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Last Thursday marked the 98th anniversary of the start of the three-day battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I.

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Arthritis is also know by the medical term osteoarthritis or the more descriptive term degenerative joint disease (DJD). It is a disease resulting in the degeneration of one or more joints of the body. Reasons joints become affected with arthritis include injury, birth defects resulting in abnormal conformation, genetics and age.

Osteoarthritis can begin at any age and always progresses with time. No matter what the cause, the normally slick sliding surface of the end of bones (cartilage) is worn away exposing the underlying bone.

Inflammation from the roughened edges rubbing within the joint, joint capsule (lining of the joint), ligaments, and adjacent muscles causes irritation, scarring, and pain. As cartilage has a poor ability to regenerate there is no cure for

osteoarthritis. This leads to an ongoing battle against pain and lameness.

When arthritis exists it is more noticeable after exercise, long periods of rest, or with changes in the weather.

In dogs we often notice slowness to rise with increasing discomfort as they move around. In cats we may notice general irritability or trouble jumping.

Diagnosis of osteoarthritis can include a combination of history, physical examination, x-rays, joint fluid analysis, and blood testing.

Once diagnosed there are a number of options to aid with comfort and improve overall joint function. There has been much interest in the study of osteoarthritis which has lead to many treatment options.

These can be as simple as weight control and activity modifications to medications and even surgery.

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One in 7 men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime.

Symptoms In the early stages, prostate cancer often causes no signs or symptoms. Symptoms begin to appear when the tumour increases in size and puts pressure on the urethra. At that point, men may experience difficult, painful or frequent urination.

The following symptoms may also be observed: • Urinary urgency • Weak or intermittent urine flow • Feeling that the bladder does not empty completely • Blood in urine or sperm • Painful ejaculation Some of the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer are the same. The reason is that as men age, the prostate tends to increase in size, blocking the urethra.

Risk factors Risk factors that increase the risk of developing prostate cancer include: • Being over the age of 65 years • Having a close family relative who has had prostate cancer • Being of African descent • Eating a high fat diet Having benign prostatic hyperplasia does not raise your risk of developing prostate cancer.

Screening and diagnosis It is usually recommended that screening for prostate cancer start at age 50. The doctor generally performs a digital rectal examination and, if any abnormalities are detected, a PSA (prostatespecific antigen) blood test is ordered. A variety of imaging techniques can also be used to confirm a diagnosis.

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Treatment Prostate cancer grows very slowly and is often detected early. which means that treatment is often quite successful Treatment options include radiation therapy (destruction of cancer cells using radiation), hormone therapy or surgery.

In some situations, it is preferable to adopt and wait and watch approach and to treat only if necessary.

Prevention When it comes to preventing prostate cancer, diet plays a very important role.

Avoiding fats and increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables is key. It has been shown that lycopene (found in tomatoes among others) and all foods belonging to the cabbage family are especially beneficial in preventing prostate cancer.

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To commemorate the Canadian victory over German forces 98 years ago at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, local Cadets held a parade at the Cenotaph outside the Fort St. John Legion on Thursday.

The parade, made up of Cadet pipers, drummers and infantry, sang the Canadian anthem and read aloud the history of the battle.

“This is the first time that all four Canadian divisions fought together as a purely Canadian unit,” explained Captain Ken Lane, Commanding Officer of 2276 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.

The World War I battle took place April 9 to 12, 1917.

The Canadian effort at Vimy not only took a German position that both the British and French forces had been unsuccessful in taking before them, it also demonstrated the Canadian military’s tactical innovation and resulted in recognition that the Canadians were a force to be reckoned with.

Over 150,000 French and British lives were lost assaulting the position. The Canadians’ eventual victory came at a cost of over 10,000 men.

Remembering those who lost their lives is an important aspect of the Vimy parade, said Lane.

“It’s important to remember so we can do our best to ensure that it never happens again,” he said. “In remembrance, we hope that there’s also avoidance of the things that lead up to these situations.”

