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Red Deer Advocate FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 2013
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Shot in the head FAS GAS CLERK IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HOLDUP
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Decked out behind the finest superhero cutouts, Dustin Sundby, volunteer campaign co-chair of the United Way, and Brenda Farwell, chair of the community impact council, have a little fun during the United Way Central Alberta kickoff luncheon at the Sheraton on Thursday. This years campaign slogan is ‘Become a Super Hero For Change.’
BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer police continue to search for a man who shot a clerk in the face late Wednesday night at the West Park Fas Gas. The male clerk is said to be in critical but stable condition after being transported to a Calgary hospital. Contributed photo by the RCMP Shortly after 11 An image of the suspect p.m. on Wednesday, captured on the store’s a lone male entered the Fas Gas armed security camera. with a sawed-off shotgun. The male walked up to the clerk at the counter and produced the weapon. When the clerk placed money on the counter, the male suspect fired the shotgun, hitting the clerk in the hand and face. Police said the clerk was taken by fire-medics to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre before being transferred to Calgary. Tom McMillan, director of corporate communications for Parkland Fuel Corp., which operates Fas Gas, said, “Our hearts and our sympathy go out to the victim and the family.”’ “It is a terribly tragic and senseless incident and we’re doing our best to co-operate with authorities,” McMillan said.
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Calling all heroes UNITED WAY SETS $2.25-MILLION TARGET BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Although the goal is lofty, the United Way of Central Alberta thinks it’s $2.25-million fundraising target is attainable. Kicking off its 2013 campaign at the Red Deer Sheraton on Thursday, the United Way announced the goal at the annual luncheon. Organizers launched the idea that everyone can be a superhero in their community if they contribute to the United Way. Last year, the organization surpassed its goal of raising $1.95 million when, by Jan. 17, it had raised $2.115 million. “We were fortunate enough last year to get to it,” said Buck Buchanan, United Way volunteer campaign co-chair. “The number doesn’t stop when we get there. We make it $2.25 million, but we need $5.25 million, there is never enough.” Several people who have had to use services provided by agencies supported by the United Way spoke to a packed room. Carla Schneider was one
of them. A former delivery driver for an automotive paint supplier, she was on a delivery when she was hit by a speeding vehicle as she was making a left hand turn. Schneider suffered brain and spinal trauma. Seven years later, she found support from two United Way-funded Agencies: the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Canadian Mental Health Association. Last year, 108,836 people were assisted by programs and services supported by the local United Way. About one in three Central Albertans receive help from the United Way every year. Over the next four months the United Way will be in fundraising overdrive trying to reach its goal. More than $219,000 has already been raised as part of its annual Jumpstart program. “People need to realize that although the United Way has been around for almost 50 years, we still need everyone’s help to make this campaign a success and to help everyone who needs assistance,” said Buchanan.
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Group urging voters to ask candidates about HPV vaccine ban BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF A newly-formed group of doctors and health scientists is trying to make an election issue out of the absence of an HPV vaccination program for students in local Catholic schools, but it is unclear if Catholic school board voters themselves are interested. HPV Canada, primarily made up of health scientists at the University of Calgary, sent letters to Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division board trustees in June, calling for the board to revisit its 2008 decision to not allow the human papillomavirus vaccine to be offered to students in its division before the board’s summer recess. That did not hap-
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pen, and now the group is asking voters to question candidates about the HPV vaccine ban in advance of Oct. 21 elections. “Parents are entitled to have publicly-funded vaccines available to their children in publicly-funded schools. The most just, effective, and efficient method to deliver vaccines is in school,” said Juliet Guichon, assistant professor of community health sciences at the U of C. The group succeeded in getting the Calgary Catholic School District board to overturn its ban one year ago, despite vigorous opposition from the local bishop and an initial reluctance from the board. After being pressured, the board opted to consult parent councils at its schools, and the overwhelming sentiment was in favour of the vaccines’ availability.
HPV Canada has also succeeded in getting Catholic boards in Grande Prairie and Yellowknife to allow the vaccines into their schools this year. A local debate on the issue during the campaign would be welcomed by Red Deer Catholic board chair Adriana Lagrange. But she said it does not appear that parents are concerned by its absence locally. “We have not received any parental concerns to date since the decision was made many years ago. But that’s not to say that it may not come up as a question in this election, and we would welcome the opportunity to discuss it,” she said.
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