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Enveloped in an emergency thermal bivouac, Valhalla Pure Outfitters employee Ben Mullen shows off some emergency equipment that could come in handy in the event the Mayan doomsday prophecy comes true on Dec. 21.

Afraid of disaster? There are ways to prepare Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on emergency preparedness in Central Alberta. part 2 Tuesday: Officials have a plan to deal with disasters. BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR When Hurricane Sandy

pounded the northeastern United States in late October, it killed more than 100 people, destroyed or severely damaged thousands of homes, and cut power supplies and transportation links. It also illustrated the importance of emergency planning. “Hurricane Sandy was a very sobering reminder for

all of us that have anything to do with emergency preparedness,” said Timothy Wilson, a public affairs officer with Alberta Municipal Affairs — the department that oversees the Alberta Emergency Management Agency. “It was really a horrible thing to see. At the same time, it was a really good reminder that when you’re not in

the middle of an emergency, take some time to prepare a 72-hour emergency kit for your family and to make a plan with your family.” The Alberta Emergency Management Agency recommends making provision for at least three full days of selfsufficiency. It lists blizzards, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, power outag-

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A Newton police officer searches the area around St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church while responding to a bomb threat, Sunday, in Newtown, Conn. Worshippers hurriedly left the church Sunday, not far from where a gunman opened fire Friday inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

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Obama offers ‘love and prayers of a nation’ NEWTOWN, Conn. — A mournful President Barack Obama said Sunday that the United States is failing to keep its children safe, pledging that change must come after an elementary-school massacre left 20 children dead. “What choice do we have?” Obama said. “Are we really prepared to say that we’re powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard?” In a vigil for the fallen, in a moment of grief that spread around the world, Obama conceded that none of his words would match the sorrow.

es and industrial or transportation accidents as potential dangers. Some people fear more ominous threats with longer-term consequences. Dec. 21, 2012, has been identified by many as a possible date for a catastrophic global event.

It’s possible fewer families will need help from charities to make Christmas merry this year. About 160 families applied to Red Deer Salvation Army’s adopt a family program compared to 187 last year. “Our numbers started out with a bang. We figured we were going to be swamped and we’re actually are down,” said Red Deer Salvation Army Major Larry Bridger. “I’m hoping it’s a sign that things are maybe better for a lot of families. At this point, it’s hard to say. We had people who made appointments to come in and register and cancelled or just haven’t shown up.”

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MAYAN: End of cycle Motivated by a belief that the day will coincide with the end of a 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan long count calendar, they’re predicting everything from a gravitational disruption to a reversal of the Earth’s geomagnetic field to a collision with an interplanetary object. Scientists have dismissed such fears, but the prospects of disaster — local or widespread — have spurred some Central Albertans to action. Kim May, sales manager at Red Deer’s Valhalla Pure Outfitters, said many customers have been buying survival basics. Demand was greatest, she pointed out, prior to the arrival of 2012. “They still come in,” said May, “but it’s not as aggressive as it was last year.” Many are interested in the essentials required for a home or vehicle emergency kit: lanterns, blankets, sleeping bags, camp stoves, freezedried foods, water purification kits and the like. But some are preparing to hunker down for the long term. “We do get people in that are just taking it to the nines; where they’re just completely going off-grid,” said May. “I had a gentlemen come in last year who was teaching his entire family how to kill and clean (game), make lean-tos, that sort of stuff.” Preppers have been less conspicuous at other local stores. Jamie Osmond, manager of Wolverine Guns & Tackle, hasn’t noticed a surge in business as Dec. 21 approaches. “There’s a little bit of talk about it, but we haven’t seen any hype as far as our survival stuff hiking in sales because of it.” A spokesperson with United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd. said there hasn’t been a run on survival supplies at the Co-op’s Farm & Ranch Supply Stores. Red Deer south Canadian Tire general manager Terry Dockrill tells a similar story. “Sometimes in the spring, when we’ve got flooding around here and stuff like that, we do see a spike in things,” noted Dockrill. “The candles, the tarps, your flashlight items.” He added that some of the camping supplies that Canadian Tire sells probably ends up in emergency kits. And in the past, when the store has set up an “emergency pod” where supplies like waterproof matches, axes, blankets and the like are displayed together, consumers have responded positively. “It does well.” Although most people aren’t bracing for an earth-altering event, many are. There is no shortage of online forums and websites dedicated to the subject. One Red Deer resident, who did not want to be identified, told the Advocate that he knows a number of people who are quietly preparing for a major calamity. “Preppers have a crazy connotation attached because of TV and media,” he explained via email. “If you have all the gear, tools, food and plans, then everyone praises your readiness. The second you mention a scenario/conspiracy other than a power outage, then the mood turns.” The man said his family has the standard emergency supplies, but also keeps a supply of cash in case electronic commerce fails. They’re prepared to flee the city should the situation deteriorate — such as might happen if food and water becomes scarce — and have even obtained firearms training. “This is a touchy subject, but a dozen of our close friends are also wellarmed and train regularly.”

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Ava Staiti, 7, of New Milford, Conn., looks up at her mother Emily Staiti, not pictured, while visiting a sidewalk memorial with 26 teddy bears, each representing a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Sunday, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. Stockpiling supplies and preparing for a disaster is no different than equipping your house with smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, and planning an escape plan, he suggested. “Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

MASSACRE: ‘You are not alone’ But he declared to the community of Newtown, site of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history: “You are not alone.” For Obama, ending his fourth year in office, it was another sorrowful visit to another community in disbelief. It is the job of the president to be there, to listen and console, to offer help even when the only thing within his grasp is a hug. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday elicited horror around the world, soul-searching in the United States, fresh political debate about gun control and questions about the incomprehensible — what drove the suspect to act. Privately, Obama told Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy that Friday was the most difficult day of his presidency. Authorities said Sunday that the gunman in the shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition — enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, raising the chilling possibility that the bloodbath could have been far worse. Adam Lanza shot himself in the head just as he heard police drawing near to the classroom where he was slaughtering helpless children, but he had more ammunition at the ready in the form of multiple, high-capacity clips each capable of holding 30 bullets. The disclosure on Sunday sent shudders throughout this picturesque community in the northeastern U.S. as grieving families sought to comfort

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each other during church services devoted to impossible questions like that of a 6-year-old girl who asked her mother: “The little children, are they with the angels?” With so much grieving left to do, many of Newtown’s 27,000 people wondered whether life could ever return to normal. And as the workweek was set to begin, parents weighed whether to send their own children back to school. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said the shooter decided to kill himself when he heard police closing in about 10 minutes into the attack. “We surmise that it was during the second classroom episode that he heard responders coming and apparently at that, decided to take his own life,” Malloy said on ABC television’s This Week. Authorities said they found hundreds of unused bullets at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, which enrolled about 450 students in kindergarten through fourth grade. “There was a lot of ammo, a lot of clips,” said state police Lt. Paul Vance. “Certainly a lot of lives were potentially saved.” The chief medical examiner has said the ammunition was the type designed to break up inside a victim’s body and inflict the maximum amount of damage, tearing apart bone and tissue. Newtown officials couldn’t say whether Sandy Hook Elementary School would ever reopen. The school district was considering sending surviving students to an empty school in nearby Monroe. But for many parents, it was much too soon to contemplate resuming school-day routines. “We’re just now getting ready to talk to our son about who was killed,” said Robert Licata, the father of a boy who was at the school during the shooting but escaped harm. “He’s not even there yet.” Jim Agostine, superintendent of schools in nearby Monroe, said plans were being made for students from Sandy Hook to attend classes in his town this week. The road ahead for Newtown was clouded with grief.

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“I feel like we have to get back to normal, but I don’t know if there is normal anymore,” said Kim Camputo, mother of two children, ages 5 and 10, who attend a different school. “I’ll definitely be dropping them off and picking them up myself for a while.” Also Sunday, a Connecticut official said the gunman’s 52-year-old mother, Nancy Lanza, was found dead in her pyjamas in bed in the home they shared, shot four times in the head with a .22-calibre rifle. The killer then went to the school Friday morning with guns he took from his mother, got inside by breaking a window and began blasting his way through the building. All the victims at the school were shot with the rifle, at least some of them up close, and all were apparently shot more than once, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver said. There were as many as 11 shots on the bodies he examined. Lanza died of a gunshot wound to the head from a 10 mm gun, said the same official who described the scene at the mother’s house. Amid the confusion and sorrow, stories of heroism emerged, including an account of the principal Dawn Hochsprung, 47, and the school psychologist, Mary Sherlach, 56, rushing toward Lanza in an attempt to stop him. Both died. There was also 27-year-old teacher Victoria Soto, whose name has been invoked as a portrait of selflessness. Investigators told relatives she was killed while shielding her first-graders from danger. She reportedly hid some students in a bathroom or closet, ensuring they were safe, a cousin, Jim Wiltsie, told ABC News. “She put those children first. That’s all she ever talked about,” a friend, Andrea Crowell, told The Associated Press. “She wanted to do her best for them, to teach them something new every day.” Federal agents have concluded that Lanza visited an area shooting range, but they do not know whether he actually practiced shooting there.

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Residents rolling up sleeves for blood drive CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES ANNUAL DRIVE BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Seventeen-year-old Madison Fertig has given blood twice since her birthday in September. Both times were in memory of her cousin Marshal Knowles, 25, of Red Deer, who died in 2011 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Now she hopes to encourage others to donate to the Marshal Knowles Blood Drive during December, the month of Knowles’ birthday, which is also when Canadian Blood Services holds its annual blood drive campaign. “For me, I didn’t even think of donating blood until it hit so close to home. Now it’s a huge part of my life. I’m booked in again in February,� said the Notre Dame High School student who was too young to donate while her cousin was still alive. Fertig said Knowles required several blood transfusions due to his leukemia and at times needed as much as five units of blood a week. Transfusions hugely improved his health and he went on the earn a Bach-

elor of Commerce from the University of Calgary, she said. “A lot of his friends, peers, didn’t even know he was diagnosed. He was not going to let it stop him.� Fertig donated last Monday along with other family members and friends and other donors at the Red Deer Canadian Blood Services office who heard about Knowles while they were waiting to give blood. “I’m hoping for 100 donations,� Fertig said. Knowles relatives and friends elsewhere in Alberta and other parts of Canada are also donating in his name. She put up posters at Notre Dame and Hunting Hills schools to encourage young donors to get involved. Fertig said for new donors it might help to not focus on the needle going into their arm, but rather the life they are saving. “(Blood) is something you don’t even think about in your body. It’s like air. But it’s so important to these people who rely on it every day.� Canadian Blood Services in Red Deer wants to collect 960 units of blood this month.

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Madison Fertig, right, was on hand at Canadian Blood Services on Dec. 10 to support people who came out to donate blood in honour of her cousin Marshal Knowles. Lyle Konowalyk, of Red Deer, who dressed up as Santa Claus, was one of several friends and relatives who donated. Last year, almost 1,000 units were donated in December. Kaelyn Smith, Canadian Blood Services spokesperson, said blood drives in honour of people does help bring in new donors. “A lot of people haven’t been touched by the need for blood. Only half of us have. So when they know someone who has been touched by the

need for blood it kind of sparks something in them to come in and make that first donation,� Smith said. It can also act as a reminder for people who haven’t donated in a while, she said. For more information on blood donation or to make an appointment to donate call 1-888-236-6283. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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CHARITY: Fewer families, individuals sign up The deadline to apply to the program was Friday. Teresa Kutynec, Christmas Bureau president, said 940 families and individuals applied to the bureau as of Friday afternoon. Last year the bureau received 1,055 applications and she expected the number to reach about 1,000 by Monday, the last day to apply. She said there may be a rush today (Monday), but it would be nice if more people were better off and fewer people were in need at Christmas. “Unfortunately we see a lot of the same people every year,� Kutynec said. “There are people who are so grateful because they can’t provide for their families. It’s difficult for children who are in school and asking for these things and they can’t provide.� In addition to a food hamper from the bureau, parents get to choose from a selection of gifts donated by the community. “We find this is an easier way of doing it. We have

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it set up like a mini Walmart. They come in and choose the toys for their children. “I think the parents kind of like to pick for their own children.� Both the Salvation Army and Central Alberta Women’s Outreach run adopt a family programs. Individuals, families, groups, and businesses sponsor families to provide toys and gift cards for food. The deadline to apply to the outreach program was also Friday. Open to single-parent families, 150 families applied to the program with about a dozen more expected before the end of the day. Last year 167 families applied. Darcy Ouellet, fund development officer with women’s outreach, said adopt a family alleviates stress and financial burden at Christmas. “If they’re living paycheque to paycheque, and you add that extra cost in, something’s going to suffer,� Ouellet said. The outreach is still looking for a few more sponsors to assist families. Salvation Army had 128 sponsors this year, compared to 111 last year. Some of the money donated to the annual kettle campaign will be used to assist families without sponsors. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Put an end to the suffering Last week, the chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario launched a hunger strike because the pain of watching her people suffer had become too much to bear. Chief Theresa Spence says she is willing to die to raise awareness about the social realities facing Canada’s First Nations. She is demanding that the federal government respect First Nations’ concerns and treaties, restore funding to First Nations organizations and communities and work with aboriginal leaders to forge a new relationship. Spence’s desperate political protest in a cabin on an island in the Ottawa River gives Canadians plenty of food for thought. They may not like what they find if they take a closer look at the reasons for Spence’s protest. It’s hard to blame Canada’s almost 1.2 million aboriginals for feeling as though they’ve been abandoned and ignored. Despite years of planning and bil-

OURVIEW CAMERON KENNEDY lions of dollars in funding, they continue to lag behind their non-aboriginal counterparts socially and economically. Look at the statistics. Aboriginal Canadians are overrepresented in provincial and federal prison populations, where they make up 25 and 18 per cent of adults, respectively. They are also more likely to be victims of violent crime. The First Nations regional health survey (2008-10) found 51.5 per cent of respondents had less than a high school education. A shortage of adequate housing is another issue affecting aboriginal Canadians. Attawapiskat made headlines earlier this year because of a winter housing crisis. Red Deer residents have had to wrestle with their own affordable housing crisis. In October, city council shot down

the Red Deer Native Friendship Society’s affordable housing and cultural centre in Clearview Ridge. The need for the project was underscored by the Red Deer Point in Time Homeless Count 2012 Final Report. It found 279 homeless people on Oct. 16, 2012, the night of the count. Fortyfour per cent of them were aboriginals, even though aboriginals make up only 4.4 per cent of city residents. The bad news just keeps on coming. The Health Council of Canada released a report on the same day that Spence embarked on her hunger strike that suggested aboriginal Canadians frequently face racism and stereotyping when using health-care services in urban centres. Entitled Empathy, dignity, and respect: Creating cultural safety for Aboriginal people in urban centres, the report concluded that aboriginal Canadians feel alienated and intimidated by the health-care system. These feeling cause them to avoid seeking care or drop out of treatment programs alto-

gether, which in turn can affect their overall health. It’s little wonder that aboriginals have a shorter life expectancy than their non-aboriginal counterparts. Canadians need to get working on addressing some of these issues, because the aboriginal community is growing rapidly. The number of aboriginal Canadians is expected to climb to 1.4 million by 2017. Aboriginal people are also younger, with a median age of 27 compared to non-aboriginals’ median age of 40, according to statistics. Earlier this year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that the time had come for First Nations to fully share the standard of living and quality of life that other Canadians enjoy. It’s time for Canadians to live up to that commitment by forging a new relationship with aboriginal leaders in order to put an end to the suffering at Attawapiskat and other First Nations across the country. Cameron Kennedy is an Advocate editor.

Resolving to find real happiness Wouldn’t it be wonderful if world leaders resolved to look at life in a different light this New Year? They could follow the example of Bhutan. In 1971, the small country, nestled in the Himalayas between China and India, rejected the idea of gross domestic product as the measure of progress. Instead, leaders focused on gross national happiness. The idea is finally gaining traction around the world, and I’m humbled and pleased to be involved with a global initiative to promote it. World leaders took the concept seriously enough to hold a United Nations Conference on Happiness in April 2012, and BhuDAVID tan was recognized for its enSUZUKI vironmental leadership at the recent UN climate summit in Doha, Qatar. Life isn’t perfect in Bhutan. It’s a poor country where most homes don’t have electricity. Crime is increasing and climate change is making life difficult for the farmers who provide much of the landlocked country’s food. Still, according to the Guardian, life expectancy in Bhutan has doubled over the past 20 years, almost all children now go to primary school and the country has been improving its infrastructure. Bhutan has also enshrined environmental protection and intergenerational equity in its constitution. The Right to a Healthy Environment is another initiative I’m excited about. The David Suzuki Founda-

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tion and I have been working with environmental lawyer and professor David R. Boyd and Ecojustice to promote the idea in Canada. Boyd’s book, The Right to a Healthy Environment: Revitalizing Canada’s Constitution, offers a wonderful analysis of where the world’s nations now stand on the concept, as well as strong arguments for why Canada should join the more than 140 nations that have put environmental protection in their constitutions. Caring for the environment can help achieve gross national happiness in many ways — by giving our children a more secure future, improving human health, ensuring resources are available to meet the needs of citizens, offering recreational and spiritual connections with nature and giving people a sense of pride and respect for the natural systems that keep us alive and healthy. There’s more to happiness than just having a clean environment — and Bhutan has yet to get there. According to research for the UN Conference on Happiness, “The happiest countries in the world are all in Northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands).” Although these countries are wealthy, the study points out that money isn’t the only factor, as happiness is decreasing in countries like the U.S. “Political freedom, strong social networks and an absence of corruption are together more important than income in explaining well-being differences between the top and bottom countries,” the researchers write. “At the individual level, good mental and physical health, someone to count on, job security and stable families are crucial.” Note that the happiest countries all have healthy economies and robust social programs.

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We can also look at how various countries responded to the recent economic crisis. Those that bailed out banks and reduced social spending are facing the same kinds of problems as before. Iceland approached its massive financial meltdown in a way that was pretty much the opposite of that taken by the U.S. and Europe, refusing to rescue its banks and increasing social spending, among other measures. Iceland still has problems, but it has recovered faster than other nations, and its social safety net remains strong. Inequality has been reduced, and the crisis spurred citizens to propose and develop a new constitution, which is being considered by parliament. There’s an old saw that says the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. In the case of leaders who focus almost entirely on economic growth and corporate interests, it’s a recipe for disaster. As George Monbiot recently wrote in the U.K.’s Guardian, “In return for 150 years of explosive consumption, much of which does nothing to advance human welfare, we are atomizing the natural world and the human systems that depend on it.” As light gradually returns to the north and we celebrate a season of sharing, our leaders could brighten all our lives by considering what really makes our societies strong, healthy and happy. I wish you all good health and happiness for the holiday season. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www. davidsuzuki.org.

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VANCOUVER — Ottawa’s decision to snuff its role in dispensing medical marijuana has ignited a debate over how the move will impact public health and safety. A range of groups — including those representing law enforcement officials, physicians and medical cannabis advocates — were reacting Sunday after the federal health ministry announced it will stop producing and distributing medicinal pot in favour of opening the market to private companies. The current program has allowed anyone with a government permit to grow it themselves, including in their own homes. But the Conservatives argue that with 26,000 permits handed out over the past decade, the system has become unwieldy and resulted in “unintended consequences.” “We have heard real concerns from law enforcement, fire officials and municipalities about how people are hiding behind these rules to conduct illegal activity,” Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said in a release. The government intends to implement changes by March 31, 2014 that will do away with the system of individual permits so that only companies meeting security requirements can grow and sell the drug. The move has drawn criticism from a number of sides, and not everyone against the changes supports the use of medical marijuana. Doctors represented by the Canadian Medical Association used harsh words to pan the move, arguing the government is abdicating its necessary role as regulator. “There’s huge potential for harm to patients and the federal government’s decision is equivalent to asking doctors to prescribe while blindfolded,” said Dr. Anna Reid, CMA president. Reid said the decision does not put patients first, while leaving doctors to deal with a substance that has little clinical evidence to back its use. She added that the strains of pot being produced today are much more powerful than in the past, and they have not been rigorously tested. Meanwhile, a not-for-profit that supports cannabis dispensaries in communities said it too is reluctant to endorse the change because it means the drug remains unaffordable to those

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who need it. The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries “remains concerned that patients will continue facing barriers to access,” said president Rade Kovacevic. He cited research that more than 50 per cent of medical marijuana users currently obtain their medicine through dispensaries. Putting production in the hands of companies will mean the government will no longer subsidize the cost, which had been upwards of $5 a gram. Under the new system the cost will rise to $8.80 a gram. Another grassroots coalition is seeking support for a legal challenge of the changes, setting up a trust fund and campaigning to bring anyone who holds a medical marijuana licence on board. The coalition’s co-founder, Jason Wilcox, argues all people should have not only the right to access affordable and quality cannabis for medical use, but also be able to legally produce it. In a letter urging others with permits to support the campaign, he suggests mounting a constitutional challenge to the government’s changes. Standing most staunchly in support of the government are associations representing Canadian fire chiefs and police chiefs. They agree that removing permits from individuals will promote health and safety because the change will legally eliminate the ability for people to grow pot in their own homes. Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu, who heads the chiefs of police association, said the changes are “necessary to reduce the risk of abuse and exploitation” by criminals seeking to make a profit. Stephen Gamble, who heads the fire chiefs’ association, noted one in 22 grow-ops catch fire, which is 24 times more frequent than the average home. “We applaud the Government of Canada for strengthening Health Canada’s regulations,” he said. The government said it’s making the changes after a broad consultation process. It is accepting public comment for 75 days. Patients who want to use marijuana as medical treatment after the changes come into effect will sign a medical document similar to a prescription, which they can then take to authorized vendors for purchase.

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First Nations activist movement grows IDLE NO MORE FIRST NATIONS ACTIVISM SPREADS ACROSS CANADA BY THE CANADIAN PRESS First Nations activists are gearing up for a week of rallies as a growing grassroots movement known as Idle No More continues to draw communities across the country together thanks to a powerful presence online. Supporters say they are upset about the effects of the Harper government’s policies on aboriginal communities. They want First Nations to be recognized as sovereign stakeholders in decisions affecting the country’s land and resources. “There are many examples of other countries moving towards sustainability, and we must demand sustainable development as well,” says a manifesto published on the group’s website, idlenomore.com. “We believe in healthy, just, equitable and sustainable communities and have a vision and plan of how to build them.”

The movement has quickly gained momentum, particularly amongst a new generation of young, social-media savvy activists. Thousands have used the idlenomore hashtag on Twitter to debate issues and spread information about upcoming protests. Events across the country — from Halifax to Red Deer— are detailed on the group’s website and on Facebook. After a round of protests on Dec. 10, more events are planned for this week, culminating in a rally on Parliament Hill on Friday. Tanya Kappo, an Edmonton aboriginal activist who sent the first message with the idlenomore hashtag, said discontent with the federal government has been simmering for some time and all it took was a spark. “I’ve been feeling this sense in our communities of this great unrest,” Kappo said in a weekend phone interview. The campaign was started by four

women from Saskatchewan who were protesting against a number of bills before Parliament. They are particularly critical of Bill C-45, the government’s omnibus budget legislation, which they say weakens environmental laws. “We started discussing that and felt that we need to bring attention to this legislation,” said Jessica Gordon, one of the four, who lives in Saskatoon. Jan O’Driscoll, a spokesman for Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan, said the department has made efforts to consult with aboriginal leaders. H e said they continue work on pressing issues on reserves like education, clean drinking water and housing. “While we’ve made significant strides, there is still work to be done,” O’Driscoll said in an email. “We’ll continue to partner with First Nations to create the conditions for healthier, more self-sufficient communities.” O’Driscoll said Duncan has also tried to reach out to Chief Theresa

Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation, who is entering the second week of a hunger strike. Attawapiskat made international news last year for its poor housing conditions. Spence has promised to continue her strike unless the Conservative government starts showing more respect to First Nations concerns and aboriginal treaties. She wants a meeting between the Crown, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and aboriginal leaders. The hunger strike has become a cause celebre for some First Nations activists and Spence has drawn support from all regions of the country. The Assembly of First Nations issued an open letter to Gov. Gen. David Johnston and Harper on Sunday calling for a meeting to discuss Spence’s demands. “All First Nations across Canada stand united and in solidarity in advancing this urgent call for action and attention,” the statement said.

