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August hotter than normal TEMPERATURE UP ALMOST TWO DEGREES

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Summer finally came to Red Deer in August, according to Environment Canada.

If only we can find a way to make it linger a while.

Senior Climatologist David Phillips said after a slow start to the month, it warmed up quickly.

“We ended up with an August where the daytime high was two degrees warmer than normal, the night time temperature was about 1.5 degrees warmer than normal and the whole temperature was about 1.8, almost two degrees warmer and that is significant,” said Phillips.

“We would describe a month where the temperature averaged half a degree above as warmer than normal.”

For proper perspective on August, Phillips brought both June and July into the equation.

He said on average temperatures were higher than normal, but the average high was lower. This occurred because nights were cloudy, trapping heat in from the day and elevating the minimum temperatures.

“People were walking around feeling it was a little cooler than what the weather people are saying,” said Phillips. “The afternoon temperatures, where it matters for people, they were colder than normal.”

With warmer than normal lows, that meant it averaged out as warmer than normal in June and July.

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Members of Team Cannondale ride during Stage 1 of the Tour of Alberta cycling race in Strathcona County on Wednesday.

Sagan holds onto overall lead HESJEDAL MOVES UP TO 9TH

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TOUR OF ALBERTA

CAMROSE — Peter Sagan continued to lead the Tour of Alberta on Wednesday, finishing first in Stage 1 of the inaugural cycling race.

The Cannondale rider from Slovakia, who is among the favourites to win overall title, also won the prologue time trial on Tuesday and leads the overall classification by 23 seconds.

“Today my team did a very good job because today was all day on the front,” Sagan said. “And, also from the start there were attacks and we put only four riders in the breakaway. Then we were always on the front for the pulling.”

Sagan won Wednesday’s sprint finish, posting a time of three hours 22 minutes 17 seconds and earning the 10-second winner’s time bonus to retain the yellow jersey with an overall time of 3:30:35.

Rohan Dennis of Garmin Sharp is second overall while teammate Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria moved up a spot to ninth, 40 seconds behind Sagan.

Hesjedal finished 19th Wednesday with the same time Peter Sagan as Sagan.

BMC Racing’s Cadel Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion and another rider considered to have a chance at the first-ever Tour of Alberta podium, is fourth 30 seconds back of Sagan.

Regina’s Rob Britton is the top rider on the Canadian national team, 1:10 off the pace.

Wednesday’s 158-kilometre stage moved north along Edmonton’s refinery row, then looped back south through rolling parkland to end in Camrose.

The race cycles through prairies, badlands and foothills before ending up in downtown Calgary on Friday for a total 900 kilometres of racing.

The Tour is the largest and most highly ranked bike race ever held in Canada. It involves six top-ranked teams from the European Pro Tour and eight teams from the Continental tour, as well as the Canadian national team.

Its 117 riders include 11 winners of single stages or one-day events, five current national champions, two world champions and two major European tour winners, including Hesjedal, winner of the 2012 Giro d’Italia.

RDC enrolment up 4 per cent across the board

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer College students make their way through the halls of the campus Wednesday.

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Red Deer College is doing its best to put last spring’s cuts behind it and forge ahead with the school year, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the school.

Enrolment is up four per cent across the board at RDC, with the Trades and Technology Department seeing a 20 per cent increase.

More than 7,500 students are enrolled in classes this year and an additional 13,000 are enrolled in Continuing Education programs.

“We’ve put the budget cuts behind us and we did everything in our power to mitigate the impact on students, the people who work here and the programs we offer,” said college president Joel Ward. “We’re all about moving forward, not backwards. We don’t talk about that anymore, we talk about what has to happen next and we have a four per cent increase in enrolment, 7,500 students on our campus and we continue to grow.”

RDC Student Association president Martin Cruz said the college tried its

best to minimize the impact of the budget cuts after the Alberta government cut grants to post-secondary institutions by 7.3 per cent.

“Regardless, it is going to affect the students,” said Cruz. “It will change a little of what we have here, but nothing major.”

The student association is working on recommendations to send to Advanced Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk for student discussions in regards to changes to the Post-Secondary Learning Act. In 1964, when the school started, there were 119 students and 11 faculty.

“I think we’ve grown substantially since then,” said Ward. “We have plans to continue to grow.”

Ward said they have lots of events planned for the 50th anniversary, putting a spin on everything they would normally do.

“As we roll out our grand opening of City Centre Stage on Sept. 20, we’ll be talking about how that connects to our 50th anniversary of film, art, music and theatre, all downtown,” said Ward.

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McIntyre in, Plante out of mayoral race

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Sylvan Lake’s mayoral race has seen a shake-up.

Coun. Dale Plante, who jumped into the contest in March, has dropped out of the race and has endorsed fellow Coun. Sean McIntyre, who announced he was seeking the town’s top job on Facebook on Wednesday.

McIntyre said he was ready to run for mayor but was reluctant to compete against a fellow councillor with a similar platform. When Plante changed his mind McIntyre Sean McIntyre saw an opening.

The 29-year-old, who is completing his first term as a councillor, sees communication and engagement as key areas that need some work.

“I think communication is probably the thing we have been lacking most,” said McIntyre, who is a local insurance broker and has lived in town since he

‘I THINK COMMUNICATION IS PROBABLY THE THING WE HAVE BEEN LACKING MOST . . . I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO FILLING THAT VOID FOR SURE.’ — COUN. SEAN MCINTYRE MAYORAL CANDIDATE

was six years old.

“Communication is something I’m mildly obsessed with,” he said, with a chuckle. “I’m looking forward to filling that void for sure.”

He wants to see improvement in the way the town engages its residents, surrounding communities and higher levels of government.

McIntyre, who is co-ordinator of the town’s annual Shake the Lake festival, also seeks changes in how the town approaches its future and recognizing Sylvan Lake’s assets, such as its natural beauty, volunteerism and community spirit.

His main goal is to build a better community by working together to nurture what the town has while finding ways to provide what it lacks.

“We’ve got a lot to do in the way of planning for the future,” he said, adding that involves working with other municipalities around the lake and in the region.

McIntyre is married with a five-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. For more information go to www.facebook.com/SeanFromSylvan.

Meanwhile, Plante said while he was geared up and ready to run for mayor he feels McIntyre offers another well-qualified candidate.

“It certainly wasn’t an issue that I didn’t feel confident to go in on the race,” said Plante, who announced at a Sylvan Lake Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday morning that he will seek instead a second term as councillor.

Plante said if elected he plans to continue to serve the community, support the mayor and have an impact on future direction, especially on issues such as economic development.

McIntyre joins incumbent Mayor Susan Samson, who is seeking a third term as mayor, and seven-year town resident Matt Prete in the race. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Wildfire hazard still high near Rocky Mountain House

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF One grass fire ignited by fireworks and one burning vehicle were extinguished in the Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area on Sunday.

Eight abandoned campfires were also discovered over the long weekend.

Barry Shellian, fire information officer for the wildfire management area, said a burning SUV was located about 40 km southwest of Rocky, in an area known as rig street, and was detected from a wildfire lookout tower.

The fire was discovered mid-afternoon. RCMP are investigating.

The grass fire, in a ditch at the intersection of Hwys 22 and 54, also happened on Sunday afternoon and grew to about .03 hectares.

Shellian said luckily all the abandoned campfires were smoking without flames.

“What I do appreciate is we didn’t have to respond to campfires with an open flame, but it still had the potential,” Shellian said on Wednesday.

“I think people let these fire burn out. Visibly it might seem like it’s out. I think often it’s left with the best intent, not realizing there’s potential smouldering there.”

At least three of the campfires were not dosed with liquid before they were abandoned, he said.

Several of the abandoned campfires were also located near rig street, named for the number of oil rigs operating in the area.

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WEATHER: Lack of precipitation By combining these elements, the summer comes out to be slightly warmer than normal.

“Coming into the summer, winter weather seemed long as it began before Halloween and went on beyond Easter, and summer just seemed to not get going as people wanted it to,” said Phillips. “I think it was the shortness of summer that may have been the greatest irritant in Central Alberta.”

Helping August was the lack of precipitation. The local weather station recorded just 13 mm of rain for the entire month, below the average of about 70 mm.

“It was almost, from a farming point of view, you couldn’t order better weather,” said Phillips.

Red Deer has been lucky in avoiding the first frost of the year. Phillips said the earliest recorded frost over the past 35 years was on Aug. 7 and the mean first frost over the same time period is Sept. 7. The latest frost in that time frame occurred on Oct. 7.

Frost is not predicted in the long-range, seven-day forecast from Environment Canada.

“We have had, in recent years, remarkable Septembers,” said Phillips, adding even recently September has been the warmest month of the year.

Tuesday’s high was 27C and Wednesday’s was 29C, where the normal for this time of year is 19.

“We will see a couple of not so nice days coming up, but then we’re back up to 24 degrees,” said Phillips. “My sense in the short term is we’re seeing a typical September, something that reminds you of fall, but rolls back into what summer weather should be like.

“Our models are showing that the next 10 days, two weeks and month we think it will be warmer than normal. September warmth, not July warmth.”

Environment Canada is anticipating warmer than normal temperatures, which could be as much as

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They were either discovered by the public or air or ground patrols.

Shellian said rig street sees a lot of random camping because it’s easy to access. But camping and allterrain vehicle use in the area is concern for oilfield companies.

“Pipelines are not constructed as a roadway. They are soft ground. Subsurface damage could be done that we wouldn’t know about. It’s sitting there leaving a danger behind for somebody else.”

The wildfire hazard remains very high in the Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area.

Only one fire still burns in the area. It is under control at O’Chiese landfill. Action has been taken to ensure it will not spread. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer College public relations consultant Andrew Kooman hangs a banner in the foyer of the trades wing at the college earlier this week. Operating since 1964, the college is celebrating its 50th anniversary this school year. half a degree above the average for a month, for September, October and maybe even into November. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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The space the college bought downtown will showcase student art in a gallery and the motion picture arts applied degree program will also move there.

“We’ll be able to have film festivals, we’ll be able to showcase student films and work,” said Ward.

Also its 50th anniversary, RDC will host both the Alberta College Athletic Conference basketball and volleyball men’s championships in February, and Kings hockey will return with the first home game scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Penhold multiplex against Augustana.

The lineup for the performing arts season includes: Comedy of Errors, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Three Musketeers and Ten Lost Years.

Brad Donaldson, vice-president academic, said the increase in enrolment is great for the college.

Adding to that is a two-year diploma program in occupational therapist and physiotherapist assistant, which is full of students for the program’s start.

Three programs will graduate their first students later this year: the bachelor of business administration degree, electrical engineering technology diploma, and the automation and manufacturing engineering technology diploma programs.

As 2,300 of the students are enrolled in university and university transfer programs, Donaldson said it is difficult to know how many of the students will be ready to graduate this year.

Cruz suggested new students take advantage of all the student services available, some of which are free or inexpensive. Services include counselling, academic advisors, disability services, learning support, child care and bus passes.

Cruz has been pushing for an increase in the college’s web network, which can now support 40,000 devices, up from 9,000 last year.

“It’s fast and free for all students,” said Cruz. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Doctors demand coal plants be phased out other province.

The research used government data, health studies and a peer-reviewed modelling protocol developed by the Canadian Medical Association. It suggested that between 2008 and 2031, there will be more than 3,000 premature deaths, 2,000 hospital stays and 10,000 emergency room visits from health problems caused by coal-fired electricity.

The conclusions were immediately disputed by TransAlta Utilities.

A spokesman said a 2006 university study found no difference in the health of people living near coalfired plants and the provincial average. Air monitoring shows contaminant levels are a small fraction of what’s allowed under provincial guidelines.

The health groups aren’t backing down, Forman said. Coal plants need to close.

“We can have a debate on how quickly that happens, but we think coal has to be phased out — and not along the 50-year timeline the federal government requires. We think Ontario’s timeline of about 10 years is reasonable.”

Forman said coal can be replaced with a combination of wind and solar power, with lower-carbon, cleaner-burning natural gas acting as a bridge fuel.

The time is right for such a move, he suggested.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Health groups say the Alberta government should move more quickly to close coalfired generating plants in response to a study suggesting they are causing respiratory problems.

“The more data that comes out worldwide on coal just strengthens our belief that coal is not just climate villain No. 1, but a huge contributor to human illness and death,” Gideon Forman of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment said Wednesday.

Forman’s group, along with the Asthma Society of Canada and the Lung Association, are running ads this week in provincial newspapers that point to the consequences of coal-fired power plants.

The ads say emissions from such plants cause 4,800 days of missed school or work a year in Alberta because of asthma symptoms. They show a young girl using an asthma inhaler and say “Coal makes her sick.”

The ads build on research released in March and done for the groups by the Pembina Institute. It attempted to calculate the health costs of coal-fired generation, of which Alberta has more than any

SEATTLE — Two Canadian climbers injured when they and a companion fell into a crevasse on Mount Rainier are reported to be improving at a Seattle hospital.

The Seattle Times reports that Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said Tuesday the men were in serious condition and remain in intensive care.

Neither they nor a third Canadian climber who was less seriously hurt have been identified.

The third climber was taken to a different hospital.

Chief Ranger Chuck Young says the trio fell about nine metres into the crevasse on Sunday, landing on a ledge as they descended from the 4,400-metre summit.

Young says rangers were dropped off near the site and the three climbers were flown to the Sunrise Visitors Center by helicopter.

The two most seriously hurt men were then flown to the hospital.

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BRIEF Canadian convicted of killing his wife wins new trial in North Carolina RALEIGH, N.C. — A former Calgary man convicted of strangling his estranged wife in 2008 has won a new trial in North Carolina.

Media reports say an appeals court made the decision on Tuesday after hearing arguments on whether Bradley Cooper’s defence lawyers were thwarted from presenting their best case.

Cooper was convicted in 2011 of first-degree murder in the killing of his 34-year-old wife Nancy, whose body was found at a construction site five kilometres from their home.

Her husband claimed she went out for a jog on July 12, 2008 and never returned.

Prosecutors said Cooper had killed his wife because he was angry she planned to divorce him and move to Canada with their two daughters.

Cooper, 39, has repeatedly insisted that he had no part in his wife’s death. The Canadian couple had moved to Cary, N.C. from Calgary in 2001, a year after they married.

Lure of jobs not enough to get workers to stay: StatsCan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A Statistics Canada study suggests that the lure of jobs in Alberta’s energy sector isn’t enough to persuade out-of-province workers to make a permanent move.

The study found there were plenty of people moving to Alberta between 2004-09. But only one in four decided to make Alberta their primary residence.

They listed their home province on their tax returns.

“While some of the inter-provincial workers observed in this study subsequently made a residential move to Alberta, at least as identified on their T1 tax return, most did not,” wrote the authors, Christine Laporte, Yuqian Lu and Grant Schellenberg.

“It is likely that factors such as family ties, social networks, organizational arrangements (e.g. daycare, school enrolment), home ownership and quality of life were important factors,” they wrote.

“Nonetheless, the prospects of readily available jobs elsewhere had appeal. When weighed against the costs of moving interprovincially, the benefits of working inter-provincially was the option chosen by these individuals,” said the report. “Quite clearly, people react to employment opportunities in various ways, and, more broadly, labour markets adjust in various ways.”

Charges have been laid against an SUV driver in connection with a fatal collision west of Rocky Mountain House on Aug. 26.

Rocky RCMP said a southbound SUV, driven by a 52-year-old man, collided with a westbound motorcycle at about 12:30 p.m. at the intersection where Hwy 756 meets Hwy 11. The man and woman on the bike were airlifted by STARS to the Foothills hospital in Calgary, where the woman died of her injuries.

Hospital officials advised police on Tuesday that the woman had died.

The SUV driver has been charged under the Traffic Safety Act with failing to proceed safely after stopping at an intersection. He is scheduled to attend Rocky Mountain House provincial court on Oct. 30.

Police have not released the names of any of the people involved in the collision.

Province says cash continuing to roll out to June flood victims CALGARY — The Alberta government says cash is rolling out steadily to those affected by June flooding, but 2,200 people still aren’t able to return home.

The province says in its latest update that $8.6 million has been sent out to cover disaster recovery claims — on top of an initial outlay of $70 million in pre-loaded debit cards.

About 25 per cent of 8,200 applications have been processed.

The government says long-term accommodation in temporary neighbourhoods has been provided to 950 people, with plans for 850 more in the next month.

An additional 400 people are in other temporary housing such as hotels.

The extent of the damage in High River continues to be evident as 2,050 truckloads of debris have been removed from the town’s residential areas.

About 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of material have been removed from the Highwood River system.

Calgary mayor calls Charter of Quebec Values ‘horrible’ public policy CALGARY — The mayor of Calgary says he will not back down from recent comments he made about Quebec’s proposed policy on religious symbols.

Naheed Nenshi told reporters last weekend that the fight for human rights will continue, while referencing the PQ government’s Charter of Quebec Values.

The charter would reportedly restrict public employees from wearing religious symbols as attire.

Nenshi said Tuesday that the Quebec proposal is horrible public policy and shows intolerance.

The mayor also says Quebecers who feel unwelcome in their province as a result of the proposed charter would be welcomed in Calgary.

Quebec cabinet minister Jean-Francois Lisee disagrees with Nenshi’s interpretation of the proposal, saying that having a more neutral state is a sign of modernity and progress.code:2

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The Syrian dilemma JUST WHO SHOULD WE SHOOT AT, IN SYRIA, THIS WEEK? There are a lot of people around the world who are demanding that somebody “does something” to punish the Syrian armed forces and their President Bashar Assad for using sarin nerve gas against civilians in its second largest city, Damascus.

Damascus is the seat of the country’s wartorn government. The evidence we in the West are GREG seeing is that Assad’s forces NEIMAN used nerve gas against women and children in his own capital, with perhaps as many as 1,500 casualties.

Syria is in the midst of a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people and left more than six million either displaced inside the country, or in vast tented refugee camps outside the country.

And nobody who believes in democracy would want the leaders of either side to win.

But there are people in Canada who are disappointed in the lukewarm reactions of our own federal government in condemning this crime, and who are embarrassed that the official response of promising “all aid short of help” is being used once again.

The question that bothers me is that if Canada were to join a U.S.-led military intervention in Syria (don’t bother hoping there will be one led by the United Nations), just who would be shooting at?

Brutal (and possibly insane) dictator Assad and his forces, or brutal (and possibly insane) religious extremists who would supplant him? There does not appear to be a rational, moderate leadership option in the wings with much hope of producing a stable, peaceful democracy.

So who are the criminals we should be taking out?

Assad cannot be trusted to give you an honest weather report, but I put some credence in his statement that once outside military powers intervene in Syria, this whole thing is able

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Young citizen rises to a challenge, but where was the help?

The other day, I was driving down Greig Drive Near the fitness park.

A couple of good-sized trees had blown down during the night and we’re lying partially on the road.

What caught my eye was a young man, about 14, struggling, on his own, to move a 800-pound tree off the road so no one would hit it.

I sped to help the young man out and learned that his name was Bryce and he had recently moved here from B.C. When I thanked him for his citizenship, he said, “Alberta’s been good to me, the least I can do is be good to her.”

Then he thanked me for stopping, saying that several people had driven past laughing at this kid trying to move a tree.

He was an amazing person to talk to, intelligent, soft spoken, and conscientious. And I’m sure he will grow into a fine man.

I just wanted to send this in as a thank you to Bryce for his act of service to his community.

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Congress — and thereby, the American public — before using military power to “downgrade” Assad’s ability to launch chemical weapons again.

Congress is coming into election mode right now. There must be enough Vietnam vets still around to warn against putting military boots in Syria today.

“We should have this debate,” Obama said Monday. Yes, perhaps we should.

I wouldn’t want to predict what the situation in Syria would be, by the time Americans have had their debate.

The number of dead already exceeds 100,000, and international news reports tell us the country is bleeding itself of women and children fleeing the violence.

About a third of Syria’s total population has already fled the country.

I agree with the critics that it is distasteful to see despotic leaders use genocidal-scale attacks against their own people. But the extremists waiting

to take over when Assad is finally gone are far from gentle by comparison.

Perhaps, then, Obama does have the right proposal: bomb the bejeebers out of Assad’s missile delivery systems, and assure the populace that the world does feel for their plight, while leaving it to the Syrian people to decide the outcome of this civil war.

That would seem rational. But rationality, like truth, was one of the first casualties in this conflict.

Canada has no capability of intervening in Syria to disable Assad’s chemical weapons, and it is rather unseemly for us to suggest someone else do it for us.

Until we know exactly who we want to shoot at, and for how long, it’s best we just not shoot at all. As distressing as that may be, while the videos play, showing us the innocent dead.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Real problem with low interest rates

BY DAVID HOWDEN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE In a paper for the C. D. Howe Institute, economist Paul Masson argued that the Bank of Canada should start allowing interest rates to rise to avoid greater real-estate bubbles and excessive debt.

While his argument that the Bank of Canada’s low interest rate policy destabilizes the economy through potential bubbles and debt buildups is correct, unfortunately, his focus misses the broader problem with low interest rates.

The Bank of Canada is charged with the goal of price stability. To this end, it tinkers with the money supply in a bid to engineer that perfect amount of credit growth to keep inflation around that supposed sweet spot of two per cent a year. (One would think “price stability” would be no inflation, but that’s another issue.)

Most people understand that there are some real problems with engineered prices. Any student of a first-year university economics class knows that prices are not generally set by any one person in the economy. They are the result of the interplay between the supply and demand for something.

The idea of relying on Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the price of T-shirts for Canadians is instantly seen for what it is: stupid. Not only would one price for Tshirts benefit at the expense of others, but before too long imbalances would develop in the T-shirt market as the price would not signal to consumers how many they should buy, and producers would have no idea how many they should make.

What makes money different? Very few people seem to have a problem with Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz setting interest rates for the Canadian economy.

The misgivings that they do have are mostly misdirected, and make for a dangerous situation.

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to spin into more evil than we want to think about.

Assad has two allies: Russia and Lebanon. Russia keeps the UN from doing anything useful; Lebanon keeps the world from doing anything at all.

As of Tuesday, there were about 720,000 Syrians in refugee camps in Lebanon. You can get your family into Lebanon on one tank of gas from Damascus.

How many of them might be capable of exporting their civil war outside Syria, and how many of them might end up becoming helpless targets of Lebanese military?

Just south of Lebanon sits Israel. Israel is beefing up its missile defences in the event some nutbar to the north decides to go their direction to avenge any U.S. incursion into Syria.

What happens after that is a shopping list of bad consequences.

That, I suspect, is why President Barack Obama overruled his advisors on Monday and said he wanted to consult

action that takes place in the economy. One may think that playing God with money and not letting the market dictate its price and allocation would be dangerous, and they would be correct.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek once said that the best test of a good economist is the ability to see not just the direct effects of an action, but those results that are more veiled.

The effects of the Bank of Canada’s low interest rate policy are pretty obvious.

Canadians are among the most indebted people in the world today. The superficial picture of the country looks rosy: lots of nice shiny new apartments in Toronto and expensive cars on the streets of Calgary.

It doesn’t take a good economist to see these things, or to make the connection that cheap money through low interest rates enabled these niceties of life.

The part of the Bank of Canada’s low interest rate policy that is not easily seen is the shift that has silently taken place in the Canadian economy over the past decade, or longer if one’s memory is good enough.

The interest rate is the price that co-ordinates consumption and production activities. Distorting it, like distorting any price, will have wide-ranging effects through the economy because of the important link that money provides through all transactions.

Consumers will save less and spend more, probably taking on debt in the process. The same goes for government and businesses. This is adequately covered by the press, and this over-consumption is what most people are really referring to when discussing the ill effects of low interest rates.

But what about production plans? The interest rate is a key variable in finance that signals to producers how long they should be willing to wait before their investment pays off. As rates fall, the present value of future cash flows increases, so that producers are enticed to wait longer for them. As rates rise, this present value decreases so producers try to make investments shorter to get their payoffs as quickly

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as possible. In sum: the lower the rate, the longer the wait.

As the Bank of Canada lowers the interest rate, producers start investing in longerdated investment projects.

Projects like research and development, for example, will not pay off for a long time (if at all) and investors will have to forgo profits over this time period. Consumers too will have to forgo any fruits from these investments for a long time period until they mature.

