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SIX DEAD, 30 INJURED AFTER CITY BUS SLAMS INTO VIA RAIL TRAIN IN OTTAWA

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BY BRUCE CHEADLE AND TERRY PEDWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Passengers aboard a double-decker city bus screamed “Stop! Stop!” as the driver plowed through a flashing level crossing and into a passing Via Rail train Wednesday morning, killing six people and injuring many more. The horrific collision RISK OF COLLISIONS sheared off the TOO HIGH: SAFETY front of the bus BOARD A5 and knocked the Via locomotive and one of four passenger cars off the tracks. Six people died, one of them the bus driver, while several area hospitals were flooded with more than 30 patients, including eight who were still listed in critical condition late Wednesday. “People started screaming, ’Stop! Stop!’ because they could see the train coming down the track,” said Carleton University student Tanner Trepanier, who was in the upper level of the new, double-decker OC Transpo bus. Both levels of the front end of the bus, extending back to the driver’s seat, were ripped off by the impact. “There was a lot of screaming, but then people were actually relatively calm, considering the situation,” Trepanier said of the aftermath. Alex Begin, on his way to his job in downtown Ottawa, was midway back on the lower level of the bus and said the driver hit the brakes only after passengers started yelling warnings. “Oh yeah, we went right through the (safety) barrier,” said Begin, who was at a loss to explain the driver’s apparent lapse of concentration. “I don’t know, too early in the morning? He just wasn’t fully conscious or something,” said Begin. “Because until people started yelling, I guess he didn’t even realize what was going down.” Romi Gupta, a 40-year-old downtown office worker, boarded what she called the “overfull” bus at its last stop before the crash.

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A bus passenger carries a child after a Via Rail train and city bus collision in Ottawa’s west end on Wednesday. “The driver was OK; I got in a minute before and I said hello to him and he was fine,” said Gupta. She, too, could see through the bus windows that the train was coming. “The bus was too fast I find, he could not put the brakes on.” The head of the transit union local confirmed the driver was among the dead. “It looks like a bomb went off almost,” Craig Watson of the Amalgamated Transit Union told the CBC after visiting the scene. In an email Wednesday night, Watson identified the 45-year-old driver killed in the crash as Dave Woodard. Peyman Shamsi, a friend of Woodard who had started with OC Transpo 10 years ago, said he was “one of the nicest guys” at the bus company. “I couldn’t even say a bad thing about him. I’m really shocked, I don’t know what happened,” said Shamsi,

who has driven the same route as Woodard did. “I’m surprised because he was a safe driver. Woodard, who leaves behind a wife and teenage stepdaughter, had celebrated his birthday just the day before the accident, Shamsi said. A number of people gathered on the tracks near the crash site Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil. The bus was on a dedicated transit line that runs parallel to a busy commuter artery just east of a suburban Via Rail station, about 10 kilometres west of Parliament Hill. Witnesses on the ground said the northbound bus simply didn’t stop, despite flashing lights and lowered safety barriers warning of the westbound train which had already stopped commuter traffic nearby. “Boom! It went into the train like that,” said Pascal Lolgis, who watched

the bus smash through a safety barrier. “He just didn’t stop. He just keep going like that. Then he got hit.” Another witness, Mark Cogan, also said the safety barrier was down. “I just thought maybe there’s a side way around or something but instantly he just . . . he smoked the train,” said Cogan. “He went through the guard rail and just hammered the train and then it was just mayhem.” A broken safety barrier was visible under the bus carriage. The Via locomotive and one of four passenger cars came to rest askew on the tracks, but Via officials said there were no injuries among the more than 100 passengers aboard. The company suspended its Ottawa-Toronto service as a result of the crash.

Longboarding community urged to finish cross-Canada ride

Zombie walk comes under fire from parent

his left arm, including the muscle pain, the paralysis will eventually dissipate. Harrison and Floyd started their 6,400-km cross-Canada longboarding Longboarders have been asked to ride in May in St. John’s. Upon reaching Lake Louise, they step up and finish a charitable ride across Canada that was interrupted took a detour from the route and headwhen Brandon Harrison suffered a ed to Floyd’s hometown of Red Deer, where a fundraising event had been brain aneurysm in Red Deer. planned. Harrison is at Foothills This is where Harrison’s Hospital in Calgary after aneurysm occurred — and suffering a broken blood Floyd is grateful that the vessel that led to a stroke emergency happened when on Sept. 7. they were near a hospital, His condition is slowly not in the middle of noimproving. where: “It’s a blessing.” The 20-year-old, who had Floyd and Harrison, ridden a longboard from who both live in Calgary, Newfoundland to Lake Louhad previously discussed a ise, is now out of intensive “contingency plan” about care and is starting to comhow to proceed if one of municate, said his father, them could not finish the Michael Floyd, who had acride. “I always thought it companied his son on his Brandon Harrison would be me, the old man, ride across Canada for Long who might fall down and break his For Life. Their non-profit organization sup- leg,” said Floyd. Their understanding was the Long ports charitable initiatives to fight cancer, heart and stroke through the sport for Life charity and the cross-Canada of longboarding (like skateboarding, ride “is bigger than us” and must continue, he added. only with longer boards). When the question went out in the Harrison “is conscious and there’s awareness, but there is still some pa- longboarding community about whethralysis on the left side,” said Floyd, er anyone was interested in finishing who hopes that since his son can feel the route, several longboarders exBY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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pressed interest in continuing from where Harrison left off. Floyd said confirmations must still be made, but the plan is to start out from Lake Louise on Tuesday with whoever is interested in doing all or part of the remaining 1,100 km to Vancouver. He believes Harrison will be able to finish the ride himself, someday, but for now it’s important to complete the final two-to-three-week leg before there’s snow in the mountains. Meanwhile, Calgary doctors are considering what can be done to help Harrison, who fought off cancer as a child, and was stricken by a previous aneurysm (unrelated to the cancer) at age 15. Floyd said the part of his son’s brain that’s affected cannot be accessed by surgery, so physicians are considering using very focused gamma radiation to cauterize the tiny vessels. “It’s astounding that they can do stuff like this.” He added that Harrison has always has a positive approach in fighting health setbacks. “You have to know, going into this, that you’re going to win,” said Floyd. “There’s no place for fear in that process.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY LEFT ‘IRRATIONAL FROM FEAR’ AFTER SEEING PARTICIPANTS BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Katherine Belchior did not invite any zombies to her daughter’s second birthday party in Rotary Park on Saturday. Regardless — they came, they saw, they scared. There were 132 of the undead walking through Red Deer streets for the second annual Zombie Walk in support of the Red Deer Food Bank Society on Sept. 14, a group that ended their trundle at Rotary Recreation Park. That was where seven birthday parties were being held that afternoon, according to Belchior. “They were on the swings, they were walking through the equipment. There was literally no safe place for the kids to go,” said Belchior of the about 30 adults and children who came into the park dressed and made up as zombies.

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Dallas Mann of Timcon Construction swings a pickaxe to remove concrete from around a piece of guard rail that is being replaced on the east end of the 67th Street bridge over the Red Deer River. Motorists can expect delays on westbound 67th Street at the bridge for the next two weeks while crews install new barrier curbs.

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CRASH: 11 investigators dispatched to scene Rescue crews swarmed over the mangled bus wreckage as ambulances, fire trucks and police vehicles flooded the scene, rushing the injured to area hospitals. “This is one of the worst events we have seen in the city or at this hospital; the tragic injury and loss of life to people,” said Dr. Andrew Falconer of the Queensway-Carleton Hospital. “It is overwhelming to imagine the suffering that is going on. We have had other mass casualties (events), but not for many years. This one is definitely tragic.” The accident occurred just before 9 a.m. and a number of students from Algonquin College and Carleton University were aboard the bus. A trauma centre for worried families was set up at a nearby sports complex; by midday, fearful-looking people were arriving in small groups. Lee Tran, however, had to leave without learning the fate of a family member who he said routinely rides that same bus daily to Carleton University. “We just have to wait,” Tran said. Abera Feyissa, meanwhile, received good news. His Grade 12 son was on the bus and on his way to his job downtown. Feyissa managed to reach his son by cellphone at a local hospital, unhurt. “It’s a shock,” Feyissa said as a police officer guided him to his car. Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement calling it “a tragic morning in the nation’s capital.” “On behalf of all Canadians, Laureen and I extend our thoughts and prayers to all those affected by this tragedy,” said the prime minister. The Transportation Safety Board dispatched 11 investigators to the scene to start what a senior board official said will be a very complex job that could take months. Jean Laporte, the board’s chief operating officer, said the team will be thorough. “We are documenting, photographing the wreckage and the accident site,” Laporte said. “We will be assessing the crossing, its design and the sightlines, we’ll be checking the warning systems and the gates at the crossing to ensure they were functioning correctly.”