Finance ministers to talk pension reform, likely not implement OTTAWA — Canada’s fragile economy, deficits and pension reform — and possibly smoothing over ruffled feathers — topped the list of issues confronting federal and provincial finance ministers meeting in Ottawa Sunday and today. The last time the ministers got together a year ago, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty angered many of his provincial counterparts by announcing he was unilaterally imposing cuts to future health transfers. This time the minister says he is making no substantive changes to any of the federal programs, although some disgruntled provinces are likely to ask for a better shake. The most contentious issue will likely be pension reform — the key topic two years back — with Ontario again pushing for an expansion of the Canada Pension Plan. Ottawa is expected to place several plans on the table for discussion, but not for implementation. On Sunday, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said Ottawa should move again on CPP reform even without unanimity — something Flaherty has said he wants before progressing on the issue. Duncan said he believed there was enough support from two thirds of the provinces representing two thirds of the population to expand CPP. On Friday, Flaherty told reporters the economy should be the top priority and that it is too weak to contemplate boosting CPP benefits at this time because employers would have to pay higher premiums. “This is not the time to put another burden on employers and dampen employment prospects of Canadians,” he said, adding that such a proposal would make much more sense once the economy has recovered fully. That’s also the view of Saskatchewan Finance Minister Ken Krawetz, who said while he might support modest tweaks, any “radical changes” to CPP are out of the question. Two years ago, when enriching CPP was under active consideration, the weak economy and the opposition of Alberta and Quebec were cited by Ottawa for withdrawing its support for the idea. In its place, Ottawa proposed a voluntary program whereby employees in small and medium firms can voluntarily pool savings — although employers are not obliged to contribute. Federal legislation for the so-called Registered Pooled Pension Plan concept was officially enacted Friday, but it still requires the provinces to put it into practice. A spokesperson for Duncan says Ontario will not implement the pooled plans unless there is also “enhancement” of the CPP.

New Democrats and the Canadian Labour Congress have proposed doubling what CPP would pay out over a seven-year period to $1,868 a month. Flaherty said he would not act unless the decision is unanimous, even though technically he only needs two-thirds

of provinces representing two-thirds of Canada’s population to be on side. The federal minister also indicated that he will be discussing the fragility of the U.S. economy, and how Canadian governments will need to work together if the “fiscal cliff” fears material-

ize, and the combination of tax hikes and spending cuts in the United States drives not just the U.S. but also Canada into a recession. In an interview Sunday with CTV’s Question Period, Flaherty he has high hopes that American leaders will sidestep the cliff with a short-

term temporary fix, buying some time to find a permanent solution. “I hope that January, February, they’ll sort it out.....There has been some progress. So I’m hopeful that they’ll at least patch it, for the new year, and then move on to a genuine solution for the long term,” Fla-

herty said. He said he will be speaking with the provincial ministers about what they could do together, just in case. “The federation does tend to pull together — particularly the finance ministers because we all deal with the numbers — when times get tough.

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Mistrust runs deep Venezuelans choose in Egypt referendum lawmakers in elections with Chavez absent CAIRO, Egypt — Nevine Mustafa finally had enough after 10 hours of waiting to cast her “no� vote in Egypt’s referendum on a highly disputed draft constitution. She and the other women in line were convinced the judge running the polling station was deliberately stalling to drive away voters opposed to the document. So the 39-year-old housewife and dozens of other women launched a protest, blocking the street and chanting against the judge in an upper class district of Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city. “The line was not moving since 8 a.m. I protest. It is now 7 p.m.,� an agitated Mustafa said at the time. “He wants us to get bored and leave.� After their protest, new officials were brought in to speed up the process. The scene was a reflection of the deep distrust of Egypt’s ruling Islamists and their management of a referendum on a draft constitution that they largely wrote. Questions raised Sunday over the referendum’s legitimacy suggest the confrontation between Islamists and their secular, liberal and Christian opponents will not be resolved by the long-awaited vote. As Islamist President Mohammed Morsi rushed the referendum despite high pitched opposition, the dispute over the charter has turned into a fight over the Islamists’ hold on power, and the ballot has become a yes or no vote on the president himself. Rights activists and opponents of the constitution said Sunday that the first round of voting a day earlier was marred by widespread violations, including suppression of voting by opponents of the charter, particularly women, Christians. A coalition of rights groups said the first round was invalid and should be held over again. That appeared highly unlikely. The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, said the constitution was on route to approval. But the margin from the first round of voting, which took place in 10 of Egypt’s 27 provinces, was narrow — and turnout low, at only 32 per cent.

Preliminary results showed 55.8 per cent backed the draft, according to the Brotherhood. Its count was based on a compilation of results announced at each individual polling station. In past elections, the Brotherhood’s counts have proven largely accurate. The strongest “no� vote was in Cairo, with 68 per cent, according to the official website of Egypt’s state television. The “yes� vote narrowly carried Egypt’s second largest city, Alexandria, with nearly 56 per cent. The head of the referendum commission said the official results will be announced after the second and last round, scheduled for next Saturday. It was an indication that reports of violations will not stop the process, at least at this stage. Islamists enjoy wide support in most of the 17 provinces in the second round. The claims of violations are likely to further stoke tensions ahead of the second round, as each camp works to mobilize a population that largely opted to stay on the sidelines of the rivalry. Over the past three weeks, hundreds of thousands from both camps have held rival protests in the streets that sparked violence leaving at least 9 people dead. Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan dismissed the rights groups’ allegations as politically motivated to sway public opinion. “These organizations are funded by Western countries. Just like the Westerners hate the Islamists, so do these groups. They are seculars and they hate the Islamists and have foreign agendas,� Ghozlan said. Despite worries over the vote’s fairness, voters “should do down in big numbers to say no,� a member of the main opposition National Salvation Front, Abdel-Ghaffar Shukr, told a press conference. The group called for new protests Tuesday. Many voters who backed the charter argue that men who fear God have written the text, and it must be given a chance. But the women’s protest during Saturday’s voting in Alexandria’s Rushdi neighbourhood reflected anger over what they view as the Brotherhood’s domineering way of ruling.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans chose governors and state lawmakers on Sunday in elections seen as a key test of whether President Hugo Chavez’s movement can endure if the socialist leader leaves the political stage. The vote was the first time in Chavez’s nearly 14-year-old presidency that he has been unable to actively campaign. He hasn’t spoken publicly since undergoing cancer surgery on Tuesday in Cuba. Vice-President Nicolas Maduro urged supporters on Sunday to vote for Chavez’s allies, while opponents called his remarks a blatant violation of electoral law. Speaking at a news conference, Maduro implored voters: “Let’s not fail Chavez.� He addressed those who hadn’t cast ballots yet, saying “let’s not make a bad impression with our commander Chavez.� Opposition leader Ramon Guillermo Aveledo said his remarks violated a prohibition on campaigning on election day, and called for the National Electoral Council to take action. Vicente Diaz, a member of the council, called for Maduro’s news conference to be halted. It ended shortly afterward, and Maduro left without addressing the issue. Turnout appeared low at many polling stations in Caracas, with few people in lines. Governorships in all of the country’s 23 states were being decided in the elections. Chavez’s party now controls all but eight of the states, and if it maintains its dominance the vote could

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Syrian VP: regime, rebels both losing in civil war BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Syria’s longtime vice-president said Sunday that his regime and the rebels are both going down a losing path after 21 months of civil war, a rare admission by a top government official that President Bashar Assad’s victory is unlikely. The comments by Farouk alSharaa came as an Islamist faction of Syrian rebels captured an infantry base in the northern city of Aleppo, and Syrian warplanes blasted a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, killing eight people and wounding dozens, activists said. Al-Sharaa told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar that neither the rebels nor the Assad regime can “decide the battle militarily.” It appeared to be an attempt to show that the rebels are not the solution to the Syria conflict, and their victory might bring chaos to the country. Balancing that, he said the Assad regime “cannot achieve change.” The solution to the conflict must come from within Syria, alSharaa said, adding that any political settlement “must include stopping all types of violence, and the creation of a national unity government with wide powers.” The Assad regime has long rejected Western involvement in the civil war and has called for talks with the opposition. Most rebel groups refuse to meet with Assad, demanding his removal from power before laying down their arms. Excerpts of the interview were posted on Al-Akhbar’s Englishlanguage website late Sunday. The full interview will be published on Monday, the newspaper said. Last week more than 100 nations, including the U.S., recog-

nized the new Syrian opposition council as the legitimate representative of the country, a boost for the opposition forces that have been bombing regime targets in and around Damascus, once an impregnable stronghold of the Assad regime. In the latest blow to Assad, rebels overran a military base in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, the second military installation to fall there in a week. A statement by the al-Tawheed Brigade said the rebels “fully liberated” the military facility in Aleppo on Saturday. It was posted on al-Tawheed’s official website on Sunday and said the Islamist rebel brigade’s commander was killed in the battle. The complex, known as Hanano Barracks, includes an army base, a recruiting centre and a military school. The Al-Tawheed Brigade is one of the largest rebel groups operating in Aleppo, which has been a major front in the civil war since July. One of the videos posted on the group’s website shows the body of a man the narrator says is “the hero and martyr who was killed on the day of liberating the infantry school,” apparently the Al-Tawheed commander, Col. Youssef al-Jader. A boy said to be the commander’s son is seen crying as he leans over the dead man. In a related development, Egypt said Sunday that it has evacuated more than 4,000 of its nationals from Syria over the past few months. The Cairo Foreign Ministry statement did not give further details. Egypt’s national airline halted flights to and from Syria last month because of the deteriorating security situation. Also Sunday, Iran put forward

a six-point plan to end the Syria civil war, including negotiations, presidential elections and a halt to arms shipments. This came during a two-day meeting of 200 representatives of Syrian communities, but no prominent rebels. The rebels are unlikely to relate to the plan, as they refuse to talk to Assad and consider Iran unqualified to mediate because of its support of the regime. The uprising started in March 2011 as peaceful protests but quickly turned into a civil war after the government’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Activists say more than 40,000 people have been killed. On Sunday, fighter jets screamed over Damascus to bomb two areas in the southern part of the capital. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighter jets carried out six airstrikes the Hajar Aswad area and the neighbouring Yarmouk Palestinian camp, where the rebels have been advancing. Eight people were killed in the airstrike on Yarmouk, the Observatory said, and dozens were wounded. At least three people were killed in the clashes between rebels and gunmen loyal to Assad that followed the air strike, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Observatory’s president. The Observatory relies on reports from activists on the ground. The Palestinians are divided over the crisis in Syria. When the unrest began in March 2011, the half-million-strong community tried to stay on the sidelines. A few groups with longstanding ties to the regime are fighting on the government side, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Palestinian premier called on his people Sunday to boycott Israeli products, the latest step in an economic battle between Palestinians and Israelis spurred by the Palestinians’ status upgrade last month at the United Nations. Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, a U.S.-educated economist, told reporters the call for a boycott is a protest against Israel’s withholding of funds to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority. Israel is holding $100 million in taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinians, based on an interim peace accord. It cut off the funds to protest the Palestinians’ successful bid last month at the United Nations, which granted the Palestinians non-state observer status. Israel said the Palestinian move was an attempt to bypass peace negotiations. Palestinians deny that. Israel has briefly withheld tax transfers on previous occasions to pressure the Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank uses the money to pay salaries to its tens of thousands of civil servants and security forces. Israel said it is using the money to pay down huge debts Fayyad’s government owes to Israeli firms, including its electricity company. Fayyad admitted a Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods would violate an interim peace agreement with Israel, in which the two sides pledged economic co-operation, but he justified the move because “the Israeli government is working against this agreement” by withholding tax funds. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said the Palestinians should “concentrate efforts on how to build their own economy, not how to boycott someone else’s.” In the past, Fayyad called for a boycott of goods made in Israeli settlements, but that boycott appears to have had no impact. Palestinians oppose settlements because they are located on West Bank land they claim for a future state. This is the first time Fayyad has called for a boycott of all Israeli goods, not just ones made in West Bank settlements. Such a boycott would severely limit goods on the Palestinian market, as Palestinians are heavily dependent on Israel for consumer products. To recoup its losses from the Israeli fund cutoff, the Palestinians have turned to Arab countries to donate funds.

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sustained a concussion last week after becoming extremely dehydrated and fainting while suffering from a stomach virus, the State Department said. The 65-year-old Clinton is recovering at home and has been advised by her doctors to continue to rest and avoid strenuous activity and cancel all work events for the next week. She had been scheduled to testify before a pair of congressional panels looking into the Sept. 11 attack against a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. Dr. Lisa Bardack of the Mt. Kisco Medical Group and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University said Saturday that Clinton was suffering from a stomach virus and fainted after becoming extremely dehydrated. Clinton was diagnosed with a concussion Thursday after fainting at home earlier this week, according to a State Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss Clinton’s injury publicly. The doctors did not determine it to be a “severe” concussion, the official said. Clinton, who is expected to leave her job soon, skipped an overseas trip this past week because of the stomach virus, the State Department said Saturday. President Barack Obama telephoned his top diplomat Saturday to wish her well, a White House official said. The State Department said in a statement that Clinton will continue to work from home in the week ahead and looks forward to returning to the office “soon,” the statement said. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it won’t hear from Clinton as planned at a Thursday hearing into the attack at the outpost in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.

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HOWARD TAKES FINAL World champion Glenn Howard defeated Brad Jacobs 3-1 on Sunday to win the Canadian Open of Curling. Howard’s Coldwater, Ont., rink jumped out to an early lead with a point in the second end before Jacobs’ foursome from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., tied it in fifth. But Howard’s team scored one in the seventh and added another in the eighth for a 3-1 final. The tournament is the second men’s Grand Slam event of the World Curling Tour season and had a purse of $100,000. Howard advanced to the championship with a 5-3 semifinal victory over Toronto’s Mark Kean on Saturday, while Jacobs qualified after upsetting defending champion Mike McEwen of Winnipeg 8-5.

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● Women’s basketball: Hoosier Daddy vs. Nikes, Vertically Challenged vs. The Bank, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber; Collins Barrow Storm vs. Triple Threat, Big Ballers vs. Spartans, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Shooting Stars vs. Rampage, 7:45 p.m., Hunting Hills.

Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Ponoka at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Stettler, Sylvan Lake at Rocky Mountain House, Wetaskiwin at Innisfail, Camrose at Lacombe; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Men’s basketball: Sylvan Lake vs. Triple Batteries, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Dream Team, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Camrose at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

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● Junior varsity basketball: Wetaskiwin at Hunting Hills, Camrose at Lindsay Thurber, Rocky Mountain House at Lacombe, Ponoka at Stettler; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

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Kelowna Rocket Madison Bowey fends off Rebels forward Adam Musil while chasing the puck at the Centrium, Saturday. The Rockets handed the Rebels a 6-1 loss. BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rockets 6 Rebels 1 The Red Deer Rebels were taken to the woodshed Saturday night, but GM/head coach Brent Sutter wasn’t about to pile on the punishment. “It’s a good learning curve for us. It shows you that this game is about emotion and intensity,” said a surprisingly-calm Sutter, following a gruesome 6-1 Western Hockey League loss to the Kelowna Rockets before 5,521 spectators, many of whom were out the Centrium doors at the second intermission. “Tonight we were just second best in everything we did. The easiest thing would be to come to the rink tomorrow and have a bag skate, but that’s not the right thing to do. The right thing to do is get the guys back

49ers beat Patriots, clinch playoff spot SURVIVE 28-POINT COMEBACK BY PATRIOTS IN SUNDAY SHOOTOUT BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 49ers 41 Patriots 34 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The San Francisco 49ers turned a nearly historic collapse into a stunning victory and a playoff berth. San Francisco withstood a 28-point comeback by the New England Patriots to win 41-34 on Sunday night in the rain. Michael Crabtree took a short pass from Colin Kaepernick and sped around cornerback Kyle Arrington for a 38-yard touchdown with 6:25 to go, then David Akers made a 28-yard field goal to clinch it. The 49ers (10-3-1) own at least a wild-card spot and play at Seattle next week with a chance to win the NFC West. A loss would bring the division race down to the final weekend. Kaepernick threw for four touchdowns, two to Crabtree, who had 107 yards receiving. The defence rattled Tom Brady

at times, but also yielded 443 yards passing in a sloppy contest between two of the league’s more precise teams. AFC East champion New England (10-4), which had won seven in a row, trailed 31-3 in the third quarter and lost for the first time at home in December in 21 games. The Patriots also had won 21 in a row in the second half of the schedule before San Francisco somehow regrouped late in a game it seemingly had clinched long before. San Francisco forced four turnovers, matching the number of giveaways New England had at home all season. But then the Niners began sleepwalking, and back came Brady and the Patriots on a 6-yard TD run by Danny Woodhead and a 1-yard dive by Brady. A 5-yard pass to Aaron Hernandez and Woodhead’s 1-yard run with 12:13 remaining tied it. And just like that, San Francisco went in front again. Rookie LaMichael James

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broke free for a 62-yard kickoff return. On the next snap — the third time the Niners would have a one-play TD drive — Crabtree took a pass on the left side, spun and headed into the end zone. New England turned over the ball on downs and Akers made his kick. Stephen Gostkowski added a 41-yarder for the Patriots with 38 seconds remaining, but they couldn’t recover the onside kick. San Francisco led 17-3 at the half. And they looked safe after Frank Gore picked up Kaepernick’s third fumble and scored on a 9-yard run, followed by Crabtree’s 27-yard score in a pinpoint pass from the secondyear quarterback. The defence set up both of San Francisco’s TDs in the third. Dashon Goldson returned Steven Ridley’s fumble 66 yards to the New England 3 before Gore found the end zone. Defensive end Aldon Smith, known

for his sacks, grabbed a pass out of Hernandez’s hands for his first career interception. After he was tackled, Smith ran directly to the sideline and sat down on the 49ers’ bench. He was back up on his feet cheering the next play, when Crabtree broke free to make it 31-3. But no one can relax against the Patriots. Unlike a week ago, when the Patriots routed Houston, they fell behind quickly in the rain and ran only 10 snaps on their opening three series. San Francisco’s fearsome pass rush was sharp then, and Brady was hit on the arm twice while trying to pass. Even worse, his long throw on their third possession for Wes Welker was picked off by Carlos Rogers, who then slalomed his way on the wet turf toward the New England end zone. Only Brady stood in his way at the 5, and Rogers fell trying to elude him.

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to where they can be focused and in the right frame of mind. “We have another game here before the Christmas break (Tuesday versus the visiting Kootenay Ice) and we have to come back to the rink on Monday and be ready to get to work and be ready for our next game. That has to be our focus.” The quicker the Rebels discard themselves of the memories of Saturday’s ugly setback, the better. Red Deer opened the scoring a mere 71 seconds into the contest when Wyatt Johnson took a rebound off the end boards and jammed it past Rockets netminder Jackson Whistle, then roared right back to the attack. Only the splendid play of Whistle kept the hosts from opening a larger lead. “We had some scoring chances early. We had a couple of two-on-ones, a three-oneone and hit a couple of posts,” said Sutter. “But we never capitalized.”

Instead, the visitors pulled even on Mitchell Wheaton’s first goal of the season at 2:28, then connected 17 seconds apart late in the period, with Myles Bell ripping a shot from just inside the point past goaltender Spencer Tremblay — making his first-ever start for Red Deer — at 18:54 and Madison Bowey striking at 19:11. “They got that first goal on us, then we didn’t play smart hockey after that and seemed to lose our focus,” said Sutter. “That’s the part that we as coaches need to continue to work on with this group — the mental part of the game. “We’re a 10-2-1 team in our last 13 games, but we have to make sure to a man that we recognize the differences between when we play well and when we don’t play well.” The Rebels didn’t offer much in the way of push-back over the final two periods, especially in the middle frame when the Rockets struck for three more goals. Defenceman Damon Severson beat Tremblay with a shot from the top of the circle at 9:45, J.T. Barnett upped the count to 5-1 eight minutes later and Tyson Baillie broke in alone and ripped a shot to the top of the net in the final minute. Tremblay had a rough outing in his Red Deer debut. He finished with 28 saves but never looked comfortable. Whistle also stopped 28 shots, but was a big reason the Rockets weren’t down two or three goals in the first two minutes. “Red Deer had a lot of energy early and I thought we were a bit flat,” said Kelowna head coach Ryan Huska. “Jackson made some saves and allowed us to get our legs underneath of us, and once we scored a few goals I thought we got better.” Forward Scott Feser was in the Rebels lineup after being summoned from the Camrose Kodiaks of the AJHL. He drew an assist on Red Deer’s lone goal and got passing grades from Sutter. “I thought he came in and played well,” said Sutter. “He got here just before game time and gave us what we needed from him. He’s been playing well at Camrose, he’s had a good season to date. Tonight’s game was another step for him towards getting ready to play at this level.” ● Advocate’s three stars: 1. Damon Severson . . . Rockets defenceman was rocksolid and scored once; (2) Tyson Baillie . . . a goal and an assist for the visitors; (3) Zach Franko . . . Slick Kelowna forward assisted on two goals. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Seahawks 50 Bills 17 TORONTO — Rookie Russell Wilson rushed for three TDs and threw for another while Earl Thomas returned an interception 57 yards for a touchdown as the Seattle Seahawks steamrolled past the Buffalo Bills 50-17 on Sunday. Seattle (9-5), which wore new wolf grey uniforms, earned its fifth win in six games and cemented its first winning season since going 10-6 in 2007. It also marked the second straight lopsided win for the Seahawks, who downed Arizona 58-0 last week. Russell was certainly a central figure, completing 14-of-23 passes for 205 yards while rushing for 92 yards on nine carries before just 40,770 spectators at Rogers Centre. And it could’ve been worse for Buffalo as Seattle’s Leon Washington had an 86-yard punt return TD late in the third quarter nullified by an illegal block before the replay confirmed Sidney Rice didn’t get both feet down on a five-yard touchdown catch in the fourth. Still, the Bills (5-9) were officially eliminated from playoff contention, extending their league-high post-season drought to 13 years. Marshawn Lynch contributed to Buffalo’s woes, rushing for 113 yards and a TD in his first game against his former team since the Bills dealt their 2007 first-round selection to Seattle in 2010. But it was Wilson who provided the early

fireworks at Rogers Centre before a serieslow gathering that sported a myriad of NFL team jerseys. The 2012 third-round pick became the first quarterback to register three first-half rushing TDs since September 2000 when Minnesota’s Daunte Culpepper did so versus the Chicago Bears. Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was 21-of-38 passing for 217 yards with two interceptions and a lost fumble. Stevie Johnson had eight catches for 115 yards and a TD while C.J. Spiller added 103 yards rushing with a touchdown. None of the Bills Toronto Series games have been a sellout at Rogers Centre, which has a seating capacity of 54,000 for football. Last month, 53,028 fans watched the Toronto Argonauts beat the Calgary Stampeders in the 100th Grey Cup game here. Seattle maintained its hold on an NFC wildcard spot but remains in contention for the NFC West lead. Zach Miller also had a TD for Seattle. Steven Hauschka added five converts and three field goals. Buffalo’s Rian Lindell booted two converts and a field goal. Fitzpatrick’s 20-yard TD strike to Johnson late in the first half made the tandem just the fourth in franchise history to connect on 23 or more touchdowns. Spiller, who scored on a 14-yard run, surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing plateau for the first time. Wilson and Lynch powered Seattle to a 31-17 half-time advantage in an opening half that featured a combined 526 offensive yards.

