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RCMP Cpl. Sarah Knelsen and City of Red Deer parks enforcement peace officer Simon Butler cruise along the bike path in Rotary Park recently.

A WARNING FOR TRAIL USERS Red flags were raised when a young man was stabbed once in the belly during an apparently random encounter between two groups at about 1:30 a.m. on May 11. Cpl. Sarah Knelsen, media liaison officer for Red Deer City RCMP, said a few days later that police were still investigating the stabbing, which occurred at a time of night when people are discouraged from using the trail system. It was believed to be a random incident and not indicative of any trends, other than the trend for more people to be out after dark, now that the winter has melted, says Knelsen. She is among the police and bylaw officers who conduct regular patrols on the trails, riding either bikes or Segways. Knelsen says she prefers the bikes because they can travel farther and faster without the limitations that affect the Segways, which are battery powered and computer controlled personal transportation machines. Knelsen and Poth both say they appreciate hearing from any trail users who see something amiss, including graffiti, camps, vandalism or activities that raise suspicion. David Kingston, superintendent of civilian staff at the Red Deer City RCMP detachment, says people go into the parks late at night for a variety of reasons, some of which can pose danger for others, directly and indirectly. Some of the people who are on the trails after 10 p.m., when the regular patrols shut down, will be of the sort that daytime users would not like to meet on a dark trail in the middle of the night, says Kingston.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Good times, bad times — pathways through and around Red Deer have their share, and it’s mostly good, say people out for a stroll or a bike ride on a sunny day in spring. The Red Deer area’s Waskasoo Park system includes 4,100 acres of space, connected by a network of trails that was first developed in the early 1980s. What started with 25 km of trail has grown to 130 km in total. People visiting the park for the first time are often awestruck by the extent of the trail system and the feeling that they have, essentially, escaped to the mountains. Permanent residents in the park, including moose and deer, help round out the visual experience alongside the wafting aromas of wild shrubs and spruce needles. Cyclists Krestina Haberger and Sandi Studholme, accompanied by a shepherd-collie cross named Kramer, give thumbs up for a trail system that they feel far exceeds anything they have found in the cities where they’re from. Haberger, who has lived in Red Deer for about four years, says there’s nothing like it in her home town. “It’s manicured trail, but it still feels like you’re in the wilderness. I’m from Vancouver, originally. This is as good or better. There’s not a trail system like this in Vancouver,” says Haberger, who lives in Grandview. Studholme was visiting Haberger and Kramer from her home in Barrie, Ont. Aside from some difficulties finding her location on the trail mark-

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A young moose explores the area just off a walking path at Mackenzie Trails during an evening this spring. Moose, deer and other wildlife can often be spotted along the Red Deer trails. ers, she says the infrastructure is unmatched. “They have a bit of a rail trail (in Barrie), but it’s nothing as extensive as this. When I was on the bike yesterday, on my way back, I carried the bike part way up the steps. And then, as I was standing there catching my breath, I was looking at the stairs and then I noticed that there was a rail on the side ... to walk your bike up.” Trevor Poth, parks superintendent for the City of Red Deer, says the trail infrastructure was designed to give people a safe and natural experience, evolving from the initial

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design of the early ’80s. Trail and park users now have access to a network of multi-use asphalt and shale trails connecting facilities that include full-scale picnic grounds and playgrounds, such as Rotary Park and Kin Kanyon. At its far reaches, the trail winds through Heritage Ranch, River Bend Golf and Recreation Area and Westerner Park. But all that fun comes with a word of caution. Police and bylaws officers warn users that they must be cautious about when and where they travel on the city’s trail system. LOCAL

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Council gets first look at new Native Friendship Society site PROPOSED 32 HOUSE, 3.5-ACRE SITE NEAR LIONS CAMPGROUND ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF On Monday Red Deer city council will weigh in on the new proposed site for the long awaited cultural centre and affordable housing project by the Red Deer Native Friendship Society. City administration is recommending approval of the site, which is on the east side of Riverside Drive near Lions Campground. When completed the recentlynamed Asooahum Centre will provide cultural, ceremonial activities and affordable housing for the aboriginal community. The society is looking to develop 32 houses in phases and the cultural centre on a 3.5-acre site. City council will consider first reading to a zoning change to public service residential from parks and recreation necessary to allow construction. Last year, the city rejected a site in Clearview North following backlash from the community. Residents raised concerns about crime, safety and that they were left in the dark about the project. A task group formed with members from the aboriginal community, city staff, the Society and Councillors Tara Veer and Paul Harris to review sites and find an alternate location. According to city documents, the proposed site is a remnant of a former buffer to the industrial area on the west side of Riverside Drive. With the realignment of Riverside Drive, the site is now beside the balance of the park system but still separated by a power line and easement along the previous right of way. City manager Craig Curtis said the site has been earmarked for park related development for future recreation and park facilities and interpretive buildings. Local historian Michael Dawe confirmed Métis settlers from Headingly, Man. settled along the Red Deer River between the mouths of Waskasoo Creek and the Blindman River in 1882. “I think historically it is interesting it is coming full circle,” said Lyle Keewatin-Richards, a local member of the aboriginal community. Keewatin-Richards said he thrilled the project is proposed for space close to the Red Deer River and surrounded by trees. The task force evaluated sites based on about 30 cultural and practical criteria including proximity to amenities. More than 20 sites were reviewed before the present site was selected.

Harris said there has been some talk that the site is on a floodplain but a detailed analysis showed the site is above the 2005 flood elevation. At least one business owner in the neighbouring industrial park is not impressed with the proposed location for safety reasons because of the traffic on Riverside Drive. In 2011 Denise Gagne, of Themes and Variations, was told that most light industrial areas were never intended for public service areas and pose danger because of the lack of sidewalks and crosswalks. “If Riverside Light Industrial is too dangerous for kids to attend commer-

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From the left, Hunting Hills High School grads Saba Khajeh, Marisa Jantanawong and Rebecca Guan pose for classmate Yuting Li prior to their graduation commencement exercises at the Centrium May 24.

TRAILS: Security risks are highest near city centre While cautioning people to avoid the trails in low light or darkness, RCMP and bylaws officers do encounter signs of illegal activity during their daytime patrols, including camps that are set up for overnight stays. Camping is prohibited by a City of Red Deer bylaw, says Knelsen. However, there are a number of people, some of them homeless, who build shelters and take up residence in the park. Some are well hidden while others are more obvious, says Knelsen. Officers who encounter such sites normally give the owners 24 hours to clean up and move on, she says. Along with the notice, the officers attempt to determine why their inhabitants have set up camp and then direct them to the social agencies that are able to help them out. If a camp is still in place after the notice period expires, park staff will remove the goods and clean

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up the site. People using such camps can pose varying levels of danger to others on the trail system, depending on the circumstances, says Knelsen. While some are without malice, others may be high on drugs or alcohol or may be involved in criminal activities, she says. Security risks are highest in areas that are closest to the city centre, she says. “Our trail system here is second to none. However, the RCMP just like to warn the public that sometimes, late at night, the park system is perhaps not the safest place to be by yourself or in small groups. Know the trail systems, go with someone,” she says. Poth says city officials have pondered installing cameras and lights to help raise security levels along the trails. However, alongside privacy issues, the expense of placing cameras would be “massive,” while lighting treed trails could cause more problems than it solves, he says. Anyone using a lit trail at night would be that much more visible to people who are lurking in the trees, where the shadows would be that much deeper because of the lights, says Poth. He also cautions people about encounters with wild animals, which have become quite accustomed to sharing their habitat with humans. Feeding wild animals, regardless of their size or appearance, can

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lead to aggressive behaviour, says Poth. He asks that anyone encountering deer, moose or other furry denizens of the bush enjoy them from a distance and back away quietly if the animals attempt to approach them. Haberger says she normally doesn’t walk or ride after dark and has no fears while she’s on her bike, especially with Kramer running alongside. While he’s not normally an aggressive dog, he is pretty big and could be capable of putting up a fight, she says. City resident Loretta, who declined to give her full name, says she has been using Red Deer’s trail system for the 12 years she has lived in Red Deer, with only one experience that she felt might become dangerous. Loretta was interviewed while speed-walking to the hospital from her home in the Mountview area. “I walk all the time by myself. There was only one time I was really scared. I guess you have to use your head.” To report something amiss on the trails, use the Report A Problem link at www.reddeer.ca or call the RCMP complaint line, 403-343-5575. People reporting crime can remain anonymous by visiting www. tipsubmit.com or calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. For emergencies only, call 911. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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lessons or cultural programming. Gagne said it is interesting the city is going ahead with the zoning change before the review is completed. Harris said should the change in zoning go forward it will be a catalyst for the changes in Riverside Light Industrial already in transition. The adjacent public utility lot and a portion of Lions Campground tenting area would be leased to accommodate the ceremonial grounds. Tanya Schur, executive director of the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre, could not be reached for comment Thursday or Friday. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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PC government funding cuts hit Olds College 25 JOBS CUTS AS COLLEGE LOSES $3.6 MILLION IN PROVINCIAL FUNDING

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BRIEFS Man to stand trial on drug, weapon charges A man has been ordered to stand trial on drug and weapon-related charges in connection with an incident in 2011. A preliminary hearing finished on Thursday for Ahmed Nur, 30, who faces about 40 charges regarding an RCMP raid in Red Deer on July 12, 2011. A storage unit was also opened by police on July 12 of that year. Red Deer City RCMP reported earlier that they seized more than $60,000 worth of drugs, $65,000 in cash and eight firearms. Co-accused Raed Abdulla, 31, was ordered to stand trial earlier. No date has been set. Two youths were also charged with a number of drug-related and possession of property obtained by crime offences.

Stewart sentencing delayed until Tuesday Sentencing has been delayed until next week for a Red Deer woman who badly injured her mother with a pickup truck last summer. Stacey Leigh Stewart, 34, pleaded guilty in December to six of 11 charges arising from two separate incidents involving her mother, who also lives in Red Deer. Stewart was arrested on Aug. 8 after police got a call that a pedestrian had been injured by a vehicle.

It emerged that Stewart had gotten into an argument with her mother Diane Stewart outside a bank machine, where the mother was going to get some money for her daughter. The argument escalated and Stacey grabbed her mother’s keys. Her mother jumped out of the vehicle and took shelter behind an electrical transformer. Stacey drove the truck into the transformer, pinning her mother to the side of the building before driving away. Diane suffered broken ribs, a broken pelvis and damage to her kidneys and spleen in the impact, which pushed the building wall in by a few centimetres. In May of that year, Stacey got into another scrap with her mother over money. The daughter pushed her mother out of her pickup before taking off. She was later arrested in Stettler. She has pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving and one each of hit and run, robbery, possession of the proceeds of crime and failure to comply with the conditions of her release. Sentencing was set for Friday, however Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard said requested psychiatric reports had only been received the previous day and he and defence lawyer John MacNaughton needed time to review them. Stewart will be sentenced in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

‘ONLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THE OTHER 15 POSITIONS SAW JOBS AMALGAMATED, REALIGNED OR COMBINED.’ — JASON DEWLING VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH

The other 15 positions saw jobs amalgamated, realigned or combined with another position.” Guy Smith, president of Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, said the whole community will feel these job losses. AUPE represents 170 full and parttime support staff at the college. Of the positions cut, 10 are in the AUPE bargaining unit. “Eliminating these jobs takes a lot of money out of the Olds economy,” said Smith. “Add to that the 65 job losses at Red Deer College and you see how these education cutbacks affect the region.” Besides reducing its staff, the college had four other budget highlights: improved access to learning; sharpened focus on institutes and centres

of excellence; substantive increases in revenue; and results-based reviews. The National Brewmaster program will start in 2013-14, plus 81 more apprenticeship seats are coming. Olds College will add Hospitality and Tourism certificates and diplomas, which means 60 more spaces. It will also offer Grant MacEwan University’s bachelor of science degrees. Olds College also has a Fashion Institute within Calgary’s Bow Valley College south campus. It hopes to bring in an additional $1.5 million through new entrepreneurial and enterprise efforts. New revenue accounted for about 50 per cent of bridging the budget gap. Reviews of each division at the college will continue. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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continuing to tend to a 3,258-acre fire near Lodgepole and a 62-acre fire north of Nordegg on Friday. The Forestry Trunk Road is again open to traffic, although areas around the historic mine site remain closed as firefighters continue to work in the area. Caution is urged for any travellers on the road, as crews and equipment may still be in the area. Fire bans for wide swaths of Central Alberta were lifted early Friday. Red Deer County, Lacombe County and Stettler County all lifted their bans. There are no fire bans for Mountain View, Clearwater, or Ponoka counties, although Parkland Beach still had a ban in place Friday afternoon. Fire bans remained in effect late Friday afternoon for Wetaskiwin and Camrose counties, while a fire prevention notice remained for Kneehill County. Two new fires were reported as being ‘out of control’ on Friday. One was near Grande Prairie, the other in the Lac La Biche area.

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Olds College will cut 25 jobs in the midst of provincial post-secondary funding cuts. On Friday, the college announced a surplus budget which is mandated within board policy. The total budget is $50.2 million, and with expenses of $49.3 million, the modest surplus for 2013-14 comes in at $893,000. Jason Dewling, vice-president of academics and research, said the surplus is used for any capital renewal projects, such as painting, new equipment or supplies. There is no capital dollars built within the operating budget, he added. “We didn’t come at the (surplus) from one angle,” said Dewling on Friday. “We looked at revenue generation and resource alignment.” The Progressive Conservative government announced in March that it would cut base operating grants to post-secondary institutions by 7.3 per cent. Institutions were expecting a two per cent increase in funding, so the de-

crease is being translated into 9.3 per cent for them. “Dealing with a reduction in funds like this one doesn’t happen in a 60day window,” said college president Tom Thompson in a news release. Olds College suffered a loss of $3.6 million in provincial dollars. Staffing was cut by 10, of which 1.5 were permanent faculty members. The college also did not fill 15 vacancies while being committed to increasing revenues and cutting administrative expenses. Management staff, including Thompson, took a three per cent rollback. “Before doing anything to impact students, over the last year we’ve been making significant changes,” said Dewling. “So we had about 12 reviews throughout the organization, both academic and service, to help us.” The staff cuts affected all levels at the college, he added. “There were positions we didn’t fill or held back because there were signals through last fall and in early 2013 that we should be cautious,” said Dewling. “Only about 10 people are directly impacted over the next few months.

Teen granted bail A Red Deer teen accused of threatening to open fire at a local high school was granted bail in Red Deer provincial court on Friday. The 16-year-old boy, whose name cannot be published under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was arrested on April 4 and charged with a number of offences. Calgary police alerted Red Deer RCMP after threats were posted on a

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Ford denies using crack cocaine TORONTO MAYOR ENDS WEEK OF SILENCE ON VIDEO SCANDAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Mayor Rob Ford broke his weeklong silence Friday to deny he smokes crack cocaine and to lambaste the media for judging him, but his assertions seemed unlikely to douse the raging flames of scandal that have engulfed him. In a carefully-worded statement at city hall, the embattled mayor fought back against reports that he was caught on cellphone video appearing to be smoking crack. “I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine,” Ford said in his 3½-minute statement. “I cannot comment on a video that I have never seen or does not exist.” Saying the past week had taken a toll on his family and friends, the mayor said he had stayed silent about “this nonsense” on the advice of his lawyer. “It is most unfortunate, very unfortunate, that my colleagues and the great people of this city have been exposed to the fact that I have been judged by the media without any evidence,” he said. Ford, who took no questions before leaving city hall and wishing reporters a good weekend, made his statement an hour after his executive committee urged him in an open letter to speak “openly and transparently” to the continuing scandal.

One committee member, Peter Milczyn, reserved judgment on what effect the mayor’s appearance would have but said Ford had at least done what he needed to do with his “direct statement.” “That doesn’t mean that everybody’s going to believe what he said,” Milczyn said. “It’s not going to make the issue go away, it’s not going to make the discussion in the city go away.” Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, another member of the executive committee, had earlier in the day called it “urgent” the beleaguered mayor speak publicly about the festering allegations. “The longer that goes on, the worse it gets,” said Holyday, who refused to say whether he believed Ford has a substance-abuse problem. In his statement, Ford thanked his chief of staff Mark Towhey — who left the job abruptly on Thursday — without explaining the parting. Towhey has only said he did not resign, but reports cited sources as saying Ford fired him after he urged the mayor to get help. Ford had been evading reporters and ducking in and out of city hall since soon after the American website Gawker.com and the Toronto Star reported viewing a cellphone video they said was taken by a drug dealer. The video appeared to show Ford smoking what looked like crack cocaine, the publications said. Its authenticity has not been verified.

Gawker editor John Cook said Ford’s statement did not actually refute the allegations. “The fact that Rob Ford says he does not currently use crack cocaine has no bearing on his past behaviour,” Cook wrote on his website. “He did not say, as one who has never smoked crack cocaine might say, ’I have never smoked crack cocaine’.” Gawker has so far raised more than $160,000 toward a goal of $200,000 it said it needed to buy the video. Cook said Thursday that the drug dealer who supposedly has the video has been unreachable in recent days, and his confidence that the deal to buy it might go through was “diminished.” Ford’s only previous comments on the allegations came more than a week ago, when he called them “ridiculous.” Despite Friday’s statement, Coun. Glenn De Baeremaeker said the mayor should “simply resign,” saying Ford no longer has any legitimacy. “The mayor had an opportunity today to say, ’Yes, give me some time to get some help,’ De Baeremaeker said. ”Instead what he’s done is call three reporters liars and his own chief of staff a liar.“ Ford also used a substantial part of his statement to pay tribute to the high school football team he had coached for the past 10 years. The school board replaced him earlier this week.

Wife defends husband in bridge collapse BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The wife of a Canadian trucker linked to a dramatic bridge collapse in Washington state says her husband had all the permits he needed and she doesn’t believe he is responsible for bringing the structure down. Cynthia Scott says she spoke with her husband, Bill Scott, right after he saw the Interstate 5 bridge crash into the Skagit River about 15 metres below. “He looked in the mirrors and it just dropped out of sight,” she said Friday from the couple’s home on a rural property near Spruce Grove, Alta., just west of Edmonton. “I spoke to him seconds after it happened. He was just horrified. “They’re saying in the news that he plowed into the (bridge) and I’m going, ’No, he didn’t plow into anything.”’ The Washington State Patrol has confirmed that the truck hit a support girder on the bridge Thursday night. That sent part of the span thundering into the river below. Sgt. Kirk Rudeen said the collision appears to have led to the collapse, which took two vehicles with it.

“It happened extremely quickly ... the bridge was basically collapsing behind (the driver) as he was coming to the other side of it,” Rudeen said. Three people were rescued from the chilly water and were recovering. The company Scott was driving for, Mullen Trucking, said it was sending investigators to the scene. Spokesman Ed Scherbinski said the truck was hauling a piece of drilling equipment called a casing shed. “It’s basically just an empty, oversized shipping container,” he said. The Washington state Department of Transportation had approved the company’s plan to drive across the bridge along Interstate 5 to Vancouver, Wash., Scherbinski said. Cynthia Scott said a special car equipped with poles, typically 1 ½ metres higher than the highest point of a load, had travelled the truck’s route beforehand to make sure everything would fit. She said there was a small ding in one of the front corners of the load — not what you would expect if a truck had hit hard enough to bring a bridge down. She wonders if the bridge was already falling apart as the truck was going across.

“It would seem extremely strange that something so small could topple a bridge,” she said. “It does seem very bizarre that something like this did happen.” The bridge was inspected twice last year and repairs were made, Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson said. “It’s an older bridge that needs a lot of work just like a good number of bridges around the state,” she said. The bridge was not classified as structurally deficient, but a Federal Highway Administration database listed it as being “functionally obsolete” — a category that means the bridge design is outdated and there may be narrow shoulders or low clearance underneath. The bridge was built in 1955 and has a sufficiency rating of 57.4 out of 100, federal records indicate. That is well below the statewide average rating of 80, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. Some 759 bridges in the state have a lower sufficiency score. Dan Sligh and his wife were in a pickup truck that spiralled into the water.

Active hurricane season expected HALIFAX — The Canadian Hurricane Centre is backing U.S. predictions of an active season this year, telling residents in the Atlantic provinces to brace themselves for a handful of major hurricanes. But Chris Fogarty, the centre’s program supervisor, said Friday there’s no way of predicting how many of those storms will make land. Fogarty said there is little correlation between the number of storms that form in the North Atlantic and the number that make their way into Canadian waters. “We have a good sense of whether the season will be hyperactive or not, but as far as where these storms are likely to be, we can’t really say much more than the typical path that they take,” said Fogarty. “All it takes is a shift in the atmospheric pressure pattern further west and then you get a lot more landfalls.” Fogarty said an unusually warm tropical Atlantic Ocean is one of the factors behind the forecast of an active hurricane season, which continues a 15-year period of high hurricane activity. He said a cooling trend in the eastern Pacific Ocean is creating La Nina-type conditions, which could affect the atmosphere over the Atlantic and increase the risk of storm activity. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States is predicting a 70 per cent likelihood of 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms. It predicts seven to 11 could strengthen into hurricanes and three to six could become major hurricanes, similar to what happened last hurricane season, said Fogarty.

But regardless of the number of storms predicted, it only takes one major storm to make it a bad season, said Fogarty. “People need to think longer term in terms of their property’s vulnerability, stuff that you can’t really do in the few days before the storm, and then think about shorter-term ways of being prepared,” he said. That could involve stocking up on water, nonperishable food, and batteries, among other things, he said. The season officially begins June 1, but will ramp up in mid-August until mid-October, said Fogarty. About one or two storms directly affect Canada each year, the centre said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a normal year has 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major storms with winds over 175 kilometres an hour. Last year was the third-busiest on record in the United States with 19 named storms. Ten became hurricanes and two were major storms, including Sandy, even though it lost hurricane status when it made landfall in New Jersey. That storm killed 147 people and caused $50 billion in damage. Hurricane Isaac was the only storm to make it ashore in the U.S. as a hurricane last year, which ended up in Louisiana after hitting the Caribbean.

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Habitat aims high with first triplex build BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Habitat for Humanity in Red Deer is getting ready to engage in a project that will be the first of its kind for the organization in the city. Groundwork is being done on the site of what will soon become the local chapter’s first triplex. “You can build a little less expensively if you build multi-units,” said executive director Paula Madu, “All of the Habitat affiliates seem to be looking at multi-units.” The project, running in the range of $450,000 to $500,000, will be at the corner of 39th Avenue and 44th Street in Eastview. Three families have been selected to move into the housing, and have each already completed their “sweat equity” requirement of 500 hours worked through previous builds or volunteering with the organization. The project was approved last year and the hope was to do the build in 2012. “We did some work last year and then didn’t get to the project. So now we need to make sure the ground is firm and solid again,” said Madu. The goal, she said, is to have the build complete by October and have the families in their new homes by Christmas time. A second unique feature of this year’s build will be the local agreement with Corrections Canada to have inmates from the Bowden Institution volunteering their labour to the project five days a week. Inmates have worked on Habitat projects across Canada for a number of years, but this will be the first time for the partnership in Red Deer. Mayor Morris Flewwelling, at the Habitat offices for a $20,000 cheque presentation from RBC towards the triplex build, said the multi-unit dwelling reflects a larger trend in the demand for housing in the community.

“There’s a change in lifestyle that’s occurring and we’re finding that while there are still people who want large and elaborate homes, the bulk of people are quite happy to have a home with lots of amenities. But they don’t necessarily need it large and expensive and they don’t need the yard to go with it,” he said. Flewwelling said that w h i l e “huge numbers” of affordable Paula Madu h o m e s have been built in recent years in Red Deer, there is still not near enough. Statistics from last fall showed a 1.2 per cent vacancy rate for rental properties in Red Deer, one of the lowest marks in the province. “There is an acute shortage of housing, especially at the affordable level. We’re seeing very low rental vacancy right now and huge demand for affordable housing,” he said. Habitat for Humanity’s second local project this year is an addition to its ReStore space. Through ReStore, refurbished furniture and appliances are available for sale, along with building supplies and more, with proceeds funding the organization’s administration. It has also completed a renovation this year on a home bought back from a Habitat family that moved away. The house will be dedicated in June with a new family moving in. Anyone interested in volunteering with Habitat for Humanity can call 403-309-6080 or email info@habitatreddeer.ca. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Not the least bit squeamish Emily Downey gets a close look at a pigs eyeball as classmate Madi Fisher holds up the orb in their grade eight science class on Friday. The St. Francis of Assisi Middle School students along with their classmates each got the chance to dissect an eyeball as part of their Grade 8 light and optical systems unit and the study and function of the eye. The eyeballs were donated by Olymel.

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The demand for classroom space continues to grow in the city and that is why it was so disappointing to have to reject two modular classrooms at West Park Elementary, says Red Deer Public School District board chairman Lawrence Lee. Lee said the district can’t afford to build the modular classrooms at the kindergarten-toGrade-5 West Park, but will continue to build two for opening in 2014 at the kindergarten-toGrade-8 Normandeau School. Each modular classroom is for about 25 to 30 students. “We definitely need student learning spaces and that was our No. 1 priority,” said Lee. “For the first time ever, we’d have to pay for the installation of these modulars — which would have depleted our capital reserves. We would have had to find $60,000.” The board of trustees decided this week it couldn’t go ahead with the two modulars at West Park because the provincial government announced it was only contributing half of the costs. School jurisdictions must contribute half of the cost for transportation, installation and link construction. It is estimated this will cost the district more than $447,000. The board expressed concerns to Education Minister Jeff Johnson, and Red Deer North MLA Mary-Anne Jablonski and Red Deer South MLA Cal Dallas, but there has been no relief offered. Lee said if they could, they’d like to get the modulars for West Park. “We could use a new K-5 school right now,” he added. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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THE DIGITAL AGE IS SERIOUSLY UNDERMINING INCOME TAX AS A SOURCE OF PUBLIC REVENUE BY ROBERT MCGARVEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE It was surreal. There, in front of the world’s media, was Tim Cook, Apple CEO, addressing a U.S. Senate committee, defending the fact that Apple had somehow repatriated $30 billion in corporate profits from Ireland free of tax, Irish, American or otherwise. According to Cook, Apple’s tax manoeuvering was all above board. The hard truth is, it was technically legal and (ironically) Apple appears to be one of the more responsible corporate taxpayers. They deliberately don’t use many of the complex tax loopholes that are available to global corporations. Cook played the part of concerned citizen perfectly, concluding his remarks with some useful advice to U.S. lawmakers: “Unfortunately, the tax code has not kept up with the digital age.” That, it turns out, is the understatement of the (new) millennium. Income tax, although a reliable tax platform for the 20th century’s industrial economy, is a failure, even by its own standards. Apart from its absurd complexity, Income tax is hugely unfair, increasingly shifting the national tax burden onto the wage-earning middle classes. According to the Brookings Institution, in 1945 corporations paid about 47 per cent of total U.S. income taxes. Today their contribution is 19 per cent and falling. The proportion of income taxes paid by individuals has risen correspondingly, from 53 per cent to 81 per cent. Cook’s observation about the digital age is even more unsettling. If history is any guide, this revolution will seriously undermine income tax as a source of public revenue. Reality is, governments seek tax where they find it, where wealth is being generated, and as the economy changes, taxes change with them. A thousand years ago, in feudal Europe, there was no formal taxation, at least as we understand it today. Feudalism had a closed rural economy, with little in the way of commerce, money or government services. In the absence of an established monetary system, payment-in-kind was the preferred taxation medium. The feudal nobility supported themselves through

indentured agricultural labour and various kinds of forced service arrangements, military and domestic. This in-kind tax regime survived for centuries, changing only with the rise of trade and commerce. The Commercial Revolution of the 16th century saw the revival of taxation in the modern sense. As money, banking and trade began to grow, the taxman was never far behind, imposing import duties, tariffs, taxing trading and related commodities like sugar, salt and tea. Commodity taxes, although wildly successful throughout the mercantilist era, had their own problems. In a rapidly changing 18th century, they ultimately triggered a tax revolt that resulted in bundles of imported tea being dumped into Boston Harbor. We all know how that tax revolt ended. The first embryonic income tax act was the British Tax Act of 1798; the U.S. followed, shortly after the War of 1812. And although rates of taxation were exceedingly low and participation even lower, the sights of governments had clearly shifted from mercantile trade to industry.

Taxing the income of industrial workers and the profits of factories became the industrial era’s tax of choice, maturing with the advancement and stabilization of the industrial economy in the twentieth century. But the dynamics of the digital economy are vastly different from the factory model of production. In the 20th century, factories and their profits were essentially tied to the nation; they provided a reliable tax base because they weren’t allowed to move around the world chasing lower rates. Globalization has changed all that, while the rise of intangibles is causing even bigger problems. Digital assets dominate today; they are more fluid, readily transferrable and far less predictable than industrial plant and machinery. As intangibles rise, national governments are losing leverage over business, and — no surprise — corporate taxes are reaching new lows. We can expect the tax system and probably the role of government to alter substantially as the digital economy consolidates. The big question is: what revenue sources for government

are appropriate in this new order? Many national and state levels of government, including Texas and Alberta, earn non-tax revenues by leveraging socially-owned natural capital assets. Alberta, for example, earns royalties managing the province’s oil and gas assets. In an asset revolution that’s opening vast new digital frontiers, governments could earn a return by managing what Mark Anielski (author of The Economics of Happiness) describes as the Five Capitals (Natural, Human, Social, Built and Financial capital). Beginning with a new Total Asset balance sheet, governments could start to identify and manage socially own-able assets, earning a return on its capital investment that is more appropriate and equitable than a failing, out of date income tax. Robert McGarvey is an economist and co-founder of Genuine Wealth, a Canadian enterprise whose mission is to help businesses, communities and nations mature into flourishing economies and enterprises of well-being. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia. com).

Is rape the tip of an African iceberg? STUDIES SUGGEST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS A HUGE PROBLEM ON CONTINENT Keeping a file of random clippings is an old-fashioned thing to do, but sometimes it offers you unexpected connections. Sometimes it’s a connection that you don’t even want to see. But there it is, so what are you going to do about it? In June 2009, South Africa’s Medical Research Council published a report which said that over a quarter of South African men — 27.6 per cent — have raped somebody. Almost half of those men admitted to raping two or three women or girls. One in 13 of the self-confessed rapists said they had raped at least 10 victims. The numbers are astonishing and horrifying, but on GWYNNE the assumption that at least a DYER few of the interviewees were ashamed, or were afraid that their admission might later be used against them, those numbers are probably low. The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, where the study was conducted, are among South Africa’s poorer provinces, but there is no self-evident link between poverty and rape. The study was a model of statistical rigour. It used a Statistics South Africa model of one male interviewee in each of 1,738 households across all racial groups and income levels in both rural and urban areas. Half of the men interviewed were under 25 years old; 70 per cent of the rapists had forced a woman or girl into sex for the first time when they were under 20. The researchers were not even trying to count South Africa’s rapists. The study was called Understanding Men’s Health and Use of Violence: Interface of Violence and HIV in South Africa, and it was really

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investigating the linkage, if any, between sexual violence and the spread of HIV. It turned out there was none — but that the actual amount of rape going on is completely off the scale even for an extremely violent society like South Africa. I found another report claiming that 40 per cent of South African women can expect to be raped during their lives, but I had nothing to add to the discussion so I just filed the information away. Then last November I saw a report in The Guardian about a study carried out in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo in which 34 per cent of the men interviewed — over a third — admitted to rape. That’s a war zone, of course, and it may not be representative of the Congo as a whole. But I did begin to wonder how widespread this phenomenon was, and I came across a study in the African Journal of Reproductive Health dating back to 2000, in which 20 per cent of a thousand women interviewed in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (hardly a war zone) said they had been raped. Only one-10th of those rapes were reported to the police. And early this month came a report from the Rwanda government’s Gender Monitoring Office that a survey of more than 2,000 schoolchildren across the country revealed that 43 per cent of them were aware of other pupils being raped. Teachers were allegedly among the chief offenders. “If teachers are responsible for the problems of teenage pregnancies, that is a serious problem as they’re supposed to protect them,” said Education Minister Vincent Biruta. But Katherine Nichol, who works at Plan Rwanda, an NGO that promotes girls’ education in rural areas, was willing to go a little further. “We only know the tip of the iceberg of this issue here in Rwanda,” she said. That’s the question, really. Are these reports just anomalies and exceptions?

