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Central Alberta’s substitute teachers in a class of their own

I never really went into a class I couldn’t handle. You have to have a sense of humour and detach yourself from the strong-armed tactics that some teachers used on me.

You are not God, you are not perfect.

Gerry Stelmaschuk Substitute teacher

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Substitute teachers see their share of classroom antics.

Students who pretend to be someone else at roll call, students who sing, “I’m too sexy for this gym” while doing mandatory gym laps — the list goes on and on.

For seasoned professionals like Gerry Stelmaschuk, Norma Manning and Patti Yackulic, these distractions are part of a job they love.

During Substitute Teachers’ Appreciation Week, these three speak candidly on why they like substitute teaching and why it’s so important to the education system.

As the longest serving employee of Red Deer Public Schools, Stelmaschuk has already made a name for himself. For 47 years he’s been teaching, the first 33 years at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. He retired in 1999, then went on the sub list.

As soon as he enters a classroom, he says, “My name is Mr. Stelmaschuk, but you can call me Mr. S.” “I never really went into a class I couldn’t handle,” said Stelmaschuk. “You have to have a sense of humour and detach yourself from the strong-armed tactics that some teachers used on me. You are not God, you are not perfect.”

Stelmaschuk gives the students a little leeway to be themselves, even when they do something out of the ordinary. One class thought their regular teacher was coming in and it was exam day, just before Christmas break. They moved all their desks outside the classroom, from one end of the hallway to the other. By the time, they moved their desks back in, it was too late to give out the exam.

“I didn’t appreciate it at the time, it was a good trick to play for any teacher,” said Stelmaschuk, chuckling.

Stelmaschuk doesn’t have the heavy workload he had as a full-time teacher. Plus, he likes the new challenges and the staff he works with. He’s typically at the middle and high school level, occasionally at the elementary level. The students help keep him young.

“I love the idea of going to work, encountering a new challenge like the other day when I had a

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Substitute teacher Patti Yackulic teaches a science 10 class this week at Hunting Hills High School.

French class,” said Stelmaschuk. “Sometimes we may face a situation outside of our comfort zone or our expertise.”

Norma Manning is grateful to have been able to substitute teach — a career she’s been doing for 25 years.

It’s given her variety, plus flexibility, particularly when she was raising three children.

She mainly did high school physical education, up until a couple of years ago. Now she does other subjects.

Typically, she’s phoned the day before by an automated message system, but sometimes it can be the same day.

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and thought, ‘oh, my gosh! What am I doing this for?,” Manning said. “But on the whole, I’m happy to get up and going.”

One of her secrets for success is knowing the names of her students. She can readily pick out the students who may want give her trouble.

“You can tell even by taking attendance — you can tell that this guy is going to be a little more of a challenge, even by the twinkle in his eye,” said Manning.

She loves working with special education students because they’re so appreciative of that one-on-one experience.

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Teachers deal could be better, but headed in the right direction

CELEBRITY DANCE OFF Putting her trust into the arms of Jim McPherson, who was playing the part of Dean Martin, professional dance instructor Jinelle Marshall, playing a Vegas show girl, is dipped during a rehearsal for the Celebrity Dance off at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer on Friday. The eight celebrity dancers and their professional partners took to the floor Friday afternoon for one more rehearsal prior to the gala event in the evening.

SOME ‘GOOD THINGS,’ FOR TEACHERS IN FOUR-YEAR DEAL

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Local Alberta Teachers’ Association representatives say the tentative deal reached between the teachers’ union and the province on Thursday looks promising.

The 40,000 teachers across the province now have until May 13 to vote on the agreement. The Alberta Teachers Association is supporting the deal.

Brice Unland, ATA Local 80 - Catholic Schools, said the tentative deal is moving in the right direction to ensure that everybody is provided with what they are looking for in the education system.

“It allows us to continue doing our local bargaining which is an important step for us but at the same time taking care of the big rock,” said Unland.

“At this point everything is unexpected when it comes to the budget and what’s been happening. Is it expected? It meets some of our needs and some of the things we are looking for. Certainly it could be better.”

The proposal is a four-year deal with a three-year wage freeze followed by a two-per-cent increase and a one-time bonus from the province in 2015.

Alberta Education has also promised to conduct an internal review, a third-party study and review teacher workloads.

“From what I heard, it sounds positive,” said Kevin Pizzey, Chinook’s Edge Local #17 president.

“Our focus is not money. Our focus is on working conditions. I think they made some progress in looking at working conditions for teachers across the province.”

Pizzey said having a better classroom which results in better learning for students is really what is important for teachers.

Red Deer Local #60 president Kelly Aleman said if the tentative agreement is recommended by the ATA, there are probably some good things in the deal. He said there is no doubt there will be questions about the details in the proposed deal.

“We’ll have to see if this is acceptable for teachers,” he said.

Local school trustees have not combed the details in the agreement either but expressed some concern over how the agreement was reached and the potential effects on the classroom.

Guy Pelletier, vice-chair of the Red Deer Catholic Schools, said the board is happy there is an agreement that the province and the ATA can live with, but there are three parties to it with the school boards being an important one.

“The process is not ideal to get to this point,” said Pelletier. “But at some point we have to be able to move forward and say it’s best for the school divisions and the students. Let’s move forward. We may be at that spot now.”

Lawrence Lee, chairman of the Red Deer Public School District, said the board is disappointed about how quickly the agreement came about. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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TEACHERS: ‘Our day doesn’t end when the bell goes.’

Manning will never forget the students who have since died under tragic circumstances. One girl had so much going for her and then she got into a car with a bunch of guys who had been drinking and they went the wrong way and there was a crash.

Stelmaschuk remembers one student, Ron, who was finished his exam after five minutes. The exam should have taken an hour and he got 29 out of 30 right. That Grade 11 student, who knew Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics, a type of speed reading, ended

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A short time later, there was a second complaint from a female reporting that four occupants in a white truck shot paintballs at her as she stood in front of the Boston Pizza restaurant at 7494 Gaetz Ave. Then, just three minutes later, another complaint was received from the nearby McDonald’s. A masked male had entered the restaurant, shooting two employees with the paintballs before fleeing the scene with the other suspects in a white Chevrolet truck.

Officers were able to locate the truck, arresting the four occupants of the vehicle and locating two paintball guns.

The pending charges include assault with a weapon, mischief and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public.

The three victims in the attacks sustained minor injuries.

Among the suspects is one young offender. He will appear in court on May 2; the three adult men will appear on May 1.

Anyone with information regarding the incidents can contact Red Deer City RCMP at 403-3435575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

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BRIEFS Lacombe tourism gets a financial boost The group that entices people to visit Lacombe got a $20,000 boost on Friday.

A cheque was presented to the Lacombe Regional Tourism and Marketing Association, funding received through the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agricultural Initiatives Program.

The money will assist in the development of a sustainable rural tourism industry for the region and will support the 2013 Lacombe Culture and Harvest Festival.

This year’s festival runs Sept.

27-29, with fireworks and horse racing among the highlights.

Paintball shootings end in arrest

Recycling business proposal presentation postponed

A series of paintball shootings — including one inside a restaurant — ended when Red Deer City RCMP arrested four suspects early Thursday morning.

Late Wednesday night, RCMP heard a complaint regarding a male who shot a number of paintballs at the Tim Hortons on Gaetz

A Lacombe County municipal planning commission hearing on a proposed plastic recycling busi-

up doing research work for Stelmaschuk in class.

This was during his regular teaching days, but he won’t forget it.

Patti Yackulic, chair for the sub teacher committee with the Alberta Teachers’ Association Local 60 executive, said that teachers like Stelmaschuk and Manning are invaluable.

“The teachers at Red Deer Public are wonderful because you can walk into a class and implement a lesson without too much problem,” said Stelmaschuk.

Yackulic said 40 per cent of bookings are done in advance, so that allows the sub teacher and teacher to talk about the lessons.

“Our day is not just in the classroom. We’re expected to give intricate notes. Our day doesn’t end when the bell goes.”

Typically the school year starts off with about 250 sub teachers, but as they get hired on with teacher contracts, the number drops to about 170. Graduates,

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ness ended almost before it began after a last-minute glitch arose.

Representatives for SLC Canada for Waste Processing Inc. came before the commission on Thursday to apply for a development permit for a recycling plant in the Aspelund Industrial Park near Blackfalds.

However, shortly before their presentation, county planner Anita O’Driscoll told the commission the owner of the property SLC would build on did not support the application. The owner had signed off on a similar, previous application by SLC. Landowner approval is required for the commission to agree to a development permit.

SLC Canada representatives requested time to contact the owner to sort out the issue. Later, they asked to delay their application until the next commission meeting on March 28.

SLC got into hot water with the county last year after it emerged that it had begun developing its site in the industrial park without necessary approvals. A mobile home and other machinery was placed on site without permission, eventually leading to a stop work order.

The commission rejected a previous development permit application because a tarp structure on site did not meet county industrial park standards.

Since then, SLC has cleared the site and come back with plans for a shop and office building that meet county guidelines.

retired teachers and parents with small children are among those who sub the most.

The bookings’ office for substitute teachers at Red Deer Public receives an average of 69 calls a day.

“There’s 170 people on the listing and so you could get a call every third day,” said Yackulic.

She said the support of the substitute teachers is strong thanks to Red Deer Public School District itself.

“We are one of only two sub groups in Central Alberta and we actually have more going for us than any other in the province and that’s because of the district and the ATA local,” said Yackulic.

Created three years ago with the blessing of Red Deer Public, a mentorship program allows Stelmaschuk and other veterans to mentor new subs.

“We learn as much from them as they do us,” said Stelmaschuk. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Budget a step backwards for crowded court rooms

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Local leaders seeking more court space in Red Deer are weighing options after an “extremely disappointing” provincial budget was announced last week.

Brent Handel, president of the Central Alberta Bar Association, Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling and retired Queen’s Bench Justice Jim Foster — former Alberta Attorney General — have been lobbying the province for expanded court facilities for Red Deer.

They proposed that the province arrange a swap with the City of Red Deer that would see a new courthouse built on the site of the former RCMP building, now vacant and available for short-term lease. In exchange, the city could retrofit the existing courthouse for much-needed office space.

If anything, last week’s provincial budget was a step backward, with Justice Minister Denis Jonathan making no mention of any plans for Red Deer while announcing that courtrooms would close in Edmonton and Calgary, said Handel.

However, Jonathan said on Friday that the province is looking at other means of reducing the pressure on crowded courtrooms.

“Courtroom expansion is very expensive,” he said.

Means of improving courtroom efficiency include a court case management program that removes clerical tasks such as setting trial dates to a separate counter where people and their lawyers can line up for routine appearances.

Case management offices were first piloted in Edmonton, Calgary and Wetaskwin in 2008 and the program has since been expanded to a total of eight courthouses in Alberta, including Red Deer.

To date, 7,000 cases have been diverted to the counters, said Jonathan.

The province is also lobbying the federal government to abolish preliminary inquiries except for the most serious criminal matters, said Jonathan.

Preliminary inquries cost 26 weeks of

court time in 2012 alone, he said.

The justice minister is also promoting a plan to remove traffic cases from courthouses and put them at other sites.

Traffic cases in Red Deer are heard every Monday in the largest of the three rooms designated for provincial court, with criminal matters diverted to a smaller courtroom next door.

Under Jonathan’s proposal, people would still have the ability to plead not guilty, but they would not be entering their please in a regular courtroom.

Jonathan is also encouraging Crown prosecutors to make more use of the alternate measures program, where possible, to first offenders charged with minor crimes.

Red Deer South MLA Cal Dallas said he is aware of the Red Deer group’s desire for a bigger courthouse.

“The budget is clear in the context of what’s been made available. There weren’t funds provided for Justice for courtrooms,” said Dallas.

Lac La Biche-Saint Paul MLA Shayne Saskiw, justice critic for the Wildrose Party, said the minister’s response to the budget makes it clear that the Alberta Conservatives have stepped back from their stance of being tough on crime.

For example, he believes the money saved by getting rid of electronic monitors for people on various forms of release is not worth the resulting loss. The electronic bracelets were an effective and inexpense of means of keeping sex offenders away from schools and other places where children gather, said Saskiw.

“It looks like the justice minister . . . is now taking what I call a hug-athug approach. On situations like electronic monitoring, it just seems mind boggling that he would interfere with what’s been an exceptionally effective program,” said Saskiw.

Jonathan said that, despite reductions in courtroom space and changes in other criminal justice programs, Alberta will continue to fund programs geared to community safety. He said an announcement is coming soon in Red Deer, but offered no hints about what it would entail. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canadian Marie Eve Bisson, left, a performer from the Dralion show, helps an unidentified child from the ZigZag circus school to perform on the aerial hoop in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday. Members of the Cirque du Soleil Darlion show will perform their Chinese acrobatic arts show in Cape Town.

Michener Centre closure will send fragile residents to seniors facilities CENTRAL ALBERTA COUNCIL ON AGING VICE PRESIDENT SAYS CLOSURE WON’T BE EASY

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Plans to close Michener Centre in about 10 months and move 175 residents with developmental disabilities to group homes or seniors’ facilities will not be easy given the needs of some residents, says vicepresident of the Central Alberta Council on Aging.

About 50 medically fragile residents will be heading to seniors facilities.

Doug Janssen said Friday that there are already seniors waiting in hospital and in Red Deer who need beds, plus seniors from Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge where 49 Alberta Health Services funded beds are closing.

Michener is also home to some residents with severe behaviour problems who could not fit in elsewhere, said Janssen who has worked in the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) field.

“These two groups of folks are very, very difficult to place. In the event placement is unsuccessful, what are the alternates?” asked Janssen on Friday.

He said given the traditional differences between mental health services and PDD, it’s highly unlikely Michener residents would go to Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury in Ponoka.

Some of the medically fragile seniors are profoundly handicapped and virtually bed-ridden, he said.

“There’s not many nursing homes that will have the capability to serve a lot of these folks,” Janssen said.

Michener’s closure was announced by the province Monday to friends and family of Michener Centre residents, many of whom pledged to oppose the decision to close the 90-year-old institution.

Brenda Corney, chair of Friends of Medicare Red Deer chapter, wondered how much planning has gone into closing Michener.

“To just throw (Michener seniors) into the population and expect people with no experience with mental disabilities to know exactly what to do for them is kind of over the top. It’s just one more added stressor to long-term care system that isn’t functioning all that well,” Corney said.

“It doesn’t take much inquiry to know long-term care beds aren’t in abundance here.”

Residents are going to lose caregivers who know them and understand what they need just like the seniors transferred to Extendicare Michener Hill when the province closed Red Deer Nursing Home

and Valley Park Manor in 2010, she said.

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees anticipates as many as 400 of Michener’s 640 staff will be laid off, redeployed or retrained.

For years agencies contracted to care for PDD clients in the community have had a hard time retaining staff due to lower wages. This year the province is giving agencies a 10-per-cent wage increase for staff.

Corney said the province is more interested in cutting health care costs than focusing on what patients, staff and the health care system needs.

Over the years Michener grew to 60 buildings and housed more than 2,200 residents.

Michener Centre, which comprises over 300 acres, is located between 30th and 40th Avenues in Red Deer. It has a north and south site, located one kilometre part.

About 105 Michener residents are already in Michener Hill group homes, most located at the south site, and a few are nearby in Michener Hill residential neighbourhood.

Operating Michener Centre costs $41 million annually, which includes the cost of existing group homes.

Cheryl Chichak, spokesperson with Alberta Human Services, said residents who will be moving

have typically chosen to stay at Michener.

About 15 per cent of Michener residents would be considered to have complex behavioural needs and about 10 per cent have extensive medical needs.

“There isn’t anyone living at Michener that has higher needs than people who are living in the community. We have community service providers who are experts at providing support for people with complex needs whether those are behavioural or health needs,” Chichak said.

“Over the years people have been moving out as community options get better and better and as care moves towards that direction. The ones who are there are usually the ones who wanted to stay or family really wanted them to stay.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Study gives ‘Liberation treatment’ a thumbs down

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A small clinical trial of the so-called “liberation treatment” for multiple sclerosis has found that the intervention did not improve patients’ symptoms and in some cases even made their disease worse, researchers say.

The University of Buffalo study of 30 MS patients found that the treatment — which involves unblocking neck veins to improve blood drainage from the brain — is safe. But the procedure had no benefit for patients’ symptoms, disease progression or quality of life measures.

As well, MRI scans showed some patients had increased brain lesions, one of the hallmarks of the progressive neurological disease, after undergoing the vein-opening procedure, said neurosurgeon Dr. Adnan Siddiqui, co-principal investigator of the pilot study.

“What we found was rather surprising and unexpected,” said Siddiqui.

“It was quite the opposite of what we

originally expected to find. The study showed that endovascular treatment of stenosed (blocked) veins had no effect in MS patients.”

Italian vascular surgeon Paulo Zamboni proposed in 2009 that a condition he dubbed chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI, might be a cause of MS. Zamboni suggested that opening up neck and chest veins with balloon angioplasty, the same procedure used to unblock coronary arteries, could help relieve symptoms and might even stop progression of the disease.

Since then, an estimated 30,000 MS patients worldwide have sought the unproven treatment in clinics that have popped up in such countries as Poland, Bulgaria, India and Mexico, and to a lesser extent in the United States.

Included in those medical tourists are thousands of Canadians with MS: the experimental treatment is not offered in Canada, through a federally sponsored clinical trial is in the process of enrolling patients.

Ouellet ‘relieved’ he dodged papacy

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VATICAN CITY — The Canadian cardinal considered a front-runner for the papacy expressed relief Friday that he wasn’t chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet was beaming as he conducted interviews with Quebec-based media at the Vatican, saying he was already sleeping better since the conclave ended with Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio being selected Pope on Wednesday.

“Every time I heard my name being uttered during the vote count I was thinking to myself, ’What are these people thinking? The Romans are crazy!”’

Ouellet told Montreal La Presse, using a playful turn of phrase borrowed from the cartoon “Asterix and Obelix.”

“I was psychologically prepared for any result. When I saw the cardinals lining up behind someone else, I was relieved. The result of the conclave was the best one possible.”

Ouellet’s comments came as Italian media reports said the 68-year-old from La Motte, Que., apparently came very close to becoming pope.

According to Italian news outlet Il Solo 24 Ore, Ouellet tied with the Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola in early voting at the Sistine Chapel, with Bergoglio coming in third.

The report says Scola was later unable to gain further support after many cardinals decided against choosing

a Vatican insider to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Ouellet then reportedly convinced his fellow cardinals to throw their support behind Bergoglio, who eventually became Pope Francis.

Italy’s La Republica newspaper also reported that Ouellet received strong support in early ballots and then asked his fellow cardinals to support Bergoglio.

Both news outlets speculated the new pontiff would reward Ouellet for his support by giving him an influential new position at the Vatican.

At least one Italian writer with the Panorama news weekly speculated, however, that Ouellet received early support from the other cardinals out of respect and an acknowledgment of his front-runner status.

Ouellet currently heads the Vatican’s bishops’ office, where he plays a key role in the selection of bishops and archbishops around the world.

Despite his prominence within the church, there had long been speculation that Ouellet wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about being one of the top contenders for the papacy.

He famously once said it would be “a nightmare” to be pope.

“I see the work the Pope has to do.

It’s maybe not so enviable. It’s a crushing responsibility... There’s the help of the holy spirit, for sure, but it’s a very big responsibility. Nobody campaigns for that,” he told a Quebec City newspaper during an interview in 2011.

The Buffalo study set out to assess the safety of venous angioplasty for MS patients as well as its effectiveness by comparing subjects given the procedure and those who received a sham treatment.

The first 10 patients all got the procedure, then in a second phase of 20 more patients, half received venous angioplasty while the other 10 got the bogus therapy. None of the participants knew which treatment they were getting.

The findings suggest “that there’s likely no benefit and possibly harm to venous angioplasty,” Siddiqui said Friday from Buffalo.

“However, is this the last word on venous angioplasty? Absolutely not. I think a much larger cohort (group of patients) would be required to really demonstrate that definitively.”

The researchers say MS patients should only consider having the procedure as part of a clinical trial, instead of in out-patient clinics that charge thousands of dollars for their services.

Even so, Siddiqui said the study

does not negate the hypothesis that CCSVI may have a role to play in MS or other neurological diseases.

“That relationship remains extremely interesting and certainly we remain committed to evaluating that further and understanding that relationship further,” he said.

“Our finding only suggests that using a balloon to open up observed venous narrowings in our cohort of patients, which was very carefully selected, did not show any benefit and demonstrated possible harm when looking at MRI activity.”

Perhaps using balloon angioplasty isn’t the right treatment option, Siddiqui suggested.

“I’m convinced that this particular intervention does not work for this particular disease finding,” he said.

“So what we’d like to do is take a step back and really understand the disease further, so we could come up with a much more directed hypothesis as to what kind of intervention will actually work for these patients.”

Politician drops plan for tribute to late FLQ member

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — A Quebec politician has abandoned a plan to table a motion in the legislature in recognition of Paul Rose, the convicted FLQ kidnapper who died yesterday.

A spokesman for the fourth-party Quebec solidaire says Amir Khadir has changed his mind.

“The subject does open up old wounds in Quebec and it would create a controversy,” party spokesman Christian Dubois said Friday. “Out of respect for the families involved, those of Paul Rose and Pierre Laporte, it’s wiser to not table a motion.”

Rose was convicted in the kidnapping and murder of the deputy premier, Laporte, at the height of the 1970 October Crisis. A later government report concluded he hadn’t been present at the moment Laporte died and, to this day, Rose has supporters who argue that his reputation was unfairly

tarnished.

Rose refused to renounce his FLQ past but he channelled his energy into activist causes, organized labour, and politics after he left prison in 1981.

He also led a party that joined the left-wing coalition that eventually became Quebec solidaire, which now has two elected members.

Khadir had been acting as the coleader of Quebec solidaire, after he became the first person elected under its banner; he has relinquished that role since the last election.

He told The Canadian Press on Thursday that he wanted to submit a motion in the national assembly next week so that parliamentarians could express themselves on Rose.

Khadir had wanted to offer his condolences to the ex-FLQ member’s family. The party did put out a written statement expressing its condolences not only to the family, but also to the activists who “had the pleasure” of working alongside Rose over the years.

Penashue refunds almost $50K of improper donations of dollars in free flights across his expansive, remote riding.

Among the refunded donations is an entry for $18,710 for Provincial Airlines Ltd. Penashue also refunded $5,500 from a St. John’s construction company that had listed the donations under five individual employees.

All the other ineligible donations were for $1,100 each or less.

Penashue has blamed the campaign problems on an “inexperienced volunteer” in his organization — his official agent, Reginald Bowers.

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An amended return for the 2011 campaign has been posted to the Elections Canada website that shows Penashue’s campaign accepted 28 separate illegal contributions.

The Labrador MP has paid the federal Receiver General $47,660 in four separate instalments, meaning the donations were non-monetary contributions that can’t be refunded to the donors.

Penashue quit the cabinet this week and says he’ll run for the Conservatives in a coming byelection.

While Penashue only stepped down this week, the Elections Canada records show he paid back $26,850 last November.

He won his seat by just 79 votes in an upset over Liberal incumbent Todd Russell in 2011. An initial Elections Canada review subsequently showed Penashue spent $4,000 over his limit of just under $84,500.

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Vatican defends Pope over ‘Dirty War’ accusations

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — The honeymoon that Pope Francis has enjoyed since his remarkable election hit a bump Friday, with the Vatican lashing out at what it called a defamatory and “anti-clerical leftwing� media campaign questioning his actions during Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship.

On Day 2 of the Francis pontificate, the Vatican denounced news reports in Argentina and beyond resurrecting allegations that the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio failed to openly confront the junta responsible for kidnapping and killing thousands of people in a “dirty war� to eliminate leftist opponents.

Bergoglio, like most Argentines, didn’t publicly confront the dictators who ruled from 1976-83, while he was the leader of the country’s Jesuits. And human rights activists differ on how much blame he personally deserves.

Top church leaders had endorsed the junta and some priests even worked alongside torturers inside secret prisons. Nobody has produced any evidence suggesting Bergoglio had anything to do with such crimes. But many activists are angry that as archbishop of Buenos Aires for more than a decade, he didn’t do more to support investigations into the

atrocities.

On Thursday, the old ghosts resurfaced.

A group of 44 former military and police officers on trial for torture, rape and murder in a concentration camp in Cordoba province in the 1970s wore the yellow-and-white ribbons of the papal flag in Francis’ honour. Many Argentine newspapers ran the photo Friday.

The Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi noted that Argentine courts had never accused Bergoglio of any crime, that he had denied all accusations against him and that on the contrary “there have been many declarations demonstrating how much Bergoglio did to protect many persons at the time.�

He said the accusations against the new pope were made long ago “by anti-clerical left-wing elements to attack the church. They must be firmly rejected.�

The harsh denunciation was typical of a Vatican that often reacts defensively when it feels under attack, even though its response served to give the story legs for another day.

It interrupted the generally positive reception Francis has enjoyed since his election as pope on Wednesday, when even his choice of footwear — his

old black shoes rather than the typical papal red — was noted as a sign of his simplicity and humility.

There was one clearly unscripted moment Friday, when the 76-year-old Francis stumbled briefly during an audience with the cardinals, but he quickly recovered. And for the second day in a row, Francis slipped out of the Vatican walls, this time to visit an ailing Argentine cardinal, Jorge Mejia, who suffered a heart attack Wednesday and was in the hospital.

This upbeat narrative of a people’s pope who named himself after the nature-loving St. Francis of Assisi has clashed with accusations stemming from Bergoglio’s past.

The worst allegation is that as the military junta took over in 1976, he withdrew support for two Jesuit priests whose work in the slums of Buenos Aires had put them in direct contact with the leftist guerrilla movement advocating armed revolution. The priests were then kidnapped and interrogated inside a clandestine torture centre at the Navy Mechanics School.

Bergoglio said he had told the priests — Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jalics — to give up their slum work for their own safety, and they refused. Yorio later accused Bergoglio of effectively delivering them to the death squads by declining to publicly endorse their work. Yorio died in Uruguay in 2000.

Snowstorm in Hungry strands thousands BUDAPEST, Hungary — A snowstorm in Hungary brought drifts 10 feet (3 metres) high and violent gusts of wind, forcing thousands of people to spend the night in their cars or in emergency shelters after being stranded on a major highway.

Rescue officials said wind gusts up to 100 kph (62 mph) caused trucks to jackknife across the key M1 highway between Budapest and Vienna — the capitals of Hungary and Austria — leading to the traffic jams. On Friday, rescue workers cut across guardrails to let vehicles leave the jammed highway on makeshift side roads.

Over 100 people were injured in traffic and snowrelated accidents, the Hungarian Disaster Man-

agement Agency said, adding that 5,700 cars were stranded on the roads and 18 trains were stuck between stations.

Snowdrifts up to 3 metres (10 feet) high and the violent gusts of wind brought many major roads across the country to a standstill. The storm also left more than 100,000 people without electricity.

More than 8,000 people had to take refuge in heated buildings set up by the disaster agency for stranded travellers.

Interior Minister Sandor Pinter said police and rescue units were called in, along with military vehicles with caterpillar treads.

The weather prompted the government and several opposition parties to cancel outdoor festivities for Friday’s national holiday commemorating Hungary’s

1848 revolution against the Habsburgs.

In neighbouring Serbia and south across Montenegro, melting snow caused rivers to burst their banks and flood some villages.

In Slovakia, just north of Hungary, some schools in the eastern part of the country were closed because of heavy snowfall, and the Cunovo-Rajka border crossing between the two countries was closed to trucks. Slovakia also banned trucks going from the Czech Republic to Hungary through its territory.

Around 20,000 households were without electricity in eastern Slovakia after high winds damaged the grid.

About 300 Slovak soldiers were deployed to help authorities cope.

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EU leaders fail to agree on arming Syrian rebels “I made it clear that we have a whole series of reservations regarding weapons exports to the opposition because we have to ask ourselves whether we are not further fueling the conflict by doing that,�

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

In Vienna, Austrian Defence Minister Gerhard Klug said he was opposed to having the EU allow its members to send weapons to the rebels, saying they could find their way into the wrong hands. Austrian troops form part of the 1,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force on the Golan, and the country’s concern about the safety of its soldiers has risen since Syrian rebels temporarily detained 21 Filipinos last week.

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Why the urgency to close Michener Centre?

ASSURING SUITABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR DISABLED ALBERTANS TAKES BACK SEAT TO CARVING DEFICIT When Alison Redford was gearing 400 employees are expected to lose up for election as premier, she pledged their jobs. to significantly ramp up assistance for It should not have gone down this severely disabled Albertans. way.

She boosted monthly payments 34 Residents of Michener Centre are per cent for 46,000 Albertans an aged group. They are on Assured Income for the Secomfortable with and verely Handicapped. used to routines.

That commitment to assist Too soon for many, all people in grave need resonatthat is about to change. ed with voters.

While they are obliviThe following month, she ous to what’s coming and her Progressive Conservadown the pike, their clostive colleagues were elected est loved ones are not. to a 12th consecutive majority One Albertan with government since 1971. a relative living at MiEleven months on, with chener Centre recounted the looming closure of the Mia conversation with longchener Centre, another group time Tory minister Gene JOE of gravely disabled Albertans Zwozdesky, who held four MCLAUGHLIN face quite different treatment. cabinet portfolios includThe way it’s being done is ing Community Developmore galling than the decision ment and Health before itself. becoming Legislative It followed hard on the heels of a Speaker. new provincial budget that cuts spendHe promised the man that he would ing deeply in most areas, while ramp- never have to worry about Michener ing up borrowing and putting the prov- Centre; it would always be there for ince deeper in debt. his relative.

This looks like just another budgetThis week, the minister has no recary line item to get spending closer to ollection of that conversation. balance, to assuage nervous conservaIt was a foolish thing to say. tive Tories and to silence the more But it was not as foolish as the right-wing opposition Wildrose Alli- ginned up plan to shut Michener Cenance. tre down as quickly as possible.

The government timeline has 60 This is not an argument for keeping per cent of Michener Centre’s 125 resi- the Michener Centre open forever. dents moved into group homes and the Its population has been aging, dying rest to seniors’ care centres in the next and shrinking for generations.