WALK: Brought in cash, 170 kg of food

pants were told of the rules to follow, including respecting members of the public walkers came across. Marshall said she was surprised at the negative reaction, because last year participants were far more convincing in their act than in this year’s event. The zombie walk was organized to appeal to all ages, she said. “It brings out everybody of all ages and it keeps young people interested in doing something positive for the city. You can’t get young people involved in charity events unless it’s something that interests them,” said Marshall. The walk brought in 170 kilograms of donated food, plus cash donations. Food bank deputy director Alice Kolisnyk said it is unfortunate that some children got scared as a result, but said such a public, outdoor event cannot be fully isolated from children. Belchior said she supports people helping the food bank, but thought the zombie walk was poorly planned. “If you want to do that, fine. But consider the audience,” she said. Marshall said she expects the zombie walk will be an annual event. There were 36 more participants in 2013 than in 2012. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Emergency workers transport a person to an ambulance following a crash between a city bus and a Via Rail train on Wednesday in Ottawa.

The mother of a two-year-old and four-year-old

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said the zombie walkers were convincingly macabre, dragging their legs as they walked and acting like zombies through the park. She said the acting left her four-year-old son “irrational from fear” and wanting to leave the park immediately. She herded her children and the birthday party attendees up and left the park, and said she has found it hard to allay her children’s fears since. “It may be fun if you want to do that, but go to City Hall, don’t meet at Rotary Park where there’s a whole bunch of kids on a Saturday afternoon. That’s just careless,” said Belchior. The walk was organized by Slumland Theatre. Owner Desiree Marshall said walk participants stopped at the park to eat and rest on the hot afternoon, and noted that there were not too many people in the park, as they did not have to set up their own tables but were able to use vacant picnic benches. “There was barely anybody there and half of our people were children. We had kids as young as three there with us dressed up as zombies. “I’d understand if it was a bunch of punk teenagers, but it was half parents and their little ones who were with us,” said Marshall. The walk was held last year as well, and Marshall said she has heard no other complaints about the charitable initiative. At the start of the walk, partici-

MONTREAL — Four people have been arrested in connection with the daring prison escape by helicopter of two men earlier this year from a detention centre near Montreal. The four, a 30-year-old woman, two brothers aged 25 and 26, and a 27-year-old suspect, were detained Wednesday and are scheduled to appear in court Thursday. They are the latest people arrested in connection with the escape from the St-Jerome prison, which made international headlines in March. A number of charges are expected, including forcible confinement and the use of a firearm while committing a crime. The escape occurred March 17, when a young helicopter pilot picked up a pair of passengers for what was supposed to be a routine weekend flight over the north shore of Montreal. Instead, plans for a peaceful Sunday excursion dissipated quickly, as the pilot allegedly found himself staring down the barrel of a .38-calibre handgun. It was the beginning of a drama that saw a spectacular jailbreak and gunfight between police and fugitives, which caught media attention around the world.

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ALBERTA Mom who killed boys takes her own life BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A woman who drowned her two children in a bathtub in rural Alberta three years ago was still fragile and depressed when she killed herself earlier this week in Australia, says her lawyer. Peter Royal said Allyson McConnell’s mother phoned him early Wednesday to tell him about the suicide and factors that possibly contributed to her desperate state. She had attended the christening of a friend’s new baby a few days before the body of a 35-year-old woman believed to be McConnell was found at the bottom of a bridge in West Gosford, north of Sydney. Royal said McConnell became emotional and despondent after the baby’s church service. “I guess it brought back thoughts of her own children’s christenings.” He added that he’s positive the dead woman is McConnell because her identification was found with the body. McConnell was also recently upset about the Alberta Crown’s upcoming appeal of her manslaughter conviction and sentence, said Royal. The case was to be in court again on Oct. 30. McConnell had admitted at trial that she drowned her two-year-old son, Connor, and his 10-month old brother, Jayden, in a bathtub in the family’s home in Millet, south of Edmonton, in February 2010. Her Canadian husband, Curtis McConnell, found the children’s lifeless bodies in the water. Police had also phoned him to say his wife had driven to Edmonton, jumped off a freeway overpass and was in hospital. The couple had been involved in an acrimonious divorce and custody fight, and the Crown argued at trial that Allyson McConnell planned to kill the children as revenge against her husband. But the judge in the case sided with McConnell, ruling there was little evidence of whether the depressed and suicidal woman meant to kill her boys. Court also heard McConnell had a history of depres-

sion and suicide attempts that began when her father got her pregnant when she was 15. McConnell, originally charged with second-degree murder, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six years. But she was given credit for pretrial custody and served an additional 15 months in a psychiatric hospital. She was deported to her native Australia in April. At the time, Alberta’s justice minister railed in public about how McConnell’s sentence was too lenient. Jonathan Denis also said justice hadn’t been served and he would push to have the woman brought back to Canada if the courts decided to increase her sentence. “The attorney general making comments didn’t help things with such a fragile person,” said Royal. “These are comments she was aware of.” Royal also filed a complaint against Denis, a lawyer, with the Law Society of Alberta, suggesting his comments were out of bounds and violated the impartiality of his job. The complaint has yet to be heard. Denis issued a written statement Wednesday: “If this is indeed Ms. McConnell, then it marks a disturbing end to what has been a very tragic situation and is certainly not the outcome anyone wished for.” Royal agreed McConnell’s case is tragic and said it will likely stay with him forever. While it appeared the woman was feeling better, she was still seeing a doctor, he said. And she had been under constant suicide watch while in custody in Alberta but, when she went home, she moved in with her mother, not a secure health facility, he said. He called her death inevitable. “There was some, I hate to say, foreshadowing of this from her own evidence at the trial,” Royal said. McConnell testified that she would likely spend the rest of her life trying to kill herself because she didn’t want to get well.

Edmonton council shuts down old airport BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Edmonton’s City Centre Airport will be permanently closed at the end of November. City council voted Wednesday to follow a recommendation by city administrators. The decision brings to an end the years-long pro-

cess of shutting down the runways at the airport. After the airport officially closes, it will make way for a new development to be called Blatchford. The new neighbourhood will eventually be home to up to 30,000 people, in addition to adding space for businesses and space for expansion at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

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Dad charged with leaving two-year-old home while he went peeping CALGARY — Police in Calgary say a man who they allege was secretly recording students at a bus stop is also accused of leaving a toddler alone while he was using the camera. Investigators say a witness noticed a suspicious man in the bushes in the city’s southeast on Monday morning. When the suspect left, the witness found a camera and phoned police to report that he was in a vehicle nearby. The camera was allegedly pointed at a bus stop. Police say they quickly learned that the 29-yearold man left his two-year-old daughter home alone while he was setting up and operating the video camera. Police aren’t releasing his name to protect the daughter’s identity, but say he’s charged with voyeurism and being unable or unwilling to provide the child with adequate care or supervision. He has been released from custody and will next appear in court on Oct. 22.

Man accused of driving school bus drunk has trial date set in December CARDSTON — A man from southern Alberta will go on trial in December on a charge of impaired driving of a school bus. Larry Cross Child of the Blood reserve was charged with drunk driving and failing to provide a breathe sample in early June. Blood Tribe Police arrested a man after getting a tip about a possible impaired driver in Standoff, Alta. There were 12 children on the bus at the time of the arrest. The children were driven to class safely in another school bus by another driver. A trial for Cross Child is set for Dec. 11.

Girl’s campaign leads to fines for bullying in community AIRDRIE — A campaign by a once-bullied teenager has led to new rules in a bedroom community just north of Calgary. City council in Airdrie has voted to amend its public behaviour bylaw to fine bullies. That includes verbal or physical abuse, threats, teasing and name calling, whether face-to-face or online. Offenders face a $500 fine for the first offence and $1,000 for a second offence. Mackenzie Murphy started a petition for stronger laws against bullying after she was victimized herself.

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Bike project laid to rest Although conceived with the best of intentions, it was born in confusion and became an object of hatred before people even knew its name. It’s presence spawned a backlash that seemed to blame cyclists for every evil you could name in society. The backGREG lash spawned NEIMAN a special interest group that wants to take over city council, but which has yet to say anything positive about Red Deer. Through its short life, it suffered multiple amputations, and on its last day was given a final symbolic decapitation. So it was only fitting that the demise of Red Deer’s despised Commuter Bike Pilot Project should turn into a procedural dog and pony show. There are 87 pages to the final project update prepared for city council’s review on Monday. The majority of it is negative, and because of the methodologies of the survey sampling, the statistics in it are hardly reliable, either from people for or against cycle commuting in this city. But the numbers were hardly a concern in the minds of councillors, as they struggled to find a dignified way

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to put this episode behind them. They all heard, loud and clear, the complaints that there are very few cyclists in Red Deer. They also heard that accommodating cyclists creates unbearable traffic congestion and unacceptable tax increases. We live in a democracy and the facts about bike lanes were about as irrelevant to this discussion as George Bush’s claims of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Few resources were allotted to learning the actual number of cyclists who now commute every day in our city. The best estimate city engineer Michael Williston could provide from spot surveys around the city was that about 400 people a day bike to commute on city streets. My personal assessment says that’s rather low, but — due disclosure — as president of the Red Deer Association for Bicycle Commuting, what should I know? Monitoring auto traffic was easier, because that’s what traffic engineers do all the time. Increased congestion at the intersections most complained about, he said, was minor and fell well within engineering guidelines. If you want to see congestion that exceeds parameters for a modern city, you have to leave Red Deer. No matter. The people have spoken. So a three-part motion was passed that essentially froze the situation as it is, leaving future plans to a future council. Then it was unpassed. Councillor Frank Wong wanted the last major section of bike lanes removed — along