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After all, South Africa is very violent, the eastern Congo is a war zone, Rwandans have been traumatised by the genocide of 1994, and Tanzania is — well, maybe just an anomaly. Or are they the tip of a continent-wide iceberg? Rapes happen everywhere, not just in Africa, and it’s especially bad in war zones. There was practically no German woman left unraped in the eastern parts of the country when the Soviet army swept in in 1944-45. Armies seem to have a special problem with sexual violence even when there isn’t a war. Last year, there were 26,000 reported cases of sexual violence against women in the U.S. military — and the Pentagon believes up to 80 per cent of sexual assaults go unreported. Indeed, a female soldier in the U.S. military is more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted by one of her own colleagues than injured in battle. But the subject today is Africa, and the few statistics available suggest that there is an astoundingly high number of rapes in several widely separated countries. So what is needed now is more and better statistics. Is the proportion of rapists among the male population in the western Congo (which is more or less at peace) much lower than in the East, or not? Are Kenya’s official rape statistics (over 300 women per week) accurate, or should they be multiplied by 10 to account for non-reporting, as in Tanzania? Are the true numbers for rapes different in Muslim countries in Africa (all the ones mentioned above are predominantly Christian), or are they really the same? Nobody will win a popularity contest by gathering these statistics, but hundreds of millions of African women have the right to know the answer. And when the scale and nature of the problem is clear, there needs to be urgent, decisive action. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Young, bright — and underemployed of new jobs. One reason is Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s determination to quickly eliminate the deficit, which means a lower economic growth rate. Another probYoung Canadians, like young people around the lem is a mismatch between the skills young Canaworld, are paying far too much of the cost of the glob- dians have and the skills employers say they need al financial crisis, with high unemployment rates, — with employers reluctant to invest in training or many stuck in part-time or short-term conapprenticeship programs. tract jobs, low rates of pay and growing At the same time, there is a growing pressure to work as unpaid interns. phenomenon of underemployment, which It’s not that hard today to find young occurs when an individual’s skills exceed Canadians who at the age of 30 have never those needed for the job he or she is dohad a full-time, regular job. ing — think of a university graduate workNot surprisingly, just over 40 per cent ing in a coffee shop. of Canadians in their 20s are still living at A new report from the International home. Labour Organization — Global EmployA recent Bank of Montreal report ment Trends for Youth 2013: A Generation showed that Canadians aged 20 to 24 are at Risk — warns that the queues for availearning less than their counterparts in able jobs are becoming “longer and lonthe same age group did in the late 1970s ger” for many young people, forcing many through early 1980s, while surveys indito become less selective in the jobs they DAVID cate that the average level of student debt are prepared to accept, with many turnCRANE is now running at $28,000, and typically ing to part-time or temporary jobs. will take up to 14 years to pay off. With higher unemployment or underTo be sure, those with the right skills employment, “valuable work experience have an easier time. is not acquired and professional skills But the real problem is that businesses simply may erode,” the ILO warns, while “unemployment are not hiring, or if they are, they may be bringing experiences early in a young person’s career are cheaper foreign workers to Canada on temporary likely to result in wage scares that continue to dework permits. press their employment and earnings prospects even Over the past 12 months, the private sector in Can- decades later.” ada has added just 10,000 net new jobs, according In this sense, youth unemployment is “an unexto Statistics Canada, compared to the public sector, pected tax on the current generation of youth” since which has hired 93,500 net new employees. “there is a price to be paid for entering the labour There are a number of factors hurting job pros- market during hard economic times.” pects of young Canadians. One is an economy that is The over-qualification of young people for the not growing fast enough to generate the needed level jobs they end up doing has two other serious im-

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pacts. One is that by taking up jobs they are overqualified to do, young people are crowding out other young people with lesser qualifications who would normally take those jobs, making it even harder for these young people to find employment. The other negative impact, the ILO says, is that “to the extent that young people in employment are actually overqualified for the jobs they are doing, society is losing their valuable skills and forfeiting stronger productivity growth than would have been achieved had these young people been employed at their appropriate level of employment.” According to Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate among young people 15 to 24 was 14.5 per cent in April, virtually unchanged from a year earlier; the number of Canadian youth with jobs actually fell by 19,000 between April and May of this year. In fact, the unemployment rate for young Canadians has showed no real improvement over the past 40 months. Compared to a year ago, there were 18,200 fewer young people employed last month, with a gain of just 2,000 full-time jobs over the past year and a loss of 20,100 part-time jobs. While the issue of skills mismatch is a key issue that must be addressed, not much can be done overnight. But we can delay balancing the budget for a couple of years to increase growth and jobs. It is urgent that we create more opportunity and hope for today’s young people who otherwise face a grim start in their working lives, with long-term consequences. Young Canadians deserve better. Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

What’s in a name? Ask Hashtag Jameson Who on Earth would name their zon work on his drawing of lightning? child something like, say, Moon Unit? It’s too bad Brave isn’t here to help — Or how about a horrific handle such as he’s a very courageous boy.” Dweezil? So keep a lookout for Albertans Then there’s Apple Paltrow, who Thunderbolt, Horizon, Brave, and could have been named afSkeeter — they will be ter the computer company actual people soon even or perhaps the fruit, or maythough they do sound like be even The Beatles record pet Schnauzers or perhaps company. I wonder what potential winners of the her brother Moses thinks? Kentucky Derby. But it probably won’t But don’t feel too badly matter since both their for these little whipper parents, Gwyneth and Chris snappers. As previously Martin (from the band Cold alluded to a couple of paraPlay), are rich and famous graphs ago, some celebrity and so the lives of App and children make poor old Mo won’t be all that normal Shy-Angel and Rhaney-Day anyway. Whatever normal seem positively boring. HARLEY is. See if you can match As you may have noticed these names of the children HAY in news reports this week, with their celebrity parents apparently this year in our (these are their first names fair province, normal is and I am not kidding): Liam and Emma. The kids: Moxie CrimeThese were the two most popular fighter, Pilot Inspektor, Fifi Trixienames given to newborn Albertans belle, and Sage Moonblood. by many parents who apparently like The parents: Sylvester Stallone (elmovie stars like Liam Neeson and derly Rocky), Jason Lee (My Name is Emma Stone. Earl), Penn Jillette (funny magician); Service Alberta (whoever they are) and Bob Geldof (Live Aid dude). reported over 52,398 rugrats were born Yikes. Just because you are rich in our province alone last year, which and famous, does that really mean you was the most ankle biters ever created can burden your poor little kidlets in Alberta in 12 months. There must with: Moxie Crimefighter Jilette, Pilot have been a lot of bad weather in late Inspektor Lee, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, 2011, early 2012 — either that or someor Sage Moonblood Stallone? body put something in the water. I wonder what these self-indulgent But what’s really fascinating, espeattention-seekers gave these poor kids cially for those of us with a pathologifor middle names! cal curiosity around such brain-numbHere in the kingdom of Alberta, we ing factoids, is the weird and wonderseem to be (well some of us do) a tad ful names that some munchkins have more sensible. Interesting, though, to been saddled with by parents who note that other than Liam and Emma, were obviously delirious with rampant the top five names for each gender last pregnancy hormones and dizzy from year were Ethan, Jacob, Logan, Mason deep breathing in childbirth classes. and Benjamin; and Olivia, Emily, SoThe records show that some innophia, Ava and Lily. cent little girls were given such names Since it’s our fair city’s big anniveras Skeeter and even Shy-Angel. And, sary this year, I thought it would be presumably in honour of those rainy fun to check out what the most popular days — and who doesn’t want to honnames were way back when. Although our gloomy grey sad rainy days? — one these are American statistics, this is little angel who may or may not be who was coming into the world in 1963: shy has been stuck with the moniker Michael, John, David, James and RobRhaney-Day. ert; and Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and I’ve heard of boys named Rain, and Linda. I bet you know a few of those girls named Sky but doesn’t Rhaneynames, eh? Day (note, it’s hyphenated) kind of put And get this: here’s the most popua little dark cloud over the little tike’s lar names 100 years ago: John, William, head? At least until she’s old enough James, Joseph and Robert; and Mary, to insist on a legal name change. Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. As for the unfortunate newbie boys Oddly enough, not a single Thunderof the male gender, here are a couple bolt or Rhaney-Day child on the list in of gems for you. Fast forward a few 1913. years. Several young fellows are in kinAnd since actor-type showboats like dergarten. The teacher is helping the Nicolas Cage and Shannyn Sossamon children learn about the weather. Her and embarrassingly pretentious musidirections would go something like cians like Bono (U2) weren’t around this: “Thunderbolt, I see you have your then, the world wasn’t blessed with hand up. Would you like to help Horichildren named Kal-El Cage (Kal-El

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is Superman’s original alien name), or Audio Science or Memphis Eve. It’s not clear if Miss Sossamon’s little Audio Science is a girl or a boy. Or perhaps a robot. And of course, where would this wacky world be without the Jackson family. As in Michael, Jermain, Janet, La Toya, etc., etc. Michael’s two boys have to haul around the handles Prince and Blanket, while Michael’s big brother Jermain named one of his unfortunate offspring — I kid you not — Jermajesty. Oh, and as for Moon Unit and Dweezil? They are the children of the late eclectic genius musician Frank Zappa. They are all grown up now and seemed to have survived relatively unscathed with those whack-job appellations.

Of course, I’m not too sure about their two siblings, Diva Thin Muffin and Ahmet. What’s in a name, indeed? A baby born last Saturday might be asking that question one day. A little eightpound baby girl was honoured with the name Hashtag, which also the name of the symbol #, which is used to mark topics on the popular social network site Twitter. But at least little Hashtag Jameson’s technology-obsessed parents resisted naming her Twitter Jameson. Because that would have been just plain dumb. 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.

For every sin, there should be consequences “Why don’t you grow up?” Ever heard that before? How about, “Act your age”? If that doesn’t work, we use the old standard, “Just wait till your father gets home!” Yah right you think; when he gets home he doesn’t want to bother with me, he just wants to put his feet up, so I’ll just get another tongue lashing and that’ll be the end of it! Except for my Dad — he would not rest until every issue like that would be dealt with. And I never knew what to CHRIS expect; sometimes it would be a dressing down, but more SALOMONS often than not, he would ask you to stand in front of him and ask if what Mom said was true. If I would try to weasel my way out of the situation by telling some fantastic tale, Dad would reach out with his toughened baker’s hands, grab me by the ear and twist until the truth was told and then he would release the pressure.

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That was just to get to the facts; because it would be at this point he would mete out the punishment, which could include a smack to the side of the head, a solid kick to the britches or, if it was bad enough, both. Whatever the punishment would be, once the issue had been satisfactorily dealt with, he would let you know in no uncertain terms that he still loved you. All in all, that made it bearable. One day one of my brothers complained bitterly about how he felt he was being slighted at home. Dad spoke to him twice, but he would not stop complaining, so Dad slowly got out of his chair, went to the basement and in a few minutes came back up carrying a small suitcase. Walking up to my brother, Dad gave him a $5 bill and told him he had five minutes to pack, and then get out and find some place that would cater to his whims, because he was not going to get it here. My brother started in to complain again, so Dad set the case down, grabbed my brother by the ear, opened the front door and assisted him through it with a kick to the rear. As I think about those times, I realize that Dad disciplined us so that we would understand (without any confusion, mind you) what our role in society was to be, as far as behaviour was concerned — not

that we did it perfectly. Also, it taught us that there were always consequences to our actions and even to our mutterings. On a daily basis, different people from the soup kitchen face legal proceedings and judgments because of irresponsible actions they have taken. Make no bones about it, they are more often than not punished to the full extent of the law; they get away with nothing. So I’m thinking to myself that before you do things like you did, become educated and then get into politics, or better yet do something nice for the prime minister so you can gain entry to the senatorial holiday club. Then you can do almost anything and still get a fat paycheque and other living expenses. Include in that, two places to call home. Heck, you don’t even have to attend all those boring meetings! There is only one problem. All the subjects that you supposedly work for will see your actions and seeing that there is no consequence to your actions, will emulate you. Therein is the beginning of chaotic anarchy. Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Clockwise from top: Jicaro Ecolodge is located on its own private island and has nine private casitas, a pool, a restaurant and a bar. It is the only upscale accommodation in the Las Isletas area. The humble abodes of the fishermen are far different from those of the rich who have purchased private islands in Las Isletas. Net fishing is common on Lake Nicaragua.

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with bull sharks in it. Southeast of the colonial town of Granada are some 365 inhabitable islands that are locally known as Las Isletas. The islands were formed thousands of years ago when the Mombacho volcano blew its top and spewed massive rocks and lava far into Lake Nicaragua. Although the volcano is still listed as being active, it has not erupted since 1570 and island owners have good reason to feel safe being near it. They also have reason not to be too concerned about bull sharks — these aggressive sharks are the lake’s most famous inhabitants, but the last recorded shark sighting was nearly 13 years ago. Lake Nicaragua is the largest freshwater lake in Central America and the 19th largest lake in the world, covering a vast area of more than 8,264 square km. The islands and the volcano are rich in plant and bird life, providing a home for about 50 species

of mammals, 174 species of birds, 30 species of reptiles and more than 700 species of the plants. In recent years, the Las Isletas region of Nicaragua has become a popular ecotourism area and you can find charter boats that do guided ecotours of the islands and the nature preserve that surrounds the volcano. The Mombacho Volcano is one of 78 protected areas in Nicaragua. At 1,344 metres high, the volcano provides a variety of different habitats for the birds and mammals that make their home in its dense vegetation. The base of the volcano is relatively dry, but rainforest habitat can be found near the top. On a recent visit, I participated in a guided tour of the area. As we travelled along by motor boat, our guide Juan told us more about the islands and their inhabitants.

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ave you ever wondered what it would be like to own your own island? There is a perception that only uber-rich rock stars, movie stars and business moguls can afford to purchase private islands, but in Nicaragua you can buy an island with a bargain-basement price tag. For a mere US$320,000, you can purchase an island in Lake Nicaragua — not far DEBBIE from the one owned by the OLSEN king of Spain. It’s a great deal — as long as you don’t mind living in the shadow of an active volcano on a lake

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Above: There are many inhabited islands and many styles of homes. Below: The private pool on the island is surrounded by beautiful green foliage.

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LAS ISLETAS: Large number of fishermen We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need Juanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help to determine which islands were owned by wealthy Nicaraguans and foreigners â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the difference between the poor and the rich is immediately evident in their style of living. Some islands have elaborate homes with docks, retaining walls, security fences and palapas for relaxing, while other dwellings are nothing more than ramshackle shacks. A large population of fishermen live in Las Isletas and although their income is small, their children appear to be well fed and happy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nicaraguans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need money to be happy,â&#x20AC;? Juan said as we passed the humble abode of a fisherman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you live off the land, you have everything you need.â&#x20AC;? Some of the islands serve to house community resources. We passed an island with a small yellow church on it, another that served as the local cemetery and a third with a school that served to educate the children of the poor fishermen who live their lives in Las Isletas. Juan explained that school starts very early and local children arise at 6 a.m. to paddle their boats long distances to get to school in time for morning classes. When the wind picks up, school can be cancelled because it is too dangerous for the students to travel by boat on the lake. There are four types of monkeys that inhabit the forests and trees surrounding Las Isletas and we spent some time observing two species. When we spotted some howler monkeys in the trees, our boat driver pulled in closer and began making monkey calls and listening for their barking responses. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hard to tell why the monkeys we were watching are called howlers. As we began making our way back to the docks where we had begun our tour, we passed several boats filled with fishermen. The sun was shining and with the tropical vegetation on the islands and the massive size of the lake, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hard to imagine that I was somewhere in the middle of the South Pacific rather than on a large lake in Central America. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help thinking about Juanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remark that

Nicaraguans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need money in order to be happy. When it comes to the Las Isletas region of Nicaragua, I think he might be right. Life can be happy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even when you live in the shadow of a volcano.

Island living â&#x20AC;&#x201D; try it before you buy it at Jicaro Ecolodge If you would like to see what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to live on a private island in Las Isletas, you might enjoy a stay at Jicaro Island Ecolodge. Jicaro is a high-end eco resort on one of the private islands in Lake Nicaragua. Located a 20-minute boat ride away from Granada, the resort has nine private casitas, a pool, a beach, a restaurant, a lounge and a bar.

The resort was designed by Matthew Falconer from wood that fell during a hurricane. There is a great onsite restaurant that is committed to serving locally-sourced, organic foods and the resort has several projects underway that are designed to improve the lives of local Nicaraguans. Jicaro Island Ecolodge isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for everyone, though. It is a laid-back, romantic locale with no televisions in the rooms and little access to technology. Each casita offers a tranquil setting with great views of the lake. For more information, visit www.jicarolodge.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 who 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.

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New York beach ranked No. 1. MAIN BEACH IN EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., TOPS ANNUAL SURVEY BY FRANK ELTMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1. Less surprisingly, that beach is in East Hampton, the vacation playground for the rich and famous. In an announcement that coincides annually with the unofficial start of summer, coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman on Friday released the 23rd version of his Top 10 Beach List, placing Main Beach in East Hampton at the top. “The thing about the Hamptons is that people are so proud of their beaches out there,” Leatherman told The Associated Press in an interview in advance of the release of his list. “People pick up their litter there, the bathrooms are clean; they provide good services.” Leatherman, who goes by the nickname Dr. Beach, visited Main Beach earlier this month. He said that unlike many beaches farther to the west and in New Jersey, the beaches on eastern Long Island saw less erosion and flooding from the effects of Superstorm Sandy. “Considering the magnitude of the storm, people will be very pleased to see that Main Beach is the way they remember it,” he said. Leatherman, a professor at Florida International University in Miami, has visited beaches around the world and uses criteria like water and sand quality, as well as safety and environmental management, to compile his annual list. Once a beach reaches the pinnacle of No. 1, it is retired from future consideration, he said. Coopers Beach in nearby Southampton, N.Y., was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 survey. Sarasota, Fla.’s Siesta Beach was tops in 2011 and Coronado Beach in California earned the top spot in 2012. The other nine on Leatherman’s 2013 list after Main Beach are: Kahanamoku Beach, Waikiki, Hawaii; St. George Island State Park, Fla.; Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii; Waimanalo Bay State Park, Oahu, Hawaii; Barefoot Beach Preserve County Park, Bonita Springs, Fla.; Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Fla.; Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks, N.C.; Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.; and Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, S.C. East Hampton village residents have free access to Main Beach, although parking permits are re-

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Main Beach in East Hampton, N.Y. Main Beach is No. 1 on the 2013 list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as “Dr. Beach,” director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research. quired from May 15 to Sept. 15. Non-residents can buy parking passes at $25 per day but they are limited in number, with only 40 non-resident daily parking passes sold on weekends and holidays. Max Scainetti, a lifelong East Hampton resident, said the tiny grains of tan sand and the cleanliness of the beach are two of the things that make Main Beach special. “This is one of the best beaches in the country and I’ve been to a lot of beaches,” Scainetti said. “I think basically it’s a lot to do with the sand. A lot of Long Island beaches tend to be rocky where these are more sandy beaches.”

Javier Baldo, an East Hampton cook, said he has visited Main Beach regularly for about eight years. “It’s fairly civilized. It doesn’t get too crowded. The water is delicious,” he said. Delicious? “It’s really great water, it’s really clean. You just have a lot of space.” Baldo said celebrities are sometimes seen at the beach, but people generally keep to themselves. “It’s quiet, there’s no loud music playing. It’s obviously very safe; great lifeguards. There are really great lifeguards. They’re actually fit and very well experienced. That’s a big thing, just the safety,” he said.

Bronx ‘ghetto’ tours stopped ANGRY RESIDENTS SAY GRITTY COMMUNITY HAS SURVIVED ITS PAST BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City “ghetto” has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighbourhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx “from a safe distance,” issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there. Three times a week, the $45 ride took visitors past food-pantry lines, a housing project and a park a guide described as a pickpocket hangout. Tourists were told they’d get a look at the Bronx that reflects one of the darkest chapters of the city’s history, the 1970s and ’80s, when the tour website said “this borough was notorious for drugs, gangs, crime and murders.” The Bronx lost hundreds of buildings to fires intentionally set by landlords to collect insurance money, hence the phrase, “the Bronx is burning.” But residents say the tours are a misrepresentation of the area where former Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor lived in as children. “Those days are over, the Bronx is being rebuilt, it’s rising again,” said Bronx resident and Grammy-nominated musician Bobby Sanabria. Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-

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Viverito sent an open letter to the company owner, Michael Myers, saying they were “sickened by the despicable way” the borough was being portrayed to outsiders. “We strongly urge you to stop profiting off of a tour that misrepresents the Bronx as a haven for poverty and crime, while mocking everything from our landmarks to the less fortunate members of our community who are availing themselves of food assistance programs.” The tour company did not respond to calls and emails requesting comment. Other companies in the city still offer regular guided trips to the Bronx. Three weeks ago, NYC & Company, the city’s tourism bureau, launched a promotion of the South Bronx as “one of our safest, most exciting boroughs,” with highlights including Art Deco architecture and the Yankees. Real Bronx Tours has been booted from the bureau’s membership list as a result of the language they’ve been using, NYC & Company spokeswoman Kimberly Spell said. Elena Martinez, an anthropologist and Bronx resident, offers visitors walks through the same neighbourhood that was on Real Bronx Tours’ itinerary. The human struggles on these still gritty streets have produced urban styles and sounds copied around the world, from hip hop music and outdoor murals to clothing.

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Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 Sports line 403-343-2244 Fax 403-341-6560 sports@reddeeradvocate.com

Portland makes final DARREN OLIVER

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OLIVER PLACED ON DL

Portland 2 London 1 SASKATOON — The London Knights had a flair for the dramatic all season, but fell one goal short in the MasterCard Memorial Cup semifinal. Ty Rattie scored the winner in the third period and Mac Carruth made 34 saves Friday as the Portland Winterhawks survived a furious comeback attempt to defeat London 2-1. Winterhawks defenceman Seth Jones said the final moments were tense as London, which fought back from a 3-1 series deficit in the Ontario Hockey League final and scored the series clincher with less than a second to go in Game 7, crashed the Portland net. “My heart was beating 1,000 beats a minute and I was out there doing whatever I could to keep the puck out of the net — sliding around everywhere,” said a relieved Jones. “It was definitely a big win for us tonight. We fought hard (but) it was a little closer than I wanted.” Tyler Wotherspoon also scored and Nicolas Petan added two assists for the Winterhawks, who will take on the Halifax Mooseheads in Sunday’s final that will determine the Canadian Hockey League champion. Max Domi had the goal for the Knights, while Jake Patterson made 32 stops for London, which defeated the host Saskatoon Blades 6-1 in Thursday’s tiebreaker game. Rattie had a chance to ice the game into an empty net for the Western Hockey League title holders, but couldn’t find

TORONTO — Toronto’s pitching woes grew Friday with veteran reliever Darren Oliver placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain. “He’s a good pitcher for us. Hopefully it won’t be too long but you never know,” said Jays manager John Gibbons. “He’ll be checked out. There’s a lot of wear and tear on that arm, you know.” The 42-year-old Oliver made his debut 20 years ago for Texas. He went on to play for St. Louis, Boston, Colorado, the Mets, Angels and Texas two more times before becoming a Jay in 2012. The reliable lefthander has appeared in 17 games this season posting a 2-1 record with a 3.18 ERA, largely in his role as the team’s eighthinning man. The move to the DL is retroactive to May 19. Doctors are waiting to see how Oliver responds to a cortisone shot to the shoulder. An MRI is also expected.

TODAY

● Women’s rugby: Calgary Saracens at Red Deer, noon, Titans Park. Midget AAA baseball: St. Albert at Red Deer, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Men’s third division rugby: Calgary Saracens at Red Deer, 1:45 p.m., Titans Park. ● Men’s second division rugby: Calgary Saracens at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Titans Park. ● Alberta Football League: Pre-season — St. Albert at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 7 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Jr. B tier 2 lacrosse: Red Deer at Lacoka, 7 p.m., Lacombe.

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● Senior women’s lacrosse: South Edmonton Jr. Warriors at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Senior men’s lacrosse: Lethbridge at Blackfalds, 2 p.m., Multiplex.

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London Knights left winger Bo Horvat attempts to get a shot on Portland Winterhawks goaltender Mac Carruth during the first period of Memorial Cup semifinal action in Saskatoon, Sask. on Friday. the target as Portland had to sweat out the final minute in their zone with Patterson on the bench for an extra attacker. “It’s pretty exciting,” Winterhawks coach Travis Green said. “It was a tough game tonight. I thought London played extremely well, especially after playing four games in five nights. Very impressive team that we beat tonight. It was a hard-fought game.” Knights defenceman Scott Harrington said

that although his team can be proud of its effort, the sting of the loss will linger. “It’s tough. Obviously not the result that we wanted. I thought we had some real good chances and bounces just didn’t go our way — a couple broken sticks on great opportunities to score,” the London captain said. “To lose 2-1, it’s heartbreaking, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.” Portland’s victory now sets up a dream final in-

volving Jones, the No. 1 ranked North American skater ahead of next month’s NHL draft, and Mooseheads forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin, who are second and third on the list. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champions beat Portland 7-4 during round robin play. Rattie broke Friday’s 1-1 tie at 8:32 of the third period, circling in the London zone before rifling his tournament-

leading fifth goal upstairs on Patterson from the slot. “He’s a big game player. He does all the little things right and he’s always in the right position,” Carruth said of Rattie. “He sneaks into little quiet areas and finds a way to score. He’s got a great shot.” The Knights dug deep and had a couple chances late but couldn’t find a way past Carruth.

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Wotherspoon join Sports Hall of Fame BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF For over a decade Jeremy Wotherspoon was one of the most dominant speed skating sprinters in the world. After his retirement from the Canadian national team, following the 2009-10 season, it seemed only a matter of time before he was named to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. On Friday he received that recognition when he was one of 11 individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame at the induction banquet at the Sheraton Hotel. “This isn’t something I set as a goal, it’s a nice bonus,” he said during a press conference at the Hall of Fame and Museum Friday afternoon. “It happens to be in my home town, which is a great opportunity to

come back. A lot of my family have moved and I’ve been travelling so much I don’t get a chance to come back, so this is special. “This also gives me a chance to look back at my career as a whole and realize it’s something to be proud of and something to enjoy . . . I have a lot of fond memories.” Wotherspoon grew up competing for the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club and was recognized early on by the national program as a special talent. The 36-year-old started training with the national team at age 17 and by 1997 was winning regularly on the World Cup circuit. In 2003 he won his 49th World Cup race, the most in history. He finished with a record 67 victories, four World Cup sprint titles and was named the Canada Speed

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With other inductees looking on speed skater Jeremy Wotherspoon speaks at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Friday afternoon prior to a formal inductee banquet later at the Sheraton Hotel. Skating male athlete of the year nine times. The award is now named after him,. But while Wotherspoon travelled the world, he still looks at his time in Alberta with fondness. “It was definitely a

special place to grow up. I’ve travelled a lot to compete, but this is where I got my start . . . where I competed as a kid and where all the people supported me as a kid and a teenager and where I developed as an athlete. I have a lot to be

thankful for and to all those organizations, people, media and everyone else who took an interest in sports in Alberta and had an impact on my development.”

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Penguins oust Senators to advance THE CANADIAN PRESS Pittsburgh 6 Ottawa 2 PITTSBURGH — James Neal scored a hat trick as the surging Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the third time in six seasons by closing out the Ottawa Senators 6-2 in Game 5. Just as Ottawa’s franchise icon Daniel Alfredsson predicted following a 7-3 Penguins rout in Game 4, the Sena-

tors weren’t good enough to rally from a 3-1 deficit. They were good enough to win only once in a series decided by Pittsburgh’s offensive execution, a scoring depth that ranges far beyond Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Brenden Morrow, Kris Letang and Malkin each added singles for the Penguins on Friday, while Neal’s goals gave him five in the final two games. “I think we played with a lot of speed pretty

consistently,” said Crosby. “We didn’t have too many lulls in our game.” The Penguins were aided by the solid goaltending of Tomas Vokoun, who made 29 saves and doesn’t appear willing to give back his job to former Stanley Cup winner Marc-Andre Fleury any time soon. Pittsburgh, which led the conference during the regular season, will play either the Boston Bruins or New York Rangers in the Eastern

Conference finals. Boston leads 3-1 in a series that resumes Saturday. For the Senators, who generated only goals by Milan Michalek and Kyle Turris, it was yet another disappointing conclusion to a season. The Senators have failed to advance past the conference semifinals since reaching the Stanley Cup final in 2007. “They have a good team and they’re really

pushing for it. Right now, they’re playing the way they want to,” said Ottawa defenceman Erik Karlsson. “The first two games we weren’t prepared for what they were bringing, they played really well and we definitely didn’t play the way we wanted to. ... They came out and started stronger the last game and this game as well.”

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Hockey

Basketball Thursday, May 23: San Jose 0, Los Angeles 3 Sunday, May 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, 6 or 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

NHL Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Friday, May 17: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3 Sunday, May 19: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3 Friday, May 24: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 6 Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 16: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Sunday, May 19: Boston 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, May 21: Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 23: N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OT Saturday, May 25: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Wednesday, May 15: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Saturday, May 18: Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Monday, May 20: Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, May 23: Detroit 2, Chicago 0 Saturday, May 25: Detroit at Chicago, 6 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: Detroit at Chicago, TBD Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2 Tuesday, May 14: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0 Thursday, May 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Saturday, May 18: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Tuesday, May 21: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Senators 2 at Penguins 6 First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Morrow 2 (Eaton, Cooke) 6:25 Penalty — Crosby Pgh (hooking) 13:41. Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Neal 4 (Letang, Crosby) 7:38 (pp) 3. Pittsburgh, Letang 3 (Kennedy, Orpik) 12:48 4. Ottawa, Michalek 3 (Spezza, Turris) 16:18 5. Pittsburgh, Malkin 4 (Neal) 19:30 Penalties — Pageau Ott (interference) 5:54, Neil Ott (interference) 11:15, Malkin Pgh (holding) 12:15, Murray Pgh (delay of game) 14:17, Turris Ott (holding), Kunitz Pgh (slashing) 18:48. Third Period 6. Pittsburgh, Neal 5, 11:07 7. Ottawa, Turris 6 (Cowen, Greening) 13:32 8. Pittsburgh, Neal 6 (Malkin, Letang) 17:21 Penalties — Alfredsson Ott (hooking) 0:40, Neil Ott (slashing) 3:51, Turris Ott (slashing), Martin Pgh (roughing) 4:27, Cooke Pgh (slashing) 7:49, Jokinen Pgh (holding) 18:50. Shots on goal by Ottawa 10 12 9 — 31 Pittsburgh 12 9 12 — 33 Goal — Ottawa: Anderson (L,5-4-0); Pittsburgh: Vokoun (W,6-1-0).

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PLAYOFFS Thursday’s result Tiebreaker London 6 Saskatoon 1 Friday, May 24 Semifinal Portland 2 London 1 Sunday, May 26 Championship Halifax vs. Portland, 5 p.m. FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES

No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period 1. London, Domi 1 (Maatta, Griffith) 12:43 (pp) 2. Portland, Wotherspoon 1 (Petan, Jones) 14:51 Penalty — Leipsic Por (check from behind) 11:58. Third Period 3. Portland, Rattie 5 (Pouliot, Petan) 8:32 Penalty — Domi Ldn (roughing) 2:58. Shots on goal by London 14 9 12 — 35 Portland 9 17 8 — 34

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Friday’s Games Baltimore 10, Toronto 6 Detroit 6, Minnesota 0 Boston 8, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 4 L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 3, 11 innings Oakland 6, Houston 5 Texas at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. Today’s Games Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-2) at Toronto (Dickey 4-5), 11:07 a.m. Cleveland (Kazmir 2-2) at Boston (Lester 6-1), 11:35 a.m. L.A. Angels (Buckner 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-2), 12:10 p.m. Minnesota (Walters 0-0) at Detroit (Fister 5-1), 2:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 8-0), 2:10 p.m. Miami (Nolasco 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-2), 5:15 p.m. Oakland (Griffin 4-3) at Houston (Harrell 3-5), 5:15 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 3-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-3), 8:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS Through Thursday’s games G AB R H MiCabrera, Det 45 184 39 72 Loney, TB 46 143 19 50 AGordon, KC 44 185 30 64 Mauer, Minn 41 168 28 57 Longoria, TB 46 176 35 59 Machado, Bal 47 203 32 67 Pedroia, Bos 48 188 34 62 CDavis, Bal 46 162 30 53 JhPeralta, Det 42 164 23 53 Infante, Det 41 158 27 51

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RUNS — MiCabrera, Detroit, 39; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 35; AJones, Baltimore, 34; McLouth, Baltimore, 34; Pedroia, Boston, 34; AJackson, Detroit, 33.