With the 100 year anniversary of the battle approaching, the Cadets are hoping to raise enough money to send some of their own to the site of the battle in northern France. To that end, they’re raffling off a Harley-Davidson Street Glide motorcycle, with tickets available at the Legion, Ford Motors and the Hair Bin.

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MP Bob Zimmer and Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne Findlay meet dozens of Peace Region business owners to discuss cutting red tape and workforce retention

Zimmer and Findlay didn’t miss an opportunity to plug initiatives the federal governPrince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer hosted Minister of National Revment has enacted recently, such as the small business job credit, which they say will save enue Kerry-Lynne Findlay at his Fort St. John office on Thursday afternoon, insmall business owners $550 million over two years, as well as the family tax and benefits viting local business owners to take part in a roundtable discussion on small business. plan. At the discussion, Zimmer said he was encouraged to hear that people were making Although media were not invited to attend, there was a press conference im- use of these tax breaks.. mediately following the session in which the Conservative minister said the discussion centred around cutting red tape of government bureaucracy and challenges associated with workforce Only retention.

“Some of the paperwork and requirements — not just federally, but from all levels of government — can be very onerous for small business,” said Findlay.

“They basically have to fill out the same amount of paIncludes GST perwork as a business that may have 90 employees and some are dedicated to [paperwork], so we had some discussion on that, ways that we may be able to simplify things for small business,” she added.

On the training side, she said some local business owners expressed frustration that employees they’ve invested in find it easy to get jobs elsewhere.

“With the competitive wage here, a lot of the businesses are doing very well here in Fort St. John,” said Findlay.

“But the workforce is aware they can move to other businesses, maybe bigger businesses, better paid businesses, and how to work with that. We chatted about that quite a bit.”

More unique to the Peace Region, said Findlay, was it’s location. A relatively close proximity to centres like Fort McMurray can draw away the local workforce.

Other than that, some of the problems that businesses have here are similar across the country, she said.

“I do these roundtable discussions across the country, and everyone’s really concerned about, ‘Can we streamline? Can we make it simpler?

Can we get more forms that we can download? How do we access things online? Are our communications with the CRA secure?’”

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Should the federal government restore the funding for the coast guard?

People are hacked off about the fuel spill in English Bay, and understandably so.

Spilling things is the worst.

But should the federal government restore the funding for the coast guard, in hopes of making future spills less bad? No, and here's why.

If the Kits Coast Guard station still existed, with its majestic cutters and noble seamen/women, the spill from a grain ship in English Bay probably would have been rounded up in minutes instead of hours. That's the thinking at least.

But I'm not worried about the coast guard in this case, because B.C. has got this.

Here's what the premier said on the topic: "If that means that in the future the coast guard is relieved of their lead in this and starts taking direction from the province, then perhaps that's a better way to do, because we have a lot of experience, as you know, in working in a unified way," said Clark.

"Somebody needs to do a better job of protecting the coast, and the coast guard has not done it," she said.

B.C. seems weirdly eager to just take on a function that most governments with coasts provide. And I say Go For It. The premier was quick to float the idea of B.C. taking on marine spill response, which makes sense, because everyone knows the province is bursting at the seams with money. We probably can't pay teachers, but we apparently have money to build a small naval fleet.

I for one am convinced this will work out well.

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Oiling the machinery of climate change denial and transit opposition Brothers Charles and David Koch run Koch Industries, the second-largest privately owned company in the U.S., behind Cargill. They’ve given close to US$70 million to climate change denial front groups, some of which they helped start, including Americans for Prosperity, founded by David Koch and a major force behind the Tea Party movement.

Through their companies, the Kochs are the largest U.S. leaseholder in the Alberta oilsands. They’ve provided funding to Canada’s pro-oil Fraser Institute and are known to fuel the Agenda 21 conspiracy theory, which claims a

1992 UN non-binding sustainable development proposal is a plot to remove property rights and other freedoms.

Researchers reveal they’re also behind many anti-transit initiatives in the U.S., in cities and states including Nashville, Indianapolis, Boston, Virginia, Florida and Los Angeles.

