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Rocky pilot killed in plane crash ‘one of the good ones’

BY JESSICA JONES ADVOCATE STAFF Rocky Mountain House’s aviation fraternity is shaken after having lost one of its best local pilots.

Mark Chevallier, 36, a well-known single father, was killed in a crash following an aerobatic training exercise in Rocky Mountain House on Thursday afternoon.

Chevallier was ‘HE DIDN’T LIKE the lone occupant THE LIMELOGHT of the Pits S1S prop plane that crashed BUT HE WOULD DO into a wooded area THE WORK AND near Rocky Mountain House Airport, MAKE SURE THINGS a few kms northeast WORKED AND THOSE of the town.

Rocky Mayor PEOPLE ARE RARE. Fred Nash, who is IT’S GOING TO BE an avid pilot himself, said Chevallier DEVASTATING TO HIS did a lot of work beFAMILY . . . ’ hind the scenes for the aviation com— FRED NASH munity.

MAYOR, ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE “To me he was one of the good ones,” Nash said Friday.

“He didn’t like the limelight but he would do the work and make sure things worked and those people are rare.

“It is going to be devastating to his family, his dad, his brother and son and it is tough when someone leaves before their time.”

The Rocky Mountain House RCMP responded to the crash at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Cpl. Bob Schultz said the Pits S1S prop plane didn’t carry a lot of fuel. The plane is equipped for enough fuel to fly for 20 minutes.

Chevallier was in flight for about 15 minutes before the plane impacted the ground nose first.

“Accounts say he was over the tree line but it is not known how far from the ground,” Schultz said.

“The wreck was so bad it is one of those ones where there would be no way a person could survive.”

Chevallier, father of a five-year-old boy, worked at Chevallier Geo-Con Ltd., a company that equips GPS systems in heavy equipment used in the oilfield, agriculture and forest industries.

His wife passed away about a year and a half ago.

Chevallier was heavily involved in COPA For Kids — an aviation program that provides a flying experience for kids free of charge. He was also on the executive board for the Rocky Mountain House Airshow.

The loss of Chevallier is heavy for those who work at the small but active airport.

Barney Bert, assistant airport manager, said on Friday that the airport was closed during a Transportation Safety Board investigation.

“He was a very well-known member of the local flying community,” Bert said.

“All I can say at this point is there is no active use of the airport pending the investigation.”

“I remember all the good times and the good things that he did,” Nash said.

“My philosophy is that I hope we can leave the world after making it a better place and I think Mark left the world a better place.”

Further information will be released once the investigation into the crash is complete. Schultz said it could take the Transportation Safety Board months before a cause is determined. jjones@reddeeradvocate.com

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A man was taken into custody early Friday night after police responded to a high-risk incident on the northeast edge of Eastview Estates in Red Deer.

Man taken into custody after stand off

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A man was taken into custody early Friday night after police responded to a high-risk incident on the northeast edge of Eastview Estates in Red Deer.

Red Deer city RCMP cordoned off several blocks in the neighbourhood after an emergency was reported at about 4 p.m.

Cpl. Leanne Molzahn was positioned with her cruiser at the corner of Erickson Drive and Eastman Crescent. She was busy turning drivers around so they couldn’t drive into Eastman Crescent or continue heading down Erickson Drive.

“We responded to a high-risk call,” said Molzahn.

She declined to say anything further.

Dozens of people were not allowed back into their homes for some time because police were not allowing them anywhere within several blocks of where the incident occurred. About six police cruisers were seen in the area. One police officer was observed carrying an armoured vest into the area.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a canine unit as well as officers with guns.

A spikebelt was laid down in at least one location in the neighbourhood for some time.

The man was apprehended without incident shortly before 6:30 p.m.

Police have not released any further details.

Man assaulted, dumped in wooded area

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A 44-year-old man is recovering in hospital following an incident where he was repeatedly assaulted by four assailants inside a vehicle and dumped in a wooded area outside of Red Deer early Thursday evening.

Red Deer City RCMP Sgt. Rob Norum said the man had arranged to meet the men in Red Deer around 7 p.m.

“He was on the phone to meet some people,” said Norum. “This vehicle showed up. He got in and he ended up being assaulted in the vehicle.”

As the incident is under investigation, police are releasing few details.

Norum said the incident may be in retaliation for a duct tape incident where a teenager was found bound and gagged in Grandview on Wednesday night after an alleged attempted robbery.

“What his involvement was in the duct tape, we don’t know,” said Norum.

Police say the victim may know two of his attackers.

The victim was taken to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre with non life-threatening injuries to his face and head. Police continue to investigate the incident.

Khadr lawyers prod Ottawa to bring client home

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Lawyers for convicted war criminal Omar Khadr are taking out a legal stick in an effort to speed his transfer to a Canadian prison.

They filed a notice of application Friday seeking to ask the Federal Court to review the federal government’s failure to ask the U.S. to transfer Khadr to Canadian custody.

“The delay in this matter is utterly unconscionable in the circumstances of this case,” Brydie Bethell, one of Khadr’s Canadian lawyers, said in an email.

Khadr has been serving an eight-year sentence at the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba since he pleaded guilty to war crimes in 2010.

But Khadr, 25, was eligible for transfer back to Canada last October and the Harper government has offered little explanation as to why it hasn’t made a

request, only saying a decision would come in due course.

The war crimes that Khadr was charged with include the killing of a U.S. army medic in Afghanistan in 2002. He was 15 years old at the time.

Under a plea-bargain deal he was only expected to serve one year of his sentence at Guantanamo Bay, where he had been held for years before his trial.

One of Khadr’s U.S. lawyers said last month he has been told American officials can’t understand Canada’s reluctance to ask that Khadr be returned home.

Lt.-Col. Jon Jackson said U.S. officials are frustrated by the delay of the return of the last Western national to held at the much-maligned U.S. military prison.

U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta signed off of Khadr’s transfer in April, he added.

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BY JESSICA JONES ADVOCATE STAFF

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Nearly 100 cats put down by humane society after owner of Edmonton home dies EDMONTON — Nearly 100 cats have been euthanized after being removed from a west Edmonton home after its owner died last week.

The Edmonton Humane Society says the cats had to be put down after they were found in horrific living conditions. Animal protection officers started removing the cats about two weeks ago, after the humane society received a tip from a neighbour.

The cats were found living in their own urine and feces.

Humane society spokeswoman Shawna Randolph says the spread of disease was also a factor.

Neighbours says the cat house has been around for about five years. “You know there are cats in the property, it’s just nobody knew the nature or extent of the problem until the Edmonton Humane Society started pulling them out,� said neighbour Randy Hogle.

Hogle says since the homeowner died, cats had been left inside the home unattended, raising concerns among neighbours.

However, the humane society says officers have been providing food and water to the animals daily.

Randolph believes there are still between 10 to 15 cats left inside the home.

Officers are working on getting the rest out but have been faced with challenges. “The cats that are in there right now are quite scared,� Randolph said. “There are some that are actually living in the

� Cancers in children often go undiagnosed because doctors don’t think to look for skin cancer in youngsters.

Unlike for adults, there are currently no set guidelines for skin examinations in children. � One blistering sunburn in childhood more than doubles a person’s chances of developing the deadliest form of skin cancer later in life. � New research shows that even a mild to moderate increase in sun exposure over an extended period, with or without sunburn, may significantly spur the growth of pigmented moles in children, thereby greatly increasing their risk of skin cancers.

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Dr. Maureen Bakken, who treats many dermatology skin conditions, including skin cancer, at Red Deer’s Laser Derm and Wellness Centre, says she sees a lot of people with skin damage in the under 30 age group.

Bakken says she sees a lot of people with skin damage in the under 30 age group. “The younger generation still seems to use them (tanning beds) but some who come into my clinic seem to be reasonably educated in the fact that they are not safe,� she said. “But then some seem to think when they limit their time in the tanning bed that it is going to lessen their risk of damage to their skin and that is actually not true. There is no logical reason to use a tanning bed.�

Dr. Richard Stanwick, Canadian Paediatric Society president-elect, says the effects of commercial tanning are cumulative. “If you use a commercial tanning bed before the age of 35, you have a 70 per cent increased risk of developing the worst kind of the skin cancers such as malignant melanoma,� he said.

Stanwick says a regulation that calls for parental consent for teens under 18 should be off the table. Instead, he says governments should consider entirely banning teens from using tanning beds. “The one-third of girls who tanned in their last year of school, there were a third of those who tanned with their mother. What we are saying is a mother can’t walk into the bar and order her daughter a bottle of wine. “This is a cancer-causing agent that we believe should be postponed to when someone is an adult.�

Steve Gilroy, executive director of the JCTA, says the association had

been calling for provincial standards in order to formalize voluntary industry practices in professional tanning salons, such as parental consent for anyone under the age of 18. “We believe that taking the rights away from parents is not the way to go,� he said.

Setting standards, such as mandatory protective eye wear, salon training and certification, barring customers with a certain skin type and banning self-serve tanning equipment, is a better way to do things, Gilroy says.

There is no special business licence that salon owners need to have in order to operate tanning beds. “That is why we are asking for professional standards. For the last three years, we have been asking to work with government on these,� Gilroy said.

But this is not good enough for Stanwick, who says the issue comes down to cancer prevention. “This is probably one of the greatest opportunities in the 21st century to do something about cancer and the best thing we can do is prevent it,� he said. jjones@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canada-wide warrant issued for Edmonton man accused of arson, attempted murder EDMONTON — Police have issued a Canada-wide warrants for an Edmonton man they allege set a fire to kill someone.

Zachary Holland, who is 25, is wanted on attempted murder and arson causing injury to four people.

The fire happened early Sunday morning at an apartment at 99 Street and 86 Avenue.

Acting Staff Sgt. Mark Fay says Holland is dangerous and should be approached with -- quote -- “extreme caution.�

They are asking anyone who has been in contact with Holland or may know where he is to contact police.

People can also give information to Crime Stoppers.

� Teens may be especially susceptible to skin cancer because their cells are dividing and changing more rapidly than those of adults. � 37 per cent of white female adolescents and over 11 per cent of white male adolescents between 13 and 19 years old in the U.S. have used tanning booths. � It is estimated that 2.3 million teens visit a tanning salon at least once a year. � In Ontario, public health officials have launched a campaign to outlaw tanning bed use except for medical purposes, after learning that tanning salons were catering to children as young as eight. � Many U.S. states now require parental consent for tanning booth patrons aged 14 to 17. Several states have also banned indoor tanning for those under 14 and others are considering similar measures. — Information courtesy SkinCancer.org

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The sun may be shining, but many Central Alberta teenagers now enjoying the weather acquired their tans under cancer-causing lights.

Alberta is among the provinces that doesn’t ban teens who wish to bask beneath the lights of a tanning bed.

The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) — a national advocacy association that promotes the health needs of children and youth — thinks it should.

But some Central Alberta teens are still aspiring for that sun-kissed bronze look gained by bathing in a cocoon of ultraviolet radiation.

There are guidelines for tanning salons that the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA), a national industry group, recommends, such as parental consent for teens under the age of 18.

But the recommendations are not mandatory.

Alesha Scott, 16, who goes to Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, works at a Red Deer tanning salon. She says she is aware of the risks associated with the use of tanning beds but is not concerned. “I don’t think it is a big deal,� she said, adding that she doesn’t agree with the conviction that tanning beds should be banned for teens under the age of 18. “It is unnecessary. At our salon if you are under 18, your parents have to sign for you and I feel it is safe. “You’re not going to ban people from going out into the sun. Some people will argue that they (tanning beds) cause cancer but I feel like everything causes cancer,� she said.

Nova Scotia is the only province with age restrictions on the use of tanning beds, banning those under 19 from using them. In 2011, the City of Victoria passed a bylaw against indoor tanning for those under 18 and the rest of the province is expected to follow suit with regulations in the fall.

Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne says the province may consider regulatory changes and are “evaluating the research from neighbouring jurisdictions.� “At this point it is certainly on our radar,� he said. “There has been a lot of public discussion about it but like any decision we want to make it on the best available evidence and it is important to do due diligence.�

But many doctors think rules that ban teens under the age of 18 can’t come soon enough. “Tanning beds are plain not safe,� says Dr. Maureen Bakken, who treats many dermatology skin conditions, including skin cancer, at Red Deer’s Laser Derm and Wellness Centre.

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RCMP still investigating Southbrook arson

BY JESSICA JONES ADVOCATE STAFF At first glance, there is nothing awry in the quiet and family-friendly Southbrook neighbourhood.

But on Sisson Avenue, a desolate scene where three houses once stood is a reminder of an intentionally set fire that shook up the neighbourhood in the early morning hours of May 25.

RCMP Const. Shaun Marshand said on Friday that police continue to investigate the arson and that no charges have been laid.

There is a lull in the file, he said, as Red Deer City RCMP’s general investigation section waits to interview a final witness.

“This is a big file, about 25 reports from different people to look through,” he said.

The blaze demolished three homes and damaged two others on Sisson Avenue, likely costing upwards of a $1 million.

The blaze originated from a home under construction, which was estimated to be worth about $400,000 upon completion, and spread to new, two-storey homes on either side.

All the occupants made it out safely and no injuries were reported.

A family of four lived in the home to the north and three people lived in the home to the south.

There was little left of the homes and they have since been torn down. A fence, blocking anyone from entering the scene, still surrounds the lots.

Terry and Diane Kulczycki took possession of their home on July 2. It is located beside the home that was destroyed on the south side. Their home was still standing and intact but suffered severe siding damage.

Diane Kulczycki said on Friday that their builder took care of the damage and they were happy to be able to move into their home.

“My husband said we can’t live as victims. We have to move forward and hope that this won’t reoccur,” she said.

Governor says he’s undecided on clemency for Ronald Smith

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mon. — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Friday told the family of a Canadian on death row that he is undecided on the inmate’s request for executive clemency, at times expressing sympathy for his plight and at other times noting the desire of the victims’ families for retribution.

The governor had a long, frank discussion with relatives of convicted murderer Ronald A. Smith.

Schweitzer told them that his options include doing nothing with the clemency request, which seeks life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of the death penalty.

Schweitzer sympathized with the plight of Smith, who is scheduled to be executed in the 1982 killings of two Blackfeet Indian men. The governor said it is not fair for Smith to be executed after an accomplice was paroled, and indicated he believes that Smith may be a different man.

But the governor said he has spoken with the victims’ families, Blackfeet tribal members, who have told him they need Smith’s death for closure. The governor said he remains uncertain whether Smith’s death would improve the situation, and said he is not sure the traditional form of justice for the Blackfeet would include the death penalty.

“In their system of justice, when people did something very bad, they were banished,” Schweitzer said.

A tribal council member has said that many in the tribe believe that if the governor gives clemency to Smith that means the governor values Native American lives less.

Schweitzer told Smith’s family, from Red Deer, Alta., that he is aware of that criticism, but argued it does not have merit because he believes he has done more than past governors to include Montana’s largest minority group in his administration. Still, the governor is weighing the desire of those on the reservation.

“They cannot rest until there is retribution and Ron’s life is taken. They told us that,” Schweitzer said.

Blackfeet tribal members and family of the victims told the Montana Parole Board earlier this year that the execution has been postponed for too long and say it is time for Smith to pay for his crimes.

The board is recommending that Schweitzer dismiss the clemency request, writing in their report that “justice is best served” by continuing with the execution. The governor makes the final call.

Smith’s sister, Rita Duncan, told the governor much of the same that she and others told the parole board: Smith is a changed man who deserves to live the rest of his life behind bars. Speaking in a barely audible whisper, Duncan at times broke down in tears, as she described the impact Smith has helping the rest of his family through letters and phone calls.

Also at the meeting were Smith’s dad Nelson Smith, his daughter Carmen Blackburn and her two children.

The governor told them all options remain on the table. He does not have a timetable for making a decision, but noted the best-case scenario for Smith is life behind bars.

“His sentence, one way or another, is death: slow or long,” Schweitzer said.

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The Kulczyckis rushed to their newly built home in the middle of the night to see a ball of flames on Sisson Avenue. They said firefighters were doing everything to save their home. Now having moved into their home, Diane reiterated how thankful she and

her family are.

“They did an amazing job at saving our home,” she said. jjones@reddeeradvocate.com

Some services online two days after Shaw fire

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Some Alberta government services that were affected by a fire and explosion at a Calgary building are back online.

Service Alberta Minister Manmeet Bhullar said in a news release that the province’s data recovery plan was working and crews are working 24-7 to restore systems on tape backups.

No one was hurt when a blast in a 13th-floor electrical room of Shaw Communications headquarters on Wednesday brought down Alberta Health Services computers, put three radio stations off the air, knocked out 911 service in Calgary and affected some banking services.

Alberta Health Services says its data centre is now fully operational and its hardware systems are being brought back online.

It had to cancel 110 scheduled elective surgeries and 298 ambulatory procedures in Calgary and area, but AHS says it has contacted all of the patients who were affected.

“All of these procedures are important and we appreciate the impact that rescheduling has on pa-

tients,” AHS said on its website.

“Every procedure is necessary, and we will reschedule as quickly as possible.”

AHS is asking Calgary patients who need to get non-urgent lab tests to wait to have their tests done later or rescheduled, adding all urgent, stat and time-sensitive lab tests will be prioritized.

Alberta Liberal health critic, Dr. David Swann chastised the Alberta government for its poor backup system.

“We have a $16 billion health system in Alberta,” Swann said in a news release. “Surely Alberta Health Services sees the necessity of having a backup in a separate building. This is continued poor planning for such critical infrastructure and we are seeing today that that puts patients at real and unnecessary risk.”

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Search for four missing in B.C. slide resumes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS JOHNSONS LANDING, B.C. — Searchers armed with heavy equipment and avalanche beacons waded into an area Friday that was devastated by a massive landslide in British Columbia’s Interior, where as many as four people were believed to be buried under a several metres of rock, mud and trees.

The slide struck a day earlier at Johnsons Landing, a tiny hamlet on the shores of Kootenay Lake roughly 70 kilometres northeast of Nelson, severely damaging three homes. Four people, including a father, his two daughters and a German tourist, were unaccounted for and feared to be caught in the debris.

A dog team entered the area briefly on Thursday, but precarious conditions prevented personnel from returning for much of the day Friday.

By mid-afternoon, geotechnicians and landslide experts declared the area safe for searchers, said Central Kootenay Regional District spokesman Bill Macpherson.

Macpherson said emergency responders with heavy equipment reached one of the homes. They were carrying avalanche beacons and transmitters for their own safety.

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at Johnsons Landing has resumed this afternoon,” Macpherson said in a news release Friday.

“Spotters are in place at positions around the slide path. Geotechnical experts are doing ongoing monitoring of the slide and surrounding area.”

Members of a specialized heavy urban searchand-rescue team from Vancouver were dispatched to the area, as were local search-and-rescue crews and the RCMP. Macpherson said additional personnel would be deployed if conditions remained safe.

The area was only accessible by air or boat, because the dirt road leading to the remote community was covered by landslide debris up to four metres deep.

Lynn Migdal, whose two daughters and ex-husband were among the missing, was attempting to rally searchers from her Florida home, though she feared help might come too late.

“I need hundreds of people with shovels as soon as possible, if there is any chance that my family is still breathing,” she said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“There are three people buried alive right now, hopefully alive, deep down in one of my houses that got torn apart and twisted on its side. ... Yesterday, I understand, they were waiting for it to settle, but they said as soon as it was sunlight that they would

try to start digging my family out.”

Migdal identified her relatives as 17-year-old Rachel Webber, 22-year-old Diana Webber and her exhusband, Valentine Webber.

“There was a phone conversation between one of my daughters and her friend,” Migdal said. “My daughter said that they were going to be sitting down to breakfast and that my ex-husband was cooking breakfast. They got off the phone and there was an avalanche.”

At least three homes in the tiny hamlet of Johnsons Landing were believed to have been crushed by the landslide.

Sarah Jenkins, Valentine Webber’s niece, said the family is from the area and had lived on the house for years. Webber built the family’s home and a small cabin on the property himself, she said.

Valentine, who goes by Val, is a sailor who worked on shipping vessels until a shoulder injury a couple of years ago.

Rachel is still in high school, while Diana has been attempting to pursuing a career in Los Angeles as a screenwriter, said Jenkins.

“Somebody should get up there and start looking,” she said.

A state of emergency was declared for the area and an evacuation saw several residents taken to the community of Kaslo, across the lake from the slide.

Federal government will appeal assisted-suicide ruling

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The federal government will appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that struck down Canada’s ban on assisted suicide, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Friday.

The landmark ruling last month said the ban is unconstitutional and gave Ottawa a year to rewrite it.

Judge Lynn Smith also granted an immediate exemption to the law, allowing Gloria Taylor, one of the women who brought the lawsuit, to die with a doctor’s help.

In a statement, Nicholson said the government intends to seek a stay on all aspects of the ruling, including the exemption for Taylor, while it goes to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Taylor, a West Kelowna resident, suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS, and said she wants a doctor’s help in dying with dignity before her illness progresses to the point that she can no longer care for herself.

“The government is of the view that the Criminal Code provisions that prohibit medical profession-

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Dozens forced from homes as police make arrest in ’78 murder case BARRIE, Ont. — Police and explosives experts combed through hidden bunkers, detonated homemade devices and analyzed unidentified chemicals on Friday as they sifted through the home belonging to suspects in a three-decade-old murder case.

The extensive investigation in this central Ontario city prolonged an evacuation order that has kept 57 local residents out of their homes for the past 24 hours.

Police put the order into effect on Thursday, hours after announcing arrests in a murder investigation dating back to 1978.

Donald Feldhoff, 54, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 26-year-old Michael Traynor. His 75-year-old father, William, has been charged as an accessory after the fact.

Provincial Police Det. Insp. Martin Graham said the case broke the day before when Donald Feldhoff turned himself in at a local station.

The subsequent arrest of William Feldhoff, he said, triggered the search of the house where the father and son had lived for decades.

The cache of explosives, chemicals and firearms unearthed there is being handled separately from the murder investigation, he said.

“There’s no indication that any evidence inside the residence is linked to the 1978 murder of Michael Traynor,” Graham said at a press conference.

The police probe into the Feldhoff residence proceeded slowly as experts picked their way through a thicket of suspicious devices.

Nicholson, though, said the law has to protect people.

“The laws surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide exist to protect all Canadians, including those who are most vulnerable, such as people who are sick or elderly or people with disabilities.”

Nicholson also said the government would have nothing more to say on the matter while the case is before the court.

B.C. Civil Liberties lawyer Sheila Tucker, one of two lawyers involved in the case, said she’s disappointed but not surprised by Ottawa’s appeal of the case.

“We found the original decision to be extremely persuasive,” she said.

The exemption in Taylor’s case will stand until the appeal court decides otherwise, but Tucker wouldn’t speculate on what the woman will do.

Reached at her home Friday, Taylor said she didn’t wish to comment on the federal government’s decision.

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als, or anyone else, from counselling or providing assistance in a suicide, are constitutionally valid,” Nicholson said.

“The government also objects to the lower court’s decision to grant a ’constitutional exemption’ resembling a regulatory framework for assisted suicide.”

Taylor hailed the lower court’s ruling because it gives her control over when and how she dies.

She had hoped the government wouldn’t appeal.

“I would really like to think that the government would see that they can’t do this to me,” Taylor said last month. “They can’t do this to other Canadians.’

In her complex, 395-page judgment, Smith said the ban on physician-assisted suicide violates two sections of the charter of rights covering the right to equality and the right to life, liberty and security of the person.

She said the law must allow for doctor-assisted suicide in cases where patients have a serious illness or disability and are experiencing intolerable suffering. Such patients must ask for the help, must be free of coercion and cannot be clinically depressed, the ruling noted.

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Exploiting the street heat ENGINEERS LOOK AT HOW TO TURN RADIANT SUMMER HEAT INTO A VALUABLE RESOURCE

BY BENJAMIN GILLIES SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE WINNIPEG — Watching the rays radiate off the pavement on a scorching summer afternoon, it is obvious that asphalt, common in road and sidewalk construction, is incredibly good at trapping heat.

In fact, on a steamy July or August day, it can become as hot as 60C — and stay that way well after sunset. This pushes up the temperature of cities covered in the black material, increasing energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and even heat-related illness and mortality.

Engineers have long recognized this problem, known as the heat island effect, and much effort has gone into mitigating its unpleasant results. It has been recommended cities paint all black surfaces white, for example, or plant more trees.

Recently, however, experts at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts and the University of Rhode Island have suggested we adopt a different approach, viewing the heatabsorbent capacity of asphalt not as a burden, but an untapped asset.

While we do not often think of it this way, when asphalt heats up, what it is doing — very effectively — is collecting solar energy. Considering the massive surface area covered by roads and parking lots in the average North American city, this is a huge amount of free power that is right now being lost. As such, the optimal approach to dealing with overheated asphalt may not be to fight its heat-retaining power, but instead attempt to capture it for productive use.

Since 2010, researchers at both schools have been experimenting with different ways of harnessing this solar energy supply, such as laying a series of pipes beneath the street surface.

These pipes could eventually be used to heat water that is then pumped to surrounding buildings, or filled with other liquids that turn to vapour used to drive steam turbines generating electricity to power street lamps and for other uses.

Employing similar heat pumps and heat storage facilities, engineers in Spain are also working on using the trapped heat to maintain the temperature of roads above freezing levels in winter, preventing the formation of ice on the surface. While not only improving traffic safety, such a breakthrough would mean less salt was required to reduce frost, and the cost of street maintenance could be reduced as the extreme temperature changes that cause cracking would be mitigated.

Asphalt is cheap, and with cashstrapped cities already struggling to pay their bills, they may be hardpressed to justify spending money on more costly alternative paving materials. As such, capturing the heat generated by asphalt may ultimately be the most realistic solution.. It may actually be the most sustainable approach as well. After all, asphalt is recyclable,

making it a relatively environmentally friendly product.

By some estimates, pavement covers up to half of North America’s urban area. That is a huge amount of space taken up for just one purpose: transportation. By underlying our road network with energy-harnessing infrastructure, suddenly our streets and parking lots would serve a dual transportation/energy-production function — far more efficient than taking up additional space laying solar panels or building another generating station on the outskirts of town. Finally, unlike other solar energy systems that primarily run only during the day, asphalt is an incredible insulator, meaning it can continue providing useful power even after sunset.

With Canadian summers becoming longer and hotter, coming up with new and affordable measures for cooling

down our cities and saving energy will become more critical. It remains to be seen whether these types of systems are feasible and cost-effective, but further research is worthwhile.

Done successfully, harnessing this power could simultaneously cool off the street surface and send the heat somewhere useful. The heat island effect would be reduced; the cooler pavement would have a longer lifespan; and the free and clean solar energy would be going to beneficial activities, reducing the need to build power sources elsewhere. In the end, the best way to beat the heat may be to get it working for us.

Troy Media columnist Benjamin Gillies is a political economy graduate from the University of Manitoba, where he focused on urban development and energy policy. He works as an urban development consultant in Winnipeg.

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Democracy makes progress in Arab world The good news about last weekend’s election in Libya, as relayed by the Western media, was that the “Islamists” were defeated and the Good Guys won.

The real good news was that democracy in the Arab world is still making progress, regardless of whether the voters choose to support secular parties or Islamic ones.

The Libyan election was remarkably peaceful, given the number of heavily armed militias left over from the war to overthrow the Gaddafi dictatorship that still infest the country. Turnout was about 60 per cent, and Mahmoud JiGWYNNE bril, who headed the National DYER Transitional Council during last year’s struggle against Gaddafi, won a landslide victory.

Jibril, whose National Forces Alliance was a broad coalition of diverse political, tribal and ethnic groups, denied that it was a “secular” party — a necessary posture in a deeply religious and conservative society like Libya’s — but it certainly was not an Islamic party. Yet it won 78 per cent of the vote in Tripoli, the capital, and 58 per cent even in the oil-rich east.

The explicitly Islamic parties, the Justice and Development Party (Muslim Brotherhood) and Al-Watan, did far worse than they expected, getting barely 20 per cent of the vote in Benghazi, the big city in the east. But they should not have been surprised.

In Tunisia to Libya’s west and Egypt to the east, the Muslim Brotherhood was the mainstay of resistance to the dictatorships for decades, and it paid a terrible price for its bravery. It was natural for voters in those countries to reward Islamic parties when the tyrants were finally overthrown. Gaddafi was more ruthless and efficient in crushing all opposition in Libya, and the Muslim Brotherhood had scarcely any local presence.

So Libya gets a “secular” government, while Tunisia and Egypt get “Islamic” governments — but the point is that they all get democratically elected governments, and stand a reasonable chance of be-

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Libya’s first nationwide elections in nearly five decades brought hints of an Arab Spring precedent: Westernleaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals hoping to follow the same paths to power as in neighbours Egypt and Tunisia.

coming countries that respect human rights and the rule of law. Tunisia, indeed, has already made that transition, and Egypt, with one-third of the entire population of the Arab world, is still heading in that direction, too.

The relevant question is not whether a party is Islamic; it’s whether it is democratic. The distinguishing feature of the Islamic parties that have emerged in post-revolutionary Arab countries is that they have almost all chosen barely modified versions of the name of Turkey’s ruling Islamic party, the Justice and Development (AK) Party.

The AK party has governed Turkey with remarkable success for the past 10 years. The economy has flourished, the army has finally been forced to stop intervening in politics, and you can still buy a beer almost anywhere in Istanbul.

AK is a socially conservative party, of course, like Germany’s Christian Democratic Party or the Republican Party (aka the White Christian Party) in the United States. But like those parties, it respects the constitution, civil rights and the voters’ choice. It’s hardly surprising that its leader and Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyib Erdogan, was greeted as a hero when he visited Cairo shortly after the revolution.

There is no good reason to believe that Islamic parties in Arab countries will behave worse than “secular” parties, any more than we would worry if a “secular” party in Germany were about to lose to a “Christian” party. In fact, the Christian Democratic Party currently leads the coalition government in Germany, and civil rights are still safe.

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It didn’t work in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood’s party won both the parliamentary and the presidential elections.

This did not please the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and its allies from the old regime, and they arranged for the Egyptian Supreme Court (whose members were all appointed by the old regime) to dismiss the new parliament on a flimsy constitutional pretext just two days before the presidential election last month.

Then, as the voters were actually casting their ballots, the army also stripped the office of the president of its right to control the armed forces, gave itself the right to impose new laws, and declared that it would choose the group who write the new constitution. It was a coup implicitly justified by the rise of the “Islamic menace” — and some secular Egyptian politicians, disgracefully, have gone along with it.

Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohammad Morsi, has refused to accept the army’s decrees, and a delicate game is underway in Cairo in which he is trying to discredit the soldiers and gradually drive them back into their barracks without risking an open confrontation that could trigger an actual military coup. He will probably win in the end, because the army knows that the masses would promptly be back in Tahrir Square if it did try a coup.

And if Egyptians don’t like what their Islamic government does, they can always vote it out again at the next election.

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Competing with the other Mexico IF YOU LOOK PAST THE DRUG ISSUES AND THE CRIME, YOU FIND A GROWING INDUSTRIAL POWER While the headlines portray Mexico as a brutal centre of crime, drug trafficking and corrupt law enforcement, which it is, Mexico paradoxically is also a country with a growing industrial base, improving capacity in engineering and technology, and an expanding middle class.

DAVID Now, the CRANE world will be watching to see how the country’s presidentelect, Enrique Pena Nieto, who assumes office on Dec. 1, will deal with Mexico’s terrible problems of organized crime and corruption, while taking the country to the next level of innovation and competitiveness to deliver stronger growth in jobs and incomes.

This is an important transition for Canada as well. We face a future of much greater competition from Mexico for investment in a world where our economy will become progressively smaller than that of Mexico. In 2011, on a purchasing power parity basis, Mexico’s economy ranked 12th in the

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Yet because of Mexico’s potential, Mexico also offers opportunity for our own economy in exports and investment. Close to 3,000 Canadian companies are said to have a Mexican connection. Mexico is our third largest source of imports and our fifth largest export market, though we have a significant trade deficit.

Indeed, Mexico has generated big opportunity for Canada’s leading corporations.

In auto parts, for example, Magna International has 30 production facilities there, with about 16,000 employees, almost as many as in Canada. Last year, it announced plans for a $100 million stamping plant that would employ 700 workers. Linamar Corp. in 2010 announced a $120 million investment for a plant that would employ 800 workers.

Martinrea International, another Canadian auto parts company, has five plants in Mexico.

A big reason is that Mexico is a key growth centre for the North American auto industry, attracting billions of dollars in new investment, while Canada is losing ground. Since 2008, Mexico has produced more vehicles than Canada, and is also the largest exporter of auto parts to the U.S., surpassing Canada a number of years ago.

Bombardier is another Canadian company with growing investments in Mexico. In 2008, Bombardier Aero-

space opened a major manufacturing facility in Mexico with plans to grow to 2,500 employees by the end of this year. Bombardier Transportation, which manufactures rail technology, has been in Mexico for 20 years and has more than 1,000 employees. And Celestica has assembled BlackBerrys and other products for RIM in Mexico.

Mexico clearly has a cost advantage.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, hourly manufacturing costs in 2010 totalled US$35.67 in Canada, compared to US$6.23 in Mexico.

Canada’s ‘Dutch Disease’ dollar has clearly taken a toll. In 1997, Canadian hourly manufacturing costs were 82 per cent of the U.S. level but by 2010, they were 103 per cent. Mexico’s costs had risen from 15 per cent of the U.S. level in 1997 to 18 per cent in 2010. To the extent that multinationals are reshoring from China to North America, Mexico and the U.S. south, not Canada, is where the investment is going.

Scotiabank is another important Canadian player in Mexico, operating Mexico’s seventh largest commercial bank with more than 600 branches.

CAE this year inaugurated its first aviation training centre in Mexico.

And last year, TransCanada Corp. completed construction of its second pipeline in Mexico.

Looking ahead, there are two areas that offer significant opportunity for Canada: oil and gas and agri-food.

Mexico’s need for a cleaner environment could be a third.

A study conducted for the Canadian embassy in Mexico in 2010 found 43 Canadian oil and gas companies operating there, providing geophysical services and mapping, drilling and support services, and oil and gas field machinery and equipment. Since Mexico’s incoming president has promised expanded foreign participation in Mexico’s oil and gas industry, there should be opportunities for Canadian companies.

Agri-food is another important area.

Mexico currently imports about onethird of its basic foods, such as corn, wheat, soybeans, milk and meat. It also faces harsh threats to water supply and growing risks of drought due to climate change.

Yet its population of 110 million people, and growing, will be seeking better diets as the middle class expands. Mexico is already an important market for Canada’s agri-food industry.

Clearly, Mexico represents both a challenge and an opportunity for Canada, threatening to outcompete Canada for international investment while providing a growth opportunity for several thousand Canadian companies. It will loom larger in our own economic future and we should plan for that.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Grunting, shrieking and screaming!

Tennis anyone?

So the big Wimbledon thing is done and I guess the U.S. Open is next.

Maybe you’re an avid follower of the genteel sport of tennis, or perhaps you wouldn’t know the difference between “love” and “volley,” but either way, there’s an issue that is threatening the very fabric of the game itself.

I’m speaking, of course, of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s skimpy little tennis outfits, which ironically have very little fabric to threat.

I’m just kidding. In fact, that six-foot-two, 25-year-old who models bikinis in her spare time has single handedly boosted the male viewership of tennis significantly since she won her first WimHARLEY bledon at the age of 17.