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Masterson, R.Hill (7), Albers (7), Pestano (8) and C.Santana; Lackey, Uehara (8), Aceves (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Lackey 3-4. L—Masterson 7-3. HRs—Boston, Carp (3). L.A.A K. City

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Friday’s Games Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 5, tie, 8 innings, susp., rain Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 3, 11 innings Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 1 Arizona 5, San Diego 2 St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Colorado 5, San Francisco 0 Saturday’s Games Colorado (Nicasio 4-1) at San Francisco (Zito 3-3), 2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-2) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 2-3), 2:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 4-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-2), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 5, tie, 8 innings, comp. of susp. game, 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 5-2) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-5), 5:15 p.m. Miami (Nolasco 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-2), 5:15 p.m. Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0) at Washington (Haren 4-5), 5:15 p.m. St. Louis (Gast 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1), 5:15 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 3-2) at Arizona (Miley 3-3), 8:10 p.m. code:5

Vargas, Richards (8) and Iannetta; Mendoza, Hochevar (6), Crow (7), J.Gutierrez (8) and S.Perez. W—Vargas 4-3. L—Hochevar 0-1. Sv—Richards (1). HRs—Los Angeles, Iannetta (5). Kansas City, M.Tejada (2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS Through Thursday’s game G AB R H Avg. Votto, Cin 47 176 38 63 .358 Segura, Mil 44 174 26 61 .351 Tulowitzki, Col 42 142 25 48 .338 YMolina, StL 45 171 16 57 .333 Scutaro, SF 43 175 25 58 .331 Aoki, Mil 44 173 27 57 .329 CGomez, Mil 44 163 23 53 .325 Braun, Mil 41 155 26 50 .323 Goldschmidt, Ariz 47 171 31 54 .316 Denorfia, SD 41 141 19 44 .312

K.Kendrick, Stutes (6), Rosenberg (8), Horst (8) and Kratz; Zimmermann, Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Zimmermann 8-2. L—K.Kendrick 4-3. Sv—R.Soriano (14).

RUNS — CGonzalez, Colorado, 39; Votto, Cincinnati, 38; Choo, Cincinnati, 37; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 36; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 35; Holliday, St. Louis, 34; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 33; JUpton, Atlanta, 33. FRIDAY’S LINESCORES Baltimore 333 Toronto 120

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Tillman, Matusz (6), Tom.Hunter (6), O’Day (9) and Wieters; Nolin, R.Ortiz (2), Lincoln (5), E.Rogers (7) and Arencibia. W—Tillman 4-2. L—Nolin 0-1. HRs—Baltimore, Hardy (9), C.Davis (16), Valencia (1), A.Jones (8). Toronto, Me.Cabrera (2), Lawrie (5), Lind (4). Minnesota 000 Detroit 032

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Deduno, Pressly (6), Thielbar (8) and Mauer; Ani. Sanchez and Avila. W—Ani.Sanchez 5-4. L—Deduno 0-1. HRs—Detroit, D.Kelly (2). New York 030 T. Bay 000

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D.Phelps, Logan (8), Kelley (9) and C.Stewart; Ro.Hernandez, C.Ramos (5), J.Wright (6), Farnsworth (9) and Lobaton. W—D.Phelps 3-2. L—Ro. Hernandez 2-5. HRs—New York, Gardner (4). Cleveland 001 Boston 030

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Milone, Neshek (8), Balfour (9) and D.Norris; Bedard, Clemens (6), W.Wright (8), Veras (9) and Corporan. W—Neshek 1-0. L—Veras 0-3. Sv—Balfour (10). HRs—Oakland, S.Smith (5), C.Young (5). Houston, Dominguez (5), J.Martinez (5). Miami Chicago

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(11 innings) Koehler, A.Ramos (7), M.Dunn (8), Qualls (9), Webb (11) and Mathis; Joh.Danks, Lindstrom (7), Crain (8), A.Reed (9), Thornton (10), N.Jones (11) and Gimenez. W—N.Jones 1-4. L—Webb 1-2. HRs— Miami, Dietrich (2). Phila. Wash.

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Feldman, Russell (6), H.Rondon (7) and D.Navarro; Arroyo, Ondrusek (7), Broxton (8), Chapman (9) and Hanigan. W—Arroyo 5-4. L—Feldman 4-4. Sv—Chapman (11). HRs—Chicago, Feldman (1). Cincinnati, Votto (8), Hanigan (2), Phillips (8). Pittsburgh 000 Milwaukee 020

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Alberta Downs Weekend entries Saturday Post Time 1:15 p.m. First Pace, purse $3,400 (DD, EX, SF, TR). 1 Camtonite (P. Davies) 2 Hesacamcracker (R. Hennessy) 3 Modern Cowboy (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Da Terror (T. Cullen) 5 Arctic Muscles (J. Campbell) 6 Barndougle (G. Clark) 7 Artability (Q. Schneider) Second Pace, purse $3,000 (EX, PX, SF, TR). 1 Sharkys Law (R. Hennessy) 2 Mystic Maggie (D. Monkman Jr) 3 River Blues (J. Marino) 4 Chatter Box (J. Chappell) 5 Hf Pajama Party (K. Clark) 6 Miss Dezilou (T. Redwood) 7 Smoken Blue Water (Q. Schneider) Third Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Payoff (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Stiletto Spur (K. Clark) 3 Notacent Tobemade (G. Schedlosky) 4 Frees B (T. Cullen) 5 Kg Super Sonic (J. Jungquist) 6 Modern Man (C. Brown) 7 Outlawclassichrome (. Marino) 8 My Promise To You (J. Gray) 9 Domino Theory (J. Campbell) ae Steveofdestruction (J. Campbell) Fourth Pace, purse $4,000 (EX, SF, TR, W4). 1 Bettor Dreams (P. Giesbrecht) 2 Emotions Run Wild (K. Hoerdt) 3 Va Va Varoom (R. Hennessy) 4 Shes A Ladro (J. Gagne) 5 Fire Dance (D. Monkman Jr) 6 Sheezgotdawoogies (G. Hudon) 7 Freedoms Treasure (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Pureform Olympia (R. Schneider) ae Cool Treasure (J. Jungquist) Fifth Pace, purse $3,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 As Hot As Hall (J. Campbell) 2 Hope Wish Prey (K. Clark) 3 Hes Already There (D. Monkman Jr) 4 Rays High Noon (K. Hoerdt) 5 Jacksons Spin (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Neuf Vies (J. Gagne) 7 Senga Shaman (R. Grundy) 8 Western Willy (T. Cullen) ae Mjjz Shannon D (Q. Schneider) Sixth Pace, purse $4,900 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Blazing By (J. Campbell) 2 Cenalta Fireworks (R. Goulet) 3 Jennas Ideal (T. Cullen) 4 Wish I Was (K. Clark) 5 Shadow Time (J. Marino) 6 Isle Of Shoals (C. Kolthammer) 7 American Passion (G. Hudon) 8 Kiss My Crouper (R. Grundy) 9 Clearly Best (K. Dressler) ae Keystone Maddie (P. Giesbrecht) Seventh Pace, purse $6,000 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Kg Art Dreamer (G. Hudon) 2 Cenalta Power (R. Grundy) 3 Outlawdangruswatrs (K. Hoerdt) 4 Outlaw Highvoltage (P. Giesbrecht) 5 Arroway (J. Gray) 6 Steve O (J. Gagne) 7 Strikes N Charges (D. Lupul) 8 All Canadian Mjjz (P. Davies) 9 Outlawtowerinferno (R. Hennessy) ae Revoler (J. Campbell) Eighth Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Just Neil (J. Marino) 2 Frisco (T. Cullen) 3 Blue Star Quest (T. Redwood) 4 Cenalta Spirit (P. Davies) 5 Hollywood Hotel (G. Hudon) 6 Heartland Firmway (P. Giesbrecht)

7 Psymadre (B. Piwniuk) 8 Gaucho Hanover (R. Hennessy) 9 Kg Cody (J. Jungquist) ae Farm Team (P. Davies) Ninth Pace, purse $5,600 (EX, SF, TR, W3). 1 Outlawlookslikrain (C. Kolthammer) 2 Artprize (J. Campbell) 3 Shirley Girl (G. Hudon) 4 Liz Lover (J. Jungquist) 5 Beach Baby (K. Clark) 6 Gts Jerilyn (J. Gray) 7 Crackers Hot Shot (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Overnight Success (T. Cullen) 9 Barona Lilac (K. Hoerdt) ae Cloud Nine (K. Clark) Tenth Pace, purse $7,500 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 No Fear (J. Campbell) 2 Gts Jake (J. Jungquist) 3 Playbook (K. Clark) 4 Outlaw Beacon (T. Brown) 5 I Hear Voices (J. Marino) 6 Hilldrop Shady (W. Tainsh Jr) 7 Caress Of Steel (J. Gagne) 8 Cowboy Caper (K. Hoerdt) 9 Bachelor Pad (G. Hudon) ae Greek Ruler (J. Chappell) Eleventh Pace, purse $2,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Outlaw I See Red (J. Campbell) 2 Best Out West (W. Tainsh Jr) 3 Nevermissabeat (R. Grundy) 4 Silent Rescue (K. Hoerdt) 5 Alcars Britefriday (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Dreamway Confed (J. Gray) 7 Tajwon (T. Cullen) 8 Knickfree (J. Chappell) 9 Nf Star Power (D. Monkman Jr) ae K B Hercules (J. Gray) Sunday Post Time 1:15 p.m. First Pace, purse $4,000 (DD, EX, SF, TR). 1 As Ruled (K. Hoerdt) 2 Intended Gold (P. Giesbrecht) 3 Blistillmyheart (J. Gagne) 4 Broadies Dancer (P. Davies) 5 Bettor In The Bank (K. Clark) 6 Live Tomara (G. Hudon) 7 Swing Away (J. Campbell) 8 Gotta Bad Attitude (G. Clark) ae Cool Eyes (D. Monkman Jr) Second Pace, purse $3,400 (EX, PX, SF, TR). 1 Doda Gig (P. Davies) 2 Julie Caesar (P. Giesbrecht) 3 Flawless Art (D. Mcleod) 4 As Hot As Promised (J. Gagne) 5 Eternal Grace (V. Sifert) 6 Westwood Chaos (J. Jungquist) 7 Artninspiration (K. Hoerdt) 8 Kim Chee (K. Clark) 9 Cracklin Millie (G. Hudon) ae Westcoast Royal (C. Brown) Third Pace, purse $3,600 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Arctic Pine (J. Campbell) 2 Such A Night (J. Marino) 3 Whitehouse Secret (P. Davies) 4 Ruths Shadylady (J. Jungquist) 5 Hollywood Monroe (G. Hudon) 6 Carro Avro (P. Giesbrecht) 7 Crafty Cracker (W. Tainsh Jr) 8 Tequila Boom Boom (R. Hennessy) 9 Brendons No Fly (T. Redwood) ae Glitteronthebeach (T. Cullen) Fourth Pace, purse $4,900 (EX, SF, TR, W4). 1 Justabitcrazy (G. Hudon) 2 Masada Rocks (K. Hoerdt) 3 Play Me Right (J. Campbell) 4 Caleo Bay (K. Clark) 5 Cenalta Octane (R. Grundy) 6 Aerial Time (J. Chappell)

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio (2) vs. Memphis (5) (San Antonio leads series 2-0) Tuesday’s result San Antonio 93 Memphis 89 (OT) Saturday’s game San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. Monday, May 27 San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 x-Memphis at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Friday, May 31 x-San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2 x-Memphis at San Antonio, 7 p.m. x — If necessary.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami (1) vs. Indiana (3) (Miami leads series 1-0) Wednesday’s result Miami 103 Indiana 102 (OT) Friday’s game Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Sunday’s game Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30 x-Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1 x-Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

Winterhawks 2, Knights 1 First Period

Goal — London: Patterson (L,1-2); Portland: Carruth (W,3-1).

2013 Memorial Cup Canadian Junior Championship

Monday, June 3 x-Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs THIRD ROUND Conference Finals (Best-of-7)

7 Burn The Floor (R. Hennessy) 8 Brenin (J. Gray) 9 Tatsu (J. Marino) ae Little Bit Faster (T. Redwood) Fifth Pace, purse $3,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Whos In The Hat (J. Campbell) 2 Apalamine (T. Cullen) 3 Red Star Jenny (K. Hoerdt) 4 Last Luck (J. Marino) 5 Hollywood Jubilee (J. Chappell) 6 Fly Bye Elly (J. Gray) 7 Brave Rustler (P. Giesbrecht) 8 Justabitfaster (G. Hudon) 9 Truly Cruisin (P. Davies) ae Baja Beach (J. Chappell) Sixth Pace, purse $2,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Fortunate Design (K. Clark) 2 Im The Reason (J. Marino) 3 Caracas (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 No Limit For Mjjz (P. Giesbrecht) 5 Major Ziggy (P. Davies) 6 Arctic Flame (J. Jungquist) 7 Alashazam (J. Campbell) 8 Outlaw Like A Lady (T. Redwood) 9 Sharon Blew Bye (Q. Schneider) ae G I Joan (K. Clark) Seventh Pace, purse $5,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Blue Star Classic (J. Gray) 2 Millbanks Ariel (T. Redwood) 3 Jennas Pass (K. Clark) 4 Ashlynn Grace (J. Chappell) 5 Feelin Flush (T. Cullen) 6 Outlaw Blue Danube (J. Campbell) 7 Call Me Up (J. Marino) 8 Honor Roll (J. Gagne) 9 Barona Josie (W. Tainsh Jr) Eighth Pace, purse $3,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Red Star Chance (D. Mcleod) 2 Mjjz R Us (P. Davies) 3 Somethinsgoinon (K. Clark) 4 Canbec Hooligan (T. Cullen) 5 Rope The Wind (W. Tainsh Jr) 6 Remarkable Cam (J. Campbell) 7 Wrangler Hitech (J. Marino) 8 Western Chrome (R. Goulet) 9 National Interest (To Be Announced) ae Modern Look (P. Giesbrecht) Ninth Pace, purse $5,600 (EX, SF, TR, W3). 1 Blue Star Admiral (W. Tainsh Jr) 2 Lisvinnie (R. Hennessy) 3 Big N Bad (J. Marino) 4 Acesndeuces (P. Davies) 5 American Venture (K. Clark) 6 Senga Nanjeing (R. Grundy) 7 Watch And Pray (J. Gagne) 8 Premium Attaction (K. Hoerdt) 9 Attitude Adjuster (J. Campbell) Tenth Pace, purse $3,300 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Barona Java (G. Hudon) 2 Fancy Camelot (T. Cullen) 3 Keystone Vanyla (W. Tainsh Jr) 4 Tap Out (J. Marino) 5 Just Saucy (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Thats Witty (J. Campbell) 7 Mood Light (R. Goulet) 8 Canyacrackher (R. Hennessy) 9 Sealedwithapromise (J. Gray) Eleventh Pace, purse $4,800 (EX, PF, SF, TR). 1 Dees Promise (J. Chappell) 2 Getmethruthenite (J. Marino) 3 Red Star Tiger (K. Hoerdt) 4 Western Olympian (K. Clark) 5 Terrorizer (P. Giesbrecht) 6 Boom Shazam (J. Campbell) 7 Raging Fingers (T. Redwood) 8 B R Money Matters (J. Gray) 9 Mr Brightside (W. Tainsh Jr) ae Hollywood Lenny (Q. Schneider)

Golf CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,204; Par 70 Partial Second Round a-denotes amateur Note: Play was suspended due to rain Graham DeLaet 64-67 — Josh Teater 65-67 — Jordan Spieth 65-67 — Steve Flesch 68-64 — Freddie Jacobson 66-67 — Chris Stroud 67-66 — Boo Weekley 67-67 — John Rollins 63-71 — Ken Duke 66-68 — Scott Stallings 69-65 — Chez Reavie 70-64 — Matt Every 65-69 — Brian Davis 67-68 — Derek Ernst 66-69 — Jim Furyk 69-66 — Roberto Castro 67-68 — Justin Hicks 71-64 — Charlie Wi 69-66 — John Peterson 64-71 — Tim Clark 67-69 — David Lingmerth 72-64 — J.J. Henry 68-68 — Martin Flores 66-70 — Brandt Jobe 68-68 — Jeff Overton 67-69 — Brendon de Jonge 66-70 — Hunter Mahan 69-68 — Angel Cabrera 70-67 — Robert Karlsson 69-68 — Kyle Reifers 68-69 — Camilo Villegas 70-68 — Richard H. Lee 70-68 — Ryo Ishikawa 69-69 — Rickie Fowler 69-69 — John Merrick 68-70 — Scott Piercy 69-69 — Bo Van Pelt 70-68 — Franklin Corpening 68-70 — Daniel Summerhays 65-73 — Tim Herron 71-67 — Cameron Tringale 70-69 — Vaughn Taylor 71-68 — Luke Guthrie 71-68 — David Frost 69-70 — Dicky Pride 69-70 — Bobby Gates 69-70 — Erik Compton 68-71 — Charl Schwartzel 70-70 — Charlie Beljan 71-69 — Johnson Wagner 71-69 — Corey Pavin 71-69 — Doug LaBelle II 70-70 — James Hahn 70-70 — Justin Bolli 74-67 — Ricky Barnes 68-73 — David Hearn 64-78 — Greg Owen 71-71 — David Toms 76-66 — Matt Jones 69-73 — Steve LeBrun 76-66 — Darron Stiles 73-69 — John Senden 73-70 — Trevor Immelman 73-70 — Fabian Gomez 74-69 — Robert Streb 71-72 — Davis Love III 76-68 — Sean O’Hair 72-72 — Stewart Cink 74-70 — Kyle Stanley 74-70 — Harris English 71-73 — Troy Matteson 72-72 — William McGirt 73-72 — Nicholas Thompson 69-76 — Luke List 70-75 — Lee Williams 74-71 — Tag Ridings 73-73 — Aaron Baddeley 74-73 — Colt Knost 73-74 — Y.E. Yang 72-76 — Patrick Cantlay 75 — D.H. Lee 76 —

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BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP At West Course at Wentworth Virginia Water, England Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,302; Par: 72 Second Round Francesco Molinari, Italy 70-68 — George Coetzee, South Africa69-70 — Marc Warren, Scotland 69-70 — Mark Foster, England 70-69 — Alexandro Canizares, Spain69-70 — Eddie Pepperell, England 71-69 — Matteo Manassero, Italy 69-71 — Lee Westwood, England 70-71 — Ernie Els, South Africa 72-69 — Simon Khan, England 69-72 — Gregory Havret, France 70-71 — Shane Lowry, Ireland 70-71 — Niclas Fasth, Sweden 70-71 — Raphael Jacquelin, France71-71 — Richard Bland, England 71-71 — Phillip Price, Wales 73-69 — Edoardo Molinari, Italy 71-61 — Jason Levermore, England72-70 —

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LPGA TOUR-BAHAMAS CLASSIC At Ocean Club Colf course Paradise Island, Bahamas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,644; Par 70 Partial First Round Note: Due to rain first round was cut down to 12 holes with a par 45 Silvia Cavalleri 39 Heather Bowie Young 39 Austin Ernst 40 Lisa McCloskey 40 Paola Moreno 40 Anna Nordqvist 40 Julieta Granada 41 Karine Icher 41 Tiffany Joh 41 Brittany Lang 41 Ilhee Lee 41 Hee Young Park 41 Suzann Pettersen 41 Jane Rah 41 Alena Sharp 41 Dori Carter 42 Na Yeon Choi 42 Hee-Won Han 42 Mina Harigae 42 Maria Hjorth 42 Nicole Jeray 42 Jennifer Johnson 42 Jessica Korda 42 Jennie Lee 42 Mika Miyazato 42 Kayla Mortellaro 42 So Yeon Ryu 42 Lizette Salas 42 Hee Kyung Seo 42 Marina Stuetz 42 Thidapa Suwannapura 42 Sun Young Yoo 42 Chella Choi 43 Paula Creamer 43 Laura Davies 43 Meaghan Francella 43 Katherine Hull-Kirk 43 Meena Lee 43 Ai Miyazato 43 Azahara Munoz 43 Se Ri Pak 43 Jane Park 43 Morgan Pressel 43 Karen Stupples 43 Julia Boland 44 Frances Bondad 44 Lauren Doughtie 44 Sandra Gal 44 Caroline Hedwall 44 Amy Hung 44 Juli Inkster 44 Hanna Kang 44 Taylore Karle 44 Cristie Kerr 44 I.K. Kim 44 Jee Young Lee 44 Stacy Lewis 44 Kristy McPherson 44 Becky Morgan 44 Ryann O’Toole 44 Gerina Piller 44 Reilley Rankin 44 Sophia Sheridan 44 Lindsey Wright 44 Danah Bordner 45 Irene Cho 45 Laura Diaz 45 Jennifer Gleason 45 Natalie Gulbis 45 Marcy Hart 45 Haeji Kang 45 Candie Kung 45 Pernilla Lindberg 45 Mo Martin 45 Caroline Masson 45

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Activated C David Ross from the 7-day concussion DL. Optioned C Ryan Lavarnway to Pawtucket (IL). Placed OF Shane Victorino on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 21 and 3B Will Middlebrooks on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Alfredo Aceves and INF Jose Iglesias was recalled from Pawtucket. CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Reinstated LHP John Danks from the 15-day DL. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Activated 1B Nick Swisher from the paternity list. Optioned INF Cord Phelps to Columbus (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES—Activated RHP Ivan Nova from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Dellin Betances to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). SEATTLE MARINERS—Designated INF Robert Andino for assignment. Recalled INF Carlos Triunfel from Tacoma (PCL). Selected th contract of C Jesus Sucre from Tacoma. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed LHP Darren Oliver on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 19. Selected the contract of LHP Sean Nolin from New Hampshire (EL). Transferred LHP J.A. Happ to the 60-day DL. National League CINCINNATI REDS—Placed LHP Sean Marshall on the 15-day DL. Activated LHP Manny Parra from the 15-day DL. MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Activated LHP Tom Gorzelanny from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Hiram Burgos on the 15-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Recalled UTL Michael Martinez and RHP Michael Stutes from Lehigh Valley (IL). Optioned RHP Phillippe Aumont to Lehigh Valley. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled LHP Tommy Layne from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Burch Smith to Tucson. American Association

EL PASO DIABLOS—Released RHP Matt Schimpf and RHP Jason Hirsh. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Signed LHP Royce Ring. Placed LHP Eric Niesen on the inactive list. Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS—Signed INF Dan Barbero. Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM—Sold the contract of OF Josh Richmond to Chicago (AL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Fined Memphis G Tony Allen $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rule during Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against San Antonio. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed RB Giovani Bernard. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed OL Garrett Gilkey to a four-year contract. HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed LB Sam Montgomery. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed TE Jordan Reed. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed G Curtis McElhinney to a one-year contract and D Ilari Melart to a one-year entry-level contract. NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed D Mikko Vainonen to a three-year, entry-level contract. COLLEGE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE—Named Herb Vincent associate commissioner for communications. DELAWARE—Named Lynn Farquhar women’s assistant field hockey coach. DEPAUL—Granted senior men’s basketball F Donnavan Kirk permission to seek a transfer.

Also Sergio Garcia, Spain 72-71 — Peter Uihlein, United States72-73 — Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain75-71 — Justin Rose, England 72-74 — Colin Montgomerie, Scotland71-75 — Paul Lawrie, Scotland 75-72 — Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland74-75 149 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland74-75-149 Luke Donald, England 78-72 — Ian Poulter, England 76-76 — WEB.COM-MEXICO CHAMPIONSHIP At El Bosque Country Club Leon, Mexico Purse: $700,000 Yardage: 7,708; Par: 72 Partial Second Round Tyrone Van Aswegen 70-65 — Michael Connell 69-67 — Jeff Klauk 66-71 — Mathew Goggin 66-73 — Andrew D. Putnam 70-69 — J.J. Killeen 72-68 — Billy Hurley III 69-71 — Jason Gore 71-69 — Chesson Hadley 71-69 — John Chin 72-68 —

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B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 25, 2013

Kuchar has 1-stroke lead over DeLaet BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Kuchar was hoping he would be able to finish his second round Friday night at Colonial. He ended up with the lead — and a very early wakeup call. Kuchar had only three holes to complete in what so far was a bogey-free round, with his ball already on the 16th green. He was at 10 under and described the conditions as “just perfect right now.” But Kuchar was among 54 players still on the course when play was suspended at Hogan’s Alley because of an impending storm system. The 18 groups that didn’t finish are scheduled to resume the second round at 7:15 a.m. Saturday, just more than 12 ½ hours after coming off the course. “That’s a bit of a bummer,” said Kuchar, who opened with a 5-under 65. “It’s no fun to wake up at 4:30 to get out here and play three holes.” At least Kuchar has the lead, by one stroke over Graham DeLaet. The Weyburn, Sask., who shot a 67 in a morning round completed before a two-hour, 10-minute delay just after noon because of lightning. DeLaet was at 9-under 131. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., plummeted down the leaderboard to 2 over after hitting a 78. Kuchar, No. 13 in the world and the highestranked player in the field, took the lead with a 6-footbirdie putt at 457-yard 14th hole, and recovered from a drive into a fairway bunker on the 15th for a par while clouds darkened and thunder could be heard in the distance. Soon after Kuchar, the WGC-Accenture Match Play winner in February, teed off at the par-3 16th, and his ball landed about 40 feet from the cup, the horn sounded ending play. It was raining heavily about 30 minutes later. First-round leader Ryan Palmer, the Colonial member who had an opening 62, was still at 8 under after an up-and-down 12 holes Friday that he managed to play at even par.

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CUP: Opened up in the second “He was great tonight,” Green said of his goaltender. “I thought it was his best game of the tournament. Just a great performance by a guy that we’ve leaned on for a long time now. It doesn’t surprise us, but he came up big.” Knights’ forward Ryan Rupert couldn’t connect on a puck loose in front with just over seven minutes to go before Alex Broadhurt was also denied from in tight. Bo Horvat then came closest in the final minute as London suffered a disappointing end to the tournament for the second straight year after losing the 2012 final to the Shawinigan Cataractes 2-1 in overtime. “There’s no quit in that room and we knew that we had the potential to win this tournament if we played well. I thought we gave ourselves a good chance,” Harrington said. “It doesn’t make it any easier to swallow but I think we can hold our heads high knowing that we left it all on the ice.” Added Knights coach Dale Hunter: “The character always comes out at the end and I can’t say enough about the players. They give it right to the end. We’ve seen it so many times this year.” After a sleepy and scoreless first period, things started to open up a bit in the second. Domi gave London a 1-0 lead on the game’s first power play, wheeling off the sideboards and firing a quick shot past Carruth at 12:43. Patterson, who robbed Petan and fellow Portland forward Oliver Bjorkstrand earlier in the period, could do nothing on the equalizer as Wotherspoon’s shot from the point found its way in through a screen just 2:08 later. The London goalie then made a big save on Rattie with 3:20 remaining to keep the score tied as momentum started to shift decidedly in Portland’s favour.

FAME: Coaching speed skating One of those people is Dr. Bob Carter, his first coach in Red Deer. “I got to the top level for no other reason than I started with the basic skills and I got those from my first coach. If he wouldn’t have given me the basics it would have been a lot harder. You look at the strongest and fittest athletes and if they don’t have the basic techniques it makes a lot of difference. I’m glad I had someone leading me.” Wotherspoon is now the one doing the leading as he’s coaching speed skating in Inzell, Germany. “I enjoy it as it’s a multidimensional job as you have to be creative, where I have to rely on my education, on what I

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Ken Duke hits out of the sand on the 17th hole during the second round of the Colonial golf tournament Friday in Forth Worth, Tex. Steve Flesch (64), 19-year-old Jordan Spieth (67) from Dallas and Josh Teater (67) finished at 8 under. Flesch’s 64 matched the best completed round of the day and, more importantly, will end his string of 16 missed cuts on the PGA Tour since October 2011. The 2004 Colonial champion missed the cut in all 12 of his PGA Tour starts last year before right shoulder surgery in August, and is playing only his third tour event this year. The 45-year-old Flesch is play-

learned as a skater and rely on honest feedback from the athletes. You need to be a good manager and a good planner. “I’ve learned a lot about that area and I’m still learning. I make some mistakes, but I really like it.” He works with athletes from age 17 to the mid-20s, who are not only sprinters, but middle distance and long distance skaters. “I also work with kids who are hoping to qualify for the World Cup and athletes who are at the elite level,” he said. “It all broadens my horizons. I’m not the only coach as I work with an older and more experienced coach and I learned a lot from him as well.” Wotherspoon, who has bene in Germany for two eyars plans on staying in Europe for several more years, but wouldn’t mind returning to Canada down the road to work in the sport. “One day,” he said. “I’m not sure at what level, or role I’d be in, but speed skating has always been in my live and I want to stay involved in it. I’d like to help it grow and one day in Canada.” During his career Wotherspoon enjoyed more highs than lows, but he remembers them all. In fact it’s some of the lows that are most vivid. “I look at the bad races and how I came back and learned from them . . . I learned things that benefitted me for the rest of my live, even more so than the easy races. Easy races you see the all the hard work and think good things will happen. But what happens when you work hard and good things don’t happen. That’s where you learn the tough lessons and they stick with you.” As for his success, it’s some of the little things that stand out. “It’s hard to pick one thing and sometimes it’s not the real high achievements. It’s more having a great race where you’re not feeling well. Or I remember my first World Cup medal where I knew I could finally do it. Not that I didn’t believe I could do it, but it was a big confidence builder and a big step forward in terms of learning to believe in myself and trust myself. Races like that come to mind and what I’m most proud of.” He’s also proud of his many medals and records, including the silver in the 500-metres at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He competed in three Olympic Games and set numerous world records in the 500 and 1,000m. In fact he still holds the record of 34.03 seconds in the 500m, set Nov. 8, 2007 in Salt Lake City. “It’s latest longer than I expected,” he said. “Every time I see a race on fast ice I expect it to go. Some day it will and I’ll handle it, but it’s still nice to hold a record, even though I’m not skating.” Chuckwagon athlete Tom Glass, diver Blythe Hartley, goalball athlete Dean Kozak, baseball pitcher Chris Reitsma, multisport builder Orest Korbutt, field hockey builder Dr. Dru Marshall and basketball and football builder Jim Whitelaw are also inducted. Oscar Raymond Knight and Earl W. Bascom received the Pioneer Award as original rodeo builders and outdoor sports writer, Bob Scammell, who writes for the Advocate, received

ing on a non-exempt major medical extension and has to make $647,510 between this weekend and his next three events to prolong that medical extension. “I’m very comfortable here and just glad to actually play on the weekend now,” Flesch said. “I was actually cruising, then I got that rain delay and I kind of lost all of my rhythm. ... It’s like starting your whole round over. My swing didn’t feel very well on those last three (holes).”

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NHL: Penguins overwhelm Senators Much like the series, Game 5 didn’t take long to decide as the Penguins overwhelmed Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson with waves of scoring attempts — even when Crosby, who had just an assist, and Malkin weren’t on the ice. Malkin did get Pittsburgh’s fourth goal, his fourth of the playoffs, on a short breakaway created by the turnover Neal generated at mid-ice in the final minute of a second period in which Pittsburgh scored three times. Neal added his second of the game unassisted at 11:07 of the third, and his sixth of the playoffs and third of the game with 2:39 remaining. The Penguins are averaging 4.27 goals a game through 11 playoff games,

the best such pace of any team since the 1992-93 Penguins averaged 4.17 goals per game. Pittsburgh have also scored at least four goals in nine of 11 playoff games, only once failing to score fewer than three in a 2-1 overtime loss in Game 3 in Ottawa. But they recovered from that lone defeat in the series to outscore the Senators 12-5 in the final two games, including the 7-3 rout in Game 4 in which Senators coach Paul MacLean’s post-game news conference lasted only 13 seconds and Alfredsson couldn’t generate much optimism in a quiet dressing room. The final game of the series wasn’t decided that quickly, but the Penguins never trailed after Morrow, who missed Wednesday with an undisclosed injury, beat Anderson down low off a pass by Mark Eaton 6:25 into the first. The play was started after longtime Senators antagonist Matt Cooke beat Jared Cowen to the puck and threaded a pass to Eaton. The goal was reviewed briefly before it was determined Morrow did not use a distinct kicking motion while directing the puck by Anderson.