They spend large amounts of money on campaigns to discredit climate science and the need to reduce greenhouse gases, and they fund sympathetic politicians.

In late January, 50 U.S. anti-government and pro-oil groups — including some tied to the Kochs and the pro-oil, pro-tobacco Heartland Institute — sent Congress a letter opposing a gas tax increase that would help fund public transit, in part because “Washington continues to spend federal dollars on projects that have nothing to do with roads like bike paths and transit.”

The letter says “transportation infrastructure has a spending problem, not a revenue problem,” an argument similar to one used by opponents of the transportation plan Metro Vancouver residents are currently voting on.

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If this past week's mishap in English Bay has taught us anything, it is that the coast guard is there for a reason. It might be easy here in the landlocked Peace to turn our noses up at southern coastal communities that seem to forget about us most of the time, but the fact is that how quickly we are able to respond to these mishaps is an indicator of how seriously we take our marine borders.

It took six hours for Richmond Coast Guard crews to respond to Wednesday’s spill. If the Kitsilano base was still open, that would have been six minutes, CKNW reported. But the Kitsilano base had been closed, along with three others over the past several years.

The savings to the federal government was around $700,000, but when things like this fuel spill happen, it hardly seems worth it.

I’ll admit that watching Vancouverites on the news react to the spill with their particular brand of “woe is us!” dramatic flair did nothing to endear me to the cause. But putting that aside, protecting our coasts should be a priority, especially that close to such a major hub.

If nothing else, this is a wakeup call that the Coast Guard is an important resource to have around, and hopefully funding will go up as a result. The more we scale down, the more the Americans will scale up.

Vancouver’s anti-transit campaign is led by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation — a group that doesn’t reveal its funding sources and is on record as denying the existence of human-caused climate change — along with Hamish Marshall, a conservative strategist with ties to Ethical Oil. American and Canadian transit opponents paint themselves as populist supporters of the common people, a tactic also used against carbon pricing.

Marshall told Business in Vancouver, “I love the idea of working on a campaign where we can stand up for the little guy.” The U.S. letter claims the gas tax increase “would disproportionately hurt lower income Americans already hurt by trying times in our economy.”

Both fail to note that poor and middle class families will benefit most from public transit and other sustainable transportation options.

Although many organizations that promote the fossil fuel industry and reject the need to address climate change — including the Heartland Institute, International Climate Science

Coalition, Ethical Oil and Friends of Science — are secretive about their funding sources, a bit of digging often turns up oil, gas and coal money, often from the Kochs in the U.S. And most of their claims are easily debunked. In the case of the U.S. Heartland Institute, arguments stray into the absurd, like comparing climate researchers and those who accept the science to terrorists and murderers like the Unabomber and Charles Manson!

In some ways, it’s understandable why fossil fuel advocates would reject clean energy, conservation and sustainable transportation.

Business people protect their interests — which isn’t necessarily bad. But anything that encourages people to drive less and conserve energy cuts into the fossil fuel industry’s massive profits. It’s unfortunate that greed trumps the ethical need to reduce pollution, limit climate change and conserve non-renewable resources.

It’s also poor economic strategy on a societal level.

Besides contributing to pollution and global warming, fossil fuels are becoming increas-

ingly difficult, dangerous and expensive to exploit as easily accessible sources are depleted — and markets are volatile, as we’ve recently seen. It’s crazy to go on wastefully burning these precious resources when they can be used more wisely, and when we have better options. Clean energy technology, transit improvements and conservation also create more jobs and economic activity and contribute to greater well-being and a more stable economy than fossil fuel industries.

To reduce pollution and address global warming, we must do everything we can, from conserving energy to shifting to cleaner energy sources. Improving transportation and transit infrastructure is one of the easiest ways to do so while providing more options for people to get around.

