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Participants in this weekend’s annual Salmon Festival will be vying for the $15,000 prize purse and the catch is expected to be a large one. On Tuesday, the Fisheries and Oceans Canada increased the daily quota for chinook, which was good news for recreational fishers. Up from a catch measuring 77 cm or less, derby entrants can now bring in two chinook per day of the contest, one greater than 77 cm and one less than 77 cm. Organizers are hoping to spread the word quickly. “Last year we were allowed two (chinook) over 77 cm but this year it is just one over and one under,� said Salmon Festival committee vice-president Paul Dore. “If you enter two over 77 cm on the same day you will be disqualified for both.� Dore expects the turnout to be better than a coho-only derby, which took place in 2013. “The locals will know (about the quota increase) more than others,� he said. “Out of towners usually have to plan ahead but we’re hoping all the regulars show up.� Each year, the DFO releases about 7.5 million fry and numbers of return vary depending on conditions, Dore said. “How many come back is a crapshoot,� he said. “But they just realized there were more than expected.� Dore anticipates the winning fish to be on par with recent years, weighing in around the 30-pound or larger mark. Earlier this summer, the DFO set limits out of concern about decreasing chinook salmon runs in recent years. A two-chinook, under 77 cm per day limit was imposed for the 2015
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Dore has been involved in the majority of the local Salmon Festival derbies. He enjoys both the camaraderie and the competition. “It’s the Port Alberni derby,� he said. “There’s the barbecues, good times, friends and then it’s back to work.� The festival opening ceremony begins Friday night at 7 p.m. followed by entertainment and the fireworks show at dusk.
A man accused with two others in a rash of truck thefts in Port Alberni and Vancouver Island pleaded not guilty to all charges on Wednesday. Sheldon James Johanson, 26, is charged with several counts of motor vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, willfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer, break and enter, impersonation with intent to avoid arrest, mischief and arson. The thefts involved pickup trucks around the Island, some loaded with tools worth upwards of $150,000, that happened in Port Alberni, Qualicum Beach, Parksville and Campbell River in May. Johanson appeared in Port Alberni court on Wednesday via closed-circuit television. Defence lawyer Peter Blokmanis told the court that Johanson pleads not guilty to all of the charges and has elected to be tried by judge alone in provincial court. Judge Brian Klaver adjourned the case to Sept. 9. Johanson remains in custody. Two of Johanson’s co-accused in the case, Craig Hannon and Jeremy Morgan, both pleaded guilty to some of the charges on Aug. 4. Hannon was sentenced to six months in prison. Morgan was sentenced to 50 days in jail.
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Lily Finlayson fishes on the Alberni Inlet south of town. The Inlet’s waters are expected to get busier this weekend for the 44th annual Salmon Festival derby. [CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON FOR THE TIMES]
“How many come back is a crapshoot. But they just realized there were more than expected.� Paul Dore, Salmon Festival committe vice-president
season from Aug. 1 to Oct. 15 on the West Coast of Vancouver Island to protect the female population of salmon in hopes of meeting desired egg targets.
The DFO’s pre-season estimate for chinook returning to the Somass River was 33,000 this year. Dore has been out in both the Alberni Inlet and Somass River recently and said he likes what he sees. “There are so many fish jumping in the river right now,� he said. Recent derby winners have been reeling in salmon significantly smaller than in years past, but the atmosphere on the water remains the same.
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A coal port on the Alberni Inlet now seems unlikely as the company behind a stalled mining development is accusing provincial regulators of unfair treatment. The Raven Underground Coal Project has sat with British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment office for years as the regulator weighs the effects of the proposed coal mine planned for the Comox Valley near Fanny Bay. Now the EAO and the project’s proponent Compliance Coal appear to be at an impasse, according to a letter recently sent to the regulator from Compliance president Stephen Ellis. It has been more than three years since Compliance first submitted its Applica-
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tion Information Requirements to the regulator on June 7, 2012. “We believe however that the EAO is not treating the proposed Raven Underground Coal Project in a fair and transparent manner and that the project would never
be able to achieve an [Environmental Assessment] Certificate given the built-in biases in the review process,� wrote Ellis in the Aug. 25 letter. Compliance’s chief executive also blamed the provincial regulator
for the project losing international investors. The underground mine is planned to produce 1 million tonnes of metallurgical coal annually over 16 years. “I see little merit in sitting down with the EAO to review EA options for the Raven project,� wrote Ellis. “[The application process] has discouraged two major international firms (Itochu and LG), who have involvement in coal projects in many countries, to exit from the project after making a substantial investment in Raven.� Plans for the Raven coal mine include trucking the product along Highway 4 to Port Alberni at a rate of 70 loads a day. The coal would then be placed onto ships for markets in South Korea and Japan. Compliance stated that the development would bring 70 jobs
to the Alberni Valley, with 21 at the coal port and the rest tied to trucking operations. But Compliance’s last submission to the EAO made no mention of these trucking jobs, according to a committee assembled by the City of Port Alberni last winter to inform the coal project’s assessment process. In a critical report given to city council last February the Raven committee’s members identified that coal transport would threaten the Valley’s tourism operations and harm aquatic life in the Alberni Inlet. Compliance withdrew its last application to the EAO in March, citing “misinformation that is circulating in some communities regarding the Raven project,� according to a letter from Ellis. Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net
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A city employee works at the Kitsuksis Dyke on Wednesday to improve salmon spawning areas and reduce the risk of winter flooding in the area. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
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The creek at Kitsuksis Dyke walkway is getting an overhaul this week. The purpose is two-fold. The clearing will act to mitigate potential winter flooding and enhance salmon spawning grounds. It is part of the city’s annual creek maintenance program, said streets superintendent, Wilf Taekema. “We’re preparing now ahead of the winter rainy season,” Taekema said. Workers are removing bed loads and rocks to straighten out the uneven capacity within the dike. If the work is not done, it would continue to fill up and potentially overflow during high flood events, Taekema said. The dike system was originally constructed following the 1964 Alaskan earthquake and tsunami to protect homes and businesses in the event of a similar tidal wave. Later it was paved for recreational use, bridges built and streams provided with regular maintenance.
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On Pages 14 and 15 of the 44th Annual Salmon Festival special section, published in this edition of the Alberni Valley Times, the year 2013 was mistakenly printed in the headline for the rules. It should read “Official rules for the 2015 Salmon Festival.”
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he has a shoestring budget, flies commercial as her “campaign plane” and can’t get two of the big party leaders to debate her on TV. Nevertheless, the marathon federal election campaign has taken a fairly rosy turn for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who has a good chance of making progress on the party’s goal of growing to 12 seats. The party had two MPs, Ms. May and former New Democrat Bruce Hyer, before dissolution, and a Quebec NDP member elected in 2011, Jose Nunez-Melo, switched to the Greens after the election call. The latest polls have the NDP, Conservatives and Liberals all bunched up like bananas again – with each just above or below 30 per cent of voter support and
no one sprinting from the pack. It looks like a minority government, and, if so, voters may want to give the feisty Green leader a few more colleagues in a Parliament where government actually can be forced to compromise and be held to account. The Greens have good growth prospects in the seven ridings of Vancouver Island, where they are polling at 32 per cent. And on policy, Tuesday’s economic statistics, showing Canada is in a mild but uneven recession, lend credence to Ms. May’s green version of a timely stimulus. Ms. May believes an immediate program to upgrade the energy efficiency of public buildings and infrastructure at all levels of government would “put people to work fast” and curb a major source of carbon emissions. Because it could be done quickly,
and deliver long-term benefits, it’s a reasonable approach to priming the pump. Longer term, she says Ottawa should become a partner in developing low-flow Fundy tidal power and possibly offshore wind turbines. Funding, she says, could be part of an initiative to add renewables to the national power grid. The Green Party’s opposition to an Energy East pipeline is a problem. Finally connecting Atlantic Canada to Western Canada’s oil is an important step in energy security. Ms. May is right in saying a bitumen-only pipeline, driven by export markets, won’t help supply in the eastern region unless there is a large local investment to upgrade it to crude oil.
But the first step toward that investment is getting the raw material there. It is encouraging that Ms. May tentatively says her party “might” be more open to shipping crude oil east. And she is right to question the loss of refining capacity in Canada (Nova Scotians have seen at the gas pumps this week that supply can be less secure without a local refinery) and an increased focus on shipping bitumen. More state-of-the-art upgrading within Canada, close to the oilsands, probably would be better overall for the environment, employment and national energy security. But one of the compelling features of Elizabeth May’s campaign is that you can disagree with her over details of policies
on energy, pipelines, corporate taxes or whatever, but still be impressed by her commitment to “contribute to the betterment of Parliament.” No whips or heckles in Parliament; no attack ads in the campaign. If that sounds like motherhood, it isn’t. Ms. May’s aims of getting parliamentarians to collaborate, to recognize each other’s good ideas, to stand up to an overly powerful prime minister’s office, are of the utmost importance, not only in terms of democracy but in delivering good, practical, responsive government. Indeed, fighting for the right to be a good MP may be Elizabeth May’s best bet for electing more Green ones.
that would affect tourism over the coming years – things like demographics, ecotourism, cultural travel, slow food, economy travel, negotiable accommodation, and the power of travel websites – and I’m pleased to say that our predictions have stood the test of time. And we pulled all these findings into a strategic marketing plan to increase tourism. Included in the marketing plan were half a dozen creative concepts for logo and slogan. Second, please note: it was not a $30,000 brand identity exercise as implied in your articles. It was research, brand identity (logo and slogan), a marketing plan, a Seven Wonders of the Alberni Valley video which has over 34,000 views on YouTube, T-shirts, flags, stickers, and colouring sheets, all within that budget. The deal of the century, frankly. Third, the reason the brand identity wasn’t effective over the long term was because it was not adequately supported by human or financial resources. Our client was operating on a shoestring budget with only volunteer labour to execute the plan. Perhaps the funds being used for the current branding exercise would have been better used to support the existing brand.