39th Street, east of 40th Avenue. He was tired of all the griping. For reasons that I cannot fathom, Diane Wyntjes supported his call for a revision of the motion to include special “attention” to 39th Street. So council voted to rescind passing the resolution, so it could entertain an amendment about 39th Street. Never mind, as Cindy Jefferies pointed out, that it had been less than six months since council last adjusted the bike lane project, and the rules say you can’t do that without rescinding their decision made last April, too. Nobody wanted to go there. Monday’s motion was rescinded, and they held a fire drill wordsmithing the amendment, until it no longer contained Wong’s intent, which was to kill the bike lane there altogether. That’s because of the same problem council had putting bike lanes on the streets in the first place: cold weather. Engineering could not guarantee that a call for private tenders to grind out the lane markings, patch them up and paint new ones could be completed before it got too cold. The whole street is slated for new pavement next summer anyway, so it would then need to be repainted twice. So, even though a new council would inevitably be passing judgment on bike infrastructure anyway, council led itself to believe that an even better solution could be found for 39th Street in the next budget. With a complete off-road bike trail, and four lanes of traffic, no less. Not to pre-judge the election, but it looks possible that the Red Deer First

group that grew out of the anti-bike backlash could just blow the whole thing away anyway, after the next election. After all the talk about lessons learned, and community inclusion, we’re back to the three main facts that started this whole exercise, three years ago: ● Cyclists have a legal right to the road. Not just the bike lanes and the bike share routes and the recreational trails. All the streets. And even the sidewalks, if they want to use them. That’s the law. ● Every year, more people discover how pleasant, cost-effective, efficient and healthy it can be to just leave the car at home when on their commutes. Red Deer’s cycling population grows every year, despite the willful blindness of people who say they’ve never seen anybody ride a bike in this town. ● People who do not commute by car pay taxes, and have every right to safety when using the public infrastructure their taxes pay for. There is no minimum number of cyclists needed for their safety to be a legitimate concern of city council. So what’s the best, most inclusive and respectful-of-everyone way for taxpaying citizens to exercise their legal right to infrastructure that they paid for? Something better than what we got Monday. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pipeline facts were distorted Re: Are we taking the direct pipeline to disaster? On Sept. 4, an article appeared in the Red Deer Advocate by Rick Zemanek. In our opinion, the article has been taken out of context and we would like the opportunity to respond. The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association represents Canada’s transmission pipeline companies who operate approximately 115,000 km of pipeline in Canada. In 2012, these energy highways moved approximately 1.2 billion barrels of liquid petroleum products and 5.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas each year. Our members transport 97 per cent of Canada’s daily natural gas and onshore crude oil from producing regions to markets throughout North America. One of the issues we have with Mr. Zemanek’s article is the context he uses to portray the pipeline industry. For example, our member companies firmly believe that no spill is acceptable. However, what Mr. Zemanek failed to report is that all spills regardless of size must be reported to the regulator. This could include everything from a few tablespoons of crude oil to several thousand litres. It is no different than when Canadians go to the gas station and fill up their vehicles with gas. From time to-time, a few tablespoons of gasoline may spill out of the pump on to the ground and if that were to happen in the field, then those spills would be reported to the regulator So, it is hardly useful to categorize all spills as equal. Context is everything. The other issue that we have regarding Mr. Zemanek’s article is that he refers to a crude oil spill from one of our member companies, and states “some of the residents were hospitalized after breathing in the gagging stench of sour gas.” A crude oil spill does not contain or produce sour gas. And, then he continues to say, without reporting any evidence, that “the damage to the wildlife and its habitat, and farmland, was far-reaching.” Comments like this are not at all helpful and instill fear-mongering amongst the public — especially when no facts or evidence are presented in the article to support the statements. Another important point that seems to have been lost in the article is that our member companies have been transporting crude oil and petroleum for decades with very few incidents. However, during that time, technology, materials and equipment have improved. When building a new pipeline today, for example, our member companies will use the most advanced technology and materials available to them. They are experienced in dealing with spills and cleaning up spills when they happen. Then, following an incident, CEPA member companies try to learn from their mistakes and make every effort to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. And lastly, in Mr. Zemanek’s article, he quotes Greenpeace Canada, Alberta Surface Rights Group, Alberta Wilderness Association, an advocate outdoors columnist, a politician and a U.S. pipelines safety expert, but doesn’t identify the U.S. expert’s credentials. However, no where in his article has he interviewed someone from the pipeline industry or our association, which would have been helpful and showed a more balanced view For more facts about pipelines, we encourage you to visit our website — www.aboutpipelines.com. Philippe Reicher Vice president,

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Stop building in flood plains I read with bemusement Tim Harper’s Disasters and the deficit column published in the Sept. 7 Advocate. Alberta is facing multibillion-dollar cleanup costs following June’s flooding. Extensive and expensive damage was caused to man-made structures build on flood plains in Calgary, High River and other locations along the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. These areas are easily identified and surveyed as flood plains because, as the astute will have already noted, for tens of thousands of years periodic floods have turned them into flood plains. Long before Lionidas and his merry band of Spartans battled Xerxes I at Thermopylae, sensible humans have known not to build on flood plains because, rather unsurprisingly, the plain will eventually flood and wash away their sheep, hut, family, or Olympic-sized hockey arena! Even in areas of North Africa and the Middle East, where no rain falls for tens or even hundreds of years at a time, the locals never build in a ‘wadi.’ Unfortunately, the folly of building on flood plains has also continued through the ages for many reasons that include politics or idiocy, but then I repeat myself. The words ‘tax’ and ‘revenue’ continue to have more sway in city planning than common sense. Despite the simple and scientifically verifiable explanation for the damage caused in June, I am now very curious to see more detail on how Harper manages to blame the idiocy of politicians and bu-

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Risk of collisions too high: safety board BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Federal transportation safety officials have been urging the government for over a decade to do more to prevent the kind of levelcrossing crash that claimed six lives in Ottawa. Transport Canada and the rail industry have taken steps to improve safety at crossings, but some recommendations remain outstanding, says the Transportation Safety Board, which added the issue to its watchlist of key concerns in August 2010. “The risk of passenger trains colliding with vehicles remains too high in busy rail corridors,” the safety board says in a watchlist notice on its website. Transport Canada must implement new grade-crossing regulations, devel-

op better standards for certain types of crossing signs, and continue its leadership role in crossing safety assessments, the notice says. It also calls for more efforts to improve public awareness of the dangers at railway crossings. “It is something we have been watching,” safety board investigator Glen Pilon said Wednesday at the crash site. From 2003 to 2012, there have been 86 collisions between vehicles and trains at crossings on the busy Windsor-Quebec rail corridor, board figures show. In the most recent five years, there were 29 collisions — a decrease from 57 crashes during the previous five years, the safety board says. “The board acknowledges this improvement but remains concerned that the risk to Canadians persists.”

The board urged Transport Canada in 2001 to usher in new regulations that would set clear safety standards for all grade crossings and set out responsibilities related to crossings for railway companies, public road authorities and private road owners. In March, the safety board said it was “ever mindful of the protracted time this project has taken.” It noted that almost 12 years after the board signalled the urgency of proceeding, and Transport Canada agreed, the draft regulations had yet to be put into effect. Transport Canada had no immediate comment Wednesday. A 2007 report by the department said improving safety at level crossings has been complicated over the years by the jurisdictional tangle of federal, provincial and municipal governments.

“While there is some cause for satisfaction, we believe that there is much work to be done to improve safety at crossings. As both rail and road traffic continue to grow, the risk of grade crossing accidents will continue to increase,” the report said. “Jurisdictional disagreements can arise over such issues as lighting, fencing, drainage culverts and maintenance of roads at crossings. An important factor in crossing and trespassing accidents is that they involve and are usually caused by third parties.” The report said that new urban development, with more vehicles on the roads, as well as “the increasing length, frequency and tonnage of trains, the potential for serious grade crossing accidents is growing.”

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The father of Rehtaeh Parsons says it was disturbing for family members to see a picture of his daughter in an ad for an online dating website posted on Facebook.

