Red Deer has

to offer offer, whether your are new to the City or just looking to broaden your circle of friends.

We do walking, movies, dinners out, cultural events, music, festivals, book club, crafts, and many other things. Check out our calendar of past and future events, then jump in, be active, and make new friends. For more details about the group, check us out at http://www.meetup. com/Red-Deer-Culture-Club/.

Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This 12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing difficulty with eating behaviours. No dues or fees.

See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403-347-4188 for more information about the organization.

The Red Deer Celiac Support Group – need help with a glutenfree diet? Do you have Celiac disease or gluten intolerance?

We meet the third Tuesday of the month at South Sobeys Coffee Lounge (2011 22 St.) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Drop in or stay and visit. Free coffee.

We share information and give support about issues pertaining to the gluten-free lifestyle, for example symptoms, diagnosis, shopping, gluten-free products, cross contamination, recipes. In 2015, the Celiac Support Group meets Sept. 15th, Oct. 20th and Nov. 17th. For more information, call Clarice at 403-341-4351 or Marlene at 403-346-6235.

Email reddeerceliacs@yahoo. ca. Check out www.celiac. ca for further information.

TOPS – Take off Pounds Sensibly – we meet every Monday in the basement of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.

Weigh-in occurs between 6 and 6:45 p.m., program starts from 7 to 8 p.m. Drop in for a free evening or call Sharon at 403-309-2395 (evenings) for more information.

Are you having problems with someone else’s drinking? We are an anonymous group of men and women who can offer encouragement and support.

Call Al-Anon Family groups at 403-346-0320 for a complete list of meetings in Red Deer and the surrounding area.

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ENTERTAINMENT Red Deer hip-hop artist grinding hard to make a statement

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Red Deer Express Red Deer has a thriving hip-hop scene but few artists are going as hard as Blaise ‘Blazeon3’ Hourie.

Hourie has worked his way up from battling friends at high school parties to local showcases to opening for popular performers like Tech N9ne, Madchild and SonReal.

He has put out original songs that focus on thoughtful lyricism and unique musicality.

Fans of the ‘Blaze0n3’ sound can soon pick up his mixtape, Star Killer, and can look forward to the release of his album The New Era later this year.

“Anyone can rap fast or record a track, but taking words and pulling and twisting them and getting a message onto the paper is another thing. I’m driven to make the best music I can,” said the determined musician.

Hourie said his journey started with older brothers who introduced him to hip-hop and rap music.

From there, he would perform at parties and eventually found an underground hip-hop club that gave him his first real glimpse at battle rap.

“I would freestyle at parties and rap to anyone – I didn’t care if they wanted to hear it or not, they’d get a rhyme in their face,” he laughed.

“It was just at parties but didn’t turn into anything until I moved to Vancouver.

I met a bunch of underground hip-hop dudes and they took me to the Anza Club, and it was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. I started battling there and then at Cheers North when I moved back to Red Deer.

“I didn’t really have the money to record or anything, so I’d go to any show I could and just get on stage and rap.

“I finally got my own equipment and started practicing and recording and making music. People started calling me more.

Synthetic (a local music promotion company) set me up with a lot of my first shows.

Now, I do mad amounts of shows and even booked a tour this week.”

Hourie began playing to small audiences at Slumland Theatre.

Eventually, he worked his way onto the International Beer Haus stage and has since performed around the City and province. He has broadened his horizons into other western Canadian provinces and is

MAKING A NAME - Blaise ‘ BlazeOn3’ Hourie is a local hip-hop artist and rapper about to announce the date of his first full-length album. photo submitted by Montography

continuing to book shows across B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan.

“I kind of got thrown into performing these bigger shows but I think I landed on my feet pretty well,” Hourie said.

Hourie’s new album, The New Era, is currently in the stages of being mixed. His 10-track mixtape, Star Killer, is coming together with the help of local Donatello Productions.

“The mixtape has got a very raw, underground sound to it. A couple of the songs take you back into the 90s-Brooklyn-underground-hip-hop sound and that’s where I’m trying to keep it. I want that underground sound and I’m trying to avoid the mainstream aspects.”

Hourie’s words are intelligent and deliberate with the goal of leaving an impact.

Other songs are pure entertainment.

“The song Letter to my Daughter is one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made.

“I don’t perform it often because it’s

hard on me emotionally but I love that song,” Hourie said.

“Brain on Drugs is a definite crowd pleaser. It’s a remix from Mac Miller but you can put it on and get nuts to it. At shows, people love it when I do it.

“I took it out of my set for a while and a lot of people were like, ‘What are you doing? Put it back!’ so that’s one of my favourites,” he said with a laugh.

Hourie loves to collaborate with other local artists to play off of and compliment each other’s energy.

