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Christina Roth is looking for a little bit of beginners’ luck as she makes her way to Toronto this week to represent St. Albert and the rest of Alberta and compete in the Miss Canada Globe pageant, with the finals coming up on Aug. 23. See story, page 3.

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That’s the approximate number of total cars that were registered for this year’s Rock’n August classic car festival, which wrapped up on Saturday with a massive show-andshine that started in Lions Park and stretched all the way to St. Albert Place along the Sturgeon River. For more on Rock’n August, see page 4.

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Roth has chosen to help out the Art Start program run through Christina Roth may be new to E4C Alberta, which offers afterthe world of beauty pageants, but school arts lessons for kids aged she’s ready to show what she’s got six to 15 at different schools in over the next week in Toronto. inner-city Edmonton, ranging The 20-year-old St. Albert from drama and visual arts to woman left Wednesday for music and dance.

Toronto to compete in the Miss Roth said this program was Canada Globe pageant, where she a natural fit with her work at hopes to bring home the crown. the Northern Alberta Jubilee As the Auditorium’s pageant gets Jube School closer and program, closer, Roth which brings is doing her in kids from best to quell local schools the butterflies to learn about building up in different facets her stomach. of theatre.

“I’m very “It’s right up excited,” said my alley,” she the St. Albert said. “With Catholic kids and art, High School those are graduate. “I’m things that I pretty nervous, really love and but I’m looking I think are forward to really great.”

Christina Roth meeting The Miss Pageant contestant everybody and Canada Globe seeing what the pageant is pageant life is like.” being held in conjunction with Contestants in the pageant have the Miss Teen Canada Globe and a week full of activities leading up the Miss Canada Petite pageants. to the finals on Saturday, Aug. 23, This is the first pageant that including a talent night — during Roth has entered, although she which Roth will perform a tap said she had an interest in it for a dance routine — an evening gown long time. round and a swimwear round.

“One day, I was looking for a There’s also a chance to job on Kijiji, and I saw an ad that showcase what’s called a said, ‘Looking for people to apply “platform,” the work contestants for Miss Canada Globe pageant. do with a specific charity in their I clicked on it and this girl was St. Albert Leader

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But, as she has gone through the process, she has had “tons” of support from friends, family and the rest of the community.

“I just made a Facebook page the other day, and I already have 220 likes,” she said.

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But even if she doesn’t win, she hopes the experience will be worth it to make a few new friends.

“We’re obviously competitive, but I think we’re all there to have a good time and to meet other girls,” Roth said. “Hopefully there’s not too much drama.”

Whether or not she enters more pageants in the future, she added, is up in the air.

“It’ll depend on how this one goes,” she said.

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Rain keeps Rock’n August from record

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

For the most part, the sun shone brightly on this year’s Rock’n August classic car festival, but a little rain on Friday evening dampened organizers’ chances of setting a new record this year.

Rock’n August organizing committee chair Mike Howes said that the total number of cars registered for this year was about 680, which is down about 90 from last year, and he chalks up that decline to rainy weather on Friday evening that kept people away from the cruise that wound its way from Apex Casino to St. Albert Place for a street dance.

“Everything except for Friday was up in attendance, cars, everything,” Howes said. “Friday night ... I think there were still 3,000 or 4,000 that we could tag being down there, and we had about 300 cars. But we had 600 in that parade last year. There’s no question that’s what cost us our record.”

Still, Howes was encouraged by the attendance at events throughout the week, including two new ones: a barbecue Tuesday afternoon at the local Re/Max office and a pancake breakfast Thursday morning at Ricky’s All Day Grill in Village Landing.

“Our kickoff breakfast (at St. Albert Inn and Suites), we had a record number of cars there.

Sixty or maybe 70 cars showed up there, which was fabulous; we had never had more than 30 or 35 before,” he said.

The committee won’t have a final tally on the amount of

money the event raised for the Alberta Diabetes Foundation for another six weeks or so, but Howes is confident they will be close to their total from last year.

Even though this year’s festival is barely in the rearview mirror, Howes and the rest of the organizing committee are already looking forward to next year, meeting this week to debrief and get the ball rolling on planning.