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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice tries to keep in bounds as he runs past Buffalo Bills cornerback Aaron Williams during NFL football action in Toronto on Sunday.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Prince Albert 36 22 11 0 3 126 Saskatoon 34 19 14 0 1 118 Swift Current 37 15 17 3 2 107 Moose Jaw 36 12 17 3 4 89 Brandon 36 13 19 2 2 103 Regina 36 12 20 2 2 88

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Central Division GP W LOTLSOL Calgary 34 24 7 1 3 Edmonton 34 22 7 2 3 Red Deer 36 20 13 2 1 Lethbridge 37 17 15 1 4 Medicine Hat 35 15 18 2 0 Kootenay 33 10 22 1 0

GA 89 85 102 112 127 120

Pt 50 49 43 39 32 21

GF 111 120 98 121 117 79

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kamloops 38 25 9 2 2 133 Kelowna 35 23 10 1 1 143 Victoria 33 17 14 0 2 97 Prince George 34 12 18 1 3 87 Vancouver 34 9 25 0 0 86

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U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 34 28 5 1 0 155 73 57 Spokane 33 23 9 1 0 137 97 47 Tri-City 34 19 12 1 2 101 95 41 Seattle 34 16 16 1 1 115 132 34 Everett 37 13 22 0 2 92 134 28 Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Saturday’s results Brandon 4 Moose Jaw 2 Calgary 2 Regina 0 Edmonton 5 Victoria 2 Kelowna 6 Red Deer 1 Medicine Hat 7 Kamloops 6 (OT) Saskatoon 5 Kootenay 2 Portland 4 Seattle 2 Prince George 6 Vancouver 0 Tri-City 2 Spokane 1 Sunday’s results Calgary 6 Kelowna 2 Edmonton 8 Regina 1 Prince George 2 Vancouver 1 Portland 3 Everett 2 Prince Albert 3 Brandon 0 Swift Current 4 Kootenay 0 Monday’s results No Games Scheduled. Tuesday’s games Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m. Regina at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Tri-City at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Penalties — Peterson Cal (interference) 2:31, Humphries Cal (cross-checking), Heffley Kel (boarding) 5:46, Bowey Kel (misconduct), Goulbourne Kel, Hurley Cal (fighting) Kosterman Cal (misconduct) 8:19, Severson Kel (roughing) 9:38, Rigby Kel (interference) 16:28. Third Period 4. Calgary, Peterson 2 (Calladine, Samoridny) 1:07 5. Kelowna, Lees 3 (Franko) 8:18 6. Calgary, Brassart 9 (Sylvester) 13:02 (pp) 7. Calgary, Virtanen 6 (Macek) 15:01 8. Kelowna, Bowey 4 (Chartier) 17:23 (pp) Penalties — Bell Kel, Kosterman Cal (fighting) 1:30, Bowey Kel (slashing) 9:49, Rissling Cal (inferference) 10:08, Lees Kel (cross- checking) 11:54, Bell Kel (misconduct) 15:01, Olsen Kel (roughing) Helgesen Cal (tripping) Rissling Kel (roughing) 15:33, Bowey Kel (roughing) 18:41. Shots on goal Kelowna 13 1 10 — 24 Calgary 6 13 10 — 29 Goal (shots-saves) — Kelowna: Whistle (L,7-2-0) (19-16), Morrissey (0:00 third, 10-8); Calgary: Driedger (W,18-5-3). Power plays (goals-chances) — Kelowna: 1-6; Calgary: 1-7 Attendance — 8,379 at Calgary. Oil Kings 8, Pats 1 First Period No Scoring Penalties — Samuelsson Edm (slashing) 5:50, Baddock Edm (high-sticking) 10:05, Regina bench (too many men) 10:59, St Croix Edm (goaltender interference) 11:12, Henry Reg (roughing) 14:06. Second Period 1. Edmonton, St Croix 16 (Wruck, Foster) 7:20 (pp) 2. Edmonton, Foster 16 (Wilson, Legault) 9:54 (pp) Penalties — Rodewald Reg (boarding) Hak Reg, Baddock Edm (roughing) 6:38, Mumby Reg (hooking) 8:17, Therieau Reg (hooking) 18:37, McCoy Reg (delay of game) 19:58. Third Period 3. Edmonton, St. Croix 17 (Samuelsson, Wruck) 0:45 (pp) 4. Regina, Hak (Cristoffer, Rodewald) 2:14 5. Edmonton, St Croix 18 (Wruck, Samuelsson) 7:35 (pp) 6. Edmonton, Wilson 3 (Wruck, Samuelsson) 9:36 7. Edmonton, St. Croix 19 (Foster, Corbett) 11:10 8. Edmonton, Baddock 5 (Wilson, Moroz) 15:51 9. Edmonton, Foster 16 (Shmoorkoff, Legault) 18:09 Penalties — Rodewald Reg, Wilson Edm (roughing) 7:02, Henry Reg (holding) 7:24, Ouellette Reg (cross-checking) 10:18, Moroz Edm (hooking) 12:07. Shots on goal Regina 6 8 6 — 20 Edmonton 9 14 15 — 38 Goal — Regina: Hewitt (L,8-14-3); Edmonton: Brossoit (W,13-4-5). Power plays (goals-chances) — Regina: 0-3; Edmonton: 5-7. Attendance — 6,928 at Edmonton. Cougars 2, Giants 1 First Period

December 19-26 Holiday Break No Games Scheduled. Thursday, Dec. 27 Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m. Saturday summary Rockets 6, Rebels 1 First Period 1. Red Deer, Johnson 6 (Feser) 1:11 2. Kelowna, Wheaton 1 (Franko, Olsen) 2:28 3. Kelowna, Bell 20 (Severson, Heffley) 18:54 4. Kelowna, Bowey 7 (Fowlie, McKinlay) 19:11 Penalties — Rigby Kel, Thiel RD (roughing) 4:44, Baillie Kel (slashing) 10:55, Dumba RD (tripping) 11:39, Goulbourne Kel, Fafard RD (fighting) 14:07, Nyberg Kel (hooking) 15:00, Stockl RD (too many men) 16:52. Second Period 5. Kelowna, Severson 5 (Franko, Olsen) 9:45 (pp) 6. Kelowna, Barnett 5 (McKinlay, Baillie) 17:51 (pp) 7. Kelowna, Baillie 12 (McKinlay, Fowlie) 19:28 Penalties — Olsen Kel (boarding) 3:04, Fafard RD (holding) 8:06, Hamilton RD (roughing) 12:18, Fleury RD (hooking) 17:38. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Martin Kel (roughing) 5:37, Bellerive RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 10:12, Bellerive RD (tripping) 12:43, Rigby Kel (roughing) 17:40. Shots on goal Kelowna 13 13 8 — 34 Red Deer 15 6 8 — 29 Goal — Kelowna: Whistle (W,7-1-0); Red Deer: Tremblay (L,0-1-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Kelowna: 2-7; Red Deer: 0-5. Attendance — 5,521 at Red Deer, Alta. Sunday Summaries Hitmen 6, Rockets 2 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Kosterman Cal (interference) 1:43, Rigby Kel (charging) 4:20, Hurley Cal (tripping) 9:53. Second Period 1. Calgary, Macek 14 (Brassart) 0:14 2. Calgary, Sylvester 20 (Rissling) 3:57 (sh) 3. Calgary, Macek 15 (Padakin, Kosterman) 16:01

No Scoring. Penalties — Cooke Vcr, Ehrhardt PG (fighting) 11:28, Orban Vcr, Erricson PG (misconduct) 17:00. Second Period 1. Vancouver, Cheek 12 (Sward) 14:33 2. Prince George, Forsberg 9 (Bourke, Grewal) 17:47 Penalties — Kulak Vcr (holding) 0:17, Geertsen Vcr (roughing) 5:07, Kieser Vcr (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 10:42, Kessy Vcr (roughing, unsportsmanlike cnd.), Jacobs PG (double checking from behind) 14:55. Third Period 3. Prince George, Bolduc 2 (Roulston) 6:02 Penalties — Jacobs PG (charging) 12:09, Geertsen Vcr (charging), McNulty PG (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 17:36. Shots on goal Vancouver 13 14 9 — 36 Prince George 7 9 7 — 23 Goal — Vancouver: Lee (L,6-10-0); Prince George: Zarowny (W,8-7-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Vancouver: 0-1; Prince George: 0-3. Attendance — 4,029 at Prince George, B.C. Raiders 3, Wheat Kings 0 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Perreaux 6 (Braid, Vandane) 18:15. Penalties — Buonassisi Bdn (kneeing) 11:27, Winther PA (charging) 18:34. Second Period 2. Prince Albert, Braid 6 (Perreaux) 4:02 Penalty — Swyripa Bdn (hooking), 16:21. Third Period 3. Prince Albert, Bardaro 10 (Lange, Conroy) 19:10 (pp) Penalties — Nejezchleb Bdn (slashing) 13:57, Yaworski Bdn, Gardiner PA (roughing) 17:54, Roy Bdn (elbowing) 18:13. Shots on goal Brandon 15 10 10 — 35 Prince Albert 9 16 18 — 43 Goal — Brandon: Boes (L,9-15-1); Prince Albert: Siemens (W,21-9-3). Power plays (goals-chances) — Brandon: 0-1; Prince Albert: 1-4. Attendance — 2,276 at Prince Albert, Sask. Broncos 3, Ice 0 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period 1. Swift Current, Black 15 (Cave, Gordon) 0:59 2. Swift Current, Lowry 19 (Bews, Nedomlel) 9:26 (pp) Penalties — Shirley Ktn (high-sticking) 1:15, Hubic

Ktn (cross-checking) 8:50, Martin SC (hooking) 14:04. Third Period 3. Swift Current, Lowry 20 (Cave, Gordon) 0:33 4. Swift Current, Lowry 21 (Spagrud, Gordon) 16:04 (pp) Penalties — Simpson Ktn (interference) 1:19, Dirk Ktn, LeSann SC (fighting) 6:03, Prochazka Ktn, Mackay SC (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 9:15, Hubic Ktn (high-sticking) 15:54. Shots on goal Kootenay 4 6 10 — 20 Swift Current 12 24 18 — 54 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (L,10-15-0); Swift Current: Bow (W,1-2-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Kootenay: 0-1; Swift Current: 2-4. Attendance — 2,084 at Swift Current, Sask.

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Portland 27 15 10 1 1 82 Providence 25 14 9 0 2 61 Worcester 26 13 10 1 2 72 Manchester 27 12 11 2 2 75 St. John’s 28 13 14 0 1 66

GA 83 69 78 70 77

Pt 32 30 29 28 27

Springfield Bridgeport Albany Connecticut Adirondack

Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL 25 15 5 2 3 26 12 11 1 2 23 9 8 0 6 26 11 13 2 0 25 10 14 1 0

GF 87 79 55 74 61

GA 58 87 61 88 75

Pt 35 27 24 24 21

Syracuse Binghamton W-B/Scranton Hershey Norfolk

GP 26 22 25 27 24

East Division W LOTLSOL 17 6 1 2 14 6 1 1 13 10 1 1 13 12 1 1 11 12 1 0

GF 95 70 69 73 69

GA 70 53 68 75 74

Pt 37 30 28 28 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Abbotsford 26 15 5 3 3 67 Toronto 25 15 9 0 1 85 Rochester 24 12 9 2 1 82 Lake Erie 27 12 13 1 1 82 Hamilton 24 10 12 1 1 55

GA 53 68 76 88 76

Pt 36 31 27 26 22

Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL Grand Rapids 24 13 9 1 1 Rockford 27 13 12 1 1 Chicago 24 12 9 2 1 Milwaukee 26 12 11 2 1 Peoria 26 11 11 2 2

GA 70 86 71 79 83

Pt 28 28 27 27 26

GF 74 88 65 73 63

South Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Charlotte 28 17 9 0 2 90 74 36 Houston 26 14 8 1 3 82 73 32 Texas 25 13 8 2 2 63 66 30 Okla. City 26 13 9 1 3 86 78 30 San Antonio 28 10 15 0 3 71 87 23 Note: A team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Saturday’s results Hamilton 6 Rockford 4 Abbotsford 3 Texas 2 (SO) St. John’s 3 Springfield 2 (OT) Toronto 4 Rochester 3 (SO) Charlotte 3 Houston 0 Manchester 3 Adirondack 2 Portland 1 Connecticut 0 Providence 2 Albany 1 (SO) Worcester 4 Hershey 3 (SO) Chicago 3 Lake Erie 2 Norfolk 3 Bridgeport 2 (SO) Oklahoma City 5 San Antonio 3 Peoria 3 Milwaukee 1 Syracuse 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 0 Sunday’s results St. John’s 4 Providence 0 Toronto 5 Grand Rapids 0 Milwaukee 4 Hamilton 3 Charlotte 2 San Antonio 1 Houston 4 Oklahoma City 3 (SO) Portland 3 Worcester 2 Springfield 3 Manchester 2 (SO) Monday’s games No Games Scheduled. Tuesday’s game Hamilton at Peoria, 6:05 p.m. Wednesday’s games Abbotsford at Chicago, 10 a.m. St. John’s at Adirondack, 5 p.m. Albany at Bridgeport, 5 p.m. Rochester at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m. Norfolk at Hershey, 5 p.m. Toronto at Lake Erie, 5 p.m. Springfield at Portland, 5 p.m. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 5:05 p.m. Rockford at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Texas, 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Peoria at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Houston at Lake Erie, 5 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 10 4 0 .714 506 N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 245 Miami 6 8 0 .429 264 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 306

Philadelphia

4

PA 315 306 279 402

y-Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay Carolina

W 12 6 6 5

South L T 2 0 8 0 8 0 9 0

Pct .857 .429 .429 .357

PF 371 389 354 296

PA 259 379 349 319

y-Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

W 10 8 8 4

North L T 4 0 6 0 6 0 10 0

Pct .714 .571 .571 .286

PF 344 319 321 330

PA 292 308 240 380

West L 3 5 7 9

Pct .731 .643 .464 .357

PF 357 350 258 224

PA 218 219 315 302

y-Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 12 9 4 2

South L T 2 0 5 0 9 0 12 0

Pct .857 .643 .308 .143

PF 394 309 271 219

PA 280 358 386 383

x-Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 9 8 7 5

North L T 5 0 6 0 7 0 9 0

Pct .643 .571 .500 .357

PF 348 355 302 280

PA 307 293 291 310

y-Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 11 5 4 2

West L 3 9 10 12

Pct .786 .357 .286 .143

PF 409 299 263 195

PA 274 312 402 367

T 0 0 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 8 6 0 .571 381 350 Dallas 8 6 0 .571 327 338 N.Y. Giants 8 6 0 .571 373 304

W San Francisco 10 Seattle 9 St. Louis 6 Arizona 5 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

10

0 .286 253 375

T 1 0 1 0

Week 15 Thursday’s Game Cincinnati 34, Philadelphia 13 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 21, Chicago 13 New Orleans 41, Tampa Bay 0 Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22 Houston 29, Indianapolis 17 Atlanta 34, N.Y. Giants 0 Washington 38, Cleveland 21 Miami 24, Jacksonville 3

Denver 34, Baltimore 17 Carolina 31, San Diego 7 Arizona 38, Detroit 10 Seattle 50, Buffalo 17 Oakland 15, Kansas City 0 Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 24, OT San Francisco 41 at New England 34 Monday’s Game N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m. Week 16 Saturday, Dec. 22 Atlanta at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 Tennessee at Green Bay, 11 a.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 11 a.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Houston, 11 a.m. Oakland at Carolina, 11 a.m. Buffalo at Miami, 11 a.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. New England at Jacksonville, 11 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 11 a.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Denver, 2:05 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 2:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 2:25 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 6:20 p.m. NFL Odds (Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery; NL-No line) Spread O/U Tonight NY Jets at TENNESSEE 0.5 42.5

Falcons bounce back with shutout of Giants BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Falcons 34 Giants 0 ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons wanted to make a statement. Boy, did they deliver one Sunday to the defending Super Bowl champions. Coming off an ugly loss and criticized for failing to impress even when they won, the Falcons turned in their most well-rounded performance of the season with the playoffs approaching. Matt Ryan threw three touchdowns passes and the defence handed New York its first regular-season shutout since 1996, routing the Giants 34-0. “We love the haters, man,” said Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel, who had the first of two interceptions against Eli Manning. “The haters keep

us going. So keep your hate coming. We love it. It makes us play with a chip on our shoulder.” It sure showed. Julio Jones caught a couple of scoring throws from Ryan, who broke his own franchise records for completions and passing yards in a season. Matty Ice finished 23 of 28 for 270 yards. “I felt like I was seeing the field well,” Ryan said. The Falcons (12-2), who have already clinched the NFC South, moved a step closer to home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs. One more win would ensure that any post-season contests before the Super Bowl are held at the Georgia Dome. Manning had his lowest-rated game since 2007 for New York (8-6), which dropped into a first-place tie with Wash-

ington and Dallas in the NFC East. The Redskins and the Cowboys both won Sunday. The Giants also went 0-for-3 on fourth down and missed a short field goal. “Atlanta was very, very good. We were very, very bad,” New York coach Tom Coughlin said. “There’s no excuse for what happened here.” Despite their lofty record, Atlanta has received plenty of criticism for struggling to beat inferior opponents. A 30-20 loss to last-place Carolina the previous week only seemed to reinforce the notion that the Falcons are headed for another short stay in the playoffs. They have yet to win a post-season game since Ryan took over as the quarterback in 2008, going 0-3. But one thing the Falcons never seem to do anymore is lose two straight games.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 18 5 .783 — Brooklyn 13 10 .565 5 Boston 12 11 .522 6 Philadelphia 12 12 .500 6 1/2 Toronto 6 19 .240 13

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Cleveland

Southeast Division W L Pct 15 6 .714 14 7 .667 10 13 .435 7 16 .304 3 18 .143 Central Division W L Pct 13 9 .591 12 10 .545 13 11 .542 7 19 .269 5 20 .200

GB — 1 6 9 12 GB — 1 1 8 9 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 19 6 .760 — Memphis 15 6 .714 2 Houston 11 12 .478 7 Dallas 11 13 .458 7 1/2 New Orleans 5 18 .217 13 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 19 4 .826 Minnesota 12 9 .571 Denver 13 12 .520 Utah 13 12 .520 Portland 11 12 .478

GB — 6 7 7 8

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers Golden State L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

W 17 16 11 9 7

L 6 8 14 15 16

Pct .739 .667 .440 .375 .304

GB — 1 1/2 7 8 1/2 10

Saturday’s Games Golden State 115, Atlanta 93 New York 103, Cleveland 102 Orlando 107, Charlotte 98 Indiana 88, Detroit 77 Miami 102, Washington 72 Chicago 83, Brooklyn 82 Minnesota 114, Dallas 106, OT San Antonio 103, Boston 88 L.A. Clippers 111, Milwaukee 85 Memphis 99, Utah 86 Sunday’s Games Toronto 103, Houston 96 Denver 122, Sacramento 97 L.A. Lakers 111, Philadelphia 98 Portland 95, New Orleans 94 Monday’s Games Minnesota at Orlando, 5 p.m. Houston at New York, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Memphis, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m. Utah at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m. Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Denver, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with OF Josh Hamilton on a five-year contract. National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Claimed LHP Mauricio Robles off waivers from Seattle. FOOTBALL ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released WR Stephen Williams and OL Mike Gibson. Signed DT Ricky Lumpkin from the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS — Released WR Lance Long. Signed RB Shaun Chapas from the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed T Charles Brown and S Malcolm Jenkins on injured reserve. Signed G Ricky Henry and S Jerico Nelson from the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Released OL Selvish Capers. Signed CB Terrence Frederick from the practice squad. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed DE Logan Harrell to the practice squad. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released WR Chad Hall from the practice squad. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed WR Charly Martin on injured reserve. Re-signed WR Deon Butler. HOCKEY ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned G Marco Cousineau from Fort Wayne (ECHL) to Norfolk (AHL). CALGARY FLAMES — Reassigned C Adam Estoclet, LW Michael Ferland and RW David Eddy from Abbotsford (AHL) to Utah (ECHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned G Sergey Kostenko, D Brett Flemming and F Danick Paquette from Hershey (AHL) to Reading (ECHL) and G Brandon Anderson from Reading to Hershey. American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Released C Darryl Boyce from his professional tryout contract. Reassigned G Peter Delmas to Wheeling (ECHL). ECHL

READING ROYALS — Released D Edwin Shea. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL NBA — Suspended Milwuakee F Joel Przybilla one game for throwing the basketball and hitting a referee during a Dec. 15 game against the the Los Angeles Clippers. HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Terrence Jones from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). FOOTBALL CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed FB Chris Pressley on injured reserve. Signed FB John Conner. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released WR Kevin Elliott. Signed G Austin Pasztor from the practice squad and WR Jerrell Jackson to the practice squad. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released T Mike Gibson. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed G Hayworth Hicks to the practice squad. HOCKEY SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Signed D Chris Reed to a professional tryout agreement. ECHL ECHL — Suspended Reading F Danick Paquette and fined him, Kalamazoo F Aaron Clarke, Kalamazoo F Eric Kattelus, Kalamazoo coach Nick Bootland, Elmira F Rob Bellamy and Utah F Brad Mills undisclosed amounts. SOCCER U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION — Announced the new women’s professional league will be called the National Women’s Soccer League. COLLEGE MICHIGAN — Suspended CB J.T. Floyd, P Will Hagerup and LB Brandin Hawthorne for the Outback Bowl. TENNESSEE — Named Zach Azzanni wide receivers coach and recruiting co-ordinator.