“Off The New Era, I did a song with Crooked Genius called The Good Word and it’s a cool take on hip-hop and religion and the different sides of them. It’s fun to perform – it’s kind of a bouncy, bob-yourhead track. It’s one of the best songs on the album.”

He added, “I like working with different producers because they each bring you a different kind of fire. When I worked with

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Young Aspect, the track we worked on became one of the best I’ve had as of late. It’s just so good to meet people like that in this industry.”

Hourie said he’s excited about the new mixtape he will be putting out and described it as an itch he’s been waiting to scratch.

“There’s a lot of energy from other people in it and that really drives me. If I have a peer with me in the studio and we’re writing a track together, I think that’s when it’s the most magical and the most energy comes out.”

The ever-humble Hourie always shares his praise with the people who’ve helped him along the way. He said he’s very grateful to the City and to his team for the support he’s received.

He will be heading out on tour later this year with details to come. Follow his music on Soundcloud by searching BLAZEON3. kmendonsa@reddeerexpress.com

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Looking to the past at the Flatiron Museum A new exhibit reflects on the local impact of the First World War

BY SARAH MAETCHE Red Deer Express From the past we learn to look forward. Nothing echoes this sentiment more than the new exhibit at the Flatiron Museum in Lacombe.

Titled Lest We Forget: Our Brave Hearts 1914-1918, the centennial exhibit is a reflection on the effects of the First World War on the Lacombe region.

“Our exhibit is a celebration of bringing together our regional museums,” said Lacombe and District Historical Society Executive Director Marie Peron. “It’s been a collaborative effort to bring together artifacts and information that highlight the war effort not only overseas, but also the impact locally here at Lacombe and what it meant to live in our community during the First World War.” The Lacombe Legion, the Blackfalds Historical Society, the Mirror and District Museum, the Bentley Museum and the Alix Wagon Wheel Museum all contributed artifacts or information in order to make the exhibit a regional reflection.

“It was remarkable,” said Peron of what life was like a century ago. “Our community at this time was just growing. They were just finding their footing.”

She said the First World War began just a mere 10 years after the Flatiron Building, the venue for the exhibit, was built. Local residents were still hauling water from the communal pump located in front of the building. Boards were used to navigate the streets where sidewalks would later on be placed. “There was a huge impact on our community at that time,” said Peron. “We were just growing and maturing and then all of a sudden, there was a huge change in our community of Lacombe.”

Peron added the exhibit is also a testament to the people who lived here, their efforts to rally and help the war effort. From 100-year-old newspapers that detail the start of the war, propaganda posters, uniforms, wooden crosses sent from overseas marking a soldier’s death and a large quilt, the exhibit is truly a walk into the past with each item telling its own unique story.

“It’s our responsibility to keep those stories alive so they are not forgotten.”

Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Ron Orr was in attendance at the opening reception on July 23rd and said he was thrilled to see the exhibit has a local element to it.

“This is important for us,” he said. “What you have put together is an important historical, cultural and educational exhibit. I think it is important to remember not just for sentimental reasons but because our society, democracy, our prosperity and our freedoms were in more ways determined by the ideas and the values that we fought for in the Great War. “The truth of the matter is trouble in far away places actually does affect us. We live in a global village.”

Orr read a Soren Kierkegaard quote that reflected perfectly on the idea behind the exhibit: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

“It is only when we look back on these types of things that it give us the perspective and the understanding to make the right choices to live fully,” said Orr. Lacombe County Reeve Paula Law said many Lacombe County and area residents left their families and friends to fight in the war.

“Many were longtime families within the County as a whole who went and fought, whether they were from the rural or the urban areas,” she said.

Law said she hopes we can use the lessons learned 100 years ago to approve and build upon our future.

“There are no longer living survivors from this war,” said Law. “It’s through the groups and individuals here and through exhibits such as this that help us remember history and keep the stories alive.”

City of Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie said the exhibit demonstrates what those of the Lacombe and district area contributed to the Canadian war effort.

“We also salute their bravery,” he said. “We honour their heroism. We remember the 66,000 soldiers who gave their lives during the battle of the Somme, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.”

LEST WE FORGET – The Lacombe and District Historical Society members, regional museum visitors, dignitaries and community members gathered at the Flatiron Museum last week for the opening reception of the new regional exhibit.

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Christie said we owe a lot to the people who lived in the area a century ago. “From where we stand today, at the Flatiron Museum and Interpretive Centre, it is a unique architectural landmark in our City and the perfect venue I feel to allow us to look back, to learn backwards and celebrate the history of Lacombe and District,” he said.

Peron also shared one of the unique stories that partners with the exhibit. Around a century ago a group of women in Lacombe formed the Lest We Forget Club, in an effort to raise funds to build the cenotaph and put up the memorial garden and park that is now in front of the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

“The Lest We Forget Club women, on Halloween, they all dressed up like gypsies and they did tea leaf readings,”

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she said. “They wanted to raise funds to plant trees, build the cenotaph and the garden, and they raised $3,000, 100 years ago.”