“It’ll give us a chance to discuss it while it’s fresh in our minds,” he said. “We’re excited.”

Meanwhile, there’s still one Rock’n August event left to go this year, but there’s been a small wrinkle in those plans.

The festival’s wrap-up concert is set to go on Friday at Servus Credit Union Place, but Kenny Shields and Streetheart have had to pull out of the lineup due to Shields having some medical issues.

But, Howes said, both Kim Mitchell and Prism have both agreed to play longer sets to make up the difference and give concertgoers the same amount of entertainment for their buck.

“In past cases that I’ve seen similar to this where it’s a medical emergency, I think the crowd’s usually pretty happy with the way the other two bands will step up and make it a good show,” he said.

Tickets for Kim Mitchell and Prism are still available through Ticketmaster, or you can buy them at the door on Friday evening.

Photos: GLENN COOK, JESSE KUSHNERYK and BARRY BAILEY, St. Albert Leader

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designated off-leash areas, of which there are roughly 20 throughout St. Albert Leader the city.

The City of St. Albert’s new “(People) are just trying to get animal bylaw is still about two more details as to why certain weeks away from coming into (parks) were selected and why effect, but certain ones officials are were not hard at work selected,” he making sure pet said. “People are owners know just looking for what changes clarity.” are coming.

A policy is Although it currently being was given third drafted that reading in April would outline 2013, the new a process for animal bylaw residents to Aaron Giesbrecht comes into petition the Manager of policing effect on Sept. 1. city manager In the leadup to to have the the change, though, City staff have off-leash designation added to or been going door-to-door to talk to removed from nearby parks. That pet owners, as well as hosting an policy is scheduled to be presented open house on Wednesday evening to city council for approval before in Progress Hall at St. Albert Place. the bylaw comes into effect.

Over that time, City manager Giesbrecht added that many of policing Aaron Giesbrecht said residents have asked about licensing one of the issues staff have heard cats, even though that was ruled out the most about is the changing of early in the bylaw review process St. Albert from being an off-leash due to being cost prohibitive. city to dogs being leashed except in “A lot of people are actually

“People are just looking for clarity.”

inquiring about why we don’t have licensing for cats,” Giesbrecht said.

Other changes in the new bylaw require dog leashes to be no longer than two metres, and dogs to be on leashes within one metre of trails regardless of whether or not the larger area has been designated as off-leash. Dog owners must also always carry a means of picking up their pets’ waste while on public property.

Giesbrecht said that, after the new bylaw comes into effect, City staff will monitor the situation closely to evaluate how well the legislation is working.

“We have an internal review committee that’s going to look at a number of factors to try to determine the success of this,” he said. “But I think the success is really going to be in whether or not residents are pleased with this.

There’s going to be a lot around satisfaction of services.”

There is currently a dog-friendly park at Lacombe Park Lake, with specific signage and amenities, and a new one is scheduled to be completed in Campbell Business Park this fall.

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SAMHA looks to get more kids in the game with gear swap GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The St. Albert Minor Hockey Association is hoping to get more kids into the game with a week-long event.

Until Friday, players can drop off gently used equipment of any size to the SAMHA offices between Kinex and Akinsdale arenas on Hebert Road between 1 and 4 p.m. Then, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, families can come down to the

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parking lot at Akinsdale Arena and pick up what they need for the upcoming hockey season for free. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to look after kids in St. Albert first,â&#x20AC;? said SAMHA secretary Joe Becigneul.

Equipment must be in good condition to be dropped off, with no rips, cracks or tears. Sticks are being accepted, but jerseys, socks and personal protective equipment are not.

Any equipment left over after noon will be donated to The Brick Sport Central, which will distribute it to families in

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swap hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been an annual event for SAMHA up until now, he hopes it will take place more regularly in the future.

Other community groups have also held similar events in the past.

Meanwhile, SAMHA is also holding a coat drive from Aug. 23 to Sept. 30 at all arenas in the city. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping to collect gently used coats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including team jackets from previous years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that will be cleaned by Page the Cleaner and then donated to the United Way and distributed by the Coats for Kids and Families program.