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista breaks his bat on a foul ball against the Baltimore Orioles during sixth inning MLB action in Toronto, Friday.

Baltimore 10 Toronto 6 TORONTO — Chris Davis hit his majors-leading 16th homer of the season and the Baltimore Orioles turned Sean Nolin’s major-league debut into an ugly cameo en route to a free-swinging 10-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The teams combined for 33 hits and seven homers in a video game-like contest that offered the announced Rogers Centre crowd of 25,104 a ton of offence and not much pitching. It was 9-3 midway through the third and every Baltimore starter had scored by the end of the sixth. For Davis, it was his third home run in as many outings. J.J. Hardy, with a three-run blast, Danny Valencia and Adam Jones also homered for Baltimore (26-22). Orioles third baseman Manny Machado had three hits for the fifth straight road game. According to Elias, the only other player younger than 21 — Machado is 20 — with a streak of four or more consecutive road games with at least

three hits was Ty Cobb who had five straight games with at least three hits in 1907. The Jays did everything but place a chocolate on the Orioles’ pillows. In addition to conceding 16 hits, they recorded an error, wild pitch, had two ejected and were caught stealing. Melky Cabrera, Adam Lind and Brett Lawrie — one of those sent packing — hit solo home runs for Toronto (20-28) as the teams combined for five leadoff homers. It’s been a high-scoring start to the four-game series. Toronto won the opener 12-6 Thursday in a game that produced 23 hits. Desperate for someone to fill a hole in their injury-plagued starting rotation, the Jays hung their hat on a 23-year-old pitcher who had never appeared above double-A ball and were quickly punished for it. Nolin (0-1) managed just four outs before giving way to Ramon Ortiz with Baltimore leading 6-1. The left-hander retired just three of the 11 batsmen he faced — he was helped by a double play — for an ERA of 40.50. Nolin was returned to double-A New Hampshire after

the game. Ortiz, 39, wasn’t much better as the Orioles battered Blue Jays pitching for nine runs and 10 hits in the first three innings. Leadoff hitter Nick Markakis collected two singles and a double in those three innings. Adding to Toronto’s woes, Lawrie and manager John Gibbons were ejected after the Jays third baseman was called out on strikes to end the third. Lawrie had dumped his helmet at home plate and then walked off, tossing his batting gloves behind him, after being punched out. He also appeared to have said something to plate umpire Dan Bellino during the at-bat. “The umps these days in (at)mlb can suck it,” tweeted Lawrie’s sister Danielle, a former Canadian Olympic softball player. “To everyone out there, I’m not saying what my brother did was RIGHT at all, I’m saying these umps are horrific and are not held accountable,” she said in a later tweet. It was Gibbons’ third ejection of the season and first for Lawrie, upping Toronto’s total to six.

Pacers tie eastern conference final with win over Heat BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Indiana 97 Miami 93 MIAMI — David West’s right hand helped the Indiana Pacers grab homecourt advantage in the Eastern Conference finals. Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Pacers evened the East title series with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the series on Friday night. Paul George scored 22 points, George Hill added 18 and West finished with 13 for the Pacers, who handed the Heat just their fourth loss in their last 50 games. The series resumes with Game 3 on Sunday night in Indianapolis. James scored 36 points for the Heat, who got 17 points from Chris Bosh and 14 from Dwyane Wade. The Heat led 88-84 in the fourth quarter, then were outscored 13-5 the rest of the way. And West was the biggest reason. With Indiana up 95-93, West intercepted a pass that James was throwing to Ray Allen with 43 seconds left, but the Pacers didn’t even get a shot off on the ensuing possession. In fact, Indiana may have gotten a bit lucky that the shot clock expired with the ball rolling around — if Wade had collected the ball in time, he had Mario Chalmers all alone at the other end in position to almost certainly tie the game. On the next Miami possession,

James drove to the right block, spun and tried passing out toward the perimeter. He released the ball, and West got his right hand on it to knock it offcourse. Immediately afterward, West took that same hand and extended it skyward in celebration. The Pacers — just as they did in the second-round series last year — knew they were winning Game 2 in Miami. Hill made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left to clinch it, and just like that, Miami’s home-court advantage was gone. Lance Stephenson scored 10 for the Pacers. The Heat trailed for virtually all of the game’s first 30 minutes, then tied the game three times in the third quarter — but Indiana always had a response. When the game was tied at 60, the Pacers scored seven of the next 10 points. Tied at 67, George quickly had a layup to put the Pacers back on top. Tied at 69, George struck again, this time with a jumper. With 5.1 seconds left in the third, George drove the lane and finished a highlight-reel dunk over Miami’s Chris Andersen while getting fouled, the free throw putting the Pacers up by five. James connected on a long 3-pointer to close the quarter, then he and George exchanged a few words afterward and slapped each other’s hand as if to say, “here we go.” Sure enough, the show was just getting started. Hibbert was creating one problem

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James hangs from the basket after dunking the ball during the second half of Game 2 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, Friday. after another for Miami, so James took it upon himself to find a solution in the fourth. And with about 8 minutes left, he swatted a putback attempt away

from the 7-foot-2 Indiana centre, starting a play that ended with Chalmers scoring at the other end to give Miami an 85-84 lead.

Rangers on the rebound looking to make most of Game 4 win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask saw the replay of his Game 4 gaffe over and over on television. “I saw it in my head, too,” he said Friday, a day after he fell in the crease and allowed a goal that helped the New York Rangers stay alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals. “You can either cry about it or laugh about it. I choose to have a sense of humour.” That attitude will help when the Bruins try for a second time to finish the series at the TD Garden in Game 5 on Saturday. The Rangers would need a win to force the series back to Madison Square Garden for a sixth game on Monday. “We want to do the pushing now,” Rangers forward Michael Haley said. “Put out some hits and get a good forecheck and get the energy in our favour.” The Bruins took a 3-0 lead into the fourth game of the best-of-seven series on Thursday night, and Nathan Horton and Torey Krug scored in the second period to give Boston the lead. But just 54 seconds after the Bruins went up 2-0, Rask stumbled in the crease and fell just as Carl Hagelin backhanded a shot on net. Rask swiped at the puck with his

stick, but it was moving so slowly it eluded him. “Probably the ugliest goal I have ever seen turned it around for us, and that’s hockey,” Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said. “A save or a goal or one shift can change everything. It was an ugly goal. Sometimes that’s all you need to get us going, to get the building going. We kind of lowered our shoulders a little bit and started playing our game.” Rask gave up another soft goal — with help from an uncharacteristic turnover by defenceman Zdeno Chara. The 2009 Norris Trophy winner was stripped of the puck behind the Bruins net, and Derek Stepan wrapped it into the net behind the unsuspecting Rask to tie it 2-2. “Sometimes it (stinks) to be a goalie,” Rask said after practice on Friday. But Bruins coach Claude Julien said he didn’t need to talk to Rask to boost his spirits. “What do you want me to say?” Julien said. “There’s not much you can say on those types of things. We know the impact it had. “He lets one of those in and how many does he save for us? You kind of balance those things out and it becomes a non-issue.” Tyler Seguin gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead, Brad Boyle tied it for the Rangers with 10 minutes left in regulation,

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and then former Boston College Eagle Chris Kreider won it in overtime. “We were ugly the first part of the game. We end up finding ourselves. After a fluky goal, I think we played better,” Rangers coach John Tortorella said Friday after practice. “All is forgiven. “You don’t go back and dissect it. You won a game to keep yourself alive. That’s what we have to look to here now.” Just 10 minutes from elimination, New York now has a chance to get back into the series against a team that just three years ago blew a 3-0 lead in its second-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Rangers rallied from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits against Washington in the first round to earn

the right to face the Bruins. “That’s something you try to hang your hat on, I guess,” Tortorella said. “I’m not a real big believer in it. I think that every new game is a different situation. But our team doesn’t give.” The Bruins skated for about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon in preparation for the 5:30 p.m. start for Game 5. Julien said he wanted his players to work up a good sweat, even with the late finish on Thursday night. Everyone was on the ice except for Andrew Ference — including injured defencemen Wade Redden and Dennis Seidenberg, who have been out for the entire second round so far. Seidenberg said he felt comfortable but would have to talk to the doctors and trainers.

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Los Angeles Kings left wing Dustin Penner (25) congratulates goalie Jonathan Quick (32) after Quick recorded a shutout against the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Thursday. of the series, according to coach Darryl Sutter, who doesn’t exactly dole out compliments haphazardly. The Kings agreed, and star goalie Jonathan Quick led a chorus of compliments toward Los Angeles’ playofftested defence. “The start of the game was a big focus for us, and I think Greenie set the tempo with that, and we just followed in his footsteps,” Mike Richards said Friday after a team meeting at the Kings’ training complex. “Matt coming back is a big boost for us. I think you

can just see how different of a team we are with him in the lineup just setting the tone physically.” Los Angeles can’t match the Sharks’ top-end talent or entertainment value, but the champs won the pivotal Game 5 on Thursday night with a fundamentally sound effort led by that sturdy defence. San Jose has controlled long stretches of the series, and Los Angeles has been a horrible road team since March, but the Kings’ experience and tenacity has earned them two shots to finish off the Sharks.

New coach Hawkins likes Alouettes attitude HOPES TO CONTINUE CULTURE OF WINNING IN MONTREAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Dan Hawkins likes the idea of starting his Canadian Football League coaching career with a winner. But the veteran U.S. university coach has a tough act to follow on the Montreal Alouettes in Marc Trestman, who left after five seasons and two Grey Cup titles to become head coach of the Chicago Bears in the NFL. “We may come wrapped in a different cloth, but deep down inside we’re very similar when it comes to our feeling of what football is about and what the culture of a successful organization is,” Hawkins said Friday on a conference call. “It doesn’t matter if I’m the new guy or I’ve been here five years, I always think the same way, that we can continue to improve and chase greatness.” Since the Alouettes returned to

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Montreal after a 10-year hiatus in 1996, first-year coaches have mostly done well. Dave Ritchie in 1997 went 13-5, Charlie Taaffe in 1999 was 12-6, Don Matthews in 2002 went 13-5 and won a Grey Cup, while Trestman was 11-7 as a CFL rookie. Of course, this was on a team that has had winning records every year in that period except 2007 (8-10), when general manager Jim Popp took over in a transition year, and 2001 (9-9) under Rod Rust and Popp. “The reason that happens is that you win as an organization,” said Hawkins. “It takes everyone. “Everyone wants to point at the head coach and understandably so, but there are so many other factors. Jim sets the tone and brings the players in. “To me, if you look at the first-year success, that’s a real trademark and credit to the organization because that’s the culture, the situation, that a Now, they also share the lead. “It’s been a great couple of days,” Cochran said after the pair each shot 5-under-66 on Friday. “He’s one of my best friends. We had a good time out there.” Cochran and Perry had matching 69s in the opening round, they tied for the best score in the second round and are the only players to break 70 both rounds. They bonded in high school in Paducah, a three-hour drive from St. Louis. When they play together for the third straight day Saturday as the final twosome, the following is likely to grow. “It’s been pretty neat for me to play alongside him for the last two days and for both of us to play tremendous,” Perry said. “We play a lot together.” The relationship is tight enough that Perry can joke that at dinners Cochran is “like a woman” with non-stop patter. “He’s got more stories. He’s hilarious. He’s so fun to be around, and I’m always the guy listening,” Perry said. “He controls everything when we’re out.” On the course, Cochran admires Perry’s control, rhythm and power. “The only thing I have to watch out for is Kenny hits it a long way,” Cochran said. “When someone hammers it you want to jump up and swing a little harder than you should.

new person walks into.” Hawkins said he was impressed with the level of talent he saw both at a recent mini-camp in Orlando, Fla., and on the tapes he’s watched of an Alouette team that went 11-7 in the regular season in 2012, but then lost at home to Toronto in the East Division final. He starts out with the league’s alltime passing leader at quarterback in Anthony Calvillo, although the 40-year-old is coming off surgery to fix a torn labrum in his left (non-throwing) shoulder. There’s a tall and talented group of receivers led by S.J. Green and Jamel Richardson and bolstered by the acquisition of veteran Arland Bruce. And they have perhaps the league’s best offensive line. The defence has some question marks, particularly on the line, but it is special teams that will likely need the most improvement after an often grim 2012 campaign.

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CALGARY — A former Canadian Football League all-star completed his spectacular fall from grace Friday when he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for assaulting his one-time girlfriend. Joffrey Reynolds, 33, will serve his time on weekends and faces two years of probation once he has completed his sentence. He was found guilty earlier this year of assault causing bodily harm, common assault and unlawfully being in a dwelling after trying to choke and smother his former girlfriend when she came home and found him in her bed in July 2012. Crown prosecutor Hyatt Mograbee had asked that Reynolds be given two to three years in prison. Reynolds’s defence lawyer told court that his client had already lost his reputation and career and shouldn’t have to spend time behind bars. “He stands before you today contrite, respectful of this court and remorseful for what happened,” said Bjorn Harsanji. “This was a person who was an MVP a few years ago and then he was released. He has lost a lot. His public reputation is gone. I think the message is out. There’s a general deterrence that no one is above the law. “Mr. Reynolds is certainly not above the law.” Reynolds is from Texas and played college football at the University of Houston. He played eight years for the Calgary Stampeders and was the team’s all-time leading rusher with 9,213 yards. He was named a CFL all-star four times and won a Grey Cup championship with the Stampeders in 2008 before his release in 2012. Since his conviction, he has been working on a construction site. Kaitlin Ward, 27, had dated Reynolds for six years before ending their relationship in December 2011 upon discovering he had been cheating on her. Ward testified at the trial that she and Reynolds were trying to determine if they could “salvage” their relationship when she allowed him to stay with her for a couple of days after his house went into foreclosure. Ward testified she told Reynolds at a party that he had to get out. She said Reynolds got angry and kicked her in the back of the leg and was waiting for her later when she got home. “I was shocked,” she said. “I went by the front door to shoo him out. That’s when he kind of tackled me.” Ward said Reynolds was sitting on top of her.

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Less than three minutes into Game 5, Matt Greene spotted TJ Galiardi loitering in front of the Los Angeles Kings’ net. Greene flattened the agitating San Jose forward with a nasty hit, sending Galiardi’s stick flying as he fell. There’s nothing fancy about the way Greene plays hockey, and that’s why the veteran defenceman fits perfectly with the no-nonsense Stanley Cup champions. In a series increasingly pitting the Sharks’ flash against the Kings’ smash, Greene and fellow hard-hitting defencemen Robyn Regehr and Rob Scuderi are hanging in with San Jose’s formidable offensive talent — and occasionally crushing it. Greene’s return to the Los Angeles lineup has coincided with a return to form by the Kings, who struggled for long stretches of the first four games, yet still earned a chance to close out the Sharks in Game 6 on Sunday night. “We’ve got to be a physical team if we’re going to win,” Greene said. “That’s the plan, just to bring it up there to San Jose.” After missing the first nine games of the playoffs and sitting nearly the entire regular season with a back injury, Greene came back for Game 4 and immediately started hitting people. After a strong finish to their 2-1 loss in Game 4, the Kings have shut out the Sharks for the last 96 minutes, moving to the brink of a second straight trip to the Western Conference finals. Game 5 was Los Angeles’ best effort

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Nice day for a run Photos contributed Participants in the second-annual Only Women’s Fitness Fun Run took to the trails on Saturday, May 11, at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area. Only Women’s Fitness was proud to partner with Subway, Dentoom’s, Safeway and numerous community-minded businesses for the event. About 580 runners of all ages gathered for a fun walk/run on the Mother’s Day weekend. The morning included a women’s expo and brunch for the whole family. There was plenty of activities for the kids, such as face painting, a bouncy castle, a wind tunnel and disc golf. Proceeds from the event went to Family Services of Central Alberta.

The starting line of the 500-metre Little Ladies Race.

Emma McCormick (left) won the five-km race in 21:18 and Nagi Ida came in third at 21:50.

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LEARN TO CHIP CARVE Get ready to chisel out a design out of wood. The Norwegian Laft Hus Society is hosting a twoday chip-carving class on Saturday, June 22, and Sunday, June 23. Learn the basic techniques and how to hold your knife to cut out triangular shapes in basswood to make a geometric pattern. Instructor is Garry Bratland. You must be registered by June 1. Email norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com or phone 403347-2055.

GRAVITY ORB RIDES JUNE 21 The chance for people to hop in an inflatable ball and roll down a hill has been moved to later in June. The Outdoor Gravity Orb, OGO, is coming to Red Deer on June 21 before stops in other Alberta cities. The sport, which consists of two people being harnessed in an inflatable ball and rolled down an incline, originated in New Zealand. The event is being organized by the Red Deer and Area branch of the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta and is a fundraiser for the local chapter. People who raise a minimum of $500 for the society have a chance to experience this thrilling ride. To register call the Red Deer society chapter at 403-342-5760 or go online to www. schizophrenia.ab.ca. There is a registration deadline of June 5.

QUIT SMOKING PROGRAM Those looking to kick their tobacco habit, smoking or otherwise, can utilize an eightweek program coming to Red Deer in June. QuitCore is led by trained cessation professionals and teaches tobacco users how to develop a plan to quit that will work for them, while providing strategies to address recovery symptoms, manage stress and prevent relapse. Red Deer’s program will include presentations from a local pharmacist, dietitian and a recreational therapist. The program also offers participants a chance to connect with others who are attempting to quit. The program will be offered on Mondays starting on June 3 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in room 208 of the Provincial Building, at 4920 51st St. No class is scheduled for Canada Day. To register, call 1-866-7107848 (QUIT).

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International baccalaureate students at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School held a Disparity Dinner for 91 people so they could get a glimpse into the growing living disparities throughout the world.

Disparity Dinner a wordly experience for students BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Serving up rice and water proved to be a good lesson for some Red Deer dinner guests and their high school servers on Thursday. International baccalaureate students at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School held a Disparity Dinner for 91 people so they could get a glimpse into the growing living disparities throughout the world. For $5 a ticket, each person drew from the “birth lottery” to find out what dinner they’d receive — dinner with all the trimmings and first-class dining experience; vegetarian chili, rice, juice, cookie dessert and a casual dining experience; or rice and water and a close, ground-level dining experience. Kim Burley, biology teacher and IB Creativity Active Service co-ordinator, said the event’s purpose was to show everyone what it feels like to have nothing in the midst of plenty. “It’s not a very common experience in Canada because our definition in Canada of nothing is quite different,” said Burley. “To have a scoop of rice and a cup of water while someone else gets a full chicken dinner with a waiter, lets you have a momentary feel of what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes.” The benefit raised more than $1,000 to support the SMD School for Himalayan

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Children in Katmandu, Nepal. According to the CIA World Factbook, Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with about one-quarter of its population, total 30.4 million, living below the poverty line. Chaynga Sherpa, an exchange student from Nepal, said poverty is very apparent in Nepal. He said the money raised will go a long way to help the school children because it will be used for nutrition. Student Catherine Saffran said the community response for this first event was impressive. “A lot of people got lower class (tickets) and even if they didn’t enjoy it, they were able to understand,” Saffran said. “It really opened their eyes.” Student Gabrielle Yabut said the main lesson she learned was how big poverty is in the world, compared with the middle and upper classes. International baccalaureate is an academically-rigorous program with a component know as CAS (Creative Active Service). Dave Smith, the IB co-ordinator, said they don’t want to develop students who are just book-smart, but balanced and well rounded as well. “We want to have them develop an awareness of the world,” said Smith. The student-run club, IB Helpin You, develops leadership skills. It organized Thursday’s event. About 350 students are in the honours/IB program. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com reduced to one lane to allow for traffic in both directions. Starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, crews will lay the final lift of asphalt for the westbound lanes in sections starting at 40th Avenue and finishing at 47 Avenue. The eastbound lanes will be reduced to one lane to allow for traffic in both directions. Drivers should expect delays all day, both Sunday and Monday.

City property tax notices in mail; payments due by June 28 Lacombe County environment Property tax notices are in the mail and subject of new report the 2013 bills will soon follow. Payments are due on June 28 and residents are encouraged to pay before the deadline to avoid late penalties. Those who choose to pay the entire bill in a lump sum can do so in person at City Hall or dropping payment in an envelope in the City Hall night depository on the east side of the building. The last day for inperson payments at City Hall is June 28 by 4:30 p.m. The June 28 deadline does not apply to property owners who are enrolled in the city’s Tax Instalment Plan (TIP) as of June 15. Details are available from the Revenue and Assessment Services department or at www.reddeer.ca/TIP. Property owners who miss the payment deadline will have to pay a six per cent penalty on the outstanding property taxes owing. For example, if $2,000 is left unpaid after the due date, a penalty of six per cent or $120 is applied to the account. New this year, the Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program (SPTDP) allows eligible senior homeowners to defer all or part of their property taxes through a low-interest home equity loan with the Alberta government. For more information, call the Alberta Supports Contact line at 1-877-644-9992. Property owners who do not receive their 2013 Property Tax Notice by June 8 should contact Revenue and Assessment Services at 403-342-8126 or stop by the department offices on the fourth floor of City Hall. Property assessment and tax information is available at www.reddeer.ca/tax.

Lacombe County is planning a special rollout of its State of the Environment report at Ellis Bird Farm. Council approved a staff proposal to present the report at the Ellis Bird Farm’s annual Bluebird Festival on July 13. The 112-page report provides an overview of the state of the environment in the county to provide a baseline to judge future impacts. Taking a scientific approach is expected to give the municipality a picture of the cumulative effects of development, agricultural operations, industry and other factors that can have an impact on the environment. Community perception, scientific data, current environmental legislation and environmental extension programs, such as programs to fence waterways from livestock, are examined in the report. The report does not include management recommendations or future planning considerations. Neighbouring municipalities and groups such as the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance and other environmental organizations will be invited and encouraged to spread the word about the environment plan. Coun. Dana Kreil, who represents the western side of the county centred around Eckville, suggested another presentation should be made to serve residents who aren’t in the Lacombe area. Council agreed and a second event is to be organized.

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Motorists should expect temporary delays on 32nd Street as city crews put down asphalt starting on Sunday. The eastbound lanes of 32nd Street will close to motorists to allow crews to put down a final lift of asphalt. Crews will start in sections at 47th Avenue and finish at 40th Avenue. Westbound traffic will be

Residents are invited to have their say on proposed bylaw changes that affect the East Hill at a public hearing in Red Deer city council chambers on June 10. City council proposes amendments to the Municipal Development Plan, the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan and the Land Use Bylaws. The changes are needed

Red Deer City RCMP continue to search for a suspect following Thursday’s intensive armed standoff on the city’s south side. For about four hours, RCMP surrounded the Canyon Pointe Apartment complex in the 3400 block of 52nd Avenue after receiving a tip that a man with outstanding warrants was inside. Officers in camouflage gear and with high-powered rifles were on scene, along with canine units. Two devices that caused loud bangs and smoke were also used by police. When the emergency response team (ERT) entered the suspected apartment unit at about 3:30 p.m., the man was not inside. RCMP are conducting a manhunt for Garnet Colby Mcinnes (also known as Colby Mcinnes), who is wanted on 18 outstanding warrants. RCMP believe that Mcinnes, 22, is in the Red Deer area. Anyone who sees Mcinnes is asked to not approach him because he’s considered armed and dangerous, and to call 911 immediately. Those with information are asked to call RCMP at 403-343-5575. When asked if Mcinnes was connected with Thursday’s incident, RCMP spokesman Cpl. Sarah Knelsen said that police were not releasing that information due to concerns about compromising the investigation. “We’re hoping it will be solved soon,” said Knelsen early Friday afternoon. Knelsen said that police handled Thursday’s incident appropriately, for the information that they had. Mcinnes has been charged in connection with an armed standoff that occurred for more than eight hours on Halman Crescent on May 14. That incident started at about 2 a.m. after an alleged armed robbery with a firearm near a Parke Avenue apartment. The suspects were tracked to the Highland Green neighbourhood, where a standoff ensued. The ERT was called in from Calgary. Also charged in the May 14 incident was David James Kertesz, 27, of no fixed address. Kertesz will be back in court for election and plea on Wednesday. He is remanded in custody. Then on May 17, Mcinnes was allegedly involved in a carjacking near Blackfalds. Blackfalds RCMP were called to a scene of a rollover on Aspelund Road west of Hwy 2 near Blackfalds. It was later learned that a male and a female left the vehicle and obtained a ride from a passerby. The two persons were said to have forced the driver from her vehicle and left her at the roadside. The vehicle was located later in Highland Green. Blackfalds RCMP Cpl. Phil Penny said on Friday that a warrant is still out for Samantha Johnstone, 23, who faces property related charges. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com to add the 2009 annexation area to the east, to update policies and to allow for additional objectives related to the neighbourhood design. The meeting is slated for 6 p.m. in council chambers on the second floor of City Hall. To include your letter or petition on the council agenda, submit to Manager of Legislative Services by June 3. Otherwise, you may attend the meeting and have your say in person. For more information, call 403-342-8132. Changes are available online at www.reddeer.ca or in Legislative Services or call Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

Stettler family donates piece of prime property for park A Stettler family has donated a prime corner of downtown property for a park. The lot at the southeast corner of 50th Street and 50th Avenue is referred to locally as the “Old Stettler Travel Site.” Stettler Travel was once located in an old building on the site. But in December 2010, the business moved and the building was demolished, leaving a vacant lot. Lot owners Don and Sylvia Peters and family have donated the corner and suggested it be developed into a park honouring all the pioneer businesses of Stettler. In recent years, efforts have been made to revitalize the downtown. New businesses have been lured to the core and old ones renovated. Railway-themed architecture has been adopted and sidewalks stamped with a railway track design. The Stettler Beautification Committee will be assisting in the planning for the park.

Randi Boulton will perform at spring gala for families Randi Boulton will entertain at a spring gala dessert concert on Saturday, June 1, to benefit families in need of counselling. Shalom Counselling Centre is holding the fundraising evening, which includes auctions and opportunities for donations, in support of “hurting” families and individuals who could use subsidized counselling services. Tickets to the 7 p.m. fundraiser at Festival Hall in Red Deer are $35 a person or $250 for a table for eight. Shalom is a charitable service that has served Central Albertans since 1999. For more information, please call 403-342-0339 or visit www.shalomcounselling.com.

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Lonely young woman starting to lose hope Dear Harlan; I am 24, beautiful, suc- the relationship wasn’t built to last. cessful and independent, and my love To let fear of the future control your life is floundering and has been for life is to miss out on the moment. Folquite some time. low your gut, and you will always be I can’t seem to find a meaningful, right. lasting relationship. I read your book Dear Harlan; There are two girls I’m and I joined an online dating website, interested in dating. The problem is but I can’t seem to find my soulmate. that they’re twins. I was in a long-term relationship for I’m not really sure how to handle five years that ended and the situation, since I am have dated since then, but somewhat interested in both can’t seem to find anything of them — but it feels really worth meaning. weird to try to go after both Are you married, happy? at the same time! For some reason, it makes I tried setting up a group a difference to me. activity, but it fell through I am a romantic lookbecause we don’t really have ing for a partner — I don’t any mutual friends. necessarily want to get They did both seem inmarried, but I would like terested in doing something. to find a partner. I considAny suggestions? — Double er myself Charlotte from Trouble “Sex and the City” when Dear Double Trouble; she said, “I’ve been dating What if they both want you? since I was 15. Where is he Now, that’s an even bigger HARLAN already?” problem. COHEN I’m starting to feel like Here’s the approach — maybe it’s just not going it’s like dating two womto happen for me. I should en who happen to be best close this with a witty-yetfriends, only these women sad nickname like in the “Dear Abby” have the same DNA. columns or something. — Losing Hope As a rule, you always start with the Dear Losing Hope; I remember this one who has the better personality. feeling; I was 24, single and living in a You don’t tell them this when you ask studio apartment in Chicago. them out. Don’t make it about looks One night, after a bad date, I was ly- (especially with twins). ing in my bed painfully alone. I started Hot women with dud personalities to question if I’d ever find someone. I get ugly fast. Go slow. had so much love to share, but no one The problem is that if you get physiseemed interesting in taking it. cal with one of them, and realize its It made me feel even more alone. not working, you become the enemy. Fast forward five years, and I met the It’s hard for the other friend or twin love of my life. I bumped into her at to date you if you’ve gotten naked with Mailboxes, Etc. I started a conversa- her friend or sibling. tion. She didn’t run away. Be a good guy. If you want to get A year and two months after our physical make sure you want to have a first date, I asked her to marry me. We relationship. now have two kids with a third on the As for the approach, be a gentleway. We’ll celebrate our tenth anniver- man. Go slow. See if she’s as interestsary in July. ing as she is attractive. If it goes well, I hope we can keep making it work. great. If it doesn’t go well, that’s cool But to keep it working, it will take too. work. It all takes work. You can always give it time and go The time between that lonely night after the sister - hopefully she’ll have a and the day I met my wife wasn’t spent better personality. being doubtful and depressed. It was Dear Harlan; A week before Mothspent working every single day to be er’s Day, my mom unexpectedly passed a better version of me. I got in shape, away in her sleep from heart failure. I worked on my career, took improv I was shocked and sad when I found classes, played beach volleyball, ran a out. I don’t know what hurt me more marathon and made new friends. The — the fact that she died, or that she more I did to be my best, the better walked out of my life when I was 9 equipped I was to handle all the rejec- years old. tion that’s part of dating. She never played an active role in To find love — I mean, lasting love my childhood; I was raised by my fa— it takes emotional stamina. The ther. She moved out and lived with a way you build emotional stamina is friend. She treated her friend like she by working to be your best. It’s doing was her daughter, more so than me. things that make you feel attractive, in- This completely crushed me. teresting and desirable -— even when Of course, I had abandonment isno one desires you. sues and depression. In my teen years So get to work. Allow yourself to I was very low, and I tried to take my feel painfully alone, but use the feel- life. While in counseling, my father had ing to be a driving force to help you to asked me to LIE so my mom wouldn’t be your very best. The better you feel, blame herself for my pain. the easier it will be to try online dating So, out of love for my father, I did. I with a different outlook and approach. hated her for years for how she treated Love will happen, but you need me. She had a dog that she even treatto keep looking and change your ap- ed better than me. She was kind to my proach. He is out there. You just older sister and her son, and to his haven’t been looking in the right places or you’re not in the right place to find him. HARBOUR SPA’S Work to be your very best and you’ll find the 6751 Gaetz Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta very best. 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CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT CENTURY: ARTISTS OF CENTRAL ALBERTA OPENS AT RED DEER MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

Linking to our past through art BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Picking 50 artworks that reflect Red Deer’s “artistic voice,” past and present, turned out to be something of a connect-the-dot centennial challenge for guest curator David More. No sooner did he select one creative work for the Reflections from a Century: Artists of Central Alberta show at the Red Deer museum, when another piece — often produced by another artist, decades later — leapt out to join the first. “After a while, you start to see the links,” said More, who felt some artworks were so closely aligned with others, “the show began to shape itself.” For instance, More discovered a small “gem” of a watercolour of a Victorian mother and infant, created by Jean Rollins Muldrew in about 1910. Muldrew was “lady principal” of the Central Alberta Presbyterian Ladies College, which operated in what several years later became the Michener Centre administrative building. “She was obviously a very skilled painter,” said More. “But who was she?” More doesn’t know if she was professionally trained or if she taught art to her students. “The mystery deepened. I’ve never seen (her work) before.” Yet Muldrew’s small painting made More think of a much larger one recently painted by Red Deer artist Shane Young, which depicts firefighters putting out the 2003 lightningcaused blaze at the landmark Michener building. He also selected this contemporary painting for the show “for its excellence,” and because of its indirect connection to Muldrew. “Ninety years later, here’s (Muldrew’s) building in a whole different context,” said More. In a similar linked pattern, artworks by a half dozen aboriginal artists hang near a 1970s painting of the ruins of Red Deer’s notorious Indian Residential School, by Florence Aubichon. The powerful contemporary works include Mother and Child, by artist Jane Ash Poitras, Lest We Remain Ignorant for That is a Sin by George Littlechild, and War Shirt For the Earth, by Joane Cardinal-Schubert (Douglas Cardinal’s sister), who was born in Red Deer. More is “amazed” by the range of local