Jets looking to ground and pound to keep playoff hopes alive BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE — The New York Jets turned to the running game over the past month to help limit turnovers and have ground away enough to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. Chris Johnson is ready to help the Titans snap a three-game losing streak if Tennessee and its new offensive co-ordinator can get him the ball more often. “If the running game gets going, I can make plays in the running game and I think we can win these last three games,” Johnson said. The Jets and Titans sound ready for some old-school football Monday night when simply winning matters above all, even if New York has something more to play for than Tennessee. The Jets (6-7) are a game out of the AFC’s sixth and final playoff seed and finish against three teams with losing records starting with the Titans (4-9). “We’re not really thinking about the playoffs right now,” Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said. “We’re just trying to string together a couple of wins. We know we have a big challenge in Nashville on Monday night. It’s a good opportunity for our team to hopefully play well. I think we had a good day today. It should be fun for us.” The Titans already are eliminated and trying to keep jobs. They also want to prove to owner Bud Adams in the process that they are improving, even if this season has been ugly on the field with losses in four of the past five games. Frustrations grew after blowing a 20-7 halftime lead last week in losing 27-23 at Indianapolis. “We’re just tired of losing,” Titans safety Michael Griffin said. “Everybody’s motivated still to go out and play football and try to get a win.” The Jets have done just that in winning, even if it hasn’t been pretty. They have won two straight and three of four by running as much as possible, averaging 146.5 yards the past four games — fourth-best in the AFC in that stretch. It’s helped take the ball away from Sanchez, who has one more interception (13) than touchdown passes (12) along with a banged-up receiving corps. Shonn Green and Bilal Powell have been splitting the work and the yards, helping the Jets pull out ugly wins over Arizona and Jacksonville the past two games. Powell has a sore toe, but X-rays show it’s not broken for some good news for New York. Now Tim Tebow’s two broken ribs are feeling better, and coach Rex Ryan said that may bring the wildcat option back into play for the Jets. “It’s good, I think the run game has really picked up,” Sanchez said. “I think the offence played really well, exceptionally well. Early in the game, those shorter runs have yielded bigger gains later on. I’m proud of that front five and even our big guys coming in to block, the receivers look good blocking downfield. We’ve been, for the most part, efficient in the passing game. It’s been a good combination for us.” Sanchez also should have receiver Braylon Edwards available Monday night after being claimed off waivers from Seattle on Tuesday. He has caught eight passes for 74 yards in 10 games with Seattle and has been hampered by a sore hamstring. The Jets have thrown for 129 yards or less in six games this season, including just 104 yards in the 17-10 win at Jacksonville last week. “Whatever the game plan dictates and however the game goes,” Sanchez said. “We’ve been fortunate to be able to run the ball well these last couple weeks. We’ll take it one game at a time.” Griffin knows what to expect from the Jets. “I’m pretty sure they watch film and see some teams have been able to run the ball on us,” the Titans safety said.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 B3

Raptors rise above Rockets BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 103 Rockets 96 TORONTO — Jose Calderon was holding court with a couple dozen reporters in the post-game locker-room when Kyle Lowry walked by and said “Good game Amigo.” Calderon had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists — his second career triple-double — to lead the short-handed Raptors to a 103-96 victory over the Houston Rockets, marking the first time Toronto has won consecutive games in eight long months. “Let me tell you one thing about Jose, you play with him and he gives you the utmost confidence,” said DeMar DeRozan. “Since I’ve been here I’ve probably seen Jose upset once. He’s kind of like the Tim Tebow of the team, he’s just a good dude. You’re with him and everything is just fine, nothing’s wrong. “I love Jose, he’s a good dude.” Alan Anderson had 24 points while DeRozan added 19 points for the Raptors (6-19), who hadn’t won consecutive games since April 13 (Boston) and 15 (Atlanta) of last season. Ed Davis added 13 points for the home team, while Amir Johnson had five blocks to go with eight rebounds and eight points. Calderon started for the third straight game in place of the injured Lowry, who has a tear in his right tricep. The 31-year-old Spaniard, who’s the longest serving Raptor, has played perennial backup for his seven-and-a-bit seasons in Toronto, and found himself behind Lowry in the Raptors rotation this season after the guard was acquired in the summer. He’s performed admirably in that role and Sunday there was plenty of love from his teammates and the Air Canada Centre crowd of 17,863 fans when he grabbed a rebound and was fouled on the last play of the game, sinking one of two free throws. “I’m feeling really nice,” Calderon said. “With all these teammates, I know they respect me a lot. I made up my mind, I want to be the most professional player in the NBA, I don’t know if I’m going to be on the court or not but I want this team to win. “This is my team, this is what I’ve been doing for eight years now, and that’s what I do. I know my teammates know that, there’s the trust behind it, it’s really comfortable to play with these guys.” Calderon’s triple-double was his second this season. He also held Rockets guard Jeremy Lin to just seven points and two assists. “Huge,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said of Calderon’s game. “He’s a solid pro. I love him, he’s going to win a lot of basketball games for you. Defensively, he did a solid job on Lin. I just can’t say enough about Jose.” James Harden scored a game-high 28 points for the Rockets (11-12), while Marcus Morris added 19. The Raptors led by as much as 12

points early on Sunday, but could have coughed up the game at several different points as the lead changed hands six times. But Casey has been preaching a return to the basics all week, and his team seems to have taken his words to heart. The Raptors’ defence kept them in the game as it did in Friday’s 95-74 rout of Dallas that snapped a six-game skid. Casey praised Johnson and Davis for the job they did holding down Harden, last season’s winner of “Sixth Man” award for Oklahoma City. “When Harden comes off that pick and roll, he’s coming at you 100 miles an hour, it looks like a train coming at you,” Casey said. “Amir and Eddie did a heck of a job in the pick and roll situations.” The Raptors took a 77-71 lead into the fourth quarter, and stretched their advantage to nine points. But Houston made for some tense moments late in the game, and when former Raptors sharp-shooter Carlos Delfino drained his second consecutive baskets with 25 second left, it pulled the Rockets to within two points. The teams traded free throws from that point on until Anderson scored on a driving reverse layup with 11 seconds to go to seal the victory for Toronto. The Rockets have now lost seven straight on the road, a stretch that goes back to Nov. 2. It’s their worst road losing streak since they dropped eight straight in 2001. “It was a disappointing one,” Lin said. “We obviously didn’t get the win and I don’t think we played particularly well. Not the best feeling.” Lin, who had plenty of fans in the Air Canada Centre crowd cheering him on, was held to just seven points and two assists. Lin was in the midst of “Linsanity” and the NBA’s biggest story when the New York Knicks came to Toronto last February, draining a three at the buzzer to lead the Knicks to a victory. “If you go on anybody’s career and look at it, they’re going to have a period where, man, you put up ridiculous numbers,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said before the game. “I think he had one of those periods last year where everybody was, well, jeez, that’s what Jeremy Lin is. “No-one in our league is a 27-point, 11-assist guy, even LeBron (James) doesn’t do that. He’s figuring himself out as a young player, he really is just a young player, this is the first time he’s come in and started from training camp on. Jeremy’s fine, he’s just going to continue to improve.” The Raptors raced out to a 12-point lead midway through the first quarter. But the Rockets flipped the switch and finished on a 20-6 run to lead 28-26 going into the second. Toronto battled back to take an eight-point lead in the second, but once again let it slip away, outscoring the Raptors 12-4 to pull even 49-49 at halftime. The Raptors shot 62 per cent in the third to go up by eight points twice.

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Toronto Raptor Alan Anderson goes to the basket against the Houston Rockets during NBA action in Toronto on Sunday. The Raptors won their second game in a row beating the Rockets 103-96. Harden drained two free throws to cut Toronto’s lead to 77-71 with a quarter left. NOTES: The Raptors were without Andrea Bargnani (elbow) for the third straight game. . . The Rockets beat Toronto 117-101 last month. . . The Rockets wore a green stripe on their jerseys in memory of McHale’s daughter Sasha, who died last month of lupus

at the age of 23. Green was her favourite colour. . . Raptors rookie Jonas Valanciunas was presented with the Lithuanian player of the year award from Lithuanian legend Arvydas Sabonis before tipoff. . . The Raptors are in Cleveland to face the Cavaliers on Tuesday. They return home to host Detroit on Wednesday and Orlando on Friday.

NHL lawsuit assigned to new federal judge BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The NHL’s lawsuit against its players was assigned to a relatively new federal judge who is a longtime New York Yankees fan and a former federal prosecutor. The sides didn’t talk Sunday, the 92nd day of a lockout that is threatening to wipe out an entire NHL season for the second time in nine years. NHL players started voting on whether to have their union give up collective bargaining rights, a “disclaimer of interest” that could be a precursor to an antitrust suit. The league argued in a 43-page suit Friday in federal court in Manhattan that the union’s actions were a bargaining manoeuvr and asked that the lockout be declared legal. The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who joined the bench in July 2011. The 51-year-old is a graduate of Horace Mann School, Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He spent a year between college and graduate school as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. After clerking for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, he had two stints in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, rising to chief of the major crimes unit. He also worked in the Solicitor General’s office

in Washington, D.C. One of his more prominent cases occurred in 1999, when he led the prosecution of Lawrence X. Cusack III, convicted on 13 counts on mail and wire fraud stemming from the sale of forged documents claiming President John F. Kennedy paid hush money to keep secret an affair with Marilyn Monroe. Cusack was sentenced to 10 years, 3 months in prison and ordered to pay $7 million restitution. Two years earlier, Engelmayer prosecuted a Los Angeles woman, Autumn Jackson, who was convicted of conspiracy and crossing state lines to commit a crime for threatening to tell tabloids she was Bill Cosby’s out-of-wedlock child unless he paid her $40

million. Jackson was sentenced to 26 months in prison. Cosby denied he was Jackson’s father but admitted having an affair with her mother and providing more than $100,000 in financial support. Engelmayer worked from 2000-11 with the New York law firm now known as WilmerHale before he was nominated for the bench by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate. In his most notable decision thus far, Engelmayer ruled a provocative ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages is protected speech under the First Amendment. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority initially refused to run the ad, saying it was “demeaning.”

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Bailey Johnson of the Red Deer Nordic Ski Club picked up a pair of medals at a recent Alberta Cup weekend event at Canmore. Johnson mined gold in the under-13 girls two-kilometre skate technique race and earned a silver medal in the classic technique race. The two-day Alberta Cup competition also attracted cross-country skiers from British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

THIS WEEK Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Ponoka at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Stettler, Sylvan Lake at Rocky Mountain House, Wetaskiwin at Innisfail, Camrose at Lacombe; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Camrose at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

● Junior varsity basketball: Wetaskiwin at Hunting Hills, Camrose at Lindsay Thurber, Rocky Mountain House at Lacombe, Ponoka at Stettler; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday

● Senior high basketball: Rocky Mountain House at Lindsay Thurber, Stettler at Innisfail, Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, Hunting Hills at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Friday

● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Elks, 7:45 p.m., Arena; Okotoks at Lacombe, 8:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Stettler, 8 p.m.

Saturday

● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer IROC, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Major bantam hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena; Leduc at Red Deer Black, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Badlands at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m.; Lacombe at Innisfail, 3:40 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Innisfail, 5:50 p.m.; Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Sunday

● Peewee AA hockey: Badlands at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● AJHL: Lloydminster at Olds, 1 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Pro Stitch at Red Deer Elks, 2:45 p.m., Arena; Badlands at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Notre Dame Cougars are a work in progress. For now, head coach Tom Henley wants to see his senior high boys basketball squad work on increasing their energy level and on-court communication. The Cougars are lacking in size, but Henley and assistant coach Ed Major can work around that shortfall. Finding that consistent sizzle is another matter. “We’re not a big team at all this year so we’re running an offence that fits our size and skill set,” said Henley, following a woeful 67-44 loss to Edmonton Strathcona Christian in Friday’s opening game of the Cougar Classic boys tournament at Notre Dame. “But we are so hit and miss in terms of intensity and in terms of talking. On defence we take plays off and today was a prime example.” Friday’s tournament opener was basically over at the break, although the Cougars came to life somewhat in the second half. “We were down 38 points at the half and brought it back to 23 when we decided we wanted to wake up,” added Henley. “And we came back in the second half without our starters on the floor. I left them on the bench to send a message. In a pressure situation, on a day like today with the whole school watching them, these kids just went away from the basics that they know.” The Cougars have five Grade 12 players on their roster, although only center Mike Malin saw extensive floor time last season. Forwards Dustin Schaber and Kieran Pruden have a measure of senior high experience, while center Diego Menjivar is another returnee and point guard Maurice Evangelista is a rookie. The other returning players are point guard Jose Vizcarra and forwards Amet Deng and Akoon Akhon. The other firstyear players are forwards Mark Griffith, Nicole Lachica, Trent

Driedger and Tony Bornyi. The Cougars were paced last season by the likes of Jordan Handel, Dario Viveros and Jesse Clark. All three have graduated and Handel, in fact, is at the University of Calgary. “We kind of ran the table on this (Central Alberta) league the last few years with Jordan and Dario pushing us,” said Henley. “This is a rebuilding year. I hesitate to say that based on us having five Grade 12s, but the reality is that most of them didn’t play much last year.” The Cougars posted a 1-3 record in a tournament at Edmonton St. Francis Xavier earlier this season, their lone positive result coming against Airdrie Bert Church. “Those are the kind of tournaments that help a team learn to play at a top level and at a top pace,” said Henley. “The same with this tournament.” Notre Dame is currently 2-0 in league play, with wins over Ponoka and Lacombe. The Cougars are in Stettler Tuesday to face the Wildcats. “We’ve done what we need to do against teams we should be beating, but this (loss to Strathcona Christian) should have been closer,” said Henley. “This is a game we could have won, in my opinion.” After getting 14 points from Malin in their tournament opener, the Cougars went on to beat Edmonton St. Joseph 74-43 in their second game Friday. Malin scored 18 points and Schaber added 14 for Notre Dame. The Cougars fell 72-54 to Red Deer rival Hunting Hills Lightning in the third-place game Saturday. Joel Peterson netted 12 points for the Lightning, while the Cougars got 17 from Deng and 15 from Malin. Despite the loss to Hunting Hills, Henley expects his team to be competitive with their cross-street foes as well as their other Red Deer rivals — the Lindsay Thurber Raiders — this season. “With the players we have and some of the skill set in the starters, I think it’s very realistic that we can contend,” said the Cougars coach. “I won’t be

Generals keep rolling with win over Stony Plain Travis Dunstall enjoyed a four-point evening Saturday, leading the Bentley Generals to an 8-1 victory over the host Stony Plain Eagles in a Chinook Hockey League mismatch. Dunstall tallied twice and added two assists, while Jason Lundmark, Travis Brigley, Chris Neiszner, Curtis Austring, Dustin Sproat and Matt Stefanishion also scored for the Generals, who trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes before taking control with three goals in the second period. Neiszner and Sproat also had two helpers apiece. Bentley was three-for nine on the power play. Stony Plain was one-for-five with a man advantage. Blair Hennes was the lone Eagle to beat Generals netminder Jordan Ramstead, who made 23 saves. Wade Waters stopped 35 shots in a losing cause. Meanwhile, the Innisfail Eagles ventured into Fort Saskatchewan and came away with a 4-1 win over the Chiefs. Scoring for the Eagles, who were one-for-five on the power play, were Jason Nopper, Dan Shermerhorn, Kelly Rogers and Andrew Buote. Trevor Kordyban scored a power-play goal for the hosts, who had six man-advantage opportunities. Eagles netminder Jasen Kipling blocked 28 shots. Lee Zalasky, dressed as an emergency backup, and Jim Watt combined to make 30 saves at the other end. The Eagles were also successful Friday, getting goals from Shermerhorn, Tylor Keller, Darnell Glass, Ryan Kallis and Bobby Coles in a 5-3 home-ice win over the Sylvan Lake Admirals. Brendan Baumgartner, with two goals, and Brandon Knelsen replied for the visitors. Colin Stebner made 29 saves for Innisfail, while Scott Galenza and Andrew Williams combined to turn aside 45 shots for Sylvan Lake.

OLDS GRIZZLYS BROOK — Anthony Paskaruk scored twice as the Brooks Bandits defeated the Olds Grizzlys 4-1 in an Alberta Junior Hockey League game Saturday. Tyler Narsing and Patrick Lee also tallied for the Bandits, who led 1-0 and 2-0 after the first and second periods en route to posting their league-leading 30th victory of the season. Brooks has just one loss. Matthew Marcinew potted a power-play goal for Olds, closing out the scoring at 14:03 of the third period. The Grizzlys, who dropped to 15-19-3, were onefor-two with a man advantage, while the hosts were one-for-seven. Brooks netminder Devon Fordyce stopped 19 shots. Olds goaltender Ethan Jemieff made 28 saves. The Grizzlys host the Camrose Kodiaks Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

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Notre Dame Cougar Mike Malin forces past Strathcona Christian Academy Eagle Michael Murphy during senior boys basketball action at Notre Dame on Friday. surprised if we lose out in the 4A zone playoffs, but if we get to the provincials I won’t be shocked.” Hunting Hills finished 2-1 in the Cougar Classic. The Lightning, with Mike Ward scoring 15 points and Peterson contributing 11, lost their opener 67-50 to St. Albert

Catholic. Later Friday, Dallas Henry drained 16 points and Sean Campbell added 13 in a 10-1 romp over Mallaig. Strathcona Christian was a 72-52 winner over St. Albert Catholic in the tournament final. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

MIDGET AAA HOCKEY Jayden Sittler turned aside 18 shots as the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs downed the host Calgary Flames 3-1 in Alberta Midget Hockey League play Saturday. Scoring for the visitors, who held a 32-19 advantage in shots, were Rory Davidson, Gabe Bast and Dustin Gorgi. The clubs split eight minor penalties, with the Flames taking the lone misconduct. It was a perfect weekend for the Rebels Chiefs, who got a three-goal

performance from Ryker Leer and a single from Colton Bobyk in a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Northstars Friday at the Arena. Matt Zentner made 12 saves as Red Deer outshot the visitors 45-13. The Northstars were assessed six of 10 minor penalties as well as the lone major and misconduct. The Rebels Chiefs are in Leduc Thursday to face the Oil Kings. Red Deer’s next home is Jan. 18 versus Sherwood Park.

Raiders win Ponoka Pump tourney HIGH SCHOOL BOY’S BASKETBALL Spencer Klassen drained 28 points to lead the Lindsay Thurber Raiders to an 82-73 win over the Wetaskiwin Sabres in the championship final of the Ponoka Pump senior high boys basketball tournament Saturday. Parker Cook poured in 11 points for the Raiders, while Tanner Rehn and Dallin Higham each scored 10. The Raiders reached the final with a 87-68 win

over the host Broncs. Tournament all-star Klassen hit for 29 points and Higham scored 18 for the winners, while Ponoka got 14 from Ethan Minde. Wetaskiwin defeated Grande Prairie 91-85 in the other A-side semifinal. Grande Prairie defeated the Broncs 86-56 in the third-place game. Kenton Rodney scored 12 points for Ponoka. Louis St. Laurent of

JUNIOR B Jared Kambeitz potted the thirdperiod winner and the host Blackfalds Wranglers squeaked past the visiting Three Hills Thrashers 2-1 in Heritage Junior B Hockey League play Sunday. Jared Williams also scored for the Wranglers, who were assessed four of six minors and one of two majors while getting a 38-save effort from Layne Swier. Lucas Ford notched the lone goals for the visitors, who got a 50-save performance from Devon Dell. On Saturday, the Red Deer Vipers downed the visiting Stettler Lightning 6-2 as Justin Corbett scored twice and Jeff Kohut, Kolton Gillett, Troy Klaus and Austin Reeves each added a goal. Brenden Mandrusiak stopped 36 shots as the winning netminder. Blake Frechette and Wyat Haustein scored for Stettler. Lightning goaltender Simon Thieleman made 35 saves. Red Deer took seven of 13 minor penalties and one of two fighting ma-

Edmonton placed fifth, while Springbank, Edmonton Holy Trinity and Beaumont finished sixth, seventh and eighth. The Raiders opened the tournament Friday with a 67-54 win over Springbank, getting 28 points from Klassen and eight from each of Erik Hoehn and Greg Chauvet. Meanwhile, Jared Nichol scored 20 points as Ponoka opened with a 76-31 rout of Beaumont.

jors. In other weekend Heritage League games involving Central Alberta teams: ● Kyler O’Connor scored twice for Stettler in a 6-3 home-ice win over the Ponoka Stampeders Friday. Landon Potter, Connor Doucette, Lyle Wooden and Reese Anheligar also connected for the Lightning, while Coleman Waddell made 30 saves. Replying for the Stamps were Sean Emes, Nick Holt and Joshua Critch. Ponoka goalie Eli Falls blocked 38 shots. ● Williams notched the winning goal for Blackfalds in a 3-2 triumph over the host High River Flyers Friday. Taylor Mulder and Jason Bell also scored for the Wranglers, while Thomas Isaman made 22 saves. ● In another Friday outing, Tristan Cunningham and Tom Vanderlinde scored for Three Hills in a 6-2 road loss to the Airdrie Thunder. Thrashers netminders Dell and Brady Hoover teamed up to make 42 saves.

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MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA The Red Deer IROC Chiefs split a pair of weekend contests, edging the Southeast Hounds 1-0 at Medicine Hat and dropping a 3-2 decision to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Jesse Freeborn notched the lone goal in the Sunday game at Medicine Hat, where Carson Franks turned aside 25 shots to post the shutout. The Chiefs had 41 shots on goal. On Saturday, Andrew Perry and Bradely Makofka scored in a losing cause and IROC netminder Dalyn Haire made 24 saves. Meanwhile, the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs were a flawless 2-0 in weekend play. Northstar won twice on the road — 4-2 over the Calgary Blazers Saturday and 5-2 over the Calgary Rangers Sunday afternoon. Chase Olsen notched two goals against the Rangers, with Brenden Baker, Travis Verveda and Mack Differenz also scoring for the winners. Brody Dirk made 33 saves for the Chiefs, who outshot their hosts 44-35. Details from Saturday’s game were unavailable. Major midget girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs earned a single point in weekend play, managing a 2-2 tie with the host Calgary Flyers and falling 4-0 to the visiting Edmonton Thunder. Reanna Arnold and Becky Davidson scored against the Flyers, while Nisa Bartlett made 23 saves. Bartlett turned aside 27 shots in the loss to Edmonton. Midget A-plus

Colton Levie scored four goals for the Red Deer King’s Energy Chiefs Saturday in an 8-1 win over the Ponoka Wolves at the Collicutt Centre. Teagan Colona added two goals for the Chiefs and singles were added by Shawn Roe and Brian Paquin. King’s Energy fell 7-2 to Vegreville Sunday, getting goals from Colona and Brody Case. Midget A Adam Tetreau and Trevor Shoen each tallied twice for the Red Deer Quality Inn Chiefs in a 6-2 victory over Ponoka, which got goals from Shane Epp and Shawn Wilton. Also scoring for the Chiefs were Jesse Kowalchuck and Jason Pezzella. Jared Ferguson and Kash Gillingham tallied for Quality Inn in a 2-2 tie with the Thunderstars. Bantam A Nolan Macgregor stopped 33 shots for the Red Deer Frontier Chiefs Sunday in a 3-0 win over the Daysland Thunderstars. Scoring for the winners were Blake Mahura, Jerome Beaverbones and Tristyn Zarubiak. The Chiefs fell 8-0 Saturday at Stettler. Brett Martens made 59 saves in a losing cause.

Lyndon Rush of Sylvan Lake piloted Canada 1 to a gold-medal finish in a World Cup two-man bobsled event Saturday in La Plagne, France. Rush and teammate Jesse Lumsden had a combined, two-run time of 2:01.18 to capture their first gold of the season. “We’ve been close all year, but it is so fun when you finally close the deal,” said Rush, who grabbed his first silver this year with Lascelles Brown on the brakes. “It is so hard to start on this track because it is really flat so it exposes the better athletes. Jesse is an unbelievable athlete and he did an incredible job carrying the load today.” It was the fifth two-man and ninth overall World Cup medal for Rush, who won the four-man Olympic bronze medal in 2010. Rush and Lumsden have combined to win five World Cup medals together, including two victories, inaddition to sliding to the silver medal at last year’s World Championships.

Saturday’s gold, which is Rush’s third career twoman victory, brings the Canadian bobsleigh squads podium total to nine this year. “So much of the credit has to go to Eurotech and the mechanics they have working on our sleds,” said Rush. “They do all of the work which allows us athletes to focus on pushing and driving. We are one of the best supported teams in the world through Eurotech.” Earlier in the day, Calgary’s Sarah Reid also put a silver lining on a career-best first half of the season that saw her pick up one gold and two silver medals. The 25-year-old Reid rocketed down the challenging 1,507-metre La Plagne track in a time of 2:08.71 to finish in a deadlock for second spot with Germany’s Marion Thees. ● In the skeleton World Cup race at La Plagne, Melissa Hollingsworth of Eckville was seventh in 2:09.53.