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While St. Albert has a reputation for being an affluent community, Becigneul said there are plenty of families in the city who depend on events like this to give their kids a chance to play minor hockey each year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s below the surface, but there is a need,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have numerous benefactors in St. Albert who just quietly ensure that some kids who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford registration or team fees get to play. They just quietly get it done.â&#x20AC;?

He added that, while the equipment

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OPINION

WHERE IS THIS?

Focus on fix, not on Horner

Here’s a photo of a building or landmark around St. Albert.

Can you figure out where it is?

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oug Horner is truly stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The MLA for Spruce GroveSt. Albert and — more importantly in the case — the finance minister and president of the treasury board is caught in the middle of the scandal that has developed over

by Glenn Cook the past week after auditor general Merwan Saher released his scathing report raking former premier Alison Redford over the coals for her misuse of the Alberta government’s fleet of aircraft during her time in the province’s top job.

Horner has been fending off calls for his resignation since the report came out, some of which have come from his own caucus. But those calls are misguided.

Horner, it would seem, was doing the best he could with the information he had. With the many facets of the provincial government that his departments oversee, it’s unreasonable to expect him to micromanage them all. That’s why he put the onus on the ministers who book the planes to make sure they are being used properly.

To draw an analogy, the police ask us to obey the law, and they are there to let us know if we have stepped over the line. But if someone breaks still the law, we don’t go looking for police officers to turn in their badges.

In truth, the Wildrose, some of the PC MLAs and some members of the public are merely looking for a scapegoat, someone to take the fall since Redford bailed out of politics just before the auditor general’s report became public. But this was a systemic failure that was bigger than just Horner, and his ouster would only be a symbolic gesture that wouldn’t go very far in fixing the system to ensure this kind of failure doesn’t happen again.

Horner has built up a stellar reputation of service to Alberta, and to have it all crumble around his ears because of this scandal would be an absolute shame. He has a lot of repairs to make to provincial policies, and whoever takes over the PC leadership has 10 times as many to make within the party. Horner’s critics would be better served to focus their efforts on fixing the system rather than calling for his political head.

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Unique, experiential brand brings spinoffs

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olitics kill brands.

That is one of the standout memories I have during the process of rebranding St. Albert many years back with Roger Brooks of Destination Development International. Around 2008, he was starting to pave the path of St. Albert’s new brand development. This resulted in St. Albert becoming “the Botanical Arts City” — a brand that many have fully embraced, yet some still resist as they try to promote something else they feel St. Albert should be known for and hang their hat on.

Sitting in those meetings with a dozen or so community folks, I witnessed first-hand the politics taking shape in that very room.

We are a sports city, some said; we should focus on sports.

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LeLACHEUR Leader publisher My City No, we’re an arts- and culturefocused city, others argued, and we should focus our brand on that. “History, don’t forget our history!” The discussion carried on with many points of varying direction.

Brooks then made some poignant remarks. After politics have killed the brand, he said, you will be left with some watered-down message that exists merely to make everyone happy. Something like: “Come visit [insert any city name]: a beautiful place to live, work and play.”

“Awwww,” the crowd would say in unison, “that is our city.

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And it speaks to everything we all just bitterly fought for in this branding exercise.”

“Where is that city, exactly?”

I ask. “And why would I get in my car to go there?”

Unique and experiential — those were two major points of the branding development.

Go hard with those and you’ll enjoy the building of a strong brand.

Are we a great sports city?

Absolutely. Many great athletes have come from here, but so have many from other cities.

Not much unique about it.

I bring this up as a bit of a reminder for some folks.

Remember that the main attraction part of the brand represents the unique and experiential part. People don’t spend their entire time with the main attraction, and everyone will eventually

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benefit.

You don’t go to Banff and sit in the hot springs for three days straight. You go enjoy it for a couple of hours and then you’re off to shop, eat and discover all the other great things the community has to offer. But it was that main attraction that brought you.

Look no further than our farmers’ market. Between it and Rock’n August this past weekend, tens of thousands of people visited our community.