It is not that long-dated investment projects are bad; indeed, research and development is a necessary activity in any economy. The question becomes one of balancing it against the other needs of the economy. If you do too much of one action, the tradeoff is doing less of another. Investing too heavily in longer-dated projects means that there is less money directed towards shorter-dated projects.

Infrastructure building comes to mind.

As anyone who has driven on a Canadian highway recently can sympathize with, there is woeful investment in maintaining roads but there seems to be no shortage of funding trying to build the next iPhone.

Too much investment in longer-dated projects at the expense of shorter-dated one represents what economists call “malinvestment” and makes for an unsustainable situation.

Unfortunately, the Bank of Canada’s Poloz sees no reason to change the policy of low interest rates he inherited from former governor Mark Carney. This is regrettable, because the longer he keeps the interest rate artificially low, the greater the imbalances in the economy will be.

If you think that roads are in terrible condition now, try to picture what they will look like a decade from now if this policy continues to detract investment from them.

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G20 leaders’ summit in flux OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has departed today for an international meeting that was once forged out of economic tumult and is now being reshaped by an unfolding political crisis.

The G20 leaders’ summit in St. Petersburg, Russia was supposed to be focused on global economics — on nurturing stability in countries rocked for the past five years by slowdowns and bank failures.

But with amped-up tensions over Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons, even summit host Vladimir Putin has had to concede that this year’s G20 will have to adapt and tackle the question of what to do about the violence and loss of life.

Harper spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron about Syria before leaving for Russia this morning.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is accompanying the prime minister and will meet separately with counterparts from the United States, Brazil, China, Russia and Turkey.

That’s a big change as far as G20 summit history goes — countries such as China and Russia have resisted any previous attempts to make it more than an economic forum.

Foreign ministers met under its auspices last year, but well before the actual summit took place in Los Cabos, Mexico. Russia, which insists on the

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Canadian trainers to begin Afghan withdrawal next month KABUL, Afghanistan — Canadian troops will begin a phased withdrawal from Afghanistan next month, leaving fewer than 100 soldiers on the ground by the time the training mission officially comes to end in March.

But questions remain about whether the Afghan force Canadians have been training will be capable of fending off the continued onslaught of insurgents.

Maj.-Gen. Dean Milner, who’s in charge of Canadian troops and deputy commander of the NATO training mission, expressed confidence that the Afghan National Army and police will be able to meet the challenges.

But U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, Milner’s boss and the NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a recent interview with the British media he believes Afghan forces are suffering an “unsustainable” level

primacy of the United Nations where it has a veto on the security council, participated with great reservations.

“Putin does his calculations,” said Gordon Smith, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and a former sherpa for Prime Minister Jean Chretien at several G7 and G8 summits.

“He realizes that on Syria he’s not going to be alone in advocating caution, but that may have interesting longer term dimensions as to where the G20 goes and whether the G20 starts to talk about political issues which it hasn’t done before.”

Indeed, other countries are not as keen as say the United States and France to sanction a strike against the regime of Bashar Assad. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to do some heavy lobbying on the sidelines of the summit. India, for example, has said it would prefer to wait for full results of a UN chemical weapons inspection. The British Parliament last week voted down a resolution calling for military action.

Canada and Australia, meanwhile, say they believe U.S. intelligence that places the blame for a chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb on the Assad regime.

The landscape is different than it was in June at the G8 meeting in Ireland, where Russia’s stance on Syria prompted Harper to say it was more like a “G7 plus one.”

And yet Harper, like Putin, was also hoping for a summit that was focused on the global economy — a policy area entirely in the prime minister’s wheelhouse.

Canada and Russia were on the same page when it came to wanting more definitive commitments from G20 nations on how they would tackle their deficits and debts, planning for fiscal consolidation as stimulus projects wind down.

They are also interested in helping to unlock billions of dollars held by insurance companies, mutual funds and other private institutions by making it easier and safer for them to invest in major infrastructure projects.

And there is support for common action against tax evasion and avoidance by helping to automatically exchange tax information rather by doing it only on request.

“A key part of the economic plan for this summit was to send a message of confidence to world markets,” said John Kirton, co-director of the University of Toronto’s G20 Research Group.

“If the message that is sent through the media from St. Petersburg is that the G20 leaders disagree on Syria, that’s a negative.”

Kirton says there is still a possibility that the larger leaders summit could find a way to work Syria into their economic work. Fighting terrorism, for example, is one area where all countries can find agreement.

of casualties and that the fledgling army might need western help for another five years.

Milner says trainers have been working to mitigate the threats against Afghan troops by providing more extensive training for avoiding and diffusing roadside bombs and booby traps.

Canadian troops fought a five-year counter-insurgency war in Kandahar, and Milner says the region is more stable now.

among other regions, of its power to veto constitutional changes.

On the other hand, the failure of Quebec and other provinces to acknowledge the law’s existence suggests they might not even notice if it was struck from the books.

British Columbia, which was granted an extension until this Friday for filing its Senate reform submission to the top court, may yet raise the 1996 law.

But so far, the only intervener to mention it is Serge Joyal, a Liberal senator.

The 1996 law — introduced by then-prime minister Jean Chretien in the wake of the nail-bitingly close referendum on Quebec independence the previous year — was intended to mollify that province’s long-standing demand for a veto over constitutional changes.

The general amending formula prescribed by the Constitution requires the approval of Parliament plus seven, unspecified provinces, representing at least 50 per cent of the population.

Chretien’s law effectively changed that formula by stipulating that the federal government would not ask Parliament to approve any constitutional change that did not have the consent of five regions: Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, as well as two Prairie provinces and two Atlantic provinces representing at least 50 per cent of their regions’ populations.

Feds, provs ignore regional veto law in court fight over Senate reform OTTAWA — An important piece of Canada’s constitutional puzzle is being ignored by federal and provincial governments as they argue over the correct amending procedure needed to reform or abolish the disgraced Senate.

Conspicuously missing from the hundreds of pages of legal arguments submitted by governments to the Supreme Court of Canada is any mention of Bill C-110 — a 1996 law that made the already daunting rules for changing the Constitution even more challenging.

The Harper government’s refusal to discuss the law has triggered speculation that it may be prepared to repeal it or find a way to bypass it — potentially explosive moves that would strip Quebec,

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1971 Mustang still makes high impact My featured car guy next opponent. this week is Dave PopoThrough those years, vitch from Sylvan Lake. the car was treated to He is the proud owner every possible perforof a High Immance uppact 1971 Ford grade the Mustang Mach speed shop 1 Sport Roof could offer.

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Nitrous Dave told was also me that the added, which 1971 year was brought the his favourite quarter- mile Mustang modtimes down el because it into the low has a more ag12s. gressive stylIn the earing. ly 1990s, the JOHN Add this to Mustang was RATHWELL the fact of havtiring out, so ing a 429 mo- CLASSIC CARS it was turned tor, fold-down out to pasture rear seat, twoin his back tone Mach 1 sports in- yard. terior and instruments, Turn the clock ahead and you have a great 10 years, roll back the package. tarps, add a battery, and Then add in that the this 48,000 low- mile Muscar is Grabber Lime tang was sold to another High Impact paint code, local well Red Deer car which is authenticated guy. by the late Carroll ShelThe new owner had by — the result is having followed the Mach 1 a true collector’s item throughout its glory that will keep increasing years and he had even in value! paired up against it a This car has an inter- couple of times in his esting past, which Dave COPO Camaro. was happy to share with Then it was time to me. refresh the car. He had Originally this Mach 1 Trophy Collision do the was delivered to a Ford paint, Arlo took care of dealer in northern B.C. the interior, and Carline late in 1971, where it was Muffler added Flowmassold to a local. ters and a three-inch exThe car saw very lim- haust. ited use and was parked Then Dave got the opmost of the time. portunity to buy the MusThen in the early tang in 2003, just in time 1980s, the owner’s family for the Red Deer Super advertised that the car Run. was finally for sale.

He enjoyed driving it One of Red Deer’s for the rest of the sumstreet cruisers of the mer and had time to get times saw the ad and be- his game plan together. came the second owner The car was parked of the green machine. that winter and over the It quickly became next four years, the Ford a common site at night was given a engine overc r u i s i n g R e d D e e r haul and lots of detail streets. work.

You could find it This restoration was downtown at the Safeway ready for its debut again parking lot or the North in 2008.

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Dave Popovitch of Sylvan Lake with his 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Sport Roof 429 (above); and the restored interior.

Dave entered it into the International Mustang Meet, where it won in the 1971-73 Modified Class.

Dave’s old horse now leads a relatively easy life in heated luxury with drag racing duties far behind her.

She gets out to stretch her legs at a few Thursday night cruises to Red Deer and a couple of local shows every summer.

If you get a chance to see this car, it does stand out with the Grabber Lime colour and you should take a look at the saying in the rear view mirrors.

Dave also enjoys restoring old gas pumps and motorcycles, and if he does the same quality of work on them that he did on this car — wow!

Dave says gets a feeling of fulfillment in

bringing something great back to life.

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TORONTO — Allegations from 21 women that an anesthesiologist molested them during surgeries are strikingly similar and cannot be chalked up to hallucinations, the Crown said Wednesday, calling Dr. George Doodnaught a “sexual opportunist.”

In his closing arguments at Doodnaught’s trial, Crown attorney David Wright said that the sedatives used during the surgeries — sufenta, mida-

WINDSOR, Ont. — A Windsor, Ont., man who stabbed his mother to death last year and then stole her money to buy drugs was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years.

Jason Coffey, 41, had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the July 2012 slaying of 63-year-old Florence Coffey in the home the two shared.

Court was told Coffey was addicted to crack cocaine and that he stabbed his mother 40 times with two knives before stealing money from her purse to buy drugs.

Coffey had been battling drug addiction for two decades, court heard.

The defence had sought parole eligibility after 12 years, while the Crown wanted 15.

Coffey cried at the sentencing, saying he would never be able to forgive himself for what he did. He said that it should have been him who died.

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Each of the women reported that Doodnaught kissed them, touched them inappropriately or put his genitals in their mouth while they were under conscious sedation, all but one during surgeries at North York General Hospital between 2006 and 2010.

He has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of sexual assault.

The women told detailed, vivid accounts of similar assaults by the now 64-year-old doctor, Wright said.

“If patients were hallucinating one would expect an element of randomness,” he said.

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QUEBEC — Quebec Premier Pauline Marois says she is proud of her first 12 months in power even though she admits it’s been a difficult year.

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Parti Quebecois’ election victory which saw the sovereigntist party return to power with a minority government.

Marois says she is proud of what she calls her government’s accomplishments in defending the French language, protecting the elderly and restoring social peace after last year’s student protests.

The premier made the comments before heading into a cabinet meeting in Quebec City.

While Marois did not want to discuss Quebec’s fragile economic situation, her finance minister did.

Nicolas Marceau said government revenues this year are currently below projected levels because of weaker than expected consumer spending.

Firefighters battle blaze in part of downtown St. John’s, N.L. ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A section of downtown St. John’s, N.L., was blocked to traffic Wednesday as firefighters doused a blaze that engulfed three attached buildings.

A health food store, an empty storefront and at least two apartment units were gutted as the empty structures burned.

Fire trucks lined a section of Duckworth Street above the popular George Street bar district.

Jerry Peach, deputy chief of the St. John’s Fire Department, said no injuries had been reported.

A small crowd gathered to watch as firefighters used a crane to hose flames that jumped from the burning rooftop. There was concern that the intense blaze might spread to adjacent homes and restaurants but it appeared to be under control by early afternoon.

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Heading out on a flight over the Red Deer River, this 0sprey goes on a hunt for an afternoon meal west of Penhold.

World smaller without Beau One of the frequent characters in the last decade of these columns, our last Brittany, Beau (short for Beaujolais), died on Aug. 29.

Dr. Dugan, who has cared for all our dogs, said that Beau’s heart was barely beating before he went to sleep, but he did eat, for his last meal, three of the fresh pods of peas he loved, hand-fed to him by Herself.

It was only at the end of April that Beau was diagnosed with congestive heart disease, and a couple of months later the gods piled leukemia on BOB top of that. We could not beSCAMMELL lieve the speed of Beau’s decline to the point he wasn’t having any fun, and had to be helped into his house.

In this recent heat, Beau would spend much of his time reclining on the cool concrete in the shade under his house and often not emerge, even when visitors entered his big yard, including me sometimes, and even our grandchildren he so loved to play with.

That amazingly-designed dog house was home to all five of our Brittanies, including Raz, who was scheduled to be our last dog. But Raz succumbed to severe, untreatable epilepsy at just over three years and, the next day, Herself told me she wanted another Brittany pup, ASAP. Good Brittanies are hard to find, so I consulted Leslie Andreas of Maple Creek, who had sold us Red, perhaps our all-round best and also our longest-lived Brittany, at two months over 13 years. Leslie’s waiting list was three years but in those days I could not survive that long without a hunting dog, and asked for suggestions.

Leslie said she was seeing too many Brittanies that couldn’t find their dinner dish, but was impressed with a Brittany line being produced by Scott Listoe of Castor.

Beau came home with me on Aug. 28, 2003. I had gone to Castor on a very hot day to look at a litter of Britts, born on July 3, 2003. Scott Listoe let the roiling piddle of puppies out into his yard. Only one came boldly over to me to say hello, then went to sleep in my shadow. “This is the one,” I told Scott.

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ABOVE: Beau, me and our last pheasant.

INSET: Beau finding me blocking the ditch on our last pheasant hunt in October 2012.

From the start, Beau stubbornly clung to his principals. He absolutely would not piddle, let alone do No. 2, in his kennel run, despite our equally stubborn efforts otherwise. We even transferred to a corner of his run turf he had anointed on the lawn; still no go in the run, even through his last illness, and to his dying day.

Beau was also our only Brittany that would not retrieve to hand. In fairness, that may have been because too many people were playing “fetch” with him and letting him turn what should have been retriever training into a game of keep-away.

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Fall is the perfect time for transplanting Cooler temperatures in the fall make it an ideal time to plant or transplant trees, shrubs, and most perennials.

Take advantage of the plant sales as companies are clearing plants before winter.

When buying, always look at the condition of the plants. As the plants have been grown in pots all season, expect the plants roots to fill the container to the point of growing out the bottom of the pot.

Avoid perennials with dry, crisp leaves as they have likely died from lack of moisLINDA ture. That being said, the tops TOMLINSON will be looking old and many will be turning yellow as they prepare to become dormant before winter. Ignore plants that look too small for their container. They have not thrived in the pot and may not make it through the winter.

An attractive tree will be symmetrical. If the tree is misshapen in the pot, it will be that way when it is planted. New branches rarely grow from old wood.

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With the exception of fruit trees, and some uniquely shaped trees, all trees should have a strong central branch.

The shape of the shrub is less important as they can be easily shaped by pruning but look for symmetrical ones with a number of stems. Check to see that all branches are a live. This is easy to tell when there are leaves on the plant. Once the leaves have fallen, bend the branches to see if they are flexible; dead wood will be brittle.

Check the needles and scales when purchasing evergreens. If they are dry and fall off easily, the plant is not healthy. Large brown patches can be pruned out but they may or may not grow back. It is best to leave them behind.

Selection at this time of year is limited as the plants have been on the market for over four months.

Do not get excited by low prices as the wrong plant or a sick one is not a bargain.

When planting a tree or shrub, dig a square hole that is twice as wide as and slightly deeper than the rootball. A square hole with rough sides encourages roots to spread into the surrounding soil. Round holes with smooth sides can work as a pot. Roots will reach the hard surface and grow in a circle.

Once the hole is dug, fill it with water and let it recede. Next, remove the pot and look at the root-

ball. If half of the surface is covered by roots, cut two lines through the bottom and part way up the sides of the rootball, forming a letter X. This will make the roots spread into new soil as opposed to continuing to grow in a circle.

Place a mound of dirt in the middle of the hole and place the rootball on top of the mound. Fill in the hole with existing soil and press down firmly.

Water the plant and add more soil if needed.

Resist the temptation to back fill the holes with soil that is richer than the surrounding soil as the plant will not push into harder, less nutritional soil if what they need is close at hand.

Perennials are planted similar to trees and shrubs except the holes can be similar in size to the rootball.

Fall is a perfect time for moving and/or splitting perennials within the garden.

To reduce the plant’s stress, have the new hole ready for the transplant before digging the original plant. The less time the plant roots are exposed to the sun the better.

Leftover plants can be donated to others or composted.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com.

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Nutrition from a yogic perspective

MIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ

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The new science of staying sharp Worried about Alzheimer’s disease? You’re in the majority. A survey says it’s North America’s most feared disease.

While nothing, so far, can guarantee you’ll prevent or reverse the plaques, tangles and nerve-cell death that characterize Alzheimer’s, it turns out keeping the blood vessels in your brain healthy may cut your risk of brain dysfunction by a lot.

There’s more and more evidence from academic and scientific brain centers around the world that a few simple steps can protect your cognitive powers and slash your risk for Alzheimer’s.

A new picture of what causes cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease, and how to prevent it, is emerging.

In it, your brain’s vital supply lines — the tiny blood vessels that deliver oxygen and fuel to every one of your 100 billion plus gray cells — play a bigger role than we used to think.

Recently, scientists peered into the brains of more than 4,000 people who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and found that nearly 80 per cent also had signs of serious blood-vessel damage within their brain.

In another new report, brain scientists found that blood vessel problems associated with high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol in middle age and diabetes (they reduce the healthy flow of blood to the brain) when combined with bodywide inflammation seem to raise the risk for Alzheimer’s.

OK, docs, but what should I do to keep my mind agile longer?

Great question! The answer: Preventing or controlling problems with your blood pressure, cholesterol and/or blood sugar levels can lower your odds for Alzheimer’s by almost 40 per cent. So here are five strategies that can cut your risk, starting right now.

Manage stress: We believe this is key. Good studies have been done and more are under way, but we think it’s worth acting now to soothe mental and emotional tensions in your life and in your head.

Please see STRESS on Page B3

When most people think of nutrition, especially in Western culture, they think of calories in versus calories out, i.e. consuming more calories requires burning more calories.

In yogic tradition, nutrition can be thought of in a more spiritual kind of way, believing that food is the creator of life force, prana or kundalini energy, bringing vitality and health.

Yoga, meaning “yoking” or union of mind, body and spirit, is practiced as not just a means of gaining strength and flexibility but as a means of cultivating an inner awareness, self-realization, and enhancing an inner energy or life force called “kundalini,” allowing one to experience more joy, peace, feelings of ecstasy and love, as well as minimize the mind’s anxieties and quiet emotions, ultimately allowing one to feel a sense of purpose in their life.

If you are a regular yoga practitioner, you may have experienced some of these effects or some of the feelings, leading towards these effects, including a sense of calmness.

Much scientific study has acknowledged the force of the Kundalini energy, including work by the famous psychologist Carl Jung and much by Dr. Lee Sannnella, MD. So how does nutrition come into play?

We cannot only live but also eat in a way that enhances the kundalini experience.

This includes incorporating more nutrient dense, highly mineralized foods, including lots of dark leafy greens and an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables.

KRISTIN FRASER

SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

Please see FOODS on Page B3

Future of health care — proactive, not reactive Two of the most important principles I took from my naturopathic medical education were the prevention of disease and the emphasis of educating my patients; both of which I think have been lost in the majority of medicine today.

I view this as a huge problem as our health care has maxed out budgets and cut jobs on a regular basis, yet our care is based on treating sickness instead of preventing it.

Case in point: A 51-year-old male truck driver grudgingly walks into his doctor’s office for his annual checkup and to review his most recent blood work.

SHANE His doctor tells him that JOHNSON everything looks fine, but he is on the verge of pre-diabetes due to his blood sugar results. NATUROPATHIC The visit ends there and the MEDICINE patient goes back to living his life as he had been before as he did not think it was something to be concerned about.

Fast forward two years later. This man returns to the same doctor again for another annual checkup.

Upon reviewing his most recent blood work, he is now told that he has Type 2 diabetes.

He is given one prescription for a blood sugar medication and another medication for a blood sugar monitor and is sent on his way.

A mere 24 hours later, he walks into my office for his first visit and is visibly shaken by the news. He does not fully understand what diabetes is, he has no idea how to work the blood sugar monitor, let alone

know when he is supposed to check his sugars and to top it off he does not know what a normal value for blood sugar is.

This is not the first time someone just like this has walked into my office under the same unfortunate circumstance.

Where was the medical system two years ago educating this man about what it really means to have pre-diabetes?

Where was the discussion about nutrition or a referral to a dietician to prevent diabetes from becoming an issue? To say the least, a little education and disease prevention would have gone a long ways.

Under no circumstances should you ever feel rushed in a doctor’s office. If you do, then it is a clear sign that you need to go somewhere else and explore different options.

Your health is too important to be overlooked.

Doctors need to allow for the appropriate amount of time to review lab work with patients, explain to them what it means and to look for optimal levels of blood work; not just whether someone falls in the “normal” ranges.

If you want to stay healthy longer by preventing the development of illness, I encourage you to speak to your naturopathic doctor and start making positive changes today.

Find out what you are at risk for with advanced testing methods and jump ahead of the curve! Be more proactive with your health.

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine. For more detailed information on naturopathic medicine, visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

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BEAU: Rock solid on point Fortunately, Beau had a laser nose and was rock solid on point; not only could he find his dinner dish, he would stand, pointing it, for as long as you cared to croon “steady . . . steady . . .” to him. He’d unfailingly find and point a downed pheasant, then lay down with it between his front legs and give you the “see what I found” look, until you traded him a dog biscuit for the bird to avoid being growled at or nipped.

Beau pointed, then “found” his first pheasant years ago when Dr. Jake Reimer and I scratched it down near Patricia. His last was five years ago with Don Hayden and me on Beau’s favorite hunting spot, my old “farm” near Brooks. Since then, my mobility problems have robbed Beau and me of too much pheasant hunting.

I’ll soon miss Beau telling me, when the first trace of gunpowder scents the cooling fall air, that it is time to think Brooks and upland birds, as he did just a year ago. So we took Beau to Brooks for opening day, and Jake Reimer tried to hunt him down ditches with other hunters and their dogs, while I blocked the far end, sitting in my walker.

That worked for a while but then, as always, Beau wound up hunting for — and finding — me.

There’ll be no more canine nagging to take our dog where he could do what he was born to, even just for a trip to the Stump Ranch, a run in the hayfield, and a swim or three in the creek; without Beau, I won’t go.

Beau’s death has shrunk my . . . our … world so that our huge backyard seems smaller … and emptier … without him. Herself misses him following her around out there, pleading for peas.

I’ve always believed, like my dad, that the best way to survive the death of a dog at dawn is to get a new one by sundown.

We won’t do that this time. Dad left a dog surviving him, and the grief of that last Labrador was a life lesson to us.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@ telusplanet.net.

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Healthy fats from foods like avocados and more easily digested proteins like plant based proteins, including beans and chickpeas, or hemp seeds allow for this lighter feeling in the body, ultimately enhancing the kundalini energy.

This is where excess weight and poor diet can have an effect on moods — it’s essentially blocking the flow of this energy.

Individualizing the diet is also important. From an ayurvedic standpoint, this means discovering your own “dosha” or mind-body type to determine which foods would be most beneficial to you.

The three doshas are pitta, kapha, or vata. Personality traits, including your temperament, physical body type, sleep patterns, and even your complexion all play a role in determining which foods should be consumed. For example, someone with strong pitta influences have powerful intellect and a strong ability to concentrate.

Good balancing foods and seasonings to incorporate are ones with soothing and cooling effects, such as cardamom, cilantro and fennel. Hotter spices such as chili peppers and cayenne are suggested to be avoided.

There are questionnaires you can take online to determine your own “dosha.”

Eating modestly and not in excess is important to maintaining a lighter feeling in the body. Avoiding processed foods and stimulants such as sugar, caffeine and alcohol, which are said to deplete the kundalini. This is where many can experience brain fog, lowered energy and feelings of inadequacy.

Staying optimally hydrated with purified water is also important to maintaining this vital life force within.

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Like yoga, nutrition can be thought of as only one per cent theory. The other 99 per cent is practice. You can only read so much, but to experience for yourself is when the true wisdom of how food, lifestyle, and incorporating a regular yoga practice can play an integral part to our wellbeing and ultimately our liberation.