HAY No, what I’m actually talking about are the complaints that the once high-falutin game of tennis that only allowed prissy white clothing on the court and enforced strict rules of “courtesy” now features matches that sound very much like walking through a crowded pig barn during mass mating.

These days, it’s like going to a grunting contest and if you’re lucky, a tennis match will break out.

This grunting — also officially labeled “shrieking” or “screaming” by tennis experts — has been particularly prominent in female players like Sharapova when hitting the ball. Every time. Every stroke. And it’s not particularly subtle either.

People driving by Grand Slam tennis stadiums regularly call 911 on account of they think there are people being tortured in public inside that stadium.

It’s what they used to call (way back a year or so ago) a “hot button topic” and it’s controversial, no doubt about it. Some like it, saying that the grunting is a dynamic “release” that helps the players and makes the game more exciting.

You might be able to tell where I stand on the matter, when I say that these people are complete morons.

Nobody in their right mind wants to sit through two or three hours of incessant bellowing like a wounded cow whenever a little yellow ball is whacked by a large racket. What happened to the good old days when the racket made the racket?

Most if not all female super-duper stars grunt, shriek and scream — and that’s when they are yelling at the umpire. It’s even worse when they start smacking that little ball.

Take perpetual champ Serena Williams, who’s grunting seems to be growing louder every year. That might because she’s about four times more muscular than she used to be not long ago, even though everybody knows there’s no such a thing a steroids in profession tennis. (Cough, cough.)

I personally took a little trip with a much smaller Serena a decade or so ago when I was in New York

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making a video. Just me and her alone together, although it was a fairly short trip on account of it was in an elevator.

The U.S. Open was on in the Big Apple at the time when an attractive girl in a spiffy sports suit got on the elevator. I thought I myself was pretty cool at the time seeing that I was in an elevator at the venerable Essex Hotel on Central Park and I had a large newstype television camera dangling from a strap on my shoulder. But I wasn’t prepared for her superstar cool.

She looked at me and my camera suspiciously and plunked down her duffle bag. Dead giveaway. The bag had at least a dozen tennis rackets sticking out of one end. So I started to clue in when I deduced that this had to be Venus Williams the tennis star. Good thing I didn’t say something typically stupid, like “Hi Venus, I’m a big fan” on account of I had the right family and the right sport, but the wrong sister.

For once I did the right thing and immediately put the camera on the floor so that she wouldn’t think I was paparazzi-ing her, and said “Hello.” She was very nice and said “Hello” back, feeling much friendlier now that she knew I wasn’t going to jam a camera in her face like she was no doubt used to ad nauseam. But then she let out a yelp. It wasn’t a tennis grunt mind you, it was a normal non-tennis yelp.

“Oh man,” she says, looking into the mirrors on the elevator walls. “I have my sweater on backwards!”

And sure enough, the trendy top had the neck tag thingy on the front, and so the defending tennis champion Serena, who by now was a close personal friend on account of we had said “Hello,” proceeded to pull her arms inside the sweat shirt like a turtle, spin it around the right way and poke her arms back out before the elevator even dinged another floor.

“Impressive!” I say, trying to be impressive.

“Thanks,” she says, laughing a bit now. “I’m just glad I noticed it now, ’stead of later, you know?”

I laughed, realizing that the tabloids would no doubt make an international incident out of Serena wearing her shirt backwards, complete with inevitable front page photographs. And then, too soon, our trip together is over and we are stopping at the ground floor and the doors are sliding open.

“Well,” I say, smiling. Trying to be clever and charming. “You look great either way.”

And Serena gives me a grand slam smile, and heads out to the waiting limousine and the waiting crowds at Flushing Meadow Park, where her sister Venus eventually beats her and takes the championship away from her.

And for the record, both Serena and Venus are among the most vociferous grunters.

In fact, it’s gotten to be such an issue that the Women’s Tennis Association recently announced a program to get rid of the grunt. Young players in the WTA are no longer allowed to grunt during lessons or matches, and they are talking about introducing noise meters and penalties into professional tennis championship grunting sessions.

Good for them, I say. And next time I ride the elevator with Serena or Venus or maybe even Maria, I’ll have to ask them what they think about all this noise over their noise. And of course I’ll make sure to double-check for any wardrobe malfunctions.

Because come to think of it, in the world of women’s tennis, isn’t the wardrobe a lot more important than a bit of grunting?

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

How do you thank a beautiful soul?

If I made good soup, it was because this little volunteer had no problem telling me that something was lacking, or that if I would add some vinegar or some ketchup it would enhance the flavour.

Believe me — I soon learned to rely on her advice, both for the food served and for other things that we would encounter, such as how to deal with certain individuals. She has a unique balance of loving compassion and harsh reality, and in our environment, that is a crucial attitude to have.

So you can understand why I have come to rely heavily on CHRIS this woman.

SALOMONS I don’t want to tell you her age, but she has the three score and 10 tucked away with at least 10 years of experience, and for some years now has had an increasing problem with her hip. Today, she announced that with the hip problem, she was no longer able to come and help at the kitchen, and would I mind if she stopped coming.

Mind? Of course I would mind — it would be like losing a limb that you rely on to get your work done.

Here is how her day would go, so you can see just

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how indispensable she is.

Ada Barg would arrive by bus at 8:30 every Monday morning except the third Monday of the month, which was her quilting day. Upon arrival, cane and handbag tucked in a corner, she would put on her own white apron, which was starched and immaculately ironed, and then proceed to lay out her own knife and peeler (because they felt good in her hand), at which point she would turn to me and ask what were we serving today, and did we need fresh veggies and fruit. This usually consisted of celery and carrot sticks along with cantaloupe, honey dew and cut oranges.

All of it scrupulously washed and cut into bite size pieces. Inevitably she would comment on the freshness or the lack there of concerning the vegetables and soak them in cold water to renew some freshness if needed. Then not wanting to waste anything, she asked if I could use the celery leaves for the soup that day.

When she had all this done, she would have a brief rest and then help get ready to serve, setting out the proper serving tools, plates, bowls and anything else that was needed.

It was at this point that I would always ask her to taste the soup to critique it. She would not pull any punches and if something was needed, she would taste, then stand back and ponder, and say, “Yes, it definitely needs something, did you add any vinegar yet?” This would carry on until she was satisfied

with the taste.

Then at 11:30, she would be at her station serving the soup and in gentle voice, inform the customers that refills were available. There she would stand for an hour and a half, sore hip and all.

Then when the crowd dwindled out, she would pour herself a soup and sometimes, after much persuasion, sit down and eat.

Soup all done, she would then pitch in and help with the cleanup, wiping tables, doing dishes and wiping counters.

So far I’ve only mentioned her work. Because of age and her graceful bearing, recipients of her services would affectionately call her Grandma or Mother, because that is how she caringly presented herself.

As I wrote in a previous article, one lady approached her because of her loving attitude, because her own grandmother called her that kid down the street, so she over the course of the last year has become good friends with Ada. So when she asked would I mind if she stopped coming, I could only think of just how much this beautiful woman would be missed, and not only by me, but by all those who worked with her and were served by her.

So, thank you Ada Barg; you have become a beautiful part of my life.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Syrian regime implicated in massacre

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Anti-regime activists in Syria said Friday that government gunners rained shells on a poor, farming village before armed thugs moved in, leaving scores of people dead in what rebels claim is one of the worst single days of bloodshed in the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime.

The accounts of the killings varied, as did estimates of the number of dead.

Late Friday, local activists backed away from previous declarations that more than 200 people were killed. One said he had confirmed 74, but had only 20 names. Another provided a list of 103 names.

One amateur video posted online Friday showed a mass grave that was three bodies wide and about 10 bodies long. The video’s narrator called it “the first group of martyrs from the Tremseh massacre.”

Activist claims and videos could be independently verified, but the killings in Tremseh appear to be the latest in a string of offensives by Syrian forces attempting to crush the uprising against Assad.

The Obama Administration blamed the Syrian regime for the violence and said the killings should boost international backing for efforts to push him from power.

“It certainly does build strong international support to continue to ramp up the pressure on Assad,” said Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest from aboard Air Force One on the way to Obama campaign events in Virginia.

The head of the U.N. monitoring mission in Syria also singled out government forces for blame, saying they attacked from the air and land in “continuous violence.”

Yet much remains unclear about what happened in Tremseh, such as why Assad’s troops moved against the village and whether all of the dead were civilians. One group said dozens

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by AP video Friday purports to show bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria, about 15 kilometers northwest of the central city of Hama. Antiregime activists in Syria said Friday that government gunners rained shells on a poor, farming village before armed thugs moved in, leaving scores of people dead in what rebels claim is one of the worst single days of bloodshed in the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime. of the dead were rebel fighters.

Few videos were shot during the violence on Thursday. One showed a young man wailing over the body of an elderly man wrapped in a blanket and lying in the street.

“Come on, Dad. For the sake of God, get up,” the man sobs. A boom is heard in the background.

Another video showed a tank in the street while large explosions and gunfire are heard.

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Mladic absent from UN genocide trial due to illness

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ratko Mladic’s genocide trial was halted Friday for a second day running because the former Bosnian Serb military commander was undergoing medical tests and under observation after being rushed to a hospital a day earlier.

Mladic’s seat in in the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal courtroom was empty as the trial briefly resumed.

Tribunal spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic said Friday afternoon that Mladic was discharged from a hospital and sent back to his cell.

“Ratko Mladic has returned to the detention unit after medical examinations confirmed there were no abnormalities in his health status and that no treatment is required,” Jelacic said in a statement. “The previous determination that Mladic is fit to stand trial therefore remains unchanged.”

Mladic’s lawyer said he initially feared the 70-year-old former general had a stroke when he complained of feeling ill in court Thursday, but that tests had ruled that out.

“Now we think either it’s a high level of sugar in his blood or high blood pressure, since he had both higher than normal yesterday,” Branko Lukic told reporters outside the courtroom.

“We are hopeful that we will continue on Monday.”

However, Lukic warned that Mladic’s frail health could be imperiled by his trial and hinted he would apply to further reduce the time he spends in court each week.

The complex trial, covering atrocities spanning the entire 1992-1995 Bosnian war that left 100,000 people dead, already is expected to last years and has so far had sittings scheduled for only one morning or afternoon session per day.

“There is some kind of recommendation from the medical staff as well that he should have more rest during the day and we think we should have less working days during the week as well,” Lukic said. “It is too much for him. It’s not only sitting and listening,

it’s stressful too. Obviously, it did affect him.”

Lukic’s concerns raise the spectre of the trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, which had to be aborted without a verdict when he died in his cell of a heart attack in 2006.

Milosevic’s trial dragged on for four years in part because of his ill health repeatedly holding up proceedings.

The leader of a group that represents family members of some of the 8,000 Muslim men killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre said she hoped Mladic would survive.

“We wish him a good recovery. We pray to God that he gets well because if he dies, justice will die with him and the victims will be betrayed again,” said Munira Subasic, the head of the Mothers of Srebrenica group. “We need him to be convicted. We need it for our own history. We do not want the Milosevic situation to be repeated.”

Mladic also has had poor health during his 16 years as a fugitive from international justice and since his arrest last year and transfer to a cell in The Hague.

Since arriving in the Netherlands, Mladic has undergone surgery for a hernia and been treated for other ailments including a kidney stone and pneumonia.

But as witness testimony at his longawaited trial got under way this week he looked healthier than at any time since his arrest.

Fearing a similar scenario to Milosevic’s aborted trial, prosecutors last year unsuccessfully applied to judges to split Mladic’s trial into two separate cases, fearing his health was too fragile for such a lengthy case.

Prosecutors proposed trying Mladic first for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, for which he is accused of genocide, before starting a separate trial on charges of masterminding other Serb atrocities throughout Bosnia’s 1992-95 war that left 100,000 dead.

Mladic denies any wrongdoing during his time as leader of the Bosnian Serb military, arguing that his forces were defending Serb interests.

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questions about whether the international community’s diplomatic efforts to end the crisis remain relevant. Kofi Annan, the international envoy whose peace plan for Syria has been largely ignored by all sides, said he was “shocked and appalled” by the reports of the attack.

He singled out the government for using heavy weaponry in populated areas, something it was supposed to stop doing three months ago.

Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of U.N.

monitoring mission, told reporters in Damascus that a group of observers about five kilometres (three miles) away during the violence confirmed the use of heavy weapons and attack helicopters.

He said his team would investigate if a cease-fire were reached.

The nearly 300 observers in Syria have largely stopped moving around because of continued violence. Government forces have also barred them from the sites of past massacres.

In Istanbul, the head of the Syrian National Council, an exile opposition group, called on the Security Council to meet urgently to discuss ways to protect the Syrian people. He also said the killings raised doubts about Annan’s plan.

“Kofi Annan is very much away from the mission that he was entrusted with, which will make us reconsider everything he proposes,” Abdelbaset Sieda told reporters.

Syria has grown increasingly chaotic in recent months as the protests calling for political change that began in March 2011 have been overshadowed by scores of rebel groups waging an armed insurgency against the government.

Rebel groups operate independently, and a string of large suicide bombings has raised suspicions that al-Qaida fighters are operating in Syria.

Activists often blame attacks on shabiha, or pro-government thugs who do not directly answer to any military structure — allowing the government to deny responsibility for their actions.

The killings in Tremseh, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) northwest of the central city of Hama, reflect the difficulty of getting reliable information on events inside Syria, a country of 22 million people that is about the size of North Dakota.

Independent investigation is nearly impossible, as Syria has one of the most authoritarian governments in the Middle East and bars most journalists from working.

Militants that attacked village flee back to Afghanistan

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KHAR, Pakistan — Dozens of militants from Afghanistan who attacked a Pakistani village and took scores of hostages have fled back across the border, leaving the captives behind after a deadly battle with the army, officials said Friday.

The fighters who staged the crossborder attack on Thursday around 2 p.m. local time came from Afghanistan’s Kunar province and appeared to be targeting members of an antiTaliban militia in Kitkot village near Pakistan’s Bajur tribal area, in the northwest.

Pakistan has railed against Afghan and NATO forces for not doing enough to stop the rising number of cross-border attacks, which it says have killed dozens of members of its security forces. However, there has been little sympathy from the U.S. and Afghan gov-

ernments, which have long complained Pakistan allows sanctuary to militants fighting in Afghanistan.

The militants in Thursday’s attack fled Kitkot under the cover of darkness late that night, said Framosh Khan, a government official in the surrounding area. Locals reported seeing them carrying the bodies of 15 dead fighters, he said. Two anti-Taliban militiamen were also killed in the fighting.

Pakistani soldiers managed to free dozens of villagers who were taken hostage by the militants or were trapped in their homes during the fighting, said Khan.

The information could not be independently verified because the area is largely off-limits to reporters.

Elsewhere in the country, a bomb exploded on Friday near a political rally in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least five people, officials said.

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Uzbek man sentenced to more than 15 years in U.S. prison for threatening to kill Obama from an undercover agent and made a final threat against the president, authorities said. The agent also gave Kodirov four hand grenades with the powder removed.

Authorities said Kodirov was in the country illegally because he obtained a student visa but never enrolled in school. He faces deportation after his release from prison. Bell said he could be killed for his actions when he returns home.

The defence argued Kodirov was lonely and turned to the Internet for entertainment and companionship after moving to Alabama, where few people speak his native language.

A sentencing memorandum submitted by his defence attorney said Kodirov began viewing jihadist websites and YouTube videos. After communicating with Muslim men, he “came to the belief that Americans were killing his people in cold blood.”

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Uzbek man who came to the U.S. pursuing an Ivy League medical degree but wound up working seven days a week at a mall in Alabama was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday for plotting to kill President Barack Obama.

Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, had faced up to 30 years in prison.

Written and oral court pleadings show that Kodirov was accepted to study medicine at Columbia University in New York but never enrolled because his English was too poor. He later moved to Alabama for a job and worked at a mall, where the defence said he used the free wi-fi service to connect with extremists who turned him against the United States.

Kodirov apologized Friday in halting English.

“I am truly sorry for every mistake that I have done,” he told the judge.

Defence attorney Lance Bell argued that Kodirov had accepted responsibility for his actions and was trying to straighten out his life.

He said Kodirov wasn’t a “big, bad terrorist.”

“I’m not calling him a victim, but he’s a victim to a degree of social media,” Bell said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Whisonant said Kodirov would have tried to kill Obama, and a foreign group would have taken credit, had he not been arrested a year ago.

“This case is an example of how our youth can be radicalized by the propaganda and lies on the Internet,” Whisonant told the judge.

Kodirov pleaded guilty in February to threatening to kill Obama, providing material support to terrorism and unlawfully possessing a firearm. He said he came up with the plan to kill the president as he campaigned for reelection after communicating online with a man he believed to be a member of an Uzbek Islamic group the United States classifies as a terrorist organization.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — There’s the football building where boys were abused. The bronzed statue of Joe Paterno and the library that’s named after him. The downtown mural depicting the Hall of Fame coach and the ousted ex-president.

Reminders of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal — and the senior school officials accused of covering it up — are all over Penn State’s campus and State College. School officials say they are still weighing how to deal with the ubiquitous imagery associated with the scandal.

“Does the university want to completely wipe the slate clean? If they do, then they probably want to get rid of something like this — they can still honour Joe in different way,” said Erik Sandell, 31, of Minneapolis, while visiting the Paterno statue with a friend Friday. “Get rid of this, get rid of that facility.”

The statue outside Beaver Stadium served as a focal point for mourners of the late coach but it has turned into a target for critics angered by former FBI director Louis Freeh’s findings that Paterno and other university administrators concealed allegations against Sandusky in 1998 and 2001 to avoid bad publicity.

Some newspaper columnists and former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden have said the statue should be taken down.

“You go to a Penn State football game and there’s 100,000 people down there and they got that statute and you know doggone well they’ll start talking about Sandusky,” Bowden told The Associated Press. “If it was me, I wouldn’t want to have it brought up every time I walked out on the field.”

Penn State spokesman Dave LaTorre said Friday that no decisions had been made “with regard to anything related to Joe Paterno.”

Trustees chairwoman Karen Peetz has said the topic of honouring Paterno — a rallying cry for alumni and former players angered by how he was fired days after Sandusky was arrested in November — remained a sensitive issue that would continue be discussed.

Anthony Lubrano was a vocal critic of the Penn State board’s actions in November before winning election as a

trustee this spring. Asked Friday if the statue should be taken down, Lubrano said, “I think this board recognizes the contributions of Joe Paterno at Penn State and I think that given that they understand all that he’s done, he will certainly be respected by Penn State.”

The most glaring on-campus reminder might be the Mildred and Louis Lasch Football Building, which was the scene of a 2001 allegation in which a graduate assistant coach said he saw Sandusky, the former defensive co-ordinator, abuse a boy in the shower. Authorities said other attacks occurred in it as well.

Lubrano said he had no thoughts on if anything should be done with the building or its locker room.

The Lasch family has no qualms about leaving their name on it, a family member said Friday.

“You don’t build a building and put your name on it expecting that something like this is going to happen, but we have seen a lot of good things happen in that building ... and we expect to see a lot of good, honourable things happen in that building in the future,” said Ken Smukler, a grandson of the Laschs, who helped start Penn State football’s booster club in 1959 and donated $1.7 million to build what is billed as one of the finest collegiate football operations facilities in the nation.

A huge downtown mural shows many figures in Penn State history.

The artist, Michael Pilato, said he had no immediate plans to remove Paterno or former university president Graham Spanier, who was criticized by Freeh.

He already painted over Sandusky, replacing him with a Penn State grad who is an advocate for abuse victims and issues.

The Paterno family is well known in the State College community for philanthropic efforts, including millions to the university to help build a library, and fund endowments and scholarships. Even Penn State’s creamery has a famous flavour named after the coach — “Peachy Paterno.”

Ex-Gov. Ed Rendell, who left office in 2011, said Paterno’s name should stay on the library — “it symbolizes the good of Joe Paterno,” he said — but that other reminders, such as the statue should be evaluated on a caseby-case basis.

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Saudi Olympic opening hints at gender debate

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Unfinished tunnel found in Ariz. near U.S.-Mexico border THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOGALES, Ariz. — U.S. authorities have unearthed an unfinished border tunnel near Nogales, Ariz., making it the fourth tunnel found in a week.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Amber Cargile says authorities found the incomplete tunnel on Friday and that it didn’t appear to be in use.

Authorities believe the tunnel’s aim was to smug-

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Hadi Soua An Al Somaily carries the flag of Saudi Arabia during opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Every country competing at the London Games will include female athletes for the first time in Olympic history after Saudi Arabia agreed Thursday, July 12, 2012 to send two women to compete in judo and track and field. The move by the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom to break with its practice of fielding male-only teams followed earlier decisions by Qatar and Brunei to send women athletes to the Olympics for the first time.

The inherent two-way tug — change-resistant clerics and leaders sensing reform pressures from the streets — has allowed enough slack for some slowpaced movement. King Abdullah has promised to allow women to run and vote in municipal elections in 2015. He also has tried to rein in the country’s feared morality police while challenges to the established order are growing bolder from a population, nearly half of which is under the age of 30.

Saudi women activists have gotten behind the wheel to oppose the driving ban, and bloggers churn

out manifestos about how the Arab Spring will one day hit Saudi shores.

“If Saudi does field women athletes, it is immensely interesting,” said Simon Henderson, a Saudi affairs expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “This flies against the traditions of having a woman not make a public display of herself or mixing with men. Now, the world could see women marching with men in the opening ceremony and — even more — women running in competition.”

gle drugs into the U.S. Earlier this week, federal officials found three sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnels equipped with lighting and ventilation.

Two were found in the San Diego-Tijuana area, and another was found in a vacant strip mall storefront in the southwestern Arizona city of San Luis.

Cargile says the investigation into the Nogales tunnel is ongoing. No arrests have been made.

“We don’t see any ill effects to any systems,” said forecaster Joe Kunches at the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.

There’s a bright side to stormy space weather: It tends to spawn colorful northern lights as the charged particles bombard Earth’s outer magnetic field. Shimmering auroras may be visible at the United States-Canada border and northern Europe this weekend, Kunches said.

The storm began Thursday when the sun unleashed a massive flare that hurled a cloud of highly charged particles racing toward Earth at 3 million mph (4.8 million kph). It was the sixth time this year that such a powerful solar outburst has occurred.

None of the previous storms caused major problems.

In severe cases, solar storms can cause power blackouts, damage satellites and disrupt GPS signals and high-frequency radio communications. Airlines are sometimes forced to reroute flights to avoid the extra radiation around the north and south poles.

Solar storm barrelling toward Earth, but few power grid problems expected LOS ANGELES — A solar storm was due to arrive Saturday morning and last through Sunday, slamming into Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists said it will be a minor event, and they have notified power grid operators, airlines and other potentially affected parties.

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CAIRO, Egypt — Across the world, word that Saudi Arabia would send women athletes to the Olympics for the first time immediately rocketed to the top of websites and broadcasts. In Saudi Arabia’s official media: Not even a hint.

The state-sponsored silent treatment was a lesson into the deep intricacies and sensitivities inside the kingdom as it took another measured step away from its ultraconservative traditions.

While Saudi rulers found room to accommodate the demands of the International Olympic Committee to include women athletes, they also clearly acknowledged that — in their view at least — this did not merit billing as a pivotal moment of reform in a nation that still bans women from driving or travelling without the approval of a male guardian.

“It does not change the fact that Saudi women are not free to move and to choose,” said political analyst Mona Abass in neighbouring Bahrain. “The Saudis may use it to boost their image, but it changes little.”

Even the two athletes selected to compete under the Saudi flag — 800-meter runner Sarah Attar from Pepperdine University in California and Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani in judo — live outside the kingdom and carry almost no influence as sports figures. There is no other choice: Women sports remain nearly an underground activity in Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed al-Marzooqi, editor of a website that aims to cover women and men’s sporting events in Saudi Arabia, viewed Thursday’s announcement as mostly an attempt to quiet international pressure on the lone nation trying to stick with an all-male Olympic team. The other former holdouts, Brunei and Qatar, had already added women Olympic athletes — with Qatar even planning to have a woman carry its flag in London later this month.

“We are still disappointed here,” al-Marzooqi said from the Saudi city of Jiddah. “I should be happy for them, but this will do nothing for women who want to be in sport in Saudi Arabia.”

Still, the opening is not without significance.

The Saudi decision must have received at least some nod from the nation’s Islamic religious establishment, which hold de facto veto power over nearly all key moves by the Western-allied monarchy and gives the royal court its legitimacy to rule over a nation with Islam’s holiest sites.

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B2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 14, 2012 Page B1: The views on the Going-to-the-Sun road are absolutely spectacular – no matter how you are travelling.

Cycling gives you a little more time to take it all in.

Page B1: (from top to bottom) Glacier Lilies are native to the western regions of North America and can be found in subalpine mountain regions. Wildlife, such as this grouse, is plentiful in Glacier and travelling by bicycle allows ample opportunities to see nature up close. In late May and early June when we cycled Going-to-theSun, the road was still not completely open due to snow. A waterfall just before the West Tunnel that leads to The Loop.

Page B2: A map of the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

If you’re nervous to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road, you can take the official shuttle or one of these red buses.

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ROAD: Warm up on shorter trails

Cycling Tips ● The Going-to-the-Sun Road is closed to vehicle traffic until mid-June when the snow is completely cleared from its highest elevations, but it is open to hikers and bikers during the spring months. This is an ideal time to cycle this road. Even though you can’t cycle the entire road, you can make it up to some of the highest outlooks without the worry of dealing with traffic. ● If you want to cycle the entire length, you will have to do it after the road is officially open to all forms of traffic, but cyclists should be aware that the route is strenuous and there are many segments that run along steep cliffs without shoulders. There is less traffic and the climbing portions are a little easier if you travel from east to west on the road. You should also go early in the day to avoid heavy traffic. Cycling is restricted in the most hazardous sections of the Going-to-theSun Road from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 15 to Labour Day and bicycles

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are not allowed on the park trails. The highest point on the road is over 2,000 metres and warm clothes are essential as weather can be unpredictable. ● There is a free shuttle system operated by the National Parks Service on the road and there is limited capacity on these buses for transporting bicycles. Cyclists could cycle the road in one direction and catch a shuttle back, providing there is space on that shuttle to transport the bike. ● There are two excellent cycling shops in Whitefish that can outfit you with top-of-the-line cycling gear. We

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my cycling shorts likely saved me from much of the soreness I would have otherwise felt after three days of cycling in the mountains. The shorts also had an unanticipated bonus: even though I am not be a lean mean cycling machine, when I wear them my husband says I look like J Lo — from the backside anyways.

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Over the next few days, we warm up for the big ride up the Going-to-theSun Road by tackling several shorter rides such as the new Whitefish Mountain Bike Trail and a few leisurely rides around the national park. The road rides give me a chance to practise shifting gears and manoeuvering on the ultra-light carbon-framed Specialized Ruby Elite road bike I have rented.

It is raining lightly as we start cycling up the Going-to-the-Sun Road from Apgar Campground. Since we are travelling in early June, the road is closed to vehicles (except construction trucks) and this makes the ride much more relaxed. The furthest point open to cyclists is a little past The Loop, the only switchback on the road, and we make it our goal to reach The Loop.

The views are spectacular even on the lower elevations and we watch for wildflowers and wildlife as we climb higher — huffing and puffing and shifting gears as we cycle along.

We stop to rest and watch a harlequin duck riding the rapids of McDonald Creek next to the road. Glacier National Park is one of the best places in the lower 48 states to see this unique species, which seems to frolic as it swims and dives in its search for food. Further up the road, we encounter a grouse cutting across the road in front of us.

Water is everywhere around us. We cycle past streams and creeks and cascading waterfalls as we climb higher.

A layer of fluffy white clouds cling to the tops of the highest mountains — obscuring the view at certain points along the way.

We are almost to The Loop when we pass through the West Tunnel and I can hear the sound of water beating on the roof above us. It is hard to imagine the effort it must have taken to bore through 58 metres of solid rock using the technology available in 1926, when the tunnel was built.

My quads are burning and my back is killing me as I stand at the overlook near The Loop and gaze at a magnificent view of Heaven’s Peak. I have driven this road by car many times, but I never imagined I could make it to this height on a bicycle and I feel a unique sense of satisfaction just standing there.

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BY CHARMAINE NORONHA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Beads of sweat trickle down my forehead on a muggy night in Bangkok when I realize I’m late for the Eastern & Oriental Express train. I’ve missed the shuttle from my hotel and my baggage bounces over the streets as I run to the station.

As I fly down the platform, my dress billows behind me. I feel like a character in a movie as I sprint for the train, but it’s not Paris in the 1920s and I’m not chasing the love of my life. Instead, I plan to be chasing back martinis through Thailand’s landscapes of rice paddies and lush hilltops, en route to Laos on this modern luxury train.

I hop on seconds before the green and cream train toot-toots out of the station, and it really is as though I’ve landed in a bygone era.

Cherry-wood-walled corridors inlaid with maroon carpets pave the way to elm-burr paneled cabins, outfitted with floral-patterned furniture adorned with veneers of rosewood marquetry and intricate inlays.

Elegantly suited attendants pepper the corridors, ready to oblige your every need. In the distance, a bar piano tinkles Dixieland jazz.

The Eastern & Oriental is owned by the same company that took over the storied Orient Express, which began running between Paris and Vienna in 1883. That legendary route changed and expanded over time and by the 1930s, the trains also served destinations in central and southern Europe.

Luxurious interiors and service attracted royalty, diplomats, business executives and the bourgeoisie, and the brand still carries that reputation for luxury.

The E&O has several routes, including journeys to Singapore and through Malaysia. I picked a four-day, threenight round-trip from Bangkok to Laos.

Unfortunately, we lost a day’s ride due to flooding that had washed out tracks in the south, so instead of winding through the countryside by day for a stop in Chiang Mai, we listened to a lecture about Thailand’s textile culture and history at Bangkok’s Mandarin Oriental hotel, followed by a delectable evening spread.

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This undated image released by the Eastern and Oriental shows the Eastern and Oriental train crossing the Tha Chompu Bridge near Chiang Mai in Thailand. train just in time for a nightcap, an introduction to our cozy cabins and attendant, and moments later, our bumpy ride into the night began.

At dawn, the smell of coffee wafted through the corridors and the jostling of locomotive travel shook us from slumber. Our attendant greeted us with a continental breakfast.

And then it was off to Phimai, one of the most prominent Khmer ruins complexes in Thailand, which is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Located in Korat in northeastern Thailand, Phimai was the site of a Khmer city, built between 1579 and 1589 by the Khmer King Suriyavaraman I. Here, we were treated to a traditional Khmer dance performance and a lecture about the significance and history of the ancient city.

We hopped back onto the train for lunch and journeyed through picturesque Khao Yai, where we disembarked for an afternoon tour of the GranMonte Family Vineyard, a unique grape-growing region and winery in the country’s north. After sampling several international award-winning selections, we stumbled back onto the train to glam it up for dinner.

The E&O encourages a formal dress code for its night-time noshing as a means to help preserve its glitzy past, and also encourages passengers to get to know each other, so you’re seated among other guests for a fancy-shmancy meal and entertaining conversation.

I dined with a couple who had recently lost their home and belongings in the Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake, and who were using the tragic incident as a catalyst to begin anew, along with a fellow Canadian who regaled me with fascinating stories about working around the world as an international conflict resolution expert with the United Nations.

The next morning, the train rode over the Mekong River via the Friendship Bridge on newly laid tracks linking Thailand to Laos. We were greeted by another traditional dance, this time Laotian, before setting off to explore the capital city of Vientiane, as well as a textile factory started by a former U.N. development worker originally

from Ethiopia.

The day of touring did not provide enough time to do the city justice, but we headed back to the train for the last evening of cocktailing and conversation. After a delightful, waist-expanding three-course dinner, I snuggled into bed for the last night’s journey back to Bangkok.

Before drifting off, it occurred to me that if I had been chasing the love of my life, I might have let him go so I could spend more time chasing adventures on the Eastern & Oriental through Southeast Asia.

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Eskimos trounce Bombers

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DREW BREES

BREES GETS PAID Drew Brees and the Saints reached a deal on par with the quarterback’s recordsetting play, giving New Orleans’ fans some news they can celebrate after an off-season rife with turmoil. The team announced Friday that it had agreed to a five-year contract with Brees. A person familiar with the deal said it’s for $100 million, with $60 million guaranteed.

The deal will also pay the quarterback $40 million the first year, the person told said on condition of anonymity because financial details had not been publicly announced.

Brees posted a note on his Twitter page reading, “Deal is Done!

Love you, Who Dat Nation. See you soon!”

He had been tagged as the Saints’ exclusive franchise player and could not negotiate with other teams. Had a deal not been reached, the tender for a quarterback was worth $16.3 million. Brees would have had to play for that amount or hold out for a better oneyear deal, which would have left his long-term future in New Orleans uncertain. Brees skipped the Saints’ offseason practices while holding out for his new long-term contract, which now gives him the highest average annual pay ($20 million) in NFL history. Buffalo defensive end Mario Williams also has a $100 million contract, but for six years. Now Brees is set to report for the opening of Saints training camp on July 24.

Eskimos 42 Blue Bombers 10 EDMONTON — Quarterbacks Steven Jyles and Kerry Joseph combined to complete three touchdown passes as the Edmonton Eskimos finally produced some offence in a 42-10 romp over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium on Friday.

The Eskimos, who only scored one point in a loss last week to Saskatchewan and 19 in their season opener, improved to 2-1 on the season.

Edmonton scored 18 points off turnovers in the first half.

The Bombers, who continue to struggle during a four-game road trip to open the season, now sit winless at 0-3.

Winnipeg’s problems were further compounded by the loss of their top two quarterbacks, Buck Pierce and Alex Brink, during the game.

Edmonton’s special teams unit opened the scoring by doing something the offence was unable to do the previous game — score a touchdown. Midway through the first quarter, Lee Robinson forced a fumble on a punt return by Demond Washington and Clint Keith followed up to snag the loose ball and ramble 29 yards into the end zone for a 7-0 Eskimos lead.

The Eskimos defence also got into the act on Winnipeg’s next possession as Pierce was picked off by Donovan Alexander, leading to a 43-yard Grant Shaw field goal and a 10-0 lead.

The Bombers got some more bad news before the opening

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers Brady Browne pushes Edmonton Eskimos’ Joe Burnett out of bounds during the second quarter action in Edmonton Friday. The Eskimos struck early and often in a lopsided 42-10 victory. quarter was out as Pierce was sidelined with an apparent ankle injury after he was sacked

by Ted Laurent. Pierce did not return.

Edmonton kept it coming to start the second quarter, connecting for its first TD pass of the season.

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by Joe Burnett, Eskimos quarterback Steven Jyles launched a 33-yard bomb that Cary Koch stretched out to catch in the end zone.

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Indians 1 Blue Jays 0 TORONTO — For a team that sees itself as a playoff contender, July is no time for moral victories.

Toronto ace Ricky Romero continued to round into form Friday, but the Blue Jays’ bats fell silent for a second consecutive start with their star pitcher on the mound as the Cleveland Indians posted a 1-0 shutout victory.

Romero, who lost 2-0 to Chicago last Saturday, has dropped four straight starts as Toronto once again finds itself under .500 at 43-44.

“If we want to make the playoffs (it’s all about team victories). We’re not here for personal stats. Our goal since spring training has been to get into the playoffs and everything else will dictate from there,” said Romero, who battled for six innings, allowing six hits and two walks while striking out six to drop to 8-5 on the season.