‘IT SHOWS THAT ART HAS A SOLID, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES WELL HIDDEN, FOUNDATION HERE FROM THE BEGINNING.’ — DAVID MORE, GUEST CURATOR

art, past and present, saying “once I got into the vaults, I discovered a lot of high quality gems.” The nationally known artist from Benalto was asked by museum staff in February to help celebrate Red Deer’s centennial by choosing two- and threedimensional artworks from the museum’s historic collection. Somewhere along the way, he decided to also fill in the display with local art borrowed from private collectors and artists. And several pieces were specifically created for the Reflections exhibit — including Dawn Detarando’s ceramic Honey Pie, which is imprinted with honeycomb and bees on top, and Darren Petersen’s spectacular glass sculpture, Ephemera, which resembles a fountain of foliage spilling out of a vase. For every artist whose work was selected, More said two other artists had to be excluded from the show because

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Clockwise from top: Tanya Zuzak Collard’s #5 of 8 Arc hangs in the entry way of the current exhibit at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Reflection From a Century Artists of Central Alberta will be on display until Aug. 5. Guest curator David More. Shane Young’s portrayal of the Michener Centre Administration building fire, a selection that was inspired by a watercolour of a Victorian mother and infant, created by Jean Rollins Muldrew in about 1910 (at left).

of space constraints. He purposely didn’t choose his own well-known paintings, or pieces from other prominent local artists, such as Dennis Moffat, saying he preferred to spotlight less ubiquitous talents. All the works were primarily picked for their quality, said More, but he also wanted to highlight artists who made a difference to Red Deer’s art scene in other ways. Local fabric artists Patti Morris and Matt Gould, who weave political and social messages into their works are represented, as is painter and art booster Susan Delaney (who has written various newsletters). There’s a whimsical piece by ceramicist Shirley Rimer, as well as paintings by former RDC student and now art teacher Erin Boake, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School commercial art teacher Albert Schmidt and the former student he influenced, Art Whitehead. Diverse photography is displayed by Tim Van Horn, Hedley Blake, and Arto Djerdjerian, as are examples by painters Margaret Seelye (who once lobbied to save the allied arts council) and Susan Woolgar, ceramics sculptors Pat Matheson and Brian McArthur, mixed media artist Elyse Eliot-Los and others. Jean Weddell, who painted peonies over a collage, and Ingrid PlaudisBowie, a former RDC instructor who delicately hand-coloured a photograph of her daughter Alanna, are two artist who sadly died shortly before the show’s opening. More aimed to showcase an eclectic mix of amateur and professional works. Through the selection process, he noticed an evolution in Central Alberta art. In the early days, settlers had to make a living doing something else, so most creative expression happened only when they could find time, said More. Still, a lot of creation went on. “It shows that art has a solid, although sometimes well hidden, foundation here from the beginning.” Some earlier examples include the haunting black-and-white photograph Indian Dancers from 1958 by Eric Bundy. He came to this area in the 1960s and worked as a professional photog-

rapher for the Red Deer Advocate and Hudson’s Bay Company. Detailed watercolour paintings show ocean-side scenes by Annie Bradley Rich, who arrived from Nova Scotia in 1920 to teach, before marrying and farming near Springbrook. And there are archival photos of Edmonton-based sculptor Hubert Norbury carving the Red Deer Cenotaph — which More calls the most prominent example of public art in the city — and likely the first. As the decades rolled forward, More discovered local art moving more front and centre, from being a “buried treasure” to becoming a community attraction for which several Central Alberta artists have built national and international reputations. More believes the formation of Red Deer College’s visual arts department in the 1970s turned out to be a lightning rod for creativity in Central Alberta. The college not only attracted talented people from across North America as instructors, these artists also passed along skills to successive generations of new artists, many who stayed in the community. Striking works by past and present RDC instructors Joseph Reeder, Jason Frizzell, Ian Cook, Robin Lambert, Pierre Oberg, James Trevelyan, Jim Westergard, Chuck Wissinger and others are featured in the exhibit. Some of the most eye-catching artistic examples are located nearest the entrance: RDC instructor Tanya Zuzak Collard’s intricate wire formation #5 of 8 Arc appears tornado-like, in a wall-mounted mirror, and Trudy Golley’s wave-like ceramic wall hanging reflects light on the wall above it. Golley’s dramatic wave suggested another connection to More. He chose to hang another artwork that incorporates light beside her piece — a cabinet of mysterious articles, framed by a lit silhouette of a deer’s head, created by Golley’s husband, Paul Leathers. The Reflections from a Century: Artists of Central Alberta show is on until Aug. 5 at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Robert Taylor is arresting as a lawman A&E DRAMA LONGMIRE STARTS SEASON 2 MONDAY BY FRAZIER MOORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama Longmire. But he’s no newcomer. “I’ve been working pretty solidly for a long time,” says Taylor, with a wry throwaway: “Not that anyone would notice, you know what I mean?” But not that he appears to be complaining. “It’s been my goal to work as much as possible, and be as unknown as possible,” he insists. Unknown-ness for the 52-year-old actor may be threatened as Longmire begins its second season Monday at 8 p.m. on A&E, where he stars alongside Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) and Lou Diamond Phillips. Taylor impressed viewers last summer as Sheriff Walt Longmire, who polices the Big Sky sprawl of Absaroka County, Wyo., with a devotion that’s steadfast, laconic and sadder-but-wiser (he mourns the recent death of his wife). He is rangy and grizzled at an age where he can still whip most opponents in a fight, but knows to spare himself that kind of strain whenever he can. “With young people, it’s how brassy and flashy can you be,” says Taylor, explaining his portrayal. “But you get a bit older, it’s about how restrained can you be. You have to feel it all, think it all, but you don’t have to play it — it’s just gotta be there, and if the story’s good and the script’s good, people will see it.” They’ll see it on Longmire. Then again, they may not know it’s acting. The portrayal of Sheriff Longmire yields an enormously appealing and relatable character, while Taylor disappears into the role. It’s a role he clearly identifies with. He arrives for an interview at a fussy

Manhattan restaurant clad in a denim shirt, jeans and boots. Very Longmire. And while his broad shoulders don’t bear the weight of Longmire’s world, his voice isn’t noticeably different, issuing from somewhere deep as it gathers a rich nasal timbre and a Western twang — which is surprising, since Taylor is Australian. (Where’s his Aussie accent? “It comes and goes, mate,” he replies, for a moment channeling Crocodile Dundee.) “I’ve always loved the (American) West,” he goes on. “I grew up in wide-open spaces, but they didn’t have the romantic history of the West. It was more just misery.” He was born in Melbourne, but when his parents split up, he went to live with his aunt and uncle in a Western Australian mining town. As a teen he worked in the mines. Then he took off, with the idea of somehow mirroring the artists and adventurers from his mother’s Bohemian side of the family, most of whom he only knew from mesmerizing tales. “The desire was there, eating away, to do something different,” he recalls. “But I had no clue how.” Among his many odd jobs as he sought an answer was working on an oil rig, where he took a fall. “I just busted a bunch of bones,” he says with a laugh. “It’s all right. I was young.” But by then he was ready for something with a future. He got wind of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, which now counts among its alumni Frances O’Connor and Hugh Jackman. With no idea how, he prepared two auditions and got in. He was transformed by this exotic, artistic culture. “It was so foreign to me, so unusual and strange to be talking about things that I had never spoken about to anybody,” he marvels. “I just soaked it up.” When he graduated, he scuffed out a living in Sydney, then Melbourne, as an actor, resolving not to rely on any backup job. “I decided I’m gonna make my living

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Katee Sackhoff, left, and Robert Taylor in the series Longmire, returning for a second season on Monday on A&E. from this, or I’m not doing it,” he says. “The last time I had a job that wasn’t an acting job was ’88, and I’m quite proud of that.” Among his credits: He was Agent Jones in The Matrix and appeared in the 2000 thriller Vertical Limit, as well as NBC’s 2005 Hercules film and the BBC series Ballykissangel. He has done lots of Australian television and films. Typically, he was surprised when he landed the Longmire job. He first auditioned by sending a tape to Los Angeles from Melbourne — and figured the role would go to a better-known contender. Filming resumed for this season in March in Santa Fe, N.M., which, with

surrounding territory, substitutes for Wyoming. “That’s another reason I wanted the job,” says Taylor. “I’d been to New Mexico three or four times before, and loved it.” On one of those visits he bought a silver belt buckle with a Hopi Indian design of a bear claw. “I’ve worn it pretty much every day of my life since then,” he says, and does this day. So does Walt Longmire on every episode. And they have yet more in common. Echoing Longmire’s resistance to modern gadgets and fads, Taylor, after silencing his cellphone upon his arrival, proudly pointed out its ancient, clamshell vintage.

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The Beatles backstage with Roy Orbison, in sunglasses, and Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963 in Britain. a miracle, unique.” The band would set up behind Orbison as he finished, hidden behind a curtain, and Harrison remembers listening to him do encore after encore and thinking, “How are we going to following this?” Starr put it more bluntly: “It was terrible, following Roy. He’d slay them and they’d scream for more.” Of course, the Beatles were beginning to grow quite a repertoire themselves by this point. Their standard set consisted of Please Please Me, Love Me Do, Some Other Guy, Do You Want to Know a Secret, From Me to You, I Saw Her Standing There and Twist and Shout. So they didn’t fare too poorly either. Beatlemania was starting to set in, and they were being pelted by jellybeans night after night, just because Harrison had mentioned liking them in an interview. The competition between the two groups spilled over to the tour bus. McCartney later remembered how at the

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would let himself simply be upstaged. Though he was greeted each night with a roar of screaming Beatles fans, clamoring to see their favorite band, he countered, rather ingeniously, by telling his band to play the first song pianissimo (as Spencer Leigh tells it), so that the audience had to hush in order to hear him. Once the crowd had quieted down, Orbison had no trouble transporting them with a few ballads. “It was pretty hard to keep up with that man,” Lennon later remembered, “He really put on a show, well, they all did, but Orbison had that fantastic voice.” George Harrison agreed: “He’d had so many hit songs and people could sit and listen to him all night. He didn’t have to do anything, he didn’t have to wiggle his legs, in fact he never even twitched, he was like marble. The only things that moved were his lips — even when he hit those high notes he never strained. He was quite

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back of the bus Orbison would be writing songs like Pretty Woman, and it would just about make them jealous: “He would play us his song,” McCartney said, “and we’d say, ‘Oh, it’s great, Roy. Have you just written that?’ But we’d be thinking, ‘We have to have something as good’.” As would later happen with groups like the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones, their competitiveness with Orbison inspired them to produce some of their best work. For his part, McCartney was writing such songs as All My Loving, which he began composing on the tour bus and worked out on the piano at one of the venues. The rivalry between the artists didn’t stop them from becoming friends — 25 years later, Harrison would work with Orbison again, as part of the Traveling Wilburys. But within months, the Beatles wouldn’t need to share billing at all. When they went out on tour again in November, the tour was billed only as “the Beatles Show.”

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BY NICK PATCH THE CANADIAN PRESS In the sweet-natured Danish film Love Is All You Need, Pierce Brosnan portrays a widowed, emotionally unavailable businessman who bankrolls his son’s wedding in a postcard-perfect chunk of the Italian coast, but struggles to engage as the groom-to-be deals with a pre-marital crisis. And for the debonair Irish actor — a father of five, including four sons — exploring that emotional canyon between father and son was both appealing and challenging. “I have an 11-year-old, a 15-year-old, a 28-year-old and a 39-year-old man who’s as tender as the 11-year-old is. I call him an 11-teen-year-old,” Brosnan said last September as he whisked through the Toronto International Film Festival. “So I have sons. And the complexity of bringing them up and trying to guide them — as a man and somebody who was fatherless to some extent in his own life — that comes with a lot of baggage and a lot of understanding and a lot of heartache. “But also, an appreciation of life. So I understood something about this young man’s ambiguity.” Transporting though it is, his breezy romantic drama doesn’t seem bogged down by any baggage, even as it acknowledges heavier themes than escapist love stories typically would. Upon arriving for the wedding festivities, Brosnan’s dour Philip is initially unmoved by his beautiful surroundings until he meets Trine Dyrholm’s mother-of-the-bride, an ebullient woman resolved to positivity despite an ongoing struggle with cancer and the dissolution of her marriage to an unfaithful boor. Their romance unfurls slowly as the wedding that brought everyone together begins to seem in doubt. That the film could address death, disease and sexuality yet remain mostly as light as a panna cotta is something Brosnan credits to director Susanne Bier, who helmed 2010’s Oscar-winning In a Better World. “I think that’s the gift and the talent of Susanne Bier,” said Brosnan, looking typically dapper in a blue suit. “She really goes deep into these areas and ... she seems to have a courage and humanity to her and also a complexity of storytelling which ... really just brings this level of filmmaking like you haven’t seen before. “And that’s why I said yes to it. Because of these films that she had done. And it came to me under the title of

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The Bald-Headed Hairdresser, which I thought was rather fascinating. And as I turned each page, I got more and more pulled in by the humour and the tenderness of it, and the frailty of these people.” And Bier said handling heavy themes with a light tough was pretty much “the premise of the whole film.” “I think in a way, in North America, there are two types of romantic comedies at the moment,” she said last September. “One is more quirky — and they have a hard time being romantic. They’re often very comical and less romantic. And I think there’s a cynicism where you don’t dare be truly romantic. And then I think there’s a kind where everybody’s great looking, where there’s no issues, and I find those ones slightly disengaging. I don’t really care. I have to be invested in the characters, and they have to have some real things that make me feel for them.” In addition to the extensive experience as a father that he shares with his character, Brosnan, like Philip, also experienced the loss of a spouse. The actor’s first wife, Cassandra Harris, died of ovarian cancer in December 1991. And Bier acknowledged that Brosnan’s real-life experiences contributed to his being the right fit for the role. “Having lost a wife to cancer ... definitely it was part of me wanting (him) to do it,” she said. “But also, I think he wanted to do that because it was light. Because it wasn’t self-indulgent, swimming around in the pain.” In fact, it was an uncommonly joyous experience onset for actor and director alike. Shooting in Italy with mostly Danish cast and crew, Brosnan nonetheless fit right in and was lavished with attention by his collaborators — or so says Biers. “He was surrounded by any number of beautiful, blond actresses who didn’t want anything but (to be) near him,” she said with a smile. “So I think he had a pretty good time.” One scene finds the cast dancing and partying in advance of the nuptials — and the boozy, loose sequence more or less captured the genuinely jovial atmosphere around the shoot. “We all kept stealing champagne,” Brosnan recalled. Love Is All You Need opens today in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. It’s expected to expand to more cities in the coming months.

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LOBLAW FILES PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUSES FOR $7B REIT BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) filed a preliminary prospectus Friday aimed at creating one of Canada’s largest commercial real estate trusts including some 75 per cent of the company’s real estate assets. Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust will hold 415 retail properties, one office complex and nine warehouse properties totalling 35.3 million square feet of gross leasable area. Loblaw valued the properties at $7 billion when it first announced the plan in December, however the company said Friday the aggregate purchase price for the properties will be determined in connection with the pricing of the units. — The Canadian Press

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Royal Bank (TSX:RY), which faced a fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement involving the use of temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won’t send work offshore just to save on salaries. The bank, which released a new supplier code of conduct, said it will only send work to offshore suppliers when their scale, technology or knowledge provides capabilities the bank cannot duplicate. “For example, RBC’s Canadian client call centres are located in Canada, supporting RBC’s domestic and U.S. business, and they will remain in Canada despite the trend in many industries to offshore them,” the bank said in a statement.

The supplier code of conduct was part of a package of promises made by RBC chief executive Gord Nixon in April following a controversy over the bank’s decision to outsource the work of about 45 employees to iGate, which used the temporary foreign worker program. IGate brought its own employees into Canada under the federal program so they could be trained for the services they would be providing to Royal Bank. The bank’s new supplier code says its suppliers adhere to human rights, labour and employment standards legislation. It also says suppliers must not hire foreign workers from outside of Canada when performing services on behalf of RBC when a worker eligible to work in Canada is available. The United Steelworkers union said it

welcomed the decision. “Public pressure and solid campaigning by the labour movement on the corporate abuse of the temporary foreign worker program has led RBC to make these changes to its supplier code,” said Ken Neumann, USW national director. “This action by RBC should be a strong message to all employers who exploit temporary foreign workers or try to use the program as a source of cheap labour,” added Stephen Hunt, USW Western Canada director. “Now it’s time for our federal and provincial governments to abandon their lowwage strategy and require all corporations to follow suit. We will continue to press for meaningful reform.”

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Leaders defend ‘Abenomics’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — Japan’s top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster. Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda acknowledged Friday the need for careful handling of aggressive monetary policies aimed at breaking the world’s third-largest economy free of deflation, or falling prices, that has hobbled growth by slowing investment and consumer spending. “We are undertaking very flexible market operations and interest rate volatility should be curbed as much as possible,” Kuroda told a regional conference in Tokyo, a day after 10-year government bond yields breached 1 per cent for the first time in a year. By Friday afternoon they were at about 0.83 per cent, near their recent trading level. “Communication and dialogue with the markets should be strengthened,” Kuroda said. “The markets should be stabilized through various channels as we work on the wider economy to establish a favourable growth cycle, and prices should rise gradually.” Kuroda, Abe and other officials said they will stick to the “Abenomics” program of extreme monetary stimulus, government spending and reforms aimed at reviving growth after two decades of stagnation. The central bank is buying some 70 per cent of all new Japanese government bonds as it pumps money into the economy, aiming to double the volume of cash in circulation and bank reserves and push prices higher. Kuroda launched the program in early April, saying he expected it would help keep long-term bond yields low. But as investors have shifted their portfolios out of bonds and into the booming share market, yields have actually risen, adding to worries over the eventual costs Japan will face in managing its huge public debt. On Thursday, dismal manufacturing data from China coupled with the concerns about Abenomics triggered a sell-off in Tokyo, where the Nikkei 225 fell 7.3 per cent, as investors cashed in on recent gains. Shares gyrated Friday, first rising, then falling and then rebounding to close 0.9 per cent higher, at 14,612.45. Abe told a parliamentary session Friday that the government was keeping a close eye on the markets. But he said Japan would “firmly proceed with measures to ensure sustainable government finances and secure market confidence.” The aim is to bring about long-term improvements, said Finance Minister Taro Aso. “Japan’s credibility will increase if it can end prolonged deflation” through Abe’s policies, he told reporters.

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Matthew Pierik, kneeling, fills out an application form while Bane Leskovac, left, chats with Famosa Neapolitan Pizzeria general manager Ryan Curtis. The two Grade 12 students were taking part in Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School’s job fair on Friday. The morning event, which attracted about 20 employers and 1,800 students, was organized to help students explore summer and permanent employment opportunities. The school has also been providing help with skills like resumé-writing and interviewing.

Seeding almost 70% complete in region BY ADVOCATE STAFF

CROP REPORT

Spring precipitation is usually welcome on Central Alberta farms, although the current wet conditions would probably have been greeted more enthusiastically had they arrived a week later. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s latest crop report indicates that seeding in this region was nearly 70 per cent complete, as of Tuesday. That was about five percentage points ahead of the average for this time of the year. The provincial average last week was 66 per cent — on par with the five-year average — with Southern Alberta leading the way with an 88 per cent completion rate

and their counterparts in the Peace Region at the other end of the spectrum at 43 per cent. North of Central Alberta, the completion rate was 52 per cent to the east and 56 per cent to the west. Prior to the current rainfall, surface moisture in 81 per cent of the area around Red Deer was rated as good to excellent, with 17 per cent fair, two per cent poor and two per cent excessive. In the case of pasture land, 74 per cent was rated as good or excellent, 24 per cent as fair and two per cent as poor. Hay land followed a similar rating.

Staffing challenge only expected to get tougher Dear Working Wise: I manage a local hotel and I constantly struggle to find and keep good people. Are there any programs available to help small business owners? — Hopeless Hotelier Dear Hopeless: Alberta’s unemployment rate has dropped to 4.5 per cent — the secondlowest rate in the country — and there are 10,000 more Albertans working today than a year ago. While this is good news for job seekers, the ongoing chalCHARLES lenge of attracting, STRACHEY training and retaining staff in a compet- WORKING WISE itive labour market can be exhausting for hiring managers. And the staffing chal-

lenge is only expected to get tougher as waves of our most experienced workers begin to retire. Due to our growing economy and aging workforce, Alberta is expected to face a shortage of up to 114,000 skilled workers within the decade. Fortunately, there are a number of free and low-cost services available to help Alberta employers. ● Try posting a free job ad on the Canada-Alberta Job Bank website at www.jobbank.gc.ca. ● Take advantage of free local job fairs and hiring events. Employer Connections events, for example, are mini job fairs that allow you to profile your business and job opportunities to local career counsellors and job seekers — http://humanservices. alberta.ca/jobfairs. ● Check out the staff attraction and retention tips in the Employer Tool Kit — http://eae.alberta.ca/labour-and-immigration/employer-toolkit.aspx.

● Post a free job ad or find out about upcoming job fairs and staff-recruitment workshops for employers on local Alberta Works social media channels, including: - http://twitter.com/@CalgaryJobFeed; - www.facebook.com/calgaryjobsfeed; - www.facebook.com/CentralAlbertaJobs; - www.facebook.com/fortmcmurrayjobs; - www.facebook.com/Lethbridgejobs; - www.facebook.com/MedicineHatJobs. Or get in touch with your local business and industry liaison. Alberta Human Services has business and industry liaison staff who specialize in helping employers tackle staffing challenges and navigate all of the available employer services.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange closed slightly ahead Friday, pulled down by declines in most sectors, particularly gold, but boosted by a 13 per cent spike in shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. The S&P/TSX composite index finished up 9.13 points at 12,667.22.

According to reports, Valeant (TSX:VRX) is close to a $9-billion deal to acquire eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc. from Warburg Pincus LLC. Valeant shares were up $10.18 at $87.02. On Wall Street, markets were mixed after being down for most of the day. The Dow Jones industrials average saw an uptick of 8.60 points to 15,303.10,

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MTS to sell Allstream to Egyptian investment group WINNIPEG — Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the $405 million in proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt. MTS, which operates Manitoba’s largest telecommunications business, said Friday that the money it receives will be used to bolster its already strong position in its home province and tap growth opportunities. “MTS goes forward as a pure-play telecom with a strong consumer franchise and significant free cash flow to support our dividend,” said chief executive Pierre Blouin. Asked whether the MTS board will now consider a sale of the main company, Blouin replied the company isn’t looking for buyers, although he couldn’t rule out an unsolicited offer. “I think as a public company if somebody has something to say to us, or submit to us, we have a duty to look at it with our board. But we’re not in the process about MTS and are currently focussing on getting the Allstream transaction to a close.” On the Toronto Stock Exchange, shares in the company (TSX:MBT) closed up $1.83, or 5.7 per cent, at $33.93. Allstream’s buyer is Accelero Capital Holdings, a Cairo-based investment group focused on telecommunications, digital media and technology companies.

National Bank considering new acquisitions in wealth management National Bank (TSX:NA) says it’s interested in new acquisitions but will be very selective about which sectors it looks to. “Wealth management does remain a priority for us,” said president and chief executive Louis Va-

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RBC: Controversy The controversy over the temporary foreign workers program spilled over into the political arena, prompting federal Human Resources Minister Diane Finley to ask officials to review documents submitted by iGate after apparent discrepancies appeared between public statements made by RBC and information previously provided to the government by iGate. Last month, the government announced changes to the program, including an end to a rule that allowed businesses to pay foreign workers up to 15 per cent below average wages for a job. The Conservatives also put a hold on a program that fast-tracked the ability of some companies to bring in workers from outside Canada through what’s known as an accelerated labour market opinion. In 2012, some 213,516 people entered Canada via the temporary foreign worker program, more than three times the number admitted a decade ago.

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but the Nasdaq lost 0.28 of a point to 3,459.14 and the S&P 500 dipped 0.91 of a point to 1,649.60. The Canadian dollar was down 0.25 of a cent at 96.89 cents US. On Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department reported better-than-expected durable goods orders in April that suggested encouraging news for U.S. man-

ufacturers. The department said orders rose 3.3 per cent last month after a 5.9 per cent decline in March and more than double the 1.5 per cent increase predicted by analysts. It says the figure was buoyed by more demand for military and civilian aircraft and an increase in business investment. But the news was not enough to reverse Thursday’s declines, which had been prompted by weak Chinese manufacturing data and worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve might start withdrawing monetary stimulus sooner than expected. Jennifer Radman, a portfolio manager with Caldwell Securities Ltd., said it was not surprising that the U.S. markets showed little reaction to the durable goods figures. “At this point, we’ve had such a strong run in the market... so I think a lot of people are expecting a downturn,” she said. Radman said some stocks in her portfolios have risen up to 20 per cent in the past month and perhaps investors are now speculating more about how long those highs might be able to last. “I think the markets sometimes use different news items as an excuse to take money off the table,” she said. “It might just be a bit of profit-taking. It sort of happens when the market has had such a strong run.” Earlier this week, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the central does not plan on scaling back or ending its stimulus now but will consider it as early as next September. Many analysts had expected the stimulus to continue into 2014. The Fed has been buying $85 billion worth of bonds every month in an effort to keep interest rates low and encourage investors to put money into stocks and other risky assets. If the Fed slows or ends its bond purchases, investors fear it could lead to a shift of money away from stocks. Meanwhile, commodities continued to see modest declines, putting a drag on the resource-

chon during a conference call Friday. “Should the right fit from a cultural and strategic standpoint come along, we would be interested.” The bank recently finished integrating two other wealth management acquisitions, Wellington West Holdings Inc. and HSBC Securities full-service investment advisory business, into its operations. But the Montreal-based bank said it will steer clear of private and commercial banking acquisitions, after facing some issues while trying to integrate a $330 million, uninsured mortgage portfolio. “The acquired portfolio is performing according to expectations, but during the transition to our system there were some operational issues that impacted both the (provisions for credit losses) and delinquencies,” said William Bonnell, vice president of risk management. National Bank also announced Friday it is hiking its dividend and buying back some of its shares and reported a second-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates by a wide margin. Canada’s sixth-largest bank increased its quarterly dividend by four cents to 87 cents per share, starting with the August payout.

Kinder Morgan takes next step in its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Kinder Morgan Canada’s proposal to increase the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline calls for 30 oil tankers a month to load up with Alberta crude at its terminal in Burnaby, B.C., — up from about one per week. The information is part of a formal description of the proposed $5.4-billion, 1,150-kilometre-long pipeline project the company has filed with the National Energy Board. If approved, the pipeline would carry about 890,000 barrels of oil per day from the Edmonton area across both provinces and through parts of Metro Vancouver. “It is a material change in terms of the number of tankers,” Carey Johanneson, a Kinder Morgan spokesman said Friday from Calgary. “It is an increase from about one a week just in general terms to about one a day.” The Trans Mountain pipeline system was built in the early 1950s. It provides the only West Coast outlet for Canadian oil products. Kinder Morgan’s plan calls for installing 981 kilometres of new buried pipeline alongside its existing

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heavy TSX. June gold bullion lost $5.20 to US$1,386.60 an ounce, while shares in Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) fell on news that an environmental regulator in Chile has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick’s $8.5-billion Pascua-Lama project, citing “serious violations” of its environmental permit. The world’s largest gold mining company was also fined $16 million, the maximum allowable under Chilean law, after Barrick acknowledged that it failed to keep its promises to build systems for containing contaminated water. Barrick’s shares were temporarily halted, but once resumed, dropped 2.14 per cent, or 43 cents, to $19.69. The gold sector was the biggest decliner on the TSX, dipping 1.27 per cent. The July crude contract was down 10 cents to US$94.15 a barrel as the energy sector lost 0.31 per cent, and July copper was down a penny at US$3.29 a pound, while the metals and mining sector fell slightly by 0.05 per cent. The Toronto exchange got a lift by shares in Manitoba Telecom Services (TSX:MBT), which rose 5.7 per cent, or $1.83 to $33.93. Winnipeg-based MTS announced that it will be selling its national business telecommunications arm, Allstream, to Accelero Capital Holdings in a deal worth $520 million. Shares in National Bank (TSX:NA) also climbed, up nearly two per cent, or $1.46, to $76.91 after Canada’s sixth-largest bank said it was hiking its dividend and buying back some of its shares after its second-quarter profit beat analyst estimates by a wide margin. The remaining large Canadian banking and financial institutions were all set to release their earnings next week. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 12,667.22 up 9.13 points TSX Venture Exchange — 948.32 up 6.27 points TSX 60 — 727.28 up 1.05 points Dow — 15,303.10 up 8.60 points S&P 500 — 1,649.60 down 0.91 point Nasdaq — 3,459.14 down 0.28 point Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.89 cents US, down 0.25 of a cent Pound — C$1.5609, up 0.56 of a cent Euro — C$1.3349, up 0.33 of a cent Euro — US$1.2934, down 0.02 of a cent Oil futures: US$94.15 per barrel, down 10 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,386.60 per ounce, down $5.20 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.232 oz., up 12.8 cents $779.06 kg., up $4.12 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing: Canola: July ’13 $7.90 lower $634.50; Nov. ’13 $1.90 higher $557.50; Jan. ’14 $1.70 higher $558.50; March ’14 $1.20 higher $553.00; May ’14 $1.30 higher $546.10; July ’14 $1.30 higher $544.20; Nov. ’14 $1.30 higher $519.80; Jan ’15 $1.30 higher $519.80; March ’15 $1.30 higher $519.80; May ’15 $1.30 higher $519.80; July ’15 $1.30 higher $519.80. Barley (Western): July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $194.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $199.00; March ’14 unchanged $199.00; May ’14 unchanged $199.00; July ’14 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $199.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $199.00; March ’15 unchanged $199.00; May ’15 unchanged $199.00. Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 377,040 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 377,040.

pipeline and an expansion of the existing Westridge Marine oil terminal in Burnaby. Key sections of the pipeline route would not follow the existing line and would run through residential areas of Metro Vancouver and Edmonton, but routes have not been finalized.

Chile blocks Pascua-Lama mine, fines Barrick $16M for violations VALLENAR, Chile — Chile’s environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.’s US$8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world’s largest gold miner, citing “very serious” violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. After a four-month investigation, the Environmental Superintendent said all other construction work on Pascua-Lama must stop until Barrick builds the systems it promised to put in place beforehand for containing contaminated water. The fines add up to eight billion pesos — about $16 million — the highest possible under Chilean law. Trading in the Canadian company’s shares was halted on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges as the ruling prompted a sell-off. Barrick’s stock has lost more than half its value in the last year, due mostly to setbacks with Pascua-Lama, which straddles the Chile-Argentine border amid glaciers and snow-capped peaks at a lunch-aching 16,400 feet (5,000 metres) above sea level. Chile’s regulator noted that while Barrick itself reported failures, a separate and intensive investigation already begun by the agency’s own inspectors found that the company wasn’t telling the full truth. “We found that the acts described weren’t correct, truthful or provable. And there were other failures of Pascua Lama’s environmental permit as well,” said the superintendent, Juan Carlos Monckeberg. The company said it is reviewing the ruling. “Barrick is fully committed to complying with all aspects of the resolution and to operating at the highest environmental standards,” a company (TSX:ABX) statement said. Argentine authorities have insisted that Lama, their side of the bi-national project, will proceed with or without Chile, taking advantage of the infrastructure already in place for its Veladero mine, which is already producing ore just downhill.

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Above: Canadian basements can be brightened up. Below: Before, a cramped and drab place.

