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Wild finish to fair RCMP ORDER FIRST EVER COMPLETE EVACUATION OF WESTERNER DAYS FAIR AS STORM HITS BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A fearsome thunderstorm bringing high winds and heavy hail caused damage throughout the city and forced police to order an evacuation at the Westerner Days fair on Saturday night. Westerner Park manager John Harms said on Sunday that he had seen a series of storms forming on the weather radar, which he watches through each day of the fair, just in case. The first storm had blown in and the midway was already shut down at about 10:30 p.m. when RCMP patrolling the grounds ordered that the entire facility be evacuated. The fair had been busy and the Centrium was full of people taking in the Dean Brody concert when the evacuation was ordered, said Harms. It was the first time an evacuation has been ordered in the Westerner’s history. There have been previous occasions in which people were asked to take shelter inside, but they’ve never before had to leave the property altogether, he said. While there were some traffic jams in the process, the parking lots were emptied by 11 p.m., leaving Westerner crews the task of cleaning up the leftovers. Harms said there was no damage on the midway, but one ATM machine was blown over by a gust of wind and storm drains were blocked up with leaves that the hail had stripped off of the trees.

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Fairgoers enjoy a ride straight up as a storm closes in at The Westerner on Saturday evening.

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Dominic Thomsen, 5, of Blackfalds, got to test drive some of the new Hot Wheels toys and cars to be released this fall. Hot Wheels made the Westerner Days one of its 55 stops for its 2013 Road Trip.

Man’s life on the street takes turn for the better LESS DRINKING, MORE EFFORT INTO ART WORK MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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Virgil Frencheater, 45, has lived on and off the streets for most of his life. These days he’s rebuilding his life and tapping into his artistic side to paint a mural on Little Gaetz Ave.

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main difference is that he is thinking about his future. The identification will allow Frencheater to open a bank account and get his own place. While he does spend time at Safe Harbour, Frencheater is considering finding a home come winter.

Frencheater designed a picture of an eagle with four feathers. He has not been to detox Around this time last lately but he is staying sober year, Virgil Frencheater to get the job done. was drinking heavily while “All I got right now is scraping out an existence on the artwork that I do,” said the streets in Red Deer. Frencheater. “It’s mostly His days were spent with what I survive on these days. his street family hanging out, It gives scoring a deme that cent meal and ‘IT GIVES ME THAT CERTAIN SPIRITUAL certain finding a warm spiritual OPENING IN MY LIFE. IT JUST DOES and safe place opening in to sleep for the SOMETHING FOR ME.’ my life. It night. just does — VIRGIL FRENCHEATER something Little has changed in the for me.” last 12 months — but the changes are sig“I still want to get off the Frencheater says painting nificant. streets but because of my ad- the mural gives him pride T h e 4 5 - y e a r - o l d h a s dictions, it makes it a little because people believe in curbed his drinking, secured bit harder,” said Frencheat- him. And it helps to rebuild three pieces of identifica- er. his name in the community. tion and began painting and “Like I said last year — Years ago, Frencheater drawing. that’s what makes it harder was a popular grass dancer “I’m doing odd jobs now,” to get off the streets.” in Central Alberta. said Frencheater. A few weeks ago, His legs aren’t what they “Not really moving on Frencheater was picked used to be so he said, “like much but at least I am work- to paint a mural on one of Wayne Gretzky I retired a ing.” the buildings near Turning champion.” Frencheater says he’s do- Point at the south end of Liting pretty much the same tle Gaetz Avenue. Please see STREET on Page A2 things as last year but the BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Joe Colwell, right, of Loveland, Colo., competes in the Canadian Fast Draw Championships in Aldergrove, B.C., on Sunday. Blank ammunition is used by competitors who fire at balloon targets placed 2.4-metres away with electronic timers used to determine the winners. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Baird offers Canada’s support to Israel and the Palestinians BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s foreign affairs minister has spoken to senior Palestinian and Israeli officials to offer his support in efforts to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table. John Baird’s office says he placed phone calls on Sunday to his counterpart in the Palestinian Authority, Riyad al-Malki, and Israel’s chief negotiator with the Palestinians, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. He commended both countries for agreeing to meet in Washington in the coming days and weeks. “Negotiations will take strength, courage and compromise

but in the end, peace is worth traveling this difficult road,” Baird tweeted Sunday afternoon after speaking to both sides. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that the two sides had reached an agreement that establishes a basis for resuming negotiations, but cautioned the details are still being worked out. A government official says Baird told Livni on Sunday that Israel would have to make hard compromises and that the pressure would be on the Israelis going forward. The official says Baird’s message to Malki was that this is an opportunity that shouldn’t be allowed to slip away.

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FAIR: Red Deer hit with most intense part of storm Environment Canada meteorologist Brad Power said Red Deer got the most intense part of a big storm that had started forming around Drayton Valley along the edge of a cold front. The storm lasted for about half an hour and brought hail stones ranging from toonie to golfball size riding winds that gusted up to 117 kilometres per hour, said Power. The big storm had just moved on when another series of thunderstorms struck, bringing more hail and heavy rains, he said. Harms said he heard that some people’s gardens had been shredded and he knows of at least one home in Oriole Park that had its siding stripped. As intense as the storm was on Saturday, he said it had a relatively small impact on what looks to be one of the most successful Westerner Days fairs yet. The midway would have suffered some loss of revenue as a result of the storm, but there was little if any impact on the gate because very few people come into the fair at that time of night, said Harms. New attractions this year included SuperDogs,

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lumberjack demonstrations and a one-day visit from the Hot Wheels Road Trip on Sunday. Harms said he would not know how the 2013 Westerner Days stacks up against previous events until final figures were tallied from Sunday. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

STREET: Children left street life behind His two children were also living on the street in Red Deer last year. They have since left the streets and returned to homes in Rocky Mountain House. Frencheater said he is happy that his children have left his hard life behind. “One of my dreams, if I ever win the lottery, is to get some land and live by the mountains or the creek and build a little house and buy a few horses,” he said. “Just live off the land.” On Oct. 16, 2012, 279 people were considered homeless, according to Red Deer’s Point in Time Homeless Count. Of the tally, 37 per cent were under the age of 25; 31 per cent were female; and 44 per cent self-reported as aboriginal. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Critics of the free trade talks with Europe are urging provinces to ensure any negotiated deal gets a full public airing before it is formally signed. The Trade Justice Network and Quebec-based Le Reseau quebecois sur l’integration continentale has sent premiers a letter in advance of their meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., next week, saying the federal review mechanism is not sufficient. The umbrella groups, which represent unions and civil society organizations, say provinces must step in because “the current federal government has rejected virtually every amendment proposed by opposition parties to every trade agreement that has come before Parliament for review.” The Harper government has made a successful Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with 28 European Union nations a key economic and political goal — it would constitute the only major free trade deal since NAFTA two decades ago. Unlike trade talks of the past, however, Canadian provinces have had to be directly involved in the process since some of the biggest issues — such as liberalized government procurement and public hydro-electricity tenders — fall under provincial jurisdiction. As well, expected extensions in pharmaceutical patent protections will likely result in higher provincial health care costs. With so much involved, the groups say the provinces must hold public hearings, adding there is precedent for doing so. “If there is a difference between the CETA and these other trade and investment agreements it is surely that the Canada—EU agreement will have far greater impacts on provincial sovereignty, as well as on policy flexibility at all levels, including municipally,” the letter notes. Adam Taylor, a spokesman for International Trade Minister Ed Fast, insisted Sunday that the talks with the European Union are the most transparent and collaborative trade negotiations Canada has ever conducted. Ottawa has maintained a deal could boost Canada’s economy by $12 billion and create about 80,000 jobs, although critics say the benefits are exaggerated.

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On Sunday, Palestinian officials made it clear there is no clear path to a resumption of talks. They said their key demand remains: Ahead of any talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must accept Israel’s pre-1967 frontier as the starting point for drawing the border of a future state of Palestine. Palestinian sources also indicated that a resumption of talks is not a done deal, saying negotiators for the two nations would have to hold more talks. Netanyahu’s right-wing allies were adamant that Israel would not budge on the issue of 1967 borders, and Netanyahu appeared to be trying to lower expectations about any future negotiations.

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Event plowed into record books COMPETITORS FROM FIVE CONTINENTS ATTEND 60TH-ANNUAL WORLD PLOWING CONTEST AT OLDS COLLEGE BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF OLDS COLLEGE — The aroma of freshly turned soil and a cairn bearing 30 stones remain on the site where the world’s most highly skilled plowers tested their mettle during the past weekend. The 60th-annual World Plowing Contest, held on Friday and Saturday, brought national winners from five continents for an event that one of its organizers described on Sunday as a country fair combined with an Olympic-calibre sporting event. Jordan Cleland, vice-president advancement for Olds College, said the plowing competition was one of the “capstone” events organized to help the college celebrate its 100th anniversary. There is little doubt that some of those first students fron 1913 learned their skills on the same plots that were worked during the competition by plowers from 30 different countries. Cleland said he was surprised to see the event attract more than twice as many people as were anticipated, with paid admissions unofficially tallied at 4,000 on Friday and 7,000 on Saturday. Along with that surprise, Cleland said he was delighted to see a firstplace and second-place awards go the only two women entered in the competition. Barbara Klaus of Austria won first place in conventional plowing, followed by Fabian Landre of France and Eamonn Tracey of the Republic of Ireland. Top three in the reversible category were John Whelan from the Republic of Ireland, Margareta Heigl of Austria and Thomas Cochrane of Northern Ireland. Canadians placed in the top third in both classes, with Brian Fried placing seventh in reversible and Barry Timbers placing 10th in conventional. Cleland said he was also warmed by the camaraderie shown among competitors who came from countries that have long histories of political acrimony. For example, competitors from former Soviet Bloc countries, including Croatia, Slovenia, Kosovo and Lithuania practised and worked alongside plowers from Russia. Cleland said he had heard that the championship event on Friday and Saturday was Kosovo’s first international competition since it was recognized as an independent nation. Following a long-standing tradition, each country brought a stone which was then contributed to the cairn erected at the site, said Cleland. Olds

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Peter Alderslade works on his reversible plow during competition in the grassland event on Saturday. Alderslade placed 12th out of 30 competitors in the reversible plow category. The 60th-Annual World Plowing Championship was held at Olds College on Friday and Saturday. is the only site in WPC history that is home to two such cairns, having hosted the competition in 1986 as well as in 2013. Representatives from Kenya characterized the event at both art and sport, with only a modest relevance to common farming practices. Alice Kalya, chair of the Agricultural Society of Kenya and Paul Njuguna, chair of Alice Kalya the Kenya Plowing Organization, had arrived in Canada a week before the competition to support their team: Simon Otidi Oroni on the reversible plow and Joshua Kiptim Kigen on the conventional plow. Kalya and Njuguna said that, unlike some of the Europeans, their plowers

found the heavy, black soil at Olds to be quite similar to the soil at home. Plowing competitions are originate from the importance of preparing of a good seedbed, said Kalya. Competitors are judged on 12 different parameters, including straightness and depth of their furrows and the precision with which they start and finPaul Njuguna ish each row. Plots were worked from the outside toward the centre, requiring that the plowers keep an even width from start to finish so the last furrow draws exactly through the middle. Competitors were seen leaving their tractors at times to measure the width between the two sides of

their plot in case corrections were needed. Veteran competitor Ian Smith of Australia, one of the judges for the 2013 competition, said the first thing he looks for in the grassland competition is whether there are blades of grass sticking up between the fresh furrows. Points are deducted for each spot where the plow has missed, said Smith. While precision plowing was the focal point for the event, it was wrapped in a package that bore a remarkable resemblance to an oldtime country fair, including horse plowing, tractor pulls, line dancing, dog demonstrations, beer gardens, antique tractors and a variety of live entertainment. Olds College had bid for the 2013 competition both to celebrate its past and to raise its profile on the world stage, said Cleland. He believes it worked. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer dad pushes for lower residential area speed limits ist centre, said Flewwelling. He acknowledged that many drivers habitually drive faster than the posted rate. However, there is an argument to be made for a lower limit, because it will slow them down, he said. While he had not seen any submissions from Brown as of Friday afternoon, Flewwelling supports the principal, having recently discussed the issue during the Liveable Cities conference in Portland, Ore. One of the sessions included discussion of the relationship between

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF What amounts to a minor bump at 20 kilometres per hour is more likely to be a killer when the same car strikes the same child at 50 kph. Armed with research from across the continent, a Red Deer father is lobbying the city to either reduce the speed limit in residential areas or double the fine for people caught exceeding it — or both. Red Deer has a “default” speed limit of 50 kph, which Ryan Brown would like to see lowered to 40 in residential areas both to prevent pedestrian collisions and to reduce the impact if a vehicle does bump a child running blindly into the street. Brown is forming a lobby plan after learning that other parents, including some of his neighbours in Kentwood, share his concerns about cars, trucks and motorcycles speeding along the streets in front of their homes. One of the houses near his has been struck twice by vehicles that have lost control on the curve, said Brown. Both he and Mayor Morris Flewwelling

the severity of injuries to pedestrians and the speed the vehicles are travelling when they are struck. Severity increases potential for a fatality rises sharply as speed rates rise from 20 to 50, said Flewwelling. “I brought the idea home, that we might look at reducing our speed limits.” Flewwelling beleives speed limits of 60 and 70 on major thoroughfares should stay, but limits should be lowered on streets inside residential areas. Brown said he is just getting rolling with and

has not received much encouragement from the staff he has spoken with at City Hall. More than 50 people have now signed up to a Facebook page he started about two weeks ago and he is also looking at other options. They include making a presentation to City Council and raising the issue with candidates during upcoming municipal elections. Facebook users can look up Neighbournood Speed Initiative in Red Deer, AB to learn more. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Disaster as a symptom RAIL, PIPELINE AND CLIMATE DISASTERS FLOW FROM OUR FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION Like smokers who put off quitting until their health starts to suffer, we’re learning what happens when bad habits catch up with us. We’re witnessing the terrible effects of fossil fuel addiction every day: frequent, intense storms and floods, e x t e n d e d droughts, rapidly melting Arctic ice, disappearing glaciers, deadly smog DAVID and pollution, SUZUKI contaminated waterways and destroyed habitats. Transport accidents are also increasing as governments and industry scramble to get fuels out of the ground and to market as quickly as possible. Throughout it all, we’re asking the wrong questions. Take the recent horrific disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Que. A train carrying fracked crude oil from North Dakota to a refinery in Saint John, N.B., derailed, caught fire and caused explosions that destroyed much of the town and killed dozens of people, sending millions of

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litres of oil into the ground, air, sewers and Chaudière River. It’s a senseless tragedy that has everyone in Canada and beyond grieving for the community’s citizens and their families. Governments and the railway company must answer numerous questions about safety regulations and practices, to prevent a similar catastrophe from ever occurring. The larger questions, though, are about the dramatic increases in fossil fuel use and transport. Sadly, industry proponents quickly exploited the situation to argue for expanding pipelines. As growing human populations and increasing industrialization drive up the worldwide demand for fossil fuels, and as oil, gas and coal companies rush to extract, sell and burn as much as possible while markets remain strong, we’re seeing ever-increasing exploitation from difficult sources — fracking, oilsands, deepsea drilling and more. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers expects oil production in Western Canada to double from three million barrels a day to more than six million by 2030. This means a huge increase in the amount of fuels transported around the country and the world in pipelines, rail cars, trucks and ocean tankers. According to the Railway Association of Canada, rail shipment of oil has already increased dramatically in Canada, from 500 car-

loads in 2009 to 140,000 this year. It’s true that rail accidents can be more devastating to human life than pipeline accidents — although when it comes to oil, pipeline breaks usually spill greater quantities and cause more environmental damage than train derailments. But shipping massive volumes of oil and gas is unsafe by either method. As we transport ever-increasing volumes of fossil fuels over greater distances to broader networks, we can expect more spills and accidents. Wastefully and rapidly burning them is also driving climate change, which experts say may even affect rail safety, as extreme heat and sudden temperature shifts can cause rails to buckle, increasing the potential for derailments. Massive pipeline spills and devastating rail accidents are among the immediate and frightening consequences of our growing appetite for fossil fuels, but our bad habits are really starting to hit back with climate change. The homes and lives lost around the world, numerous plant and animal species facing extinction, rising healthcare costs from pollution-related illness and massive clean-up efforts after flooding show that failing to address climate change is far more costly than doing something about it. Much of what we’re seeing now — from increased intense rainfall and

flooding in some parts of the world to extended droughts in others — is what climate scientists have been predicting for decades. We’re not going to stop using oil overnight, and we will continue to transport it, so we must improve standards and regulations for pipelines, rail, trucks and tankers. This should include safer rail cars for moving dangerous goods. Also, many environmental groups are calling for “a comprehensive, independent safety review of all hydrocarbon transportation — pipelines, rail, tanker and truck.” But in the long run, we have to find ways to slow down. By conserving energy and switching to cleaner sources, we can start to move away from fossil fuels — and to use remaining reserves less wastefully. That’s the discussion we need to have, rather then getting mired in debates about transport methods. As energy writer Russ Blinch noted in a Huffington Post article, “Looking at pipelines versus rail tankers is really like asking, ‘Should I drive the car with bad brakes or the one with bad tires?’ ” We need to look at the big picture. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Why do some communities bounce back from hardship? BY CAROL GOAR SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Long after politicians and pundits stop asking big, unsettling questions, the scholars at Canadian Institute for Advanced Research keep probing and pondering. Every five years, the fellows of the institute’s “successful societies” program — historians, political scientists, economists, criminologists, urban planners, psychiatrists, epidemiologists and philosophers — collaborate on a book examining the trends that are changing the global landscape and reshaping people’s lives. This year’s book, entitled Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era, looks at the way communities react to successive shocks such as technological change, globalization, the triumph of market economics, privatization, deregulation, job insecurity, rising income equality and shrinking social programs. Some communities struggle to survive. Others absorb the blows and come out stronger. This book seeks to identify the factors that allow the adapters to move forward. It also aims to move the debate beyond buzzwords and half-baked theories. Neoliberalism, for example, is a phrase commentators toss around freely. But they often seize on one aspect of it — fiscal austerity, market discipline, income polarization, job insecurity — thinking they’ve grasped the whole. Their prescriptions are partial at best, harmful at worst. This book pulls together all the pieces. “It offers new ways of understanding the sweep-

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ing long-term effects of neoliberal policies,” says Alan Bernstein, president and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Social resilience is an emerging concept, a do-ityourself ideology taking hold at the community level. Political elites aren’t sure whether it is a threat or a godsend. Individuals and groups are organizing themselves to fill the gaps left by cost-cutting governments, solve their own problems, and create opportunities that didn’t exist before. “Social resilience does not mean a society faces challenges and recovers unchanged,” says Jonathan Arac, founding director of the Humanities Centre at the University of Pittsburgh, who helped set up the successful societies program. “It makes it possible for people living in societies to lead good lives despite the challenges. The book’s 21 contributors — 10 Canadian, 10 American and one British — share the conviction that social resilience is the flip-side of neoliberalism. But it consists of small experiments and scattered innovations and it raises new moral quandaries. Here are some of the issues they explore: Do tectonic shifts in the economy change people’s values, allegiances and identity? Is multiculturalism relevant in a borderless world of commerce, communication and competition? What makes a life worthy when a tiny fraction of the population controls a disproportionate share of the wealth? Does prejudice increase or recede when no one feels immune to job loss? What does leadership mean when governments play a dwindling role in people’s lives?

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Why do small homogeneous societies such as Quebec seem to do better at balancing market forces and social welfare policies than bigger, more pluralistic societies such as Canada? Some chapters are more compelling than others, some insights more practical for people eager to push back against those who insist individuals and communities have no choice and no power. What all of the authors do, in various ways, is point out that there is room for ingenuity and there are ways societies can shape a better future. New jobs are emerging. Economic-social hybrids that would have been unthinkable a generation ago are popping up. Art and culture have moved from the margins to the mainstream, creating employment opportunities and social structures that didn’t exist a decade ago. Young people, using social media, are organizing mass movements to topple repressive regimes. Older people are redefining retirement, carving out roles as active, involved citizens. There is still much to learn, says senior fellow Peter Hall of Harvard University, co-director of the CIFAR’s successful societies program. “We want to open up this concept of social resilience and identify it as a phenomenon so others will go out and study it and help contribute new thinking.” He is right; the 416-page book is more of a catalyst for brainstorming than a user’s guide to building strong, resilient communities. But its message is one of hope. People have the capacity to bounce back from trauma, to live meaningful lives in disruptive times. Carol Goar is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs columnist.

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Metis relic returned GATHERING HEARS TALE OF HOW METIS GROUP STOLE BELL OF BATOCHE FROM ONTARIO LEGION was ours.” Delaronde said he never feared prosecution for stealing the bell, but BATOCHE, Sask. — The longstand- still feels a great weight has been lifting mystery surrounding the where- ed from his shoulders. abouts of Bell of Batoche was unravDuring a mass held at Batoche, elled Saturday, as the man who stole Delaronde told his story before handit from an Ontario Legion hall in 1991 ing the bell — wrapped in buffalo skins came forward. and a Metis flag — to the Bishop of the Billyjo Delaronde, a Metis man from Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert. Manitoba, shared his story with thouMonsignor Albert Thevenot, also sands as he gave the bell back to the Metis, negotiated the return of the bell. Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert. “One idea he had was to throw it Cast in solid silver and standing in a lake, because it could cause a lot about 30 centimeof commotion,” tres tall, the bell Thevenot said. ‘IT WAS METIS MISSION is an important ”But friends conIMPOSSIBLE... cultural relic of vinced him he had Canada’s Metis. “I BELIEVE I REPATRIATED to bring it back to The bell was Batoche.” THE BELL. seized from BaSince the bell toche’s church as “THERE WAS NO was property of a trophy of war the church, it is INTENTION OF EVER by federal troops not considered who put down the STEALING THE BELL FROM stolen property Northwest RebelThevenot said. THEM, BECAUSE IT WAS lion of 1885, crush“We checked ing the dream of OURS.’ out to see that no Metis leader Louis legal problems — BILLYJO DELARONDE, would come,” he Riel to build an A METIS MAN DUBBED said. “I’m the ownindependent MeTHE KEEPER OF THE BELL tis state. It was er of the bell.” brought east and Robert Douceventually ended ette, president of up in a Royal Cathe Metis Nation nadian Legion hall of Sakatchewan, in Millbrook, Ont. said hearing the In 1991, it was stolen from the Le- bell — known amongst Metis as Marie gion by unknown conspirators and Antoinette — brought tears to his eyes. wasn’t seen publicly until this week“For the first time I really felt a lot end. of the unity that has been missing was Delaronde said he and four Metis there today,” he said. “The nation has accomplices travelled to Millbrook on turned a corner. a “gentleman’s dare,” determined to “The bell belongs to all of us.” get the relic back. Guy Savoie, an elder with the Union “It was Metis Mission Impossible,” Nationale Metisse St-Joseph du ManiDelaronde said. toba, said the bell will initially be disSome of the men created a distrac- played at the St. Boniface Museum in tion by spilling a pouch of tobacco, he Winnipeg, which has a large collection said, while others made off with the of Metis artifacts. bell. The bell will not be remounted in Delaronde said that in 1967 the fed- the church steeple from which it was eral government asked the Millbrook stolen 128 years ago, Savoie said, no Legion to turn over the bell and return matter how bad Parks Canada may it to Batoche, but the request was re- want it. fused ‘I don’t care what the feds feel about “I believe I repatriated the bell,” he it,” he said. said. “There was no intention of ever “It’s not their bell.” stealing the bell from them, because it BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Billyjo Delaronde, dubbed the Keeper of the Bell, looks on as The Bell Of Batoche is official displayed during Back to Batoche Days in Batoche, SK on Saturday, in Batoche.