11 months.

Still, there’s no urgency to create More than half of Michener Centre’s such a hasty change. Michener Centre

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does not account for a hundredth of a percent of the provincial budget.

Before the decision was taken to shutter it, there should have been broad and deep conversations with key stakeholders — including statutory caregivers Michener Centre employees and relatives, for those lucky enough to have them – before a fait-accompli deal was dumped in their laps.

Instead, relatives got a meeting with the deal already sealed.

Employees, hearing it second hand, got a blunt shock.

The lack of consultation is egregious.

The Tory government is doing it this way precisely because it can.

The official opposition party is just about mute on this issue.

Kerry Towle, the Wildrose Alliance critic for seniors, represents Sylvan Lake, the riding next door to Red Deer.

She was quoted in one sentence in the Advocate and one in The Edmonton Journal decrying the impending closure.

Almost a week after the deal went down, there’s not a peep of outrage or concern on her blog about the looming closure, the fate of its residents or staff.

Of course, you would not expect much concern for employees from the Wildrose Alliance, most of whom will lose their jobs.

As union members, they are outside the sphere of concern for Wildrosers.

Premier Redford wants departing Michener Centre residents moved into private- or charity-operated group

homes, where pay is low and staff turnover is high.

Last week in her budget, however, Premier Redford also cut millions of dollars in promised funding that was supposed to help those agencies provide better pay, working conditions and services for disabled clients.

There has been a lot of ugly history at Michener Centre, under previous names and operating structures.

The worst abuses included forced sterilization of young women and incarcerating scores of people who had no mental disability.

Children from poor or immigrant families who didn’t speak English well were held there for decades and forced to work on the farm.

But Michener Centre also did a lot of good for scores of people with mental disabilities.

Keith Manning, the son of long-time premier Ernest Manning lived there.

It continues helping mentally challenged people today.

Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski says closing Michener Centre won’t save the government any money “in the first year.”

After that, all expect big savings.

Also expect big stress for residents and their relatives who will be forced to cope with a plan that was pushed too fast for dubious political or economic benefits.

Joe McLaughlin is the retired former managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate.

The Koreas: The risk of miscalculation The joint US-South Korean military exercises known as “Key Resolve” and “Foal Eagle” have got underway, and so far the heavens have not fallen.

The American forces have not launched an unprovoked assault on North Korea, despite the strident claims of Pyongyang’s media that the exercises are a cover for exactly such a plan.

In fact, joint exercises on this scale — they only involve 13,000 American and South Korean troops — have been held every year of the past 40 and pose no threat whatever to North Korea.

Neither has North Korea chosen to ‘defend its sovereignty,’ as it recently threatened to do, by launching GWYNNE pre-emptive nuclear strikes DYER against both the United States and South Korea.

It could certainly do huge damage to South Korea, bur despite its successful nuclear and missile tests in the past three months it still lacks all but the most rudimentary capability to hit the United States.

Pyongyang’s nuclear test in February had twice the explosive power of the last one in 2009, but nobody believes North Korea’s claim that it has also made its bomb small enough to fit on the tip of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Nor does the Unha-3 missile, which Pyongyang used to launch a satellite in December, have the guidance systems and re-entry technology necessary to deliver such a nuclear weapon onto an American target — which would have to be in western Alaska, since that is the limit of the rocket’s range.

There is no doubt that Kim Jong-un’s regime is feeling extremely peeved about the international response to its weapon and missile tests, which has included tighter United Nations trade sanctions that got unanimous support in the Security Council.

Even North Korea’s only ally, China, voted for them.

In a particularly peevish gesture, he has even cut the military hotline between the two sides at Panmunjom. (If you think there’s going to be a crisis, the last thing you want is a secure and rapid means of talking to the other side.)

But it’s really just an empty gesture: an alternative military communications line, used to monitor cross-border workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, remains open.

But it’s a long way from feeling peeved to feeling suicidal.

Any North Korean nuclear attack on an American target would be answered by immediate US strikes that would annihilate the military and civilian leadership in Pyongyang, obliterate its nuclear facilities, and probably destroy much else besides.

So North Korea’s threat to launch a ‘pre-emptive’ nuclear strike against the United States, or even against South Korea, is totally implausible.

However, the young and inexperienced North Korean leader may feel the need to prove his mettle to

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In this March 11, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 12, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides on a boat, heading for the Wolnae Islet Defence Detachment, North Korea, near the western sea border with South Korea. North Korea’s young leader urged front-line troops to be on “maximum alert” for a potential war as a state-run newspaper said Pyongyang had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. his own military commanders by taking some more limited action against the US-South Korean exercises.

That sort of thing can easily go wrong.

There is a widespread perception in South Korea that Seoul was caught off-guard by North Korea’s sinking of the warship Cheonan and its artillery attacks on Yeonpyeong island in 2010.

North Korea paid no military price for either action, and South Korea’s newly elected president, Park Geun-hye, who took office only two weeks ago, needs to show South Koreans that she is not going to let that happen again.

She probably also hopes that a promise of prompt and severe retaliation will deter North Korea from any future attacks of that sort.

So she has engaged in some rhetorical escalation of her own.

She has warned North Korea that any further attacks will be met by instant retaliation that targets not only the units involved in the attack, but also North Korea’s high command.

No doubt this is only intended to deter any such North Korean attack, but in practice it means that there will be much more rapid and uncontrollable escalation if Pyongyang makes a token attack anyway.

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Even a conventional war in the Korean peninsula would be hugely destructive. Just north of the ‘Demilitarized Zone’ between the two countries is the largest concentration of artillery in the entire world, and the mega-city of Seoul is within long artillery range of the border.

North Korea’s population is considerably smaller than South Korea’s, but the North maintains the fourth largest army in the world.

Its armed forces operate mostly last-generation weaponry, but the equipment is well maintained and the soldiers appear to be well trained. The last war between the two countries killed over a million people and left all the peninsula’s cities in ruins — and that was over 60 years ago.

If North Korea ignored Park’s warning and made some local attack to demonstrate its displeasure, and Park then felt obliged to act on her threat to go after the North Korean leadership in Pyongyang in retaliation, things could get very ugly very fast.

So far the US-South Korean exercises have gone off smoothly, but the risk of a serious miscalculation first in Pyongyang and then in Seoul is real, and the exercises still have more than a week (until 25 March) to run.

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Canada should be acting quickly on climate change When Foreign Affairs Minister John forts have ìseen great, great, great reBaird flew to Washington in early Feb- sults in recent years. ruary to meet John Kerry, the new U.S. Since then, a succession of Cabinet Secretary of State, more than the usual Ministers, Western Premiers, oil ingetting-to-know-you was on the agenda. dustry lobbyists and officials have inBaird was there to convaded Washington to claim tinue the pressure on the that Canada is a leader in Obama administration to the fight to control climate approve the XL Keystone change, which may come as Pipeline to carry Alberta oil something of a surprise to to Texas refineries where it Canadians. would be turned into more In her visit to Washingvaluable products. ton, which included a colBut just before Baird umn in USA Today, Alberta flew to Washington, the U.S. Premier Alison Redford ambassador to Canada, Dasaid Alberta was fully onvid Jacobson, threw a wild side with President Obamcard on the table. Canada, aís ìstrong desire to address which like the U.S. has climate change, declaring DAVID lagged on a credible climate that ‘we already taking acCRANE change policy, should ‘take tion,’ and adding that ‘Althe lead’ on climate change berta is already leading the to make it easier to export way.’ energy, he said.

But actions so far are not It is highly unlikely that impressive and Alberta is Jacobson would have made his com- not meeting its own emission reducments, in an Ottawa speech, without tion targets. The new oil-sands monithe prior knowledge, and approval, of toring programme she referred to is the Obama administration. Indeed, he still in the process of negotiation with may have been told to make the com- the federal government, following a ments and even what to say. scathing report that the earlier moniSpeaking of the environment and toring programme was ineffective. But climate change, Jacobson said it is im- Redford also said she was prepared portant that Canada take the lead on ‘to push the bar higher in addressing some of these things, that Canada be climate change.’ perceived as not just doing what they If the world is to avert a climate — are forced to do, but really taking the and water — disaster, that’s essential. lead, Jacobson said.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has So far, though, the Harper govern- also been to Washington, with the mesment’s strategy has been to wait for the sage that Canada has strong climate Americans to do something meaning- change policies but we need to talk ful, then copy it, as we have seen with about them more. fuel efficiency standards on vehicles.

Now, Natural Resources Minister The biggest steps to arrest green- Joe Oliver, in a Houston speech, is house gas emissions have come from promising that Canada will soon be provinces, notably Ontarioís move to one of the few oil exporters to the U.S. eliminate coal-fired electricity plants. ‘with stringent oil and gas GHG (greenIn his meeting g with Kerry, Baird house gas) emissions.’ In contrast, he boasted that dealing with climate claimed other suppliers are doing litchange was ‘a real priority’ in Canada, tle or nothing to manage GHG emisclaiming incorrectly that Canadian ef- sions.

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In other words, Canada will — soon, Oliver says — have more stringent rules than Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Indonesia, Venezuela and other developing country exporters.

But will Canada have more credible rules than oil exporters such as Norway, Australia or Britain? That would be a surprise.

What is remarkable is how the speech by the U.S. ambassador so quickly shifted the emphasis in Canadian messaging in the U.S. from Canada as a secure and reliable supplier to Canada as a leading climate-change supplier. However, the reality hasn’t changed. Canada has done a poor job in addressing climate change and has pursued a largely passive policy of waiting for the U.S. to act, then following suit.

Bold ideas which would have real impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions but leave implementation to the market, such as a carbon tax, have been so demonized by the government that a sensible solution such as this would be almost impossible for the current government to introduce.

The paradox is, as Calgary resident know, is that possible no province would be more severely affected by climate change than Alberta because of the grave risks to future water supplies.

Canada should be acting to seriously address climate change, not because of U.S. pressure or pipeline politics, but because it is in our own best interests to do so.

David Crane can be reached at crane@ interlog.com.

The street has its own survival rules As I am beginning to understand it, survival both the ability to look beyond the deception and see the on the street and in the associated community has actual heart of the person involved. some rules that are necessary for survival in that It’s not that we are better than anyone else or particular portion of society. have any more giftings in these relationships, but Chief among them is to tell only the amount of because of the path we have chosen for ourselves, truth necessary for the recipient to become we have learned a few things and it has sympathetic to your need. If advantageous, made us more able to deal with situainclude some of your past; especially items tions as they arise; not that they are any that have some shock value, but in so doing, easier than for anyone else, just handled make it sound like you yourself were a vicdifferently. tim, not the perpetrator.

Whenever a deception is revealed, it If you do make yourself the guilty party, hurts, because we have not only helped then include just enough remorse to show someone, but we have formed a relationthat you are wanting to or going to change. ship with that individual, and in most When we first began Potter’s Hands Mincases, have learned to love that person. istries, even though we knew of the deSo the pain is real, and it is at that ceptive capabilities of everyone, we never point that we sometimes question why imagined the extent to which the people we we do what we do, but just because we elected to serve were able to use this as a have been hornswaggled once again, we CHRIS tool for their own gain. believe it is no reason to quit our work Believe me when I say that many times with these people.

SALOMONS when a deception is brought to the light, (as They are just as deserving as anyone we are instructed will happen eventually), else; it’s just that they have chosen their it is enough to make a person want to throw path based on what they learned growin the towel and walk away from the whole ing up. scene, but even though we ourselves have been One man in his 50s who attended our church a duped again, I believe that we have been graced with couple of times a few years ago made a judgement

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on a drunken person who was in church one Sunday.

He did not realize that I had been interacting with his own son at the kitchen. His son was a full-blown alcoholic angry at the way he had grown up.

If we honestly stop and think about the way that we have raised our children and the influence we have been on their lives, we realize that we are all guilty to some degree of the negative responses our children have made in their lives. We most often choose not to acknowledge it.

In the past couple of weeks, I have come face to face with deception again. And again I have gone through the emotion and the questioning of why I do this.

The answer, once I get over myself, is that every once in a while a person breaks through that barrier of mistrust and anger and addiction; makes all the changes needed to leave that life behind and embrace a new life that brings with it honor and respect both for themselves and for those around them.

I’m a lousy golfer, but let me shoot a birdie, and I’m good to go for the whole year. I always desire to approach my relationship with these people the same way.

That’s how I see it anyways.

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

From Dick Tracy to Captain Kirk We’ve gone way past Dick Tracy and The reason I can remember it so landed on the Star Trek Enterprise. well, was that it was big and fragile I was just reading about how the and dumb. For a kid. common cell phone is becoming much So of course I had to have one. It like that medial scanner that Bones, was a pocket watch. the doctor on Star Trek A big round silver pockused on patients. et watch. The kind old men Bones would run over wore. to an injured or sick huMine was a cheap one of man or alien in a bad coscourse. It didn’t have a cool tume and wave a device cover that snapped closed that looked suspiciously and it didn’t have a chain on like cell phone from the it, and you had to wind the late 20th century over big knob on the top approxisaid being, and Voila! he mately 45 times a day. would diagnose and often I carried that thing in my treat he/she/it on the spot pocket until even I realized it with his little cell phone was a dumb thing for a kid to thingie. have — especially a kid who HARLEY The future, as they say, liked to roll around in snowHAY is now. Many cell phone banks, splash in puddles or ‘app’ (short for ‘applifall down on the grass at the ances found in Star Trek’) playground. can measure mysterious Before the development of medical things like your blood pres- such amazing wizardry as electronic sure, pulse rate, your marital status, watches I had a memorable non-digital your current bank account balance hand-operated watch that had a builtand whether or not you are depressed. in alarm.

They had technology for that last I loved that thing. You’d wind it up one in the 70s. We used to call them and pull out a second knob thingie and mood rings. set a fourth hand and when that time Of course, all of this got me thinking came my new-fangled Alarm Watch about watches. I’m sure the same thing would buzz for three seconds, then happened to you. run out of wind-up and fade away. It I mean, who didn’t want a Dick Tracy sounded a lot like a bumble bee falling watch? asleep on the window sill. But wow — For those of you non-boomer ba- the technology! bies, Dick Tracy was a famous detecRemember those Timex commertive from the comic strips who had a cials with the famous ‘Torture Tests?’ miraculous ‘2-Way Wrist Radio’ and They would shoot a watch with a later, an even more miraculous ‘2-Way bow and arrow, strap a Timex to the Wrist TV. propeller of a motor boat, or the skate He could communicate by talking of a hockey player or the nose of a into his wristwatch!

Skud missile (just kidding) and every If anyone else tried that in those time they would pull it out of the rubdays, men in white coats had powerful ble or the water and they would zoom medication for that. in — and sure enough, it was in a milFor the rest of us, the nearest thing lion pieces. to 2-Way Wrist Radios was two empty Just kidding, of course the second Campbell soup cans (tomato) joined by hand was still cranking away like there a long string. was no tomorrow.

Not nearly as efficient as a Dick TraAnd the announcer would exclaim cy watch in the sense that telephone loudly and proudly: “It takes a lickin’ tin cans never worked. At least they and keeps on tickin’!” didn’t for me.

And then the digital world suddenly But I can clearly remember my very arrived from somewhere in outer space first watch. (possibly from the Klingons or the Ro-

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mulans) and wristwatches told the time with numbers instead of hands.

I had a series of plastic ‘Ironman’ digital watches (Timex, of course) that displayed numbers whether your wrist was submerged in water or smacked with a hammer or hit with a Skud missile.

And, Beam Me Up Scotty! These watches also had futuristic features like a timer, stop watch and an alarm clock that worked much better than my old manual bumble bee buzzer watch.

I tried talking into mine, but nobody, not even Dick Tracy answered.

Almost everyone has had a significant wristwatch or two in their lives.

My family gave one to Yours Truly upon my graduation from university.

They were so shocked that I actually graduated that they had it engraved to mark the occasion.

It had a metal type expandable watch band which I could never wear before on account of the expandable bracelet part always pinched the little hairs on my wrist, causing me to flap my arm uncontrollably, often and randomly — a trait that no one would believe was caused by my watch. In fact, someone told me they had medication for that.

The watch I wear now is one of those cool old school ones with hands instead of numbers and a metal watch band.

My Rotten Kid, the daughter one,

gave me this watch a couple of Christmases ago when we went to see her perform in the production shows on a cruise ship out of Miami, so of course it doesn’t pinch one bit, and I hardly ever take it off.

But what goes around comes around — and around - like the second hand on a clock.

My last watch is once again, a pocket watch.

But this one is gold, and it was my Dad’s, and it was his Dad’s, and his Dad’s uncle’s and it has a cover that clicks closed and it has a chain on it called a ‘fob.’

Inside it is engraved with the name of my great great uncle and it says 1881.

Needless to say, I don’t carry this one in my pocket.

I like it so much I wrote a short screenplay about it, which somebody else liked enough to give an award but didn’t like enough to make it into a film.

Be that as it may, I guess I started with a pocket watch and I guess I’ll end with one someday. But in the meantime, hopefully the medical apps on my Star Trek cell phone will make sure I keep on tickin’.

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

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Bill Lough holds a picture of his late brother, David, who was a long-time resident of Michener Centre.

DON’T CLOSE MICHENER CENTRE A message from Bill Lough, president of the Society of Parents & Friends of Michener Centre

IT’S NOT A CHOICE In 2007, Michener residents and their families were given the choice between leaving or remaining at their Michener Centre home. Ninety per cent chose to remain for its safe environment and quality services. Premier Redford is ignoring our choice.

IT’S A PROMISE BROKEN The government also promised residents, families and guardians that Michener would not close. Premier Redford has broken that promise.

IT’S HOME Michener Centre is home to individuals with serious developmental disabilities. For many, staff are like family. For some, it’s the only family they have. Many have lived there more than 40 years. Premier Redford is evicting them from their home.

IT’S NOT RIGHT Tell Premier Redford and your MLAs to respect the choice of individuals, families and guardians, to keep her government’s promises and not evict Alberta’s most vulnerable citizens from Michener.

Keep Michener in our community for the residents, their families and for the dedicated employees who provide quality care.

PHONE PREMIER REDFORD: 310-0000 then 780-427-2251 or 403-252-0346

PHONE YOUR MLAS Mary Anne Jablonski: 403-342-2263 Hon. Cal Dallas: 403-340-3565

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THE VILLAGE WITHIN A CITY

STEVESTON home to Canada’s largest commercial fishing harbour, steveston has managed to maintain the atmosphere of a small village while technically being inside a large city If you have ever watched the ABC series Once Upon a Time, then you know there are many secrets in Storybrooke, Maine.

Perhaps the biggest secret of all is the fact that the picturesque village that represents Storybrooke isn’t really in Maine. Once Upon a Time is actually filmed in Steveston, British Columbia.

Steveston is home to Canada’s largest commercial fishing harbour, but its real charm lies in the way the community has managed to maintain the atmosphere of a small village while technically being inside a large city.

DEBBIE Although Steveston lies within OLSEN the boundaries of Greater Richmond, a walk down main street will reveal why this quirky little place was chosen as the ideal place to film a television series about a village in Maine.

Steveston began as a farming community back in 1878 when Manoah and Martha Steves and their six children settled in the area near Lulu Island.

By 1890, the town was booming and commercial fishing had become the primary industry. At one time, 15 canneries were located in Steveston and a large population of multicultural workers were employed in the fishing and processing industries.

Modern Steveston holds onto its historic past and celebrates its small town atmosphere and multiculturalism.

When you are walking around Stevston, it feels like you are in a village.

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Above: Steveston has also become known as “The Gateway to the Orca.” There is a very active whale watching industry at Steveston Harbour. On whale watching tours, you can see orcas (killer whales), seals, eagles and other wildlife.

Left: One of the most interesting things about the Fisherman’s Wharf are the dozens of boats that make up the float complete with all their equipment, giving visitors a look at the means by which they catch the fish, crabs and shrimp.

Above: Nick Constantine is a 4th generation baker. He makes what he describes as European whole grain bread in a large wood-fired oven in his bakery in Steveston. The bread costs $10 per loaf, but it’s worth it..

Left: Like Red Deer, the village of Steveston has ghosts that help to depict the history of the community. These statues represent cannery workers and the history of Steveston as a fishing village.

Above: At Fisherman’s wharf, you can buy fresh seafood from the boats or the seafood stalls.

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STEVESTON: Canneries are long gone Do It Yourself Walking Tour Even though the canneries are long gone, Steveston is still all about fish and any walking tour of the village should begin at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Strolling along the wharf, you can see commercial fishing vessels and even purchase fresh fish right from the fishermen. Steveston Harbour Authority posts the catch of the day aboard each vessel, so you know what’s for sale before you even get close.

If you prefer to purchase your fish already cooked, there are several great wharf-side restaurants that specialize in fish and seafood. There’s nothing quite like basking in the sun on a patio and watching the fishing boats come and go while enjoying the fresh catch of the day.

At the far end of the wharf you will find Vancouver Whale Watch, an ecotourism tour operator that offers whale watching tours with naturalists along the Gulf and the San Juan Islands. Steveston Seabreeze Adventures also offers whale watching tours and guided fishing charters.

From the wharf, it’s a short walk to the Gulf of Georgia National Historic Site. Once one of the largest cannery operations in Canada and the largest in Steveston, this cannery processed 2.5 million tins of salmon annually in the 1930s. After its close in 1979, the cannery site was ultimately turned into an historical site commemorating the industry and the people who worked in it. Visitors learn about the industry and its history in Steveston through a variety of interactive displays inside the old cannery building.

During the summer months, there is live music at the cannery every Friday from 6:30 – 8 pm.

Those interested in history might also consider visiting the Britannia Heritage Shipyard, another national historic site that was once part of Steveston’s Cannery Row. This site particularly emphasizes the multiculturalism of the cannery workers and their families.

From the Gulf of Georgia Historic site, you can enjoy a walk or bicycle ride along some of Steveston’s spectacular trails. Ride along the Dyke trail to Terra Nova Rural Park or along Heritage Trail past some of the modern fishing vessels.

Eventually, you should make your way to Steveston’s downtown area to explore the quaint little shops. Fans of Once Upon a Time will enjoy finding the shops on Moncton Street that correspond to Storybrooke’s Main Street. At the moment, many store fronts leave the Storybrooke signs and window displays up year-round. Favourite shops to checkout include the Romanian Country Bread store, Heringer’s Old Fashioned Butcher Shop, Sarah’s Homemade Ice Cream, The Cannery Café (Granny’s Diner on TV) and Splash Toy Shop. The friendly staff in Steveston’s shops really makes the area feel like a small village.

Once Upon a Time is a television series based on fairy tale characters living in a fictional seaside Maine town known as Storybrooke. There are many secrets in Storybrooke, but the best kept secret of

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Above: There’s more than just seafood to be enjoyed in Steveston. If you like an old fashioned butcher shop, Heringers Olde Fashioned Quality Meats is the place to go. The selection is great and the staff are friendly and accommodating.

Left: For really great seafood, head to the Fisherman’s wharf area of Steveston. This is a picture of the evening supper special at the Blue Canoe restaurant in Steveston. The special is always a good idea at Blue Canoe, because it is made from fish procured fresh at the wharf.

them all is the real life village of Steveston.

If you go ● Steveston is incorporated into the city of Richmond, which is located outside the city of Vancouver. The Vancouver International Airport is actually located in Richmond, BC. ● If you are a fan of Once Upon a Time and you are interested in visiting filming sites for the show, you should check out this fan podcast website, which identifies the stores in Richmond that are used in filming: http://ouat.roneyzone.com/ouat-monctonstreetstorybrooke-store-list/. Most of the filming takes place on Moncton Street and the filming dates are not posted, but if you walk around Moncton Street you should keep an eye out for cars with old Maine license plates, a sign that they will be filming soon. ● If you are interested in traditional Fish ‘n’

Chips, try Pajo’s at Fisherman’s Wharf or Dave’s Fish ‘n’ Chips on Moncton Street. Other great seafood spots near the wharf include Sockeye City Grill or Blue Canoe. ● Fans of Once Upon a Time will want to stop at Sarah’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream on Moncton Street, a few steps away from the store that serves as Mr. Gold’s Pawn Shop. The owner, Kate Badenhorst, has created homemade ice cream flavours to represent the characters of the show. Snow White ice cream has cheesecake and white chocolate to represent her fair skin, raspberry sorbey for her red lips, and dark chocolate stracciatella in honour of her black hair. ● For more information on Steveston, visit the official tourism site for the City of Richmond: www. tourismrichmond.com.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

Learn to be a surfer dude in Carlsbad can get to SD or PB because we’re planning to drive Overusing seldom-used muscles does that to you. north through the OC to spend a day or two in LA.” Still, we persisted and arrived on the beach at 9:30 Nailed it. a.m. We did get better; not good, but better. We took The first day, we learned basic technique. You the next two days off till our third and fourth final The monster wave approached. It had to be 20 lie on your stomach, with your toes touching the end lessons and decided to explore Carlsbad and its enor 30 feet. Undaunted, I paddled forward. Well, all of the board. If you’re a beginner, you first get up on virons. right, maybe it’s more like 2 or 3 feet. But does size your knees, then stand with your feet about three The city of more than 100,000 has seven miles really matter? feet apart, knees of pristine coastline. As in much of California, the I jumped bent. Instruc- beaches are below a bluff. You have to walk down onto the board, tors launch you steps or a ramp to get to the sand. turned into the into a breaking Carlsbad was settled in the 19th century and is crest and caught wave. You have named after the Karlsbad spa in the present-day it. And for three to learn to stand Czech Republic, because mineral water found here mind-numbing before paddling had the same chemical qualities as Karlsbad spa seconds, I stood to catch a wave. water. In fact one of the town’s founders was a Gerup — love hanThe first les- man immigrant who marketed the mineral water as a dles dancing in son lasted two cure for skin and stomach ailments. the air. hours, and that The weather is pretty much perfect. Even in winDude, I’m was enough. As ter, the average high is in the 60s and lows are in the surfin’. is true in much 40s.

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approached Marvel about doing a live show of some sort over the years. The partnership with Feld Entertainment was the first with which he felt comfortable.

“You always have those questions — how are you going to keep it from being goofy, or silly, or unbelievable?”

Quesada said.

But the level of showmanship in Feld Entertainment’s other shows made an impression.

“They’re already doing feats that are superhuman to begin with,” Quesada said of the performers that Feld Entertainment recruits for its circus and other shows.

Feld said his company’s long-standing partnership with Burbank, Calif.based The Walt Disney Co., which acquired Marvel in 2009, helped establish a level of trust between Feld and the Marvel executives.

The show is in the early stages of development in a new training centre that Feld runs in Ellenton, Fla. Feld and Marvel said there is close collaboration to ensure the characters act in ways consistent with fans’ understanding.

Quesada said the director — veteran choreographer Shanda Sawyer, who has directed various iterations of the Ringling circus and won Emmy awards for her television work, took a deep dive into Marvel mythology that took him aback.

“We had to pull her back,” Quesada said. “I told her, ‘I think you’re even

geeking me out.”’

Trying to bring superhuman characters to life in a live show can be daunting and even dangerous, as evidence by the difficulties suffered in launching the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

Several performers suffered injuries ranging from concussions to fractured skulls in what became the most expensive show in Broadway history.

The $75 million show has since become one of Broadway’s top earners.

“What they tried to do was new for them, but it’s the stuff we do all the time in a lot of our businesses,” Feld said.

The Marvel universe has thousands of characters — some household names and others known only to the most devoted fans. Feld said a live show provides an opportunity to present a wide variety of Marvel characters in a way that will appeal to even casual fans.

“There’s so much mythology and lore with all of these characters — it’s like going into this treasure chest of unbelievable gems,” Feld said. “There are almost unlimited stories and shows we can create off these properties and characters.”

While details of the show remain either under wraps or under development, Feld said the basic plotline is a no-brainer: “The world will be in jeopardy, and the Marvel superheroes will save the world.”

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will become one of the biggest gambling centres in the world, vying with Macau, Singapore and Las Vegas for Asia’s high rollers, officials of a $1 billion casino resort opening in Manila this weekend said.

Studies project that the country’s gambling revenue of $1.9 billion will rise to $6 billion, which is currently what Singapore’s two casinos generate, in about five years, said Michael French, chief operating officer of the Solaire Resort and Casino.

Solaire will open today as one the country’s biggest hotel-casino complexes in ceremonies to be attended by President Benigno Aquino III, who is targeting 10 million tourists by 2016.

It has 500 hotel rooms, 1,200 slot machines and 295 gaming tables, including those in private rooms with a view of Manila Bay for high rollers. It has eight restaurants, a spa, a night club, and will have a 1,800-seat Broadway-type theatre, French said.

It is the first of four such developments in the $4 billion Entertainment City being built on a 100-hectare (247-acre) property reclaimed from Manila Bay. The flagship of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. is majority owned by one of the Philippines’ wealthiest men, container ports operator Enrique Razon.

The Entertainment City development is potential employment and economic bonanza for the Philippines. Its reputation as a tourist destination has been tarnished by reports of crime, including kidnappings, alongside insurgent violence and the operation of a notorious militant Islamic group in the country’s south.

The country has not yet recovered from the drop in the number of visitors from Hong Kong following the killing of eight tourists from the Chinese administrative region by a dismissed police officer in Manila in August 2010, just two months after Aquino took office.

The hotel-casino currently has 4,500 employees and will employ about 500 more, French said.

About half of the staff work for the casino, including 400 senior officers who have worked for years in casinos in Macau, Singapore and in cruise liners, he said.

French said the hotel-casino will offer an “East meets West” venue, combining “the glitz and grandeur and the sparkle of Las Vegas” and the “Macau experience” of VIP gambling.

He said the Philippines’ 15 per cent tax on casino operations compared to 40 per cent in Macau is the country’s main attraction, especially for junket operators who will earn a bigger margin here when they bring in the high rollers from Southeast Asia and China.

“For those who are in the gaming business, which is what fuels Macau, this is a better financial deal for them,” he said.

Lorraine Koo, vice-president for business development, said Solaire is “more inclined” toward international players and 61 of 100 VIP tables have been set aside for junket clients.

“The Philippines itself is a very attractive tourist destination,” she said.