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday. She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

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Friday ● First Friday’s lineup on Sept. 6 includes: Connections: Fibre Art by Dawna Dey Harrish from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch; Artribute Art School First Birthday Party and Water and Skies show of new paintings by Galia Kwetny and adult art students Jeff Elliott and Alyssa Diachok on the Second Floor of the Old Court House from 6 to 8 p.m.; Art From the Streets at 4935 51 St. from 6 to 8 p.m.; Alchemy, paintings by Liz Sullivan from Calgary and Shirley Cordes Rogozinsky from St. Albert at Harris-Warke Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m.; The Fort Revisited: Artifacts from Fort Normandeau will be held at Marjorie Wood Gallery at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 5 to 7 p.m. ● Team Dancing is a great way to have fun, stay fit and meet people. Join a team dancing group in Innisfail on Sept. 6, 13 and 20 or in Rimbey on Sept. 7, 14 and 21 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

In Red Deer team dancing goes on Sept. 16, 23 and 27. Cost per night is $5. Call 403-782-6771 or email teamdance123@gmail.com for venues and information. ● Country Gospel in the Park — Blackfalds United Church Country Gospel Music Weekend, will be held Sept. 6 to 8 at Blackfalds All Star Park.

Performances start on Friday night at 5 p.m. and a church service goes on Sunday at 9 a.m. Performances are in a heated tent; bring your own chairs.

Food is available on site. a weekend pass costs $30; day passes are available. For a list of performers visit www.Blackfaldsunitedchurch.com or www. gospelinthepark.net. Call Jim at 403-391-1397 or Moe at 403-357-6678 for more information. ● Scholastic Book Fair will be held at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library continues until Sept. 12. For every $10 spent, $6 goes directly to the library. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Widow and Widower Support Network meets on the first Friday of every month at Remington’s Grill in Black Knight Inn at 6 p.m. for food and fellowship, and on the third Friday of each month at 7 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar St. The group provides a safe place for men and women who have lost their spouse through death, to interact and support each other.

Upcoming dates are Sept. 6 and 20. Email to widowedsupportnetwork@gmail.com. or call 403-7550977. ● Magdalene House Society Golf Tournament to raise money to help victims of human trafficking will be held at Whispering Pines Golf Resort at Pine Lake on Sept. 6. Single golfers pay $110 and teams pay $425. To register, donate silent auction items, or for more information call David at 403-342-6191. ● Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational in support of Prostate Cancer Centre in Calgary will be hosted by The Morning Drive 106.7 FM on Sept.

6. Judging starts at 11 a.m. and sandwiches will be served to the public starting at 11:30 a.m. Twelve teams will be grilling sandwiches in two categories The Missionary (standard bread, cheese and butter) and The Great Canadian (anything goes), and also competing in the Flare Category for the best dressed booth team. The Prostate Cancer Centre’s Man Van will be on location from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. doing a simple PSA blood test for early detection.

Contact Michael at teebs@1067thedrive.fm or Karmen at promotions@big105.fm, or phone 403-3437105. ● Annual Penhold Fall Festival is happening on Sept. 6 and 7. There will be midway rides, parade, face painter, main stage, reptile show, bouncy castles, pancake breakfast, movies, dance, beef gardens, battle of the bands, 18 foot slide, laser tag, jousting, obstacle course, skateboard competition, and more. Over 100 youth and adult volunteers are sought to help out for two to four hour shifts helping with admission booths, stage hands, information booth, popcorn machine, kids corner, candy corner, outdoor amusement park and more. To sign up contact Amanda at 403-8864567, pyc@townofpenhold.ca, or events@townofpenhold.ca, 403-886-3269. ● Red Deer Clothing Bank Open House takes place Sept. 6 from noon to 4 p.m., and Sept.

7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To find out more, phone 403-347-6909. ● Erase Bullying at Lush Cosmetics in Bower Place Shopping Centre. See the window of artwork

by Vancouver-based artist Bryce Evans, part of The One Project, inspired by a friend’s experience with bullying. There will be the opportunity to literally erase bullying and special product promotions to support anti-bullying. ● Cronquist Tea House is now open for lunch and tea, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy the new menu.

Phone 403-346-0055.

Saturday ● Red Deer Centennial events continue on Sept. 7 with decorated bikes and other non-motorized wheeled vehicles featured in the Bike Parade starting from Red Deer Arena parking lot (Saturday Farmer’s Market location) at 2 p.m., then travel through Parkvale and Barrett Park. All ages and abilities welcome. Cake afterwards. In case of bad weather the parade will be in the Red Deer Curling Club. On Sept. 21, Sunnybrook Farm Museum Fall Fair will offer races and games, scarecrow parade, contests and displays, music and dance, and more.

To find out all the details, see www.reddeer2013.ca ● International Literacy Day: Aesop for the whole family features crafts, books, food, and Aesop’s Fables in many formats and languages on Sept. 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Sierra of Taylor Drive Music Jam is held the first Saturday of every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Everyone welcome to play an instrument, dance or simply listen to the music. The season kicks off on Sept. 7. Each session $2. Phone Chris at 403-341-3385. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Sept. 7 session is called Make Like a Tree and Leaf with artist Carlene La Rue. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403309-8405. Free with admission. ● Bowden United Church Fall Fair takes place on Sept. 7 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tea admission is $4. There will be garden goods, crafts, baked goods and more available. For more information call 403-224-3405. ● Gimlet Community presents Harness and Harmony on Sept. 7 and 8 located 19 miles northwest of Eckville, Range Road 4-3, Township Road 41-3, and features harness and saddle events for mules and horses. The entry fee is a donated item for the prize table. Bring lawn chairs and enjoy country music on the outdoor stage starting at 11 a.m., sell and trade wares at the tailgate swap meet on Saturday at 10 a.m. Other highlights include Silvermine for kids for 12 years and under, auction of donated items on Saturday at 4 p.m. with proceeds to cover expenses, concession booth,

ice cream stand, barbecue supper Saturday, 5 p.m. catered by Rob Ronnie. Kids’ events on Saturday start at 7 p.m. and include fowl play race for children ages 10 years and under, hog mania race for children ages 10 to 15 years, wild pony jackpot race, and more. Call Michelle to enter, 403-3961490. Sunday starts off with a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m., hymn sing and church at 10 a.m., and music on stage all day starting at 11 a.m.

No admission charge. Contact Tanner at 403-7463638, or Patty at 403-746-5426. ● Against The Wall Theatre and Bull Skit Fundraiser will be held on Sept. 7 at Scott Block Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. and Bull Skit Comedy entertains with sketch, improvisation, and standup starting at 8 p.m. The cost is $10. Donations appreciated. Other highlights include silent auction, raffle, cash bar, and Pie in the Face event to pie your favourite cast member. Season tickets will be available. Contact againstthewalltheatre@gmail. com, Jenna at 403-872-6706. ● Long For Life is hosting a long board cruise in Great Chief Park to raise awareness and funds for Coast to Coast Against Cancer raising funds and awareness for childhood cancers on Sept. 7.

Registration at noon. Long board cruise at 1 p.m.

Post cruise and prizes at 4 p.m. After beating cancer at the age of two and surviving a stroke at the age of 15, founder Brandon Harrison and his father Michael Floyd created Long For Life to help inspire others while raising funds. They left St. John’s Newfoundland on May 14 and are hoping to arrive at Victoria in 137 days. Come hear the father son team in person on Sept. 7. See www.longforlife.ca, or contact wendy-walker@shaw.ca, 403-813-4186.

Sunday ● Dentistry from the Heart Day will be held at Appleway Dental Clinics on Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free dental treatment will be offered at the Inglewood and Village Mall locations on a first come first served basis. Visit www.applewaydental. ca for more information. ● Dickson Store Museum Harvest Festival is set to go on Sept. 8 from 12.30 to 4:30 p.m.

This family event features Danish and traditional food, continuous entertainment, children’s games, cream can rides, and local artists and vendors.

Admission is a non perishable item for the local food bank. For more information or to book a table, call 403-728-3355. ● Give the Gift of Life Fun Run and Walk for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Northern Alberta will take place Sept. 8 at Great Chief Park, Kiwanis Picnic Shelter. To register as a team, as an individual, or as a team member, or to sponsor any of the above, please visit www.kidney.ca or contact Ashley at 1-800-461-9063 or ashley.owens@kidney.ab.ca. Pledges must be submitted no later than Oct. 10 to be eligible for rewards. ● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) Karma Week, Sept. 8 to 13.Try the new fall schedule for a donation to Red Deer Food Bank. Family and friends welcome to join in for a variety of schedules, new classes, a variety of levels, ages, and needs.

Visit www.reddeeryoga.ca, phone 403-350-5830 or email info@reddeeryoga.ca.

Monday ● Chess Club at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch welcomes all levels of players from beginner to intermediate to learn chess rules and strategies on Mondays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Cosponsored by Alberta Chess Association. Phone 403-341-3822. Chess Club starts Sept. 9. ● Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library offers Preschool Storytime for children ages three to five years on Mondays from 10 to 10:45 a.m., and Toddler Play and Learn on Tuesdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with their toddlers. Both are drop-in programs. No registration is required. For details, phone 403-3413822. Fall sessions start Sept. 9 and 10. ● The Golden Circle Singers hold practices on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. If you love to sing, please join them. These singers perform in local nursing homes and lodges and other venues. For more information call Rose at 403-342-4047. ● Zumba Gold Class will be offered at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Mondays from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. This is an entry level class designed for older adults. A drop in fee of $4.50 applies. Phone 403-343-6074 for more information. ● Corrections Week Open House takes place on Sept. 9, 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Provincial Building Boardroom 101. All ages are welcome to find out more about corrections workers, their challenges, safety and reducing crime and much more. Free.

To find out more, contact Kim at kim.allenby@gov. ab.ca, or phone 403-340-7023. ● The Parkland Handweavers Guild meets the second Monday of each month at Sunnybrook Farm Museum at 7 p.m. No meetings in July and August. New and experienced weavers welcome.

For more information contact Red Deer Weavers at reddeerweavers@gmail.com or Darlene at 403749-3054, Amy at 403-309-4026 or Margaret at 403-346-8289.

Tuesday ● The Central Alberta Mopar Association (CAMA) Car Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Humpty’s Classic Restaurant in Gasoline Alley. Admirers and owners of Chrysler family vehicles are welcome. Yearly membership is $17 for new members and $12 for current members. For more information contact Glen at 403-318-8388 or visit www.centralalbertamopar.ca/ ● Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch ongoing drop-in family events in the Children’s Department. ● Pajama Storytime invites children aged two to six years for stories, songs, finger plays, and crafts at 6:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays starting Sept.

10. Children under three years of age must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-school Storytime is offered from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays starting Sept. 11. Stories, songs, and crafts for three to five year olds. Time for Twos is offered on Wednesdays from 11 to 11:45 a.m. starting Sept. 11. Busy two year olds and their parents and caregivers are invited to join in rhymes, songs, books, and puppets to keep both their minds and their bodies moving. Afterwards, play and interact using age appropriate toys, puzzles, books and craft materials. Phone 403-346-4688. Drop-in Babytimes is offered on Fridays from 2 to 2:30 p.m., or on Thursdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. for children from birth to 24 months of age along with their caregivers starting Sept. 12. Family Drop-In Storytime is offered on Saturdays at 11 a.m. Songs, finger plays, crafts and more geared to ages two and up, and their families. For all the above library children’s programs, phone 403-346-4576. ● Techno Teens: Mini Movie Making will be offered on Sept. 10, 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library for youth ages

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Spartan Race crew members Jason McBride, left, and Pat Ehrhardt set up an over, under, and through obstacle in the corral at Heritage Ranch on Tuesday. Over the next few days, the crew from the Spartan Race will be setting up a race course, which will consist of 21 obstacles over a distance of 14 km. The racing begins with the elite athletes in the competitive category set to go at 8 a.m. this Saturday, with waves of up to 250 additional racers taking to the course every half hour after that until about 2,500 racers are making their way along course. Typically, the route for the race takes participants through mud, water, up ropes, under barbwire, over fire, and past gladiators, who will literally knock you off your feet.

12 to 18 years. Use cameras or tablets to make a mini movie. Participants are welcome to bring their own tablets. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Stantec Community Day Feed the Need will be held at City Hall Park on Sept. 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For the minimum donation of a of five non-perishable food items, enjoy a hamburger and more. Large food donations may be picked up on Sept. 9 by contacting Callie.Leshchyshyn@ stantec.com. Cash donations also welcome. Contact Shannon.vanparys@stantec.com, or phone 403-341-3320. ● Annual Walk For Wellness And Suicide Prevention will be held n Sept. 10 starting from Lacombe Memorial Centre at 4 p.m. Please wear white, bring pictures for the memorial wall, and join for speakers, information, walk, and barbecue (by donation). Contact Heather at 403-782-4024, Barb at 403-782-0886, or see Facebook, or www.walkforwellness.ca. There will be a follow up information night on Sept. 17, 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the North County Room of Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Wednesday ● The Hub on Ross welcomes Northwest Territories artist Genevieve Clarke for two workshops and an exhibit. A free Stamp Printing on T-shirts workshop will be offered on Sept. 11 from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. A limited amount of onsies and children’s T-shirts will be provided, or participants can bring their own. Then, from 1 to 3 p.m., there will be Painting on Denim Workshop for a cost of $5 for materials. Clarke’s exhibit Northern Life: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly — a collection of denim paintings — will be open at The Hub, Sept. 9 to 13. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Daytime Documentaries will be held on the second Wednesday of each month from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Waskasoo Meeting Room at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. A documentary film will be shown on a variety of issues from the environment to history and anything in between, and then discussion will follow, facilitated by a staff member. The first documentary will be Sept. 11, featuring Who Killed the Electric Car. Free. Phone 403-346-2100. ● Puppet Club for children ages seven years and up is offered at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Sept. 11 and 25 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Make puppets and take part in interactive puppet shows. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Golden Circle Ho-Downers are a fun band of seniors who entertain other seniors in nursing homes, lodges and by special request. Practices are held on Wednesdays starting at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome. For more information call Bea at 403-346-5802. ● The Ladies of the Sunnybrook Farm Museum present Lunch at the Farm between noon and 3 p.m. on Sept. 11. Relax in the 1889 Hanna Log House and enjoy lunch including home-made pie with ice cream and musical entertainment, followed by a guided wagon ride tour. The cost is $10 per person. Drop-ins welcome, larger groups may wish to reserve a table by calling 403-340-511 or email sbfs@shaw.ca. ● Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Elnora Drop In Centre. Cowboy boots and hats welcome. Next dates are Sept. 11 featuring singing pastor Ken Grambo from Camrose, and on Sept. 25 featuring Nashville recording artists Harry and Gladys Rusk. For more information, call 403-749-2047 and 403-749-3361. ● Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta located at 4811 48 Street holds monthly support group meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is Sept. 11. Phone 403-358-3358 or email epilepsy. njaskela@telus.net to suggest topics for discussion. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Five Plus One is on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403342-0035. ● Alberta Gerontological Nurses Association Central Chapter presentation on Little Things make a difference on Sept. 11 at Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer Hospital, South Complex Lower Level, at 5 p.m. All health care professionals and students welcome. Phone 403-358-4328.

Thursday ● Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada — MS Golf Classic will take place September 12 at Alberta Springs Golf Resort with tee off at 1 p.m.

The 19th hole features a chance at a Las Vegas prize package for each $500 in pledges. Register online at www.mssociety.ca/centralalbertagolfclassic or call Ellen at 403-346-0290. ● Red Deer TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Thursday nights at the Elks Lodge, 6315 Horn Street. Weekly weigh in from 6:15 to 6:55 p.m. with program to follow at 7. Low membership and weekly fees. Drop in for a free session or call Jo-Anne at 403-347-3939. ● Thursday Storytime at Parkland Mall: Falling into Reading will be held on Sept. 12, 10 to 11 a.m. for toddlers up to age five with their parent/ caregiver. Free snacks, stories, puppet shows and songs. ● Painting with Words will take place Sept.

12 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Learn the history of Tibetan flags and create your own. Find out about inspirational journals and make some using water colours.

Phone 403-341-3822. ● Rocky Mountain House Celiac Support Group meets at Rocky Mountain Library on the second Thursday of every month starting at 6:30 p.m. The first meeting will be on Sept. 12. Contact Jaclyn at 403-847-8878, or Susie at 403-844-4117. ● Dancercise is a senior friendly, low impact, dance class, and a great way to get your exercise and meet new people, held Thursdays at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. There is a drop-in fee of $1. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Cooking with Peter Lao will be offered at Festival Hall kitchen on Sept. 12 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for a cost of $50 per person. Learn the tricks to preparing Chinese food — basic Chinese cookery — and more. Suitable for beginners and experienced cooks. Call Delores at Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society at 403-346-0055 to register and for information. ● Mavis S. Goss Charitable Society presents the first ever live Art Battle gala on Sept. 12 at Sheraton Red Deer. Local artists will compete using a wide range of live artistic styles, creating a spectacle of art in front of a live audience to win their vote, and the esteemed title of 2013 Art Battle of Red Deer Champion. The event includes food, cocktails, music, live and silent auction featuring the finished paintings from the local artists, and other auction items. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the Art Battle at 7 p.m. Ticket are $25 each and proceeds will go to The Rainbow Society of Alberta to help children with chronic or life-threatening illness, and other local charities supporting women and children. For information and tickets visit http://www. themavisgossopen.org, or call 403-896-2430. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on Sept. 12 at the north side of the Red Deer Curling Club parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an 11 km hike at Gull Lake West. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Cook out. Phone Art at 403347-5778, or Mavis at 403-343-0091 or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● United Way’s 2013 Kick Off Luncheon will take place Sept. 12 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel. Tickets are $50 each, or a corporate table of eight seats for $400, or member agency tickets for $25 each. Be sure to wear red to show your support. Order tickets online at www. caunitedway.ca or call Jennifer at 403-343-3900. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Sept. 12, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Silver and Gold Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-3476165, 403-986-7170. ● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on Sept.

12 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer. This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Raise the Woof: a stand up comedy show in support of the Red Deer and District SPCA, will be held on Sept. 14, with cash bar at 6:30, dinner and show to follow. Tickets, $85.25, include buffet dinner and drink tickets with all proceeds to RDSPCA. Order through Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre.

For corporate tables of eight, $560, include sig-

nage, and may be ordered directly from the SPCA by email to ed@reddeerspca.com. Visit www.woofraise.com to learn more about the entertainment. ● Ray Charles Tribute Orchestra performs at Red Deer College Arts Centre Main Stage on Sept.

13. Tickets, $39, are at Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403-755-6626 or online at bkticketcentre.ca.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

LIFESTYLE

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2013

What could be construed as controlling Berry might actually be instinctual protection big feast Dear Annie: I am a 35-year-old man.

I don’t know anyone else who does this.

Years ago, my mother developed a bad hab- It’s not normal. I suspect my mother wants it. Whenever I was in the passenger side of to feel like the boss of the situation. What the car, if she stopped short, she do you say? — N.Y. would put her arm against my Dear N.Y.: Every parent we chest to prevent me from going know does this. through the windshield.

You interpret it as controlling This infuriated me. I’m aland manipulative, but it is done ready wearing a seatbelt, and out of an instinctive impulse to there is no way a woman her size protect someone they love. could protect me. Every time she Try to recognize that your did this, I would yell, “Keep your feelings could indicate a skewed hands on the wheel!” Eventually, perspective about Mom’s moshe stopped. tives and may be coloring your My mother has always looked entire relationship. The two of for ways to control me. She comyou don’t seem to communicate plains about every problem unin the same language.

MITCHELL der the sun, and when I offer Please explore this with a & SUGAR a workable solution, she says, professional counselor and work “Well, some people can’t afford on ways to relate in a healthier to do those things,” and we end and more productive manner. up arguing.

And ask your mother to go, too.

Her arguments are always stupid, and We suspect she could benefit, as well. she’ll flip sides to make me look like the Dear Annie: I recently broke up with a aggressor. It’s very manipulative and makes 70-year-old man who could not stop ogling me furious. women and making sexually inappropriate In the past two years, I’ve avoided seeing remarks to them. or speaking to my parents. Recently, Mom I talked to him about it many times and asked me to see my grandmother. Against clearly stated that this is emotional cheatmy better judgment, I went with her, and ing and he should stop or we’d be finished. out of the blue, she did that thing again, He didn’t change, and it escalated to putting her arm across my chest when she ogling strangers on elevators and women at stopped suddenly. parties. It was creepy. I was humiliated and I told her to pull over. She said, “I’m embarrassed. sorry, but I get nervous.”

After I broke up with him, I found out I said, “Then I don’t think I can trust you that he made sexually inappropriate reto drive” and walked home. marks to some very young girls, saying he

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sleep.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are generating creative thoughts and possibly, develop sizzling feelings for a special admirer. A Thursday, Sept. 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: beautiful flower aches to bloom when passion Rose McGowan, 40; Michael Keaton, 62; Ca- is close by. Let that boost of self-assurance do its magic. You are finding yourself in a celrice van Houten, 37 ebratory mood.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today’s astral configuration There is a sense of newness bring along a New Moon in within you. It’s a personal emohealth conscious Virgo. It is time tion, both intimate and comfortto start an improved lifestyle. able. Think of specific attributes Today’s Moon works marvelthat you need to develop in order ously with optimistic Jupiter and to increase your sense of security results-oriented Saturn. Adding for yourself, your family and your to the astral configuration, Pluto home. will guarantee that changes are CANCER (June 21-July 22): done thoroughly and confidently.

You may want to consider seriAlterations done now will point ously taking a class to improve out to changes that are both one of your communicative skills. necessary and significant.

ASTRO This week’s energy will make HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today DOYNA such that whatever you learn now is your birthday, set yourself a can be used for a very long time. set of new goals and initiatives.

Don’t miss on such a golden opYou will meet amazing individuportunity to boast about your own als this year that are eager to expressive talents. help you bring forward a project or a venture.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will start If you play your cards openly and you stick thinking that you could live a more fulfilling to your words, nothing will get in your way of and more abundant life if you could increase achievement.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Utilise this your earnings through means that mirror your week’s favourable force by implementing a own set of values and beliefs. Pursuing a reconscious effort into your daily responsibili- warding passion is exactly what you need.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Beginnings to ties. You may want to consider adopting a lifestyle that is comprised of a healthier diet you mean giving yourself another chance to and by ensuring to get sufficient hours of start on a fresh note! The cosmos are fetching you with the opportunity to put yourself

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wanted to see them naked. I suggested therapy. He said all men do this and told me to relax.

A friend of mine says he is a sexual predator and probably a sex addict. He always reads your column. Maybe you can shed some light.

Is it a mental deficit or emotional cheating? — Wondering in Canada Dear Canada: Both. If this inappropriate behavior began within the past few years, it could be an indication of early dementia.

Suggest he see his doctor.

However, if he has always been like this, it is not only emotional cheating, but also worrisome. When you say “very young girls,” how young?

If you believe he is preying on underage girls, please report him to the authorities.

Dear Annie: “Leave Us Alone” should tell her relatives they don’t want to start a family they can’t fully support.

They should say they have set up two funds — one to pay off their college loans and one for future children. When their loans are paid off and the one for future children is completely funded, they will consider trying.

Then ask the nosy family member how much they are willing to contribute. — Some Humor in Dallas 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.

out there, under a completely new light. This can go from a new set of goals and intentions to a revamped you!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Divine inspiration knocks at your door this week. It is not as much about outward self-expression as channelling your energy inwardly. Come clean with your spiritual needs and your definition of oneness. Let go of outworn feelings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may want to start working on that wish list of yours.

You are given is tremendous support from your ruling planet this week, ensuring that you get at least one of your dreams realized.

Solidify those relationships which promise to benefit you in the long haul.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This week’s astral configuration will certify you that your acclaimed recognition doesn’t get unnoticed by important, prominent people in your life. Bring your best assets forward and make use of your available resources. Success is closer than you think.

to open school year THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMHERST, Mass. — Students at one U.S. university marked the start of the school year with a world record fruit salad weighing more than 15,000 pounds (6,800 kilograms).

A Guinness World Records representative certified the record.

The University of Massachusetts food event has become an annual tradition. Recent years have featured recordbreaking seafood stews and stir fries.

About 500 students and staff on Monday sliced, diced, pitted and peeled 150 varieties of fruit and mixed it in a swimming pool.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It appears that you will get help through a close partnership or a trustworthy acquaintance that will help you step out of your comfort zone. Make the most out of your journeys of self-discovery and in search for truth by skipping the layovers.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A need for renewal may bring to your attention some of your habits and the time allotted to such activities. You will seriously consider empowering yourself through sound choices made to your most personal aspects in your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will ask for greater stability in your relationships. You are ready to give yourself wholeheartedly to someone that deserves your emotional involvement. Start by being the right partner to yourself before investing your energy into someone else.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

SUN SIGNS

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

“Bone Loss - How Serious Is That?”