Action plan TV ads landing with a thud OTTAWA — Slick television ads this year for the Harper government’s “economic action plan” appear to be inspiring a lot of, well, inaction. A key measure of the ads’ impact is whether viewers check out actionplan. gc.ca, the web portal created in 2009 to promote the catch-all brand. But a survey of 2,003 adult Canadians completed in April identified just three people who actually visited the website. The Harris-Decima poll for the Finance Department also delivered some of the worst results among nine viewerreaction surveys commissioned since the action plan ads were launched for the pivotal 2009 budget. Just six per cent of those who said they recalled the TV ads that began running in February this year reported doing anything as a result. That’s the worst result for follow-up action of any survey. The best was an August 2009 survey that found 25 per cent of respondents saying they took advantage of a temporary home renovation subsidy. And among the few people who took action, nine said all they did was complain or “express displeasure” about the 30-second TV spots, dismissed by critics as thinly veiled Conservative propaganda. The poll — mandatory under federal advertising rules — did not report anyone who called the toll-free number shown on screen, 1-800-O-Canada, another explicit goal of the ad campaign. Harris-Decima also asked: “How would you rate the overall performance of the Government of Canada,” the same question asked in the other eight surveys. Previous results from 2009 to 2012 showed an average of 43 per cent of respondents rating the government from good to excellent. The latest survey found only 38 per cent giving a positive endorsement, a trough hit only once before, in 2010. Other questions about providing information or communicating effectively also produced relatively poor grades. The telephone survey was conducted between March 19 and April 3, with the margin of error at plus or minus 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The Canadian Press obtained the $29,000 poll under the Access to Information Act. Other surveys have found Canadians increasingly bored and annoyed by

the action plan branding on TV, radio, newspapers and online, to say nothing of the ubiquitous signage at federally supported building sites across the country. The government has already spent about $113 million on action plan promotion in the last four years, and in May issued a tender for more such ads over the next year, and perhaps running to 2016. Finance Department action plan polling has so far cost taxpayers $330,000. The 30-second TV spots that appeared February-to-April showed workers building a plane, a car and a ship while a narrator refers to apprenticeship grants, student loans and innovative research. They were a rerun of ads from last fall. “Total partisan bunk,” said Liberal MP Scott Brison, the party’s chief critic of the ads, some of which he said cost nearly $100,000 for 30 seconds of airtime during this year’s NHL playoffs. “This has been a gross failure in terms of value for tax dollars,” Brison said in an interview from Cheverie, N.S. “The ads ought to be paid for by the Conservative Party of Canada, not by the Canadian taxpayer who derives no benefit from them.” The NDP’s Mathieu Ravignat said he’s not surprised the info-light ads — which he called propaganda — are getting little traction. “They’re creating apathy rather than actually engaging citizens, and that’s because they have really no important content,” he said from Quyon, Que. “They’re a bad investment.” A spokesman for the Finance Department said other surveys show overall awareness of the government’s action plan campaign has risen to a high of 62 per cent this year from a low of 20 per cent in 2009. Jack Aubry also said traffic to the action plan website increased markedly during the winter campaigns — which included TV, radio, print and online ads — to 12,600 visits each day from a baseline of 2,300. The department said it could not yet provide final costs for the winter TV ads. On the web, the TV ad that was the focus of the survey is: actionplan.gc.ca/ en/video/canadas-economic-actionplan-working-canadians

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Shadow of past abuses lingers over First Nations education debate NEWS THAT MORE THAN ABORIGINALS WERE USED AS SUBJECTS OF NUTRITIONAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE 1940S AND ’50S, STRIKES A CHORD WITH ABORIGINAL LEADERS BY MEGAN DOLSKI THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Aboriginal leaders are pointing to past abuses as evidence that the federal government should let their communities craft their own education policies. When news broke that more than 1,300 aboriginal people, mostly children, were used as subjects of nutritional experiments initiated by the Canadian government in the 1940s and ’50s, it struck a chord with aboriginal leaders that was all-too-contemporary. A statement from the Assembly of First Nations said such horrors would never have happened if aboriginal people were in control of their own lives and communities. News of the old abuses resurfaced as the national organization was meeting this week in Whitehorse, where members were discussing education reform. Some lamented that federal policy-makers haven’t learned key lessons of the past, as they prepare to present the First Nation Education Act to Parliament this fall. “The pattern in which the federal government has approached this (legislation) hasn’t broken the pattern we are looking to break,” Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo said in an interview. Participants at the Whitehorse meeting issued a statement asking Canada to work with First Nations as partners on a path to progress. Since 2012, the federal government has been crafting legislation that it says does exactly that. It says it has consulted with aboriginal communities at every step in the process, met with 600 people and received written input from almost 600 more. The legislation would create a framework allowing First Nations to establish their own education systems. The government sent a letter to First Nations chiefs earlier this month outlining a “blueprint” of its planned legislation, which is now available online, and has requested feedback on progress made to date. That draft version of the bill proposes standards for “schoolsuccess plans” for each First Nation school; suggests following up with annual reports; and promises governance “options” for communities in accordance with treaty rights. But the AFN unanimously passed a motion this week opposing the government blueprint, citing seven key problems with it. That motion pointed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s 2008 Residential Schools apology and cited his statement that “this policy of assimilation is wrong, has caused great harm, and has no place in our country.” The motion said the impending legislation “denies” the primary importance of First Nations languages and cultures. It also cited a failure to: affirm First Nation control over First Nation Education; apply the successful lessons learned by First Nations; and address historic funding shortfalls. Since 1996, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has seen its education funds capped at a two per cent increase per year. Meanwhile, the aboriginal population is growing at a much faster rate. It grew just over 20 per cent from 2006 to 2011, in contrast to

KEY MOMENTS IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLING 1874 The Canadian government’s involvement in residential schools begins. Aboriginal children are removed from their communities across the country and placed in government-funded, church-run institutions. These schools are used to assimilate aboriginal children, by exposing them to new language and cultural traditions while stripping them of their own. 1972 The National Indian Brotherhood (which later becomes the Assembly of First Nations) asks for more control of its peoples’ education. A policy is outlined in a paper called Indian Control of Indian Education. 1996 The last residential school closes in Yellowknife. The negative repercussions of life at these schools trickles down through generations of aboriginal peoples. 2004 Canada’s auditor general finds that if current trends continue, it will take nearly 30 years for aboriginal people on reserves to obtain educational equality with the rest of the Canadian population. 2008 June 11: Prime Minister Stephen Harper offers an official apology, on behalf of Canada, to survivors of the residential school system. Along with the apology, the federal government establishes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC is given a $60-million budget, and a five-year mandate to investigate and document this under-represented period in Canada’s historical archives. 2010 June 9: AFN makes a call to action on First Nations education, inviting the entire country to participate in improving education on reserves. July 22: AFN releases “First Nations Control of First Nations Education 2010.” AFN Chief Shawn Atleo asks that First Nations people be allowed to lead the way in improving their education. 2012 Jan. 24: A Crown-First Nations gathering is held. A commitment is made to “take action on education.” Dec. 11: Plans are announced for a First Nation Education Act. A discussion guide is published and released by the government, launching the first phase of the consultation process. 2013 May: After six months, phase one of the consultation process ends. June 11: On the five-year anniversary of Harper’s residentialschools apology, AFN Chief Atleo expresses discontent with relations with the government. He has sent a letter to Harper citing areas that must be addressed if reconciliation is to be achieved. July 12: A letter is sent from the government to chiefs, updating them on the consultation process and outlining the next steps in preparing the First Nation Education Act. The government releases a “blueprint” of the proposed legislation, which opens the second consultation phase. The legislation is slated to be presented before Parliament this fall. The early outline of the bill proposes standards for “school-success plans” for each First Nation school; suggests following up with annual reports; and promises governance “options” for communities in accordance with treaty rights. 2014 September: The Canadian government hopes to implement the First Nations Education Act. the rest of the population which grew about five per cent. The AFN pegs the funding shortfall at $3 billion since 1996. Atleo says there are still problems that date back to the painful residential-school era. “I can make the link to that (malnourishment) study, because it was clear back in the ’40s that the problem was that there wasn’t adequate funding,” he said. “(The government) knew it beforehand, they knew it after, and there are studies today that demonstrate there are unfair funding levels for First Nations learners.” Provincial bodies have also taken steps to fight the legislation. In Quebec, First Nations communities commissioned a firm to produce a legal opinion on whether the government’s consultation process respected its constitutional obligations. Hutchins Legal Inc. determined that — as of March 15 — the government’s consultation process

had fallen short of fulfilling its constitutional duties. First Nations in Saskatchewan took a more pre-emptive approach. Vice-Chief Bobby Cameron of the Saskatchewan Federation of Indian Nations recently asked all the association’s member-nations to develop and implement their own education acts before the federal government beat them to it. When asked about concerns regarding the process, the federal government said in an email that the consultation was “ongoing.” When Nippissing Univeristy President Michael DeGagne spoke to the Whitehorse assembly, he described misunderstandings between non-native and native leaders. “Aboriginal people are not saying, ‘Give us control of our education,’ because they want control,” he said in an interview later. “They are asking for control so they can have better outcomes.”

Coffee shop workers in Halifax in midst of unique drive to unionize BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Coffee shop workers in Halifax are leading a push to unionize in what could serve as a model for baristas elsewhere in Canada, one national union says. In recent months, employees at one cafe joined a union and workers at two others have launched efforts to do the same. “We’re seeing a real phenomenon in Halifax of coffee shop workers coming together and organizing,” said Tony Tracy, Atlantic representative for the Canadian Labour Congress. “In terms of the coffee shop industry, Halifax has been a bit of an anomaly.” Employees at a Just Us! coffee shop in Halifax successfully joined Local 2 of the Service Employees International Union. The unionization came amid an allegation carried in local media reports that two workers were fired for trying to form a union, an accusation the employer denied, saying it had not been aware of a bid to unionize. Workers at two Second Cup outlets in the city also recently voted whether to join the same union, though the Labour Board has yet to release their results. “I’ve been taking calls from colleagues and coworkers across the country who’ve been following this trend in Halifax very closely and looking at it as

a model for talking to young workers in other cities,” said Tracy. “I think we’ll still be analyzing this one for years to come.” Labour organizing in the service industry has been traditionally low for both ideological and economic reasons, said David Doorey, a professor of labour and employment law at York University in Toronto. “It is a highly competitive industry, and employers believe unionization will pose a threat to their profit margins,” he said in an email. “The labour force is often part-time, there is high turnover, and pay and benefits are low. Many of these workers do not have enough commitment to the job to tolerate the inevitable tensions that arise when the employer begins to resist the union campaign.” But that may be changing, Tracy said. “It’s not a temporary job anymore,” he said. “We’re seeing a lot of young workers unable to find work in their field and find themselves working in coffee shops for a period of years.” These usually university-educated workers often realize their stop-gap employment has become more long-term and they are motivated to turn these positions into good jobs, he added. The move seems to mimic a similar trend among janitors across the country, as well as one that saw Halifax’s casino workers unionize in 2007, he said.

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Leona Aglukkaq arrives at a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday, July 15, 2013. The soft-spoken Inuk politician from Nunavut was chosen by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lead Environment Canada.

Jury out on whether Aglukkaq will help, hinder Environment THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — If there are any questions about why Leona Aglukkaq, the soft-spoken Inuk politician from Nunavut, was chosen by Stephen Harper to lead Environment Canada, the Prime Minister’s Office is eager to dispel them. “As an Inuk woman, minister Aglukkaq grew up with a cultural connection to our country’s proud and vast Arctic,” Julie Vaux, Harper’s spokeswoman, told The Canadian Press in an email. “She understands the need to protect our beautiful land as well as anyone. “The minister is committed to protecting the environment for our families today and into the future.” Vaux was even more direct in a response to the Globe and Mail. “The appointment of a minister of the Environment from the North, a region susceptible to climate change, speaks volumes about our government’s commitment to the environment and sustainability.” Aglukkaq, 46, was largely overlooked in media coverage of last week’s cabinet shuffle, when after more than four quiet — critics would say invisible — years as Harper’s minister of health she was moved to Environment. She becomes the fifth Conservative environment minister — sixth, if you count John Baird’s two, separate stints — since Harper took office less than eight years ago. Aglukkaq takes over the post at a time when the government is working overtime to convince Americans of Canada’s environmental policy credentials in order to ease the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The $5.3-billion project, designed to carry bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to refineries in the southern U.S., has been called a “no-brainer” by Harper but is being held up by President Barack Obama over concerns from the Democrat-backing environmental movement. Aglukkaq will also become the fourth Conservative minister to promise greenhouse gas regulations for the oil and gas sector — regulations that were first promised by Baird back in 2007. Aglukkaq’s predecessor, Peter Kent, last promised the regulations would be revealed by mid-2013, a date the government has once again pushed off to the “coming months.” Insiders say Aglukkaq is hard-working, bright, looks after her constituency and is highly managed from the top. She

seldom goes off script and almost never scrums with reporters. Her office did not respond to a request for an interview for this story, but issued a statement shortly following publication. “As an Inuk, who has grown up and lives in Nunavut, I will bring a unique perspective to the portfolio. The protection of the land, water and wildlife is a fundamental principle of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement. Through this lens, I know the importance of responsible and sustainable development,” the statement partially read. Aglukkaq has not distinguished herself as a gifted political communicator, and she has been widely criticized from across the political spectrum for her lacklustre four years at Health Canada. The right-wing Fraser Institute, for instance, has taken her to task for failing to tackle Canada Health Act reforms, while critics on the left have decried cuts to independent health research and a hands-off approach on everything from OxyContin addiction to obesity and sodium reduction programs. Aglukkaq’s most notable flashes of political passion have revolved around her aboriginal ancestry. Last year when a United Nations rapporteur delivered a harsh report on food security among Canada’s aboriginal communities, Aglukkaq —and not the government’s minister for Indian and Northern Affairs —was dispatched to respond. Calling the report’s author “an ill-informed and patronizing academic,” Aglukkaq told the House of Commons that she had taken “the opportunity to educate him about Canada’s North and aboriginal people that depend on the wildlife that they hunt every day for food security.” She later fulminated to Maclean’s magazine that, “As an Inuk person who depends on the environment where I’m from for my well-being, it’s insulting.” Aglukkaq also played on her ancestry to shoot down a Liberal MP’s question about health care funding cuts for diabetes, suicide prevention and aboriginal health staff. “Can the minister explain to this House why her cuts target the population with the worst health outcomes in Canada, the aboriginal people of Canada,” asked Liberal Carolyn Bennett, herself a physician. “As an aboriginal person, I take that type of line of questioning to be unacceptable,” Aglukkaq responded.

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MAVERICK AT RANCH The classic movie Maverick featuring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner will be shown at Heritage Ranch later in July. It was one of three movies people voted for, the other two being Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and City Slickers, and will be shown at the ranch at 6300 Cronquist Dr. Maverick was the overwhelming favourite, receiving 45.7 per cent of the vote. The show starts at sunset on July 24, with the next day, July 25, set aside in case of rain. Attendees are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit back and relax under the stars, both on the screen and in the sky. The movie is free and the first 500 entrants get free popcorn and water, and the first 100 Scotiabank Scene debit and Visa cardholders who show their Scene cards get entry into a VIP section. The show starts at sunset.

FAMILY WATER DAY Red Deer Native Friendship Society is hosting a family water day at Discovery Canyon on Tuesday. Transport will be provided for a limited number of people who must pre-register. The day trip runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information or to pre-register, call 403340-0020. Discovery Canyon is just west of the parking lot at River Bend Golf Course.

TEEN SUMMER READING CLUB The Teen Summer Reading Club opens the pages of the Great Wonders of Great Britain on July 25. Take a whirlwind tour through England, Scotland and Wales and watch Stone of Destiny, an exciting adventure/ comedy. The club will meet at the Dawe branch of the Red Deer Public library from 1 to 2:30 p.m. This is geared for children 12 years and older.

FREEDOM RIDE Cyclists will pedal 200 km to raise money for furnishing and operating Magdalene House Society this month. On July 27, local cyclists will set out on a Freedom Ride to raise money for the recovery home for those exploited by human trafficking. The cyclists will ride from Sylvan Lake to Caroline on July 27 and make a return trip the next day. Pledges are being accepted at www. magdalenehouse.ca.

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Cindy and Peter Regier take a quick break during the charity golf tournament they organized in memory of their daughter, Stacy.

A daughter’s light shines FAMILY ESTABLISHES CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL AFTER DEATH OF DAUGHTER Peter and Cindy Regier of Sylvan Lake decided to seek a positive outcome, setting up a charity golf tournament to help fund equipment for the unit where she had been treated.

“This tournament was designed to keep Stacy’s memory alive, so for her family and friends, it is a reunion. She definitely is with us — she has brought us 25-plus weathSYLVAN LAKE — A big collection of er almost every year,” said Cindy. smiling faces — 134 in total — speaks volBy midafternoon on Saturday, umes about the efforts family and the tournament had added $10,000 friends of Stacy Regier have made to the $115,000 raised in the previ‘THIS TOURNAMENT WAS DESIGNED TO to deal with their grief. four years, said Cindy. KEEP STACY’S MEMORY ALIVE, SO FOR HER ousShe A City of Red Deer office workanticipates it will take er, Stacy suffered severe head inju- FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IT IS A REUNION. SHE another week before she knows ries from a car crash in Calgary on the total amount raised through DEFINITELY IS WITH US.’ Oct. 20, 2008. course fees, donations and silent She was rushed to a trauma unit — CINDY REGIER auction sales. at the Foothills Hospital, where The tournament is supported two other patients had also been by a variety of sponsors, with admitted with head injuries. proceedings sent to the Calgary At the time, the hospital had onCindy said her daughter’s light shone Health Trust and directed from there toly one CoolGuard machine, used to reduce down on the fifth-annual tournament, held ward purchasing specialized equipment for brain swelling by cooling the body’s inter- on Saturday at the Meadowlands Golf Club the trauma unit. nal temperature. Doctors chose to put Stacy in Sylvan Lake. Clubhouse manager for Meadowlands, on the machine, feeling that she had the Taking shelter from the afternoon sun- Cindy said during the tournament that she greatest need. shine, she said the tournament has had and her family will continue to host the Her injuries were too severe. Stacy died excellent weather every year, bringing tournament in years to come, but may alter in the trauma room at the age of 24. throngs of family and friends for an after- the format. Those changes have yet to be Witnessing the hospital staff’s tremen- noon of fun on the links followed up with a discussed, she said. dous efforts to save their daughter’s life, dinner and silent auction. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Signs point way to the past 30 SIGNS POSTED AT SIGNIFICANT SITES BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer is making it easier to walk down memory lane with heritage interpretative signs planted in front of 62 buildings and sites. In the 1980s, about 30 signs were posted at significant sites. Those sites now have new signs. Out of the 62 signs, 24 were installed in April or May. “We have another 10 to finish off this year,” said Janet Pennington, the city’s heritage community development co-ordinator. “Any site that is a designated municipal or provincial historic resource has a sign. We’ve also been putting them on some of the other buildings and sites listed in our Land Use Bylaw. And all the sites we’re including in our new series of heritage tours that we launched in June — every one of those has a sign.” Signs are either attached to the building or a post nearby

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Signs, like the one sitting next to the doors of the Club Cafe on Ross Street, have started to appear in front of buildings throughout the city, allowing passersby to learn about the historic buildings in Red Deer. and cost about $1,000 to fabricate and install. Some of the sites that have never had signs before this year include Capital Theatre at 4924 Ross St., Club Cafe at 5019 50th St., the former Gaetz Manufacturing Co. at 4840 51st St., the former Eaton’s store at 4807 Gaetz Ave., Horsley Block at 4952 Ross St., and the former Peacock Inn at 5018 Ross St. “All of these have some really interesting stories behind them.” Pennington said the sign at Peacock Inn says Colonel Sanders visited the building to see if the owners wanted to turn it into a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise. “We don’t cram it full of de-

tails because people don’t need it. We just try to come up with the tidbits.” For each site, a web page will be developed with more information about the site or the owners and archival photos. When the pages are completed, a code will be added to the sign for people with smartphones to access the page while they visit the site. Pennington plans to invite people to send in interesting stories about the sites and she welcomes suggestions for more sites. A list of the sites with heritage interpretative signs will eventually be available at www. reddeer.ca/heritage.

Pennington said the signs promote cultural tourism and a sense of community for people who are new to Red Deer. “This is a great way for them to explore the community and also to see what went on before they got here. “It gives a sense of who the pioneers were and over time, as we’ve had waves of immigrants, the contributions that they’ve made. I think it really creates that sense of identity and sense of belonging and hopefully it gets some people interested in their heritage.” To contact Pennington, call 403-309-6270. szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

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TAKE STOCK Deal ends Coca-Cola plant strike Production will resume at a Coca-Cola bottling facility in Brampton, Ont., today, ending a three-week strike at the company’s largest Canadian plant. A spokesman for the Canadian Auto Workers says a new three-year deal for 700 union workers was approved by a strong majority. Jerry Dias says pension benefits and concerns over outsourcing were the biggest issues that have now been resolved in the new agreement. The new deal at the plant just northwest of Toronto also includes wage increases.

Michelin recalls 100,000 tires Michelin is voluntarily recalling 100,000 tires after a retailer discovered that some had holes and quickly deflated. The recall affects certain sizes of Michelin’s LTX M/S 2, X Radial LT2 and Latitude Tour tires. The tires are typically used on light trucks and SUVs. The puncture, in the sidewall, was caused by machines used to handle the finished tires. The tires were made in Michelin’s Lexington, S.C. plant. There have been no reports of damage, death or injury. Michelin says about 2,500 of the recalled tires may have the defect. Customers who may have purchased the tires will be notified by mail beginning next week. Customers who have already replaced the tires may be reimbursed. Owners can contact Michelin at 1-855-851-4951 or www.michelinman .com/ voluntarysafetyrecall

Lew meeting Greek leaders U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urged Greece on Sunday to continue its efforts to stabilize its debtridden economy and capitalize on the sacrifices already made “to ensure prosperity and growth for generations to come.” Lew was on a one-day visit to Greece after attending a Group of 20 summit in Russia. In an hour-long meeting with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, Lew discussed Greece’s austerity program, its long-term prospects, and visits the so-called troika of Greece’s creditors — the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — have made to Greece, said Dimitris Kanellisa, a Finance Ministry spokesman. Later, Lew met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at an unusual setting, the Acropolis Museum, not the Greek leader’s office. Samaras is due to meet President Barack Obama in Washington next month. “Our talks focused on the obvious challenges of stability and growth,” Samaras told reporters before he and Lew dined under the Acropolis. — The Canadian Press and The Associated Press

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Monday, July 22, 2013

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Credit card decision looms TRIBUNAL SET TO RULE ON ALLEGED ANTI-COMPETITIVE VISA, MASTERCARD PRACTICES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A ruling expected this week on a complaint against Visa and MasterCard could significantly change how consumers use credit cards in Canada. The federal Competition Tribunal is set to issue a decision Tuesday on whether rules imposed on merchants by the credit card giants are too restrictive. Striking down the rules could allow merchants to either reject certain cards that offer incentive points, or charge consumers more for using them. Under the current rules, merchants are required to accept all Visa and MasterCard offerings, but are prevented from charging an additional fee to those who pay with so-called premium cards, which come with higher costs. Canada’s Commissioner of Competition filed a formal complaint with the tribunal in May 2012, accusing Visa and MasterCard of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour. Consumers have been forced to pay an estimated $5 billion worth of hidden fees

each year as a result, the complaint says. “Without changes to the rules, merchants will continue to face high costs for accepting credit cards, and all consumers, even those who use lower-cost methods of payment like debit or cash, will continue to pay higher prices,” commissioner Melanie Aitken said in a statement at the start of hearings. The rules allow Visa and MasterCard to charge ever-increasing interchange fees to merchants who accept their cards without allowing them the choice of rejecting those card that carry higher fees, says the Retail Council of Canada. “We’re very hopeful that the tribunal recognizes that there needs to be changes in the way this market functions,” said David Wilkes, the council’s senior vice-president. Interchange fees are charged by the banks and credit card companies on every credit or debit card transaction. Credit card interchange fees range from a low of 1.54 per cent for accepting a basic card to as high as 2.65 per cent for so-called “premium” cards that offer cardholders

travel points or other incentives. Debit transactions, meanwhile, are based on a flat fee per transaction. If the requirements are struck down, consumers could soon face retailer surcharges for using premium cards, or at the very least confusion at the cash register, warns the Canadian Bankers Association. “If merchants were allowed to surcharge — add an extra cost — that would be a very bad consumer experience,” said CBA president Terry Campbell. “If they were allowed to, in effect, discriminate among cards or accept some cards and not accept others, again that would not be a good customer experience. Changes to those two rules could negatively affect the interests of consumers.” Merchants don’t want to impose surcharges because that wouldn’t address the root cause of the problem, said New Democrat consumer critic Glen Thibeault, who launched a summer-long public consultation on the issue. But they do want the power to decide whether to reject certain cards that carry higher interchange fees, he added.

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The states hope to nudge the federal government to change its law. John Vitko would like to grow hemp on his Vermont farm to use as feed for his chickens now that Vermont has passed a law setting up rules to grow it. He doesn’t know where to find any seed and knows he would be breaking federal law if he finds some and grows a small amount of the plant. With the cost of feed continually rising, he said hemp provides an economical way to feed and provide bedding for his 100 birds, whose eggs are used in the custard-based ice cream he sells to restaurants and in a dessert shop in Waitsfield. “It’s one of the few things that are manageable for a small farmer to handle,” he said of hemp, which doesn’t require large equipment to plant and harvest like corn does. “It’s complete protein,” he said. “It has all their amino acids. It’s a seed which birds like.”

LOS ANGELES — Noriko Uno was afraid of driving fast, often avoiding the freeway and taking the same route every day from her Upland home to and from her family’s sushi restaurant. She had put only 10,000 miles on her 2006 Camry in about four years. So when her car unexpectedly accelerated to speeds up to 100 mph on a street with a posted limit of 30, the 66-year-old bookkeeper did everything she could to slow down, stepping on the brake pedal and pulling the emergency handle as she swerved to avoid hitting other vehicles. Uno was killed when her car went onto a median and struck a telephone pole and a tree. Her case is the first to go to trial in a proceeding that could determine whether Toyota Motor Corp. should be held liable for sudden unintended acceleration in its vehicles — a claim made by motorists that plagued the Japanese automaker and led to lawsuits, settlements and recalls of millions of its cars and SUVs. Toyota has said there was no defect in Uno’s Camry. The automaker has blamed such crashes on accelerators that got stuck, floor mats that trapped the gas pedal and driver error. The company has settled some wrongful death cases and agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve lawsuits where owners said the value of their vehicles plummeted after Toyota’s recalls because of sudden-acceleration concerns. The Uno trial, starting with jury selection Monday, is expected to last two months.

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In this Friday, July 12, 2013, photo, work continues at the crash site on in Lac-Megantic, Quebec of a train that derailed igniting tanker cars carrying crude oil that killed fifty people. U.S. and Canadian drillers are producing oil faster than new pipelines can be built. As a result, trains have become an unexpected yet vital way to move this bounty of energy from the continent’s midsection to refineries along the coasts. However, since the July 6 tragedy in Lac-Megantic, where a runaway train carrying 72 carloads of crude derailed and killed 50 people, there have been calls for tougher regulations, stronger rail cars and more pipelines.

Vt., 8 other states clash with federal law over hemp cultivation; FARMERS SEE LUCRATIVE CROP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WAITSFIELD, Vt. — Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has a law setting up rules to grow the plant, a cousin of marijuana that’s more suitable for making sandals than getting high. But federal law forbids growing hemp without a permit, so farmers could be risking the farm if they decide to grow the plant that the Drug Enforcement Agency basically considers marijuana. Hemp and marijuana share the same species — cannabis sativa — but hemp has a negligible content of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. Under federal law, all cannabis plants fall under the marijuana label, regardless of THC content. To grow marijuana for industrial purposes or research, a grower must register with the DEA and meet specific security requirements, such as installing costly fencing for a field of hemp. A national non-profit group is

pushing to change current law and move regulation of hemp farming from the DEA to the state. In the meantime, the group, Vote Hemp, does not recommend growing hemp while state and federal laws conflict. “It’s literally betting the farm,” said Tom Murphy, national outreach co-ordinator for the group. Farmers who grow it, or even conspire to grow it and import the seeds face jail time and the forfeiture of their land, he said. But it’s unclear how seriously the DEA will enforce it. Murphy said he’s heard that people have planted hemp on leased land in Colorado. “Now if somebody chooses to do it as civil disobedience, knowing full well what’s going to happen, then that’s on them,” he said. So far, 19 states have passed hemp legislation, including nine that allow its production. Eight states have passed bills calling for the study of hemp, while three states passed bills setting up commissions or authorizing the study of it, according to Vote Hemp.

Investors putting too much in cash, GICs

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Still reeling from the market downturn, Canadian investors are reacting emotionally by putting too much money into cash, GICs and long-term bonds, and many of them don’t even know where their money is invested, a recent poll by Edwards Jones revealed. According to the poll, Canadian investors are holding as much as 13 per cent of their money in guaranteed investment certificates and 11 per cent of investors don’t even

know what they are invested in. Among Canadians who have investments, including those with registered retirement savings plans and tax free savings accounts, the majority (41 per cent) owned mutual funds, followed closely by stocks (14 per cent) and GICs (13 per cent). The poll also found that half of Canadians plan to make the same kind of investment this year and about 25 per cent plan to buy GICs, further adding to their cash

and short-term holdings. Cash essentially is an emotional investment, a reaction to the market downturn of 2008 and 2009, said Craig Fehr, Canadian market strategist with Edward Jones. “It’s interesting that we are still seeing emotion and impulse decisions to cash, short-term GICs and fixed income investments,” Fehr said.