Bryant scores 34, leads Lakers over 76ers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lakers 111 76ers 98 PHILADELPHIA — Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are winning again. It’s just a twogame streak, but it’s still a turnaround from their abysmal play of late. Bryant scored 34 points, Metta World Peace added 19 points and a career-high 16 rebounds and the Lakers won consecutive games for the first time in nearly a month with a 111-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Dwight Howard had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who led 60-50 at halftime. Darius Morris had a career-high 15 points, all in the first half, and Chris Duhon scored 14. It was World Peace’s first double-double

since Jan. 13, 2010, at Dallas. The Lakers (11-14), who beat Washington 102-96 on Friday night, won two in a row for the first time since a three-game streak from Nov. 16-20. “It’s guys playing with confidence and guys trusting each other,” said Bryant, who was 12 for 21 from the field and 8 for 9 from the free-throw line. “We played well, communicated well, kept attacking and good things happened. I know the questions have been coming because we hadn’t been winning, but our time will come.” Even without injured stars Steve Nash and Pau Gasol, the Lakers hardly resembled the team which entered the night four games below .500. Bryant has scored at least 30 points in six consecutive games.

“We did a great job of attacking early and then we stayed with it,” he said. “Our bench did a great job and stepped up and our whole team stepped up and just played with confidence.” Nick Young paced the reeling Sixers (12-12) with 30 points while Spencer Hawes and Evan Turner added 16 apiece. Thaddeus Young had 14 for Philadelphia, which dropped its third straight game for the first time this season. “We just have to keep working, keep going to practice and go back to the drawing board,” Thaddeus Young said. Like the Lakers, the Sixers also have been playing short-handed. Point guard Jrue Holiday, who averages a team-best 18.4 points, missed his second consecutive game with a sprained left foot.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have a trade in place to acquire reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey from the New York Mets, according to a report from FOXSports.com. Citing major league sources, the website reported Sunday that the deal is contingent on the Blue Jays and the knuckleballer coming to an agreement on a contract extension. The two sides reportedly have a 72-hour negotiation window that expires at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Blue Jays declined to comment on the report. Dickey, a 38-year-old right-hander, is signed for US$5 million next season but is seeking an extension thought to be worth $25 million over two years. The New York Post reports that the Mets would also send catcher Josh Thole and a non-elite prospect to the Jays in exchange for catchers Travis D’Arnaud and John Buck, right-hander Noah Syndergaard and another non-elite prospect. The 23-year-old D’Arnaud is viewed as the Jays’ No. 1 prospect, while the 20-year-old Syndergaard is ranked No. 3. Dickey, who went 20-6 with a 2.73 earned-run average for the Mets in 2012, is coming off a season in which he led the NL in strikeouts (230), ERA, innings (233 2-3), complete games (five) and shutouts (three). Despite battling an abdominal injury, Dickey became the Mets’ first 20-game winner since Frank Viola in 1990 and the first major leaguer in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters. He was cut by the Mets in spring training in 2011 but worked his way to New York and earned a spot in the rotation by the end of the season. Dickey languished in the minors for 14 years, bouncing from one team to another before finally perfecting the perplexing knuckleball that’s made him a star. He joined Dwight Gooden (1985) and three-time winner Tom Seaver as the only Mets to win the Cy Young Award.

LAS VEGAS — Roy Nelson only needed less than three minutes to prove he deserves a spot in the UFC’s heavyweight division. Nelson earned a first-round TKO over Matt Mitrione in the main event of Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale. Nelson, who was generally regarding as a grappling expert in the early stages of his career, has now earned his past nine career victories by knockout. “I think it’s just one of those things — God blessed me (with striking),” Nelson said. “I used to submit everybody. But when I got my first knockout, I was like, ’This is so much easier than this wrestling and jiu-jitsu stuff.’ “I was looking to pick him apart and do it in the later rounds and show all the critics that a fat guy can go five rounds.” Mitrione, who stepped in on one month’s notice as a replacement for an injured Shane Carwin, looked comfortable in the early going as he avoided Nelson’s vaunted power punches while returning fire of his own that included kicks to both the head and legs of his opponent. Nelson (19-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) looked for an early takedown against the fence, but Mitrione (5-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) showed ample defence to hold him off. As they reset in the centre of the cage, Nelson finally connected with a flurry of punches to the temple and chin, and Mitrione toppled to the mat. Nelson seized the opportunity with a barrage of massive punches, and referee Herb Dean called off the fight at the 2:58 mark of the opening round. Nelson and Carwin have now twice been booked to face each other, but the fight has fallen through due to injury each time. Nelson said he’s no longer interested in trying to book that fight and hopes to move on to new opponents. “I moved past it four weeks ago when I got Matt,” Nelson said. “I’m not going to think about Shane now that I’m done with him.” In the night’s co-feature, Colton Smith (6-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned “The Ultimate Fighter 16” tournament title by manhandling Mike Ricci, who failed in his bid to become the first-ever Canadian winner of the UFC’s long-running reality series.

Smith took the fight to the floor in the early going, setting a tone for the entire 15-minute bout. Montreal’s Ricci, a natural lightweight who moved up to 170 pounds for a shot at a UFC contract, looked overpowered throughout the fight and was simply unable to stay on his feet. Smith scored a total of seven takedowns in the three-round fight and routinely worked to dominant positions but was simply unable to secure a finishing hold. The most interesting point of the bout occurred in the second round, when Smith appeared to inadvertently strike Ricci in the groin with a low kick. Referee Steve Mazzagatti apparently did not see the infraction, and so the fight carried on. Smith rushed in to capitalize and Ricci punched him in the throat — a clear rule violation. However, that blow also went unpunished, and the fight carried on. The sequence did not appear to have a significant impact in the remainder of the contest. Instead, Smith resumed his overpowering wrestling attack and cruised to a unanimous-decision win with scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26. With the victory, Smith claimed the “TUF 16” title, a six-figure UFC contract and a custom Harley-Davidson motorcycle. “Mike Ricci is an extremely tough opponent,” Smith said after the fight. “He’s a very precise striker. You can’t make a mistake with him. ... I knew my pressure and my wrestling was going to be a factor. “Hats off to him. It was a great, great fight.” In a heavyweight matchup expected to feature fireworks, slugger Pat Barry (8-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) delivered with a thunderous second-round knockout of fellow striker Shane Del Rosario (11-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC). Barry struggled a bit in the opening round as Del Rosario went off-script and turned the battle of standup artist into a grappling match. Del Rosario twice secured his opponent’s back and looked ready to end the fight via submission, but Barry survived the attempts until the bell sounded. Things went much differently in the second. The two engaged quickly as the frame opened, and Barry stunned his opponent with a powerful overhand left. Seeing a dazed Del Rosario, Barry rushed in with powerful punches including a crushing overhand right that sent his opponent crashing to the floor, and the fight was waved off 26 seconds into the round.

Schwartzel continues hot streak with runaway Dunhill win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MALELANE, South Africa — Charl Schwartzel was the runaway winner for the second time in a week as he coasted to a 12-shot victory at the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa on Sunday. The former Masters champion underlined his return to form with a 24-under-par score of 264 — the lowest tournament total at Leopard Creek Country Club — to again leave the field trailing following an 11-shot win in Thailand last weekend.

The South African cruised to his eighth career title on the European Tour with a final-round 3-under 69 to win ahead of Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg on 12 under. Schwartzel also won this tournament for his first title on the Tour back in 2004. Taking a 10-shot lead over Frenchman Gregory Bourdy into the final round, Schwartzel even stretched his lead on Sunday in a repeat of his dominant showing in Thailand a week ago. “That doesn’t happen often,” he said. “Normally after a win by such a big margin, it’s hard to put up the same

show the next week. It’s satisfying to continue that form and play the same sort of golf. I keep talking about consistency, and mine is back where I like it to be.” First-round leader Bourdy dropped to a share of third with Scott Jamieson, Garth Mulroy and Andy Sullivan on 11 under, 13 shots behind a rampant Schwartzel, who was also only three shots off Tiger Woods’ record for the biggest margin of victory on the European Tour. Woods won the U.S. Open in 2000 by 15 shots. The only thing that slowed Schwartzel’s march to victory on the final day

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was a brief weather delay. He had little trouble closing out the win when the players returned to secure his first title on the European Tour since his victory at the Masters in 2011. Schwartzel’s similarly commanding win at the Asian Tour’s Thailand Golf Championship was his first title on any tour since Augusta. Schwartzel finished with a relatively subdued 3 under round with four birdies and a bogey to win with scores of 67, 64, 64 and 69. Broberg was second outright with his final-round 70.

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Stars shine, Stones roll on SPRINGSTEEN, GAGA AND OTHERS PERFORM BUT STONES DOMINATE; BAND OFFERS CONDOLENCES OVER NEWTOWN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Only at a Rolling Stones concert could appearances by Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga seem almost like afterthoughts. Those superstars and other top acts including the Black Keys and John Mayer jammed with the Stones on Saturday night, winding down a series of concerts celebrating the 50th year of rock’s most enduring band (the occasion was also marked by a pay-perview special). The Boss rocked out with the band on out Tumbling Dice; Gaga matched Mick Jagger shimmy-for-shimmy on Gimme Shelter; the Black Keys joined on Who Do You Love, and John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr. showed their considerable guitar chops alongside Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on Goin’ Down. But the Stones would not be upstaged. While the sold-out crowd roared with each special guest, it was the aging but dynamic foursome that generated the most excitement of the night, as they put new energy into their decades-old catalogue of hits, including It’s Only Rock ’N Roll (But I Like It), Start Me Up,Brown Sugar, Sympathy for the Devil and more. The band took a moment to acknowledge the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school Friday in Newtown, Conn. “We just wanted to send our love and condolences to all the people who lost loved ones in the tragedy in Connecticut,” Jagger early on in the concert as the audience applauded. Jagger noted the entire world was feeling the pain of the stunned nation. But it was the only sombre moment in an a frenetic show that showed why the Stones are considered by many to be the greatest rock band, and belied the much-discussed advanced age of the group’s lineup (their ages range between 65 and 71).

Jagger himself poked fun at the senior citizen status of the band and their fans; speaking of the pay-per-view crowd at home, he joked: “Some of you have got your grandchildren watching you.” But few acts in their so-called prime would have been able to match the energy the Stones radiated onstage. The group had the crowd on its feet for the entire show as Jagger gyrated across the stage, his voice in top form. Both Wood and Richards dazzled on guitar (Richards got a raucous, sustained ovation as he took over vocals on two songs). And Charlie Watts kept the beat strong on the drums. Before performing in London together late last month for the first of the concerts, the Stones hadn’t performed in concert together since 2007. Going into these shows, there was some speculation that Saturday’s concert, held at the Prudential Center, might be their last. Earlier in the evening, Jagger teased that the concert might signal the end: “This could be the last time; I don’t know,” he said. But by the end of the evening, it seemed clear that the question was not when the Stones would return, but when. “This is the last show of our anniversary tour, and we hope to see you all again soon,” Jagger said. Perhaps the night’s most special guest was Mick Taylor, the former Stones guitarist who was part of some of their biggest moments from 1969 to 1975, when he left the group. He rejoined his band mates (and the man who replaced him, Wood) onstage for a powerful performance of Midnight Rambler. At the concert’s end, while other special guests gave their final bows and left the stage, Jagger motioned for Taylor to stay, and the five took their final bow together.

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Musician Bruce Springsteen, left, performs with Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Saturday.

From Smashing Pumpkins to smashing heads BILLY CORGAN FINDS SUCCESS AS WRESTLING PROMOTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Billy Corgan had a night off from the latest Smashing Pumpkins tour and a night out with The Blue Meanie. No, that’s not the next up-and-coming band with a colourful name, along the lines of the White Stripes or the Black Keys. The Blue Meanie is a professional wrestler — yes, hair and beard dyed cobalt blue to match his worn T-shirt — and Corgan was his tag-team partner for a Friday night road trip to an independent wrestling show in New Jersey. His next Smashing Pumpkins concert was a night away, and Corgan wasn’t going to miss it. The musician-songwriter is more than just another celebrity immersed in wrestling as some sort of quirky promotional stunt. Corgan’s childhood fandom of the high-flying moves and outlandish story lines morphed into a serious passion for the craft and real-life drama that goes with it. For the past year, the Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman has worked as the behind-the-scenes brainchild for the Resistance Pro Wrestling promotion out of Illinois. He teamed with R-Pro owners, brothers Gabe and Jacques Baron, to raise the diminished expectations that usually come with a typical weekend indie show and make the company a smashing success over the first 10 cards. Stretched out in a Philadelphia hotel room, Corgan explained he’s in the wrestling business for the long haul. “I like that it makes people uncomfortable,” Corgan said. “I like that it’s not an easy thing to explain. I like when it’s great, it’s amazing; when it’s bad, it’s really, really bad.” Corgan’s music career

has pretty much been all great since he founded the seminal 1990s alternative-rock band that keeps churning out acclaimed records, like their latest, Oceania, even as they endured a breakup, lawsuits, and multiple lineup changes. He shifted his talents to R-Pro as the creative director, where he consults with wrestlers and maps out old-school story lines with a modern twist to keep the promotion strong. R-Pro isn’t quite the behemoth of World Wrestling Entertainment. But it’s not the typical lowbudget show held in the local high school. “We want to be able to expand to where we’re a national brand and can run pretty much anywhere in the country,” Corgan said. “My name and my access to certain things get help get us there, but

it doesn’t mean we’re ready for that. We’re better off being a little bit more conservative.” Corgan and the Baron brothers have no interest in running a typical indie show stocked with old-timers and highspots with no true story advancement. Corgan wants episodic events where the next show builds off the last one. He’s pitched a reality show on the promotion to a handful of networks and has even proposed becoming a developmental system for the WWE with Stephanie McMahon, who oversees the sports entertainment giant’s creative department. “I think it would be to our credit to get people to the top level,” Corgan said. “I think it does a disservice to our talent to not prepare them for the next level.”

Corgan knows well the feeling shared by the prospects willing to fight in any dingy ring for a shot at performing for WWE or TNA Wrestling. Corgan remembers those dues-paying, eight-hour drives in the snow to the next empty club, dragging his own equipment, or performing for small crowds, all for the hope of hitting the big time. Corgan forged friendships with wrestling personalities like Edge, Chris Nowitzki, Raven, and former WWE writer Vince Russo, and said he was “long past being starry-eyed” about the unique culture of the pseudo-sport. He wasn’t going to dabble in wrestling; Corgan was building a franchise. The Smashing Pumpkins just finished a tour, so Corgan hasn’t watched much of the big-league weeknight action lately,

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Dear Annie: I have been close friends with you can do if he is unwilling to seek help. Do you “Luke” for more than a year. We have a strong bond, know where he lives? Is he in touch with any family but it’s strictly platonic. However, all that changed members? If you can reach him, please give him the when he started dating “Lacey,” who, at age 20, is 10 number of the National Domestic Violence Hotline years younger than Luke. (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE. Naturally, when I first met Lacey, I was friendly. Dear Annie: I was taught the bride and groom But there was something about her that put me off. had one year to send a handwritten thank-you note Almost as soon as Luke started seefollowing a wedding. Shower gifts are to ing her, she got him into partying all be acknowledged within two weeks of the night and doing hard drugs and began bridal shower. alienating him from his friends and In the past two years, however, the closfamily. Despite our efforts to tell him est I’ve gotten is a postcard with a wedding that he was heading down a dark path, picture of the bride and groom on one side he ended up getting fired. Then he and “Thanks for everything” on the other. stopped contacting me. If a handwritten, proper thank-you note is After I hadn’t heard from him for too difficult, I would much prefer an email two months, Luke called and said he acknowledging my specific gift than a bulk missed our friendship and wanted to mail postcard. -- Appalled in Georgia talk things out. He sounded like a broDear Georgia: There is no excuse for not ken man. I was thrilled that he was decently thanking those who have taken the coming around. But shortly after he time and effort to purchase a gift. It’s sheer MITCHELL called, I got a nasty text from Lacey laziness and lack of consideration. & SUGAR demanding that I stop speaking to However, we’d like to correct a common Luke and saying he’s her man and she misperception: Guests have a year in which doesn’t want any other woman around to give the bridal couple a gift, but thankhim. I was startled and angered by her you notes should be written immediately, rudeness and told her that Luke is my and certainly within three months. friend and I have every right to talk to him. I told Dear Annie: “Devastated Daughter” said her her to calm down and grow up. father died suddenly in an accident and she isn’t I haven’t heard from Luke since, and I am wor- sure about leaving Mom alone to attend college out ried. I tried calling, but his cellphone number of state. has been disconnected. A mutual friend said that If she chooses to defer admission, I would advise Luke’s email account was also cancelled. I have a her to wait a full year and start school in the fall feeling that Lacey is forcing him to cut ties with us so she can “learn the ropes” with the rest of her and be totally dependent on her. classmates. I enrolled in the second semester, and It’s out of character for him to abandon all the it was so much harder because my classmates were people who mean so much to him. He reads your ahead of me in every way. And when I graduated column, and I can only hope that he can get away in December, it was difficult to find a job. -- Winter from this woman and know we are still here for him. Graduate -- Worried Friend in Canada Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Dear Canada: Lacey is isolating Luke from friends Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers coland family, which is descriptive of an abusive rela- umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ tionship, and it doesn’t help that he is using drugs. comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators The sad part, however, is that there’s not much Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Rondo Wood holds the special Calgary Stampede belt buckle awarded to her late father Kerry earlier this year. Kerry Wood was named one of the Stampede’s 100 centennial outstanding Albertans for environmental work and authoring numerous books about Central Alberta.

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HELP TO QUIT Albertans trying to quit smoking can now access online resources through a new Alberta Health Services website. Tobacco use kills around 3,000 Albertans each year. The website, www. albertaquits.ca, features a live Ask an Expert forum, a tool to calculate your savings, electronic newsletters, a resource library and secure forms to share personal stories, experiences and successes with tobacco cessation or reduction. The website helps support the goals of the most recent provincial tobacco reduction strategy, which was released last month. There are additional resources available through AHS, such as support groups, a 24-hour telephone support line, individual counselling and free nicotine replacement therapy for inpatients at all AHS facilities. All Albertans seeking tobacco reduction or cessation support are encouraged to visit www.albertaquits.ca to register for the free services.

SNOW DAY FUN Families who want to get outside for some pre-Christmas fun will get the chance. The Waskasoo Environmental Education Society invites you to a Family Snow Day at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Saturday. The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m., and features snowshoeing, a bonfire, crafts, activities and refreshments. Admission is by suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. For more information, call 403346-2010.

GIVE BLOOD Canadian Blood Services in Red Deer is holding a gift wrapping event on Christmas Eve. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in exchange for donating blood, Darcy Stingel from Sunny 94 will wrap your presents for you. Canadian Blood Services in Red Deer is hoping to raise 960 units of blood this December. The event will be held at Canadian Blood Services at No. 5 5020 68th St. Call 1-888-236-6283 for more information or email Kaelyn Smith at kaelyn. smith@blood.ca.

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Watchers flock to bird count COUNT SHOWS TRENDS IN BIRD POPULATIONS WHICH HELPS DETERMINE IF ANY SPECIES ARE IN TROUBLE BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF At least 50 bird watchers in Red Deer were poised with their binoculars for the Central Alberta Annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday. Last year a total of 93 people counted birds in Central Alberta, up from 85 in 2010. The number of participants for Sunday’s regional count won’t be known until all information is submitted by the Dec. 29 deadline. The largest number of bird watchers for the winter count was 266 in 1987. Judy Boyd, member of the Red Deer River Naturalists, said birds coped well with the early winter. It was the bird watchers who were having problems. “Everything froze so fast we still have leaves on the trees so it’s hard to see the birds,” Boyd said with a laugh. The count shows trends in bird populations which helps determine if any species are in trouble. Counts have been held since the mid-1980s in Central Alberta and covers an area from Ponoka to Olds and from almost to Rocky to almost to Stettler. In all there are 27 circles where people can count that are around 24 kms in diameter that make up the Central Alberta bird count area. On Sunday morning along the Red Deer River, Boyd spotted Common Goldeneye ducks, mallards and one Green-winged Teal duck, and about 500 Bohemian Waxwings. She said so far this winter there have been lots of Pine Grosbeaks finches and Northern Flicker woodpeckers usually show up, and there’s been a few sightings of snowy owls.

‘BIRDS COPED WELL WITH THE EARLY WINTER. IT WAS THE BIRD WATCHERS WHO WERE HAVING PROBLEMS.’ — JUDY BOYD, MEMBER OF

THE RED DEER RIVER NATURALISTS “We haven’t had the big massive flocks of Bohemian Waxwings yet. Just some of them are here. “And we haven’t had a lot of Snow Buntings, which we usually get a lot of too.” Boyd said people don’t need to recognize a lot of bird species to join in the count. “They just mark down the ones they know and a lot of times they can just do a description and from the description we can figure out what it is.” It can be as easy as watching their backyard bird feeder to see who shows up, she said. Some bird watchers are “bush beaters” who walk through parks and green spaces in search of birds. “A lot of them are just driving country roads and just counting the birds as they find them.” If they want, Boyd will also partner new bird watchers with those who have more experience. “That’s the best way to learn, go out with a birder.” People can also record any interesting or unusual bird seen any time during the count week which runs three days before and after the official count day. Make sure to note when and where the bird was seen and what it was doing. szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

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Above: A Downy Woodpecker feasted at a suet birdfeeder at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Sunday. Below, Judy Boyd was points out birds to Young Naturalist Club member Haven Pendle, 7, of Red Deer

‘Zombies’ to tramp way to Ponoka FILM MAKER CJ HUTCHINSON PLANS PRODUCTION IN 2013 BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Imagine if North American Hall of Fame wrestler Jeff “Super Tramp” Howell went headto-head with a pack of bloodthirsty zombies. Throw in some go-go dancers and machine guns and independent film maker CJ Hutchinson, of Ponoka, said it’s exactly what his Howell deserves. “Every cool wrestler should have a cult film featuring him. He’s a great guy. He’s had remarkable career. We want to make this happen,” said Hutchinson, 40, who is filming his feature-length movie Super Tramp vs the Zombies in Ponoka next year. Hutchinson, originally from Winnipeg, has been a makeup artist for about 20 years with plenty of gore to his list of credits. “If there’s an injury, I’ve done it, between blowing a person’s head off to shotgun wounds, to anything you can imagine. “I’ve spent my time in the pits, doing straight makeup and doing basic stuff on extras. But whenever someone comes to me with a monster idea, I’m good to do that.” He met Howell, who is originally from Calgary but now lives in the United States, about three years ago at Comic-Con where Hutchinson has run booths for zombie makeovers. Hutchinson started his company Das Zombie Productions in 2000 and in 2005 shot a lowbudget film Denizens of the Dead in Winnipeg that’s on it’s way to becoming a cult classic, he said. “That one’s got a reputation

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Zombies will be invading Ponoka this summer for the film production of Super Tramp vs the Zombies. Zombies, from left, Sandra Goldspink, Nicole Grinnell, Linnaea Koehler, Kyle Koehler and independent film maker CJ Hutchinson. for being one of the worst zombie movies ever made. “I figure if you’re shooting with low money, then you should be shooting for something that’s a cult classic, not something that’s going to be the epic summer block-buster.” His fascination with zombies began with director George Romero’s 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead. When Hutchinson first saw the film as a child it gave him nightmares, but after watching it over and over again at his mother’s insistence to conquer his fears, it triggered a love of the genre. “I live for horror films. I’m an old horror baby.