It is part of our brand. Our job is to do more with the spinoff benefits that everyone will enjoy.

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Taking steps to help seniors in isolation

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something like this, and I have no idea what to expect ... but I’m excited to see St. Albert Leader what this is going to bring,” said Lori A new walk is hoping to take steps Kary, a recreation therapist and recreation toward raising awareness manager for Christenson for seniors in isolation.

Communities who is Taking place in based out of Citadel Kingswood Park in Village in St. Albert.

St. Albert on National Participants can Grandparents’ Day on choose either a oneSunday, Sept. 7, the kilometre or a threeSeniors in Isolation kilometre route around Walk is an initiative the day use area at of Christenson Kingswood Park.

Communities, which A similar walk was operates six seniors’ held in Edmonton a Lori Kary living facilities in the few months ago, and Capital Region, and aims officials at Christenson, Recreation therapist to promote connections, including Kary, thought activities and supports it would be a great idea for seniors who feel lonely and isolated to transport into St. Albert. from friends and loved ones.

“Seniors, especially those who are still “It’s going to be an honour to organize in their own homes, can be quite isolated;

“They may not know what’s out in the community.”

they may not know what’s out in the community or what’s available for them,” she said. “So this is to promote different connections, activities and supports for them, (to let them know) there are other things they can be involved in.”

Some of those activities and connections for seniors are provided by agencies like the St. Albert 50+ Club and Seniors United Now, which Kary is hoping to get involved in organizing the walk as well.

“The 50+ Club has a full calendar that offers a variety of activities; they can go in for lunch, they have different kinds of

activities there,” she said. “Same with (Christenson) — a whole division of our company is called Inspired Living, so when you are independent and live in one of our communities, if you become an Inspired Living member, you have access to all sorts of really great opportunities. We have yoga classes, cardio classes, computer classes and outings that are just for Inspired Living members. There are a whole (bunch) of different kinds of activities to partake in instead of being at home.”

Although this is the first year for the walk, the organizers have big hopes to see it expand in the future.

“I hope this year will just be the launch of it, and hopefully next year, we can get even more people out,” Kary said.

For more information on the Seniors in Isolation Walk, call 780-458-2431.

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was 63.

The Marin County Sheriff’s coroner’s division said it suspected Williams committed suicide by asphyxia, but the cause of death is still under investigation and an autopsy will be conducted Tuesday.

“This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings.

I am utterly heartbroken,” Williams’s wife Susan Schneider said in a statement.

Williams, who won an Academy Award for his supporting role as a fatherly therapist in the 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, had been suffering from severe depression recently, his publicist Mara Buxbaum said.

Williams had struggled with addiction in the past and had entered a Minnesota rehabilitation center this summer to help him maintain sobriety.

His representatives at the time said Williams was not using drugs or alcohol but had gone to the center to “fine-tune and focus” his sobriety after working a longer-than-usual schedule.

The death of Williams, who had introduced his frenetic and physical style as the quirky alien in the late 1970s TV comedy Mork & Mindy, shook Hollywood, and fellow actors mourned the loss of what many called a bighearted man and one of the most inventive comedians of his time.

Fellow comedian Steve Martin said in a tweet: “I could not be more stunned by the loss of Robin Williams, mensch, great talent,

acting partner, genuine soul.”

The Marin County Sheriff’s office said it received an emergency call about noon local time on Monday, saying that Williams was unconscious and not breathing at his home near Tiburon, north of San Francisco.

Williams is scheduled to appear in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb on Dec. 19, 2014, playing the statue of Teddy Roosevelt who comes to life at night.

Twentieth Century Fox, which will distribute the film, had no immediate comment.

In April, the Hollywood Reporter said that Fox’s Fox 2000 division was developing a sequel to his 1993 hit Mrs. Doubtfire that would reunite Williams and director Chris Columbus.

In the film, Williams played one of his most enduring roles as a struggling actor and divorced father who assumes the identity of a British nanny to be closer to his children.

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most recently in the CBS television comedy The Crazy Ones, which was canceled in May after one season.