“You go through your ups and your downs in this game and you’ve got to be mentally strong and I feel like I’m doing the best I can,” he said. “I know I’ll continue to get better and lead this team in the right direction.”

Travis Hafner’s solo shot in the second inning was all the offence Cleveland (45-41) needed behind a strong outing from Justin Masterson, who gave up just five singles while striking out five and surrendering one walk in the first game for both clubs after the all-star break.

Vinnie Pestano pitched a perfect eighth for Cleveland, while Chris Perez did the same in the ninth to pick up his 25th save.

The Cleveland closer struck out Edwin Encarnacion swinging for the final out, a day after the Toronto first baseman signed a three-year, US$27-million contract exten-

sion.

“They threw the ball exceptionally well against us tonight,” said Blue Jays manager John Farrell, whose team is in the mix in the American League wildcard race but will need to string some wins together to stay in the hunt. “I thought Ricky pitched a good game, as did every guy that came out of the bullpen tonight.

A 1-0 loss is tough to take but in the end we’re a swing of the bat away from tying it up.“ Romero, who came in with the third best run support among American League starters, has now gone 13 innings dating back to July 2 without the Blue Jays providing him any offence.

“You have top tip your hat off to (Masterson). He threw a hell of a game. Kept us off balance all night and for me it’s not about personal (wins),” said Romero. “Obviously you want to get off on the right note (after the all-star break) in the win column.

“One bad pitch. Again. Just hung a curveball to Hafner and he took advantage of it.”

Romero got out of trouble in the fourth when Carlos Santana walked with one out and Michael Brantley doubled to put runners at second and third. But the left-hander struck out Lou Marson swinging and got Johnny Damon to ground out to short.

The Blue Jays finally got a runner into scoring position in the fifth when Yunel Escobar got to first on an infield single and moved to second on a wild pitch. He would get no further, though, as Masterson (6-8) induced a weak grounder to second off the bat of Kelly Johnson.

Masterson, who suffered a 10-3 loss to Tampa Bay last time out when he surrendered eight earned runs in 4 1-3 innings, said he took time away from the game during the all-star break.

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for a 28-0 Eskimos lead.

Edmonton capped off its first half explosion with another passing TD as Jyles hit Shamawd Chambers from four yards out with just eight seconds left to make it 35-0, the play coming off the heels of a 60-yard Hugh Charles run.

The Eskimos were pressing for more midway through the third quarter but turned the ball over on downs at the Winnipeg 20.

Jays bats silent in loss to Indians

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er, Edmonton had a 24-0 lead as Winnipeg backup QB Alex Brink was picked off in his own zone by Eskimo T.J. Hill, who returned it 32 yards for the touchdown.

Winnipeg’s woes continued five minutes into the second with a fumble on its own 24 that was recovered by Edmonton’s J.C. Sherritt.

However, Edmonton was only able to get a single on a missed Shaw field goal.

Shaw redeemed himself with a 24-yarder four minutes later

CALGARY — An autopsy has revealed what caused a horse to collapse and die at the Calgary Stampede Thursday night, leading to a crash that killed two others and hurt one more.

The wall of a major blood vessel leading away from the heart weakened and then burst, causing blood to fill the horse’s abdomen, Stampede officials said in a release Friday afternoon.

“The left lead horse experienced a ruptured aortic aneurysm, leading to sudden internal bleeding and explains why the horse faltered, weakened and then collapsed,” said chief veterinarian Greg Evans.

The rupture took place in the abdomen, “which explains the hind limb weakness noted in the horse prior to collapse.”

Evans said the pre-existing condition is undetectable in animals and could have ruptured at any time during exercise.

When the horse collapsed, it caused a crash that injured two others so badly they had

CALGARY STAMPEDE to be euthanized on the track.

A fourth horse needed surgery and is expected to survive.

Driver Chad Harden was thrown into the air along with an outrider. Neither of the men was hurt.

Harden, who tearfully told reporters late Thursday he was devastated by the crash, has been told of the autopsy results.

Toxicology and drug testing will also be done to find out if there were any other factors that could have led to the horse’s death.

The autopsy results will be used to determine possible improvements to the Stampede’s Fitness to Compete program, in which veterinarians inspect the horses before they compete.

“The Calgary Stampede, and the people who bring their animals to the Stampede, care deeply about the welfare and well-being of those animals.

The Stampede works collaboratively to mitigate risks to human and animal competitors,” the

release said.

An animal welfare group said earlier Friday it wants the chuckwagon races at the Stampede stopped.

“We think that all the changes that the Calgary Stampede has been publicizing over the past few months that were supposed to make this race safe obviously haven’t worked,” said Peter Fricker, a spokesman for the Vancouver Humane Society.

“We think that there’s something more fundamentally wrong with the race and we’re calling for a suspension of the chuckwagon races and a full and fundamental safety review to be conducted.”

Fraser said the Vancouver Humane Society is an “activist group with an activist agenda” that has always pushed for the end of chuckwagon races.

“We rely on the advice from heavy animal experts. We don’t rely on the advice from organizations like VHS,” said Fraser.

The Calgary Humane Soci-

ety has taken a different tack than its Vancouver counterpart when it comes to animal welfare at the Stampede.

It’s against using animals for entertainment, but acknowledges the chuckwagon races and rodeo events aren’t going away.

“We think that working with the Stampede is the best that we can do to help make these events as safe as possible,” said spokeswoman Christy Thompson.

The Stampede introduced some new rules last year aimed at making chuckwagon races safer for both horses and competitors. The move came after six horses died in 2010.

All horses are now inspected by veterinarians when the animals arrive at the Stampede and before and after every race.

There is also a mandatory rest day after every four days of racing.

The number of outriders that accompany each chuckwagon as it thunders around a dirt track was reduced to two from four to try to avoid congestion. Several riders have been seriously injured over the years.

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New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 53 33 .616 45 41 .523 45 42 .517 44 43 .506 43 44 .494

GB — 8 8 9 10

Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 47 38 .553 45 41 .523 45 42 .517 37 47 .440 36 50 .419

GB — 2 3 9 11

Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

West Division W L Pct 53 34 .609 48 39 .552 44 43 .506 36 52 .409

GB — 5 9 17

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Masterson, Pestano (8), C.Perez (9) and Marson; R.Romero, Frasor (7), Oliver (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia. W—Masterson 6-8. L—R.Romero 8-5.

Sv—C.Perez (25). HRs—Cleveland, Hafner (8).

Philadelphia at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

Houston at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:05 p.m.

Boston 120 000 000 — 3 7 2 Tampa Bay 000 001 000 — 1 6 0 F.Morales, Atchison (6), A.Miller (6), Albers (6), Padilla (8), Aceves (9) and Saltalamacchia; Hellickson, Howell (7), Farnsworth (8), Badenhop (9), McGee (9) and Lobaton. W—F.Morales 2-2. L—Hellickson 4-6. Sv—Aceves (20). HRs—Boston, Ortiz (23).

Monday’s Games Arizona at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Houston at San Diego, 8:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland 000 400 002 — 6 8 1 Minnesota 010 200 000 — 3 9 1 Griffin, Doolittle (7), Balfour (8), R.Cook (9) and D.Norris; Liriano, Al.Burnett (9), Fien (9) and Butera.

W—Griffin 1-0. L—Liriano 3-8. Sv—R.Cook (9).

HRs—Oakland, J.Gomes (9). Minnesota, Willingham 2 (21).

Friday’s Major League Linescores

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Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels (Williams 6-5) at N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 3-2), 11:05 a.m.

Cleveland (Jimenez 8-7) at Toronto (Laffey 0-1), 11:07 a.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 8-5) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-5), 2:05 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 8-2) at Tampa Bay (Price 11-4), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 7-5) at Kansas City (Hochevar 6-8), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 8-6) at Minnesota (De Vries 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

Texas (Darvish 10-5) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

Texas 000 012 000 — 3 9 1 Seattle 000 000 002 — 2 7 0 D.Holland, Mi.Adams (8), Nathan (9) and Napoli, Torrealba; Millwood, Luetge (7), Kelley (8), O.Perez (8), Kinney (9) and Olivo. W—D.Holland 6-4. L— Millwood 3-7. Sv—Nathan (19). HRs—Texas, Beltre (16).

Washington Atlanta New York Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 50 34 .595 47 39 .547 46 41 .529 41 45 .477 37 51 .420

GB — 4 5 10 15

Sunday’s Games L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 11:40 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston

Central Division W L Pct 48 38 .558 48 38 .558 46 41 .529 41 45 .477 34 52 .395 33 54 .379

GB — — 2 7 14 15

Monday’s Games L.A. Angels at Detroit, 5:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 6 p.m.

Baltimore at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona Colorado San Diego

West Division W L Pct 48 40 .545 47 40 .540 42 44 .488 34 52 .395 34 54 .386

GB — 1/2 5 13 14

Friday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles001 000 310 — 5 9 1 New York 002 000 04x — 6 8 0 C.Wilson, S.Downs (8), Jepsen (8) and Hester; Kuroda, Qualls (8), R.Soriano (9) and R.Martin. W— Qualls 1-0. L—S.Downs 1-1. Sv—R.Soriano (21).

HRs—Los Angeles, Aybar (3), Trumbo (23). New York, Teixeira 2 (17).

Detroit 200 140 000 — 7 13 0 Baltimore 001 000 001 — 2 6 1 Fister, Coke (8), Benoit (8), Dotel (9), Valverde (9) and Avila; Hammel, Ayala (4), Eveland (5), Gregg (6), Patton (7), Lindstrom (8), Strop (9) and Wieters. W—Fister 3-6. L—Hammel 8-6. HRs—Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (19), Jh.Peralta (6).

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Saturday’s Games Arizona (J.Saunders 4-5) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-3), 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Dickey 12-1) at Atlanta (Hanson 10-5), 2:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 9-2) at Cincinnati (Leake 3-6), 2:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Correia 5-6) at Milwaukee (Estrada 0-3), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 12-3) at Miami (Buehrle 8-8), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Worley 4-5) at Colorado (Guthrie 3-8), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 7-6) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-10), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Volquez 5-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 11:35 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona 100 000 000 — 1 7 1 Chicago 010 131 20x — 8 10 0 I.Kennedy, Zagurski (6), Ziegler (7), Corbin (8) and M.Montero; Maholm, Corpas (8), Camp (9) and Soto. W—Maholm 7-6. L—I.Kennedy 6-8. HRs— Chicago, A.Soriano 2 (17).

Washington012 002 000 — 5 13 2 Miami 000 000 100 — 1 7 1 Zimmermann, H.Rodriguez (7), Mic.Gonzalez (7), Mattheus (8), S.Burnett (8), Clippard (9) and Flores; Jo.Johnson, LeBlanc (6), Webb (8), Choate (9) and J.Buck. W—Zimmermann 6-6. L—Jo.Johnson 5-6.

HRs—Washington, Zimmerman (9).

St. Louis 011 000 010 — 3 9 1 Cincinnati 000 010 31x — 5 7 0 Wainwright, V.Marte (7), Browning (8), Salas (8) and Y.Molina; Latos, Simon (6), Arredondo (8), Marshall (8), Chapman (9) and Hanigan. W—Simon 1-1. L—Wainwright 7-9. Sv—Chapman (12). HRs— Cincinnati, Frazier (10).

New York 000 400 010 — 5 11 0 Atlanta 203 002 00x — 7 10 0 C.Young, Batista (4), Edgin (5), R.Ramirez (6), Byrdak (8), Beato (8) and Thole; T.Hudson, C.Martinez (5), Medlen (6), O’Flaherty (8), Kimbrel (9) and D.Ross. W—C.Martinez 4-1. L—C.Young 2-3. Sv—Kimbrel (26). HRs—Atlanta, D.Ross (4), C.Jones (7).

Pittsburgh 001 410 001 — 7 10 1 Milwaukee 300 111 04x — 10 15 1 Ja.McDonald, J.Hughes (5), Lincoln (6), Watson (8) and Barajas, McKenry; Greinke, Veras (6), M.Parra (7), Fr.Rodriguez (8), Axford (9) and M.Maldonado.

W—Fr.Rodriguez 2-4. L—Watson 4-1. HRs—Pittsburgh, Walker (7), P.Alvarez (17), A.McCutchen (19). Milwaukee, Braun 2 (26), Ransom (8).

Philadelphia001 000 010 — 2 7 2 Colorado 010 002 30x — 6 12 0 Cl.Lee, Schwimer (7), K.Kendrick (7) and Ruiz; Friedrich, Belisle (7), Brothers (8), Roenicke (9) and Ra.Hernandez. W—Friedrich 5-6. L—Cl.Lee 1-6.

San Diego 010 000 000 — 1 7 0 Los Angeles000 002 00x — 2 6 0 Richard, Thayer (8) and Grandal; Kershaw, Guerra (7), Belisario (8), Jansen (9) and A.Ellis. W— Kershaw 7-5. L—Richard 6-10. Sv—Jansen (16).

HRs—Los Angeles, M.Ellis (3).

Houston 000 000 100 — 1 3 0 San Francisco220 000 01x — 5 9 0 W.Rodriguez, R.Cruz (7), Del Rosario (8) and C.Snyder; Bumgarner, Ja.Lopez (8), Romo (8), S.Casilla (9) and Posey. W—Bumgarner 11-5.

L—W.Rodriguez 7-7. Sv—S.Casilla (22). HRs— Houston, C.Snyder (4). San Francisco, Posey (11).

Football Montreal Toronto Hamilton Winnipeg

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GP B.C. 2 Saskatchewan2 Edmonton 3 Calgary 3

CFL East Division W L T 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0

2:30 Edm — TD Hill 32 interception return (Shaw convert) 3:53 Edm — Single Shaw 44 5:25 Edm — FG Shaw 24 9:46 Edm — TD Chambers 4 pass from Jyles (Shaw convert) 14:52

Toronto at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

PF 84 54 52 56

PA Pt 100 4 55 2 82 0 116 0

West Division W L T PF 2 0 0 72 2 0 0 60 2 1 0 62 1 2 0 106

PA Pt 52 4 17 4 42 4 82 2

Week Four Wednesday, July 18 Winnipeg at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 19 Saskatchewan at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 20 Edmonton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 21 Montreal at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Third Quarter Wpg — FG Palardy 46 12:02

Friday Summary Eskimos 42, Blue Bombers 10 First Quarter Edm — TD Kent 29 fumble return (Shaw convert) 7:31 Edm — FG Shaw 42 10:32

Week Three Friday’s result Edmonton 42 Winnipeg 10 Thursday’s result Montreal 33 Calgary 32 Saturdays games B.C. at Saskatchewan, 1 p.m.

Second Quarter Edm — TD Koch 33 pass from Jyles (Shaw convert)

Fourth Quarter Wpg — TD Matthews 72 pass from Elliot (Palardy convert) 0:46 Edm — TD Charles 76 pass from Joseph (Shaw convert) 9:45 Winnipeg Edmonton

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Attendance — 32,067 at Edmonton.

Edwards says drivers should pay for drug testing

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASCAR

LOUDON, N.H. — Carl Edwards wants drivers to pay for a drug testing system to help avoid mistakes that he said could occur under the program operated by NASCAR that led to the suspension of AJ Allmendinger.

“It’s an imperfect world.

People are imperfect. Tests are imperfect,” last year’s Sprint Cup runner-up said Friday before qualifying for Sunday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

“We need to have our own group that is paid by us, that works for us, to be here in tandem with the NASCAR drug testers and have them test us at the same time.

“I don’t think it would be a contentious thing. I think that would remove almost all doubt in any situation of a positive test.”

He called NASCAR’s approach “very admirable” in trying to keep the sport clean but “there’s one more layer that we could put on it. ... You don’t want to convict a guy of something he didn’t do.”

But Brad Keselowski, a teammate of Allmendinger, criticized Edwards’ proposal.

“I don’t think we need

more politics involved in the sport and that’s what (testing) groups like that bring in,” Keselowski said.

He doesn’t think drivers should be allowed to take any supplements, not even “Flintstone” vitamins. Permitting some of them leaves a grey area of what should and shouldn’t be allowed, he said.

“I don’t think there needs to be any committee that approves drugs or supplements or whatever it is,” he said. “I just think you shouldn’t be allowed to take anything. You should just man up and drive the damn race car.”

Allmendinger was suspended about 90 minutes before last Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway after his “A” urine sample taken the previous weekend at Kentucky Speedway came back positive. He has requested that his “B” sample be tested and plans to have his toxicologist present when that is done, probably next week.

Even if that test is negative, Allmendinger’s future in the sport is in danger, Keselowski said.

“It doesn’t make a differ-

ence. It’s still a death sentence,” he said. “Within this sport, we rely on sponsors and reputation.”

Allmendinger, 22nd in the Sprint Cup standings, tested positive for a stimulant, according to a statement Wednesday by his business manager. NASCAR has a policy of not identifying the substance.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other drivers expressed strong faith in the current testing policy, begun in 2009.

“I’m certain that as big and structured an organization as NASCAR is and the agency they have that works with them on their drug program, they can’t make any mistakes,” Earnhardt said. “They can’t afford to make any mistakes. I assume, although I don’t have any answers or don’t know anything about this particular incident, I have to believe that they’re making the right calls and the right choices.”

Sprint Cup points leader Matt Kenseth also supported the system being used but said he was withholding judgment on Allmendinger until the “B” sample results are known.

“They did a lot of things when they put that system in place to make it as fair as they can,” he said.

PGA:John Deere Classic Scores Friday At TPC Deere Run Silvis, Ill. Purse: $4.6 million Yardage: 7,268; Par 71 Second Round a-denotes amateur Troy Matteson 61-68 Jeff Maggert 68-62 Brian Harman 65-65 J.J. Henry 67-64 Gary Christian 65-66 Ricky Barnes 64-67 Robert Garrigus 65-66 Steve Stricker 65-67 Tommy Biershenk 66-66 Lee Janzen 67-65 Ben Crane 66-67 Y.E. Yang 68-65 John Senden 69-64 Luke Guthrie 65-68 Ted Potter, Jr. 67-66 Zach Johnson 68-65 Chris DiMarco 66-67 Martin Flores 67-67 Chris Couch 67-67 Scott Piercy 65-69 John Merrick 67-67 Bobby Gates 66-68 Duffy Waldorf 66-69 Alex Cejka 67-68 Dicky Pride 67-68 Tim Clark 67-68 Tommy Gainey 69-66 Rory Sabbatini 67-68 Stuart Appleby 66-69 Tom Gillis 66-69 Nathan Green 67-69 Brendon de Jonge 68-68 Hunter Haas 67-69 Ryan Moore 67-69 Billy Hurley III 68-68 Scott Brown 70-66 Mark Anderson 69-67 J.J. Killeen 68-68 Randall Hutchison 68-68 Matt Every 71-65 Nick Watney 68-68 Charley Hoffman 68-68 Chris Kirk 68-68 Kyle Stanley 68-69 Camilo Villegas 71-66 Carl Pettersson 68-69 Mark Wilson 69-68 Steve Wheatcroft 67-70 Kevin Streelman 68-69 Roland Thatcher 69-68 K.J. Choi 65-72 Jeff Overton 69-68 Spencer Levin 66-71 Chez Reavie 67-70 Jimmy Walker 66-71 Seung-Yul Noh 68-69 a-Jordan Spieth 70-67 Jamie Lovemark 71-66 Erik Compton 68-69 Scott Dunlap 70-68 Chris Stroud 68-70 Chad Campbell 68-70 Josh Teater 69-69 Jerry Kelly 69-69 Bud Cauley 69-69 Blake Adams 71-67 Danny Lee 70-68 Marco Dawson 70-68 Mathias Gronberg 69-69 Chris Riley 68-70 Kevin Chappell 70-68 Jonathan Byrd 72-66 Matt Bettencourt 68-70 Bill Lunde 66-72 Vaughn Taylor 72-66 Alexandre Rocha 70-68 Billy Horschel 70-68 Failed to qualify Boo Weekley 69-70 Charles Howell III 71-68 Jhonattan Vegas 67-72 David Duval 69-70 Brian Davis 74-65 Kyle Reifers 74-65 Troy Kelly 68-71 John Peterson 69-70

HOUSTON — A person with direct knowledge of the move says Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has signed an offer sheet with the Houston Rockets.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday night on condition of anonymity because the move was not announced.

Another person familiar with the negotiations

says it’s a three-year deal worth about $25 million. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms had not been announced, says the third year is worth about $15 million.

Lin is a restricted free agent and New York is expected to match Houston’s offer within the required three days.

Lin was briefly in Rockets training camp before the season began.

Houston waived him because they had already had Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragic on their roster.

Earlier Friday, the Rockets waived Luis Scola via the amnesty clause.

The one-time use of the amnesty clause allows Scola to leave without his remaining contract counting against the team’s salary cap or luxury tax. Scola is due to make about $21 mil-

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U.S. Senior Open Scores LAKE ORION, Mich. — Scores Friday from the second round of the US2.75-million-U.S. Senior Open, at the 6,862-yard, par-70 Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course: Lance Ten Broeck 66-68 — 134 Tom Kite 65-70 — 135 John Huston 69-67 — 136 Tom Lehman 70-66 — 136 Roger Chapman 68-68 — 136 Corey Pavin 67-69 — 136 Bernhard Langer 66-70 — 136 Dick Mast 68-68 — 136 Jay Haas 69-68 — 137 Chien-Soon Lu 69-68 — 137 Mark Wiebe 69-68 — 137 Jay Don Blake 73-65 — 138 Jeff Sluman 67-71 — 138 Fred Funk 67-71 — 138 Brad Bryant 70-68 — 138 Steve Lowery 70-68 — 138 Rick Lewallen 70-68 — 138 Tom Pernice, Jr. 67-71 — 138 Mark Calcavecchia 68-70 — 138 Kirk Triplett 69-69 — 138 Tommy Armour III 69-69 — 138 Rod Spittle 70-69 — 139 Andrew Oldcorn 70-69 — 139 David Eger 69-70 — 139 Brad Faxon 69-71 — 140 Dan Forsman 69-71 — 140 Loren Roberts 71-69 — 140 Gary Wolstenholme 70-70 — 140 Fred Couples 72-68 — 140 Peter Jacobsen 70-70 — 140 Damon Green 68-72 — 140 Ron Allen 81-84 — 165 Scottish Open Leading Scores Friday At Castle Stuart Golf Links Inverness, Scotland Purse: $3.07 million Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72 Second Round Alexander Noren, Sweden 66-66 Francesco Molinari, Italy 62-70 Ricardo Gonzalez, Argentina 69-64 Matteo Manassero, Italy 69-64 SSP Chowrasia, India 67-67 Thomas Aiken, South Africa 68-67 Matthew Baldwin, England 67-68 Alejandro Canizares, Spain 64-71 Luke Donald, England 67-68 Anders Hansen, Denmark 68-67 Martin Kaymer, Germany 67-68 Peter Lawrie, Ireland 66-69 Shane Lowry, Ireland 66-69 Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 70-65 Anthony Wall, England 67-68 Raphael Jacquelin, France 65-71 Jeev Milkha Singh, India 66-70 Peter Whiteford, Scotland 71-65 Also Phil Mickelson, United States 73-64 Padraid Harrington, Ireland 69-69 Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 69-70 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 69-70 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 69-71 Ernie Els, South Africa 70-70 Missed cut Paul Lawrie, Scotland 73-69 John Rollins, United States 74-68 Sandy Lyle, Scotland 70-73 Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 71-72 Kevin Na, United States 69-74 Rich Beem, United States 68-77

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Rodeo Friday’s Calgary Stampede Results CALGARY — Results and aggregate earnings following Friday’s eighth performance of the Calgary Stampede rodeo: Saddle Bronc 1. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., Sergeant Whitney, 88.50 points; 2. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa, Sky Blue, 87.00; 3. Bradley Harter, Loranger La., John Wayne, 85.50; 4. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, Sundance, 84.50; 5. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, Days and Nights, 84.00; 6. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., Mullin Road, 83.00; 7. Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alta., Blue Blazes, 82.50; 8. JJ Elshere, Quinn S.D., Lonely Warrior, 79.00; 9. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., Scottish Lass, 77.50; 10. Kyreon Geiger, Calgary, Power Supply, 77.00.

Overall Standings 1. C.Wright, $13,000; 2. J.Wright, $12,500; 3.

C.DeMoss, $12,000; 4. Bail, $10,000; 5. Sundell, $9,500; 6. Harter, Loranger, La., $6,500; 7. Flundra, $4,000; 8. H.DeMoss, $2,500.

Bareback 1. Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alta., Spotted Mountain, 83.50; 2. Colin Adams, Deloraine, Man., Bittersweet, 81.00; 3. Brian Bain, Redmond, Ore., Leaning Tower, 81.00; 4. Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, Rio’s Edge, 80.00; 5. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, Hurricane Terry, 79.50; 6.

William Lowe, Canyon, Texas, Yellow Hair, 78.50; 7. Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, Rye Whiskey, 78.00; 8. Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., Kauai Coconut, 74.50; 9. Jake Vold, Ponoka, Alta., Devil Woman, 69.50.

Overall Standings 1. Lowe, $15,500; 2. Peebles, $10,500; 3. Vold, $7,000; 4. Bain, $6,000; 5. LaValley, $6,000; 6. Stevenson, $3,500; 7. DeMers, $2,500.00; 8. Hooper, $1,500.

Bull Riding 1. Kody Lostroh, LaSalle, Colo., Torn Apart, 86.50; 2. Luke Snyder, Ridgedale, Mont., Sterling Price, 84.50; 3. Denton Edge, Marwayne, Alta., Dirt Devil, 84.00; 4. Robson Palermo, Tyler, Texas, Wilder Walker, 82.00; 5. L.J. Jenkins, Porum, Okla., Annette’s Pet, 82.00; Scott Schiffner, Strathmore, Alta., Panic Switch, BO; Jacob O’Mara, Prairieville, La., Rock of Ages, BO; Caleb Sanderson, Stephenville, Texas, Anderson Brown, BO; Ty Pozzobon, Merritt, B.C., Smoke And A Pancake, BO; Dusty Ephrom, Kenosee Lake, Sask., Captain, BO. Overall Standings 1. Lostroh, $15,500; 2. Snyder, $11,000; 3.

Palermo, $9,000; 4. Jenkins, $7,500; 5. O’Mara, $6,500; 5. Edge, $6,500; 7. Sanderson, $5,500; 7.

Schiffner, $5,500; 9. Pozzobon, $3,000.

Tie-Down Roping 1. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 6.8 seconds; 2. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 7.4; 2.

Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 7.4; 4. Randy Smith, Pincher Creek, Alta., 7.7; 5. Steve Lloyd, Alix, Alta., 7.8; 6. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 20.4; Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, NT; Alwin Bouchard, Scandia, Alta., NT; Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah, NT; Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash., NT. Overall Standings

1. Whitfield, $15,500; 2. Schneeberger, $13,000; 3. Gray, $12,500; 3. Hannum, $9,500.00; 4. Shiozawa, $5,500; 5. Smith, $4,500; 6. Cooper, $3,500; 7. Bouchard, $2,500; 8. Durfey, $2,000; 9. Lloyd, $1,500.

Steer Wrestling 1. Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alta., 3.9 seconds; 2. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alta., 4.0; 3.

Casey Martin, Sulphur, La., 4.4; 4. Cody Cassidy, Donalda, Alta., 4.5; 5. Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif., 5.0; 6. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 5.2; 7. Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., 5.3; 8. Rowdy Hays, Rocky Mtn House, Alta., 5.9; Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alta., NT; Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas, NT. Overall Standings 1. Co.Cassidy, $13,500; 2. Martin, $12,250; 3.

Hays, $10,500; 4. T.Milan, $8,000; 5. Gee, $7,500; 6. Graves, $6,500; 7. Cu.Cassidy, $5,250; 8.

S.Milan, $3,500; 9. Bugenig, $1,500; 9. Knowles, $1,500.

Ladies Barrel Racing 1. Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M.. 17.28; 2. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alta., 17.43; 3. Tammy Fischer, Ledbetter, Texas, 17.47; 4. Jody Sheffield, Ogden, Utah, 17.62; 5. Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 17.67; 6. Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 17.70; 7. Savanah Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas, 17.78; 8. Cranna Roberts, Lacombe, Alta., 17.80; 9.

Gaylene Buff, Westwold, B.C., 18.50; 10. Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas, 22.60.

Overall Standings 1. Blanchard, $18,000; 2. Fischer, $12,000;3.

Sears, $11,500; 4. Pierce, $9,500;4. Sheffield, $9,500;6. Smith, $6,500; 7. Churchill, $1,500; 7.

Reeves, $1,500.

Novice Saddle Bronc 1. Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alta., Urban Warrior, 82.50 points., $1,093.30; 2. Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah; Missing Marbles, 79.50, $904.80 3. Lane Watt, Hardisty, Alta., Popeye, 76.50, $716.30; 4. Dillon Barkshire, Delburne, Alta., Laughing Jester, 75.00, $527.80; 5. Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alta., Uranus Moon, 74.00, $339.30; 6.

Coburn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah, Mayan Walls, 73.00, $188.50.

Novice Bareback 1. Kody Lamb, Sherwood Park, Alta., Twilight Moon, 76.50, $893.20; 2. Cole Jamieson, Innisfail, Alta., Unholy Rolly, 74.50, $739.20; 3. Pascal Isabelle, Terrebonne, Que., Sprocket Rocket, 73.50, $585.20; 4. Philippe Harvey, Terrebonne, Que., Test Rocket, 72.50, $431.20; 5. Zach Phillips, Casper, Wyo., U C Me, 72.00, $215.60; 5.

Kenneth Haworth, Eugene, Ore., Thunder Hills, 72.00, $215.60.

Boys Steer Riding 1. Briggs Madson, Honeyville, Utah, 77.50, $591.60; 2. Logan Beiver, Claresholm, Alta., 77.00, $438.60; 2. Kagen Schmidt, Barrhead, Alta., 77.00, $438.60; 4. Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah, 75.00, $285.60; 5. Gunnar Fuchs, Sangudo, Alta., 73.00, $183.60; 6. Brady Resch, Maple Creek, Sask., 68.00, $102.00.

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Riders face tough test against defending champs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — The new and improved Saskatchewan Roughriders defence has looked sharp so far this season, but this weekend it will face its toughest test yet.

The defending Grey Cup champion B.C. Lions visit Mosaic Stadium on Saturday for a battle of the league’s only undefeated teams.

“We’re hanging in there, you know, just trying to get better with every game,” defensive co-ordinator Richie Hall said on Friday. “We’ve got two wins, and it took us a long time last year to do that, so that’s something, anyway.”

Last season, en route to a last-place finish in the West Division, Saskatchewan did not win its second game until Week 9 and by then the playoffs were a moot point.

This year, the Riders opened with a 43-16 victory over the Hamilton TigerCats and followed up by beating the Edmonton Eskimos 17-1.

“The guys are buying in,” Hall said.

“Hopefully, as the season goes on, everyone will be buying in 100 per cent.”

Hall said Saskatchewan’s defensive coaches have been stressing the importance of “getting some pressure off the edge, and generally just being more

consistent with everything we do.”

As well, rookie head coach Cory Chamblin has asked his players on both sides of the ball to play hard on every down.

“Not just on 30 snaps,” Hall said.

“On all 60 snaps.”

Hall said so far the work ethic is paying off.

“The guys are being rewarded,” he said. “We’ve taken a couple of big steps, but there are still some huge steps ahead of us.”

One of those steps would be the Lions.

“I don’t know about this being the stiffest test of the season, because the stiffest test is always the game you’re playing in any given week,” Hall said.

“But we do know that to get where we want to go, we have to go through B.C., because they’re the defending Grey Cup champions.

“The thing is, they’re not invincible.

You have to find the chink in their armour, and everybody has one. Superman had kryptonite.”

For the Saskatchewan defence, the obvious challenges this week are Lions quarterback Travis Lulay, running back Andrew Harris and slotbacks Geroy Simon and Arland Bruce III. “Plus they’re well-coached, and they’ve been through the wars,” Hall said. “They’re a solid football team

and they know how to win.

“But we have a good team, too.

They guys are playing sound football.

They’re giving us a chance to win.

That’s all we can ask.”

The Saskatchewan offence, meanwhile, will have to handle a Lions defence that has a veteran secondary and mobile linebackers but still depends largely on a front four consisting of ends Khreem Smith and Keron Williams and tackles Khalif Mitchell and Eric Taylor.

This is not a good week to be shuffling the offensive line, but a shoulder injury to veteran guard Brendon LaBatte has left the Roughriders no choice.

LaBatte will dress for Saturday’s game, but according to Chamblin, he will be used only in “an emergency.”

Starting at left guard will be rookie Johan Asiata.

Because Asiata is an import — one of three on the Roughriders’ offensive line — Canadian wide receiver Jordan Sisco has been added to the lineup in place of import wide receiver Sinorice Moss, who is now on the one-game injured list.

“We have a group than can get the job done,” Chamblin said, adding that the homegrown Sisco “has to show us what he can do.”

Just as Chamblin was shrugging off

suggestions that this game is an earlyseason showdown of unbeaten teams, Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant was dismissing the notion that it’s a matter of Durant versus Lulay.

The B.C quarterback has led the Lions to victories of 33-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and 39-36 over the Tiger-Cats.

“He’s got his team off to a good start, and that’s good for him,” Durant said. “I can’t worry about the personal matchups.”

Instead, Durant is focused on the Lions’ defence in general and the front four in particular.

“We definitely have to control them up front,” he said.

Like Chamblin, Durant expressed confidence in the two new starters, Asiata and Sisco.

“Sometimes there are going to be injuries,” he said, “and guys are going to have to step in.”

Durant is approaching Saturday’s game as something less than a suddendeath showdown.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a Grey Cup situation, but it’s a great opportunity for us,” he said, and then he fielded yet another question about comparisons between him and Lulay.

“He’s got a Grey Cup,” Durant said with a smile, “and I don’t.”

Tiger-Cats want to get on track with win over Argos CFL

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Team Sky with Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, leads the pack during the 12th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 226 kilometers (140.5 miles) with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in Annonay, France, Friday.

Millar wins longest stage as Tour de France leaves Alps

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANNONAY, France — Self-avowed “ex-doper” David Millar won Friday’s stage of the Tour de France by leading a five-man breakaway, and said he hopes it helps fans believe that riders can win clean.

The Scottish rider won the 12th stage of the Tour as the race left the Alps on the longest stage this year, and his compatriot Bradley Wiggins kept the yellow jersey.

Millar’s victory came exactly 45 years after Tom Simpson, the first Briton to wear the yellow jersey, died on the slopes of the daunting Mont Ventoux after using a lethal cocktail of amphetamines and alcohol.

The 35-year-old Scotsman on the U.S. Garmin-Sharp team has for years been the peloton’s most vocal critic of doping — saying he learned hard lessons after “making a mess” of his life through drug use.

The 226-kilometre ride from SaintJean-de-Maurienne to Annonay-Davezieux featured two big climbs, but did not change the top standings because Wiggins and his main rivals for the title finished together.

Millar punched the air as he edged Frenchman Jean-Christophe Peraud at the line in a two-man sprint - five seconds ahead of three others also in the breakaway that dusted the pack on the Granier pass.

Millar collected his fourth career Tour stage victory, and his first since 2003. He also became the fourth Briton to win a Tour stage this year, after Mark Cavendish, Christopher Froome and Wiggins.

The victory was also a vindication for Garmin-Sharp, which had a terrible first week when it lost two top riders to crashes: Giro d’Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal of Canada and Tom Danielson of the United States.