“I ended up going to makeup school because of my obsession of the movie Dawn the Dead,” said Hutchinson who trained in Florida. He still prefers the classic zombie, unlike the Hollywood trend of quick-moving zombies seen today. “Most of the time a zombie is a slow moving thing, it creeps up on you. It’s only scary when it’s a foot away.” People who love the original Night of the Living Dead, or The Evil Dead, or The Return of the Living Dead, are the fans he hopes to gross out, make laugh and scare with his new film. “A real zombie fan has a top 10 and I want to make some-

body’s list.” Hutchinson is looking for 100 and 200 extras for his zombie cast. Since he can’t pay them, he hopes there’s plenty of hardcore zombie fans willing to travel to Ponoka in May. “The Town of Ponoka is being very generous to us. They’re letting us basically close down streets and letting us do what we need to do and not charging us the crazy fees.” And he’s trained a local makeup squad in Ponoka. Aspiring zombies can e-mail Hutchinson at deaddenizens@ hotmail.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

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1939 — First contingents of Canadian First Division start arriving in England for service in the Second World War. 1939 — Canada signs British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, a $1.281-billion program to train pilots, navigators, wireless operators and gunners from U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand; instructors at 107 schools and 184 ancillary units across Canada will eventually train 130,000 Allied aircrew. 1921 — Beaver design of the new nickel 5¢ coin proclaimed. Originally silver, but quickly changed to pure nickel.

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Watching the fiscal cliff TRADERS LOOK TO MORE UNCERTAINTY, KEY ECONOMIC DATA IN CANADA, U.S. BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Talks aimed at avoiding the so-called “fiscal cliff” will continue to cast a shadow over trading this week as markets begin to wind down for the Christmas-New Year’s holidays. But traders will have some key economic data to serve as a possible distraction, including the latest reading on Canadian economic growth and retail sales. And in the U.S., investors will look to see if the strong runup in housing starts carried on into November and whether worries about going over the fiscal cliff have taken a toll on consumer confidence. Going over the cliff involves the automatic imposition of hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts and tax increases that could plunge the world’s largest economy

back into recession and depress economies around the world. The TSX ended last week up 136.95 points or 1.12 per cent despite concerns about whether U.S. politicians can head off the fiscal crisis. Mining stocks advanced on further signs of an expanding Chinese manufacturing sector and further lift was provided by Research In Motion Ltd., which gained 16.8 per cent to $13.88 during the week on increasing optimism that the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones can turn the company around. The line is being launched at the end of January. Friday is supposed to be the deadline to reach a deal on the “fiscal cliff” before the U.S. Congress recesses for Christmas. But “a failure to get 10 years of deficit reduction wrapped up as a Christmas present need not preclude a temporary fix in

a deal that simply softens next year’s bite, nor would delaying a vote into January be fatal,” observed CIBC World Markets chief economist Avery Shenfeld. Markets have generally held up well since the “fiscal cliff” situation started to dominate market sentiment right after the Nov. 6 U.S. elections. In fact, the TSX and the Dow industrials have at least made up the initial losses registered in the immediate wake of the contest that left the U.S. political landscape largely unchanged, which in turn raised pessimism that Republicans and Democrats could bury deep ideological differences and strike a deal. But volumes will start to thin this week and that could make for increased volatility. On the economic front, expectations are fairly minimal for the October report on gross domestic product.

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al this fall, Teck admitted to discharging slag and liquid effluent into the river from 1896 to 1995. But it argued the U.S. law that forces companies to clean up contamination sites, known as the Superfund law, was never intended to reach across the international border. But Elliot said complaints about the contamination from the Trail smelter surfaced as early as the 1940s, when farmers from Washington state sued Cominco, Teck’s predecessor, over air pollution from the smelter. That case was eventually resolved in arbitration by the two federal governments, and set a precedent for cross-boundary pollution law. “Still, they continued to discharge, and they knew it was accumulating in Lake Roosevelt and that studies being done by various government agencies were finding mercury contamination down there,” Elliott said. The 209-kilometre long lake was created in 1941 after the Grand Coulee Dam was built on the Columbia River. The company took out insurance to cover liability, but didn’t stop discharging effluent for decades, she said.

China’s new Communist Party leaders promised Sunday to be ready to spend more if needed to shore up a shaky economic recovery but gave no sign of plans for major changes. A statement quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency after an annual planning conference pledged more marketopening reforms in 2013. The world’s secondlargest economy is gradually pulling out of its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis, but weaker-than-expected November trade data prompted suggestions the rebound might be faltering. The leadership under party General Secretary Xi Jinping pledged a “proactive fiscal policy” and “prudent monetary policy,” Xinhua said, referring to willingness to boost spending if needed and keep credit easy so long as inflation stays low. The conference is the first opportunity for the new leaders to announce their own plans for China’s economic course. Most analysts expect them to stick largely to the goals of the party’s current five-year development plan, which runs through 2015. Xi and other leaders who were installed last month in a once-a-decade handover of power are under pressure to overhaul an economic model based on exports and investment that delivered 30 years of rapid growth but is running out of steam. The World Bank and other analysts say Beijing needs to curb dominant state companies and promote service industries and consumer spending to keep incomes rising. They say without prompt action, growth might stall. Companies, investors and political analysts are watching to see how far Xi and others on the seven-member ruling Standing Committee are willing to go to change the state-dominated economy.

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Oil rig arrives off Cuba HAVANA, Cuba — Cuban authorities say a Norwegian-owned platform has arrived in waters off the island’s north-central coast for exploratory drilling by Russian oil company Zarubezhneft. Staterun Cubapetroleo says the Songa Mercur rig has been inspected and is capable of drilling as safely as possible and with minimum environmental risk. The well project is given as 21,300 feet (6,500 metres) deep and is expected to take six months. The block in question is considered less promising than waters to the west where a super-deepwater platform drilled three dud wells earlier this year. The Songa Mercur is owned by Songa Offshore of Norway.

Floor mats investigated DETROIT — The U.S. government is expanding an investigation into floor mats that interfere with pedals in Ford, Mercury and Lincoln cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was initially investigating 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan vehicles. Late last week, it said it also would look at those 2008 and 2009 models and the Lincoln MKZ. NHTSA has gotten 52 complaints of accelerator pedals getting trapped by unsecured or stacked floor mats. No injuries have been reported. The investigation now covers around 480,000 vehicles. NHTSA investigations often lead to recalls. Ford said it’s disappointed that NHTSA is upgrading the investigation, because it involves aftermarket floor mats that were improperly installed. But the company said it will co-operate. — The Associated Press

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A truck leaves Teck Mining Company’s zinc and lead smelting and refining complex as a sign indicates the zinc production for the day in Trail, B.C.

Case about smelter discharge may have ripple effect on mining BY DENE MOORE THE CANADIAN PRESS TRAIL, B.C. — On a beach in northeast Washington state near the Canadian border, Patti Bailey grabs a handful of what looks like sand and rolls the dark grains through her hands. It’s slag, the grainy waste from the Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) lead and zinc smelter in Trail, B.C., about 10 kilometres north of the nearby Canadian border. “They’re little time bombs and they’re releasing zinc, copper, arsenic and other metals into the environment,” said Bailey, an environmental planner for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. A Washington state judge has ruled that Teck is liable for the costs of cleaning up contamination in the Columbia River south of the border from decades of dumping slag and effluent from the company’s Trail operations. In a decision announced late last week, Judge Lonny Suko ruled that, “for decades Teck’s leadership knew its slag and effluent flowed from Trail downstream and are now found in Lake Roosevelt, but nonetheless Teck continued discharging wastes into the Columbia River.” Suko noted that the company admitted treating the international waterway as a free waste disposal service. Specifically, the judge in Yakima, Wash., found that from 1930 to 1995, Teck intentionally discharged at least 9.97 million tons of slag that included heavy metals

‘STILL, THEY CONTINUED TO DISCHARGE, AND THEY KNEW IT WAS ACCUMULATING IN LAKE ROOSEVELT AND THAT STUDIES BEING DONE BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE FINDING MERCURY CONTAMINATION DOWN THERE.’ KRISTIE ELLIOTT, LAWYER FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL such as lead, mercury, zinc and arsenic. The judge also found that Teck knew the hazardous waste disposed of in the Columbia River was likely to cause harm. The decision gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the ability to force Teck to pay for the cleanup, and potentially for any ongoing damages and losses that result from the ongoing contamination. That issue has yet to be determined by the court. Some believe the landmark case could have implications for mining and other industrial interests on both sides of the border. The Canadian government, the province of British Columbia and the U.S. National Mining Association have all intervened in the case to argue that the issue should be resolved bilaterally. As they awaited the judge’s decision, Washington state officials were optimistic. “We’re hopeful after... how many years has it been?” joked Kristie Elliott, lawyer for the Washington state Attorney General. “After this much significant litigation we’re now finally to the substance of the case.” Eight years after the case was launched and on the eve of a tri-

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April 2013 may seem a long way off, but as the calendar year draws to a close now is a good time to take a look at what you can do to take advantage of tax credits and deductions and leave more money in your wallet and less on your 2012 tax bill. “Tax planning should be a yearround activity, not a last-minute afterthought,” said John Waters, vice-president and head of tax and estate planning with BMO Nesbitt

Burns. “There are many ways Canadians can reduce their 2012 tax bills, particularly if they act before the end of the calendar year.” A recent survey conducted for H&R Block found that only three in 10 Canadians are planning to do something before the end of the year to help with their 2012 returns. Thirty-six per cent said they had no plans and 29 per cent had not thought about it.

You can start the process with some basic housekeeping activities, like opening a tax envelope or folder and starting to collect whatever slips or receipts you can and adding them as they come in between now and the tax deadline. Trying to find your slips just before the tax deadline is never a good thing.

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TAXES: Have all your information together You can wait to file your return until the last day, but at least have all your slips and receipts together. If you want to claim a charitable donation on your 2012 return, you have to make it before Dec. 31. If you have already made more than $200 in donations in 2012, it will be worth a 29 per cent federal tax credit instead of the 15 per cent for donations under $200. For a bigger tax break, spouses can pool their contributions and donations and claim them in the year they made them or carry them forward for up to five years. Now also is a good time to review your stock portfolio. The markets rose and fell in 2012, so many people may still be facing capital losses on their investments from previous years. Dec. 23 is the deadline for making a trade if you want it recorded on your 2012 tax return. Capital losses can be carried back three years or carried forward indefinitely. Fees for day care, summer camp or boarding school for children under 16 can be deducted if parents either are working or attending school full time. Also, you can reduce your tax by claiming either all or part of expenses related to a medical impediment. Some of the lesser-known expenses that can be claimed include hearing aids, guide dogs for the blind, bathroom aids, attendant care for people with a disability, an air conditioner to ease a severe respiratory ailment, incremental expenses to provide accessible housing (such as home renovations to ease mobility), incremental costs to acquire gluten-free products for people with celiac disease and tutoring services for people with a learning disability. Spouses who share the costs for these expenses can pool their claims for greater savings. If you are single, divorced or separated you may be eligible for the equivalent-to-spouse credit and, for tax purposes, claim children under 18 or any other family members who live with you and are dependants. People with a severe or prolonged mental or physical disability can apply for the disability credit if the disability significantly impedes their ability to perform routine tasks of daily life. “The disability must be certified by a medical doctor or related health professional such as an optometrist, occupational therapist or psychologist,” Waters explained. “If you were eligible in the past but did not apply for the credit during that tax year, it may be possible to retroactively apply as long as a health professional can clarify the date of the onset of the disability.” Canadian families providing inhome care for a dependant adult relative, including an aging parent or other relative with a mental or physical impairment, may be eligible for the caregiver tax credit provided the dependant’s net income is below certain threshold amount. “By being forward-thinking, doing some research and identifying the credits and deductions that apply to you, you can keep more money in your pocket,” Waters said. Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

TECK: $1.5-billion spent on modernization Within the fences of the largest smelting operation in North America, about a billion and a half dollars has been spent modernizing Teck’s Trail Operations over the past 25 years. A new furnace installed in 1996 cut emissions dramatically. Last month, Teck completed a $5.8-million project to reduce the risk of a spill into the river. The company is now installing a $1.2-million automated leak detection system, and a $125-million acid plant that will reduce sulphur dioxide emissions a further 15 to 20 per cent. Recycled lead makes up about 20 per cent of total production and anything that can be used or recycled is, right down to granules of slag sold for processing into Portland cement. “The employees who work here at Trail Operations live in this local area, and participate and take part in everything it has to offer,” said Richard Deane, manager of environment, health and safety at the smelter. “It’s a great area from an outdoor quality of life perspective. Everyone here enjoys the benefits of the river — swimming, kayaking, fishing, all these types of things.” The company has also spent tens of millions of dollars on environmental rehabilitation, from digging up contaminated gardens and bringing in replacement soil, to replanting dead trees. Lead emissions have decreased

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from about 100 tonnes a year in the early 1990s to about half a tonne last year. Teck is now taking aim at “fugitive dust” emissions, covering raw materials stored outdoors, and is building an indoor facility for all mixing processes that stir up dust. That has not been the case south of the border, say the Colville tribes. Years of discussions went nowhere, so they petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1999 to assess the river contamination under the U.S. Superfund law. The agency found the river was indeed contaminated, and it found Teck was responsible. That’s when the legal battle began. Frustrated by the lack of action, two band members launched civil action eight years ago. The legal wrangling has gone all the way to that country’s highest court — the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Teck’s appeal. The smoke-billowing smelter on the banks of the Columbia River towers over Trail like a fortified castle of old. The town has literally grown around this industrial giant, which first fired up its stacks in 1896. “Teck is Trail and Trail is Teck,” said Mayor Dieter Bogs, a former Teck engineer-turned-politician. “I don’t know what Trail would be like without Teck, because the city and the company are really one and the same.” Bogs admitted there are concerns about a recent study that found elevated levels of bowel disease in the Washington state community of Northport, just across the border. In Trail, it was blood lead levels in children that sparked alarm in the 1970s. That has greatly improved, Bogs said. In children under three, levels are considered safe but remain persistently higher than the community’s health committee would like. The Trail Health and Environment Committee released results last month of the most recent annual testing, which found an average level of 5.4 micrograms of lead per decilitre — higher than last year’s average of 5 micrograms. Eighty-four per cent of children tested below 10 micrograms, the level Health Canada considers a concern. The committee is working on a plan to minimize exposure. “If people work with us, as far as I’m concerned this is a very safe place to live,” said Bogs, committee chairman. He said the U.S. court case is a concern because anything that affects the company affects the town. The price tag for the cleanup alone in Washington state has been estimated at $1 billion. Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. ended fiscal 2011 with a $4.4 billion profit. Teck American Inc., the company’s U.S. branch, entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2006 to undertake a remedial investigation and feasibility study of the Upper Columbia. It has spent $55 million so far, and the company says it has found encouraging results in water and fish testing. The Colville tribes disagree.

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A Boeing 777 plane is seen after landing in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. The first new Boeing jetliner sold to Iraq in years touched down in Baghdad on Saturday, signaling the country’s determination to rebuild its economy after decades of war and sanctions.

First of dozens of new jets lands in Baghdad BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — The first new Boeing Co. jetliner sold to Iraq in 30 years touched down in Baghdad on Saturday, signalling the country’s determination to rebuild its economy after decades of war and sanctions. Iraq is eager to improve its creaky aviation industry, which lags far behind that of its energy-rich neighbours. Boeing’s delivery of the twin-aisle 777-200LR plane comes less than two weeks after the company’s chief rival Airbus announced the delivery of one of its own wide-body planes to Iraq. “The arrival of this plane represents a big chance for Iraqi Airways to turn around,” Iraqi Transportation Minister Hadi al-Amiri said. More planes are coming. Iraq has ordered another 30 of Boeing’s smaller 737-800 model and 10 of its new 787. The first of the 737s will be delivered in the middle of next year, according to the Chicago-based plane maker. Airbus in early December said it had delivered its first A330-200 to Iraq. Iraqi Airways, which plans to use that plane on European and other international routes, already operates two Airbus A321s. Boeing last sold Iraq a commercial plane — a version of the 747 jumbo jet — in 1982, said Donald Galvanin, the company’s sales director for the Middle East. He said this weekend’s delivery is an important step toward improving Iraq’s economy. “To bring in business, you need a connection with outside ... and a viable airline,” he said.

Iraq was able to get the 777 delivered now because another customer was unable to take it, Galvanin said. He said he expects Baghdad may be interested in buying more of the longrange jets down the road because “they realize they would need a few more.” The U.S. Embassy said it worked closely with Boeing and Baghdad to complete the 777 sale. Financial terms were not disclosed. Iraqi Airways’ efforts to turn itself around have been hobbled by ageing equipment, a lack of adequately trained staff and a long-running dispute with Kuwait stemming from Saddam Hussein’s invasion in 1990. Iraq and Kuwait earlier this year reached a $500 million deal to settle the airline feud, paving the way for Iraqi Airways to resume normal operations. As Iraqi Airways has struggled, foreign airlines have increasingly begun flying to the country, eating into the national carrier’s share of the market. They include airlines from neighbouring countries, including Turkish Airlines and Royal Jordanian, and well-funded Gulf airlines such as Emirates and Etihad Airways. Austrian Airlines last year became the first major western carrier to resume regular flights to Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Foreign airlines are increasingly offering flights to other Iraqi cities as well, particularly Irbil in the self-ruled Kurdish region. The Kurds’ northern enclave is much safer than the capital and is a popular destination for foreign investors looking to break into the Iraqi market. No U.S. commercial airlines fly regularly to Iraq.

CHINA: Strategy may have to change They face potential opposition from state companies that might be hurt by changes and have influential allies in the party. “If China does not change its strategy, it risks falling into the ‘middle income trap’,” Robert Zoellick, former World Bank president, said in a speech at a Beijing business conference last week. Brief reports by Xinhua on Sunday’s statement gave no details of long-term plans but affirmed the new leadership’s commitment to ruling party pledges to promote reform, open markets further and encourage economic efficiency. The leadership pledged a “proactive fiscal policy” and “prudent monetary policy,” Xinhua said, referring to willingness to boost spending and keep credit easy so long as inflation stays low. Economic growth fell to a three-anda-half-year low of 7.4 per cent in the three months ended Sept. 30. Factory output, consumer spending and other indicators are improving in the current quarter but analysts say a recovery is likely to be gradual and too weak to drive a global rebound without improvement in Europe and the United States. Data last week showed November trade deteriorated sharply following a rebound that started in August. Export growth plunged to 2.9 per cent over a year earlier from October’s 11.6 per cent. Imports were flat, down from October’s 2.4 per cent growth. Sunday’s statement promised to “fully deepen reforms” and “firmly promote opening up” next year, Xinhua said. The leaders said “enhancing quality and efficiency of economic growth” will be a “central task.” The leadership pledged to increase domestic demand, though it gave no indication how it will do that. Companies are under pressure to put more money in consumers’ pockets by raising wages. Other changes require longer-term effort, such as freeing up money in household budgets by raising government spending on schools, health care and other social programs.

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HOGENSON Donald 1940-2012 Mr. Donald Keith Hogenson, aged 71 years, of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Red Deer Hospice. Don was born December 16, 1940 in Lethbridge, Alberta. His biggest passions in life were family, fun, pool and his ‘66 Rambler. Don is lovingly remembered and greatly missed by his wife and best friend of 44 years; Donna Hogenson (White), his three children; Darryl (Theresa), Derek (Jackie) and Deanette (Randy), his grandchildren; Adam, Kara, Brenton, Brittney, Tanner, Griffin, Makenna, William, Adrianna and Savannah, all of whom Don was very proud of. Also left to mourn his loss are his sister Lorraine, best friend Merlin and numerous extended family and friends. Don was predeceased by his parents and brother. In honor of Don, a small Celebration of Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 2S6, would be greatly appreciated by Don’s family. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” ~Dr. Seuss Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

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RED DEER BINGO Centre 4946-53 Ave. (West of Superstore). Precall 12:00 & 6:00. Check TV Today!!!!

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PUBLICATION DATES & DEADLINES RED DEER ADVOCATE

SAT. DEC. 22,& MON. DEC. 24 Deadline is FRIDAY, DEC. 21 @ 5 P.M.

*Equipment Operators & Labourers

Needing young, energetic, motivated individual to join our team. Drop off resume at: Weber Physiotherapy Clinic 5420 45 Street. (South of Carnival Cinema)

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REQUIREMENTS: *Valid driver’s license * H2S Alive * Standard First Aid *WHMIS and/or CSTS or PST * Pre-Access A& D Testing

RED DEER ADVOCATE WED. DEC. 26 Deadline is MON. DEC. 24 @ 11 A.M.

Please email or fax your resume to: hr@tr3energy.com Fax: 403-294-9323 www.tr3energy.com

WED. JAN. 2 Deadline is Mon. Dec. 31 @ 5 p.m.

Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

CENTRAL AB LIFE - December 24 Deadline is Thur. Dec. 20 @ 10 a.m. THURS. JAN. 3 Deadline is Fri. Dec. 28 @ 2 p.m.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

For Rimbey, Ponoka, Eckville, Sylvan, Stettler, Bashaw, Castor & Weekender See individual publications

TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES! Red Deer Advocate Classifieds 403-309-3300

F/T Physiotherapy Assistant

Professionals Oilfield

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VACUUM DRIVER

WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area. Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3350 fax (403) 358-3326

RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN BENEFITS

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Join Our Fast Restaurant/ Hotel Growing HIRING Team!! * Gas station Manager QUALIFIED DAY AND NIGHT SUPERVISORS

(Must be able to Provide own work truck)

FIELD OPERATORS Valid 1st Aid, H2S, Drivers License required!! Please contact Murray McGeachy or Jamie Rempel by Fax: (403) 340-0886 or email

* $25/hr, full time 1 person * The day to day operations of filling station and convenience store, managi n g s t a ff , w o r k i n g w i t h vendors and monitoring sales. * Completion of University ( Economics). Over 1 yr business experience. Leeoh Holdings Inc. o/a Rimbey Gas & Splash. Box 659 4630 50 Ave. Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 cookplus@naver.com Phone 403-843-2360 RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred. Also BREAKFAST ROOM ATTENDANTS, early morning shifts, flexibility req’d. Only serious inquiries apply. Rate $13.50/hr. Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433

mmcgeachy@ cathedralenergyservices.com jrempel@ cathedralenergyservices.com website: www. cathedralenergyservices. com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818 Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. F/T MAINTENANCE PERSON... Experience preferred. Pool operation an asset. On call rotation. Bonuses, Drop off resume to 6853 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com

The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

Trades

URS FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Tubing Inspection operator, manual lathe operator, loader operator and Shop & Yard Laborers. Exp. an asset but will train to suit. Competitive wages and benefits. Apply w/resume to: 4115 Henry St. (Blindman Industrial Park)

Trades

TR3 ENERGY is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry. We are currently recruiting for:

Office & Phone Lines Closed WED. DEC. 26 - Boxing Day

RED DEER LIFE SUNDAY SUN. DEC. 23 Deadline is Friday Dec. 21 @ 2 p.m. SUN. DEC. 30 Deadline is Friday Dec. 28 @ 2 p.m.

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Oilfield

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D

TUES. DEC. 25 & TUES. JAN. 1

Just had a baby girl?

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HIRING!