Finally, why reinvent the wheel? The bear track logo currently used on city signage is aesthetically strong and uniquely yours. It includes water (which was identified as a strength in our survey eight years ago, just like it was in the current survey) and it pays tribute to the area’s awe-inspiring wildlife and logging heritage. The original slogan (‘Bear tracks and Lumberjacks’) was designed to attract tourists, not new residents, and certainly you need a different tag line for a different target audience. But any new slogan must still differentiate you from other small communities, and not fall into the trap of i) pleasing ourselves instead of the target audience, and ii) getting lost in the crowd with yet another variation of ‘We’re the heart of the Island’ or ‘We’re the fishing capital of the Island/BC/Canada’. (Who isn’t?) The Redbird team still has friends and family in the Alberni Valley, and we are still convinced that the area is a treasure on the verge of discovery. Regardless of the outcome of the current branding exercise, we wish you all the best in your continued marketing efforts.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Minority governments are good for Canada Re: ‘The Conservatives will not win this riding’ (Your Letters, AV Times, Sept. 1) I fully disagree with comments made by John McRuer. The voting public should be headed to the polls to vote for the party of their choice. If they did, then in most election results, there would be always a minority government. Presently this is not the case. Too many voters are voting opposite of their chosen party mainly to keep one political party out of a majority over the other. Remember, never blame the political party that forms government. The voting public has the final say of who is the government of Canada. Vote for the party of your choice. In reality, minority governments seem to work out better for the whole country. Joe Sawchuk Duncan
In defence of ‘Bear tracks and Lumberjacks’ Regarding the current branding/rebranding exercise for the
Alberni Valley: there have been several errors in your coverage. First, your earlier story (March 30, 2015) referred to a “lack of local involvement in conceiving the brand.” This couldn’t be farther from the truth. In 2007, Redbird Communications was engaged by the Alberni Valley Tourism Advisory Council to research and develop a brand identity and marketing plan for the Alberni Valley. Here’s the process we followed: At a well attended public meeting at the Echo Centre on May 2, 2007, Redbird presented an introduction to brands and branding, gave an overview of the Alberni Valley branding process, and invited members of the public to give their input and ideas. Thirty questionnaires were completed at the public meeting, and another 150 were completed online at Redbird’s website over the next 10 days. Four Redbird team members in addition to the company president made individual trips to the Alberni Valley and Port Alberni to experience the destination first-hand. They travelled ‘incognito,’ with friends, in families with children, and in couples with a pet, and submitted separate written scouting reports. We identified change factors
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Four regulars at the Alberni Valley Curling Club won the gold medal at the 55 Plus BC Games on the weekend. Bruce Kendall, Steven and Frances Eng, and Sandy Forbes represented Alberni at the tournament, hosted at the Vancouver Curling Club over four days. Eight teams played in two pools for the first
round, with the top team from each pool competing for the final. Alberni lost their opener against Victoria 4–11. They won their second game against the Lower Mainland 9–4, then defeated West Kootenay 11–4. Beating South Central (Okanagan) 8–1 ensured their passage to the gold medal game, where they faced the Okanagan Similkameen team. Alberni gave up four points in the
early ends but managed to work their way back into the match, said Steven, who plays second for the team. Although the Okanagan team held the hammer for the final ends, Forbes (lead player) tactically set up the rocks for Alberni to prevent their opponents from capitalizing on their advantage, Steven said. Alberni won 7–6, qualifying for the 2016 nationals in Brampton, Ont.
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6A | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST DIVISION
EAST DIVISION W 76 74 66 64 61
L 57 58 67 69 72
Pct .571 .561 .496 .481 .459
GB — 11/2 10 12 15
WCGB — — 4 6 9
L10 8-2 6-4 4-6 2-8 5-5
Str W-2 W-2 L-1 W-1 L-2
Home 45-24 37-26 32-33 40-28 34-34
Away 31-33 37-32 34-34 24-41 27-38
W 81 69 64 61 61
L 51 63 68 70 71
Pct .614 .523 .485 .466 .462
GB — 12 17 191/2 20
WCGB — 1 /2 51/2 8 81/2
L10 7-3 8-2 7-3 3-7 2-8
Str W-1 W-3 L-2 L-2 L-1
Home 46-22 42-25 29-34 33-32 30-35
Away 35-29 27-38 35-34 28-38 31-36
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Houston 73 61 .545 — — 5-5 L-2 46-23 — 7-3 W-1 32-32 Texas 69 62 .527 21/2 3 4-6 W-2 39-27 L.A. Angels 67 66 .504 51/2 Seattle 63 71 .470 10 71/2 6-4 W-2 29-36 5-5 L-2 31-38 Oakland 58 76 .433 15 121/2 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card
Away 27-38 37-30 28-39 34-35 27-38
Toronto N.Y. Yankees Tampa Bay Baltimore Boston
CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chi. White Sox Detroit
(Volquez 12-7), 8:10 p.m. Friday Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Saturday Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 7:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Miller Boston Owens L, 2-2 Cook Hembree Breslow Ogando
BLUE JAYS 5, INDIANS 1 r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pct .556 .508 .410 .406 .396
GB WCGB — — 8 61/2 21 191/2 20 211/2 211/2 23
L10 7-3 6-4 5-5 1-9 3-7
Str W-1 W-1 W-3 L-8 L-1
Home 45-24 37-26 30-36 33-32 30-35
Away 29-35 30-39 25-43 21-47 23-46
W 86 79 75 57 55
L 47 52 57 75 77
Pct .647 .603 .568 .432 .417
GB — 6 101/2 281/2 301/2
L10 8-2 6-4 4-6 5-5 4-6
Str L-1 L-3 L-1 W-3 W-1
Home 48-20 46-21 40-28 32-39 29-35
Away 38-27 33-31 35-29 25-36 26-42
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home L.A. Dodgers 74 57 .565 — — 7-3 W-2 46-21 6 3-7 L-4 38-27 San Francisco 69 63 .523 51/2 3-7 W-2 31-35 Arizona 65 68 .489 10 101/2 11 4-6 L-1 32-31 San Diego 64 68 .485 101/2 4-6 L-2 28-38 Colorado 53 78 .405 21 211/2 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card
Away 28-36 31-36 34-33 32-37 25-40
St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs Milwaukee Cincinnati
WCGB — — — 18 20
WEST DIVISION
Wednesday L.A. Angels 9 Oakland 4 N.Y. Yankees 13 Boston 8 Baltimore 7 Tampa Bay 6 (11) Toronto 5 Cleveland 1 Kansas City 12 Detroit 1 Minnesota 3 Chi. White Sox 0 Seattle 8 Houston 3 Tuesday Tampa Bay 11 Baltimore 2 Toronto 5 Cleveland 3 (10) N.Y. Yankees 3 Boston 1 Detroit 6 Kansas City 5 Minnesota 8 Chi. White Sox 6 Seattle 7 Houston 5 L.A. Angels 6 Oakland 2 Thursday Chi. White Sox (Samardzija 8-11) at Minnesota (Gibson 9-9), 1:10 p.m. Detroit (Boyd 1-5) at Kansas City
ab 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 29
L 59 65 79 79 81
CENTRAL DIVISION
WEST DIVISION
Cleveland Kipnis 2b Lindor ss Brantley lf Santana dh Gomes c Chisenhall rf Johnson 3b Almonte cf Sands 1b Totals Cleveland Toronto
W 74 67 55 54 53
N.Y. Mets Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia
h bi 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 000 230
Toronto ab Revere lf 4 Donaldson 3b 4 Bautista rf 2 Encarnacion dh3 Tulowitzki ss 3 Smoak 1b 4 Pillar cf 4 Goins 2b 4 Thole c 4 Totals 32 100 000 000 00x
r 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
h bi 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 5 —1 —5
LOB—Toronto 7, Cleveland 1. DP— Toronto 2. 2B—Donaldson 2 (37). SB— Revere (2). SF—Tulowitzki. Cleveland IP Bauer L, 10-11 1 1-3 Manship 1 Crockett 1 Adams 1 2-3 McAllister 1 Floyd 1 Armstrong 1 Toronto Dickey W, 10-10 9
H R ER BB 6 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
1
1
SO 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
0
6
Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Clint Fagan; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Jerry Meals. T—2:34. A—46,538 (49,282) at Toronto.
MARINERS 8, ASTROS 3 Seattle ab r h bi Marte ss 6 0 1 0 Seager 3b 3 2 2 0 Cruz dh 4 0 1 0 Smith ph-dh 1 0 0 1 Cano 2b 5 0 1 1 Gutierrez lf 4 1 2 1 Trumbo 1b-rf 5 1 1 0 Romero rf 3 1 1 0 Morrison ph-1b1 2 1 3 Sucre c 3 0 0 0 2¡0DOOH\ FI Totals 39 813 8 Seattle 011 Houston 021
Houston ab r h bi Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 Lowrie 3b 4 1 2 0 Correa ss 3 0 0 0 Gattis dh 4 0 1 1 Rasmus rf 4 1 1 0 Gomez cf 2 1 1 0 Tucker lf 4 0 1 1 Valbuena 1b 2 0 0 1 Conger c 4 0 1 0 Totals 31 3 7 3 010 023 —8 000 000 —3
E—Neshek. LOB—Houston 6, Seattle 11. DP—Seattle 1. Houston 1. 2B—Lowrie 2 (12), Seager (29), Gutierrez (10), Conger (9), Marte (8). 3B—Gomez (1). HR—MorULVRQ 6%³0DUWH 2¡0DOOH\ S—Sucre. SF—Valbuena. Seattle IP Walker 6 2-3 Smith W, 2-5 1-3 Kensing H, 4 1-3 Wilhelmsen S, 8 1 2-3 Houston Kazmir 4 1-3 Qualls 1 1-3 Harris 1 1-3 Neshek L, 3-5 1-3 Perez 2-3 Fields 1
H R ER BB 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 3
3 0 0 2 0 3
2 0 0 0 0 3
SO 3 1 0 3
2 0 2 2 0 0
5 2 0 0 0 2
WP — Walker, Kensing. PB—Conger. HBP — Gomez. Umpires—Home, Ted Barrett; First, Adam Hamari; Second, Angel Hernandez; Third, Chris Conroy. T—3:40. A—18,669 (41,574) at Houston.
BLUE JAYS LEADERS
BATTERS AB R H HR RBI AVG Colabello 279 47 90 13 49 .323 Revere 104 18 33 0 5 .317 Travis 217 38 66 8 35 .304 Donaldson 512 102 154 36 108 .301 Carrera 153 25 43 3 23 .281 Encarnacion 433 74 118 30 92 .273 Pillar 484 64 128 9 45 .264 Goins 280 40 69 5 37 .246 Bautista 446 89 109 31 89 .244 Martin 373 64 90 17 56 .241 Tulowitzki 121 26 28 4 11 .231 Navarro 140 14 31 3 17 .221 Smoak 229 32 50 13 45 .218 Saunders 31 2 6 0 3 .194 Pompey 83 11 16 2 6 .193 Kawasaki 18 2 3 0 1 .167 Pennington 22 2 2 0 2 .091 PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERA Hawkins 1 0 1 11.1 11 0.79 Lowe 1 2 0 45.0 54 1.80 Osuna 1 4 16 58.2 66 1.99 Tepera 0 1 0 23.2 16 2.28 Price 13 5 0 189.1 188 2.47 Schultz 0 1 1 40.0 29 2.48 Hendriks 4 0 0 54.0 58 2.67 Sanchez 6 5 0 82.2 53 3.05 Cecil 3 4 5 42.2 47 3.16 Estrada 11 8 0 142.1 107 3.16 Buehrle 14 6 0 171.0 80 3.53 Dickey 9 10 0 173.2 106 4.25 Hutchison 13 2 0 138.2 122 4.87 Loup 2 5 0 36.1 40 5.20 Francis 1 2 0 12.0 15 6.75
YANKEES 13, RED SOX 8 N.Y. Yankeesab r h bi Gardner cf 4 1 1 0 Young lf-rf 4 1 2 1 Rodriguez dh 5 1 1 2 Beltran rf 4 1 1 2 Noel rf 0 0 0 0 Pirela ph-lf 1 0 1 1 Headley 3b 4 1 1 0 Bird 1b 4 2 2 2 Murphy c 5 1 1 1 Gregorius ss 4 3 2 1 Drew 2b 4 2 3 3 Totals 39131513 N.Y. Yankees 083 Boston 100
Boston ab Betts cf 2 Craig rf 0 Sandoval 3b 4 Bogaerts ss 5 Ortiz dh 3 Leon ph-dh 2 Shaw 1b 5 Castillo lf 5 Holt 2b 5 Swihart c 3 Bradley Jr. rf-cf 4 Totals 38 010 010 011 221
r h bi 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 813 8 —13 —8
LOB—Boston 10, N.Y. Yankees 4. DP—Boston 2. 2B—Betts (31), Ortiz (27), Gardner (26), Drew (16), Swihart (15), Shaw (7), Leon (2). HR—Bogaerts (5). Beltran (14); Bird (3); Murphy (2); Gregorius (8); Drew (17). SB—Swihart (4). SF—Betts, Sandoval. N.Y. Yankees IP Tanaka W, 11-6 6 1-3 Bailey 1-3 Wilson 1-3 Mitchell 1-3 Betances 2-3 Cotham 0
H R ER BB 6 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
SO 5 0 0 0 1 0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1 2-3 1 1-3 2 2 2-3 1 1-3
6 2 2 5 0
7 4 1 1 0
7 4 1 1 0
2 2 0 1 0
2 0 3 1 0
Cotham pitched to 2 batters in the 9th WP — Mitchell, Tanaka. Umpires— Home, Larry Vanover; First, Brian Knight; Second, Vic Carapazza; Third, Ron Kulpa. T—3:33. A—34,416 (37,221) at Boston.