Dear Dr. D: I am confused about bone loss. My sister back east was told 2 years ago she wasn't a candidate for implants because of bone loss.

Now, another dentist is saying it is no problem – he'll just 'grow bone'. How realistic is this?

The bone we are talking about is the bone surrounding the root of A: your tooth. If the tooth is unhealthy (periodontal problems affect 85% of the adult population) it is very easy for the bone to deteriorate. If the tooth is missing, either from disease, accident, or extraction – that bone shall too recede and be absorbed by your body.

We must first measure the depth of bone available. It is very much like putting up a fence. If your fence post is only 6 inches deep, the first strong wind will blow down that fence because of force. Teeth are similar – and require a solid anchor or any implant tooth will be similarly subject to failure.

We utilize a variety of methods to augment bone, some natural and some man-made. Once the implant is placed, Mother Nature takes over and will actually regenerate bone around the base of your implant!

You may have heard a dentist telling you at some point – “Only floss the teeth you want to keep!' The bacteria that builds up around the base of our teeth is not only hard on the gums, but it is actually poisonous to your body as well. There is clear evidence that periodontal problems increase the likelihood of heart attacks, strokes, diabetic problems, and now Alzheimer's Disease. We see many patients at Alpen Dental who are contemplating a variety of treatment. One of the first things we do is take a measurement of their 'perio pockets', or spaces near the gumline. This is an area where we can absolutely repair the damage that time has done, and increase not only your oral health but provide a big help to your general health. We want the remainder of their teeth to be equally healthy so that our restoration can indeed be permanent. The implant will never decay, and you get to take care of both your implant and natural teeth in an identical manner.

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We can accurately measure the quantity and depth of any patient's jawbone to provide the best treatment options possible. Everyone is different, so I encourage you to book a consultation appointment with our office if you have a missing tooth or teeth – and see if dental implants can be part of your healthy future!

SPORTS

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2013

Rafa keeps rolling A YEAR AFTER MISSING U.S. OPEN WITH A BAD KNEE, NADAL REACHES SEMIFINALS

BY OVERWHELMING ROBREDO U.S. OPEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — It’s as though Rafael Nadal never left.

If anything, he’s playing better than ever.

A year after skipping the U.S. Open because of a bad knee, Nadal powered his way back to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows, overwhelming 19th-seeded Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday night.

“I think I played my best match at the U.S. Open this year. Great to be able to play your best match in the quarterfinals,” Nadal said. “Playing a little better every day is a great feeling.”

The second-seeded Nadal improved to 20-0 on hard courts in 2013, part of an overall record of 58-3 with nine titles, including his record eighth championship at the French Open in June.

At the next Grand Slam tournament, though, Nadal flopped, exiting in the first round at Wimbledon.

That surprising defeat, against a guy ranked 135th, came on June 24.

Feels like eons ago. Nadal hasn’t lost a match to anyone since. His 12 major trophies include the 2010 U.S. Open, and he has reached at least the semifinals the past five times he entered the tournament.

Nadal did not come to New York in 2012, part of about a seven-month absence due mainly to a left knee problem.

On Saturday, Nadal will face No. 8 Richard Gasquet, who edged No. 4 David Ferrer 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3.

That one took nearly 3 ½ hours, and was filled with plenty of ebbs and flows, allowing Gasquet to reach his first major semifinal in six years.

Nadal, meanwhile, was never challenged even the slightest bit by Robredo, who was coming off a fourth-round upset of 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer. That stunning result scuttled the possibility of a NadalFederer showdown, which would have been the rivals’ 32nd meeting on tour, but first at the U.S. Open.

Robredo had been 0-10 against Federer before finally beating him

Monday. Perhaps that allowed Robredo to enter Wednesday believing he’d have a chance against Nadal, despite an 0-6 mark in their previous matches.

So much for that. This one lasted 1 hour, 40 minutes, and it really was over after 22 minutes. That’s how long it took Nadal to dominate the first set, not only winning every game but also 24 of 29 points, including all seven that lasted 10 strokes or more.

“He was up very quick,” said Robredo, who is 0-7 in Grand Slam quarterfinals, “and then there was nothing else to do. He was too good.”

It took Robredo 39 minutes to finally win a game, the ninth of the match, and some fans stood to applaud, probably hoping for a more competitive evening of tennis.

At the changeover moments later, the videoboards in Arthur Ashe Stadium showed Donald Trump in his suite, and the cheers turned to boos.

With loud grunts, Nadal announced his violent, uppercut forehands, and they cut through the 20 mph wind, thick with spin, landing right near lines.

Through two sets, Nadal compiled a 19-2 edge in winners — the final tally

was 28-10 — and that forehand of his also forced Robredo into plenty of errors. Actually, every aspect of Nadal’s game worked.

One backhand lob was curled so well, Robredo tossed his racket up in the air toward the ball, knowing he had no chance of reaching the perfectly placed shot.

Nadal never faced a break point, and through five matches so far in New York this year, he has not lost serve once, a run of 67 games.

Nadal played at the French Open and Wimbledon with tape below his left knee, but not at the U.S. Open. He looks healthy as can be, covering the court well and tracking down shot after shot by his opponents.

Now Nadal becomes Gasquet’s problem. They’ve played 10 times on tour, and Nadal has won all 10.

“Last time I beat him, I was 13,” Gasquet said, referring to a junior match he looked up on YouTube. “It was a long time ago.”

When Nadal was told about that, he smiled broadly.

“Yeah, I think I lost 6-4 in the third,” Nadal said. “Yeah, I remember.”

Havoc giving local fighters a forum LOCAL PROMOTERS STAGING MORE MMA SHOWS THAT GIVE LOCAL MMA FIGHTERS MORE BOUTS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Ryan Machan and business partners Jesse Fox and Gary Vig had the best interests of Red Deer mixed martial arts fighters in mind when they founded the Havoc Fighting Championship in June of last year.

“We recognized that is was hard to get fights with just one local Red Deer promotion company (Pure Fighting Championship headed by former UFC fighter Jason MacDonald) that held only two shows a year,” Machan said Wednesday.

“The must be 40 fighters out of Red Deer now who don’t get a chance to fight here. When there are only two shows a year you can only take 10 local guys, so there’s not a lot of opportunities. We decided we would start an organization and eventually have a show every two months and give everyone a chance to fight in their hometown.”

Friday’s show at the Westerner Prairie Pavilion will be the third for the Havoc Fighting Championship following events last December in Calgary and in June at the Red Deer Sheraton Hotel. The Sheraton show drew close to 1,800 spectators, one of the larger gatherings in Canada outside of the UFC. “We’re hoping for a similar crowd this Friday, if not a bit bigger,” said Machan.

“This is something Red Deer doesn’t get very often. If you want to watch a show you have to go to Edmonton or Calgary and it turns into a long, expensive night. Red Deer is a big city and is capable of staging more of these events.”

Machan will fight on the Friday card, in one of six pro bouts that will follow eight amateur fights. The Red Deer athlete will take on William Sriyapai of San Diego, Calif., in a co-main event.

“He (Sriyapai) has 160 Muay Thai pro fights. He’s been active since about 2001,” said Machan, who first entered the cage on a competitive level nine year ago.

Machan noted that it’s not difficult to attract fighters from the U.S. due to the cost of fighting in, say, Ontario.

“It’s pretty easy for us because in Ontario, for example, it’s so expensive to hold fights because the commission fees are so high,” he said. “Guys will do anything to come to Alberta.”

The first bout on Friday’s Havoc Fighting Championship show — sanctioned by the Central Combative Commission based out of Penhold — goes at 7:30 p.m.

The card will feature a highly-anticipated HFC amateur lightweight title bout between Chris Chapman of Red Deer and Adam Wills of Cranbrook, B.C. The amateur fights are scheduled for three threeminute rounds. The pro bouts consist of three fiveminute rounds.

The official weigh-ins are slated for today at 6 p.m. at the Prairie Pavilion. Tickets for the card can be purchased through the company’s website — havocfc.com. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Stampeders won’t take foot off the gas in rematch This may seem like a déjà vu week- board in Edmonton and practical apend for CFL fans because every game plication of the general quarterback is a rematch from the Labor Day sched- protection theory by the Eskimo O-line ule. is not evident this season.

The big question is Edmonton has one of the whether results may vary in biggest offensive lines in these games, so let’s try and all of pro football, including sort out the rematches. the NFL, and they also have One of the mysteries of one of the least effective Othe CFL is the traditional lines in football. rematch between Calgary Calgary took their foot and Edmonton on Friday right off the gas in the last after they just beat the hell game and nearly blew a out of each other on Mon30-point lead against the day. The teams have just pesky Eskies. I doubt we three days to heal between will see the same pattern in games and prepare another the rematch. Calgary wins JIM strategy to once again beat the game.

SUTHERLAND the hell out of each other.

Saturday features a reEdmonton quarterback match between B.C. and Mike Reilly looked like a Hamilton in Guelph. real-life Rocky in the game.

The game will likely be All that was missing was a frightened close again, but there is no truth to the Burgess Meredith screaming “Stay rumor that overtime will be decided down!” at Reilly, but he kept getting by a game of checkers in the end zone. off the canvas and played one of the Actually I expect the Flying WildCats most courageous games of football I to win the game. have ever witnessed.

Hamilton has gone retro for the Quarterback protection has been game and will play in red and white left at the X’s and O’s stage on a chalk- Hamilton Flying WildCats uniforms

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to salute the 1943 Grey Cup champion squad.

I expect Hamilton to win the rematch, but I seriously question the tactic where coach Austin pulls starter Henry Burris and throws back-up quarterback Dan LeFevour into the game, usually at a point when Burris has built momentum in an offensive series and moved the team into scoring territory — but not the red zone. It is either a stroke of genius or a really stupid and pointless manoeuver and I know where I lean on this one.

Sunday is a CFL double-header and the early game features a rematch between the Argonauts and Alouettes in Montreal.

The game will once again feature rookie quarterback vs. rookie quarterback and makes it difficult to nail down a winner because of that unpredictable factor in these matchups.

Tuesday’s game showed how mistakes decide football games and we can expect more of the same in the Argo-Als rematch, given the lack of field experience for both quarterbacks.

Both defences will bring serious heat in this game because they know the

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-44363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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young pivots will be targets for pressure tactics. I predict an Argo victory in Montreal because I saw Argo quarterback Zach Callaros begin to exploit the Montreal pressure defence a little more in the second half of the Tuesday game. He used his slots and running backs fairly effectively in a short pass game and thus he was able to find a few seams in the Alouette blitz packages.

The last game of the weekend is the Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg. The Roughriders visit their prairie friends in Winnipeg for a rematch and I believe the final result will be the same in this game. The Riders are too much for the Bombers to handle this year and I have little reason to pick one of the weakest football teams in recent CFL history to win the game unless I get a serious case of sudden onset brain damage.

I admire the fans in Bomber-land because these are the times that will severely test their loyalties and so far they have answered the bell, even if their team has not.

Jim Sutherland is a Red Deer freelance writer

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SCOREBOARD

THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2013

Hockey WHL Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF Calgary 2 2 0 0 0 10 Swift Current 3 2 1 0 0 12 Edmonton 2 1 1 0 0 5 Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kootenay 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prince Albert 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lethbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 Regina 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saskatoon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moose Jaw 1 0 1 0 0 4 Red Deer 2 0 2 0 0 5 Medicine Hat 2 0 2 0 0 4

Thursday

● Cycling: Second stage of Tour of Alberta starts in Devon at 10:50 a.m., ends in Red Deer at 4736 50th St. ● High school football: Lindsay Thurber at Camrose, 4:30 p.m.; Stettler at Hunting Hills, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Sylvan Lake at Wetaskiwin, 7:45 p.m. ● College hockey: RDC Kings training camp, 4:45-6:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

Friday

● High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Lacombe, 7 p.m.; Ponoka at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Mixed martial arts: Havoc Fighting Championship, 7:30 p.m., Westerner Prairie Pavilion. ● WHL preseason: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m., Nanton. ● AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Peewee football: Red Deer Hornets at Lacombe, 11 a.m.; Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, noon; Olds at Red Deer Steelers, 2:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Bantam football: Lacombe at Notre Dame, noon, Great Chief Park; Ponoka at Stettler, 2 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Rocky Mountain House, 2:30 p.m. ● WHL preseason: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Red Deer Arena. ● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to terms with D Niklas Hjalmarsson on a five-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Promoted general manager Doug Armstrong to president of hockey operations and Bruce Affleck to president of business operations.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed F Andre Burakovsky to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Promoted Olie Kolzig to goaltender coach. Named Scott Murray associate goaltender coach.

ECHL READING ROYALS—Agreed to terms with F David Toews.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS—Agreed to terms with F Tory Allan and D Tom Janosz.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS—Signed G Derek Dennis to the practice squad. Terminated the practice squad contract of QB Jerrod Johnson.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed WR Andrew Hawkins on the injured reserve/return list. Signed OT Dennis Roland. Signed QB Greg McElroy to the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed RB Bradley Randle to the practice squad. Released RB Joe Banyard from the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed OL Josh Kline to the practice squad. Released LB Jeff Tarpinian from the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed RB Andre Brown on the injured reserve/return list. Signed DE Adewale Ojomo from the practice squad. Signed OL Sam Baker to the practice squad.

Pro Football Hall of Fame HOF—Announced the retirement of president Stephen A. Perry.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed WR Jamal Miles to the practice roster.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed QB Levi Brown to the practice roster.

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended St. Louis minor league 2B Brett Wiley (State College-NY Penn) 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Named Amy Tuten manager of sponsorship sales, Kirsten Ladendorf manager of catering and suites, and Scott Moudry manager of ticket operations for the Sarasota spring training facility. Promoted Trevor Markham to director of operations at Sarasota.

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Selected the contract of RHP Chang-Yong Lim from Iowa (PCL). Designated RHP Michael Bowden for assignment. Claimed RHP Daniel Bard off waivers from Boston. Designated OF Cole Gillespie for assignment.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Named Kenny Lauer vice-president of digital and marketing.

GA 4 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10

Pt 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Seattle 3 3 0 0 0 16 10 Prince George 2 2 0 0 0 12 5 Everett 3 3 0 0 0 11 7 Portland 3 2 1 0 0 17 11

Pt 6 4 6 4

Vancouver 2 1 0 1 0 7 6 3 Victoria 3 1 1 0 1 9 10 3 Kamloops 2 1 1 0 0 7 7 2 Kelowna 2 1 1 0 0 6 7 2 Spokane 3 0 2 0 1 7 15 1 Tri-City 3 0 3 0 0 7 14 0 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Wednesday’s result Saskatoon at Swift Current, NA Thursday’s games Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

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

Friday’s games Everett at Portland, noon Kootenay at Spokane, 4 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Red Deer Rebels Preseason roster x-Veteran Goal — x-Patrik Bartosak (will attend Los Angeles NHL camp); x-Bolton Pouliot; Rylan Toth; Taz Burman.

Defence — x-Mathew Dumba (at Minnesota NHL camp); x-Kayle Doetzel (will attend Nashville NHL camp); Jake MacLachlan; Kirk Bear; x-Riley Boomgaarden; x-Brady Gaudet; Austin Strand; Kaleb Denham; x-Haydn Fleury; x-Devan Fafard; x-Spencer Morse.

Forwards — x-Conner Bleackley; x-Wyatt Johnson; x-Tyson Ness; x-Cory Millette; Earl Webb; x-Scott Feser; x-Dominick Volek; Vukie Mpofu; Adam Musil; x-Matt Bellerive; x-Rhyse Dieno (will attend Minnesota NHL camp; x-Lukas Sutter (will attend Winnipeg NHL camp); Grayson Pawlenchuk; x-Christian Stockl; x-Brooks Maxwell; Cole Chorney; Mathieu Lapointe.

Saturday’s games Kootenay at Everett, 1 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 5 p.m.

Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Brandon at Moose Jaw, 2 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Football GP 9 9 9 9

CFL East Division W L T 5 4 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 1 8 0

PF 253 229 215 192

PA 229 248 248 295

Pt 10 8 8 2

GP Saskatchewan 9 Calgary 9 BC Lions 9 Edmonton 9

West Division W L T 8 1 0 7 2 0 6 3 0 1 8 0

PF 312 298 236 222

PA 202 234 229 272

Pt 16 14 12 2

Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

WEEK 11 Friday, Sept. 6 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7 B.C. vs. Hamilton (at Guelph, Ont.), 2 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8 Toronto at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

WEEK 12 Friday, Sept. 13 Hamilton at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto at Saskatchewan, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15 Montreal at B.C., 2:30 p.m.

CFL LEADERS SCORING Touchdowns (Ru-running; Rc-receiving; Rt-kickoff/punt/ missed FG return; D-defensive return): TD Ru Rc Rt D Cornish, Cal 9 8 1 0 0 Sheets, Sask 8 8 0 0 0 Gable, Ham 7 4 3 0 0 Stamps, Edm 7 0 7 0 0 Barnes, Tor 6 0 6 0 0 Goltz, Wpg 6 6 0 0 0 Harris, BC 6 4 2 0 0 Simpson, Wpg 6 6 0 0 0 T.Smith, Sask 6 0 6 0 0 Chiles, Tor 5 0 5 0 0 Getzlaf, Sask 5 0 5 0 0 Gore, BC 5 0 5 0 0 Green, Mtl 5 0 5 0 0 Koch, Edm 5 0 4 1 0 Arceneaux, BC 4 0 4 0 0 Dressler, Sask 4 0 4 0 0 Ellingson, Ham 4 0 4 0 0 McDaniel, Cal 4 1 3 0 0 Price, Cal 4 0 4 0 0 Bagg, Sask 3 0 3 0 0 Charles, Edm 3 2 1 0 0 LeFevour, Ham 3 2 1 0 0 Lewis, Cal 3 0 3 0 0 Owens, Tor 3 0 2 1 0 Simon, Sask 3 0 3 0 0 Steele, Tor 3 3 0 0 0 C.Taylor, BC 3 0 3 0 0 West, Cal 3 0 3 0 0 PLACEKICKING Parades, Cal Whyte, Mtl Milo, Sask Congi, Ham Prefontaine, Tor

C 27 18 31 24 24

FG 26 26 23 18 13

S 1 5 0 3 5

Pt 106 101 100 81 68

Shaw, Edm McCallum, BC Palardy, Wpg O’Neill, BC-Edm DeAngelis, Wpg Renaud, Wpg Waters, Tor Schmitt, Sask Bartel, Ham Maver, Cal

13 17 12 13 6 0 4 0 0 0

14 12 9 6 3 0 1 0 0 0

4 2 1 3 0 9 1 6 2 2

59 55 40 34 15 9 8 6 2 2

RUSHING Sheets, Sask Cornish, Cal Simpson, Wpg Harris, BC Charles, Edm Reilly, Edm Whitaker, Mtl Gable, Ham Messam, Mtl Lulay, BC Kackert, Tor Steele, Tor Goltz, Wpg Durant, Sask Burris, Ham Collaros, Tor Walter, Cal LeFevour, Ham Lamar, Ham White, Edm

No. 195 125 108 113 68 41 66 54 55 32 36 37 30 15 27 39 26 17 17 30

Yds. 1149 809 581 572 375 363 338 306 292 245 189 185 160 153 150 145 121 118 99 97

Avg. 5.9 6.5 5.4 5.1 5.5 8.9 5.1 5.7 5.3 7.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 10.2 5.6 3.7 4.7 6.9 5.8 3.2

L 37 53 75 23 70 22 25 26 29 23 57 26 46 18 15 17 25 30 18 11

No. 38 43 58 41 30 42 39 35 35 42 42 40 31 31 28 32 26 27 24 34

Yds. 724 698 648 632 614 583 575 569 562 516 503 478 469 458 405 400 394 382 371 364

Avg. 19.1 16.2 11.2 15.4 20.5 13.9 14.7 16.3 16.1 12.3 12.0 12.0 15.1 14.8 14.5 12.5 15.2 14.1 15.5 10.7

L 46 74 37 39 80 51 42 70 43 35 48 45 86 43 51 32 61 66 73 34

RECEIVING Stamps, Edm Green, Mtl Owens, Tor Ellingson, Ham Arceneaux, BC Grant, Ham Dressler, Sask Smith, Sask Getzlaf, Sask Koch, Edm Durie, Tor McDaniel, Cal Bruce, Mtl Moore, BC Coehoorn, Edm Lewis, Cal Giguere, Ham Price, Cal Barnes, Tor Taylor, BC PASSING Burris, Ham Reilly, Edm Lulay, BC Durant, Sask Ray, Tor Calvillo, Mtl Glenn, Cal Pierce, Wpg Collaros, Tor Goltz, Wpg

C-A 205-306 163-270 176-272 160-236 148-189 115-196 117-183 78-128 72-104 68-117

Pct. 67.0 60.4 64.7 67.8 78.3 58.7 63.9 60.9 69.2 58.1

Yds. 2806 2277 2256 2198 1824 1322 1266 946 931 703

TD Int. Eff. 14 7 99.8 16 10 93.1 16 8 92.8 21 1 125.7 15 0 134.0 6 5 78.7 7 2 99.4 2 6 69.3 5 2 112.9 2 5 67.5

INTERCEPTION RETURNS No. 3 2

Anderson, Sask Bennett, Cal

Yds. 9 67

TD 0 0

Parks, BC Elimimian, BC Emry, Mtl Brackenridge, Sask Banks, BC Wall, Cal Robinson, Tor Washington, Wpg

2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

64 33 26 19 16 2 47 46

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Yds. 9 60 6 6 0 0 0 0 54 54

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Dallas 0 0 0 .000 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 Washington 0 0 0 .000

Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay

W 0 0 0 0

South L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 0 0 0 0

North L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

W 0 0 0 0

West L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FUMBLE RETURNS Bowman, Mtl Bighill, BC Banks, BC Lawrence, Tor Green, Wpg Hebert, Mtl Horton, Tor Mayo, Cal Brown, Mtl Wild, Wpg

TEAM OFFENCE (Yardage includes losses) Pass Saskatchewan 2514 Calgary 2431 Toronto 2821 Hamilton 2905 Edmonton 2442 B.C. 2278 Montreal 2143 Winnipeg 1894

Rush 1365 1201 718 750 866 987 898 815

TEAM DEFENCE (Yardage includes losses) Pass B.C. 2062 Montreal 2224 Calgary 2207 Saskatchewan 2551 Hamilton 2370 Winnipeg 2774 Edmonton 2524 Toronto 2716

Rush 896 810 794 856 1041 789 1157 1183

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 Miami 0 0 0 .000 New England 0 0 0 .000 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000

Total 418.5 386.2 379.1 373.6 344.8 342.4 307.9 278.4

Total 305.1 315.5 319.2 354.3 360.8 371.0 387.1 417.9

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee

W 0 0 0 0

South L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh

W 0 0 0 0

North L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 0 0 0 0

West L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PF PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Thursday’s Game Baltimore at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 5:10 p.m.

Houston at San Diego, 8:20 p.m.

NFL Odds (Odds courtesy of Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Today Baltimore at DENVER 7.5 48.5 Sunday Tennessee at PITTSBURGH 7.5 41.5 NEW ENGLAND at Buffalo 9.5 51.5 Atlanta at NEW ORLEANS 2.5 54.5 TAMPA BAY at NY Jets 3.5 39.5 KANSAS CITY at Jacksonville 3.5 41.5 SEATTLE at Carolina 3.5 45.5 Miami at CLEVELAND 0.5 41.5 Minnesota at DETROIT 5.5 46.5 Oakland at INDIANAPOLIS 10.5 47.5 Cincinnati at CHICAGO 2.5 41.5 Arizona at ST. LOUIS 4.5 41.5 Green Bay at SAN FRANCISCO 4.5 48.5 NY Giants at DALLAS 3.5 48.5 Monday Philadelphia at WASHINGTON 3.5 51.5 HOUSTON at San Diego 4.5 44.5

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

American League East Division W L Pct 84 57 .596 76 61 .555 75 64 .540 73 65 .529 64 76 .457 Central Division W L Pct 81 59 .579 74 65 .532 72 67 .518 61 77 .442 56 82 .406 West Division W L Pct 80 59 .576 80 59 .576 64 73 .467 63 76 .453 46 93 .331

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 4, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Boston 2, Detroit 1 Minnesota 9, Houston 6, 12 innings Kansas City 4, Seattle 3 Toronto 10, Arizona 4 Tampa Bay 7, L.A. Angels 1 Texas 5, Oakland 1 Wednesday’s Games Houston 6, Minnesota 5 Oakland 11, Texas 4 Arizona 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings Cleveland 6, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Boston 20, Detroit 4 Seattle 6, Kansas City 4

Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late GB — 6 8 9 1/2 19 1/2 GB — 6 1/2 8 1/2 19 24 GB — — 15 17 34

Thursday’s Games Seattle (J.Saunders 11-13) at Kansas City (Guthrie 13-10), 12:10 p.m.

