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County chips in $500K for Games
ZED HAUNTED HOUSE
BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF The 2019 Canada Winter Games Committee made their best go-platinum sponsorship pitch for $1 million from Red Deer County on Tuesday. But a number of concerns — not the least of which was that many people are suffering during the current downturn in the economy — led county council to agree to providing $500,000 instead. The committee has raised about $23 million of its $33 million goal to cover the Games’ budget, said Lyn Radford, chair of the 2019 Canada Winter Games Host Society. Ever positive, she said they are now $500,000 closer to their goal. The Games will be the biggest multi-sport event Alberta has seen in 30 years, she said, and the biggest event ever hosted by the City of Red Deer. Radford said if the full funds are not raised, the committee will have to do some scaling back. The Games run from Feb. 15 to March 3, 2019. The $1 million donation — which could have been a combination of cash and value in-kind and spread over five years — would have made Red Deer County the platinum sponsor. The City of Red Deer is considered a partner and has committed about $26 million in capital budget spending, minus $6 million in federal/provincial capital grants. The higher level governments will also provide $8.1 million each to help cover the Games’ operational costs. See COUNTY on Page A10
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Zed Haunted House volunteers Racheal Bennett and her sister Rebecca are ready to inject some of the dark side into this year’s edition of the Zed Haunted House. The sisters join many other live actors and animatronic props to make sure every visitor to the Haunted House will leave with a good scare. This year the house theme is You’re Never Alone in the Dark and features a trip to the Star Wars ‘dark side.’ The Haunted House, located in the former Sport Chek store at Parkland Mall, is open daily at 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Tuesday, Oct. 18, through to and including Halloween night. All proceeds from the Zed Haunted House go to supporting programs at the Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer and District.
Trial closes with conflicting theories of shooting BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The jury should believe the confession of a man accused of shooting another in the face twice, said a Crown prosecutor on Tuesday. In closing submissions, Raj Dhillon told a jury that a child caught swiping from a cookie jar could have explained
his way out of his situation better than Cory Lavallee, who is on trial for attempted murder at Red Deer’s Court of Queen’s Bench. Lavallee, 31, is accused of shooting and wounding Donald Bernie Brown, then 31, at a rural residence in the Pine Lake area on June 2, 2014. Brown was hit in the face by a round from a .22-calibre rifle that dropped him to the ground. He was shot again as he
lay on the ground. Despite his wounds, Brown managed to flee to a neighbouring residence for help. Lavallee confessed to shooting Donald Bernie Brown during a 20-hour police interrogation over two days about three weeks after the shooting. Please see TRIAL on Page A10
Eggen faces concerns from parents over potential changes to curriculum
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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF It didn’t take long for some Red Deer parents to express their distrust of the province’s plan to gather input on how to update school curriculum. Tuesday morning a curriculum survey was announced and by evening Education Minister David Eggen faced concerns from parents at an hour-long public meeting that he led at Father Henri Voisin School. Red Deer Public Schools parent Trish Robichaud said she’s heard rumours that sex education would be taught to young children.
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Education Minister David Eggan visits with parents and educators at Father Henri Voisin School in Red Deer on Tuesday evening.
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