ANGELS 9, ATHLETICS 4 L.A. Angels ab Calhoun rf 4 Trout cf 5 Pujols dh 5 Murphy lf 4 Cowgill pr-lf 1 Aybar ss 5 Cron 1b 4 Cowart pr-3b 1 Freese 3b 4 Navarro pr-1b 0 Iannetta c 4 Featherston 2b4 Totals 41 L.A. Angels Oakland
r h bi 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 913 8 420 300
Oakland Burns cf Canha 1b Lawrie 2b Valencia 3b Phegley c Vogt ph-c Smolinski lf Pridie ph-lf Butler dh Reddick rf Semien ss
ab 5 4 4 4 3 1 3 1 4 4 4
r 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
h bi 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 37 410 4 000 021 —9 000 010 —4
E—Aybar. LOB—Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 6. DP—L.A. Angels 1. 2B—Trout (25), Butler (24), Lawrie (23), Cron (15). 3B— Vogt (3). HR—Lawrie (15); Phegley (8). Pujols (35). L.A. Angels Heaney W, 6-2 Smith Alvarez Oakland Gray L, 12-7 Mujica Dull Venditte Alvarez Otero Abad
IP 7 1 1 5 1 1 1-3 2-3 1-3 2-3
H R ER BB 7 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 2 2 0
6 0 0 1 1 1 0
6 0 0 1 1 1 0
SO 6 2 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 1 0 1 0 0
WP — Gray, Alvarez. Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Pat Hoberg; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Kerwin Danley. T—2:53. A—13,392 (35,067) at Oakland.
ROYALS 12, TIGERS 1 Detroit ab Gose cf 4 Kinsler 2b 2 Davis rf 1 Cabrera 1b 2 Romine 1b-2b 2 J. Martinez rf 3 Holaday c 1 V. Martinez dh 4 Castellanos 3b 3 Collins lf 3 Iglesias ss 3 Avila c-1b 3
r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
h bi 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kansas City Escobar ss Colon pr-ss Zobrist 2b Infante ph-2b Cain cf Dyson cf Hosmer 1b Butera 1b Morales dh Gomes rf Gore lf Perez c Pena c Cuthbert 3b Orlando lf-rf Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals Detroit 000 001 000 Kansas City 121 530 00x
ab r h bi 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 4 2 3 0 35 121412 —1 —12
LOB—Detroit 5, Kansas City 5. DP— Detroit 3. Kansas City 1. 2B—Orlando 2 (10), Cain (30), J. Martinez (25), Gomes (1). 3B—Gose (7), Orlando (6). HR— Zobrist (11); Cain (13); Morales (17); Cuthbert (1). Detroit IP Wolf L, 0-3 3 2-3 Knudson 1-3 Farmer 3 Gorzelanny 1 Kansas City Ventura W, 10-7 7 Morales 1 Alexander 1
H R ER BB 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
SO 2 1 1 2
1 0 0
11 0 1
Knudson pitched to 4 batters in the 5th WP — Ventura. PB—Avila. HBP — Perez. Kinsler. Umpires—Home, Quinn Wolcott; First, Ryan Blakney; Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Gary Cederstrom. T—2:47. A—26,789 (37,903) at Kansas City.
ORIOLES 7, RAYS 6 (11) Tampa Bay ab Sizemore lf 3 Mahtook lf 1 Guyer rf 6 Longoria 3b 5 Jaso dh 5 Forsythe 2b 3 Beckham pr-2b0 Cabrera ss 4 Loney 1b 5 Kiermaier cf 5 Arencibia c 4 Rivera c 1 Totals 42 Tampa Bay Baltimore
r h bi 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 613 6 004 004
Baltimore Machado ss Parra rf Jones cf Davis 1b Wieters c Schoop 2b Clevenger dh Pearce lf Flaherty 3b
ab 5 5 5 4 2 4 4 4 3
r 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0
h bi 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7 001 001 00 —6 000 002 01 —7
E—Gausman. LOB—Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 8. DP—Tampa Bay 1. Baltimore 3. 2B—Forsythe 2 (27), Guyer (16), Pearce (7), Sizemore (7), Parra (6), Arencibia (1). HR—Davis (38); Schoop (11). Longoria (17); Arencibia (2). Tampa Bay IP Ramirez 4 Gomes 1 Geltz H, 19 1 2-3 Colome H, 5 1 1-3 Boxberger BS, 5 1 Andriese L, 3-5 1 Baltimore Gausman 2 1-3 Roe 2 Matusz 1 1-3 Givens 1 1-3 Britton 1 2¡'D\ Brach W, 5-2 2
H R ER BB 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 1 0 3 0 0
4 0 0 1 0 0
3 0 0 1 0 0
SO 3 0 1 1 1 0
2 1 0 0 0 2
Andriese pitched to 1 batter in the 11th WP — Ramirez. HBP — Davis. Umpires—Home, Cory Blaser; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Chris Guccione. T—3:36. A—15,963 (45,971) at Baltimore.
1 1 0 2 3 0
Wednesday Miami 7 Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 7 Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 9 Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 9 Pittsburgh 4 Washington 4 St. Louis 3 Arizona at Colorado Texas at San Diego San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers Tuesday Arizona 6 Colorado 4 Miami 7 Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 14 N.Y. Mets 8 Chicago Cubs 5 Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 8 Washington 5 Arizona 5 Colorado 3 Texas 8 San Diego 6 L.A. Dodgers 2 San Francisco 1 Thursday Atlanta (Wisler 5-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 11-8), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-6) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 8-5), 7:20 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 9-10) at Colorado (Rusin 4-7), 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at San Diego (Rea 2-2), 10:10 p.m. Friday Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. Saturday Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.
TWINS 3, WHITE SOX 0
Ozuna cf 3 Suzuki rf 4 Hechavarria ss1 Rojas pr-ss 3 Mathis c 3 Conley sp 2 Gillespie ph 1 Barraclough p 0 Dunn p 0 McGehee ph 1 Morris p 0 Ramos p 0 Totals 37 Miami Atlanta
Chi. White Soxabr h bi Saladino ss-3b 4 0 1 0 Cabrera lf 4 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 4 0 1 0 A. Garcia rf 4 0 0 0 Thompson cf 3 0 0 0 Soto dh 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 0 Flowers c 2 0 0 0 Eaton ph 1 0 0 0 L. Garcia ss 0 0 0 0 Beckham 3b 2 0 0 0 Brantly ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 3 0 Chi. White Sox 000 Minnesota 010
Minnesota Dozier 2b Mauer 1b Plouffe 3b Sano dh Hunter rf Rosario lf Escobar ss Suzuki c Buxton cf
ab 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 2
r 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
h bi 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3 000 000 —0 000 20x —3
E—Flowers, Escobar. LOB—Minnesota 6, Chi. White Sox 4. DP—Chi. White Sox 1. 2B—Plouffe (29). HR—Sano (15). Chi. White Sox IP Rodon L, 6-6 6 Petricka 1-3 Jennings 1-3 Webb 1-3 Montas 1 Minnesota Milone W, 7-4 7 May H, 5 1 Jepsen S, 10 1
H R ER BB 5 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
SO 4 1 1 0 1 7 2 1
Rodon pitched to 1 batter in the 7th Umpires—Home, Lance Barrett; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Dale Scott; Third, CB Bucknor. T—2:34. A—22,162 (39,021) at Minnesota.
AL LEADERS G AB Cabrera Detroit 94 345 Brantley Cleveland 118 461 Bogaerts Boston 127 498 Kipnis Cleveland 115 464 Fielder Texas 127 497 Altuve Houston 125 517 Cain Kansas City 116 457 Cruz Seattle 130 509 Hosmer Kansas City128 489 Kinsler Detroit 129 522
R 55 61 60 76 61 67 83 77 82 84
H 124 148 159 147 157 163 143 158 151 159
Pct. .359 .321 .319 .317 .316 .315 .313 .310 .309 .305
Batting — Cabrera, Detroit, .359; Brantley, Cleveland, .321; Bogaerts, Boston, .319; Kipnis, Cleveland, .317; Fielder, Texas, .316; Altuve, Houston, .315; Cain, Kansas City, .313; Cruz, Seattle, .310; Hosmer, Kansas City, .309; Kinsler, Detroit, .305. Runs — Donaldson, Toronto, 104; Dozier, Minnesota, 90; Bautista, Toronto, 89; Gardner, N.Y. Yankees, 85; Trout, L.A. Angels, 84; Kinsler, Detroit, 84; Cain, Kansas City, 83; Hosmer, Kansas City, 82; Machado, Baltimore, 80; Eaton, Chicago White Sox, 78. RBIs — Donaldson, Toronto, 111; Davis, Baltimore, 97; Morales, Kansas City, 94; Encarnacion, Toronto, 92; Bautista, Toronto, 89; Martinez, Detroit, 87; Cruz, Seattle, 82; McCann, N.Y. Yankees, 82; Ortiz, Boston, 81; Abreu, Chicago White Sox, 80. Hits — Altuve, Houston, 163; Bogaerts, Boston, 159; Kinsler, Detroit, 159; Cruz, Seattle, 158; Fielder, Texas, 157; Donaldson, Toronto, 157; Machado, Baltimore, 153; Hosmer, Kansas City, 151; Brantley, Cleveland, 148; Kipnis, Cleveland, 147. Doubles — Brantley, Cleveland, 40; Kipnis, Cleveland, 37; Donaldson, Toronto, 37; Morales, Kansas City, 35; Dozier, Minnesota, 34; Kinsler, Detroit, 32; Cano, Seattle, 31; Betts, Boston, 31; Beltran, N.Y. Yankees, 31; Cabrera, Chicago White Sox, 30. Triples — Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 12; Rosario, Minnesota, 10; Deshields, Texas, 9; Gattis, Houston, 9; Burns, Oakland, 8; Eaton, Chicago White Sox, 8; Betts, Boston, 8; Davis, Detroit, 8; Gose, Detroit, 7; Infante, Kansas City, 7. Home Runs — Cruz, Seattle, 39; Davis, Baltimore, 38; Donaldson, Toronto, 36; Pujols, L.A. Angels, 35; Martinez, Detroit, 34; Trout, L.A. Angels, 33; Bautista, Toronto, 31; Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees, 31; Encarnacion, Toronto, 30; Ortiz, Boston, 29. Stolen Bases — Altuve, Houston, 36; Cain, Kansas City, 26; Burns, Oakland, 25; Dyson, Kansas City, 23; Deshields, Texas, 22; Gose, Detroit, 19; Davis, Detroit, 18; Gardner, N.Y. Yankees, 18; Marisnick, Houston, 17; Machado, Baltimore, 17. Pitching — Keuchel, Houston, 16-6; Hernandez, Seattle, 15-8; Eovaldi, N.Y. Yankees, 14-2; Lewis, Texas, 14-7; McHugh, Houston, 14-7; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-6; Price, Toronto, 13-5; Hutchison, Toronto, 13-2; Salazar, Cleveland, 12-7; Richards, L.A. Angels, 12-10. Strikeouts — Sale, Chicago White Sox, 239; Archer, Tampa Bay, 223; Kluber, Cleveland, 219; Price, Toronto, 188; Carrasco, Cleveland, 173; Keuchel, Houston, 173; Salazar, Cleveland, 172; Hernandez, Seattle, 158; Cueto, Kansas City, 154; Bauer, Cleveland, 154. Saves — Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 33; Perkins, Minnesota, 32; Street, L.A. Angels, 31; Britton, Baltimore, 30; Holland, Kansas City, 29; Miller, N.Y. Yankees, 29; Allen, Cleveland, 28; Tolleson, Texas, 28; Robertson, Chicago White Sox, 27; Uehara, Boston, 25.