“The only issue we might possibly have is we may not be perceived that way.”

Getting in and out of the parking lot is a pain. Instead, we drove to the neighboring town, Solana Beach, had lunch at Chief’s Burgers & Brew, parked and took a free double-decker bus to the track.

It’s a five-minute drive, drops you at the entrance and makes the loop throughout race day. So there’s never a wait. FYI, Solana Beach has a commercial street called Cedros Avenue Design District.

It’s a compact, pedestrian-friendly avenue with loads of funky antiques stores, designer shops and artsy enclaves. Not typical Surfer Dude fare, but a fun way to spend an hour or two.

Still resting sore surf muscles, we spent the next day at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, which is nowhere near San Diego.

It’s just outside Escondido, about 32 miles northeast of San Diego and 40 miles almost due east from Carlsbad.

While the weather on the SoCal coast is ideal, that’s not so much the case as you travel east.

The Safari Park is in the San Pasqual Valley. If it’s 75 in Carlsbad, it’s probably 95 degrees in San Pasqual. Keep that in mind. And forget

all that pap about “well, there’s no humidity, so it’s not that bad.” Yes, it is — 98 degrees is 98 degrees.

The cost of admission includes a 30-minute tram ride through the park, where you can see — up pretty close — the best that Africa has to offer: elephants, giraffes, etc. There are also petting goats, bat caves and monkeys.

And for an extra $5, you can feed the giraffes. But go early, before that “no humidity” afternoon sun starts sucking the life out of you.

If you only have time for one big attraction in the Carlsbad/San Diego area, it’s SeaWorld. Pricey, but worth it. SeaWorld is almost 200 acres of dolphin shows, rides, sharks, Shamu, penguins, pirates. Many people attend, but it never seems crowded; the layout includes wide pedestrian walkways and squares. It’s in the beautiful Mission Bay area of San Diego and is open throughout the year.

We tried to have dinner in San Diego on the way back to Carlsbad. Bad idea; the city’s too popular. We went to the redeveloped Gaslamp Quarter.

It’s loaded with great restaurants, beautiful architecture and people, lots of people. We drove around for 20

minutes and couldn’t find a parking space or an empty lot. Downtown SD rocked too much for us that night. And the Padres were playing in the Petco baseball stadium, sucking up most of the parking in the area.

Back to Carlsbad and our final days on the boards. Veteran surfers by now, we lugged our boards confidently toward the water.

Keenan, a single father and former marketing executive, said that the pay isn’t great for surfing instructors, but there are other benefits.

“Got two phone numbers yesterday,” he said. “I think it’s going to be a good night.”

We wrapped up after two hours in the water. The kids were riding waves, while my wife and I stood up long enough to be videotaped and posted online.

Not sure how often we’ll continue our new hobby. Surfing, I figure, can be like fishing. Sometimes it’s best when the line’s bobbing in the water, and the fish just won’t bite. Keeps things simple and relaxed. Same with surfing — sometimes you just want to lie on that board and not be bothered by any waves.

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In this image provided by Feld Motor Sports, Nuclear Cowboyz riders Adam Jones, left, and Taka Higashino perform for fans in Pittsburgh. Part motocross, part show, the Nuclear Cowboyz tour is a rock opera on wheels that borders on sensory overload for anyone sitting in the stands.

Live superhero arena show going worldwide in 2014 MARVEL, CIRCUS PRODUCER FELD ENTERTAINMENT TO TEAM UP

BY MATTHEW BARAKAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MCLEAN, Va. — The people who bring you The Greatest Show on Earth will be taking Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor and the X-Men on a worldwide road show.

Feld Entertainment Inc., which produces the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, along with a host of other live shows such as Disney on Ice, is announced a partnership Wednesday with Marvel Entertainment to produce a live arena show featuring the Marvel universe of characters.

Exact financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. But Kenneth Feld, CEO of Vienna, Va.-based Feld Entertainment, said he expects the show to open in July 2014, and tour arenas domestically and internationally, as the company’s other shows do.

Production costs will likely exceed $10 million, Feld told The Associated Press in announcing the partnership.

Feld Entertainment has expanded in recent years to acquire several motor sports and monster truck shows aimed at expanding its appeal beyond the young children who go to the circus and girls who flock to the Disney shows.

Feld expects the Marvel shows to appeal to older boys, comic book fans and family audiences.

Marvel’s chief creative officer, Joe Quesada, said dozens of people have

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SURFING: All kinds of water toys The place is loaded with water toys.

It’s a fun place to spend an afternoon.

Even if you don’t like horse racing, you have to see Del Mar racetrack.

Situated near the ocean in the upscale town of Del Mar, 15 miles south of Carlsbad, the track is open from midJuly until right after Labor Day. It was built in 1937 by a group that included celebrities Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante and Pat O’Brien. Seabiscuit became famous at Del Mar. It’s difficult for four people — each betting different horses in each race — not to have at least one winner in the course of a day.

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Rebels lose a close one JOFFREY LUPUL

LUPUL READY TO RETURN TORONTO — Coach Randy Carlyle expects Joffrey Lupul to return to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ lineup with a bang Saturday night.

“Well, he better score 100 goals,” a smiling Carlyle deadpanned following Friday’s practice, drawing laughter from the assembled media. “That’s what he’s paid to do.

“He’s paid to make contributions to the offence.”Carlyle was kidding, of course, but Lupul will suit up for Toronto when it hosts the Winnipeg Jets. It will be his first action since suffering a fractured forearm in a 5-2 road win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 23. Lupul will be expected to give Toronto an offensive boost.

SATURDAY

● Atom A hockey: Provincial championship at Lacombe, first game at 8 a.m., last game at 5:45 p.m. ● Atom C hockey: Provincial championship at Sundre, first game at 8 a.m., last game at 7:15 p.m. ● Bantam A hockey: Provincial championship at Stettler, first game at 9 a.m., last game at 7:45 p.m. ● Atom D hockey: Provincial championship at Consort, first game at 9 a.m., last game at 6 p.m. ● Soccer: Girls under-18 indoor provincial championship at the Collicutt Centre. ● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m., Rexall Place (The Drive). ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley Generals at Stony Plain Eagles, second game best-of-seven provincial final, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, sixth game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.

SUNDAY

● Atom C hockey: Provincial championship at Sundre, semifinals at 8 and 10:45 a.m., final at 4:30 p.m. ● Atom D hockey: Provincial championship at Consort, semifinals at 8 and 10:30 a.m., final at 4 p.m. ● Bantam A hockey: Provincial championship at Stettler, semifinals at 9 and 9:15 a.m., final at 3 p.m. ● Soccer: Girls under-18 indoor provincial championship at the Collicutt Centre. ● Atom A hockey: Provincial championship at Lacombe, semifinals at 10 and 10:15 a.m., final at 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Calgary Buffaloes, fourth game of best-of-five AMHL South Division final, if necessary, 1:45 p.m., South Fish Creek Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, seventh game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 8 p.m.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Oil Kings 3 Rebels 1 The Red Deer Rebels gave the defending WHL champion Edmonton Oil Kings everything they could handle Friday at the Centrium, but still came up short.

After playing the visitors at least even up through the first two periods, the Rebels wilted somewhat in the third, which proved to be the difference in a 3-1 Edmonton victory before 6,301 patrons.

“Close doesn’t cut it,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

“It’s a 1-1 game going into the third and I thought the third period was probably our worst period of the game. We didn’t seem to have any push at all in the third.”

The Oil Kings didn’t dominate the final frame, but while the Rebels struggled to create scoring chances, the visitors got a fluke goal for the win and then added an empty-net marker from Curtis Lazar with one second remaining.

Griffin Reinhart’s point shot bounced off the end boards and off the skate of Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak and in for the winning tally at 6:59 of the third period.

To that point, the Rebels were at least holding their own against the visitors, getting a secondperiod go-ahead goal from newcomer Jordan DePape, who buried a rebound while parked at the edge of the crease.

But in the end, the hockey gods were on the side of the Oil Kings.

“They got a lucky break on the winning

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Red Deer Rebel Cory Millette draws a two minute penalty for this check from behind on Edmonton Oil King Luke Bertolucci during first period action at the Centrium Friday night. goal, but that being said, you’re not going to win many games scoring one goal,” said Sutter.

“We never created enough in the third outside of a short-handed chance (by Brooks Maxwell). Outside of that we just weren’t good enough in the third period, or at least as good enough as you need to be at this

time of the year to win a game.”

Both goaltenders were on top of their game, with Laurent Brossoit turning aside 30 shots for the Oil Kings and Bartosak making 28 saves.

Brossoit made a gamesaving stop on Dominik Volek in the third period after coming up with a pad stop on Joel Hamil-

ton, while Bartosak took goals away from Lazar, Dylan Wruck and Mitch Moroz.

Sutter was pleased with the DePape’s play, considering it was his first game since undergoing shoulder surgery last November.

“I was happy for Jordan. It was huge to get him into a game situa-

tion and I thought he responded very well,” said Sutter.

The game was basically meaningless for both clubs, considering the Oil Kings had already clinched top spot in the Eastern Conference and the Rebels had nailed down fourth place.

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Glencross hat trick leads Flames over Predators THE CANADIAN PRESS Calgary 6 Nashville 3 CALGARY — Curtis Glencross scored his second career hat trick Friday night as the Calgary Flames made it six straight wins on home ice with a 6-3 victory over the Nashville Predators.

Calgary jumped out to a 2-0 lead eight minutes into the game, scoring on its first two shots against Pekka Rinne, who was promptly pulled by coach Barry Trotz for the second night in a row.

Mark Giordano opened the scoring at 6:20 when he walked in from the blue-line and fired a perfect wrist shot just inside the goal post on Rinne, who was partially screened.

The Flames went ahead 2-0 on a pretty tictac-toe passing play off an offensive rush. Dart-

ing down the left wing, Mikael Backlund zipped a cross-ice pass to Jiri Hudler who immediately sent the puck back into the middle where Blake Comeau deflected it behind Rinne.

Rinne was also pulled in Thursday’s 7-4 loss to Vancouver, leaving 5:32 into the second period that night after surrendering four goals on 12 shots. The 30-year-old Finn, who entered the night with a 2.13 goalsagainst average and .919 save percentage, has had an odd year. While he leads the NHL with five shutouts, he’s also been pulled in four of his last eight starts.

Hudler also scored for Calgary (11-11-4). After losing all three games on a disappointing California road trip to sink to last place in the Western Conference, the Flames have responded with

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Nashville Predators’ Gabriel Bourque, left, jostles with Calgary Flames’ Chris Butler during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary Friday. consecutive wins at the Scotiabank Saddledome, also beating Detroit 5-2 on Wednesday.

Calgary will attempt to snap a six-game road winless skid when they start a three-game trip in Dallas on Monday.

Gabriel Bourque with his team-leading ninth goal and Mike Fisher provided the offence for Nashville (11-11-6).

After starting their five-game road trip with a win in Dallas, the Predators have dropped two in a row. They play Sunday night in Edmonton.

Leading 3-1 after two periods, Glencross made it 4-1 at 1:14 when he was at the right place at the

right time. Skating to the net off the wing, Lee Stempniak’s slapshot from the opposite wing rang off the goal post and out the other side where it deflected off the leg of Glencross and in.

After Fisher got Nashville back within two at 3:15, Glencross struck again at 5:32, converting a set-up from Stempniak.

As he did on the first goal, Matt Stajan once again drew the assist.

Glencross wrapped up the scoring into an empty net with 20 seconds left, prompting a bunch of white stetsons to be thrown onto the ice that were given away during what was billed as West-

ern night.

Glencross has four goals and two assists in two games after missing two games with a wrist injury. He leads the Flames with 12 goals.

Calgary surged in front 3-0 2:20 into the second period when Hudler connected on the power play for his first goal in 15 games.

Set up in the slot, Hudler redirected Mike Cammalleri’s hard centring pass behind Predators backup goalie Chris Mason. While he hadn’t been scoring, Hudler had still been involved in the offence picking up seven assists during his goalless stretch.

Kings in the hunt for bronze at nationals

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 89 Huskies 78 MONTREAL — The RDC Kings find themselves on familiar grounds heading into the final day of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men’s basketball championships today.

Last season the Kings lost their opening game of the championships, then went on to reach the bronze medal game,

where they lost to St. Thomas University of Fredericton, N.B., when they ran out of gas late.

This year the Kings dropped their opening game Thursday — 87-75 to the Vancouver Island University Mariners of Nanaimo — but came alive Friday with an 8978 victory over the Keyano College Huskies of Fort McMurray in the bronze medal quarterfinal.

They face the top-

seeded Langara College of Vancouver today at 10 a.m. (MDT) with the winner advancing to the bronze medal game at 4 p.m. Langara lost 87-86 to Holland College of Ontario in the A-side semifinals.

“There were less nerves today and we played a lot better, more consistent,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger.

“It seemed all season we were able to learn

from our losses and come back the next day and execute a lot better . . . that happened today.”

The Kings were also familiar with their opponent, having played the Huskies twice before this season, including in the ACAC final where they recorded an 88-85 victory in Fort McMurray.

“It certainly helped that we knew them, as we didn’t have to prepare much, but then they knew us as well,”

said Pottinger. “The nice thing was we were able to regroup after a disappointing loss yesterday and come out strong.

The guys were motivated. We feel we’re a top four team and want to win the bronze to prove it.”

The Kings ran off to a 15-2 lead and never trailed the rest of the way.

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Buffaloes take series lead against Red Deer

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer Optimist Chief Chris Gerrie pokes the puck off the stick of Calgary Buffaloes Jack Berezan during first period AAA Midget hockey action.at the Arena in Red Deer Friday. scored at 9:58.

“We got into penalty problems which was the turning point,” agreed Quinn. “The first half of the game we played well but that bad penalty hurt and they capitalized. They have several good offensive players and we’re

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REBELS: Gave out awards “The big thing is motivating the players at this time of the year when there’s nothing to play for,” said Edmonton head coach Derek Laxdal.

“But we’re trying to teach these kids that any time you tie up the laces you play hard and I’m sure Brent is telling his guys the same thing.

“We knew coming in here that Red Deer was going to play hard and that they’re a physical team with an outstanding goaltender. It was a close game and if you don’t’ shoot the puck good things aren’t going to happen. We got a lucky bounce on our second goal. It was a pretty tight game and at the end of the day, but we’ll take the W.” Sutter had originally planned on sitting his top line of Maxwell, Turner Elson and Rhyse Dieno, as well as Bartosak — who would be replaced by Bolton Pouliot — and rearguards Mathew Dumba and Brady Gaudet for tonight’s regular-season ending game at Edmonton. Following Friday’s outing, he wasn’t necessarily stuck on the idea.

“I would have looked at it if we had played a 60-minute game tonight, but after playing just 40 minutes I might change my mind,” he said.

With both the Prince Albert Raiders and Swift Current Broncos winning Friday, the Rebels are still unsure of their first-round playoff opponents.

Red Deer will host either the Raiders or Broncos in an Eastern Conference quarter-final starting next Friday at the Centrium. ° The Rebels handed out their regular-season hardware prior to Friday’s contest, with captain Turner Elson accepting the Red Deer Advocate players award and the humanitarian award. Mathew Dumba was named top defenceman, while Haydn Fleury was honoured as top rookie, Bartosak was named team MVP and defenceman Devan Fafard was singled out as the most under-rated player. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

KINGS: A lot of free throws “We were up by 20 a couple of times and each time they made a run, but our lead never got below double figures,” said Pottinger, who wanted to be able to rest some of his starters in preparation for today’s possible busy day.

“When we were up 20 we tried to limit some of

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BRIEFS RDC bounced from futsal championships OLDS — Both RDC teams both lost during the opening day of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference futsal championships Friday.

The Queens dropped a 4-3 decision to Medicine Hat while the Kings lost 7-2 to top-seeded Keyano.

Hayden Slaymaker and Gurjit Sandhu scored for the Kings.

“This was one of our best games, but they’re undefeated this year for a reason,” said Kings head coach Steve Fullarton. “They’re a real solid team and when we made a mistake they punished us. There was no

also a little short on the back end.”

The Rebels are without Gabe Bast, one of their key men on defence. He’s out with a hip flexor and won’t be back even if the series goes five games.

“It hurts not having him,” said Quinn. “He’s one of my key players who

their minutes, but our top players still played over 30 minutes,” he said. “But we’ll be fine.”

The game was once again a tightly officiated affair, something that limits a real flow, said Pottinger.

“There was over 50 free throws, which takes away from the game’s flow, but it’s something we all have to adjust to.”

The Kings hit on 22 of 31 free throw attempts and Keyano nailed 24 of 28.

The difference in the game came early when the Kings hit 58.8 per cent from the field in the first half and were good on five of seven three-point attempts. Overall they finished 44.3 per cent of their field goals and didn’t hit a three on seven attempts in the second half.

Keyano was 31.3 per cent from the field.

Ashaunti Hogan was RDC’s player of the game with 17 points while Rob Pierce had 16 points and seven rebounds, Mari Peoples-Wong 15 points and Lloyd Strickland 12 points, eight assists and three steals. Jacob Cusumano had six assists. Gerard Mozwa had 33 points for Keyano.

In other A-side semifinal VIU downed Sheridan College of Oakville, Ont., 80-76.

Normades 73 Broncos 56 Like the Kings the Olds College Broncos will have to go for bronze at the women’s national finals in Truro, N.S. The Broncos were eliminated from any chance of winning gold when they dropped a 73-56 decision to defending champion Montmorency Normades of Laval, Que., in the semifinals Friday.

The teams were tied at 46 after three quarters, but the Broncos, who were playing long stretches without star guard Jylisa Williams, who ran into foul trouble, ran out of gas in the final quarter and were outscored 27-10. In fact Williams managed just two of her 18 points in the second half.

Olds led 20-16 after the first quarter and 38-32 after 20 minutes.

Shooting proved to be the difference as the Normades hit eight of 26 three-point shots and 11 of 15 free throws while Olds hit three of 14 from three and five of 13 from the charity line.

Melanie Hogue added 11 points and seven rebounds for the Broncos while Mackenzie Judd had eight points and Jerri-Lyn Chisholm eight rebounds.

The Broncos face VIU in the bronze medal semifinal today while Algonquin of Nepean, Ont., and St. Thomas University clash in the other semifinal.

It will be an all-Quebec final as Dawson College Blues of Montreal beat second-seeded St. Thomas University 74-64. drode@reddeeradvocate.com disgrace losing to them.”

Hoops teams struggle in playoffs Both Red Deer teams continued on the wrong side of the scoresheet during the second day of the provincial high school 4A basketball playoffs Friday.

The Lindsay Thurber Raiders dropped a 62-50 decision to St. Mary’s of Calgary in the girls’ consolation quarter-finals while the Hunting Hills Lightning were whipped 68-30 in the boys’ consolation quarter-finals. ● The 2A boys’ championship in Lethbridge saw the Rimbey Spartans lose their second straight game, 62-50 to Mill Woods Christian. Reed St. Denis had 12 points and Joel Deal 10 for the Spartans. ● The Camrose Trojans lost 82-48 to St. Albert in the 3A girls semifinals. Earlier they downed Edwin Parr 68-55. ● The Wetaskiwin Sabres also lost for the second straight time in 3A boys’ action, losing 78-70 to Webber Academy.

Scott nipping at Stefani’s heels at Tampa Bay Championship

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Adam Scott had a breakthrough with his short game this winter, and it’s so good now that he hardly even has to use it.

Scott had a putt for birdie on 16 holes in a second round that was without a bogey and without much stress. He wound up with a 5-under 66 that left him one shot behind 31-year-old rookie Shawn Stefani.

Stefani had to scramble more that he would have preferred, though he converted all the putts he felt he was supposed to make in his round of 70.

Temperatures finally began to warm, and without much wind throughout the day, the tournament was wide open going into the weekend. Stefani was at 7-under 135, one shot ahead of Scott and past champion K.J. Choi, who had a 67.

Twenty players were within five shots of the lead at the halfway point, a group that included everyone from Sergio Garcia and Matt Kuchar, to 19-year-old

Jordan Spieth and Erik Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient whose 65 was the low round of the day.

It was the highest score to lead at Innisbrook in five years.

Scott was right in the middle of it all, which is where he wants to be.

The Australian hasn’t shown too many scars from making bogeys on the last four holes to lose the British Open last summer. He finished the year by winning the Australian Masters, though it was a month later when he was working on his game at home on the Gold Coast that he experienced a significant turnaround with his short game.

“Just had a really nice feeling going that day, whatever it was, and I managed to get through the whole shag bag of balls hitting every chip the same,” he said. “Everything was very controlled and consistent. ... I’ve felt my confidence grow on the course with the pitching and chipping.”

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Detroit Red Wings Jakub Kindl (4) is checked by Edmonton Oilers Shawn Horcoff (10) during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, Alta., on Friday March 15, 2013.

Datsyuk ends overtime with winner to beat Oilers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Red Wings 3 Oilers 2 OT EDMONTON — Pavel Datsyuk scored the overtime winner as the Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing skid with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Datsyuk scored 3:39 into the extra session as he made a nice move to get past defender Jeff Petry and blasted a shot past goalie Devan Dubnyk.

Petry scored on his own net to tie the game at two in the third on a goal credited to Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall.

Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Red Wings, who improved to 13-10-5.

Taylor Hall and Sam Gagner replied for the Oilers (10-11-6), who entered the game having won two in a row.

The Oilers started the scoring three-and-a-half minutes in as Hall found a seam to slip past two Detroit defenders up the middle and beat Wings goalie Jimmy Howard with a low wrist shot.

Edmonton had 10 first period shots while the Red Wings were only able to direct five shots on Dubnyk.

The Oilers came close to adding to their lead one minute into the second period as Magnus Paajarvi displayed a burst of speed to get past Detroit defender Brian Lashoff but Howard was able to make the pad save in tight.

The home team had another glorious opportunity a few minutes later as Ales Hemsky picked up his own rebound off of the boards and hooked in front of the net, but somehow a sprawling Howard was able to get a piece of it.

Detroit came close as well midway through the second on a power play but Datsyuk rang his shot off of the post.

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Buffaloes 3 Rebels 2 The Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs find themselves in an unfamiliar position.

Rebels head coach Doug Quinn can’t remember a time since he took over the major midget AAA squad that they trailed 2-1 in a series. But that’s exactly where they find themselves after dropping a 3-2 decision to the Calgary Buffaloes at the Arena Friday.

“I think the last time where I trailed in a series 2-1 was probably in peewee,” he said. “But we have to stick with the program. No one said this would be easy. There’s a lot of good teams in this league and while it’s an uphill battle we certainly have the ability to win. We need to stick to it and rally together.”

The Rebels led 1-0 after the first period on Colton Bobyk’s point shot that hit a defender and beat Calgary netminder Keelan Williams at 4:19.

Bobyk could have extended the lead early in the second period when his blast from the point went off the post.

However, Bobyk, who is playing with a slight injury, was also involved in what was the turning point in the game when he took a four-minute retaliation spearing penalty. The Rebels were already short a man and Calgary had a penalty coming at the time. Instead of playing four-on-four the Buffaloes held a four-on-three advantage and Ben Assad scored at 7:05 to even the count.

Then with Bobyk still off Jack Berezan

eats up a lot of minutes. He’s good on the penalty kill and power play and we miss him, but every team goes through injuries, that’s part of it. We have to regroup and push harder. Some of the other guys have to eat up some of those minutes.”

Quinn called up Jesse Freeborn of the Red Deer IROC Chiefs 15-year-old team.

“It’s hard for him to come up as he hasn’t played for over a week, plus he has to step in in the middle of the playoffs,” said Quinn. “But he did a good job when he was out there.”

Zachary Befus scored what proved to be the winning goal at 11:33 of the second period when he appeared to hit the puck with a high stick, but it bounced off Red Deer netminder Jayden Sittler, rolled down his back and trickled over the line.

The Rebels came back hard in the third period and Chase Thudium got them back into it when he deflected a Bobyk shot in at 9:46.

“I was happy with our overall effort,” said Quinn. “We had some chances, but give them credit as well. Their goaltender played well, they blocked a lot of shots and played with desperation.”

The Rebels finished with 39 shots on Williams while Sittler faced 29. Red Deer took six of 10 minor penalties.

The fourth game goes Sunday at 1:45 p.m. in Calgary with a fifth game, if necessary, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena. The winner of the series advances to the league final. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt z-Edmonton 71 50 15 2 4 273 154 106 y-Saskatoon 71 44 22 2 3 277 217 93 x-Calgary 71 46 20 1 4 262 199 97 x-Red Deer 71 39 25 5 2 207 199 85 x-Prince Albert 71 36 28 3 4 230 230 79 x-Swift Current71 35 29 3 4 200 191 77 x-Medicine Hat71 35 33 2 1 236 242 73 x-Kootenay 71 34 35 2 0 198 217 70 Lethbridge 71 28 33 3 7 210 246 66 Moose Jaw 71 25 36 4 6 181 247 60 Regina 71 25 37 4 5 191 263 59 Brandon 71 23 40 4 4 187 283 54 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt f-Portland 69 54 12 1 2 314 159 111 y-Kelowna 70 50 16 3 1 298 174 104 x-Kamloops 70 45 20 2 3 249 178 95 x-Spokane 69 42 25 2 0 259 222 86 x-Tri-City 69 40 25 1 3 239 211 84 x-Victoria 70 33 30 2 5 215 248 73 x-Seattle 70 24 37 7 2 201 272 57 Everett 69 24 39 2 4 161 255 54 Prince George 70 21 41 2 6 175 261 50 Vancouver 70 21 47 2 0 193 288 44

Attendance — 6,301.

x — clinched playoff berth; y — clinched division. z — clinched conference. f — clinched regular-season title. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; 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 point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Friday’s results Calgary 5 Kootenay 3 Edmonton 3 Red Deer 1 Lethbridge 8 Medicine Hat 4 Moose Jaw 5 Brandon 2 Prince Albert 6 Saskatoon 5 (OT) Swift Current 3 Regina 2 (SO) Prince George at Kamloops Seattle at Portland Tri-City at Spokane Everett at Victoria Kelowna at Vancouver Saturday’s games Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Spokane at Portland, 5 p.m.

Tri-City at Everett, 5:05 p.m.

Goal (shots-saves) — Brandon: Honey (L,10-16-3) (27-23), Boes (0:00 third)(13-13); Moose Jaw: Paulic (W,21-24-8).

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Oil Kings 3 at Rebels 1 First Period No scoring Penalties — Millette RD (checking from behind) 6:33, Cheek Edm (hooking) 11:14, Lazar Edm (delay of game) 14:10.

Second Period 1. Red Deer, DePape 1 (Maxwell, Hamilton) 6:07 (pp) 2. Edmonton, Samuelsson 33 (St. Croix, Reinhart) 16:52 (pp) Penalties — Baddock Edm (interference) 3:14, Brossoit Edm (delay of game) 4:39, Underwood RD (boarding) 15:17.

Third Period 3. Edmonton, Reinhart 8 (Corbett, Benson) 6:59 4. Edmonton, Lazar 37 (Lowe) 19:59 (en) Penalties — Johnson RD (delay of game) 9:16, Samuelsson Edm (hooking) 10:29.

Shots on goal by: Edmonton 7 12 12 — 31 Red Deer 6 15 10 — 31 Goal — Edmonton: Brossoit (W,33-8-2-4). Red Deer: Bartosak (L,33-14-5-0 Power plays (goals/chances) — Edmonton: 1-3.

Red Deer: 1-5.

Referees — Adam Byblow, Fraser Lawrence.

Linesmen — Cody Huseby, Cory Lundquist.

Warriors 5, Wheat Kings 2 First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Fioretti 31 (Kirsch) 14:28 (pp) Penalties — Uhrich MJ (roughing) 9:29, Buonassisi Bdn (elbowing) 13:36, McCarthy MJ (slashing) 17:30.

Second Period 2. Moose Jaw, Point 22 (Eberle Fioretti) 12:08 (pp) 3. Moose Jaw, Fioretti 32 (Kirsch, Rielly) 15:13 (pp) 4. Moose Jaw, Kirsch 23 (Brown) 17:49 (pp) Penalties — Kirsch MJ (tripping) 3:44, Walters Bdn (slashing) 11:10, Pankewicz Bdn, Johnson MJ (roughing) 13:08, Meilleur Bdn (holding) 14:32, Swyripa Bdn (tripping) 15:51.

Third Period 5. Brandon, Swyripa 9 (Yaworski, Kalus) 3:45 6. Brandon, Swyripa 10 (McGauley) 13:28 (sh) 7. Moose Jaw, Point 23, 19:10 (en) Penalties — Brown MJ (hooking) 1:24, Hunter Bdn, Doucette MJ (roughing) 4:37, Robinson Bdn (hooking) 5:02, Nejezchleb Bdn (checking from behind) 12:19.

Shots on goal by Brandon 8 8 13 — 29 Moose Jaw 12 15 14 — 41

Hitmen 5, Ice 3 First Period 1. Kootenay, Philp 20 (Descheneau, Dirk) 6:34 (pp) 2. Kootenay, Reinhart 34 (Martin, Leach) 8:13 3. Calgary, Brooks 4 (Harmsworth, Clayton) 15:21 Penalties — Humphries Cal (interference) 6:21, Mayor Cal, Vetterl Ktn (roughing) 9:03, Descheneau Ktn (hooking) 11:13.

Second Period 4. Kootenay, Vetterl 5 (Leach, Philp) 5:45 5. Calgary, Brassart 32 (Rask, Sylvester) 15:05 (pp) Penalties — Mayor Cal (checking from behind) 12:01, Faith Ktn (holding) 14:16, Padakin Cal, Shirley Ktn (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 15:05.

Third Period 6. Calgary, Sylvester 40 (Humphries, Brassart) 11:12 (pp) 7. Calgary, Sylvester 41 (Zgraggen, Brassart) 12:51 8. Calgary, Brassart 33, 19:49 (en) Penalties — Chase Cal (high-sticking) 5:07, Leach Ktn (delay of game) 10:31, Macek Cal (tripping) 14:59.

Shots on goal by Calgary 6 15 14 — 35 Kootenay 11 11 9 — 31 Goal — Calgary: Driedger (W,36-14-4); Kootenay: Skapski (L,33-25-1).