Facebook photo of alleged rape victim used in dating ad HALIFAX — The use of photos of Rehtaeh Parsons in online dating ads posted on Facebook is upsetting but ultimately an inevitable reality of social media, an expert in Internet and privacy law said Wednesday. Prof. Robert Currie of Dalhousie University in Halifax said companies are increasingly using automated programs that rip photos from websites, and it was only a matter of time before the now-ubiquitous image of the 17-year-old girl wound up somewhere it shouldn’t have. “This is how technology works and it’s another example of how little control anyone has over any image once it gets out into the Internet sphere,” said Currie, director of the university’s Law and Technology Institute. “It really seems to me to be an unfortunate accident that is causing a lot of grief and heartbreak to the Parsons family and others who loved this girl and who were disturbed by this case. But it’s just the kind of thing that is going to happen.” The ads for Ionechat.com featured pictures of Parsons under the heading, “Find Love in Canada! Meet Canadian girls and women for friendship, dating or relationships.” Parsons hanged herself in April and was taken off life-support days later. Her family says her death was brought on by months of bullying following an alleged sexual assault. Her story has generated headlines around the globe, and a search of her name in Google Images generates hundreds of photos from blogs and news websites. The administrator of Ionechat.com, Anh Dung, said the photos used in the ads were a mistake and taken randomly from Google by a so-called image scraper. “I’m a foreigner, so I didn’t even know her name and the story ... so I

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University of B.C. says $250,000 pledged for antirape counselling, education VANCOUVER — A University of British Columbia undergraduate society involved in a frosh week chant glorifying the abuse of underage girls has pledged to contribute $250,000 for sexual abuse counselling and education for students. The university released a report Wednesday about the incident, saying student leaders of the Commerce Undergraduate Society will be held accountable because they did nothing to stop the offensive chant heard by most first-year business students. However, the report found no evi-

cial, he said. “She wants to have her conviction re-investigated. She doesn’t need some ruling about whether her rights were violated in the past,” he told the threemember panel. “There has to be some assurance that what happened to the photographs won’t happen again,” he added. But any talk of future losses seemed to rankle the judges, who suggested they couldn’t issue a ruling based on a possible charter violation that hadn’t yet taken place. They stressed that an earlier decision had found no violation in connection with the photos’ disappearance, and any other loss might be viewed in the same way. “We don’t decide charter cases in a vacuum,” Justice John Laskin said in the hearing. “We’ve got to have some factual underpinning to decide this.” Lawyer Robert Charney, who represents the Ministry of the Attorney General, accused Young of trying to argue a “brand new case” by raising issues that had never surfaced in the matter before. Nothing indicates any other evidence is threatened, he said, noting the photos likely vanished before the current rules on retention took effect. As it is, autopsy photos in Toronto must be preserved forever. The panel reserved its judgment Wednesday. dence that any of the student leaders involved planned or directed students to use the chant, though four of them resigned over the scandal last week. The report called the chant an “oral tradition.” The song students sang on buses going back and forth to the university from a hotel in Richmond, B.C., spelled out the word ’young’ with the lyrics, “Y is for your sister . . . U is for underage, N is for no consent.” Robert Helsley, dean at the Sauder School of Business, said he will ensure such inappropriate events never happen again so all students can feel safe and welcome. The entire UBC community must embark on complete and lasting change that will make such chants unacceptable, said university president Stephen Toope. “We all need to be involved — those who made serious mistakes and misjudgments, and those who didn’t,” he said in a statement.

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Evidence points Clashes break out at anti-fascist to chemical protests in Greece after stabbing attack by Syrian military BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRAJECTORY OF SARIN ROCKETS KEY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The trajectory of the rockets that delivered the nerve agent sarin in last month’s deadly attack is among the key evidence linking elite Syrian troops based in the mountains overlooking Damascus to the strike that killed hundreds of people, diplomats and human rights officials said Wednesday. The Aug. 21 attack precipitated the crisis over Syria’s chemical weapons. The U.S. threatened a military strike against Syria, which led to a plan negotiated by Moscow and Washington under which the regime of President Bashar Assad is to abandon its chemical weapons stockpile. A UN report released Monday confirmed that chemical weapons were used in the attack but did not ascribe blame. The United States, Britain and France cited evidence in the report to declare Assad’s government responsible. Russia called the report “one-sided” and says it has “serious reason to suggest that this was a provocation” by the rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria’s civil war. The report, however, provided data that suggested the chemical-loaded rockets that hit two Damascus suburbs were fired from the northwest, indicating they came from nearby mountains where the Syrian military is known to have major bases. Mount Qassioun, which overlooks Damascus, is home to one of Assad’s three residences and is widely used by elite forces to shell suburbs of the capital. The powerful Republican Guard and army’s Fourth Division, headed by Assad’s younger brother, Maher, has bases there. A senior UN diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because some of this material was from private meetings, said: “It was 100 per cent clear that the regime used chemical weapons.” The diplomat cited five key details, including the scale of the attack, the quality of the sarin, the type of rockets, the warheads used and the rockets’ trajectory. A Human Rights Watch report also said the presumed flight path of the rockets cited by the UN inspectors’ report led back to a Republican Guard base in Mount Qassioun. “Connecting the dots provided by these numbers allows us to see for ourselves where the rockets were likely launched from and who was responsible,” said Josh Lyons, a satellite imagery analyst for the New York-based group. But, he added, the evidence was “not conclusive.” The HRW report matched what several experts concluded after reading the UN report. The UN inspectors were not instructed to assess which side was responsible for the attack. “While the UN stuck within its mandate, it has provided enough data to provide an overwhelming case that this had to be government-sponsored,” said Anthony Cordesman, national security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The inspectors described the rockets used to disperse the sarin as a variant of an M14 artillery rocket, with either an original or an improvised warhead, which the rebels are not known to have. There is no conceivable way to prove the rebels could not have gotten them, Cordesman said, but he added that the modification of the rockets pointed to the regime. The UN diplomat in New York pointed to citations in the UN report and a private briefing to the UN Security Council by chief inspector Ake Sellstrom that reveal the scale of the attack: the seven rockets examined had a total payload of about 350 litres of sarin, including sophisticated stabilizing elements that match those known to be in the Syrian stockpile. This makes it “virtually impossible” that it came from any source other than the Syrian government, the diplomat said, adding that there were likely other rockets used that the inspectors couldn’t get to. The diplomat added that the trajectory points directly at known Syrian military bases. “There isn’t a shred of evidence in the other direction,” he said. Syrian legislator Issam Khalil denied the Human Rights Watch report. “These rockets were fired by terrorists in order to draw a military act against Syria,” Khalil told The Associated Press in Damascus.

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(sweet vetch), a pea-like plant whose roots are full of starch early in the spring. These plants are one of the few reliably available, high-energy foods that bears dine upon after coming out of hibernation. Spring grizzly bear scat is very distinctive, full of spaghettilooking undigested Hedysarum root fibres. For more stories about interesting wildlife encounters, the Red Deer Riv-

er Naturalists are hosting Dr. Jerry Haigh for an entertaining presentation called Of Moose and Men at its annual fall social on Friday, Sept. 27. Tickets are only $10. Visit www.rdrn.ca for details. Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She can be reached at mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca.

We keep a garter snake or two over the summer in our large terrarium at Ellis Bird Farm. This summer we had “Shaunita,” a plains garter snake. One afternoon near the end of August, when we gently took out Shaunita to show it to a group of children, we noticed that it had just commenced the shedding process. How amazing to see the exuded face skin, including an eye cap. Snakes peel out of their old skin as we would peel off a stocking; the discarded remains are inside out. Shedding occurs as the snake grows, with young snakes shedding more frequently than mature individuals.

While photographing the red-necked grebes at Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary this summer, I was intrigued to see one of the adults offer a feather to its newly fledged young. Feathers, which are often the first food item that grebes feed their nestlings, form a plug in the pyloric pocket of the stomach, thus filtering material passing to the intestine. The plug may also keep fish bones in the stomach long enough to be digested.