NATIONAL LEAGUE ab 5 5 4 5
r 1 2 0 0
h bi 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0
Swisher rf Olivera 3b Bethancourt c Castro 2b Perez sp Jackson p Lavarnway ph Cunniff p Vizcaino p Peterson ph
3 3 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3 130 100 —7 000 000 —3
H R ER BB 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 2 1
6 1 0 0
4 1 0 0
1 0 0 0
SO 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
WP — Cunniff. HBP — Swisher; Freeman. Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First, Joe West; Second, D.J. Reyburn; Third, Ben May. T—3:05. A—17,949 (49,586) at Atlanta.
NATIONALS 4, CARDINALS 3 Washington ab Werth rf 5 Rendon 2b 3 Harper cf 2 Den Dekker cf 1 Zimmerman 1b4 Escobar 3b 4 Desmond ss 4 Ramos c 4 Taylor cf 0 Espinosa lf 3 Scherzer sp 2 Robinson ph 1 Thornton p 0 Treinen p 0 Grace p 0 Martin p 0 Storen p 0 Uggla ph 1 Lobaton ph 0 Papelbon p 0 Totals 34 Washington St. Louis
r 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
h bi 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 001 010
St. Louis Carpenter 3b Piscotty lf Heyward rf Peralta ss Moss 1b Bourjos pr Pham cf Wong 2b Cruz c Lyons sp Garcia ph Socolovich p Broxton p Stanley ph Cishek p
ab 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
r 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
h bi 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 316 3 101 010 —4 010 100 —3
LOB—St. Louis 13, Washington 6. 2B— Carpenter (33), Zimmerman (23), Rendon (11). HR—Moss (4). Werth (6); Zimmerman (16). S—Den Dekker, Lyons. Washington Scherzer Thornton H, 17 Treinen H, 7 Grace BS, 1 Martin W, 1-0 Storen H, 5 Papelbon S, 23 St. Louis Lyons Socolovich Broxton L, 1-4 Cishek
IP H R ER BB 6 11 2 2 0 1-3 0 0 0 0 1-3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 1 1 1
6 0 2 0
3 0 1 0
3 0 1 0
1 0 1 0
Atlanta ab r h bi Maybin cf 5 1 1 0 Simmons ss 4 0 0 0 Freeman 1b 2 1 0 0 Garcia lf 2 0 1 1
Philadelphia IP Nola L, 5-2 4 Hinojosa 2 Loewen 1 Murray 1 N.Y. Mets Harvey W, 12-7 6 1-3 Gilmartin H, 2 2-3 Clippard 1 Reed 1
H R ER BB 9 6 6 0 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 9 1 0 0
4 0 0 0
SO 10 0 1 0 1 3 1 6 2 1 1
BREWERS 9, PIRATES 4
Texas Deshields cf Choo rf Fielder 1b Alberto 2b Beltre 3b Odor 2b Tolleson p Andrus ss Venable lf Dyson p Napoli 1b Gimenez c Moreland ph Ohlendorf p Diekman p Stubbs lf Gallardo sp Wilson ph-c
h bi 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee ab Segura ss 5 Lucroy c 5 Braun rf 5 Davis lf 4 Schafer cf 1 Lind 1b 4 Santana cf-lf 4 Perez 3b 3 Gennett ph-2b 1 Herrera 2b-3b 4 Davies sp 2 Knebel p 0 Jimenez p 0 Peterson ph 1 Jeffress p 0 Rogers ph 0 Thornburg p 0 Totals 32 4 6 4 Totals 39 Pittsburgh 000 310 000 Milwaukee 201 210 21x
r h bi 2 3 0 1 2 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 915 9 —4 —9
E—Kang. LOB—Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 4. DP—Milwaukee 1. 2B—Segura 2 (11), Ramirez (26), Marte (25), Davis (14). HR—Lind (18). Ramirez (15). Pittsburgh IP Locke L, 7-9 3 2-3 Hughes 1-3 Blanton 2 Caminero 1 Scahill 1-3 Lafromboise 2-3 Milwaukee Davies 4 1-3 Knebel 2-3 Jimenez H, 2 1 Jeffress W, 4-0 2 Thornburg 1
H R ER BB 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0
SO 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
Umpires—Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Bill Miller. T—3:07. A—24,521 (41,900) at Milwaukee. Philadelphia ab Sweeney lf-rf 5 Hernandez 2b 3 Herrera cf 4 Howard 1b 4 Blanco 3b 4 Brown rf 1 Asche lf 3
r 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
h bi 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
N.Y. Mets ab Granderson rf 5 Cespedes cf-lf 5 Murphy 1b 2 Cuddyer 1b 3 Wright 3b 4 Conforto lf 4 Young pr 0
r 1 1 1 0 2 1 0
1 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
h bi 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0
R 92 66 85 63 93 72 81 56 59 50
H 141 164 154 148 162 150 143 116 136 119
Pct. .331 .328 .322 .322 .321 .316 .316 .309 .308 .307
Batting — Harper, Washington, .331; Gordon, Miami, .328; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .322; Posey, San Francisco, .322; Pollock, Arizona, .321; LeMahieu, Colorado, .316; Votto, Cincinnati, .316; Panik, San Francisco, .309; Escobar, Washington, .308; Peralta, Arizona, .307. Runs — Pollock, Arizona, 93; Harper, Washington, 92; Fowler, Chicago Cubs, 87; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 85; Votto, Cincinnati, 81; Carpenter, St. Louis, 80; Arenado, Colorado, 78; Braun, Milwaukee, 78; Granderson, N.Y. Mets, 77; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 76. RBIs — Arenado, Colorado, 100; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 97; Kemp, San Diego, 85; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 85; Bryant, Chicago Cubs, 84; Posey, San Francisco, 80; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 79; Braun, Milwaukee, 79; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 79; Gonzalez, Colorado, 78. Hits — Gordon, Miami, 164; Pollock, Arizona, 162; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 154; Markakis, Atlanta, 152; LeMahieu, Colorado, 150; Blackmon, Colorado, 150; Posey, San Francisco, 148; Votto, Cincinnati, 143; Harper, Washington, 141; Arenado, Colorado, 140. Doubles — Frazier, Cincinnati, 39; Arenado, Colorado, 33; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 33; Carpenter, St. Louis, 33; Pollock, Arizona, 32; Bruce, Cincinnati, 32; Harper, Washington, 31; Murphy, N.Y. Mets, 31; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 30; Belt, San Francisco, 30. Triples — Peralta, Arizona, 9; Gordon, Miami, 8; Grichuk, St. Louis, 7; Blackmon, Colorado, 7; Fowler, Chicago Cubs, 7; De Aza, San Francisco, 6; Realmuto, Miami, 6; Suzuki, Miami, 6; Pollock, Arizona, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 6. Home Runs — Arenado, Colorado, 33; Gonzalez, Colorado, 32; Harper, Washington, 31; Frazier, Cincinnati, 30; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 27; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 25; Pederson, L.A. Dodgers, 24. Stolen Bases — Hamilton, Cincinnati, 54; Gordon, Miami, 47; Blackmon, Colorado, 36; Pollock, Arizona, 33; Marte, Pittsburgh, 26; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 22; Maybin, Atlanta, 21; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; LeMahieu, Colorado, 21. Pitching — Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 17-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 16-7; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 15-3; Cole, Pittsburgh, 15-8; Martinez, St. Louis, 13-6; De La Rosa, Arizona, 12-6; Harvey, N.Y. Mets, 12-7; deGrom, N.Y. Mets, 12-7; Colon, N.Y. Mets, 12-11. Strikeouts — Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers, 246; Scherzer, Washington, 219; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 200; Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 190; Shields, San Diego, 184; Ross, San Diego, 176; deGrom, N.Y. Mets, 171; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 169; Cole, Pittsburgh, 168; Lester, Chicago Cubs, 166. Saves — Melancon, Pittsburgh, 43; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 42; Kimbrel, San Diego, 36; Familia, N.Y. Mets, 36; Rodriguez, Milwaukee, 32; Casilla, San Francisco, 31; Storen, Washington, 29; Jansen, L.A. Dodgers, 28; Chapman, Cincinnati, 27; Rondon, Chicago Cubs, 25.
INTERLEAGUE
r 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
SO 4 0 1 2
Umpires—Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Gerry Davis; Second, Will Little; Third, Jim Wolf. T—2:53. A—32,464 (41,922) at N.Y. Mets.
Grace pitched to 1 batter in the 7th Umpires—Home, John Tumpane; First, James Hoye; Second, Bill Welke; Third, John Hirschbeck. T—3:34. A—41,489 (45,399) at St. Louis. Pittsburgh ab Polanco rf 4 Marte lf 4 McCutchen cf 2 Ramirez 3b 4 Kang ss 4 Walker 2b 4 Alvarez 1b 3 Cervelli c 4 Locke sp 1 Hughes p 0 Decker ph 1 Blanton p 0 Harrison ph 1 Caminero p 0 Scahill p 0 Lafromboise p 0
0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 916 9 —4 —9
E—Cespedes. LOB—N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 6. DP—N.Y. Mets 1. 2B— '¡$UQDXG 0XUSK\ -RKQVRQ (10), Kratz (1). HR—Cespedes (10); Conforto (5); Tejada (3). Sweeney (3). SB—Johnson (2).