Those who profit from our continued reliance on fossil fuels will do what they can to convince us to stay on their expensive, destructive road.

It’s up to all of us to help change course.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

The Northerner • Friday, April 17, 2015 • 5

Prompted by thefts, pet owners take action

Network of pet owners hopes to establish 'Sea of Green' community — identifying pets with a green tag, and putting stickers and signs in driveways and car windows — making potential dog thieves think twice

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A meeting of concerned pet-owners took place at a cafe in downtown Fort St. John to discuss a new method of reigning in what they call "an epidemic" of pet stealing.

The crowd consisted of about 25 people, many of whom were missing pets — mostly dogs — or knew of others whose pets were missing.

The group doesn’t believe their dogs ran away, were consumed by wild animals or were hit by vehicles. They’re convinced there has been a rash of pet thefts in the area, and they’re determined to stop it.

Leading the meeting was Brad Tanner, who lives near Cecil Lake.

He relayed the story of his dog Choco’s abduction, and subsequent attempts to find his pet. It was eventually found by a farmer, shot at point blank range and buried in a snow bank eight miles from his home.

Others in the room told similar stories, though few ended with closure for the owners, with many dogs still missing.

In early March, Fort St. John RCMP said they had three reports

of stolen dogs, including Tanner's pet. However, many believe the number of dogs stolen in the region is much higher.

Tanner said he doesn’t know why these pets are being taken, and he doesn’t care — his goal is to end it.

He floated the concept of the “Sea of Green Community,” and requested input and ideas from the attendees.

Tanner’s Sea of Green Community would be a network of pet owners and concerned community members.

Pets would be identified with a green tag, and stickers and signs would be put up in driveways and car windows to identify members, warning potential dog thieves away by indicating that this is a “pet safe community.”

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The 2015 summer soccer season is nearly upon us in Fort St. John, and youth soccer players have just three days to register for the upcoming year.

470 players have registered so far, and although that is lower than previous seasons, the Fort St. John Soccer Club expects the number of players to be similar to 2014 with plenty of spots still available this year.

The club is always looking for volunteers and also has a few spots remaining on their executive committee.

Players from as young as four to as old as 18 are eligible to play in the league. They have both a house league division and a competitive team called the Northern Strikers.

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“When I looked up at the clock I was expecting a 2:20 or 2:21,” he said of his time. “When I looked up I was just in total shock.

I was kind of in disbelief at first, I had to take a second look up at the clock.”

Inconnu coach Jason Brockman said Blackmon’s performance has paved the way for others in the club to see what is possible in swimming.

“Quite a achievement for Ben,” Brockman said, “and for our club. Just kind of paves the way and let them know what’s possible. [It] Doesn’t matter where you’re from. If you’ve got that dedication and perseverance and are willing to pay the piper.”

Blackmon raced another stellar time in the 200m Breaststroke final, going 2:20.16 for an 18th place finish, but more importantSubmitted Photo ly shaving two seconds off Fort St. John Inconnu swimmers Ben Blackmon (left) and Skyeler Kerr (right) topped several of their own his best time on a big stage. best times at the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto from April 1 to 4.

The 18-year-old was so impressive he even garAt the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials timidated by the competition or the big stage. nered some interest from Canadian universiin Toronto, Ont. from April 1 to 4, two local Blackmon put forth a special performance, ties that were scouting at the event. swimmers proved their worth against the best swimming a prelim time of two minutes and He also raced in the 50m and 100m Breastthis country has to offer.

19.73 seconds in the men’s 200 metre Breast- stroke, coming home with times of 30.10 and Fort St. John Inconnu swimmers Ben stroke, qualifying him for the final. According 1:05.46 respectively.

Blackmon and Skyeler Kerr took to the pool at to his coaches he was the first Inconnu swim“I dropped all my times at the meet, so I the site of the Pan Am Games and were not in- mer to qualify for the final in a national event. went 100 per cent best times. So that was re-

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ally good. Putting in the hard work through the first part of the season and having those results was amazing,” Blackmon said.