“We fought from the beginning in this Tour, and for me personally, it’s enormous,” said Millar.

“Today I kinda wanted to show that we’re still here, and show that GarminSharp is still one of the best teams in the world.”

As for the British riders looking so strong ahead of the London Olympics starting next week, Millar said: “Yeah, I think we’re at the top” — referring to himself as “the old dog” of the bunch.

Putting his race savvy to work, Millar sped out ahead of the others in the breakaway with about 2 kilometres to go, and Peraud chased. In the last kilometre, it was a two-man battle for the stage win.

Millar kept looking back at Peraud, tight on the Briton’s wheel.

With a few hundred meters, the Frenchman struck and wheeled around, but it was not enough as the

Scottish veteran beat him to the line.

After the finish, Millar lay on the ground on his back, with microphones and cameras hovering over him as he breathed heavily and put his forearm on his forehead with fatigue.

Millar, while riding for French team Cofidis, was banned from cycling for two years in 2004 after admitting to use of banned blood booster EPO — once the drug of choice for cycling cheats — earlier in his career.

“I’m an ex-doper and I’m clean now, and I want to show everyone that it’s possible to win clean on the Tour,” Millar said.

In the sprint in the main pack, Matt Goss of Australia was penalized for veering slightly to the left and cutting off Slovak sensation Peter Sagan. Goss was relegated to the last place in the peloton and lost key points in their duel for the green jersey of the Tour’s best sprinter.

“I’m really angry that we wage war like this, but you can’t do like he did,” said Sagan, who has won three Tour stages this year.

Shortly after the incident, the Slovak gestured angrily at Goss as they neared the line.

Wiggins was content to let the breakaway go and his powerful Team Sky did not lay chase because the top-placed rider among the five in the bunch was more than 25 minutes back of the Briton as the stage began.

Overall, he leads teammate Christopher Froome, in second, by 2:05, and Vincenzo Nibali of Italy trails third, 2:23 back.

Defending champion Cadel Evans is fourth, 3:19 behind. Jurgen Van Den Broeck of Belgium is fifth — 4:48 off the leader’s pace.

The riders’ ranks continued to thin out on Friday.

Rabobank said its Dutch team leader Robert Gesink, who had been in 67th place more than an hour behind Wiggins, quit the race to focus on the Spanish Vuelta. Rabobank now has only four of its original nine riders remaining.

Dutch rider Tom Veelers of the Argos-Shimano team, after tweeting that Thursday’s ride in the Alps was one of the hardest of his career, also pulled out of the race, according to race organizers.

And Cofidis star David Moncoutie crashed around the 38-kilometre mark and dropped out of the race.

The three-week race heads toward the Mediterranean on Saturday for France’s July 14 national holiday - Bastille Day - with a 217-kilometre jaunt from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Le Cap d’Agde, a coastal resort known for its nudist colony.

It has been a rough start to the 2012 season for Dave Stala and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

After a busy off-season that had many prognosticators predicting the Ticats challenging for top spot in the East Division, the club is last in the standings with an 0-2 record. Earlier this week, prominent CFL agent Darren Gill told a Montreal radio station Hamilton rookie head coach George Cortez had a strained relationship with defensive co-ordinator Denny Creehan and the players were unhappy playing for Cortez.

Gill publicly apologized to Cortez, Creehan and the Hamilton organization for his comments.

But in Stala’s mind, the best way the Ticats can end all the negative talk is beat their arch rivals, the Toronto Argonauts, at Ivor Wynne Stadium on Saturday night.

“If we get a win on the weekend, which we’re planning on, then it will shut everyone up and everyone will jump back on the bandwagon,” the veteran slotback said. “Everything is good in our locker-room . . . the morale is great.

“You can’t get down on yourself, you just have to worry about the next thing that’s going on, which is Toronto ahead of us right now.”

There was certainly standing room only on the Ticats’ bandwagon following the active off-season. The club hired Cortez as head coach and solidified its roster by adding quarterback Henry Burris, receivers Andy Fantuz and Sam Giguere, tailback Martell Mallett, kicker Luca Congi, former Argos linebacker Kevin Eiben and defensive end Greg Peach.

But the changes haven’t translated into wins for a Hamilton team that’s reached the CFL playoffs the last three years with mediocre records of 9-9, 9-9 and 8-10 over that span.

The 32-year-old Stala, who had a career-high 85 catches for 1,015 yards and six TDs in 2010, has six receptions for 96 yards and no touchdowns so far this season.

Hamilton opened its season losing 43-16 at home to Saskatchewan before rallying late in Vancouver en route to dropping a 39-36 decision to the Grey Cup-champion B.C. Lions.

“The biggest thing is we need all three phases to play well to win,” Stala said.

“It definitely was a positive last week to finish the game like that, we just ran out of time.

“But we can’t just play two or three quarters. We have to play the full 60 minutes.”

Although Saturday’s game is just the third of the year for both teams, it has significance.

Not only is it one between division rivals, it’s the first of four head-to-head meetings between Toronto and Hamilton this season.

“We certainly understand that,”

said Stala, in his 10th CFL season.

“Not only are we trying to get our first win but also they’re down the street and our rivals and we’re going to play them a bunch of times.

“It would be good to set the tone and get a win. There’s going to be some scuffles, it gets real hot out on the field, tempers will be flaring and guys will be flying around making plays.

But the biggest thing for our team right now is to get a win.”

Defensively, Hamilton enters action last in the CFL in points allowed (41 per game), touchdowns (eight), sacks (one), rushing yards allowed (329) and total yards (883).

The unit also hasn’t forced a turnover. The offence, while second overall in passing yards and total yards, has turned the ball over six times, including three times on downs.

Still, Toronto head coach Scott Milanovich has plenty of respect for Hamilton’s offence.

“They’ve got a lot of weapons and big-play ability . . . on top of that Henry can extend plays and finds touchdowns late in plays once guys have come out of coverage,” he said.

“It’s going to be a big challenge for us, our guys have to play disciplined and the play is never over until they blow the whistle.”

Toronto (1-1) is coming off an exciting 39-36 home victory over Calgary last weekend as quarterback Ricky Ray, obtained in a blockbuster trade with Edmonton in December, threw for 407 yards and two TDs. Receivers Andrew Durie (10 catches, 118 yards) and rookie Dontrelle Inman (three catches, 107 yards, two TDs) led the aerial attack while tailback Cory Boyd ran for 101 yards on 20 carries with a touchdown.

Both Milanovich and Ray admit because they’re in their first year with the Argos, they don’t fully appreciate the Toronto-Hamilton rivalry yet. But at least for Ray, he’ll be facing a familiar foe in Burris, the former longtime Calgary Stampeders quarterback.

“Definitely it’s something I have to learn, the rivalry out here,” Ray said.

“Playing in the West so long it was Edmonton-Calgary but with Henry there that’s going to bring back some familiarity.

“We play (Hamilton) four times so we’ll get used to it quick. And we’re both playing for the same thing, to get first in the East.”

Added Milanovich: “I’ve sensed a heightened level of intensity this week.

Maybe it’s because it’s Hamilton, maybe because it’s a division game. I do believe the guys understand the importance of playing in your own conference and winning those games.”

And in Ray’s mind, that’s what makes Saturday’s game important.

“These are huge games,” he said.

“You’re jockeying for position all year long and when you get down to the wire these two points you can get early in the season really help out.”

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Caddie Broeck takes lead at U.S. Senior Open LAKE ORION, Mich. — Lance Ten Broeck chooses to carry a bag rather than swing a club for a living to make more money.

If Ten Broeck can keep his lead at the U.S. Senior Open for two more days, though, he will more than double his highest annual income on a golf course.

The full-time caddie for Tim Herron and part-time player shot a 68 Friday, putting him at 6-under 134 and one-shot ahead of first-round leader Tom Kite.

Ten Broeck has a chance to make about $500,000 on Sunday after earning less than half that total in his best year as a caddie and when he made a careerbest $146,568 in 1989 as a PGA Tour player. “Caddying is a lot easier than playing,� he said. “That’s why you get paid more money to play.�

It won’t be easy for Ten Broeck to cash in at the Champion Tour’s fourth of five majors because he’s only a shot ahead of Kite, who has been sensational on his front nines at Indianwood.

Ten Broeck is also two strokes in front of a pack of six that includes Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin and Bernhard Langer. “I figured I should be able to make the cut, but I never figured that I’d be in the last group on Saturday,� he said.

Ten Broeck has a 36-hole lead for the first time in his playing career. He had a share of the lead after two rounds at the PGA Tour’s Hall of Fame classic in 1982 and he finished tied for 12th.

The 56-year-old Ten Broeck finished tied for 71st at his only other Champions Tour event this year and estimates he plays about 25 rounds a year. “I guess that means I’m well rested,� he joked.

Ten Broeck has been consistent thanks to a good tee-to-green game, shooting 34s on the front and back nines in the second round after carding 33s before and after the turn Thursday.

Kite, meanwhile, took advantage of what is regarded as the easier nine — the front — with a U.S.

Senior Open nine-hole record 28 in the first round and stood up to the challenging back nine with a 31 Friday.

The combined 59 has offset a 4-over 39 on his second nine during the second round and a 37 after the turn Thursday.

He had a bogey at No. 4 on Friday, a day after making an eagle on the same hole, and a birdie at No. 17, a day after a double-bogey there trimmed his lead to a stroke.

Kite’s fourth bogey on his back nine at No. 9 dropped him into second place. “It’s a sadistic game,� the 62-year-old Kite said. “It drives us all crazy. As Harvey Penick said, ’It’s such an easy game to play, it’s just such a hard game to play well.’ In a championship like this, we’re trying to play very well, and they’ve given us a stern test on a golf course that is very tricky. The greens are very severe in a number of places.�

The USGA set up a relatively short course to be a test for the best 50-and-older golfers in the world by letting the rough grow thick and keeping the tight fairways dry and fast, making approach shots to quick, undulating greens difficult.

It was tough enough to make the cut at 4-over 144, sending home notable players such as Hale Irwin (145) and Kenny Perry (149).

Fred Couples (140) and Tom Watson (142) made it to the weekend, keeping fan favourites on a course that was filled Friday with people lining the ropes at the first significant golf tournament in southeast Michigan since Tiger Woods won the 2009 Buick Open.

The Red Deer Riggers are trying to stay cool as they battle the heat and some pretty good baseball teams playing at a tournament in Kamloops this weekend.

Thursday night they faced the Northwest Honkers and were able to come away with the 3-1 victory.

Brant Stickel pitched a complete game three-hitter in the win. Mat Fay was 1-3 with a home run, Jason Chatwood went 2-2, Shayne Court was 1-3 with a run scored and Jaret Chatwood was 1-2 with a run scored.

Friday the Riggers faced off against the Everett Merchants and fell by the score of 8-1. Court scored the only run for the Riggers while going 3-3 at the plate. Stickel was the designated hitter and went 1-2 and fay pitched the last two innings of the game and gave up two runs.

The Riggers play their last round robin game at 9 a.m. and will then go into the playoffs later in the afternoon.

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RED DEER RIGGERS

The Business Services Department has a regular full-time opportunity available as an Accounts Receivable Clerk / Cashier.

SCHEDULING ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I

Salary Range: $43,222.30 to $50,394.10 per annum The Office of the Registrar has an opportunity for a regular fulltime Scheduling Administrator. The Scheduling Administrator is responsible for producing the Master Schedule of all programs and courses and has decision making authority to ensure the most efficient use of facilities and instructional resources.

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COMMUNICATIONS/MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR Are you looking to get “plugged in� to a uniquely Alberta organization– then this job is for you!

Senior Commercial Lines Associate

Key responsibilities: Development and implementation of a variety of communications, including advertisements, news articles, press releases and newsletters; Provision of communications support to all CAREA departments; Website content management and photo library management; Creation and execution of effective community relations strategies including face to face contact with key stakeholders, attending tradeshows, etc.

Our Commercial Lines Department is seeking an innovative and progressive individual to join our team.

The successful applicant will enjoy meeting new people, have strong customer service and communication skills, be able to multi-task in a fast paced environment and be a strong team player. Computer skills are a must. Only those candidates with 8+ years of insurance experience in commercial lines and have Level 2 General Insurance License will be considered.

Qualifications: The position requires someone with strong written and verbal communication skills and who is proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ADOBE Suite. Demonstrated previous marketing/public relations experience, in particular developing proactive initiatives and messaging is desirable. The ability to organize and multi-task, including setting priorities and meeting deadlines with a minimum of direction is a must. Application deadline is July 27, 2012.

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The Central Alberta Rural Electrification Assoc. (CAREA) is a member-owned rural energy provider with service areas spanning 16 counties. The main office, located in Innisfail, Alberta, is seeking a Communications/Marketing Co-ordinator. This position will appeal to someone who enjoys multi-tasking and using their creative talents to advance the organization’s positioning with key audiences.

If you see yourself excelling in this role please forward your resume on or before July 20, 2012: Attn: Human Resources City of Lacombe 5432-56th Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9 Email: humanresources@lacombe.ca All applicants are thanked for their interest, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Matteson stays on top at Deere Classic THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SILVIS, Ill. — Jeff Maggert’s decision to play in the John Deere Classic has worked out so far.

“I probably wasn’t 100 per cent sure until Sunday afternoon,” Maggert said Friday.

Troy Matteson shot a 3-under-par 68 for a one-stroke lead over Maggert and Brian Harman after two rounds of the John Deere Classic on Friday.

Matteson was at 13-under 129.

Maggert’s bogey-free round of 9-under 62 moved him from 39th place after the first round to a tie for second. He birdied half the holes at TPC Deere Run, including five of his last nine.

Harman had a second straight 65, the last two of his seven birdies coming after a 48-minute thunderstorm delay.

Matteson bogeyed the par-4 18th after getting four birdies in the first 17 holes.

Maggert one-putted 10 greens and saved par twice en route to matching his career-low round. He finished by making a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth hole.

“I saw the putts better today,” Maggert said. “But I’m going to be aggressive tomorrow. I feel I need another really low round Saturday or Sunday, 7- or 8-under, to be in contention. The last few years, guys have really been lighting it up here.”

Maggert birdied four of his first six holes to start his bogey-free round, and kept it up. Not bad for someone who was going to take this week and next week off before playing the Canadian Open.

Now, he might have the option of playing in next week’s British Open.

The top finisher among the top five not otherwise eligible gets an exemption to next week’s major.

“I’m not really planning on going,” Maggert said. “Obviously if I were to win or something I might have to reconsider that. But I really need a week off in my game.”

Including Maggert’s 62 and Matteson’s first-round 61, there have been eight rounds of 62 or lower at Deere Run in the past five years, and 11 since the tournament moved to the course in 2000.

The best effort was Paul Goydos’ Tour-record-tying 59 two years ago.

Matteson started with a pair of birdies, then had pars on seven straight holes on a day the field was averaging 1.6 strokes under the par of 71.

He played the back nine in 1-under 35.

LADIES GOLF St. ALBERT — Red Deer native Jocelyn Alford struggled a bit Friday, but hung on to capture the Sun Life Financial Ladies’ Amateur Golf Championship at Sturgeon Valley Golf and Country Club.

Alford, who plays out of Calgary’s Earl Grey club, shot a final round four-over par 76 to win the 72-hole event by one stroke. She finished at 288 with Jennifer Ha of Calgary, who won the provincial junior title last week, at 289 following a 72 Friday.

Jessica Luciuk of Barrhead had a 75 and finished third at 295 with Christie Lin of Calgary and Becky Martin of Medicine Hat tied for fourth at 298. Lin shot a final round 76 while Martin had a 78.

Innisfail’s Cara Vanderham had a final round 80 and finished in a tie for 13th at 317.

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The Wolf Creek Primary Care Network is seeking a full-time baccalaureate prepared nurse with extensive knowledge related to chronic disease.

This position will be based in the in the Family Health Clinic in Ponoka.

Summary: The controller position is accountable for the accounting operations of the main holding company as well as the sub-companies and is responsible for the production of financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles.

The Registered Nurse will support family physicians in managing patients with Chronic Diseases (e.g. Diabetes, Asthma, and Coagulation Disorders.) The incumbent will ensure that patients receive care according to clinical practice guidelines and local care algorithms. This position will help patients with chronic disease experience, seamless health care and will ensure that patients get the services they need when they need them.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures • Oversee the operations of the accounting department • Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary companies • Maintain an orderly accounting filing system • Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions Required Skills: • Exceptional analytical skills • Ability to prioritize and multi-task • Work in a fast paced environment • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Successful in meeting deadlines

• Current CARNA registration and BLS certification required.

• Valid driver’s license and a complete criminal record check are required.

• Keen interest in primary care enhancement is an asset.

• Superior accuracy and attention to detail • Strong interpersonal skills • Successful organizational skills • Advanced leadership traits and abilities

Apply in confidence to: BDO Canada LLP 600, 4909 – 49 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1V1 Attention: Neil Martin or e-mail to: nmartin@bdo.ca 40213G14,21

Interested applicants should submit their resumes by July 31, 2012, to shelley@wolfcreekpcn.com or via fax to 403.782.5431.

The Wolf Creek Primary Care Network would like to thank all applicants for their interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

• Issue timely and complete financial statements • Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts • Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management • Comply with government reporting requirements and tax filings

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Specifically, the Primary Care Pharmacist will: • Work collaboratively within a family practice environment to enhance the delivery of primary care services for community-based solutions to pharmaceutical management services.

Tornado Combustion Technologies Inc. offers full time employment in a stable position supporting the fabrication of technical products sold worldwide. We invite you to join our team of highly skilled tradesman, who work in a goal oriented, team atmosphere.

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• Provide clinical services as required for challenging, complex and chronic care patients, including, but not limited to: medication reviews, drug education and consultation with other healthcare providers.

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The successful candidate will hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, be licensed with the Alberta College of Pharmacists as a practicing member and have demonstrated expertise/experience in providing clinical services beyond those required in a traditional dispensing environment. Additional credentialing or training in pharmacotherapy specialty programs is an asset. **NOTE** While this is a full-time position, job sharing/part-time FTEs may be considered.

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Manning brothers continue to be big focus in NFL

BY BRETT MARTEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THIBODAUX, La. — Even for the Manning brothers, this off-season has been extraordinary, from Eli basking in a second Super Bowl triumph to Peyton’s comeback in a new uniform.

They’re getting some family time this weekend at their annual football camp in their native Louisiana.

For Eli and father Archie, it’s been gratifying to see Peyton throwing again, something he could not do at the Manning Passing Academy a year ago while recovering from neck surgery that sidelined him for all of 2011.

Peyton gave a terse “No,” when asked if he has something to prove as he comes back from injury with the Denver Broncos after being replaced by Andrew Luck in Indianapolis, where Peyton spent the first 14 years of his pro career. He did, however, have plenty to say about how happy he is that his rehabilitation is at the point where he feels like an NFL quarterback again.

“It has been exciting for me to be back on the field,” Peyton said. “When you’re injured, it’s not fun. You’re kind of quarantined. It’s nice to be able kind of get the reins cut off, being able to participate OTAs, minicamp.”

Peyton said he still has more rehabilitation ahead and has “stopped giving percentages” regarding how healthy he is, but his goal remains to participate fully in training camp, preseason and the regular season.

Eli, meanwhile, smiles at the sight of his older brother back on the field, actively running high school-age campers through drills along with the college quarterbacks who serve as counsellors.

“I’ve seen him play football since I was 7 years

old, so the last 25 years he’s been a great role model and someone to follow — his work ethic and how he handles himself and how he plays the game at such a high level,” Eli said. “I’m excited to see him back in uniform, see him back playing. Obviously he went through a tough year last year.”

For the second time since 2008, Eli Manning has been making the rounds as a Super Bowl champion — the parade in New York, the ring ceremony, the talk shows, a White House visit and more.

One thing Eli has not done, at least not in the form of anything more than good-natured ribbing, is emphasize the fact that he has two Super Bowl rings over Peyton’s one. Eli still seems genuinely uncomfortable with the idea that he may now be the better of the brother QBs. “Peyton is a four-time MVP, a Super Bowl champion,” Eli said. “He’s coming off an injury, but he’s going to be ready to play. ... We’re both looking forward to a great season ahead of us.”

For Peyton, rehabbing is one issue. Adjusting to a new team is another.

“There’s no question it’s been a big change, a big switch. It’s one I’m trying to adjust to,” Peyton said.

“There’s constantly something to learn, something to adjust to, new players, new teammates, new coaches, new surroundings. So when you’re 14 years in one place, you do kind of become institutionalized. ... Everybody keeps saying, ’Are you settled yet?’ ... I don’t think anybody can get settled in a couple of months.

So it’ll take some time but I’m embracing the challenge and looking forward to getting to know my teammates more and more.”

Former Saints quarterback Archie Manning started the family football camp 17 years ago, and he now hosts it on the campus of Nicholls State along with his two Super Bowl-winning sons and his oldest son Cooper.

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CFL: Tempers Flared Tempers flared late in the third quarter as fists started flying, resulting in the ejections of Edmonton’s Julius Williams and Marcus Howard as well as Winnipeg’s Glenn January. When the dust cleared, Justin Palardy nailed a 46-yard field goal to finally get Winnipeg on the board with three minutes to play in the third quarter.

Brink had his bell rung on a hit by Sherritt to start the fourth. Third-string QB Joey Elliot came in and had immediate success with a long pass to Chris Matthews, who shrugged off a pair of defenders and took the ball across the goal line for a 72-yard touchdown to make it 35-10.

The momentum looked like it was shifting to the Bombers as Jyles was sacked at his own 25 and the fumble picked up by Winnipeg’s Jason Vega. However, Elliot’s subsequent pass was intercepted in the end zone by Burnett.

Joseph replaced Jyles as Edmonton QB and found Charles on a short pass that the running back turned into a 76-yard touchdown and a 42-10 Edmonton lead with five minutes to play.

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the mound again,” he said.

“I don’t think I thought about baseball at all. I maybe caught a hair of some of the all-star festivities but it was just nice to relax, just sit back and kind of do your own thing.

“I had a nice date night with my wife, ate at a little Italian restaurant. It was cool.”

Romero was in more trouble in the sixth, putting runners on first and second, but he fielded a soft Marson ground in front of home himself and threw to first to escape unscathed.

Toronto put just its second runner at second in the bottom of the inning when J.P. Arencibia singled and advanced on a fielder’s choice.

But again Masterson had an answer, getting Colby Rasmus to ground out.

The Indians got a runner to third in the seventh, but Jason Frasor, on in relief of Romero, got Asdrubal Cabrera to pop out after an eight-pitch at-bat for the third out.

The Blue Jays again threatened in the seventh when Encarnacion walked and Adam Lind walked, but Masterson struck out Escobar and got Johnson to ground into a force out.

“Anytime you lose it’s frustrating, whether you lose 10-0 or 1-0. I’ve always said I’m a sore loser,” said Romero.

“I hate losing and we’re here to win. We just ran into a good pitcher tonight and he did what he had to do and it was a well-played game by both sides.”

“It was kind of a blessing to be back out there on

Elite college quarterbacks now come every year to serve as counsellors. This year Southern California’s Matt Barkley is among them. Last year, it was Luck, who was drafted first overall by the Colts and now is in the difficult position of replacing Peyton in Indianapolis.

“We brought Andrew along too well,” Archie joked, then added that the Mannings take a lot of pride in their former counsellors’ success. “These are great kids.”

By now, Archie has gotten used to seeing Peyton and Eli continue to be two of the highest-profile figures in pro football. Still, this year has been different.

It was “so much fun for the Giants to win another Super Bowl and for Peyton to — we look at the plusses, the fact he worked so hard and got himself back healthy,” Archie said. “The Indy thing was tough, tough on everybody, tough on him, tough on our family, I think tough for some people in Indy. It happens, so I was very proud of the way he handled it, and he had to turn around and find a new team and that was hard.”

“He went with his heart there and he made a great decision,” Archie added. “The bottom line is obviously he wants to play some more football and we hope he can.”

As a father, Archie said he cannot help but worry about Peyton playing again, but stressed he is confident his middle son’s decision to come back is a sensible one.

“You’re always concerned, but he had three or four of the best doctors in the country, neurosurgeons who told him his neck is solid and gave him permission to play. So as a parent you go by that,” Archie said. “Whether they’ve got a good neck or bad neck, it’s tough out there, so you hope all of them can stay healthy.”

NHL makes offer to Players Union THE CANADIAN PRESS The NHL has made the first move in labour negotiations with its union.

Two media outlets reported Friday night that the league has made an initial offer to the NHL Players’ Association with several major changes to the current collective bargaining agreement.

RDS.ca posted details of the proposal, including a reduction of players’ hockey-related revenues from 57 per cent to 46 per cent.

Renaud Lavoie, a journalist with RDS, also reports that players would need to wait 10 seasons before becoming unrestricted free agents and that contracts would be limited to a maximum of five years.

The RDS story also says that the NHL’s proposal would bring an end to salary arbitration and that entry-level contracts would be five years instead of three as they are under the current CBA. Larry Brooks of the New York Post also tweeted that the NHL’s proposal would eliminate signing bonuses on future contracts and mandate that all future deals have an equal value for every year of the contract.

“NHL proposal amounts to Declaration of War against NHLPA,” added Brooks in a separate tweet.

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Interested applicants should submit their resumes by July 31, 2012, to shelley@wolfcreekpcn.com or via fax to 403.782.5431.

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Taking a swing at MS CENTRAL ALBERTA MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CHAPTER HOSTS THIRD-ANNUAL SAFEWAY WALK Photos submitted The Central Alberta Muscular Dystrophy Chapter recently hosted the third-annual Safeway Walk for muscular dystrophy.

The walk took place at McKenzie Trails in Red Deer on June 2, raising over $35,500. The chapter is a non-profit group of Central Alberta families who come together to help raise funds and awareness for those living with muscular dystrophy.

The CAMDC thanks all the participants, volunteers and those who sponsored the walk.

Chapter members Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay

This year’s sponsors included: ● Safeway Canada ● Red Deer Emergency Services (firefighters) ● Firth Photography ● Innisfail Tim Hortons ● Alberta Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball ● Candy Faces ● Red Glove Campaign/Muscular Dystrophy of Canada Co-ordinator ● Muscles in Motion Muscular dystrophies are genetic disorders.

Forms of muscular dystrophy can be passed from generation to generation, or they can occur spontaneously in a single individual as the result of a mutation of a particular gene.

Contrary to popular belief, muscular dystrophy is not exclusively a childhood disorder — anyone can be affected. While some types of muscular dystrophy are first evident in infancy or early childhood, other types may not appear until later in life.

Over time, persons with neuromuscular disorders may lose the ability to walk, speak and ultimately breathe. For some individuals, the disorder is fatal.

There is no known cure.

Red Deer Firefighters show their support.

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Organ brings bit of Europe to Red Deer Public Market STANLEY CUP IN SYLVAN LAKE The coveted Holy Grail of hockey, the Stanley Cup, will be coming to Sylvan Lake hoisted by Colin Fraser on Wednesday.

Many NHLers wait their whole careers to drink from Lord Stanley’s Cup, but having played for the Chicago Blackhawks and now the Los Angeles Kings, Fraser has won two Stanley Cup’s in three years. The Town of Sylvan Lake plans to close 50th Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a street festival, with Fraser and Mayor Susan Samson to arrive by a police boat escort at Marina Bay shortly before noon. The cup will be brought to a temporary stage at the corner of 50th Street and Lakeshore Drive for viewing and autographs.

Fraser makes his summer home in Sylvan Lake.

GREAT CHIEF FEEDBACK Red Deerians are encouraged to offer input on the proposed Great Chief Park Enhancement Concept Plan. Residents can view the plan online at www.reddeer.ca/ greatchiefpark. They can then fill out a brief online survey until Aug. 14. An open house will run that same day from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at the downtown branch of Red Deer Public Library.

“Great Chief Park is one of the finest outdoor sports facilities in the province,” said Deb Comfort, neighbourhood facilities and community development supervisor.

“A plan that will address the future sport, festival and event user needs, while upgrading aging infrastructure, is critical for the long-term sustainability of the park.” The concept plan calls for $8.6-million worth of enhancements to the park that’s been around for more than 50 years. ISL Engineering and Land Services was contracted to gather input on how to improve the 41-acre park beside Bower Ponds and the Red Deer River. It looked at developing a concept plan for sports field-related activities at Great Chief Park, as well as determine a new location for the speedskating oval currently in Rotary Recreation Park. “We have worked very closely with the user groups of the facilities to develop this plan, and this is an opportunity for everyone to see the final proposal and give their feedback,” said Comfort.

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BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF A rare street organ will make an appearance at Red Deer Public Market on July 21.

Carlo Klemm of Edson, whose entertainer name is Capt. Red, will set up at the Saturday market held in front of the Red Deer Arena off 43rd Street.

He’s been playing the street organ, also called a barrel organ, for about a year.

Klemm, who plays Santa Claus to children in December, said he has friends play the organ in Denmark while acting as Santa Claus, too.

“They play the organ outside on the streets and we don’t do that in the United States or Canada,” said Klemm. “But I saw them doing that and that’s what got me interested.”

He found a street organ in New York, had it shipped out west, but it wasn’t what he was looking for.

Klemm then bought a street organ from a

company in Germany.

“Now I’m trying to take it to Albertans to show them what it’s all about,” said Klemm, who believes his organ is the only one of its kind in Alberta.

The organ weighs about 25 kg.

The hand-cranked street organ originated in the 18th century and was designed to teach song birds how to sing pretty little songs.

As performers demanded a fuller sound, organs were built with larger pipes and bellows, and interchangeable barrels. Thus the instruments recognized as barrel organs were developed.

German-style street organs are usually operated by a music roll or pinned barrel.

New technology allows for electronic music boxes that can house several hundred songs and eliminate the carrying of the bulky rolls.

Klemm, who belongs to the Carousel Organ Association, estimates there’s only a dozen street organs in Canada.

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liope that’s heard at the circus.

A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or more recently compressed air, through large whistles, originally locomotive whistles.

“There are 26 notes, 44 pipes (on my street organ) and so the air is going through the notes and being put off to the various pipes to make the sound,” said Klemm. “I have to crank it to get the air to go through and if I stop cranking, the music stops.”

Klemm has a lot of fun playing the street organ and he likes to dress up too, typically in a red top hat and red vest.

The former town councillor has visited Red Deer, but never been to the public market before.

“It will bring fond memories back to those from the ‘old country’,” said Klemm, who is of German heritage.

He will also attend Saturday’s market in Bentley, which takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Having a well-known calligrapher and painter in the room at Red Deer College simply amazes Jodi Doré.

For five days, Doré, a Red Deer artist, has taken Painting With Words from Charles Pearce, who is based in Eureka Springs, Ark. On Friday, the last day of the class, she had accomplished an earthy-coloured painting that incorporated words of calligraphy.

“We’re getting quality instruction,” she said. “These are the best in their field and they’re here for a week to give people their 30 or 40 years of specialty. You can’t just get that anywhere. We’re so fortunate to have this.”

The five-day class is part of the college’s summer art and fine craft workshops known as 2012 Series. It runs until Aug. 3.

Pearce said he’s enjoying himself, but he’s a little surprised that more people aren’t enrolling in the college summer classes. His class has six people, but ideally it should have six to 10. He’d like to come back, perhaps teach a workshop to the calligraphy group here, in the fall of 2013.

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The Series 2012 Summer Art and Fine Craft Workshops course Painting with Words is less about letterform and more about creation of a calligraphic painting. After the raw cotton duck canvases were decorated with streaks and splashes of paint by children from another program, course participant Kristen Gough, left, with guidance by instructor Charles Pearce, applied her own subject matter to the canvas. For anyone interested in other Series 2012 Summer courses, there are still a number of openings available simply by contacting Red Deer College.

Pearce has been doing calligraphy, the art of fancy writing, for about 61 years.

“When I was a kid, I was just fascinated by letters,” said Pearce, 69.

“I’ve just gone through the gamut of doing any sort of lettering in any sort of medium, from cutting stone and wood to painting on buildings, and illuminating addresses.”

Pearce teaches all over the world. His class at Red Deer College saw participants throwing paint against the canvas, then painting on what they wanted to say to illustrate their art.

“For people who are especially into abstract art, this

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BRIEFS Case on death of boy on quad returns to court on Aug. 16 A woman ordered to stand trial in the 2010 death of six-year-old Seth Lucas, who drove a quad into an open septic lagoon and drowned, returns to Court of Queen’s Bench in Red Deer on Aug. 16.

Amanda Ledieu, 35, of the Rocky Mountain House area, is charged with failing to provide the necessities of life for a child under age 16.

Previously, police said the boy was visiting a friend near Rocky and drove into the lagoon that was in close proximity to the house. The incident occurred on Oct. 8, 2010.

On Friday, court was told that the Crown prosecutor and defence lawyer planned to discuss the case further so proceedings were adjourned to the next arraignment date.

Ledieu previously elected trial by judge and jury. A trial date has not been set.

Grow-op case adjourned A criminal case involving one of Central Alberta’s largest grow-ops busts returns to Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench in August.

RCMP found 959 marijuana plants, worth an estimated $1.2 million, on a rural property southwest of Rocky Mountain House on Feb. 8.

The plants, in various stages of growth, were found in a metal-clad farm building on the property. Police also found a large amount of harvested and dried marijuana and elaborate growing equipment.

Daniel Richard DeJong, 33, of the Rocky Mountain House area faces charges of cultivating and possessing marijuana for the

is the lead-in for that,” said Pearce. “Once you are finished, people can stand off from the painting and understand the emotion behind it, but then if they wish, they can come close to it and read what’s been done.”

Doré is also taking a printmaking class from Susan Woolgar.

The Summer Series workshops are varied, from jewelry making to tapestry weaving.

“Some take more skill than others,” said Doré. “They’ll get out of it the level that they’re working at. I came into this class with no calligraphy, but I paint so I know how to move the brush around on the canvas.”

purpose of trafficking.

The case was briefly in Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday before it was adjourned to Aug. 10 arraignment.

Olds farmer wins tractor pull An Olds farmer who has collected nearly 30 vintage tractors earned his biggest victory yet this week at the Calgary Stampede.

Richard Ross won the Featherweight Division of the Vintage Tractor Pull.

His distinctive orange 1950 Allis Chalmers WD pulled a weight sled a total of 41.8 metres. The featherweight division features tractors that are between 455 and 1,818 kg.

Ross participates in about 10 tractor pulls a year. He hasn’t always performed as well. Last summer he said he was dead last and a year earlier, he was at the tail end of his class.

Another Central Albertan who won his class was Keith Weigum of Three Hills with an aggregate of 111.7 metres in his 1949 John Deere R in Class 4 for units weighing 3,182 to 3,863 kg.

The Stampede Vintage Tractor and Vintage Show and Shine is an invitational event that saw 36 enthusiasts show off their mechanical muscle in six weight classes.

Royals win gold medal Red Deer Royals Marching Show Band added some more hardware to their trophy case, winning gold at the World Championship for Marching Show Bands in Calgary this week.

The 90-member band won a gold medal and finished fourth overall. They performed a 10-minute field show entitled Scheherazade, which tells the story of the One Thousand and One Arabians Nights.

The competition was judged by nine international adjudicators from Germany, Thailand, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States and Denmark.

The Royals have competed in the world championships on six other occasions.

A week ago, the Royals were the top Canadian marching band in the Calgary Stampede parade, finishing second overall.

Cheryl King, program developer at Grande Prairie Regional College, attends the Summer Series every other year. She’s taken some calligraphy before, but never worked in acrylics or with such a large canvas.