G AB Harper Washington 124 426 Gordon Miami 116 500 Goldschmidt Arizona132 478 Posey San Francisco123460 Pollock Arizona 128 504 LeMahieu Colorado 126 474 Votto Cincinnati 129 453 Panik San Francisco97 375 Escobar Washington114 441 Peralta Arizona 124 388
E—Swisher. LOB—Miami 6, Atlanta 7. DP—Miami 2. Atlanta 2. 2B—Yelich 2 (19), Garcia (9), Suzuki (5), Mathis (2). HR—Ozuna (8). SF—Mathis, Prado, Garcia. Miami IP Conley W, 3-1 5 Barraclough H, 3 1 Dunn 1 Morris 1 Ramos 1 Atlanta Perez L, 4-6 5 Jackson 2 Cunniff 1 Vizcaino 1
Lagares cf 0 '¡$UQDXG F Johnson 2b 3 Tejada ss 4 Harvey sp 3 Gilmartin p 0 Uribe ph 1 Clippard p 0 Reed p 0 Totals 38 030 100 010 11x
NL LEADERS
METS 9, PHILLIES 4
MARLINS 7, BRAVES 3 Miami Gordon 2b Yelich lf Prado 3b Bour 1b
2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 714 7 020 003
Rupp c 4 0 1 0 *DOYLV VV Nola sp 1 0 0 0 Kratz ph 1 1 1 2 Hinojosa p 0 0 0 0 Ruf ph 1 0 0 0 Loewen p 0 0 0 0 Murray p 0 0 0 0 Altherr ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 410 4 Philadelphia 000 N.Y. Mets 033
RANGERS 8, PADRES 6 ab 5 5 5 0 5 4 0 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 2
r 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
h bi 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
San Diego ab r h bi Solarte 3b 5 2 2 0 Alonso 1b 1 0 1 0 Wallace ph-1b 3 3 3 0 Kemp rf 4 1 3 4 Upton lf 4 0 0 0 Gyorko ss 5 0 1 1 Norris c 3 0 0 0 Hedges c 1 0 0 1 Spangenberg 2b5 0 2 0 Cashner sp 2 0 0 0 Vincent p 0 0 0 0 Mateo p 0 0 0 0 Upton Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 Rzepczynski p 0 0 0 0 Kelley p 0 0 0 0 Quackenbush p0 0 0 0 Amarista ph 1 0 1 0 Kimbrel p 0 0 0 0 Jankowski cf 4 0 1 0 Totals 39 812 5 Totals 39 614 6 Texas 201 001 400 —8 San Diego 002 020 002 —6
TENNIS
CFL
U.S. OPEN
WEEK 11
At New York Wednesday Singles Men Second Round Jeremy Chardy (27), France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (1). David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. 'DYLG *RIĂ€Q %HOJLXP GHI Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. Fabio Fognini (32), Italy, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1). Benoit Paire, France, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (8), Spain, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-5. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Grigor Dimitrov (17), Bulgaria, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 4-6, 6-4. Tommy Robredo (26), Spain, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19), France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Women Second Round Madison Brengle, United States, def. Anna Tatishvili, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Madison Keys (19), United States, def. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, 7-5, 6-4. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (15), Poland, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 6-1. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 7-5, 6-1. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, def. Oceane Dodin, France, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Eugenie Bouchard (25), Canada, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-3, 6-4. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova (13), Russia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
BASKETBALL
GROUP A
Kelley pitched to 3 batters in the 7th WP — Gallardo. PB—Norris, Hedges. Umpires—Home, Mark Carlson; First, Tripp Gibson; Second, Gabe Morales; Third, Sam Holbrook. T—3:40. A—21,215 (41,164) at San Diego.
L 2 1 1 1 0
Pt 4 3 3 3 2
GP 2 2 2 3 1
W 2 1 1 0 1
L 0 1 1 3 0
Pt 4 3 3 3 2
THE LINES NATIONAL LEAGUE FAVOURITE
LINE
ATLANTA OFF -170 -235 -140 -115 -115 -220
UNDERDOG
Miami
LINE
OFF
Cincinnati +160 Philadelphia+215 MIL +130 Washington +105 at COL +105 San Fran +200
AMERICAN LEAGUE FAVOURITE OAKLAND New York BALTIMORE TORONTO KANSAS CITY HOUSTON MINNESOTA
LINE -140 -145 -130 -185 -180 -160 -120
UNDERDOG LINE Los Angeles+130 at BOSTON +135 Tampa Bay +120 Cleveland +170 Detroit +165 Seattle +150 Chicago +110
INTERLEAGUE FAVOURITE Texas
LINE -115
Calgary Edmonton B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan
GP W L T PF PA Pt 9 7 2 0 255 190 14 9 6 3 0 238 165 12 8 3 5 0 179 234 6 9 3 6 0 168 273 6 9 0 9 0 218 294 0
Bye: Ottawa 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPH ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ B.C. at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's game Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7 Toronto at Hamilton, 1 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 4:30 p.m. WEEK 12 Bye: Montreal Friday, Sept. 11 Hamilton at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 Ottawa at B.C., 4 p.m.
PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK WEEK 10 1. James Franklin, QB, Edmonton Eskimos; 2. Kendial Lawrence, SB, Edmonton Eskimos; Derel Walker, WR, Edmonton Eskimos.
NFL PRE-SEASON AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami
W 2 2 2 1
L 1 1 1 2
T 0 0 0 0
Pct PF .667 78 .667 54 .667 61 .333 53
PA 54 62 63 67
W 2 1 1 1
L 1 2 2 3
T 0 0 0 0
Pct PF .667 55 .333 60 .333 58 .250 67
PA 45 98 38 99
W 2 1 1 1
L 1 2 2 2
T 0 0 0 0
Pct PF .667 60 .333 45 .333 52 .333 61
PA 37 73 65 79
W 3 3 2 1
L 0 0 1 2
T Pct PF 0 1.000 55 0 1.000 82 0 .667 54 0 .333 53
PA 42 42 42 53
NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh
SOUTH Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee
WEST Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland
NATIONAL CONFERENCE W 3 3 1 0
L 0 0 2 3
T Pct PF 0 1.000 115 0 1.000 72 0 .333 50 0 .000 27
PA 53 47 63 68
Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay
W 4 2 2 1
L 0 1 1 2
T Pct PF 0 1.000 88 0 .667 60 0 .667 62 0 .333 67
PA 45 42 41 74
W 2 1 1 0
L 1 2 2 3
T 0 0 0 0
Pct PF .667 72 .333 62 .333 48 .000 64
PA 71 67 68 83
W 1 1 1 0
L 2 2 2 3
T 0 0 0 0
Pct PF .333 68 .333 45 .333 49 .000 31
PA 79 48 51 69
SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans
WEST Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis
Thursday's games — All Times Eastern New Orleans at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 7 p.m. Jacksonville at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m. End of 2015 Pre-season
SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE
BETTING
CHICAGO NEW YORK Pittsburgh at ST. LOUIS Arizona at Los Angeles
4 0 1 1 0 0 2
W 1 1 1 1 1
Note: Two points awarded for a win, one for a loss. :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Canada 101 Cuba 59 Dominican Republic 83 Panama 66 Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Argentina 94 Canada 87 Brazil 71 Dominican Republic 65 Panama 78 Uruguay 71 Puerto Rico 91 Cuba 61 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Argentina 91 Puerto Rico 86 Mexico 84 Dominican Republic 66 Uruguay 71 Brazil 57 Venezuela 73 Cuba 52 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Uruguay vs. Dominican Republic, 1 p.m. Argentina vs. Cuba, 3:30 p.m. Canada vs. Venezuela, 7 p.m. Panama vs. Mexico, 930 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Venezuela vs. Argentina, 1 p.m. Brazil vs. Panama, 3:30 p.m. Puerto Rico vs. Canada, 7 p.m. Mexico vs. Uruguay, 9:30 p.m. End of Preliminary Round
Texas IP H R ER BB Gallardo 5 6 4 4 1 Ohlendorf W, 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 Diekman 2-3 2 0 0 0 Dyson 1 1-3 3 0 0 0 Tolleson 1 2 2 2 2 San Diego Cashner 5 8 4 4 0 Vincent BS, 2 1-3 0 0 0 1 Mateo 2-3 0 0 0 0 Rzepczynski L, 0-1 2-3 1 1 1 0 Kelley 0 2 3 0 1 Quackenbush 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 Kimbrel 1 1 0 0 0
SO 2 0 0 2 1
GP 3 2 2 2 1
GROUP B
MLB
Pt 12 12 10 8
NORTH
PRELIMINARY ROUND
E—Norris. LOB—Texas 7, San Diego 10. DP—Texas 1. 2B—Choo (26), Kemp (26), Alonso (18), Odor (17), Spangenberg (13), Gallardo (1). 3B—Spangenberg (4). HR—Kemp (17). Fielder (18). SB— Andrus (15), Venable (2). SF—Andrus, Hedges.
GP W L T PF PA 9 6 3 0 315 182 9 6 3 0 238 245 9 5 4 0 193 241 9 4 5 0 191 171
WEST DIVISION
Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants Dallas
At Mexico City
Argentina Canada Puerto Rico Cuba Venezuela
Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal
EAST
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Dominican Rep. Uruguay Brazil Panama Mexico
EAST DIVISION
UNDERDOG LINE SAN DIEGO+105
D.C. New York Columbus Toronto New England Orlando Montreal New York City Chicago Philadelphia
GP W 28 13 25 12 27 11 25 11 26 10 27 7 23 8 27 7 26 7 27 7
L 10 7 8 10 9 12 11 13 13 14
T 5 6 8 4 7 8 4 7 6 6
GF 35 43 45 44 35 33 30 38 31 33
GA 34 28 44 42 36 47 34 46 38 44
Pt 44 42 41 37 37 29 28 28 27 27
WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles Vancouver Dallas Kansas City Portland Seattle San Jose Houston Colorado Salt Lake
GP W 28 13 27 14 25 12 25 11 27 11 27 12 26 11 27 9 26 8 27 8
L 8 10 8 7 9 13 10 10 9 11
T 7 3 5 7 7 2 5 8 9 8
GF 49 38 35 40 29 32 32 35 25 29
GA 33 28 30 35 32 30 29 34 27 40
Pt 46 45 41 40 40 38 38 35 33 32
Saturday's games — All Times Eastern Orlando at New England, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 8 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday's game Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.
KEYWORD OVERLINE
Donaldson, Dickey lead Jays to 5-1 win Blue Jays third-baseman’s MVP season continues as his RBI count reaches 111 in victory over Indians NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Even in an MVP-calibre season, Josh Donaldson finds new ways to impress. The Toronto third baseman drove in a run in the first inning and two in the second, upping his MLB-leading RBI total to 111 in the Blue Jays’ 5-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. He also showed off his hustle and athleticism, diving though the air to evade catcher Yan Gomes’ tag and score on a shallow sacrifice fly ball by Troy Tulowitzki in the second. “It’s gotten to the point where nothing this guy does surprises you any more. I mean he’s a super-hero, really,� said Jays starter R.A. Dickey, who threw a complete-game four-hitter. “He is in a special place right now.� “He’s on a mission,� echoed Toronto manager John Gibbons.
Donaldson played down his second-inning heroics, saying he just saw the opportunity with second baseman Jason Kipnis back-peddling to get to the ball. “So I took it,� he said. With the sellout crowd chanting M-V-P, Donaldson singled, doubled and doubled before Cleveland finally induced him to ground out in the seventh inning. And Donaldson made that play close at the bag. In the third, he challenged Indians left-fielder Michael Brantley and won, turning a single into a double. It was Donaldson’s 48th multi-hit game and 14th three-hit game this season. His RBI total is the most by a Blue Jay since Jose Bautista’s 124 in 2010. The surging Jays (76-57) have won 10 of their last 12 and are 31-11 since the all-star break. They are 33-13 in their last 46 home games. Still, the New York
Yankees defeated Boston 13-8 earlier in the day to remain 1.5 games back of the Jays in the American League East. Dickey (10-10) retired the Indians in order in seven of his nine innings, dispatching 14 straight batters at one point for his 99th career win and 15th complete game. “Dickey was so good. ...He just threw a lot of strikes,� said Cleveland manager Terry Francona. “First time through you saw him show the fastball and then go to the knuckleball. Once he got it rolling, man, for a ball to move that much and for him to command it that well, it was really impressive.� Toronto continued its onslaught on opposition pitching, leading 5-0 after two innings with the Rogers Centre roof open on a sticky September night before 46,538 — the 15th sellout of the season. Cleveland was certainly sweating,
using four pitchers in the first four innings. Dickey, meanwhile, shut the door on Cleveland as the Indians (64-68) lost their second straight after a six-game win streak. The 40-year-old knuckleballer retired Cleveland’s first nine batters. Dickey is the first Toronto pitcher to go 7-0 after the all-star break since Roger Clemens in 1998. “I’ll tell you what’s worked is the bats have exploded when I pitch,� Dickey said with a chuckle. “And that’s always nice, to pitch with a lead. “It’s such a gift to get to come and watch these guys play. It really is — to watch Donaldson and Bautista and Tulo (Tulowitzki). Everybody is playing a part and it’s really a rare gift to get to come to the park and see these guys perform.� Tulowitzki drove in Toronto’s other two runs.
Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion, who had his 26-game hitting streak snapped Tuesday, had a walk in four at-bats to extend his on-base streak to 33 games Toronto showed its teeth early, scoring twice in a first inning that required 30 pitches from Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer (10-11). In contrast, Dickey needed just 31 pitches in his first three innings. Bauer, a 24-year-old righthander, gave up four runs on six hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings in a miserable Rogers Centre debut. There was good news for the Jays elsewhere as Marcus Stroman, in his first rehab start since undergoing knee surgery in March, struck out seven and walked one in 4 2/3 no-hit innings for the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts against the Great Lakes Loons. Toronto has an off day Thursday before hosting the Baltimore Orioles on Friday.
ALBERNITODAY 7A
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 Today’s weather and the four-day forecast TODAY
16/8
TOMORROW
Cloudy with light rain in the afternoon with 70% probability of precipitation. High 16, Low 8. Humidex 17.
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Pemberton 15/8/r Whistler 10/3/r
Campbell River Powell River 16/8/pc 15/9/r
Squamish 14/7/r
Courtenay 15/11/pc Port Alberni 16/8/r Tofino 14/10/r
Ucluelet 14/10/r
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prevention group every Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Coffee and snacks included. Al-Anon and Al-Ateen Support Groups, for family and friends of problem drinkers, on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Elim church, 3946 Wallace St. Info: 250-723-5526, 250723-2372 or 250-720-4855. Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800807-1780 for meeting times and locations.
Fraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary afternoon jams every Thursday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., at 3561 Third Ave. Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals commence Monday, September 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.
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Army Cadets, ages 12 to 18, meet Thursdays at Cherry Creek Hall from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Info: 778-421-0552. Join the Sea Cadets, ages 12 to 18. They meet Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. at
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The Bleasdales, from left, Jessica, Rainn, River and Chad, were all packed up and set to leave on their next adventure. The well-known local family left today to relocate to Jessica’s hometown, Fredericton, New Brunswick. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES] 4210 Cedarwood St. E-mail: 109sea@cadets.gc.ca or call 250-730-0944. Youth Clinic services are available at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or the Youth Clinic cell at 250-720-9591.
Support and help Having trouble connecting with your teen? Connect, an attachment-based program to support parents and caregivers, is held Thursday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. Registration: 250-724-0125 or 250-731-1315 (ext. 41766 - Debra).
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Grief Support Group meets Thursday afternoons at the Hospice Society office. Call Ruth at 250-723-4478 to register. Urgently needed: The Canadian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Health Equipment Loan and Disaster Management programs in Port Alberni. Please visit http://www.redcross.ca/ volunteer/who-is-needed details. To apply please email bcyvolunteering@redcross. ca, call 1-855-995-3529 or visit the Red Cross office at 5100C Tebo Avenue. KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support
services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficulties, please call 250-723-2040.
Service groups Alberni Valley Legion Branch No. 293 meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. for its general meeting at 4680 Victoria Quay. No meetings in July or August. Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.
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Mount Klitsa Garden Club meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Dogwood Room at Echo Centre. Everyone welcome. STARFLEET Alberni Deep Space Port meets the second Thursday of each month at Echo Centre, from 6 to 8 p.m. For all Star Trek fans. Info: 250-724-7293 or albernideepspace@gmail. com. Social Team Trudeau, Pints ‘n Politics from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays at Char’s Landing.
What’s coming Pool Mural Project Unveiling Reception, Sept. 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Echo Pool. Free everyone welcome swim to follow from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Refresh your minimum viable product, Sept. 3 from 10 - 1 p.m. and Customer Development Methodology from 2-5 p.m. at Community Futures. To register: www.innovationisland.ca/ events/
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George Hunt Jr. He later worked with artists Tony Hunt Sr., Tony Hunt Jr., and Calvin Hunt. Cranmer’s large-scale works include several large co-operative projects: a 40-foot pole which stands in Stanley Park, Vancouver; a 36-foot pole carved for the closing ceremonies at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and an elaborately carved and painted chief’s seat for the newly rebuilt Big House in Alert Bay. Barb Cranmer will present her Potlatch documentary film on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. She is an award-winning director who is a member of the ‘Namgis First Nation of Alert Bay, of the Kwakwaka‘wakw Nation. “I have been involved in film and video for many years. The inspiration for my work has come from our people’s rich history and stories that are very important. They are stories that most often go unheard. I am the messenger of these stories and our communities have entrusted me with these stories to bring to the wider public,” Cranmer said. “I feel fortunate to be able to live the history of our people through the films I make.” Cranmer’s films have been recognized at many film festivals,
Alberni Valley residents Kelly Robinson and Gordon Dick will be carving a 12-door cedar panel this weekend during the Carving on the Edge Festival in Tofino. [WESTERLY NEWS PHOTO]
winning many awards and broadcast across Canada, US and Europe. The festival runs through Sept. 10 at the Shore Pier Building in Tofino, with displays, events and workshops. Nuu-chah-nulth artist Marika Swan will present In Transformation: The Evolution of West Coast Cultural Expression on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Also on Friday, Nuu-chahnulth master carver Tim Paul will share the teachings of the
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Elite Dance Academy had an amazing first year, we can’t wait for year 2! Thank you everyone for all the support. We are expanding and super excited to be adding another large bright studio to our space. Come check it out! Classes commence the week of Sept. 14th and run until the third week in June. We have a huge variety of classes for all abilities and ages. We offer a competitive program which includes Festival Competitions and exam participation, as well as a Recreational program that’s for those kids that just want to have fun! We also have Art Classes with the amazing Janet Bengough. Come on out to a registration and see what we can offer you. 18 month +: Parent and Tot 3-5 years: Tiny Tots (Ballet & Tap or Musical Fun.....we only take a max of 8 per class so these fill fast!) 5-7 years: Ballet, Tap, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop, Modern, Art 8-10 years: Ballet, Tap, Musical Theatre & Vocals, Hip Hop, Modern, Jazz, Fun Class, Art 11 and up: Ballet, Tap, Musical Theatre & Vocals, Hip Hop, Jazz, Fun Class, Contemporary, Modern, Conditioning, Art Adult: Adult Beginner/Senior fun class, as well as 6 week blocks of jazz, hip hop, tap and anything else you’d like to try! :) We are thrilled to be adding Watson Hernandez to our faculty this year.......all the way from Cuba! Watson will be teaching a BOYS ONLY class as well as a fun class for anyone 7 and up :) Registration dates: Sept. 8th-10th (4pm-7pm) at the studio, or call/email to book an appointment.
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Thunderbird through song, dance and four ceremonial pieces at 8:30 p.m. There are hands-on carving workshops with Robinson Cook, Carl Martin and Marika Swan, traditional dug-out canoe rides with T’ashii Paddle School, and displays all week. A carving map is available free at Tofino galleries, visitor centres and the festival. For more information, see the festival on Facebook or visit www.carvingedgefestival.com.
Ucluelet is currently enjoying a bumper crop of tourism. The Pacific Rim Visitor Centre counted 9,732 tourists in June this year, up from 5,885 in 2014, and 20,403 tourists in July, up from 14,493 in 2014, according to chamber of commerce executive director Sally Mole. Mole said Ucluelet’s downtown visitor centre has seen more modest, but still significant, increases with 1,099 tourists in June, up from 852 in 2014, and 3,143 in July compared to 2,128 in 2014. “We’re definitely seeing a big jump,” she beamed. She said tourism is up across Vancouver Island and suggested a strong American dollar and solid marketing strategies have combined to bring an influx of visitors. She added Ucluelet has earned a strong reputation as a tourist-friendly community. “We still maintain that friendly Ucluelet moniker and I think that goes a long way so it’s definitely paid off for us,” she said. “It’s huge and it has a big impact on people’s impressions. They’re getting that small town community feel, which is a great experience and they love that.” She touted Ucluelet’s friendly local population as a “key element” to the town’s success. “This community has really done a great job of putting the welcome mat out there and keeping that shiny happy face on and if we can just maintain that for a few more weeks we’re golden,” she said. She added the local business community has benefited from the solid turnout but hasn’t had time yet to enjoy the fruits of their efforts. “We’re at that point of summer where we’re gasping. We’re all really busy but we’re maintaining that shiny happy face and people are working hard and it’s paying off for them,” she said. “This is crunch time and we’re all pulling together.” While the increase in guests is welcomed, Mole questioned whether Ucluelet has any room left for more growth. “It’s exciting but it’s also a little scary. I think we have to look at our capacity. We’ve had times in the last couple of weeks where we’ve been full as far as accommodation goes and you really don’t want to have to turn people away,” she said.
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At this week’s Carving on the Edge Festival in Tofino, carvers Gordon Dick and Kelly Robinson from Port Alberni will be carving from start to finish a 12-foot cedar panel titled Teaching Foresight. Within a contemporary design, the carved panel will represent Dick’s first memories and teachings from his late grandfather: the responsibilities taught to him through fishing. The carving is meant to speak to the importance of passing on a healthy ocean and a healthy lifestyle to future generations, he said. “I am concerned about the health of our fish and our oceans; and I want to put these
ideas, feelings and traditions into this work of art,” said Dick, who owns and operates Ahtsik Gallery in Port Alberni, which also serves as a carving studio for several emerging artists. He will be at the Shore Pier building in Tofino from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. On Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m., Kwakiutl artist Kevin Cranmer will share the cultural roots that link to family lineage through names, songs, dances and ceremonial pieces — the visual and tangible expressions of his cultural roots. The ‘Namgis/Mamlilikala artist was born in Alert Bay. He traces his ancestry to the many nations of Kwakwaka’wakw people, as well as to the Tlingit of Alaska. His formal instruction came under the tutelage of his cousin,
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Meet the Chevrolet SS Low-profile performance sedan with an odd pedigree drives like a casually dressed version of its high-profile peers TERRY BOX THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
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urprises rarely make me smile these days. They tend to arrive in innocent-looking Dodge Chargers filled suddenly with a firestorm of red-and-blue flashing lights. “Do I get an AARP discount on that speeding ticket?” Finally, though, a welcome surprise — a glimmer on the horizon that’s not a grass fire. When I climbed into the silver-green Chevrolet SS I had recently — a sweet, low-profile sleeper of a performance sedan — my jaw dropped. In this unsettling age of digital and virtual everything, three old-school pedals and a metaland-leather shifter knob occupy prominent spots in the SS. Think about it: Although Ferrari doesn’t even offer manual transmissions anymore, Chevrolet managed for the first time this year to bolt a six-speed manual into a limited-production four-door sedan (1,855 sales through July, by far Chevy’s lowest-selling car). It’s enough to make you forget about the Pontiac Aztek. Chevrolet introduced the SS last year, a rear-wheel-drive sedan built in Australia, powered by a Corvette engine and related to the late, great Pontiac G8. How’s that for an oddball pedigree? But it works. Though the car has been criticized some for its resemblance to a lowly Chevy Malibu, it arrives with near muscle-car performance, crisp Euro-like handling and just enough size to fit four adults.