Kerr was equally impressive, as he swam a season best 25.78 seconds in the 50m Butterfly, which was good enough to qualify him to race again in Toronto at the 2016 event.

That will also determine the Olympic team that heads to Rio de Janerio, Brazil later that year.

“The races were not bad, we did pretty much everything we trained in,” he said. “All the little things — starts, turns [and] finishes were executed perfectly — so that made me really happy. I went a best time in the 50 [metre], dropped a tenth [of a second] I got under my trials time for next year.”

Brockman said those little goals, combined with the experience were exactly what he wanted to see Kerr accomplish in Toronto.

“In both races he went faster than he has went this year,” Brockman said. “For him going there and having the experience of what the venue looks like in preparation for next year I think was a great eye opener as well as to know where some of his peers are.”

Kerr also raced in the 100m Butterfly and posted a time of 57.60. He finished in 66th place. For a 16-year-old swimming against competitors much older, Kerr knows there was plenty to learn and improve on the next time around. “[There] you are racing past Olympians, Canadian record holders,” he said. “When you are racing against the best of the best and all the people are probably going to be on the next Olympic team … It’s different, it’s eye opening … it’s like okay, we’ve got some work to do. It’s also like, yeah we can get to there one day.”

Prompted by thefts, pet owners take action David Dyck

Alaska Highway News Continued from page 5

In attendance was Anna MacNeil, who started the Facebook group Stolen Dogs 911, which has become particularly popular in the Peace Country since she started it not long ago.

MacNeil said of the over 3,000 “likes” the group has, about 1,000 are from the Fort St. John area, 500 from Grande Prairie, and 250 from Dawson Creek.

She’s also with Urban Animal, a Canadian foundation that gathers sponsorship from the pet industry — places like dog food and insurance companies — and puts that money towards small, innovative projects, like Tanner’s.

She thinks Tanner has a shot at taking his idea across the country.

“If they choose him, there will be money from the sponsors to back him to next year, to come to the summit, a big, huge conference in October, with all of the leaders of the pet industries [present],” said MacNeil.

She likes his chances.

“I can’t see it going any other way,” she said. “I’ve seen a few years’ worth of candidates and Brad’s idea is so easily implemented with not a lot of money.”

From the summit, if chosen, he will be sponsored to take the Sea of Green across Canada.

“Within a three year period he could have this across Canada,” she said.

What makes Tanner’s idea so special? It connects the PetLynx, a company that MacNeil works for that has a database of around 1 million pets registered to it, with the community side, the Sea of Green. “[PetLynx] helps about 2,000 pets get home every month in Canada, it’s already in place,” she said.

“But his vision, how do you stop people from stealing your pets, that’s where he’s changed it into if that dog has a green tag, thieves are going to learn to not touch your dog.

"The idea is to repel thieves, not get the dogs back after they’ve been stolen, because that’s hard.”

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Spring Has Sprung Ahhh Spring - and the sound of water of water rushing everywhere as the snow quickly disappears with the powerful warmth of the returning sun! Not only is the sun powerful, but the water itself is a power to be respected. In particular, this force of nature has carved deep river valleys through the action of erosion. For the homeowner, this is an unwelcome force when it results in valuable land being swept away. For the lake, it can also mean that sediment is carried into the water and creates problems for fish and wildlife.

Although erosion is a natural process and for billions of years has constantly changed our Earth’s landscape, it is often accelerated by what we have done to our landscape. Flowing water has energy and it can carry soil, grain by grain and wearing away solid rock.

What is the process of erosion? There are four main types of erosion: splash erosion, gully erosion, sheet erosion and stream bed erosion. Splash erosion is the result of raindrops hitting the soil. Some soil particles get dislodged and carried with the surface runoff.

Gully erosion occurs when the runoff is powerful enough to cut a well-defined rut or channel. These ruts can be as small as one centimeter wide or as large as several meters.