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INVESTMENTS: Long-term goals “This might help investors sleep at night, but it won’t help them meet their long-term investment goals. With exceedingly low interest rates, cash is providing little to no return and Canadians could be missing out on opportunities to grow investments in their portfolios if they aren’t balanced, even more so if they are not aware of what’s in them.” Holding as much in cash and GICs as growth investments such as stocks means your portfolio may not be properly balanced, which can cause you to miss out on opportunities to grow your investments. Putting too much money into cash and fixed income investments in a low-interest rate environment, like the current one, can actually mean your investments are moving backwards, when the impact of inflation over time is taken into account. “Given the market’s performance recently, with stocks doing well and with the potential for rising interest rates in the future, we recommend investors review their portfolios, rebalance their mix of stocks and bonds and add quality investments that are poised to perform well today and over the long term,” Fehr advises. Investors should be wary of being over-weighted in long-term bonds and instead move to medium-term bonds of six to 15 years, as the threat of rising interest rates is likely to impact future returns in the long term. Fehr recommends younger investors seeking greater returns should consider a portfolio mix of 65 per cent stocks and 35 per cent bonds, evolving to a 50/50 mix as they grow older and a greater emphasis on fixed income as they move into retirement. He also recommends looking to investments outside of Canada. Seventy-five per cent of the Toronto Stock Exchange, for example, is made up of three major sectors: financial, energy and materials. A good strategy is to look to global markets for greater diversification into other areas such as health care and technology. “These are a small part of the Canadian economy but big in the global market, so it’s not a bad idea to consider some international equities and investments,” Fehr said. Fehr believes it’s not too early to start hedging against a future rise in interest rates. “Investors should be wary of being over-weighted in long-term bonds as the threat of rising interest rates is likely to impact future returns and look for high-quality dividend paying equities,” Fehr said. “Over the last 50 years, dividends have outpaced inflation.” Many investors have never before seen or experienced current market conditions, and should look to a professional adviser for help. Twenty per cent of investors in the survey admitted they didn’t know where they would be putting their money this year. “Working with a financial adviser can help people choose the right investments that fit their own individual needs,” Fehr said. “Good advice, quality investments and a steady focus on your financial goals can help you make wise choices with your hard-earned money.” Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

HEMP: Grown in the past Hemp has been grown in the U.S. in the past to make rope, fabric and even the paper that used to draft the Declaration of Independence. The country even launched a “Hemp for Victory” campaign during World War II as supplies for other overseas fibers dwindled. Now most hemp products in the U.S. are imported from Canada, China and Europe and some farmers think the U.S. is missing out on a lucrative crop. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado was granted a request to fly an American flag made of hemp over the capitol in Washington on the Fourth of July. He held the flag during the U.S. House debate in over a hemp amendment to the farm bill that he introduced with Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon. The measure would have allowed colleges and universities to grow hemp for research in states where its cultivation is permitted. The amendment passed but the farm bill failed. “Support for our recent farm bill amendment demonstrated that there is growing consensus to revisit the antiquated drug laws that now keep U.S. farmers from participating in the $300 million hemp retail market,” Blumenauer said. “A hemp flag flown over the Capitol on the Fourth of July is a powerful symbol of this reform movement.” The figure Blumenauer referenced comes from a Congressional Research Service report that says the industry estimates that U.S. retail sales of hemp-based products may exceed $300 million per year. The bill that Democratic Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law last month is intended to push the federal government to change its law after Canada reintroduced industrial hemp in the late 1990s. “The reason we want to push for a

change is that hemp is potentially a valuable crop,” said Democratic Rep. Caroline Partridge, chairwoman of the Vermont House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products. “People want to grow it. Hemp oil is a valuable product, and there’s so much of the hemp plant that can be used for very, very productive purposes,” The Vermont law sets up procedures and policies for growing hemp. A grower must register with the state agriculture secretary and provide a statement that seeds used do not exceed a certain concentration of THC. The grower also must allow the hemp crops to be inspected and tested at the discretion of the Agriculture Agency, which warns growers that cultivating and possessing hemp in Vermont is a violation of federal law. It’s too late this growing season in Vermont for Vitko to grow hemp, but he hopes to plant just an acre of the plant next spring if the rules are worked out. “I’m going to be a little farmer that’s growing hemp, they’ve got bigger problems than me,” he said of the DEA.

TOYOTA: Accused of making safety an option “Toyota decided to make safety an option instead of a standard on their vehicles,” said attorney Garo Mardirossian, who is representing Uno’s husband and son. “They decided to save a few bucks, and by doing so, it cost lives.” The proceeding represents the first of the bellwether cases in state courts, which are chosen by a judge to help predict the potential outcome of other lawsuits making similar claims. Other cases expected to go to trial in state courts this year include one in Oklahoma and another in Michigan. There are more than 80 similar cases filed in state courts. The Toyota litigation has gone on parallel tracks in state and federal court with both sides agreeing to settlements so far. A federal judge in Orange County is dealing with both wrongful death and economic loss lawsuits that have been consolidated. He’s expected to give final approval to the economic loss settlement next week. Federal lawsuits contend that Toyota’s electronic throttle control system was defective and caused vehicles to surge unexpectedly. Plaintiffs’ attorneys have deposed Toyota employees, reviewed software code and pored over thousands of documents. Toyota has denied the allegation and neither the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration nor NASA found evidence of electronic problems. A trial in one of the lead cases is scheduled for November. The Uno trial will likely focus on why Toyota didn’t have a mechanism to override the accelerator if the gas and brake pedals are pressed simultaneously in Camrys sold in the U.S. The automaker put the brake override system in its European fleet, Mardirossian said. Toyota said Uno’s vehicle was equipped with a “state-of-the-art” braking system and denied any defect played a role in her death. “We are confident the evidence will show that a brake override system would not have prevented this accident and that there was no defect in Mrs. Uno’s vehicle,” the automaker said in a statement about the upcoming trial. Legal observers said Uno’s attorneys won’t necessarily have to prove what was wrong with the vehicle, but show that the accident could have been prevented with a brake override system. “If the plaintiff succeeds in convincing a jury it wasn’t human error, that it was attributed to the car, I think they have a strong case,” said Gregory Keating, a law professor at the University of Southern California. “Jurors, as drivers, are likely to believe strongly that cars shouldn’t become uncontrollable in this way.” It was nearly four years ago when Uno, who was out grocery shopping and depositing receipts from the restaurant, died after her car went onto a median, struck a telephone pole and then hit a large tree. Witnesses told police they saw Uno swerve to avoid hitting an oncoming truck, according to the lawsuit. Mardirossian said Uno was a cautious driver and neither floor mats nor driver error were to blame. He said witnesses heard the Camry engine racing and saw brake lights going on and off. Pulling the handbrake had “zero effect,” Mardirossian said. “Imagine her strapped into her Toyota Camry driving 100 mph knowing the next move would be fatal,” he said. “She saved many lives by veering off into that centre median knowing that death was near.” That same day — Aug. 28, 2009 — offduty California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor and three family members were killed on a suburban San Diego freeway when their 2009 Lexus ES 350 reached speeds of more than 120 mph, struck a sport utility vehicle, launched off an embankment, rolled several times and burst into flames. A 911 call captured Saylor’s brother-in-law telling the others to pray before the car crashed. Toyota, which makes the luxury Lexus brand, agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the victims’ family for $10 million. An inquiry into the crash led to recalls of millions of Toyota vehicles. Investigators said a wrong-size floor mat trapped the accelerator and caused the accident.

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Canadian retailers have spent years weaning shoppers onto the concept of loyalty cards, and what was once considered an added perk that’s putting pressure on the companies that run the programs. Loyalty cards walk a fine line that can benefit both customers and drive revenues.

Retailers aim for balance over customers’ loyalty expectations BY DAVID FRIEND THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian retailers have spent years weaning shoppers onto the concept of loyalty cards, and what was once considered an added perk is now putting pressure on the companies that run the programs. Loyalty cards walk a fine line that can benefit both customers and drive revenues, but as many corporations have found over the years, a shopper who has fallen in love with their rewards isn’t prepared to compromise much. Last week, Loblaw learned that hard lesson when the grocer’s trumpeted $12.4-billion acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX:SC) was briefly eclipsed by concerns over the future of the pharmacy retailer’s popular Optimum rewards card. Customers flooded social media with their fears that the Optimum program would evaporate and the attention forced both the retailers to reassure customers that the rewards card wasn’t on deathwatch — for now. The passionate reaction to the Optimum card showed that rewards programs are working, and can successfully create a brand loyalty that helps buck trends and downturns in the economy. At the same time, customers who once saw rewards as a simple perk now feel they’re entitled to reap benefits for their loyalty. Telecom giant Roger Communications (TSX:RCI.B) is the next big company to jump into the loyalty program game, an effort it hopes will keep customers from switching to rival carriers. Under the program, wireless, cable, Internet and home phone clients will be able to earn points that can be redeemed for rewards such as U.S. roaming packages, premium TV content and upgraded Internet packages. Rogers launched the program earlier this month in Red Deer, and plans to roll it out across the country in stages throughout the rest of the year. A study from industry group Colloquy found that Canadian households belong to 8.2 loyalty programs on average, and that includes companies ranging from gas station cards like Petro-Points and Esso Extra, the grocery card at Sobeys, Indigo’s Plum Rewards and Hudson’s Bay card HBC Rewards. The Shoppers and Loblaw (TSX:L) incident isn’t the first time that a relationship forged around loyalty points has nearly turned sour. Other popular loyalty programs have faced their own backlash over the years as the fine print of points programs, or significant changes to the rules, left customers feeling shortchanged. “Canadians have grown up with them in many circumstances, so there’s almost an expectation,” said Kevin O’Brien, chief commercial officer at Aeroplan Canada. Aeroplan is perhaps the most popular rewards program that weathered a negative reaction from its customers after revealing changes. In 2006, the company said it would expire points that were unused for more than seven years. The change was set to kick in this year, but Aeroplan retreated from its plan and said members would not lose their points provided they remain active in the program.

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While the announcement was criticized by some users at the time, the fury appeared to die down for awhile, though that was before Aeroplan organized focus groups to study customer reaction. What executives found was that while some members had gone silent, they still weren’t happy with the revisions. Aeroplan initially picked seven years for their rewards to expire because it was double “the average life of a mile,” or the amount of time the points stayed unspent on an account. “It was introduced to put some background pressure on people to look for redemption opportunities, so they didn’t just sit on a bunch of miles and let them build and build and never redeem,” O’Brien said. “But we discovered it’s not really that they don’t have an intention to redeem, it’s that sometimes people are saving up for something very specific.” Like all loyalty programs, unspent rewards points are essentially considered a debt, and companies keep tally of how much it would cost if all of the points were to be cashed in at once. Points competitor Air Miles followed a similar shift in early 2012 when it began to let points expire after five years. The announcement went relatively unnoticed over the winter holiday season, and though it was met with some negative reaction, the company hasn’t changed its mind. “We’ve got collectors with miles sitting on our books for 20 years,” Neil Everett, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer for Air Miles, said in an interview at the time. “As a result of that, it makes it very difficult as a program continues to grow to be able to basically plan your financials accurately. And as a result, we need to get better discipline in place.” Movie exhibitor Cineplex (TSX:CGX) is learning about the challenges and benefits of its widely successful Scene program, which launched in 2007 and has quickly grown into one of the most popular loyalty cards in the country with 4.6 million members. Cineplex chief executive Ellis Jacob said that unlike many loyalty cards, Scene has grown its customer base across broad demographics, with a large amount in the lucrative target audience aged 18-34 years, with a nearly even split between males and females. The points program, which the company developed with Scotiabank (TSX:BNS), has received plenty of attention, but it’s also starting to cost the company more money as consumers get smart about its loopholes. Moviegoers who earn free movies can redeem the points for either regular-priced movie tickets or films shown on their UltraAVX or Imax screens, which can cost nearly twice as much as a regular ticket. Those bigger savings to the customer ultimately cost Cineplex. “I know from the data we’re looking at, that’s a big problem,” Jacob said. “I really want to leave it the way it is, but we have to be careful to what the eventual cost is... We don’t want to rush to fix it, but at some point it’s going to get to where we may not have a choice.”

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Odour leads to grisly discovery POLICE ARREST SEX OFFENDER AFTER DISCOVERY OF THREE FEMALE BODIES IN GARBAGE BAGS, MORE VICTIMS SOUGHT BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Authorities responding to a report of a foul odour from a home discovered a body and arrested a registered sex offender who sent police and volunteers through a poor Ohio neighbourhood in a search for more victims, officials said Sunday. East Cleveland Police Chief Ralph Spotts had cautioned searchers Sunday to be prepared to find one or two more victims, but he declined to elaborate. But after a daylong search that included 40 abandoned houses and other areas, no more bodies were found. Spotts identified the suspect as 35-year-old Michael Madison. He said Madison is expected to be formally charged Monday. Mayor Gary Norton said the suspect has indicated he might have been influenced by Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, who was convicted in 2011 of murdering 11 women and sentenced to death. It’s the latest in a series of high-profile cases involving the disappearance of women from the Cleveland area. One body was found Friday in a garage. Two others were found Saturday — one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house. The three female bodies, all wrapped in plastic bags, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart, and authorities believed the victims were killed in the last six to 10 days. Searchers rummaging through vacant houses in the same neighbourhood Sunday were warned by Spotts to brace themselves for the smell of rotting bodies and to look out for trash bags that might conceal a body. He declined to elaborate on his comments about the possible additional victims. Spotts indicated later Sunday that the suspect’s comments haven’t provided clarity on whether more bodies might be found. “He really hasn’t stated that there’s any more, but he hasn’t said anything that would make us think that there’s not,” Spotts said. Norton said authorities have “lots of reasons” to suspect there are more victims, but he refused to say why. Norton said the suspect, who was arrested Friday after a police standoff,

has indicated to authorities he might have been influenced by Sowell. “He said some things that led us to believe that in some way, shape, or form, Sowell might be an influence,” Norton told The Associated Press. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Madison has an attorney, and no one was commenting Sunday afternoon at the address he registered. A report of a foul odour emanating from a home led police to the discovery of the first body, found in a garage, and to the suspect. Two other bodies were found nearby Saturday. The bodies were each in the fetal position, wrapped in several layers of trash bags, Norton said. He said detectives continue to interview the suspect, who used his mother’s address in Cleveland in registering as a sex offender, the mayor said. “The person in custody, some of the things he said to investigators made us go back today,” the mayor said Saturday. Cuyahoga County medical examiner Dr. Thomas P. Gilson said Sunday that the bodies were in advanced stages of decomposition and that it would take several days to identify them and how they died. About three dozen volunteers, including community anti-crime activists, fanned out Sunday morning across yards, through vacant houses and along a railroad to help police search. The chief advised them to watch for missing floor boards as they looked inside houses. One young searcher crawled under a board screwed across a door to go inside a house to search. “The MO of each body we’ve found so far was wrapped up in a lot of garbage bags, so if you see anything .... and it might not look like it’s a body, but it could be — because each bag, the way he had each person was in a fetal position,” Spotts told searchers before they began. “It didn’t look like a person could actually fit in the bag.” Pam Butcher, 55, said she came out to help search her neighbourhood because she was disturbed by the death and said she knew other volunteers were, too. “They are concerned because it could have been one of their family members,” she said. “It could have been one of their kids. It could have

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Sanautica Hicks-Ross searches an abandoned home Sunday, near where three bodies were found in East Cleveland, Ohio. Hicks-Ross is an East Cleveland resident. Police Chief Ralph Spotts told volunteers to check vacant houses in a neighborhood where three bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags that he believes there could be one or two more victims. been one of their nieces. It could have been one of their aunts.” One neighbour, Nathenia Crosby, said she was familiar with the suspect and had seen him walking through the neighbourhood. She said she had told him to stop chatting with her daughter and warned him after seeing him talk to her cousin. “It’s very scary, especially when he used to be talking to my daughter,” said Crosby, 48. “But I told him he was too old to be talking to my daughter because she was only 19. When I found out how old he was, I said, ‘You need to move on, she’s too young.’ ” The police, FBI, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department went

through yards and abandoned houses over about three blocks Saturday and used dogs trained to find cadavers. The neighbourhood in East Cleveland, which has some 17,000 residents, has many abandoned houses and authorities want to be thorough, the mayor said. “Hopefully, we pray to God, this is it,” he said. It’s the third recent high-profile case in the Cleveland area that involves missing women. In May, three women who separately vanished a decade ago were found captive in a run-down house. Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver, has pleaded not guilty to nearly 1,000 counts of kidnap, rape and other crimes.

U.S. fighters drop unarmed Mortar rounds fired bombs into Great Barrier by Syrian troops slam Reef in air emergency into town market BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Two American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week when a training exercise went wrong, the U.S. Navy said, angering environmentalists. The two AV-8B Harrier jets launched from the aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard each jettisoned an inert practice bomb and an unarmed laser-guided explosive bomb into the World Heritage-listed marine park off the coast of Queensland state on Tuesday, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement Saturday. Commander William Marks, spokesman for the 7th Fleet, said the emergency jettison was made in consultation with Australian officials. “There is minimal environmental impact,” Marks told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Monday. “It is a safe situation for the environment, for shipping, for navigation.” The four bombs, weighing a total of 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds), were dropped into more than 50 metres (164 feet) of water away from coral to minimize possible damage to the reef, the statement said. None exploded. The jets from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit had intended to drop the ordnances on the Townshend Island bombing range, but aborted the mission when controllers reported the area was not clear of hazards, the statement said. “There were civilian boats right below them,” Marks said.

The pilots conducted the emergency jettison because they were low on fuel and could not land with their bomb load, the Navy said. The emergency happened on the second day of the biennial joint training exercise Talisman Saber, which brings together 28,000 U.S. and Australian military personnel over three weeks. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were working with Australian authorities to investigate the incident, the Navy said. Australian Sen. Larissa Waters, the influential Greens party’s spokeswoman on the Great Barrier Reef, described the dumping of bombs in such an environmentally sensitive area as “outrageous” and said it should not be allowed. “Have we gone completely mad?” she told ABC. “Is this how we look after our World Heritage area now? Letting a foreign power drop bombs on it?” Graeme Dunstan, who is among the environmentalists and anti-war activists demonstrating against the joint exercises, said the mishap proved that the U.S. military could not be trusted to protect the environment. “How can they protect the environment and bomb the reef at the same time? Get real,” Dunstan said from the Queensland coastal town of Yeppoon, near where the war games are taking place. The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest network of coral structures, is rich in marine life and stretches more than 3,000 kilometres (1,800 miles) along Australia’s northeast coast.

MEXICO EXPLOSION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOLUCA, Mexico — A pipeline explosion Sunday that injured seven people and sent flames and smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the air in central Mexico was caused by illegal tapping, Mexico’s stateowned oil company said. The pre-dawn explo-

sion in a farm field injured four police officers and three firefighters among those called to the scene by a report of an oil leak. Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, issued a statement on its Twitter account blaming the blast on an attempt to steal oil with an illicit tap. The supply of crude oil through the pipeline was

immediately suspended, it said. The explosion in Tonanitla in central Mexico state did not threaten any of the area’s communities, Mexico state Gov. Eruviel Avila said via Twitter. There were no evacuations. An oil leak was first reported about 3:35 a.m. and the explosion occurred at 4 a.m., said Francisco Ventura of the Tecamac municipal police.

AT LEAST 30 KILLED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMMAN, Jordan — Government troops fired mortar rounds that slammed into a main market in a town in northern Syria on Sunday, killing at least 20 civilians, activist groups said. The mortar shells struck the town of Ariha, which is held mostly by opposition fighters, a few hours ahead of iftar, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees, two opposition groups tracking the violence in Syria, said at least 20 people were killed including two children and two women. It was not immediately clear what triggered the shelling. Also Sunday, state media said government forces killed nearly 50 rebels in an ambush near Damascus. Separately, Kurdish rebels freed the local commander of an alQaida-linked group in a town near Syria’s northern border with Turkey in return for 300 Kurdish civilians detained by the group, as part of an agreement to end rebel infighting that erupted a day earlier in the region. The commander in the town of Tal Abyad, who is known as Abu Musaab, was captured during intense fighting between the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Kurdish militants late Saturday, the

Observatory said. The Islamic fighters retaliated by rounding up civilians believed to be relatives of the Kurdish fighters to hold as bargaining chips. Infighting between al-Qaida militants and more mainstream Syrian rebels, as well as between Kurds and Arabs, has grown more common in Syria in recent weeks — part of a power struggle that is undermining their efforts to topple President Bashar Assad. Kurdish gunmen have been fighting to expel al-Qaida militants — many of whom are foreign fighters — from the northeastern province of Hassakeh over the past week. More than 60 fighters have been killed from both sides, according to activists. On Saturday evening, the fighting spread to Tal Abyad, which is located in neighbouring Raqqa province near the Turkish border. The inter-rebel clashes, along with the efforts by extremist foreign fighters to impose their strict interpretation of Islam in areas they control, are chipping away at the opposition’s popularity at a time when the Assad regime is making significant advances on the ground. In recent weeks, Assad’s troops have seized the momentum in the civil war, now in its third year. His forces have been on offensive against rebels on several fronts, including in the north. Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman said Abu Musaab was seized by Kurdish fight-

ers late Saturday during clashes between the two sides. That prompted the al-Qaida militants to arrest hundreds of Kurdish residents in retaliation. He said Kurdish rebels freed Abu Musaab Sunday following mediation for a cease-fire and an agreement that the militants would release 300 civilian Kurds in exchange. The fighting subsided Sunday. Kurds, the largest ethnic minority in Syria, make up more than 10 per cent of the country’s 23 million people. Their loyalties in the conflict are split between the two sides. Most Kurds live in the poor northeastern regions of Hassakeh and Qamishli, wedged in between the borders of Turkey and Iraq. Damascus and Aleppo also have several predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods. More than 93,000 people have been killed since the Syria uprising started in March 2011, according to the United Nations. It escalated into a civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown. In the northeastern suburbs of Damascus, regime forces killed scores of rebels in an ambush early Sunday. State-run news agency SANA did not give a number but said the army in Adra “eliminated a number of terrorist members of Jabhat al-Nusra trying to infiltrate” suburbs near the capital, a reference to an al-Qaida affiliated rebel group.

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Valuable goods in old tailing piles GEOLOGISTS MINING OLD WESTERN U.S. TAILING PILES FOR MINERALS TO BUILD SMARTPHONES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Across the West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something else very valuable would be buried in the piles of dirt and rocks they tossed aside. There’s a rush in the U.S. to find key components of cellphones, televisions, weapons systems, wind turbines, MRI machines and the regenerative brakes in hybrid cars, and old mine tailings piles just might be the answer. They may contain a group of versatile minerals the periodic table called rare earth elements. “Uncle Sam could be sitting on a gold mine,” said Larry Meinert, director of the mineral resource program for the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va. The USGS and Department of Energy are on a nationwide scramble for deposits of the elements that make magnets lighter, bring balanced hues to fluorescent lighting and colour to the touch screens of smartphones in order to break the Chinese stranglehold on those supplies. They were surprised to find that the critical elements could be in plain sight in piles of rubble otherwise considered eyesores and toxic waste. One era’s junk could turn out to be this era’s treasure. “Those were almost never analyzed for anything other than what they were mining for,” Meinert said. “If they turn out to be valuable that is a win-win on several fronts — getting us off our dependence on China and having a resource we didn’t know about.” The 15 rare earth elements were discovered long after the gold rush began to wane, but demand for them only took off over the past 10 years as electronics became smaller and more sophisticated. They begin with number 57 Lanthanum and end with 71 Lutetium, a group of metallic chemical

elements that are not rare as much as they are just difficult to mine because they occur in tiny amounts and are often stuck to each other. Unlike metals higher up on the table such as silver and gold, there’s no good agent for dissolving elements so closely linked in atomic structure without destroying the target. It makes mining for them tedious and expensive. “The reason they haven’t been explored for in the U.S. was because as long as China was prepared to export enough rare earths to fill the demand, everything was fine — like with the oil cartels. When China began to use them as a political tool, people began to see the vulnerability to the U.S. economy to having one source of rare earth elements,” said Ian Ridley, director of the USGS Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center in Colorado. Two years ago, China raised prices — in the case of Neodymium, used to make Prius electric motors stronger and lighter, from $15 a kilogram in 2009 to $500 in 2011, while Dysprosium oxide used in lasers and halide lamps went from $114 a kilogram in 2010 to $2,830 in 2011. It’s also about the time China cut off supplies to Japan, maker of the Prius, in a dispute over international fishing territory. That’s when the U.S. government went into emergency mode and sent geologists to hunt for new domestic sources. “What we have is a clash of supply and demand. It’s a global problem. A growing middle class around the world means more and more people want things like cellphones,” said Alex King, director of the Critical Materials Institute of the Department of Energy’s Ames Research Lab in Iowa. “Our job is to solve the problem any way we can.” At the University of Nevada-Reno and University of Colorado school of mines,

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A mining haul truck carries waste rock at the Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine in April in Bingham Canyon, Utah. USGS scientists used lasers to examine extensive samples of rocks and ore collected across the West during the gold rush days by geologists from Stanford University and Cal Tech. “If we could recycle some of this waste and get something out of it that was waste years ago that isn’t waste today, that certainly is a goal,” said Alan Koenig, the USGS scientist in charge of the tailings project. One sample collected in 1870 from an area near Sparks, Nev., where miners had searched for a viable copper vein, has shown promise and has given researchers clues in the search for more. They have found that some rare earths exist with minerals they had not previously known occur together. “The copper mine never went into production, but now after all of this time we’ve analyzed it and it came back high with Indium, which is used in photovoltaic panels. It never

economically produced copper, but it gives us insight into some associations we didn’t previously recognize,” Koenig said. Indium also has been found in the defunct copper mine that dominates the artsy southern Arizona town of Bisbee. Koenig and his colleagues are working to understand the composition of all of the nation’s major deposits sampled over the past 150 years. In some cases, the mines were depleted of gold or copper, but the rocks left piled alongside mines and pits could hold a modern mother lode. “We’re revisiting history,” he said. They are compiling data from 2,500 samples to better understand whether it’s possible to predict where rare earths might be hiding based on the presence of other elements there, too. “If I had to venture a number, I’d say we have found sev-

eral dozen new locations that are elevated in one or more critical metals,” Koenig said. “With this project the goal would be to have this large data base available that would allow us to predict and to form new associations.” Currently there is only one U.S. mine producing rare earths— at Mountain Pass in the Southern California desert. Molycorp Inc.’s goal in reopening the defunct mine is 20,000 metric tons of rare earth elements by this summer, including cerium oxide used to polish telescope lenses and other glass. The USGS is counting on companies like Molycorp to use the information they’ve gleaned to uncover other easyto-reach deposits sitting on federal land and elsewhere. “Without rare earths we’d be back to having black-andwhite cellphones again,” said the USGS’s Ridley.