Williams, who was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in suburban Detroit, was as skilled at comedic riffing as he was as a dramatic actor, earning four Academy Award nominations, the first for his portrayal of U.S. Army deejay Adrian Cronauer during the Vietnam War in Good Morning, Vietnam.

He also earned nominations for the 1990 comingof-age prep school drama Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King in 1991 in which he plays a homeless man who helps save a suicidal radio host.

Williams’ final tweet was posted on July 31. He wished his daughter Zelda a happy 25th birthday.

Hollywood celebrities and many others who knew him paid tribute to Robin Williams after he was found dead Monday:

Barack Obama “Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.”

Steven Spielberg “Robin was a lightning storm of comic genius and our laughter was the thunder that sustained him. He was a pal, and I can’t believe he’s gone.”

Steve Martin “I could not be more stunned by the loss of Robin Williams, mensch, great talent, acting partner, genuine soul.” (via Twitter)

Jimmy Kimmel “Robin was as sweet a man as he was funny. If you’re sad, please tell someone.” (via Twitter)

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The movie, distributed by Lions Gate Films, is scheduled to be released on Friday, but a pirated DVD-quality copy already had been downloaded more than 2.2 million times as of Aug. 1, according to court filings.

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Lions Gate sued the operators of six websites that did not respond to requests to remove the film from their content. The operators are listed as John Does in the complaint, as their identities are not yet known.

The sites include Limetorrents, which the complaint said used the peer-to-peer filesharing protocol BitTorrent to distribute the film between computer users. Other entities allowed people to download or watch the film directly, according to the complaint.

The judge also ordered an asset freeze on all accounts associated with the sites.

The film is part of a lucrative franchise, with the first two Expendables installments grossing more than $575 million worldwide.

They feature Hollywood action stars including Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Lions Gate said in court filings that all the pirated copies of the film originate from a single, high-quality digital file that had been stolen.

The company said it learned of the piracy on July 24, and that within days the film was available on hundreds of websites.

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Going out with a twang

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It was always a given that hardrocking, hedonistic L.A. glammetal outfit Motley Crue would go out with a bang since announcing their final tour.

But how about a twang?

In addition to touring North America this summer with Alice Cooper opening, including Sunday night at Toronto’s Molson Canadian Amphitheatre before a trio of western Canadian dates in October, the group is also being celebrated with the Aug. 19 release of Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Motley Crue.

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“I grew up in Idaho and at my grandparents’ (country music) was on,” says Crue bassist Nikki Sixx, 55, seated beside the group’s lead singer Vince Neil, 53, in an elaborately decorated downtown hotel room.

“As a teenager I heard it all the time. But I was looking for my rock station. And I always had that as a foundation.

“As the years went, I was always checking in with all kinds of

music. And I’d be listening to the Stones and reading the interviews about how they were influenced by country. It’s always the roots. It’s blues; it’s country. And then rock ’n’ roll in the ’50s.

“It was, for me, about 10 years ago when I was started listening to country radio in Los Angeles, sounds funny right there, and I started noticing how good these songwriters are. Like amazing lyrics, verses, choruses ... I was sucked in as a songwriter ... I became a fan that way. I guess you could call that new country and a lot of these artists that are on our album are those kinds of artists.”

Adds Neil: “My dad was from Paris, Tex., so I kind of had to listen to country. But once I found, say, The Eagles I was like, ‘OK, if this is country, this is really cool.’

“But my dad was a big Johnny Cash, Johnny Rivers (fan) — old acts like that, but then country became really, really country and I really wasn’t interested. Then this project came about, I started listening to country again and kind of realized that the new country is more rock ’n’ roll than rock ’n’ roll

is right now.”

Neil even chimes in vocally alongside Justin Moore on the tribute album’s first track, “Home Sweet Home,” and in the video, too, which incorporates elements of the original clip plus features all four Crue members — including drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars — in a bar scene.