Sheet erosion is the overland flow of runoff without a well-defined channel. In the case of gully erosion, large amounts of material can be transported in a small time period. Stream bed erosion is the loss of stream banks or bottoms by rapidly flowing rivers or creeks.

Soil particles carried away vary in size from about .001 millimeter to 1.0 millimeter in diameter. Larger particles settle over short transport distances, whereas small particles can be carried over long distances suspended in the water column. Erosion of silty soils generates turbidity and diminishes light transmission, which disrupts fish and wildlife.

It can add nutrients which can increase algae growth. Land values and productivity are also decreased.

So this is how erosion works, how can we reduce the risks of erosion and run off associated with our properties?

One needs to become aware of erosion risks and taking the appropriate action. One of the most damaging “improvements” that people can do is to remove native vegetation, rocks and logs from our shorelines and banks – our lake’s buffer zone. They provide a natural defense against the forces of erosion. These natural effects reduce the energy of raindrops and also flowing water before it gets to the soil. Native vegetation strengthens the soil, especially roots of trees and shrubs which act as Nature’s rebar. In maintaining a natural landscape, it retains its natural beauty and buffer effects. Once erosion has started, it is often difficult and expensive to remediate.

Water, water everywhere – it must be Spring!

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WONOWONMonthly 4-HReport BEEF CLUB Hello reader, After I have introduced the rest of our members in my previous newspaper articles, I will tell you what I do for projects this year and my goals: This is year I am taking a steer and a heifer project. My goals are to do good with grooming and have lots of fun and so far, I have had lots.

Since there wasn't a Wonowon Club meeting since my last newspaper report I would like to challenge you with a few fun questions and 4-H trivia this time:

How many projects do the members of the Wonowon 4-H club have this year?

A. 11 B. 15 C. 20

How many members does the Wonowon 4-H Club have this year?

A. 20 B. 11 C. 20

What projects can Wonowon members chose from?

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How long has 4-H been operating in British Columbia?

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Compare to the other provinces, when did 4-H start in British Columbia?

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Top 10: 3

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4) Brad Keselowski Points: 246 Wins: 1 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 5

5) Denny Hamlin Points: 205 Wins: 1 Top 5: 3

In the fall of 1969, Bristol Motor Speedway was reshaped and remeasured.

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Top 10: 3

6) Martin Truex Jr. Points: 266 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

Top 10: 6

7) Kasey Kahne Points: 230 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

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Racing News The 2015 Sprint All-Star Race will feature 20 more laps than last year’s event and for the first time include all former all-star race winners and Sprint Cup Series champions who are full-time active drivers. The first four segments of the five-segment race will include 25 laps, compared to 20 in recent years. The fifth and final segment, which pays $1 million to win, remains at 10 laps.

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Top 10: 4

9) Aric Almirola Points: 195 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0

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10) David Ragan Points: 194 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

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How many people can it hold? a) 120,000 b) 140,000

c) 160,000 d) 180,000 Answer : c) 160,000.

Distance: 0.53 miles Shape: Oval Turns / Straights: 36 / 16 degrees

Points 219 217 208 204 197 197 181 176 169 160

Last Weekend’s Race: Jimmie Johnson won the Duck Commander 500 Duck Commander 500 Results Driver Points Jimmie Johnson 48 Kevin Harvick 43 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 41 Joey Logano 41 Brad Keselowski 40 Jamie McMurray 39 Jeff Gordon 38 Kasey Kahne 37 Martin Truex Jr. 35 Carl Edwards 34

Jimmie Johnson added to his Texas resume with his win in Saturday night’s Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Jimmie extended his record as the track’s all-time winner. After a late restart, Johnson passed Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick, going from third to first in one lap. He held off Harvick and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his 72nd career victory. “A great, great racecar. We kept plugging away at it all race. The off week was good for us, gave us a chance to reboot, relax and get back in the swing of things,” Johnson said from victory lane.