Peach no longer king Strong earthquake of Georgia’s fruit hill hits western China provincial government said in a statement posted on its official microblog. Residents described shaking windows and swinging lights but little major damage and little panic. Shaking was felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou 177 kilometres (110 miles) north, and as far away as Xi’an, 400 kilometres (250 miles) to the east. “You could see the chandeliers wobble and the windows vibrating and making noise, but there aren’t any cracks in the walls. Shop assistants all poured out onto the streets when the shaking began,” said a front desk clerk at the Wuyang Hotel in the Zhang County seat about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the epicenter. The

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BEIJING — A strong earthquake struck a moderately populated part of western China on Monday morning, killing at least 11 people and injuring 81, according to the local government. The quake hit near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a region of mountains, desert and pastureland with a population of 26 million. That makes it one of China’s more lightly populated provinces, although the Dingxi area has a greater concentration of farms and towns with a total population of about 2.7 million. The deaths and injuries were reported in Min County and other rural southern parts of Dingxi municipality, the

COLOMBIA BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOGOTA, Colombia — President Juan Manuel Santos promised decisive retaliation Sunday after Colombia’s main rebel band killed 19 soldiers in a single day in the biggest blow to the military since peace talks began in November. Santos travelled to Arauca state on the Venezuelan border, where 15 members of an army battalion that guards

oil facilities were killed in an ambush Saturday. The other four soldiers killed in combat Saturday died in the town of Doncello in the southern state of Caqueta, a traditional stronghold of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The attacks fell on Colombia’s independence day. The rebels, known by their Spanish initials FARC, had sought a cease-fire when peace talks launched in Havana in November but Santos refused. From 1999 to 2002, the government granted the FARC a Switzerland-sized safe haven in the country’s south for peace talks that failed.

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ATLANTA — What is the most valuable fruit crop produced in the Peach State? This is not a trick question, but you may want to pause a second before answering. Ready? It’s the blueberry. Georgia is famous as a major producer of the peach, the fuzzy succulent orange fruit whose image appears on state license plates, “welcome to Georgia” billboards and on road signs. When driving in the capital city of Atlanta, you can pass the corner of Peachtree Street and Peachtree Center Avenue, just one block from West Peachtree Street. There’s just one problem: Blueberries are Georgia’s most lucrative fruit crop, by far. In a little-noticed development, the value of blueberry production in Georgia beat the peach crop in 2005 — and the gap has grown even bigger since then, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture surveys. Blueberries generated an estimated $94 million for Georgia growers in 2012, meaning the blueberry crop was more than three times as valuable as the nearly $30 million peach crop. “It’s surprising around the country how many people don’t realize Georgia grows blueberries,” said Joe Cornelius, chairman of the Georgia Blueberry Commission and a farmer who grows about 170 acres of the crop. He refuses to gloat about surpassing his fellow peach farmers. “I don’t foresee Georgia changing to the blueberry state.” Analysts and growers say a combination of supply-and-demand economics coupled with a good growing environment propelled blueberries from a tiny crop to a profitable niche that dwarfs the famed peach. Blueberries used to make up a relatively small percentage of the state’s fruit crop. But major blueberry producers, particularly in Michigan, were searching for ways to get berries on the supermarket shelves earlier in the year. They signed deals with growers in Georgia since the state starts harvesting its berries in April, ahead of other producers except Florida and California, said Scott NeSmith, a horticulturist at the University of Georgia who

studies blueberries. Other climate factors help, too. While blueberry-killing frosts are possible in Georgia, they are not frequent. Celebrated by physicians and nutritionists for their antioxidant qualities, blueberries have grown greatly in demand among health-conscious consumers. Farmers say it greatly expanded the public’s appetite for the berry. Average prices have jumped from 48 cents a pound in 1993 to $1.34 in 2012, and the growth was among one of the main factors prompting farmers to plant larger and larger numbers of blueberry bushes. It only takes three or four years for the bushes to reach full production. Since prices hit a peak in 2007, many of the new blueberry fields planted by farmers seeking lucrative prices are now entering full production. And as supply has increased, prices have decreased. “We’re probably nearing the peak, I feel,” said Bradley Vickers, 28, a blueberry farmer from rural Nashville, Ga. “I hope it continues to be profitable for my sake and everyone else’s.” Another reason blueberries have proliferated to such a degree is that Georgia farmers are searching for alternatives to traditional Southern row crops such as tobacco and timber. Tobacco production has trailed off as Americans smoke less, and the timber industry took a big hit when the Great Recession slowed home building. Vickers is one of those farmers. As of now, he still makes more money from tobacco, and sometimes cotton and peanuts. But he thinks blueberries probably have better long-term prospects than tobacco. “If they begin to go down —and tobacco is probably one of those things — I have something to replace that, in case we need it,” he said. Georgia is not the biggest U.S. peach producer, and is regularly beat by California and neighbouring South Carolina. Its reputation for peaches was always one part reality and one part marketing. The Civil War left the Southern economy in ruins and ended slavery, which meant it was no longer possible for white farmers to produce cotton and other labour-intensive cash crops with cheap slave labour. One alternative was peaches.

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A recent NHL rule change designed to cut down on the number of concussions in the league hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a difference, a new study suggests. The research suggests the rule, which outlawed bodychecks aimed at the head and checking from a playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blind side, has not led to lower concussion rates among pro hockey players since it came into force in the 2010-11 season. The analysis also showed that the type of hits outlawed by the NHL rule werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually the major cause of concussions. About 28 per cent of interactions produced a concussion also generated a penalty call, said Cusimano. In that 28 per cent, the bulk of the penalties were for fighting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And blindsiding, which was what the rule was initially was written about, was only 4.1 per cent of all those.... But four per cent of 28 per cent is a very small number.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t totally surprised, but I was disappointed that we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to show a difference,â&#x20AC;? Cusimano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way the ruleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s written. Part of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way the rule is enforced. Part of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the penalties associated with the rule. And part of it is that concussions are also coming from other causes like fighting, that is still allowed.â&#x20AC;? The way the NHL rule is worded gives referees outs to avoid levying penalties for some of the hits, for instance in cases where players are deemed to have put themselves in a vulnerable position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like his fault, because he put himself into a vulnerable position. And this highlights one of the major problems in sport and particularly in hockey these days. We victimize the victim even more, rather than looking at the game and the system and saying: â&#x20AC;&#x2122;What can we do to reduce these inju-

Golden years are shorter and less healthy in Mississippi and other Southern states BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 65 and living in Hawaii, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some good news: Odds are youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll live another 21 years. And for all but five of those years, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll likely be in pretty good health. Hawaii tops the charts in the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first state-by-state look at how long Americans age 65 can expect to live, on average, and how many of those remaining years will be healthy ones. Retirement-age Mississippians fared worst, with only about 17 Â˝ more years remaining and nearly seven of them in poorer health. U.S. life expectancy has been growing steadily for decades, and is now nearly 79 for newborns. The figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate life expectancy for people 65 years old, and what portion will be free of the illnesses and disabilities suffered late in life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What ultimately matters is not just the length of life but the quality of life,â&#x20AC;? said Matt Stiefel, who oversees population health research for Kaiser Permanente. The World Health Organization keeps â&#x20AC;&#x153;healthy life expectancyâ&#x20AC;? statistics on nearly 200 countries, and the numbers are used to determine the most sensible ages to set retirement and retirement benefits. But the measure is still catching on in the United States; the CDC study is the first to make estimates for all 50 states. Overall, Americans who make it to 65 have about 19 years of life ahead of them, including nearly 14 in relatively good health, the CDC estimated. But the South and parts of the Mid-

west clearly had lower numbers. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a surprise, experts said. Southern states tend to have higher rates of smoking, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and a range of other illnesses. They also have problems that affect health, like less education and more poverty. These are issues that build up over a lifetime, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubtful that moving to Hawaii after a lifetime in the South will suddenly give you more healthy years, they said. After Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia and Alabama had the lowest numbers for both life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. States with the best numbers included Florida â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a magnet for healthy retirees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as Connecticut and Minnesota. The estimates were made using 2007 through 2009 data from the census, death certificates and telephone surveys that asked people to describe their health. The CDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Paula Yoon cautioned not to make too much of the differences between states. Results could have been swayed, for example, by how people in different states interpreted and answered the survey questions. Other findings: â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nationally, women at 65 can expect nearly 15 more years of healthy life. Men that age can expect about 13 years. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Blacks fared much worse than whites. They could expect 11 years of healthy life, compared to more than 14 for whites. The CDC report makes â&#x20AC;&#x153;painfully clearâ&#x20AC;? the disparities in the health of whites and blacks in their final years, said Ellen Meara, a health economist at Dartmouth College.

ries?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cusimano said. He suggested that if the league wants to get serious about protecting players, it has to raise the cost of concussion-inducing hits, both on the player who inflicts the injury, and on the team which sent him out to do it. If the player who sidelined Pittsburgh Penguin captain Sidney Crosby for a year was forced to spend as much time off the ice for the injury, the culture of teams might start to change, Cusimano suggested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there were more severe consequences to those who inflict that kind

of injury â&#x20AC;&#x201D; letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say that player was out for an equal amount of time as Crosby â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that might have more impact,â&#x20AC;? he said. Tator estimated that hockey has moved only about 10 per cent of the way down the path it would need to take to make the game safe for amateurs and professionals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of injury prevention, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to enact regulations,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The other half of the coin is enforcement. And if you really arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strictly enforcing a rule, the rule is going to be ineffective.â&#x20AC;?

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TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A recent NHL rule change designed to cut down on the number of concussions in the league hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a difference, a new study suggests. The research suggests the rule, which outlawed bodychecks aimed at the head and checking from a playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blind side, has not led to lower concussion rates among pro hockey players since it came into force in the 2010-11 season. The senior author of the work said the league should take another crack at the rule change, noting that as it stands the wording is too subjective and gives referees leeway not to enforce it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If player safety is the prime priority of the NHL in bringing this kind of rule in ... then they need to relook at this in a very serious way and adjust things,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Michael Cusimano, a neurosurgeon who heads the injury prevention research unit at Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a priority, I could see them just leaving things the way they are and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a Band-Aid response to a major problem.â&#x20AC;? The NHL did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment on the article. And the NHL Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association declined to comment because it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a chance to review the study. But another concussion expert applauded the work, saying Cusimano and his team had performed a service by exploring the impact of the rule change. Dr. Charles Tator, a brain surgeon with Toronto Western Hospital, said the changeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of impact has an effect not just in the arenas of the National Hockey League, but on rinks where kids who dream of making it to the NHL some day emulate their professional heroes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Professional hockey is still a bad influence on the amateurs,â&#x20AC;? said Tator, who is project leader for the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre. The study was published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One. Cusimano and colleagues painstakingly put together data on reports of concussions and suspected concussions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; based on reports of symptoms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from a variety of sources. Some of the information came from teams, others from media reports. The information was gathered for both the NHL and the Ontario Hockey League, which has stricter rules on checks to the head than the NHL does. The OHL rule penalizes any hit to the head of another player, intentional or unintentional. The data showed that there was no statistical significance in the incidence of concussions in the NHL in the 201011 and 2011-12 seasons compared to the 2009-10 season. That latter was the year before the NHL rule change went into effect. The researchers estimated there were about 5.23 concussions per 100 games in the NHL regular season. Despite its stiffer rule, the OHL didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have markedly different concussion rates, clocking 5.05 per 100 games in the regular season.

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DELGADO HONOURED BY BLUE JAYS Carlos Delgado is now officially one of the Toronto Blue Jays’ greats. The former slugger was inducted into the club’s Level of Excellence at Rogers Centre ahead of Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Delgado joins former players Dave Stieb, Roberto Alomar, Tony Fernandez, Joe Carter and George Bell, along with former manager Cito Gaston, former general manager Pat Gillick, late broadcaster Tom Cheek and current president and CEO Paul Beeston in being honoured by the club. The 41-year-old Delgado was a member of the Blue Jays from 1993 to 2004 and is the franchise leader in home runs (336), RBIs (1,058), walks (827), slugging percentage (.556), OPS (.949), runs (889), total bases (2,786) and doubles (343).

Today

● Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe Stone & Granite vs. The Hideout, Great Chief 1; Printing Place vs. Gary Moe Volkswagen, Great Chief 2, 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Innisfail at Eckville, 7 p.m. ● Women’s rugby: Red Deer Titans, vs. Calgary Saracens, 8 p.m., Titans Park.

Tuesday

● Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. North Star Sports, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief 2. ● Ladies fastball: Red Deer League final, first game best-of-three, TNT vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Senior baseball: Red Deer Riggers vs. St. Albert Tigers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Wednesday

● Junior golf: McLennan Ross/Sun Tour, Olds. Bantam AAA baseball: Red Deer Braves vs. St. Albert, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Parkland baseball: Innisfail at Lacombe, 7 p.m.

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Keith Wood pumps his fist as he crosses the finish line in the final heat of the North American Pony Chuckwagon Championships at Westerner Park, Sunday. Wood won this year’s competition to pass Jim Pollitt for the most wins at the event with eight. BY CARSON PAPKE ADVOCATE STAFF When the dust settled from this year’s Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championships it was a familiar face that won it for the record eighth time. Keith Wood in the Uncle Ben’s RV rig was the leader heading into Sunday’s final heat and went wire-to-wire for

the best time on the final day for the win and the top prize at Westerner Park. The victory also moved him past Jim Pollitt for the most titles at the event. “It is hard to put into words but thank God everything went nice,” said Wood who ran a 1:17.07 for a combined time of 6:26.30 during the five-day event. “It’s very special for me as there have been some great

drivers come through here like Jim Pollitt who is a legend in the sport. I have never raced with him but heard great things about him. I’m just glad to be able to have put some good runs together here over the years.” Wood added that there are some great young drivers coming up in the sport and one of those was his son Curtis Wood in the C4Ever Consulting wagon who he was battling all week.

Curtis was in second place heading into the final heat. A tough start dropped Curtis back to third after running a 1:19.11 and finishing with a total time of 6:29.72. Keith said there was no rivalry and he told Curtis to ‘go for it’ and that these types of chances don’t come often. “There’s some luck getting through the five days and if you get to the final you just have to give it your all,” said Keith. Keith also couldn’t take all the credit as he had some good horses that were able to come from behind and close the gap in every race this week which were able to eventually carry them to a win. The second best time on the afternoon went to Curtis Hogg in the Kellough Enterprises wagon who sat third going into the final heat and finished second overall after a 1:17.12 clocking for a total time of 6:27.12. Fourth overall with a time of 6:31.47 was defending champion Gary Thiel in the Pumps and Pressure rig after finishing third in the final heat with a time of 1:17.66. Finishing fifth was Jack Stott and the Rai-Lynn Trucking wagon with a time of 6:31.96. Wade Salmond and his Nossack Fine Meats rig took sixth with a time of 6:33.05 while Louis Johner and the Wei’s Western Wear wagon had a time of 6:33.91 for seventh. Eighth was the A-1 Rentals wagon driven by Lee Adamson who finished with a time of 6:33.94. Rene Salmond and the Paradise RV wagon got ninth place with a time of 6:34.44. Rounding out the top ten was Marvin Hubl on the Eldorado Pressure Services rig finishing at 6:34.82.

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Ticats get rocked in Regina ROUGHRIDERS STAY UNDEFEATED AFTER SHUTOUT WIN OVER TIGER-CATS THE CANADIAN PRESS Roughriders 37 Tiger-Cats 0 REGINA — Rey Williams promised Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Kent Austin a big game. Sunday he delivered, but he was hardly alone. Williams had two of the Roughriders’ five sacks, Rob Bagg caught for two touchdowns, and Darian Durant threw four TDs on 347 yards passing as Saskatchewan spoiled Austin’s return to Regina with a 37-0 win over the Ticats. “Any time you play your old team and you don’t leave on the best of terms you want to go there and you want to embarrass them, and we were able to do that tonight,” said Williams, who was cut by the Tiger-Cats in February after two seasons in Hamilton. Saskatchewan (4-0) remains the only undefeated team in the CFL while the Ticats (1-3) dropped into a three-way tie for last in the East Division. The game was Austin’s first in Saskatchewan since coaching the

Riders to the 2007 Grey Cup. Austin left the Roughriders after the championship win and spent five years in the U.S. college ranks before signing on as Hamilton’s head coach and general manager in December. “We’ve got to look at our lineup,” he said. “Like I told the coaches, it’s going to start with us. We’ve got to figure out what our guys can do well and only ask them to do that because there’s some things we just aren’t good enough to do.” Williams returned to the Roughriders, with whom he played his first three CFL seasons, after the Ticats released him and, in the lead-up to Sunday’s game, pledged to make Austin look bad. He delivered by sacking Burris on Hamilton’s first drive of the third and fourth quarters, putting an exclamation point on a sparkling day for the Riders’ defence, which also forced three first-half turnovers. “They have problems over there and next week when they see us we’re going to try to do the same thing,” said Wil-

liams, whose team will travel to Hamilton for a rematch in Week 5 on July 27. The game was big in other ways for Saskatchewan as well. Big as in 310-pound offensive lineman Dan Clark, who lined up as a tight end and caught the first touchdown of his career on an eight-yard pass from Durant to end the third quarter. “It’s an unbelievable experience,” said Clark, who was mauled by his teammates after the catch and gave the ball to his father after the game. “I never thought in 10 years of football that I’d be catching the ball in the end zone in the CFL.” The Riders also overcame a big mental hurdle, after last year’s team also opened 3-0 only to drop five straight games en route to an 8-10 finish. Saskatchewan — ranked seventh in yards allowed entering Sunday’s game — held the Ticats to 161 yards of net offence, forced them to punt 11 times and also got sacks from Craig Butler, Jermaine McElveen and Ricky Foley.

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Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Dan Clark celebrates a touchdown against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during the third quarter of CFL football action at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday, in Regina.

Mickelson dazzles to claim first British Open BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GULLANE — One of the greatest final rounds in a major. Two of the best shots he ever struck with a 3-wood. The third leg of the Grand Slam. Phil Mickelson never imagined any of this happening at the British Open. No wonder he never took his hand off the base of that silver claret jug as he talked about the best Sunday he ever had at a major. Five shots out of the lead, Mickelson blew past Tiger Woods, caught up to Lee Westwood and Masters champion Adam Scott, and won golf’s oldest championship with the lowest final round in his 80 majors. With four birdies over the

last six holes, Mickelson closed with a 5-under 66 for a threeshot win over Henrik Stenson. No longer is he mystified by links golf, and he has his name etched in that jug to prove it. “This is such an accomplishment for me because I just never knew if I’d be able to develop the game to play links golf effectively,” Mickelson said. “To play the best round arguably of my career, to putt better than I’ve ever putted, to shoot the round of my life ... it feels amazing to win the claret jug.” Introduced as the “champion golfer of the year,” he held the oldest trophy in golf over his head to show it off to one side of the massive grandstand lining the 18th green at Muirfield, and then the other. An hour earlier,

they gave the 43-year-old Mickelson the loudest ovation of the week as he walked up the final fairway. He drained an 8-foot birdie putt and thrust his arms in the air, hugged caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay and whispered to him, “I did it.” After signing for the lowest final round ever at Muirfield, Mickelson huddled with his wife and three children — back from a quick holiday to Spain — for a long embrace and waited for the others to finish. Westwood, who started the day with a two-shot lead, fell behind for the first time all day with a bogey on the par-3 13th hole and never recovered, closing with a 75. Scott took the outright lead with a 4-foot birdie on the

11th, and then closed as sloppily as he did last year when he threw away the Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He made four straight bogeys starting at the 13th, and a final bogey on the 18th gave him a 72. At least he has a green jacket from the Master to console him. Woods, in his best position to win a major since the crisis in his personal life, stumbled badly on his way to a 74 and was never a serious challenger. “We know that he goes for broke, and if that’s how he was feeling and pulling it off, he’s got the ability to do that,” Scott said about Mickelson. “And he’s gone and won an Open easily. So every credit to him.”

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Harris leads Lions over Eskimos BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Lions 31 Eskimos 21 VANCOUVER — Andrew Harris and the rest of the B.C. Lions saved their best for the second half Saturday night. Harris ran for three touchdowns, including two in the final 30 minutes, and Emmanuel Arceneaux scored on a 77-yard passing play early in the third quarter as the Lions beat the Edmonton Eskimos 3121. Harris scored three rushing touchdowns for the first time in his CFL career. “It’s huge for me,” said Harris. “But at the same time, it’s all about the team and getting the win.” The Lions (3-1) swept the home-and-home series with the Eskimos (1-3) after downing them a week earlier in Edmonton. “I’m just happy to get the win especially against a Western opponent (in) back-to-back games,” said Harris. “I thought we played well. We were consistent, we sustained drives and when we needed to run the clock down at the end there, the (offensive) line played amazing.” Arceneaux’s spectacular touchdown broke a 10-10 tie and sent the Lions on to victory. The Lions bettered the Eskimos in the final 30 minutes for the second straight game after trailing at half-time a week earlier. “Just coming out in the third quarter, it was the same situation as last week,” said Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly, who completed 12 of 20 passes for a modest 152 yards. “It turned over into half-time. Generally, when that happens, whoever comes out (strong) in the third quarter, and sets the tempo and sets the tone for the game, is gonna be on the inside track for the win — and B.C. did that again tonight. “We didn’t seem prepared after half-time.” Paul McCallum booted a 37-yard field goal to account for the rest of the B.C. scoring. Edmonton backup quarterback Kerry Joseph and Fred Stamps, with just over a minute left in the game, scored touchdowns for Edmonton. Kicker Grant Shaw provided the other Eskimo points on two field goals and a 51-yard single off a missed threepointer. Reilly, the former B.C. backup who was traded to Edmonton in the off-season, got the Eskimos offence going early after Chris Thompson intercepted a Travis Lulay pass intended for Arceneaux. The Eskimos opened the scoring with just over five minutes gone in the game as Shaw kicked a 47-yard field goal, giving them a 3-0 lead after the first quarter. But the Lions were able to build a 103 lead in the second quarter as McCallum, playing his first game of the season after missing the opening three with a groin injury, succeeded on his lone field-goal attempt and Harris bowled his way 13 yards. After coming in for an apparent plunge on second down, Edmonton backup QB Joseph ran for a three-

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B.C. Lions’ Andrew Harris, centre, rushes past Edmonton Eskimos’ Odell Willis, left, for a touchdown during the first half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday. yard touchdown late in the second quarter to create suspense heading into the second half. But it was almost all Lions in the final 30 minutes. “For whatever reason, we just got into more of a groove,” said Lulay, who completed 18 of 24 passes for 284 yards. Arceneaux shook off Thompson’s tackle attempt and also stayed in bounds, as the Eskimos defensive back got his arms on him but could not bring him down along the sideline. Lulay said he and Arceneaux, who accumulated 106 yards off just five receptions, had prepared for just such a play. “We had a (defensive) look, and we had talked about talked about that earlier, if we had that certain coverage, how Manny could release to get some width,” said Lulay. “I was ready for him to make the release that he did. “So I threw a little bit into space, and Manny got the release that he needed. The biggest thing about that play was his ability to break the tackle and make the big play. For him to break the tackle and stay in bounds takes a little bit of strength.” Lulay maintained his hot passing arm later in the third quarter as he was good on all four attempts

during a scoring drive that culminated with a Harris one-yard run. Harris set up his own touchdown as he caught a short Lulay pass and gained 24 yards a play earlier, leaping over a defender in a bid to get into the end zone. Harris thought he had scored, and fireworks went off prematurely, but a replay showed that his knee was out of bounds before he crossed the goal-line. He felt forced to jump after his attempt to spin inside did not go as planned. “I wish I could have scored on that, because, I think, that would have been a highlight for sure.” He still thrilled fans as he ran a reverse untouched into the end zone, staking B.C. to a 24-10 lead. The Eskimos showed signs of a comeback attempt, but could only pull within a point off Shaw’s wide 43-yard field goal attempt. Then after the Lions ran about three minutes off the clock and a McCallum punt that pinned Edmonton deep in its own territory, Jabar Westerman recorded a rare interception for a defensive lineman. B.C. Westerman enabled B.C. to use up more time before Harris juked and jived four yards for his third touchdown of the night.

Mitchell rallies Stamps to comeback win

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Montreal Alouettes’ Brandon Whitaker, centre, breaks past Calgary Stampeders’ Demonte Bolden during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday. BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stampeders 38 Alouettes 27 CALGARY — A young quarterback led his team to a CFL win Saturday, while one of the Canadian game’s greats continued to struggle. Third-string quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell led the Stampeders to an enormous rally on Saturday as Calgary stormed back from a 24-point deficit for a 38-27 victory over the Montreal Alouettes.