“I’m just enjoying it so much,” King said. “I like how this class integrates the painting and calligraphy, rather than the quote standing up in front of the background.”

Her painting incorporated quotes from a poem, including “If there is a river more beautiful than this, bright as the bloodred edge of the moon.”

For more information, go online at www.rdc.ab.ca/series. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

Sunnybrook Farm fun Sunday An afternoon of entertainment and home-made treats awaits visitors to Sunnybrook Farm Museum on Sunday. Summer at the Farm runs from noon until 4 p.m.

The event includes fresh pie and ice cream, a visit with the farm animals, a tour of the ten-acre site and live entertainment

by Red Deer Golden Music Makers.

Children’s games and activities will also be featured.

Admission is by donation.

Parking is available on site and at the Alberta Motor Association parking lot immediately west of Sunnybrook Farm.

For more information, contact Ian Warwick, farm museum executive director, at 403-340-3511.

Cigarette theft ends in arrest Nicotine withdrawal may have been behind a violent situation on Thursday after a 16-year-old boy became confrontational with a 55-year-old man in downtown Red Deer.

At approximately 7:40 p.m., the man was having a cigarette break in City Hall Park, at the 4900 block of 48th Avenue, Red Deer City RCMP said.

The boy, who was intoxicated, approached the man requesting a cigarette.

After the man refused, the boy allegedly brandished a knife and demanded a cigarette, police said.

Within seconds of the incident, Red Deer City RCMP Const. Shaun Marchand arrived on the scene, as he was on a routine bicycle patrol.

The teenager was arrested without incident and charged with robbery and four counts of breach of Youth Criminal Court orders.

The boy, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been remanded to appear in Red Deer provincial court next Thursday.

If you have information on this incident you are asked to call the Red Deer City RCMP at 403-343-5575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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The heretical art of Thomas Kinkade WAS KINKADE SELLING BAD THEOLOGY AS WELL AS BAD ART? When describing his painting Candlelight Cottage, the late Thomas Kinkade said its “candlelight has a cozy, intimate quality — especially when it’s suffused in the soft mist of this fine English evening.”

Actually, the cottage windows are glowing so brightly that the entire interior appears to be in flames.

This painting, noted National Catholic Register critic Simcha Fisher in 2011, only makes sense as “a depiction of an oncoming storm, with heavy smog in some spots and total visibility just inches away (blown by what wind, when the chimney smoke rises undisturbed?), several TERRY cordless Klieg lights, possibly a partial eclipse and that MATTINGLY most cheerful of pastoral daydreams: a robust house fire.”

This is as lovely, she argued, as music created when “all of your favourite instruments play as loudly as they can at the same time.

“Listen, and go mad.”

Secular critics have long detested Kinkade’s art, in part because of his great popularity among heartland evangelicals who were eager to claim the University of California, Berkeley-trained painter as one of their own.

Now, three months after his death at age 54 — while struggling with alcoholism, bankruptcy and a shattered marriage — some religious writers are focusing on what they see as another troubling question.

The bottom line: Was Kinkade selling bad theology as well as bad art?

Believers often reject fine art and embrace “mediocre substitutes just because they’re labeled ‘Chris-

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tian,’” noted John Stonestreet of the Chuck Colson Center, in a recent BreakPoint radio commentary.

“We’ve created for ourselves a kind of ‘artistic ghetto.’ . . . ‘Christian art’ has become a synonym for anything that’s charming, quaint or makes us feel good.

“It often portrays a one-sided world where evil doesn’t exist and only ‘positive’ and ‘uplifting’ messages are allowed.”

The problem is that this isn’t the real world, which is full of sin and brokenness, as well as grace and beauty, he said in a telephone interview.

At its core, art should be “a reflection of what it means to be human,” he added.

“Believers who create culture are “supposed to look at all of creation, at all of human life, the good and the bad.”

This issue looms over the Kinkade debates, he said, but it also shapes arguments about music, movies, fiction and other forms of popular and high culture.

“Squishy songs that turn Jesus into your boyfriend are not good art,” said Stonestreet.

“Christian romance novels are not good art. Naked little chubby angels in Christian bookstores are not good art.”

Many debates about Kinkade have centered on his use of light, since he billed himself as the Painter of Light and said his glowing images represented God’s comforting presence in the world.

While the artist consistently avoided painting traditional religious scenes or symbols, he frequently said he was trying to capture the meaning of Bible verses, such as a lighthouse image that was said to represent John 8:12: “I am the light of the world.”

Yet, in painting after painting, Christian critics note that Kinkade used light in a way that was completely different than in Christian iconography or the work of master painters.

For centuries, religious artists have used light as a depiction of God’s presence and activity in the real

world — often in the faces and forms of uniquely blessed people.

Thus, the source of this light is “explicitly God himself,” noted Fisher.

Yet in Kinkade’s work, glowing, unreal, unnatural light is found everywhere — seemingly at random.

This matters because if “you follow the source of the light, you will find out where the artist thinks God is,” she said.

For artists who are believers, the goal is to show God’s light in the midst of the world’s darkness, the work of God in the brokenness of real life.

Kinkade, on the other hand, sees “nothing beautiful in the world the way it is,” argued Fisher.

“He loves the world in the same way that a pageant mom thinks her child is just adorable — or will be, after she loses 10 pounds, dyes and curls her hair, gets implants, and makes herself almost unrecognizable with a thick layer of makeup.

“Kinkade-style light . . . doesn’t reveal, it distorts.

His paintings aren’t merely trivial, they’re a statement of contempt for the world.

“His vision of the world isn’t just tacky, it’s antiIncarnational.”

Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Contact him at tmattingly@cccu.org or www. tmatt.net

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Always a new angle on Shakespeare

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Drum roll please: The Bard on Bower is attempting to pull off a theatrical version of a perilous high-wire act.

Prime Stock Theatre intends to present an Irish version of Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy, Macbeth, as well as a feminist-friendly rendering of The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy often called misogynistic.

Artistic director Thomas Usher sees nothing too idiosyncratic about moving his Macbeth across the sea to Ireland during the IRA Troubles of the early 1970s when it opens on Thursday, July 26, on an outdoor stage in Bower Ponds.

His The Taming of the Shrew will get even more contemporary treatment by being set in present, post-women’s lib days, when it opens the week before, on Thursday on the same stage.

Usher noted Shakespearean plays are routinely bounced around time and space, including being set in the middle of Africa or during Chicago’s gangster heyday.

Anything is possible when an audience is willing to play along, said the director, who believes productions can actually become more meaningful when moved to a more relatable time.

But the universal dilemmas at the heart of Shakespeare’s plays makes them timeless, regardless of setting. “ShakePhoto by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff speare liked to examine what makes us Director Thomas Usher rehearses with Lisa Heinrichs, who plays Lady Macbeth, for Prime Stock Theatre Company’s Bard human,” said Usher, and this question is debated again and again in all of his com- On Bower performances of Macbeth this summer. edies and tragedies.

Macbeth asks us to consider: What kind allegedly killed three co-workers last month and While Macbeth contains more action than Shakeof a man would betray and murder a friend for perthen took off with a bunch of money that was being speare’s Hamlet, Usher believes the play also has an sonal gain? transported in an armoured car. analysis of a leading character’s mindset as it begins Unfortunately, Usher believes this has become a “Is he evil? Or is there something within him to deteriorate. reoccurring query. For instance, he’s wondered the that’s also within me — only he acted on it and I Please see ANGLE on Page C5 same about the security guard from Edmonton who haven’t?”

Drama takes on comedy; both come out bloodied Savages Two stars (out of four) Rated: 18A In Oliver Stone’s Cal-Mex potboiler Savages, the gringo actors think they’re making a romantic drama.

The Latinos know it’s really a comedy, albeit a brutal one.

This makes for strange viewing. The disconnect between amorous American weed sellers (Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively) and murderous Mexican turf tusslers (Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir) is more than the physical border that separates them.

Somewhere up the middle is John Travolta, playing a compromised Drug Enforcement Administration officer.

PETER Travolta’s just in it for the HOWELL dough, both on and off the screen.

And where does this leave director Stone, who also cowrites, with Shane Salerno (the pen from the Shaft remake) and author Don Winslow, from the latter’s book of the same name?

Let’s start by saying that somebody oughta name a line of chainsaws after Stone. When he’s in the

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John Travolta plays a detective working both sides of the law in Savages, but you don’t know if you’re being played for laughs or for horror. mood, and he certainly is here, he’s every bit the deadly instrument that’s used with head-chopping abandon by the Mexican druglords of his succinctly titled Savages.

Stone is more at home with straight genre material like this than when he’s trying to make a social statement, as he attempted two years ago with Money Never Sleeps, his Wall Street sequel. He candidly admitted he didn’t know what he was trying to say with that film, and it showed. Savages harkens back to such Stone-crazy films as Natural Born Killers and U Turn, where what’s splattered is more important than what’s said.

Of course, this doesn’t stop Stone from using that hoariest of clichés, the ominous voiceover narration, which may or may not be coming from the grave. It’s the chirp of Lively’s mellow sexpot Ophelia, who is

bedding both Kitsch’s Chon, an ex-Navy Seal who saw Afghan/Iraq War action, and Johnson’s Ben, a Buddhist bud-booster.

“Chon is cold metal; Ben is warm wood,” coos Ophelia, who happily demonstrates what she means in their Laguna, Calif., shared love nest. Everybody calls her O, in all likelihood because Stone was tickled by the thought of making The Story of O. The two bromantic boys mesh their dissimilar skills: brawny Chon smuggles in seeds of the “world’s best weed” from his Afghan contacts; smooth-talker Ben grows it and sells it. They’re going to need everything they have if they hope to outsmart (and outlive) La Reina (Hayek), the head of the Baja drug cartel in Mexico.

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Theatrhythm plays a bit off-key Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy Platform: Nintendo 3DS Genre: Music; Publisher: Square Enix ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 2.5 stars (out of five)

rates some role-playing elements, but they come off as tacked-on rather than a true part of the game.

This game masks itself in a cloak of Final Fantasy goodness, but if you revile music-and-rhythm games, then you’ll want to avoid this wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Final Fantasy made its imprints in gaming, motion pictures and even concerts where major orchestras belt out the games’ beautiful soundtracks for packed audiences. I was unprepared for the next tendril of this franchise’s legacy, the musicrhythm game.

One would think the natural home for this action is the Kinect or PlayStation Move, CHRIS but, instead, Square Enix CAMPBELL crammed a playful yet challenging cavalcade of tappable circles and music into the 3DS experience. The diversion from the typical role-playing genre jars the senses, seeing heroes battle enemies not with sword swipes but with the power of music.

As in other rhythm games, music is accompanied by colored orbs to tap along to, keeping pace and thus defeating enemies. Different circles have different requirements (some need a tap, while others demand directional swiping), and once the track listings get denser, so does the difficulty level.

To placate longtime fans, Theatrhythm incorpo-

Gravity Rush Platform: PlayStation Vita Genre: Action; Publisher: Sony ESRB Rating: T, for Teen Grade: 1.5 stars

GAME ON

Gamers have been waiting for Gravity Rush for more than a year since its demo at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 wowed attendees with its gravity-defying control scheme and original female hero.

Kat is an unlikely heroine. Devoid of memory and her home of Hekseville overrun by a nefarious force called the Nevi, she must become the hero the citizens need, even if they don’t exactly like her.

As the game’s title suggests, gravity is key for Kat. She can manipulate it (thanks to a cat ... don’t ask), which provides the most interesting aspect as you hurl her around using the Vita’s touchscreen.

It’s dizzying and confusing at first, but pop a couple of Tylenol and directing Kat around rooftops and up and down the sides of buildings becomes old hat.

The combat, unfortunately, suffers. Where you once enjoyed Kat’s limitless ability, the action becomes bogged down by poor targeting of the Nevi’s weak spots and easily beatable opponents.

The comic-book-inspired cutscenes are another matter. These latch onto you in every good way a

game’s cutscene could.

The artistry and storytelling here are strong and keep you pushing forward even when the game gets tedious and lame.

At around 10 hours of gameplay, which included some challenge missions, Gravity Rush called out for the label of “weekend rental.”

Most won’t be blown away by it. Only those who relish the freedom of defying gravity will feel enough of a rush to see it through to the end.

Follow Chris Campbell at twitter.com/campbler or email him at game_on_games@mac.com.

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Sawyer Brown played the hit machine and came out just fine

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Considering Sawyer Brown’s long list of radio-friendly country-pop hits, the band could have hit the big-time without help from a TV talent show.

But winning the $100,000 grand prize and record contract in 1983’s Star Search didn’t hurt and certainly accelerated the group’s success.

The musicians who perform on Thursday at Red Deer’s Westerner Days were originally part of country pop singer Don King’s road band.

When King stopped touring, the Florida-based group — including guitarist Bobby Randall, bassist Jim Scholten, drummer Joe Smyth, keyboardist Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard, and lead vocalist Mark Miller — decided to stay together.

They took the name Sawyer Brown from a road sign on the street where they practised and auditioned to get on the TV show.

After winning on Star Search, Saw-

yer Brown signed with Capitol Records and scored a Top 20 hit with Leona in 1984. This was quickly followed by their first No. 1 hit, Step That Step.

Although hits were sporadic throughout the 1980s, Sawyer Brown had accumulated enough for a greatest hits package by 1990 and also did well on the touring circuit.

But the group’s greatest success was to come in the early 1990s with the release of the albums The Dirt Road, Café on the Corner and Outskirts of Town.

These recordings produced The Walk, Some Girls Do, Thank God for You and enough other chart-topping singles for a second greatest hits album in 1995. By this point, Sawyer Brown seemed unstoppable, producing two more top-selling songs, This Time and I Don’t Believe in Goodbye.

The hit-machine band slowed down somewhat in the second half of the decade, although there was still a crossover Sawyer Brown single, Drive Me Wild, in 1999.

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Sawyer Brown plays at Westerner Days on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

Although the group had a couple of lineup changes over the years, it continues to entertain fans across North America.

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ANGLE: Self-serving people Macbeth doesn’t gain happiness from killing the king who trusted him. As his co-conspirator wife, Lady Macbeth, goes crazy, he begins seeing ghosts — an indication of a guilty conscience.

“He isn’t a total psychopath. . . . You recognize he’s in a struggle with the evil within us.” And it’s this duality in Macbeth’s character that makes the play so interesting, said Usher.

The Taming of the Shrew is a much lighter-hearted study of human nature. In this case, Usher believes the question Shakespeare poses is: Why are we attracted to certain people?

Petruchio might have been among the throngs of suitors to have fallen for Katerina’s younger, betternatured sister Bianca.

But Usher believes that the gentleman of Verona recognized Bianca’s superficiality. “She likes pretty things . . . and is self-serving, playing all of these other guys.”

Petruchio instead focuses on wooing Katherina, who’s smarter and wittier, despite her shrewish nature. Usher noted that like the small rodent she’s being compared to, Katherina is fiercely independent.

“She doesn’t want to be bought and sold. In the end, she makes her own choices,” and arrives at a mutually agreeable understanding with Petruchio.

While the play contains some archaic attitudes of the time, including a father who’s actively seeking to get his daughters off his hands by marrying them off, Usher interprets the patriarch’s actions as trying to make his girls happy.

In this version, Bianca and Katherina will be employees in their father’s company, as befits the present time frame.

“They won’t be sitting around doing needlepoint.”

Audiences for Bard on Bower are advised to bring their own lawnchairs, blankets and mosquito repellent. They can also bring a “picnic lunch,” if they choose. Or Usher said the park concession will be open at intermission. A beer tent will also be available on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Admission is by donation. Usher hopes everyone contributes at least a few coins, since the proceeds will be split between his cast of 15 actors, including Red Deer College grads.

The Taming of the Shrew is on from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on July 19, 20, 21, 25, 29 and Aug. 2. It will also run from 2 to 4 p.m. on July 28 and Aug. 2.

Macbeth is on from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on July 26, 27, 28, Aug. 1, 3 and 4. It also runs from 2 to 4 p.m. on July 29. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

She’s doing great business, running the “Walmart” of dope ops, as Travolta’s DEA guy Dennis calls it, but she wants Ben and Chon working for her.

She tells her moneyman Alex (Bichir) to make them an offer; her stateside enforcer Lado (Del Toro) will make sure they don’t refuse. He knows that the way to two men’s hearts is through the woman they love.

“Yeah, it’s that kind of story,” O says in the voiceover, and by this she evidently means one in which heads literally roll and explode, snitches and screwups get whacked and set ablaze, and there’s as much drug-taking, sex-having and babe-napping as U.S. censors will permit for regular citizens, before running in tears home to their mamas.

Stone deserves credit for going for the hard “R” on Savages, rather than trying to water his wine with a PG-13 American rating.

But how did this film end up with such a muddled story? Kitsch and Johnson are OK on paper, especially Johnson, who really steps it up from his super nerd of Kick-Ass. Yet the two never really register as

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a duo or as a threesome; Lively looks good but she’s as bland as tapioca.

They joke about being in a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but Care Bears is more their speed. (This makes three 2012 misfires for Kitsch, who also starred in John Carter and Battleship.)

The Latinos all know what they’re doing, and that is to pretend they’re making a cheesy Mexican telenovela for an American audience, delivering dark laughs as they swagger, bicker, bash, slice and shoot.

Del Toro plays Lado with mustache-twirling amusement, while Hayek sports a Pulp Fiction wig, possibly in homage to Uma Thurman, who was supposed to be in Savages, before all her scenes were chopped.

Stone got a little too frisky with that chainsaw, although he neglected to chop one of his two endings.

Yeah, Savages is that kind of story: too dumb even to know when to finally sheath the blade.

Peter Howell is a syndicated movie critic for the Toronto Star.

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TRIBUNAL FINDS EVIDENCE OF IMPORTED STEEL PIPE HAS HARMED DOMESTIC PRODUCERS OTTAWA — A federal agency said Friday there’s reasonable evidence that domestic producers of carbon steel welded pipe have been financially harmed by imported products sold in Canada at excessively low prices.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal began its investigation in May after receiving complaints from Novamerican Steel Inc. of Montreal and Bolton Steel Tube Co. Ltd. of Bolton, Ont. The Canada Border Services Agency is continuing its investigation of the alleged trade infractions and will issue a report by Aug. 13. Novamerican and Bolton Steel Tubes allege they are the victims of dumping and subsidization of products made in Taiwan, India, Oman, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Dumping occurs when goods are sold to importers in Canada at prices that are less than their selling prices in the exporter’s domestic market or at unprofitable prices.

NFLD. PREMIER, EXXONMOBIL CLASH OVER $100M MONDULE FOR HEBRON OIL PROJECT ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Premier Kathy Dunderdale and oil giant ExxonMobil are still at odds after meeting today to discuss construction of a $100-million piece of the Hebron project off Newfoundland.

As part of a benefits agreement, Dunderdale says she wants all three major components of the platform built in the province. The premier says the province can handle the work, but ExxonMobil says its studies show building the third module in Newfoundland would delay first oil expected in 2017. Dunderdale says the province is now studying a report from the company before the two sides meet again later this summer in an effort to avoid arbitration in the ongoing dispute.

— The Canadian Press

Scott Builders workers erect scaffolding on a construction project in the Aspelund Business Park west of Blackfalds Wednesday.

Business parks booming

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The westward view from Hwy 2 is changing quickly as development of a pair of Central Alberta business parks accelerates.

Several buildings in Aspelund Industrial Park near Blackfalds are at various stages of construction, with the quarter section subdivision now sold out, said developer Dave Sigurdson.

“I’ve probably turned away a half-dozen buyers in the last two months,” he said, adding that approximately 10 acres remain, but these are earmarked for lease buildings.

Meanwhile, about 60 per cent of the first

phase of Queens Business Park — the City of Red Deer’s light industrial and commercial subdivision north of Hwy 11A and west of Hwy 2 — has now been sold, said Red Deer Land and Economic Development manager John Sennema.

That first phase, which actually consists of phases 1A and 1B, is made up of approximately 103 acres of industrial land and five acres of commercial land. Virtually all of the industrial land in the centre of Phase 1 — or the “inside of the donut” as Sennema describes it — has been spoken for.

“We have the higher exposure stuff along the highways that are still available,” he said, adding that the city has been receiving inquiries about these lots.

Much of the demand has come from companies in the oil and gas sector, or that want to develop buildings for lease, said Sennema. Permits are already being applied for, he added.

To ensure that it will be able to keep pace, the city has started design work on the next phase of Queens Business Park.

The entire subdivision will cover some 289 acres and will include constructed wetlands and an eco-industrial park, where companies will be able to collaborate in the recycling of materials and products, share resources, and adopt green building standards.

Please see INDUSTRIAL on Page C8

Spanish civil servants protest

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID, Spain — Spanish civil servants, many dressed in mourning black, took to the streets Friday in angry protest as the government approved new sweeping austerity measures that include wage cuts and tax increases for a country struggling under a recession and an unemployment rate of near 25 per cent.

Spain is under pressure to get its public finances on track amid concerns in the markets over the state of the country’s banks and the wider economy.

“Spain is going through one of its most dramatic moments,” Deputy Prime Minister Saenz de Santamaria said after a Cabinet meeting at which sales tax hikes and spending cuts were approved.

Admitting that the austerity measures were “neither simple, nor easy, nor popular,” she said the government would try to enact the measures “with the maximum justice and equity.”

The conservative government has come under mounting criticism that the austerity measures are hitting the middle and working classes the hardest.

“The government should go after the big companies that don’t pay tax and bankers

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A demonstrator is chased by a police officers before been arrested during a protest against the recent austerity measures announced by the Spanish government, in front of the Popular Party in Madrid, Spain, on Friday. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Friday to protest their second wave of wage cuts in as many years as the government prepared to approve austerity measures that include those reductions as part of a deficit-cutting plan to save euro 65 billion through 2015. that have committed fraud and have run this country to the ground,” said Pablo Gonzalez, 52, who works for the Madrid regional government. “Instead, we have to pay.”

The aim of the latest package of measures is to chop C65 billion ($79 billion) off the budget deficit through 2015, the biggest deficit-reduction plan in recent Spanish history.

Though the increase in sales taxes, which risks slowing consumption and worsening Spain’s recession, will take effect Sept. 1, other reforms will be left for later in the year, including a plan to speed up the gradual raising of the retirement age from to 65 to 67.

Meanwhile, Economy Minister Luis de

Guindos announced the creation of a new mechanism to help Spain’s 17 regions finance themselves more easily. Some, such as Valencia in the east, are finding it increasingly difficult to tap capital markets for much-needed cash.

The latest bout of austerity is prompting widespread opposition, not least from civil servants. In Madrid, several hundred government workers blocked traffic briefly in different parts of the city. In Valencia, several hundred Justice Ministry workers shouted “hands up, this is a stick-up” at a protest rally.

Please see SPAIN on Page C8

Southill IDA has unique location, function

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR At first glance, South Hill IDA Pharmacy appears much like any other pharmaceutical retailer in Red Deer. Look closer, however, and you’ll notice differences.

The 3947 50th Ave. health care business, which previously operated as Hilltop Pharmacy, has an impressive selection of bandages and dressings, as well as walking casts and soft casts. It also does an active trade in crutches, said pharmacist Steve Busse.

He explained that South Hill IDA Pharmacy’s product mix is influenced by the

fact it’s a stone’s throw from the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

“That’s why we carry a lot of the medical and first aid supplies that you wouldn’t typically see in other pharmacies.

“We get people who hop in on one leg from the hospital and get crutches or a walking cast.”

Sports medicine and therapy supplies are also in evidence — the result of Dr. Nav Rattan, who focuses on sport medicine, practising in the same building until recently and continuing to refer patients there.

“You’ll see a lot of heavy-duty braces and such that you wouldn’t normally get in a regular store,” said Busse.

Longtime Red Deer pharmacist Dan Ding, who bought the pharmacy in partnership with an Ontario group effective June 29, agreed that South Hill IDA has a unique location and function.

As part of the changeover, the premises will undergo renovations to improve customer service, said Ding. These will include the addition of a handicapped-accessible public washroom and a private consultation room where procedures like injections, blood pressure monitoring and blood glucose monitoring can be performed.

“That would take place sometime in the fall,” said Ding of this work.

Please see SOUTHILL on Page C8

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MARKETS Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 68.42 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.95 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.55 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 30.32 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 40.61 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.81 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.96 General Motors Co. . . . . 19.62 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 14.90

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market racked up a solid gain Friday amid hopes that China’s slowing growth will persuade officials to take further steps to energize the world’s second-biggest economy.

And results from banking giant JPMorgan Chase raised hopes for the second-quarter earnings reporting season.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 89.05 points to 11,514.53 while the TSX Venture Exchange edged up 17.76 points to 1,186.96.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.39 of a cent to 98.56 cents U.S. Stronger than expected earnings from banking giant JPMorgan Chase helped send New York markets higher even as it massively increased the loss from a huge trading blunder in May. The biggest U.S. bank earned US$5 billion, or $1.21 per share, for the second quarter, much higher than the 76 cents that analysts expected.

It also reported that its loss from an embarrassing trading misstep — which hit secondquarter results — has grown to $4.4 billion, more than double

the bank’s original estimate of $2 billion. Its shares ran up 5.9 per cent to US$36.05.

The Dow Jones industrials jumped 203.82 points to 12,777.09.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 42.28 points to 2,908.47 and the S&P 500 index was ahead 22.01 points to 1,356.77.

Earnings expectations for the second quarter are muted as the global economic recovery faltered. Big multinationals also faced headwinds from a U.S. dollar that increased in value as a worsening eurozone debt crisis pushed nervous investors to the safe haven status of American treasuries.

Commodities gained even as China’s economic growth fell to a three-year low of 7.6 per cent during the second quarter, in line with expectations.

Other Chinese data for June showed industrial production slowing to 9.5 per cent year-overyear while retail sales eased a bit but beat expectations, rising 13.7 per cent year-over-year.

In recent weeks, the Chinese authorities have cut interest rates, lowered banks’ reserve requirements to encourage lending and increased spending on infra-

structure projects. More moves are now expected.

The Chinese economy has been a major prop for the global economy still recovering from the 2008 financial collapse and recession.

But there are doubts that more stimulus can pump up a Chinese economy, which is being affected by a global slowdown, just like other economies.

“Chances are they will do something sort of marginal,” said Norman Raschkowan, North American strategist at Mackenzie Financial Corp.

“But it’s not going to be anything that’s going to change the direction and the direction is that the global economy is slowing.”

The TSX energy sector climbed 1.4 per cent as the August crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained $1.02 to US$87.10 a barrel. Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) rose 56 cents to $29.41 while Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) was up 71 cents to $33.28.

The base metals sector rose 2.29 per cent as metal prices also ran ahead with copper up nine cents to US$3.50 a pound. China is the world’s biggest consumer of the metal, which is viewed as

COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

MacKay’s wife says TD account closures harmed innocent Canadians

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Iranian-born wife of Defence Minister Peter MacKay says she is shocked at TD Canada Trust’s decision to close a number of accounts belonging to Iranian Canadians without offering them a proper explanation.

TD (TSX:TD) began notifying Iranian-Canadian clients in May that it would no longer provide them with banking services — in some cases referring to Ottawa’s economic sanctions against the Tehran regime.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam, a dedicated human rights activist, says she believes the bank “unintentionally misinterpreted” the broad application of the sanctions, aimed at cracking down on Iran’s nuclear program.

“I think they should have done more investigation rather than harming innocent Iranian Canadians,” she said in an interview from her home in New Glasgow, N.S. Members of the Iranian-Canadian community have expressed outrage at the bank’s decision, saying they feel they’re being treated as second-class citizens.

TD has not publicly revealed how many accounts belonging to Iranian Canadians have been closed, but community leaders say they’ve received complaints from across the country.

Afshin-Jam says that Iranian-Canadian friends of her father in Vancouver

had their TD accounts closed despite having lived in Canada for many years with no ties to the Iranian government.

“I definitely think they are entitled to an answer and evidence, that’s a basic premise of law — the right to face your accuser — and I think there’s nothing better than honesty and transparency in this kind of situation,” she says.

In a statement released Thursday, TD said it is required to comply with Canadian bank laws and regulations, “including economic sanctions, which prohibit us from providing financial services to or for the benefit of certain countries, or any person in those countries.”

The emailed statement said decisions to end customer relationships are not taken lightly but said it could not comment on “specific customer situations.” Senior TD officials have promised to meet with community leaders on July 22 to discuss the matter of the account closures.

Afshin-Jam says the reason other Canadian banks aren’t joining TD is because they are properly interpreting the government’s intended sanctions, whereas TD, she says, has “overreacted”.

Afshin-Jam points out that it is the federal government’s responsibility to explain in more detail to banking and financial institutions “what they mean by these broader, targeted sanctions against regime officials.”

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INDUSTRIAL: Suffered from economic downturn The city originally called for development proposals for Queens Business Park in early 2009. But the process was delayed due to the tepid demand for industrial land at that time.

Aspelund Industrial Park also suffered from the economic downturn, with about half of the area presold when it came on the market in 2007.

“It was really tight for two or three years, but we got through it,” said Sigurdson, describing how he even dropped prices to stimulate interest.

“It took a lot longer than I anticipated.”

Today, Mustang Helicopters Inc., Eagle Builders Inc. and Voltage Wireline Inc. are among the businesses operating at Aspelund Industrial Park. More recent buyers include Arnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction Ltd., Force Pile Driving Ltd., CARE Industries Ltd. and Strata Energy Services Inc. “There are some nice buildings going up,” said Sigurdson.

Although interest in industrial land in the region has increased, Sennema thinks prospective buyers are still being cautious with their money.

“I don’t think they’re chomping at the bit like they were prior to 2008.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

SPAIN: Wages cut 5% The civil servants — whose wages were cut 5 per cent on average in 2010 in the first round of austerity cuts — are usually paid 14 times a year. The govern-

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an economic proxy as it is used in so many industries. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) climbed 59 cents to $30.68 and First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) was ahead 47 cents to $17.53.

Gold ticked $26.70 higher to US$1,592 an ounce, pushing the gold sector up just over one per cent. Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K) gained 47 cents to $8.51 and Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) rose 85 cents to $34.53.

Auto parts makers helped push the consumer discretionary sector up 1.2 per cent with Magna International (TSX:MG) ahead $1.84 to $41.37 and Linamar Corp. (TSX:LNR) added 69 cents to $21.32.

All sectors were higher save technology with the financial group up about 0.5 per cent.

Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) advanced 23 cents to $10.88 and TD Bank (TSX:TD) climbed 60 cents to $79.85.

The TSX ended the week down 145 points or 1.24 per cent.

Traders seemed unfazed by a report showing a slip in consumer confidence in the U.S. The widely-watched University of Michigan’s index came in at 72 in July, down from 73.2 in

May and a recent high of 79.3 in April.

A smooth bond auction from the eurozone’s third-largest economy helped to cement the positive tone in the markets. Italy sold C3.5 billion of three-year bonds at an average yield of 4.65 per cent. That was sharply lower than the 5.3 per cent it had to pay at a similar auction in midJune when investors were acutely concerned about Greece’s general election and the scale of the problems in Spain’s banks.

In other corporate news, Garda World Security Corp.

(TSX:GW) shares gained 28 cents to $8.25 as it said it has acquired McKinnon Services, a 1,500-employee security company based in Quebec City. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Garda said it’s expected to have an immediate positive impact on financial results.

Gold miner Semafo Inc. (TSX:SMF) picked up after taking a beating from disappointing results at its key mining operation. The company lost more than one-third of its value over two trading sessions Wednesday and Thursday. Its shares were up nine cents to $3.48 Friday,

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still down from the Tuesday close at $5.28.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: July ’12 $2.40 higher $683.90; Nov.’12 $2.40 higher $623.90; Jan ’13 $1.20 higher $625.70; March ’13 $0.60 higher $623.20; May ’13 $1.00 lower $619.40; July ’13 $2.10 lower $616.70; Nov. ’13 $6.00 higher $564.00; Jan. ’14 $6.00 higher $558.80; March ’14 $6.00 higher $558.80; May ’14 $6.00 higher $558.80; July ’14 $6.00 higher $558.80.

Barley (Western): July ’12 $10.00 higher $277.00; Oct. ’12 unchanged $251.00; Dec. ’12 unchanged $255.00; March ’13 unchanged $258.00; May ’13 unchanged $260.00; July ’13 unchanged $260.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $260.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $260.00; March ’14 unchanged $260.00; May ’14 unchanged $260.00; July ’14 unchanged $260.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 427,000 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 427,000.

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Donalda-area producer re-elected chairman of Agriculture and Food Council An ag producer from the Donalda area has been re-elected chair of the Agriculture and Food Council.

Heather Broughton was among those named to the AFC executive and board at the council’s annual general meeting. Joe Gendre of Stettler was also returned to the board.

“I am excited to continue serving as the chair of the Agriculture and Food Council as we persevere with strategically repositioning the council to bring more value to the sector and be more diversified in the services we provide,” said Broughton in a release.

The AFC operates programs and initiatives in support of the agricultural sector, and also addresses issues relevant to the sector.

Local auctioneers to compete at Stampede event A pair of Central Alberta auctioneers were scheduled to compete in the Calgary Stampede’s International Livestock Auctioneer Championship today.

ment is now axing an extra payment made just before Christmas. The prime minister, his cabinet and lawmakers will also suffer the cut. At the local, regional and central level, there are around 3 million public servants in Spain.

In the Puerta del Sol in downtown Madrid, about 500 civil servants gathered, about half dressed in black. Some women wore veils, as if at funerals. Protesters blew whistles and horns. Civil servants are often ridiculed in Spain and seen as lazy, clock-in and clock-out types with the luxury of lifetime jobs.

But many earn as little as C1,000 a month.

Isabel Perez, a 40-year-old librarian, said “our wages have already been cut and now they take away the Christmas payment. I don’t make it to the end of the month as it is. The extra payment gave some relief. We’re not exactly millionaires.” She earns C1,300 a month and had already faced a yearly C330 euro wage cut by the Madrid regional government.

The latest austerity package has come after Spain won approval from the other 16 countries that use the euro for the first C30 billion tranche of a bailout of up to C100 billion for its troubled banking sector.

Spain also managed to secure an extra year to meet a European deficit reduction target of 3 per cent of GDP. The size of Spain’s economy in 2011 is estimated to have been $1.5 trillion.

Investors’ response has been lukewarm, and the yield on Spain’s benchmark 10-year bonds, a measure of investor wariness of a country’s debt, remains very high at 6.61 per cent, up 4 basis points for the day.

Investors are also becoming increasingly wary of placing money in Spanish banks, which are having to turn to the European Central Bank for financing.

In June, Spanish bank borrowing from the ECB rose 17 per cent from May. The accrued total as of the end of that month was C337 billion, 77 per cent of all the money owed to the ECB and seven times the figure from June 2011.

A draft memorandum of understanding agreed by eurozone finance ministers for Spain’s bank bailout suggests billions in problematic assets should be segregated into an “external asset management agency” to clean up Spanish banks’ balance sheets.

It also says that by the end of the year certain areas of jurisdiction — sanctioning and licensing — should be

Justin Gattey of Consort and Dean Edge of Rimbey were among the 10 finalists who were to showcase their oratory skills under the Stampede’s Big Top, starting at 11 a.m. The pair emerged from the preliminary round of competition, held Friday at the Olds Auction Market in Olds, which featured auctioneers from as far away as California, Kentucky and Australia.

Patrick Cassidy and Tyler Rosehill, both of Olds, also participated.