Broncos 3, Pats 2 (SO) First Period 1. Regina, McCoy 8 (Ouellette) 4:17 (pp) 2. Regina, Scheidl 40 (Stevenson, Klimchuk) 16:24 (pp) Penalties — Martin SC (interference) 3:30, Christoffer Reg (checking from behind) 12:49, Scarlett SC (slashing) 15:42.

Second Period 3. Swift Current, Lowry 45 (Gordon) 17:35 Penalties — Cave SC (holding) 6:44, Whelan Reg (hooking) 12:41, Rodewald Reg (boarding) 15:02.

Third Period 4. Swift Current, Nedomlel 7, 2:48 Penalty — Jobke Reg (tripping) 12:06.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout Swift Current wins 3-2 Swift Current (3) — Lowry, goal; Heatherington, miss; Cave, miss; Black, goal; Gordon, goal. Regina (2) — Scheidl, miss; Stephenson, miss; Burroughs, goal; Gay, goal; Klimchuk, miss.

Shots on goal by Swift Current 9 6 14 3 — 33 Regina 7 8 3 2 — 20 Goal — Swift Current: Laurikainen (W,29-23-6); Regina: Hewitt (SOL,17-25-7).

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OL GF GA d-Montreal 27 18 5 4 88 69 d-Pittsburgh 28 20 8 0 103 79 d-Carolina 25 15 10 1 81 72 Boston 25 18 4 3 76 54 Ottawa 27 13 8 6 64 58 New Jersey 28 13 9 6 71 79 Toronto 28 15 12 1 82 78 Winnipeg 27 14 11 2 71 77 N.Y. Rangers26 13 11 2 65 64 N.Y. Islanders27 12 12 3 79 88 Philadelphia 29 13 15 1 79 88 Washington 26 11 14 1 72 78 Tampa Bay 27 11 15 1 88 83 Buffalo 27 10 14 3 70 84 Florida 28 7 15 6 67 105 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OL GF GA d-Chicago 27 22 2 3 87 59 d-Anaheim 26 20 3 3 89 64 d-Vancouver 26 13 7 6 75 72 St. Louis 27 15 10 2 83 79 Detroit 28 13 10 5 73 73 Los Angeles 26 14 10 2 76 69 Minnesota 26 14 10 2 64 64 San Jose 26 12 8 6 62 64 Phoenix 27 13 11 3 77 77 Nashville 28 11 11 6 65 74 Dallas 26 12 11 3 68 73 Calgary 26 11 11 4 75 87 Edmonton 27 10 11 6 66 79 Columbus 28 10 12 6 63 76 Colorado 25 10 12 4 65 78

Pt 40 40 31 39 32 32 31 30 28 27 27 23 23 23 20 Pt 47 43 32 32 31 30 30 30 29 28 27 26 26 26 24

d — division leader. Note: division leaders are ranked in the top three positions regardless of point total; 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 point which is registered in the OL (other loss) column.

Friday’s results Calgary 6 Nashville 3 Detroit 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) Philadelphia 2 New Jersey 1 (SO) Saturday’s games Washington at Boston, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Ottawa at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 1 p.m.

Phoenix at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Toronto, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Boston at Pittsburgh, 10:30 a.m.

Winnipeg at Ottawa, 3 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Flames 6, Predators 3 First Period 1. Calgary, Giordano 2 (Tanguay, Cammalleri) 6:20 2. Calgary, Comeau 3 (Hudler, Backlund) 8:00 Penalty — Smith Cal (tripping) 9:04.

Second Period 3. Calgary, Hudler 5 (Cammalleri, Wideman) 3:38 (pp) 4. Nashville, Bourque 9 (Weber, Josi) 5:14 (pp) Penalties — Boychuk Nash (holding) 2:20, Smith Cal (cross-checking) 4:49, Halischuk Nash (interference) 15:42.

Third Period 5. Calgary, Glencross 10 (Stempniak, Stajan) 1:14 6. Nashville, Fisher 6 (Josi, Spaling) 3:15 7. Calgary, Glencross 11 (Stempniak, Stajan) 5:32 8. Nashville, Lgwand 6 (Halischuk) 17:41 9. Calgary, Glencross 12 (Stajan) 19:40 (en) Penalty — Bartley Nash (slashing) 6:08.

Shots on goal by Nashville 6 6 8 — 20 Calgary 6 8 8 — 22 Goal (shots-saves) — Nashville: Rinne (2-0), Mason (L,1-3-1)(8:00 first, 21-17); Calgary: Kiprusoff (W,5-5-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Nashville: 1-2;

17. Maxim Kovtun, Russia, 207.40.

18. Alexander Majorov, Sweden, 204.29.

19. Jorik Hendrickx, Belgium, 192.19.

20. Viktor Pfeifer, Austria, 189.44.

21. Tomas Verner, Czech Republic, 180.50.

22. Viktor Romanenkov, Estonia, 177.09.

23. Yakov Godorozha, Ukraine, 174.98.

24. Justus Strid, Denmark, 165.23.

Pairs Final Results 1. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Russia, 225.71 points.

2. Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, Germany, 205.56.

3. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Canada, 204.56.

4. Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, Canada, 199.50.

5. Pang Qing and Tong Jian, China, 194.64.

6. Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov, Rus-

sia, 191.59.

7. Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov, Russia, 184.72.

8. Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres, France, 180.17.

9. Alexa Scimeca, Addison, Ill., and Chris Knierim, Tucson, Ariz., 173.51.

10. Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, Italy, 171.77.

11. Peng Cheng and Zhang Hao, China, 167.18.

12. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, China, 165.89.

13. Marissa Castelli, Cranston, R.I., and Simon Shnapir, Sudbury, Mass., 164.00.

14. Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise, Italy, 136.03.

15. Stacey Kemp and David King, Britain, 133.56.

16. Mari Vartmann and Aaron Van Cleave, Germany, 133.12.

Baseball SPRING TRAINING

Kansas City Baltimore Seattle Tampa Bay Cleveland Detroit Chicago Boston Minnesota Texas Oakland Toronto New York Houston Los Angeles

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 16 2 11 5 13 7 13 7 12 8 12 8 9 7 11 9 10 10 9 9 8 9 8 11 8 12 7 11 4 12

Pct .889 .688 .650 .650 .600 .600 .563 .550 .500 .500 .471 .421 .400 .389 .250

Colorado St. Louis San Diego Atlanta San Francisco Washington New York Pittsburgh Arizona Milwaukee Philadelphia Miami Chicago Los Angeles Cincinnati

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L 9 7 10 8 11 10 11 11 8 8 9 9 7 8 9 11 8 10 8 10 8 11 7 10 8 12 6 10 5 13

Pct .563 .556 .524 .500 .500 .500 .467 .450 .444 .444 .421 .412 .400 .375 .278

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

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Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Miami 3 Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1, 10 innings Baltimore 3, Boston (ss) 3, tie, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 2 Detroit 4, Toronto 2 St. Louis 5, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 3, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 15, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 5, Texas 2 San Diego (ss) 8, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 7 Milwaukee 4, Cleveland 3 Kansas City (ss) 7, San Diego (ss) 5 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 5 Arizona 2, Oakland 2, tie Boston (ss) 5, Minnesota 0 Colorado vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:10 a.m.

Cincinnati (ss) vs. San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Chicago Cubs at Las Vegas, Nev., 2:05 p.m.

Oakland (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (ss) vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Oakland (ss) at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 3:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (ss) vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:35 a.m.

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Texas (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Las Vegas, Nev., 2:05 p.m.

Texas (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:15 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned RHP Rubby De La Rosa and RHP Allen Webster to Pawtucket (IL) and C Christian Vazquez to Portland (EL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF Brennan Boesch on aminor league contract.

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Optioned LHP Andy Oliver and C Tony Sanchez to Indianapolis (PCL).

Frontier League NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Signed 1B Adam Derner.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Sold the contract of OF Darian Sandford to Chicago (AL). Signed OF Rogelio Noris to a contract extension.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Signed F DaJuan Summers to a 10-day contract.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Signed F Kenyon Martin for the remainder of the season.

Women’s National Basketball Association WASHINGTON MYSTICS—Named Eric Thibault assistant coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Released QB Kevin Kolb. Signed DE Matt Shaughnessy. Agreed to terms with CB Antoine Cason on a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with CB Zack Bowman on a one-year contract.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Released S Tom Zbikowski.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed CB Alan Ball, RB Justin Forsett and DT Roy Miller.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed OL Geoff Schwartz and CB Sean Smith.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed TE Dustin Keller and WR Brandon Gibson to one-year contracts.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed QB Matt Cas-

Red Wings 3, Oilers 2 (OT) First Period 1. Edmonton, Hall 6 (Horcoff, Hemsky) 3:34 Penalties — Smith Det (interference) 5:47, Smid Edm (hooking) 12:47, Cleary Det (boarding) 16:47.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Gagner 11 (Yakupov, Hall) 16:18 Penalties — Kindl Det (slashing) 8:27, Hall Edm (high-sticking) 9:06, Tootoo Det, Brown Edm (fighting) 11:43.

Third Period 3. Detroit, Filppula 6 (Zetterberg) 4:27 4. Detroit, Kronwall 5, 14:07 (pp) Penalties — Hartikainen Edm (boarding) 5:01, Horcoff Edm (face-off violation) 8:11, Brown Edm (high-sticking) 13:26.

Overtime 5. Detroit, Datsyuk 9 (Franzen, Kronwall) 3:39 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Detroit 5 9 12 0 — 28 Edmonton 10 16 6 2 — 32 Goal — Detroit: Howard (W,11-7-4); Edmonton: Dubnyk (OTL,7-9-5).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Detroit: 1-5; Edmonton: 0-3.

Referees — Wes McCauley, Ghislain Hebert.

Linesmen — Michel Cormier, Jay Sharrers.

Attendance — 16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.

Flyers 2, Devils 1 (SO) First Period 1. Philadelphia, Talbot 3 (Gagne, Read) 15:21 Penalties — Greene NJ (slashing) 9:02, Voracek Pha (hooking), Simmonds Pha (roughing) 10:34.

Second Period 2. New Jersey, Clarkson 11 (Salvador, Zidlicky) 6:09 Penalties — Salvador NJ (holding) 2:38, Rinaldo Pha (boarding) 17:40.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — Zidlicky NJ (high-sticking) 0:15, Hartnell Pha (slashing) 8:51, Volchenkov NJ (interference) 13:12, B.Schenn Pha (charging) 18:18.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout Philadelphia wins 2-1 New Jersey (1) — Kovalchuk, goal; Clarkson, miss; Elias, miss. Philadelphia (2) — Read, goal; Giroux, goal; Briere, miss.

Shots on goal by New Jersey 10 7 5 6 — 28 Philadelphia 10 7 3 2 — 22 Goal — New Jersey: Hedberg (SOL,5-7-3); Philadelphia: Bryzgalov (W,13-12-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — New Jersey: 0-5; Philadelphia: 0-4.

Referees — Ian Walsh, Dennis LaRue. Linesmen — Mark Wheler, Darren Gibbs.

Attendance — 19,971 (19,538) at Philadelphia.

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Providence 60 36 19 0 5 170 154 Portland 60 34 21 3 2 179 181 Manchester 60 29 24 3 4 177 165 Worcester 59 28 24 1 6 151 166 St. John’s 61 24 32 1 4 149 188 Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Springfield 59 34 16 5 4 186 142 Albany 58 27 20 1 10 157 162 Connecticut 61 28 25 5 3 175 185 Bridgeport 59 25 25 5 4 175 197 Adirondack 60 24 31 2 3 144 178 East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Syracuse 61 36 17 3 5 208 166 Binghamton 61 36 19 1 5 181 153 W-B/Scranton 62 33 26 2 1 147 146 Hershey 60 28 24 3 5 155 153 Norfolk 60 29 26 4 1 151 164 WESTERN CONFERENCE

Pt 77 73 65 63 53 Pt 77 65 64 59 53 Pt 80 78 69 64 63

North Division GP W LOTLSOL Toronto 58 32 20 2 4 Rochester 59 32 23 3 1 Abbotsford 64 28 27 3 6 Lake Erie 62 27 26 2 7 Hamilton 60 24 30 1 5 Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL Grand Rapids 59 36 19 2 2 Chicago 58 29 20 5 4 Milwaukee 59 29 24 3 3 Rockford 60 31 27 1 1 Peoria 60 25 28 4 3 South Division GP W LOTLSOL Texas 61 35 16 4 6 Charlotte 62 35 22 2 3 Houston 61 31 22 4 4 Okla. City 59 29 22 2 6 San Antonio 59 27 26 1 5

GF GA 182 154 191 167 137 159 172 180 126 177

Pt 70 68 65 63 54

GF GA 194 159 158 154 149 170 188 179 144 179

Pt 76 67 64 64 57

GF GA 184 158 188 165 166 158 186 195 155 169

Pt 80 75 70 66 60

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.

Friday’s results St. John’s 5 Hamilton 0 Adirondack 3 Binghamton 2 Albany 3 Rochester 2 Texas 7 Charlotte 3 Manchester 3 Bridgeport 2 Norfolk 4 Syracuse 3 (SO) Providence 3 Springfield 2 (SO) Rockford 4 Chicago 3 San Antonio 4 Houston 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 5 Worcester 3 Saturday’s games Rochester at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Hamilton at St. John’s, 4 p.m.

Manchester at Connecticut, 5 p.m.

Bridgeport at Hershey, 5 p.m.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Portland, 5 p.m.

Providence at Springfield, 5 p.m.

Norfolk at Binghamton, 5:05 p.m.

Albany at Syracuse, 5:30 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Peoria at Rockford, 6:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Albany at Bridgeport, 1 p.m.

Texas at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

Springfield at Connecticut, 1 p.m.

Manchester at Providence, 1:05 p.m.

Rockford at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Lake Erie, 2 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Peoria, 2:05 p.m.

Abbotsford at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.

Adirondack at Hershey, 3 p.m.

CIS Men’s Hockey Championship (Tournament seedings in parentheses) Group A Team GP W L GF GA Pt Waterloo (6) 1 1 0 2 1 2 Alberta (1) 2 1 1 5 5 2 Saint Mary’s (4) 1 0 1 3 4 0 Group B Team GP W L GF GA N.Brunswick (2) 1 1 0 3 1 Trois-Rivieres (3)1 1 0 3 1 Saskatchewan (5) 2 0 2 2

Pt 2 2 6

0

Note: Two points awarded for a win.

Friday’s results Alberta (1) 4 Saint Mary’s (4) 3 (OT) Trois-Rivieres (3) 3 Saskatchewan (5) 1 Thursday’s results New Brunswick (2) 3 Saskatchewan (5) 1 Waterloo (6) 2 Alberta (1) 1 Saturday’s games Saint Mary’s (4) vs. Waterloo (6), 12 p.m.

Trois-Rivieres (3) vs. New Brunswick (2), 6 p.m.

Sunday’s game Championship First A vs. First B, 4:30 p.m.

Basketball

Figure skating WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON, Ont. — Results Friday from the World Figure Skating Championships: Men Final Results 1. Patrick Chan, Canada, 267.78.

2. Denis Ten, Kazakhstan, 266.48.

3. Javier Fernandez, Spain, 249.06.

4. Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan, 244.99.

5. Kevin Reynolds, Canada, 239.98.

6. Daisuke Takahashi, Japan, 239.03.

7. Max Aaron, Scottsdale, Ariz., 238.36.

8. Takahito Mura, Japan, 234.18.

9. Brian Joubert, France, 232.26.

10. Michal Brezina, Czech Republic, 229.00.

11. Peter Liebers, Germany, 216.84.

12. Florent Amodio, France, 216.83.

13. Andrei Rogozine, Canada, 216.6.

14. Ross Miner, Boston, 211.90.

15. Song Nan, China, 207.68.

16. Misha Ge, Uzbekistan, 207.50.

Calgary: 1-3.

Referees — Brad Meier, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen — Don Henderson, Lonnie Cameron.

Attendance — 19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.

sel and WR Greg Jennings.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed WR Donald Jones.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Re-signed LB Keith Rivers.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed RB Mike Goodson and FB Lex Hilliard.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed LB Nick Roach.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Acquired WR Arrelious Benn and a 2013 seventh-round pick from Tampa Bay for a 2013 sixth-round choice and a conditional 2014 draft pick.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Agreed to terms with RB Danny Woodhead on a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Re-signed LB Bryan Kehl.

Canadian Football League MONTREAL ALOUETTES—Signed DE John Bowman to a three-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Acquired C David Steckel from Toronto for RW Ryan Lasch and a 2014 seventh-round draft pick. Reassigned F Patrick Maroon to Norfolk (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES—Assigned C Mikhail Grigorenko to Quebec (QMJHL). Traded D T.J. Brennan to the Florida Panthers in for a 2013 fifth-round draft pick.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Activated D John Moore off injured reserve. Assigned D Cody Goloubef to Springfield (AHL). Recalled F Sean Collins from Springfield.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed C David Desharnais to a four-year contract extension. Assigned F Petteri Nokelainen to Hamilton (AHL). Recalled F Mike Blunden from Hamilton.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with F Colin McDonald on a two-year contract extension, through the 2014-15 season.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed D Michael Sdao to a one-year entry-level contract.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed D Oliver EkmanLarsson to a six-year contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned D Jani Hakanpaa to Peoria (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL—Suspended Abbotsford RW Mike Testwuide three games for a charging incident in a March 13 game at Texas. Suspended Abbotsford RW Akim Aliu one game for his actions in a March 14 game at Houston.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Signed D Peter Merth to a professional tryout contract.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS—Announced D Jace Coyle was returned to the team by Texas (AHL) and D Matt Case was returned to the team by Manchester (AHL). Announced G Tyler Beskorowany was called up by Texas. Released D William Lacasse.

READING ROYALS—Signed F Robbie Bourdon to an amateur tryout agreement. Announced F Kirk MacDonald was returned to the team by Houston (AHL). Announced F .J. Syner was recalled to Hershey (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Signed F Walter “Pery” Martinez.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Signed F Obafemi Martins.

COLLEGE BUFFALO—Fired men’s basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon.

GEORGETOWN (DC)—Promoted Thurston Childrey to wide receivers coach and Alex Kolt to defensive line coach.

HUNTINGTON—Named Mike Turk athletic director.

SOUTH ALABAMA—Fired women’s basketball coach Rick Pietri.

Phoenix New Orleans

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Miami 50 14 .781 d-Indiana 40 25 .615 d-New York 38 25 .603 Brooklyn 38 27 .585 Atlanta 36 29 .554 Chicago 35 29 .547 Boston 35 29 .547 Milwaukee 32 32 .500 Toronto 26 40 .394 Philadelphia 24 40 .375 Washington 22 42 .344 Detroit 23 44 .343 Cleveland 22 43 .338 Orlando 18 48 .273 Charlotte 14 51 .215

GB — 10.5 11.5 12.5 14.5 15 15 18 25 26 28 28.5 28.5 33 36.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct 50 16 .758 49 17 .742 44 20 .688 45 21 .682 45 22 .672 37 29 .561 36 30 .545 35 32 .522 33 32 .508 31 34 .477 30 34 .469 22 41 .349 23 43 .348

GB — 1 5 5 5.5 13 14 15.5 16.5 18.5 19 26.5 27

x-San Antonio d-Oklahoma City Memphis d-L.A. Clippers Denver Golden State Houston L.A. Lakers Utah Dallas Portland Minnesota Sacramento

22 22

44 44

.333 .333

28 28

d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot Friday’s Games Toronto 92, Charlotte 78 L.A. Lakers 99, Indiana 93 Washington 96, New Orleans 87 Atlanta 107, Phoenix 94 Houston 108, Minnesota 100 Oklahoma City 117, Orlando 104 Dallas 96, Cleveland 86 Miami 107, Milwaukee 94 Denver 87, Memphis 80 Chicago at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Phoenix at Washington, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Portland, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Utah, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Orlando at Milwaukee, 11 a.m.

Miami at Toronto, 11 a.m.

New York at L.A. Clippers, 1:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Golf TAMPA BAY At Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $5.5 million Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71 Second Round Shawn Stefani 65-70 — 135 Adam Scott 70-66 — 136 K.J. Choi 69-67 — 136 Harris English 68-69 — 137 Brian Harman 67-70 — 137 Jason Dufner 71-66 — 137 Peter Tomasulo 69-68 — 137 Tag Ridings 68-70 — 138 Sergio Garcia 71-67 — 138 George Coetzee 71-68 — 139 Ben Kohles 72-67 — 139 Greg Chalmers 71-68 — 139 Marc Leishman 70-70 — 140 Justin Leonard 71-69 — 140 Scott Brown 70-70 — 140 Matt Kuchar 72-68 — 140 Jerry Kelly 70-70 — 140 James Driscoll 74-66 — 140 Jordan Spieth 72-68 — 140 Erik Compton 75-65 — 140 Brian Davis 71-69 — 140 Cameron Tringale 71-70 — 141 Jimmy Walker 73-68 — 141 Geoff Ogilvy 69-72 — 141 Sean O’Hair 73-68 — 141 Justin Hicks 70-71 — 141 Charley Hoffman 71-70 — 141 Ryan Palmer 71-70 — 141 Jim Furyk 72-69 — 141 Bryce Molder 72-69 — 141 Boo Weekley 72-70 — 142 Roberto Castro 69-73 — 142 Scott Langley 72-70 — 142 Stuart Appleby 74-68 — 142 Jason Day 70-72 — 142 Tim Herron 71-71 — 142 Pat Perez 71-71 — 142 Kevin Streelman 73-69 — 142 Troy Kelly 72-70 — 142 Martin Flores 73-69 — 142 Vijay Singh 69-73 — 142 Luke Donald 70-72 — 142 Webb Simpson 73-69 — 142 Nick Watney 70-72 — 142 Chris Stroud 75-67 — 142 Dicky Pride 69-73 — 142 Billy Horschel 70-73 — 143 Lucas Glover 69-74 — 143 Trevor Immelman 70-73 — 143 Aaron Baddeley 72-71 — 143 Robert Garrigus 72-71 — 143 Sang-Moon Bae 73-70 — 143 Troy Matteson 71-72 — 143 Colt Knost 71-72 — 143 Charlie Wi 71-72 — 143 Brendan Steele 68-75 — 143 Stephen Ames 72-71 — 143 Angel Cabrera 74-69 — 143 Brian Stuard 75-68 — 143 Josh Teater 74-69 — 143 Robert Streb 73-70 — 143 John Mallinger 74-70 — 144 David Lingmerth 74-70 — 144 Jonas Blixt 75-69 — 144 Rory Sabbatini 73-71 — 144 Daniel Summerhays 71-73 — 144 Graham DeLaet 73-71 — 144 Richard H. Lee 72-72 — 144 Jesper Parnevik 72-72 — 144 Chez Reavie 69-75 — 144

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Founders Cup Friday At JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Wildfire Golf Club Phoenix Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,583; Par: 72 Second Round Jee Young Lee 65-64 — 129 Ai Miyazato 63-67 — 130 Stacy Lewis 68-65 — 133 Danielle Kang 68-67 — 135 Lindsey Wright 68-67 — 135 Amy Yang 68-67 — 135 Candie Kung 66-69 — 135 Gerina Piller 66-69 — 135 Daniela Iacobelli 71-65 — 136 Cristie Kerr 71-65 — 136 Anna Nordqvist 70-66 — 136 I.K. Kim 69-67 — 136 Sandra Gal 67-69 — 136 Jessica Korda 70-67 — 137 Sydnee Michaels 70-67 — 137 Hee-Won Han 69-68 — 137 Cindy LaCrosse 69-68 — 137 Lizette Salas 69-68 — 137 Thidapa Suwannapura 69-68 — 137 Jimin Kang 68-69 — 137 Katherine Hull-Kirk 67-70 — 137 Jiyai Shin 67-70 — 137 Pernilla Lindberg 72-66 — 138 Heather Bowie Young 72-66 — 138 Nicole Castrale 71-67 — 138 Jennie Lee 71-67 — 138 Mina Harigae 70-68 — 138 Moriya Jutanugarn 70-68 — 138 Veronica Felibert 69-69 — 138 Giulia Sergas 69-69 — 138 Juli Inkster 68-70 — 138 Eun-Hee Ji 68-70 — 138 Angela Stanford 68-70 — 138 Brittany Lang 66-72 — 138 Karine Icher 71-68 — 139 Karrie Webb 70-69 — 139 Paula Creamer 69-70 — 139 Mo Martin 69-70 — 139 Belen Mozo 74-66 — 140 Hee Young Park 71-69 — 140 Silvia Cavalleri 70-70 — 140 Jacqui Concolino 70-70 — 140 Caroline Hedwall 70-70 — 140 Paige Mackenzie 70-70 — 140 Beatriz Recari 70-70 — 140 Karen Stupples 70-70 — 140 Lauren Doughtie 69-71 — 140 Inbee Park 69-71 — 140 Pornanong Phatlum 66-74 — 140 Maria Hjorth 72-69 — 141 Sarah Kemp 72-69 — 141 Hee Kyung Seo 71-70 — 141 Jennifer Johnson 70-71 — 141 Ryann O’Toole 70-71 — 141 Na Yeon Choi 69-72 — 141 Julieta Granada 69-72 — 141 Azahara Munoz 69-72 — 141 Stacy Prammanasudh 69-72 — 141 Lexi Thompson 67-74 — 141 Christel Boeljon 75-67 — 142 Katie Futcher 73-69 — 142

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Peralta homer lifts Tigers past Jays

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Patrick Chan of Canada does a victory lap after winning the men’s competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championshipsin London, Ontario on Friday March 15, 2013.

Chan golden in London

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON, Ont. — Patrick Chan is golden once again.

The 22-year-old from Toronto won his third consecutive world figure skating title, becoming the first men’s singles skater in 13 years to win three straight.

But victory No. 3 was far from an easy one for Chan on a night few skaters in the men’s field performed well.

Denis Ten of Kazakhstan won the silver, while Javier Fernandez of Spain claimed the bronze.

Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., finished fifth.

Indicative of his topsy-turvy season, Chan was fortunate to have taken a huge seven-point lead into the free program, because Friday’s skate to “La Boheme� was full of errors including a couple of falls and downgraded

jumps.

Chan, whose short program Wednesday was a world record, opened with two huge quads and looked headed for certain victory before an uncharacteristic fall on a triple Lutz, then another splat on his triple Axel — the jump that’s always been his nemesis — en route to 267.78 points. “I’m sorry I didn’t give you a good program,� Chan told the audience after. “I wanted to do it so badly. It is a two-program competition and I am thankful for the beautiful short program I did on Wednesday. “Maybe I’m saving it for Sochi.�

The 19-year-old Ten, who scored 266.48, had the best free skate of the night and finished with 266.48 overall, delighting the crowd when he crouched on all fours and kissed the Budweiser Gardens ice afterward.

There was obvious disappointment on Reynolds’ face when the 22-year-old heard his scores. Reynolds, who sat third after the short program, landed two quads, one with a shaky landed, but downgraded a couple of other jumps.

Earlier in the day, Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., won bronze in the pairs, Canada’s first in that discipline in five years.

Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto narrowly missed claiming a medal, finishing fourth.

The Canadian team, which has never won a medal in all four disciplines at a world championships, will have a couple of potential podium finishes Saturday with ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and teenager Kaetlyn Osmond in women’s singles.

Tigers 4 Blue Jays 2 LAKELAND, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero smiled and beamed with confidence after yet another sub-par outing Friday.

Romero, who entered last season as the lead man in the Blue Jays’ rotation, struggled throughout 2011 and went from being the top gun in the rotation to pitching on the back end of a staff that now includes off-season acquisitions Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson and R.A. Dickey.

Romero allowed three runs in three innings, including a long home run by Jhonny Peralta, in a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Rick Porcello pitched five innings and allowed two earned runs for the Tigers.

After going 15-11 in 2011, Romero slumped to a 9-14 record with a 5.77 earned run average in 2012.

He was the second-oldest pitcher in the Jays’ rotation, and this year he is the second-youngest.

Romero said he has a new mindset this season and he isn’t letting his latest setback bother him. “I’ll get better and I’ll take the positive out of anything I did today,� Romero said. “It’s time to look at everything that is positive and not dwell on the negatives.�

Romero said he is working on his confidence more than anything else. “It’s all about having confidence,� Romero said. “I have talked with vets who say they always get their butts kicked in the spring, so I have a reason to be confident. I see a light at the end of the tunnel. I am working on things I need to work on and I’ll be ready when it’s time.�

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said he has total belief that Romero can regain his 2011 form. “He just needs to find his balance,� Gibbons said. “He is taking too much time on the mound. He’ll find it.�

Romero has a 7.27 ERA this spring, but said he isn’t worried. “I expect to be good when I get out there,� Romero said. “If you look at it, it doesn’t mean anything until the season starts. I’ll be ready. I have my confidence.�

Porcello, battling for the final spot in the Tigers’ rotation, allowed two earned runs in five innings, including a home run to Andy LaRoche. Porcello is up against Drew Smyly for the last spot in the rotation and said he doesn’t want to talk about trade rumours. “Every time I go out there it gives me a chance to show what I can do,� Porcello said. “Every time I go out to the mound I have to show what I can do. You are only as good as your last start.�

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B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 16, 2013

28 points for Gay lead Raptors over Bobcats

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Golden Bears in the hunt with win THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan (centre) shoots on Charlotte Bobcats’ Josh McRoberts (right) as Raptors’ Jonas Valanciunas looks on during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Friday March 15 , 2013. away. Jeff Taylor tipped in a shot and fellow reserve Gordon knocked down a three to make it 28-23.

The Raptors’ bench started going hard to the basket and drawing calls. Telfair and Anderson combined on 6-for-6 free-throw shooting to make it 42-33 with three minutes left in the half.

After Josh McRoberts dunked on DeRozan to cut the lead to five with 40 seconds left, the Raptors guard came back hard the other way and was fouled while shooting.

He jawed at the officials, however, and earned a technical to close out the second 48-42 for Toronto.

Walker had nine of Charlotte’s 13 points midway through the first quarter, but Gay put Toronto in front when he slammed down a lob, then grabbed a rebound at the other end before bringing the ball back up court and finishing with a nice fadaway jumper to make it 18-15. Walker and Gay both finished the quarter with 11 points each.