The club members found unique ways to raise funds and pay tribute, ensuring we do not forget, she said.

The exhibit will be up for the next year until July 2016. news@lacombeexpress.com

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Saskatoon band Friends of Foes to play Fratters

BY MARK WEBER Red Deer Express Hailing from the heart of the Saskatchewan prairies, Friends of Foes indeed ‘hit their listeners with a roaring wall of sonic talent’ is their bio so strikingly puts it. They perform Aug. 8th at Fratters Speakeasy.

From gentle melodies to full on ‘audio assaults’, the heavy drum lines and harmony-laden choruses mix with power.

Having already shared the stage with some of Canada’s best bands, topping numerous ‘Best Of’ lists with their debut Chronophobic, Friends of Foes is described as a relentlessly hard working band set on carving a name for themselves in Canadian music through endless touring and a powerful press presence, said Matt Stinn.

Rounding out the band are Anthony Nickel, Celeste Nicholson and Keegan Stretch. Each member comes with a knack for various styles of music, and it’s that element that really sets Friends of Foes apart. Nicholson’s vocal stylings perfectly match the eclectic nature of the band’s overall sound as well.

“I would say my musical influence largely comes from my brother and sister who got me into music for the most part,” said Stretch, adding he started playing drums when he was about 14.

Influences over the years run the gamut from the Smashing Pumpkins to Dave Grohl. “Those were my influences early on – it changes as I have come to appreciate smaller, more diverse (artists).”

Nickel landed his first guitar when he was in his early teens. He also went on to learn bass during his high school years as well. “I eventually got into jazz bands, and that’s when I really started expanding my horizons.

“I kept playing jazz music, I kept playing guitar and I actually ended up playing in a few metal bands as well after high school.” He began playing stand-up bass

about three years ago, and ultimately his talents led to a spot with Friends of Foes.

“I think it’s really about seeing the product come from all of the work you put into it,” he explains of the innate joys of creating music. “It’s one of the most satisfying things.

“I think recording, as well, is really life-changing where you can see the process of the work you have put into all of these songs after months and months and months,” he said. “Listening to them played back to you in their final form is a really, really rewarding feeling. It’s like nothing else I’ve ever done in my life.”

Meanwhile, Chronophobic was largely born from collaboration amongst the group on virtually every level. Songs tend to grow from sessions of just exploring various sounds, melodies and lyrical ideas. “Sometimes we will sit there for four or five hours and just hammer out a song.”

Stretch agreed. “It’s also inspiring to create something you know can touch people, and that people can relate to something people can appreciate that you have made.” A single statement from a fan on how the group’s music has affected them in some personal way makes it all worth while. “That really means the world to us.” And again, the band is proud of their sound which incorporates shades of several musical sensibilities.

“People have told us more than once they can tell we all come from different musical backgrounds.”

Looking ahead, the band is excited about the current tour which takes them to Vancouver and all points in between.

They are also anticipating the release of an EP early next year.

“The whole point of this tour is to get connected to some cities we’ve never had a chance to play before. The plan is to come back and do some more touring in early 2016 for a possible release of the EP.”

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First Friday concert with Duke Thompson Former Red Deer College instructor and concert pianist Dr. Duke Thompson, on a return visit to Red Deer, will be giving a special performance Aug. 7th at the Kiwanis Gallery First Friday event.

Red Deer’s music community remembers Thompson’s many performances during his 17 years at RDC and at The Vat, of which he is still part owner.

Thompson’s concert runs in the Snell Auditorium at the downtown library.

He will play a Musical Menu Cabaret from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The adjacent Kiwanis Gallery will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. as well. Re-

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No charge, but donations are accepted.

Organizers say this performance is a rare opportunity, as Thompson now lives in Baltimore, Maryland, where he is president of the Maryland Conservatory of Music.

Thompson is offering a Musical Menu Cabaret, where the audience gets to select what he will play.

The Cabaret includes many selections from several categories: Gershwin (Thompson’s specialization), classic rock, hybrids, blues and potpourri.

The gallery will be open for viewing of ‘Goin’ to California: My Motorcycle Diaries, Watercolours’ by Susan Barker.

Thompson founded the Maryland Conservatory of Music in 2001. He also keeps busy on other fronts, teaching, recording and performing as well. He has four CDs to his credit

- Greatly Gershwin, Lots to Consider, These Hands Rock and Dr. Duke as Lincoln.

Thompson holds a doctorate degree in piano performance from Arizona State University. He taught at RDC for 17 years.

After relocating to Maryland, he’s been able over the years to share his musical gifts with a wide audience on the east coast, with performances in New York City and the Baltimore area.