The preliminary round was held in conjunction with the Canadian Feeder Cattle Show and Sale. The grand champion and reserve champion pens of heifers were both entered by Chris and Rod Sargent of Mirror, with those animals transported to Calgary for Saturday’s finals.

The winner of the International Livestock Auctioneer Championship was to receive $5,000, a custom Stampede buckle and a champion’s jacket — as well as a berth into the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship at Montgomery, Ala. The runner-up was to earn $1,000, the third-place finisher $600, the fourthplace finisher $400 and the top rookie a Stampede buckle.

Gattey, who sells at Vold, Jones and Vold Auction in Ponoka, won the Canadian championship last month in Stavely.

transferred from the Spanish economy ministry to the Bank of Spain.

This is seen as paving the way for Europe having a single bank supervisory body that will oversee central banks and be empowered to recapitalize Spanish and other troubled banks directly instead of via debt-laden government.

SOUTHILL: Pharmacy dates back to mid-’80s He believes the pharmacy, which was previously owned by pharmacist Michael Tweedy, dates back to the mid-1980s.

“This will be a pretty major upgrade.”

Busse, who has worked there for several years, said staff will remain the same. Operations will continue throughout the renovations, he added.

Ding opened two other Red Deer pharmacies, Piper IDA Pharmacy and Gaetz Avenue IDA Pharmacy, at the beginning of this month. Both are attached to medical clinics and emphasize an integrated approach to health care.

Ding said South Hill IDA will operate under the same philosophy, with Busse working closely with doctors — including those at the hospital — as part of a broader health care team. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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A major transformation Botox. Fillers. Lip plumping.

Dermabrasion. As vanity levels and the desire for facial enhancement soar ever higher, there would appear to be a procedure to satisfy even the most demanding, ahem, ‘improver.’

And good luck to them all, say we. If you fancy looking like ET’s mother in a wind tunnel, that’s fine by us. Personally speaking, we’d rather allay advancing years with good diet, lots of sleep COLIN & and the avoidJUSTIN ance of alcohol (OK, we lied about that last bit; everything in moderation, huh?), but, of course, each to their own.

So where are we going with the medical observations? Well, it’s simply coincidence that this very week, aided and abetted by a host of media pals, we made the journey to The Pamper and Cocktail beauty camp in the Port Perry garden of Craig Charity, editor in chief of Revive, a health and wellbeing glossy magazine.

Assembled in tents and pergolas around his manicured estate were various practitioners who promised all manner of wonderful benefits courtesy of indulgent skin care procedures.

From facial wraps to collagen plumping, and from laser fat zappers to hair removal, guests were tempted along the path to eternal youth against the aural backdrop of Canadian Idol’s Brian Melo, who provided the afternoon’s upbeat entertainment.

So, we had fun? And then some . . . even if we nearly fainted whilst watching viscous line-reducing fluid being squeezed from terrifyingly large hypodermics into the faces of willing guinea pigs. No idea what was in those syringes (it might as well have been squished directly from the jaws of an anaconda, for all we knew), but we certainly didn’t allow it anywhere near our lined (with fear) Scottish brows.

But we digress. It was a great party and the procedures on offer were administered under strict supervision by a team of experts who know exactly what they were doing. As we returned, en masse, to Toronto (in a 12-seater white stretch limo, like prom queens on steroids), we talked with our posse about how good it is (for those who wish to partake) that there are endless ways in which to hold back the years.

And, as we chatted, we eventually drew parallels between cosmetic improvement and the measures we take to make our homes ‘age appropriate.’

Many of our client homes, as we find them, owe more to the past than they do the present, yet simply need a sequence of cosmetic tweaks to pull them kicking and screaming into the present day. Which brings us neatly to today’s designer miracle. Our clients, a 50-something couple, were lively, animated and fun but, as we chatted, they admitted their home made them feel much older. A blatant disregard for furniture placement, coupled with pork chop coloured paint (and a brick wall that even Pink Floyd would have hated), left us in no doubt that immediate surgery was required. Time for your favourite aestheticians to take over; pass us the decorative anaesthetic, we’re going in.

Bricking it Take a tip; if time and budget permit, remove — or improve — all negative elements before work commences.

The brick wall, in its original incarnation, was at best dominant and at worst ugly, so we tackled it head on. Spend, however, was limited, so, rather than remove it and start from scratch, we balanced our books and painted it the same colour as the wallpaper. Our tactic, essentially, camouflaged the problem, thereby merging it into the background. The project complete, the wall is now part of the overall scheme, rather than in competition with it.

Flooring The deep pile carpet, while singularly at odds with our recovery plan, had some wear left, so it was carefully removed and dispatched to the home of a neighbour for use in his basement.

Wherever possible, we consign to the dumpster as little as possible. If some-

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Colin and Justin do their magic for a 50-something couple. Above and below, the before and the after.

one else can benefit, indirectly, from one of our projects, then all the better. As replacement we selected Amtico and, being that the subfloor was in smooth condition, minimal preparation was required before it could be installed. It’s worth noting that the low profile of compound strip product such as this generally means that doors don’t need to be removed for shaving, nor skirting boards lifted to run product below.

Add sparkle Mirrors, as we oft explain, bounce light and, correctly positioned, make space feel instantly larger and more dramatic. This in mind, the sunburst above the hearth adds an interesting shape while the trio of framed mirrors create a landscape triptych that further elongates perceived proportions. Other metallic finishes — like the coffee table legs and lamp bases — further max up illumination, as does the foil-detailed Osbourne and Little wallpaper.

Use technology to modernizer Using wall mounted items, such as TVs, is a great way to free up floor space and it works particularly well in tight rooms. Deliberately positioned modern technology helps create upto-date ‘focus,’ but don’t think that flat screens only work in contemporary environments; they work just as well as contemporary balance in traditional rooms. We diverted a TV from our client’s spare room, but, if you’re searching for the market’s best flat screen

and multi-media technology, visit the Samsung website (samsung.com). Their products, as far as we’re concerned, are market leaders.

Upholstery The beige coloured sofas had to go.

Boasting all the allure of a maximumsecurity twilight home, their velour lines and comfort-free ergonomics made us very uneasy. And, if truth be known, our clients didn’t much care for them either.

However, like a million other homeowners, they had no idea how to select replacements. Should they buy new? Or choose loose fit covers? Might they design their own and have everything custom made from scratch? In our restricted time line, reupholstery was impossible — and the sofa shape sufficiently prehistoric that replacement covers would have proved tricky to locate — so we visited G.H. Johnson’s and, with floor stock available to take away, simply paid our bill and arranged for delivery.

Add Contrast Peppering schematics with a colour note that’s decidedly different to the project’s overall feel helps dramatize results.

Here, for example, we chose black and used it sparingly to add impact and contrast. Courtesy of our ebony note, the room comes alive via lamp shades, picture frames and the aforementioned sunburst mirror, all of which conspire to effectively ‘pop’ visuals at minimum expense.

Get the temperature right Always plot your design carefully to avoid making mistakes as your work plays out.

Repeat this mantra: ‘To fail to plan is to plan to fail.’ We live by these words. For every reversion we undertake we build a ‘mood board’ and, as we assembled this one, we laid out our various tones of green, grey, sliver and black and balanced everything with the flooring to add visual warmth and a natural layer. It’s not rocket science; a rushed job will generally come back to haunt you, but if you take time, your efforts will endure for years to come.

Flexibility The furniture, as we found it, was arranged in a tricky configuration, but our new layout made everything simpler in terms of flow, conversation and optimum TV viewing. The occasional tables can be moved to serve as coffee tables, or set out — as a pair — at different sides of the room. And of course the table tops, because they’re almost invisible, visually de clutter our efforts even further.

Quite the transformation, huh?

Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are the hosts of HGTV’s Colin & Justin’s Home Heist and the authors of Colin & Justin’s Home Heist Style Guide, published by Penguin Group (Canada). Follow them on Twitter @colinjustin or on Facebook (ColinandJustin). Check out their new candle and room spray ranges at candjhome.co.uk. Contact them through their website colinandjustin.tv

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Summer ideal time to update with paint Summer is a good time to redo kitchen cabinets.

The warm weather invites a more casual lifestyle, simple meals and BBQs can be prepared and eaten in the backyard, and there’s often more time to get the work done.

Longer daylight hours stretch time too. However, before planning a paint job, be mindful of how heat and humidity affect paint drying and curing.

If your home is air-conditioned, this will help. Even though the paint will feel dry to the touch in 24 hours, allow a week for the paint to cure, or dry all the way through. Here are some tips for readers who want to renovate their kitchen cabinets with paint.

DEBBIE Dear Debbie: I want to TRAVIS paint my kitchen cupboards and need some help. The bases are wooden and the doors are 80s style with wood bottoms and laminate covered doors. How would I paint them? Thanks. — Mary Pat Dear Mary Pat: The good news is that these cabinets are still in sound working order, so rather than the expense of replacement, a cosmetic update will renew your kitchen. I did a Painted House show on this very theme and the results were remarkable. The 80s-style cabinets were originally white melamine with wood handlebars at the bottom.

The secret to a professional job is proper preparation. Proceed by removing all the cabinet doors and hardware (hinges).

Wash the surfaces with TSP, which is a heavy duty cleanser that not only removes dirt and grease, but also some of the shine.

Wipe dry and sand the clean surface with medium grade sandpaper to give it some tooth. Wipe away the sanding dust and apply a coat of high-adhesive primer with a low-pile roller and let dry overnight.

Apply two coats of water-based paint with a low pile roller. Fine-grade sandpaper should be used for a light sanding between coats. Finish with two to four coats of acrylic varnish, the high gloss is most durable.

The wooden handlebars were modernized with two coats of silver metallic paint and high gloss varnish. It makes a neat tie-in to the steel appliances.

To break up the monotony of so many cabinet doors, a few were painted a light blue.

Dear Debbie: We would like to add a bit of colour

to our white melamine kitchen cabinets. The door surfaces are not smooth, but have horizontal lines imbedded about 5/8-inch apart boxed in with a smooth two-inch frame. Any suggestions on an application that would suit this design would be helpful.

(Appliances are white.) — Peter Dear Peter: I’ve seen this design of kitchen (and bathroom) cabinetry in homes and condos built in the 90s.

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Tamara Schenke could use some help enforcing city codes requiring the residents of Belton, Mo., to maintain the appearance of their property.

So the code enforcement officer recently asked residents to volunteer to help her look for properties with overgrown grass, junk or debris on the lawn, or signs of illegal home occupation.

She’s optimistic that residents will volunteer for the new program, which includes extensive training, because they’ve helped with smaller efforts in the past.

“They jump on it,” she said. “They want to see their neighbourhood cleaned up.”

She needs the extra sets of eyes because the city laid off the other code enforcement officer and the department’s secretary a few years ago.

The cutbacks came at a time when foreclosures and vacant homes were on the rise, which created additional work for her and code enforcement departments around the country.

Schenke now handles about 2,500 code enforcement cases each year.

She hopes to train 30 to 40 volunteers to assist her.

Cities around the country are turning to volunteers for the same reasons as Schenke, said Roy Fyffe, executive director of the American Association of Code Enforcement.

“The budget problems that jurisdictions are facing have had a major impact on looking to our citizens to help,” he said from his office in Tow, Texas.

When state budget cuts prevented the city of Eastvale, Calif., from adding paid staff, Michael “Ozzie” Osborn answered the call for volunteers.

Once he’s trained, he said, he will patrol the city looking for violations such as boats parked in driveways, garbage cans left at the curb or other eyesores.

“It’s important that the citizens of the city of Eastvale abide by our municipal code,” said the retired engineer.

Concern for the community’s appearance also led Steve Crull to enlist in Schenke’s new program.

The Belton resident was already part of a smaller program where residents with professional training in code enforcement could report violations.

“Having worked as a building codes inspector, I knew that dCouring these times of budget cuts one inspector was going to have a rough time covering the whole city on a regular basis,” Crull said.

“I believe that everyone should take an interest in their surrounding community.

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When the base coat is dry, tape off the smooth frame with low-tack painter’s tape, and apply a wash of white paint with a rag moving horizontally in the direction of the lines.

Wipe back with a clean rag, leaving traces of the whitewash in the lines.

This is a very soft, veiled effect that adds interest and character. Before painting, prepare your doors according to the directions above.

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HOUSEWORKS Cordless power tool performance ultimately comes down to battery performance, and last year at this time claims by one tool manufacturer about their batteries sounded pretty boastful.

Figures like 40 per cent longer run time between charges and 20 per cent more power than the best competing batteries were being quoted by one manufacturer, and that’s why I put these numbers to a rigorous, measurable, real-world test.

Milwaukee is one of a handful of international power tool manufacturers, and their RedLithium batteries were the source of all the talk.

To test their big claims I used an 18-volt impact wrench to drive ½-inch diameter by sixinch long lag bolts into and out of predrilled holes in the side of a red oak test log as many times as possible on a full charge.

I used the same power tool to test two batteries — one was Milwaukee’s regular 18-volt lithiumion battery, and the other was a RedLithium 18-volt. I also kept track of how long it took to drive each batch of test bolts from start to dead battery, to gain a sense of tool speed.

Not all tool batteries make tools run at the same speed, even when the batteries are supposed to put out the same voltage.

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Steve uses an 18-volt impact wrench to drive 1/2-inch x 6-inch lag bolts into and out of a red oak test log.

This tough work highlights differences in battery run time and power. motors that power drills, impact drivers and other cordless tools, and I have no doubt it will become main stream within the next two years. More on this in future columns.

Technology doesn’t usually stay proprietary for very long these days, but RedLithium batteries are still leading the pack right now, even a year after my tests. I use a wide variety of cordless tools regularly in the course of my work, and so far I haven’t found anything that rivals RedLithium.

As the tool manufacturers scramble to keep up, tool users are the big winners, especially if you’ve take the time to figure out which technology is currently the best, then get it into your toolbox.

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My tests have shown that a so-called 18-volt tool battery regularly out 21 or 22 volts at rest. How much voltage drops under load varies quite a bit from one battery type to the other, and this voltage drop determines how fast a tool operates.

One of the things that surprised me was just how hot the lag bolts became during my test. After 15 or 20 drives into and out of the wood, the entire lag bolt was smoking and way too hot to touch. The oak log I used was still fresh enough to contain lots of sap, which actually boiled away vigorously around each bolt as it went into and out of the steaming wood.

Ultimately all this energy comes from the battery pack driving the tool, and it’s visual proof that today’s cordless tool batteries hold a lot of energy. When the bolts got really hot it even caused audible puffs of steam to come out of the hole as the metal pulled away from the wood.

To ensure consistency, I ran the test for each battery twice, after a full charge and recharge. I don’t know if a super-hot tool would interfere with fair results, but I also let the impact wrench cool down between test sessions, just to be sure.

The bottom line is that not all advertised claims exaggerate.

In fact, Milwaukee has actually understated RedLithium performance based on my lag bolt tests. Work completed on one charge was a whopping 73 per cent greater for RedLithium than regular lithium-ion tool batteries, while driving each screw an average of 18 per cent faster.

To see a video of my test in action, with more detailed results, visit www. stevemaxwell.ca/lithiumbattery-test Another legitimate tool advance that’s showing up across all tool brands is brushless motor technology. This is a simpler, more efficient way to build the electric

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Schenke hopes to have her program up and running by the end of summer. The city has already created a policy that protects the volunteers while they perform their duties, she said. She also has made provisions to prevent volunteers from misusing their position; she’ll make spot checks of the violations they report to make sure they are legitimate, she said.

Before embarking on a volunteer program, cities need to address liability issues, create a training program and determine whether the use of volunteers violates any labour contracts, Fyffe said. “(The issues) are going to vary from state to state and community to community,” he said.

In Daytona Beach, Fla., volunteers recently finished 20 hours of classroom training and have begun to do ride-alongs with the professional code enforcement officers, said Hector Garcia, head of code. The volunteers are looking for inappropriate signs along the roadway, unaddressed vandalism to houses and untended lawns.

“It’s not to replace my code officers,” Garcia said.

“It’s just a helping hand.”

Program participants will be assigned to patrol neighbourhoods other than their own, so they are not in the position of reporting on their neighbours, he said. And the volunteers are not to interact with other residents or business owners anyhow during the course of their work, he said. All contact with the public is to be made through the department.

Many of the programs allow volunteers only to observe violations and report back to paid staff, added Donna Wisniewski, president of the American Association of Code Enforcement and a code officer with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, which does not use volunteers for code matters.

Volunteers can check properties to see if owners have mowed their grass, removed trash or inflated the tires on parked vehicles, she said. They also can be on the lookout for possible violations while they are out and about in their neighbourhoods, she said.

“We’re not able to get out in every neighbourhood every day,” she said.

Volunteers typically like the work because they can make a “tangible difference” in the community, Wisniewski said. “They can say, ’I turned that over to code enforcement and it got taken care of,”’ she said.

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ANNIE ANNIE

I bent over backward to find Allie a flattering plus-size maid-of-honour dress and was so thrilled when she finally found one she liked that I bought it for her, even though it was twice the cost of my wedding dress.

Now she’s decided she hates the dress, and she told the entire bridal party that I’m a Bridezilla, while I’m stressing myself out to make sure she feels comfortable.

Allie has picked fights with my new in-laws and caused two bridesmaids to back out of the wedding.

Last week, my mother bawled me out for being “domineering” and said I should “consider Allie’s feelings.”

Annie, I have been considering Allie’s feelings since I was 10. My heart breaks for what happened to Allie, but can’t I have just one day where people are thinking about me? I’ve suggested family counselling, but they refuse to go. How do I make my parents realize that I’m not the bad guy? — Normal Sister Dear Normal: It is not too late for Allie to get psychological help, and she could surely use it. Your parents are doing her no favours by coddling her into total dependence out of guilt and sympathy.

This encourages her to remain a victim of her past.

Other than cancelling the entire wedding, you will never please them, so stop bending over backward.

Express sympathy and then ignore their demands.

Dear Annie: My wife and I just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We have two beautiful boys.

sire and know-how had to come before the means. Don’t focus so much on what you don’t have. Be glad to be learning the skills you need that will bring what you want closSaturday, July 14 er.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Those Mathew Fox, 46; Tommy Mottola, 63; Polly who have the most fans will likely have a Bergen, 82 number of detractors. A part of putting yourTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mercury goes self out there and being seen means attention retrograded in the sign of Leo. of all kinds. You’re holding onto We are all being asked to conwhat should be shared. Approve sider what we are proud of, and of yourself and the opinion of where we would like to show our others matter less. stuff more than we are now. It CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. will be a great day, enjoy!

19): Your ruling planet, Saturn, HAPPY BIRTHDAY: It’s a is getting into a conversation truly optimistic year, with lots with the Sun, highlighting an of opportunities to expand your area of your work environment confidence. You might appear that needs acceptance. You’ve arrogant to some, but your heart been diligently working on your is pure. Balance your expectacareer goals. This is part of the tions with a realistic plan, and learning just before the gains you’ll move closer to your colorarrive.

NADIYA ful visions. It will be a great year, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. SHAH enjoy!

18): Your ancient ruler, Saturn, ARIES (March 21-April 19): is in its last weeks in the comA spontaneous conversation patible sign of Libra. There are leaves you full of hope and optimes when this placement has timism. The more immediate the encouraged you to articulate your politics, sharing is, the more it benefits you and could but today, you’re asked to allow others their possibly introduce you to a new love. Deopinions. This is the delicate balance now. lightful surprise comes when you accept a PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A new idea, timely invitation. pathway, or interest is opening up for you in TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your fiyour career. The break from your past experinances might be less than ideal, but you’re ence might make you feel insecure, as if you blessed nonetheless. You can make the perare starting all over again. Creatively incorpofect connection in the workplace now, leadrate your past success into your future plans. ing you to learn about an opportunity at a ★ ★ ★ pay raise. Don’t let a friend talk you out of Sunday, July 15 taking a shot.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As the Moon Brian Austin Green, 39; Beth Stern, 40; Jesse moves over Jupiter and Venus in your sign, Ventura, 61 you are convinced this good feeling will alTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Sun ways be with you. A day of indulgence can Speaks to Saturn, bringing desire for security be allotted and should not require you to and stability. We can see the steps that need break the budget. to be taken to create a more stable future, CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Brick by but it requires more work than we initially Brick, success is built.” The same can be thought. Approach opportunities with matusaid for a relationship, parenting a child who rity. It will be a great day, enjoy! grows into a solid adult, or completing a HAPPY BIRTHDAY: A strong pleasure project. There is a change in immediate cirloving side to you this year stirs old memocumstance that matters to you. Lay a strong ries. The smells and tastes most connected foundation by taking it one step at a time. to positive experiences will find a way back LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Galileo was fainto your life. You have a gift with music. It mously charged with blasphemy for suggestwill be a great year, enjoy! ing the Sun was at the center of our galaxy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): An optimistic Once embraced, not only did we see the spirit is growing with you. At the same time, Universe with greater awe, but also our place your desire for change is taking on particuin it. Your external environment is undergoing lar urgency. Find a happy medium between a change, along with your heart. expecting the best and working towards it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You have Frustration can be transformed into enthusistarted a year of career blessings, and right asm with a simple decision. now, this includes financial rewards. If there TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re has been any doubt, an optimistic offer reasfocused on the variable that’s not in your sures you. You are at the start of a wonderful hands. Let go of anxiety and fear. Instead, chapter. cultivate a sense of trust that you’re exactly LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is tenwhere you’re supposed to be. Guidance in sion now, most likely thanks to a single perthe form of friends, allies, and the supernatuson, but it is only inspiring you to work harder ral kind is all available to you. to improve your circumstance. Consider how GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As the Moon you can expand your horizons. Consider incrosses over Venus in your sign, you find vestigating a travel and learning opportunity. yourself in a tender mood. Time spent in SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Each of pleasure or pampering feels just right, prothe outer planets was found when someviding healing benefits beyond what you exone looked through a telescope, but the depected. A makeover makes you happy.

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We’ve known each other since we were teenagers.

I find myself thinking about what type of husband and father I have been. I am a police officer, and with this career comes a list of special stressors. I know that I never have been as romantic as my wife would like.

My wife does the majority of housework, laundry and child rearing. While I play with my boys, my wife is doing housework.

When I tuck the boys into bed, she is doing the laundry or making lunches for kids.

Even though I am not outwardly as affectionate as I should be, not a minute passes without my wanting my wife and kids to be happy, healthy and safe. My wife has put up with all of my shortcomings and the stress that I have surely put on her.

I just wanted the chance to say that even though it may look like I don’t notice everything she does, I do. I appreciate the love she gives me, even when my hard-nosed attitude makes her ill. Happy anniversary, Charlotte, and I promise to try to be more if you promise to stick around for the rest of my life. — Empty Head, Full Heart Dear Husband: You sound like a keeper. Happy anniversary.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You learn more if you listen more than you speak.”

There has been some variation of this statement spoken since time immemorial. Staying silent might be the last thing you feel prepared to do, but it’s where you greatest power is now. The less others know, the better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Social disobedience, and a society’s acceptance of it, is a mark of how much they value freedom of speech and diversity of opinion. You have a valid concern, but are struggling to find ways to speak up. Know it is your right. Carefully chosen words ensure you can feel safe as well.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The “It gets better” campaign strived to assert that high school is not real life. Despite the challenges and genuine difficulties, the wider world is a much friendlier place. In some way, you’re leaving an immature environment for more respectful pastures. It really is getting better.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You might feel as if there’s an impression about you that’s far from the truth. However, do consider the source. Your fear of what others think is not accurate, and doesn’t even matter. Stay true to your core values, knowing that there’s the option to shine ever brighter.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In our times that can feel polarizing at key moments, it’s hard to believe that harmony and progress are possible. An inspiring cultural moment re-

stores your faith in humanity. Avoid cynicism as the implications reach into your heart.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Love provides you with a surprising and giddy moment. Those attached will be delighted by a surprise fun moment with their love. Singles have an exciting and enthralling flirtatious moment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Debate, and the willingness to engage in it, is a sign of a healthy disposition. Your desire to hear varying sides of an issue is a sign of strength.

Don’t let someone force you into a position you’re not ready for. Simply remain open to the possibilities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Momentum is the understanding that what you give a bit of energy to will necessarily grow in energy, attention, and expertise. Instead of thinking about completion now, consider momentum as a wave you are trying to catch.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If we’re truly on a path of meaning, chances are, there are clear moments when we changed course as new information came in. An alteration can propel you forward towards a dream that matters now.

Nadiya Shah is a consulting astrologer, syndicated sun sign columnist and holds a master’s degree in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination, from the University of Kent, U.K. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Dear Annie: My fiance and I cut corners for four years so we could have a nice wedding. We didn’t ask either set of parents for money, and they didn’t offer.

We’re footing the entire bill, including the formal wear for the attendants.

The problem is my 34-yearold socially awkward sister, “Allie.” Allie was hospitalized 20 years ago when she was brutally beaten by some older teenagers. She never received psychological help. My mother pays Allie’s rent and all of her bills.

Family vacations have been cancelled to keep Allie comfortable. My parents missed my college graduation MITCHELL because Allie was nervous about fitting into the airline & SUGAR seat.

If I outperformed her academically, my parents asked me to downplay my success so Allie wouldn’t feel bad. When I got engaged, my mother asked me to skip the engagement party and shower because those things “make Allie anxious.”

I lost 190 pounds for health reasons. Allie makes nasty comments, saying I’m only having a wedding to show off my new body.

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CAMERON Franklin Samuel Mcleod Born Innisfail, November 21, 1938 - Passed Away Red Deer July 7, 2012. Frank was ever the wanderer, through his stint as an underage Trooper in the Canadian A r m y, a n d h i s y e a r s i n the international “oil patch”, and on to his final return to Alberta in 2007 after five years spent in Newfoundland.

I n A u g u s t 2 0 11 h e w a s diagnosed - in addition to his depression - with a disabling neurological condition, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Frank was much loved and admired for his kindness and great courage in the face of an incurable condition by the staff at Orion House, Centennial Centre, Ponoka, and of Bethany Collegeside Long Term Care, Red Deer.

He will always be remembered and sorely missed by his family. No formal funeral service will be held. A family memorial is planned for a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to ifh@telus.net HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD. 4415- 49th Street Innisfail, Alberta T4G 1P3 Telephone 403.227.0006

FREDETTE David Arthur Joshua David “Davey” Arthur Joshua Fredette passed away peacefully at home on July 10, 2012 at the age of 41 years. Davey will be lovingly remembered by his parents, David (Diane) Sr. and Judith; s i s t e r, M e l a n i e ; b r o t h e r, J a r e d ; n e p h e w, D a n i e l ; grandma Fredette and grandma Naylor. He will also be greatly missed by his large extended family and by all those who knew him. He is predeceased by his grandpa Fredette; grandpa Naylor; and by his uncles, Gary and Randy.

During his life, Davey faced many challenges and in recent years, a hard battle with his failing health.

Through this he loved animals and was loved by all who met him. Despite the pain his departure has left, his family would not hold him to this earth. A Celebration of Davey’s life will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of the Red Deer Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Davey’s honor may be made directly to the Central Alberta Methadone Program. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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KERSHAW Nov. 7, 1925 - July 5, 2012 Dennis was born on November 7, 1925 in Vernon British Columbia, the only child of Fred and Sophia (“Jessie”) Kershaw. He attended Vernon Elementary and Junior Secondary School until 1938, when his parents bought the hotel in Pemberton. There was no high school in Pemberton in those days, so Dennis completed high school up to Senior Matriculation (first year university) by correspondence, obtaining a record number of credits and several scholarships. Dennis then moved to Victoria British Columbia in 1944 and attended Victoria College in Craigdarroch Castle. He went on to complete his B.A. in Mathematics and Physics at UBC. After a year of Teacher Training he joined the Secondary Correspondence School, serving as Assistant Director until 1964, when he left to join the staff of Edward Milne Secondary and later Belmont Secondary in the Sooke School District. Dennis was a member of St. Luke’s Players for many years, serving as President and Tr e a s u r e r a n d a c t i n g i n directing many productions.

He is survived by his son Chris and Judi, grandson Rob and great grandson S y l i s a l l o f R e d D e e r. A memorial service will be held at St. Luke’s Church, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Victoria, BC on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

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MCKEAGE, 1957-2012 Greg “Kegger” McKeage passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the age of 55 years. Greg is lovingly remembered by his mother, Millie McKeage, brother, Randy (Pat) McKeage of Bonanza, Alberta, three sisters, Linda (Larry) Schrum of Edmonton, Alberta, Sheralyn Donaghy of Red Deer, Alberta and Carol McKeage of Red Deer, Alberta. He is predeceased by his father, Mal McKeage. A tribute to Greg’s life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home Reception Centre, 6287 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm.

Greg will be laid to rest with his father at the Alto Reste C e m e t e r y i n R e d D e e r, Alberta. Donations in memory of Greg may be made online directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, www.heartandstroke.ab.ca Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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TOLIVER - ROSENTHAL Tom and Darla Toliver along with Roy and Lou Rosenthal are thrilled with the upcoming wedding of their children Dustin and Nicole. Wedding to take place the fall of 2012.

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Went missing in downtown Red Deer. His name is Remmington. He is a cross between a Red Nosed Australian Pit Bull & Rottweiler. If found, or if you have seen him, please call 403-314-9911 or 403-597-4995 OFF WHITE RING NECK DOVE Lost in the Pines area.

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Jan Verhoef The family of Jan Verhoef would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to their many friends and neighbors who showed such tremendous caring in thought and expression d u r i n g t h e d i ff i c u l t t i m e surrounding Jan’s passing.

Thank you all for your many kindnesses and the thoughtful gifts of food and flowers. We will be eternally grateful for your caring attention.

A very special thank you to my family and friends for attending my 80th birthday celebration. It was a very memorable afternoon. ~ Jean Winter

Gwen of Calgary, passed away at the Foothills Hospital on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the age of 90 years. She will be lovingly remembered by sons: Howard (Kit) McRae, K i r b y ( Va l ) M c R a e ; f i v e grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren as well as by numerous extended family and friends. A Private Family Graveside Service will be held. To email expressions of sympathy: mountainview@arbormemorial.com subject heading: Gwen McRae. Arrangements entrusted to MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, Calgary, AB Tel: (403) 272-5555 www.mountainviewmemorial.ca

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EDEN - GERLING †Magnolia Eden and Jesse Gerling along with their parents Todd and Bonnie Simenson and Jerry and Elfi Gerling are pleased to announce their upcoming wedding to take place on August 25, 2012 at the Riverbend Golf and Country Club, Red Deer, AB.

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WARKE (Klepper) Teresa Sept. 15, 1957 - July 15, 1996 Deep are the memories, Precious they stay.

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WILCOCK, Christopher A. Feb. 3, 1969 - July 14, 2003 Always loved, never forgotten.

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LOUISE PICKERING I would like to express my sincere thanks to all my family and friends that were able to attend my 90th birthday party. Thank you also to the many that sent their wishes with cards and gifts. It was a wonderful day.

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Community Disability Worker Competition # 12-223 Various Opportunities are available including fulltime, part-time, contract full-time, contract part-time, weekday, weekend and overnight positions.

At Catholic Social Services we believe that all people have value and self-worth. As a Community Disability Worker you would help promote the independence and self determination of the people in our care. We are looking for people that are: - Motivated and dedicated - Flexible and creative - Reliable and dynamic Some of the qualifications, experience, and record checks we look for in a Community Disability Worker are: - Grade 12 education or equivalent - Some experience in the human services field - Experience with persons with developmental disabilities and with personal care - Class 5 driver’s licence and driver’s abstract - Insured vehicle - Criminal Record Check with vulnerable sector search included - Alberta Children’s Services Intervention Record Check - The drive to expand the life of another individual

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AURORA DENTAL GROUP is looking for a

Dental Hygienist

3 days/week, starting Aug. 8 Fax: 403-782-6326 DENTAL ASSISTANT We are looking for a level II RDA who is excited about dentistry and wants to help us provide excellent high-end dental care for our patients.

Must be willing to learn new skills and perform at an accelerated level. Must have good communication skills and be organized.

4 day work week with generous bonus plan.

6 week paid vacation.

This is a great career opportunity.

Please submit resume to Dr. Brian Saby, #100-3947 50A Ave. Red Deer, T4N 6V7 or email: info@saby.com 403-340-3434 or 403-348-7069

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WA N T E D R D A I I M o n . Thurs. for General dental practise in Rimbey. Previous exp. preferred. Please fax resume to 403-843-2607 WANTED: Sterilization Technician for Rimbey Dental Care.

Must be meticulous & work well in a team setting.

Starting wage $12-$15/hr depending on exp.

Please fax resume to 403-843-2607 We are looking for a Dental Manager. This is a fulltime position in Red Deer for a multi clinic office.

Previous dental and office management experience is a must.

Must be highly organized, detail-oriented and great time management capabilities. Have the ability to deal with stressful situations, and provide work leadership, guidance and motivation to staff.

If your organized, efficient and personable, then this may be the opportunity for you.

Please forward resume to debms@shaw.ca

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MOVING SALE 152 DORAN CRES July 12th,13th, 14th & 15th Starting at Noon King bdrm. suite, 2 sets of couches w/loveseats, antique cabinet, 9x12 wool carpet & more.

Downtown MC COLLEGE (Marvel) Sidewalk Sale! Lots of great deals! July 19th & 20th from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm 5008 Ross Street (403) 342-1110

Highland Green HUGE GARAGE SALE 12 HALLADAY AVE. July 13/14, Fri. 4-8, Sat. 10-4. Canvas tent, golf clubs, furniture, fabric by bolts, lace, patterns, crafting, sporting equip., etc...

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A RED DEER BASED Pressure Testing Company req’s. Operators for testing BOP’s throughout AB. Only those with Drilling rig exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

DEX Production Testing req’s exp. day night supervisors & assistants.

Competitive wage & benefit pkg. Email resume to: office@ dexproduction.com or fax 403-864-8284

FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Shop & Yard Laborers. $16/hr. to start Apply w/resume to: 4115 39139 HWY 2A (Blindman Industrial Park) HAULIN’ ACID INC. Is currently seeking exp. Class 1 Drivers.

We offer competitive wages, benefits & on-site training.

Requirements: current oilfield certificates, oilfield driving exp., class 1 drivers license, clean drivers abstract. Fax resume to 403-314-9724 or call Dean 403-391-8004

Looking for a great place to grow with a leading company!!

Please contact us by: Fax: (403)340-0886 Email: jrempel@ cathedralenergyservices. com

Qualifications: Organization, Data Entry Skills, General Math Skills, Analyzing Information, Attention to Detail, Thoroughness, Reporting Research Results, Verbal Communication. Proficiency in Simply Accounting and MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) 5 or more years’ experience in computerized book keeping. Willingness to learn and take on new and different tasks. Positive attitude and team player who is capable of working in a fast pace environment.

Resume accepted by email: gsenior@reimermix.com Attention: Glenda

Clerical

Oilfield

REQUIRED F/ T operator.

Rocky, Caroline, Sylvan, Ponoka & Wetaskwin area. Must have a minimum of 2 years exp in artificial lifts, gas/ liquid separation, PJ operation, field compression and general maintenance on pumps, heaters, control valves etc.

Contract operators need not apply.

E-mail resume’s to ken.webster@altagas.ca or fax 403-347-0855

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY

For full detail on this position, Please log onto our website: www. cathedralenergyservices. com

NOW ACCEPTING Resumes for: DRIVERS/HELPERS, w/Class 1 or 3.