“My mindset when I went in — we just made the comeback — was don’t let the offence sputter,” said the 23-year-old Mitchell, a second-year pro from Eastern Washington University. “We had to make sure we went out there and got a couple of touchdowns and get ahead in this game.” The Alouettes suffered their third straight loss under new head coach Dan Hawkins and are 1-3. The Stampeders improved to 3-1. Jon Cornish scored a pair of second-

half touchdowns and Mitchell led two drives after coming on for starter Kevin Glenn, who injured his right elbow in the third quarter. Mitchell finished with a pair of TD passes on 7-of-13 throwing for 49 yards. He also had a 26-yard run. Glenn was starting for the second straight week in place of Drew Tate, who strained a muscle in his right arm in a loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders July 5. Mitchell came on when Glenn was rocked by Aaron Lavaris when delivering a 45-yard pass to Marquay McDaniel. Glenn didn’t appear too hurt after the contest. “I never got the strength back in it,” he said. “I felt the way the game was going it was best if Bo went in and gave us a spark.” It looked like Montreal was going to take out its offensive frustration on the Stampeders after back-to-back losses at home, including a 22-14 loss to Calgary last week. The normally explosive Anthony Calvillo-led Montreal offence scored only 11 points in a defeat at the hands of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers the week before that. The Alouettes put up three touchdowns and a field goal to open up a 24-0 lead after one quarter. Drives of 82 and 79 yards were capped off by Brandon Whitaker’s two-yard scoring run and S.J. Green’s catch-and-run for a 59-yard score. Jerome Messam ran in from four yards. That was most of the Alouettes offence, though. Calvillo was 9-of-13 for 167 in the first half but 9-of-17 for 76 in the second. “It’s frustrating when you’re losing, especially when everyone is playing so hard,” said Calvillo, who turns 41 in August. “We did solid out there in the first quarter but after that . . . . I’m not saying we went back to our old ways, but

we were inconsistent. I can’t tell you why, but today that’s the way it was for whatever reason.” Calgary woke up and dominated after the first quarter, during which they only had 23 total yards. Mitchell, who saw spot duty in the game before Glenn’s injury, lobbed a one-yard TD pass to Tim St. Pierre. Glenn found Nik Lewis with a fiveyard strike and Rene Parades kicked field goals of 27 and 41 yards to close the gap to 24-19 at the break. The Stampeders took the lead for good with 4:57 left in the third quarter. Mitchell found Cornish with an 11-yard scoring pass to finish off a 89-yard drive for a 28-24 advantage. The Alouettes looked like they would get the lead back on the ensuing kickoff. Noel Devine was about to cross the Calgary goal-line on the return but Fred Bennett punched the ball loose and it was recovered in the end zone by Alvin Bowen. “It was the play of the game,” said Stampeders head coach John Hufnagel. “That was a 14-point swing. It took seven points off their board and we got the ball at the 25 and marched down for a touchdown. “It was kind of an indication of our team in this game. No matter how bad it looked we played to the last whistle and never gave up.” The Stampeders indeed drove again right away and Cornish ran in his second touchdown from 21 yards out. Cornish finished with 109 yards on 11 rushing attempts. Paredes finished with four field goals to close to within one of tying B.C. Lions’ Paul McCallum for the CFL record of 30 consecutive regular season field goals. His tying attempt from 35 yards with 1:04 to go was blocked by John Bowman. It doesn’t count as a missed field goal, but is considered a fumble.

Austin gets first win in seven years at Sanderson Farms BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Miss. — Woody Austin’s spent the past few years living the life of a golf nomad, not knowing when his next opportunity to play on the PGA Tour would come. Those days are over for a while. The 49-year-old Austin won the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory since 2007, beating Cameron Beckman and Daniel Summerhays with an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. “It’s been a long road and a long time,” Austin said. “Now I’ve got a job again.” Austin is the eighth-oldest winner in PGA Tour history and the oldest since Fred Funk won at 50 in 2007. The victory gave him a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a spot in the PGA Championship — not to mention a $540,000 paycheque. Not bad for a guy who hadn’t even made a cut on the tour this year. Austin came into the final round two shots behind Summerhays and Nicholas Thompson, but made up ground with a 5-under 67 to finish at 20-under 268. His final round didn’t start particularly well — he bogeyed No. 2 — but he recovered with an eagle on No. 5 and birdies on Nos. 6 and 7 to vault back into

contention. “My iron play is my strength and it was there this week,” said Austin, who has four career victories. “I was able to manoeuvr the ball around, get the ball close to the flag. The most important part of the game is putting and I putted good this week, plain and simple.” Beckman and Summerhays both birdied No. 18 to match Austin, and Beckman missed a 5-foot putt that would have forced a second playoff hole. Beckman shot 67, and Summerhays had a 69. Summerhays and Thompson started the day tied for the lead, two shots ahead the pack. But Thompson fell out of contention quickly with a double bogey on No. 5 and a bogey on No. 8. He finished fourth at 18 under, two shots back after a 71. Summerhays moved into the lead with a birdie on No. 9, but made bogey on 14 and fell behind until making birdies on both Nos. 17 and 18. It was the second straight week Summerhays failed to close a tournament after having at least a share of the lead on the final day. His drive on the playoff hole — the 532-yard, par-5 18th — found the bunker on the right side of the fairway and he hit into the water on his second shot. He tied for fourth the week before at the John Deere, a stroke out of a playoff after bogeying the final hole.

“It’s tough to swallow for sure, but again, it’s my first playoff and there are all these new ’firsts,”’ Summerhays said. “Hopefully I can continue to learn and grow.” Summerhays praised Austin for making clutch putts in the final round. “You’ve got to be kidding me — he’s 49 years old and kicking all our butts,” Summerhays said. “Hats off to him.” Austin wasn’t the only veteran making a move on the final day. Beckman, a 43-year-old, recovered from a 72 in the opening round to post a 64, 65 and 67 in the final three rounds. He was tied for the lead at various times Sunday. He drilled an impressive 15-foot birdie putt to force the playoff, but his 5-foot putt on the playoff hole missed to the right. Billy Andrade charged up the leaderboard with a 65 to tie for fifth at 17 under. The 49-year-old started the day seven shots off the lead but climbed quickly by shooting 7 under through his first 11 holes. He finished with seven straight pars. It was the first day of the tournament that didn’t involve a weather delay. But there was plenty of heat and humidity — as well as some wind for the first time all week — as players dealt with a soft course that received more than an inch of rain overnight.

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Football Toronto Winnipeg Montreal Hamilton

Golf

Canadian Football League EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF 2 2 0 4 118 1 3 0 2 91 1 3 0 2 90 1 3 0 2 79

PA 116 109 112 136

WEST DIVISION W L T Pts 4 0 0 8 3 1 0 6 3 1 0 6 1 3 0 2

PA 67 84 109 107

Saskatchewan B.C. Calgary Edmonton

PF 151 104 125 72

Friday, July 19 Toronto 35, Winnipeg 19 Saturday, July 20 Calgary 38, Montreal 27 B.C. 31, Edmonton 21 Sunday, July 21 Saskatchewan 37, Hamilton 0 Thursday, July 25 Edmonton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 26 Calgary at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Saturday, July 27 Saskatchewan at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30 B.C. at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s summaries Stampeders 38, Alouettes 27 First Quarter Mtl — TD Whitaker 2 run (Whyte convert) 6:08 Mtl — FG Whyte 43 8:57 Mtl — TD Green 58 pass from Calvillo (Whyte convert) 11:39 Mtl — TD Messam 4 run (Whyte convert) 15:00 Second Quarter Cal — FG Paredes 27 5:13 Cal — TD St. Pierre 1 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 10:58 Cal — FG Paredes 41 13:28 Cal — TD Lewis 10 pass from Glenn (two-point convert failed) 14:58 Third Quarter Cal — FG Paredes 28 4:43 Cal — TD Cornish 11 pass from Mitchell (two-point convert failed) 10:03 Cal — TD Cornish 21 run (Paredes convert) 13:48 Fourth Quarter Mtl — FG Whyte 27 5:10 Cal — FG Paredes 19 10:54 Montreal 24 0 0 3 — 27 Calgary 0 19 16 3 — 38 Attendance — 27,378 at Calgary. TEAM STATISTICS First downs Yards rushing Yards passing

Mtl 17 85 243

Cal 25 175 253

Total offence 328 Team losses 19 Net offence 309 Passes made-tried 18-30 Total return yards 299 Interceptions-yards by 1-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 Sacks by 2 Punts-average 7-40.6 Penalties-yards 13-120 Time of possession 25:42

428 26 402 25-40 132 0-0 1-1 3 6-46.3 8-103 34:18

2-13, Joseph 2-8, McCarty 2-8; B.C.: Harris 17-103, Lulay 4-31, Demarco 2-3, Lumbala 2-0, Arceneaux 2-minus-1. Receiving — Edm: Coehoorn 6-103, Stamps 3-62, Koch 2-25, Henry 2-19, Charles 2-17, Reilly 1-15, McCarty 1-2; B.C.: Arceneaux 5-106, Moore 4-54, C.Taylor 4-51, Iannuzzi 2-32, Harris 2-30, Haidara 1-11. Passing — Edm: Reilly 12-20, 152 yards, 0 TDs, 1 int, Koch 1-1-15-0-0, Crompton 4-5-76-1-0; B.C.: Lulay 18-24-284-1-1.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Mtl: Whitaker 11-42, Messam 5-27, Calvillo 1-9, Devine 1-7; Cal: Cornish 11-109, Mitchell 3-29, Walter 5-18, Parker 1-10, McDaniel 1-7, Taylor 1-2. Receiving — Mtl: Green 7-121, Richardson 5-51, Bruce III 4-47, Deslauriers 1-16, Whitaker 1-8; Cal: McDaniel 4-75, Arthur 2-48, Lewis 5-41, Parker 3-21, Cornish 4-20, Sinopoli 2-17, Taylor 2-14, Cote 1-12, West 1-4, St. Pierre 1-1. Passing — Mtl: Calvillo 18-30, 243 yards, 1 TD, 0 ints; Cal: Glenn 18-27-204-1-1, Mitchell 7-13-49-2-0. Lions 31, Eskimos 21 First Quarter Edm — FG Shaw 47 9:43 Second Quarter B.C. — FG McCallum 37 2:04 B.C. — TD Harris 13 run (McCallum convert) 6:21 Edm — TD Joseph 3 run (Shaw convert) 11:31 Third Quarter B.C. — TD Arceneaux 77 pass from Lulay (McCallum convert) 3:32 B.C. — TD Harris 1 run (McCallum convert) 9:49 Fourth Quarter Edm — FG Shaw 15 0:15 Edm — Single Shaw 51 6:51 B.C. — TD Harris 4 run (McCallum convert) 13:00 Edm — TD Stamps 12 pass from Crompton (Shaw convert) 13:51 Edmonton 3 7 0 11 — 21 B.C. 0 10 14 7 — 31 Attendance — 26,623 at Vancouver. TEAM STATISTICS Edm First downs 19 Yards rushing 102 Yards passing 243 Total offence 345 Team losses 16 Net offence 329 Passes made-tried 17-26 Total return yards 102 Interceptions-yards by 1-1 Fumbles-lost 0-0 Sacks by 1 Punts-average 5-46.2 Penalties-yards 5-47 Time of possession 28:25

B.C. 24 136 284 420 10 410 18-24 84 1-2 0-0 3 4-42.0 4-30 31:35

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Edm: Charles 11-50, Reilly 4-23, White

Sunday’s summary Roughriders 37, Tiger-Cats 0 First Quarter No Scoring. Second Quarter Sask — FG Milo 13 0:30 Sask — FG Milo 47 7:50 Sask — TD Bagg 28 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 11:07 Sask — FG Milo 15 15:00 Third Quarter Sask — TD Clark 8 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 1500? Fourth Quarter Sask — TD Bagg 60 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 2:07 Sask — TD Dressler 28 pass from Durant (Milo convert) 8:37 Hamilton 0 0 0 0 — 0 Saskatchewan 0 16 7 14 — 37 Attendance — 37,372 at Regina. TEAM STATISTICS Ham First downs 10 Yards rushing 16 Yards passing 179 Total offence 195 Team losses 34 Net offence 161 Passes made-tried 19-31 Total return yards 81 Interceptions-yards by 0-0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 Sacks by 0 Punts-average 11-39.7 Penalties-yards 12-88 Time of possession 25:32

Sask 29 153 347 500 4 496 20-32 75 1-0 0-0 5 6-30.8 11-99 34:28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Ham: Burris 4-10, Walker 3-3, Giguere 1-3; Sask: Sheets 24-130, Durant 2-18, Sanders 1-5. Receiving — Ham: Grant 6-80, Ellingson 4-42, Giguere 4-29, Lamar 2-16, Walker 1-5, Delahunt 1-4, Hilton 1-3; Sask: Bagg 5-125, Dressler 5-73, Smith 3-51, Simon 2-38, McHenry 2-29, Sanders 1-14, Getzlaf 1-9, Clark 1-8. Passing — Ham: Burris 16-27, 158 yards, 0 TDs, 1 int, Lefevour 3-4-21-0-0; Sask: Durant 20-32347-4-0.

Baseball Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 59 40 .596 58 41 .586 56 43 .566 52 45 .536 45 52 .464

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 53 44 .546 52 46 .531 45 50 .474 41 54 .432 39 56 .411

Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston

West Division W L Pct 57 41 .582 54 44 .551 46 50 .479 46 52 .469 33 64 .340

GB — 1 3 6 13 GB — 1 1/2 7 11 13 GB — 3 10 11 23 1/2

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 10, Atlanta 6 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 2 Minnesota 3, Cleveland 2 Kansas City 6, Detroit 5 Seattle 4, Houston 2 Baltimore 7, Texas 4 L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 0

Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Nova 4-2) at Texas (Darvish 8-4), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 7-3) at Toronto (Jo.Johnson 1-5), 5:07 p.m. Tampa Bay (M.Moore 13-3) at Boston (Workman 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore (Feldman 1-1) at Kansas City (W.Davis 4-8), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 13-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-8), 6:10 p.m. Oakland (Milone 8-8) at Houston (Keuchel 4-5), 6:10 p.m. Minnesota (Deduno 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Blanton 2-12), 8:05 p.m. Cleveland (U.Jimenez 7-4) at Seattle (Harang 4-8), 8:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston, 6:10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. H 134 95 122 116 103 121 120 111 132 90

Pct. .359 .322 .321 .320 .314 .313 .313 .312 .310 .309

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 37; MiCabrera, Detroit, 31; Encarnacion, Toronto, 26; ADunn, Chicago, 24; Ibanez, Seattle, 24; Bautista, Toronto, 22; ABeltre, Texas, 22; NCruz, Texas, 22. Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 96; CDavis, Baltimore, 94; Encarnacion, Toronto, 74; Fielder, Detroit, 70; NCruz, Texas, 69; AJones, Baltimore, 69; Cano, New York, 67. Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 13-1; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 133; Colon, Oakland, 13-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 12-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 11-4; Masterson, Cleveland, 11-7; CWilson, Los Angeles, 10-6. National League East Division

St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee

Arizona Los Angeles Colorado San Francisco San Diego

W 55 49 48 43 35

L 43 50 50 51 61

Pct .561 .495 .490 .457 .365

GB — 6 1/2 7 10 19

Central Division W L Pct 59 37 .615 57 39 .594 55 43 .561 43 53 .448 41 56 .423

GB — 2 5 16 18 1/2

West Division W L Pct 51 47 .520 50 47 .515 48 51 .485 45 52 .464 43 56 .434

GB — 1/2 3 1/2 5 1/2 8 1/2

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4 Chicago White Sox 10, Atlanta 6 Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4 L.A. Dodgers 3, Washington 1, 10 innings Milwaukee 6, Miami 0 San Diego 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 9, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 4, Arizona 3

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Washington, 5:05 p.m. San Francisco at Cincinnati, 5:05 p.m., 1st game L.A. Dodgers at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m. Miami at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m., 2nd game NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R YMolina StL 90 333 42 Craig StL 93 361 52 Cuddyer Col 77 295 46 MCarpenter StL 92 369 75 Segura Mil 95 385 55 Posey SF 93 334 41 Votto Cin 98 360 68 FFreeman Atl 84 319 50 Goldschmidt Ari 97 362 62 Scutaro SF 84 327 38

H 112 120 97 120 125 108 114 99 112 101

Pct. .336 .332 .329 .325 .325 .323 .317 .310 .309 .309

Home Runs CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 24; DBrown, Philadelphia, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; Beltran, St. Louis, 19; Bruce, Cincinnati, 19; Uggla, Atlanta, 19. Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 78; Phillips, Cincinnati, 78; Craig, St. Louis, 77; DBrown, Philadelphia, 69; Bruce, Cincinnati, 66; CGonzalez, Colorado, 66; FFreeman, Atlanta, 64. Pitching Wainwright, St. Louis, 13-5; Zimmermann, Washington, 12-5; Corbin, Arizona, 11-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 11-5; ClLee, Philadelphia, 10-4; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 10-6; Locke, Pittsburgh, 9-2. Sunday’s Major League Linescores 000 002

Detroit 100 010 101 — 4 11 1 Kan. City 010 000 000 — 1 7 0 Fister, Smyly (7), B.Rondon (8), Benoit (9) and B.Pena; Shields, K.Herrera (8) and S.Perez. W— Fister 8-5. L—Shields 4-7. Sv—Benoit (9). HRs— Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (31), Dirks (7). Kansas City, M.Tejada (3). Seattle 070 030 110 — 12 13 2 Houston 000 000 104 — 5 9 1 F.Hernandez, Noesi (7), Luetge (8), LaFromboise (9), Farquhar (9) and H.Blanco; Lyles, Harrell (5), W.Wright (8) and Corporan. W—F.Hernandez 11-4. L—Lyles 4-4. HRs—Seattle, Franklin (7). Cleveland 012 030 001 — 7 9 1 Minnesota 000 000 100 — 1 2 1 Masterson, C.C.Lee (8), Allen (8), C.Perez (9) and C.Santana; Diamond, Swarzak (5), Thielbar (7), Roenicke (8), Pressly (9) and C.Herrmann. W— Masterson 11-7. L—Diamond 5-9. HRs—Cleveland, Kipnis (15).

Baltimore 021 100 000 — 4 10 0 Texas 000 010 001 — 2 6 2 Tillman, Matusz (9), O’Day (9) and Wieters; M.Perez, Cotts (7), Soria (8), Burns (9) and Pierzynski. W—Tillman 12-3. L—M.Perez 3-3. Sv—O’Day (2). HRs—Texas, A.Beltre (22).

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh (Morton 1-2) at Washington (Haren 4-10), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 7-3) at Toronto (Jo.Johnson 1-5), 5:07 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 7-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 7-7), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 5-5) at Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 1-3), 6:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 1-5) at Colorado (Pomeranz 0-3), 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Garza 6-1) at Arizona (Skaggs 2-1), 7:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 8-7) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-9), 8:15 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 000 103 Toronto 010 000

Archer, J.Wright (8), Rodney (9) and Lobaton; Dickey, J.Perez (7), Loup (8) and Thole. W—Archer 5-3. L—Dickey 8-11. Sv—Rodney (24). HRs—Tampa Bay, Longoria (20), Scott (9), K.Johnson (15).

Oakland 002 022 000 — 6 9 0 Los Ang. 000 000 000 — 0 4 3 Colon and Jaso; Williams, Richards (6), Kohn (8), Roth (9) and Iannetta. W—Colon 13-3. L—Williams 5-6. HRs—Oakland, Sogard (2).

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2 L.A. Dodgers 9, Washington 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 1, Miami 0, 13 innings St. Louis 3, San Diego 2 Arizona 3, San Francisco 1 Colorado 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Atlanta 1 Cleveland 7, Minnesota 1 Detroit 4, Kansas City 1 Seattle 12, Houston 5 Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 0 Baltimore 4, Texas 2 N.Y. Yankees at Boston, Late

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 96 373 75 DOrtiz Bos 79 295 50 Trout LAA 95 380 67 Mauer Min 91 363 51 Loney TB 97 328 40 ABeltre Tex 96 387 56 Pedroia Bos 98 384 57 CDavis Bal 98 356 72 Machado Bal 99 426 58 Infante Det 76 291 38

Atlanta Philadelphia Washington New York Miami

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INTERLEAGUE Atlanta 000 010 000 — 1 9 1 Chicago 101 001 00x — 3 5 0 Minor and G.Laird, Gattis; Quintana, Troncoso (6), Veal (7), N.Jones (8), A.Reed (9) and Flowers. W— Quintana 5-2. L—Minor 9-5. Sv—A.Reed (25). NATIONAL LEAGUE Phila. 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 New York 200 300 00x — 5 7 0 Cl.Lee, Bastardo (7), Papelbon (8) and Kratz; Harvey, Atchison (8) and Buck. W—Harvey 8-2. L—Cl. Lee 10-4. HRs—New York, D.Wright (15), Byrd (17), Lagares (2). Pittsburgh 010 000 200 — 3 7 0 Cincinnati 000 010 010 — 2 3 0 Locke, Watson (7), Morris (7), Ju.Wilson (7), Melancon (8), Grilli (9) and McKenry; H.Bailey, Hoover (7), Partch (9) and C.Miller, Mesoraco. W—Locke 9-2. L—H.Bailey 5-9. Sv—Grilli (30). HRs—Pittsburgh, G.Jones (10). Los Ang. 070 200 000 — 9 15 1 Wash. 010 000 100 — 2 4 0 Kershaw, League (8) and A.Ellis; Zimmermann, Ohlendorf (3), Abad (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Kershaw 9-6. L—Zimmermann 12-5. HRs—Los Angeles, Kemp (5), H.Ramirez (10). Washington, Werth 2 (12). Miami 000 000 000 000 0 — 0 4 0 Milw. 000 000 000 000 1 — 1 7 2 (13 innings) H.Alvarez, M.Dunn (8), Qualls (9), A.Ramos (10), Webb (12) and Brantly, Mathis; W.Peralta, Fr.Rodriguez (9), Mic.Gonzalez (10), Henderson (11), Axford (12) and Maldonado. W—Axford 4-3. L—Webb 1-4. HRs—Milwaukee, Gindl (1). San Diego 100 001 000 — 2 10 1 St. Louis 003 000 00x — 3 8 0 Stults, Vincent (7), Thatcher (8) and R.Rivera; Wainwright, Mujica (9) and Y.Molina. W—Wainwright 13-5. L—Stults 8-8. Sv—Mujica (28). Arizona 100 000 020 — 3 8 2 San Fran. 000 000 001 — 1 5 0 Delgado, E.De La Rosa (6), Bell (7), D.Hernandez (8), Ziegler (9) and M.Montero; Bumgarner, S.Rosario (8), J.Lopez (8), Machi (8), Dunning (9) and Posey. W—Delgado 2-3. L—Bumgarner 10-6. Sv—Ziegler (4). Chicago 000 002 001 — 3 10 1 Colorado 200 002 00x — 4 5 1 E.Jackson, Russell (8), Guerrier (8) and Castillo, D.Navarro; Chatwood, Outman (7), Escalona (7), Belisle (8), Brothers (9) and Torrealba. W—Chatwood 6-3. L—E.Jackson 6-11. Sv—Brothers (5). HRs—Chicago, Rizzo (14).

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Midget AAA Braves pitcher throws no-hitter in team’s only win of weekend The Red Deer Carstar Braves managed just one win as they finished their NorWest Midget AAA Baseball League regular season with four games on the road during the weekend, but it was a memorable one. Justin Logan tossed a five-inning no-hitter as the Braves beat the Spruce Grove Sox II 11-0 Sunday afternoon. Logan walked three and fanned four while Jayden Hutlet had a pair of hits and drove in three runs. Jesse Muirhead had two hits and scored twice and Dylan Borman and Nik Fischer scored twice each. Earlier the Braves lost 11-3 to the Sox I while on Saturday they lost 16-7 and 4-1 to the Sherwood Park Dukes. Braedon Majeski started on the mound against the Sox I and allowed four runs on eight hits over five innings. Triston Hill was touched up for five runs on only one hit and

one walk and Ryan Klinck finished the sevenrun sixth, allowing two runs on two hits. Mac Guckert and Jesse Kowalchuk had two hits each for the Braves. Ty Wagar started on the mound in the opener against the Dukes and allowed seven runs on nine hits over three innings. Blake Thomson gave up eight runs — three earned — on six hits over two innings with Brendan Baker and Klinch working the final inning. Borman and Hill had two hits each for the Braves. Borman took the loss in the nightcap, allowing four runs on nine hits and two walks over 4 1/3 innings. Ty Elliott went the final 1 2/3 innings, allowing one hit. Klinck had two of the three Red Deer hits. The Braves open provincial play Wednesday in Okotoks.