Thompson was born in Edmonton but raised in Maryland. After finishing up his post-secondary studies, he learned of a teaching post at Red Deer College and took it. He thought he’d stay for a couple of years, but ended up staying for 17.

“I was in Red Deer from my 20s through to my 40s – pretty significant years of my life,” he has said. “So it’s a very special place for me, no doubt about it.”

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Seven surprising causes of fatigue You get a consistent eight hours of sleep each night, you eat a healthy diet most of the time, and you’ve even started to exercise regularly. You’re doing all the right things, so why do you feel so dragged out? When you wake up feeling tired, have trouble focusing throughout the day, and just don’t feel yourself, there’s got to be something else going on that you’re not aware of.

Read on to learn seven health conditions that may be the reason behind your lack of energy.

Cause - iron deficiency. A lack of iron is often at the root of anemia, which is a common cause of chronic tiredness, weakness, difficulty concentrating, and trouble sleeping. Women with heavy menstrual periods are especially at risk for iron deficiency and a simple blood test can determine if you’re anemic.

In the meantime, try increasing the amount of iron in your diet by eating more meat and dark, green leafy vegetables. If you test positive for anemia your doctor may suggest an iron supplement.

Cause – dehydration. When you get through half your day and realize you’ve hardly drunk anything, it’s no wonder you lack energy. Without enough water, you may feel sluggish, lightheaded, or confused. Keep a water bottle with you to sip on throughout the day. This is the number one root of most fatigue.

Cause - thyroid problems. The thyroid is a small gland located in your throat that is responsible for regulating hormones that control metabolism. Both an over- and under-active thyroid can lead to feelings of tiredness, muscle weakness, an inability to concentrate, and a host of other possible symptoms. A blood test can show if your thyroid is out of whack and treatment includes taking hormone replacement drugs.

Cause – depression. The first sign of depression is often tiredness and a lack of energy. If you

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WHEELER find your fatigue is accompanied by feelings of sadness, a change in your eating or sleeping habits, trouble remembering things, or a loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, you may be depressed.

Work with your physician to find a treatment, but look to adding exercise, a new hobby, a vacation and better food habits before you think medication.

Cause - sleep apnea. When you get a full seven to nine hours of sleep each night but frequently wake up feeling tired, something may be hampering your ability to get quality, restorative sleep.

Do you snore in your sleep, stop breathing, or toss and turn all night? You may have sleep apnea, a condition that affects one out of every five people who snore. Your doctor may recommend you go to a sleep lab to diagnose a possible sleep disorder. Sometimes, slight changes in eating habits, sleeping positions, and calming nutritional supplements can do the trick but often you might need to

go further with medication or a sleep mask.

Cause – diabetes. You can have diabetes and not know it. But did you know that fatigue is often the first sign of diabetes? Other indications include frequent urination, hunger, excessive thirst, blurred vision, and irritability. Glucose provides your body with energy, but when you’re unable to process glucose properly, your body starts to run out of energy. Make an appointment to see your doctor if you’re suspicious of diabetes.

Cause - food allergy or intolerance. Allergies don’t just cause sneezing, runny nose, rashes, or

digestive issues. They may show themselves in fatigue as well. In other words, a gluten intolerance or allergy may be the underlying reason behind your weakness and tiredness. Your doctor may recommend allergy testing to determine the exact trigger for your symptoms. Treatment includes avoiding the trigger.

Remember that to solve fatigue nine out of 10 times, the addition of exercise, proper eating and proper hydration will fix you right up. Don’t go grabbing pills and potions before you handle the basics.

Jack Wheeler is a trainer and the owner of 360 Fitness in Red Deer.

FASCINATING FIRE – Candy Marie Vandamme spins fire poi at Rotary Park during a recent meet-up of the Red Deer Prop Culture group. The group Jenna Swan/Red Deer Express is dedicated to the spinning of various props such as poi and staffs.

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Community conversation about removing barriers

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Red Deer Express A committee is seeking community input on the barriers that persons with disabilities face in the City and what efforts are being made to minimize those barriers.

The ‘Removing Barriers/International Day of Persons with Disabilities Planning Committee’ (RB/IDPD) is looking for public input so they can recognize the issues and supports in place in the community.

“This is about wanting to hear from persons who experience barriers in their lives. We want to be able to recognize and acknowledge those we are assisting and being mindful of removing those barriers,” said Twyla Joy Lapointe, chair of the RB/ IDPD committee. “Around the world, IDPD is a United Nations sanctioned day that is to highlight efforts in breaking physical,

social, economical and attitudinal barriers that exclude persons with disabilities from participating fully and effectively as equal members of society.”

Lapointe said the committee wishes to hear from individuals, family members, friends and associates of those who experience barriers in life from language to physical accessibility. She said with the acknowledgement of the barriers the committee is also seeking solutions.