“We were blown away,” says Neil of when he heard the finished record. “Some of the artists kind of stuck with the track, but they put their own touches on it and some of them went in ... the other direction that they made some of the songs better, I think. Like Darius Rucker’s version of ‘Time For Change.’ I listen to that and I go, ‘That’s the way the song should have been, our version.’ And you take the Mavericks’ version of ‘Dr. Feelgood’ and now it’s like a Miami Vice-Latino-salsa-country song. It’s cool.”

Adds Sixx: “We didn’t have our fingers on any of it. We didn’t want to. We didn’t want to get roughs or demos of it and have our input because what’s the point? You don’t want to tell Rascal Flatts or

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Motley Crue’s Vince Neil (right) performs with country singer Justin Moore earlier this year in Nashville. The legendary metal band, currently on their farewell tour, is being celebrated by country artists on a new tribute CD. it and see what we’re all about. I Cassadee Pope or LeAnn Rimes think the same thing with the rock what to do. Let them have creative fans. They’re going to go, ‘Wow, freedom. And we were really these country guys are doing this. pleasantly surprised.”

Maybe I’m going to check out these But will Crue’s hardcore fans artists.’” be up in arms about their beloved Adds Sixx: “In the end, we didn’t metal band’s hits going country?

That remains to be seen upon the make this record for Motley Crue fans. This is a country record with album’s release. our songs for country fans. Now we “We’re just kind of waiting but I do believe that they cross and I’ve think it’s going to work both ways,” heard many times that many people says Neil. “I think the country are ’80s rock fans listening to new fans are going to find rock ’n’ roll country.” in Motley and be curious about

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28) and meet the riders and make a donation to cancer research,â&#x20AC;? Moffat said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just putting The St. Albert and District Chamber of together the plans for that, but the Commerce wants to paint the town pink Kinsmen have donated their hall for us. to support a major fundraiser for breast The whole community has got behind cancer research. this so wonderfully, The Wild Pink itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing.â&#x20AC;?

Yonder trail ride The Chamber has will see horseback also distributed riders pass through pink paper ribbons 22 Alberta towns and to businesses cities over 23 days as throughout the city. they raise money for When customers the Alberta Cancer make a donation Foundation. Along to breast cancer the way, though, research at one of theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be looking for these businesses, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pinkest Little they can write their Town in the West,â&#x20AC;? name on a ribbon the town that shows and have it displayed the most spirit and in the business. support for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have riders through pink people coming in all decorations and the time to make themed events like purchases, so asking dinners and dances. them to donate to Lynda Moffat And Chamber that is a really good Chamber president/CEO president and CEO and efďŹ cient way to Lynda Moffat wants get good fundraising St. Albert to bring results,â&#x20AC;? Moffat said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it has home the title this year. something to do with community pride, â&#x20AC;&#x153;St. Albert was not originally on their I think, that we can be the Pinkest Little route, but another community backed City in the West. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping people will out,â&#x20AC;? Moffat said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... They contacted us, jump on in any way they can.â&#x20AC;? because St. Albert was right along their So far, more than 80 local businesses route, and we said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Awesome!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It sounds have signed up to collect donations and like so much fun.â&#x20AC;? distribute ribbons. Any businesses that The Wild Pink Yonder trail ride should want to be part of the campaign can call pass through St. Albert on Aug. 28, so the Chamber ofďŹ ces at 780-458-2833. the Chamber is turning their outdoor The Wild Pink Yonder trail ride farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market pink to raise money on started in 2009; by 2012, it had raised Saturday, Aug. 23, and staff are also more than $440,000 for breast cancer looking to plan other events for when research. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ride left from the riders are in town.

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Fatburger boss excited to get into St. Albert GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Fatburger is coming to St. Albert with all the toppings.

Although the new restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening date has been pushed back to Tuesday, Aug. 19, Frank Di Benedetto, the franchisor for Fatburger in Canada, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited to open the doors at the location on St. Albert Trail and McKenney Avenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really enthusiastic about getting into the St. Albert market. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a great market,â&#x20AC;? Di Benedetto said from his office in Burnaby, B.C., last week.

And it seems St. Albert is just as excited, with a fair bit of buzz building around the opening.