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Climate, readers intemperate As the leaves turn, which, in Alberta, probreaders seem to be in ably does not include oil ugly moods, perhaps a and gas destruction. symptom of what I have More readers now always called our in- than I can ever recall are temperate either flat-out climate: too claiming they much cold are fleeing and wet for Alberta, or too long in considering April, May, their options. June and most Ron Gietz of July, folof Pincher lowed by too Creek says “I much too-hot do find myself and too-dry pining for the for who knows good old days how long. prior to … yaMajor conhoos on ATVs cerns are: oilfield acuncontrolled cess roads in BOB headwaters every direcSCAMMELL clear cutting tion, posted and its conland, chronic tribution to wasting disserious flooding; “frack- ease, urban sprawl…. I ing,” and its removal of still see much of what I fresh water forever out used to treasure when I of the water cycle, lacing travel the back roads of it with dangerous chemi- Montana, Wyoming, and cals and pumping it just Idaho….Alberta for me far enough underground, has become a little too the companies claim, prosperous and urbane.” that it will never poison Less often, now, I wells, springs, etc.; the am hearing rueful comnew watered down wet- ment such as this, re: my lands policy, and pipe- “fracking” column, from lines. reader Perry Miller of The $455,000 review Innisfail: “I love nature, that our government sat plants, bugs, and birds, on for eight months con- etc., but I also like my cluding that our pipeline creature comforts, due, laws are the best in the in no small part, to oil nation outrages everyone and gas. Could they be and raises hopes that an made to extract their auditor-general’s inves- water from the Dickson tigation will get to the Dam? We seem to have real issues around how an abundance there those laws are complied these days.” with and enforced, parAfter worrying about ticularly with regard to family, friends, and acwater crossings. quaintances stricken by In that latter regard, horrendous June floods an angler reports see- in places as close to ing, two months after the home as Calgary, High big flood, a 14-inch sour River and Canmore, gas pipeline exposed, suddenly, in Septemwith chunks torn out of ber, I am concerned its protective coating, on about two friends and the bottom of the Living- colleagues in remote stone River right at the and remoter corners mouth of Beaver Creek. of Colorado hit by torThen, on Aug.25, an- rential fall rains, floods other reader advises, and mudslides. Plains Midstream felt In 1999 I fished in obliged to respond, “out our west country and of concern for public became friends with resafety, to ‘a report’ of an nowned fly fishing writestimated 25 m segment ers A.K Best and John of a retired section of Gierach. Many Alberpipeline being exposed tans faithfully follow on the southern shore them both in their colof Gleniffer Reservoir, umns in Fly Rod & Reel across from Dickson magazine and in their Dam.” many books. The new wetlands polJohn lived in Lyons, icy, eight years in gesta- Colorado, just across the tion, removes the former street from his beloved “no net loss” principle, St. Vrain Creek, which and is regarded as yet has been so high that another government sell- the whole town has been out to big energy. evacuated. In Alberta, it is only Later, John moved to private conservation higher ground, up a canorganizations that con- yon, I understand, which serve-preserve anything, may have been above and readers note, cau- flood, but which would tiously, that, as our gov- probably be at risk of ernment does little to mud slides. protect precious wetA.K. lives in Boulder, lands, the Nature Con- and emails me that his servancy of Canada has house has suffered some recently reached agree- damage in the basement, ment with the Waldron that Lyons has been cut Ranch whereby 12,357 off from the world, that hectares of native grass- he has tried in vain to land will be protected contact John, but “hears” from “development,” that he has been evacu-

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Above: As the leaves turn. Second from top: Even small wetlands are priceless assets. Third from top: Readers concerned we are hauling away our headwaters. Bottom right: John Gierach fishing a gentle North Raven River in June of 1999. Bottom left: A spent Kokanee on the rocks.

ated. A.K supplied the title to one of Gierach’s pieces in his book, Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing: “I’d Fish Anyone’s St. Vrain.” Now nobody will fish it any time soon, which is what really bothers some internet idiots I encountered while trying to find news of John Gierach, one of whom whined that this would have to happen just when the fishing is best up there. While on the subjects of creature comforts and idiots.... For my maybe half dozen yearly mass market domestic beers, my choice would be Kokanee, generally, their Gold in particular. Now the most frequent and far ranging — in Alberta — fly fisherman I

know shakes my taste by emailing a picture with this caption: “Spent kokanee on the rocks, still #1 for beverage containers I find along creeks.” Do I really have even

a taste kinship with idiotic scumbags who so disrespect our rivers and streams that they can’t even carry out empty what they carried in full?

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

Important to prepare plants properly in fall It is fall, time to split and move It also makes the soil easier to work plants but before one does that they with. When organic matter is added to have to know where to place them. sandy soil it retains more moisture and Start by finding out what the plant provides nutrients. requires to thrive not just survive; soil Moisture is needed for plants to type, moisture and sunlight. thrive but too much moisMost plants do best in a ture can cause plants to rot. soft soil; one that allows the It is best to place plants roots to grow freely to gathwith the same water reer moisture and nutrients. quirements in the same loIt is important that when cation. It simplifies watera new bed is being created, ing. that existing soil is incorpoIf there are contours in rated into the new soil. the yard, water loving plants If the two layers are not go at the bottom where wamixed together it can creter gathers while plants that ate a barrier for water and l need less moisture would organisms that live in the be placed on higher ground. soil. There are a few perenA thin layer of compost nials that will thrive in full can be placed on top of the sun or full shade but most LINDA soil but any amount more have preferences. TOMLINSON than ½ inch (1 cm) should Plants that are placed be worked in. with too little or too much The ideal soil is a black sunlight can survive but loam but that is not always available. they rarely look healthy. Adding organic matter to clay helps It is best to do some research in the soil structure adding air pockets books or on the internet to find out the allowing the water to drain. amount of sunlight the plant requires

GARDENING

and place the plant accordingly. As the garden grows, the amount of sunlight within a garden can change. Be aware of this and move plants when needed. Once the ground is prepared it is time to plan where the plants are placed, by their needs and in relation to their height, size and blooming time. Perennial beds lend themselves to the Cottage style garden where plants intermingle with each other. Perennials come in various heights making them hard to classify. At best they can be divided into short, medium and tall. Taller plants are always ant the back of the bed as it stops the eye from continuing onwards. Medium and short plants tend to intermingle. The only time the arrangement is considered poor, is if it is impossible to see the plant that is blooming. Staggered bloom times mean that plants heights can be staggered adding contour interest to the garden. An example would be to plant Daffodils at the back of the bed.

These bulbs come up first thing in the spring and provide color for about a month. Their foliage lasts well into July and by that time is not an asset to the garden. By the time the daffodil’s the foliage turns brown, other perennial plants have become larger blocking it from view. Small late blooming plants must be planted at the front of the garden or their flowers will not be seen through the foliage. Taking time to plan plant placement to insure the plant looks is best helps eliminate the need to move plants later. Evaluate every fall to see if plants need to be moved or replaced. When the weather is warm, take time to make changes needed to insure all plants are in the best position possible. Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com

HEALTH

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2013

You’re not as important as you who push the 8-hour work day into think you are, some would say. middle age. Attachment to one’s occupation, Sitting all day at a desk or in volunteer opportunities, or entre- front of a computer all day can preneurial endeavors may seem lead to higher risks of chronic dislike a noble deed — a eases such as diabetes pursuit of a purpose or and nonalcoholic fatty fulfilling a great need liver disease according in society, or just beto a study from the Uniing a “hard worker”, versity of Missouri. a helper, a giver; but Risk of incurring when it comes to a cardiovascular issues point where you are jumps almost 60% for working extended people who work over hours, not taking time 10 hours per day acto care for yourself incording to a 2010 study cluding having time to done by the European prepare food or spend Society of Cardiology. time with loved ones, And the stress can lead KRISTIN or just your self it may to anxiety, and loss of FRASER just be time for some touch with who you reself reflection on a bigally are. ger scale — or even corDr. Barbara Killrective action to avoid inger, Ph.D. clinical the long term health psychologist specialeffects of a not so susizing in workaholism tainable lifestyle you may be at- looks at the inner dynamics of tempting to lead. workaholism as somewhat a state Working too many hours can of self-absorbed narcissism. put you in the category of more As much purpose driven as it than doubling the risk of depres- may seem it can be very ego drivsion, according to a study in the en – looking for a feeling of self journal PLoS ONE. worth. But avoiding depression is just Workoholics are at serious one reason to pull on the working risk to suffer from debilitating reigns. depression as mentioned above The American Journal of Epi- and severe panic attacks and Dr. demiology published a study in Killinger says it is typically de2009 showing risks of dementia rived from fear: fear of failure, and/or mental decline for people boredom, laziness, or even more

SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

important – fear of self-discovery. Self-discovery in a sense of opening up to the other side of oneself: self-doubt. They don’t want to be vulnerable and become acquainted with their sabotaging shadow side of their character so look towards perfectionism according to Dr. Killinger. To balance all the work in your life, it’s important you take “Nonnegotiable Self Time” — time to prepare food and eat properly while avoiding stimulants and sugar, exercising and spending some time in nature and adding in some meditation or yoga. A meaningful life is never the end result. Practicing your non-negotiable self time can help your life flow much more smoothly and allow you to enjoy the journey —and ultimately get more accomplished in all areas. Sources: http://www.psychologytoday.com/ blog/the-workaholics/201204/theworkaholic-breakdown-syndromesix-fears http://www.huffingtonpost. com/2012/0½8/overtime-work-hurtshealth_n_1237941.html 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.

Naturopathic medicine can play major part in prevention of cardiovascular disease: study Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death in Canada. A recent study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed just how well Naturopathic Doctors can help reduce cardiovascular risk. This study is the largest randomized clinical trial ever published on naturopathic medicine, and confirms the significant role that it should play in our health care system. The researchers found that workers who received care from a licensed naturopathic doctor (ND) in addition to typical care with their mediSHANE cal doctor (MD), lost weight JOHNSON and lowered their blood pressure, compared with a group NATUROPATHIC of workers who received only MEDICINE MD care. Do you know of anyone who has had a heart attack or stroke? How about anyone with high cholesterol? Are you a business owner looking to improve employee health and have less health costs? Cardiovascular disease can be partially preventable through dietary and lifestyle-based interventions. However, few individuals who are at-risk actually receive intensive dietary and lifestyle counseling. This is where naturopathic medicine shines. In the study, Canadian postal workers aged 25 – 65 years old from Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton,

who were at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, were invited to participate. Participants in one group received care by a medical doctor. The other group received care by both a medical doctor and a naturopathic doctor. After one year, the naturopathic care group was 17% less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, a marker for heart disease that is determined by factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity. The naturopathic group also had a reduced 10-year cardiovascular risk compared with participants who only received care by their MD. Cardiovascular disease is just one of the many areas that naturopathic doctors attain significant results. I am excited to see more and more studies come out in the future demonstrating the effectiveness of naturopathic medicine in other areas of health care, above and beyond cardiovascular disease. Most employer health insurance covers naturopathic medicine. There is no excuse to not take control of your health now. Use a research proven form of healthcare and seek out a naturopathic doctor today. 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 the prestigious 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.