Sprucing up that lower level We have tackled the full, terrifying gamut of designer neglect the length and breadth of Britain via private commission, TV and print media. Guess it’s fair to suggest we’ve become a problem solving emergency service, expertly trained to resuscitate even the most flat lined scene. Hey, dial 9-9-SUBLIME and we’ll come kicking and screaming to the rescue. And take it from us: until every affront has been lovingly allayed, we pledge never to lay down our mood boards nor rest our fabled brushes. In Canada we face many of the same — emergency — issues. Dial 9-1FUN and we’ll arrive, designer wands brandished, ready COLIN & for remedial JUSTIN action. That said, on this side of the pond we have an extra layer with which to deal. It’s a layer that Brits, for the most part, are without: the basement. And with the great Canadian basement comes a host of attendant problems. Height, for instance, can be low and necessitate excavation before its potential can be realized. Other times overhead pipe work, damp issues or plumbing will be the demons that stop our reversions in their tracks. We could go on . . . If you’re poised on the brink of a major project, it’s crucial you speak to an experienced contractor to ensure every proposal satisfies building code. The last thing you want is your living room to come crashing into your basement because you moved a beam to create extra headroom. For fear of sounding alarmist, we beg you to be careful. The good news, however, is that most basements have significantly smaller issues to tackle, issues that won’t undermine your home’s architectural integrity. Before examining today’s makeover, we thought it might make for useful reading if we devoted a few words to aspects that will better your basement. In terms of colour, it’s academic: where space is restricted, keep tones light and fresh. If you relish drama, limit this to accessories and textiles.

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choose case goods with smaller legs. Simple tricks like these will pull the eye down further in vertically challenged environments. The first rule of design, as we see it, is to ensure all proposed actions marry beautifully with the needs of the user. This in mind, be inspired by today’s project. Our clients, a young-at-heart retired Scottish couple, beseeched us to tame the gloomy depths that lurked below their otherwise lovely Canadian home. Here’s how, against the swirl of bag pipes, we created a comfy family zone where clans can gather when kith and kin troop by:

We selected thick Berber with good, sound-deadening qualities to protect those upstairs when family gatherings are in full force downstairs. Other points to consider? Don’t scrimp on underlay. This will add comfort to even the least expensive carpeting. It’s also worth investing in spray protection to safeguard your carpet against spills and thrills. Chat with your supplier to determine precise costs but factor in around $100 extra per room.

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Walls

The removal of walls was unnecessary, as was any ‘dig down.’ The main jobs were to lift and replace the previous flooring and, ahem, banish the wallpaper. It was a tartan affair that boasted all the appeal of a tacky Edinburgh gift shop. Hints of plaid would come later.

Fresh, airy design at the forefront of our thinking, we painted the entire zone using dreamy creamy satin latex. It’s worth remembering that satin is much more reflective than matte (a distinct benefit where natural light is compromised).

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The odd accent wall is fine, but it’s best to play reserved cards in shallow zones to maximize the spatial vibe. As for lighting, hunt down ceiling mounts or inbuilt pot lights. Use side lamps and wall washers and dodge any fittings that will dangle into already compromised head height. When it comes to detailing and trim, avoid dado, picture rails, tall skirting and deep mouldings — these serve only to visually lower already compromised proportions. Wooden floors are serviceable for lower levels as long as there is absolutely no possibility of moisture ingress. Carpet also works well. But, once again, pay heed to dampness issues and if you’re even remotely concerned, select product with a high nylon content. Tile is also good — ceramic, slate or stone, all of which are better equipped (although not impervious) to water penetration. When buying furniture, seek out low-slung items such as long sofas and

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LIGHTS: Brighten the room And it’s eminently more resilient to knocks and scrapes making it a boon as far as maintenance is concerned.

Lighting Flush-mounted ceiling potlights flood the scene with bright illumination, while side lamps add warmth and adjustability. Keen to add a few extra bells and smells, we installed faux antler resin wall sconces. Touches like these will properly individualize any scheme and their addition thrilled our clients.

River rock wall To add heaps of texture, we added an entire wall of stack stone. A composite product like this (some options hang on a rack system, others apply — in the same way as tile — using adhesive) is relatively easy to install. Either follow the pack instructions or hire a competent builder. We love this variety’s calming tone; it seemed particularly relevant for Scottish clients who instructed us to do everything possible to remind them of the great glens and valleys of our shared homeland.

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Neutral tones on wall, floor coverings and furniture make this room look brighter.

When we compose our projects — particularly where furniture is concerned — we like to incorporate us much schematic interplay as possible. This in mind, rather than precisely matching furniture, we specified a combo of leather armchairs, plaid recliners and an oatmeal-toned sofa. The mix is much more pleasing than the straight-off-the-shelf look that can occur if you choose everything from one destination.

A chunky oak coffee table and a splash of colour with toss pillows and throws further bolster our ‘loch-side retreat’ atmosphere. Pop-up TV: Unless composing an overtly modern look where technology sits comfortably, we generally endeavour to conceal TVs and other media. Our solution for this Highland spell was to incorporate cabinetry containing a rise-and-fall TV mechanism.

As recently as 10 years past, these were prohibitively expensive (as much as $6,000 a pop). Due to the competitive nature of commerce, they’re now available from around $1,800. Try the ‘Highland’ from Touchstone; these guys have a range of entry-level cabinetry that will hide or reveal your goggle box as required. All things considered, the modern basement has come a long way in re-

cent years. No longer simply home to discarded furniture, shag carpet and dog beds they’re now — or certainly should be — commanding portions of real estate that will bolster future value while adding to life’s enjoyment factor in the present tense. So make like a troglodyte and unearth that golden opportunity. You know, deep down, it makes serious sense.

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Warm weather days have arrived, hopefully, and the move back to outdoor living returns. Living feels lighter and easier in the summertime; laid back entertaining and al fresco meals are a welcome respite. Setting up for company takes little else than rounding up the deck chairs and shaking out a checkered tablecloth. I do enjoy checking out home stores to see what’s fresh and new for the picnic table in seasonal decor. Rolf Glass is a cut glass studio that creates crystal and glassware with original distinctive images to suit any whim and party theme. Dozens of designs from palm trees and dragonflies DEBBIE to rodeo horses, and Tuscan TRAVIS olive branches are artistically etched into their glassware. This year they wanted to create a product that would make a difference, and help spread environmental awareness. They turned to recycling for inspiration — wine bottles to be specific. Using diamond-wheel technology they produced a unique design that completely alters the look and feel of the wine bottle. The design, combined with the blue tint of the glass is reminiscent of majestic glaciers, and thus the name of the collection — Glacier Glass. Source through Rolf Glass or visit www.classichostess.com and click on bar glasses. This will make a brilliant conversation piece for my first summer soiree. Question: Our 1950-style bungalow is beige and has a light coloured brick on part of the front around a large window. There is a deck with no overhang or rail that runs half the length of the house. Door is white. Should we paint the brick and house all one colour? Any suggestions on changing the look of the house would be appreciated.

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Air conditioning without ducts Question: How can I install air conditioning in a house with no ducts? Answer: Something called ductless mini-split air conditioners were made for houses like yours. They operate without ducts, but they can deliver effective cooling action to any area of your home. Ductless mini-splits use an outdoor compressor and they deliver cooling action to wallmounted units. Small, flexible pipes connect the outdoor and indoor parts of the system so they can operate. Besides no need for ducts, mini-split systems also cost less to operate than full-blown central air. Instead of piping cool air through ducts that are often leaky, with vents that are located on the floor, mini-split STEVE systems deliver cooling acMAXWELL tion without duct losses and high up in a room, just where you want it. Most major manufacturers make mini-split air conditioners.

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Nailing a hardwood floor Question: Is it safe to nail traditional hardwood flooring to a waferboard subfloor? Do I need to put down plywood first? Answer: Waferboard is more properly called OSB, and the letters stand for ‘oriented strand board’ — a sheet-type building material made of wood flakes glued together. Lots of houses are made with OSB subfloors these days. Opinions about its ability to hold flooring nails varies among contractors, but the official line is clear. Hardwood flooring can be securely nailed to an OSB subfloor. That’s the advice offered in a joint statement by the Structural Board Association, The National Wood Flooring Association and The National Oak Flooring Manufacturers’ Association. The key to a great hardwood installation on any type of subfloor is anchoring the subfloor properly before the hardwood gets nailed down. And while it’s true that some people use drywall screws for this job, it isn’t a good idea on two counts. First, drywall screws are thinner than deck screws and more brittle. It’s possible they can break in time. Also, drywall screw heads are made for Phillips screwdriver tips, which are more challenging to drive properly than the superior Robertson screw heads. Drive screws every 6” to 8” along all subfloor seams to keep the new floor as squeak-free as possible, then use a hammer-actuated flooring nailer for the tightest possible results.†

Asbestos siding Question: What can be safely done about peeling asbestos siding on the front of my house? Answer: I’ve consulted asbestos experts several times about situations exactly like yours, and opinions vary. One train of thought recommends removal and disposal of the asbestos siding. Apply sheets of foam insulation on outside walls, then new siding. While it’s true that leaving asbestos alone and

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Above: Like many older buildings, this one is covered in asbestos shingles. Rot proof and long lasting, repainting isn’t straight forward. Right: A pneumatic flooring nailer uses hammer blows to trigger firing of a nail. This approach drives floor boards tightly together just as the nail secures the wood. Available at all rental shops, this tool makes hardwood installation happen faster and better. undisturbed is often the safest option, this isn’t possible for you because of the flaking paint. And you can’t install new siding properly over old asbestos because of the irregular surface. And even it this weren’t a problem, you can’t conveniently drive nails through asbestos siding because it’s too hard and brittle. You’d need to predrill first, and that would spread asbestos dust. Repainting is an option, but you’ll need to guard against the very real possibility of lead in the old paint, plus the hazards of liberating airborne asbestos fibres as you scrape and prepare the surface. These varied approaches spring from different ideas about the danger posed by the encapsulated asbestos in siding. Though the consensus is that this form is less dangerous than what’s found in fluffy and fibrous asbestos insulation, asbestos siding still requires safety precautions. Many people brush or pressure wash asbestos siding and repaint as any other surface, but, it’s difficult to avoid contamination of soil and lawns. Safe siding removal procedures include gently taking the siding down piece by piece while wearing a respirator and disposable coveralls and gloves.

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Answer: To get a good indication of how different colours will look on the exterior of your home, do some research on the internet, in design books and even around your neighbourhood. You will discover similar architecture has been painted in various ways. Paint is the most economical way of changing the appearance of your home and there are some helpful tips. Use colours a few shades lighter or darker than the brick for a subtle contrast. (I wouldn’t paint the brick, it sounds like a nice feature.) Keep to a neutral palette but that doesn’t mean strictly beige. Nature’s greens and grays in light tones work well and will connect with the brick. Make the entrance door and porch a welcome feature with a fresh white or pale yellow. Choose a slight contrast for the trim around your large window (all windows). Question: I am updating a tired old bathroom in our 100-year-old home. The lower walls and bath surround are covered in cedar planks. Upper walls are wallpaper. I thought of painting the cedar dove gray and putting white and gray stripped wallpaper above. However, the rest of the house is in autumnal tones. Do I have to stick with those colours? Answer: Painting all the cedar will have a big impact on your bathroom, and you have chosen a colour palette that will brighten and enhance the space. Be sure to prepare the wood for paint with a high adhesion primer to stop any colour from the cedar bleeding through. A soft warm gray is in keeping with a century home and will look fresh, not out of place, against the autumn colours elsewhere. Making a change in one room doesn’t necessarily dictate that everything must follow. A new set of bed linens or duvet, a sofa in a different shade or a contrasting carpet will give your home a shot of energy as will a change in artwork. A great way to re-focus.

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

PIT STOP

Daughter caring for mother draws ire from sisters Dear Annie: I am one of five middle-aged sisters. My father died four years ago, and shortly after, my mother moved to an apartment near me. As her health has declined, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gradually become a partial caregiver. I am with her every day, sometimes for six hours or more. Mom insists on paying me. She can easily afford it. I was conservative with my hours, and the rate MITCHELL was comparable to in-home & SUGAR services. I am an excellent caregiver and pleased to help. Mom knows her care is better than sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get anywhere else. She is content and wants to stay where she is. Her doctors concur. After a year of â&#x20AC;&#x153;salary,â&#x20AC;? my sisters hit the ceiling. I am Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power of attorney, co-trustee and executor, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been 100 percent honest. I love my sisters, but they have no faith in me. They have mentioned moving Mom away from me. Should I just go ahead and take over? Legally? Financially? Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there a way we can all simply get along? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Outcast Sister Dear Outcast: Taking over seems guaranteed to provoke your sisters. Instead, invite them to participate in Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s care. Explain in detail what Mom needs. Perhaps they would like to take turns caring for her to see for themselves the amount of time and effort required. Ask whether they would prefer hiring an outside caregiver, and let them research the cost. Show them in writing the number of hours you spend with Mom. They need to appreciate what you do without feeling resentful or, worse, thinking that you are not deserving of any compensation. Dear Annie: The other day I mentioned to my oldest daughter that her youngest sibling seemed overly close with her youngest child. My daughter replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the youngest child syndrome. Everyone spends more time on the youngest and gives them everything. You do, too, Mom.â&#x20AC;? This statement hurt a little. When I went home, I thought about it and would like to clarify: Yes, when my older children grew up, I had more time to spend with the youngest, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean I loved him more. Yes, over the years, our expenses have gone down, so we could buy more things, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean I loved him more. Yes, with fewer children around to care for, I could take him places that I never took the others, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean I loved him more. My older kids were with me when we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford restaurants, so we had more family dinners at home. There was no money for movies, so we built a snowman. Instead of fancy trips, we read and talked about those exotic places. But, daughter, I never loved you less. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Your Mother Dear Mother: For every older child who believes the youngest is indulged, there is a younger child who believes the oldest is favored. Thank you for making it clear that in most families each child is loved deeply and completely, even when the surrounding circumstances change. Dear Annie: I read the letter from â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Little Wiser,â&#x20AC;? the man whose wife of 41 years had breast cancer. The experience of almost losing her transformed their relationship. They could no longer remember the things that bothered them. They no longer spoke hurtful words. They no longer saw the petty annoyances. That letter made me cry. My husband wondered what happened. I gave him the paper, and he started crying, too. You see, 18 months ago, I had a stroke. I am still recovering. Tell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wiserâ&#x20AC;? that we had the very same â&#x20AC;&#x153;deficienciesâ&#x20AC;? in our memories and discovered each other all over again. Thank you for printing it. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Love It Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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: Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Whistling swans and a larger trumpeter swan rest during their migrations north. Trumpeter swan populations have now got so large that there is a very limited hunting season on them in the U.S. Jan. 19): Reminiscing the old times sets a sentimental vibe to your day. You recognize the fact that certain epiphanies are simply enlightening messages from Saturday, May 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS the cosmic divine. Remarkable experiDATE: Anne Heche, 44; Mike Myers, ences and coincidences make you more spiritually attuned. 50; Ian McKellen, 74 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It is THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lunar eclipse in Sagittarius brings plenty ultimately your decision when it comes of opportunity to grow and prosper on to joining or leaving a circle of friends or all levels. The key elements in succeed- associations. You may be exposed to a certain reality which you ing making the most out of may be totally unresponthis eclipse is to be driven sive to or simply, decide to by a load of optimism and ignore it. Stick to your ratioan adventurous spirit. Skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nal side. the limit with this expansive PISCES (Feb. 19-March influence. 20): Professional highlights HAPPY BIRTHDAY: are in store for you. Be If today is your birthday, it ready to sail on a boat of goes without saying that success or to go further in the year ahead will be an your chosen career path. essential one for you. MaMale figures and higher jor new beginnings and ups play a crucial role durperhaps endings are likely ing this time. Let them help to occur for you. You will ASTRO you get a taste of victory. reach a new level of per-

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what is felt may not be entirely in accordance. Being considerate and tactful could really save you a few headaches. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A mountain of work is waiting for your caring attention. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind being of service to anyone today as long as they know their own place. Some unfinished business is pondering over your mind and it seems to interfere with your errands. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It is said that when in doubt not to take any decision. This might just be your motto for today. Deceptions can be easily attained if you are not careful about the decisions you make today. Take the time to separate fact from fiction. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You long for a certain level of security which feels threatened by the idea that you are not apt for the task. Career demands or critique from superiors could affect your well-being today making you question your abilities. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jump to conclusions. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe everything that is being said today yet, be open to other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideas and listen to what they have to say. You have your set of beliefs and so do they. Weigh the pros and the cons cautiously. After all, you are the master of equal fairness. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may be feeling that your feathers have been ruffled to a lack of ownership. You seek personal security which becomes a challenge to you when you realize that there is so much more that needs to be given back. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Even if relationships appear to be a bit more turbulent at times, take a few steps back and let be. As much as you may be tempted to throw yourself at the situation at hand, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get carried away. Emotional tides can rise high today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You want to advance much further within your endeavours yet an ongoing project is holding you back. Feeling trapped by this cumbersome emotion makes you question your true intentions. Ponder over the recent circumstances for guidance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your enthusiasm about a communication venture keeps you fired up. The degree of independence that you crave so much within this project may push you to clash with certain ideas. Avoid being too argumentative. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A sudden wave of uncertainty hunts you today. Lacking in a clear direction in life makes you somewhat unmotivated to carry on with lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands. Ensure that you do not misinterpret other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reactions. Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer/columnist.

DOYNA sonal growth and developSunday, May 26 ment. Changes will affect CELEBRITIES BORN you to the very core makON THIS DATE: Helena ing you transform through Bonham Carter, 47; Laurin the most significant partnerships. Hill, 38; Lenny Kravitz, 49 ARIES (March 21-April 19): This THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon is your moment to shine through opportunities that help you evolve on a in Sagittarius denotes a light-hearted multitude of levels. Explore new territo- mood prevailing throughout the day. A ries and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to expand your restless inclination pushes us to seek knowledge through individuals or places adventures and experience life to the fullest. An opposition to Mercury, Venus that are quite different from yours. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A turn- and Jupiter would suggest that we need ing point in your life will happen in the to employ a little more effort than usual area of your life dealing with shared when interacting with others. The use of finances and serious commitments. good moral judgements can really save Matters pertaining to such elements will our day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your clear up in its nature making it easier for birthday, pay special attention to your you to decide which road you should be one-on-one relationships this year. You heading to next. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are will seek to be close to someone and gradually leaving the shadowy area of you will attempt to avoid loneliness at your life and you are embarking into any cost. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up easily and strive a livelier chapter. The area of your life to fight for what you believe in. This is dealing with partnerships and associa- how you will learn a great deal about tions will ask for your undivided atten- yourself. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your tion. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The ar- highly-spirited temperament may prove ea of your life that has to do with health too impulsive to certain individuals. Your and work will be highlighted. This is your actions may be so unpredictable that it chance to drop a bad habit or to follow a can surprise even you. Your main chalparticular course of fitness. Changes oc- lenge today will be to slow down so that curring at work will be pleasing to you. you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t step over anyone. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You You appreciate the newly set methods may feel that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sufficient at work. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have funds to make a specific purchase. many reasons to be happy about while Deep down inside you may feel torn you embrace passion and excitement apart between the need to hold on tight that seem to follow you everywhere. to something dear to you and to own it. Commemorate these moments and in- Accept the fact that we cannot control dulge yourself guilt free in the depart- everything. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Instead ment of your life that has to do with fun. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your or arguing insatiably at the round table personal living space may change at take the time to look closer at the other personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs. Today, what is said and this time. The dynamics with one of your family members will have a different tone to it. Let your gutsy side serve you as a guiding tool when considering an important decision relative to your ultimate wellbeing. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Use your tact and charm to get the most out of a crucial conversation. Information may be flowing towards you in heavy doses. Be ready to hear exRefreshments provided. plosive news during this time which will entertain both you PLUS! Enter your name into our draw for and your neighbourhood. your chance to win a great door prize SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put a diligent thought into a tempting expense. Can th Date a certain belonging make you feel more safe and secure? Can you live a more modest Time lifestyle and enjoy equal levels of comfort? The way you perceive your personal earnPlace Red Deer Funeral Home ings will not be the same after today. 6150-67 St., Red Deer SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You are undergoing # HTGG EQOOWPKV[ GXGPV Ă§ #NN YGNEQOG major transformative changes that will surprise even you. Get Drop by for a tour and receive your complimentary Estate Planner reacquainted to a new version of your identity that has ac(QT OQTG KPHQTOCVKQP ECNN Ă§ YYY TGFFGGTHWPGTCNJQOG EQO quired a more valuable insight and merit. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come a long Red Deer Funeral Home & Crematorium way to get where you are now. by Arbor Memorial CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Arbor Memorial Inc.

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Deeper into the church-state Inferno Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was already having a rough day at the House Ways and Means Committee when one particularly hot question shoved him into the lower depths of a churchstate Inferno. The question concerned a letter sent by IRS officials in Cincinnati to the Coalition for Life of Iowa, linked to its application for tax-exempt status. “Please explain how all of your activities, including the prayer meetings held outside of Planned Parenthood, are considered educational,” said the letter, which was released by the Thomas More Society, which often defends traditional religious groups. “Organizations exempt TERRY under 501(c)(3) may present MATTINGLY opinions with scientific or medical facts. Please explain in detail the activities at these prayer meetings. Also, please provide the percentage of time your organizations spends on prayer groups as compared with the other activities of the organization.” Welcome back to the religious-liberty wars of 2013, in a scene captured by the omnipresent eye of C-SPAN. Questioning this government entanglement in issues of doctrine and even worship, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., asked: “Would that be an inappropriate question to a 501(c)(3) applicant? The content of one’s prayers?” Miller, already on his way out as IRS leader, had stressed that he would not address individual cases. Thus, he replied: “It pains me to say I can’t speak to that one, either. ... Speaking outside of this case, which I don’t know anything about, it would surprise me that that question was asked.”

IRS officials have, of course, confessed that they inappropriately targeted conservative groups — especially those with “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in their names — for extra scrutiny when they sought nonprofit status. Allegations of abuse or harassment have since broadened to include groups conducting grass-roots projects to “make America a better place to live,” to promote classes about the U.S. Constitution or to raise support for Israel. However, it now appears the IRS also challenged some individuals and religious groups that, while defending key elements of their faith traditions, have criticized projects dear to the current White House, such as health-care reform, abortion rights and same-sex marriage. At the heart of these fights are questions often raised about a variety of groups on the left and the right. Was it partisan politics when African-American churches worked to promote economic justice, during campaigns when those efforts helped President Barack Obama? What about liberal religious groups that stressed voting green on environmental issues, during campaigns when those efforts often led to support for Democrats? In recent years, religious conservatives have been accused of turning projects linked to their teachings on abortion and marriage into vaguely partisan efforts to oppose Obama, while indirectly supporting his opponents. Thus, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the global Samaritan’s Purse humanitarian project faced IRS review — for the first time ever. During the most recent White House campaign, the Graham organization ran ads against gay marriage in North Carolina. In one, the elder Graham was quoted saying: “I believe it is vitally important that we cast our ballots for candidates who base their decisions on biblical principles and support the nation of Israel. I urge you to vote for those who protect the biblical defini-

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11:00 a.m. Celebration Service Joanne Boruck, R.Sc.P www.cslreddeer.org

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tion of marriage between a man and a woman.” In a letter to Obama, the Rev. Franklin Graham claimed: “I believe that someone in the administration was targeting and attempting to intimidate us. This is morally wrong and unethical — indeed, some would call it ‘un-American.’ ... I do not believe that the IRS audit of our two organizations last year is a coincidence -- or justifiable.” Meanwhile, on the religious left, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State is convinced that the younger Franklin is — no coincidence at all — drawing justifiable scrutiny because of “his disgust with President Obama.” While the Graham ads didn’t mention politicians by name, this was “clearly an effort by one of the Graham families’ tax-exempt groups to directly affect the outcome of the election, he argued in the “On Faith” forum at The Washington Post website. “If this brazen action led to IRS scrutiny, I’m fine with that. My only regret is that the agency didn’t yank the BGEA’s tax-exempt status for doing so. “The problem isn’t that the IRS is being too aggressive in this area. “It’s that its enforcement efforts have been sporadic, unfocused and tepid.”

Sunday, May 26

4718 Ross St. • 403-346-4560

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL

Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid “Spiritual Maturity - Burning Your Bridges Behind” 10:30 am Worship Service

“A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

www.firstbaptistrd.ca

www.stleonardsonthehill.org Celebrant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

streamschurch.com 403.342.7441

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9:00 am Communion Service 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Bob Northey “Payback” Genesis 30:Verses 25-43 Childrens Sunday School 2 1/2 - Grade 5

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Celebrant Lynda Jordan

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West Park Presbyterian

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Sunday, May 26

10:15 am Worship Service

GOOD SHEPHERD ELCIC 40 Holmes St.

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Incentives can up blood donations BY SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A man gives blood in Montreal. A new study suggests that offering incentives to blood donors may alter the proportion of people who are willing to roll up their sleeves. “The idea here is these organizations want to minimize the risk that someone misrepresents their health status or their past behaviour in order to receive the reward. “So if you get the reward anyway, regardless of whether you actually donate or not, then once you come to fill the health history form they ask you to fill out, then you don’t have any incentive to not tell the truth.” Lacetera cautioned that the economists’ findings should not be interpreted as promoting a straight cash-for-blood policy. “Our main message is look at this evidence and then make your decisions after you have taken this evidence into consideration.” Dana Devine, vice-president of medical, scientific and research affairs for Canadian Blood Services (CBS), said many blood collection systems in developed countries that prohibit cash-for-blood payments are starting to consider non-monetary incentives.

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Some statin drugs raise users’ risk of diabetes

Camdon Construction Ltd. Attention: Human Resources 6780 – 76th Street Red Deer, AB T4P 4G6 Fax: (403) 343-2648 Email: hr@camdon.ca

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This competition will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. This competition may also be used to fill future vacancies. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. Note: Camdon is a drug & alcohol testing company. 43824E24,25

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BANK FINANCING experience an asset. We offer excellent wages and beneﬁts. Please submit your resume to: 600-4911-51 Street Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6V4 Fax: 403-343-6069, or email: dsinclair@warrensinclair.com

VIBE CAR AUDIO INSTALLATION PROFESSIONAL Vibe Car Audio is the largest independent car audio retailer in Red Deer. Due to rapid growth we have an immediate opening for an installation professional. If you’re hungry for success and career growth opportunities, then we want to hear from you!

The Canpro Gator Centre, an Agco agricultural equipment dealership specializing in self-propelled application equipment in Olds, AB, has an immediate opening for a full-time:

FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN Duties included but not limited to:

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• Preference given to Red Seal or journey status techs. • Must be able to work in a team environment. • Must have strong drive for customer support. • Must have the ability to work with limited to no supervision. • Good understanding of computer skills required • Ability to read and understand hydraulic and electrical schematics. • Must have a valid driver’s license.

If you feel you would be a good candidate for this position, please forward your resume (which will be held strictly conﬁdential) to:

We oﬀer competitive wages and are willing to setup remote techs to work from home for the right candidate. We service all of Manitoba and an Alberta territory. Compensation is dependent on qualiﬁcations.

Vibe Car Audio #2-5125-76A St. Close Red Deer, AB T4P-3M2 Fax: 347-9499 Email: sales@vibecaraudio.ca Attn: Dean Hanrahan General Manager

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Applications will be strictly conﬁdential. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted. All other applicants are thanked for their submissions. To apply, please fax resume to 204-727-6061 Attn: Service Manager or email to roger.tichit@can-pro.com

Install experience required: • Car audio installation • Remote car starter experience • Custom fabrication and design knowledge • Attention to detail & quality of install finish. Vibe offers: • Guaranteed base salary plus commission • 100% paid benefits program • Weekends and holidays off • Occasional evening work required • One extra week of paid holidays after 3 years employment • Annual company profit sharing • On-going support and training • Great team work environment

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TORONTO — Some cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins appear to put users at an elevated risk of developing diabetes, a new study reports. The work, by Toronto scientists, suggests that higher potency statins increase the diabetes risk, while for lower dose statin brands the elevated risk is not seen. At the end of the day, the cholesterol-lowering benefits of the drugs may outweigh the diabetes risks in many cases, said senior author Dr. Muhammad Mamdani. But he suggested it makes sense to try to use a lower dose statin when possible. “If a patient has a really high LDL” — the dangerous form of cholesterol — “then maybe you do need the high powered stuff like Lipitor and rosuvastatin or Crestor and you can actually go a bit higher on the dose,” said Mamdani, director of the applied health research centre at the St. Michael’s Hospital’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. “But for most of the patients you could probably get away with using something like pravastatin or even lovastatin.... I’d say for the vast majority of patients, those would be just fine.” Pravastatin, which is sold as Pravachol or Selektine, has actually been shown to be protective against diabetes in some studies. Lovastatin is sold under the brand name Mevacor. Mamdani estimated the risk as follows: “For every 1,000 patients who takes one of the higher potency statins, you’re going to see six to 10 additional patients being diagnosed with diabetes. ... Had you used pravastatin, you would have seen between six to 10 fewer patients with diabetes.” “So the risks aren’t huge,” he continued. “But there are a lot of people taking these high potency statins. In fact, atorvastatin is by far — by far — the most popular statin.” The possible link between taking some statins and diabetes has been seen in the past. In fact, Health Canada warned in January that statin users may have a small increased risk of developing the condition and changed the labelling on the drugs to reflect that fact. But previous studies have found conflicting results, so Mamdani and some colleagues conducted another. They looked at the records of more than 470,000 people 66 and older in Ontario who did not have diabetes when they started taking a statin, and found three brands of the drugs seemed to increase their diabetes risk. The three drugs were atorvastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin, which are sold as Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor respectively.

Project Manager The Project Manager is responsible for the construction of building projects; from the start-up to the close-out. As a Project Manager you will: • Initiate construction, once a proposal is accepted, using the project start-up process • Utilize Camdon’s best practices to coordinate and manage construction: adequately resource projects; prevent problems, cost overruns, delays or lapses in communication and poor quality workmanship • Conclude projects to deliver a complete structure to a completely satisfied client Your ability to balance multiple demands and strong organization skills will ensure your success in this position. Other important qualities include: high proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, excellent communication skills, and superior relationship management skills. Preference will be given to candidates with project management experience in the design-build industry. However, various combinations of education and construction experience will also be considered. Travel is a requirement for this position and therefore a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and an acceptable driver’s abstract are required. Please forward your resume, quoting competition number 130102, to:

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TORONTO — Maybe offering straight cash for a blood donation is a no-no, but research suggests that other incentives like free T-shirts and gift cards can boost donor rates without compromising the safety of the blood supply. Writing Thursday in the journal Science, an international team of economists says countries that prohibit material rewards for blood donors may want to rethink that position, based on recent research. “For a long time, there has been a sort of aversion to any form of reward, or economic incentive, to stimulate blood donations, based on the idea that this might actually reduce motivation because this is not an altruistic act,” said study co-author Nico Lacetera of the University of Toronto. There’s also been concern among the World Health Organization and many blood collection agencies that incentives could attract donors who might be more likely to carry transmissible diseases, which could find their way into the pooled blood supply, he said. Policies that prohibit monetary incentives have been based primarily on population surveys in which respondents were asked if they would donate blood if offered a cash reward, and the majority nixed that idea. But Lacetera said responses were based on a hypothetical premise — not on studies of actual potential donors offered an incentive. “If you look at more recent field studies based on actual behaviour — observational studies or large field trials — then the story is quite different,” he said. “All of these studies based on actual behaviour ... show that incentives do seem to attract more donations with no impact on the type of donor.” Lacetera and two other economists from the U.S. and Australia looked at more recent research in the United States, Argentina, Italy and Switzerland. They found that in Italy, for example, offering blood donors a paid vacation day from work led to a 40 per cent rise in annual donations. Tempting potential Swiss donors with a five-franc lottery ticket raised donations to 47 per cent from 42 per cent, while a $10 gift card offer increased U.S. donations to 20 per cent from 13 per cent. “The reward is not conditional on an actual donation,” he said. “It’s conditional only on showing up to a blood drive or a blood donation centre.