Must have drivers abstract.

Looking for SNUBBING OPERATOR HELPERS Must fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-314-5405.

Quattro Energy Services

Great people are Oilfield

ESSENTIAL

BONUS INCENTIVE PROGRAM, BENEFITS!!

TRY Join Our Fast Central Alberta GrowinTeam!!

LIFE QUALIFIED DAY AND NIGHT SUPERVISORS

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

(Must be able to Provide own work truck)

DEADLINE THURS. 5 P.M.

FIELD OPERATORS Valid 1st Aid, H2S, Drivers License required!!

Please contact Murray McGeachy or Kevin Becker by Fax: (403) 340-0886 or email

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mmcgeachy@ cathedralenergyservices.com kbecker@ cathedralenergyservices.com website: www. cathedralenergyservices. com

NOW HIRING! Position available:

Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

Meat Department Manager We’re looking for an energetic food enthusiast to join our team!

QualiďŹ cations • Previous experience considered an asset • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Excellent customer service skills • Compliance with safety and sanitation procedures

APPLY TODAY! We offer a competitive compensation package with employee benefits and exciting career advancement opportunities.

Please visit www.sobeyscareers.ca to apply online or visit the store at #200, 6380 – 50 Avenue.

Restaurant/ Hotel

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Franchise Available for Location on Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, A.B. This location includes the completely redeveloped Smitty’s Restaurant, Lounge, Convenience Store, New Husky Gas Bar and Car Wash.

For more information, contact Scott Amberson SMITTY’S CANADA LIMITED #600 – 501, 18th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 (403) 229-3838 Fax (403) 229-3899 Email: samberson@smittys.ca www.smittys.ca

Canada’s Largest Full Service Family Restaurant Chain - Since 1960

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Essential Energy Services Ltd. provides oilfield services to oil and gas producers in western Canada related to the ongoing servicing of producing wells and new drilling activity. As we continue to grow and expand we are currently looking for applicants for the following positions:

Technicoil Corp.

We are currently hiring for the following positions in our Blackfalds mod yard and throughout Alberta:

Red Deer,Alberta Why Apply To The Essential Group

Johnstone Park 16 JARVIS AVE. Sat. July 14th only 8-5 A little bit of everything.

Nascar collectibles and more

Apply at: E: nsjones@technicoilcorp.com

Timberland HUGE MULTI-FAMILY 187 TIMBERSTONE WAY Back Alley July 12th, 12-8, 13th, 11-7 & 14th, 10-6 Children’s clothes, baby monitor, strollers, room dividers, new in box car seat, bassinet, oak TV stand w/shelves, Xmas ornaments, dishes & more.

Vanier Woods 16 VISCOUNT DR. JULY 14, ONLY Sat. 9 - 3 Couch, dresser, photography props, household misc.

Victoria Park 167 ALEXANDER CRES. July 12, 13 & 14 Thurs. & Fri. 5-7, Sat. 9-12 Desk, bar stools, books, antiques, toys, clothes, etc.

Out of Town

YARD sale. Weather permitting. Sat. July 14, 9-5 Inglewood Sun. 10-4. Household items, clothing, bicycles, 35 ISBISTER CLOSE toys, camping, tools, 2 July 12th & 13th, 5-8 Honda 70’s trail bikes, Ka& 14th, 9-3 wasaki quad and much Tools, plumbing supplies, misc. 37354 Sand Road, artwork, sports equip & more Markerville area.

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SAVANNA Well Servicing is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our growing company. The following opportunities are available in Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as long term local work.

RIG MANAGERS DRILLERS DERRICKHANDS FLOORHANDS

Savanna offers competitive rates and a comprehensive benefits package effective on your first day of work.

Submit your resume : Include Industry certificate and driver`s license Online: http: //savanna. appone.com Email: savannacareers@ savannaenergy.com CALL US: 780-434-6064

We’re hiring.

Receptionist / Junior Administrative Assistant

• Career advancement opportunities • Competitive wages • Industry leading benefit packages • RSP matching program • Employee referral bonus program

Professional Drivers for Field Based Equipment Wanted Duties and responsibilities include the following: *Safely driving and spotting mobile/semi-permanent equipment in a field operations setting * Onsite locating and rigging in of mobile Oil & Gas tractor/trailer units * Performing minor regular and preventative maintenance on Fleet vehicles The successful candidate should possess the following skills and attributes: *Oil & Gas background *Mechanical & technical aptitude *Clean/current 5 year driver abstract *Proficient with National Safety Code Pre-trip and en-route inspections *Experience transporting hazardous products or dangerous goods *Ability to perform emergency roadside repairs *All Oil & Gas industry safety tickets *Class 1 drivers license required *Experience and under standing of Micro Soft Word, Excel, and email Email resume to nicole@ amperageenergy.com or by fax to 403-932-4276 with a current/clean 5 year drivers abstract & safety tickets. www.amperageenergy. com

`Come join our growing family make the connection`

and we recognize their value.

Applicant Requirements

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Further Smitty’s Franchise rights to the city of Red Deer are also negotiable.

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• Office Technology or related certificate • Proficiency in Microsoft Office • Exceptional phone manners and communication skills • Superior organizational skills and attention to detail • Able to work in team environment

Oilfield

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D

100,000 Potential Buyers???

QUINN PUMPS CANADA Ltd. Is looking for a Pump Technician in their Red Deer location. Apply within with resume 6788-65 Ave. Red Deer. No prior experience is necessary

Professionals

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Sobeys Village Mall

QUALIFICATIONS REQ’D

Job Duties: • Sort documents and related information • Post and pay invoices; scheduling and preparing disbursements; obtaining authorization of payment • Prepare and mail invoices; identify delinquient accounts and notify customers • Maintains accounting ledgers and reconciling statements and transactions • Data base backups • Maintain Lease and Rental agreements, employee files, transportation agreements • Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

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Oilfield

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

* CRSP or equivalent * 2-5 years work experience as a HSE practitioner * Valid Drivers License

Full time, permanent employment required immediately in the Olds area for a growing manufacturing company.

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F/T RDA

with or w/o ortho module.

Exciting changes approaching and we are looking for friendly, motivated, energetic team players! Please forward resumes to: resumes@yes-inc.ca

Accounts Receivable/ Payable Clerk

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

Starting wage $13/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

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We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer Serving and Employing People of all Faiths and Cultures Since 1961

23 ASHTON CLOSE July 14, Sat. 8 - 4 SATURDAY ONLY MULTI - FAMILY

RED DEER Orthodontics is seeking a

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HSET Coordinator

Competition # 12-224

Aspen Ridge

to join our team as soon as possible. Hours starting, Thurs. 8-5 & Fri. 8-3, with potential to increase.

Must be willing to assist with dentist as well as work in front reception.

Fax resume to 403-885-5764 or email: contact@blackfaldsdentistry.ca

DENTAL LAB TECHNI- Farm Work CIAN p/t, flexible hrs.

Submit resume to Dr. JE Scalzo 4602-50 St. Red LOOKING FOR SOMEONE to bale 2 quarters between Deer, AB T4N 1W9 Rocky & Caroline.

60/40 Split.

Start your career!

403-845-3501 or 844-1954 See Help Wanted

Community Disability Counsellor Various opportunities are available including fulltime, part-time, contract full-time, contract part-time, evening, weekday, and weekend positions.

If you believe that all people have value and selfworth, and dreams to look forward to, then this may be the career opportunity for you. As a Community Disability Counsellor, you provide support to people with developmental disabilities, helping to promote independence and self-determination. Open to new learning you are keen to becoming skilled in the area of community building and helping people with complex needs be equal and participating members of the community.

Your experience working with people with multiple or complex needs, has helped you to develop the skills to positively influence others, coordinate competing priorities, and demonstrate creative problem solving techniques. Flexible and open minded you are an enthusiastic part of your work team and connected to community partners. Your Degree/Diploma in human services (or equivalent) along with related experience supporting people with disabilities has prepared you for this rewarding opportunity. A vehicle and valid Driver’s Licence is required for these rewarding opportunities.

Location: Red Deer We offer flexibility, a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive working environment.

Police Information Check, Intervention Record Check and/or summary of driving record are conditions of employment and the financial responsibility of the candidate.

Please send resume, quoting the competition number 12-223, or 12-224 before July 25th, 2012 to: Catholic Charities Human Resources Office 4811- 49 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1T8 Fax: (403) 342-1890 www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca

Dental

P/T DENTAL ASSISTANT

Janitorial

SUREPOINT GROUP Provides a complete range of services to the upstream oil and gas industry.

Our RED DEER Location is looking for Instrument Technicians and Electricians of all Apprentice Levels!

We offer: - Competitive wages - Comprehensive Group Benefits - Outstanding Safety Program. It is our job to ensure we all go home SAFE EVERY DAY Please forward resumes to careers@surepoint.ca or FAX: (780) 830-5115.

Visit our website: www. surepoint.ca

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Maintenance Planner / Scheduler (00G3Z) We are currently seeking applications for Maintenance Planner / Scheduler positions located at our ďŹ eld ofďŹ ces in Edson, Eckville & Battle River Management areas. The successful candidate will hold a Journeyman certiďŹ cate in a Mechanical, Instrumentation or Electrical discipline with a minimum of 5 years experience in the oil and gas industry or experience in maintenance planning and scheduling processes. In conjunction with these qualiďŹ cations, the preferred candidate shall have working knowledge of maintenance planning scheduling fundamentals, including capacity planning and scheduling. The ideal candidate must demonstrate strong leadership skills and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. The successful candidate will be required to travel approximately 5% of the time, and must reside within 1 hour of the ďŹ eld ofďŹ ces noted.

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Interested applicants can apply online at www.ConocoPhillips.ca to job posting number 00G3Z by July 22, 2012.

All candidates are thanked for their interest; only those considered for interviews will be contacted.

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Computer Personnel

MICROAGE

DISPATCH COORDINATOR REQ’D Our rapidly growing Red Deer location is looking for a dynamic & personable individual. Candidate will create work orders to fulfill client requirements. Track & update status of all work orders. Ability to communicate effectively. Proficient computer user with knowledge of PC components.

Good communication, documentation & organizational skills. Preference will be given to those candidates with computer & service industry experience. For further details visit www.microage.cc Please forward resume to: jdrummond@microage.cc

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To prepare month end invoices, compile payroll information, assist with communication to employees and clients. Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point. Position is to work from home with own required equipment to complete tasks. Send resume to: archtrans@shaw.ca

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Computer Personnel

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NEWSPAPER ROLL ENDS 50¢ PER POUND

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BOOKKEEPER

RESPONSIBILITIES: - all related payroll duties - GST returns and WCB reporting - monthly financial statements REQUIREMENTS: - high standard of confidentiality req’d - 5 or more years working experience - strong working knowledge of Simply Accounting - strong computer skills and very proficient with spreadsheets - extremely organized with attention to detail - able to work independently with minimum supervision - able to follow directions and meet deadlines Reply to Box 995, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, T4R 1M9 Only those selected for interview will be contacted

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, July 14, 2012 E3

820

SCHLUMBERGER HSE SPECIALIST

*3 years experience in the oil and gas industry in an HSE role and formal education in a college/ university Safety program or an equivalent combination of both. *Must have experience with auditing, incident root cause analysis, behavioral based safety concepts, regulation interpretation and implementation, risk assessments, trend analysis.

Skill set must include *Excellent communication and public speaking, proficient in computer skills, autonomous, must work with little supervision, must have ability to multi-task and prioritize. *Must be able to visit well site locations for field inspections All resumes should be emailed to slb1927@hotmail.ca TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring exp’d snubbing operators and helpers.

Only those WITH experience need apply. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com or fax 403-844-2148

WANTED

EXPERIENCED

CLASS 3

VAC/steamer Truck driver Lacombe area, Fax resume to 403-782-0507

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EASY! The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

WATER & VAC DRIVER needed. All oilfield tickets req’d. Call 885-4373 or fax resume 403-885-4374

Position Available for completely redeveloped Smitty’s Restaurant, Lounge, Convenience Store, New Husky Gas Bar and Car Wash on Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, A.B. Minimum 3 years Full Service Restaurant experience as a General Manager is required.

Further experience in Lounge, Convenience Store & Gas Bar is an asset.

For more information, contact Steven Fee SMITTY’S CANADA LIMITED #600 – 501, 18th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 (403) 229-3838 Fax (403) 229-3899 Email: sfee@smittys.ca www.smittys.ca Canada’s Largest Full Service Family Restaurant Chain - Since 1960

BUSINESS IS BUILT ON INFORMATION Everything you need to know to keep your business humming . . . every day in the Business Section of the Red Deer Advocate.

Call For Home Delivery

314-4300

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Parkland Community Living and Supports Society

The following positions are available

Parkland CLASS currently has a challenging employment opportunity!

We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to take a leadership role as Supported Home Placement Coordinator. Your role will be to coordinate the permanent out-of-home placement of children and adults with special needs. This will involve assessing their abilities and support requirements, encouraging skill development and providing ongoing support and training to foster parents. Duties will also include the day-to-day supervision of frontline staff and general administrative duties.

As the ideal candidate, you will possess excellent organization, time management, & communication skills. You will be able to evaluate family dynamics and formulate concise recommendations. You will report to the Senior Program Manager & will act as a liaison between your manager, the families/foster parents on your caseload & frontline staff.

Your qualifications must include a degree/diploma in human services, social work is preferred, plus several years of related experience in roles with progressive levels of responsibility. Experience with supervision & First Nations culture is required.

Average hours will be 40 per week. Must be able to work evenings and weekends if required. Must have own vehicle, driver’s license and be available for on call duties.

Salary: $3,939/month Please forward cover letter and resume quoting competition #4329SHPC

by July 26, 2012 to: Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3M4 Fax: 403 342-2677 email: hr@pclass.org We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition will remain open until a suitable applicant is found.

Oilfield

Voltage Wireline Inc. is seeking an Electronic Technologist The successful candidate: - Completes preventative maintenance on downhole wireline tools by following standardized procedures.

- Troubleshoot and repair of electronic components, parts, switches, panels, electronic equipment, and systems.

- The physical ability to immediately respond to emergency situations.

- The successful candidate will be required to participate in the on-call rotation.

- Formal completion of 2 year diploma in Electronic Technology - Mechanically inclined - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Please send resumes to jvalliere@voltagewireline. com

WE ARE SEEKING MOTIVATED HARD WORKING PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE TO THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRIES

SUPPORTED HOME PLACEMENT COORDINATOR TERM POSITION: September 4, 2012 - October 1, 2013

www.parklandclass.org

VALVE TECHNICIAN/ SHOP ASSISTANTS ISOLATION EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC. an expanding Oil Service Company is willing to train the right candidates as valve technicians and/or shop assistants in its fast & mechanical environment.

Duties include but not limited to the following: - Assembling and repairing control valves/frac heads - Calibration, testing and troubleshooting of valves as well as measurement and valve related instruments - Disassembly, cleanup and evaluation of parts - Signing and documenting date compliance sheets - Pressure testing processes with experience, will train - Forklift experience/loader experience, will train - Must be 18 years of age or older to apply - Must supply driver’s abstract Benefits: - Excellent hourly wage - Lucrative Safety Bonus and Christmas bonus - Excellent benefit plan - Retirement plan Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@ isolationequipment.com or drop by #239-37428 RR273 Clearview Industrial, Red Deer County

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* BED TRUCK DRIVERS * SWAMPERS * PICKER OPERATOR * WINCH TRACTOR DRIVERS Please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract (5 year) and current safety certificates.

Competitive wages with benefit and salary options available.

Email: scornell@completeenergy.ca Fax: 403-887-4750 We would like to thank all those who apply. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

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Professionals

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ALSTAR is a long standing and quickly growing Gas & Oilfield Construction Company and is looking to fill the following position:

Human Resources Coordinator

Successful candidate will be required to relocate to Hinton, Alberta For complete Job Description & Application Form, please go to our website www.alstaroilfield.com Please Quote Job #61719

Restaurant/ Hotel

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F/T Housekeeping and F/T servers with experience in serving seniors.

Must be flexible, work within a team environment, take initiative and work without supervision.

Must be available to work weekend. We offer a competitive salary.

Fax: 403-341-5613 Attention: ARAMARK e-mail: margery_becker@ aramark.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

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THE Ranch House Restaurant & Bar req’s exp. f/t and/or p/t bartender. Phone David 403-358-4100 for interview appt. or email resume to quantumgroup@shaw.ca White Goose Stettler Kitchen helper Full Time, Salary: $11.50 Hourly for 40 hours per week Location: Stettler, Alberta Apply In Person

Sales & Distributors

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Alberta Sport & Import Ltd. require an experienced sales consultant.

Knowledge of high end vehicles and finance would be an asset. We offer Company Benefits and flexible work schedule.

Apply in person to 7620 Gaetz Ave. or fax your resume to 403-347-9551, email to rjacobson@ albertasportandimport.com CASHIER NEEDED. Drop resume off at Liquor Crossing, 5250 22 St., Red Deer.

SOUTHPOINTE COMMON LOCATION. Positions for COOKS OR CASHIERS, F/T & P/T. There are opportunities for F/T & P/T COOK, Fri., Sat. advancement with Sun. and holidays. Sylvan experience. Uniforms are Lake. 403-396-5031 provided. On the job training. Email resume to SUBWAY RESTAURANT awsp@rttinc.com Innisfail, AB needs F/T Food Counter Attendant.

THE BIG MOO in Must be Mature and willing Sylvan Lake is looking for to work any shift.

ICE CREAM SERVERS. $11.00/hr. Fax resume to F/T or P/T positions avail. PREMIER Spa Boutique is 403-227-6176 or email $10/hr. Contact Stephanie s e e k i n g R e t a i l S a l e s d_merkley@telus.net at 403-887-5533.

Supervisor for our Parkland Mall location, Red Deer. $16.00/hr.

Restaurant/ Email resume Hotel premierjobrd1@gmail.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

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StoreSmart Self-Storage

seeking P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE for 16-24 hours per week.

For job description and how to apply, please go to…www.StoreSmart.ca/ careers.

No phone calls please.

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks Apply in person at West Side Gasoline Alley or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820 Sales & Distributors

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CASE IH EQUIPMENT DEALER IN STETTLER is now accepting applications for

3rd and 4th year Apprentices or Journeyman / Heavy Duty Mechanics with Ag experience.

We offer year round employment, exemplary benefits package, competitive pay scale and continuous professional training in a positive, friendly team oriented work environment. If you have a great attitude and integrity, Future Ag Inc is offering you an exciting career opportunity.

To apply, forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn: Markus Stadelmann Box 1510 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 Fax to (403) 742-5626 Email to markuss@futureag.ca CASE IH EQUIPMENT DEALER IN RED DEER is now accepting applications for

3rd & 4th year Apprentices or Journeyman / Heavy Duty Mechanics with Ag experience.

We offer year round employment, exemplary benefits package, competitive pay scale and continuous professional training in a positive, friendly team oriented work environment.

If you have a great attitude and integrity, Future Ag Inc is offering you an exciting career opportunity.

To apply, forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn: Barry Groves Box 489 Great For covering Tables, Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 Art Work, Clean Packing Fax to (403) 342-0396 Paper, Painting, Playschool, Email: barryg@futureag.ca Banners, and Lots More.

VARIETY OF SIZES Pick Up At: RED DEER ADVOCATE

Trades

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AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIANS

Vehicle maintenance service, replace, fix, adjust systems and components, steering, brakes, suspension, transmission, electronics, electrical, engines and accessories.

Apply in person with resume and Hyundai certification to: Dave @

Gary Moe Hyundai

3 Sales Consultants

7652 Gaetz Ave Red Deer

- Understanding automobile by characteristics, capabilities, and features - Developing relationships, qualifying buyer’s and closing sales - Following up sales leads - Maintaining an above industry standard in Customer Service

We offer: - Above average commission structure, with volume bonuses. Complete benefits package with medical and dental.

- Training salary - Excellent work schedule - Opportunity for advancement within the company.

Experience an asset but not necessary.

Apply in person to:

Chad Pike,

Pike Wheaton Chevrolet Ltd. 3110 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer, T4R 1M6

403-347-3301

Also require a knowledgeable crew to perform the work mentioned above.

We offer Permanent fulltime positions with Steady Work, Multiple shifts and overtime available.

We provide a safety first work environment, competitive wages, overtime bonus, health benefits, fully supplied tools, room for advancement and a mentorship program.

Please forward resumes to centralalbertacareers@ gmail.com

403-350-3000 ATTENTION: Journeyman Plumber Well established Heating, Refrigeration & Plumbing Company of 51 years, has a full time position available for journeyman plumber (mainly service).

We are offering top wages, job security, vacation/ holiday pay, health & dental packages, paid training & a safe & enjoyable place to work. If you would to join our team of top technicians please fax your resume to 403-347-5530 or email Mcmullens@mcmullens.ca Attn: Glen Ewen.

Duties include:

We require a crew leader with strong leadership skills, attention to detail, strong work ethic and a firm commitment to safety to lead a crew erecting self-framing and foam oilfield equipment.

Two full time, permanent positions in Red Deer, AB From $29.75/hr to $33.00/hr

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Central Alberta Fabrication Facility Now Hiring!

panel buildings and insulating

(Hyundai Master Technician Required)

Due to an increase in business, Central Alberta’s largest Chevrolet Dealership has immediate openings for:

Sales & Distributors

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NEWSPAPER ROLL ENDS 50¢ PER POUND

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General Manager or Operating Partner

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The HSE Specialist supports local Management in establishing and continuously improving the HSE culture within the worksite.

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Oilfield

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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ATTENTION: Sheet Metal Apprentice

EXPERIENCED repair person or HD Mechanic to work in Clive area shop.

Exp. working on highway tractors and trailers, Class 3 an asset. We offer an 8:30-5 work day. All tools supplied. Health and dental benefits. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 F/T PAINTERS REQ’D Painting exp. necessary.

Must have vehicle.

Must be task orientated, self motivated & reliable.

Recognized as a top safety award winning company.

Phone 403-596-1829 GEN-X MACHINING INC requires Journeyman/3rd or 4th year machinist.

CNC experience preferred but not required.

Top Wages.

Please submit resumes to: gen-xmachining@telus.net or fax 403-314-2100

Well established Heating, GOODMEN Refrigeration & Plumbing ROOFING LTD. Company of 51 years, has Requires a full time position available for first or second SLOPED ROOFERS year sheet metal workers.

LABOURERS We are offering top wages, & FLAT ROOFERS j o b s e c u r i t y, v a c a t i o n / holiday pay, health & dental Valid Driver’s Licence packages, paid training preferred. Fax or email and a safe & enjoyable info@goodmenroofing.ca place to work. If you would or (403)341-6722 to join our team of top NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! technicians please fax your resume to: 403-347-5530 JOIN THE BLUE or email GRASS TEAM! Mcmullens@mcmullens.ca BLUE GRASS SOD Attn: Dennis Shannon FARMS LTD is seeking F/T heavy duty journeyEXPERIENCED Concrete man mechanic with Cribbers Required. Please experience in managing call Ryan for details. people, parts and equip403-845 6332 ment. Benefits. $31-$40/hr.

EXP’’D drywall tradesmen bluesod@xplornet.com or & laborers req’d, fax to 403-342-7488 Phone 403-348-8640

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FULL TIME SALES POSITION

One of Alberta’s premium used vehicle operations is looking for a full-time sales consultant.

Experience is an asset, but not a requirement.

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LACOMBE BASED BUSINESS Seeking Shop Hand For fabrication & mechanical shop. Individual with direct experience in welding, fabrication, and power tools needed. Must be reliable, punctual and have a valid drivers licence.

Applicants with a Class 1 Drivers Licence preferred.

Please fax resume including two references to: 403-342-7447 LOOKING for a Journeyman Welder with fabrication exp. Brake and Shear knowledge an asset. Only faxed resumes accepted. Fax 403-343-3548 SCOTTS STEEL FAB R.D.

LOOKING FOR A CAREER? KAL TIRE

Here’s what we offer: • Large Inventory – 2 locations to sell from • Flexible Hours • Excellent Reputation • Excellent Pay Structure • Excellent Benefit Plan

has an opening for a JOURNEYMAN LIGHT DUTY MECHANIC Preference will be given to those w/alignment exp.

Great pay, profit share and full benefits.

Bring your resume to: 5139 - 50 Street, Innisfail

Contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview. Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233

Shipper / Receiver

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CARRIER RECRUITER

Seeks individuals for civil concrete work in the construction of oil and gas facilities.

QUALIFIED 3rd and 4th yr.

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS

Class 1 and/or 3 Company Driver

Residential exp. only Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

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Truckers/ Drivers

BUSY CENTRAL AB company req’s exp’d. Class 1 drivers to pull decks.

Assigned truck, exc. wages and benefits pkg. Paid extras. Family orientated.

Resume and abstract fax to 403-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm

Apply online at pmcl2000.com or fax resume to 403-342-1549

Central AB based trucking company reqires

OWNER OPERATORS

REBEL METAL FABRICATORS

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558

DRAFTSPERSON

Immediate Opportunity.

This position is responsible for ABSA drawings and shop layout drawings for truck mounted vacuum systems using Autodesk Inventor. Production Bonuses Comp. wages & benefits.

Long term employment Please email resume to hr@rebelvac.ca or fax to: 403-314-2249

SABLE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD. is looking for 3rd or 4th yr & Journeyman Electricians.

Benefits, competitive rates.

Fax resume 403-342-2133 or call 403-358-4640 SIDING INSTALLERS needed immediately.

We offer competitive rates & a fantastic benefit package. If you have siding installing experience & your own reliable transportation, please call Darcy at 403-391-6293.

Tools are an asset but not necessarily a requirement.

STUCCO LABOURERS needed Immed. Exp’d but will train. Drivers License pref’d. Call 403-588-5306 WELDERS, MILLWRIGHT or Millwright Welder Apprentices to work in the Ag. Industry.

Must be willing to travel Ab. & Sask. Email to tracous@yahoo.com WESTERN PAINTING is looking for exp. commercial/residential painters.

Call 403-342-1514

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Blue Grass Sod Farm is in need of Class 1 and/or 3 driver. Min. 1 yr. driving exp. and clean drivers abstract are necessary.

Please fax resume and abstract to 403-342-7488 or email to margaret. siudem@bg-rd.com CLASS 3 WATER HAULER needed. Only those with Drilling Rig Water Hauling experience need apply.

Need H2S & First Aid tickets.TOP WAGES PAID Fax clean drivers abstract and resume between the hours of 9 am to 6 pm to: 403-746-3523 or call 403-304-7179 DRIVERS & SWAMPERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841

SAFETY & QC MANAGER

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

CLASS 1 and 3 drivers req’d for road construction.

Water truck and truck and pup exp. preferred. Living allowance incld. Fax 403-309-0489

CLASS 1 DRIVING INSTRUCTOR

Req’d in Sylvan Lake Immediately.

Phone 1-877-463-9664 or email resume to info@

capilanotrucktraining.

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Employment Opportunity. * Class 3 license a must. *Class 1 preferred * Picker experience a plus Distribute precast concrete in central AB area, Fax resume with clean driver’s abstract to: 886-4853 or drop off resume at: 930 Fleming Ave. Penhold. Inquiries 403-588-6505. Gary

EXPERIENCED

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for expd’ F/T Class 1 truck driver.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg., Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766

UPS is now hiring for Part time Early Morning WAREHOUSE AND FULL TIME DRIVING. Applicants must be physically fit and be able to lift up to 70 lbs.

P/T Warehouse, Mon. to Fri. 15 - 20 hrs/wk.

Driving Mon. to Fri, 10 to 12 hours per day.

Alberta Class 5 license, clean abstract. This is fast paced, physically demanding environment.

All candidates are subject to criminal record checks.

Apply by online @ www.upsjobs.com or fax resume to: 403-648-3312

Business Opportunities

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CENT AB CHILD SAFETY Franchise for sale. <40K 403-638-8635 FOR recycling company in Central Alberta. Must be able to work independently and enjoy sales. Class 3 license needed. Call 403-635-4123 or fax 403-329-1585 or email tdtren@telus.net

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WEST PARK 77 Advocate $400/mo. $4800/yr Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Stettler Earn $500.mo. for 1--1/2 hrs. per day 6 days a week.

Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

ADULT CARRIERS REQUIRED for Early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate in Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details

314-4307 CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES Canada requires a full time shipper parts person.

Must be very organized and used to working in a faster paced environment.

Please send resumes to fax 403-352-4439

Truckers/ Drivers

The candidate would be responsible for the recruitment of carriers for delivery of Advocate, EMC and Central Alberta Life routes by various methods incorporated by the Circulation Deparment.

This would include telephone calls, distribution of recruitment flyers, posters, networking , group presentations, advertising, use of social media, along with various other methods.

The candidate should have an outgoing personailty, along with the ability to multi task.This should be complimented with excellent written and oral presentaion skills.

The position requires very good organizational skills, the ability to work independently and in a group setting. For this position you must have good comptuer skills, a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with good driving record. A company car is available during working hours.

The candidate must be able to pass a criminal background check.

The hours for this position would be Monday to Friday 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. Starting at 30 hours a week and may lead to full time.

Apply to: HUMAN RESOURCES Red Deer Advocate Fax: 403-341-4772 or careers@reddeer advocate.com We thank all applicants; however, only those selected will be contacted.

DENTAL TECHNICIAN In Red Deer, AB. F/T, $21/hr, must have dental technician college training & certification.

Fax 403-347-8881 peacedental@yahoo.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

860

* Work in a FUN environment * Paid Weekly + bonuses * Only 4 hrs./night & 3-7 days per wk. * Training is provided

Maintenance Millwright

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Millwright position.

The position includes maintenance inspections, lubes, PMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and repairs to all types of equipment in order to maintain the safe operation and fulfill production requirements of Rahr Malting.

The position is rated under the Heavy Job classification.

Applicants must have a valid trade certificate for work in Alberta.

This position will work in coordination with the Operations group and is accountable to the Maintenance Supervisor.

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

* MUST speak fluent English * Excellent work experience For further information please contact CHRIS MCGINNIS Red Deer and area Team Leader Phone 1-780-716-4202

Application Closing Date: August 3rd, 2012.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

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Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta,T0C 0B0 Fax: (403) 747-2660

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT

850

No Phone Calls Please

BWSFABRICATIONINC

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

A diversified and secure vessel and pipe fabrication and packaging facility located in Red Deer is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

Production Manager/ Foreman B Pressure Welders 2nd or 3rd year Apprentice Welders/ Fitters

ROSEDALE

ROUTES AVAIL.

Robinson Crsc., Reinholt Ave.

The successful candidates shall possess the following skills and abilities:

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â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in the fabrication and packaging of oil & gas processing equipment. â&#x20AC;˘ Work well with others. â&#x20AC;˘ Must be loyal, dependable, and accountable. â&#x20AC;˘ Exercise good organizational skills on the shop floor. â&#x20AC;˘ Must be willing to accept top wages.

ROUTES AVAIL.

Dunning Crsc.

Depalme St. MICHENER

ROUTE AVAIL.

51 Street & 43 Ave. area 252832G14

Apply in strictest confidence to mailto:careers@bwsfabrication or by fax 403 343 6006

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BUILDERS www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ers attract new leads for FREE!

CLUBS & GROUPS www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

COMPUTER REPAIR

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

REAL ESTATE www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

MORRISROE

RENTALS

MOUNTVIEW

www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

SHOPPING

CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION

www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS

(5) Telephone Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed to recruit volunteers.

P/T contract.

www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

WEB DESIGN

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

careers@nwtl.ca http://nwtank.hgcareers.com DRIVE.EARN.GROW

STUDENTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ASSOCIATION OF RDC Are you highly motivated?

Do you have experience in event planning, marketing and are able to work independently?

Duties include: organize student-run events for September & October, develop promotional material for events, coordinate volunteers to help run events, day-to-day activities of events, other duties as assigned by executive.

This position is a paid temporary position, with full time hours in late August, and part time hours (will work around student schedules) for September. Start date tentatively Aug 13, hiring process will be July 26-27.

Apply to Brandy Newman, VP Operations: brandy.newman@rdc.ab.ca

F.T. WAREHOUSE

Needs a Drivers licence, some heavy & light lifting, friendly, personnel.

Monday-Friday, with some Saturdays, exc. wages & benefits.

Fax to: 403-309-3000.

Drop off: #9 - 7619 50 Ave Red Deer, AB Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

FAST PACED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FIRM is looking for the right people to show suites, conduct home inspections plus more.

Never the same day twice.

If you are an energetic, strong team player with a reliable vehicle and can work on your own, this could be for you.

Full Time, wage & bonus.

Please email to: info@hpman.ca HOSE HEADQUARTERS requires a F/T Shop Technician. General shop duties, shipping and receiving. Training avail. plus benefits package.

For appointments, call Andrew at 403-340-3908 or Fax resume to 403-340-3928.

Interior Designer

Very busy Red Deer Flooring Company is seeking Interior designer (male or female). Must have an eye for design and professional attitude.

Commercial & Residential Estimating: Floor & Wall Tile, Hardwood, Laminate and Carpet. Wages are negotiable based on experience & benefits avail. Fax 403-309-3000 NOMADâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SURF nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SNOW SHOP in Sylvan Lake, needs F/T and P/T clothing sales person.

Starting wage $11/hr.

Call Steph at 403-887-3119

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SERVICE WRITER

Duties include: - Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow Attributes: - Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

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HYPE MARKETING is currently looking for students to join our award winning team. We do marketing for 34 newspapers across Canada and Red Deer is the Number 1 team! Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why.....

Work 3-7 days a week you choose the days! Hours are from 4:30 - 9:30 pm.

Reimer Alliance International is a manufacturer of Mobile Concrete Mixers and is presently recruiting for our manufacturing facility in Didsbury, AB. Production & Assembly Technician Production & assembly of mechanical & hydraulic components in the manufacture of truck mounted heavy equipment

Earn extra money with daily cash bonuses!

Get paid weekly!

Average earnings are $300 - $600 per week.

Candidates must be friendly, outgoing, and very good looking! Just kidding.

But seriously you need to self motivated and have a positive attitude. Sales experience isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessary as training will be provided.

If you thank you got what it takes, call now to set up an appt..

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Please forward resumes Attention Manager to fax # 403-887-3625 Or email to: resumes@ lakesiderona.com Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Qualifications/requirements: â&#x20AC;˘ Mechanical aptitude is essential â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work in a fast-paced environment â&#x20AC;˘ Team player with a strong work ethic and positive attitude â&#x20AC;˘ Use of hand tools and power tools â&#x20AC;˘ Standard First Aid / CPR an asset Please email your resume to gsenior@reimermix.com

340-1930

JOB OPPORTUNITIES PET ADOPTION

$1000.00 SIGNING BONUS. SAFETY BONUS. REFERRAL BONUS. GREAT WAGES AND BENEFITS. Northwest Tank Lines seeks qualified truck drivers with at least three yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in tank truck driving, heavy oil-field hauling, or a related field.

The ideal candidate will have a history of safe-driving, and seek a long-term and rewarding career.

Richard Schnurr 587-894-1199

DENTOOMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GREENHOUSES Greenhouse laborers, F/T. Wage $10/hr.

Must be willing to work Mon. to Sat. 48+ hrs./wk.