Diaz leads with elbow GSP unfazed at UFC 158 weigh-in MONTREAL — Nick Diaz led with his elbow but UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre was unfazed Friday at the UFC 158 weigh-in.

Diaz came on stage first at the Bell Centre, accompanied by younger brother and fellow fighter Nate. Nick went old-school, representing his California home town with a Stockton hoodie. Underneath Diaz, who fought in Pride, wore a Pride Fighting Championship T-shirt.

The 29-year-old was stone-faced as the crowd at the Bell Centre booed.

Diaz (27-8 with one no contest) weighed in at 169 pounds.

A business-like St-Pierre came next, bounding up the stairs to the stage to cheers with head coach Firas Zahabi behind him.

St-Pierre (23-2) weighed in at 170.

The 31-year-old champion wasted no time heading to Diaz and the side of the stage for the traditional pose. Diaz then shoved an elbow GSP’s way and UFC president Dana White stepped in between them.

St-Pierre moved back, with a trace of a smile. Both fighters then threw their arms in the air.

“There’s going to be a fight and we’re going to see what’s going to happen,” Diaz said to boos, before thanking Stockton and his support team.

“I can talk as much as I want but tomorrow I’m going to walk the walk,” said StPierre. “That’s all I can say.”

The two face off Saturday night at the Bell Centre.

There was little drama in the rest of the weigh-in although English lightweight Co-

lin (The Freakshow) Fletcher may have scared children with his skeleton-like voodoo mask and fanged mouthpiece. The sixfoot-two tattooed Englishman is an eyeful without the props.

Montreal’s Mike Ricci, his opponent, did not seemed bothered by the party favours.

And six-foot-one bantamweight George Roop, looking like a scarecrow at 135 pounds, tried to intimidate five-foot-seven Reuben Duran by sticking his head over his opponent’s.

Montreal’s Patrick (The Predator) Cote and Americans Jake (The Juggernaut) Ellenberger and Jonny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks wore Canadiens jerseys to the scales.

American lightweight Daron (Detroit Superstar) Cruickshank showed his national colours by wearing Stars and Stripes underwear.

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SASKATOON — Levko Koper scored 2:51 into overtime as the Alberta Golden Bears stayed alive at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s hockey championship with a 4-3 win over the Saint Mary’s Huskies on Friday.

The top-seeded Golden Bears were facing a must-win situation in their second and final preliminary round contest after dropping their opener 2-1 to Waterloo on Thursday.

Alberta can still advance to Sunday’s goldmedal game if Saint Mary’s beats the Warriors by a 1-0 or 2-1 score on Saturday. The Huskies get to play for the University Cup if they win by any other score.

“We’ll worry about the various scenarios in a few hours. We get to live another day, and for now it’s all that matters,” said first-year Alberta coach Ian Herbers. “I thought we had lots of energy in the early goings but, like yesterday, we couldn’t buy a goal.”

After outshooting Waterloo 43-13 on Thursday, the Canada West champions double Saint Mary’s 40-20 in their second outing, including 17-5 in the opening period, which ended 1-1.

“It’s pretty simple. We only win 1-0 or 2-1 tomorrow and we go home,” said Huskies coach Trevor Stienburg. “This is nothing new for us.

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Raptors 92 Bobcats 78 TORONTO — Rudy Gay had 28 points and Amir Johnson grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors beat the Charlotte Bobcats 92-78 on Friday night.

Johnson added 12 points and Sebastian Telfair chipped in 11 points for Toronto (2640), which was coming off a 112-88 disaster in Boston on Wednesday.

Gerald Henderson, coming off a careerhigh 35 points against the Celtics in his last game, had 22 points to lead Charlotte (14-51). Kemba Walker had 20 points for the Bobcats.

Toronto went into the final quarter with a slim one-point lead, stretching it to 75-70 at 8:36 when Johnson tipped in Alan Anderson’s jump shot. Terrence Ross connected from behind the arc before dishing to Gay for a rim-rattling slam, and the Raptors were back up 80-72 with six minutes left to play.

Charlotte’s shooting went cold but used free throws to cut the lead to 84-77, prompting Raptors coach Dwane Casey to call time with three minutes remaining. Gay and DeMar DeRozan combined on a six points to put the game away with 37 seconds left.

Gay came out firing in the third with a jumper, two from the stripe and a quick pass to Jonas Valanciunas under the basket for the rookie to easily drain, making it 5644 at 9:51. But Charlotte went on a 10-0 run before Henderson jacked up a three and made a driving layup to cut the lead to 6463 with just over two minutes remaining in the quarter. With three seconds left, Ben Gordon hit a buzzer-beating two to tie the game.

Toronto opened up a 10-point lead early in the second but Charlotte wouldn’t go

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Close to 70 Scouts, Venturer Scouts and leaders volunteered their time on Saturday to make the event come together.

A total of 14 tracks were raced on simultaneously during the morning by the Beaver Scouts and Cub Scouts. After lunch there were races for the Scouts and the leaders had their own “no rules” fun race.

Youth are sent home with kits to build their vehicles. Their imagination is the only limit to what they create. Beavers ages 5-7 build a beaver buggy from a pre-cut kit that they paint and decorate.

The 2013 Waskasoo Area Kub Kar Rally —held Saturday, March 9 at Red Deer’s Parkland Mall — was the largest rally in recent years, drawing more than 200 youth from across Central Alberta.

The Waskasoo Kub Kar Rally is sponsored by Parkland Mall, Servus Credit Union, Napa Auto Parts and this year Hot Wheels-Mattel was a Scouts Canada rally partner.

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Cub Scouts 8-10 years old get a block of pine wood that they must shape into a car of their own design and the Scouts 11-13 years old get a kit that they assemble into an 18-wheeler.

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Each participant received a prize bag consisting of a participation certificate, medal, blanket crests, stickers, tattoos and a Hot Wheels car.

2013 winners: Kub Kars 1st — Micheal Hindman 2nd — Korbyn Hewlett.

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BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

MARKET EASTER SALE Lacombe Farmers Market is hosting a special Easter Sale on March 28, with plenty of homemade seasonal goods on offer.

There will be baking, crafts, eggs, jewelry, woodwork, clothing and much more at the sale to get people into the Easter mood. The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. For more information or to book a table for the sale, call 403782-4772.

FIRESIDE PUPPET SHOW Bring the family for a fireside puppet show at Red Deer Public Library Dawe branch. Puppet Family Storytime will have families make their own puppets for Three Billy Goat’s Gruff. The free event runs from 1-2 p.m. at the branch at 56 Holt St. on March 23, part of Super Fun Saturdays.

Red Deer Regional Hospital’s outpatient department will reap the benefit from the 2013 Hospitals’ Lottery, launched Friday.

Money raised will enable upgrades to some decades-old equipment and cut wait times for a number of procedures by standardizing equipment across its four procedure rooms and eight exam rooms for non-elective plastic surgery, urological and gynecological procedures, and more.

Some 30,000 Central Albertans made use of the department last year.

“More and more procedures are being done on an outpatient basis,” said Barb Mehlhorn, clinical manager of the department, “It’s more cost-effective and more efficient.”

Tickets are now selling for the 15th annual lottery, with 565 prizes to be won — a brand new home in east Red Deer worth more than $600,000 the biggest of them all.

Public viewing of the grand prize home, located at 201 Van Slyke Way in the Vanier Woods East phase two development, is possible in the afternoons. The luxurious 2,600-square-foot home built by True-Line Homes features four bedrooms, a media room with a 92-inch screen, and a covered deck, among other things.

After its first sellout last year, lottery chair Graham Moore is predicting the same in 2013. With 40 per cent of tickets already snapped up through a “previous supporters draw,” the foundation is well on its way.

Last year the lottery raised $635,000 for the purchase of hospital equipment, the highest amount in the 14 years of its existence.

He said the high usage of the outpatient department led to it being chosen as the funds recipient this year.

“It was number one on our list of things that we had. It’s a place where a lot of people visit every year . . . so that’s why we chose it,” said Moore.

Photo by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

David Pisko, the face of the Hospital Lottery who had fingers re-attached at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, tours the lottery’s grand prize home with children Jacob, 8, left, Hannah, 10, and John, 12, Friday.

One of the people who has made use of the department is David Pisko. After slicing his finger and thumb on a turning saw last summer, the Delbourne-area farmer/ contractor made it to the Red Deer hospital where surgery saved his fingers. Ongoing physiotherapy in the outpatient department has helped him regain the use of his hand and get back to work.

In total, there are 565 prizes available in the lottery, from the home and vehicles to electronics and luxury vacations. The total retail value of the prizes is nearly $1 million.

There are a number of ways to get one of the 92,000 tickets available in the lottery. By phone, tickets can be bought at 403-340-1878

Development driving province’s public water consultations

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF

FIRST NATIONS’ VIEWS ON ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSED First Nations’ views on earth, air and water will be discussed at a March 22 meeting. Alvine Eaglespeaker will give the aboriginal perspective in his presentation One Mind, One Heart, One Watershed at the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Spring Forum. The Wheatland County riparian project will also be discussed as well as other subjects yet to be determined at the alliance’s general and special meetings that day. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rosebud Community Hall in Rosebud. Admission is $15 and more information is available online at www. rdrwa.ca.

Development around Central Alberta’s lakes is helping drive the province’s public water consultations.

“We’re seeing a lot of growth pressure around Central Alberta lakes — Sylvan, Gull, Buffalo, Pine — and we’re seeing an increase in algae blooms as a result,” said Andy Lamb, Central Region director for Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Develop- Andy Lamb ment.

He spoke at a Red Deer River Watershed Alliance breakfast on Friday about the province’s Water Conversations program, part of the ongoing Water For Life strategy to ensure safe, secure drinking water, healthy aquatic ecosystems and reliable supply for industry.

Province-wide consultations focus on lakes, hydraulic fracturing, drinking and wastewater systems and water management. A session was held in Red Deer on Thursday night.

Public input confirms the need for clarity around the roles of all three levels of government regarding lakes.

“There are lots of stewardship groups around them, but do we need provincialscale management to support them? What we’re hearing is, set up an umbrella group for a unified approach,” Lamb said, adding the public also wants sources of chemical and biological pollutants identified.

While hydraulic fracturing — using flu-

ids under high pressure to free hydrocarbons from underground rock – is well regulated and been used since the 1950s, Albertans want better inspections and monitoring, including baseline testing to see if fracking changes groundwater aquifers.

No potable water should be used, fresh water should be conserved and industry should pay for water for fracking, he added.

Though the province regulates and monitors municipal and private drinking and wastewater treatment, its encouragement of regionalized systems has led to worries about cost increases and loss of local control. The input sessions also show needs for ensuring water for drinking before industrial use, more information on groundwater supply and adequately funding watershed planning and advisory councils like the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance.

Water management discussions stress no sale or interbasin transfer of Alberta water, actions Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Minister Diana McQueen has said the province won’t take. Input also identified water use optimization, conservation and storage as important as well as regional planning.

Stakeholders also want more information and data to better understand what’s allocated where and by whom. They have the perception Calgary and Edmonton are “hoarding” their allocations for future use, said Lamb.

“We’ve been getting very good response with a huge amount of feedback.

“We’ll produce a What We Heard document for use to inform future government water policy, probably by early summer.”

The public can take part through an online workbook and survey until March 29.

That information can be found at www.waterconversation.alberta.ca. rfiedler@reddeeradvocate

Council to talk representation Monday Allowing residents to have a say on systems of representation will be discussed at Red Deer city council on Monday.

Councillors Paul Harris and Lynne Mulder made a motion on March 4 that directs administration to amend the Dialogue Charter within four weeks to include consultation on representation, with a time line.

Last April, council voted 6-3 in support of keeping the existing at-large system rath-

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er than switching to a ward system. Councillors Buck Buchanan, Chris Stephan and Frank Wong were opposed.

Last month, the three councillors put forth a motion to add a plebiscite regarding ward systems on the Oct. 21 civic ballot. The motion was defeated.

Resident Garfield Marks has begun the work for a petition calling on council to add a ward plebiscite on the next municipal ballot.

or 1-877-808-9005. Tickets are also available online at www.hospitalslottery.com, at the home itself, or at the foundation office on the main floor of the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

Individual tickets are available for $25.

Five can be had for $100, or $250 for 15 tickets.

An early bird draw, for tickets purchased by 11 p.m. on June 9, will take place on June 25, with the draw winner getting a choice between a new truck and holiday trailer, or cash.

July 8 is the big day for the final draw.

For this, tickets must be purchased before 11 p.m. on June 23. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC students elect Cruz president

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Increasing student involvement and engagement is the goal of Martin Cruz as president of the Red Deer College Student Association.

Cruz was affirmed on Wednesday in the college’s student elections. The 20-year-old, second-year political science major, was previously the vice-president of student life.

Continuing on the work from the previous administration, Cruz said assuming the role is overwhelming, but he is excited.

“It’s been a good year this year and I just want to continue what we started,” said Cruz. “Which includes increasing student involvement.”

One way Cruz said they have worked to increase student involvement is through weekly events. This week’s event, because it is St. Patrick’s Day, is a free non-alcoholic drink.

Cruz takes over from Eric Peppinck, who’s term as president ends on April 30.

“He’s done an amazing job this year. It’s going to feel weird, but I know he’s going to be there to help out,” said Cruz.

“I’m going to be focusing on short-term and long-term goals for the council, so it’s pretty much a continuation of what we’ve done this year.”

Like many officials with post-secondary institutions Cruz was concerned about the provincial budget and its impact on student fees.

“We’re concerned about the decrease in enrolment,” said Cruz. “With an increase in cost (to students) it’s going to equal fewer students and less student involvement for the upcoming year.”

RDC president Joel Ward said the school will receive $4.5 million less in funding as a result of the new budget.

As well, Cruz said they would like to increase engagement at both the trades school and the Donald School of Business, which is separate from the main campus.

Rebecca Tootoosis is the new vice-president of operations and Jamie Miranda is the vice-president of student life. Cruz said the three met last night to discuss the year.

“We want the year to be fun, but also to be known as that group that had a lot of work done,” said Cruz. “We don’t want to be too serious.”

They will have a byelection for the vicepresident of college affairs, which wasn’t filled during the election as no one stepped forward. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Wolf Creek watershed runoff study ‘critical’

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Going ahead with a study to determine how much additional runoff from new development the Wolf Creek watershed can handle is “critical,” said Lacombe County commissioner Terry Hager on Thursday.

The review of the capacity of Wolf Creek and Whelp Brook was prompted by concerns that they may be at capacity and not able to absorb more runoff.

Alberta Environment suggested a master drainage plan be commissioned by area

municipalities to answer capacity questions. Environmental concerns, future drainage requirements and flood protection levels will be addressed in the study.

Hager said terms of reference are nearly complete for the project, which is expected to cost around $100,000. It has been proposed that the City and County of Lacombe split 80 per cent of the cost, with Ponoka County and Blackfalds sharing the rest.

The next step will be to issue a request for proposals and pick a consultant. It is hoped the study can be completed later this year.

Hager doesn’t hedge on the importance

of the work.

“I think it’s critical we get rolling on it,” he told council in an update on the project.

Concerns were previously voiced that if municipalities didn’t tackle the drainage issue future developers would be required to undertake their own costly studies to determine the impacts of development on nearby water courses.

Given the amount of work required and a lengthy Alberta Environment approval process new developments could be held up for one to two years. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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in modern churches and they couldn’t put their finger on what that something was,” he said.

What Yoder had done was tap into one of 2012’s big cultural trends, which was the rise of the “religiously unaffiliated” -- the so-called “nones.” The key numbers emerged from research backed by the Pew Forum on Religious & Public Life and the PBS program Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

The study’s findings have loomed over a variety of news events in recent months, from debates about gay marriage to the challenges facing a new pope.

The key facts: One-fifth of the U.S. public — and a third of adults under 30 — are now religiously unaffiliated. The ranks of the unaffiliated have risen, in only five years, from about 15 percent of American adults to nearly 20 percent. This trend appears to be accelerating.

What is happening with the young dropouts?

Among Yoder’s blunt observations: ● Churches offering the atmosphere of Starbucks/ Dave & Buster’s “knockoffs” are no longer cool for the young. “Our kids meet the real world and our ‘look, we’re cool like you’ posing is mocked. ... The middle-aged pastor trying to look like his 20-something audience isn’t relevant.

Dress him up in skinny jeans and hand him a latte, it doesn’t matter. ... The minute you aim to be ‘authentic,’ you’re no longer authentic.” ● Many young people have never been to a real church, since they were raised in multimedia nurseries and then taken into hip services built around jumbo video screens and rock bands. “They’ve never sat on a pew between a set of new parents with a fussy baby and a senior citizen on an oxygen tank,” he argued. In short, many have never seen faith applied to the full timeline of real life. ● Rather than teaching tough truths about tough issues, many religious leaders now sell a faith rooted in emotions and pragmatism.

“Rather than an external, objective, historical faith, we’ve given our youth an internal, subjective faith. The evangelical church isn’t catechizing or teaching our kids the fundamentals, ... we’re simply

encouraging them to ‘be nice’ and ‘love Jesus’,” he said. ● Young people are also supposed to be winners all the time and there is little room for “depression, or struggle, or doubt” in many big churches, argued Yoder. The bottom like: “Turn that frown upside down or move along.”

It’s hard to talk about sin, repentance, grace and forgiveness in that kind of happy-talk environment.

Far too many of what Yoder called the “big box” churches are not the kinds of places in which young believers learn to wrestle with the timeless tragedies and modern temptations of life.

“The church,” he said, “is simply a place to learn life-application principles to achieve a better life. ...

You don’t need a crucified Jesus for that.”

Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Contact him at tmattingly@cccu.org or www. tmatt.net.

LOCAL EVENTS SATURDAY, MAR. 16 A World of Stories Book Sale will be held at the West Park Presbyterian Church on Mar. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Papers backs — $0.25 or five for $1. Hard covers — $0.50 or 3 for $1.25.

SUNDAY, MAR. 17 Parkland Parish Anglican Churches St. Patrick’s Day Supper will take place at the Elnora Hall on Mar. 17. Beef supper will start at 6 p.m. Adults are $10, under ten are $5, and preschoolers are free. Enjoy entertainment, door prizes and basket draws. Contact Paddy at 403-227-1635, Jean at 403749-2411 or Gwen at 403-773-2270.

SATURDAY, MAR. 23 Easter Bake Sale at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church on Mar. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Raffle for Ukrainian Easter Basket. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20. Contact Vicki at 403-343-1683 for more information.

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA Sunday, March 17

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Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid “Mary’s Special Gift” 10:30 am Worship Service Sunday, March 17 Knox AGM immediately following Service

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SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.

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Sundays 10:00 a.m.

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

10:30 a.m.

Worship Service www.firstbaptistrd.ca

Join us this Sunday, March 17 at 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm

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Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Wayne Pedersen “The Covenant Continued” Genesis 24 Childrens Sunday School 2 1/2 - Grade 5

ELCI EL CIC CI C GOOD SHEPHERD ELCIC 40 Holmes St.

403-340-1022 WORSHIP SUNDAY 10:30 AM with Holy Communion

Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

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Sunday Services Services Sunday 8:30a.m., 10:30a.m.

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Wednesday Wednesday Ministries Ministries

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2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

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Sunday, March 17

Rev. Marc Jerry

Balmoral Bible Chapel

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service Judy Anderson www.cslreddeer.org

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER

Lenten Evening Prayer Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Everyone Welcome

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Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk DIVINE SERVICE 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

The Anglican Church of Canada Sunday, March 17

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769 www.stleonardsonthehill.org Celebrant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

Saturday, March 16 5:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist Sunday, March 17 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Sunday School/Nursery

ST. LUKE’S

"Old Church Blessing a New World"

Gaetz & 54th 403-346-3402

www.saintlukereddeer.posterous.com

Celebrant Noel Wygiera 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Family Friendly Worship with Eucharist Sunday School & Refreshments Thurs. 2:00 p.m. Eucharist

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m.

"There were three . . ." www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

Loving God . . . Loving People 10:15 am Worship Service

403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. – Worship Service “Something New”

2960 - 39 Street, Red Deer 403.343.1511

Babyfold, Toddler Sunday www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, Toddler Room,Room Sunday Club Clubwww.sunnybrookunited.org

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Like many computer pros whose lives revolve around the Internet, Marc Yoder eventually created a weblog in which to share his views on life, technology, faith and other cultural issues that happened to cross his path.

His “Marc5Solas” site — the musings of a self-proclaimed “nobody from nowhere” —drew a quiet hundred readers a week.

Then the 42-year-old Yoder wrote his “Top 10 Reasons our Kids Leave Church” post, based on dozens of face-toface conversations with college students and 20-something agnostics and atheists in San Antonio. He offered them coffee, the occasional lunch TERRY and a chance to vent. They did MATTINGLY just that.

“We all know them, the kids who were raised in church.

They were stars of the youth group. They maybe even sang in the praise band or led worship,” noted Yoder.

Then they vanish. About 70 percent slip away between high school, college and the office, according to researchers. How many return?

“Half. Let that sink in,” noted Yoder. “There’s no easy way to say this: The American Evangelical church has lost, is losing and will almost certainly continue to lose OUR YOUTH.” Before he knew it, 500,000-plus people had visited the website and his manifesto was viral on Twitter and other social-media platforms.

Then the agonized digital epistles began arriving.

Some readers started looking for the man behind the brash, semi-anonymous post.

“There was lots of church-bashing, but I expected that,” said Yoder, reached by telephone. What hit him hard were the “worried voices” of “people concerned that something fundamental had gone wrong

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Although Matt Grue’s film about an under-achieving writer and his friends navigating personal relationships and professional ambitions in their late 20s won’t be finished until June, the rest of the world can make up its mind when the official trailer is released on Saturday, March 23, at www.yearafteryearmusical.com.

Matt Grue transfers his original stage musical, ‘Year After Year,’ to the big screen

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF After a 30-day shoot in three cities involving 200 extras, $200,000 of raised financing, and then five months of post-production, Matt Grue summarizes his feelings about making an independent feature-length movie musical as “great.”

“But that’s only been recent,” said Grue, with a wry smile.

The Red Deer resident added that transferring his original stage musical, Year After Year, to the big screen on a shoe string has until lately been “very stressful,” even overwhelming.

“It’s been hard for me to have any kind of perspective on it . . . but I felt great as soon as I saw the rough cut.

“That was the litmus test,” Grue admitted.

“Before that I wasn’t sure if it was going to be a sack of s--t or really good.

I’m not going to say I was surprised, but I thought I had realistic expectations, and they were exceeded . . . It’s actually something I would watch.”

Although the film about an underachieving writer and his friends navigating personal relationships and professional ambitions in their late 20s won’t be finished until June, the rest of the world can make up its mind when the official trailer is released on Sat-

‘IT’S BEEN HARD FOR ME TO HAVE ANY KIND OF PERSPECTIVE ON IT . . . BUT I FELT GREAT AS SOON AS I SAW THE ROUGH CUT..’

— MATT GRUE

urday, March 23, at www.yearafteryearmusical.com.

Grue said this four-minute trailer should give everyone a good idea of the production values and what the story is about.

The movie, the first written and produced by Grue, is based on his stage production that premiered in Red Deer in 2010.

The lyrics are by Stephanie Ridge and Spenser Pasman, while the music is by Curtis Labelle. Dustin Clark directed and edited the film and created new musical arrangements for it.

Grue said getting to work with Clark, a Red Deer College graduate who was nominated for his previous work by the Alberta motion picture industry and Yorkton Film Festival, is one of the reasons he went against advice to sell the story to a film company that could invest $3 million to $4 million in the project.

With Clark, you get a director, edi-

tor, composer and writer, said Grue, “You get everything when you get him.”

Another reason is that Grue didn’t want to surrender his creative vision for the film, which he believes will expand on the inner lives and motivations of the characters in the stage musical.

He decided to shoot Year After Year independently with the belief that, in this YouTube age, the means are now more available than ever.

All it took was raising a budget of $200,000 of which $25,000 was cash, raised through the indiegogo website and various fundraisers and sponsorships, and the rest was gifts in kind.

Grue said he learned about the generosity of the Red Deer community when asking for big favours for the project.

They were all granted: From the camera borrowed from Red Deer College, to the local Earls restaurant giv-

ing midnight to 8 a.m. access to the cast and crew over two nights, to a local couple who allowed their condo to be used — and repainted — for the film’s main set.

One of the toughest lessons learned was “you shouldn’t try to shoot a movie in 30 days,” said Grue who recalled the month of August as a blur of location shots in Red Deer, Innisfail, Edmonton and Vancouver.

“I am not exaggerating when I say that every day we worked 16 to 20 hours straight — with not one day off” for the cast of nine principal and 10 featured actors and crew of 15.

He hopes to have a limited local premiere for the film in June, although a public screening won’t be possible at that time.

Grue said a criteria for entering film festivals is that movies not be publicly shown.

He hopes to enter Year After Year in Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival as well smaller festivals in Vancouver, Halifax and Edmonton.

“I’m not sure we’ll get into any of them,” Grue said, but he’s hoping to get a small distribution deal for theatrical showings, followed by an extended life for the film on DVD. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Oz not so great or powerful Oz the Great and Powerful Two-and-a-half stars (out of 4) Rated PG Pay some attention to that man behind the curtain!

So proclaims Oz the Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi’s curious prequel to The Wizard of Oz, where the focus shifts from Dorothy’s sweet perambulations to the wizard’s sneaky prestidigitations.

Did Raimi and his wily wizard, played by James Franco, apply to join the Impossible Missions Force before accepting this assignment?

Here you have two determined ironists tackling PETER a fable of utter sincerity, HOWELL one that resides not just over the rainbow but in the childhood memories of multitudes young and old.

Failure isn’t just an option, but almost a certainty.

The yellow brick road is littered not just with potholes (as we alarmingly learn in Oz the Great and Powerful), but also the broken bones of previous attempts to reconjure the magic of Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic film and the source Oz novels by L. Frank Baum.

But where other return trips to the Emerald City failed (Return to Oz and The Wiz come to mind), this one makes a relatively safe landing — perhaps too safe for fans of Raimi’s Evil Dead and Spider-Man franchises, which played with genre expectations.

It is both strength and weakness of Oz the Great and Powerful that it is a true prequel, one that isn’t inclined to monkey too much with Oz mythology or

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the 1939 movie that everybody has seen.

Raimi and screenwriters Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire construct their story with monochrome-to-colour transitions and Kansas-to-Oz character links that follow the familiar template.

You could easily see this playing as part of a double bill with The Wizard of Oz, even if the effects in Raimi’s film often look cheesier than the ones in its 74-year-old predecessor.

A combo visual aesthetic of Disney, Dr. Seuss and bad LSD trip assaults the eyeballs once Franco’s circus balloon arrives in the Land of Oz, via the tornado that passes for public transit in these parts. (3D is available, but definitely not needed.)

But first we meet his Oscar Diggs in the silverhued Kansas of 1905, where he and his faithful assistant/whipping boy Frank (Zach Braff) are busily separating suckers from their money, via tricks inspired

by Oscar’s two heroes: Houdini and Thomas Edison.

When he’s not conjuring, Oscar keeps busy breaking the hearts and/or spirits of the women and girls who desire his attention, including a wheelchairbound lass who really is in need of some magic.

Just ahead of a beating for his many indiscretions is a trusty Kansas windstorm, which whisks Oscar away to you-know-where.

When he lands, sadly not upon a wicked witch, he’s met by the wide-eyed Theodora (Mila Kunis), who assumes he must be a wizard, one who local lore insists will vanquish an evil witch that is terrorizing the residents of Oz. (The witch must really be a downer, because these Ozniks don’t start singing until the 90-minute mark, and then only for a few moments.)

Theodora also takes a shine to Oscar, and anyone who has seen Wicked might have a clue as to where this is heading, especially when Rachel Weisz shows up as Theodora’s sister and potential rival Evanora.

And just as with The Wizard of Oz, there are other travelers on the yellow brick road. Oscar falls in with a flying monkey named Finley (voiced by Braff), a comely mystery belle named Glinda (Michelle Williams) and a shattered girl made of china (Joey King), who is actually the film’s best CGI creation.

Oscar helps make China Girl whole using some old-fashioned glue, but he’s not quite sure as to what he’s going to do when he confronts the big, bad witch, who waits for him in the enslaved Emerald City.

All he has to work with, apart from his travelling companions, are an army of farmers, tinkers and Munchkins who don’t exactly look battle-ready. No wonder the sign to the Dark Forest looks as if it really reads “Dork Forest.”

“If it were easy, would we need a wizard?” Glinda tells him.

Many of the exchanges in this overlong movie involve Oscar, normally great at self-promoting flannel, insisting he’s not really all that great and powerful.

The answer he gets back is a variation of “You gotta believe!”

This happens so often, it could make Tinker Bell slap her head in frustration.

But a funny thing happens on the yellow road to the green city. The movie actually gets stronger towards the end, finally kicking into creative high gear as Oscar figures out how to use his talent for scams to do some good.

The finale is good enough to almost make you forget the one thing that I’ve been avoiding mentioning so far, which is that Franco wasn’t the best choice to play the wizard.

His default expression is smirking, he’s not great at playing with CGI creations, and, as he demonstrated all too well in his botched attempt as Oscar show host, he’s not big on sincerity. All those speeches about believing in yourself don’t slide off his lips.

Franco might have been the right guy for the job had Raimi decided to send up the Oz myth.

But that likely wouldn’t have gone down well with their Disney masters, who reportedly spent $200 million on this film and who evidently have franchise hopes for Baum’s 14-volume Oz saga.

And when it comes down to matters of money — well, Dorothy, we just aren’t in Kansas anymore.

Peter Howell is a syndicated writer with The Toronto Star.

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Multi-talented artist to visit PETER VON TIESENHAUSEN WILL DISCUSS HIS SOMETIMES POLITICALLY CHARGED WORKS Multi-talented artist, explorer and former gold miner Peter von Tiesenhausen will discuss his sometimes politically charged works and installations on Tuesday at Red Deer College.

Von Tiesenhausen’s paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and videos have been shown in more than 50 solo and group exhibitions and were featured in three televised documentaries, including the award-winning Elemental, which was produced in 2000 for Adrienne Clarkson Presents.