But the buzz is not only because of the burgers. The St. Albert Fatburger will be the first in the Capital Region with a Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant inside, offering chicken wings and strips. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We determined that chicken tenders, chicken wings and boneless wings would go really well with burgers,â&#x20AC;? Di Benedetto said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve proved to be very successful for typical Fatburger stores; for the typical Fatburger-Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store, between eight and 12 per cent of its sales is the chicken wings and tenders. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly significant, and gives people a

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Although there are new commercial developments popping up on the northern edge of the city, Di Benedetto said the McKenney Avenue location is great because it places Fatburger in the centre of the action in St. Albert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In analyzing both the shortand longer-term opportunities that could have presented themselves to us for a Fatburger placement in St. Albert, we decided really to pick centre ice,â&#x20AC;? he said.

And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited to be one of the first off the ground in St. Albert in the burgeoning gourmet burger market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a phenomenon that has really occurred in the past 10 to 12 years, and Fatburger was, unofficially, the starter of that process. I mean, Fatburger goes back to 1952,â&#x20AC;? Di Benedetto said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... For folks that want quality as much as they want value, Fatburger really delivers on that.â&#x20AC;?

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Get your prospects to persuade themselves with social proof KURIAN THARAKAN Special to the Leader

75 per cent of guests who are asked to participate in our new resource savings program do help by using their towels more than once. You can join your fellow guests in this program to help save the environment by reusing your towels during your stay.

Beginners in sales often have a mistaken belief that their job is to “persuade ” the prospect to buy. If they mature — and survive — past this naïve stage, they may come to a realization that the The new “social only person that can persuade proof” oriented message prospects to a course of action immediately caused a 25 per are the prospects themselves. cent upswing in towel reuse.

Any action that does not The researchers then occur from the prospect’s focused their experiment own desire is probably the on whether different result of misrepresentation, reference groups would Kurian fraud, coercion or pressure affect the outcomes. Using tactics.

Tharakan the same hotel as in the first But what if you could create experiment, they placed five NABI an environment where the different message cards in the prospect could persuade guest rooms: themselves?

HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. You can Social proof is a powerful and prevalent show your respect for nature and help psychological phenomenon where people save the environment by reusing your look to the actions of others to decide towels during your stay. how to act themselves. A 2008 study by Noah J. Goldstein, Robert B. Cialdini, JOIN YOUR FELLOW GUESTS IN HELPING and Vladas Griskevicius demonstrated TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. how persuasive this influence tactic is.

In a study To observe social proof, they conducted a study over several months in a mid-sized, mid-priced, hotel to see if they could get guests to be more environmentally friendly.

In the first instance of the study they placed cards in the guest rooms asking people to: HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. You can show your respect for nature and help save the environment by reusing your towels during your stay.

About one-third of the guests complied with this request. They then changed the wording to: JOIN YOUR FELLOW GUESTS IN HELPING TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. Almost

conducted in fall 2003, 75 per cent of the guests participated in our new resource savings program by using their towels more than once. You can join your fellow guests in this program to help save the environment by reusing your towels during your stay.

JOIN YOUR FELLOW GUESTS IN HELPING TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. In a study conducted in fall 2003, 75 per cent of the guests who stayed in this room participated in our new resource savings program by using their towels more than once. You can join your fellow guests in this program to help save the environment by reusing your towels during your stay.

JOIN YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS IN HELPING TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. In a study conducted in fall 2003, 75 per cent of the guests participated in our new resource savings program by using their towels more than once. You can join your fellow citizens in this program to help save the environment by reusing your towels during your stay.

JOIN THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HELPING TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. In a study conducted in fall 2003, 76 per cent of the women and 74 per cent of the men participated in our new resource savings program by using their towels more than once. You can join the other men and women in this program to help save the environment by reusing your towels during your stay.

(Message No. 2 differs from message No. 4 only in referring to the participant as either a “guest” or a “citizen.”)

As predicted, the messages that described the kinds of people that participated in environmentally friendly behavior resulted in higher towel re-use.