Apply by email at sales@dentooms.com or fax 403-309-7701

www.academicexpress.ca

www.greathealth.org Cancer Diabetes DIET 350-9168

www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

Call Rick at 403-314-4303

Academic Express

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BALLOON RIDES

* Great customer service * Must have a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license * Clean drivers abstract * Ability to work unsupervised * Ability to work with others * Lumber experience an asset but not a requirement * Physically demanding * High pace * Must be able to work weekends

Adult Education & Training

www.dontforgetyourvitamins.net The greatest vitamins in the world

www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info ADULT UPGRADING

F/T YARD LABORER

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

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CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life twice weekly in

* GED Preparation * Trades Entrance Exam Preparation * Women in the Trades

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ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available!

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300 www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca Canadian Mental Health Assoc. www.realcamping.ca LOVE camping and outdoors? www.diabetes.ca Canadian Diabetes Assoc. www.mycommunityinformation.com /cawos/index.html www.reddeerchamber.com Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491

314-4300

TANK TRUCK DRIVERS

880

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

The position would require interviewing, screeing and signing up carriers for delivery, along with cold calling.

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PASQUALE MANCUSO CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP (48 Years Of Service)

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

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PARTS PERSON

We have a Parts Person position available in our Parts Dept.

MGM PARTS is the largest Ford Parts volume dealer in Central Alberta.

Previous years in the Parts Industry is preferred.

This is a full time position with excellent company benefits.

Drivers abstract is required.

Please email resume to: parts@mgmfordlincoln.com or fax 403-346-1751 No phone calls please.

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

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4 pm - 8 pm.

Starting Aug. 13th $12/hr.

Call Natalie 403-346-4631 by July 23

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is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

- Concrete Batch Plant Operator - Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers - Steel Reinforcement Labourers - Overhead Crane Operators - General Labourers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

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Firewood

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. Pickup or Del. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Maintenance Person

Req’d. F/T employment.

Carpentry or flooring installation exp. is an asset (carpet, tile, lino & hardwood) but not necessary.

Must be neat, clean, professional, friendly, works well with others or alone.

Drivers License req’d.

Exc. wages, benefits & great working environment.

Please fax résumé to 403-309-3000 or drop off at 9-7619 50 Ave Red Deer, AB

NEEDED IMMED.

GENERAL LABORER Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Now Hiring

Pickers / Packers Receivers / Shippers Full Time Positions

Very clean atmosphere, user friendly equipment & technology.

Benefits, competitive wages, perks.

Experience an asset.

Submit resume to: Email: careers@ chatters.ca Fax: 1-888-742-9036

Personal Assistant

Central Alberta Tile One is looking for a Personal Assistant.The office is very busy and the ideal person would need to be able to multi task while handling a number of different projects. Team oriented, effective verbal and listening skill, proficient computer skills (MS Office) email: Shannon@catile1.com or drop off resume at #9 7619 50 Ave Red Deer.

Real Enterprises Ltd NOW HIRING Exp Landscape Foremen/ Labourers Benefits - Bonuses Must have valid drivers license Also Hiring: -PT Mechanic (Semi Retired Welcome) -Carpenter’s Helper Fax or email resumes: Fax 403-314-2214 Email realltd@telus.net www.reddeerlandscaping.net

Symphony Senior Living Inglewood

Are you retired or semi -retired and have administrative experience? Do you enjoy working with seniors, are compassionate and caring? Then this is the position for you! Symphony Senior Living Inglewood is looking for a casual/PT receptionist who is professional in work ethic and appearance, with an outgoing positive attitude. You must have extensive computer experience with Microsoft word, Outlook and Excel, and be able to multitask. Reception is very important to our business, and you will play a major role within the team. Thank you in advance for your application however only applicants with experience will be considered and contacted for this position. Please drop off your resume to #10 Inglewood Dr. or email to Lynda Meek Assistant General Manager email: agmiw@ symphonyseniorliving.com

TOP WAGES, BENEFITS, Exp’d. Drivers & Swampers required.

MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.

WORKERS NEEDED TO WORK BOOTH AT WESTERNER FAIR July 18th - 23 Wage: $12+ Check out: www.wobblywaterballs.com 604-803-9516

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544 24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

Competitive wages with benefit packages available.

Interested candidates please send résumé to admin@westcanfab.ca Of fax to 403-775-4014

Symphony Senior Living Inglewood req’s part time/full time Maintenance Assistant Building operator exp. preferred along with pool maintenance exp. and certification. The ideal candidate will also be mechanically inclined and be able to handle all aspects of building maintenance including painting and drywall repair.

Please reply to D. Booth #10 Inglewood Drive or fax to 346-1109 or email bsciw@ symphonyseniorliving.comon or before May 22, 2012.

Thank you for your interest and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

CHI PRO mini Set NEW, incl. Flat iron, Hair dryer, Travel bag & 4- 2oz.

Products, $75.

403-309-0411

1710

Household Appliances

9 CUBIC FOOT DEEP FREEZE. $50.

Working cond.

SOLD APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

DISHWASHER, Bosch stainless steel $150.

403-348-1262 KENMORE HD washer $75 403-340-2727 WASHER & dryer, $75. ea.

403-3481262

BED ALL NEW,

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

COFFEE table, octagon shape, w/storage under, oak color, $15, 403-46-9006 Free standing display unit, 96” w, center part is 32”w x 44”h x 22”d.

Has several shelves on both sides. $200.

403-314-2026 GLIDER ROCKER $45 403-755-3556

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Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

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2 TICKETS TO ALL DAY SUNDAY, JULY 15 @ CALGARY STAMPEDE. Call 403-887-2565 PRIME pr. of UFC 149 tickets, S, Flr. Row 9 seats are side by side. Face Value $1400.00. 403-346-8243

EquipmentHeavy

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Farmers' Market

2 TV’S older style 27” Sony, and one Samsung to gvie away, both working, call 403-343-0730

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8 Track tape holder, holds 18, $5.

Antique pickle crock, no lid $10.

Decorative flower vase, $12.

3 lamp shades, 2 beige, 1 pink, aprx. $7” high $5/ea.

No stick fry pan & spatula $9.

Copper bottom stainless steel pot, 2 qt, $5.

Xmas snack tray, ceramic, 13” diameter, 5 dividers, $7.

8 white ceramic napkin holders, $8.

Metal wine rack, holds 6 bottles, $9.

Metal record holder, 17 3/4” l x 6” h, $8.

2 clear glass jars, each has 3 decorative eggs $8/ea.

Cooler/warmer c/w ac power adapter, $80.

Fondu set w/6 forks - new, $15. 403-314-2026 DEHUMIDIFIER Kenmore, capacity 18L per 24 hrs. $30. 403-347-4366 Double Halogen light stand, $50.

Brand new, in box, 1500 lb 12V winch, $50.

403-887-4981 DRESSER & CHESTER DRAWER: 6 drawer dresser with centre double doors - mirror not included.

Chester drawer have double doors with 3 shelves plus 2 bottom pull out drawers. These are finsihed oak medium color. $199 for set. Pick up only.

(403)358-3073 or rjmarq@telus.net PEDESTAL SINK, bone c o l o r, l i k e n e w $ 6 5 , 403-346-9006

services

1650

ALBERTA Spring lamb, cut and wrapped by the piece, 1/2 or whole carcass.

Come see our 100 mile radius store. Brown Eggs and Lamb 403-782-4095 HONEY FOR SALE Liquid & natural creamed (raw honey) 1kg $15.98.

TRY THE BEST, TASTE THE DIFFERENCE 403-347-6994

900

1760

SENIOR DOWNSIZING heavy stainless pot. $12. 2 brass candle holders, $4.50 ea.; (1) old figurine lamp, $20.; (1) old fruit bowl, $12.; new tea pot with cover $10.; old divided vegetable dish, $9.50; old candy dish $4.50; 6 Correlle plates $2. ea.; 6 small Corelle plates, $1. ea; 2 old platters, (1) $12, (1) $15; green Tupperware vegetable storer, $5; 6 steak knives $4.; water & liquor glasses (10) $0.25 ea.; 1 Ukrainian plate with girl & bun figurine, $10; Ukrainian plate picture of Easter Eggs, $10; glass serving bowl, $3.; glass gravy boat & tray $4.; dress cutting board, $2.; Singer electric hand blender, $15. 403-346-2231 SET of Ram golf clubs and cart $100; Dynateck mtn. bike w/helmut lock and chain $75; GE microwave $20 403-343-2719 ST. EUGENE Golf Passes two green fees & cart.

Good any time 2012. $150.

403-346-0093 STYLING CHAIR FOR SALE. $100.

403-347-3010

1830

6 BEAUTIFUL KITTENS TO GIVE AWAY. 403-343-2522

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

BURMAN kitten for sale. $75 obo.

403-887-3649

1010

1280

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

1070

Feeling blue, under the weather? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave. www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels 403-986-6686

Complete Janitorial

www.performancemaint.ca 403-358-9256 QUALITY CLEANING 403-755-7570

Contractors

1100

VII MASSAGE

Misc.

Services

1290

TWO FREE Gray Kittens.

Males. 10 min. North of Sylvan Lake.

403-748-2748

1840

Dogs

F1 B GOLDEN DOODLES, ready now, health guaranteed, shots, vet checked, $900 delivered, www.furfettishfarm.ca or call 306-792-2113 403- 919-1370

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 COR CONSTRUCTION ~Garages ~Decks ~ Fencing ~ Reno’s.

35 years exp. 403-598-5390

COUNTERTOPS

Kitchen & renovations and wall removal.

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s.

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 755-9622 cell 506-4301 RENO’S Countertops, decks, etc. 403-346-9477 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210.

TAPER for hire Phone 403- 391-6733

Escorts

1165

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT Busty Babe w/My Own Car!

EDEN

587-877-7399 10am- 2am EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049 ROXY 26 Hot Blonde 403-848-2300

Handyman Services

1200

TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. Specializing in mobile home leveling and winterizing 587-876-4396

Massage Therapy

1280

Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269

FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346 Yard Work / Reno / Tree / Junk Removal 403-396-4777

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for an honest reliable person to help on small renovations or jobs around your house? Call James 403- 341-0617 HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship, helping you/helping your family. Call 403-346-7777 Low Price Guarantee. www. helpinghandshomesupport.com

Yard Care

1430

Tree Pruning,Topping and Removal by a Certified Arborist,Hedges too! Call Randy at 403-350-0216

CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

BIG 5 BDRM., 3 BATH 1800 sq.ft. 4-level split in Deer Park, close to school.

Newly painted, 5 new appls.

Hardwood, dbl. att. garage, n/s, no pets. 6 appls. $1700 + utils. Avail. immediately.

403-598-3718 CAMPBELL AVE. 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, 5 appls, Den. †HEARTHSTONE† 403-314-0099†

3030

DIXON CRES.

LARGE 3 bdrm townhome.

1.5 baths. 5 appls. Single GARAGE. Deck in fenced yard. Family rm in bsmt.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-896-1193 www.hpman.ca GILMORE TOWNHOUSE 3 bdrm., 1.5 bath, 5 appl.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099

Halman Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1350 SD $1000 avail. July 31.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

IRONSTONE DR.

Large Townhome w/single garage. 4 bdrm. 2.5 baths & 6 appls. Sorry no pets.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 www.hpman.ca

Riverfront Estates

WESTPARK

ACROSS from park, 3 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $950/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Aug. 1, 403-304-5337

Warehouse Space

3060

Suites

1 & 2 BDRM. APTS.

Clean, quiet bldg.

Call 318-0901.

1 BDRM 4616-44st, upper suite w/balcony for over 40 n/s, quiet-living individual.

No pets, no noise, heat & water incl., Aug. 1. $680/mo, s.d. $650. 403-341-4627.

1 BDRM. furn. bsmt. suite, single, working person, N/S. $850/mo. utils. incl.

403-341-6224

2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail Aug. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650.

Call 403-304-5337 2 BDRM. suite with balcony. Incld. most utils. $825 403-314-0209.

57 AVE. RIVERSIDE AREA

Nicely done 1 bdrm. suite.

Perfect for single! ONLY $725 + utils. Sorry no pets.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 www.hpman.ca

AFFORDABLE BSMT SUITE!

2 bdrm. 5 appls. For mature adult. ONLY $875 Utilities INCLUDED! Sorry no pets.

HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-896-1193 www.hpman.ca

MORRISROE MANOR

1 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Large 2 bdrm. apt. with balcony. Rent $775.

403-346-5885

3150

60’ x 32’ heated, 2 doors 12’ x 12’ $1700/mo. Sylvan Lake area 780-434-0045

Mobile Lot

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Lana 403-550-8777

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Houses For Sale

4020

$1250 INCOME potential, quick possession, det. garage and room for another, mls: x2401687

ANDERS

Quiet neighborhood at 48 Arb Close, 1630 sq. ft.

4 bdrm., 3 baths, hardwood flr., dble. det. garage, fin. bsmt., many reno’s. $396,800. 403-550-0506 Realtors welcome.

OPEN HOUSE Sun. July 15, 1-4 p.m.

DREAM by the Fireplace!!

Reduced to $329,900 Faces a green, 5 bdrm. bi-level, 3 baths, dark oak cabinets, yard full of mature trees and perennials. dble det. Quick possession if necessary.

Call Margaret Comeau [403-391-3399] Remax real estate central ab

2 bdrm. adult building, n/s No pets. 403-596-2444

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

3040

VERY large 1 BDRM. apartment in Ponoka $750/mo. inclds. all utils. plus laundry facilities.

Avail. Aug. 1. 403-993-3441

8 Brand New Homes starting at $179,900

Manufactured Homes

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Lana 403-550-8777

Manufactured Homes

3040

Mason Martin Homes has

Call for more info call 403-342-4544

Renter’s Special FREE Cable

MORRISROE 4 level split, $294,900. 47 Mitchell Ave. Treed lot, across from park, close to schools. 1830 dev. space on 3 levels. 4 bdrms., 1 full bath, 2 - 1/2 baths. 26x22 oversized dbl. att. garage, 12x16 shed in rear of yard, 2 forced air furnaces, pet free, smoke free. 780-458-7581

in pet friendly park

P.B. JACK RUSSELL puppies. $350.

403-896-9998 or 348-1810

Starting at

849

$

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Garage Space

THE NORDIC

modular/mobile homes

Travel Packages

BRAND new 9900 sq. ft. ready for lease fall 2012 on Golden West Ave 358-3500

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1150 SD $1000 avail. July 15.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

GOLDEN RETRIEVER pups, 2 F, 2 M. Ready to go, 1st. shots.

Vet checked. Born May 13.

403-773-2240 or 304-5104

1860

3140

FURN. EXECUTIVE

2 & 3 bedroom

RH golf clubs, c/w bag and handcart, $45, 403-347-5749

3070

LAKE Windermere resort, condos, beach marina, pool & spa, 403-281-3991.

GLENDALE 3 bdrm., good cond. 4 appls., fenced yard, no pets, n/s, 1 BDRM. with balcony, no 403-318-0136 kids/pets, $625 rent/s.d., Call 403- 227-1844.

Condos/ Townhouses

Cottage/ Seasonal

2 BDRM. 4 appls. no pets. $800/mo. + d.d.

403-343-6609

GERMAN Shepherd P.B. pups. Ready to go!

587-377-3388

5* JUNK REMOVAL Sporting Property clean up 340-8666 Goods Black Cat Concrete

Sidewalks, driveways, garages, patios, bsmts. RV pads. Dean 403-505-2542

rentals

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1150 3 KITTENS TO GIVE or $1175 along the river.

AWAY and 1outside adult SD $1000. avail. Aug. 1. cat, great for farm or as 403-304-7576 347-7545 pets, 403-343-0730

Cats

BEAUTIFUL kittens to give away to loving home 403-782-3130

Massage Therapy

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3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

SUITES SUN SHELTER, 8 x 10 Completely furn. 1, 2, & with 4 fancy steel structure 3 bdrm. apts, condos, & posts, canvas top. townhouses. Immed., a/c, $50. obo 403-309-1838 LUXURY main Flr. 1 bdrm. cable, internet & phone.

WEAREVER sauce pans, adult condo., avail. Aug. 1, Short or long term. No (3). $50. set; Dutch Oven bright, airy, spacious, 6 pets. $1495 - $2995/mo. appls., underground park$30.; 2 Plates, Norman 403-347-7791 Rockwell, The Story Teller, ing, $1200. rent/d.d. Call FURNISHED Angie 403-343-2588 $20, The Resurrection, Variety of furnished apts. & $20. 30” Pullman suitcase, Condos, Red Deer & Olds SOUTHWOOD PARK black. New! $50. Baby TH $450 - $2795/mo. All are 3110-47 Avenue, monitor, like new, $30. no pets, N/S properties, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, 403-346-7991 Please call for details generously sized, 1 1/2 WINE & BEER MAKING 403-347-7791 baths, fenced yards, EQUIPMENT. Aprx. $600 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, LARGE 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. value. Everything needed Sorry no pets.

SUITES. 25+, adults only f r o m s t a r t t o f i n i s h f o r www.greatapartments.ca n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 $200. 403-343-6253

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Cleaning

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Event Tickets

1730

TV's, VCRs

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Accounting

1530

Misc. for Sale

IKEA entertainment unit LAWNMOWER, manual $50; seaside villa picture push mower, $40; rubber42” x 31 1/2”; rustic stairized canvas hunting bag, way with plants picture 44” $50. Electric lawn mower, x 36” $50 ea.; wedding $40., Church Pew, 4’ wide, card chest $50. 403-342-1752 $20 403-309-4133 MOVING SALE: KITCHEN items, dishes, Maple colored computer pots & pans, mugs, candle desk 31 1/4”W X 23 1/2” D holders, assorted items w/attached monitor stand, $25 403-343-6253 pull out key board holder, bottom storage for hard RECLINER drive or other storage $15. $50 obo. 403-986-2849 Set of small Computer ROCKING slider w/stool speakers that plug into $100; desk and chair, nevcomputer or TV $15. e r u s e d $ 8 0 ; t e a s e t One queen size feather bed $20 403-340-0675 cover for mattress - never used $40 and two twin size WANTED feather bed covers slightly Antiques, furniture and used $20 each. estates. 342-2514 These are all pick up only (403) 358-3073 or Stereos rjmarq@telus.net

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Auctions

1720

Household Furnishings

1720

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

246823F8-G31

Employment Training

1700

Health & Beauty

for all Albertans

Required

Knowledge of ASME code bolt up, basic instrumentation and a commitment to excellence are prerequisites.

LANDSCAPING mulch, $10.00 yard. Phone 403-3413800 weekdays or 403-343-6182 eves. & wknds.

FREE

1500-1990

For a Ponoka Manufacturing Shop.

1680

Garden Supplies

920

Career Planning

CLASSIFICATIONS Equipment Assemblers/ Labourer

FREE firewood to be moved 403-346-0674

COIN Operated Inglis washer & dryer, $350. ea.; 403-348-1262

217865

LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489

FIREWOOD. All Types.

P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 birchfirewoodsales.com

Household Furnishings

/month

Lana (403) 550-8777 www.lansdowne.ca

246655F6-G31

880

Misc.

Help

Penhold - 4 bdrm bi-level, fully finished, fenced yd, decks, 24’x26’ heated det. garage, fluorescent lighting, storage shed, RV parking. Near school.

Seller related to Realtor. $285,900 Colleen Watson (Associate Broker) Realty Executives Apex (403)443-0509

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

A MUST SEE! AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

Only

399/month lot Rent incl. Cable

$

Lana (403) 550-8777 www.lansdowne.ca

PASTURE for rent, 3 min.

East of R.D. city limits.

403-347-0293 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

19,900with Intro

$

Suites

246653F6-G31

3060

LONSDALE APARTMENTS FOR RENT

2190

110 ACRES standing hay NW 26.38.27 East of Red Deer 403-343-7135 50 ACRES of standing hay, fertilized this spring of 2012, good crop, price negot., 2 miles N of Blackfalds on 2A call Dave.

403-885-4462 LARGE ROUND BALES Suitable for horses.

No rain. Only $25/ea. if you can move them.

403-845-3501 or 844-1954 STANDING MIXED GRASS for sale, $30/acre, you swath and bale, 300 acres, 4 hrs. E of Red Deer on AB /Sask border.

No weeds, voluptuous standing virgin hay.

Contact Wiliam Frederick Weinkauf cell 1-306-460-9671 or Linda Susan Weinkauf, cell 306-460-9672 home msgs eves. 1-306-968-2713

Steps away from school. 4 bdrm.. (2 up, 2 down) 2.5 baths, fully dev., 5 appls., garage 32x22, 220 power, new updates inside and out of home, underground sprinkler system. $364,000.

Open house, July 9-13.

5 p.m.8 p.m. July 15, 1-4.

87 Perry Dr. Sylvan.

Immed. poss.

403-887-2554 or Rick 403-588-9401 VIBRANT ADULT Community coming soon to Sylvan Lake. Call Lorraine 403-896-3553 www.brightwaterliving.ca

Condos/ Townhouses 69 Leonard Crescent

2 BEDROOM SUITES FOR RENT • 5 appliances • Adults only • Window coverings • Balcony

403-346-5907

www.lonsdalecourt.com • email: info@lonsdalecourt.com To download an application form or view suite plans, visit us on-line

475 Lancaster Drive

1 & 2 BEDROOM SUITES FOR RENT

• 6 appliances • Window coverings • Balcony • Underground parking • Adults only • Feature Wall

403-872-5600

www.lonsdalegreen.com • email: info@lonsdalegreen.com To download an application form or view suite plans, visit us on-line 251509G5-28

4040

BRAND NEW LUXURY ADULT CONDO 1642 sq. ft. 3rd. flr, in new Sierra’s of Michener, east facing, 2 bdrm. 2 bath + den, totally upgraded with oak hardwood floors and cabinets, 2 PARKING SPACES UNDERGROUND $525,000 No GST (less than cost price) Call owner 403-340-8880

RISER HOMES July Special 1 LEFT!!

Lacombe Townhome, Iron Wolf Blvd.

Fully finished walk-outs w/front att. garage. A must see!, $240,000.

Fencing, all legal fees & GSTincluded. Green built to gold specifications.

403-391-9294

Lots For Sale

4160

5030

Cars

Campers

FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

23 ACRES

OF RIVER PROPERTY WEST OF RIMBEY 1440 sq.ft. open concept home. Shop, barn & outbuildings, corrals & fenced.

Pride of ownership.

Owners retiring.

403-843-6182

Pinnacle Estates

(Blackfalds) Lots From $83,900 .You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail. 403-304-5555 SYLVAN LAKE big lot, nice location, well priced.

403-896-3553

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

SET of 4 Hi-Jacker hydraulic camper jacks, used twice. Dual wheel ext. $315.; Set of 2 cable camper or deck yard jacks, $105. 403-302-0987 1990 BMW 735i 200,000 kms, RWD, p/w, p/s, a/c, custom wheels w/2 sets of tires $4600 403-340-0438

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

Motorhomes

Money To Loan

4430

5100

1998 ROADTREK 170 Popular class B motorhome.

Excellent condition.

Fully self contained.

137,150 miles. $16,900.

403 343-7457 1990 FORD Glendale Cutaway Motorhome. 27’ w/460 Ford Chassis. New tires, new canopy, new batteries, solar panel.

Well kept. Best offer.

Must be seen to be appreciated. 403-845-3299

At

www.garymoe.com

1987 ROYAL Motorhome 28’, Ford motor. Sleeps 6.

Awning, pod, trailer hitch.

Good cond. 403-742-3720

4400-4430 3100 sq. ft. bungalow fully dev. walkout on 69 acres on Hwy. 587. Built in 2010 has bonus room, att. garage, summer kitchen, heated shop 26 x 28, shed 12 x 20, cabin. Exc. family home. Century 21 Advantage Dan Wind 403-341-0294

5090

has relocated to

Fifth Wheels

PRIVATE LENDER: Mortgage money available on all types of real estate.

We lend on equity.

Fast approvals, Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

5110

5040

wheels

SUV's

2007 OKANAGAN 32.5’, 3 slides, elec. fireplace, elec. awning + elec. rear window awning, winter pkg, 2 furnaces, solar system, exc. cond., must sell, health reasons 403-783-2435

CLASSIFICATIONS PRICE REDUCED!

5000-5300

3 LAKE FRONT PROPERTIES: 30 acres (2300 sqft home), $495,000. 37 acres $195,000. Antique & & 10 acres $175,000.

Classic Autos 10 min from Ponoka.

2007 Audi Q7 AWD 4.2L Fishing, swimming & SALE OR TRADE 1926 4 Pano roof loaded $30,888 boating at your back door. dr. Chev sedan, drive it 7620 Gaetz Ave 348- 8788 See welist.com #47984, home, offers? 746-2941 #47993, #47994.

Call 403-519-6773 brettie@platinum.ca

5020

Cars

Farms/ Land

Homes

4070

4090

MUST SELL

By Owner $7,000.

Lana 403-550-8777

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

Holiday Trailers

2006 Volvo S60 AWD 154,000km in excellent shape, great on gas. Asking $12900. Please call Christopher at (403) 358-1640.

2002 CHRYSLER Intrepid 2.7 L. Very good cond.

Low km. Looks like new. $3900 obo. 403-391-0886

28’, fully loaded, sleeps 9, rarely used, moved only twice, some extras incl.

Can be viewed 1/2 km east of Red Deer on Hwy 11 near Balmoral Golf Course. $14,500 obo Phone 403-391-2586

2005 GMC Yukon XL SLT. 4x4. Loaded with 5.0 L V8 2004 HOLIDAIRE 25’ good gas engine, 244,000 km. cond., 403-358-5800 $8700 o.b.o 403-302-3438.

Utility Trailers

Open House

2005 Cadillac Escalade AWD DVD loaded $19,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

Trucks

ATV's

Tour These Fine Homes

••••••••• SW Red Deer

4290

20 WEDDELL Cres. Sun. July 15, 1-4. For more info go to propertyguys.com ID#102190

Public Notices

6010

5150

2005 POLARIS 700 ESI Sportsman, c/w blade, jockeybox, ramps. 107 hrs. great cond. $5000. obo.

403-5054822

5050

Boats & Marine

5070

5160

14’ ALUMINUM BOAT with 9.9 Mercery Motor, 4 stroke. C.W trailer & canvas boat cover.

Best offer. 403-845-3299

2007 DODGE Laramie 1500 full load, 4 dr $14,900 403-346-9816

Vans Buses

Directory

5140

18’ CAR Hauler with 9500 lb. super winch, 2’ beaver tail. $5000. 403-704-3714

2001 NEON, 4 dr., auto., STUNNING LAKEFRONT red, clean. 403-352-6995 HOME IN ALBERTA. 1992 CADILLAC V8 good Visit: www. centralalbertalakefront.com cond. $3000 403-346-6214

•••••••••

5120

2007 TIMBERLODGE

5030

1/4 SECTION with mountain view west of Sundre, clear title. Contact 1-902-843-5141 or 902-986-8882 for more info 2009 Corvette Auto Nav H/ Up display glass roof sport suspension $45,888 AS & I 7620 Gaetz Ave 348-8788 Manufactured

Snowmobiles

5170

WANTED: 2002-03 Windstar 2000 POLARIS XC 600 cc short track, hand warmers, LX. Low mileage. Call heated helmet attachment, Larry, 403-392-7125 1200 mi., great shape. $2800. obo 403-505-4822

Motorcycles

5190

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. WANTED FREE REMOVAL We travel. May pay cash of unwanted cars and for vehicle. 403-396-7519 trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, Vehicles call 403-396-8629

Wanted To Buy

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519 REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

Tenders

Tenders

6020

YOU can sell it fast with a perPUBLIC NOTICES son-to-person want ad in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds. Phone 309-3300 Public Notices

6010

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF FIRST MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF Gerald Mark Osborne #24-1644260

6020

Notice is hereby given that Gerald Mark Osborne filed an assignment on the July 11, 2012 and that the First Meeting of Creditors will be held on July 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the office of Bromwich & Smith Inc., Trustees in Bankruptcy, Unit G, 2085 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4

BIDS WANTED ACREAGE FOR RENT ALBERTA TRANSPORTATION

Alberta Transportation is inviting interested parties to provide us with a bid for an acreage lease.

Property was purchased by Alberta Transportation for the future road widening of Hwy 604 which will impact the acreage.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION Within Lacombe County, 7 miles (11.2 km) west of Highway 2 on the south side of gravel Hwy 604.

216751

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Auto Wreckers

5080

Tires, Parts

Dated at Calgary this July 12, 2012

Paved Hwy 792 is 2.5 miles (4 km) west from acreage and another paved road travelling south to Hwy 12 is adjacent to the east boundary of the acreage.

Bromwich & Smith Inc. Trustees in Bankruptcy 201, 1000 9th Avenue S.W., Calgary, AB T2P 2Y6

Legal description: part of NE 32-41-27-W4M.

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION Property is located on 19.8 acres with Gull Lake just minutes away to the west.

The house is a 2011 modular home, as good as new. Floor space is 1530 sq ft and consists of kitchen/dining room, spacious living room, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

All bedrooms have walk-in closets and master bedroom comes with attached 5 pc bathroom. Kitchen appliances are included. Deck on south side of house. Support buildings: 4 yr-old barn (24 x 36 ft) with concrete floor, inside are 2 horse stalls and 2 cattle pens; 6 sheds on skids ranging from 8 x 8 ft to 16 x 16 ft; open front shed (12 x 24 ft); calf shed (8 x 16 ft).

NOTICE On June 20, 2012 the Alberta Registrar of Corporations issued a Certificate of Intent to Dissolve for 254880 Alberta Ltd.

Site services: power, water well, propane, septic tank & field.

The property is in a nice private rural setting with mature trees and open areas and is crossed by a creek. There is room for horses and cattle.

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GENERAL CONDITIONS The bid must contain an amount representing a monthly rent payment, a time frame indicating a preferred lease start date and references. Acreage will be available starting August 15, 2012.

Successful bidder must enter into a lease agreement with Alberta Transportation for at least one year with renewal options. A damage deposit in the amount of one month’s rent will be required. The tenant will be responsible for all costs associated with utility consumption.

100,000 Potential Buyers???

SUBMITTING A BID Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Regional Director, Alberta Transportation, Provincial Building, 401; 4920 – 51st Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6K8 up to 11:00 a.m. on Friday July 27, 2012.

The attention of bidders is drawn to the “Public Service Act, Chapter P31, RSA 1980, Section 24” prohibiting Public Service employees from dealing on Crown lands.

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Bids to be marked on outside of sealed envelope “BID FOR LEASE AGREEMENT OF ACREAGE ON HWY 604, LACOMBE COUNTY”.

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Bids will be opened in public in the office of the Regional Director, at 11:00 a.m. on Friday July 27, 2012.

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

Highest bid or any bid not necessarily accepted. In case of tie bids, first one received in the Regional Director’s office will get first consideration.

CALL 309-3300

OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, July 18, 2012 between 2:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. and Saturday July 21, 2012 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. If you require further information please call Alberta Transportation at 403-340-5166.

DEADLINE THURS. 5 P.M.

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Buying or Selling WITH EAGLE ON BACK. XXL. BRAND NEW. $125.

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403-314-0804 w/electric pump. Double Check out Homes for Sale walled. $600. Firm!

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INVITATION TO TENDERS Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Range Road 265 & Township Road 374 – Tender No. T10/12”.

DELIVERED OR MAILED TO: Red Deer County 38106 Range Road 275 Red Deer County, AB, T4S 2L9 and received before 11:00 A.M. local time on July 17, 2012, will be opened in public immediately thereafter at Red Deer County Operations. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Tenderer(s) without consideration. Tender Documents or Tender Amendments received via Facsimile machine will not be accepted.

The Work is comprised of approximately: • Range Road 265 (TR374 to Country Lane Estates) – 1.4 km of road reconstruction including, but not limited to, clearing, common excavation, overhaul, culvert removal & installation, fence removal & installation, topsoil placement, and pitrun.

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Electric heat & light.

Fits Chev/GM, 99’ - 06’. $199 obo. 403-346-9006

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Well kept. 403-845-3299

Public Notices

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Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Range Road 271 – Tender No. T15/12”.

DELIVERED OR MAILED TO: Red Deer County 38106 Range Road 275 Red Deer County, AB, T4S 2L9

and received before 11:00 A.M. local time on July 18, 2012, will be opened in public immediately thereafter at Red Deer County Operations. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Tenderer(s) without consideration. Tender Documents or Tender Amendments received via Facsimile machine will not be accepted.

The Work is comprised of approximately:

• Township Road 374 (RR265 to RR264) – 1.63km of road reconstruction including, but not limited to, clearing, common excavation, overhaul, culvert removal & installation, fence removal & installation, topsoil placement, and pitrun.

• Range Road 271 (TR364 to TR362) – 3.2 km of road reconstruction including, but not limited to, clearing, common excavation, overhaul, culvert removal & installation, fence removal & installation, topsoil placement, and pitrun.

Copies of the Tender Documents may be obtained from AL-Terra Engineering Ltd. on or after July 4, 2012 upon payment of a $50.00 non-refundable fee, made payable to AL-Terra Engineering Ltd.

Copies of the Tender Documents may be obtained from AL-Terra Engineering Ltd. on or after July 5, 2012 upon payment of a $50.00 non-refundable fee, made payable to AL-Terra Engineering Ltd.

Tenders must be accompanied by

Tenders must be accompanied by

- Bid Bond or Certified Cheque in the amount of 10% of the Tender Price.

- Consent of Surety in the amount indicated in the tender package.

- Proof of Insurance, WCB Clearance and Safety Certification will be required at the time of contract execution.

- Bid Bond or Certified Cheque in the amount of 10% of the Tender Price.

- Consent of Surety in the amount indicated in the tender package.

- Proof of Insurance, WCB Clearance and Safety Certification will be required at the time of contract execution.

The Owner may decide, at its sole discretion, that no bid submitted will be accepted and no Contract will be awarded pursuant to this Tender process. In that event, all Tenderers will be notified and the Owner will have no liability to any Tenderer. If the Owner decides to accept a Tender and award a Contract, the selection of the successful Tenderer will be based on a number of criteria which will include, but not limited to, price, delivery date, and qualification of the Tenderer. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities in, reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender deemed most favourable in the interest of the Owner.

The Owner may decide, at its sole discretion, that no bid submitted will be accepted and no Contract will be awarded pursuant to this Tender process. In that event, all Tenderers will be notified and the Owner will have no liability to any Tenderer. If the Owner decides to accept a Tender and award a Contract, the selection of the successful Tenderer will be based on a number of criteria which will include, but not limited to, price, delivery date, and qualification of the Tenderer. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities in, reject any or all Tenders, or to accept the Tender deemed most favourable in the interest of the Owner.

The successful Tenderer shall be the Principal or Prime Contractor for the Project pursuant to the applicable construction safety legislation and shall have primary responsibility for the safety of all workers and equipment on the Project in accordance with such legislation.

The successful Tenderer shall be the Principal or Prime Contractor for the Project pursuant to the applicable construction safety legislation and shall have primary responsibility for the safety of all workers and equipment on the Project in accordance with such legislation.

Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to: Mr. Stephen Banack, P.Eng. Mr. Rob Mayhew AL-Terra Engineering Ltd. Red Deer County #202, 4708 – 50th Avenue 38106 RR 275 Red Deer, AB, T4N 4A1 Red Deer County, AB, T4S 2L9 (403) 340-3022 (403) 350-2150

Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to:

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Mr. Stephen Banack, P.Eng. AL-Terra Engineering Ltd. #202, 4708 – 50th Avenue Red Deer, AB, T4N 4A1 (403) 340-3022

Mr. Rob Mayhew Red Deer County 38106 RR 275 Red Deer County, AB, T4S 2L9 (403) 350-2150 253137G14

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