The artist from New Westmin-

ister, B.C., grew up in Demmitt, Alberta, where he spent his childhood working with cattle and horses and helping his father with carpentry projects.

After studying at the Alberta College of Art and Design, he worked in construction, resource exploration and gold mining in the Klondike before becoming a full-time artist in 1990.

Since that time he has lectured widely across North America, Mexico and Europe.

His work often involves the community in which it is produced

and locally-found materials.

He believes the land where he lives constitutes the foundation of his artwork. Von Tiesenhausen has in fact claimed “copyright” over that land and has successfully defended it on several occasions from multinational interests.

His 7 p.m. lecture in the Margaret Parsons Theatre at Red Deer College is free and everybody is welcome to attend. This is the fifth ART101 Visiting Lecture this term.

International duo’s panflute and organ will fill Church The rich, melodious sounds of panflute and organ will fill the Gaetz Memorial United Church in Red Deer this month.

The international duo of organist Andre Knevel and panflutist Liselotte Rokyta will perform at the church at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23.

Knevel studied the Maggie Smith

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“MLB 13: The Show” Platforms: PlayStation 3, Vita Genre: Sports Publisher: Sony ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

“MLB 2K13” Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre: Sports Publisher: 2K Sports ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 1.5 stars I’m a gamer by night, but by day I toil away in the land of graphic design. I say this because I think “MLB 2K13” may be the perfect chance for those two worlds to collide.

I believe I could take the “2K11” game cover, design a new one with 13 replacing 11, and give it to my baseball-addicted friend Mike and see if he notices a difference.

I don’t think my trick would register.

This underscores the serious problem facing 2K Sports with its baseball franchise.

We’re now three releases in a row with hardly any major alterations or upgrades, which means loyal gamers are shelling out $60 every year for a game that basically has updated stadiums and lineups, and little else.

The pitching mechanics remain tried and true, so leaving those intact makes sense.

Hitting the ball doesn’t take Miguel Cabreralike skill now,

Get Out & Have Some Fun!

so even casual gamers should find the ability to get hits and drive in runs.

The My Player mode, like everything else, is relatively unchanged from previous editions, and is probably the only thing worth playing on the entire disk.

2K should consider retooling this franchise.

Making it a more accessible arcade-inspired game could work, or it could invest deeply in remaking it to better compete with the simulation style that “The Show” has not yet perfected.

Either that, or gamers could soon see 2K drop out altogether, leaving Sony by itself.

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HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS 3D (18A) (GORY BRUTAL VIOLENCE) FRITHURS 9:40 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D (PG) (VIOLENCE,FRIGHTENING SCENES,NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI 4:40, 7:40, 10:25; SAT-SUN 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25; MONTHURS 7:40, 10:25 SAFE HAVEN (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI 4:00, 6:50; SAT-SUN 1:00, 4:00, 6:50; MON-THURS 6:50 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG) (FRIGHTENING SCENES) NO PASSES FRI 3:10; SAT-SUN 12:10, 3:10 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D (PG) (FRIGHTENING SCENES) NO PASSES FRI 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:35, 10:10; SAT-SUN 1:10, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:35, 10:10; MON-THURS 6:30, 7:10, 9:35, 10:10 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (G) SAT-SUN 12:00 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH 3D (G) FRI 4:50, 7:20; SAT-SUN 2:20, 4:50, 7:20; MON-THURS 7:20 IDENTITY THIEF (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE,SEXUAL CONTENT) FRI 4:20, 7:00, 9:50; SAT 1:15, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50; SUN 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50; MON-THURS 7:00, 9:50 21 AND OVER (18A) FRI 5:10, 7:45, 10:15; SAT-SUN 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15; MON-THURS 7:45, 10:15

DEAD MAN DOWN (14A) (BRUTAL VIOLENCE) FRI-SAT 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; SUN 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; MON-WED 6:40, 9:30; THURS 10:25 QUARTET (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI 5:00, 7:30, 10:00; SAT-SUN 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00; MON-THURS 7:30, 10:00 SNITCH (14A) FRI-THURS 9:55 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: FRANCESCA DA RIMINI LIVE () SAT 10:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: PEOPLE () THURS 7:00 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN,COARSE LANGUAGE) NO PASSES FRI 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30; SAT-SUN 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30; MONTHURS 8:00, 10:30 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN,COARSE LANGUAGE) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, NO PASSES WED 1:00 THE CALL (14A) (BRUTAL VIOLENCE) NO PASSES FRI 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; SAT 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; SUN 12:20, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; MON-THURS 7:50, 10:20 THE CALL (14A) (BRUTAL VIOLENCE) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, NO PASSES WED 1:00 THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD (PG) (VIOLENCE) SAT 11:00

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I often reread previous reviews when tackling a yearly franchise to check on any significant improvements in the new iteration. It’s a difficult challenge for developers, considering the short window of time to churn out new features, so I rarely go in expecting life-altering adjustments.

Thankfully, “The Show” has delivered a well-rounded baseball experience for the last several years, making it less necessary to do massive overhauls.

Subtle tweaks here and there suffice to continue the franchise’s reign as the best on-thediamond video game around.

You’ll notice the game’s enhancements most when stepping up to the plate.

I’m no baseball guru, so I judge based on how easily I can knock a ball into the outfield. I’m not asking for 14-11 games each time out, but even the most casual gamer will see that as a simulation experience, “The Show” remains accessible.

Visual improvements come pretty standard with each year’s release, and I imagine those and the enhanced audio around the ballparks account for why the game endures some frustratingly lengthy load times.

Thankfully, once you get to play, especially in the Road to the Show mode, everything runs smoothly and crisply. This career mode remains one of the most stellar in any sports game and is a must-play for anyone looking to rise from nobody to Cooperstown entrant.

This continues to be a series worth the money for the latest edition.

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Household debt hits new record

BY JULIAN BELTRAME THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian households continue to get into deeper debt, but the most recent data also offers a bit of a respite — credit accumulation is slowing and there’s evidence the Bank of Canada is correct in saying the problem appears to be stabilizing.

A Statistics Canada report Friday calculates the average household owed a record $164.97 in market debt for every $100 of disposable, after-tax income they earned in the fourth quarter of 2012 — slightly more than the previous high of $164.7 in the prior three months.

That is only a few percentage points shy of where U.S. household debt levels reached before the country’s real estate

Home sales cool again in February

market collapsed, and was a key reason why Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened mortgage rules last July.

But the latest data represents progress in the effort rein in risky levels of household debt in Canada, say analysts.

The fourth-quarter increase in the debt ratio was the smallest in a year, while household net worth actually increased by 1.4 per cent, thanks to gains in the value of stock holdings and pensions.

Earlier this month, the Bank of Canada signalled it was not as worried about debt as it had been, judging that with a “more constructive evolution of imbalances in the household sector, residential investment is expected to decline further from historically high levels.”

The debt report came the same day the Canadian Real Estate Association reported

resales of houses and condos fell 2.1 per cent in February, from the previous month, and were down 15.8 per cent from a year ago. As well, the average price for homes sold in the month slipped by about one per cent from a year ago to $368,895.

Both reports suggest that although debt and housing remain at levels economists consider unsustainable, both appear headed for a soft landing.

“I wouldn’t want to bank on one or two quarters’ data (so) it’s a little early to declare victory,” cautioned Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter.

“The reality is that almost whatever measure you look at, household debt is still up about three per cent from what it was a year ago.”

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LABOUR RIGHTS GONE WILD

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NHL LOCKOUT BLAMED FOR Q3 BEER SLUMP HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Crown liquor corporation says the NHL lockout was largely to blame for lower beer sales in its third quarter. The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. says beer sales were down 1.1 per cent between Oct. 1, 2012 and Dec. 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. The corporation says even a small dip is significant because beer accounts for more than 40 per cent of its overall sales.

The NHL returned to the ice in mid-January after a battle between the league and players that lasted for nearly four months.

Overall, the liquor corporation recorded sales of $157.6 million in the third quarter compared to $156.6 million in the same period in 2011 with increases in both wine and spirits sales. The corporation says its income for the third quarter was $60.8 million, down by $500,000 compared with last year.

The total volume of alcohol sold in the third quarter was down 2.1 per cent from the same time last year. Wholesale sales, such as those at bars, restaurants and stores, were $26.3 million, a decrease of about 0.7 per cent.

CHINESE REGULATOR APPROVES JOINT VENTURE TORONTO — Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) said Friday that its fund management joint venture with the Bank of Beijing has received regulatory approval for a license to operate in China. The Canadian bank said it is the first fund management license issued in China under a new round of pilot programs allowing commercial banks to set up fund management companies. The Bank of Beijing holds a majority stake in the joint venture while Scotiabank and Chinese company General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals both hold a minority interest.

Scotiabank is still waiting for regulatory approval of its purchase of a 19.99 per cent stake in the Bank of Guangzhou that was announced in September 2011. Scotiabank holds a 19 per cent stake in the Bank of Xi’an.

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OTTAWA — Canada’s residential real estate market continued to cool in February, a trend that the industry’s main association says is fallout from tougher borrowing and lending rules brought in last summer.

The Canadian Real Estate Association also cut its forecast Friday for sales this year after a weak second half of 2012 that saw sales slow more than it expected in some markets.

The association said 2013 sales are expected to total 441,500 units, down 2.9 per cent from 454,573 in 2012. The revised outlook compared with earlier expectations for a two per cent drop in sales.

The national average home price is forecast to slip by 0.2 per cent to $362,600.

“Mortgage rules are expected to remain as they are, so sales should be less volatile than they have been in recent years,” said Gregory Klump, the association’s chief economist.

“Interest rates are also expected to remain low as the economy grows and adds jobs, which is supportive for the resale housing market.”

TD Bank economist Diana Petramala said it appears the Canadian housing market has gone through a “soft landing.”

“The good news is that sales are now at levels that we feel are well supported by underlying employment and population growth.

“In turn, existing home sales are likely to stabilize in the coming months. Prices are expected to continue to weaken as demand for Canadian housing remains modest.”

For February, CREA said sales were down 15.8 per cent compared with a year ago — a decline that was exaggerated slightly by an extra day in February 2012.

Sales were down 2.1 per cent month-tomonth in February — reversing a small gain in January.

Klump noted the decline from early 2012 reflects reduced demand due to tighter mortgage rules brought in by the federal government last July.

“Until we get well into the summer months, year-over-year comparisons to months in the first half of 2012 are predictably going to be down significantly but not necessarily be indicative of further deterioration,” Klump said.

Of the 26 local markets tracked by CREA, all but one showed year-to-year declines in actual sales — with Edmonton being the exception.

The association also said its house price index had its smallest year-to-year gain since March 2011, rising 2.7 per cent to 156.5 last month.

The national average price for homes sold in February through its members was $368,895.

That was a one per cent decline from the same month last year — although CREA said there would have been a small increase without Vancouver’s numbers.

Home sales in Vancouver fell 29.2 per cent compared with a year ago, and 9.8 per cent compared with January.

The average price in Vancouver in February was $760,976, down 5.6 per cent from a year ago.

BMO Capital Markets senior Robert Kavcic noted Vancouver was the “bad apple” in the results.

“Location is key, and Vancouver (or B.C. generally) is the weak neighbourhood with buyers firmly in control,” Kavcic wrote in a report.

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A striking worker demonstrates inside the French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen assembly line, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, north of Paris on Jan. 28, 2013. With its long vacations, short hours and myriad workers’ rights, France has a reputation for being a hard place to do business. Now add this to the mix: A law working its way through parliament would grant amnesty to workers who have ransacked their company’s offices or threatened their bosses in the midst of labour disputes.

Sylvan Lake welcomes new economic development officer

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Sylvan Lake’s new economic development officer can relate to business owners — she used to be one.

Vicki Kurz joined town staff on Monday, after relocating to Central Alberta from her native Ontario. There, she at one time owned and operated a Timber Mart home centre and manufactured trusses. That was before she embarked on another career, Vicki Kurz serving as economic development manager with the Dryden Development Corporation.

During her 5 ½ years in that position, Kurz helped the city become investmentready — working on investment profiles, sector profiles and a community profile.

“I’m hoping that we can take some of those experiences and use them here in Sylvan Lake,” she said.

Sylvan Lake is in a much different situ-

ation than Dryden, acknowledged Kurz.

Here, the task is to manage growth; in Dryden it’s to attract investment so that growth can occur.

“There’s plenty of opportunity,” said Kurz of her new home.

Before coming to Sylvan Lake, she served on the board of Trans Canada Trail Ontario and then managed the Path of the Paddle Project — a Trans Canada Trail Ontario initiative to develop a 900-km water route from the Manitoba border to Thunder Bay. Now 51, Kurz said she and her partner wanted to move west. That urge grew after her daughter moved to Sundre last fall.

She’s now attending Olds College.

“I prefer this size of a community,” said Kurz, adding that she even heard glowing reports about Sylvan Lake from residents of Ontario.

Kurz replaces Matt Cornall, who resigned late last year to accept the position of investment attraction officer with Central Alberta: Access Prosperity.

“What I’m doing right now is I’m reading through what’s been done to date based on the Sylvan Lake economic development strategy,” said Kurz, who praises the town for the planning it has done to encourage and accommodate growth. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Ottawa invests in livestock genetics promotion

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The federal government is investing more than a million dollars in a trade association dedicated to promoting the export of livestock genetics.

Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins announced the funding for the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association on Friday, while at Morsan Farms Ltd. east of Ponoka.

“Canada is a leading supplier of livestock genetics in the global marketplace,” said Calkins. “Investments like this help

the industry penetrate new markets, maintain greater competitiveness in existing markets, and increase overall exports.”

The Canadian Livestock Genetics Association is a trade association that promotes and supports the sale of livestock genetics.

The federal funding will help it expand and regain international markets for live cattle, semen, embryos and related products and services, said a government news release.

Specific initiatives will include taking part in trade meetings and missions, conducting training and pursuing new markets.

“Along with industry funding, this in-

vestment helps us promote Canada’s highperforming dairy, sheep and goat genetics, and our innovative genetic evaluation and management systems, to enhance technical market access and to ensure that buyers have the knowledge and skills to maximize the potential of their investment,” said Rick McRonald, the association’s executive director.

Last year, Canadian dairy genetics value of $110 million were exported to more than 100 countries.

Morsan Farms breeds Holstein dairy cattle, and sells genetics internationally.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 104.37 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 88.21 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.74 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.28 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.89 Cdn. National Railway . 102.00 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 129.39 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 77.00 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.46 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.01 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 33.81 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.70 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.71 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.35 General Motors Co. . . . . 28.21 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.85 Research in Motion. . . . . 15.40 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.50 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.30 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 43.29 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.59 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.72 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.89

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.65 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.50 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 52.51 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.50 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.45 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 29.22 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.82 First Quantum Minerals . 21.74 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 33.14 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.10 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 71.80 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 8.13 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.63 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.26 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 30.53

Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.40 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 70.51 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.91 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.42 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 12.99

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 27.01 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 34.87 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.96 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.57 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 50.39 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.55 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.49 Canyon Services Group. 10.90 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.90 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.660 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.73 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.05

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher Friday, helped by energy and mining stocks, while U.S. markets gave back a bit of the enthusiastic gains of recent sessions.

The S&P/TSX composite was up 30.12 points at 12,830.03, while the TSX Venture Exchange rose 4.54 points to 1,116.61.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.29 of a cent at 98.11 cents US, backing off a three-week high of 98.22 reached in the morning.

After eight record high sessions and 10 consecutive days of gains, the Dow industrials gave back some of that on mixed economic data, dropping 25.03 points to 14,514.11.

The Nasdaq was down 9.86 points at 3,249.07 and the S&P 500 index slid 2.53 points to 1,560.70.

“The U.S. drive has been pretty relentless. Sooner or later, you’re going to have a down day,” said Colin Cieszynski, market analyst at CMC Markets Canada.

“You’re at a point where some people are just looking for any excuse to take profits because we’ve had such a run the last few days.”

In commodities, the April crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange added 42 cents to close at US$93.45 a barrel, as the TSX energy sector gained 1.1 per cent.

Telecom stocks ran up

0.4 per cent with BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) ahead three cents to $46.74.

The financial sector was also higher, rising 0.1 per cent, as Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) said its fund management joint venture with the Bank of Beijing has received regulatory approval for a license to operate in China.

Its shares were up 33 cents to $60.33.

Royal Bank (TSX:RY) shares rose 16 cents to $61.43, while Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) was up five cents to $15.48.

The Canadian Real Estate Association reported that home and condo resales fell 2.1 per cent in February from the previous month, when they logged a small gain. On a year-over-year basis, last month’s activity was down 15.8 per cent.

Meanwhile, in the U.S. a spike in gasoline prices drove up expenses in February. The Labour Department says consumer prices increased a seasonally adjusted 0.7 per cent last month from January, the biggest rise since June 2009. Three-fourths of the increase reflected a 9.1 per cent surge in gas prices.

The concern about inflation pushed gold prices higher with April bullion gaining $1.90 to US$1,592.60 an ounce.

May copper lost two cents to US$3.52 to pound.

Production at U.S. factories rose last month, weighted heavily in autos and automotive parts.

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.37 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.90 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.11 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.44 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.97 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.72 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.89 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 1.150 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.23 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 31.67 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.49 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.75 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.40 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.03 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 64.08 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.33 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.92 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.14 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 34.31 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 27.19 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.82 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.31 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.48 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 77.00 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.45 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 61.43 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 28.67 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.00 The Federal Reserve said factory output rose a seasonally adjusted 0.8 per cent month over month in February after having fallen 0.3 per cent in January.

In European economic developments, a summit of the 27 European Union leaders in Brussels failed to deliver any fundamental change in economic strategy though there was more talk of the need to promote growth rather than just cut debt.

ICE FUTURES CLOSE WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $0.10 higher $623.20; July ’13 $1.10 lower $609.40; Nov. ’13 $1.10 lower $551.90; Jan. ’14 $1.30 higher $551.30; March ’14 $1.30 lower $550.50; May ’14 $1.30 lower $548.40; July ’14 $1.30 lower $546.50; Nov. ’14 $1.30 lower $535.30; Jan ’15 $1.30 lower $535.30; March ’15 $1.30 lower $535.30.

Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.00; July ’13 unchanged $243.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $243.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $243.50; March ’14 unchanged $243.50; May ’14 unchanged $243.50; July ’14 unchanged $243.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $243.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $243.50; March ’15 unchanged $243.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 265,180 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 265,180.

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Ex-JPMorgan execs, regulators pressed about $6.2B trading loss

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Two former highranking executives at JPMorgan Chase faced tough questions from senators Friday about why the bank played down risks and hid losses from regulators when it was losing billions.

The hearing was held a day after the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued a scathing report that ascribed widespread blame for $6.2 billion in trading losses to key executives at the nation’s biggest bank.

Douglas Braunstein, the former chief financial officer, and Ina Drew, the former chief investment officer overseeing trading strategy, were pressed to explain why bank executives gave federal examiners in April information that significantly understated losses for the first quarter of 2012.

“The number I reported (to the regulators) was the number that was given to me,” said Drew, who resigned last

spring after the losses became public.

Drew blamed the losses on executives under her watch who failed to control risks out of the London office.

She said that undermined her oversight and kept her from preventing the losses.

The report also suggested that CEO Jamie Dimon was aware of the losses in April, even while he played them down publicly. And Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the panel, implied that Dimon set a precedent at the bank for withholding information.

Dimon acknowledged in May 2012 that the firm had lost $2 billion on risky trades out of its London office.

The losses have since been revised to more than $6 billion.

After reading the report and hearing executives testify that they didn’t know who was responsible for informing regulators, members of the panel questioned whether the nation’s biggest bank had become too large to manage.

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DEBT: Little extra room to borrow

in the fourth quarter, up one per cent from the third quarter of 2012. Higher prices for many assets led the advance, while national saving accounted for 29 per cent of the increase in national net worth.

Household borrowing in consumer credit, loans and mortgages totalled $14.7 billion in the fourth quarter, led by $11 billion in mortgage borrowing.

By the end of the quarter, mortgage debt hit $1.1 trillion, consumer credit debt stood at $477 billion and the level of debt was up 5.5 per cent on an annual basis.

Household net worth rose 1.4 per cent in the fourth quarter to $199,70 on a per capita basis.

But by other measures, the problem doesn’t seem as acute. House debt to total assets and debt to net worth have come down over the past year.

As well, household equity as a proportion of real estate they owned remained at about 69 per cent.

Still, the high debt levels suggest that Canadians have little extra room to borrow and spend on big consumer ticket items, or more and bigger real estate, going forward. A TD report earlier in the week forecast that home price gains will average only about two per cent, essentially keeping up with inflation, over the next decade.

Also factoring into the cooling story is that despite healthy employment numbers in the past six months, Canadian’s per capita disposable income actually saw a slight dip in real terms over the past six months.

The proof whether debt escalation has been capped or is merely taking a breather may be determined by what happens in the housing market this spring and (does summer, believes TD Bank economist Jonathan Bendiner.

“With the low interest rate environment, there’s always the risk that debt could grow faster than incomes in the future,” he explained.

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Above: New countertops, doors and hardware can rejuvenate a kitchen for a reduced cost. Below shows the kitchen before the renovation.

Refaced cabinets, new appliances and mirrors create magic A brand new kitchen (including all appliances) for four grand. Is this really possible?

So your kitchen, decoratively speaking, is dying.

No amount of paddling, even if administered by George Clooneys electric touch — as witnessed during his early ER days — could tempt the rickety wreck back from the depths of designer demise.

You face facts. It’s an elderly fit out; it’s had a very good run.

Reality settling, you wipe your eyes.

COLIN & Your family, JUSTIN gathered in the ominously grave space, weeps silently, lamenting the past.

The air is still, save for the intermittent beeping of an ancient stove clock which slowly arrests.

And then stops.

You glance at your spouse who frowns and looks at the children.

And in that moment, you steal yourself to pull a metaphorical blanket over the motionless cabinetry’s deathly form.

Your kitchen has flat-lined. Cue the haunting chords of Chopin’s Funeral March, played in B flat minor. It’s a sad day indeed.

Eventually, grief settling, thought marshalling occurs.

Even though you can’t afford the cost, or the upheaval, you know it’s time to invest in a whole new kitchen.

You call a local designer and they quote $20,000 for a complete gut down.

Agitated, you call your bank manager who is, well, less than helpful.

Undefeated you jump in your car, head for the big box store and eye a replacement.

Doing the math, however, your legs turn to jelly. Damnation; the project is still going to cost half of your original designer quote and your (less than)

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An open-and-shut case With a little diligence, almost anything can be fixed. First up, we removed the cabinet portals and replaced them with blanks, cut carefully from MDF. Just don’t take any risks; unaccustomed fingers should not be exposed to saws or grinding devices.

If in doubt, engage a carpenter or shop around for pre-made product in the correct size. http://impressionskitchens.com in Toronto stocks a range of flat MDF doors from $21 a pop — with bespoke adaptations available.

Next, if pursuing the DIY route, arrange Shaker style MDF framework and glue in place around the perimeter of each door. Don’t worry about mitres; straight cuts look perfectly acceptable. This done, carefully paint with black satin and leave to dry.

Mirror mirror Measure the aperture of each frame, have a three-millimetre mirror cut to size and secure in place using contact

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Allow us to step in. Your trusty old kitchen, although it appears kaput mortuum, might actually be a suitable candidate for transplant. If the cabinets themselves have rigor, it matters not that the doors are hanging off, nor that the appliances went out with the ark.

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SAVINGS: Can leave services in original locations Keep the cost down To save cash when re-jigging, leave services such as plumbing and electrics where they are — as long as your existing floor plan works adequately well.

This simple one-in, one-out approach cuts down on contractor costs.

For the record, the new stove costs $1,249, the matching hood $249 and our black fridge freezer $1,049 — all from Maytag.

Serious pull New hardwares are a swish and affordable way in which to spice up kitchen aesthetics.

And don’t be afraid to play around with different (complimentary) styles; we used a combo of pull handles and knobs to give the doors an individual look.

Scope the inventory at Lee Valley for pretty much everything you’ll need.

Improving eye lines

Open storage As part of our quest to improve eye lines, we made the decision to lose the cupboard above the island — after careful dialogue with our clients.

This simple manoeuvre freed up space for floating shelves, an installation that proffered a touch of modern design sensibility.

Countertops Just like our new knobs and doors, a run of impressive worktop breathed new life into the problem kitchen.

We specified solid oak Numerar counter from Ikea and, priced at $125 for a 50-inch length, it didn’t break the budget.

To add a contemporary twist, we wrapped the timber down the side of the breakfast bar and used off cuts as a simple back splash to save engaging a tiler.

We’re Scottish, you see.

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The after look: Simple, clean and exquisite with out being costly.

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Sounds good Question: Our house is filled with music lovers.

Unfortunately, we do not all love the same music.

Is there a way of decorating that would lower the sound level without the room looking like a padded cell?

Answer: Your challenge rings true with many of us, especially with teenagers in the home.

Music plays such an important role in our lives, but what is soothing or meditative or energizing for some can be sheer torture for others.

DEBBIE While the dichotomy in TRAVIS taste exists, separate listening rooms will help, and some form of sound absorption will save the day.

Long term use of earphones can be harmful when the volume is turned up high, so let’s do what we can inside the room itself.

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Question: Why do the insides of the Start by finding the highest radiator in windows on my four-year-old home get your house. This is where most of the air wet whenever it’s cold? Our furnace has will be. Take a slot screwdriver with you, no humidifier and the dehumidifier we’ve STEVE then find and open the bleed valve at one been running doesn’t help.

MAXWELL end of the top of the rad just enough to let Answer: Wet windows in winter are a any air burble out. common problem in modern Canadian There may be a little air but there will houses and it happens because indoor probably be a lot given the level of noise humidity levels are too high in relation to the insulayou’re experiencing.

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SOUND: Fabric absorbs The object is to inhibit the sound from bouncing around off the hard surfaces — walls, ceiling, floor and even furniture.

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Question: I have a small office space about 8’ x 7’ with a low ceiling.

My u-shaped desk pretty much fills the room.

The light in the room is inadequate for working.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can create proper lighting without elevating the heat in the room?

Thanks for your help.

Answer: Proper lighting and a good desk chair are key to a healthy work space.

You do not say if there is a light source other than a desk lamp.

It would be helpful if you had some overhead light to brighten the room generally.

Ambient light will make books, notes and resource material easier to find.

You can get a similar effect with a wall sconce that plugs into your desk outlet.

To keep the heat down choose LED bulbs for your sconce and desk light. LEDs are environmentally practical — they burn cool, use very little energy and last a lifetime.

Brighten the space by painting the walls and ceiling a pale colour, doesn’t have to be white, choose something that makes you feel good such as the palest green, blue or cream.

Light bounces off a higher sheen, so go with a satin rather than matte finish. Add some colour energy with a small area carpet and a picture on the wall that makes your smile.

WINDOWS: There are ways to keep them dry As you’ve discovered, a dehumidifier offers no help because it can’t make indoor air dry enough. ]The only real source of relief involves bringing more outdoor air into your house, and you can do this in one of three ways.

You can open windows part way before they freeze shut, or you can operate bathroom exhaust fans and range hoods more frequently and longer.

Both these options work, but they also mean you lose heat.

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These devices bring plenty of fresh, dry outdoor air into your home, and they do it while extracting most of the heat in the stale air before sending it outside.

HRVs are permanent devices that cost a couple of thousand dollars to buy and install, and they really do work.

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Tablesaw recommendations Question: What kind of portable tablesaw should I buy?

I’m not a professional, but I do plan to build a

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Answer: Even though you’re not officially a professional, the fact that you’re building a house puts you in the same league as a pro as far as tool choice goes.

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Between my neighbors, relatives and Dear Annie: I was dating this amazing even former in-laws, my time is no longirl for a few months, when all of a sudger my own. I am interrupted while doden, she up and told me her feelings toing yard work or sitting on my deck. And ward me had changed. She won’t tell me heaven forbid I begin to grill. One person what happened or why she doesn’t want has figured out how often I grill and tends me in that way anymore. The most confusto arrive at that time and finagle an inviing part is that she still calls me at 3 in tation. When I make an excuse to prevent the morning just to talk, or gets me to stay the intrusion, he turns it into a guilt trip. up all night because she can’t sleep and I am at the end of my rope. I no longer doesn’t want to be alone. When I see her, look forward to good weather, because she still has that look on her face that says MITCHELL I know it means another season being I just made her day. & SUGAR bothered by intrusive people. How do I It’s very confusing, and I don’t know stop this without turning everyone into an what to make of it. I still have feelings for enemy? — Want My Solitude Back her. It’s been a few months, and I don’t Dear Want: These people are taking adknow how to broach the subject. — Dazed vantage of you, and you are permitting it because you and Confused fear they will dislike you otherwise. Don’t be afraid Dear Dazed: For your own mental health, please to set boundaries on this behavior. It’s perfectly OK break things off completely. We don’t doubt that this to say you are not up to having company, that you girl is fond of you, but not in a way that will make would prefer to be alone, that you don’t have enough you happy. She is treating you like a puppy: somefood to invite them for dinner or that you cannot thing to cuddle when she’s feeling low, but otherwise

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Please tell your readers that there are doggie diapers (for females) and belly bands (for males) that can be found at pet shops and on the Internet. My elderly boy wears his belly band daily because his medication causes frequent urination.

These options should make it easier for hosts to welcome their canine guests. It also provides pet owners options for their own homes. There is no reason to give up your elderly or medicated canine or to suffer unnecessarily. That’s when our furry children need us the most. — Please Share Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

HOROSCOPE Friday, March 16 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You find CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: yourself at great ease to communicate and Kellan Lutz, 28; Eva Longoria, 38; Will.i.am, to relate to your children. You are recreating 38 a beautiful energy among each other which THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon brings a soulful kind of connection. Enjoy the continues to travel through sensual Tau- fun they bring along. rus. Material needs and inclinations towards SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You great comforts of life will dominate through are concerned with certain unresolved isour minds today. Our attention will be mainly sues which seem to be stemming from your directed towards issues such as stability, se- past. When you associate and identify yourrenity and peace. We feel nurself with your own set of values, tured when we know that our you will easily reconnect with vital needs are well taken care your sense of worthiness and of. happiness.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. is your birthday, you will have a 19): Your usual crowd seems busy year ahead on many leva bit more distant and non reels. You will express yourself sponsive. Do not drown yourmore than ever, be it verbally or self in negativity as this will not in writing. Your interactions with resolve anything. What you can others will be quite prominent do instead is to simply keep in and based on fruitful convertouch with your folks and your sations. You will seek greater siblings. Pick up the phone or need to get along with everyone send them a message.