Survey finds one in 10 had mental or substance abuse problems in 2012 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS One in 10 Canadians reported symptoms consistent with several mental health or substance use disorders in the previous 12 months, a new report from Statistics Canada says. And one in three people met the criteria for one or more of the disorders at some point in their life, the report reveals. The six disorders measured by the survey were: major depressive episode, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and abuse of or dependence

on alcohol, cannabis or other drugs. The data, drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey, found that 4.4 per cent of Canadians 15 and older met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder in the 12 months prior to the survey. And 3.2 per cent of the population had a profile consistent with alcohol abuse or dependence in the 12 months before the survey was taken. Over the course of a lifetime, six million or 21.6 per cent of Canadians met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder.

The survey is the first to capture a national rate of cannabis abuse or dependence, putting that at 6.8 per cent over a lifetime. The portion of Canadians who reported abuse or dependence of other drugs in their lifetime was four per cent. The survey found that symptoms consistent with a mood disorder were cited by 5.4 per cent of Canadians aged 15 and older, with a major depressive episode being the most common problem. Women were more likely to report depression and men were more likely to report substance abuse, the survey showed.

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Don’t let debt ruin your health As of August 2013, the average North American’s credit-card debt totaled $15,263; mortgage debt averaged $147,591; and student loan debt hit $31,646. And many households have all three! No wonder you report that you’re more stressed than you were 10 years ago. Twenty percent of you now say you live with extreme stress daily, and we think the real number is even higher than that. It’s not news that financial woes fuel tension, sleepless nights, relationship problems and depression. But a new report reveals that debt is also linked with higher diastolic blood pressure — that’s the second number in a blood pressure reading that tells you the pressure level BETWEEN beats. We say you should aim for 115/75. High diastolic pressure signals high-bloodpressure problems. And that can double your risk for heart attack and weaker recovery post-heart-attack; triple the odds for digestive problems and ulcers; and lead to a 10 times higher chance for headaches and migraines. But you don’t have to inflict physical damage on your body because you are under financial pressure — and that’s great news, since stressrelated health problems can cost a lot in lost work time, doctor and hospital expenses (even with health insurance) and family happiness. And a great bonus: When you have less stress, you think more clearly, and solutions to many of life’s challenges, including financial ones, become more controllable. Step 1: Stay social. Counteract stress by investing in your social network, and we don’t mean digitally. Study after study shows that people with strong relationships deal better with stress, reduce their risk of heart disease, cancer, accidents and all causes of death. So make an effort to stay in touch with friends and family, organize get-togethers, plan day trips. And reach out to help others through volunteering — acts of generosity and altruism are good for the heart and the spirit (not to mention the brain!). Step 2: Make your health a priority. Financial stress doubles the chances that you’ll skimp on prescription drugs, medical tests and doctor visits.

Ask your doc about lower-cost ways to get the care you need. You’ll find free tips at sharecare.com and doctoroz.com to keep your health and weight on track! Step 3: Face facts. Avoiding tough situations or difficult decisions doesn’t make the stress they evoke go away — it amplifies it in the long run! So, identify at least one debt you’d like to stop stressing about, grab the most recent bill and do a little math. Determine what you can do to chip away at it more effectively. And then tell one friend or family member what you’re doing. In one study, half of the people who tried this approach were able to stay on track. Step 4: Eat out less often. It’s great for your budget, your waistline and your health! And clearly, if you stay healthy you’ll have less stress, because you won’t be worrying about illnesses AND you’ll feel more in control of your future (a feeling that chronic debt can steal from you). Step 5: Don’t use shopping as stress relief. Lots of you may hit the mall or outlets when you’re feeling down. But that’s a recipe for overspending! Dancing with your honey and friends in your living room to your favorite oldies is free. Reading aloud with your spouse or kids is fun and relaxing, and how about a family board-game night? Step 6: Adopt stressbusting habits. Financial stress increases your risk for obesity by 20 percent and ups the odds for smoking and excess alcohol use. Dodge those risks with exercise, meditation, breathing exercises, hobbies and making time for fun. They all can reduce levels of stress hormones and dial back anxiety. If your thoughts keep circling around to your bank balance or the latest unopened bills, try writing down your worries. Sometimes they don’t look so large when you get them down on paper, where you can evaluate them and make an action plan. Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit www.sharecare.com.

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Francophone Canadians slower than anglophones in adopting new tech: report BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Francophone Canadians tend to lag their anglophone counterparts when it comes to adopting new technologies, according to research by the Media Technology Monitor. It’s a trend that researchers have observed for years and it was evident again after polling thousands of Canadians this spring, said director of research and analysis Mark Allen. “Certainly in terms of technology adoption the rule of thumb is francophones tend to lag a little bit. I don’t think it’s a cultural thing, I think it’s because they’re in a different language and they often get service later than others,” says Allen. “It’s harder for francophones to adopt technology because they can buy the technology but they don’t have the services to go along with it.” MTM surveyed 2,000 anglophones and 2,000 francophones by phone in March and April and compared how respondents said they used technology in their day-to-day lives. The results are considered accurate within 2.2 percentage points 19 times out of 20. About 34 per cent of the anglophone respondents said they had a tablet, versus just 20 per cent of the francophones polled. While 19 per cent of anglophones said they owned an ebook reader, just four per cent of francophones had one. Ann-Louise Davidson, an associate professor in educational technology with Concordia University, said she wasn’t surprised by the lower tech usage among francophones, which she attributed to more than one factor. “You can’t just point to one single cause, there’s a systemic amount of reasons that can explain the variation,” said Davidson, citing

lower incomes in Quebec and difficulties in accessing French-language content. “Quebec is not the richest province, so you would automatically see that depending on people’s salary, if there’s a million people working at minimum wage or less, you’re obviously not going to get a massive amount of the population that owns tablets and smartphones,” she said. “It’s something I’ve noticed in less wealthy areas of Montreal. When you walk in a cafe you’ll see people with a lot of cheaper computers or older phones and when you walk into the more wealthy areas you’ll find people with Apple products and sometimes they’ll have a (MacBook) there and an iPad and an iPhone.” While Netflix has become very popular in Canada, only five per cent of francophones said they were subscribers, versus 25 per cent of anglophones. It’s not a surprising finding given there’s far more English content available to stream on the service. Watching TV on a smartphone is still a rarity among all Canadians but anglophones were almost twice as likely to be streaming content on the go. About nine per cent of anglophones reported watching TV on their mobiles versus five per cent of francophones. The abundance of high-quality English web content simply isn’t available for francophones, Davidson said, adding french-speakers struggle to find everything from entertainment content to educational resources. Francophones risk being left behind in the digital revolution if they insist on relying solely on sometimes inferior French resources, she said. “If you think about it, the Internet is English. Applications are in English, the web is English,” she said.

Distillery powered by the sun BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PURCELLVILLE, Va. — The hooch is still potent — what’s new is how the still is powered. The first distillery since Prohibition in Loudoun County has installed a large solar array on the roof of its historic home on Main Street in Purcellville. “We’re wrapping up installing a 41-kilowatt-hour system that will offset 85 per cent of our electrical usage here at the distillery,” says Scott Harris, owner of Catoctin Creek Distillery. “That’s about the equivalent of five households of electricity generated.” Bought in 2012, Catoctin Distillery produces rye whisky and gin from organic sources, brandy from Virginia wines, and seasonal brandy. The facility, in the Case Building, which was erected in 1921, has a gently sloping roof with southern exposure. Harris says the system, installed by Prospect Solar of Sterling, generates 41,000 watts of power every hour. “It sees the sun most parts of the day. “This huge array of solar cells that fills this 6,000 square feet of roof will start to collect that energy and feed it into our building,” says Harris. Harris says his business won’t be the sole beneficiary of the energy collected by the

solar panels. “Anything that we’re not using on a down day, or on a particularly sunny day, will actually be fed into the grid for public use,” says Harris. Outfitting the new technology for the mostly brick building that was originally a Buick dealership and later a furniture factory, did pose challenges. “We had to make sure the wooden frame roof was sound,” says Harris. “Some of the struts and rafters were not up to code for the weight of the new system on the roof, so we had to replace those with some steel I-beams.” Prior to the Civil War, Purcellville was linked by railroad to Alexandria and points east. “Because it’s in an historic district, we had to be aware and respectful of the national historical codes for preservations,” says Harris. Harris says the method of producing the spirits is largely the same as it was when Prohibition was repealed in 1933. “A still is basically a big boiler. You can heat it with propane, with wood, or electricity. Ours are heated with steam and electricity,” says Harris. Now, the still will be a bit more environmentally friendly, says Harris. Information from: WTOP-FM, http://www.wtop.com