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BLOOD: Incentives “We do occasionally put up material items that are available to people who come to a clinic, and receiving those material items is not dependent on giving a donation,” Devine said. “It’s the idea of seeing whether those kinds of Tshirt or other incentives actually draw people into the clinic so they can see what it’s all about and have a first-hand experience and get engaged,” she said, adding that those items are usually in the $10 range. Some blood agencies try to entice potential donors with contests for bigger-ticket prizes — “probably right up to a car in the last few years,” Devine said. People come into clinics to enter their names for a draw, but aren’t required in return to offer up their arms to give blood. “So it’s a different kind of motivator perhaps and also a different audience,” Devine said. “This is probably not particularly appealing to the people who are already committed blood donors because they’re coming in for some reasons that are more related to pure altruism.” In Canada, less than four per cent of people eligible to give blood are regular donors. Put another way, about one in two Canadians could be donating blood, but only one in 60 actually does. However, Canadian donors give more frequently on average than donors elsewhere in the world. A for-profit company, Canadian Plasma Resources, wants to open three clinics — two in Toronto and one in Hamilton — that would pay money for plasma extracted from a donor’s blood. Plasma is a component of blood that contains many proteins and can be used to treat diseases. Lacetera said such clinics could end up competing for donors with Canadian Blood Services, especially if the centres are near one another. “So for example, if there are two locations where you can collect blood and one offers rewards and the other doesn’t, then we see some movement from people who were used to donating in the location where there were no incentives to the location where there are incentives,” he said.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS The H7N9 bird flu virus responsible for this spring’s explosive outbreak in China transmits well among ferrets and even sometimes spreads among them by the airborne route thought to be the way seasonal flu viruses transmit among people, a new study suggests. While the airborne spread wasn’t highly efficient, the work suggests this virus is more closely adapted to person-toperson spread than other bird flu viruses, the authors said. “Under appropriate conditions human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 virus may be possible,” the scientists — from China, Hong Kong, the United States and Toronto — say in a paper published Thursday in the journal Science. They suggest China may need to rethink the management of live poultry markets, especially in urban areas, to prevent the virus from fully adapting to spread among people. The outbreak, which appears to have come under control — albeit perhaps temporarily — has so far resulted in 131 confirmed human infections and 36 deaths. There hasn’t been a new case reported since May 8. Still, flu experts warn that it is too soon to say that the virus is gone. Warming temperatures in China and the closure of live bird markets may have temporarily stopped human infec-

tions, but they could resume in the fall. Malik Peiris, one of the authors of the study, said the research is part of the process of assessing the risk posed by this virus, which first came to the attention of the international community at the beginning of April. The researchers experimentally infected ferrets, which are frequently used as a standin for people in flu studies. They then placed uninfected ferrets into cages with the infected animals. The virus easily passed from the sick to the healthy animals. They also put healthy animals in cages near

infected ferrets, to see if the virus could spread the way it does between people — by viruses transmitted through coughing and sneezing. Only one of three ferrets in adjacent cages got sick. The results essentially reflect what has been seen in humans. The virus clearly can transmit to people, but doesn’t appear to spread easily from one person to the next at this point. There have been small clusters of cases, though, and they may suggest that when people are in close contact with an infected person they can contract the virus.

Flu experts don’t take any comfort from the fact that the airborne spread appeared to be inefficient in this study. That’s because with other bird flu viruses, it wouldn’t have been seen at all. “You do this (experiment) with H5N1 with a virus that comes out of humans or poultry, it won’t transmit. And you do this with any other avian virus, it won’t transmit. But this one does,” said Ron Fouchier, a Dutch virologist who specializes in studying the mutations bird flu viruses need to be able to spread by the airborne route among mammals.

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The researchers said no increased risk was seen with fluvastatin (which is sold under the brand names Lescol, Canef and Vastin) or lovastatin. Mamdani said there isn’t an across-the-board answer here. “I don’t think it should be . . . ‘Everybody ditch the statin that you’re on and take pravastatin.’ It really should be left to the physician and the patient to see where the patient is at.” The study was published in BMJ, a journal of the British Medication Association. The work was done by researchers at Toronto General Hospital, the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Studies, Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.

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WANTED Appeal Panel Members Human Services is seeking applicants to serve on appeal panels for: s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) s Income and Employment Supports (IES) You’ll be trained on relevant legislation and appeal processes to provide a fair and independent citizen review for hearings related to AISH and/or IES. Panel members serve one to three-year terms on a voluntary basis and receive an honorarium and reimbursed expenses. Consider this opportunity if you understand and respect diversity, have strong interpersonal skills, a desire to resolve concerns, and related experience. Other assets may include: s experience as a member or chair of a committee or quasi-judicial board; s the ability to objectively analyze complex written and verbal information; s the ability to assess issues and participate in consensus decision-making. Learn more at jobs.alberta.ca. For questions, contact Beverly Baker, Appeals Secretariat, at beverly.baker@gov.ab.ca or (780) 422-2775, or call toll free at (780) 310-0000. Closing date: June 14, 2013.

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YORK Gordon 1926 - 2013

OKO Chantel Dawn Nov. 15, 1990 - May 18, 2013

Gordon York of Red Deer passed away at the Extended Care Nursing Home on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the age of 87 years. Gordon was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan in 1926. He joined the Navy in 1943 where he served our country for three years during WWII. He met his loving wife, Betty, in 1959, in Calgary, Alberta where he worked for the CP Railway until the early 1970’s. He then moved to Red Deer and assumed a position at the Michener C e n t e r. G o r d o n w i l l b e lovingly remembered by his loving wife of 53 years, Elizabeth (Betty) York, two sons; Mike (Cynthia) York of Red Deer and Greg (Denise) Yo r k o f R e d D e e r, t w o daughters; Sharon (Allen) York of Red Deer and Deb (Clarence) Patterson of British Columbia, eleven grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Gordon is also survived by two brothers; Bob (Lois) York of New Market, Ontario and R o n ( M a r i o n ) Yo r k o f Kamloops, B.C., as well as one sister, Bernice Peters of Vernon, B.C. Gordon was predeceased by his parents; Ernest and Mary York. A Private family service will be held at a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing our precious daughter, granddaughter, sister and friend at the age of 22. Left to cherish her memory are her parents Karen (Don); and Dean (Jane); sister and best friend Elise; grandmother Lois Kelln; friends Ryan Hirsch and Ryan Young and her uncles, aunts and cousins. Chantel was predeceased by her boyfriend Colin Murphy and grandparents Arnold Kelln, and Frank and Eleanor Oko. In her short life, Chantel touched people with her vibrant smile and compassionate heart. The family would like to express gratitude to all the friends and family who have shared their sympathies, prayers and support in this difficult time. A Visitation will be held at Serenity Funeral Service, 5311- 91 Street NW, Edmonton, AB on Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. A Memorial Service will be held at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church 11223 - 51 Avenue N W, E d m o n t o n , A B o n Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, 1502 College Plaza, 8215 - 112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8 SERENITY FUNERAL SERVICE 5311-91 Street Edmonton Alberta T6E 6E2

NAPESIS Crystal 1988 - 2013 Crystal Ann Marie Napesis of Red Deer passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the age of 25 years. She will be missed by her children, Teagan and Tiana, as well as by her loving family. Viewing will take place on Monday, May 27, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Potter’s Hands Church, 5202 53 Ave., Red Deer; with the funeral service at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in trust to her children. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com

BOSCH Albert Joseph Bosch (Al) passed away on May 20, 2013 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital after a long courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving wife, Joan, of 39 years; son Shane and daughter-in-law, Lee; and two precious grandsons Cole and Hudson whom he loved dearly; as well as numerous family and friends. Out of respect for Al’s wishes there will be no funeral service. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. The family wishes to thank Dr. Jeff Mulder and Dr. Rudolph as well as staff on Units 22, 32 and the Cancer Centre at the RDRH for all the excellent care he had received. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cancer Centre at the RDRH.

CAMERON Christopher Jason 1973 - 2013 It is with loving hearts that the family of Christopher Jason Cameron announce his passing on Thursday, May 23, 2013. A celebration of Chris’s life will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, AB. o n We d n e s d a y, M a y 2 9 , 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Donations in Chris’ name can be made to Unit 1, Extended Care, Lacombe Community Health Centre 5010 - 51st Street, Lacombe, AB. T4L 1W2. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe & Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

LANDON John Phillip John (Jack) died May 20, 2013 at the age of 83. He left this world peacefully with family by his side. Jack was born in Blairmore and worked most of his career with Calgary Power Ltd / TransAlta Utilities. He was also a member of the 3rd Masonic lodge. Jack and Jean, his wife and soulmate, enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and after retirement, Jack enjoyed working with his son, Phil, and helping family with numerous and varied projects. Jack was predeceased by Jean and infant son, Jackie. Left to miss him are daughter Margaret, sons Phil (Jean), Ron (Nora), eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. As per Jack’s wishes, a family memorial and celebration of his life was held May 24, 2013. Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Condolences may be sent to eventidefuneralchapels.com

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HERMAN 1954 - 2013 On May 14th we lost our beloved wife, mom, grammie, s i s t e r, c o u s i n , a u n t a n d friend, Linda Herman. She leaves behind her husband, Gary; daughters Jackie (Mike) and Jenna (Darcy); sons Shane (Gemma) and Shawn (Charity); grandkids Kyler, Katie, Josh, Kayleigh, Dominik, Levi, Cameron, Shelby and Rochelle; sister Lori (Dan); brothers Chub (Karen) and Willie (Hennie); and numerous friends, co-workers and extended family. We will always miss her humor, her laughter, and her spirit. A memorial gathering will be held at the Brennen Funeral Home Chapel in Stettler on Monday, May 27th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

TOLIVER Dale Frank 1954-2013 Formerly of Rumsey AB. Passed away May 20th, 2013 at the age of 58 A celebration of Dale’s life will be held June 1st, 2013 at Rumsey hall. The Toliver family wishes to thank Dr. Atchisen and Dr. Thain and the staff on unit 32 at the Red Deer Hospital donations can be made to unit 32.

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MINARIK (Mlynarczyk) Adeline Mary Dec. 23, 1942 - May 21, 2013 On May 21, 2013, Adeline Minarik of Red Deer, AB, passed away peacefully after a sudden and brief battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her mother and f a t h e r, N e l l i e a n d B i l l Mlynarczyk. She is survived by her husband and best friend, Leonard, her daughter, Michelle (Stanley) Foster, and her grandchildren; Ta s h a w n a n d N a v a y a . Adeline was born in Punnichy, and grew up on the family farm near Punnichy where her parents farmed in the Kutawa district. Adeline moved to Regina where she initially worked at the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Adeline and Leonard were married on October 24, 1964, following which they moved to Alberta. For several years she ran a successful hatchery business before taking a job with Woody’s RV World where she worked for 23 years until her retirement in 2012. There she not only earned the respect of her coworkers but also formed strong friendships. Adeline had a zest for life and loved to laugh and show her keen wit and humor. She welcomed the company of family and friends and was always a warm and gracious hostess. Adeline’s family was her passion and pride and she cherished spending time with her grandchildren. Fulfilling her life as a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, she will always be remembered and forever missed. The family wishes to thank the caring and dedicated staff at the Red Deer Hospice Society. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will occur at a later date in Punnichy, SK. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

ROSE Gordon Earle 1927 - 2013 Gordon E. Rose of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the age of 86 years. Gordon was born on the home farm near Manson, Manitoba, where he also graduated from grade 11. Gordon continued his education, receiving a diploma in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. His employment took him from the farm to Moosomin, SK, and on to High River, Innisfail and Red Deer. Gordon took great pride in coaching his sons in the sports he once participated in, hockey and baseball; an avid fan of the Red Deer Riggers, attending as many games as he was able to. Gordon will be lovingly remembered by his wife Lavina (Viney) Rose, and children Ron (Rita) Rose of Red Deer, AB, Brian (Val) Rose of Moosomin, SK, Sherry (Eric) Shire of Moosomin, SK and Richard (Deb) Rose of Red Deer; ten grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Gordon will In Memoriam also be missed by his sisters WILSON Marion Ferri of Rockport, TX In loving memory of and Kay Logan of Virden, Donald James MB. Gordon was predewho passed away May 25, 2008 ceased by his parents Percy and Helen Rose, brother These special years Lorne and sisters Shirley (in will not return infancy) and Verna Leinweber. When we were all together, At a later date, a private but the love you put Memorial Service will be held within our hearts at Red Deer, AB and interment Reminds us ~ will be held in Manson, MB. you walk with us forever. In honour of Gordon, donations may be made to a ~ Always loved & sadly charity of one’s choice. missed Condolences may be sent or by his wife Ivy and Family viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at Card Of Thanks PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND HOVLAND CREMATORIUM, The family would like to 6287 - 67 A Street thank the staff on Unit 33 (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. for the care Glen received 403.340.4040 during his recent stay. Dr. Johann Viljoen and pharmacist Doug Higham for all their help and support. Thanks to Bruce and staff at Meaningful Memorials and to all friends and relatives who attended Glen’s recent service. All the donations, flowers and cards were very much appreciated. ~ Helen and family

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OLSON Spencer He was the best man we ever knew. The only parent we ever knew and always our pillar of strength and love till the day God called him home on Sunday, May 12th, 2013 at 66 yrs old. Ronald “Spencer” Olson was born on November 11th, 1946 in Innisfail, Alberta. Dad was a honest, kind and a hardworking man. He drywalled in Central Alberta from 1974-2012. Saying a hard day’s work makes an honest man out of you. He believed in time spent not money. Always saw the good in others. He was raised on a farm in the Markerville area with two brothers: Robert Olson and Raymond Olson and two sisters: Elaine Olson and Shirley Boyd. He was predeceased by his Dad, Fred Olson and his Mom, Margaret Olson. Also by his faithful companion his dog of 18 yrs Tiny. His heart and soul belonged to his family. His 5 Grandchildren: Zachary (14) Ireland (13) Grace (9) Ella (8) and Lucas (6). His two kids Shayne Olson and Sherri (Rob) Black of Red Deer. We were together all the time and we wouldn’t of wanted it any other way. We will come together one last time to Celebrate Dad’s Life on May 26th, 2013 at 11 am at the Markerville Lutheran Church, Markerville, Alberta. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made directly to the Red Deer Cancer Center at the RD Regional Hospital in Dad’s good name. He will be missed and remembered for the rest of our lives because we loved him more then we can find words for.

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AMER Robert (Bob) William June 5, 1955 to April 8, 2013 Tribute to a Gentleman with a Great Big Heart. Bob, we your friends and your neighbors alike wonder why you have left us so soon. There were many more campfires and fishing trips, holidays and visits, gardening and woodworking projects to enjoy. You were the type of friend and neighbor that few have the honor to know in their lives and we all feel blessed to have had you as part of ours. We will miss your warm greetings, childlike enthusiasm, unselfish helping hands, and the small gifts you brought that added a little special to an ordinary day. You spoke highly of all your friends and neighbors, and you touched the hearts of us all. Without close family by your side we all felt for you. Your dogs, BJ, Scooter and Elmo, brought cheer to your days and they were the only family you had in these recent years. You loved them so much and they loved you in return. They were your “boys”! Now you return to rest with your parents, Evelene (Ev) and Albert (Bert) (Amer’s Radiator Ltd.), and your “boys” at your side. Bob we are the ones you loved and left behind but we are all here to take care of your wishes now that you have left this world. We will do right by you Bob. You left your footprint on this world and we will remember you always and miss you dearly for the rest of our lives. Please join us for a celebration of Bob’s life at the Red Deer Legion, Alberta Room on June 8, 2013 from 1-4:00 pm. Donations to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta are appreciated.

Obituaries

www.simplycremations.com

Red Deer Funeral Home & Crematorium 6150–67 Street Red Deer, AB

403-347-3319 reddeerfuneralhome.com

Red Deer

Funeral Home & Crematorium by Arbor Memorial Arbor Memorial Inc.

Newly Renovated Facility

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Obituaries

E2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 25, 2013

50-70

Arts & Crafts Shows

Accounting firm requires a F/T receptionist/bookkeeper. You must be a highly organized individual with a professional and courteous manner. Good communication skills and proficiency in MS Office applications are essential. Bookkeeping using QuickBooks will also be required. Please email your resume to jerilyn@ advancedbookkeeping.ca or fax to 403-346-3367.

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6th CALGARY

ANTIQUE

Dental

Show & Sale

June 1 & 2

Garrison Curling Rink 2288-47 Ave. SW Carswell’s 403-343-1614

Lost

CAT LOST in LANCASTER, all black, ear tattoo ZVO213. Her name is Rue. Please contact 403-896-0328 if you see or have her. You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Found

FOUND: 26’, 21 Speed Bike. Identify to claim. Call Leo at 403-348-0488 FOUND: iPhone at the Farmer’s Market on May 18th. Call 403-347-5616 to identify.

Personals

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

LPN NEEDED

F/T RDA II with Ortho Module an asset. Position open in a busy family dental practice in Rocky Mountain House. Competitive salary, benefit package & uniform allowance & 4 day work wk. If you are willing to work in a team environment and are pleasant and ambitious we look forward to your resume. Fax resume to 403-845-7610 F/T RDA REQUIRED AT HERITAGE FAMILY DENTAL. Fax 403-340-2272 or visit heritagefamilydental.com. F/T RECEPTIONIST needed for busy general dental office in Red Deer. Must be a self-motivated team player with good communication skills. Dental reception experience req’d. Please send resume with cover letter to (888) 815-9839 or: carolfuis@gmail.com

RDA

SOUTHPOINTE DENTAL looking for new team member. Please email resume to: spdental@telus.net or apply in person. Great wages for right person.

Hair Stylists

760

ADAM & EVE UNISEX REQ’S F/T HAIR CUTTING PERSONNEL. Above average earnings. Submit resume in person at Parkland Mall.

jobs

JUST CUTS is looking for F/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary. Call Jen at 403-340-1447 or Christie 403-309-2494

CLASSIFICATIONS

URBAN IMAGE HAIR CO.

wegot

700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

720

Clerical

requires stylist, commission & chair rental. Call 403-314-4288

Janitorial

770

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

Medical

790

RAPIDLY growing waste & LPN & RN Positions recycling company in Alix looking for F/T office help. Available! Both positions Payroll & accounting exp. are part time with no evennecessary. CGA preferred ings or weekends. Please bring in your resume to but not req’d. Sage Simply 215-5201-43rd Street or accounting. Email resume fax to 403-341-3599. to: canpakcp@outlook.com

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

MOA NEEDED

ASSISTANT DISTRICT MANAGER JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!!

• • •

• 1ST RATE ENERGY • SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes • for the following positions: •

Qualifications Include:

5-10 yrs experience in the Production Testing Industry Valid Driver’s License Business Management Skills Organizational Skills Project Management Experience

Duties required:

Coordinating field Operations Manage crew and personnel Flexible work schedule - after hours on call rotation Financial Management - Cost control

* Experienced • Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators • * Experienced Production Testing Please visit our website at: www. 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.

cathedralenergyservices.com or apply by email to: pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com wtopp@ cathedralenergyservices.com

is hosting the

18th Annual Bike•Walk•Run

Fundraising Event

June 8

Choose from 100 km bike, 15 km run and 13 km walk event options. Participants collect pledges with all money raised going towards the Camp Kuriakos ministry. Free t-shirt and steak dinner to follow for all participants.

Oilfield

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Oilfield

800

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Class 1 Operators

COLTER ENERGY SERVICES USA INC Join Our Fast Growing Team and Secure Your Future with our Optimum Benefit Package & RRSP’s!!

to haul clean fluids for the

CLASS 1 LOW BED TRUCK DRIVER HINTON, ALBERTA

Oil & Gas Industry. Home Experienced every night, company Oilfield Construction benefits with exceptional Lead Hands pay structure. Must be able Alstar Oilfield is looking for a to work on their own with highly motivated individual Experienced minimal supervision. to join our Team. Compensation based on Oilfield Construction Alstar has been serving the experience. Fax resume Labourers oil and gas construction industry since 1969.

Industrial Painters

If you have…. Minimum 5 Years with Alstar Oilfield is looking for a highly motivated individuals Class 1 to join our Team in both Low Bed Experience Hinton and Fox Creek. hauling Cats, Excavators, and Side Booms Alstar has been serving the • Qualified Day & Night • Clean Abstract oil and gas construction Supervisors • Winch Tractor Experience industry since 1969. - (Must be able to provide • O f f R o a d O i l f i e l d own work truck.) Experience If you have a Desire to be • Field Operators Part of a Growing Company - Valid First Aid, H2S, If you Desire to be Please email your resume driver’s license required! Part of a Growing Company to: hr@alstaroilfield.com Please email your resume Please Quote Please see your website to: hr@alstaroilfield.com Job # 72095 on Resume @ www.colterenergy.ca Or fax to 780-865-5829 or contact us at Please Quote For detailed job description 1-877-926-5837 Job # 72096 on Resume Please email hr@alstaroilfield.com Your application will be “Committed to enriching Or visit our Career Section kept strictly confidential the lives of our workforce, at: www.alstaroilfield.com while providing quality energy construction solutions” “Committed to enriching the lives of our workforce, while TOO MUCH STUFF? providing quality energy construction solutions” Let Classifieds Oilfield help you sell it. LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers. Positions available immediately. Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants. MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits. Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@gmail. com

800

Groundskeeper

For information on this career opportunity visit:

www.rdcrs.ab.ca

Oilfield

w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

NOW HIRING FOR:

Oilfield Equipment Operator/Mechanic

- Class 3Q Driver license w/clean abstract required - Diesel mechanic experience or ticket req’d. - Picker & Rig experience preferred - Drug testing required - Competitive pay w/ benefits Fax or Email resume only: Admin@chcinc.ca or fax: 403-343-3626 Suitable applicants will be contacted. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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720

Clerical

ADMINISTRATION EQUS, Canada’s largest member-owned utility, based in Innisfail, has a 14-month Administrative opening in our Innisfail office. You will be the first contact for Members interested in construction, and you will be responsible for providing support, both internal and external, relating to our projects. Duties include creating quote letters, gathering information, opening and closing files, putting together job-costing information and general administrative assistance. We require strong computer and organizational skills along with related post-secondary education and experience.

Apply by May 27th to bbassett@equs.ca

Computer Personnel

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:

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IT PERSONNEL

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Hydraulic Fracturing, Coiled Tubing, Nitrogen, Cement and Acid Apprentice Heavy Equipment Technician Supervisor - Cement and Acid 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

Ms. Karen Fegan, CLGM, CT Chief Administrative Officer Box 341, 2111-20 St., Delburne, AB TOM OVO Or email: karen.fegan@delburne.ca

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Also join us June 9 for a free Open House! Visit www.kuriakos.ab.ca for more info.

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Your application will be kept strictly confidential. JAGARE ENERGY PRODUCTION TESTING now hiring Day Supervisors, Night Operators, and Helpers. Must have valid Class 5 drivers license. RSP’s and benefits pkg. incentives. Email resumes to: jagare2@gmail.com or mikeg@jagareenergy.com

Duties include, but not limited to: • Configure and upgrade operating systems as approved. • Configure computers, monitors, and network infrastructure as needed. • Troubleshoot problems with computer systems including hardware and software, email, network, telephone, internet and peripheral equipment problems; make repairs and corrections where required. • Monitor system. • Act as technical resource in assisting users to resolve problems with equipment and data. • Make hardware and software acquisition recommendations including assisting users assess needs and providing justification for equipment and services. • Maintain current knowledge of hardware, software and network technology and recommends modifications as necessary. • Assist with IT master plan preparation. • Perform other duties of a similar nature or level. Tenders will be received by the Village Office until 12:00 pm, Friday, June 14, 2013. Tenders shall be clearly marked “IT Services Tender” and addressed to:

Camp Kuriakos

Oilfield

Production Testing Personnel in Minot, ND: • Day & Night Supervisors • & Field Operators

for a busy dermatology office. This is a 6 mo. F/T position w/possible extension. 8:30-5, Mon.-Fri. Applicant must have knowledge of EMR programs. Duties include answering phone, booking & checking in patients, processing faxes and requisitions. Fax resume to 403-314-0552

800

Fluid Experts Ltd.

is hiring for the positions of Winch Tractor, Bed Truck, Picker Operator, & Swampers. Email resume & drivers abstract to: apioffice@platinum.ca

Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Oilfield

A.P.I. OILFIELD HAULING

The Village of Delburne is tendering the position of IT Services. Interested, qualified parties are asked to submit tenders.

Coming Events

for a busy dermatology office. This is a 6 mo. F/T position w/possible extension. 8:30-5, Mon.-Fri. Applicant must have knowledge of EMR programs. Duties include taking patients history, patient counseling & assisting with procedures. Fax resume to 403-314-0552

800

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CLASSIFICATIONS

Oilfield

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

RECEPTIONIST/ BOOKKEEPER

790

Medical

302114E25

720

Clerical

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Downtown

LAKESIDE VILLAS Multi-Family Sale. 173 Austin Drive May 24th 1-7, May 25th 10-5 Furniture, collectibles, craft supplies, books, tools, huge variety of household, etc.

SIERRA GRAND CONDO Underground Parking Lot. West entrance only. 4805 - 45 Street Saturday 25th, 9-2 p.m. Antiques, crafts & much more

Start your career! See Help Wanted

MULTI-FAMILY SALE 10 ATKINS CLOSE Fri. 24th 3-8 & Sat 25th 9-3 Household items, clothes, etc.

Highland Green 56 HILL CRES. May 25 & 26, Sat. & Sun. 9 - 4 HIGH END ITEMS TOO MUCH TO LIST

MOVINGSALE 44 BETTENSON ST May 25 & 26, Sat. & Sun. 10-4 EVERYTHING MUST GO!! Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Downtown

22 INGLIS CRES Fri. 24th 4-8, Sat. 25th 9-6 Sun. 26th 9-4 Elec. BBQ, yard tools, misc. items. 23 ISBISTER CLOSE Thurs. 23rd 4-8, Fri. 24th 12-7, Sat. 25th 8-2. Kids toys, & clothes, furn. exercise bike, camp stools, household, etc.

Downtown

GARAGE SALE 10 am-8 pm 9 am-6 pm 9 am-6 pm

75 Tables of Items - 4 Rafﬂe Baskets RED DEER CURLING CENTRE 4725 43 Street

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

MULTI-FAMILY 50 LANGFORD CRES May 24th 12-6 & 25th 9-12 Patio set, household, baby/childrens items, etc.

Sunnybrook

GIANT KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS Garage Sale Saturday, May 25, starting at 8:30 am St. Mary’s Catholic Church Parking Lot. 6 McMillan Ave. R.D. A large assortment of household items.

Mustang Acres 1002 7050 GRAY DR. Saturday May 25, 9-6 MOVING SALE FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD MISC.

Multi-Table Garage Sale at Sunnybrook Farm Museum 4701 - 30 Street, Red Deer Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Donations of gently used items gratefully accepted. No furniture please. Information: (403) 340-3511

West Park 3814 58 AVE (Back Yard) May 24th, 25th, 26th, 10-5 Weather Permitting Household, tools & everything in between.

Oriole Park 301454E23-25

Friday, May 24 Saturday, May 25 Sunday, May 26

Rosedale 72 REEVES CRESCENT May 24 & 25 Fri. 4 - 7 & Sat. 8 - 4 LARGE 3 FAMILY SALE Baby clothes, toys, drafting table, 4 dr. filing cabinet, telescope, t.v. stands, household misc. etc....

Morrisroe

Inglewood Bower

GARAGE SALE Lots of great finds!! 50 LAGRANGE CRES May 25 (Saturday) 9 am - 4 pm

2 O’BRIEN CRES. May 25, Saturday 10-4 Harley Davidson parts, kids clothes, household misc. Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Sylvan Lake HUGE SALE! Rain or Shine Furniture to fishing & everything in between. Even antiques. Worth the drive. 29 PALMER CLOSE Fri. 24th 2-7, Sat. 25th 10-6, & Sun. 26th 10-1

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Lancaster Green

Anders on the Lake

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 25, 2013 E3

Integrated Production Services is looking for an experienced Applications Engineer to provide pre-job planning, real time monitoring, post job follow up and technical support to our Open Hole Completions Group. Candidate must be a highly motivated self starter with a strong operational and technical background. Candidates must have an Engineering Degree or industry related Technologist Degree. This position can be based out of Calgary or Red Deer, Alberta.

Field Service Representative

Integrated Production Services is seeking highly motivated, experienced individuals who are able to work un-supervised installing Open Hole Completion Systems in Western Canada. This position is based out of Red Deer, Alberta. IPS offers industry competitive salaries, incentive/commission plans, and benefits for all field employees. We are proud of our reputation as a Safety leader within the industry and we continually strive to improve the delivery of our services. Interested candidates for the above positions should forward their resume to people@ipsadvantage.ca”

820

Restaurant/ Hotel

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons FOOD SERVICE SUPERVIISORS $13/hr. 4 positions. Apply at 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-341-3561 or apply in person

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

Professionals PROFLO is currently seeking qualified PRODUCTION TESTING ASSISTANTS All candidates must have a valid driver’s licence, transportation, H2S, first aid & PST or CSTS. Email resume to: info@proflo.net or fax to: 403-341-4588 RIG WORK

VACUUM/WATER TRUCK OPERATORS NEEDED Scheduled days off. Fax resume & drivers abstract to 403-786-9915

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

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Sales & Distributors

830

1511018 Alberta Ltd. O/A Micabella Cosmetics req’s sales people F/T, P/T for women’s cosmetics in Red Deer Malls $15/hr. Shift. canadacarts@gmail.com 1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Extreme Energy Hiring Salespersons Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, Customer service oriented. F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends. Salary $14./hr E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com WEST 285 Ltd. o/a Perfume from the Ocean & Cosmetics in Red Deer, req’s F/T Shift Supervisor w/1 - 2 yrs. exp. $17.50/hr. Email: west285ltd@gmail.com

Trades

850

NOW HIRING

Carpenters & Labourers for work in Red Deer

Apply at: Email: careers@ clarkbuilders.com Fax: 1-888-403-3051 www.clarkbuilders.com 3rd or 4th yr. Must have Residential experience. Fax resume to 403-347-5745

810

Currently accepting resumes for the following: Assistant Manager Senior Safety Supervisors Health & Safety Manager Shop Labourers All applicants must have current safety tickets for position applied for. Email resume and Safety Tickets to: sitesafe@telusplanet.net No phone calls please.

- PROGRAM SUPERVISOR (FULL TIME) - YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELLORS (FULL TIME) - YOUTH COUNSELLOR (.4 FTE) - YOUTH COUNSELLOR - RESIDENTIAL (WEEKENDS/OVERNIGHTS) - YOUTH COUNSELLORS (RELIEF)

Professionals

†is looking for: †

“B” Pressure & Journeyman Welders 2nd & 3rd Year Welding Apprentices Profit Sharing Plan & Group Benefits † resume@capemfg.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

CURRENTLY HIRING operators on various types of Construction equipment. Also seeking Gravel truck drivers with Class 1 license. Fax: 346-8490 or email lclark@ settersconstruction.ca EXP’D SIDER, must have truck and tools. We pay compensation & top dollar. Call 403-347-2522

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

For the Red Deer Area. Email: len.chinski@lafarge.com or Fax 403-347-8060

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

LOCAL drywall company looking for a shop hand / labourer. Must have valid drivers licence, vehicle, and PPE. Please fax resume to 403-346-7398

Requires

Heavy Duty Mechanic

Red Deer Shop req’s Journeyman or 4th yr. apprentice with CVIP license. Manufacturing and Hydraulic system experience an asset. Good hours, competitive wage & benefit package. Fax resume to: 403-309-3360.

Newcart Contracting (1993) is looking for

Safety Supervisors & Safety Watch People JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING Service Plumbers. Journeyman, w/service exp. Competitive wages. Fax resume: 403-356-0244

850

for the Plant Turnaround Season. Must have valid H2S, CSTS/PST, First Aid/CPR, Confined Space, and WHIMIS Safety Tickets. Fax resume to 403-729-2396 or email: resumes @newcartcontracting.com No phone inquiries please. PAINTERS NEEDED!! Min. 5 yrs. exp. in new homes, own vehicle req’d, 403-304-4964

Trades

850

Trades

850

REQ’D IMMED. Tire Hand/Lube Tech. Apprenticeship opportunity avail. for right individual. Exp. preferred. Apply in person at OK Tire South 3218 49 Ave. Red Deer TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to QUALIFIED find the purrfect pet.

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Carpenters Helpers & Labourers For local work. Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Trades

3rd and 4th yr. JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS

With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

850

FOREMAN WANTED for a pre-eng. steel erecting company • 10 years minimum experience • Ticket preferred • Valid & Clean Drivers’ License • Must be able to travel

We offer paid benefits Apply be email or fax only.

Email- kasey8@telus.net Fax – 403-224-3430

Clark’s

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

PLUMBING & HEATING CORP.

Plumbing & HVAC Service Technicians NEEDED!!!