ASTRO based on your common sense AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. DOYNA and a strong desire to remain 18): Career responsibilities are grounded throughout all your weighing you down. Simultaneendeavours. ously, your attention is required ARIES (March 21-April 19): at home, but you may need to It’s time to be realistic about your financial finish certain tasks before you attend your needs and your budgetary situation. A tax family obligations. You’ve got sustained consituation or a loan may give you a headache fidence in that things will work out well in the at this time. Materialistic purchases really end. tempt you. You are also more attuned with PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You can all forms of art and music. experience a nurturing and fulfilling friendTAURUS (April 20-May 20): A friend ship with someone quite prominent and inor an acquaintance can prove to be much fluential. You are also feeling outspoken and more receptive to your needs than your own quite in control of your mind. When you put romantic partner or a business alliance. Your your mind into something, there’s no arguing mate might act a bit too distant right now. with you.

Agreements made now are instilled with your strong faith. You are getting closer to Sunday, March 17 your dreams.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Even if you Natalie Zea, 38; Rob Lowe, 49; Patrick are out of the limelight for now, you develop Duffy, 64 a greater receptivity among others today and THOUGHT OF THE DAY: This will be a things will run quite smoothly. Understand- talkative day as the Moon in Gemini heightings are clearer and allow you to grasp the ens our curiosity. Messages and all sorts of hidden meaning of certain messages. information will be flourishing out of everyCANCER (June 21-July 22): Go out and where. We will develop the need to build join your usual group of friends. If certain in- new contacts and reach out to our network dividuals seem a bit more distant than usual, of acquaintances. However, it would be wise simply ignore them. You’ve got too much to not instigate anything new as the ruler of confidence and faith to let them ruin your communication Mercury is in a weak stance positive predisposition. right now. Postpone important decisions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Social obligaHAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthtions cannot be entirely met as your attention day, you will manifest great vitality and enmight have to turn towards a domestic situa- thusiasm for the year to come. Any changes tion. On a positive note, you will be feeling revolving around your family unit will likely very efficient about the amount of work you bring you positive outcomes and you will will accomplish today: slowly, but surely. exude great amounts of self-confidence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are on You will benefit from all these family related the conservative side today and succeed transformations on a very deep level. Peace in maintaining a nice flowing vibe between and serenity will reign within yourself. yourself and others today. Take the night off ARIES (March 21-April 19): A strong imand give yourself permission to experience petus will make you want to escape your some intense feelings of romance and joy. day-to-day duties or responsibilities. Even if LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your focus is things might seem stagnating, your need for entirely channelled towards private matters self-expression and interaction with others and towards the wellbeing of your own fam- will make your day so much more interestily or your parental roots. You struggle to find ing. a balance between your partner’s needs for TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Dealings security and your family’s domestic situation. with others may not show you much prog-

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ress. Avoid pushing matters further than they can go. There is a time and place for everything, and today, simply slow down the pace of things and take the time to smell the roses.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You might have more than one reason to smile today as the Moon is visiting your own sign, which brings more stamina and energy to your day.

If possible, try to postpone crucial decisions for later.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may unintentionally find yourself in some entanglements today. You are not quite sure of the messages you are receiving right now and how to interpret them. You might act too confidently or out of emotional impulses.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have a spirit of camaraderie and you want to be part of a group. This is not a day to stay home alone, but to rather engage in the company of others. Chattiness and some juicy gossip can lighten the mood of the day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do not expect quick results or progress. Even if your relationships with others do not bring you much expected growth, do not let disagreements get to you but rather, let things cool down for a while. Be patient and do not be so tough on yourself either.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You want to explore the bolder side in you today. The need to expand your horizons to new intellectual levels knows no boundaries. At the same time, there’s too much confusion reigning around you today making you wonder of the next steps ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may feel overly emotional today and might manifest the need to be with a partner right now.

Superficial talks and unimportant issues do not appeal to you. Whatever experience you might live, it has to have a certain level of intensity to it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You like to live life in the fast lane, but today you will have to stay on the sidewalk. Do not expect others to react too quickly to your warm gestures or affectionate mood either. A little pause can be beneficial.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have plenty of tasks and responsibilities to take care of today. Do not rush things as you may encounter more confusion. Your priorities might seem jumbled or simply, hard to pin down. Give yourself a well-deserved break.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A great desire to manifest your unique talents may present itself today. You crave new experiences and you can easily tap into your creative side. Enjoy your share of fun without expecting too much in return.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have a strong drive which tends to want you to escape reality or your everyday duties. Do not let this escapism tendency get to you simply because you are bored with the ordinary life.

Work on your fighting spirit.

Astro Doyna — Internationally Syndicated Astrologer/Columnist.

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KOPPANG Dorial Dorial Koppang of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the age of 80 years. She will be lovingly remembered b y t h o s e c l o s e s t t o h e r.

There will be a Graveside Memorial at the Alto-Reste Cemetery, Hwy 11 East, Red Deer, on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. A Remembrance Tea in her honor will take place at the Parkland Class Relax Crew, 6332 Orr Drive, R e d D e e r, o n M o n d a y, March 18, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All those wishing to attend are welcome.

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DONALD Richard 1946- 2013 Richard Donald of Red Deer passed away at Symphony Aspen Ridge, Red Deer on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at the age of 66 years. Left to mend their broken hearts are two brothers; Charles Donald and David (Bev) Donald, six sisters; Betty (Greg) Coulter, Diana (Red) Michelsen, Lesley (Barry) Bateman, C a r o l ( K e n ) Vi g , D e b b i e (Pete) Metcalf and Isabel (Jeff) Lunder. Richard will also be terribly missed by numerous other relatives and friends. The family wishes to express their gratitude to the nurses and staff at Symphony Aspen Ridge for all of their wonderful care. In honor of Richard’s life, a Memorial Service will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, on Monday, March 18, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Cremation in care of Parkland Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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ZAKO Zoltan “Zoli” 1924 - 2013 Mr. Zoltan Zako of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at the age of 88 years. A revolutionary of 1956, Zoli fled from Hungary via France and entered into Canada via Saint John, New Brunswick, where he gained his Canadian citizenship.

He lived and worked in various places in Canada; from the province of British Columbia where Zoli worked at the Keno Silver Mine, then from there onto the province of Alberta, where he worked for the City of Red Deer at the Red Deer Regional Hospital for many years, eventually retiring in Red Deer.

Zoli represented Canada well as a good citizen. Zoli’s friends wish to express their thanks to the wonderful people at Piper Creek Lodge and his many friends; both Hungarian and Canadian. It is with great sadness that we lay him to rest. We will miss Zoli. In honor of Zoli, friends are invited to gather at a Graveside Service, which will take place at Alto Reste Cemetery, Hwy. 11 East, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at: www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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GILCHRIST Barbara Jean June 8, 1948 - March 13, 2013 It is with extreme sorrow that we say farewell to a beautiful wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Barbara passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice with three generations of Gilchrist guys by her side on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Barb was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 8, 1948 and resided there until moving to Red Deer in 1986. Although we take comfort in knowing that her brave and courageous battle has ended, she will be lovingly remembered and terribly missed by her husband and best friend; Ian Gilchrist o f R e d D e e r, s o n ; To d d , daughter-in-law; Judy, and grandchildren; Connor and Madison of Sherwood Park, a very special niece; Holly Stockall (Travis Revitt) of Calgary, and step-daughter; Jackie (James) Goby and their children Ben and Karlee o f Av o n l e a a n d R e g i n a , Saskatchewan. Also left to mourn Barb’s loss are her very special friends; Kim Courte, Delinda Olsen and Kathryn Goertzen, who stood by her through thick and thin.

Barb will forever be remembered by all who knew her and for her great outlook on life and the positive attitude she had towards any obstacles that were thrown at her. Barb was predeceased by her father; Edwin Stockall in 1957, mother; Isabella Stockall in 1994 and brother; Bob Stockall in 2007. Barb’s family would truly like to thank the caring and compassionate staff at the Central Alberta Cancer Centre for years of treatment and understanding, and the very understanding and caring staff at the Red Deer Hospice for the comfort afforded to Barb during her short stay there. In honor of Barb’s life, a celebration will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.

As a gesture of gratitude for the excellent care provided to Barb, memorial donations may be made directly to the Central Alberta Cancer Centre, 3942 - 50A Avenue, Red Deer, T4N 4E7 or the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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WOOD Vernial Rose 1913 - 2013 Vernial Rose Wood passed away quietly on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at the age of 99 years. She was born in Walsh, Alberta on December 15, 1913. Vernial grew up in the Camrose area where her father owned a store. She then went on to graduate high school and Normal School there as well. Vernial was a 1940 graduate of Alberta Hospital Ponoka.

She worked many years at Horsely’s Drug Store in Red Deer and worked later at McKeagues Pharmacy in Calgary as a surgical appliance fitter until her retirement. On July 30, 1955 she married Bernard Alfred Wood. She was very active in Beta Sigma Phi both in Red Deer and Calgary Chapters and received the Order of the Rose. She loved travel, theatre, and social events including bridge club, and maintained these interests well into her later years.

Family was always important and she will be lovingly remembered by her stepdaughters Claire Jackson of Didsbury and Shirley Tighe of Olds, numerous, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and great great grandchildren and her friends at Piper Creek Lodge. A memorial service will be held Saturday March 23, 2013 at 1 pm. at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287-67A St. Red Deer, AB. T4N 3V9. In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Piper Creek Lodge (In care of Denise Cooper), 4820 33 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 0N5, or to your local pet rescue group. Condolences may be sent or viewed at wwwparklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Each day that I wake I’m reminded of you And all of those special things that we used to do In my heart forever you will always be, Until the day comes again that we meet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bobbi’s Poem Two years today we said Goodbye God called your name in whispering lullaby Your grace, your beauty, strength and love Still streams upon us like the sun above Though you may be gone many pieces you left In every memory we have and to our souls depth We will never forget the mother you were.

Your beautiful soul will forever endure You gave each of us life and purpose to be Carved in all our minds an everlasting, loving memory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You made life so easy, so full of love, comfort, and peace.

Now I reflect on what you have taught me, I will take your thoughts with me everywhere, and keep you in my heart.

I will pass on your legacy and be the best that i can.... until we meet again.

I Love you So Very Much!

Love, Your Littlest Girl, Jake The Snake xoxoxo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kissy; It has been 2 years since we said goodbye.

I held you in my arms and you assured it would be alright.

You said you were going to be with Jesus.

I still call your name and wish you were here but I know you are in a better place.

I see you in all of our children, grandchildren and rejoice.

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COOK Robert J. 1939 - 2013 Robert J. Cook passed away suddenly in Red Deer on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the age of 73 years. Bob will be lovingly remembered by Pat Cook and their children Bobby and Ronald of Red Deer, brother Grant (Sharon) and their children Jennifer and Rachel of Edmonton and brother-in-law Richard Bennett and his son Jaime. Bob was predeceased by his parents Jack and Eleanor and sister Linda. Bob was born and raised in the Stettler area and lived most of his life in Red Deer. He enjoyed golfing, curling and spending time with his friends, and had a long successful career in truck sales with Glover International.

Big Bob’s greatest love was his two sons, who will miss him dearly. A memorial service in honor of Robert will be held in April, 2013.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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You loved me first before I was even born. I miss you Mom, I think about you often. ~Forever and Always, June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words don’t tell the story of how you left us that day with such grace and peace. I didn’t know you were that strong Mom. I replay it in my mind here and there and I give the glory to the Lord for giving you that peace that passed my understanding. I remember you too Mom. ~Jo-Ann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To a woman who loved me and I her. She was full of class and often misunderstood but understood much herself.

She had the best one-liners that drove me crazy at times... “hey!† What goes here?!” (she knew full well “what went there!!”)

Who asked the day she departed this earth to “always remember me”.... that woman was my mother...

I remember you mom...always!

Missed but never forgotten, Audrey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I miss you more than you could ever know.

The pain is great but the memories are greater. ~Shelley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rita’s Poem Two years have past since we layed you to rest God took you from us to be with his best My heart aches for you Mom, every day The way you were taken caused us each so much pain I sit and day dream that today you are here But in seconds I am brought back to tears

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SCHULTZ Beverly Leslie Parry Mr. Bev Schultz passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the age of 71 years.

A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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VERHIEL Adrianus Robertus Maria June 12,1957 - Feb. 23, 2013 S a d l y, A d r i a n p a s s e d i n LaPaz, Mex. due to complications of a long standing illness. He is survived by his daughter, Miranda Motion and two grand daughters; his stepson, Ben Rozek; mother Els Verhiel, sister Margot Endersby and brothers Jeff and Marc.

1/2 of Adrian went out on a funeral viking ship stocked with fireworks and set ablaze i n L a Ve n t a n a , B a j a , h i s winter kite surfing home. A memorial will be planned later at the Squamish Spit, BC, his summer home. Livin’ my dream...kite surfing my life away!

FOSTER Violet Margaret May 10, 1923 - Feb. 27, 2013 Violet (Louden) Foster, formerly of Red Deer, passed peacefully surrounded by family in North Vancouver. Vi was mother to Jim Foster and wife Ande Van der Weken of Vancouver, “auntie-mom” to Heather Bartzis (Sylvan Lake, AB) and Bruce Louden (Rocky Mtn. House, Alberta), second mom to Ginny Ivanicki and loving aunt/great-aunt to numerous nieces and nephews in the Louden and Foster clans. She is also survived by her cousin and dear friend Margaret Silverthorne, and family, of England. Violet was the youngest of six siblings, Chrissie, Hugh, Dave, Bill, Mary, and Walter Louden (all deceased). The complete obituary may be viewed at ‘Vi Foster, Celebration of Life’ page on Facebook, where those who knew her are encouraged to share tributes, stories, and photos; messages may also be forwarded directly to the family at: RemembranceViFoster @gmail.com

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George (Buster) Houseman March 17, 2009 This day is remembered and quietly kept, No words are needed, we shall never forget. ~ Lovingly remembered by Marguerite, Lynda and Wayne, and Doug.

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BENNETT, JUDY On angels wings you were taken, but in our hearts you will stay, and in God’s light you will rest, until we meet again someday.

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Brent Richard Neville Oct. 5, 1984 - Mar. 17, 2006 Herman Burgoyne March 17, 1988 We still think of your love of horses, the good times and kindness you gave to us all.

We’ll never forget the picture of you surrounded by all your horses. We wish you were here to share this with us again.

With all our love from Millie, Arnie, forever in our hearts with love from all the family.

Dawnine (DJ) Jackson June 14, 1967 - March 16, 2011 I miss you and still expect your calls. The great memories I have of your integrity and loving, giving, caring spirit are helping in my sorrow.

You are now with our Lord and at peace. The Lord is with me and helping with my peace.

So we are really not that far apart.

Love Aunt Yvonne Cowichan Bay B.C. I miss you Momma. Elle Everywhere we turn something sparks a memory: laughter, honesty, special days, perseverance, fun, ethics, colors, integrity, animals, mentoring, music, food, Faith, colleagues, family, and friends.

Time does not heal, it just gives space to learn how to cope. “but JOY comes in the morning.”

Psalm 30:5 Unbelievably missed Diane Cauvin & family

Dawnine Jackson I know the beauty of life and understand the deepest sorrow.

I know the soaring of heartfelt joy and the hope of tomorrow.

I know with each step, faith sees you through.

I know the meaning of love, with the memories of you.

Gone yet not forgotten, although we are apart, your spirit lives within me, forever in my heart.

We will miss you forever as you were very much adored.

We are thankful that you are safe and at peace with the Lord.

Love your ‘Cuz’ Jeanine and Hal

Adam David Larratt 1978 - 2006 Look around your garden Lord Find the son we love Put your arms around him We only wish we could Love Dad & Valerie, Mom & Max, sisters and families

Seven years have passed since losing Brent but the memory has not faded.

On March 17th, 2006 (his Mom’s birthday) Brent was killed by an impaired driver in Calgary.

Brent was 21. Brent loved life; he was always in a good mood and always smiling.

Brent’s laugh would echo and could be heard from a distance.

Brent’s death leaves a heartache no one can heal and a love no one can steal.

It will never fade away.

You don’t get over it, you just get through it. You don’t get by it, because you can’t get around it.

It doesn’t “get better’; it just gets different.

Everyday... Grief puts on a new face...

The Neville family has created a registered charity for Brent to keep his memory alive.

Nev Foundation has a “NEV SUITE” to honour Brent at the RMHCA, Supporting MADD and Educational Scholarships. www.nevfoundation.com Forever loved and missed, Mom, Dad, Shelley, Ryan, Mason, extended family and friends PATTERSON, Jack Passed away March 17, 2008 Time cannot steal the treasures that we carry in our hearts.

Your sweetheart Marie, Len and Debbie, Shawn and Jean, James and Michelle and all the grandchildren.

Anniversaries 60th Wedding Anniversary of Delbert & Wanda Bickley Open House in the Ridgewood Community Hall. 1:00 - 4:00pm March 23, 2013

Card Of Thanks KRAUSS The family of the late Ernie Krauss would like to send a very heartfelt thank you to all our dear family and friends who expressed their sympathy and condolences at the time of Ernie’s passing last fall.

Your cards, letters, calls and visits, donations made to Gaetz Memorial United Church, Heart and Stroke S o c i e t y, a n d t h e L u n g Association were so very much appreciated. A very special thank you to Rev. J. Rock and the staff at Eventide Funeral Chapel for your guidance and support.

Thank you all so much.

Gladys and family.

CENTRAL ALBERTA DANCE CLUB DANCE at Valley Center Hall, Fri. Mar. 22, 7:30 pm. $10/person includes lunch.

For info call Earl, 403-348-5015 OR Irv 403-986-7170.

EAST 40TH PUB presents

March 17th ST. PATTY’S DAY

Hypnosis/comedy show 4 - 5 p.m.

RUSCAN MEALS

is now serving breakfast from 6 a.m. - 11 a.m. #110, 100 Kent Street

LOST/STOLEN Nikon D3100 SLR Camera!

Was in a black camera bag with a strap, included a charger, an 8GB, 4GB and one smaller memory card.

Have lost precious photos.

Please contact us if you have seen it or know of its where abouts!!!

403-304-4061 TAKEN from red Cherokee jeep, garbage bag full of clothes, hangers and curtains, box of bathroom items & box of kitchen items, Sunday night March 10, Lower Fairview area, b e h i n d C a n a d i a n Ti r e , belongs to person who has MS and who uses a wheelchair + cane. any info call 403-986-4463

FOUND in Poplar Ridge, small grey F tabby cat with white socks and beige tinges, 403-347-0435

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Companions

I AM a 56 yr. old widower/ farmer who is looking for an attractive, unattached farm girl, 48 - 62 yr. old lady to come live with me on the farm and help with all things, e.g. driving small grain trucks, raking hay etc. Must have clean driver’s licence, like cattle, and small dogs. You should be h a p p y, g o o d s e n s e o f humor and have a positive attitude, n/s, and very light drinker as I do not drink.

Please provide picture & phone number. Reply to Box 1037, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Top Wages, Bonuses & Benefits

IMMEDIATE OPENING for F/T DENTAL ASSISTANT. Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Assistants. Please drop off resume ATT’N: Marina at Bower Dental Centre OR EMAIL RESUME: marina@bowerdental.com

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Hair Stylists

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Dental

Experienced RDA II required at House Dental Centre for maternity leave position. Some evenings required. Please fax resume to (403) 340-2971 or email to info@ housedental.ca.

RDA II / Administrator required in Red Deer. Are you looking for a change?

Full Time? Part Time?

Would you like to work for a nice relaxed dentist in a beautiful modern and comfortable office environment? Mon-Fri no evenings or weekends great hours and co-workers. If this is something you are interested in please fax your resume 403 340-2160 we look forward to hearing from you!

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Janitorial

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CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

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A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

Oilfield

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

Legal

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Chapman Riebeek LLP

is seeking a legal assistant

with experience in Real Estate conveyancing, to work in a general and diverse legal environment.

Experience with litigation is an asset.

We offer competitive salary and benefits.

Submit resumes to gbobb@ chapmanriebeek.com Attention: Gaylene Bobb or fax 403- 340- 1280.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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Clerical MC College Group (Marvel) We are currently looking for a Hairstyling Instructor for our Red Deer location.

If you are passionate, friendly, enjoy dealing with people, have three years certified experience and want to share your knowledge and love for a rewarding industry please send your resume to lynn@mccollege.ca or fax to 1-780-428-7733 Att: Lynn Van Lersberghe Human Resources.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

132 IBBOTSON CL. Sat. Mar. 16, 10-4.

Household, garden items.

Moving sale.

Lots of everything.

CLEANERS NEEDED for Retail Department Store in Red Deer.

Morning Shift Heavy Duty $13.50/hr.

5:00 am. - 11:00 am Afternoon Shift Light Duty $12/hr.

2:30 pm. - 6:30 pm.

No sub contracts E-mail: jobs@ magicmaintenance.ca Fax: 403-273-5645

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Reservations and Office work for Northwestern Air at Red Deer Airport. 32 hrs a week 6 days. fax or email resume accounting @nwal.ca or 867-872-2214

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Janitorial

DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC !

Circle T Service & Rental Ltd. is a privately owned, Canadian based company providing services & equipment to the Oil & Gas industry since 1963.

RECEPTION / ADMINISTRATIVE APPRENTICE Due to our growth in facilities and expanding inventory we require a full time receptionist /administrative apprentice.

This is a permanent position with numerous opportunities for individual advancement within the position and the company.

The position is integral to the company and requires a proactive, energetic individual able to focus on the customer at all times. The primary function of this position will be the initial point of contact for our company, which will include incoming phone calls and greeting visitors.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: • Manages the company's reception area (keeping it clean, organized and professional at all times) • As the initial point of contact, this candidate will receive incoming phone calls and direct to the appropriate person or department • Greets and directs all visitors while ensuring proper signin and company security procedures are adhered to • Announce visitors to appropriate person or department • Process incoming and outgoing mail • Preparation of appropriate paperwork for courier services • Key person of contact for all vendors and maintain vendor contact list • Accounts payable coding and data entry QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum 2-3 years Office Administration experience including multi-line phone systems • Effective communication skills including an excellent telephone manner, clearly spoken, helpful and pleasant.

• Motivated self-starter who can follow instructions and work independently or with a team • Highly organized with attention to detail and accuracy • Positive attitude, integrity, fast learner and reliable • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications • Administration Diploma, other Post-Secondary education and Apple Application Technology are considered assets.

We offer a safe, dynamic workplace with a team oriented culture, Competitive benefit package Salary to be based on experience and accreditation level Must have valid Alberta drivers license Hours will be 8:00am - 5:00 pm (1hr lunch) Monday - Friday Please submit resume with a cover letter. In cover letter please state the number of times the word 'position’ appears in this ad and where you first viewed this ad.

Email in confidence to: info@circletrentals.com We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

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jobs CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

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GROUP home in Lacombe needs full & part time workers, 2 yr. diploma in rehab/nursing care.

403-782-7156 357-7465 P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846

Clerical

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Junior Software Developer -Red Deer based software company seeking FT developer. For further info and to apply, please visit us at www.visual-eyes.ca

Oilfield

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Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you. Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Nitrogen – Pump Operators and Bulk Drivers; Journeyman Parts Technician; Electronic Technician; Payroll Administrator Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety—focused

f Team orientated f Clean Class 1 drivers abstract f Oil and Gas experience an asset

Why Canyon? f Dynamic and rapidly growing company f Premium compensation package f New equipment

f f f

Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities RRSP Matching Program

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

How to apply: email: hr@canyontech.ca fax: (403) 356-1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

Advance your career with Sanjel – Join Canada’s largest privately-owned global energy service company. Our employees are the driving force behind our company and we value their contribution. Develop your career in a dynamic environment where employees are empowered to be innovators.

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS & SUPERVISORS FRACTURING – RED DEER, AB You have expertise, a passion for excellence and improvement, and a commitment to safety – bring them to work as part of our team.

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Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

Tar-ific Construction offers a fast pace working environment. We are looking for a friendly, energetic individual to join our team in a full time position.

Qualifications: Knowledgeable in Payroll, A/P and benefits.

Experience in Abacus accounting, spreadsheeting and Microsoft office would be an asset.

Please email resumes to info@tarific.ca

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Found

Just had a baby girl?

William Robert Jamieson (Billy J.) May 14, 1959 - March 17, 1997 As each day goes by we miss you even more. Your horse, Little Fly passed away in 2012.

With all our love, Millie, Arnie, and all other family members

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Caregivers/ Aides LODEWYK The Lodewyk family wishes to extend a very heartfelt thank you to all of those who were involved in the care of Dick Lodewyk (our husband, father, Grandfather, and great-grandfather), who recently went home to be with his Lord. Our sincere appreciation goes out to the compassionate care givers from Home Care, the Cancer Clinic, and the Lending Cupboard. We are also so grateful to Pastor Gary Bomhof and the loving community from First Christian Reformed Church, including those who helped with lunch, sound system and music.

Your thoughtfulness was amazing! Thank you to Lawrence Tomalty of Crossroads Church, for your kind words and to Maggie and friends who prepared wonderful food for our family.

We are grateful to the many people who supported and up-lifted our family through prayer, visits, cards, flowers, donations, emails, meals and messages. And finally, our very deep gratitude goes out to Melissa Hofstra, who, as both nurse and granddaughter, worked tirelessly with great love and dedication for the comfort and understanding of both her grandpa and family.

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RECEPTIONIST / ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

740

Dental

What’s in it for you? Rotations that fit your lifestyle, competitive salaries and benefits, training and development opportunities with a focus on career advancement.

Speak to a recruiter at 1.800.9SANJEL, e-mail careers@sanjel.com, or drop your resume off at 8051 Edgar Industrial Dr., Red Deer, AB

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In Memoriam

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announcements

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 16, 2013 E3

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

SULLY CHAPMAN BEATTIE LLP

has an immediate opening for a full time legal assistant with particular experience in corporate organization and filings and wills and estates. Salary and benefits are negotiable and will be commensurate with experience. We will only reply to those applicants meeting our criteria. Please email your resume to kbeattie@scblaw.ca.

Oilfield

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

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Oilfield

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Kitchen Helper. $11.41/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN BENEFITS COMPETITIVE WAGES

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)

Immediate Positions Available Experienced Day Supervisors Night Supervisors Must be able to provide truck Please send resume to 403-340-0886 or email: pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com website: www. cathedralenergyservices. com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Sales & Distributors

830

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

Outside Sales Rep

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset, but will train the right candidate. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com

Teachers/ Tutors

840

PRINCIPAL

Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73 invites applications for the position of Principal of Bowden-Grandview School (Grades K-12) effective the 2013-2014 school year.

Professionals The successful candidate of this school will have ARE YOU A RECENT excellent interpersonal post-secondary grad who skills, a proven record of has been unable to secure excellence in classroom employment in your field t e a c h i n g a n d b u i l d i n g due to lack of experience? l e a d e r s h i p c a p a c i t y i n Would you like to be paid o t h e r s , d e m o n s t r a t e d to gain experience? abilities to work with a wide Are you between 18 - 30 range of community agenyears of age? cies, a willingness to be If so contact Career involved in the extraAssistance Network today curricular activities of the to find out how you school, a willingness participate in a program to pursue innovative that matches you with an approaches in teaching employer to receive paid, and learning, a desire to on-the-job training leading promote key communicator to long-term employment ideas, strong leadership in your field! abilities, as well as an For information call understanding of site(403) 341-7811. based decision-making, including budgeting.

Administrative duties will include an active role in instructional leadership, Funded by the Government the coordination of proof Canada’s Career Focus gramming and a shared responsibility for all aspects of administration.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience as a school based administrator, and those who We’re Expanding! have completed or are working toward a Master’s Now Hiring degree in Education.

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Full Time Accountant /Bookkeeper Cover letter and resume,

Trades

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ABEL CORPORATION is seeking an EDGE BANDER OPERATOR for full time permanent employment.

Applicants will require a minimum of three years exp. with compatible edge equipment and must have a reliable means of transportation. This position offers a competitive industry wage and full benefits after six months of employment.

Please email resumes to projects@abelcorp.ca or fax 403-782-2729 care of Sean.

Resumes should indicate specific equipment applicants have operated including make and model.

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We Offer: • Excellent wages • Bonus structure • Training and development programs • Annual performance reviews • Annual salary review • Bereavement pay • Comprehensive health benefits -medical -prescription -dental • Health travel insurance • Group life insurance • Educational assistance program • Company matching Deferred Profit Sharing • RRSP plan • 3 week's vacation per year to start Please apply by sending your resume and cover letter In text format to: careers@moodys,e qulpment.com 291686C16-22

RED STAR IS NOW accepting applications for kitchen helper, days, evenings, wknds and holidays. $11.41 per hr.

40 hrs. per wk.

Email hr att’n arni_una@yahoo.ca RUSCAN Meals Restaurant (Russian/Canadian homestyle cuisine) is seeking a Cook.

Tues-Thurs, 4 p.m. -10 p.m. & Fri-Sun 4 p.m.-11 p.m. $13/hr, up to $18/hr increase. Apply in person with references, #110 100 Kent St. Phone 403-350-3635. www.ruscanmeals.com

Professionals

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RESIDENTIAL SUPERVISORS Parkland CLASS is currently seeking Residential Supervisors to manage the overall program delivery for 3 individuals with developmental disabilities living in a residential home. Responsibilities include: providing direct care, participating in the development & implementation of personalized plans, training, supervising a team of approximately 5-12 employees & budget management.

Hours of work are 40 hrs. /wk., primarily days, Mon-Fri; however, you will be required to work some evenings and weekends.