British Open Sunday At Muirfield Gullane, Scotland Purse: $7.8 million Yardage: 7,192; Par: 71 Final Phil Mickelson, $1,442,826 69-74-72-66 — Henrik Stenson, $832,106 70-70-74-70 — Ian Poulter, $428,776 72-71-75-67 — Adam Scott, $428,776 71-72-70-72 — Lee Westwood, $428,776 72-68-70-75 — Zach Johnson, $249,377 66-75-73-72 — Hideki Matsuyama, $249,377 71-73-72-70 — Tiger Woods, $249,377 69-71-72-74 — Hunter Mahan, $175,582 72-72-68-75 — Francesco Molinari, $175,582 69-74-72-72 — Angel Cabrera, $142,756 69-72-73-74 — Brandt Snedeker, $142,756 68-79-69-72 — Miguel A. Jimenez, $121,381 68-71-77-73 — Justin Leonard, $121,381 74-70-74-71 — Keegan Bradley, $95,043 75-74-70-71 — Eduardo De La Riva, $95,043 73-73-75-69 — Harris English, $95,043 74-71-75-70 — Matt Kuchar, $95,043 74-73-72-71 — Charl Schwartzel, $95,043 75-68-76-71 — Danny Willett, $95,043 75-72-72-71 — Rafael Cabrera Bello, $72,218 67-74-76-74 — Darren Clarke, $72,218 72-71-76-72 — Stephen Gallacher, $72,218 76-70-76-69 — Sergio Garcia, $72,218 75-73-68-75 — Richard Sterne, $72,218 75-75-68-73 — Jonas Blixt, $56,873 72-78-73-69 — Stewart Cink, $56,873 72-75-76-69 — Jason Dufner, $56,873 72-77-76-67 — Ernie Els, $56,873 74-74-70-74 — Paul Lawrie, $56,873 81-69-70-72 — Steven Tiley, $56,873 72-75-73-72 — Bud Cauley, $39,251 74-75-71-73 — Fred Couples, $39,251 75-74-73-71 — Jason Day, $39,251 73-71-72-77 — Jamie Donaldson, $39,251 74-71-71-77 — Oliver Fisher, $39,251 70-78-77-68 — Thongchai Jaidee, $39,251 79-71-71-72 — Dustin Johnson, $39,251 68-72-76-77 — Martin Kaymer, $39,251 72-74-72-75 — Shane Lowry, $39,251 74-74-75-70 — Ryan Moore, $39,251 72-70-72-79 — Bubba Watson, $39,251 70-73-77-73 — Y.E. Yang, $39,251 78-70-73-72 — Mark Brown, $24,641 77-73-72-72 — K.J. Choi, $24,641 76-74-71-73 — Tim Clark, $24,641 72-76-76-70 — Freddie Jacobson, $24,641 72-75-75-72 — Shingo Katayama, $24,641 73-77-69-75 — Martin Laird, $24,641 70-71-81-72 — Geoff Ogilvy, $24,641 75-75-72-72 — Jordan Spieth, $24,641 69-74-76-75 — Bo Van Pelt, $24,641 76-73-77-68 — Matthew Fitzpatrick, $0 73-76-73-72 — Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, $20,95570-79-73-73— Marcus Fraser, $20,955 73-74-76-72 — Padraig Harrington, $20,955 73-75-77-70 — Carl Pettersson, $20,955 74-76-70-75 — Tom Lehman, $20,077 68-77-75-76 — Graeme McDowell $20,077 75-71-73-77 — Mark O’Meara, $20,077 67-78-77-74 — Richie Ramsay, $20,077 76-74-72-74 — Johnson Wagner, $20,077 73-72-73-78 — Boo Weekley, $20,077 74-76-71-75 — Gregory Bourdy, $19,085 76-70-74-77 — Ben Curtis, $19,085 74-71-80-72 — Ken Duke, $19,085 70-77-73-77 — Branden Grace, $19,085 74-71-77-75 — Webb Simpson, $19,085 73-70-77-77 — Bernd Wiesberger, $19,085 71-74-75-77 — Chris Wood, $19,085 75-75-75-72 — George Coetzee, $18,398 76-71-75-76 — Gareth Wright, $18,398 71-78-75-74 — Thomas Bjorn, $17,864 73-74-72-80 — Todd Hamilton, $17,864 69-81-70-79 — Russell Henley, $17,864 78-71-75-75 — Shiv Kapur, $17,864 68-77-83-71 — K.T. Kim, $17,864 73-76-77-73 — Jimmy Mullen, $0 71-78-75-75 — Mikko Ilonen, $17,253 72-78-76-74 — Peter Senior, $17,253 74-76-73-77 — Kevin Streelman, $17,253 74-71-82-73 — Josh Teater, $16,947 72-77-75-77 — Graham DeLaet, $16,795 76-72-76-79 — Sandy Lyle, $16,642 76-72-80-79 —

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PGA-Sanderson Farms Championship Sunday At Annandale Golf Club Madison, Mississippi Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,202; Par: 72 Final Round (x—won on first playoff hole) x-Woody Austin, $540,000 69-65-67-67 Dan. Summerhays, $264,000 63-67-69-69 Cameron Beckman, $264,000 72-64-65-67 Nic. Thompson, $144,000 69-65-65-71 Billy Andrade, $114,000 73-66-67-65 Kyle Reifers, $114,000 65-69-67-70 Bill Lunde, $96,750 67-67-68-70 Chad Campbell, $96,750 67-69-65-71 Jason Bohn, $75,000 73-68-66-66 Chris Stroud, $75,000 69-70-68-66 Billy Mayfair, $75,000 72-62-71-68

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Chris Kirk, $75,000 Jim Herman, $75,000 Jonathan Randolph, $54,000 Seung-Yul Noh, $54,000 Brendon Todd, $54,000 Steven Bowditch, $36,667 Russell Knox, $36,667 Peter Lonard, $36,667 Stuart Appleby, $36,667 Glen Day, $36,667 Troy Matteson, $36,667 Paul Stankowski, $36,667 Rory Sabbatini, $36,667 Vaughn Taylor, $36,667 Chris Riley, $20,417 Ryan Blaum, $20,417 Steve LeBrun, $20,417 Brandt Jobe, $20,417 William McGirt, $20,417 Scott Langley, $20,417 Martin Flores, $20,417 Brad Fritsch, $20,417 Charles Howell III, $20,417

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PGA Tour of Canada-The Players Cup WINNIPEG — Leading scores Sunday from the final round of the PGA Tour of Canada’s C$150,000-The Players Cup, at the par-72 Pine Ridge Golf Club: Carlos Sainz, Jr. 65-67-71-68 — 271 Nathan Tyler 68-64-69-71 — 272 Kent Eger 68-71-67-68 — 274 Mackenzie Hughes 66-67-70-71 — 274 Wil Collins 67-68-73-67 — 275 David Skinns 71-68-69-67 — 275 Brady Schnell 71-69-68-67 — 275 Hugo Leon 69-68-67-72 — 276 Derek Gillespie 68-69-71-70 — 278 Kyle Stough 67-69-71-71 — 278 Sean Shahi 67-72-71-70 — 280 Cory Renfrew 68-66-74-72 — 280 Trevor Murphy 72-68-68-72 — 280 Eugene Wong 67-71-76-67 — 281 Doug McGuigan 66-69-74-72 — 281 Brock Mackenzie 72-71-67-71 — 281 Darren Wallace 67-71-69-74 — 281 J.J. Spaun 68-68-70-75 — 281 Devin Carrey 70-73-73-66 — 282 Jon McLean 68-72-71-71 — 282 Riley Wheeldon 69-73-69-71 — 282 LPGA-Marathon Classic Sunday At Highland Meadows Golf Club Sylvania, Ohio Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,512; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Beatriz Recari, $195,000 69-65-67-66 Paula Creamer, $120,655 66-68-67-67 Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $77,618 69-68-68-66 Lexi Thompson, $77,618 66-71-67-67 Angela Stanford, $49,544 71-72-64-67 Jacqui Concolino, $49,544 67-68-69-70 Meena Lee, $31,543 70-73-70-62 Stacy Lewis, $31,543 70-72-69-64 a-Lydia Ko 69-67-71-68 Jennifer Johnson, $31,543 73-66-66-70 Chie Arimura, $31,543 69-67-68-71 Se Ri Pak, $22,476 69-74-67-66 Haeji Kang, $22,476 67-71-71-67 Brittany Lang, $22,476 68-72-68-68 So Yeon Ryu, $22,476 68-69-70-69 I.K. Kim, $18,144 70-69-70-68 Mo Martin, $18,144 68-70-68-71 Chella Choi, $18,144 68-71-66-72 Amelia Lewis, $15,220 74-68-68-68 Danah Bordner, $15,220 73-70-66-69 Ayako Uehara, $15,220 68-72-68-70 Dewi Claire Schreefel, $15,22069-71-67-71 Hee Young Park, $15,220 71-68-67-72 Kristy McPherson, $13,102 73-71-68-67 Cindy LaCrosse, $13,102 71-68-69-71 Heather Bowie Young, $13,10270-69-68-72 Moira Dunn, $11,032 73-67-72-68 Mika Miyazato, $11,032 70-70-72-68 Candie Kung, $11,032 71-69-70-70 Brooke Pancake, $11,032 71-72-66-71 Eun-Hee Ji, $11,032 68-72-67-73 Gerina Piller, $11,032 67-72-68-73 Karine Icher, $8,315 67-71-75-68 Na Yeon Choi, $8,315 72-71-69-69 Natalie Gulbis, $8,315 68-73-70-70 Katherine Hull-Kirk, $8,315 73-67-71-70 Sun Young Yoo, $8,315 71-73-67-70 Inbee Park, $8,315 67-69-73-72 Amy Yang, $8,315 69-69-71-72 Alison Walshe, $8,315 65-69-73-74 Lizette Salas, $6,474 70-73-70-69 Ji Young Oh, $6,474 70-71-70-71 Mariajo Uribe, $6,474 71-70-69-72 Morgan Pressel, $6,474 68-72-67-75 Momoko Ueda, $5,417 71-71-72-69 Sarah Jane Smith, $5,417 72-71-70-70 Michelle Wie, $5,417 74-67-72-70 Paige Mackenzie, $5,417 74-70-68-71 Sandra Changkija, $5,417 69-72-70-72 Jennifer Rosales, $4,437 72-70-74-68 Ilhee Lee, $4,437 70-72-73-69 Ryann O’Toole, $4,437 68-72-74-70 Irene Cho, $4,437 70-74-69-71

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Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Kansas City 21 10 5 6 31 Montreal 19 9 5 5 31 New York 21 9 7 5 29 Philadelphia 21 8 6 7 32 Houston 19 8 6 5 22 New England 20 7 7 6 25 Chicago 19 7 9 3 24 Columbus 20 6 9 5 23 Toronto 20 2 10 8 17 D.C. 20 2 14 4 9

Chivas GA 20 29 24 30 19 18 29 25 28 33

Pt 36 32 32 31 29 27 24 23 14 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Salt Lake 21 11 6 4 33 20 Portland 20 8 2 10 30 18 Los Angeles 21 10 8 3 32 25 Vancouver 20 9 6 5 33 28 Dallas 21 8 5 8 27 27 Colorado 22 8 7 7 36 24 Seattle 18 7 7 4 22 21 San Jose 21 6 9 6 21 32

Pt 37 34 33 32 32 31 25 24

Saturday’s results Dallas 0 Montreal 0 New York 0 Toronto 0 Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 1 Chicago 4 D.C. 1 Colorado 1 Seattle 1 Kansas City 2 Salt Lake 1 New England 2 Columbus 0 Portland 0 Philadelphia 0 Saturday, July 27 Columbus at Toronto, noon Los Angeles at Colorado, 5 p.m. New England at D.C., 5 p.m. Kansas City at Montreal, 5 p.m. Salt Lake at New York, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver, 5 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 7 p.m. Portland at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, July 28 Chivas at Seattle, 9 p.m.

Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Activated SS Stephen Drew from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Brock Holt to Pawtucket (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed OF Zoilo Almonte on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Melky Mesa and OF Thomas Neal from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Designated INF Alberto Gonzalez for assignment. National League COLORADO ROCKIES—Placed RHP Rafael Betancourt on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Mitchell Boggs from Tulsa (TL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed OF Matt Holliday on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 12. Purchased the contract of 1B-OF Brock Peterson from Memphis (PCL). American Association AMARILLO SOX—Signed RHP Jeff Lyman. EL PASO DIABLOS—Signed LHP Carlos Teller. GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS—Signed LHP Chuck Lukanen. LAREDO LEMURS—Signed RHP Jon Kountis. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Released RHP Andy Wells. QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released C Mike Greico. TROIS-RIVERES AIGLES—Signed C Kyle Nisson. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Suspended New York Giants S Will Hill four games for violating the league’s substance of abuse policy. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed DE Dion Jordan to a multiyear contract. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed OT Lane Johnson to a four-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to terms with D Zach Redmond on a one-year contract. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League TAMPA BAY RAYS—Activated 1B James Loney off the paternity list. Optioned INF Ryan Roberts to Durham (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Activated OF Melky Cabrera from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Neil Wagner to Buffalo (IL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Purchased the contract of RHP Kameron Loe from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned INF Tyler Pastornicky to Gwinnett. HOUSTON ASTROS—Designated 1B-DH Carlos Pena and SS Ronny Cedeno for assignment. Called up SS Jonathan Villar from Oklahoma City (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Activated OF Matt Kemp from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF-1B Scott

Van Slyke to Albuquerque (PCL). SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled RHP Miles Mikolas from Tucson (PCL). Placed RHP Jason Marquis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 20. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed LHP Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jean Machi from Fresno (PCL). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Signed C Ivan Villaescusa. Released RHP Seth Lintz. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Released RHP Jon Plefka. WICHITA WINGNUTS—Signed OF Madison Beaird. Released OF Colt Loehrs. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Released LHP Allan Caldwell. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Released C Anthony Armenio. Reinstate LHP James Houser to the active list. SUGAR LAND SKEETERS—Announced LHP Jason Lane has agreed to terms with San Diego (NL). Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS—Released RHP Leonard Giammanco. QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released RHP Eduardo Nunez. ROCKLAND BOULDERS—Released INF Robert Kelly. TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES—Released C John Bobillo. Frontier League RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed RHP Ryan Wilkins. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Sold the contract of LHP Al Yevoli to Chicago (NL). FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed LB Barkevious Mingo to a four-year contract. DALLAS COWBOYS—Placed DT Jay Ratliff and G Mackenzy Bernadeau on the physically unable to perform list and G Nate Livings, OL Ryan Cook, LS Louis-Philippe Ladouceur and G Ronald Learyon the non-football injury list. Signed OT Demetress Bell and WR Lavasier Tuinei and placed them on the non-football injury list. Signed QB Alex Tanney. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed DB Justin Green. HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS—Agreed to terms with F Jordan Nolanon on a two-year contract. ECHL READING ROYALS—Agreed to terms with F Nikita Kashirsky. COLLEGE BAKER—Announced the resignation of softball coach and assistant volleyball coach Matt Windle to become a volunteer assistant softball coach for Kansas. FLORIDA—Suspended sophomore LB Antonio Morrison for the first two games of the season after being arrested for the second time in five weeks.

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, July 22, 2013 347 yards with no interceptions. Burris went 16-for-27 for 158 yards before giving way to Dan LeFevour with five minutes to play. LeFevour finished 3-for-4 with 21 yards.

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WAGONS: Passion Winning the Tom Jackson Memorial consolation final was Chance Thompson and the PureChem Services rig who beat out Ron Moar on the Alexander First Nations wagon, Lori Stott and the Goosehaven Charalois rig, and Albert Whiskeyjack and the Billy Bob Dance Hall wagon. The consolation final was the running of the fastest four wagons from the bottom 28 in the week. When it comes down to winning another championship Wood said that he is not ruling out coming back for run at a ninth but added he has a strong passion for the sport and it will be hard for him to leave when it’s time. He does have confidence that when he decides to park the wagon that his son and grandchildren will continue to race with passion he has had when winning all of these championships in Red Deer.

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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Maicer Izturis turns a double play on Tampa Bay Rays Sean Rodriguez during 8th inning action in Toronto on Sunday.

Rays use long ball to finish sweep of Jays BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Rays 4 Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — Humming along through five innings, all it took was two mistakes to ruin R.A. Dickey’s Sunday afternoon. The veteran right-hander had his knuckleball dancing until the top of the sixth, when Tampa Bay’s Luke Scott and Kelly Johnson hit back-toback home runs on successive pitches to propel the Rays to a 4-3 victory and a three-game sweep of Toronto. “That seems to have been my bane this year. It’s not all the time that you make a mistake with one and it gets hit out of the park. It’s just this year it’s been the case,” said Dickey, the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner. “You make a mistake and they pop one out.” With the score tied 1-1 and James Loney on board with a single, Scott belted his ninth home run of the season just over the wall in right to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games. “His knuckleball is a great pitch, it’s really tough to square up,” Scott said. “It should be illegal to throw that pitch. There’s a reason why he won the Cy Young last year. It’s a real good pitch.” The Rays (58-41) had barely finished celebrating the two-run bomb when Johnson hit a towering drive into the second deck in right for the former Toronto second baseman’s 15th home run of the campaign. Johnson’s homer marked the fourth time Tampa Bay has gone back-to-back in 2013, including twice against Toronto (45-52), and the sixth time the Blue Jays have surrendered back-to-back home runs this season. “We needed a little bit better pitching performance than (what) I gave us today,” said Dickey, whose team has lost four straight. “We needed a big one out of me today and I was hopeful to go into the seventh. I felt really good — could have easily gone back out and it’s just frustrating that the results were what they were.” Evan Longoria also went deep for the Rays, who hit seven home runs in the weekend series. Toronto scored two in the ninth to cut Tampa Bay’s lead to one when Jose Reyes doubled home Josh Thole and Brett Lawrie, but Rays closer Fernando Rodney struck out Jose Bautista and got a ground balls from Edwin Encarnacion and Melky Cabrera to pick up his 24th save. “Tough one. We had our opportunity to at least tie the game,” Reyes said. “It is what it is and it’s a tough one. Disappointing.” Dickey, who has not won since Canada Day and is now tied for the major league lead for home runs allowed with 23, agreed with fellow Toronto starter Mark Buehrle’s assessment after Saturday’s loss that the Blue Jays, who were expected to contend, might be “overrated.” “It’s hard to see it any other way ... because of our record. I think the capability that this team has is still very, very good,” said Dickey (8-11) after giv-

ing up four runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight. “We obviously still haven’t put all the pieces together and hopefully we’re going to be able to do that. This is a team that’s not just built for (one) year.” Rays starter Chris Archer (5-3) had a stellar outing for Tampa Bay, giving up one run on five hits over seven innings. The 23-year-old right-hander also walked four and struck out one batter for the Rays, who have now won five straight games, 13 of their last 14 and 17 of 19 to climb into second place in the American League East. “I’ve realized where my potential is and I’m striving for that every time out,” Archer said. Toronto, which occupies the AL East basement, had a chance to get back in it in the bottom of the sixth after Scott and Johnson went deep, but Lawrie popped out to second with the bases loaded for the third out. A large section of the sun-soaked but frustrated crowd of 41,247 at Rogers Centre, which watched the home team waste a number of similar opportunities in Saturday’s loss, voiced its displeasure with a smattering of boos. “Right now we’re not playing good enough baseball to win a lot of games. That’s just basically what it comes down to. They outplayed us in all three games ... they’re on a nice little roll,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “They’ve got a good ballclub, great pitching. That’s just the way it is.” Toronto opened the scoring in the second when Thole’s ground rule double to left brought Cabrera home from third. Longoria tied it in the top of the fourth when he took Dickey’s first pitch of the inning to the opposite field in right for his 20th home run of the season. Dickey got in trouble in the top of the fifth when Tampa Bay put runners on second and third after two singles and a passed ball, but the 38-year-old struck out both Desmond Jennings and Ben Zobrist to keep the score tied 1-1 before things unravelled the following inning. “The buck always starts with the guy in front of the camera. If I turn in a few more outings that are better outings we might be at .500. I think it starts with our pitching and me in particular,” said Dickey, before adding: “We are all just spokes in a big wheel and everybody plays a part.” Notes: Prior to the game, the Blue Jays added former slugger Carlos Delgado to the club’s Level of Excellence. Delgado joins former players Dave Stieb, Roberto Alomar, Tony Fernandez, Joe Carter and George Bell, along with former manager Cito Gaston, former general manager Pat Gillick, late broadcaster Tom Cheek and current president and CEO Paul Beeston in being honoured. ... Dickey only gave up 24 home runs all of last season. ... The Blue Jays activated Cabrera (left knee tendinitis) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned reliever Neil Wagner to triple-A Buffalo. ... The Blue Jays open an interleague series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Centre on Monday, while the Rays travel to Boston to take on the Red Sox.

At the end of a rough-and-tumble week along the Firth of Forth, Mickelson was the only player under par at 3-under 283. In his four other majors — three Masters and one PGA Championship — he had never started the final round more than one shot behind. “I don’t care either way how I got this trophy — I got it,” Mickelson said. “And it just so happened to be with one of the best rounds of my career, which is really the way I’ve played my entire career. I’ve always tried to go out and get it. I don’t want anybody to hand it to me. I want to go out and get it. And today, I did.” Westwood, whose only other 54-hole lead in a major ended with Mickelson winning the Masters, paid tribute to Lefty for what will go down as one of the great closing rounds in a major. “When you birdie four of the last six of a round any day, that’s good going,” Westwood said. “With a decent breeze blowing and some tough flags out there, it’s obviously a pretty good experience. When you do it in a major championship, it’s an even better experience.” But this major? Phil Mickelson? He had only contended twice in two decades at golf’s oldest championship. One week after he won the Scottish Open in a playoff on the links-styled course of Castle Stuart, Mickelson was simply magical on the back nine of a brown, brittle Muirfield course that hasn’t played this tough since 1966. Tied for the lead, Mickelson smashed a 3-wood onto the green at the par-5 17th to about 25 feet for a twoputt birdie, and finished in style with a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th to match the lowest score of this championship. “Those two 3-woods were the two best shots of the week, to get it on that green,” Mickelson said. “As I was walking up to the green, that was when I realized that this is very much my championship in my control. And I was getting a little emotional. I had to kind of take a second to slow down my walk and try to regain composure.” Mickelson figured a par on the 18th would be tough for anyone to catch him. When the ball dropped in the centre of the cup, he raised both arms in the air to celebrate his fifth career major, tying him with the likes of Seve Ballesteros and Byron Nelson. “Best round I’ve ever seen him play,” said his caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay. Westwood and Scott tied for third with Ian Poulter, who played a fourhole stretch in 5-under around the turn and closed with a 67. At 1-over 285, he cancelled a flight home in case of a playoff. Moments later, with Mickelson pulling away, the outcome was clear. Jack Nicklaus said on Twitter, “Phil’s round was incredible. After his bad break on 16 and to then get up and down showed a lot of guts. And the two great shots at 17 ended the tournament.” Making this even sweeter for Mickelson is that just one month ago he lost out on yet another chance to win the U.S. Open, the missing link of a career Grand Slam.

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Phil Mickelson of the United States holds up the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Sunday.

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STATELINE, Nev. — Billy Joe Tolliver won the American Century Championship for the fourth time, beating fellow former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien with a par on the third hole of a playoff Sunday. They finished regulation at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course tied at 67 in the modified Stableford format that awards graduated points for pars or better. Tolliver took advantage of Rypien’s pitch shot into the water, winning with a two-putt par from 25 feet.

“On defence what we talked about is being a championship defence and making sure teams don’t score,” said Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin. “We went back and we thought we had some poor fourth quarters over the last couple of weeks. The guys did a good job of playing quarter-by-quarter. They did a great job and they had great focus ... and it just turned out being no points.” With the Roughriders facing a north wind in the first quarter that gusted to over 50 km/h throughout the game, the defence came up with a steady stream of big plays before Durant found his groove. The returning Eddie Russ forced the ball from the hands of Ticats receiver Greg Ellingson in the first quarter to give Saskatchewan the ball near midfield, and made a shoestring tackle on Samuel Giguere on Hamilton’s next possession to force a thirdand-one attempt that came up short. Chris Milo got Saskatchewan on the board with his first of three field goals to start the second quarter and the Riders got the ball right back when Butler came up with an end zone interception on a Henry Burris pass intended for Ellingson. Saskatchewan took a 16-0 lead into halftime after a 28-yard touchdown pass from Durant to Bagg and two more field goals from Milo, including a career-best 47-yarder with the wind at his back. The last gasp of wind in the Ticats’ sails was snuffed out by a pass interference call near the end of the third quarter that negated a 30-plus yard interception return by Rico Murray. Geroy Simon made his Roughriders debut and kept his streak of consecutive games with a reception alive on a six-yard catch in the first quarter. He added a 32-yard grab in the third to set up Clark’s TD, and now has catches in 174 straight games. The Riders padded their lead in the fourth quarter with a 60-yard TD reception by Bagg and a 28-yard touchdown pass to Weston Dressler. Bagg finished with a game-high 125 yards on five catches. Durant completed 20 of 32 passes for

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THIS WEEK Tuesday

● Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. North Star Sports, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief 2.

Wednesday

● Junior golf: McLennan Ross/Sun Tour, Olds. Bantam AAA baseball: Red Deer Braves vs. St. Albert, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Parkland baseball: Innisfail at Lacombe, 7 p.m. ● Ladies fastball: Red Deer League final, second game bestof-three, TNT vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Major league women’s soccer: Red Deer Renegades vs. Edmonton Northwest United, 7:30 p.m., RDC.

Thursday

● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place vs. North Star Sports, doubleheader, Great Chief 1; Gary Moe Volkswagen vs. The Hideout, Great Chief 2, 6:30 p.m. ● Ladies fastball: Red Deer League final, third game best-of-three, if necessary, TNT vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Friday

● Minor soccer tournament: Red Deer City Soccer tournament, U12-U18 boys and girls, tier I and II. ● Mosquito baseball provincials: AA tier II, Red Deer vs. Edmonton, 9 a.m.; South Jasper Place vs. Spruce Grove, noon; Edmonton vs. Strathmore, 3 p.m.; Red Deer vs. Spruce Grove, 6 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Peewee baseball provincials: AA tier II, games 3 and 6 p.m., Lacombe. ● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Titans Park. Men’s rugby: Red Deer Titans vs. Bow Valley, 8 p.m.

Saturday

● Minor soccer tournament: Red Deer City Soccer tournament, U12-U18 boys and girls, tier I and II. ● Mosquito baseball provincials: AA tier II, South Jasper Place vs. Strathmore, 9 a.m., Spruce Grove vs. Edmonton, noon, Strathmore vs. Red Deer, 3 p.m., Edmonton vs. South Jasper Place, 6 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Peewee baseball provinials: AA tier II, games 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., Lacombe. ● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Eckville, doubleheader; Acme at Rocky, doubleheader.

Sunday

● Minor soccer tournament: Red Deer City Soccer tournament, U12-U18 boys and girls, tier I and II. ● Mosquito baseball provincials: AA tier II, Strathmore vs. Spruce Grove, 9 a.m., Red Deer vs. South Jasper Place, noon, semifinal, 3 p.m. if no tiebreaker or one tiebreaker. 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., if two tiebreakers. ● Major league women’s soccer: Red Deer Renegades vs. Edmonton Angels, noon, RDC. ● Peewee baseball provincials: consolation final 9 a.m., semifinals noon and 3 p.m., final 6 p.m. if no tiebreakers; if one tiebreaker, 8 a.m. tiebreaker, 10:30 a.m. consolation final, semifinals 1 and 3:30 p.m., final 7 p.m.; if two tiebreakers, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. tiebreakers; 1 and 3:30 p.m. semifinals; 7 p.mn., final; Lacombe.

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Athletics top Riggers in final BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Athletics 7 Riggers 0 The depth and strength of the Red Deer Riggers this season has made it easy to look at them and predict they’re the team to beat in the Sunburst Baseball League and provincial senior AAA championships. But just in case anyone forgot the Fort Saskatchewan Athletics are still the defending league and provincial champions, which they showed with a 7-0 win over the Riggers in the Riggers annual baseball tournament at Great Chief Park Sunday afternoon. “They’re a good team, that doesn’t do a lot to hurt themselves and they put together solid at bats,” said Riggers manager Curtis Bailey. “I know every time we play them we learn something.” The Riggers need to learn to handle the bunt play more efficiently. In fact it was a pair of bunts in the third inning that gave the A’s a 3-0 lead. Former Red Deer Stag Dan Zinger led off the inning against Riggers starter Matt Davis with an opposite field single. Matt Debeurs bunted and catcher Curtis Mazurkewich rushed his throw and pulled first baseman Matt Fay off the base. Andy Herman bunted to third and Jaret Chatwood’s throw

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Red Deer Rigger Jaret Chatwood hits a ball into left field during the sixth inning in the final against the Fort Saskatchewan Athletics at their annual baseball tournament, Sunday, at Great Chief Park. went off second baseman Kevin Curran’s glove into right field, allowing both Zinger and Debeurs to score. A passed ball, a walk and a ground out and it was 3-0. “One of our weaknesses has been the bunt play,” said Bailey shaking his head. “We talked last week with Davis on the mound and he indicated that’s not a strength of his, coming off the mound. They exposed that weakness today and it’s something we need to work on and communicate better.