She went on to provide examples of submissions the committee is looking for.

“We want to recognize those persons and organizations that are communicating in plain language so all may be able to understand. We want to recognize people who engage everyone in conversations. We’re also looking for groups that remove financial barriers, for example family rates for groups of friends, not just parents and a

child,” she explained.

“As well, there are barriers with washrooms. A lot of people with disabilities plan their outings around washroom facilities.

When people are designing, constructing or remodeling, a family washroom model might be something to adopt. Or it could be putting in support bars or things like that so that everyone can use the facility.

“We’d also like to recognize employers who are flexible with short shifts, split shifts – whatever is needed to accommodate employees with different needs.”

All submissions should be sent to barrierfree@outlook.com in the next few weeks so that the planning committee can put forth a submission for provincial recognition of those removing barriers.

All other groups and persons helping the cause will be recognized locally.

Lapointe also included the following cat-

egories that could be included in groups or persons helping to remove barriers: neighbours clearing snow in winter, homebuilders and architects that recognize wheelchair accessibility and ground-level entry and even grocers and stores that maintain an easy flow for shoppers.

“We also want to recognize teachers and professors who allow recording devices and other aids in classrooms. This is needed for persons with epilepsy and different styles of learning. If they could record discussion, they can learn at their own pace and style,” she said.

“There are provincial awards as well that we may submit too, and if our region is successful, we would have a representative from the Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities to present those awards.” kmendonsa@reddeerexpress.com

Do you know how to detect poisonous mushrooms?

JONES a common error.

Dr. Adina Weinerman at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto says, “Distinguishing safe from harmful mushrooms is a challenge even for mycologists.”

She cites the case of a 52-year-old immigrant woman of Asian descent who had foraged for mushrooms with her husband in a local park. She had had foraging experience in her native land. But like my friend, after eating

tors do not have an antidote for mushroom toxicity.

It appears that whether you live or die depends on whether you’re fortunate enough to have ‘the luck of the Irish.’

Charcoal can be used to absorb the toxin if used early, but by the time patients are seen in emergency it’s usually too late to be helpful. The message is crystal clear. Mushrooms of the Amanita genus include over 600 types which cause most of the mushroom deaths. So if mycologists can be fooled identifying toxic mushrooms so can you. It can also fool immigrants who may mistake local poisonous mushrooms for familiar ones from their native land.

But it’s not only toxic mushrooms that can result

in trouble according to a report in the Nutrition Action Health Letter.

A doctor at Kingston General hospital in Ontario noticed an increased number of people were arriving at the hospital complaining of cramps and diarrhea. He ordered stool cultures on these patients and all suffered from salmonella enteritidis infection.

One patient said, “After they did stool and blood samples on me a doctor asked if I had eaten at a certain restaurant.” As the investigation continued it was discovered that all patients had eaten a meal containing bean sprouts.

And some people had taken home left-overs in a doggy bag. The culprit was a food company in Toronto that was distributing contami-

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Raw sprouts have been linked to 30 outbreaks of foodborne illness in North America. Sprouts are particularly dangerous as E coli bacteria can lodge in tiny cracks in seeds where they’re difficult to kill or remove. And when the seeds are sprouted they provide the ideal breeding ground for bacteria.

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Dr. Adina states that people poisoned by toxic mushrooms go through three stages. Within six to 12 hours there is pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

But this is followed by a false recovery in which patients appear to improve.

This misleads doctors to assume all is well, and they may be prematurely discharged from hospital or the emergency department.

The final stage occurs 48 hours after ingesting toxic mushrooms. The patient’s liver starts to fail following which other organs may falter and death may occur.

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“Are you sure you know how to identify poisonous mushrooms?” I asked my neighbour. He assured me he had studied differences in this fungus and had been picking them for years.

But one night I received a call from his wife saying her husband was desperately ill. I found him lying on the bathroom floor, ghostly white, breathing heavily and in agony. I discovered he had been picking mushrooms and they had been a part of his dinner. He was rushed to the emergency and nearly died.

Now a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that foraging and eating wild mushrooms can result in liver failure and even death. And that mistaking toxic mushrooms for edible varieties is

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SPORTS Tennis players fare well in provincials over the weekend

BY JENNA SWAN Red Deer Express The Red Deer Tennis Club hosted the 2015 Red Deer Play Tennis Provincials over the weekend with four local players garnishing gold medals after the games had finished.

Head coach for the club Rene Simon explained the tournament was an adult open tournament, however the club’s juniors were welcome to play and in a fortunate turn of events conquered on the courts.

Tereza Simonova, 15, was among the juniors competing in the weekend’s provincial championship and finished with a win in the Women’s Singles Open.