And now, kids, the devil’s own lever — a real, row-your-own sixspeed manual. While short overhangs and a relatively low stance give the SS an athletic profile, it’s an easy car to overlook because of familiar Chevy styling cues. A blacked-out grille, large projector headlamps and slightly raised hood give the car a pleasant — if not distinctive — face. As you might expect in a fullsize sedan, four large doors dominate the mostly smooth, taut sides of the SS, marred only by a fake plastic vent in the front fender. Mine also had a nicely curved top and four-inch diameter exhausts in back. It crouched tightly on 245/40 tires up front and serious 275/35s in back wrapped around 19-inch, 10-spoke wheels. I could probably live without the chrome wheels and door handles, but they do hint that there’s something special about this mostly subtle, muscular sedan. Just fire it up for confirmation. The Corvette-derived 6.2-litre V-8 settles into a rumbling, slightly lumpy idle that states clearly this is no four-cylinder, kid-carting Malibu. In fact, chocolate should be prohibited in all SS sedans, I think.
feels quicker when you’re doing that old American Graffiti threepedal polka. By the way, the clutch was light and fairly abrupt, requiring a few shifts before you get fully acclimated. Also, the linkage on the six-speed could occasionally be notchy. Give it an hour and you’ll be fine. The 6.2 is strong and forgiving, cranking out big, torquey surges all the way to 6,000 rpm. It also happily pops and spits under sudden deceleration and can chirp the rear tires in third gear if you’re having a delinquent day. Just don’t expect miracles in the gas tank. The car is rated at a very average 15 miles per gallon in town and 21 on the highway. But the SS and its old-school pushrod V-8 can make haughty six-figure European sedans sweat pure wine. Unlike big American sedans of the past, the SS rides firmly on an athletic platform with independent rear suspension. As a result, it moves with sophisticated firmness, absorbing most bumps quietly with well-damped capability.
Moreover, the car’s light, quick steering gathers heft with speed, returning better road feel than some BMWs I’ve driven. Push it into a fast corner and the SS responds with a sort of light-footed eagerness, settling quickly into a line with little lean and good balance. A couple of times, I, uh, inadvertently got the car to drift slightly in a really tight curve and found I could still move the well-sorted SS around with the flat-bottom steering wheel. In fact, I thought it felt livelier and handled better than many SS Camaros I’ve driven. UNDERWHELMING INSIDE Enjoy the drive. Your wellheeled friends probably won’t be much impressed with the interior, which in mine was black as night. Just get them to focus on the seats, easily the interior’s best feature. Somehow racy and ritzy, the seats were stitched in smooth black leather with functional, form-fitting bolsters and perforated centers. The plastic dashboard, meanwhile, was mostly flat on top with a large center stack and
prominent display screen up high. Everything sort of wrapped around the front seats cockpit-style, with real knobs for the audio and climate-control systems that could be easily adjusted while driving. (Did you hear that, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Cadillac and Audi?) In addition, a knob on the console was used to select among tour, sport and race settings for the suspension. (I found sport to be the best compromise.) More plastic awaits you on the door panels, trimmed in black suede with piano black around the window controls. Though the SS doesn’t look particularly big, legroom and headroom are pretty good — sufficient to transport your steak-inhaling boss to the Beef Bucket for lunch. Granted, the interior doesn’t quite feel up to the car’s near $50,000 price tag. But the rest of the SS seems comparable to cars that cost $10,000 more, so maybe it’s a wash. Think of it as a casually dressed American sedan that moves to the beat of Courtney Barnett.
At A Glance: the 2015 Chevrolet SS sedan Type of vehicle: Five-passenger, rearwheel-drive, full-size sedan Price as tested: $47,640 Fuel economy: 15 miles per gallon city, 21 highway Weight: 3,970 pounds Engine: 6.2-litre pushrod V-8 with 415 horsepower and 415 pound-feet of torque Transmission: Six-speed manual Performance: 0 to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds
GETTING YOUR BEARINGS With 415 horsepower and less than 4,000 pounds to haul, the smooth, long-legged Chevy V-8 can blast off 4.6-second runs to 60 for pure fun. Though supposedly that’s no faster than an SS equipped with a six-speed automatic, it just
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Patent could let insurance firm measure driving habits BECKY YERAK CHICAGO TRIBUNE
If, while driving, you were also chowing down food, yakking on your phone or getting distracted by Bella the Labrador retriever, would your insurance company know? A patent issued in August to Allstate mentions using sensors and cameras to record “potential sources of driver distraction within the vehicle (e.g. pets, phone usage, unsecured objects in vehicle).” It also mentions
gathering information on the number and types of passengers — whether adults, children or teenagers. And the insurer, based in suburban Chicago, isn’t just interested in the motoring habits of its own policyholders. Underscoring companies’ interest in collecting and analyzing information on you, also known as big data, the patent also envisions gathering information on nearby cars so it can compare its policy holder’s habits to other
motorists in the area. The patent, called “trafficbased driving analysis,” is for a server that will receive driving behavior data from sensors, cameras and other devices. “So my car spies on me and on other drivers near me?” Bob Hunter, insurance director for the Consumer Federation of America and a former Texas insurance commissioner, said after reviewing the patent. “Even if I give permission for this intrusive technology, my car
spies on unsuspecting passengers and even on unsuspecting pedestrians or cars passing by?” Hunter wondered about the “liability for that intrusiveness” as well as the potential to pick up such sensitive data as ATM PINs. It’s “the invasion of the spy car,” he said. Allstate said it filed the new patent a few years ago. Company spokeswoman Laura Strykowski said the “technology would provide drivers with broader information about traffic conditions
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and external factors that could better equip them to drive safe.” In June, Allstate received a patent for a driving-behavior database it said might be useful for health insurers, lenders, credit-rating agencies, marketers and potential employers. Allstate’s August patent adds several potential physiological measures to collect including the driver’s eye and head positions and the “physical or mental state of the driver, such as fatigue or intoxication.”
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Simon Kempston has been described as a ‘. . . highly regarded and award-winning Scottish songwriter and leading fingerstyle guitarist’. His distinctive guitar playing is steeped in the history of the folk, blues and celtic traditions and is complemented by a rich, powerful and compelling vocal. Having performed to critical acclaim in esteemed venues and festivals all over Europe, Simon’s recorded output has received rave reviews nationwide. An intense performer, and an incredibly talented musician Simon’s beautifully crafted folk-tinged songs transport the listener on a uniquely Scottish journey. Simon is an Edinburgh, Scotland based singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist who performs original and contemporary acoustic folk/blues songs and material. He is a well known face on the acoustic, folk and songwriting circuit around the UK and has performed at many of
Simon Kempston is scheduled to perform his individual style of folk and blues this Sunday at Char’s Landing.
the major venues, folk & blues clubs & festivals there. Highlights of his performing
career to date in the UK & Ireland have included appearances at Celtic Connections,
the Acoustic Festival of Great Britain, Ronnie Scott’s, the Maryport Blues Festival, Sligo
Live, Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival, live performances on BBC Radio & BBC at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as annual appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For the past four years he has also conducted extensive tours around mainland Europe, performed headline shows in more than fifteen countries, became a familiar face on the continental acoustic and Festival circuit, and toured North America. Simon is currently appearing both as a solo artist, and with a small ensemble, and last year released his latest album ‘A Fine Line’ (engineered and produced by Ian McCalman of the McCalmans). The album is receiving regular airplay on BBC Radio across the UK and has been very well received by reviewers, picking up great write-ups in newspapers & magazines across the UK. A new album also produced by Ian is scheduled for release in Spring 2015. Simon will take the stage at Char’s Landing this Sunday, September 6 at 8 p.m.
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monitor, film and learn about our world. As technology advances they will be able to safely fly at low altitude in urban areas or inaccessible areas, and as regulations change we will see a renaissance in aerial innovation. Drones are already being used to quickly gather aerial imaging, collecting 3D terrain data, assisting in search and rescue, delivering emergency medical supplies, spotting leaking gas from pipelines, and showing farmers where their crops are low on moisture or nitrogen. Companies such as Amazon are investing millions to learn how to deliver packages using
drones. Imagine ordering goods online and having them delivered to your business or house in minutes. Imagine breaking down while driving on the backroads and having a part or tool (or beer) flown to your exact location. In the not to distant future, instant delivery of goods in even the most remote of locations will become commonplace. As fires raged across our province this summer it got me thinking about how drones could help fight fires in amazing new ways. Imagine a drone the size of a small car dropping buckets of
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info) 6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim 11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim 1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome 5:30 – 6:30 pm Adult Lanes 6:30 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome FREE Swim 8:00 – 9:00 pm Adult Aqua Fit Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info) Glenwood Sport Centre (250-720-2181 for info) Book your private rentals call Echo Centre Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info) 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Everyone Welcome
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info) 6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim 11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim 1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome 7:30 – 8:15 pm Adult 2 Lanes/Adult Aqua Fit (16+) 8:15 – 9:00 pm Adult Lane Swim Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info) Glenwood Sport Centre (250-720-2181 for info) Book your private rentals call Echo Centre Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info) 10:00 am – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info) 6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim 11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim 1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome 3:45– 6:30 pm Adult Lanes 6:00 – 7:30 pm Everyone Welcome 7:30 – 9:00 pm Teens (12+) Swim Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info) 10:15 – 11:45 am 50+ Shinny Glenwood Sport Centre (250-720-2181 for info) Book your private rentals call Echo Centre 13 & Under Rollerblading – Starts September 25 Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info) 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Everyone Welcome
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 Nights Alive Resumes September 19th at Gyro Youth Centre Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info) 8:00 – 10:00 am Adult Lane Swim 12:00 – 1:30 pm Adult Lane Swim (3) 2:00 – 4:00 pm Everyone Welcome 4:00 – 6:00 pm Everyone Welcome 6:30 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info) Glenwood Sport Centre (250-720-2181 for info) Book your private rentals call Echo Centre Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info) 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Everyone Welcome
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info) 8:00 – 10:00 am Adult Lane Swim 10:00 – 12:00 pm Everyone Welcome 12:00 – 1:30 pm Adult Lane Swim (3) 2:00 – 4:00 pm Everyone Welcome 4:00 – 5:30 pm Adult Lane Swim 6:00 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info) Glenwood Sport Centre (250-720-2181 for info) Book your private rentals call Echo Centre Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info) Closed on Sundays
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info) 6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim 10:00 – 11:30 am Adult Lane/Everyone Welcome 11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim 1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome 5:30 – 6:30 pm Adult Lanes 6:30 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome 8:00 – 9:00 pm Adult Aqua Fit Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info) 10:15 – 11:45 am 50+ Shinny Hockey Glenwood Sport Centre (250-720-2181 for info) Book your private rentals call Echo Centre Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info) Closed on Mondays
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School District No. 70 (Alberni) SCHOOL FACILITY RENTAL 2015-16 Applications can be picked up at the School Board Office at 4690 Roger Street Must be submitted by September 18, 2015 User groups will be notified on September 28, 2015 Rentals Commence October 5, 2015 Please call Nadine at 250-720-2750 if you have any questions.