We’ll figure it out and we need to.” As it was Davis allowed just two hits through five innings while the Riggers managed five off Fort Saskatchewan starter Kiel Vertz. However, the Riggers simply did a poor job of hitting with runs in scoring position. That was never more evident than in the sixth inning when they trailed 6-0, but loaded the bases with none away, against reliever James Fischer. However, Bailey was called out on what ap-

peared to be a ball outside, Jordan Weinkauf watched the third strike and Mazurkewich grounded out. “We had our chances, but didn’t come through, it’s one of those things that have hurt us at times this season,” said Bailey. “We need to do a better job of putting the ball in play with runners on and forcing the defence into making the plays.” Davis gave up three earned runs in the sixth on four hits, including a two-run double by Zinger. Josh Edwards al-

lowed a run in the seventh on an off-field bloop single. “Overall I thought our pitching was fine,” said Bailey. “We didn’t gave them any runs to work with and our defence could have been better.” But everything wasn’t all negative for the Riggers as Jaret Chatwood made the play of the game with a brilliant diving stop behind third base, got up and threw a bullet to first base to nail Herman. Jason Chatwood had two hits and a walk and Jaret Chatwood a pair of hits. Bailey had a double and was hit by a pitch. Riggers reached the final with a 10-2 win over the St. Albert Tigers Saturday evening in their final pool game as Brant Stickel tossed a four-hitter while striking out 11. The A’s defeated the Edmonton Confederation Cubs 10-5 and the Calgary Cardinals 13-2 in their pool. The Cubs also downed the Cardinals 3-1 and beat St. Albert 14-11 in the third-place game. St. Albert stopped the Innisfail Merchants 13-1 in their other pool game. The Cards downed the Merchants in the fifthplace game. The Riggers host St. Albert Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in league action and finish their regular season on the road with two makeup games. They open league playoff action, Aug. 5 at home. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Renegades drop close game to Callies WOMEN’S SOCCER BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Callies 3 Renegades 2 The Calgary Callies are definitely one of the better teams in the Alberta Women’s Major Soccer League, sitting second with six wins and a tie in nine games However, the Red Deer Renegades, who are 4-3 and in fifth place, aren’t far behind. The Renegades gave the Callies everything they could handle Sunday afternoon at Edgar Park before falling 3-2, thanks to a late goal on an outstanding header on a corner kick. “Corner kicks have been one of our downfalls of late,” said Renegades assistant coach Paul Morigeau, who was handling the team with head coach Ado Sarcevic away. “We’ve given up too many corner kicks of late and that’s a sign we have a little too much pressure in our zone. We have to make an adjustment and defend it a bit better.” As it was it was the third straight corner

kick by the Callies before they managed to find the open side. Red Deer had a number of excellent chances to tie the game late, but didn’t capitalize. “We missed a couple of other breakaways as well, so the chances were there to tie, or even win,” said Morigeau, who also gave the Callies all the credit. “They’re a very good veteran team that moves the ball well and makes it look easy,” he said. “We don’t do that, but we’re getting there. Overall I’d say we’re at least four years younger than they are. They have a lot of players with NCAA and university experience and because of it they don’t have to work as hard as we do to have success.” Paula Dadensky scored both Red Deer goals and leads the league with 11 in seven games. Goaltender Lauren Good was solid in net and didn’t have any chance on the ones that beat her. “They’re one of the top teams,” said Good, who attends the University of Calgary after two years with the RDC Queens. She’s also very familiar with several members of the Callies. “Four of them play with me at the U of C. So they rubbed a bit of salt into the wounds,” she said with a laugh. Overall Good has had a strong season

Peewee AA Braves finish strong in provincial championship win BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Braves 14 Yankees 0 Red Deer North Star Braves head coach Randy Gehring wasn’t about to go out on a limb and predict a provincial championship. But he also knew that everything was on their side heading into the provincial peewee AA tier III final Sunday evening at Great Chief Park. Not only were the Braves facing the Barrhead Yankees in the final, a team they defeated 19-4 in pool play, but had their ace on the mound in Branden Woods. “You never know what can happen, but we had our big guy on the mound,” said Gehring. “He threw a lot of strikes, put the ball in play and let the defence do the rest.” The Braves defence was solid, as was Woods, who tossed a four hitter, didn’t walk a batter and fanned six in the five inning affair, called on the mercy rule. The Braves all but put the game away with five runs in the bottom of the first inning. They added three runs in the second, one in the third and five in the fourth. Mason Love-Hollman had three singles while Shea Thomas, the only second year member of the Braves, added ]a triple. Woods chipped in with three hits and scored twice and was named the MVP of the final. Josh Zinger had two singles and scored three times. Despite the fact the Braves had 11 firstyear players who played mosquito AA last year, Gehring had looked at putting the team into the AA tier II provincials. However, Baseball Alberta wanted them

to host the tier III finals. “We also had to confirm Great Chief Park for the provincials, so it worked out better this way,” said Gehring. “We got to host, which was good for the kids. It was also good for them to win. “Last year we lost in the mosquito AA final, so a chance to win was good for everyone. You can see the smiles on their faces.” The Braves were a solid team that has grown together for several years. “We’ve had a chance to develop a lot of them and they have good skills, a good attitude and like to learn. They’re aggressive and play hard. As I told the kids after the game that with this group and groups coming up baseball in Red Deer is in good shape for years to come.” A number of the players will move up to the peewee AAA next season. “If some return and with a good group of kids moving up from mosquito this team will be strong again.” The Braves reached the final with an 18-8 win over Camrose in the semifinals while Barrhead downed Edmonton 13-3. Red Deer also defeated Okotoks 12-2 in their pool. ● In the mosquito A tier III provincials, also at Great Chief Park, Stettler downed Coronation 10-1 in the final. Stettler downed the Red Deer Braves Blue 14-7 and Coronation stopped the Braves Red 14-11 in the semifinals. Both Red Deer teams won Saturday to reach the semifinals as the Reds stopped Barrhead 12-9 and the Blues downed Sherwood Park 18-7. As well, Coronation defeated Sherwood Park 5-0 and Stettler beat Barrhead 16-5. Barrhead downed Sherwood Park 25-22 in the consolation game. derode@reddeeradvocate.com

and a much more enjoyable one compared to previous years when the team struggled to score, never mind win. “We’re a lot stronger, with more depth,” she said. “It’s been a good season . . . a lot better for all of us.” Good came up through the Renegades minor system before joining RDC. “The Renegades were a great building program and prepared me for going on to college and university,” she said. Last year was Good’s first at the U of C and not one she wants to remember. She suffered a concussion in her second game and missed the rest of the season. However, the U of C applied to get her year of eligibility back and it was accepted so she still has three years of eligibility remaining. She’s looking forward to that and to return to Red Deer for the summer and play with an up and coming Renegades team. “It’s a lot of fun to come back, play for a good team and to play with players you grew up with,” she said. The Renegades host the Edmonton Northwest United Wednesday at 7:30p.m. at RDC and host the Edmonton Angels Sunday at noon at RDC. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

CA BUCCANEERS GRANDE PRAIRIE — The Central Alberta Buccaneers put the finishing touches on their Alberta Football League regular season with an impressive 38-2 win over the Grande Prairie Drillers Saturday. The win left the Bucs with a 5-1 record and in second place. Once again it was the Bucs defence that was the story as they held the Drillers to less than 100 total yards and consistently had pressure on the Grande Prairie quarterback. Chad Murray and Taylor Waldbauer had strong games on offence grabbing touchdown passes from Byron Stearns and Andrew Stannix. The Bucs have a bye in the league quarterfinals before hosting a playoff game Aug. 10 in Lacombe.

LACROSSE The Red Deer TBS Rampage have advanced to the North Division final of the Rocky Mountain Junior B Tier I Lacrosse League. The Rampage won the best-of-there North semifinal against the Edmonton Warriors, winning 22-14 Saturday and 6-4 Sunday. Darrian Banack was in goal Saturday, facing 48 shots. Reid Swier had five goals, Jayce Grebinski four, Mitch Vellner three, Spencer Lee, Troy Klaus, Pearce Just and Trey Christensen two each and Jordan Hemstad and Cole deGraaf one apiece. Rhett Baldwin picked up the win in goal Sunday, facing 39 shots. Lee and Christensen had two goals each with singles added by Taylor Osterman and Hemstad. The Rampage will meet the St. Albert Crude in the best-of-three North final. The winner advances to the best-of-five league final from which the winner goes to the Canadian championships in Winnipeg. ● In junior B tier II action, the Red Deer Renegades defeated the Strathmore Venom 11-9. Colton Levie and Nate Bellanger scored three times each with single added by Tucker Kambietz, Ryan Strome, Scott Ebbert, Carter Copeland-Blair and Brady Thudium.

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Froome wins 100th Tour de France TOOK LEAD ON STAGE 8 AND NEVER LOOKED BACK, SAYS WIN WILL STAND TEST OF TIME BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Team Sky with 2013 Tour de France cycling race winner Christopher Froome of Britain, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, crosses the finish line of the 21st and last stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race over 133.5 kilometers (83.4 miles) with start in Versailles and finish in Paris, France, Sunday. ing through the Pyrenees to Brittany and then across France to the race’s crescendo in the Alps — 3,404 grueling kilometres (2,115 miles) in total. Because of the unique late-afternoon start for the final Stage 21, the riders raced on the cobbles of the Champs-Elysees as the sun cast golden hues over the peloton and shadows lengthened over the dense, cheering crowds. Marcel Kittel won the final sprint on the avenue, the German’s sprinter’s fourth stage win of this Tour. French Air Force jets in formation trailed red, white and blue smoke in the skies. The riders circled like a necklace around the Arc de Triomphe in their bright colored team jerseys. After setting off from the magnificent Versailles Palace, the former residence of three kings and their seat of power until the French revolution of 1789, the riders were granted the privilege of meandering through the chateau’s manicured gardens, past lakes like mirrors, spurting fountains and statues looking on stonily. Before the pace picked up sharply on the ChampsElysees, Sunday’s 133-kilometre ride was largely leisurely. The 169 finishers — from 198 who started — savored the pleasure of surviving the three-week ordeal. Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria topped the Canadian contingent with a 70th-place finish overall. Tour rookies David Veilleux of Cap-Rouge, Que., finished 123rd while Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., was last in 169th. “We are very proud of these three Canadian riders at the Tour de France,” said Jacques Landry,

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BRIEFS Bantam AAA Braves lose Peewee AAA Braves win four both games of doubleheader road games in weekend play The Red Deer Servus Credit Union dropped both ends of a bantam AAA baseball league doubleheader against the homestanding Sherwood Park Athletics Saturday, losing 12-11 and 14-3. Zach Olson had a single, double and triple while driving in two runs in the opener while Parker Booth had a single, a triple, a walk and three RBIs. Hayley Lalor added a pair of singles and a walk, Jordan Muirhead a single, two walks and a RBI on a sacrifice fly and Austin Hammond a RBI double. Ethan Ropcean started on the mound and went five innings, allowing three runs on three hits and four walks while fanning four. Muirhead went 2/3 of an inning, allowing four runs on two hits and a walk and Hammond went 1 2/3 innings, giving up five runs on six hits and a walk. In the second game, Hammond had a pair of singles while Olson picked up two walks and a single and Griffin Moline a single. Muirhead and Ropcean had walks. Brad Pope took the loss, allowing eight runs on five hits over three innings. Carter O’Donnell went two innings, allowing six runs on nine hits and no walks. The Braves host St. Albert Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Great Chief Park and finish their regular schedule Thursday in Okotoks.

Soehn wins gold at Canada Cup Championships Keegan Soehn won gold for the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club at the Canada Cup Championships in Airdrie during the weekend, Soehn won the national senior men’s double-mini trampoline (DMT) while placing 10th on the trampoline. Kyle Soehn was seventh in both events in national senior men. Logan Chaput was fifth in DMT and trampoline in the national U18 men’s division while Zach Blakely was fifth in DMT and seventh on the trampoline in the national espoir men’s category. Alexandra Potter was fourth on the trampoline and 13th in DMT in national U18 women’s competition. The Thunder Country won a pair of gold in synchronized trampoline. Kyle and Keegan won the national senior men’s final and Chaput and Blakely the national men’s category.

The Red Deer Dairy Queens Braves are preparing for the provincial peewee AAA baseball championships in style. The Braves, who host the provincials, Aug. 2-4 at Great Chief Park, won all four games on the road this weekend. They downed the Spruce Grove Sox 17-6 on Saturday and 9-8 on Sunday and the Edmonton Cardinals 14-2 on Saturday and 10-7 on Sunday. Adam Junck took to the mound against the Sox Saturday and went 6 1/3 innings, allowing six runs, but only four earned. Reid Howell went the final 2/3 of an inning. Aiden Schafer was three-for-three at the plate with three RBIs while Zach Baker was two-for-two. Rylan Eberle was four-for-five and Ty Moline three-for-four with two RBIs and a pair of runs. Junck helped himself with three hits, including first his home run of the season, a solo shot in the top of the fourth. The Braves had 13 hits and took advantage of eight Edmonton errors on Saturday as they exploded for seven runs in the third to take control. Baker went the five innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out four. Cooper Jones went five innings against the Sox on Sunday. He started slowly, allowing a pair of home run and four runs in the first before settling down. He left with an 8-6 lead. Ben LeBlanc came on and gave up two runs in the sixth to tie the game, but the Braves Brett Porter scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the inning to pull out the win. LeBlanc was three-for-three while Hunter Leslie and Moline, who had two RBis, were two-for-four. Leslie started against the Cards Sunday and worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs. Porter pitched the final 2 2/3, holding Edmonton to a run on two walks. MacGregor Manyluk was two-forthree with Jones, Leslie and Baker adding two hits and two RBIs each. Riley Seward was one-for-one with an RBI and a run. The game was tied at six after five innings, but the Braves scored four times in the sixth. The Braves host the Calgary Cubs Wednesday at Great Chief Park. They visit Sherwood Park Thursday and meet Fort McMurray in St. Albert Sunday to finish their regular season.

head coach at Cycling Canada. “Crossing the finish line of the Tour de France is a remarkable feat, and we should all be proud of them.” Quintana, the 23-year-old Colombian who secured second place behind Froome with an impressive win on Saturday’s penultimate Stage 20, laughed as third-placed Rodriguez tried to spark up a cigar in the saddle. Froome’s clear physical superiority made him overwhelming favourite going into the Tour and carried him through it. His winning margin of 4 minutes, 20 seconds was the largest since 1997, when Jan Ullrich — who has since admitted to doping — beat Richard Virenque — who also confessed to using performance-enhancers — by 9 minutes, 9 seconds. Armstrong had larger margins of victory than Froome but those no longer count. Froome’s three stage victories — in the Pyrenees, on Mont Ventoux in Provence and in a mountainous time trial — were the most for a Tour winner since Armstrong got five in 2004, results now annulled. Sky team manager Dave Brailsford said the Tour is seeing “a new generation” of young riders who “have never lived in an era of doping.” Cycling’s future “is in good hands with Chris, because he is an exceptional rider and an exceptional character.” Unlike some other riders who cut short questions about doping and bristled, Froome said he was happy during the Tour to discuss the issue that has so poisoned his sport. He said he, too, felt let down by his cheating predecessors. Hampshire led to a midweek phone call to clear the air. Sadler confronted Smith right after the race, promising he would not win the series title, and then said he would race the No. 7 Chevrolet differently in the future. There were no such problems at Chicagoland, with Sadler racing near the front and Smith struggling with the feel of his car all day long. Smith, who entered the race with a five-point lead over Hornish in the series standings, slid into the infield on Lap 129, resulting in caution No. 4. Smith finished 13th. Hornish won his second career pole earlier in the day, and then led the first 49 laps. But he was flagged for speeding into pit road and sent to the back of the field for a restart on lap 54. He quickly climbed back into contention, but was unable to run down Logano at the end. Sadler was still upset with Smith when the series arrived in Chicagoland this week. The dispute started when Smith spun Sadler around on the final restart in last Saturday’s race at Loudon, costing him a shot at a solid top-10 finish and a potential $100,000 bonus.Smith took responsibility for the accident, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., the co-owner of Smith’s car, also reached out to his longtime friend Sadler. But it did little to assuage Sadler’s anger. “We’re here to win the championship, period,” Sadler said Saturday, “and I honestly think as good as we’ve been running the last month or so, I don’t think he’s going to run good enough to run with us anyway.”

NASCAR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOLIET, Ill. — Joey Logano held off Sam Hornish Jr. to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday. Logano, the lone Sprint Cup regular in the race, earned his second Nationwide win of the year and No. 20 for his career. He also won at Dover in June. Hornish held on for second, giving car owner Roger Penske the top two spots. Austin Dillon finished third, earning a $100,000 bonus. Elliott Sadler had the lead on a restart with 24 laps remaining. But the defending race winner faded as Hornish moved in front on the track where he won an IndyCar race in 2002. Hornish looked in position to secure the victory when Logano roared into the lead and went on to the victory while the rest of the Sprint Cup drivers took the weekend off. Sadler finished fourth, and was followed by Brian Vickers, Parker Kligerman and Trevor Bayne. Illinois native Justin Allgaier, Brad Sweet and Matt Crafton rounded out the top 10 in the first Nationwide stop of the year at Chicagoland. The series returns in September on the same weekend that the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins at the track. Sadler and Regan Smith did not see very much of each other one week after their collision at New

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PARIS — I won’t let you down like Lance Armstrong. This Tour de France champion is for real. That, in so many words, is the promise Chris Froome made as the newest winner of cycling’s showcase race so badly hurt over the years by riders who doped to win it. Because of their deceit, Froome faced a barrage of questions as he dominated rivals over three weeks of racing, all centred on the same key concern: Can we believe in you? Yes, he insisted. The sport is changing, he argued. He handled the scrutiny politely and adroitly. He said he understood the skepticism. And on the podium in Paris, his wiry frame wrapped in his canary yellow jersey, Froome asked the guardians of the 110-year-old race and all those who love it to trust him. “This is one yellow jersey that will stand the test of time,” he said. In two years, Britain has had two different winners: Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and now Froome, a cooler, calmer, more understated but no less determined character than his Sky teammate with famous sideburns. Froome rode into Paris in style: Riders pedaled up to him to offer congratulations; he sipped from a flute of champagne; a Tour organizer stuck an arm from his car window to shake Froome’s hand. He dedicated his victory to his late mother, Jane, who died in 2008. “Without her encouragement to follow my dreams I would probably be at home watching on TV,” he said. Froome took the race lead on Stage 8 in the Pyrenees, never relinquished it and vigorously fended off rivals whose concerted challenges turned this 100th Tour into a thriller. Froome and his Sky teammates linked arms as they rode for the line. “This is a beautiful country with the finest annual sporting event on the planet. To win the 100th edition is an honour beyond any I’ve dreamed,” he said. Five-time winners Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain joined Froome on the podium. Missing, of course, was Armstrong. Stripping the serial doper of his seven wins tore a hole in the Tour’s roll of honour as large as that left by World War II, when the race didn’t take place from 1940-46. None of the 100th edition’s podium finishers — Froome, Nairo Quintana and Joaquim Rodriguez — have ever failed a drug test or been directly implicated in any of cycling’s litany of doping scandals. That is an encouraging and notable departure both from the Armstrong era and many other Tour podiums before and since. “In a way, I’m glad that I’ve had to face those questions. That after all the revelations last year and just the tarnished history over the last decade, all that’s been channeled toward me now,” Froome said. “I feel I’ve been able to deal with it reasonably well throughout this Tour, and hopefully that’s sent a strong message to the cycling world that the sport has changed — and it really has.” “The peloton’s standing together, the riders are united and it’s not going to be accepted anymore.” The spectacular nighttime ceremonies, with the Eiffel Tower in glittering lights and the Arc de Triomphe used as a screen for a flashing lightshow, capped what has been a visually stunning Tour. It started with a first-ever swing through Corsica, France’s so-called “island of beauty,” before veer-

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Country singer Dean Brody showed over 3,200 fans why he’s a proud Canadian at The Westerner.

Proud Canadian Brody pleases at Westerner PROMPTS AN AUDIENCE SINGALONG OF O CANADA It wasn’t Canada Day on Satur- (one involved a drunken woman day night — but it might as well wearing a Canadian flag bikini have been. that rode up her backside). Country singer Dean Brody “Nothing makes me prouder wasn’t shy about wearing his pa- than when I see (the flag) on a unitriotism on his sleeve and wav- form,” he added — “especially on ing the red and white a soldier fighting for for more than 3,200 of our country overseas. ” his fervent fans during The audience apWesterner Days at Red plause to this statement Deer’s Centrium. was deafening — indiNot only did Brody cating that Brody clearprompt an audience ly knows his crowd. singalong of O Canada, Saturday night’s he preceded the anconcert evoked a lot them with his heart-felt of sentimental country Brothers, a choke-youimagery — from front up tune about saying porches and picnics goodbye to a Canadian in apple orchards, to soldier. listening to grandma’s LANA Then he wrapped up advice by the river with his No. 1 hit, Canabank. MICHELIN dian Girls, in praise of There were lots of outdoorsy women who songs about driving can fish, skate and apalong dirt roads — preciate hockey. and even a song called The audience went nuts for the Dirt. 37-year-old Nova Scotia resident, It all might have come across who came across as an affable as cloying and contrived if not for guy in sunglasses, check shirt and Brody’s earnestness and likabilcowboy hat. ity. His stage presence was laidIn his intro to his moving song back, occasionally to the point of Trail in Life, the singer spoke languidness. about the regret all of us feel at But just when you thought some point for friendships or rohe’d stand with his guitar for- mances that felt like they would ever, Brody would do a little jig, last forever, but are now history. or bounce up and down to shake Brody mentioned college budthings up a bit. dies he hadn’t seen in years and When the wild and crazies re- his first girlfriend who vanished ally struck, he’d walk along the into past. “I hope she’s doin’ good aisles, shaking hand with his most- . . . ” ly young fans — a few of whom While it’s been famously said would hand him things and wave that life is more about the journey signs of adoration. than the destination, he added, “I’ve seen the Canadian flag most of the journey involves “the in a bunch of cool places,” said people we travel that road with.” Brody, who explained that some He dedicated Trail in Life to old were less appropriate than others friends.

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Body went on to perform a series of poignant tunes, along with his talented four-piece band, including Underneath the Apple Trees, about being hopeful about finding love, Bob Marley, about staying cool, and The Porch, about seeking forgiveness after a romantic blow-out. The B.C.-born singer admitted he was having a hard time being upbeat, since he buried his dog Boo just three days ago. “These little four-legged little creatures get a part of your heart and don’t let go.” “I love you!” shouted a supportive fan, prompting a smiling Brody to respond, “I love you too!” He managed to quicken the tempo for light-hearted covers of Tom Petty’s Yer So Bad and Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (Don’t Worry). And Brody delivered rousing renditions of his rollicking Maritime-flavoured hit, It’s Friday, and his tongue-in-cheek comical ditty That’s Your Cousin, about “not swimming in the same gene pool.” His energetic Roll That Barrel tune got Brody stomping his foot to the beat. And fans sang along to Dirt Road Scholar and Little Yellow Blanket, and tapped their toes to People Know You By Your First Name. By the time Brody ended the concert with his encore performance of Nowhere U.S.A., a few audience members had been step dancing at the back of the Centrium. Not bad for a guy who didn’t think he had much ‘upbeat’ in him. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

SAN DIEGO — Superman is coming back, and he’ll have a caped co-star. “Man of Steel” director Zack Snyder made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday to announce he is making another Superman film and it will include Batman — the first time the two superheroes will be united on the big screen. He declined to reveal many details, saying the script is just being written. He then invited an actor onstage to read a passage to hint at the story line. “I am the man who beat you,” read Harry Lennox, before an image of the Superman logo, backed by the Batman symbol, flashed on the screen. Warner Bros. confirmed the firstever pairing in a statement. File photo by Snyder reimagTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS ined Superman in his June blockbust- Henry Cavill as Superman in er “Man of Steel,” “Man of Steel.” starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. The film has grossed more than $630 million worldwide. Cavill and Adams will appear in the sequel, Warner Bros. said. Reaction to the news stunned Twitter and left fans at Comic-Con giddy. “Personally, I love him,” said Claudia Gomez, who was wearing a Batman T-shirt while her niece, Ana, wore a Superman shirt. Gomez, who travelled to Comic-Con from Mexico City, said the pairing of both heroes left her optimistic about a new Superman film. Benjamin Ha, who dressed as Superman to his wife’s Wonder Woman, said bringing the two superheroes together will yield fireworks. “They’re both alpha males,” he said. Saturday’s announcement about the film follows DC Entertainment’s debut last month of the Greg Pak-written Batman/Superman comic, an ongoing monthly series illustrated by Jae Lee that was the top-selling title among comic books in June. The book pairs the two characters together a time in their lives when they’re both young and still adapting to being superheroes. Superman and Batman have also been at odds in comic books, too. In Frank Miller’s dark telling of The Dark Knight Returns, a four-issue mini-series from the 1980s, Batman came out of retirement while Superman became a tool of the federal government. Production on the Superman sequel is set to begin next year. The film is expected to be released in the summer of 2015.

Raabis at the Patio A local musician who has opened for the bands Marianas Trench and Down with Webster will entertain on the Ross Street Patio on Wednesday and Thursday. Rebecca Raabis, 18, will perform Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. and

again Thursday from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Ross Street Patio. From June to September a different artist will be featured every week on Wednesday evenings during the Downtown Market, and on Thursdays over lunchtime.

Glee’ will air three episodes, including tribute to late star BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Glee executive producer Ryan Murphy is planning a tribute episode to honour the series’ deceased star, Cory Monteith. In remarks to news outlets published Saturday, Murphy said the tribute would address the death of Finn, the character Monteith played on the Fox network high school musical series. That show will be the season’s third episode, following two episodes that had already been written. Then the series will go on a hiatus to reassess its direction, Murphy said. The body of 31-year-old Monteith was found last weekend in a Vancouver hotel room. Tests showed he died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. On Glee he played high school quarterback and glee club member Finn Hudson, who had graduated and

moved on to college but was an adviser to his old club and remained part of the show. Finn also had an off-and-on romance with fellow student and singer Rachel, played by his real-life girlfriend Lea Michele. Monteith had been candid about his struggles with addiction, which included a rehab stint several months before his death. Murphy said he had helped stage an intervention in his office for Monteith last March. “He wanted to continue working and we said, ‘That’s not an option. No. The TV show doesn’t matter, your life matters,”’ Murphy told the Eonline website. Monteith’s rehab began soon thereafter. Murphy also spoke with Deadline, the Hollywood Reporter and TV Line. On Friday, Fox announced the series would return for its fifth season on Sept. 26, a week later than originally scheduled.