This is a Monday – Friday position located in Lac La Biche, (furnished living accommodations provided for out of town employees) Clark’s has immediate openings for qualiﬁed, experienced heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) Technician and Plumbers. The successful candidates will: • hold a current Journeyman’s ticket • be experienced in all aspects of HVAC or Plumbing service • must pass a Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening • Provide a current Drivers Abstract • be a motivated self-starter • take pride in doing great work and willing to work long hours if needed • be energetic, positive, and keen to work with a rapidly expanding company • be 100% dedicated to customer service and satisfaction Clark’s offers top wages,10% holiday/vacation pay, overtime after 8 hrs, training, Health and Dental packages. We are a COR Certiﬁed and ISNetworld Compliant, safety-conscious company that provides a safe and enjoyable workplace.

Ferus’ Operations division requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic to join our growing team to service Ferus’ expanding fleet of tractor & trailer units in our Blackfalds and Grande Prairie Bases. Reporting to the Shop Foreman you will be responsible for a variety of duties in a service oriented environment. Working in the Oil and Gas Field you will be required to work effectively unsupervised, have good working knowledge of Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer repairs, combined with a great attitude. A CVIP inspection license or the ability to obtain one is required. Due to the nature and volume of work some overtime and on call work will be required.

Fax Resume to 780-623-7451 or Email: sales@cpandh.ca

JOURNEYMAN AUTO TECHNICIAN TO START IMMEDIATELY

Resumes can be emailed to: HR@parklandyouthhomes.ca Faxed to: 403-346-3225 or forwarded to:

Reporting to the Shop Foreman, this individual will be responsible for a variety of duties in a serviceoriented environment. The successful candidate will be willing to work towards their Interprovincial Heavy Equipment Technician certification and have completed at a minimum their 3rd year apprenticeship requirements. This individual must be highly motivated and mechanically inclined. Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including flex days, flexible spending account and a Group RSP Savings Plan. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume

To: humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad #RDGP-MEC-0513

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

This position involves all internal reconditioning of Innisfail & Sylvan Truck Ranch vehicles for resale. No retail work. We have a great shop, with great equipment. If you want to work great hours and earn an excellent income with an excellent benefits package, apply now. To apply, contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview. Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca

800

810

“People Pride & Service” STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

CONTRACT Financial Controller for family-owned construction company. Proficient with Simply Accounting, Excel, and Word Software. Responsible for monthly account reconciliations including: * bank * Accounts Receivable * Accounts Payable * GST * Capital assets * Inter company accounts * Loans/capital leases * Prepaid Expenses

We are currently hiring for the position of:

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR For our Red Deer Location

* Preparation of monthly consolidated financial statements * Preparation of semimonthly payroll, monthly payroll remittances, record of employment forms and T4s. * Administration of payroll benefits * Preparation and filing of monthly GST returns. * Preparation of annual WCB return * Preparation of subcontractor T5018s * Previous exp. in the construction industry would be an asset. * Preparation of April 30th year-end working paper files for external accountants * Attention to detail * Exc. communication skills * Approx. 55 hrs. per month with the ability to provide additional hours as needed. Fax resume to 403-309-1944 Start your career! See Help Wanted

The ideal candidate will require the following for this position: • Strong supervisory skills ºAt least three years supervisory experience; warehouse setting a definite asset • Hands on problem solving approach • Knowledge of ordering, shipping, receiving, and inventory systems and processes • Knowledge of electrical parts an asset • Strong computer skills with working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of Products • Exceptional interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, vendors, and all levels within the organization • Highly organized with a strong attention to detail 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.

Please note: This job posting closes on May 27th, 2013

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

SSTUDON Electric & Controls Inc.

Attn: Human Resources Fax: 403-342-6505 Email: amercer@studon.com

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Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

NEEDED F/T Service Person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116

850

Blackfalds

for more information.

Human Resources Parkland Youth Homes Society 4920 54 St., Red Deer, AB, T4N 2G8

Is hiring for the following positions:

Trades

Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprentice or Journeyman

Applicants are sincerely thanked in advance for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition closes when positions are filled.

Oilfield

CAPE Manufacturing Ltd.

Grande Prairie

Parkland Youth Homes is a non-profit, dynamic, learning organization that is passionate about providing quality service to youth and families in the Red Deer area. We are seeking qualified, motivated individuals to fill the following positions:

850

EXPERIENCED HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS & CLASS 3 OR 1 TRUCK DRIVERS

Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman

PARKLAND YOUTH HOMES SOCIETY Red Deer, Alberta

Trades

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

www.ferus.ca

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SITE SAFETY SERVICES INC.

C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Laborers, sandblasters, powder coaters, and painters. Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165.

Looking for apprentice or journeyman mechanic. Pipe bending skills would be a great asset. Wages depend on exp. Going concern shop. Fax resume to:403-346-9909 or drop off at 2410 50 Ave. Phone 403-346-7911

ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE

Please visit our website

is looking for journeyman picker operator.Top wages/ benefits. Safety tickets req’d. Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls. Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

850

Trades

CUSTOM MUFFLER

Trades

www.parklandyouthhomes.ca Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd

850

POST-TIME LOUNGE is now accepting resumes for Bartender/Waitress Apply w/resume 3731 50 TH AVE. No phone calls please.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!! Looking for a WAITRESS/WAITER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673

Trades

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Applications Engineer

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WHO WE LOOKING FOR ?

SUPPORT WORKER We are looking for a support worker to become a member of our team which supports a 28 year old young man in his home in the community. This young man is autistic and has complex behavioral needs. The ideal candidate will have exp. working with challenging behaviors. They will also believe in inclusion & be passionate about supporting an individual with a developmental disability to have an inclusive & full life. Provide direct care & participate in the development of personalized goals. You will be employed directly by his family. Team communication is key to supporting the success of this young man so you must have excellent written & verbal communication skills. F/T & P/T positions avail. Apply to: kelly-s@shaw.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

302640E24-31

is a leading Oil & Gas Service Company providing Production Enhancement solutions for many of the top producers throughout Canada and the USA.

810

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

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Integrated Production Services (IPS)

Professionals

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Oilfield

E4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 25, 2013

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ACADEMIC Express

Career Opportunity

Adult Education and Training

Spring Start

GED classes days/evening WE ARE GROWING, NOW HIRING

Fall Start

F/T MEAT CUTTER

Community Support Worker

F/T GROCERY CLERK

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

and

Competitive wages. Apply in person or fax resume to 403-885-5231.

WELDERS WANTED For Oilfield Manufacturing Facility

B PRESSURE JOURNEYMAN

2nd & 3rd Year Apprentice We are looking for friendly, motivated, energetic, goal orientated team players to join our fast paced growing team! Vessel experience is an asset. Please forward your resume to Fax: 403-347-7867 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Western Masonry Structures

F/T bricklayers and Laborers. Must have own transportation. Fax resume to 403-340-0762 or email resume to tom@westernmasonry.com

860

Truckers/ Drivers

CLASS 1 driver with fluid hauling experience, local runs. 403-373-3285 or fax resume and copies of all valid tickets to 403-986-2819 DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class.2. Bus driver or semi driver exp. preferred Must be availl eves. and wknds. Looking for both P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999 or email to: frontbus@platinum.ca

Business Opportunities

870

NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY THIS BBQ ON 17’ TRAILER to cook steaks, etc. or use for pancake breakfasts - 7 booked for July = > $5000 profit. Comes with 1997 Dodge van, stoves, teflon grills, propane bottles, absolutely everything needed to get started + many extras. Lots of potential for steady seasonal work. View in Red Deer. Phone: 403-347-9767 Email: lebugnet@hotmail.com

Trades

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver the Morning Advocate.

in DEER PARK AREA Dawson St. & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Dandell Close Davison Dr. & 2 blocks of Dowler St. ALSO Dunham Close ALSO Duncan Cres. ALSO 3 blocks of West Duston St. & Dale Close ALSO Densmore Cres. & East part of Donnelly Cres. LANCASTER East half of Lampard Cres. ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area. ALSO Leonard Cres. & 1 Block of Lancaster Ave. ALSO Part of Lanterman Cres. ALSO Lamont Close

6 days per week Vehicle needed DEERPARK Dowler & Douglas St. Area $605.00/mo Call Jamie 403-314-4306 For more information

AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED

in the town of Bowden, Innisfail, and Olds. Packages come ready to deliver. No collecting! Please call Quitcy 403-314-4316 COLLEGE/UNIV STUDENTS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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

flexible summer schedules, $16 base/appt. cust. sales/service, conditions apply, will train. Call Now! 403-755-6711 www. summeropenings.ca/ CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Truckers/ Drivers

850

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

ANDERS AREA Anders St. Addinell Close/ Allan St. Abbott Close/ Allan St. Allan Close/Allan St. Allsop Cres. BOWER AREA

1 day per week

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

Broughton/ Brooks Cres. Bettenson St./ Baines Cres. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St LANCASTER AREA Lewis Close/ Law Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres./ Selkirk Blvd. Sherwood Cres.

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s F/T kitchen staff, servers and front counter staff. Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

VANIER AREA Vanson Close/ Visser St.

NEWS PAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for early morning delivery by 6:30 am

We change daily to serve you better.

860

In the towns of:

NIGHT OWL SECURITY Now looking to hire mature, reliable person for overnight security guard position. Resumes to bestway@telusplanet.net Attn: Ken. 403-740-4696

WESTLAKE 81 Papers $420/month $5040/yr. Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex. Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration. Bondable. Reply to Box 1043, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Noise Solutions Delburne, AB accepting Resumes for Welders, Assemblers, Parts & Field Crew. Email to lgoddard@ noisesolutions.com Fax 403-749-2259 Attn. Lorna

P/T multi skilled building maintenance personnel wanted for interior building repairs etc. Flooring & painting exp. an asset. Fax to 403-782-0243

Rental Department/ Delivery Driver • Class 5 Drivers Licence. *abstract may be required • Must be able to tow trailers/5th wheels • Cleaning of units • Some evenings & weekends may be required • Full time seasonal position (May 01-Sept. 30)

Apply by: Email: uncleben@telusplanet.net Fax: 403-346-1055 or drop off resume at reception Attn: Charles (rental manager)

If you have already applied for this position, please re-send resume due to error in email address. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Due to unprecedented demand we need to add (2) techs to our service operations. We have 22 fully equipped service bays, state of the art equipment, and a positive supportive management team.

CONTRACT SALES ADMINISTRATOR

Trail offers excellent training and a competitive compensation and benefit package. Start your career with a well known and respected company, become a member of the successful Trail team by applying in person to: Chris Sturdy in person at 2823 Bremner Avenue Delivery Driver applicants apply to Colin Parsons at #6 4622 61 St. Riverside Industrial District. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates. WEED SPRAYER required. No exp. necessary. Must have valid Class 5 Driver’s License. Fax resume to 403-2275099, e-mail to cdsprung@ telus.net or call Cory @403-304-8201

SERVICE ’S WRITER

BEN

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

www.ferus.ca

Millwright Joffre Plant

Ferus is looking for a talented and reliable full time Millwright to join our production team out of our Joffre facility. The ideal candidate must be able to work alone, with minimal supervision. They must be an open, honest team player and be willing to work with other trades. The candidate will be responsible for: • Performing planned & breakdown maintenance; • Installing, troubleshooting & maintaining equipment based on manufacturer’s recommendations & specifications; • Conducting equipment inspections & detecting potential problems. The candidate will require the following skills: • Millwright Journeyman Certificate; Interprovincial certificate preferred • Millwright/Heavy duty mechanic with field compression or plant experience • Basic computer skills; maintenance database knowledge preferred • A combination of other equivalences & experience may be considered • Occasional travel will be required Ferus offers competitive industry rates and an excellent benefits package, including a Group Savings Plan. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, Please email your resume by May 31st, 2013

To: humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125

Please reference: Ad #MW-JF-0513 We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted. 301649E18-F13

humanresources@ferus.com or by fax to 1-888-879-6125 Please Reference: Driver #0513

Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Misc. Help

(across from Totem)

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

Antiques & Art

ANTIQUE ARMIOR $275 obo. 403-747-2597

1530

Auctions

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

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

Gluten Free Bread Manufacturing Facility (5 miles West of Sylvan Lake) Food processing, food safety, sanitation, and/or baking experience are assets. Training available to the right candidates. Visit us online: www.LettiesBest.ca Email Resume: info@LettiesBest.ca

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300 classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Accounting

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Cleaning

1070

Housecleaning. Free up time in your schedule. I have 20 yrs experience, honest and reliable. Call for an appointment. Janet 250-489-8889.

OPERATOR 2 POSITION

Contractors

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt,

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position. The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties.

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work.

MAMMA MIA !! Soffit, Fascia & Eaves. 403-391-2169

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Application Closing Date: March 21, 2013. Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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.

CLASSIFICATIONS

880

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660 email: mlyle@rahr.com

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

wegotservices

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302679F2

dbrackenbury@denhamford.com or Fax 780-352-0986

Eavestroughing

1130

Escorts

1165

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

1310

ASIAN MZ. REIKO 587-377-1298 Avail. days

PAINTING BY DAVE VII MASSAGE Interior, Exterior, New Feeling over Construction. Comm/Indust. whelmed? 2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for Hard work day? EDEN seniors. Free estimates. Pampering at its 587-877-7399 10am-midnight work guaranteed. We best. #7 7464 Gaetz Allcarry WCB & Liability Ave. www. Insurance. 403-307-4798 EROTICAS PLAYMATES viimassage.biz PAINTING SERVICE Girls of all ages 598-3049 In/Out Calls to Res./Com. Celebrating www.eroticasplaymates.net 25 years. 25% off paint. Hotels. 403-986-6686 403-358-8384

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

RED DEER’S BEST

Misc. Services

1290

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN 5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 SERVICES LTD. Spring & summer bookings. Res./com. Your full service handyman. Brian 403-598-3857

Massage Therapy

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. GUTTERS CLEANED & Private back entry. 403-341-4445 REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 301017E14-26

If you wish to be part of Ford Canada’s most highly awarded dealer, Please forward your resume to Dean Brackenbury:

403.341.4544

FT/PT day positions

• This is a career position. • Salary based on experience and ability. • Profit sharing and company benefits. Apply by: Email: bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn: Bill/Service

Ferus requires experienced Professional Class 1 drivers with three years or more experience to operate a variety of late model liquid carbon dioxide and liquid nitrogen equipment out of our Blackfalds base. We offer: • Industry competitive wages based on an hourly pay schedule • Automatic pay increases • Training Completion Bonus • Daily per diem allowance • Recognition and incentive programs • Mechanic-maintained equipment • Travel Compensation PLUS: • Flexible Spending Account • Group RSP Savings Plan • Comprehensive Health and Dental Plan • Career Advancement Opportunities We offer a work rotation of 15 days on & 6 days off. Preference will be given to applicants with off-road experience. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment please send your resume & driver abstract to

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

ASSISTANTS

- Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

DRIVERS WANTED

We offer a competitive pay plan with aggressive bonus structures, plus a moving allowance/ signing bonus.

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE

BAKERY

Attributes:

PROFESSIONAL

to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis. As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses. For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500. You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

880

Misc. Help

- Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow

www.ferus.com

oﬀers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES

RED DEER WORKS Trail Appliances has always offered excellence in sales, delivery, customer service, and after-sales support. The Company is currently looking to fill the following positions at our Red Deer locations.†

Duties include:

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER

BEN

900

Employment Training

Career Planning

P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE REP

’S

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

For afternoon delivery once per week

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

WESTPARK 81 Papers $425/month $5103/yr.

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

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

UNC

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880

Misc. Help

EASTVIEW 84 Papers $441/month $5292/yr.

880

Misc. Help

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

Business is booming!!

Is seeking to hire Shop Hand for our Red Deer location. This position is a fulltime and is a salary based position with company benefits. Duties include maintain shop and inventories, loading of trucks with fluid products and blending of KCl products in shop. This is a 24 hr on call basis position when on duty. Ideal candidate will have a mechanical aptitude with a class 1 license with fluid hauling experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

880

IN SERVICE SHOP, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld. Apply fax 403-341-5622

DISPATCHER req’d. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

UNC

Licensed, 4TH YR & 3RD YR TECHNICIANS REQUIRED

“On the Auto Mile, Wetaskiwin”

$18.36/hr. + bonuses. Red Deer distribution company beginning 2nd. successful year of growth in the Red Deer area. We are currently seeking energetic individuals looking to get ahead. Positions include: Water quality advisers, customer service and general labor. P/T & F/T positions avail. Rapid advancement avail. Please call between 10 am -6 pm 403-356-0330

Misc. Help

Fluid Experts Ltd.

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS

880

Misc. Help

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Misc. Help

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880

Misc. Help

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880

Misc. Help

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850

Trades

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial. Serving central Alberta. 403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations. 403-342-7801.

PRO-PAINTING at reasonable rates. 304-0379

Seniors’ Services

1372

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 SENIORS need a HELPING HAND? Cleaning, cooking companionship - in home or in facility. Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghands.com for info.

Yard Care

1430

BEYOND THE HEDGE. Weekly/Bi-weekly & holiday mows still avail. Call 403-596-6856 GARDENS ROTOTILLED 304-7250 LAWN AERATING Call 403-304-0678 ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 25, 2013 E5

1530

ANNUAL POLICE SEIZURE & BIKE AUCTION Sunday May 26

10 am Sharp * Viewing 9 am Location: Ridgewood Community Hall Partial List only Police Bikes (Approx. 200 300) - 2002 Monaco Diplomat Motor Home, Diesel, 40 ft, 2 Slides, (Subject to owners approval) - Local Artist Robert Magee Framed Prints - Gum Ball Machine - Wood File Cabinet - #2 Cobalt Blue Lincoln Drape Oil Lamp - 1990 Opee-Gee Bozooka, 1 Full Sheet of Uncut Hockey Cards Autographed Hockey Stick - Antique Radio - Collector Coin Stamps & Bills Antique Scale - Furniture Leather Recliners & Love Seat - Dining Suites Dressers - Bedroom Suite - Miscellaneous - King 17” Western Saddle - Chase 16” Western Saddle - Gas Welding Outfit - Chop Saw - Pressure Washers - Tool Cabinet - TOOLS - Delta 2000 Table Saw - Dust Collector - Radial Arm Saw - Belt Sander - Disk Sander - Hardware Bins - Hand & Power Tools - Grinders - & More For a complete list and Directions visit www.cherryhillauction.com Terms of Sale: Cash, Cheque, C/C, Everything must be paid for & removed on sale day (NO EXCEPTIONS), 15% buyer’s premium. Sale subject to Additions, Deletions, Errors and Omissions. CHERRY HILL AUCTION & APPRAISALS Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988

Household Furnishings

1720

ANTIQUE DINING ROOM TABLE. Exc. cond. 2 leafs. 6 chairs $800. 403-782-5770

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

DOWNSIZING/MOVING Teak office desk $100. 403-887-8785 (Sylvan)

3 BDRM, 3 bath home , nice deck, new paint & carpet, for over 40 couple with no pets at 7316-59 Ave. Rent $1500/Sec. $1500. Ph: 403-341-4627 SYLVAN, avail. now until Jun 25. 2 bdrm. + hide-abed. $1400. neg. Fully equipped Just bring your suitcase!! 403-880-0210 WEST PARK lower half duplex, 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 4 appls., great location. New reno’s. No pets, n/s. Rent $1050. incld’s utils. **RENTED**

LIGHT Oak table & (6) chairs, opens to 8’. $350. 403-343-7393

Condos/ Townhouses

DOWNSIZING/MOVING Antique tea trollie, $150 403-887-8785 (Sylvan) DOWNSIZING/MOVING Misc. Furniture TV unit $75 Couch table $25 Coffee Table $25 Loveseat $30 403-887-8785 (Sylvan)

SINGLE BED FRAME. Forest green, all metal. $30. 403-346-3708

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

SPEAKER w/Ipod hookup $30 obo; Ipod docking station stereo $30; X box with 6 games $60 obo; PS 2 w/6 games $60 obo 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

20 QUART roasting oven $20; 19.2 volt cordless variable spd. reversible drill, $35; Craftsman spiral cutting saw $50, 6 cu. ft. steel wheel barrow $40, Coleman propane lantern $10 403-347-2603 GENERATOR, 2500 Watt Coleman, $175. 403-347-1637 GOLF carry bag $25 obo; Action Spy books, 4 boxes $60 obo 403-782-3847 TOOL Box, “TUFF BOX”, fits small truck. $30. 403-347-1637

3030

ALIX: 2 bdrm. 1 bath, 5 appls, shows like new. $1000 + utils. Avail. June 1, 403-341-9974 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 TERRACE PARK

Spacious 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 4 appls, Small PETS only, N/S. Avail NOW $1225 & UTIL, SD $1225 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

Manufactured Homes

3040

3 BDRM. furnished, Main ST. Condor, 15 mins E. of Rocky. Fenced yard. $800 + DD & utils. 6 appls. Refs required. 403-877-4601

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. July 1. 403-304-5337

step stools $3/ea; 3 shelf urethane cabinet $18; 2 nylon braided rugs $15/ea; GREAT FAMILY HOME 4 battery operated wall In Riverside Meadows Selling by Totally Unreserved Auction clocks $4/ea; 3 white cor- Bi-level 2 bdrms, 1 bath, w/balcony, 2 appls. No Unit #43 being a Park Model n e r s h e l v e s ( w o o d e n ) $3/ea; queen mattress pets. N/S. $835& UTIL; Mobile Home & Lot c o v e r , p a d d e d $ 3 ; 4 SD $835. Avail JUNE 1st. dishes, 3 cereal bows, 2 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Located in Phase 2 or 403-396-9554 of the Gated Community coffee mugs $/all; 4 glass canisters $8/all; e-zee of Whispering Pines at NEWLY reno’d 3 bdrm. 4 Pine Lake, Alberta which wrap under counter mount, plex., 6 appls, Glendale 1000 ft. roll $15; two 26” is adjacent to the Golf area, $1300/mo. long decorative spoon/fork Course, Club House, 403-302-0488 wall hanging $10; lg. wall Restaurant and Several clock /2 candles and holdOther Amenities. ers $15; quilt multi colors Open House: June 1st & 8th $30; short Wrangler jacket Suites (med) $12; carving set in or by Appointment from case $7; assorted dollies 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. $4/all; older Sony colored 1 BDRM bsmt. suite, $650 t v $ 5 ; 2 f l o w e r v a s e s + d.d. n/s, no pets. Mature Real Estate Transaction adult. 403-342-1207 $3/ea. 403-314-2026 are being Handled by Morrison Realty ADULT ONLY APT (403) 783-0556 Pets & in Highland Green 2 bright bdrms, 1 bath, For More Information, Photos Supplies w/balcony, 2 appls. Coin-op & the Terms & Conditions, laundry. No pets. N/S. GORGEOUS KITTENS please view our website at $895 & Power; SD $895. Calico, Orange, & Cream www.allenolsonauction.com Avail NOW. Colour. Free to good home. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 403-782-3130 Sale Conducted by: or 403-396-9554 OUTDOOR FISH POND, ALLEN B. OLSON CITY VIEW APTS. 30 Gallon, AUCTION SERVICE LTD. Clean, quiet, newly reno’d Wooden Frame. $50. Rimbey, Alberta adult building. Rent $850, TWO 15 Gallon Aquariums, License No. 165690 S.D. $700. Avail. June 1. $15/each. (403) 843-2747 Sale Site Near hospital. No pets 403-343-6785 1-855-783-0556 Toll Free 403-340-1032 or 318-3679 E-mail: SMALL DOG KENNEL LARGE 2 bdrm. bsmt. abolson@telusplanet.net $50. 403-346-7375 suite in Blackfalds, own Homepage: entrance, washer, dryer, www.allenolsonauction.com fridge, stove, utils. incld, Sporting 403-782-7745 Goods LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. Bicycles SUITES. 25+, adults only GOLF CLUB SET n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 RIGHT HAND. BIKE, blue, child’s, Cleveland Launcher Driver 20” wheels. great cond. Srixon 3 Wood. Bazooka 1 owner only. $50. Tour Edge Cavity Back 403-347-0024 Irons. 3-PW, Regular Flex 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Graphite Shafts. Bag. $75. Adult bldg. N/S No pets POLICE Very good condition. 403-755-9852 BIKE AUCTION **SOLD** Sunday, May 26 10 am Sharp GOLF CLUB SET For directions visit RIGHT HANDED www.cherryhillauction.com King Kong Driver, 403-347-8988 Callaway 3 Wood, Ping NOW RENTING Eye 2 Style Irons, 3-PW, 1& 2 BDRM. APT’S. BECU. 52 & 56 Degree Equipment2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Wedges, Wilson Harmonizer Newer bldg. secure entry Heavy Putter. Like new TNT w/ onsite manager, 5 cart bag. $80 for all. appls., incl. heat and hot TRAILERS for sale or rent 403-346-0093 water, washer/dryer Job site, office, well site or hookup, infloor heating, a/c., STEVENS Model 200 17 storage. Skidded or car plug ins & balconies. HMR Rifle w/ 2.5-10x42 wheeled. Call 347-7721. Call 403-343-7955 adjustable scope, w/carry sling & a Tikka travel case. Incld’s 75 rounds of varment OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., Tools ammo from Hornady. balcony, No pets. $800 $350. 403-318-5726 rent/SD, heat/water incld., NEW BAUSCH CHOP 403-346-5885 USED SET OF LADIES SAW, non-slide. $150. R.H. GOLF CLUBS. PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. 403-346-3708 3 graphite woods, 5 irons, heat/ water. $685 avail. bag, Callaway shoes: size June 1, no pets 403-348-6594 6.5, easy pull cart. $135. PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. 403-346-3581 after 6 p.m. Firewood incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. immed. AFFORDABLE Travel 403-993-3441, 637-2591

3060

1810

MORRISROE MANOR

1630 1640

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

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

LOGS

1900

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Houses For Sale

4020

1308 SQ.FT. Modified Bi-Level

Priced at $354,900. 5 bdrms. 3 baths, mature yard, dble. attach. garage, walk-out entrance in bsmt, covered deck. Call MARGARET COMEAU Remax Real Estate Central AB. 403-391-3399 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

15’ LAUREL LEAF WILLOW 6-8’ NORTHWEST POPLAR & BROOK POPLAR Beautiful trees. You dig. Please phone 403-302-1919 LARGE GARDEN PLOT near Dawe School for rent. Call John 403-318-9750

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 ELECTROLUX Double Convection wall oven, new in box. Retail $3599. Sell $3000. 403-347-4902 KENMORE DRYER Electric. Excellent cond. $100. 403-347-5873 MEDIUM SIZE DEEP FREEZER. $100. 403-346-7375

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

SADDLE HORSES for Sale in Lacombe Call Brian 250-342-5128 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

Rooms For Rent

$425MO/d.d. incl. everything. Female. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30 FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $425/mo. Text any time or call between 5 pm - 9 pm 403-598-6467 ROOM $600. Blackfalds. All incld’d, furn. 588-2564 ROOM for rent $550./mo. Call 403-352-7417 ROOM for rent. $450 rent, d.d. $350. 403-343-0421

Pasture

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft. 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550 MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft. Dbl. att. garage. $409,900. 403-588-2550

3010

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED WASHER, Kenmore Elite DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, rent $2000 + DD front load & pedestal like Avail. now. 403-346-5885 new, $1000. 587-273-1939

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

GOLF, SKI, HIKE, WATER SPORTS, etc. WHITEFISH, MT.

2005 PORSCHE Cayenne S AWD, leather, Lexani wheels, $23,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Acreages

4050

You can save thousands! Helping sellers sell for a low set fee. No advance fee. Money back guarantee.

Townhouse in Mountain Park subdivision. Over 3700 sq.ft., 4 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Features include 22’ vaulted ceiling in Great Room with floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, hardwood floors, Dacor stainless steel appliances, in-floor 2005 FORD 500, 4 dr. sedan 87,871 kms., clean. $5900. radiant heat, walk-out 403-347-2660 lower level & more. Slate spa shower & large walk-in closets with built-in cabinetry. House is fully wired for surround sound, security smart home. $599,900 For more information call 403-396-5516. 2001 HONDA S2000. 403-588-6294 Businesses 1996 CONCORD Chrysler For Sale p.w., p.d., leather, 4 dr., , works good. 219,000 kms. FAMILY BUSINESS - GAS BAR & CONVIENCE $1200. obo 587-273-1939 STORE FOR SALE/LEASE Email: kjsservices@live.ca

4140

Acreage with art studio awaiting your imagination. 3.09 acres of lush trees and 2 homes. $549,900

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MASON MARTIN HOMES New bungalow 1350 sq.ft. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550 MUST SELL New 2 Storey 1550 sq.ft 3 bdrm, bonus room, 2.5 bath, $379,900. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550

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MASON MARTIN HOMES 1-5, Sat. 25th & Sun. 26th 639 Oak St. Springbrook 403-588-2231

Pine Lake acreage! 4 bdrm., FAST GROWING firewood 3 bath, attached garage. business. Incl. most equipment Lake view. $359,900. needed. $125,000. 403-318-4448 403-887-2428 Help-U-Sell Red Deer 403-342-7355

Lots For Sale

Family oriented acreages w/rolling hills, pristine ponds and poplar woodlands. $150,000-$160,000 REDUCED 486 Wishart St., Red Deer 6 yr old 3 bdrm + office/den 1300 sq. ft. bi-level. Maple hardwood, 5 piece ensuite with jetted tub, fireplace, wet bar, finished oversized garage, underground sprinklers, central vac, in-floor heat, water softener. Kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless appls, breakfast bar & pantry. Fenced yard, deck & ground level stone patio. All appls. & window coverings incl. $ 472,000. Call 403-597-1149 or 403-304-8002

RISE HOMES

BLACKFALDS: 2 bdrm., 2 bath, front. att. garage. Many upgrades. Blow-out price, $319,900. Includes. legal fees, GST & appls. Front sod & tree. May be seen May 25th & 26th 12-3. Call Lloyd 403-391-9294

5110

Fifth Wheels

2005 INFINITI FX 35 AWD sunroof, leather, $18,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

10-4 pm

Just East of Markerville, watch for signs. 1.87 Acres with 1,695 sq. ft. well-kept 1996 Mobile GET the BEST in the WEST

2004 Saturn VUE AWD loaded w/sun roof 4, cyl. very nice shape, $5400. 403-746-5541, 550-0372 2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o. 403-348-1634

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23 acres west of Rimbey. 4 bdrm. home, 24x32 barn, 32x64 shop, 3 wells. $475,000. 403-843-6182

Trucks

5050

Cottage across from lake access close to boat launch. $219,900. 4 bdrm 1/2 duplex in a great family neighbourhood in Sylvan Lake. $239,800

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

4090

Manufactured Homes 104x353 lot in the heart of Sylvan Lake. Excellent location for future development. $499,900.

MUST SELL By Owner. Mauricia 403-340-0225

Income Property

4100

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

Money To Loan

4430

MORTGAGES AVAIL.on all types of real estate including raw land and acreages. Bruised credit and self employed welcome. Fast approvals Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

Penhold new home! 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 6 appls, upgrades galore. $267,900 NEWLY renovated, 1/2 block south of hospital, legal suites, park. revenue $358K Imperial Land Services Inc. 403-346-4438

4 bdrm., 3 bath with a warm, welcoming open floorplan. $339,900

Quaint 3 Bdrm doll house with oversized single garage. $169,800.

Blackfalds bi-level. 5 bdrm, 2 bath walkout. Kitchenette down. $304,900

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2231

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

5160

Boats & Marine

WANTED TO RENT, boat slip at Sylvan Lake Marina. 1-403-975-5755 Calgary

Sea Doo Wake 430 Boat 430 H.P. twin Rotax motors & jet pumps, low hours, like new. Priced to sell $24,900 O.B.O. 403-350-1007 782-3617

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

Auto Wreckers

5190

Vehicles 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 WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

5070

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2005 BUICK MINIVAN. Loaded, excellent cond. 166,000 kms. $6,295 obo 403-343-7437. 2000 FORD WIndstar for parts or repair. (front end damage only). New trans., tires and brakes. Open to offers. 403-749-2073

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BETWEEN:

2007 MERCEDES BENZ B 200 5 speed, $8,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

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2006 KAWASAKI Ninja, 10,300 kms. $5,400. 403-597-5972

Motorhomes

5100

2008 WINNEBAGO Sightseer 34’ Class A 3 slides, every option, mint cond, workhorse chassis, 8.1gas 15,885 miles, $87,500 403-227-8414 350-5099