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TORONTO — It’s been a trying season for Ryan Nelsen so you can forgive the rookie Toronto FC manager if he opts for a glass of wine after work. The 35-year-old Nelsen, a former New Zealand international soccer player, knows his grapes. He has his own line of wine back home. Mention his wine and Nelsen’s face creases into a smile, before he launches into a plug for RN Wines’ Pinot Noir. Apparently the critics agree. “Quite a lovely aromatic nose with bright cherry and light thyme and spice notes,” said New Zealand’s Independent Wine Monthly. “Aromas of plums and strawberries with a hint of spice, attractive red fruits, a finely structured backbone and a lively, textural, long finish with a lingering aftertaste,” enthused the Otago Daily Times. RN Wines also offers a Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. “Ryan Nelsen’s hugely successful football career has given him the honour of representing New Zealand on the world stage,” according to his wine website. “With a passion for his home country and a love of wine, he has partnered with wine industry legend, Jeff Poole to craft fine New Zealand wines for the world.” The website says Nelsen’s love for wine was encouraged by his sister, a vigneron in Australia. The wines are not yet available in Canada yet — Nelsen says taxes and duties are an obstacle. Nelsen’s wine label brings in elements of his family crest with a shield said to represent leadership and defence — “Ryan’s key roles in his footballing career,” according to the winery website. The former New Zealand captain is donating $1 from each bottle to New Zealand’s Football Foundation. Asked earlier this season if he missed playing, Nelsen said no. The body was getting creaky and he enjoyed having a guilt-free glass of wine at night, he explained. Nelsen joins fellow athletes Mario Andretti, Drew Bledsoe, Valeri Bure, Ernie Els, Nick Faldo, Jeff Gordon, Wayne Gretzky, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and Mike Weir in having his own wine line.

SPORTS

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2013

Yankees rally to down Jays HAPP’S SOLID START BLOWN BY BULLPEN, RIVERA GETS 44TH SAVE FOR YANKEES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Yankees 4 Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — J.A. Happ is finding new success at the end of the season. The Toronto Blue Jays haven’t shared in his good fortune. Happ struck out seven over seven-plus innings of work on Wednesday, staking Toronto to a 3-0 lead before the Blue Jays lost to the New York Yankees 4-3. The left-hander has lowered his arm slot when he throws, giving his fastball more movement and more break to his off-speed pitches. “It obviously feels a lot more than it actually is,” said Happ. “Whenever you change that up an inch or two seems like a foot. Today I felt good and for the most part maintained that slot. From a stuff standpoint it was similar but I think I had a little bit of an easier time repeating pitches and kind of using everything. It felt a little more smooth.” Happ gave up four hits, three walks and just one run but earned a no decision as New York scored three runs off the Blue Jays’ (69-82) bullpen in the eighth inning for a 4-3 lead. The victory snapped a fourgame losing streak for the Yankees (80-72), who are now 2 1-2 games out of an American League wild card spot. Toronto, meanwhile, has lost six of its last eight games. “I thought he was tremendous,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons of Happ. “He was a different guy tonight. Hopefully that’s a start. He’s got to feel good about that. “We pissed it away but he’s got to feel good about that outing.” Yankees’ starter Phil

Hughes allowed four hits, including one home run, and two runs in 3 1-3 innings and has not won since July 2. Lefthander David Huff (3-1) allowed one run in 3 2-3 innings of relief to pick up the win. Mariano Rivera — who is retiring at the end of the season — pitched 1 1-3 innings to earn his 44th save of the season and escaped a ninth-inning jam by striking out J.P. Arencibia with runners at second and third to end the game. The Blue Jays took their three-run lead into the eighth inning on the strength of home runs in the fourth inning by Colby Rasmus and Ryan Goins, the first of his major-league career. Happ was replaced by left-hander Aaron Loup after Brendan Ryan led off the eighth with a double. Curtis Granderson followed up Ryan’s hit with a single and right-hander Steve Delabar replaced Loup, immediately striking out Alex Rodriguez. Robinson Cano then singled in a run and Alfonso Soriano doubled in another run. That set the stage for former Blue Jay Vernon Wells to double in two runs and give the Yankees a 4-3 lead. “I hung a split to Cano and he got out in front and hit it pretty hard,” said Delabar. “To Soriano I thought I made a good pitch down and away and he got the head to it and I hung another pitch to Vernon.” Delabar said he was disappointed for Happ. “He pitched a great game today,” said Delabar. “We’re down there trying to give him as much support as we can. Then to come in and not get the job done it’s a slap in the face. Couldn’t feel worse.” Rivera retired Brett Lawrie on a grounder to end the bot-

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins turns a double play over New York Yankees’ Vernon Wells during the fourth inning of MLB action in Toronto, Wednesday. tom of the eighth after Rajai Davis singled against David Robertson and stole second. Adam Lind led off the ninth against Rivera with a single and Kevin Pillar pinch ran for him. Rasmus followed with a single to move Pillar to second. Left-handed hitter Munenori Kawasaki batted for Moises Sierra and his attempt at a sacrifice bunt resulted in a force at third. First baseman Lyle Overbay — also a former Blue Jay — got the out by playing in on Kawasaki. “That was a great play,” said Rivera who has allowed only 26 sacrifice bunts in his career, 11 by left-handed hitters.

Gibbons defended the decision to have Kawasaki bunt against Rivera and the Yankees’ defence. “He’s a pretty good bunter,” said Gibbons. “First and second we wanted to get the tying run to third base. It’s tough to get a lot of hits in a row against Rivera. Overbay is more aggressive than most of them. If you get it down the third-base line they give it to you there. It was too much in front of home plate.” New York manager Joe Girardi had faith in his team’s ability to handle a sacrifice bunt in a close game. “I felt confident about it when they put Kawasaki in to bunt, cause (Rivera’s) such a

great fielder, you figure he’d make something happen,” said Girardi. Goins moved the runners to second and third with a grounder to bring up Arencibia who struck out, extending his hitless slump to 0-for-16. “Tonight was a big game for us,” Rivera said. “Being down 3-0 in the eighth inning and coming back to score four and being able to hold it, it’s a huge game, huge. “Great to see our guys put those kind of at bats together. We were able to put some runs on the board, enough to win the game.” Toronto took a 3-0 lead with one out in the fourth on two homers.

Oilers get to Luongo early in win over Canucks NHL PRE-SEASON BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 4 Canucks 1 VANCOUVER — Jordan Eberle scored a goal and added two assists as the Edmonton Oilers downed the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Wednesday in NHL pre-season action. Eberle produced his points in the first 7:38 of the game as all of the scoring was completed in the opening period. Martin Marincin, David Perron and Jesse Joensuu also scored for the Oilers. Edmonton goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 25 of 26 shots as he played the whole game. The Oilers scored four goals in the first 12:24 on Canucks No. 1 goaltender Roberto Luongo, who struggled in his first exhibition appearance of the year. Brendan Gaunce, with his second goal in two pre-season games, scored for the Canucks. The Canucks went with several core players among the 10 NHL veterans they dressed, including Daniel and Henrik Sedin and defenceman Kevin Bieksa. Edmonton’s lineup contained 12 NHL regulars, with Taylor Hall, Nick Schultz and Ryan Smyth among them.

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Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk stops Vancouver Canucks’ Zack Kassian during the second period of a pre-season NHL game in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday. Eberle opened the scoring 4:49 into the game as he slid a wraparound in off of Luongo. Then he made the first passes as Marincini and Perron scored on similar long shots 31 seconds apart to put the Oilers up 3-0 before the game

was eight minutes old. Joensuu scored Edmonton’s final goal of the first period on a rebound after Luongo stretched across his crease to make a sensational save on Mark Arcobello’s one-timer.

Gaunce put the Canucks on the scoreboard just 42 seconds later as he shovelled the puck past Dubnyk, who made his second pre-season appearance. But neither team could score in an uneventful second period and a similarly quiet third. Luongo finished with 14 saves on 18 shots in two periods of work. He was replaced by Joacim Eriksson, who is vying for Vancouver’s backup job with fellow Swede Eddie Lack. Eriksson was credited with nine saves. Notes: The Canucks lost defencemen John Negrin and Patrick Mullen to injuries in the first period. Negrin was hurt when he crashed into the boards. He was favouring a leg as he skated to the bench with difficulty. ... Nail Yakupov was one of two Oilers scratched. ... Ty Rimmer dressed as the Oilers backup goaltender. The 21-year-old Edmonton native was never drafted and is seeking a contract after completing his junior eligibility with Lethbridge of the WHL last season. He showed enough at a prospects tournament in Penticton, B.C. to get a tour of duty in the pre-season. ... Vancouver top 2013 draft picks Bo Horvat (13th overall) and Hunter Shinkaruk (24th overall) dressed for their second consecutive game along with top 2012 pick Gaunce and 2011 first-round choice Nicklas Jensen. All other Canucks suited up for their first pre-season action.