Boston (Peavy 11-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 8-4), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-5) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 8-7), 5:05 p.m.

Houston (Peacock 3-5) at Oakland (Gray 2-2), 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Price 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Williams 5-10), 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 8:10 p.m AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 128 487 95 173 .355 Trout LAA 133 510 95 171 .335 Mauer Min 113 445 62 144 .324 ABeltre Tex 137 541 79 174 .322 DOrtiz Bos 117 441 64 138 .313 Cano NYY 138 516 74 159 .308 Loney TB 132 451 46 138 .306 JhPeralta Det 104 397 50 121 .305 TorHunter Det 126 531 81 160 .301 HKendrick LAA 108 419 48 126 .301 Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 47; MiCabrera, Detroit, 43; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; ADunn, Chicago, 30; AJones, Baltimore, 29; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 29; Bautista, Toronto, 28; ABeltre, Texas, 28; Longoria,

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PICKS Central Alberta High School Football League Advocate Predictions

ple of games to find their rhythm. Pix: Lacombe.

Ponoka Broncs at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park — Ponoka still has some work to do to challenge in the league, but looked to be going in the right direction. The Cougars are always one of the league’s better teams. Pick: Notre Dame.

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Thursday Lindsay Thurber Raiders at Camrose Trojans, 4:30 p.m. — You never know what teams look like this early in the year, but one would think the Raiders are going to take a step forward this season. Camrose can be tough early, especially at home. Still pick: LTCHS. Stettler Wildcats at Hunting Hills Lightning, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park — Stettler looked good at the end of last year while the Lightning are coming off a championship season.

Both teams will have a few holes to fill, but this will be one of the better games this week.

Because the game is in Red Deer, pick: Hunting Hills.

Sylvan Lake Lakers at Wetaskiwin Sabres, 7:45 p.m. — The Lakers always seem to come up with a solid team while • Powder Coating Wetaskiwin appears to be getting better. Pick: • Media Blasting Sylvan Lake.

Friday • Over 250 Colors Rocky Mountain House Rebels at Lacombe Rams, • Ovens up to 37’ Long 7 p.m. — The Rebels took a step forward last season, finishing at 2-2 4617-63 St. Red Deer while Lacombe was 1-3.

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Tampa Bay, 28.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 130; CDavis, Baltimore, 122; Encarnacion, Toronto, 103; AJones, Baltimore, 99; Fielder, Detroit, 95; Cano, New York, 91; DOrtiz, Boston, 89.

Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 19-2; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 15-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 15-5; CWilson, Los Angeles, 14-6; Colon, Oakland, 14-6; Masterson, Cleveland, 14-10; Lester, Boston, 13-8.

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

National League East Division W L Pct 85 54 .612 71 68 .511 63 75 .457 63 77 .450 52 86 .377 Central Division W L Pct 81 58 .583 80 59 .576 78 62 .557 60 79 .432 59 80 .424 West Division W L Pct 83 55 .601 70 68 .507 65 75 .464 62 77 .446 62 77 .446

Tuesday’s Games Washington 9, Philadelphia 6 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0 Miami 6, Chicago Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 4 Toronto 10, Arizona 4 San Diego 3, San Francisco 2 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago Cubs 9, Miami 7 Arizona 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings

GB — 14 21 1/2 22 1/2 32 1/2 GB — 1 3 1/2 21 22 GB — 13 19 21 1/2 21 1/2

San Francisco 13, San Diego 5 Washington 3, Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 4, 16 innings Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 3 L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late Thursday’s Games St. Louis (Lynn 13-9) at Cincinnati (Cingrani 6-3), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 5-10) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-4), 8:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. CJohnson Atl 121 436 47 144 .330 Cuddyer Col 113 424 67 139 .328 YMolina StL 115 432 56 139 .322 Werth Was 107 384 69 123 .320 McCutchen Pit 136 513 86 164 .320 MCarpenter StL 134 536 105 169 .315 Craig StL 134 508 71 160 .315 Posey SF 130 459 53 142 .309 DWright NYM 105 408 60 126 .309 Beltran StL 124 481 73 148 .308 Home Runs PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 32; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; Bruce, Cincinnati, 26; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; JUpton, Atlanta, 24; Beltran, St. Louis, 23.

Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 104; Phillips, Cincinnati, 100; Craig, St. Louis, 97; FFreeman, Atlanta, 94; Bruce, Cincinnati, 88; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 87; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 86.

Pitching Zimmermann, Washington, 16-8; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 15-6; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 15-7; Wainwright, St. Louis, 15-9; Greinke, Los Angeles, 14-3; Latos, Cincinnati, 14-5; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 14-8.

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Jays dropped Mitchell preparing to start for in extra innings Stamps in rematch with Eskimos Diamondbacks 4 Blue Jays 3 PHOENIX — The Toronto Blue Jays roughed up Arizona right-hander Randall Delgado right away, building a threerun lead.

Then the Blue Jays went quiet. Real quiet.

Struggling after its early burst, Toronto became the first team in 43 years to leave no runners on base in an extrainning game, losing 4-3 to the Diamondbacks on Wednesday after Willie Bloomquist hit a runscoring single in the 10th inning.

“It was just one of those games,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

The Diamondbacks have gone through an upand-down season, leaving their playoff hopes clinging by a thread.

When it comes to pulling off the walk-off, they’ve been one of baseball’s best.

Against the Blue Jays, Arizona rallied from a three-run deficit after Delgado’s shaky first inning.

The Diamondbacks pitchers faced the minimum from then until the 10th inning, when Will Harris (3-0) worked around a baserunner to keep the game tied in Arizona’s franchise record-tying 21st extrainning game.

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Late on a previous pitch by Jeffress, Bloomquist lined a 1-2, 100-mph fastball off the right-hander through the right side of Toronto’s drawn-in infield, sending his teammates rushing onto the field to douse the hero with water and dirt.

It was Arizona’s 13th walk-off hit of the season and the fourth career for Bloomquist, a veteran who didn’t seem to particularly enjoy his teammates’ pigpen antics.

“I don’t think Bloomquist liked it, but he’s usually miserable, anyway,” Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said.

“We’re like, ’C’mon, Willie, get dirty.’ It’s a meek sacrifice to get the game-winner in my mind.

It’s a minimal sacrifice.”

Kevin Broderson of Lacombe and Scott Anderson of River Bend tied for eighth in the PGA of Alberta Tour Championship Wednesday.

The two finished at 144 after Broderson had rounds of 71-73 and Anderson shot 76-68. They both won $800 and finished 16 strokes back of Tyler LeBoutillier of Silver Springs, who had two rounds of 64 and won $4,000. He finished seven strokes ahead of Red Deer native Todd Halpen of Golf Canada Centre, who finished at 6669—135 and won $2,500.

Joey Sereda, who is also from Red Deer and plays out of the Academy of Golf Town in Edmonton north, placed sixth at 70-70—140 and won $1,200.

Roy Hide of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club had rounds of 7377 for 150 and pocketed $285.

Carrigan holds lead at mid-am championship SPRUCE GROVE - Defending champion Kevin Carrigan of Victoria recored a second-round 3-under 68 Wednesday and held a four-shot lead heading into today’s third round of the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Golf Championship at Blackhawk.

David Bartman of Los Angeles, with scores of 67-68, had a 36-hole total of 7-under 135 and held down second place.

Seanan Foley of Calgary, a regular in the Central Alberta Amateur held annually at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, was 13 shots off the lead at 144 (72-72).

Tim Boston of Ponoka (76-72-148) and Merv Dusyk of Sylvan Lake (74-74-148) survived the 36-hole cut.

Among those missing the cut were Red Deer golfers Ron Harder (8174-155) and Grant Lee (85-81-166).

CALGARY — All signs point to Bo Levi Mitchell being Calgary’s starter Friday against the Edmonton Eskimos although the best term to describe the Stampeders quarterback situation this season is fluid.

Head coach and general manager John Hufnagel indicated the order of selection on his quarterback depth chart is Mitchell, Drew Tate and Kevin Glenn. But he cautioned that could change prior to the Labour Day rematch in Edmonton.

“If we had to play today, Bo would be No. 1, Drew would be No. 2 and Kevin would be No. 3,” Hufnagel said Wednesday.

Glenn started but Mitchell finished Monday’s 37-34 win over Edmonton at McMahon Stadium. Calgary led 37-7 in the fourth quarter before Edmonton rallied to score 27 straight points and make a game of it.

Mitchell completed 11-of18 passes for 225 yards and two

ries.

Mitchell started and went the distance in Calgary’s 37-24 win over Winnipeg on July 26, throwing for 376 passing yards and three TDs. He has completed 51-of-72 passes (70.8 per cent) with nine touchdowns and no interceptions.

The Eastern Washington product was slow off the bench Monday.

Calgary recovered its own second-half kickoff and was primed to score from the seven-yard line when a Mitchell pass intended for Maurice Price was knocked down and nearly intercepted by Joe Burnett.

The Stampeders settled for a field goal. Mitchell did throw two short TD passes to Price later in the second half, which proved to be important given Edmonton’s late surge.

The explosive Price had three touchdown catches and was named the CFL’s offensive player of the week Wednesday.

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It appears the 23-year-old Mitchell, Calgary’s No. 3 quarterback in training camp, will get the ball again. With Tate and Glenn moving in and out of the lineup this season, Mitchell is getting plenty of work for a third-string player.

“It’s another chance for me to get out there and get some more experience, get out there and play some games with the guys and try and get another win,” Mitchell said. “You’re playing the same team, but it’s a completely different game.

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FRONT STAMP PRINTING A Northwest Territories artist will provide a free workshop on stamp printing on T-shirts on Sept. 11 in Red Deer.

Genevieve Clarke will hold the workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at The Hub. A limited number of T-shirts will be provided.

Participants are welcome to bring their own T-shirts.

Clarke will also conduct a painting on denim workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sept. 11 for a $5 charge for supplies. Clarke’s collection of denim paintings called Northern Life: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly will be on display at The Hub from Sept. 9 to 13. The Hub is located at 4936 Ross St. For more details, call 403340-4869.

WIN NO HOAX A Red Deer man is $10,000 richer after his name was drawn in a national contest. Ken Waldo said he thought it was a hoax when he was told he was one of three winners chosen by Mr. Lube during its 37th Birthday Bash event. Mr. Lube locations across Canada (except Quebec) entered the names of all customers served on July 19 and 20 in the draw. Waldo was one of three lucky names drawn for $10,000 prizes.

Waldo plans to put the money in the bank while he decides what to do with it.

OPEN MINDS WALK AND RUN People who want to raise funds and awareness for those affected by mental illness can lace up their walking and running shoes. The Open Minds Walk and Run will be on Saturday, Sept. 14, at McKenzie Trails in Red Deer starting at 11 a.m.

The event is the largest annual fundraiser for the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta. The cost is $40 plus service charges.

There are 2.5-km, 5-km and 10-km distances.

Registration deadline is Sept. 11. To register for the run go to www.events. runningroom.com. Anyone who can volunteer at the event is asked to call Jenaveve Goodwin at 403342-5760.

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Participants network at the Central Alberta Career and Job Fair, which was held on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel. Nearly 100 employers and other exhibitors took part in the Alberta Human Services event, which is held every spring and fall in Red Deer. Charles Stachey, a communications manager with the provincial department said about 800 job-seekers had attended the fair as of 1 p.m. — down slightly from previous years.

Design ‘charrettes’ planned for Gaetz farmstead restoration

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Plans are taking shape to restore the J.J. Gaetz Farmstead heritage site to a six-acre community urban farm.

Four design charrettes organized by ReThink Red Deer are scheduled in September and October.

Rene Michalak of ReThink Red Deer said the purpose is to bring the community together over multiple sessions to develop a concept plan for the site. Michalak said the timing is right because it is the city’s centennial year and everyone is part of the story, the heritage and the future of our community.

While the announcement of the closure of Michener Centre came after the charrettes were organized, Michalak said this presents an opportunity to preserve or save the land from development.

“This is what I see as the intended future for the grounds and the natural area there from the Gaetz Lake Sanctuary certainly could benefit from that transition zone from wild natural space into developed area,” said Michalak.

The J.J. Gaetz Farmstead heritage site is at the intersection of 36th Avenue and 55th Street between the cemetery on Michener Hill and Safety City.

The design charrettes or sessions are scheduled for Sept. 17, 19, 30 and Oct. 2 at historic sites in Red Deer.

All four will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants will talk about the history,

the heritage and the potential for the site. Each night there will be a keynote speaker discussing everything from urban agriculture, agroforestry, local food systems to sustainable community through permaculture design.

Michalak said over the four sessions, they hope to find potential resources and partners before presenting the case to city council in November or December.

The bigger project involves spinning off a worker co-op program out of ReThink Red Deer that would operate in the public as an urban permaculture research institute.

There is no cost to attend the first three sessions. The fourth will be a fall harvest supper featuring local food and chefs and a presentation on the proposed concept plan.

If you would like to attend the harvest supper you must attend each of the three charrette sessions. If you are unable to attend all three sessions, tickets in advance or at the door are $29.95.

Charrettes (6 to 9 p.m.) ● Sept. 17: Michener Recreation Centre Theatre, 51A Street and 38A Avenue ● Sept. 19: Red Deer College (Cenovus Learning Common, east Trades Wing) ● Sept. 30: Festival Hall (Memorial Centre), 4214 58th St. ● Oct. 2: Heritage Ranch, 6300 Cronquist Dr. For more information, visit www. redthinkreddeer.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

In about eight months, Red Deerians will find out how much money a worker has to earn to have a decent standard of living in the city.

On Tuesday, Red Deer city council discussed a resolution supporting Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance’s research to determine Red Deer’s living wage.

On Sept. 1, Alberta’s minimum wage increased to $9.95 from $9.75 an hour for all workers except those who serve liquor (those workers will continue to earn $9.05 an hour).

Alliance co-chair Tricia Haggarty-Roberts said minimum wage is not enough.

“To be able to live in Red Deer, to work at one job and partake in the best of what Red Deer and Central Alberta has to offer, requires significantly more than $9.95 or $9.05 an hour. That’s why we’re starting with the discussion and the research around a living wage for Red Deer,” Haggarty-Roberts said.

On Friday, Public Interest Alberta released Statistics Canada data showing 25 per cent of workers in Red Deer earn less than $15 an hour and 16 per cent of those earn less than $13 an hour.

Bill Moore-Kilgannon, executive director of Public Interest Alberta, said with municipal elections on the horizon and while Alberta Human Services Minister Dave Hancock consults Albertans to develop a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy, it’s the perfect time for Albertans to look at how wages factor into poverty.

“If people are going to work full-time, full-year, they shouldn’t be living in poverty and they should be able to earn enough for a safe and healthy lifestyle. How we define that in each city, for each family type, is a conversation we want Albertans to have,” MooreKilgannon said.

He said each city and town can start by adopting a living wage policy for its municipal workforce and contractors.

Several cities in the United States have living wage policies.

Haggarty-Roberts said

Calgary has already determined its living wage is $14.50 an hour at a job without benefits and $13 an hour with benefits.

Grande Prairie’s living wage for two working adults, with two children, is $15.55 without benefits.

Hopefully employers in Red Deer will work towards achieving a living wage for their employees, she said.

Moore-Kilgannon said Alberta’s new minimum wage is not good enough to achieve Premier Alison Redford’s commitment to eliminate child poverty by 2017.

He said more than half the 91,000 children in poverty in Alberta have at least one parent working full time throughout the year.

“Clearly they’re living in poverty because their parents are not able to make enough money even though they are working full time,” Moore-Kilgannon said.

Fred Scaife, executive director of the Red Deer Food Bank, said it’s children who suffer the most by not having a living wage.

“We talk great storms about helping children.

The reality is as long as you deprive that family of money, those children will suffer. They are excluded from things other children get to participate in. Those children will not continue on to higher education. They will continue to live in poverty,” Scaife said.

It has been proven that a living wage works, he said. Mincome, an experimental project in Dauphin, Man., from 1974 to 1979, topped up income for participants and dramatically improved their lives, said Scaife.

“All kinds of things in that community changed while that experiment was going on. Kids were going to school longer.

Less people were in hospital. Hospital stays were shorter. People were healthier. The Dauphin experiment showed many incredible things,” Scaife said.

“When you’re talking about a living wage, it draws one further away from the depths of poverty and it gives better advantage to those who need advantage the most.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Civic election signs spring up around town CANDIDATES MUST FOLLOW RULES

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF It’s a sign of the times — election signs are sprouting up like dandelions throughout the city.

With 46 days to go until voting day, many candidates have erected signs all over Red Deer encouraging voters to consider them come Oct. 21, municipal election day.

Since Sept. 1, candidates have been able to put the signs up on city land, but only in very specific areas. Frieda McDougall, Red Deer Legislative Services Department manager, said historically signs are not permitted on city property.

“We have chosen to support the demo-

CIVIC ELECTIONS cratic process by allowing signs to come up for a specific period of time on city lands,” said McDougall. “This is an exception the city adopted many years ago to support the democratic process, but as a result we’ve designated locations we’ve reviewed in terms of pedestrian and vehicular safety, access and sight-lines.”

A detailed list of the 37 designated areas where signs are permitted on public land is available on the city’s website. Signs are generally set up along major roads, including Taylor Drive, 32nd Street, 19th Street, 40th Avenue, 30th Avenue, 39th Street, Ross Street, Spruce Drive, 67th Street, 55th Street, 77th Street and Johnstone Drive.

Signs for municipal elections can stay up until 48 hours after voting day.

Aside from the signs on public lands,

there are also rules about putting election signs on private property.

McDougall said signs must be three metres away from a curb or sidewalk.

“We do that just so if a sign were to fall over from the wind, it wouldn’t fall on a pedestrian,” said McDougall.

“And of course the candidates have to ensure they have the property owner’s permission.”

In cases where signs are vandalized or hit by graffiti, the city will notify the candidate and get them to deal with it. If the graffiti is offensive, the city will remove it immediately.

If anyone sees a sign that has been vandalized or hit by graffiti, they are asked to call the city at 403-342-8238.

While many candidates have already put up signs some, such as Jon Wieler and Paul Harris, have decided not to put up election signs at all. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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Residents are encouraged to use Gaetz Avenue, 32nd Street or Taylor Drive to avoid delays.

Racers are expected to cross the finish line on Ross Street from 47th Avenue to 48th Avenue around 3:30 p.m. This area will close at noon on Wednesday and reopen at midnight on Thursday. The intersections at 47th and 48th Avenues will remain open during this time.

Parking will be limited downtown throughout the day. Residents are encouraged to take public transit or ride bicycles. There will be free and secured bike corrals at Central Middle School (48th Avenue and 51st Street).

There’s also free parking all day for vehicles with a regular-issue handicapped parking tag on 48th Avenue and Ross Street.

The finish line and the festival will take over two blocks of Ross Street from 47th to 49th Avenue. Road closures begin at noon today. See www. reddeer.ca for more information.

ATCO scales back east side pipeline ATCO Pipelines has scaled back a proposed natural gas pipeline project on Red Deer’s east side.

In 2012, the company advertised a project for a 12-inch (323-mm) sweet natural gas pipeline to supply homes in the Red Deer area. That pipeline was to replace a 1956 line in place along 30th Avenue.

After further review of available supplies and future demand, it was decided an eight-inch (219-mm) will be large enough and a new application is working its way through the approval process, said Lance Radke, ATCO manager of pipelines engineering and

integrity.

The same affected landowners contacted with the last application will be reached again and given new information packages.

If approved, the estimated $10-million project likely would be constructed in mid-2014. The eight-km line runs near an existing power line through mostly undeveloped land about 800 metres east of Timberlands to Vanier Woods. It will hook into an existing gas plant on 39th Street.

It is expected the pipeline will meet growth demands for up to the next 40 years.

The sweet, dry processed natural gas carried by the line is the type of gas that goes directly into home furnaces and this line supplies most of the city’s needs.

Construction is not expected to cause any significant road delays.

Once the new line is complete, the line next to 30th Avenue will be purged with air, capped and abandoned.

SPCA facility damaged in overnight break-in Two sets of glass doors were smashed during a break-in over night at Red Deer and District SPCA. No animals were taken or hurt.

SPCA executive director Tara Hellewell said the thief or thieves searched drawers, probably looking for cash, but there was none to take.

Only a watch was missing from the lost and found drawer.

“We’re really disappointed we’d be targeted like that. But we’re very grateful that none of the animals were harmed and nobody was hurt.

“We have a pretty top-notch security system. Now we are forced to look at additional precautions, more for the safety of our animals.”

At the time of the break-in, about 30 dogs and 90 cats were in the building, which is located in an industrial area at 4505 77th St. The break-in through the front doors was discovered at 7 a.m. on Wednesday and the doors were quickly fixed.

Hellewell said it will cost the SPCA a few thousand dollars for repairs, which is a lot of money that could have been used for veterinary care for the animals.

“Ripping off a charity, or a non-profit like this, is pretty low.”

Stories about alleged assaults caused man to threaten suicide

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

SEX ASSAULT TRIAL

A man accused of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter threatened to kill himself if she continued telling stories about him, court heard on Wednesday.

The 39-year-old man is on trial before Justice Keith Yamauchi in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench for a series of charges going back to 2002, when his stepdaughter was still a toddler.

Testimony from the alleged victim, her mother and an Innisfail RCMP officer has focused on incidents alleged to have occurred more recently, including an incident at a family camping trip in July 2011 and a second set of incidents at the family home at about midnight on Aug. 24, 2011, and at about 7 a.m. on the following day.

The man’s name is withheld to protect the identity of his alleged victim, who is now 15 years old.

Questioned on Wednesday morning

by Crown prosecutor Robin Snider, the mother told court that her daughter complained in 2002 about her stepfather touching her private parts.

Police were called to investigate but found no evidence to back up the complaint.

It was felt at the time that she was repeating stories she had heard from other children, said the mother.

She also described an incident about a year before the 2011 allegations, saying her daughter wrote a letter describing something she said her stepfather had done to her.

“She said something had happened, but wouldn’t tell me what. All she would do was write it down,” the mother testified.

She said her husband called the girl aside to talk after being shown the letter.

“(He told her) this kind of story could get me in a lot of trouble and I would have to kill myself,” she said. “(My daughter) apologized and went to bed. He took the letter outside and burned it.”

The issue was set aside until the morning of Aug. 25, 2011, when, confronted by her mother, the girl said her stepfather had climbed into bed and started fondling her the night before and again in the morning, while her little sister slept in the same room.

The mother said her husband was staying up overnight because he was switching shifts and needed to sleep during the day.

The mother had gone to bed by 10 p.m. because she was due at work at 6:30 the next morning, but was awakened later by the dog, which was supposed to be locked up in the girls’ room.

She testified that she was putting the dog back in its kennel when she found her husband behind the bedroom door, standing on the older girl’s mattress.

He told his wife that he was looking for the dog.

The woman told court she has not spoken with her husband since those incidents and that they are now in the process of getting a divorce and splitting up their property.

Originally scheduled for completion on Friday, an adjournment is anticipated to accommodate testimony from an expert. Additional dates for completion of the trial are to be set this week. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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SEASON 17 FEATURES ONE SHOW A WEEK, SHORTER REHEARSALS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Juno Award-winning country singer George Canyon will perform inspirational songs at Red Deer’s New Life Fellowship Church this weekend. “A night of worship� with Canyon will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday at 20 Kelloway Cres. at the New Life Fellowship’s Fountain of Life Apostolic House.