Another female junior, Maria Bezmenova – who is currently visiting the Red Deer Tennis Club from Russia for the summer came out victorious in both the Women’s Singles 5.0 and the Women’s Doubles 5.0 alongside partner Laura Roa out of Calgary.

“There were some really talented players at the tournament this week,” explained Simon. “In Tereza’s final game she was up against a 24-year-old player and being only 15 that can be slightly intimidating but she handled the match beautifully.

“It is great experience for them and they are coming out of it winning against those older players and it is a huge confidence boost.”

Bezmenova’s final match was also against a more experienced player, Sarah Widdowson out of Edmonton. For the 13-year-old visiting player it was a well earned win.

“They are both very consistent players - they

SQUARING OFF – Red Deer Tennis Club member Ki Lee returns the ball to his competitor during the Play Tennis Provincials held at the Club over the weekend.

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are smart and I think that was what was important in their wins over the weekend.”

Two Red Deer brothers, Chayse and Douglas Marion also kept a few gold medals on home soil, with the duo winning the Men’s Doubles 4.0 and Chayse winning the Men’s Singles 4.0.

Another Red Deer player, Charver Dael came close

to medalling following his arrival in the semi finals.

Dael was up against Karl Schultz out of Edmonton, but was unable to finish the game with a win on the board against Schultz, who went on to win the Men’s Open.

Both Simonova and Dael will be heading to the national stage later this month with Simonova also

heading to the Western Canada Games this month as one of two U-18 tennis players chosen to represent Alberta in the games.

Other Red Deer Tennis Club members attending Nationals in August include Oscar Yang in the U-18 category, Mantoush Polakovic, U-14 and Michael Robinson, also U-14.

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Local athletes win big at Special Olympics Summer Games

BY JENNA SWAN Red Deer Express Two Red Deer athletes had the opportunity of a lifetime as they ventured to the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Los Angeles over the span of seven days from July 25th to Aug. 2nd.

Elliott Moskowy, 22, and Carlos Villafuerte, 20, were two of 13 members of Team Canada from Alberta, with 164 athletes representing the country in total.

The 2015 World Games hosted 7,000 athletes from 177 countries and happens only once every four years.

The two Red Deer athletes had a long four years of competing prior to the events in order to gain a spot on Team Canada, but the fortunate pair not only secured their spots in L.A., they both returned home with a number of medals.

“Both of the athletes did outstanding,” said Special Olympics Team Canada Chef de Mission, Johnny

Byrne. Villafuerte, who was competing in 10-pin bowling earned two silver medals in bowling doubles and bowling team as well as a seventh place finish in bowling singles.

“Carlos really kicked the week off for us with all of our bowling teams medaling and he really bowled outstanding,” he said.

“They track the amount of family and friends present registered to each athlete and Carlos had 22 family members present who came from both Red Deer and South America where his family is from to watch him - so his support network was huge.”

Byrne said a highlight for Villafuerte was meeting the Peru National team in which he had the chance to tell them about his home town and speak some of his language of origin with them.

Moskowy found his stride in the pool and brought home three gold medals in 100m freestyle,

BIG WIN – Elliott Moskowy celebrates after one of his wins during the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles. photo submitted

200m freestyle, and 4x100 medley relay as well as silver in the 100m IM. “Elliott’s week in the pool was beyond words,” said Byrne on the local athlete’s performance.

“His strength in the water was exceptional and he was only a hundredth of a

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second away from having that fourth gold medal.

“He was definitely Team Canada’s top performer in the pool - it was quite a performance that’s for sure.”

Moskowy competed against a wide range of international athletes in order to earn his gold with swimming events seeing the largest span of over 100 countries competing.

In order to qualify for the Games, both Moskowy and Villafuerte needed to attend the Alberta Special Olympics Summer Games which were held in 2013 in Red Deer.

This gained the pair a spot on Team Alberta, which then sent them to Vancouver last summer to compete in the Canada Summer Games.

Following outstanding performances in Vancouver the two were then granted spots on Team Canada and the chance to compete in L.A. A highlight for Team Canada during the open ceremonies in L.A. was a surprise visit from Canadi-

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an pop icon Justin Bieber, who joined the team for their walk into the games and began a chant of ‘Go Canada! Go!’ to which Byrne said went miles towards making it an unforgettable experience for the 164 athletes around him.

“Bieber gave us a surprise visit and marched alongside the athletes from Team Canada,” said Byrne.

“He spent as much time with athletes as he could and for a lot of our athletes it was one of the memories they’re going to hang onto for a long time.”

Moskowy and Villafuerte

will now be enjoying a well earned month’s rest before returning to the Red Deer Special Olympics programs and both plan to continue with competing later this year.

“The opportunity to represent Canada was huge for all of our athletes and L.A. definitely made a lasting mark on us as a team,” said Byrne.