Jimmie Johnson Born: Sept. 17, 1975 Crew Chief: Chad Knaus Car: Chevrolet

Year 2015 Career

Wins 2 72

Top 10s 4 296

Avg. Finish 14.7 13.3

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This Week: The RBC Heritage

The RBC Heritage has been a fixture of the PGA Tour since the tournament first began in 1969. Arnold Palmer won the first Defending: Matt Kuchar event when it was known as the Winning Score: 11-under par Heritage Golf Classic. The person Winning Share: $1,044,000 that is considered the king at the Harbour Town Golf Links is Davis Love III. Love III has been incredible in this event, winning it an amazing five times (1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003). Last year, Matt Kuchar shot a 64 to finish at 11-under 273, one stroke ahead of Luke Donald, who had his third second place and fifth top-three finish here in the past six years.

Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head, S.C. 6,973 yards, Par 71

Golf TV Schedule PGA Event: RBC Heritage Day Time Thu, 4/16 3:00pm-6:00pm Fri, 4/17 3:00pm-6:00pm Sat, 4/18 3:00pm-6:00pm Sun, 4/19 3:00pm-6:00pm

Golf Trivia

Jordan Spieth closed with a Tournament Results 2-under 70 in the final round 1. Jordan Spieth Score: -18 of The Masters for a four-shot Earnings: $1,800,000 victory over Phil Mickelson T-2. Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. Spieth became the Score: -14 Earnings: $880,000 second-youngest champion at The T-2. Justin Rose Masters, tying Tiger Woods’s record Score: -14 for the lowest score in the event’s 79Earnings: $880,000 year history at 18 under par in a wireto-wire victory. “This was arguably the greatest day of my life,” Spieth said. “To join Masters history and put my name on that trophy and to have this jacket forever, it’s something that I can’t fathom right now.”

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Masters Champion Jordan Spieth played in the 2010 Byron Nelson Championship while in high school. What place did he finish in the tournament? a) Missed cut b) T-16th

Last Week: Jordan Spieth won The Masters

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c) T-21st d) T-32nd

Answer: b) Spieth was tied for 7th place after the third round, and finished the tournament in a tie for 16th place.

Six-time Masters champion and all-time leading major winner Jack Nicklaus may be 75 years old, but he still found a way to wow the patrons at Augusta National during Wednesday’s traditional par-3 tournament.

On the 123-yard fourth hole, Nicklaus took out an 8-iron, fired it past the hole, then watched the ball check up and roll back into the cup for Nicklaus’s first career ace at the Masters, on either course, in 56 years of playing there. “It’s funny, I had an interview this morning and I said, ‘Well, all I’ve got to do is go out and win the Par-3 and make a hole-in-one,’ and I make a hole-in-one,” Nicklaus said.

Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the easiest ways for the recreational golfer to lose distance on his shots is the old “scoop” that most of us are familiar with. Scooping occurs when we cock the wrist on the downswing instead of keeping it straight through impact. So, whenever your wrists are cocked when you hit the ball, the hands are behind the ball at impact and this adds loft to your club. Also, the biggest problem in getting to the most powerful hitting position is that we never shift our weight properly during the swing. If you keep all of your weight on the left side of the body, you have to hit early on the downswing and the scooping effect takes place. Make sure that on the backswing, the shift of weight moves from the left to right side in order to get your hands through the ball properly at impact.

Player Profile

Jordan Spieth

Turned Professional: 2012 FedEx Cup Ranking: 1st World Ranking: 2nd PGA Tour Wins: 3

FedEx Cup Standings Through April 12, 2015

1) Jordan Spieth 2,009 pts. / 7 top tens

2) Jimmy Walker 1,680 pts. / 5 top tens

3) J.B. Holmes 1,233 pts. / 4 top tens

4) Patrick Reed 1,173 pts. / 3 top tens

5) Bubba Watson 1,117 pts. / 4 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Dustin Johnson 1,106 7) Charley Hoffman 1,031 8) Ryan Moore 952 9) Jason Day 941 10) Hideki Matsuyama 939

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