The singer from New Glasgow, N.S., best known for his Top 5 single My Name, recently recorded the worship album Believe and is touring the country to share devotional songs with fans.

Over the years, Canyon has held many jobs, working as a law enforcement officer, a slaughterhouse beef inspector, and the owner/operator of his own recording studio. He always dreamed of becoming a professional musician and this was realized in 2004 when he competed in the Nashville Star 2 competition in the U.S. Canyon, the only Canadian to make the cut, ended up as the runner-up. The publicity launched his career, which has included a Juno Award for Best Country Recording of the Year for his album One Good Friend, and four Canadian Country Music Awards Nominations (CCMAs), including Male Vocalist of the Year and the Fan Choice Award.

In 2007, he performed at the China-Canada: Hand in Hand joint concert in Vancouver, featuring CCTV (China Central Television) and CBC to commemorate the one-year countdown of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One of the songs performed by Canyon was What a Fine Jasmine Blossom, sung entirely in Mandarin. Canyon performed it as a duet with Mandarin singer Tang Can. The singer, who has type 1 diabetes and has given talks to children about the condition, has also performed as an actor in several episodes of the TV series Trailer Park Boys and Heartland. His most notable film role was as Cattle Jack in Dawn Rider, a 2012 remake of a 1935 John Wayne film of the same name.

Tickets to his Red Deer concert are $25 and can be purchased online at actmusicagency.com or at the door. Donations will also be accepted for Fountain of Life humanitarian projects in Africa.

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BRIEFS First Friday gallery openings Water, sky, people and place are captured in this month’s First Friday gallery openings in Red Deer.

The exhibit Alchemy at the Harris-Warke Gallery in Sunworks features abstract works by Liz Sullivan of Calgary and St. Albert artist Shirley Cordes Rogozinsky.

Rogozinsky’s impressionistic landscape paintings are fuelled my memories and nostalgia, while Sullivan’s colourful pure abstractions reflect “an inward journey of connections: between people and place and between past and present.�

The show runs to Sept. 14. A reception will be held on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery on the second floor of the Sunworks store at 4924 Ross St. Water and Skies is the title of a joint exhibit of works by artists Jeff Elliott, Alyssa Diachok and Galia Kwetny at the Artribute Art School on the second floor of the old Courthouse. A reception with the artists will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Kiwanis Gallery at the Red Deer Public Library is featuring Connections: Fibre Art, a show of creations by artist Dawna Dey Harrish. A reception for the exhibit, which runs to Oct. 6, will be held on Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Kiwanis Gallery is operated by the Red Deer Arts Council.

Artifacts from Fort Normandeau are being shown in The Fort Revisited, an evolving exhibit, built over time, at the Marjorie Wood Gallery at the Kerry

Wood Nature Centre. A reception will be held Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Art From the Streets is also holding a First Friday reception for a group show at 4935 51st St. The reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

Eyes on Ivan performs this weekend Eyes on Ivan, an Edmonton folk band borne out of Maritime influences and the notion of following one’s heart, will perform this weekend in Red Deer.

Eyes on Ivan was formed by Cory Dee, the keyboardist for Owls by Nature. Dee decided to pursue his Maritime roots to create heartfelt, simple and pure music with the new group. “Sometimes it’s only in leaving everything and everyone we know behind that we are able to come back to who and what we were all along,� said Dee, who gained a clearer vision of what Eyes on Ivan could be with the help of producer Jay Sparrow.

The new band is releasing its debut EP Way of the Fool this week.

Eyes on Ivan performs on Saturday at The Velvet Olive.

For more information, call 403-340-8288.

Justin Hines concert to support charity that helps addicted youth Canadian pop-rock musician Justin Hines will put on a show in Red Deer this weekend in support of a local charity that helps addicted youth.

The Newmarket, Ont., singer-songwriter, best known for the hit Say What You Will from his second album Chasing Silver, is on his Vehicle of Change Tour across North America. Hines sees it as a

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Valerie Harper leads a class of 12 amateur hoofers in the upcoming 17th season of Dancing With the Stars.

And with younger contestants like Bleu, Daugherty and Riley, the show might skew to a more youthful demo.

There are changes behind the scenes, too. There are new professional dancers, plucked from the show’s troupe. Contestants are starting off with a four-hour rehearsal limit per day that will hopefully cut down on injuries and fatigue.

The pros were mixed on whether they liked the time constraint and said it could change as the season goes on and they have to do more than one dance per show. “Now that we have a restricted time, I feel like we’re gonna get more done,� said Derek Hough. “That I don’t like,� said Karina Smirnoff. “Four hours is tough.� “Every single time that last hour (of rehearsal) ends up coming up with both of us going, ‘Oh no. It’s not there yet,�’ said her partner Bleu.

Smirnoff said she believes as the season progresses, the rehearsals might get longer. chance to give back to fans while supporting “amazing local charities,� with 100 per cent of funds raised going to various non-profits.

In Red Deer, Hines will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the McMan’s Park Plaza building, Unit 103 5214 47th Ave., in support of the McMan Substance Abuse Services for Youth.

Hines, who uses a wheelchair because of a rare genetic joint condition called Larsen’s syndrome, is a strong supporter of charity and has performed at many fundraising events.

Before releasing his latest album How We Fly in May, he sang There’s No Place Like This for a TV commercial for Tourism Ontario, and created the song/ video Tomato Hat, used on the 1997 children’s Treehouse program Ants in Your Pants.

Hines, who has performed from China to the Middle East, won a radio contest at age 14 against hundreds of participants. This allowed him to start his career by singing at a Toronto Raptors game.

More recently, he was part of the first-ever Canadian Paralympic Torch Relay in 2010.

His North American tour is made possible through online fan contributions as well as the donated RV that Hines is using for touring.

Tickets for the Red Deer show are $20. They can be ordered from www.shelleystreit.com/justin-hines or purchased at the door.

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NEW YORK — Busy cancer patient Valerie Harper leads a class of 12 amateur hoofers in the upcoming 17th season of Dancing With the Stars.

The cast was revealed Wednesday on ABC’s Good Morning America. For a show that has reached an increasingly older audience, ABC added an injection of youth with reality stars Nicole “Snooki� Polizzi of Jersey Shore and Ozzy’s kid Jack Osbourne.

Harper has defied odds with her survival since being diagnosed earlier this year with brain cancer.

She recently filmed a movie role and joined a Nick at Nite reunion of The Mary Tyler Moore cast.

A brain scan last month showed improvement for the 74-year-old former sitcom star, whose doctors say her cancer is getting close to remission. She will have her next scan in October.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Harper said that so far, she’s not taking any precautions when she’s rehearsing. “He (pro partner Tristan MacManus) says, ‘Do you want to get water?’ Which is great because I don’t drink enough water but (that’s) not to do with the cancer . . . (it’s) not an impediment to dancing and I just try to stay healthy and continue to lose weight so I look halfway decent in the costumes,� she said with a laugh.

Harper said of her decision to join the show: “There’s a (Lee Ann Womack) country song (with the lyrics) ‘when you get the choice you sit it out or dance/ I hope you dance.�’ Other contestants on the new season of Dancing, which premieres Sept. 16, are Bill Nye, the “Science Guy�; Pretty Little Liars actor Brant Daugherty; former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson; singeractress Christina Milian; actress Elizabeth Berkley; High School Musical actor Corbin Bleu; Glee actress Amber Riley; country comic Bill Engvall; and King of Queens actress Leah Remini.

The celebrities and their pro partners, minus Remini and dancer Tony Dovolani, all made the trek to New York to promote the show’s return.

Although still a ratings winner for ABC in its 16th season, the celebrity dancing contest has seen its overall audience decline and grow older, an issue for networks that get higher commercial ad rates for younger viewers.

Dancing will now air once a week on Mondays rather than Mondays and Tuesdays. “One day a week is fine with me! I need more time to rehearse,� said Milian. “You get all the action in one night. It’s all killer, no filler,� said her partner, Mark Ballas.

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New judges added to rebooted American Idol They’ll join Urban to make up the talent show’s first panel consisting solely of singers — a la NBC’s successful 2011 upstart The Voice.

Pop star and actress Lopez will be back on American Idol after a two-season run as judge in 2011 and 2012 that was a boon for the show and her career. Connick, a respected jazz singer and musician, proved adept as a mentor in several Idol appearances.

Urban’s return to the contest was announced last month by Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly, who said the singer didn’t get a chance to show his personality in his first turn as a judge. Urban appeared overwhelmed last season by the Carey-Minaj crossfire that drew complaints from some viewers.

“I think this season of Idol is gonna be a blast,” Urban said in a statement

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — American Idol is betting that a judges’ remix with Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban will fare better with viewers than bickering divas Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj did last season.

The rumoured addition of Lopez and Connick as judges for season 13 was announced this week by Fox.

Tuesday. “New team, new energy and a whole new field of artists to be discovered and given a chance!”

Fox also announced that original judge Randy Jackson, who exited along with Carey and Minaj at the end of last season, will be back in a new role as in-house mentor to the contestants.

Ryan Seacrest, also part of Idol from the start, will again host.

“Surprise, surprise! I am so happy to be back as part of this amazing show that started it all,” said Jackson. “The original talent show is back with a vengeance and ready to discover the best talent in America.”

Record executive Jimmy Iovine had served as mentor in recent seasons.

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Grain is passed to a hopper cart from a combine working the land just south of the Pine Hill Hutterite Colony southwest of Red Deer Tuesday. With recent warm, dry weather in the region harvesting is well underway.

Warm weather speeds harvest CONTINUED WARM, DRY WEATHER HASTENS THE RIPENING OF CROPS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Combine sightings are on the rise in Central Alberta, as continued warm, dry weather hastens the ripening of crops.

A report issued by Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) last week estimated that 11 per cent of Central Alberta’s crops had been swathed and four per cent combined.

Harry Brook, an Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development crop specialist at the department’s Ag-Info Centre in Stettler, said Wednesday that the figure for swathing could now be as high as 30 per cent.

Combining, he added, has yet to really get underway in this region.

“Around Stettler there’s only about one field I’m aware of that’s been harvested.”

Many of those swathing are doing so to hasten the drying

of green seeds, and thereby until harvest concludes.

Many producers were hurt even out the ripening of crops.

“Don’t count your chickens by hail this year, with claims Another strategy being used before they hatch and don’t in Alberta well above average. is to spray fields with chemi- count your grain until it’s in But the storms tended to be cals like glyphosate, which dry the bin. localized. out the plants “It gets so that they can down ‘I’M THINKING BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK w h e r e o nt oe be straight-combined.

WE’LL BE FAIRLY SAFE WITH THE MAJORITY n e i g h b o u r Regardless, got no hail OF THE CROP.’ said Brook, the damage and threat of frost the next guy — HARRY BROOK, AN ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL damage diminlost 50 per DEVELOPMENT CROP SPECIALIST ishes with the cent or all of passage of each his crop.” warm day.

Similarly, “I’m thinking bertha arby the end of next week we’ll “And even then, don’t forget myworm infestations hit some be fairly safe with the major- about it, because you still have canola fields hard and missed ity of the crop,” he said, ex- to worry about storage issues.” others, said Brook. plaining that the adverse imLast year, he pointed out, He noted that many of the pact of freezing temperatures canola crops looked promis- worms succumbed to viral indrops with the seeds’ moisture ing going into harvest but suf- fections and bacterial disease content. fered from unexpected dam- — a welcome consequence of The AFSC report project- age due to aster yellows and the moist and humid condied that crop yields in Alber- wind-blown swaths. tions early in the growing seata could be 10 to 15 per cent “All you need is a wet son. above long-term averages. spell, and all of a sudden you That same weather wreaked Brook concurred, but cau- have grade problems,” added havoc on many hay crops, howtioned that nothing is certain Brook. ever.

Central Alberta companies continue to reach Alberta Venture rankings Central Alberta continues to be represented on Alberta Venture magazine’s annual ranking of organizations in the province with the highest revenues.

Parkland Fuel Corp., Scott Builders Inc. and High Arctic Energy Services Inc. of Red Deer; Agriculture Financial Services Corp.

(AFSC) of Lacombe; and Gamehost Inc. of Red Deer County are all on the 2013 Venture 250 list.

Parkland checks in at number 25, based on its 2012 revenues of $4.1 billion. Last year it was ranked 24th.

AFSC holds down the number 76 spot, with revenues of $929,805

million. In 2012, AFSC was 79th on the list.

New to the Venture 250 is Scott Builders. Its 2012 revenues of $222.1 million was good for a 136 ranking.

High Arctic Energy Services was 166th, with revenues of $146.2 million. Last year, the energy service company was 174th.

Gamehost earned the number 199 spot with revenues of $76.6 million. Last year Gamehost came in at 206.

Other organizations of note on the Venture 250 this year are Suncor Energy Inc. of Calgary, which was ranked number 1 with 2012

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Released every September, the Venture 250 ranks and profiles Alberta’s largest public and private companies.

Auto sales hit record pace in August

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian auto sales hit a record pace last month as they jumped 6.5 per cent compared with last year, according to data compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants.

Total light vehicle sales amounted to 159,004 for the month, up from 149,301 and besting the previous record for August of 158,400 set in 2007.

“Building on strong sales over the year’s first seven months, Canadian consumers drove the light vehicle market to its best August result ever,” DesRosiers said in a report.

The record came as car sales jumped 7.2 per cent from a year ago to 70,836, while light truck sales climbed 5.9 per cent to 88,168.

For the year to date, sales totalled 1.2 million, up from 1.16 million at the same point last year.

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Canada’s Big Three automakers all reported increases in light vehicle retail sales for August as General Motors, Ford and Chrylser combined for a 4.7 per cent increase. Import nameplates gained a combined total of 7.9 per cent.

Ford Canada said it sold 27,268 cars and trucks last month, while Chrysler put its light-vehicle sales at 21,932 for the month — both up seven per cent.

Meanwhile, General Motors said Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers delivered 21,091 vehicles in August, an increase of 0.1 per cent compared to last August.

Retail sales were up five per cent overall, as the Chevrolet Cruze posted a 16 per cent increase in sales for the month, Buick sales increased 18 per cent thanks to the Verano and the Buick Encore, and Cadillac sales increased by 54 per cent in August.

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Red Deer home sales moving ahead of 2012 pace Home sales in Red Deer continue to track ahead of last year’s pace, with the gap widening in August.

The Central Alberta Realtors Association reported that 165 residential sales in Red Deer were processed through the Multiple Listing Service last month, up 28 per cent from 129 in the same month of 2012. This boosted the city’s count for 2013 to 1,310, which is an eight per cent improvement over the 1,216 deals during the same eight-month period last year.

This June and July, MLS sales in Red Deer numbered 185 and 168 respectively.

Elsewhere in the area covered by the association, there were 242 MLS sales during August. That marked a two per cent decline from the 247 for the same period of 2012.

Year-to-date residential sales in the region around Red Deer were 1,782 as of Aug. 31, down two per cent from 1,825 to the same point last year.

MLS sales for the same area in June 2013 were 268, and in July 2013 were 284.

The average resale price in Red Deer last month was $322,656, as compared with $336,430 in July and $336,585 in August 2012.

For the surrounding region, the August average was $281,570. That was up from $275,998 in July and $275,317 in August 2012.

Average prices include homes of various types and from different locations. As a result, they can vary from month to month and not be indicative of market trends.

New residential listings in Red Deer numbered 247 last month, as compared with 290 in July and 150 in August 2012. For the outlying area, there were 406 new listings in August, down from 447 in July and 447 last August.

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Farmers were forced to postpone cutting, with a resulting decline in quality.

That moisture has now disappeared, but with the exception of those planning for fall-seeded crops like winter wheat, this shouldn’t be a concern for farmers, said Brook.

“I don’t think you’ll see any draught-related maturity issues.

“Our surface moisture is pretty much used up, but the crop is done as well.”

Meanwhile, recent hot weather in parts of the United States is expected to diminish soybean production.

“That’s definitely supported our canola prices,” said Brook.

Cereal crop prices are being pulled down by a big corn crop to the south, but producers here should still earn decent profits thanks to the anticipated high yields. hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

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TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Wednesday as the Syrian civil war continued to cast a shadow over trading and investors wondered if the U.S. will end up leading a military strike against the country, which is accused of using poison gas against its own civilian population.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 17.31 points to 12,757.81 led by gains in utilities and industrials.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.34 of a cent to 95.31 cents US as the Bank of Canada said it was keeping its key rate unchanged at one per cent, where it’s been since September 2010 amid a tough recovery from the 2008 crash.

Strong vehicle sales data helped U.S. indexes gain momentum throughout the day while investors weighed President Barack Obama’s effort to win support in Congress for a military strike on Syria.

Obama said Tuesday that he’s confident Congress will authorize a military strike. Congress could vote as early as next week, after it returns from summer break.

The Dow Jones industrials jumped 96.91 points to 14,930.87.

General Motors said its sales rose 15 per cent last month, while Chrysler and Ford each reported 12 per cent gains. Toyota posted the biggest increase as sales rose nearly 23 per cent since August of last year.

GM stock jumped 4.9 per cent while Ford gained 3.37 per cent.

The Nasdaq gained 36.43 points to 3,649.04 and the S&P 500 index added 13.31 points to 1,653.08.

“I think that goes to show you that this market is resilient, which it’s been for awhile — the U.S. market especially,” said Allan Small, senior adviser at DWM Securities.

“I think people are looking to put money to work all the time, where a few years ago, it might have been the opposite case — any little thing would result in traders taking their money and running.”

Traders also took in some positive data on the health of the U.S. economy during August.

The Federal Reserve said in its latest regional survey that the economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace in August.

The Fed said in its so-called Beige Book that manufacturing expanded modestly, lending activity

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 25.70 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 58.01 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.73 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.80 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 51.27 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.50 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.28 Canyon Services Group. 11.78 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.71 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.800 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.09 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.55 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.76 weakened somewhat while hiring held steady or increased modestly.

Traders are anxious to see if the Fed decides later this month to start winding up its monthly US$85 billion of bond purchases.

The beaten-down utilities sector led advancers, up 1.43 per cent with Capital Power (TSX:CPX) ahead 45 cents to $20.90.

The component, along with other interest rate sensitive sectors, has been hit hard ever since Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of Fed tapering back in May, which has had the effect of pushing bond yields higher.

Industrials also boosted the TSX and Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) rose $2.19 to $125.97.

The tech sector advanced with smartphone maker BlackBerry (TSX:BB) ahead 53 cents or 4.93 per cent to $11.28.

Commodity prices headed lower but the metals and mining sector was slightly higher as December copper fell six cents to US$3.24 a pound, erasing most of Tuesday’s gain that followed strong manufacturing data from China and the U.S. The telecom sector was the leading decliner, down 0.57 per cent, giving back some of the four per cent surge registered Tuesday after U.S. telecom giant Verizon agreed to buy out the remaining stake in its mobile phone business from Vodafone in a massive, US$130-billion deal. At the same time, Verizon made it clear it wasn’t interested in entering the Canadian wireless market. Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) slipped 71 cents or 1.59 per cent to $43.88 after running up seven per cent on Tuesday.

October crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell $1.31 to US$107.23 and the energy sector was off 0.2 per cent.

The gold sector was off 0.16 per cent as the December bullion contract lost $22 to US$1,390 an ounce.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,757.81 up 17.31 points TSX Venture Exchange — 947.18 up 5.61 points TSX 60 — 734.52 up 0.72 of a point Dow — 14,930.87 up 96.91 points S&P 500 — 1,653.08 up 13.31

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 66.80 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.57 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.94 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.16 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.24 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.88 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 47.74 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 61.98 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.59 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 82.14 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.45 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 65.48 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 32.41 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.29 points Nasdaq — 3,649.04 up 36.43 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 95.31 cents US, up 0.34 of a cent Pound — C$1.6399, up 0.04 of a cent Euro — C$1.3859, down 0.15 of a cent Euro — US$1.3209, up 0.33 of a cent Oil futures: US$107.23 per barrel, down $1.31 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,390 per oz., down $22 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $25.620 per oz., down $1.062 $823.68 per kg., down $34.15 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 947.18, up 5.61 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 169.19 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $5.20 lower $517.00; Jan. ’14 $4.90 lower $523.20; March ’14 $4.60 lower $528.20; May ’14 $5.00 lower $531.80; July ’14 $5.00 lower $534.00; Nov. ’14 $5.00 lower $514.10; Jan ’15 $5.00 lower $514.10; March ’15 $5.00 lower $514.10; May ’15 $5.00 lower $514.10; July ’15 $5.00 lower $514.10; Nov. ’15 $5.00 lower $514.10.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 unchanged $189.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $194.00; March ’14 unchanged $194.00; May ’14 unchanged $194.00; July ’14 unchanged $194.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $194.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $194.00; March ’15 unchanged $194.00; May ’15 unchanged $194.00; July ’15 unchanged $194.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $194.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 460,180 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 460,180.

Financially-struggling wireless carrier Mobilicity said Wednesday it remains on the sale block, and has no plans to transfer its cellphone customers to rival Wind Mobile.

“The report that we are transferring our subscriber base to Wind is not true,” said Mobilicity’s chief restructuring officer Bill Aziz in a statement.

The National Post reported that unidentified industry sources say Mobilicity was going to shut down its money-losing operations by the end of September and that Toronto-based Wind Mobile would assume its 200,000 customers for little-to-no financial compensation.

The small wireless carrier has been seeking a buyer, or go into debt restructuring, since last spring after Ottawa blocked Telus from purchasing it in a $380-million deal.

Earlier this week, U.S. telecom Verizon, which had been rumoured to be interested in Mobilicity, said it was not moving into Canada.

Wind Mobile chairman and CEO Anthony Lacavera wouldn’t comment, but said he’s still interested in buying Mobilicity.

“New entrants clearly need to find a way to work together and we maintain our interest in a dialogue with Mobilicity about how we can most effectively combine,” Lacavera said.

Both Mobilicity and Wind Mobile bought spectrum — radio waves needed to make cellphone networks operate — in 2008 in an auction designed to bring new players to a market dominated by Rogers (TSX:RCI.B), Telus (TSX:T) and Bell (TSX:BCE).

Wind Mobile launched in December 2009 and Mobilicity about six months later.

OTTAWA SAYS IT’S IMPROVING OIL TANKER SAFETY for Canadians and safe for the environment.”

At a news conference in Victoria, May said the federal documents reveal Ottawa is undertaking environmental initiatives that should have been originally conducted by Enbridge.

She said the Harper government is spending at least $78 million on marine spill studies specifically connected to bitumen, the molasses-like crude that will be shipped in the pipeline between Alberta and British Columbia.

May also said the documents reveal Ottawa is spending $42 million to study ways to improve weather forecasting in the northern B.C. coastal regions that will be used by oil tankers if the project is approved by the federal Joint Review Panel.

The proposed Northern Gateway project would see a 1,200-kilometre pipeline carrying 550,000 barrels of heavy oil a day from Bruderheim, near Edmonton, to a tanker port in Kitimat, on the north coast of B.C., for shipment to the lucrative markets of Asia. A twin line would carry condensate, for diluting heavy bitumen, east to Alberta.

The development would allow landlocked Alberta to expand its customer base beyond the United States, where the industry argues it is forced to sell oil for up to $8 less per barrel because it has no competing buyers.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Federal Green party Leader Elizabeth May says Ottawa is using Canadian taxpayers money to subsidize oil pipeline environmental studies that should have been fully explored by Enbridge (TSX:ENB), the Calgary-based company proposing to build the $6-billion Northern Gateway oil project.

But the federal government said Wednesday the $120 million earmarked to conduct oil tanker safety studies on Canada’s coastlines was announced last March in Vancouver by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver against a backdrop of tankers and shipping vessels in Burrard Inlet.

May claimed leaked federal documents reveal the federal government has embarked on two major studies worth at least $120 million that are “greasing the wheels for Enbridge,” but Oliver issued a statement Wednesday saying he had nothing to hide.

“Work on tanker safety is critical to ensure we have world-class marine safety on Canada’s coastlines,” said Oliver’s statement.

“While the Green party and the New Democratic Party oppose resource development projects before the science is in, our government will not make decisions until an independent, scientific review determines they are safe

pared with 1,431 in August 2012.

Nissan sales were up almost a third at 7,279 compared with 5,549. Infiniti sales totalled 913, up from 780 a year ago.

Subaru Canada also posted increases, marking six consecutive months of growth as it sold 3,339 units in August, a 24.6 per cent increase over the same period last year.