“We’ve been building this team over the last year when those athletes were selected and we couldn’t have asked for a better group of ambassadors.” jswan@reddeerexpress.com

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Careful planning a must for fabulous home designs I see quite a few blueprints in my work day, many fabulous home designs cross my desk that make me say ‘wow’ and then a few are met with ‘why’?

Some floor plans just beg for a little tweaking and it is always a dilemma for me whether to suggest changes to the client or to keep quiet.

I will always check the status of a home being built and if we are already at framing stage then I will keep my opinions to myself. Clients are usually grateful for the suggestions but contractors are often NOT grateful for my creative input!

Flow and function are vitally important when planning a new home and if it doesn’t hurt the budget too much, it is okay to request that a few spaces be moved around and adapted to your lifestyle.

One home I helped design had a door entering the front foyer off of the garage

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WYSE when it would have been just as easy to create an entrance into the kitchen through the laundry room. Once the plan was redrawn the clients were thrilled at the idea of not having to drag groceries and have boots and life clutter in their front foyer.

The new plan worked well for them, they had just not considered a deviation from the blueprint.

It is important to consider your lifestyle now (kids, pets, soccer practice) and to look forward into the future if you are planning to be in the home long-term (entertaining, caring for elderly parents, home business).

Planning rooms which are not used everyday but have flexible purposes will ensure those rooms are used more often.

I am currently working with a client on a renovation that has a home office with a huge built-in desk. This room is not needed as a home office anymore and when the time comes to sell, potential buyers may not want the room for a home office.

If the room is designed with a Murphy bed and moveable desks and bookshelves then it has a multi function and can easily transit from one type of room to another.

Quite a few blueprints show wasted space which seems overlooked.

Many underused rooms are too big when the adjoining bedroom closet could be enlarged or better use of space could be considered. I have seen giant laundry rooms next to master bedrooms with tiny closets which could be altered with a few

strokes of a pencil or entrances into rooms which take up precious space and leave the homeowner with nothing but an awkward empty walk through.

Consider the spaces you will use the most in your home based on your current use and look at your new home plans through that perspective to be sure you have utilized the space to your best use potential.

When looking at a new blueprint, layer over it the requirements for your lifestyle.

It is easy to be awed by a new house plan and have all practical thought fly out the beautiful picture window but if you are careful to view the plans with a critical eye I know you will be able to move into the finished home and enjoy your personalized space.

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Are you really prepared for a possible ‘sharknado’ By now you have all heard of this splendidly silly series of made for TV movies about man eating shark infested tornados hitting the city of Los Angeles.

Pam

PIKKERT I am certainly not going to debate the merits of the films but all the chaos and mayhem did start me thinking.

Who is going to pay for all that damage caused by the whirly gigging sharks? Can that poor guy who just got partially eaten afford the time off to recover? This week we are going to look at the types of insurance you want to have to protect yourself in case of a sharknado or other life event.

1. Life insurance - there are two things guaranteed in life namely death and taxes. The truth of the matter is that death takes us all

and on its own schedule.

The greatest final gift you can give to your family is to ensure they are taken care of in the event of yours.

Here are a few things to consider though I cannot stress enough that you really should seek out the services of a great insurance agent. This is what they do and they will make sure you have the proper insurance.

Do you have significant coverage?

Is your beneficiary correct?

If your coverage is through your employer, what happens if you leave? If you have developed a health issue then you may not qualify for a new policy. Consider third party coverage so that this won’t affect you.

2. Disability - do you know that the number one reason for mortgage default is disability? Well now you do so it’s time to make sure you have the right coverage. Most employers cover you while you are on the job but do you know if that coverage extends to a fall off the roof while putting up Christmas lights? You

need to know and again, third party coverage means you and your family are protected no matter where you work.

3. Critical illness - this coverage will pay for expenses not covered by your regular health plan should you become critically ill. Even in Canada there are a multitude of things not covered and the last thing you need to be worried about at such a time is how you are going to pay for them.

4. Home insurance - I am pretty sure that there is no coverage for an actual Sharknado but you can prepare for as many other events as possible. Again, talk to your qualified insurance broker to make sure you have the correct coverage. Consider asking how best to document your possessions in case of a fire? Just think. If you had a video walk through of your home, with a complete list of possessions including receipts for large purchases which you had kept in a fire proof safe, how much easier would it be for you and your insurance company to get you back on

track? I recommend reading the policy, asking the questions and ensuring your coverage is what you need it to be.

Okay, so let’s face it. If you stop for one moment and think I bet you will be

able to recall family and friends who have gone through life issues which would have been made easier by having sufficient insurance coverage.

Don’t let a sharknado get you my friends. Take a cou-

ple of hours and make sure you have the coverage you need and if you do not then get it. Have a great week!