The most powerful instance was the same room message (No. 3) which resulted in almost 50 per cent of guests re-using their towels, an upswing of almost 33 per cent better than the standard environmental message.

How can you use this understanding of human nature? When you are creating your sales messages refer to the peer group your target market is part of and provide proof that the desired behavior is already taking place. If you were selling golf clubs, here are three example messages you could use with the social proof element: • These are the best-selling golf clubs for beginners.

• These are No. 1 selling clubs for women.

• These are the same clubs that the majority of PGA players use.

People love social proof because it lowers their risk of action by demonstrating that other people in their peer group are already doing it.

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Less Fuel. More Power. Great Value is a comparison between the 2014 and the 2013 Chrysler Canada product lineups. 40 MPG or greater claim (7.0 L/100 km) based on 2014 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption ratings. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption may vary based on driving habits and other factors. Ask your dealer for the EnerGuide information. ¤2014 Jeep Wrangler 3.6 L PentastarTM VVT V6 - Hwy: 9.3 L/100 km (30 MPG) and City: 12.7 L/100 km (22 MPG). 2014 Jeep Cherokee 4x2 2.4 L I-4 Tiger-sharkTM MultiAir ® – Hwy: 6.4 L/100 km (44 MPG) and City: 9.6 L /100 km (29 MPG). 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0L EcoDiesel V6 8-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.0 L/100 km (40 MPG) and City: 10.3 L/100 km (27 MPG). Wise customers read the fine print: *, ♦♦, , ‡, § The Trade In Trade Up Summer Clearance Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after July 2, 2014. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select new 2014 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. ♦♦$1,000 Bonus Cash is available on all new 2014 Jeep Wrangler models and is deducted from the negotiated purchase price after taxes. 3.49% purchase financing for up to 96 months available through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Example: 2014 Jeep Cherokee Sport FWD with a Purchase Price of $24,998 financed at 3.49% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 208 bi-weekly payments of $138 with a cost of borrowing of $3,669 and a total obligation of $28,667. ‡3.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2014 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4x4/2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Examples: 2014 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4x4/2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a Purchase Price of $20,798/$39,998 (including applicable Consumer Cash Discounts) financed at 3.99% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 208 bi-weekly payments of $117/$225 with a cost of borrowing of $3,511/$6,753 and a total obligation of $24,309/$46,751. §Starting from prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g. paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. Based on 2014 Ward’s Small Sport Utility segmentation. »Jeep Grand Cherokee has received more awards over its lifetime than any other SUV. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC.

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Starting from price for 2014 Jeep Wrangler Sport S shown: $26,640 §.

SAVE ON AN AWARD-WINNING JEEP.

THE MOST CAPABLE OFF-ROAD VEHICLE IN ITS CLASS

2014 JEEP WRANGLER 2-DOOR SPORT 4X4

$ PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES $2,500 CONSUMER CASH*, $1,000 BONUS CASH♦♦ AND FREIGHT.

20,798

$

BI-WEEKLY

FINANCE FOR

138 @ 3.49 %

40 MPG

HIGHWAY 7.0 L/100 KM HWY ¤

Starting from price for 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland shown: $57,590.§

$

117

LEGENDARY JEEP CAPABILITY

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT

$

24,998 BI-WEEKLY‡

$

BI-WEEKLY‡

@

LESS FUEL. MORE POWER. GREAT VALUE.

15 VEHICLES WITH 40 MPG HWY OR BETTER.

3.99

225 3.99 @

% FOR 96 MONTHS

FOR 96 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN

$

PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES FREIGHT.

2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 20

39,998

FINANCE FOR

%

FOR 96 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN

AS GOOD AS

WITH $0 DOWN HIGHWAY 9.3 L/100 KM HWY

$4,995 $$4 995 VALUE VALU VA LUE

30 MPG ¤

AS GOOD AS

HIGHWAY 6.4 L/100 KM HWY

44 MPG

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PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES FREIGHT.

FINANCE FOR

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE CANADIAN UTILITY VEHICLE OF THE YEAR Starting from price for 2014 Jeep Cherokee Limited shown: $31,890 §.

AS GOOD AS

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