Quali¿cations: A Degree/Diploma in Human Services, Social work or a related ¿eld. Preferably, you will have 3–5 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities, as well as, excellent interpersonal, team building and leadership skills. Experience responding to behaviours of concern, assisting with personal care and/or working with medically fragile individuals would be ideal.

Salary: $3466.80 - $3518.80 A valid class 5 driver’s license and your own transportation are required.

We will be hiring permanent and temporary Residential Supervisors. To be discussed further at interview. Questions can be directed to Claudia Roy at 403 347-3333.

We look forward to hearing from you; please forward your resume quoting competition # 4534SUP by March 25, 2013 to: Parkland CLASS, Human Resources, 6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3M4 Fax: 403 342-2677 • Email: hr@pclass.org www.parklandclass.org

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Truckers/ Drivers

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DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 MEGA CRANES is looking for a ticketed crane and boom truck operator. Must have Class 1. Good wages, benefits, 10% holiday pay, RRSP’s, and most evenings and weekends off. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com

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Is Currently Looking to Hire the Following:

TRUCK DRIVERS Offering High Paced Work with Competitive Wages & Local Job Sites.

Applicant Must Have A Valid Class 1 License.

Experience in Aggregate Hauling and Knowledge of the Area Would Be an Asset. A Positive Attitude Is A Must.

BOBCAT OPERATORS Offering High Paced Work with Competitive Wages and Local Job Sites.

Applicant Must Have A Valid Class 3 License with Air. Experience in Fine Grading and Finishing is a Must. Knowledge of the Area Would Be an Asset. A Positive Attitude Is A Must.

Please Submit Resume with Driver’s Abstract in person to: 5913 Len Thompson Drive Lacombe, AB T4L 0E8 E-mail: db-front@telus.net or by Fax: 403-782-7786 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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A STABLE CAREER BEGINS WITH A

STABLE COMPANY

Our Red Deer location is hiring for the following positions.

MECHANIC

Journeyman, 3rd or 4th year with heavy duty maintenance experience to work in our Red Deer maintenance refurbishment facility. These positions will be responsible to inspect, repair and refurbish all heavy units including but not limited to hydro vac, vac, and high pressure units.

Class 5 license with a clean 5-year driver’s abstract required.

For a complete list of opportunities, visit us online at www.cleanharbors.com/careers.

Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer.

WWW.CLEANHARBORS.COM

IS NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR THE UPCOMING TURNAROUND SEASON

JOURNEYMAN/APPRENTICE PIPEFITTERS WELDERS BOILERMAKERS RIGGERS

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best 50 Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

ALSO ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR PERSON(S) EXPERIENCED WITH:

We are currently hiring for the position of: Due to continued growth we are currently seeking:

QUALITY CONTROL TOWERS SKILLED MECHANICAL LABOURER WELDER HELPERS

FULL-TIME HVAC/R PLANNER/ SCHEDULER

PLEASE EMAIL RESUMES TO:

resumes@newcartcontracting.com FAX RESUME TO:

1-403-729-2396 Please email along with resume all safety tickets and trade tickets Please specify which position you’re applying for.

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POST-TIME LOUNGE is now accepting resumes for cooks. Days, evenings wknds and holidays $14.70/hr. 40 hrs. per wk. .

Email hr att’n: arni_una@yahoo.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

NEEDED F/T service perBUSY Central Alberta son for after sales service Grain Trucking Company and set up of manufac- looking for Class 1 Drivers tured and modular home, and/or Lease Operators.

Must have exp. in roofing, We offer lots of home time, siding, flooring, drywall, benefits and a bonus paint etc., Competitive program. Grain and super wages and health plan B exp. an asset but not avail. Apply to James at M necessary. If you have a & K Homes, 403-346-6116 clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money.

SPARTEK fax or email resume and SYSTEMS INC comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified Classifieds...costs so little individuals for Saves you so much! * QC INSPECTOR * ELEC TECH Truckers/ * MECH ENGINEER * ELEC. ENGINEER† Drivers

F o r c o m p l e t e job††††††††††† descriptions,†please††refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to:† † keri.lee@ CONNELLY INDUSTRIAL sparteksystems.com INSULATION or fax to† 403-887-4050 is seeking ticketed Alberta Please state which position Asbestos workers and you are applying for in your Mechanical Commercial Insulators. Email resume STAIR MANUFACTURER to: info@ Req’s F/T workers to build connellyinsulation.com stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Furix Energy Inc is hiring Industrial Bend. email: for the following positions earl707@telus.net. and/or Journeyman and fax 403-347-7913 Apprentice Pipefitters Skilled Labourers Sandblasters Industrial Coaters and Painters Apprentice Welders Welding & Journeymen welders with Fabrications CWB and 400BBL tank manufacturing experience. Foreman, Red Deer Position involves organizing and assisting with the Please email your resumes fabrication, design and to Darryl@furixenergy.com construction of our metal or fax to 403-348-8109. equipment. Desirable candidate will have: GOODMEN *Journeyman Ticket and ROOFING LTD. minimum 5 yrs.experience Requires *Ability to interpret drawings, work orders, welding SLOPED ROOFERS processes and materials LABOURERS *Strong interpersonal and & FLAT ROOFERS leadership skills *Ability to work with welders Valid Driver’s Licence of varying experience levels preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca To apply: e-mail resume to hr@apexoil.ca. or (403)341-6722 Visit our website at NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! www.apexoil.ca LICENSED mechanic for truck maintenance on 20 truck fleet. Reply to Box 1036, c/o R. D. Advocate, Trades 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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Branch/Sales Manager Olds, Alberta

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CONNELLY IND. INSULATION is seeking ticketed Alberta Asbestos workers and Mechanical Commercial Insulators. Email resume to: info@ connellyinsulation.com

Position based at National complete with the names CELEBRATIONS head office located in Red and telephone numbers of HAPPEN EVERY DAY Deer three current work related Local Foundation company IN CLASSIFIEDS references are accepted currently seeking F u l l c y c l e a c c o u n t i n g by email only and should experienced Commercial NOW HIRING! including: be forwarded to: Foundation Form Workers.

Tartan Completions -Bank Reconciliations Shawn Russell, Please fax resume to Services is currently -Inventory Associate Superintendent 403-346-5867 accepting resumes for -Accounts payable - People Services experienced horizontal -Payroll in multiple Chinook’s Edge School completions field technijurisdictions Division No. 73 cians, drilling motor -Month end tax filings Email: careers@ experience would be an -Month end preparations chinooksedge.ab.ca asset. We offer for management comprehensive benefits, TANKMASTER RENTALS For information on competitive salary’s and Simply Accounting knowl- Chinook’s Edge School requires CLASS 1 BED field (day) bonuses. edge preferable TRUCK Operators for Division No. 73, please Central Alberta. Competi- Skilled in Excel & Word check our website All applicants are welcome Remuneration based on ( w w w . c h i n o o k - MEAT MANAGER & tive wages and benefits. only those considered will m.morton@tankmaster.ca e x p e r i e n c e . E x c e l l e n t sedge.ab.ca).

MEAT CUTTER be contacted. benefits package. or fax 403-340-8818 Applications will be positions available Please forward resume to accepted until 12:00 noon, immediately.

Must have Something for Everyone Friendly work atmosphere, Friday, March 22, 2013. mlajeunesse@ retail cutting experience tartancontrols.com Everyday in Classifieds fun environment The successful applicant and be available all retail If you love accounting and will possess a valid Alberta hours. F/T, competitive want to get a taste of the Teacher Certificate, and be salary, benefits. Please beauty industry, required to provide a Professionals apply in person with Apply to: criminal record check and resume to Sobeys, careers@chatters.ca a child intervention Highway 2A, Lacombe Fax 1-888-409-0483 (welfare) check. or fax 403-782-5820.

While we thank all applicants for their interest, MECHANICAL FOREMAN Restaurant/ only those individuals NEEDED FOR SHOP selected for i nterviews will Hotel IN LACOMBE. be contacted..

Duties include: Servicing JJAM Management (1987) Resumes of individuals not diesel company vehicles granted an interview will and fabricating. Please fax Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s resume to: 403-342-7447.

Requires to work at these not be kept on file.

Moody's Equipment is a progressive agricultural Red Deer, AB locations: and construction equipment dealership 5111 22 St. with locations in Calgary, High River, Olds, 37444 HWY 2 S Trades 37543 HWY 2N Edmonton, Lloydminster, Saskatoon, 700 3020 22 St. Kindersley, Unity and Perdue. Since our first Parkland Mall dealership in Perdue, Saskatchewan in 1964 we FOOD ATTENDANT F.T. SHIFT WORK, have maintained a high focus on taking care $11.00/hr. of our customers and people.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 We are currently recruiting for the position of: Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Trades

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HOWARD & COMPANY Real Estate Appraisers requires a F/T Office Assistant. Experience in MS Office and office skills are an asset.

Please send resumes to: davidhorn@ howardandcompany.com or drop off at Unit 906, Second floor, Parkland Mall, Red Deer.

403-343-7000.

Oilfield

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For the Red Deer Area

The ideal candidate would be dual tickets (HVAC/R & Electrical Journeyperson) with planning experience.

Responsibilities / Requirements of this position include: • Maintain and update as-built schedules to provide comparative data between planned and actual-cost schedules and productivity performance • Expertise at creating and monitoring large and/or multiple work plans to keep team leads informed of expectations and variances with regard to critical paths • Task dependencies, SAP, cost analyses, earned value, resource leveling

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 -

NIGHT SHIFT WELDING SUPERVISOR JOURNEYMAN CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH TANK EXPERIENCE This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

403-227-7796 Please Email Resume To: hr@bilton.ca

Please Fax Resume To:

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• Defining project goals, objectives and success factors • Planning and coordinating maintenance jobs and projects • Predictive and preventative maintenance scheduling • Maintenance and/or plant facility experience • Excellent communication skills and a team player Cut off for this position is March 19, 2013 STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Human Resources Fax # 403-342-6505 Email: randersen@studon.com “People Pride & Service”

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MONEYMAX We are seeking career minded individuals to join our team at Moneymax Alberta Ltd. Must have a high school diploma/GED, basic computer skills.

Our hours of operations are Mon. to Wed. 9-6 Thur. to Fri. 9-7 Sat. 9-4:30.

Salary to be negotiated.

Please apply in person with your resume at 8a 5022 47th Avenue, Red Deer, AB. Hiring 2 full-time positions Store Manager Customer service representative

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SERVICE ADVISORS Required Immediately Competitive plus renumeration Great Benefits We require a process driven person for this position.

Please send resume to:

daveturnbull@ garymoe.com Locally Owned and Operated

**NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS!** Meadowlands Golf Club in Sylvan Lake is hiring!

- Food and Beverage - Kitchen - ProShop - Back shop - Maintenance - Marshals E-mail resume to info@ meadowlandssylvanlake.com

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ATTENTION! MOTHERS & OTHERS Access to Computer?

Work @ Home!!!

Part time or Full time Around family or job!

Sherry 1-888-645-6644 CENTRAL Alberta Precast Plant is currently seeking an individual to oversee the maintenance for the plant. Individual would work in conjunction with the operations manager and plant supervisor.

Position plays an integral part in plant operations.

You will be responsible for the maintenance, calibration, and technical support for all operating equipment.

Individual would also be required to maintain proper files for all maintenance activities, and effectively manage inventory levels of critical replacement parts in a cost effective and efficient manner. Supervision of 3rd party contractors at times will also be req’d.

Applicant must have minimum 5 yrs. of maintenance experience. Applicant must also have a wide range of knowledge different machine components.

Electrical knowledge is an asset. Individual must work with compliance of all Occupational Health and Safety legislation, guidelines, standards, policies, procedures and practices.

Individual must be willing to be on call 6 days a week. Overtime work will be req’d. Wages based on experience and benefits avail. Fax resume to 403-885-5516.

Emco Corporation,

Canada’s leading Plumbing, HVAC and Industrial distribution organization is looking for a

Warehouse Person We are looking for an individual with strong customer service and communication skills and a desire to further their career.

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6 DAYS PER WK. ( Monday - Saturday) in the town of Olds Earn $500+ for hour and a half per day.

Must have own vehicle.

18+ Needed ASAP Call Quitcy 403-314-4316 qmacaulay@ reddeer advocate.com 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 GAMES MUSIC - F/T Sales Clerk. Submit resume to 5209 50 Ave Red Deer GRAYSON EXCAVATING LTD. requires experienced foremen, pipelayers, equipment operators, Class 1 drivers, topmen and general labourers for installation of deep utilities (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 or e-mail to: info@ graysonexcavating.com LANDSCAPING POSITIONS Physically demanding.

Own transportation.

Regular hours & hourly rate negotiable. Apprenticeship avail. Fax 403-341-3042

SEEKING

Seeking Purchasing Coordinator Responsibilities include: Manage input & tracking of purchase orders - present for review, obtain necessary approvals, and submit to vendors & proof vendor order confirmations.

Administering price lists, organizing promotional information from vendors & stores & generating monthly sales reports.† Strong computer skills, with proficiency using Microsoft Office and proven ability to create and maintain complex analysis reports in spreadsheets.

Attention to detail, multitask oriented, strong communication & superior organizational, time management & problem solving skills required.† Remuneration based on education and experience.

Excellent benefits.† APPLY NOW! Email resume to careers@chatters.ca Fax resume to 1-888-409-0483 Online @ www.chatters.ca

MEGA CRANES is looking for a YARD person with Class 1. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com

The Vac Truck Operator requires a Class 3Q with clean abstract and the Grease Trap Tech requires a Class 5 with a basic knowledge of plumbing.

Full training will be provided.

hr@sierraseptic.ca or fax to:

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403-309-4296

UTILITY TREE WORKER

EQUS, Canada’s largest member-owned utility requires a Utility Tree Worker to work with the vegetation control team in the Central Area Office - Innisfail. You will operate mowers and other related equipment, as well as interact with EQUS Members. Applicants must have previous related experience, good communication skills and be computer literate. A clean, drivers’ license with a Q air endorsement is required.

POSITION: CARETAKER at Eastview and Annie L. Gaetz Schools. Work Days: Mon. - Fri. from 4:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. A current criminal record check is required for all new employees. Be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Applications should be forwarded by 12 noon on Monday March 26, 2013 to Red Deer Public School District No. 104, 4747 53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6. Fax: 403-342-3780 Email: humanresources@ rdpsd.ab.ca

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1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Own transportation, regular hrs., competitive wages.

Fax 1-403-206-7430

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APPRENTICE RV MECHANIC Duties include: • All aspects of RV Service work • Seasonal extended hours • Customer interaction • Experience preferred and must be able to work independently Attributes: • Organized & Reliable • Outgoing • Physically fit • Mechanically inclined • Permanent position • Tool allowance • Training allowance • Company benefits

RENTAL store looking for person to pull and load orders, assist brides. Must be physically fit. Full time. sales@ parklandrentals.com Fax: 403-347-7066

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Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

FUNDRAISING AUCTION

Saturday, March 16, 7 pm Blackfalds Community Centre All proceeds to furnish & equip the new Blackfalds Field House Recreation Facility.

Live & silent auctions.

Doors open 5:30 p.m.

Food & refreshments avail.

Great auction items.

Auctioneer Rick Horn

FLOWER pots and vases, large variety, $10/all, 403-314-9603 FURNACE fillter, (Dust eater) electrostatic washable, asking $80; 403-227-2653

CENTRAL AB ACREAGE Exc. Location. Less than 2 miles from Alix. Beautiful bungalow w/many upgrades incl. underfloor heat in bsmt. & on demand hot water system. 5 yr. old, 5 bdrm. home on 36+/- acres of cultivated land & has a lease revenue of approx $3100. $495,000.

Call George, 780-608-6555 Listing # S-37, Linview Realty EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 bath, rent $2000 + DD avail.

403-346-5885

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SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE

Farmers' Market

Firewood

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

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APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

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DUKE - GOOFY, playful, strong & noble, 2 yr old, neutered, micro chipped, vaccinated, Rottweiler, looking for his FUR-EVER home.

Phone 403-342-7905 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Homestead Firewood Travel Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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RED Wigler composting worms w/housing unit, $50; information for care provided; greenhiouse 3 shelves roll up flap w/zipper, 47x7x70 cm. plus 2 72 cell seed starter kits, asking $40; lawnmower, battery operated, mulcher straight cut, 18” cutting span, batteries not incl. asking $45, exc. cond, 403-227-2653

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APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 FRIDGE & STOVE $150/both or $75/ea.

Marilee 403-341-9990 leave msg.

Household Furnishings

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 avail. March 15 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. April 15, 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

2 bdrm, 1 bath, 2 appls, shared laundry. NO PETS. Avail APRIL 1st. $975 & ELECT., SD $975 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

Manufactured Homes

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s April 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

PET FRIENDLY Townhouse In Eastview

Clean 3 bdrms,1.5 bath, 5 appls. Yard, Deck & finished bsm’t. Only preapproved pets. No smoking. $1335 & UTIL; SD $1335; Avail APRIL 1st.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

Riverfront Estates

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1225 along the river.

SD $1000. avail.

April 1 , 403-304-7576 347-7545

SIERRA GRANDE

Executive 2 bdrm. condo, 6 appls., 2 baths, heated parking, pool + more. Over 45. $1175. Sim & Thorne PM 403-347-0755

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. April 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

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with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

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Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

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Livestock

Renter’s Special FREE Cable

GOOD ANGUS BASE CROSS BRED COWS

2 & 3 bedroom

available for Shares Great investment opportunity

modular/mobile homes

Highway 21 Feeders Ltd.

in pet friendly park

Acme, AB Please contact Ed Miller 403-546-2278 Ext. 3 Email: EdMiller@ Highway21Group.com Start your career!

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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

5 PIECE canister set, large containers, rustic tone tan color, exc. cond., handm a d e p o t t e r y, $ 6 0 / a l l , 403-346-5423

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Mauricia (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

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C O F F E E Ta b l e a n d matching end table, great shape. $150; Dresser with mirror, $40. 403-314-2026

services

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

For more information and complete job descriptions, please visit our web site at www.blackfalds.com

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

• Day Camp Leader (Camp Curious) - Seasonal, Non-permanent • Labourer (Parks) - Seasonal, Non-permanent • Labourer (Public Works/Transfer Station) - Permanent Full-time • Labourer (Public Works) - Permanent Full-Time

Contractors

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BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648

Handyman Services

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TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

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ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445

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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Moving & Storage

requires

The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties. Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work. Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

SCRAPER OPERATORS Earthworks Division

Application Closing Date: March 21, 2013.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

Escorts

We require individuals with push pull experience, grade knowledge & able to work well with others for work in the Central AB area.

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

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Top wages paid based on knowledge & experience Career advancement opportunities Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

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GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

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BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

COUPLES SPECIAL Painters/

2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave

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IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position.

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A MUST SEE!

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

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BRIGHT CONDO at 61 Street

AFFORDABLE

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ARE YOU FINDING retirement not what you thought it would be?

Feeling bored or worried about retirement finances?

There is help! The SAGE (Successful Adults Gaining Employment) Program can give you the opportunity to explore post-retirement career options that work for you! You will spend eight weeks learning new skills in high demand within today’s labour market, acquire industry specific training certifications, prepare for the GED exam, and receive introductory computer skills followed by up to ten weeks of on-the-job work experience in an industry of your choice. SAGE is designed to assist the older worker to remain active and engaged in today’s labour market!

Call Career Assistance Network at (403) 341-7811 to register for this FREE program sponsored by the Government of Alberta and Government of Canada.

Call today! Space is limited for the April program!!!!

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Angus Beef for Sale Ranch Raised, Hormone Free, Grass Finished See our website; www.flaghillranch. com Contact: Leo Johnson at 403 665 2497

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

Condos/ Townhouses

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

OPERATOR 2 POSITION

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Please submit resumes by Email: info@blackfalds.com or Fax: (403) 885-4610

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660

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TO GIVE AWAY Working older style 32”, T.V. with stand.

Attractive set!

GONE!

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THE TOWN OF BLACKFALDS HAS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

E-mail bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill/Service

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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-Vac Truck Operator -Grease Trap Service Tech

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

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

offers a variety of

403.341.4544

Sierra Septic Solutions is hiring for the following positions in Red Deer:

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COLOUR TV In working cond.

Citizen 21”, $50 ANSWERING MACHINE, $25.

Will take offers.

403-341-3099

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“Low Cost” Quality Training

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

1500-1990

Auctions

rentals

2 COLOUR TV’S In working cond.

Sony Trinitron 33”, $100 Sanyo, 27” $75 Will take offers.

403-341-3099

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TIRE Pump (foot), $10; 2 tow ropes, 10’ long, $10. ea.; Tap and die set, 40 pce, $20; Drift wood, $45; Box of asst’d flower pots, Clothing $8; patchwork quilt, 72”x56”, $20; 1 blanket, Houses/ ASSORTED senior ladies white/floral dble. $5; oscilclothing, like new, size 12 l a t i n g s p r i n k l e r, $ 5 ; 2 Duplexes THE BURNT LAKE spider plants, $7. ea.; 4 petite, $100 obo GENERAL STORE dessert goblets (pedestal 4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 403-343-8916 is looking for F/T Customer style) all for $16; 8 cups appls, garage $1695 mo.

Service person for shift NEW grad dresses $10/ea. and saucers, bone china, 403-782-7156 357-7465 work. Please apply in never worn 403-346-6908 $16. for all; 4 stacking person, Hwy. 11 West.

MAIN FLOOR SUITE WOMEN’S suede jacket, chairs, metal frames, $20; No phone calls please.

IN WEST PARK chocolate brown, size L , 403-314-2026 2 bdrms, 1 bath, 3 appls. good condition, $40, Shared laundry. Fenced Employment Box of ladies clothing, size yard w/garage. Adults only.

8-10, good quality, $20; Dogs Training No pets. No smoking.

403-314-9603 $1325 INCL UTIL; SD $1325; Avail APRIL 1st.

EquipmentHearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403 396 9554 OILFIELD SERVICES INC. Heavy

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

LIVE in caretaker req’d. for As well, we offer a selection of Please fax or email your 13 unit condo in Red Deer. resume to: online Training Courses.

Contact Deb 403-341-5606 For more information check us out online at Emco Corporation 4605 - 61st Street www.firemaster.ca Classifieds Red Deer, Alberta or call us at 403 342 7500.

Your place to SELL T4N 6Z2 You also can find us on Facebook or Your place to BUY Fax: (403) 343-3116 Email: follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs. jbrisbin@emcoltd.com

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stuff Currently seeking Newspaper carrier for morning delivery

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

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Join Distinctly Tea in the high growth & high margin retail loose leaf tea industry. Steve@fylypchuk.com

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Decorators

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LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Seniors’ Services

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ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as roof snow removal, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617 HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

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Newly Reno’d Mobile

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1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, $740/mo. Avail. immed.

Incl. most utils, no pets.

Call 403-886-5288 1BDRM. suite, 4616-44 St. Rent $700/D.D. $700.

Ph: 403-341-4627

You can save thousands!

Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee.

Money back guarantee.

1/2 duplex in 50 + area in Olds. 1100 sq. ft. 2 bdrm., 3 bath, 2 car garage. $259,900 403-507-0028 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

403-350-1620 Gloria LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. apt. avail. April 1, Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686 TWO 2 bdrm. suite downtown area, above store, at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred $750/mo., $700 d.d. all utils., except electricity.

Avail. March 31. 347-3149

Roommates Wanted

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Mason Martin Homes has

112 ACRES of bare land,

Call for more info 403-588-2550

future subdivision potential. Asking 1.2M 403-304-5555

MOVE IN READY SPRING INTO A RISER HOME.

This weekend only.

BLACKFALDS: 2 storey, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, upgrades, a must see! $376,500 2 bdrm. 2 bath, dbl. att. garage. $325,000.

2 bdrm. 2 bath. $297,900.

Inclds. all fees, sod & appls.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

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5326 47 AVE.

Unit #306 - 2 bdrm. condo, w/solid hardwood flooring, downtown R.D. Underground parking. Needs bathroom updated & painting. Price range between $160,000 $170,000. 403-815-0429 or 540-6066 to view.

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VANIER WOODS 1 bdrm. $490/mo. + DD 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

Mobile Lot

Sierras on Taylor! 2 bdrm, 2 bath, sunroom & great amenities! $264,900.

Help-U-Sell RD 403-342-7355

4 Bdrm, 3 bath walkout.

6 yrs. Old. Real hardwood, fireplace, hot tub, cen. air. $449,900. 403-755-4614

Acreages

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ACREAGE, LAKE KOOCANUSSA, $79,900 403-227-5132

104x353 lot in the heart of Sylvan Lake. Excellent location for future development. $499,900.

Freshly reno’d fabulous 4 bdrm. w/dbl garage on a quiet Ave. $313,000.

homes

Penhold new home! 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 6 appls, upgrades galore. $267,900

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

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Pinnacle Estates

2006 CADILLAC Escalade ESV Platinum, $21,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Trucks

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(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

2004 BMW X3 AWD, pano r o o f , l t h r. , $ 1 4 8 8 8 SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, 348-8788 Sport & Import Well priced. Good location.

403-896-3553

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

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COLLECTOR CAR Auction & Speed and Custom Show. Featuring Ian Roussel, from Car Warriors & Big Schwag.

Mar 15th - 17th. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space still avail.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGauctions.com Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Cars

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

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Super Vacation packlage All new no mileage Lottery Win Sale 2013 Ford Lariat truck 6.71 L diesel Crew cab, all electronics 5th wheel 38.5’ 2013 Coachman Brookstone 367KL 4 slide outs Furnace, a.c.,, fireplace Total retail price $169,300 Total net sale price $110,000 Phone 1- 403-650-8947

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS At www.garymoe.com

has relocated to

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2007 GMC Sierra 2500 SLE Turbo diesel $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SUV's

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2011 MITSUBISHI Outlander silver 45,000 kms, 10 yr. 160,000 warranty, LS, V6 auto 4wd, 1 owner, lease return, was $22,995 reduced to $20,995 Call Amy 403-357-0388 HRDS

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2006 CHEVY Silverado.

186,000 km. Exc. cond. $5700 obo. 403-392-1313 2004 DURAMAX, loaded.

Has been an RV truck.

403-391-6485

Tires, Parts Acces.

2012 HONDA Civic Hybrid Navi sedan auto, brand new, was $28,568 sale priced @ 27,000 + taxes 2010 FORD Expedition and fees. Please contact Eddie Bauer 4X4, $27,888 Amy 403-357-0388 HRDS 348-8788 Sport & Import

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Acreage with art studio awaiting your imagination.

3.09 acres of lush trees and 2 homes. $549,900

5180

4 SUMMER TIRES, had on Tiburon bought new in June 2012, ( drove for 4-1/2 mos., ) asking $199.99.

Phone 403-309-4226 after 4 p.m.

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

2008 JEEP Grand Cherokee Laredo AWD, turbo Vehicles diesel,$29888 348-8788

2007 MAZDA 6 GT sport, fully loaded, leather, heated seats, new front windshield, new brakes, Pine Lake acreage! 4 bdrm., command start, winter & 3 bath, attached garage. summer tires, very clean, Lake view. $369,900. must sell, moving out of 403-318-4448 c o u n t r y, $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 o b o 403-346-9214 2006 LAND ROVER Sport HSE AWD $28888 3488788 Sport & Import

Wanted To Buy

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519 REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

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5210

2000 PONTIAC Grand Am 2 dr. clean 403-318-3040 Looking for a place to live?

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PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notices

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Sidney Douglas Smith Who died on June 6th, 2012 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim

by April 16th, 2013 with Sully Chapman Beattie at #202, 4825 47th Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1R3, and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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Public Notices

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Darlene Ann Smith Who died on June 25th, 2012

If you have a claim against this estate, you must ¿le your claim

by April 16th, 2013 with Sully Chapman Beattie at #202, 4825 47th Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1R3, and provide details of your claim.

If you do not ¿le by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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6010

AB STORAGE NOTICE OF DISPOSAL

Goods will be disposed of on March 25, 2013 by AB Storage at their discretion to satisfy outstanding balances for storage rental incurred by the following:

REA GLAUDE ALANA MUYRES LISA CURRAN PATRICK ROGERS

WAYNE STIMSON PAULA EAGLES ALFRED HOWTON

Dated in the City of Red Deer, in the Province of Alberta, March 15, 2013.

AB STORAGE 88 Petrolia Drive Red Deer County, AB T4R 1B4

4020

1300 SQ.FT. 1/2 DUPLEX 4 bdrm., 3 bath with a IN RED DEER. warm, welcoming open Gated community, The floorplan. $349,900 Fountains, near RDG.C.C. Great location. For more HELP-U-SELL info phone 403-506-9491 OF RED DEER FREE Weekly list of 403-342-7355 properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 www.laebon.com Help-U-Sell of Red Deer Laebon Homes 346-7273 www.homesreddeer.com

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

4090

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2006 HONDA Civic LX FWD, $10,888 348-8788

4100

BRAND NEW SECONDARY SUITE HOME. 403-588-2550

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2005 NISSAN Altima SER $12,888 348-8788 AS & I

INCOME property legal suite good return $240,000.

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4260

Family oriented acreages w/rolling hills, pristine ponds 2006 PONTIAC Grand Prix FWD, 65611 kms, $10,888 and poplar woodlands.

348-8788 Sport & Import $150,000-$160,000

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WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

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3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

5030

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4 bdrm 1/2 duplex in a great family neighbourhood in Sylvan Lake. $239,800

FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet. all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

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4160

wegot Great for retirement. 2 bdrm., 2 Bath 1/2 duplex in Olds.

Attached garage. $242,500. 403-507-0028

NOW RENTING 1 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/ onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat and hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

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8 Brand New Homes located in Burnt Lake area structure plan, great starting at $188,900 investment property with

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4020

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is publishing a special magazine feature to celebrate

RED DEER’S CENTENNIAL

Kailyn Buehler

Kayla Pierson

CITY OF RED DEER

CENTENNIAL Celebrating 100 years of incorporation

1913-2013

in the Sunday, March 17 issue of the A boy scout band is seen in together with a crowd gatheredthe foreground Squadron of the 12th Canadian to send off C Mounted Rifles Regiment at the Canadian Pacific Railway station.

- May, 1915

Red Deer LIFE

Call for paper routes in your area.

403.314.4394

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