Kia Canada Inc., meanwhile, said it sold 7,502 cars and trucks in August, a decline of 2.3 per cent compared with the same month last year.

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AUTOS: Sales rising Chrysler said its sales figures mark the 45th consecutive month of growth year-over-year, as passenger car sales saw an increase of 20 per cent, with sales of 36,761 in the calendar year-todate.

The Ford Fiesta saw sales climb 84 per cent year-over year, and Fusion had sales jump 57 per cent in August, led the increase for Ford.

The company also reported healthy increases

for a number of other models, including the Ford Focus, Mustang and Taurus, up 16, 13 and 40 per cent respectively.

Several other auto makers reported their August sales figures Wednesday, with Honda logging combined sales of 16,208 vehicles by their Honda and Acura divisions in Canada, a 19 per cent increase over last year’s sales.

Toyota sales were down slightly at 16,077 compared with 16,125 a year ago, while Lexus sales were up nearly 10 per cent at 1,570 com-

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NYLIN Hazel Ione 1942 - 2013 We are saddened to announce the passing of H a z e l N y l i n o n Tu e s d a y, September 3, 2013 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. She will be profoundly missed by those she leaves to mourn, husband Wayne, sons Michael (Pearl) and Kevin, of Red Deer, sister Coralynn (Ken) Teichrib of Ti l s t o n , M a n i t o b a , a n d numerous nieces and nephews. Hazel was born in Melita, Manitoba, September 7, 1942, to her parents, Walter and Eleanor Bateman. Hazel attended Tilston School, and then following graduation from Reston High School, was employed in the offices of Manitoba Department of Highways in Winnipeg. She and Wayne were married in 1962; Michael was born in 1964, Kevin in 1966.

The family moved to Alberta in 1978, lived in Oyen, Sylvan Lake, and since 1987 in Red Deer. Following her attendance at the Red Deer College Secretarial Course she was employed by Alberta Government OH & S and later AB Labour from 1980 until 1996. One of Hazel’s passions was sewing and after early retirement from the government, she first worked at Cotton Threads Quilt Shoppe and then purchased it in 1999, which she owned until she sold it in 2007. In a 2003 surgery Hazel was diagnosed with ovarian cancer which involved further surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, most of which occurred at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, and throughout, she continued to cope with her illness, while keeping up with her love of the store, the staff, customers, the entire ‘quilting scene’, travelling to quilt shows around Alberta, and further afield to Quilt Markets in Houston, Pittsburg, and Minneapolis.

A year ago, Hazel’s illness returned with kidney failure and dialysis three times a week as added features. Friends have said that they look to Hazel as an example of how to deal with serious illness. The family wishes to thank the medical staff of Unit 31, the Dialysis Unit staff, Dr. Jim and Dr. Lee at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for their compassion and care in attending to Hazel’s needs.The family invites friends to attend her Funeral Service at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Friday, September 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, the Kidney Foundation or to a charity of their choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403-340.4040

GILL Joan 1931-2013 Joan Gill passed away peacefully in Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, August 30, 2013 at the age of 82 years. Joan is survived by her sons; Dennis Gill (Denise), Gerald Gill and Colin Gill and by her daughter, Angela Gill. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Stephen, Gregory, Ian and Nicole. A Memorial Service for Joan and Gordon Gill will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Monday, September 9th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Red Deer, 4728 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1X2.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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JOHNSTON Walter Whitfield March 2, 1936 - Sept 2, 2013 Walter Whitfield Johnston passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, September 2, 2013 with his family by his side. To celebrate Walter’s life we would like to invite family and friends to join us at the Red Deer Legion on Saturday September 7, 2013 at noon.

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GETZ 1941 - 2013 Edward William Getz of Red Deer (formally of Delburne) passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the age of 72 following a courageous battle with cancer.

Ed was born in Red Deer to Carl and Lena Getz. He is survived by his wife of 25 years Rose; three step children Vance Williams of Leduc, Terry Williams of Red Deer and Brenda Williams of Red Deer; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Also to cherish Ed’s memory are his sister Pat (Lyle) Ringdahl of Delburne; one sister-in-law Elsie Green of Lacombe, two brother-in-laws Jack and Wayne as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father, mother and an uncle. A Memorial Service to celebrate Ed’s life will be held at Delburne Community Hall, Delburne, Alberta on Friday, September 6, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 - Arnot Avenue, Red Deer AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences to Ed’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

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Obituaries KOCH (nee Trodden) Vivian Anne Sept. 21, 1942 - Sept. 3, 2013 Vivian A. Koch of Red Deer passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013. She is survived by her companion, Guy Boivin; her siblings, ( J o y ) E d Tr o t t i e r, G l o r i a Trodden, Allan Trodden, Pat (Lorrie) Trodden, Rita (Frank) Eckenswiller, and Michael (Cindy) Trodden; as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family members.

As per Vivian’s wishes no service will be held. If friends so desire, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Vivian’s honour may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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JOHNSTON Walter 1936 - 2013 Mr. Walter Johnston beloved husband of Mrs. Dagny J o h n s t o n o f R e d D e e r, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the age of 77 years. The first of four children, Walter was born on March 2, 1936 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

At the young age of 16 years, Walter joined the army and was eventually stationed in Calgary. While stationed there, he met and fell in love with Dagny Stoyberg, uniting in marriage on June 1, 1957 and soon after began their family. In July of 1961, Walter left the army and began his career with Canadian Pacific Railway as a yardman and retired in January 1993 as a PARAMA conductor. In 1979, Walter, Damaris Katherine Dagny and their seven children passed away peacefully at moved to Red Deer, where the Red Deer Hospice on they finally retired. Walter Wednesday, September 4, will be remembered for his 2013 at the age of 81 years numerous stories and how after a six month battle with generous he was when it cancer. Damaris leaves behind came to lending a helping her cherished husband of 62 hand to whomever was in years, Alfred; as well as her need. Walter will be lovingly c h i l d r e n , A l f r e d , Va l e r i e remembered by his children, (Juergen), Cathy, Robert, Deb (Wes) of Red Deer, Tim Michael (Carrie) and Karen; of Red Deer, Kathleen of grandchildren, Kelly, Jesse, High River, Kevin (Laura) Nicky, Chelsea, Kristen and of Calgary, Jamie (Cheryl) Robin; great grandchildren, of Red Deer, Barry (Candace) Cruz, Diego, Joy, Ezekial, of Red Deer and Ron of Elijah and Eden. She is preBlackfalds; sisters, Flo Dixon deceased by her parents, o f To r o n t o , O n t a r i o a n d David and Beatrice; sister, Linda Macdonald of New Blanche; grandchildren, Jeff Hamburg, Ontario; sister-in-law, and Jamie; and nephews, Heather Johnston of North Des and Rick. Damaris was a Sydney, Nova Scotia; his 13 fun loving and family oriented grandchildren, Garett, Cody, woman, whose favorite time Levi, Moriah, Ty, Ashley, of year was Christmas, in Spencer, Chase, Teryn, Kale, which there were many family Robyn, Kyle and Kelsey; gatherings that she greatly great-granddaughter, Rykyn, enjoyed over the years. She several nieces, nephews and was an avid reader, who also extended family. Walter will enjoyed camping and tending also be sorely missed by to her yard. Damaris will always special family members, Ken be her husband Al’s “Little (Mary Jane) Morrison and F r i e n d ” . T h e m e m o r y o f their children Kylie, Willy and Damaris will live on in the Katie, Rick (Lori) Dolan and hearts of everyone who knew their children Samantha and and loved her. A private family Patrick and Bill (Charlene) burial will take place at a later Dolan and their children Matt, date. In lieu of flowers, memorial Brandon and Jordan. Walter donations in Damaris’ honor was predeceased by his wife, may be made directly to the brother and parents. In respect Red Deer Hospice Society, of Walter’s wishes, a service 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, will not be held. A private AB T4R 3S6. family graveside service will Condolences may be take place at a later date. forwarded to the family by The family wishes to express visiting a tremendous “thank-you” to www.reddeerfuneralhome.com t h e a m a z i n g s t a ff a t t h e Arrangements entrusted to Red Deer Hospice for their RED DEER FUNERAL HOME loving care shown to Walter. & CREMATORIUM Cremation has been entrusted 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. to Parkland Funeral Home and Phone (403) 347-3319.

Crematorium. In honour of Walter, memorial contributions may be made directly to Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at Funeral Directors PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM & Services 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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NEAL Irene Irene Neal (nee Moseanko) passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital with family at her side on August 29, 2013 at the age of 87 years. Irene was born March 2, 1926 at Lonesome Butte, SK. Irene loved growing up on the prairie grasslands and wrote many poems and stories about her childhood. She attended Normal School in Moose Jaw, and qualified to be a School Teacher. She taught school at Horizon, Spring Valley, and Flaxton, SK. While teaching at the Flaxton school, near Palmer, SK, she met Reg Neal, a local farmer, who became her devoted husband and friend for the next 62 years.

Irene’s love of the farm was evident to all who knew her, and she instilled that love in her children, friends, and relatives. She enjoyed the cycle of the seasons, studied the varied bird life, baked her famous “pocket” buns, and taught her children and grandchildren the joys of reading and writing. After retiring from active farming, Irene and her husband spent their winters in Moose Jaw, returning to her beloved farmhouse retreat each summer. She filled the winter months with her hobbies of writing, poetry, and photography.

After her husband passed away in 2012, Irene moved t o R e d D e e r, A B , t o b e near her children. She was predeceased by husband Reg, her parents William and Pauline Moseanko, brothers Philip, Andy and Sam Moseanko, and sister Lena Grange. She will be forever missed by her children Suzan Yaworski (Ray), their children Lewis (Emma), Stewart, and Rachel, her son Grant Neal (Lorelei), and their children Amy Jo, Jessica, Courtney Dovichak (Lucas), Zachary, Casey, Riley, and Shay, her daughter Lynn Jensen (Ken), and their c h i l d r e n Ta n y a F o n t a i n e White (Justin), Amanda Hofmann (Darren), and Chantel Fontaine (Vince), great-grandchildren Mackenzie and Keaton Hofmann, Lex and Myka Rouble, and Harlow Neal. A Celebration of Irene’s Life will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Parkview Funeral Chapel, 474 Hochelaga St. W, Moose Jaw. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Moose Jaw Health Foundation, 455 Fairford St E, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 1H3, or a charity of your choice. Blair & Kelly Scott, Funeral Directors.

(306) 694-5500. Please sign our online book of condolences at www.parkviewfuneralchapel.ca

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REAY Beverley Rose 1940 - 2013 Bev Reay of the Willowdale District near Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the age of 72 years. Bev was born in Didsbury and grew up in Victoria, she lived in the Willowdale District East of Red Deer since she married Lorne Reay 49 years ago. She was trained as an x-ray technician and worked at that until her children were born. She owned her own business for many years where she shared her painting talent with many people. Bev loved to sew and knit and was a member of the Twisted Sisters spinning and weaving group. She was a very active member of the Red Deer Golden Music Makers, spending many days playing her accordion at concerts around Red Deer and beyond. Bev loved the ocean and cruising with the Spirit of the West cruise group where she made many lifelong friends.

She will be sadly missed by her family, friends and community.

Bev is lovingly remembered by her husband Lorne, brother Murray (Carol) McLaughlin of White Rock, BC, children; Colleen Hovey of Delburne, Karen Osmond of Red Deer, Murray (Laurie) Reay of Innisfail and sons in-law Randy Hovey and Evan Osmond. She will also be remembered by her grandchildren Jodi and Sean Hovey, Justin, Jared and Chance Reay, Megan and Bradley Osmond and her nephew Greg (Jan) McLaughlin of Bellingham, niece Shari (Will) West, great nephew Mason, great niece Jordan (Mitch) and great great nephew Cooper of Chilliwack. Bev’s family would like to sincerely thank the staff of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for their excellent care and kind concern during Bev’s illness.

A celebration of Bev’s life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #104, 5108 49 Avenue, Innisfail, Alberta on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton or to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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PURNELL Kelly Purnell AKA ‘Easy’ was born on May 28, 1964 in Red Deer, Alberta and passed away on August 30, 2013.

He is survived by brothers Pat, Todd and Sean Purnell, Ian Wilson, Ray Robinson and sister Tracy Sawyer; as well as many good friends.

He was predeceased by his parents Basil and Margret Purnell. Respecting Kelly’s wishes there will be no Funeral Service.

Cremation arrangements entrusted to PONOKA FUNERAL HOME

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013

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Oilfield

OFFICE Administration Customer service and assistance via phones, email and walk-ins.

Bookkeeping experience in Simply Accounting.

Familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

Any other office requirements as needed.

Submit resume by email to service@siautomatics.com or Fax to 403-885-2556

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$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Night Foremen, Day & Night Operators SUNREAL PROPERTY Must have H2S, First Aid, MANAGEMENT LTD. valid driver’s license. has openings for Pre-employment Drug screening Administrative FITNESS CLASS - DROP IN FOUND: Dental Appliance Competitive Wages.

Assistants Clearview Community Hall, - partial plate - left on hood Benefit Package Excellence in the following 93 Cornett Drive of my car at the City Please submit resume with skills is mandatory: Thursdays 6:30 pm-7:30 pm parking lot, across from references to: Microsoft Office, written - Commencing September 12 Millennium Centre on 49th apply@wespro.ca and verbal communication, $10 per class. Bring Weights Street on August 14th. ability to multi-task and be or by fax to (403) 783-8004 and Mat. Instruction for Call 780-372-4392 or well-organized. Candidates Only individuals selected for all levels of fitness.

780-281-4400 interviews will be contacted with a two year business Sue Carton - AFLCA diploma or administrative Start your career!

Certified (403) 340-0866 diploma are preferred.

See Help Wanted suetown@telus.net Sunreal is a dynamic company, which offers a rewarding work experience 1ST RATE ENERGY in an atmosphere where Personals SERVICES INC., employees are treated with a growing Production respect.

If you are interested Testing company, based ALCOHOLICS out of Sylvan Lake, is ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 in working hard and having fun, please fax your currently accepting resumes FUN AND FRIENDS resume to 403-342-0212 COCAINE ANONYMOUS for the following positions: PLAYSCHOOL no later than July 2, 2013.

403-304-1207 (Pager) **Register now for fall** AGES 3 - 5 Call 342-5450. * Experienced R U A BRAT www.cafba.ca Production Testing ASHLEY & FRIENDS PLAYSCHOOL Accepting Fall Registrations 3-5 yr. olds. Limited Space avail. 403-343-7420

18 SPEED MOUNTAIN BIKE FOUND in Deer Park, Aug 26, near Holy Family School.

Please describe to claim.

403-314-0421

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Shotokan Karate Club We are a non-profit organization and have been teaching Traditional Shotokan Karate in Red Deer for over 20 yrs. We are now taking registration for beginner and advance classes for ages 3 and older. Class times run Mon. Sat. Call 403-347-0646 website: www.reddeerkarate.com

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CANPOWER POWERSKATING Be ready for Hockey Season. Spots still avail.

8 - 45 min. classes.

Sept. 3 - 12 & Sept. 16 - 26 Times 6:15 pm , 6 - 8 yrs.

7:00 pm, 9 - 11 yrs.

8:00 pm, 12 - 15 yrs. $126. at Dawe. This is not a learn to skate program.

Register at www.reddeer.ca/looknbook or call 403-304-6263

EAST 40TH PUB

THURSDAY NIGHT’S BBQ NIGHT 6-9 p.m. or while quantities last.

Steak/Ribs, Potato, Salad, Bun & Choice of Drink for $10.50 NOW PLAYING VLT’S AT

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Caregivers/ Aides

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F/T live in child caregiver for a 3 yr old toddler, in Red Deer. $10.11/hr., 44 hrs/wk,less room & board. email Rommel or Jann at lemmor_0606@yahoo.com

Clerical

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ALBERTA REGISTRY CLERK

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY Experience using: MOVES, VISTAS, CORES, AND APPRES preferable but will consider all applicants with the right qualifications.

Wage will be based on accreditation level.

If you are detail oriented, learn quickly and enjoy A fast paced environment Please apply in person to: Connie at Vital Registry Services, 5406 43 St. Red Deer.

DARK orange M, cat lost in We thank all applicants for Johnstone, between Jewel their interest, however only and Jude, very scared, applicants selected for an **FOUND** interview will be contacted.

LOST IN ANDERS AREA: Set of Audi car keys.

If found please call 403-340-0350

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

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Bower

Lancaster Green

ASAP STORAGE 207 PINE ST. Petrolia Business Park Sept. 5, 7 & 8 Thurs. 10-4, Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4 3 bdrm. suites, shuffle board table, other home furnishings etc.....

67 LANGFORD CRES. Wed. 4th & Thurs. 5th, 12-7 MOVING OUT SALE Shabby Sheik Furniture, ladies clothing, shoes, purses, basketball hoop, crafting books, supplies materials, biking & snowmobile helmets, 2002 Denali & so much more.

Clearview 74 CARD CRES Sept. 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8 & 9 Wed. Thurs. & Fri. 4-8:30 Sat., Sun. & Mon. 9 - 4 Everything must go!

Downsizing Something for Everyone!

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE! Furniture, Electronics, Kids Toys, Brand Name Clothes, Kitchen Accessories and much more! Everything must go and all at a cheap price!!!! Thurs. 5th & Fri. 6th 5 pm -8 pm; Sat. 7th & Sun. 8th, 10 am -4 pm # 8 CASWELL CLOSE

Eastview Estates 132 ERICKSON DR. Fri. Sept. 6. 5-8:30, Sat. 9-8 Housewares, tools, toys, clothing, electrical, vintage.

Inglewood 24 ISHERWOOD CLOSE Sept. 5, 6 & 7 Thurs. 5-7, Fri. 1-7, Sat. 9-2 MULTI FAMILY A little of this, a little of that! Please stop by.

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Morrisroe DOWNSIZING. Moving sale, something for everyone. 13 Macleod Cl. Fri. Sept. 6. noon-7, Sat. 9-3.

Normandeau 43 NELLIS AVE. Sept. 6 & 7 Fri. 3 - 7:30, Sat. 9 - 2 Furniture, pro tools, base elec. guitar, c.d’s & movies household misc.

83 NYMAN CRES Thurs. 5th, Fri. 6th, Sat. 7th, & Sun. 8th, 10-7.

Steel bed, and huge mixture of misc.

for a grain farm in the Joffrey area. Top wages. Call 403-391-3304 LOOKING FOR

FULL & PART TIME CHICKEN CATCHERS willing to work night/early morning shifts.

Immediate openings.

Full Benefits.

Contact Mike 403-848-1478

Hair Stylists

If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 Lstouffer@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

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We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

ADAM & EVE UNISEX REQ’S P/T / F/T HAIR CUTTING PERSONNEL. Above average earnings.

Submit resume in person at Parkland Mall.

NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave.

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COLTER ENERGY SERVICES IS NOW HIRING

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WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators •

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Large oilfield construction company located in Alberta is currently seeking EXPERIENCED Heavy Equipment Operators & Rock Truck Drivers for an upcoming project in Fox Creek, AB. MUST have the following CURRENT oilfield safety tickets: H2S, Ground Disturbance, CSTS/PSTS, Standard First Aid, WHMIS, TDG, Bear Awareness. Wage is based on experience.

Please respond via fax (403) 946-4150 or email: kowalcon@telus.net Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted.

LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers for areas including Sask. and US. Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com Maintenance Pigging Technician FT in Stettler. Launch, receive & track pipeline pigs. Maintain & inspect work sites. Mechanical aptitude, problem solving, organization & good attitude required. H2S, First Aid & CPR, WHMIS, TDG & clean driver abstract required. Contact In-Line Pigging Solutions at careers@inlinepigging. com.

Oilfield

NOW HIRING IN THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

ROUGHNECK & DERRICK HAND

Experience preferred but willing to train the right person **MUST HAVE VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE, H2S AND FIRST AID.** ** MUST BE ABLE TO PASS PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTING** If interested please fax your resume to 403-652-7060 or call Jeff at 403-336-4945

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND

Have current Safety certificates including H2S Locally based, home every Be prepared to work in night! Qualified applicants remote locations for must have all necessary extended periods of time valid tickets for the position CCCSI is hiring sanitation • Must be physically fit being applied for. workers for the afternoon • Competitive wages, benefits Bearspaw offers a and evening shifts. Get and RRSP offered very competitive salary paid weekly, $14.22/hr. and benefits package Call 403-348-8440 or fax Please email resume with along with a steady 403-348-8463 current driver’s abstract to: work schedule. www.colterenergy.ca Please submit resumes: Under Career Opportunities Attn: Human Resources Email: Legal Fluid Experts Ltd. hr@bearspawpet.com Fluid Experts of Red Deer Fax: (403) 258-3197 or is seeking experienced Mail to: Suite 5309, Class 1 Operators 333-96 Ave. NE to haul clean fluids for the Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able JOHNSTON MING to work on their own with MANNING LLP minimal supervision. has a full time Compensation based on Litigation Legal experience. Fax resume PRODUCTION TESTING Assistant position. w/all tickets and current SUPERVISORS This position requires drivers abstract to: & OPERATORS someone who displays a 403-346-3112 or email to: Day & Night team player outlook, roger@fluidexperts.com Must have tickets. effective communication Top paid wages.

Start your career! skills, the ability to multi-task, Based out of Devon, AB. See Help Wanted and the ability to work in a Email resume to: fast paced environment. kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca LANGAN SITE The ideal candidate will Something for Everyone SERVICES LTD. have prior experience in Ponoka county, supplies Everyday in Classifieds working in a law firm, oilfield septic containment and a minimum of 3 years TOPLINE & disposal throughout AB. experience working as a We require Driver OILFIELD HAULING Litigation Legal Assistant.

Operators for small vac is a busy & growing oilfield We offer a great working trucks. Oilfield exp. is an trucking company looking for environment, benefits, asset. Must have H2S, EXPERIENCED and the opportunity for First Aid, TDG, clean WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS personal and professional driver’s abstract & Class 5 & SWAMPERS growth. Please respond in license, drug testing.

Successful candidates will confidence with a cover $20/ hr. to start, home receive top wages & benefits. letter and resume to: every night, benefits.

Valid Class 1 licence Fax resume to Dan is necessary & oilfield Human Resources 403-704-1127 or email: tickets are an asset.

Johnston Ming Manning LLP dan Please forward all resumes 3rd Floor, 4943 50th Street @langansiteservices.com to: topline@telus.net Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1 Fax: (403) 342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca Oilfield

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(5- 10yrs experience)

Night Supervisors (2-4yrs experience)

JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!!

A position for an RNor LPN 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

WANTED

Competitive Wages, Benefits, Retirement and Saving Plan!

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VAC/steamer Truck driver.

QUALIFICATIONS: Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. M u s t b e a b l e t o Fax resume to 403-704-1442 Provide own work truck Leadership and SuperWELL ESTABLISHED visory skills- mentor RED DEER BASED and train crew busy & growing oilfield Strong Computer Skills trucking company looking for Operate 5000psi EXPERIENCED 10,000 psi (sweet and WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS Sour wells) & SWAMPERS Collect Data - pressure, Successful candidates will rates, temperatures receive top wages & benefits.

Assist in Rig in and Rig Valid Class 1 licence is out of equipment necessary & oilfield tickets Tr a v e l t o a n d f r o m is an asset. Must be able locations across Western to pass a pre-employment Canada drug & alcohol screen test.

Please forward all resumes REQUIREMENTS: to: danacg@shaw.ca Va l i d 1 s t A i d , H 2 S , Driver’s License required!

Must be willing to submit pre access fit for duty test, as well as drug and alcohol Travel & be away from home for periods of time 21/7 Ability to work in changing climate conditions

website: www.cathedralenergyservices.com Methods to Apply: HRCanada@ cathedralenergyservices.com pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced operators Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com fax 403-844-2148

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, (No GDL licenses) and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits.

Please include 2 work reference names and numbers.

Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

WRANGLER RENTALS LTD.

is now recruiting Excavator Operators.

Rig experience an asset.

Camp jobs, day rates, health benefits & steady work rain or shine. Contact Monika 780-980-1331 or email resume: monika@ wranglerrentals.com.