Expanding Integrated North American Service Company is currently accepting resumes for the following positions: Experienced Horizontal Completion Systems Field Te c h n i c i a n s , S h o p Technicians, Operations Medical Manager(s). We offer Comprehensive Benefits, F/T / P/T Pharmacy Competitive Salary’s and Technicians. Apply w/ Field (day) Bonuses. resume to: Highland Green All applicants are welValue Drug Mart, Red Deer c o m e , b u t o n l y t h o s e considered will be P/T EXP’D MEDICAL office Receptionist req’d. contacted. Please forward resume to: for Jan/2013. completions.jobs@ Reference req’d. gmail.com Fax 403-346-4207 JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING now hiring Day Supervisors, Night Operators, and Helpers. Email resumes to: jagare2@gmail.com or Registered Nurse & mikeg@jagareenergy.com

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EXPERIENCED Technician or Apprentice

required for GM dealership in Drumheller Medical benefits, good working conditions. Must have clean driving record. Please fax or email resume to service manager. Email: bob.thomas@ westerngmdrumheller.com Fax: 403-823-7237

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Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people. With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals. If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking -

B PRESSURE WELDERS AN UP TO DATE ALBERTA “B” PRESSURE CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH VESSEL EXPERIENCE This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs. Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

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Whatever You’re Selling... We Have The Paper You Need! Central Alberta LIFE &

Wanted for local Red Deer Company

Red Deer ADVOCATE

Experience an asset but willing to train. Drug Test & Criminal Record check required.

The successful candidate will be proficient in Alberta Transportation legislation, rules and regulations. As well as log books and Microsoft programs. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment.

Please send resume to:

Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits.

CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 CALL NOW TO FIND OUT MORE

Monday to Friday Health Care Benefits Competitive Wages

Box 229F, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Ab., T4R 1M9

We are a growing construction company that requires a

Driver Compliance Manager for our offices in Rocky Mountain House and Blackfalds

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HUMAN RESOURCES Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, T4R 1M9 Fax: 403-341-4772 Email: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com with CSR in subject line

Oilfield

EXP. LINE LOCATOR, H2S PSTS, 1st aid req’d. Min. 3 yrs. exp. Resume by fax 403-227-1398 or email info@accutechcanada.ca

RED DEER ADVOCATE

REWARD

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Approx. 15-20 hrs. per week including weekend shifts. Please submit your resume by January 2, 2013 to:

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This is an entry level position reporting to the Customer Service Superv i s o r. T h i s p o s i t i o n i s responsible for assisting circulation customers by phone or in person with customer service issues and compiling reports and other office duties. Candidate should possess a good telephone manner, excellent communication skills and have basic computer knowledge. Attention to detail and the ability to function in a fast paced environment with a positive attitude are required for this position. Preference will be given to candidates with customer service experience. Knowledge of the newspaper or distribution business is s definite asset.

Oilfield

With oilfield transportation experience req’d. Must have exceptional organizational skills. Please apply in confidence to Reply to Box 1025, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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Obituaries

BARKER Ann It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ann M. Barker. After a battle well fought, Ann passed away peacefully on December 12, 2012 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital with her loving family at her side. Ann was born and raised in Bentley, Alberta. She was the youngest of three children born to Oscar and Mary Vig. On March 20, 1953, she married the love of her life Gordon Barker. The couple settled in Sylvan Lake in 1964 and Ann became the consummate mother and home maker. On March 20, 2013 the couple would have celebrated their 60th anniversary. She is survived and will be deeply missed by her husband Gordon Barker; her children Bev (Brian), Larry (Colette), Don (Steven), and Janice as well as five precious grandchildren, Perry, Hailey, Eric, Connor, and Taegan. Ann loved cooking, fishing, playing music, and laughter. Ann’s legacy will be her lifetime of “lead by example” lessons on how people should treat others with compassion, humanity, and without judgment. The family would like to thank all of the caregivers on Unit 32 and the staff at the Cancer Clinic. A special heartfelt thank you to Krista Rawson, who from the first meeting, became a trusted guide to Ann and the Barker family throughout this journey. During Ann’s hospital stay, the generous donation of blood became invaluable. We e n c o u r a g e o t h e r s t o donate this precious gift in her memory. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Alliance Community Church, 4404-47 Ave, Sylvan Lake. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

Janitorial

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DEADLINE IS 5 P.M. FOR NEXT DAY’S PAPER

Please e-mail resumes to:

hr@pidherneys.com

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C6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 Trades

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Established machine shop looking for a Full Time Journeyman machinist. Experience in programming & operation of CNC machine required. Offering 40 hr. week with weekends off. Wages negotiable. Apply by e-mail or in person & Swisco Ltd. Email swiscoml@telus.net 5610 - 57 St. St. Paul, AB Phone: 780-645-5310 AUTOMOTIVE Damage Appraiser We seek an auto damage appraiser for our central AB office. Mitchell and ADP are the programs we use. Company car and benefits. Send resume in confidence to bryter@canclaims.com Att. George Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

CONCRETE FINISHER REQUIRED Must have drivers license. Fax resume 403-782-2439 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Trades

Trades

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COOPER ROOFING & EXTERIORS requires a SIDER/SLOPED ROOFER Valid Driver’s License REQUIRED. Fax (403)346-7556 or email resume to general@ cooperroofing.ca NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! EXPERIENCED Kitchen cabinet and vanity installers needed for Woodmaster Cabinets Ltd. $19.50 -22.00 hourly - 40 hrs. per week. Send resumes 5105 76A St. Close, Suite 5 Red Deer, Alberta T4P 3M2; Apply by woodmaster.jobs@ canadaemail.net or by fax to (403) 341-6343

First Choice Collision Seeking Journeyman or 2nd /3rd year apprentices. Positions for body, prep and refinishing technicians needed for our car and light truck division. Top wages, bonus programs and benefit package. Fax resumes to (403) 343-2160; e-mail choice2@telusplanet.net or drop off in person @ #5, 7493, 49th Avenue Crescent, Red Deer. LARGE commercial . project, drywall, , steel stud, t-bar, taping , long term work. Benefits, 403-588-4614, 588-4615

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at the Red Deer College. Qualifications: Experience with the operation of skid steer loader, snow plow truck, sander and landscape equipment mowers. Mechanically inclined capable to service and do minor repairs to the above equipment a definite asset * Must be avail. to work some extreme overtime hours during the winter snow removal season and participate in on call rotation * Some heavy labor is req’d, at times must be physically capable of performing these duties Team player able to work alone with minimal supervision * Clean drivers abstract and background check will be req’d. * Candidate must be able to adhere to company safety regulations and policies

Required Exp’d Fabricator For a Ponoka Manufacturing Shop. Knowledge of ASME code bolt up, basic instrumentation and a commitment to excellence are prerequisites. Competitive wages with benefit packages available. Interested candidates please send resume to admin@westcanfab.ca Of fax to 403-775-4014

RISLEY MACHINING LTD. (Grande Prairie, AB) has the following position available for immediate employment: ALUMINUM BOAT FABRICATOR/WELDER Must have previous experience. Risley Machining offers a good benefits program and wages to commensurate with experience. Please reply with resume This is a f/t position with to: Jay Stojan full benefits. All uniforms, 9620-109 St safety equipment and tools Grande Prairie, AB will be supplied. We also T8V 4E4 offer annual safety Phone: (780) 538-8256 footwear contribution. Fax: (780) 539-5447 Candidates must apply on Email: line with resume on the JCI jay.stojan@gorisley.com website WWW. johnsoncontrols.com CELEBRATIONS careers HAPPEN EVERY DAY position number 089373. IN CLASSIFIEDS Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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Adult Education and Training

With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals. If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking -

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC JOURNEYMAN Extensive experience with the maintenance and repair of mobile equipment such as forklift, genie lift, overhead cranes etc. a definite asset.

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This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs. Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

Winter 2013

JOURNEYMAN OR APPRENTICE

• Community Support Worker program Midas is looking for ambitious, dedicated & • GED classes evening and days professional Journeyman or 3rd. and 4th year 403-340-1930 apprentices in our Red Deer location. if you pride www.academicexpress.ca yourself on quality work, Classifieds...costs so little customer servicea and are Saves you so much! looking for a career in automotives we would like you to consider a position with us. Please drop off or send a resume to 5804 50 ADULT CARRIERS Ave. Red Deer, Alberta NEEDED T4N 4C2 email to: midas58@telus.net or fax For delivery of to 403-314-9631

JOURNEYMAN or 3rd Yr. Apprentice Plumber/Gas Fitter

req’d for small shop in Westaskiwin area. Competitive wages & health plan. Submit resumes to: willplmb@xplornet.com or fax to: 780-312-2889 or call 780-387-6087

QUALIFIED ELECTRICIANS NEEDED

Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m. Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in LANCASTER AREA 77 papers $412/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA 72 papers $386/mo.

True Power Electric

DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo. ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

Requires Residential exp. only Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Invites applicants for:

JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER This position will perform plumbing maintenance work at various Red Deer Public School locations.

SERVICEMAN POSITION

Candidates will be required to have: - High School Diploma - Valid Alberta Class 4 Drivers License - Journeyman Plumbing Certification - Journeyman Gas Ticket over 1 million BTU’s - Backflow Prevention Certification - WHMIS - First Aid training is preferred

Mechanically inclined or heavy duty equipment apprentice Year round employment Clean driver’s abstract Fax resume to (403) 885 5137 Email resume to office@ccal.com

Qualifications/Experience - 5 years experience in a commercial setting as a Journeyman Plumber - Knowledge of occupational and safety precautions of the position - Building Management Systems/HVAC - Knowledge of heating and ventilation systems

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ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area 59 papers $376/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEER PARK Dempsey St. area $45.00/mo. ALSO Dempsey St. Dumas Crsc. & Duffy Close area $88.00/mo. ALSO Duston St. Donnelly Crsc., area Densmore Crs. Dale Close $270.00/mo. ALSO Doran Crsc. Dunn Close $50.00 /mo. ALSO Doran Crsc., Doan Ave. area $53.00/mo. LANCASTER Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo. ALSO Logan Close Lee St. & Lawrence Crsc. area $158/mo. MICHENER West of 40th Ave. North of Ross St. area $245.00/mo. Good for adult w/a small car ALSO East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area. $268/mo. Good for adult with small car. ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4725/yr. 1-1/2 hrs. per day Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

NO EXP. NECESSARY!! F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

NORMANDEAU Nash St. & Norris Close RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 57, 58 & 58A ST & 58 AVE. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

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Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Lagrange Crsc

For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our website at:

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Diane 403-896-1792 diane.metzger@gov.ab.ca

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Featuring: 3 Free tradeshow-style booth 3 Free advertising in the Red Deer Advocate, Facebook and Kijiji 3 Meet job seekers face-to-face 3 Private areas for interviews 3 Local training supports

DISPATCHER req’d. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment. Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

Government

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Cindy 403-754-6200 cindy.shelfoon-iniestra@gov.ab.ca

Candidates will be required to have: - High School Diploma - Valid Alberta Class 4 Drivers license - Journeyman Electrical certification - Fire Alarm certification - WHMIS - First Aid training is preferred

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Transfer the deceased to funeral homes. Clean and drive funeral vehicles Clean funeral home and general maintenance duties Assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned. Greet people at the funeral home and answer telephones $15.00 per hour Please deliver resumes to Parkland Funeral Home 6287 - 67A Street, Red Deer.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

www.rdpsd.ab.ca

Applications should be directed to

This position will perform electrical maintenance work at various Red Deer Public School locations.

We are currently looking for a mature person to help in the funeral home part-time. Duties would include:

LANCASTER AREA

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CURVED glass curio cabinet 60”h $200 587-272-2837 WASH stand $200 587-272-2837

Auctions

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Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms. Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Children's Items

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LIKE new all wood children’s pull sled, round back, $20 SOLD

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

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BROWN EGGS AND LAMB now has free range pork : gourmet hams and sausage. Great selection of warm woolies. Phone 403-782-4095 FREE range naturally raised turkey, gov’t. inspected, skinless, boneless turkey breast $5.99/lb, turkey breast steaks $5.99/lb, ground turkey $5.99/lb, drumsticks avail. $10/pkg. Germane Market Gardens, Gail 403-843-6864

Firewood

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

Parkland Funeral Home - Red Deer

Isbister Close Issard Close

Antiques & Art

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

INGLEWOOD AREA

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FIREWOOD 347-7211 bluegrassnursery.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

BOWER AREA

KENTWOOD Kilburn & Krause Crsc

CLASSIFICATIONS

1 day per wk. No collecting!!

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Adams Close/ Adair Ave.

Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc

For more information, contact:

In Town of Trochu Morning Delivery 1 hour per day 6 days per week No collection No Sundays

ANDERS AREA

VANIER AREA

Invites applicants for:

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

The Town of Olds No collecting! Packages come ready for delivery! Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold! Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook

Scott St./Somerset Close. Sunnyside Crsc.

Alberta Works hosts frequent free job fairs to help employers meet their staffing needs.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

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Job Fairs

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

SUNNYBROOK AREA

humanresources@rdpsd.ab.ca

As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to delivery newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is provided. Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.. Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. or longer

CARRIERS NEEDED

ADULT & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in

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Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week)

Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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CIRCULATION Service Runner (Part Time)

Call Rick at 403-314-4303

Comprehensive benefit package offered upon hiring. 3 weeks vacation after the first year of employment.

We thank all applicants for their interest but advise only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

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CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life in the towns of Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

This position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to those with a positive attitude and the ability to build strong and effective work relations. Sound written and verbal communication is a must as you will be required to interact with staff, students, parents and contractors. Candidate must be available for after hour callouts and an on call coverage rotation. Good physical stamina is required.

A current criminal record check and child intervention check will be required of all new employees.

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Equipment Operator

ACADEMIC Express

We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

Misc. Help

Johnson Controls

Misc. Help

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients.

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Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275 SPLIT Dry Firewood. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

Health & Beauty

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*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 Open Mon.Fri. daily 11am - 6 pm. NO! NO! On warranty $275. 403-227-2976

Household Appliances

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APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Household Furnishings

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MAPLE single bed mattress $100; single pedestal white desk $45 403-342-4543 MIRRORED pictures, Johnny Walker Scotch, Beefeater Dry Gin, Colt 45, matching bar tray $50/ea. or buy 3 and get tray free 587-272-2837

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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2 M A N F I S H I N G H U T, WAREHOUSE Coordinator: $150. (403)782-3278 Shipping/ Receiving exp. req’d, 12 volt wiring or 40’ FREE Standing Tower, automotive a/v knowledge never been erected. $200. a plus. Looking for self403-728-3375 motivated individual with ELECTRIC panel w/dbl. D reliable transportation. Duties include inventory forward & reverse control, breaker and reset box, and accurate order fulfillment. Please email $200 403-728-3375 resume to: office.cdn@ NEW George Foreman rozonedefensetruck.com or tisserie never used $35; fax to: 403-340-0900 original large charcoal paintings, aboriginal prints, 2 @ $15/ea, 3 @25/ea., Career various Christmas porcelain pieces 4@ 15/ea. Planning 403-986-6566

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RED DEER WORKS SWISS 8” ice auger $35; Build A Resume That Works! APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

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Employment Training

403-728-3375

Pets & Supplies

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20 GAL. fish tank, Hartz, still in box. $35. 403-227-2976

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Qualifications/Experience - 5 years experience in a commercial setting as a Journeyman Electrician - Knowledge of occupational and safety precautions of the position - Building Management Systems/HVAC - Knowledge of heating and ventilation systems - Security, Paging, Card Access and Data Systems - Variable Frequency Drives and Emergency Generators

For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our website at:

www.rdpsd.ab.ca Applications should be directed to:

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

A current criminal record check and child intervention check will be required of all new employees.

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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We thank all applicants for their interest but advise only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Comprehensive benefit package offered upon hiring. 3 weeks vacation after the first year of employment.

is expanding its facility to double production.

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This position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to those with a positive attitude and the ability to build strong and effective work relations. Sound written and verbal communication is a must as you will be required to interact with staff, students, parents and contractors. Candidate must be available for after hour callouts and an on call coverage rotation. Good physical stamina is required.

Officer recovering after hospital shooting, chase in Alabama injured officer asked ‘did y’all get him?’ when he woke up Cleburne County and ended in Calhoun County with officers shooting and killing Romero Roberto Moya, 33, of Heflin. Court records show Moya was arrested by the CalhounCleburne County Drug Task Force last year on charges of cocaine trafficking, drug possession and illegal possession of a pistol. Moya pleaded guilty to trafficking in June 2011 in a deal with prosecutors, who agreed to drop the other charges. He received a one-year prison sentence, was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and surrender the weapon, but it was unclear whether he already had served the time or paid the fine. Cleburne County Sheriff Joe Jacks said investigators believe Moya killed three people who were found dead in a mobile home located in a rundown trailer community across the road from a poultry plant. At least one child was hurt, Jacks said. Jacks, speaking in an interview, said all the victims were Hispanic, but investigators weren’t positive about the

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A suspect who fired about 50 shots in the parking lot of a crowded Southern California shopping mall, sending shoppers sprinting for safety, was cooperative when officers took him into custody, authorities said Sunday. Witnesses said people ran, screaming and ducking for cover, when 42-year-old Marcos Gurrola fired into the air and onto the ground Saturday afternoon near the Macy’s department store at the open-air Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach. He paused to reload several times, police said. Then Gurrola put the gun down and offered no resistance when bicycle officers arrested him around 4:30 p.m., said Lt. John Lewis. “He just gave up,” Lewis said. Investigators have no motive, Lewis said. Gurrola, of Garden Grove, was charged with shooting at an inhabited dwelling. He was being held Sunday on $250,000 bail. Police recovered a handgun and ammunition. Officials said one person suffered a minor injury while running away, and was treated at the scene. The gunfire caused panic, coming a day after a gunman killed 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school, and days after a deadly mall shooting in Oregon. The mall, near Pacific Coast Highway in the heart of Newport Beach, was crowded with holiday shoppers and the parking lot was full. Many people ran into stores, a movie theatre and other businesses. “It’s a miracle nobody got injured,” said Sven Maric, who said he was celebrating his wife’s birthday at a restaurant patio about 50 yards (40 metres) away. “The bullets had to land somewhere, and he shot so many.” Some stores voluntarily closed their doors and kept shoppers inside while police investigated. Bret McGaughey, 22, of Laguna Beach, said he was with his mom in the Apple store when shoppers ran to the rear of the store as employees locked the front entrance. He estimated that up to 100 people stayed in the back of the store for about 30 minutes.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Authorities said an Alabama police officer shot and seriously wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a homicide suspect was improving Sunday as investigators tried to verify the identities of three people whose slayings sparked a twocounty pursuit. Heflin police officer Jackie Stovall was removed from a breathing machine and remained hospitalized in stable condition in Anniston a day after Saturday’s shootings. Stovall was progressing faster than expected, police said. Stovall asked about his parents and grandchild as soon as he could speak, Heflin’s interim police chief, A.J. Benefield, said in a post on the department’s Facebook page. Then, Benefield said, Stovall asked, “Did y’all get him?” “I was happy to tell him, ’Yes, we did,’ and no one else will have to worry about him doing anything like this again,” wrote Benefield. Stovall was seriously wounded during a chase that began in

names or ages of at least two of the victims. People come and go frequently from the mobile home park, he said, and residents weren’t able to provide conclusive information about the dead people or Moya. The sheriff said at least some of the victims were related, but Moya’s connection wasn’t clear. The shooting could be related to a domestic dispute or drugs, he said. Authorities said officers shot and killed Moya after he emerged from a vehicle with an assault rifle in Calhoun County, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of the trailer where the bodies were found. Stovall was shot earlier when the man exchanged gunfire with officers near an Interstate 20 exit in Oxford. Heflin police said Stovall, who was wounded in a leg, was struck in a main artery and probably would not have survived without State Trooper John Lewis applying pressure to slow the bleeding. Lewis visited Stovall in the hospital on Sunday.

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Preparing for doomsday, if it comes or not BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Don’t talk to Bruce Beach about doomsday. He’s been preparing for impending disaster for a half-century and has seen apocalyptic agitation come and go, like so many fads. So forgive him for not panicking over the end of the Mayan calendar on Dec. 21, this coming Friday. The 78-year-old former high school teacher, who has a huge nuclear bunker in Ontario, built his first shelter for the Cuban missile crisis in the 1960s. He was prepared to go underground for the Y2K crisis, amid widespread concern that computer glitches might bring down airplanes in 2000. He received lots of calls from people seeking shelter during the 1982 Falklands War. But his busiest day was Sept. 11, 2001, when his website was bombarded with 85,000 hits within three hours. People regularly drop in to seek refuge in the shelter he built in the 1980s, named the “Ark Two,” which comprises 42 buried school buses. His most recent visit was three weeks ago. The labyrinth, with its kitchens, showers and separate bunk rooms for children and adults, is about 90 kilometres northwest of Toronto, in Horning’s Mills, Ont. “People have been in a panic because someone has prophesized the end of the world this particular week or whatever,” Beach said in a phone interview from his home. “They call us up just to make sure we have space in the shelter and I tell them, ’For sure, come on down.”’ Beach’s main concern has always been the threat of nuclear attacks, which he fears are even closer than ever because of Middle East conflicts and Iran’s suspected weapons program. As far as he’s concerned, the most troubling news as of late has come from the North Koreans — not the Mayans. “Everybody was all excited about the North Korean (rocket) launch because you see if they put a satellite in space, they can also put up a nuclear weapon,” Beach said. But for all that planning, there’s been a recent snag. If the apocalypse happened to occur now, Beach would have a nuisance to contend with: busted generators. His two big power sources have broken down. “We actually have about a dozen generators, but our two main ones are both down at this moment,” Beach said in a recent interview. Beach doesn’t sound too worried but, on the off chance he required any consolation, he might have plenty of time to fix that generator. Western University archeologist Linda Howie wants to make it clear that the Mayan calendar doesn’t mark the end of the world, but only the end of a cycle. She explained in an interview that the Mayans used several calendars, including a “long-count” calendar. “The long-count calendar — the universal cycle — takes a total of 7,785 solar years for it to complete itself, so what Dec. 21 marks is the end of that long period of time,” Howie said. She said the Mayans never believed that this week would mark the end of the world as we know it. “It’s not the end to civilized society because they refer to dates that are actually even farther beyond Dec. 21, 2012, in some of their inscriptions,” Howie said.

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Bruce Beach’s shelter he built in the 1980s, named the “Ark Two,” which comprises 42 buried school buses is shown in a handout photo. Don’t talk to Beach about doomsday. He’s been preparing for impending disaster for a half-century and has seen apocalyptic agitation come and go, like so many fads. “They clearly had a concept of time extending beyond the end of the current universal cycle.” Howie blamed all the doomsday speculation on some missing hieroglyphics on a monument found in Mexico in the 1960s. “It all comes down to a symbol which translates into: ’It will happen’,” she said. “All it says is that ’it’ will be on Dec. 21, 2012, and then half the script is missing and the hieroglyphics about what will happen are destroyed. We don’t know what the subject is.” Howie suggested the reason people are feeling a bit more nervous about the date is because it coincides with the winter solstice. “We know that yearly events like that have had significance to us in the past (and) these points of the year were marked by celebrations and rituals,” she added. So if the general consensus is correct and there is no looming catastrophe this week, what happens next? One man living in the countryside near Montreal says it’s always a good time to get prepared for disaster. Dean, one of the spokespeople for the Canadian Preppers Network, doesn’t want his family name used for security reasons. The network brings together people who focus on emergency preparedness, self-reliance and selfsufficiency. “I think most Canadians are very unprepared for any type of emergency,” Dean said in a phone interview from somewhere in the Laurentian mountains, north of Montreal. The 42-year-old married father of six said the network has close to 700 participants in Canada, who describe themselves as “preppers.” Dean admitted it’s hard to say exactly how many

preppers there are because not everybody is ready to reveal their location. He said that, contrary to some unfortunate stereotypes, preppers are not “tin-foil, hat-wearing nutjobs up in the woods” who happen to be armed to the teeth. “We’re normal people,” he said. “The only difference is we take a few extra steps to be ready to take care of ourselves and our families should the unthinkable happen.” That means stocking up with spare food, water and a few supplies should an emergency occur. The “unthinkable” could be anything from a natural disaster — like Hurricane Katrina — to a major power blackout that lasts for days. Dean said he and his fellow preppers aren’t expecting the end of the world this week. But they do have some cause for concern. “People who believe in (doomsday) may have some adverse reactions,” he said. “Whenever someone yells, ’doomsday,’ there are people who go off the deep end, but preppers as a whole —especially in our network — are not expecting the end of the world.” Dean said one of the reasons he moved his family to the mountains north of Montreal was because there’s a lack of preparedness by people in the city. “I think the city would become quite a dangerous place to be in the face of an emergency,” he added. “People who are unprepared will tend to become even nastier than they normally may be if they can’t get resources such as food and water.” Dean explained that preppers like to keep a low profile. They suspect that, when the big day comes, they would be targeted by people who don’t have any emergency supplies on hand.