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water onto a fire. It doesn’t sound that impressive, but now consider that many drones can work together. Now imagine a mesh network fleet of a thousand drones continuously dropping water on a fire in a coordinated manner, through the smoke and night. This ultimate aerial bucket brigade will simultaneously be able to build a real time high resolution 3D map of the fire so that ground crews can safely and effectively handle things on the ground. (P.S. I don’t think this has been invented yet. Can somebody ask Coulson to create a new drone division? Yes I’m serious). Drones have already played a small role in the Alberni Valley where they have been used to inexpensively film the tallest tree in Cathedral Grove, the flooding of December, the top of Klitsa, the Toy Run, and more. The unique perspective of these films have provided a compelling way to showcase Alberni in a way which previously would have cost an exorbitant amount, and these videos have now been seen by hundreds of thousands of potential visitors around the globe. Can drones be used dangerously or inappropriately? Of course. But the benefits of this technology far outweigh the downsides.
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ant to secretly spy on your neighbours? If you believe the past year’s headlines you may come to the conclusion that a drone is the best way to do it. All you need to do is spend over $1,000, fly an extremely loud quadcopter covered in bright flashing lights over your fence, and get within 10 feet of them given the camera is likely equipped with an extremely wide angle lens. After your first flight you will quickly realize that using
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Enjoy this year’s Alberni Fall Fair
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ntertainment for one and all unfolds at The Alberni District Fall Fair, this year, from Sept 10 – 13. For some it is one last chance to celebrate the end of a lazy summer before the return of shorter, darker, wetter, more serious days. It’s an opportunity to meet the community, whether they’re promoting a fabulous new product, the merits of their organization or a pet rabbit. You can enjoy live country music and perhaps will be fortunate enough to shake the hand of a wise politician running for office. For many farmers a fall fair traditionally signifies an end to the harvest. The hay’s been bailed, the wheat’s been thrashed and the last giant zucchini has been picked. My research finds that our fair was first established in the 1930’s.
Helgie Naesgaard Simply Growing It shut down for the War and then emerged again in 1946, when the Farmers Institute convinced the Kinsmen Club to host the event. In perusing the 2011 ACRD Valley Agricultural Plan I’m reminded that Valley farmers actually used to be much more active in supplying local food. I remember McKinnon’s Dairy sitting amongst giant maples, now replaced by Walmart’s parking lot. All but one of the substantial dairy farms which once supplied McKinnon’s have also stopped milking, having sold their cows and quotas to bigger operators. Shannon Farms remains,
proving that dairy farming can still function as a viable industry in the Valley. Local pig farms no longer supply Hertels and Port Potato dug its last spud some time ago. However Rages Farm continues to skillfully pump out long English cucumbers. Decades ago Rages were much more diversified, as they competed for customers with my parents’ farm, in growing sweet corn and strawberries. I’m sure many folks have pleasant memories of their visits to both farms. At Naesgaard’s Farm and Market we’ve been growing berries and vegetables in the Valley for more than half a century, first at McCoyLake and now along River Road. The Alberni Valley Tractor Club continues their work for fun and good causes on our McCoy Lake fields. The ACRD report points out
that agriculture, today, focuses on niche products and direct marketing to the consumer. Who could have predicted that a local water buffalo farm would be converting their milk into delicious cheese? Local poultry has gained in popularity because it is free range, while local beef is grass fed. Farmers’ markets have of course emerged and so have the tasting rooms of the Valley’s two wineries. There is indeed a movement towards, fresh local seasonal food. Learn about local agriculture, not only at this year’s fall fair,
but also during Family Farm Day on Sunday, Sept 20, when you can visit select local farms. Pick up info at the fair. At Naesgaard Market we’re now picking strawberries, corn, carrots, a variety of squash and pumpkins. Also become a local mini-farmer by picking up seeds and starter plants for fall growing at our Market on River Road. » Helgie Naesgaard owns and operates a family-run business in the Alberni Valley. Naesgaard’s Farm Market has been serving the Valley for more than 40 years.
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Importance of a trailer pre-trip inspection ne of the more eye-opening exercises that I used to conduct at this time of the year was to park my police vehicle at the brake check and wave in vehicles pulling boat trailers for a mechanical inspection. I had learned that boat trailers were often the most poorly maintained of all recreational trailers and there were often serious safety defects to be found. A simple pre-trip inspection by the driver would have found them easily and made sure that the trip would be a safe one. The first thing I would do after gathering all the paperwork was to hand the driver a wrench and ask him to open the surge brake reservoir for a brake fluid level check. If the cap did not break off the reservoir was frequently dry or contained rust coloured liquid that indicated the fluid was contaminated with water and likely had been for some time. If the brake fluid appeared appropriate we would then activate the breakaway brake and try to move ahead. It should be very difficult to move the trailer.
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HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Normally, you fly with a new idea. Today, however, you are like a stick in the mud. You might note that some people will be doing double-takes because of this unusual behavior. Understand that good luck follows creative ideas. Tonight: In the whirlwind of living. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Acknowledge differences of opinion. Not everyone will respond as you would like. If you try to coerce someone into your way of thinking, your efforts might backfire. Claim your power, but don’t feel as if you must push hard to get your way. Tonight: In the limelight. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your sense of direction comes out in a discussion. Being more passive might be difficult, but it would be wise. You will see many alternatives, as you understand the different ideas being presented. Don’t hold back if questioned. Focus on a fun project. Tonight: Accept an offer. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Be imaginative in your choices. Don’t allow another party to
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Alison Azer sits quietly on the right side of a couch in her office, looking out the window, taking a deep breath while holding back tears. It’s Aug. 27 — one week exactly since she received confirmation of her suspicion that her ex-husband hadn’t returned to Canada from a court-approved trip to Europe with her four children Meitan, 3, Dersim,7, Rojevahn, 9, and Sharvahn,11. An international investigation is underway after Dr. Salahaddin Mahmudi Azer (Saren), a Comox Valley resident, failed to return the children to Canada as scheduled. Alison Azer credits the support of those around her for the ability to not give up hope. “That first happened Friday at 4:30 in the morning when the staff sergeant knocked on the door,” she said. “(He said), “as you thought Alison, as you feared, as we’ve been preparing to help you with, the kids aren’t coming home today. “I sat on the stairs and I started rocking back and forth and I held myself and there was just really mournful sounds that came out of me. “I have had moments where I felt I had to allow myself to go deep and dark because I’ve never lost the confidence that I could always find my way back out, that I will not collapse through this. I could have fallen if it was only on my account. But I couldn’t fall for Sharvahn, Rojevahn, or Dersim or Meitan,” she adds, wiping a tear from her cheek. She gives full credit to her family, who, on a moment’s notice, came together and have been working non-stop with support. The community has responded as well. Within days, a crowdsourcing campaign began to help
The trial of a man charged with taking a nine-year-old from her Surrey bedroom and attacking her last summer is scheduled to begin early next year. Cory Andrew Schaumleffel, 29, appeared by video in Surrey Provincial Court Tuesday morning (Sept. 1), on what was scheduled to be the first day of a preliminary hearing. Lawyers, however, said they were not ready to begin and re-scheduled the hearing to Oct. 21. Schaumleffel is charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, break and enter, sexual interference of a person under 16 and exposing himself to someone under 16 in connection with the attack in late August 2014.
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offset the expenses, and in six days, the campaign surpassed its goal of $35,000. It is currently sitting at more than $45,000. “You kind of lose your sense of being proper and saying ‘no, no, I don’t want to impose.’ I’ve said to someone the other day that I’ve lost half of my manners. I’ve lost the half that says ‘please,’ but I haven’t lost the half that says ‘thank you,’” Azer said. She believes the children may have been taken to the Middle East, perhaps northern Iraq — an area she visited in 2010. She adds she does have confidence in the authorities aware of the situation. “We’ve been in touch with the government — Kurdistan Regional authorities — and they have assured me that they will do everything in their power. And I have multiple, very strong sources that my instincts in hav-
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Failure of ‘imminent’ deal leads union to file a Labour Relations complaint A deal that seemed so close in the Qualicum Beach labour dispute was scuttled Tuesday by what the union is calling “bad faith bargaining” by the Town of Qualicum Beach. Labour Relations Board (LRB) mediator David Shaub had been working with both parties and a deal seemed imminent on Monday. Union members agreed to the deal — it was then up to the town to sign off. Instead of agreeing to the deal and ending the fiveweek lockout, the town countered and said it would agree to two-per cent wage increases if the union would agree to the exclusion of the IT coordinator position from the bargaining unit. That request prompted the union to file a bad-faithbargaining complaint to the LRB. The LRB’s Shaub also sent the town a letter, stating the IT co-ordinator exclusion was not part of the mediated deal he delivered to the union and the town.
A grizzly bear attack that occurred Tuesday night in Cranbrook has left a man with non-life-threatening injuries. The man was airlifted to a hospital in Calgary late Tuesday night. Conservation officer Joe Caravetta said they are still piecing together what occurred. “The information that we’ve confirmed so far is that the individual was bow hunting last evening and was confronted by a sow grizzly bear with two cubs,” Caravetta said. He added that what they know so far indicates that as the sow charged the bow hunter, the bow
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hundreds of frustrated migrants demanding passage to Germany jostled with riot police beside Budapest’s main international train station Wednesday as Hungary spent a second day trying to keep thousands of asylum seekers from spilling deeper into Europe. Scores of officers pushed back the crowd, which shouted in Arabic and English to be permitted to march around the Keleti train station, which has become the latest focal point for European tensions over an unrelenting flow of migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Passions also flared on Hungary’s border with Serbia as right-wing nationalist protesters marched to the location where migrants use a train track to walk into the country. Police formed protective circles around frightened migrants as the demonstrators from the hard-line Jobbik party screamed abuse at them. The 28-nation European Union has been at odds for months on how to deal with the influx of more than 332,000 migrants this year. Such front-line nations as
Migrants gather outside the closed Eastern Railway Station in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday. [ZOLTAN MATHE/MTI VIA AP]
Greece, Italy and Hungary have pleaded for more help, while Germany, which is expecting to receive an EU-leading 800,000 asylum seekers this year, has appealed for EU partners to bear more of the load. “We have to reinstate law and order at the borders of the European Union, including the border with Serbia,” Hungarian
government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said. “Without re-establishing law and order, it will be impossible to handle the influx of migrants.” He said Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, will take a “clear and obvious message” to a meeting Thursday with EU chiefs in Brussels about migrants.
◆ UNITED STATES
Chinese warships sailing in Bering Sea of Alaska A U.S. official says five Chinese warships have moved into the Bering Sea near Alaska after participating in a naval exercise with Russia. President Barack Obama is in northern Alaska near the Arctic Circle to discuss climate change. But officials say the U.S. military has been aware of ships and has been tracking their movements for days. The official says the ships are operating in international waters and are not viewed as a threat. The official says the U.S. believes this is the first time the People’s Liberation Army’s navy has operated in that region. There are three surface warfare ships, one amphibious assault ship and one supply vessel. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
◆ TURKEY
Journalists arrested, charged with terrorism Two Vice News journalists and their assistant who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been transferred to a prison more than 500 kilometres (300 miles) away from their lawyers and the courthouse where
they face trial, a lawyer said Wednesday. The two British journalists, correspondent Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury, and their Turkey-based assistant were detained last week in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey’s mostly Kurdish southeast, where renewed fighting has killed scores of people. A court ordered the three formally arrested late on Monday on charges of aiding a terror organization. All three have rejected the accusation.
◆ MEXICO
President pledges to address corruption Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has acknowledged that Mexico’s crime, corruption and economic troubles have caused distrust and anger among Mexicans. While Pena Nieto stressed his administration’s achievements in structural reforms and government programs, his state-ofthe-nation address Wednesday contained a dose of realism. Pena Nieto began the speech by talking about the disappearance of 43 students in 2014, and the escape of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Mexico has been hit by rising violence, a falling currency and a slowing economy, and the president’s decline in the polls.
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