Professionals

Professionals

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LASER DERM Clinic, a medical spa has openings now for an experienced receptionist and as well an aesthetician. We offer comparable wages and commissions. Please drop off resume to Bay 500, 80 Donlevy Ave. Red Deer

Maple Leaf Environmental & Safety Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic and progressive company. We are recruiting for the position of Plant Shutdown personnel: Safety Supervisors, High angle, Bottle watch, confined space watch, EMR’s, EMT/P and Rope Rescue for projects throughout Western Canada.

Please e-mail resume & qualifications to: kanderson@ mapleleafsafety.com or klilley@ mapleleafsafety.com Fax: 403-637-2024

EXPERIENCED RIG HANDS For All Positions Please submit resumes with copies of valid tickets and a current drivers abstract via email to

Casandra@mwsrig.com Fax: 780-678-2001 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Please apply for these positions in the manner specified

BLACKFALDS Motor Inn -Housekeeping Supervisor Req’d. 1 F/T, $18/hr., 1 yr. exp. req’d. Fax resume: 403-885-5868 Attn: Jenny

BOULEVARD Restaurant & Lounge Gasoline Alley Red Deer County Food & Beverage Server

$12.25/hr.

To provide Food & Beverage service, handle cashiering, arrange and setup the outlet. maintain cleanliness and hygiene.

Cook

$14.00/HR. To prepare and cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen and maintain hygiene follow recipes, assist in receiving and storing

Kitchen Helper

$11/hr To clean kitchen following safety and hygiene standards. Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery and glassware items.

Clean floors.

Assist in prep.

All positions are Shift Work & Weekends.

Fax resume 780-702-5051

EAST 40TH PUB

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

Is seeking FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $14.00/hr.

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms, public areas, pool etc.

Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety stardands $14.00/hr.

All positions are Shift work & weekends Fax Resume to: 780-702-5051

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley Is Seeking

JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!!

Looking for a WAITRESS/WAITER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673 MUCHO BURRITO $11.33/Hr - Cust Serv EMAIL -MUCHOREDDEER @HOTMAIL.COM

EQUS is Canada’s largest member-owned utility.

Based in Innisfail, we require someone strong in Accounting to perform complex financial work.

You will analyze a variety of financial issues including budgets and budget variances; and perform various reconciliations.

We require an Accounting major in a Diploma or a Degree program; plus related experience. We offer competitive wages and benefits.

Apply by September 6th to bbassett@equs.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

820 KFC requires

Apply by: Fax: (403) 341-3820 or in person at Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer Oilfield

Original Joe’s Restaurant & Bar is hiring experienced Line Cooks! We offer competitive wages with tips and a benefit package after 3 months. We also have opportunities to move up quickly! Please apply in person after 2:00 pm.

SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Kitchen Helper. $11.41/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER Must have experience!

Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Daytime, Evening, FT & PT Shifts Available

is looking for

Sales & Distributors

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ALL SEASON Decking is looking for vinyl and railing installers. Must have own truck. We are also looking for general labourers.

Please email resume to allseasondecking@ hotmail.com

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

ARROW ARC WELDING is looking for WELDING APPRENTICE LOCATED BY Gull Lake.

Phone Brian 403-318-6760

...Join our Team!

CLASSIC HOMES LTD is now accepting resumes for JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Full Time Hours. 3-4 yrs. exp. req’d. Provide references.

Must have Zoom Boom, First Aid, & Fall Arrest Certificates.

The hourly rate will be $22.00/hour. Email: wes@classichomesltd.com

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hiring Sales Supervisor-retail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Experience min 2 years, Good English.

Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff, F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $19.00 hourly E-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.com

Trades

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DELIVERY DRIVERS

Mustang Well Services Ltd.

Restaurant/ Hotel

FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations Restaurant/ * Check in/out Guests Hotel * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs 1393699 AB LTD. $ 14.00/hr o/a JUGO JUICE HOUSEKEEPING ROOM -F/T Food Counter Attendant.

ATTENDANT $11/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: * Clean and vacuum rooms janegosselin@telus.net public areas pool etc. * Replenish amenities, FRATTERS Speakeasy linens & towels Venue is looking for * Adhere to Holiday Inn experienced Servers & safety standards Prep Cooks. Competitive $ 14.00/hr wages, great atmosphere.

All positions are Email info@fratters.com Shift Work & weekends We are on On FaceBook Fax resume or Call 403-356-0033 780 - 702-5051

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790

800

operator, manual lathe operator, and Shop & Yard Laborers. Exp. an asset but will train to suit.

Competitive wages and benefits. Apply w/resume to: 4115 Henry St. (Blindman Industrial Park)

Day Supervisors

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We would like to thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Oilfield

URS FLINT TUBULAR PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT TESTING SERVICES PERSONNEL REQ’D requires Tubing Inspection

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CLIVE: Village-Wide Medical Sept. 7, 9 - 3:00 (Rain Check - Sept. 14) Tons of sales.

Concession available.

Everything under the sun!

Marsha 403-784-3446

* Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants

EXPERIENCED COMBINE OPERATOR REQUIRED

Out of Town Garage Sale and Cookie Walk

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LOST in Davenport/DeerPark on Sept. 28 mostly white Calico F. declawed cat, never outside, answers to Missy 403-347-0601

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DNR Pressure Welding requires B-Pressure Welders/Labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 D3

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HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

Equipment Operators, Class 1 Drivers, Directional Drillers, Locators and Labourers req’d immed.

Qualified candidates should have a positive work ethic and must possess a valid driver’s license. Email:careers@ minimalimpact.ca or Fax 780-960-2927.We offer competitive wages and are committed to maintaining a positive and safe work environment.

GLAZIERS

Capilano Glass req’s journeyman, apprentices for local projects.

Experience req’d. Top wages, Health & Pension plan, paid O/T, F/T employment. Email resume to: psrci@live.com

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

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Req’s a Responsible for: * Day to day maintenance of oilfield fleet * Monthly maintenance records * Parts inventory * Shop safety Skills and experience needed: * HD Mechanic with fleet experience * Hydraulic and winch expertise * Strong organizational skills We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca STUCCO PLASTERERS & LABOURERS. Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train.

Drivers License pref’d. Lots of work! 403-588-5306

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

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

H.D. Parts Person & Warehouse Person

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is seeking a H.D. Parts person to join our experienced team in Red Deer.

This individual would require basic knowledge of the heavy-duty truck and trailer market with excellent knowledge of truck and trailer brake and suspension parts.

The individual would have to be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. They should also possess customer service skills that would be used daily by phone and for walk in clients.

This position offers above average salary and is a full time position. We offer complete benefit package along with pension plan.

Please forward your resume to: Traction Heavy Duty 8045 Edgar Industrial Crescent Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 OR FAX 403-342-7377 Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED JOURNEYMAN 2rd and 4th yr.

ELECTRICIANS With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 Wanted experienced

industrial sandblaster for full time employment.

Please fax resume to 403-346-0626

WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

Immediate Opportunity for: Experienced ORDER DESK PARTS PERSON, WAREHOUSE PERSONNEL AND Class 1 Driver SHIPPER RECEIVER; Winch or picker experience OILFIELD AND/OR an asset but not necessary.

INDUSTRIAL FAB. Scheduled days off Experience An Asset Benefits after 90 days Production Bonuses Regular hrs, 12/mo. yr.

Comp. wages & benefits.

Start immediately Long term employment To apply please send your Please email resume to resume to: hr@rebelvac.ca gerry@oilbossrentals.com Or fax to: 403-314-2249 or fax to 1-866-914-7507 JOURNEYMAN H.D. MECHANIC req’d immed.

DRIVERS for furniture for very busy heavy equip. moving company, class 5 sales lot in Innisfail. required (5 tons), local & Wage range $25. - $35/hr long distance. Competitive depending on exp. wages. Apply in person.

Preference will be given 6630 71 St. Bay 7 to those with previous Red Deer. 403-347-8841 equipment rental service, F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. lifts and off road Minimum Class 5 with air construction equipment and clean abstract. Exp. experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email: preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. bouvier9@telus.net Red Deer.

NEEDED: Exp’d. Clean Class 1 Driver for Pigeon Lake Wetaskiwin area.

All oilfield tickets req’d.

Fax resume & driver’s abstract to 403-742-0303

LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQUIRED

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Central Line Locating req’s a locator assistant. No ACADEMIC Express experience necessary, ADULT EDUCATION willing to train. Must be AND TRAINING physically fit. Working varied hours. Send resumes to: office@ FALL START centrallinelocating.com Fax 403-747-3535 • Women in Trades Office: 403-747-3017 • Math and Science in the Trades MECHANICS req’d for busy transmission shop.

Gov’t of Alberta Funding Allison Transmissions exp. may be available. an asset but will train.

Exc. wages and benefits 403-340-1930 available. Fax resume to: www.academicexpress.ca 403-885-2556

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in

Maintenance Foreman

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TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113.00/mo.

ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Pl., Thomas Pl., Thompson Cl., Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. $200.00/mo.

The ideal candidates will: Be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100lbs • Possess exceptional customer service skills • Enjoy working within a diverse team • Hold a valid driver’s license (drivers only) •

Trail offers excellent training, flex days and a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Start your career with a well-known and respected company, become a member of the successful Trail team by applying in person to: Apply in person at #6 4622 61 St. Riverside Industrial District or fax to 403-347-3314 Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

must be able to work Sat. Call 403-885-2343 for info.

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery in

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

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

in GLENDALE Gilbert Cres. & Glendale Blvd.

PINES Pallo Cl. & Piper Dr. ALSO Payne & Parsons Cl. RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 51, 52, 53 Ave. & 58A St. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934 CASHIERS & SALES ASSOCS (P/T & F/T) Sport Chek Now Hiring at Parkland Mall! Apply at: www.sportchekjobs.com

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316 DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Eagle Builders, LP. based out of Blackfalds, Ab. requires a hard working,

motivated individual

to fill full-time position at our company. Must be physically fit as this labourer position requires constant heavy lifting and involves fast paced, on the job training. Must also be able to travel. All meals and hotel expenses are paid when out of town.

Applicant must have reliable transportation to and from work and a valid class 5 driver’s license.

Construction experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting wages based on experience. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 attn: Eric or e-mail at installation@ eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

GASOLINE ALLEY Petro Canada req’s. 2 f/t or p/t cashiers $11.50/hr. & food supervisor $15/hr. Email resume tiell1004@gmail.com

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SERVICE ’S WRITER

317698I8

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

• This is a career position.

• Salary based on experience and ability.

• Profit sharing and company benefits.

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

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

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Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Bicycles

1540

1 MEN’S & 1 LADIE’S NOVA 5 SPEED BIKES. Like new. 26” wheels. $25/ea.

1 BIKE HELMET $20.

Never worn. 403-358-7678

Clothing

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 Permanent PT merchandiser required.

15+ hours per week Tues and Wed daytime. Must be able to lift repetitively, have email, internet and reliable transportation. Please send your resume to employment@metronews. org.

General labourers

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Household Appliances

INGLIS washer & dryer, taupe, $50 403-343-9134 leave message.

Household Furnishings

1720

B A R S TO O L S , ( 2 ) l i k e new, light brown, swivel. $40. ea. 403-347-7893, or Cell 403-598-3104 DOUBLE box spring and mattress with frame, 5 sets of sheets, mattress cover and quilt, all $200 403-348-6449

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ACKLAND 225 ARC WELDER. Incl. helmet & stand. $150. 403-782-6050 OLD BEAVER TABLE SAW, $60. 403-782-6050

are needed to do framing, cleaning, reinforcing, Farmers' pouring and other precast Market related jobs. All applicants must be flexible for hours CERTIFIED organic lamb, and dedicated due to a cut and wrapped, ready for demanding production freezer, 403-304-0149 schedule. Benefits are paid and lots of overtime.

Own transportation to work is needed. Please fax Firewood resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ AFFORDABLE eaglebuilders.ca. We Homestead Firewood thank all applicants for Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. their applications, but only 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 those selected for an interview will be contacted.

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver ROOFING LABOURER 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message.

LOGS or 403-350-1520 Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

THE BURNT LAKE Price depends on location.

GENERAL STORE Lil Mule Logging is looking for F/T Customer 403-318-4346 Service person for shift work. Please apply in Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner person, Hwy. 11 West.

BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / No phone calls please. del. Lyle 403-783-2275

1650 1660

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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Wedding

1760

17 BOXES OF GARAGE & YARD ITEMS. Includes: Nails, paints, clamps, snaps, U-bolts, brackets, insect dusts, yard & garden fertilizers, pegboard hooks, electrical items, plywood connectors, various adhesives, and much more.

All for $50 or $5 a box.

25 Legal size file folders, all for $10.

Blanket - Micro fiber light and soft. King size. Acorn brown. $25.

Storage cabinet, 2 door, 6 shelves, wooden.

6’h x 34”w x 12”d. $30.

403-314-2026 BELLE FIORE DISHES Huge collection.

Platters, coffee mugs, cups, plates, bowls, etc. $200 obo. 403-343-7489 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino DIRT Devil spot scrubber, $30; Bissell carpet shampooer, $60.; Winter tires, 215-60-R16 on aluminum Pontiac rims, $100, set.; Point Zero book bag, new, $10. 403-746-5123 KENMORE DEHUMIDIFIER. Like new. $50.

403-358-7678 KEROSUN KEROSEN HEATER Omni 105. Used once. $150. 403-782-6050 MASTER CHEF ELECTRIC BARBECUE & COVER Very good cond. Asking $75.

403-358-7678

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Tools

BELLE FIORE DISHES Huge collection.

Platters, coffee mugs, cups, plates, bowls, etc. $200 obo. 403-343-7489

DOUBLE WIDE MATTRESS Supplies & BOXPSPRING WITH FRAME $100.

JUNIOR Bridesmaid dress, 403-346-0674 or 392-5657 white & silver, size 10-12. $100 obo. 403-505-7016 WANTED Antiques, furniture and WEDDING Gown, corset estates. 342-2514 back, size 16-22. $175. obo. 403-505-7016

20 HOODIES, $2. each; Billabong Plaid winter coat, SINGLE bed in a bag $10; microfibre sheet set (sin$10. 403-746-5123 gle) $10; flannel single sheet set $5; single matEquipmenttress pad $5; safety wood Heavy gate $8 403-505-6612 TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1870

Collectors' Items

Pets & Supplies

1810

FISH Tank, 55 gal., all accessories included. $75. obo 403-505-7016 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Cats

1830

3 -5 MONTH OLD MALE KITTENS good for farm or house cats. Completely litter trained, socialized & taught to hunt by their mom.

Need to find good homes as soon as possible.

1 Leopard spotted orange, 1 tiger strip orange, 1 orange. Free to loving home. 403-782-3130 4 SUPER CUTE KITTENS Ready to go. Cute & fluffy.

Great for indoors or outdoors. FREE to good home. 403-343-0730 SIAMESE (1), (1) Balinese (3) BURMAN kittens. $40/ea.

403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

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AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2130

Poultry

FOR SALE 2 LAYING HENS $15 each. 403-346-7825

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

HAY, FIRST CUT, SMALL SQUARE. 403-340-3061 HAY, no rain. Orchard Grass Alfalfa Brome. $60./bale, firm.

403-302-7477, 343-2058 WILL do Custom Baling.

JD round net or string wrap.

403-342-0891 or 340-9111

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

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Houses/ Duplexes

3 BDRM. 5 appls., fenced, 2 car off street parking.

Single garage. $1200/mo + utils. 403-357-0739 4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 appls, garage $1695 mo.

403-782-7156 or 357-7465 BEAUTIFUL cottage, 2 bdrm., 1 block from beach, washer /dryer, $1200/mo. utils. not incl., dd negotiable avail. Oct. 1 403-608-5254 INGLEWOOD, 187B Isherwood Cl. Quite lower unit 1/2 duplex. Upgraded exec. style. $1100 + utils. 2 bdrm. 6 appls. $500 d.d.

Fenced, 2 car off-street parking pad. N/S, no pets.

Ground level enclosed entrance.Oct. 1. Call Laura 403-755-1744 LAKE HOUSE Half Moon Bay. Peace & quiet. 4 bdrm., 2 bath. $1900 403-210-1360 SECOND house on farm, $950 utils. incld., 3 bdrms, 4 appls, avail. immed., prefer older couple, pets neg.

403-784-3786

Condos/ Townhouses

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32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, BASKETBALL hoop, Little n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000 Tykes, $10; BMX bike with Avail. Sept. 16th pegs, $40. 403-746-5123 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

1010

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

Caregivers

1060 1070

Contractors

1100

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Eavestroughing

1130

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

Massage Therapy

1280

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d) SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 (FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

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

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its VINYL SIDING CLEANING Seniors’ BEST! Eaves Trough Cleaned, LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* Services 403-986-6686 Windows Cleaned. Pckg.

INDEPENDENT w/own car Pricing. 403-506-4822 Come in and see HELPING HANDS Home why we are the talk Support Handyman Ltd. for SENIORS. of the town.

Services Companionship, cleaning, Contractors www.viimassage.biz cooking - in home, in facility.

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

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

Application Closing Date: Sept. 12, 2013.

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

stuff

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Cleaning

BEN

Attributes:

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE

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LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT as a caregiver for seniors.

I am exp. 403-885-1880 or Fern at 403-309-3300

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

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

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

FULL TIME FURNACE CLEANING REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY! Prefer someone from Sylvan Lake/Blackfalds area.

Training provided.

403-340-2335.

Send resume Fax: 403-885-0383 Tp_fc@yahoo.ca

900

(across from Totem)

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

Duties include:

The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties.

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS BOWDEN RIMBEY

Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

MICHENER AREA 134 Papers $793/mo.

Employment Training

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Please call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

WESTPARK AREA

EASTVIEW AREA 108 Papers $578/mo.

SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca WEEKEND dispatchers req’d. immediately.

Knowledge of Red Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written communication skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295

403.341.4544

INNISFAIL

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

BOWER AREA

EAST ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres & Close Areas 65 Papers $348/mo.

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

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE AREAS

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

DEER PARK AREA Dowler St. & Area 102 Papers $546/mo.

Integra Tire Innisfail requires full time Tire Tech. Lube Bay exper an asset. Competitive wages/ benefits. Email innisfail@ integratire.com or drop at 5020 40th Ave.

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Misc.

Help

In the towns of:

P/T Library Clerk

(Reliable vehicle needed)

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s Bartenders/servers for eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

For afternoon delivery once per week

BLACKFALDS LIBRARY

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

LE

is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position.

Family owned and operated, Trail Appliances continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our delivery department.

Trail Appliances has always offered excellence in sales, delivery, customer service, and after-sales support.

The Company is currently looking to fill the following positions at our Red Deer warehouse location.† Appliance Delivery Driver Driver Assistant

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

UNC

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

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

ROSEDALE AREA Roche St. & 3 Blocks of Roland St. $54/mo.

Misc.

Help

OPERATOR 2 POSITION

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

MOUNTVIEW AREA 44A Ave. & 35 St. Area $237/mo.

ALSO 42 Ave. & 35 St. Area $240/mo.

ALSO Spruce Drive & Springbett Dr. $103/mo.

ALSO 43A Ave. between 37 St. & 39 St. and 43 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $77/mo.

ALSO 42 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $116/mo.

APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER & DRIVER ASSISTANT

CONCRETE???

318507I3-8

is currently seeking JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS & SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package.

Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca

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Misc.

Help

278950A5

Trades

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

Escorts

1165

1372

1200

ATT’N: Looking for a new sidewalk, help on small jobs around the house, such as small tree cutting, landscaping, painting or flooring?

Call James 403-341-0617 GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

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

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

We are BETTER for CHEAPER! Call 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW CLEANING. Outside / Inside / Both.

403-506-4822

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

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 Condos/ Townhouses

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HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 avail. Sept. 30.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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. Immed.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

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Houses For Sale

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Manufactured Homes

homes

1997 MODULINE INDUSTRIES 16x80. $49,500. Call for photo’s. 403-358-8933

CLASSIFICATIONS

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Commercial Property

Live in Beacon Hill...

Open concept floor plan, stainless steel appliances, 2 bdrms, 2 baths all for under $300,000.

Call Jennifer 403.392.6841

SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

KYTE CRES. Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 Avail. Sept. 30th.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000.

Avail. Sept. 20th 403-304-7576, 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

BIG VALLEY Handyman special, 900 + sq. ft. 3 bdrm, needs work, large treed lot, must sell $27,900 OWNER 780-475-2897

WINTER IN ARIZONA FOR RENT IN YUMA Park model with Arizona room and covered deck.

Fully furnished and equipped. 403-343-1737

Modern New Laebon Home 2 bdrms, 2 baths, stainless steel appliances, open concept floor plan.

Call Chris 403.392.7118

MOVE IN TODAY

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4 Brand New Homes *1500 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1400 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1335 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1320 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage Call Kyle Lygas 403-588-2550 $10,000 Move-In Allowance MASON MARTIN HOMES

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

Newly Reno’d Mobile

FREE Weekly list of FREE Shaw Cable + more properties for sale w/details, $950/month prices, address, owner’s Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

3050

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

WOW. Brand New Home in Timberstone with many stunning features.

Open concept, tray ceilings, 3 bdrm, 2 baths $426,100.

Call Chris 403-392-7118

Condos/ Townhouses

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION Red Deer 6th Annual Fall Finale Westerner Park Indoors Sept 20 & 21 Consign your vehicle today 888-296-0528 ext. 102 EGauctions.com

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Cars

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2550 ONE LEFT!

5030

1999 CHEVY MALIBU 4 dr., V6, auto, loaded. Asking $1295. 403-347-2236

GLENDALE

5030

REDUCED!!

2006 HONDA CIVIC LX

2 Door, 84,202 km., original owner, great condition.

Keyless entry, iPod aux. jack, brand new battery.

Asking $10,900.

403-302-1138 (Red Deer)

5030

Cars

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

2006 PT CRUISER, convertible, low mileage. exc. cond. $6000. obo 403-598-4277

5050

2007 DURAMAX, 197,000 kms., crew cab, 4x4, l/b, $15,800. 403-348-9746

at www.garymoe.com 2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $8000 obo 403-391-8264

Heavy Trucks

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Trucks

2007 FORD F150, FX2 Sport, fully loaded. $6900. exc. cond. 403-391-6652

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

5040

SUV's

5060

2007 MERCEDEZ Sprinter dump truck 93,000 miles $38,000 403-887-4610

Locally owned and family operated

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

5020

3040

2 BDRM. mobile 4 appls, Drive a little save a lot $1000 + utils. Fireplace. Brand new Laebon home Avail. immed. 403-505-1315 in Sylvan Lake.

Many stunning features, Tired of Standing?

3 bdrms, 2 baths, Find something to sit on 1,342 sq.ft. $363,300 in Classifieds Call Jennifer 403.392.6841

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

4110

Cars

Motorcycles

5100

2010 JEEP Grand Cherokee $21,000. 403-598-4131 or 403-358-4131 2005 PONTIAC G6 GT, 3.5L, V6, 200HP, 4 spd auto, 4 dr, trifold sunroof, remote start, 81,832 km. $8250. 309-4255 or Picton82@shaw.ca

5050

Trucks

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

1994 FORD T-Bird, 2 dr., loaded. clean. 352-6995

2012 Fleetwood Tioga Mercedes Diesel 3.0L 25’, 2 Slides, Onan Genset Walk Around Bed, Immac.

Cond. 403-887-0911

Tires, Parts Acces.

1997 HONDA, 5 spd., 2 dr., very clean. 403-318-3040

2010 Toyota Tacoma

4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms.

Only $22,000 OBO Call 403-396-5516

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

5080

2006 SUZUKI Burgman 650 recently converted to trike $13,000 obo 403-844-2515

Motorhomes

Auto Wreckers

5180

TIRES - (2) DOUGLAS XTRA TRAC 11, 175/7013 on 5 hole 3 1/4 in. centers rims. Like new. $100. obo 587-273-0120 or 403-505-2394

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

STORESMART SELF-STORAGE NOTICE OF SALE Goods shall be sold by public auction (sale conducted by Lakeland Auction Services) on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 at 1:00 p.m., at StoreSmart Self-Storage, 29 McKenzie Crescent, Red Deer County, Alberta, to satisfy outstanding charges for self-storage rental incurred by the following: JASON BABBAGE NICK DANIELS GEOFF SINASAC DUSTIN LEE ROSS RICHARD FERGUSON

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975 incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

Oct. 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1025. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Oct 1. 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

2 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1025 rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. avail.

Oct.1. Call 403-304-5337

Suites

Kick back and save.

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