Rocket launch draws attention as Koreans mourn SUCCESS OF LAUNCH PARLAYED INTO GLORIFICATION OF KIM JONG IL ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea parlayed the success of last week’s rocket launch to glorify leader Kim Jong Un and his late father on Sunday, the eve of the first anniversary of his death. The successful firing of the rocket on Wednesday — ostensibly to place a satellite in space — was a clear sign that Kim will continue carrying out his father Kim Jong Il’s policies even if they draw sanctions and international condemnation. The West sees the rocket as a thinly-disguised way of carrying out U.N-banned tests of long-range missile technology, which it says not only threatens regional stability but is also a waste of resources when the country is struggling with a chronic food shortage. There are concerns also that in upcoming weeks, Pyongyang will press ahead with a nuclear test, necessary in the march toward building a warhead small enough to be carried by a longrange missile.

At a sombre memorial service Sunday, North Korea’s top leadership eulogized Kim Jong Il and his son, who is certain to have gained national prestige and clout by going ahead with the rocket launch. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s parliament, credited Kim Jong Il with building Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, and called the satellite launch a “shining victory” and an emblem of the promise that lies ahead with his son in power. Top military official Choe Ryong Hae, meanwhile, warned that the army was prepared to defend the country’s sovereignty. Wednesday’s launch was North Korea’s second attempt in eight months to fulfil Kim Jong Il’s 14-year quest to put a satellite into space. International experts confirmed that the rocket succeeding in reaching space. Criticism of the launch was swift. The United States called it a covert test of missile technology, and U.N. Security Council condemned the launch as a violation of resolutions barring Pyongyang from developing its nuclear and missile programs.

However, the launch fit neatly into the preparations to mark the first anniversary of Kim’s death and the rise of his young son. Even before his death, Kim Jong Il had laid the ground for his son to inherit a government with national policies focused on science, technology and improving the economy. The son has been characterized as forwardthinking and tech-savvy — and the kind of man bold enough to take a gamble on a tricky rocket launch. A launch in April, sent amid festivities to mark the centenary of the birth of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, ended in failure shortly after liftoff. Kim Jong Un made clear his intention to treat Wednesday’s successful launch as a gift to his father. He invited scientists in charge of the launch from a west coast launch pad to Pyongyang for the mourning rites, including a visit to the mausoleum where Kim Jong Il’s body is believed to be lying in state “to report to him” on the success of the launch, according to state media. Kim Jong Il’s body has not been seen since the funeral that followed

his Dec. 17, 2011, death of a heart attack. The mausoleum that houses the embalmed body of his father, Kim Il Sung, is expected to reopen this week. Both bodies will then be on display. The mood in North Korea has been subdued this month in the run-up to the anniversary. However, news of the launch cheered people and the regime held a mass rally on Friday at the main plaza in Pyongyang. Starting Saturday, North Koreans began streaming to a bronze statue of Kim on Mansu Hill and to Kim Il Sung Square to pay their respects, many laying white mourning flowers and bowing before his image. On Sunday, a solemn Kim Jong Un joined the memorial service at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on the eve of the anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s death. Kim, whose entrances and exits usually are accompanied by a triumphant welcome song and a swell of cheers, entered the stage in silence, followed by top Workers’ Party, government and Korean People’s Army officials, as well as his aunt and uncle.

Conservative LDP wins election, How did you propose... ...or how were you proposed to? returns to power in Japan TOKYO — Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory Sunday after three years in opposition, according to unofficial results, signalling a rightward shift in the government that could further heighten tensions with China, a key economic partner as well as rival. The victory means that the hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get a second chance to lead the nation after a one-year stint in 2006-2007. He would be Japan’s seventh prime minister in six-and-a-half years. In the first election since the March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters, atomic energy ended up not being a major election issue even though polls show about 80 per cent of Japanese want to phase out nuclear power. Public broadcaster NHK’s tally showed that the LDP, which ruled Japan for most of the post-World War II era until it was dumped in 2009, won 294 seats in the 480-seat lower house of parliament. Official results were not

expected until Monday morning. LDP, the most pro-nuclear power party, had 118 seats before the election. A new, staunchly anti-nuclear power party won just nine seats, according to NHK. In the end, economic concerns won out, said Kazuhisa Kawakami, a political science professor at Meiji Gakuin University. “We need to prioritize the economy, especially since we are an island nation,” he said. “We’re not like Germany. We can’t just get energy from other countries in a pinch.” The results were a sharp rebuke for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s ruling Democratic Party of Japan, reflecting widespread unhappiness with its failure to keep campaign promises and get the stagnant economy going during its three years in power. The DPJ won in a landslide three years ago amid high hopes for change, but won only 57 seats, compared to 230 seats before Sunday’s election, according to the NHK tally. Among the casualties were eight Cabinet ministers, the most to lose their seats in an election since World War II, the Kyodo News agency reported.

The Advocate would like to publish your story in our 2013 Wedding Guide. Please keep your story to a maximum of 500 words. If you have any photos of that special moment, we encourage you to include them with your story.

Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 7 The lucky winner will receive a special prize package as well as a gift basket and two tickets to the “With This Ring Bridal Show” on Sunday, February 3. The Advocate thanks everyone for participating Please send or drop off submissions to: Bridal Proposals Red Deer Advocate Attention: Special Section 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 5G3 Email:specialsections@reddeeradvocate.com

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(MS) Despite Christmas being an important date in the lives of today’s Christians, the holiday failed to gain prominent status until relatively recently. Research indicates that as late as the 19th century, Christmas was not even a legal holiday requiring a day off from work. That’s why 19th century readers of the classic Christmas tale, “A Christmas Carol,” were not shocked at Bob Cratchit having to work on Christmas Day. In the United States, Congress used to meet on Christmas Day because it was not a national holiday. In 1836, Alabama became the first state to officially recognize Christmas, but it didn’t become a legal holiday across the country until June 26, 1970. Today’s Christmas celebrations include traditions from around the world. Some ascertain that it was the Church’s doing to schedule Christmas at a similar time to the pagan festivals, such as Saturnalia, that took place during the winter months. But many biblical scholars argue that this was not the case. Some pagan influences, such as holly and mistletoe as well as the burning of a yule log, have long been a part of Christmas traditions. Santa Claus is one of the more recognizable symbols of Christmas. He is based on St. Nikolas of Myrna, an area that is part of modern-day Turkey. St. Nikolas is the world’s most popular non-Biblical saint and is one of the saints most portrayed by artists. Early depictions of St. Nikolas show him as a stern man who delivered his share of discipline. Eventually, those depictions changed to show a figure more associated with generosity. Throughout history there have been characters from around the globe, such as the Viking deity Odin, who were precursors to Santa Claus. Myth states that Odin rode his eight-legged flying horse in the winter. Odin gave

out gifts to well-behaved children and punishments to those who misbehaved. Children would fill boots or stockings with treats for the flying horse. Regardless of the origins of Christmas, today it is hard to deny that Christmas is a commercialized success. It is a national holiday not only in the Canada and the U.S. but also in other areas of the world, and it is best known for the tradition of giving presents to others. In fact, many people head to the stores well in advance of the Christmas holiday to purchase all of the presents on their shopping lists. The shopping season tradition may be traced back to the time of World War II, when it was necessary to mail gifts early to the troops serving in Europe so that they would be able to open them in time. Merchants realized that this concept could be used when gifting troops as well as private citizens, reminding shoppers to make their holiday purchases early so they could mail them to relatives near or far. As a result, the advanced shopping season was born. Although many people feel Christmas begins when the first bag of tinsel appears on a store shelf and ends when the last present is opened on December 25th, the true religious holiday does not coincide with merchant schedules. While most people are bustling to and from department stores and malls, Christians are participating in Advent, which was traditionally a solemn season of reflection and fasting. Christians are supposed to spend Advent preparing for the birth of Jesus Christ and the joy that ensues during the weeks leading up to December 25. Similarly, the joyous time of Christ’s birth is a day of celebration that does not end on December 26 but continues for 12 days until the Epiphany, also known as Little Christmas, when Magi were reported to have visited the infant Christ and give him gifts. Although the more traditional day for gift-giving would seem to be on the Epiphany, by the time that day arrives many people have already taken down their Christmas decorations. Christmas is a holiday steeped in many different traditions, and many people have their own ways of celebrating all through the month of December. The following pages contain

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NORMAL Christmas It was a Christmas from hell. The worst one ever! It happened a few years ago. I was really only responsible for three things: one was putting up the Christmas lights; in addition to that, I would take care of all the “stocking stuffers.” Then of course the last and my greatest responsibility, was buying a gift for my wife. It started off on an ominous note, that Christmas from the pit! I left the lights too late – it was 25 below by the time I got around to putting them up. As I began to clip them onto the roofline of the house as fast as I could – one after another began to snap and break. Nobody had ever told me you ought to take them strings of lights into the house first and warm them up so they would hang straight. By the time I had finished it looked like whoever had put them up had way too much ‘Christmas cheer.’ And then they started burning out – one after another. By Christmas Eve our house was the most easily recognizable on the street. It was the one with three red Christmas lights, two green ones and one yellow one. Then, there were the stocking stuffers! It has been a busy December and somehow time has gotten away on me. However to my great relief, I remembered that one of the great stocking stuffer stores in town was open twenty four hours a day leading up to Christmas. So, I went down at 2:00 am three days

Peace...

Now usually as our gifts before Christmas. The come in we place them place was packed! Apunder the tree and the parently there were pile grows and on Christa few others whose mas Eve the family gathgreatest strength was ers to food, Christmas munot forward planning. sic, more food and then By then, most of the the main event. We open ‘good stuff’ was gone gifts. The one annoying so I ended up getting habit my wife has develeveryone deodorant, a oped over the years is that toothbrush, new socks she finds the gift I bought and an array of othher under the tree and all er unwanted tokens but opens it ahead of time of my love. Dragging my cart to the front Pastor Dan Cochrane, trying to discover what of the store my heart CrossRoads Church wonderful expression of my love for her I have sefell out of the bottom of my shoes when I discovered a cured. So knowing that, this particuline of forlorn looking husbands and fathers standing in a long line lar Christmas I took it home from at the only available checkout. The the store and hid it until ChristChristmas spirit was noticeably ab- mas Eve. I knew I had hit a home run this year and could hardly wait sent that night. I had one opportunity left not to for her many expressions of affecbe the one who wrecked Christmas tion and deep love for me when she for everybody in our home. It was opened the gift Christmas Eve. Then tragedy struck. I had no the gift – I mean THE GIFT! It was not a ball that could be dropped. idea where I had hidden the gift. In She takes these things seriously! spite of my most desperate attempt Trouble is I never know what to to find it she had no gift from her get her, so it generally takes up un- beloved Christmas Eve! The family til Christmas Eve to make the pur- left, the music died – and I almost did too! chase. It was almost a sleepless night. However, on this memorable time of joy, I had prepared much But as I drifted off t sleep I assured in advance. On the fifteenth of De- myself I would find it in the morncember I bought a very expensive ing and somehow save Christmas; perfume – even had it gift wrapped but in the morning…nothing. I even – and proudly took it home and went down to my office Christmas Day and tore it apart – no gift! checked this off my ‘to do’ list.

I had wrecked Christmas and there was little I could do about it. It was no use making promises about next Christmas – nobody could see past this one. Sometime mid-afternoon Boxing Day I went out to shovel snow off the driveway, reached into the closest for my old coat and there it was –it the left pocket – the gift! Nobody would have thought of looking for it there - and they didn’t! Proudly I ran into the kitchen and gave her my beautiful gift wrapped box. She received it graciously but I could tell by ‘the look’ it had better not happen again. I learned from that Christmas. Now I pay someone to put up the lights. Stockings are stuffed early, and I write down where I hide ‘the gift.’ Presumably, I will remember where I wrote down where I hid the gift. I called it our Christmas from hell; ironic really because Christmas came from Heaven. The Christmas story is in Luke chapter 2 in the Bible. It says that a message came from heaven that first Christmas and this is what it was, “Today in the town of David, a Saviour has been born to you – He is Christ the Lord.” It’s a great story – one that can change your whole life – giving hope to people who have none. Check it out! It could be your best Christmas Ever! Merry Christmas everyone!

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Some favourite CHRISTMAS memories.... snooping under the tree to see what was in some of the presents. Growing up in Red Deer on I loved being Mom’s helper too Halladay Avenue was so great and making cookies was so much because we had lots of kids to fun because I would eat some play with in the long snowy win- dough when she wasn’t lookters and especially at Christ- ing, just to make sure they tastmas time! We would go to the lo- ed right, and then the best was cal neighborhood outdoor arena the smell that went through the and skate for hours until our house while they were baking. Of cheeks were nice and rosy and course these cookies were also our toes were almost falling off for Santa and my brother and I and then someone’s parent would would put a few out with a glass make us hot cocoa and we’d of milk on Christmas eve night. leave the rink with brown musOne of the best presents I retaches and smiles on our faces. Some of my favorite Christmas ceived on Christmas mornmemories were Dad coming home ing was a homemade Barbie with the tree for my brother Jay house that Dad made and Mom and I to decorate, making pop- d e c o r a t e d p e r f e c t l y ! T h a t corn strings for the tree and eat- same Christmas my brother ing a lot of the candy canes be- and I got a puppy named Budfore they made it onto the tree. dy, a real dream for both of us! We would watch Charlie Brown’s I wish you have a JOYFUL holChristmas or any Disney Christ- iday season with your family or mas show while snacking on friends and that you create some Chinese Christmas oranges and lasting memories as well!Â

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Christmas Kathy Kirk There were some things I knew that Christmas of 1965. I would not be playing Mary in the Sunday School play. That part went to a girl named Mary. I was lucky to be a donkey, and I knew Santa would not be bringing us a Beatles album. I believed in Santa with all my heart, but deep down I knew my Dad had some mysterious influence over what the jolly old guy put under the tree. My big brother Malcolm knew everything about anything, and he stayed up late with his transistor radio pressed to his ear. He tuned in to scratchy sounding stations and knew when the new albums would be released, and he knew the Beatles had a new album coming out long before any one else. Our house hummed with all the excitement five kids could create the month of December, trans-

fixed over Charlie Brown’s Christmas and the smell of my Mother’s baking. We saved nickles and dimes to buy our parents their presents, and there would be no money left for the new Beatles album. And we knew that as long as Dad sternly disapproved of “those long haired galoots”, we wouldn’t be getting anything with the word Beatles on it. The big stereo that had come back from Germany with us was broke. Our hope for music salvation rested with mom, she wanted a portable RCA stereo for Christmas, partly out of sympathy for Malcolm. There was much furtive whispering back and forth from the girls room to the boys room that week before Christmas. Our bedrooms were kept spotless, so Santa, who apparently had an affinity for clean bedrooms, would be pleased and leave extra treats in our old wool stockings. I prayed that God would whisper in

Santa’s ear and tell him to bring that new album, Rubber Soul, to our house, and a portable RCA. That beautiful morning dawned and we trembled as we thumped down the stairs, my Dad beaming with pleasure as we shrieked and tore our way through opening Barbies and machine guns, chess sets and socks. Mom always opened hers last and would cry a little as she carefully unwrapped her gift from dad. It was the RCA, and Malcolm eyed it with relief and pleasure. There was one last present, obviously a record and I held my breath, thinking Santa had made up for my disappointment at not being Mary. We waited, but when the paper was peeled off my Mother sighed with pleasure. She was holding Jim Reeves and Hank Snow. I groaned inwardly, but I was still happy, picturing her listening to her favorite music while

she dusted and sang her way through another day. And I knew, from the look in Malcolm’s eye, that as soon as Dad was sent up North to parachute on to the frozen tundra (in case the Russians ever invaded), we would be listening to the Beatles and mom would be humming “Michelle, my Belle”.

Found in the Snow

One Christmas morning back when I was in elementary school, Santa left us a note thanking us for the cookies and milk. He also told us that he thought Rudolph lost a bell from his reins when they landed on our roof. Of course it was Christmas morning so kids have more important things to worry about and my brother, sister and I proceeded to tear through our stockings and gifts under the tree. Once all the gifts were open we had forgotten all about the note Santa left. That afternoon we were leaving the house to go to our friend’s house for Christmas dinner. While I was outside waiting for my parents to lock up I just happened to notice that the backyard gate was open. As I walked over to close it I saw something in the snow. Wait a minute, could it be, no! I ran over and low and

behold was a sleigh bell lying in the snow in the backyard! That bell still comes out every Christmas at my parent’s house and is one of the most vivid memories I have of Christmas as a kid.

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A Hint of Nostalgia for the Quieter Times of Christmas Past - Red Deer in the 1950’s

Bev (McLean) Hanes Many years ago and specifically many Christmases ago, my Mother was finally wrapping the last of the gifts she had for me and my five siblings. It was the evening of Christmas Eve and she suddenly realized that my sister Bonnie would be a gift short. I believe I was about 13 or 14 years old and Bonnie was 3 or 4 years old. Anyway, I was the one chosen to accompany my Mother on a walk downtown to even up the gift deficiency. The evening was cold and downtown Red Deer on a late Christmas Eve in the late 1950’s was quiet - no malls or department stores open after 5 p.m. But my mom was determined to find a doll of some kind for my sister. The first store we walked to was likely the Corner Store on 45th Avenue & 55th Street - near our home on 43rd Avenue in the Waskasoo neighborhood. No luck there, so we headed downtown. The true convenience of the little “corner stores” back then was that they were the only stores open in the evenings and on Sundays; and they carried a lot more variety of miscellaneous items. The second store we went to was near Sorenson’s Greyhound Bus Depot on 53rd

Street near Gaetz Avenue. This was Walker’s Convenience store and I remember I was disappointed that they did not have any doll acceptable to my Mother and we had to continue our cold search further downtown. The next stop was a store (I don’t remember the name) near Kovacs Shoe Repair shop near the Valley Hotel on 49th Street. (I believe a Chinese family may have operated this store.) Luckily, an appropriate doll was available and purchased to complete that night’s search. Happily, my Mom and I ventured back home to the sight of homes decorated with bright Christmas lights and our home which - thanks to my Mom - was always well decorated for Christmas!

Gaetz Avenue Christmas Shopping in the 1950’s

Photo courtesy of Red Deer & District Archives. P4632

Our family tradition Karen Reid

Fifty-five years ago, when our first daughter was old enough to know about Santa, we had set of bells that we had bought for our first Christmas together a few years before. We told her when she awoke Christmas morning she could ring the bells and wake us up.

Since then we have a much larger family. The tradition of ringing the bells has gone on every year - sometimes a little too early, but the little ones love doing it and have a great time running all over the house waking everyone up.

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My Christmas Memories Doreen Scott

A child of the Depression, the “dirty thirties”, all I can remember for sure, was how hard-up we were. Our mother used to cry a lot, and we would have very slim pickings come supper time. Oatmeal or Sunny Boy for breakfast, cold cereal pieces for lunch, and fried often in grease for our suppers. Edmonton was grim for many of my school friends. Everyone seemed to be in the same boat, tough times for all. We lived in a shack at the back of a property owned by a really nice Jewish family. For part of our rent, my mother would help Mrs. Prepp, ironing, washing, waxing and polishing her floors. Hard work, but the Prepps were extremely kind and generous.. They never forgot us in my growing-up years, with cards and gentle visits, gifts of food and small things for us girls. But strangely, Christmas was always very special for Mother and Dad. How our mother did all that she did, I am amazed when I think back. My little sister and I were always, always, first and foremost in her life, and she lived for everything we did and said in our early years. And, at Christmas, she tried so hard to make it a time of joy. Our dad was on the CPR, an engineer, was always away

at work on Christmas Day because men got triple pay for working even back then. Christmas was her project, her efforts, to make a poor household rich for the two of us. We were lucky. Mother was a great seamstress, a better than average cook, and had a way to turn things into an event. After church on Christmas morning, never at night, for mother was afraid of being “mugged” even back then, we would have a very special breakfast, of oatmeal, and miracle of miracles, a Mandarin orange! Strangely enough, even though we had little, always had a dog and cat. ‘Curly’ was just a mutt, and ‘Sugar’ a stray cat. These two critters got a gift too, a bone for the dog, and a toy made out of some old wool for the cat. Mother believed they knew all about Christmas, and insisted they be a part of all that we did on this special day. We would open our gifts following breakfast. Three for each of us, both the same. Out of dad’s old coveralls would come a jumper or a skirt for each of us, out of one of her old sweaters, a new pair of mitts, and then, if we were really lucky, a book or a small doll made out of wool and bits of dad’s old socks! But oh! The production she would make of it all. I never ever saw her

working on our gifts, but she had to have spent many hours figuring out just what parts of dad’s cast offs were salvageable. Of course, the stockings for each of us would be filled with some walnuts, some cheap candies, and sometimes, a nickel or two. We never knew when this was going to be our day for a bit of money. Barbie always saved her money, I spent mine the next day at the corner store on long sticks of bubble gum. In the afternoon, at an ice-rink at the neighbours, my chore was to push Barbara around the rink in an old chair. Later, we got some old bob-skates, my task again to lug Barb around and around. Often being in the road of the boys playing hockey, tripped and falling was a fairly frequent happening. Lots of yelling, but great fun. When Dad would come home at the end of the day, we would have our Christmas supper, no fried bits of oatmeal, but a

shepherd’s pie or meatloaf and some ice cream. Dad would marvel at our gifts, he knew how clever our mother was, and dutifully admire every single thing she had made. For Dad, well, in my selfish way as a child, I think all he got was probably a pair of socks. As a fierce and flamboyant Italian male, there was always lots of hugs and kissing going on, so I suspect he got his reward after we had gone to bed! Speaking of bed, he would invite us kids into bed in the morning after Christmas, me on Dad’s side, Barbara the middle, for a visit first thing in the morning. A very special time. Christmas was such a great occasion. In my later years, I envied my mother’s talents to turn two little girls’ lives into something so special, so meaningful.

May the joys of this season fill your hearts and may you enjoy time with friends and family

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Happy New Year Earl Dreeshen M.P.

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Holiday Garbage and Recycling Collection Schedule

A revised waste collection schedule is in effect for some areas during the holiday season. Residents whose regular pick-up day is Tuesday, December 25 and Tuesday, January 1 will have their garbage and recycling collected on Wednesday, Thurday or Friday as follows: -Johnstone Park, Johnstone Crossing, Kentwood, Kingsgate and North Annexation will be collected on Wednesday -Pines, Clearview Ridge, Garden Heights, Timberlands/ Timberstone, College Park and East Annexation will be collected on Thursday -Normandeau and Glendale will be collected on Friday

The Board of Directors, and the more than 90 Staff of the Cosmos Group of Companies would like to take this opportunity pp y to extend

PLEASE REMEMBER, CHRISTMAS WRAP AND STYROFOAM ARE NOT RECYCLABLE

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For more information call the Blue Line at 403-340-BLUE (2583) or visit www.reddeer.ca

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NOTICE NOTICE

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