Pam Pikkert is a mortgage broker with Dominion Lending Centres – Regional Mortgage Group in Red Deer.

Upgrade wisely when selling a home Are you planning to put your property up for sale? If so, and if you’d like to increase its value, think strategically about how, and where, to remodel. Take a look at a few ideas to prioritize any refurbishing and upgrades for the best success in the re-sale market: Imagine walking up your driveway as a buyer. Does the exterior of your home leave a lasting impression? Starting the process to prepare for a sale can be as simple as beginning at the front door.

Creating an inviting entryway will entice potential buyers even before they set foot inside. Adding a pop of colour on the door will make a statement, and changing out the hardware fixtures will update the look instantly.

According to a recent Houzz and Home survey of homeowners, bathrooms and kitchens are the most popular renovation projects, with most concentrating their attention on the bath.

It’s important to focus on the details that can quickly update the space, such as installing quality fixtures, when

you’re remodeling. As you begin the selection process for new fixtures, consider those with a timeless style that will be appreciated not only by you, but by a wide variety of home buyers.

Adding storage in the shower and bath space, as well as installing a new shower curtain rod are easy ways prepare your home for buyers. With these updates, the look and functionality of the bathroom will improve.

Disagreeable smells are concerning because they could indicate an underlying problem such as mold or mildew.

Try a dehumidifier to dry out damp areas if you suspect nasty odours might be due to excess water.

Also, having your carpets and drapery professionally cleaned on a regular basis will keep the surroundings smelling fresh, especially if you have pets.

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Design your living space by numbers Equations are for more than just math class. Did you know there’s a proper order of operations for your home too? Whether it’s arranging your couch and television for optimal viewing, or making sure towel bars are right within reach, knowing a few key numbers can help you determine the ideal place for each item in your home – creating spaces that look great and are easy-to-use.

Kitchen calculations - do you ever feel like you’ve got too many cooks in the kitchen? Creating a layout following the principles of ‘the kitchen work triangle’, will ensure that you never feel cramped again.

Comprised of your three main work areas – the stovetop, refrigerator and sink – the triangle should provide enough space to move around, but not be so large that cooking is difficult.

Keep these areas between four and nine feet apart for the most efficient use of space. To keep the kitchen flow going, ensure all other appliances are in proportion to one another, with complementary ones grouped together. For example, minimize the mess from wet dishes by placing the sink and dishwasher a maximum of 91.4 cm apart.

When you’re whipping up a family favourite, easy access to kitchen areas is essential. Finding the right height for important elements will make your kitchen even more accessible – most countertops are about one metre high, while microwaves are typically no higher than 1.14 metres for easy reach.

Be sure to choose the correct faucet height so it’s in proportion with other fix-

tures and works with your layout. You don’t want a too-tall faucet that blocks your window, or one so low it’s difficult to fill sizable containers or pitchers.

For example, Moen Canada says it has designed the Voss pullout kitchen faucet to be just the right height.

Its lower-profile spout is ideal for installations near a window or on an island, while still providing ample room to fill large pots, reduce splashing and improve rinsing in and around the sink.

Living room logarithm - create a lounge space to love by ensuring your living room furnishings are in the ideal locations for maximum relaxation. Here are a few tips to ensure your living room is comfy and functional: • Position the couch and coffee table 45 cm apart to provide plenty of leg room.

• Keep the table and sofa heights within a few inches of each other to make it easy to grab the remote or a tasty beverage.

• Arrange seating a maximum of three metres apart to inspire conversation.

Make binge watching your favourite shows more fun – and avoid eye strain – by positioning your television carefully. The larger your television is, the more distance is required between the screen and your couch. A good rule of thumb is 6.9 cm of space for every inch of diagonal screen size for an HD plasma, LED or LCD television.

Perfectly proportioned bathroom - functionality is key when you’re getting your grooming going. Ensure your bathroom has plenty of room for personal care by keeping a few essential measurements in

mind. Start by making certain the layout provides proper clearance for any doors, including cabinetry and shower stalls, and aim for at least 76.2 cm of space between the three major areas – tub or shower stall, sink and toilet. Toilets should range between 109 and 121 cm in height from floor to seat, with at least 45 cm of elbow room on the sides. And make sure the shower is roomy, too – shower stalls should be at least 91.4 cm by 91.4 cm with showerheads placed at a comfortable level for the individuals in your home.

Similar to kitchen countertops, vanities with sinks should be about 36 inches high, with accompanying lighting at eye level for shaving or makeup applica-

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SUNTERRA -One of the Canada’s industry leaders in the Ag sector is looking for Management Trainees to join their team in Trochu, AB. Position will learn all aspects of the Meat Processing business and be part of the management team. The successful candidate should have a post secondary education.

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ANTIQUE COLLECTOR AUCTION. 11 a.m., Saturday, August 8.

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