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F/T OR P/T DENTAL HYGIENIST AND ASSISTANT RDA II needed for busy general dental office in Red Deer. Must be a self-motivated team player with good communication skills. Please send resume with cover letter to†(888) 815-9839†or email to: carolfuis@gmail.com

Medical

790

A position for an RN, LPN or RDA is avail. for one day a week ( Wed.). We offer a friendly working environment and staff. Please bring your resume to 215-5201-43rd St. Red Deer or fax to 403 341-3599

Oilfield

800

Fracturing Operators Nitrogen Pumper Operators Cement Operators/Cement Bulk Drivers Coil Tubing Supervisors / Operators Bulk Plant Operator Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanics / Apprentices

COLTER ENERGY SERVICES IS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators • • • •

Have current Safety certificates including H2S Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time Must be physically fit Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered

Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: www.colterenergy.ca Under Career Opportunities

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820

Restaurant/ Hotel

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 10 FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS $11/hr. Apply at 6620 Orr Drive. Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356 or apply in person HARVARD Park Business Centre Ltd is looking for an experienced cook for our kitchen. Banquet experience is a plus and knowledge on dealing with large groups. Seasonal. Fax resume to 403-886-5003.

KITCHEN HELPERS For (Thai Cuisine) wage $12 hr. Please apply in person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

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

830

Sales & Distributors

1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s, is Hiring Salespersons Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, Customer service oriented. F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 hourly E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com

Sales & Distributors

830

Alberta LTD 1693338 Extreme Energy o/a Hiring Sales Supervisor -retail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Exp. min. 2 yrs. Good English. Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff. F/time, perm, shifts, weekends. Salary - $19./hr Reachiesales@gmail.com

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com is North America’s premier face-to-face fundraising organization. We are looking for enthusiastic FUNDRAISERS and a TEAM CAPTAIN to join our team! From August 1st- August 14th, you will represent World Vision at Bower Place Mall. For more information, please visit www.donorworx.com. $17.00 - $20.00/hr, 15 - 30 hrs/week

850

24/7 COMPRESSION LTD. is looking for a field service technician. Minimum 10 yrs. exp. CAT,ET and Waukesha ESM certification needed. Full time contractor or employee. Send resume to rob@247compression.com

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EQUS, Canada’s largest member owned utility, requires an apprentice. Based in Innisfail, you will learn the Powerline trade as you assist with installation and servicing a variety of electrical services in our rural area. We require a High School diploma, including math, and experience in trades or heavy equipment operation Please apply by August 2, 2013 to

Pipefitters Welders Boilermakers Riggers Field Administrators

BEN’

RV TECHNICIAN/ RV TECH APPRENTICE

Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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

NEED A CLASS 1 INSTRUCTOR FOR DRIVING SCHOOL. Must have a clean driving record/abstract. Good benefits & pay. Must work flexible hours Send resume to dmcculley@ camerondriver.com

Attributes: • • • •

Previous experience Organized & Reliable Physically fit Mechanically inclined

Will consider:

NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Central City Asphalt Ltd. 312347G28

• Journeyman RV Technician status or equivalent related trade experience • Salary based on experience and ability • Company benefits • Top industrial wage for right person

880

Misc. Help

ALSO ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR PERSON(S) EXPERIENCED WITH Quality Control Towers Skilled Mechanical Labourer Welder Helpers

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

E-mail bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill/Service

Class 1 or Class 3 Operator Packer Operator Flag People and Labourer. Fax resume to (403) 885 5137 Email resume to office@ccal.com

900

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department. Fax resume to 403-342-0233

YOUR CAREER IN

ACCOUNTING

FALL START

Community Support Worker Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades GED classes days/ evening

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in GRANDVIEW 40A Ave & 47 St. area & N. side of Ross St. MOUNTVIEW 43 Ave & 35 St. & area. $67/mo. ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Close & Ritson Close $98/mo. DEER PARK AREA Dodge Ave, Donald Cl., & Dentoom Cl. $97.00/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

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

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

Auctions

WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting. Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

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

1580

Children's Please reply by email: Items

qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316 Fluid Experts Ltd.

Is seeking to hire Shop Supervisor for our Red Deer location. This position is a fulltime and is a salary based position with company benefits upon hire. Duties include maintain shop, minor repairs of units and equipment, monitor inventories, loading of fluid trucks with various products for the Oil & Gas industry and will be trained to blend KCl fluid in shop utilizing specialized equipment. Ideal candidate will have a mechanical background 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

FISHER Price village, vintage little people set, many pieces, good cond. $45. 403-314-9603

1630

EquipmentHeavy

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1660

Firewood

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

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Musical Instruments

1770

DO YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT LIKES TO MAKE MUSIC? Kimball Organ - The Entertainer - Superstar 3 $100.00 or offer. Please call/leave message 403-347-1505

1830

Cats

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Start your career! See Help Wanted 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

1680

MURPHY LAWNMOWER, runs well. Asking $35. 403-347-5955

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Collectors' Items

1870

BELL COLLECTION 40 assorted sizes, colors, designs $75 (cash-no refunds) 403-782-3073 DOLL COLLECTION large, med, small, priced according to size, class & year $200 403-782-3073 SPOON COLLECTION 51 spoons, various sizes in oak display cabinet $200(cash-no refunds) 403-782-3073

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

Household Furnishings

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 RENTAL STORE REQUIRES A DELIVERY PERSON. Must be physically fit. Apply in person 5929-48 Ave. or email: sales@parklandrentals.com

SUBWAY All Red Deer Locations Hiring Immediately

Food Counter Attendants Are you looking for a career opportunity with excellent benefits, a mature working environment and opportunity to advance? If so, Subway has a position for you! Please apply online @ mysubwaycareer.com or Drop resume off in person at 180, 6900 Taylor Drive Or email to careers@rdsubway.com or Call us at 403-342-0203

1720

METAL bed frame, $30; brass desk lamp. $5; ladies plus size close $20; winter coats (3) need zippers, $20. ea.; blanket sheet set, dble. $10; knife & cutting board set, $5; kitchen utensils, $5. set. 403-986-0986

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

53” SONY projection tv, good working condition. First $150 takes it You pick up. Phone Viki 403-346-4263

PSP w/13 games & 7 movies. $160 obo. 403-782-3847

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 avail. Aug. 1 1. 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 INGLEWOOD 2 bd, 2 bath executive condo. Heated underground parking. N/S, no pets. professional single or couple preferred. (403)350-3722, (780) 479-1522

KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1445 SD $1000. n/s Avail. Aug. 1 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

LARGE 2 & 3 BDRM CONDOS

Bldg located on a quiet close backing onto treed area. C/W Dishwasher. Short walk to schools and Parks. Starting at $995/mo. Heat & Water incl. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 MORRISROE 2 storey townhouse, 3 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, large kitchen, no pets, n/s, fenced yard, $1200 rent + $1000 s.d. + util. Aug. 1, 403- 342-6374 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

Manufactured Homes

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Farm Equipment

2010

J.D. 510 Baler exc. cond. 1209 J.D. Haybine, 6 whl. Vicon Rake, 403-350-1007, 782-3617 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

2 BDRM. 4 appls, no pets $875/mo. 403-343-6609

Suites

3060

1 BDRM. apt. avail. Aug. 1 $775 plus power, 403-872-3400

2 Bdrm. Apartment for the Budget Minded! This bldg. offers a central location near downtown, assigned parking and all amenities. For just $750./mo. you can’t beat the price in this market. Call Nicole at 403-896-1193 to take a look and see your new home. Hearthstone 403-314-0099

2 BDRMS. Utilities Included Just $895.

This lower unit is located in Eastwood and even has a dishwasher. Call ASAP to jump on this in a tight market. Nicole 403-396-1193 Hearthstone 403-314-0099

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Carpenters Carpenters Helpers & Site Foreman

Archibald Cres. Armitage Close

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

INGLEWOOD AREA

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300

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

LANCASTER AREA

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required. Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town. Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

880

Logan Close Lees St./ Lawrence Cres. SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres./ Stanhope Ave. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

CRYSTAL GLASS is seeking MOBILE REPAIR OPERATOR. Must have vehicle, pay is hourly and commission. Will train. Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca

Pidherney’s is busy and requires the following:

SCRAPER OPERATORS

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

Earthworks Division We require individuals with push pull experience, grade knowledge & able to work well with others for work in the Central AB area.

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• Top wages paid based on knowledge & experience • Benefit package • Career advancement opportunities

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

Inglewood Drive

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Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

3040

FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

GAME CUBE w/16 games, $140 obo. 403-782-3847 INTELLIVISON w/40 Games, $160 obo. 403-782-3847

32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000 Avail. Immed. 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

Newly Reno’d Mobile

STOVE, Kenmore, self clean, white. $50. 403-343-0823

To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS BOWDEN RIMBEY

3030

2 BDRM. well cared for condo, North of river. Upgraded w/ hardwood floors, 4 appl. Avail. immed. $975 mo. & s.d.Call Linda 403-356-1170

ANDERS AREA

Drillers & Helpers to Drill for Pilings

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

ROSE bowls, vases and plant holders. Box full for $20. 403-314-9603

Condos/ Townhouses

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

Call Today (403) 347-6676

PLAYHOUSE 10 x 8 1/2, to be moved, upright freezer, elliptical exercise bike ALL FREE 403-887-8717

PRETTY KITTENS desperately need loving homes. Very playful & active. FREE. Variety of colorful kittens 403-782-3130

Packages come ready for delivery. No collecting.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

HP 4 in 1 printer, fax machine, copier, scanner never used, $75 403-347-0104

FIREWOOD, spruce & maple. Truck load. $20. 403-343-0823

Garden Supplies

INNISFAIL

LARGE 2 bedroom, with new paint, new carpets, security cameras, private parking, new appliances to over 40 year old quiet CANNING JARS, tenants. Laundry on site, Quarts, $7/doz. heat and water included, Pints $5/doz. no pets for $950 rent/$950 8 SPIDER PLANTS, Large damage. 403-341-4627. $10. ea. Small. $5/ea. 403-347-7658, 396-4078

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

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

1937 VIOLIN, needs restoring, $150; Washer Toss game $60 403-347-6183

CUTE FLUFFY KITTENS 5 weeks old. Free to loving home. Good for farm or house pet. 403-343-0730

AFFORDABLE

LOGS

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

1760

Misc. for Sale

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Requires Full Time

Payroll Administrator Computerized Accounting Computerized Payroll Accounting and more!

Misc. Help

UPS is now hiring a FULL TIME DRIVER Applicants must be physically fit and be able to lift up to 70 lbs. Mon. to Fri, 10 to 12 hours per day. Alberta Class 5 license, clean abstract. This is fast paced, physically demanding environment. All candidates are subject to criminal record checks. Apply by online @ www.upsjobs.com or fax resume to: 403-648-3310

JOURNEYMAN/ APPRENTICE

JOURNEYMAN or 4th.Yr. Apprentice Plumber/Gas Fitter

UNC

Employment Training

TRUCKING company based out of Red Deer looking for experienced Class 1 drivers for winch tractor used for heavy hauling and tank truck operators. Top wages and exc. benefit pkg. Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

880

• All aspects of RV Service work • Seasonal extended hours • Customer interaction

& Company Drivers

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

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bbassett@equs.ca

Duties include:

Owner Operators

• Please email along with resume all safety tickets • and trade tickets. Please • specify which position you’re applying for. • Email: resumes @newcartcontracting.com

APPRENTICE POWERLINE TECHNICIAN

Central AB based trucking company requires

is now accepting resumes for the upcoming turnaround season

Misc. Help

BOWER AREA

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

EXPERIENCED VALVE PERSONNEL & ASSISTANTS WANTED Advantage Valve in Sylvan Lake is moving into a new facility and expanding. We are looking for experienced valve personnel and assistants. Knowledge in API, ANSI and Actuated Valves with ability to deal with customers in service would be an asset. We offer competitive wages & benefit package. EMAIL: cliff@ advantagevalve.com or FAX: 403-887-1463

880

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

RED Deer based Acid hauling company looking for a Salesperson. Fax resume to 403-346-3766

Trades

860

Misc. Help

stuff

EXPERIENCED sheet metal installer req’d. Residential new housing and/or replacement expertise req’d. Call Brad 403-588-8399 or email brad@ ComfortecHeating.com

Outside Sales Rep

DONORWORX, INC.

850

24/7 COMPRESSION LTD. is looking for a shop service technician. 10 yrs. industry exp. and cylinder and accessory repair exp. an asset. Send resume to rob@247compression.com

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

850

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

HARVARD PARK BUSINESS CENTRE LTD in Springbrook is looking for a Maintenance/Painter for immediate employment. Must not be afraid of heights. Please fax resume to 403-886-5003

Accounting

1010

Eavestroughing

1130

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS EVESTROUGH / WINDOW Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. CLEANING. 403-506-4822 with oilfield service GUTTERS CLEANED & International ladies companies, other small REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368 Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Cleaning WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

MASSAGE

Now Open

1070

Complete Janitorial

www.performancemaint.ca 403-358-9256 HOUSECLEANING Weekly & Bi-weekly service. Experienced & reliable. 403-392-3609. VINYL SIDING CLEANING Eaves Trough Cleaned, Windows Cleaned. Pckg. Pricing. 403-506-4822

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all... Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or Ron 403-318-3804 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 MAMMA MIA !! Soffit, Fascia & Eaves. 403-391-2169 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Flooring

1180

LAMINATE and hardwood installers, com/res, professional, reliable, 30 yrs. experience 403-358-0091

Handyman Services

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089 TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

1280

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d) (FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

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

TCM Massage Therapy Insurance avail. 8 am-9 pm www.mygimex.org 4606 48 Ave. 403-986-1691

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. RED DEER’S BEST

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE door service. Save 50%. 403-358-1614

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888 PAINTING BY DAVE Interior, Exterior, New Construction. Comm/Indust. 2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for seniors. Free estimates. All work guaranteed. We carry WCB & Liability Insurance. 403-307-4798

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as yard landscaping, bathroom fixtures, painting, concrete or flooring. 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.

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW / EVESTROUGH CLEANING. 403-506-4822

Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serving central AB. 403-318-4346

Yard Care

1430

LAWNS, hedges, & Junk Removal, 403-358-1614

B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, July 22, 2013 B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, July 22, 2013

3060

Suites

Beautifully Renovated 2 Bdrm.

In building located within easy walking access of the trails, shopping and all downtown amenities including public transportation. Bright apartment done in a stylish manner you will be proud to show off. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to see inside! Hearthstone 403-314-0099 GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, D.D. $825, N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed. 403-346-1458 LARGE 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., balcony, No pets. $800 rent/SD, heat/water incld., 403-346-5885

Rare 1 Bedroom!

For just $815./mo. you can scoop up a much desired 1 bdrm. apt. Every week we have calls looking, now we finally have one open! Call Lucie now at 403-896-9554 before it’s gone. Hearthstone 403-314-0099

Stylish 2 Bdrm. just South of the Hospital

This 2nd flr. 2 bdrm., apt. is in a quiet, adult only bldg. With a great location, assigned off street parking and a dishwasher, this building is perfect for young professionals. Vacancies here never last. Call Nicole at 403-896-1193 while you can. Hearthstone 403-314-0099

SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. avail. July. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

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

Rooms For Rent

3090

MOUNTVIEW: Avail now, 1 fully furn bdrm. for rent. $550/$275. Working or Student M only. 403-396-2468

Industrial

3130

SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs. 400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

Mobile Lot

Houses For Sale

4020

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS

www.laebon.com

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

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

Acreages

4050

2007 SUBURBAN 1500 LT, loaded, new tires. DVD, 103,000 km. 403-346-2608

5050

Trucks

2 Acres +/-

Zoned AG SE of Red Deer 26 kms. $194,500 403-505-6240

Manufactured Homes

4090

MUST SELL By Owner. Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

2010 SILVERADO 1500 LTZ, silver, 90,000. 403-346-2608

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

Income Property

4100

2007 F150 4X4 S/C XLT Loaded, only 171,000 kms. $7950. 403-348-9746

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

Lots For Sale

4160

Pinnacle Estates

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail. 403-304-5555

2003 CHEV Avalanche, 4 dr, box cover, loaded, no leather only 165,000 kms. $7350. 403-348-9746

Motorcycles

5080

1987 BMW RS100. 1000 cc. very good shape $3500. 403-358-1345

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

LOW INTEREST FINANCING

Borrow up to 20K and pay $387./mo. at 8%. Personal & small business loans. Bad credit OK. Call Toll Free 855-331-5322

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

2008 LUCERNE CX, 131,000 kms., well maint. $12,500. 403-346-1623 2008 BMW 328i, 4 dr. sedan, mint cond, 71,000 kms, always garaged, never smoked in, auto., HID headlights, white w/black leather interior, must be seen. $18,900. 403-342-5967 leave message

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

5040

Laebon Homes 346-7273

3190

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl. Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

SUV's

Motorhomes

5100

ONE OF A KIND

1985 Vanguard 24’, completely re-built inside & out. Better than new! All work done by Gord Schmitt RV Services in Lacombe. Can be seen at 25 Fulmar Cl, Sylvan. Fred, 403-887-4631 Make me an offer I can’t refuse.

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

A-1 WILLY’S Parts Place Inc. Will haul away salvage cars free in city limits. Will pay for some. Only AMVIC approved salvage yard in Red Deer 403-346-7278 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY 100,000 Potential Buyers???

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A wooden cross, symbol of the World Youth Day given to young people of the church in 1983 by Pope John Paul II, is carried along Copacabana beach by pilgrims in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday. Pope Francis, the 76-year-old Argentine who became the church’s first pontiff from the Americas in March, will return today to the embrace of Latin America to preside over the Roman Catholic Church’s World Youth Day festival.

Popes’ trip spurs worries about security, more protests Brazilian authorities facing uncommon security challenge By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Since taking the helm of the world’s biggest church in March, Pope Francis has waded into massive crowds with minimal protection to hug children and wash the feet of the faithful. He has surrounded himself with everyday worshippers at every turn, winning acclaim that he’s breaking down barriers between the Vatican and the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Yet for Brazilian security officials charged with protecting the 76-year-old pontiff with the common touch, his seven-day visit this week is an uncommon security challenge. In his first international trip as pope, Francis has built much of his schedule in the world’s biggest Catholic country around high-profile events that send him straight into unpredictable, potentially chaotic environments — without the protection of the bulletproof popemobile used by his two predecessors. On Thursday, the pope will visit a tiny chapel founded in 1971 in the Varginha slum, one of Rio’s more than 1,000 hillside shantytowns. Many such slums cower under the control of dangerous drug gangs or deadly militias made up mostly of former and current police and firefighters. Police invaded Varginha in January to clear out traffickers, but the gangs remain a shadowy presence there. The next day, Francis will hit Copacabana beach to walk the Stations of the Cross among an expected one million young Catholics gathered for World Youth Day festivities. Vatican officials have said he’ll travel to the beach past thousands of devotees in an open-topped vehicle, a plan that would put the thousands of police and soldiers dispatched to protect the pope on high alert and require more plain-

clothes security. Brazil’s justice and defence ministers, along with a top army commander, urged the pope to use an armoured popemobile instead, but the Vatican has responded that Francis likes to jump in and out of his vehicle to greet the faithful, which wouldn’t be possible in the more protected vehicle. “The bulletproofing would lessen our worries, it’d be better if he had it,” said Gen. Jose Abreu, the top officer overseeing the military’s role in the security scheme. “It’s a personal choice and we’ll respect it, but it’s not remotely pleasant for security forces.” On the top of everyone’s minds are the massive and sometimes violent anti-government protests that swept this continent-sized country last month. They’ve continued, albeit with fewer people, less than a week before Francis’ arrival today. Last week, a small protest in Leblon, one of Rio’s poshest neighbourhoods, erupted into looting and destruction, with demonstrators smashing storefronts, defacing street signs and setting piles of garbage on fire. A handful of protests are planned. If violence breaks out near the pope, the world may once again see images of demonstrators enveloped by clouds of tear gas, stun grenades ricocheting off stately buildings and rubber bullets whizzing through the air. Jose Beltrame, the top security official for Rio de Janeiro state overseeing the police who will counter any violent protests, said he’s certain his officers “are ready to host the pope” because they know his set agenda and have a plan in place. However, Beltrame acknowledged that the protests are an unknown factor and that each demonstration would need to be approached differently depending upon how it unfolds. “The challenges of the pro-

tests are different. The police have to be flexible and adapt, because there is no co-ordinated agenda (of protests),” he said. “We’re vigilant, but it depends upon how they happen, when they happen, which is information that we don’t fully have.” Joe Biundini, a Brazilianborn former U.S. Marine who heads the FAM International Group security firm, warned that much will depend on police response to any protests. “If you see the police doing something stupid, like violently attacking protesters, that could cause some very serious problems,” Biundini said. Security officials have said the stiffest security challenge will be providing security for the pope’s two mass events on 2.5 mile-long (4 kilometre-long) Copacabana beach. Still, they insist they’re experienced in handling megacrowds and point to a string of concerts that have attracted similarly massive numbers of spectators to Copacabana. April’s bombing attacks on the Boston Marathon, which killed three and injured 264, have certainly raised sensitivities about the potential dangers of such mass events. But Brazilian police said there’ll be no checkpoints or bag inspections of the crowds at Copacabana, similar to the security schemes at other events. That doesn’t mean the Brazilians won’t be making a show of force. Some 10,000 police officers and more than 14,000 soldiers will be on duty during the pope’s visit, and six Brazilian military aircraft will provide transportation for the pontiff. Nearly 100 lookout towers will also allow police to monitor an expected 1.5 million people turning out for yet another mass event, the World Youth Day’s closing Mass in the rural neighbourhood of Guaratiba, about 30 miles (50 kilometres) west of Copacabana on the far outskirts of Rio.

Rival Vagos, Hells Angels on trial for murder in fatal Nevada casino shootout By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO, Nev. — Nearly two years after a gun battle between motorcycle gangs turned a Nevada casino floor into a shooting gallery, two rival gang members go on trial on murder charges Monday in the death of a high-ranking Hells Angels officer from California. Ernesto Gonzalez, president of the Vagos chapter in Nicaragua, is accused of fatally shooting the president of the Hells Angels’ San Jose chapter, Jeffrey “Jethro” Pettigrew, during the melee at John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks on Sept. 23, 2011. He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, open murder and conspiracy to commit murder in what prosecutors say was part of an organized assassination plan. Making for a bit of unusual courtroom drama, Gonzalez and his lawyer will be sitting at the defence table with a rival Hells Angel who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges in the same shootout. Cesar Villagrana is accused of shooting a Vagos member in the leg, but his lawyer says he only was defending himself and Pettigrew when gunfire erupted. Courthouse security has been tight with a heavy police presence during earlier hearings on trial motions.

Washoe District Judge Connie Steinheimer has banned the wearing of gang or “club” insignia in the courtroom. Prosecutors say they are gang members. Defence lawyers say they are club members. The judge ruled earlier that neither phrase should be used. “From now on, no gangs, no clubs,” Steinheimer said. “Use proper names. Refer to the Hells Angels as the Hells Angels and the Vagos as the Vagos.” Another Vagos member who police blamed for starting the fight that led to the killing pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder. Gary Rudnick, former head of the Vagos Los Angeles chapter who went by the nickname “Jabbers,” is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 22. Police say he repeatedly taunted Pettigrew until Pettigrew threw a punch that led to the gunfire. A grand jury indicted all three in November 2011 based in part on the testimony of a confidential informant who said he was a high-ranking Vagos member for two decades and characterized the shooting as an unplanned event that got out of hand because Rudnick was acting outside his authority within the gang. But Chief Deputy District Attorney Karl Hall said in amended complaint earlier this year that Gonzalez was “lying in wait” for Pettigrew. He said he conspired with other Vagos with the “specific intent” to kill in promotion of their gang.

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Snoopy in-laws find you fascinating Dear Annie: I find myself trying to keep every tiny bit of my life a secret since I got married — not because I’m ashamed of anything, but because my in-laws make my business fodder for gossip. Every time I talk to them, it feels as if I am being interrogated. If I slip up and offer a small piece of personal news (such as an upcoming trip), they pepper me with a million pointed questions trying to get details. I would be much more willing to share if, when I did mention a tidbit, I was told, “Oh, how wonderful for you,” and they didn’t press further or continue to spread my plans beyond present company. MITCHELL Instead, know& SUGAR ing that everything I say will be picked apart and broadcast to the universe, I clam up and am reluctant to say anything at all. Is there anything I can do to put off their questions in a polite manner while avoiding the impression that I’m being aloof and rude? — Not an Interrogator Dear Not: You are under no obligation to respond to questions that are no one’s business, particularly if you know they will repeat the information to everyone. However, if it is something innocuous (a promotion, for example), you should try to answer their questions honestly. If they tell the universe, you have no reason to be concerned. For other things, practice a sincere smile while saying, “There’s really nothing interesting happening. How have you been?” But we don’t believe your in-laws are being malicious. We think they find everything about you more entertaining than what they are doing, and sharing it makes them feel important. Dear Annie: I will be sending out wedding invitations soon. The problem is, I don’t know what to do about my grandparents.

They are still friends with my exhusband, who is unstable and a bit scary. Last year, they didn’t hesitate to give my phone number to his girlfriend when she asked. I was furious. They don’t have my new address because I fear they would give it to my ex and he would show up and cause trouble. I worry that when my grandparents get their invitation, they will give my ex the date, time, place and my return address. The fact that they are family and love me would not stop them. They are stubborn and thoughtless. They adore my ex and aren’t so crazy about my fiance. Should I send them the invitation and give them a stern talking to? I doubt it would do any good. Should I give them the information the day of the wedding so they have less time to share it? Of course, that would necessitate asking other family members not to tell them anything, which would be difficult. Any advice? — Burned by Family Dear Burned: You always have the option of telling your grandparents after the wedding takes place. But we assume you want them to be there. You could send Grandma and Grandpa a handwritten invitation, omitting your return address and the location of the wedding. Arrange for a friend to pick them up and bring them to the ceremony. On the assumption that other relatives will spill the beans, you also could ask another friend to act as “security” (or hire someone) to guard the door so your ex doesn’t show up uninvited. Dear Annie: “Happy in Hawaii” recommended that teenagers participate in their school’s community service clubs so they are less influenced by their friends and won’t get into trouble. When I was a child, I learned a saying that I passed on to our four children. I think it helped them to become independent-thinking adults: “Of all excuses this is most forbid, ‘I did it ’cuz the others did.’ ” — Marion, Mass. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One-on-one time is one of your favourite pastimes now. Everything seems nicer and sweeter when the game is played in duo. You might need to put a closure to something in order to regain your inner ASTRO peace. DOYNA Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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