Eskimos should beat Bombers in battle of bad teams Week 13 kicks off where it left off for Winnipeg when the Alouettes and Tiger-Cats visit the Mariand Edmonton with a Friday night rematch in the times in a tough sell for a city much smaller than ‘Peg. The two teams are tied for worst place in the Red Deer. The idea of a permanent CFL franchise CFL and this game will determine which team is em- in Moncton is a joke and I question whether a CFL barrassingly bad in 2013. team would even survive in Halifax. Think Quebec That honour will go to the Blue BombCity in the next expansion and think Ticat ers because this 2013 Bomber team desvictory in this game. perately needs its plug pulled in what The ‘Cats blew a game in Calgary, could be called a football team mercy killlargely because their field goal kicker Luing. Nobody expected too much from the ka Congi missed everything but the flight Bombers in 2013, but another victory by home to Ontario. Football is a what-havethem would have to be investigated by the you-done-for-me-lately kind of job and Vatican as worthy of miracle status. Congi has not done much lately, but ‘Cat The Eskimos have their mojo working a field goals will not matter in this game little bit after last weekend’s victory over because Hamilton quarterback Henry the Bombers and should easily win in Burris will light up Montreal in Moncton. Winnipeg. Sure it constitutes little more Calgary hosts Toronto in the Missing than a moral victory for the Eskies, but Fans Bowl late Saturday afternoon. Last Edmonton will edge closer to mediocrity Friday was a beautiful balmy night in CalJIM with the win and that is an improvement gary with a very good Stamp team hosting for this sad sack team. the ‘Cats in a half-full McMahon Stadium. SUTHERLAND Times have gotten tough for the EskiIt looks as though even the fair-weather mos since the glorious pre-salary cap days fans have jumped ship in Calgary, both in when they simply wrote bigger cheques a literal and figurative sense. I can only than the rest of the teams while the Eskies assume the Flames had a skate-sharpenheld onto their and other teams’ stars. That was the ing seminar before a packed house in Calgary last real “Eskimo Way” and it tilted the playing field in Friday night. their favor for decades. Calgary sports fans are a complete embarrassMoncton hosts another CFL game on Saturday ment when they fail to sell out a measly nine home

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games for a home team with many decades of sports history in the city. The Calgary fans hate Rider fans, but at least they help the Stamps get their only sellouts of the season. For shame Calgary, for shame; you have an incredible team that doesn’t need a map to the playoffs and you don’t care. The Stamps will win another one in front of close friends and family against the Argonauts on Saturday. Last but certainly not least is the first clash of the 2013 season between the BC Lions and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina. The Lions have lost quarterback Travis Lulay for the foreseeable future and will rely upon backup Thomas DeMarco and possibly even Buck Pierce to win the game. The Lions recently welcomed back ex-NFL defensive end Chris Wilson to the pride and he will be a factor in the game. BC has turned up the heat on defence and I expect beleaguered Rider quarterback Darian Durant to dial down his game even more against the Lions. Durant is a journeyman quarterback wrapped in an inexplicable superstar designation by many unrealistic Rider fans and delusional media hype. Much blame has been thrown at Rider coaches, receivers and O-line for Durant’s swan dive over the years and little blame has been tossed Durant’s way. He is a streaky, inconsistent quarterback who will never completely understand the position. Look for a Lion victory on Sunday afternoon.

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SCOREBOARD Hockey Montreal

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Florida 3 2 0 1 5 Ottawa 2 2 0 0 4 Boston 2 2 0 0 4 Buffalo 2 2 0 0 4 Toronto 2 1 0 1 3 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0 2 Detroit 2 1 1 0 2

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 5 3 2 0 6 19 17 Edmonton 4 2 1 1 5 14 12 Phoenix 3 2 1 0 4 11 9 Anaheim 3 2 1 0 4 8 9 San Jose 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 Los Angeles 3 1 2 0 2 9 9 Vancouver 2 0 2 0 0 3 7 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Columbus 4 3 1 0 6 Washington 3 2 0 1 5 Philadelphia 4 1 2 1 3 New Jersey 1 1 0 0 2 N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 0 2 Pittsburgh 2 0 1 1 1 Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 N.Y. Islanders 2 0 2 0 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 2 1 0 1 3 St. Louis 2 1 0 1 3 Winnipeg 3 1 1 1 3 Chicago 1 1 0 0 2 Nashville 2 0 1 1 1 Colorado 1 0 1 0 0 Minnesota 1 0 1 0 0

GF 11 7 9 8 6 4 4

GA 8 3 5 5 6 3 3

7 GF 14 10 11 2 4 5 4 5

GF 8 9 7 2 5 1 1

11 GA 12 9 13 1 4 9 5 9

GA 8 9 9 0 9 2 3

Tuesday’s Games Boston 3, Washington 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2 Buffalo 3, Columbus (ss) 1 Chicago 2, Detroit 0 Winnipeg 3, Edmonton 2 Columbus (ss) 3, Minnesota 1 Calgary (ss) 5, N.Y. Islanders (ss) 3 Calgary (ss) 4, N.Y. Islanders (ss) 2 Los Angeles 6, Anaheim 0 Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, St. Louis 3, SO Dallas 3, Florida 2, SO Columbus 5, Carolina 4 Anaheim 2, Colorado 1 Edmonton 4, Vancouver 1

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston

GB — 8 10 11 1/2 22 GB — 6 8 22 1/2 28 GB — 6 1/2 15 22 37 1/2

90 81 71 68 56

St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

62 71 81 83 96

.592 .533 .467 .450 .368

— 9 19 21 1/2 34

Central Division W L Pct 89 63 .586 87 65 .572 86 66 .566 68 83 .450 63 89 .414

GB — 2 3 20 1/2 26

West Division W L Pct 87 64 .576 76 74 .507 71 80 .470 70 82 .461 69 84 .451

GB — 10 1/2 16 17 1/2 19

Tuesday’s Games Washington 6, Atlanta 5, 1st game Washington 4, Atlanta 0, 2nd game Philadelphia 6, Miami 4 San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 10, Houston 0 St. Louis 11, Colorado 4 L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 5, Washington 2 Miami 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 5, San Francisco 4 Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 0 Cincinnati at Houston, late St. Louis 4, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, late

Tuesday’s Games Toronto 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Detroit 6, Seattle 2 Baltimore 3, Boston 2 Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 10, Houston 0 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 3 Oakland 2, L.A. Angels 1 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3 L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 4, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3 Seattle 8, Detroit 0 Baltimore 5, Boston 3, 12 innings Tampa Bay 4, Texas 3, 12 innings Kansas City 7, Cleveland 2 Cincinnati at Houston, late Thursday’s Games Seattle (Paxton 2-0) at Detroit (Fister 12-9), 11:08 a.m. Houston (Keuchel 6-9) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 12-9), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-11) at Toronto (Redmond 3-2), 5:07 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 16-6) at Boston (Lackey 9-12), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Darvish 12-9) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 153), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Correia 9-12) at Oakland (Straily 10-7), 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Detroit at Boston, 5 p.m. Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Friday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 5 p.m. Montreal vs. Carolina at Quebec, Quebec, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Dallas vs. Florida at San Antonio, TX, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 7 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Los Ang. 200 000 002 01 — 5 5 0 Oakland 004 000 000 00 — 4 8 1 (11 innings) Vargas, Cor.Rasmus (7), Boshers (9), J.Gutierrez (10), Frieri (11) and Iannetta; Griffin, Otero (7), Balfour (9), J.Chavez (10), Blevins (11), Neshek (11), Bre.Anderson (11) and D.Norris, Vogt. W—J.Gutierrez 1-4. L—J.Chavez 2-4. Sv—Frieri (35). HRs— Los Angeles, Trout (26), J.Hamilton (21). Oakland, Crisp (20), Cespedes (24). New York 000 000 040 — 4 9 0 Toronto 000 300 000 — 3 8 0 P.Hughes, Huff (4), D.Robertson (8), M.Rivera (8) and J.Murphy, C.Stewart; Happ, Loup (8), Delabar (8), Oliver (8), McGowan (9) and Arencibia. W—Huff 3-1. L—Delabar 5-5. Sv—M.Rivera (44). HRs— Toronto, Col.Rasmus (22), Goins (1).

Texas 020 000 000 010 — 3 7 0 Tampa Bay 000 002 000 011 — 4 10 0 (12 innings) D.Holland, Frasor (7), Scheppers (8), Cotts (9), Soria (10), Nathan (11), J.Ortiz (12) and Pierzynski; Archer, Jo.Peralta (7), McGee (8), Rodney (9), J.Wright (10), Ro.Hernandez (11), Al.Torres (11), B.Gomes (12) and J.Molina, Lobaton. W—B.Gomes 2-1. L—J.Ortiz 2-2. HRs—Tampa Bay, S.Rodriguez (5).

Thursday’s Games San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 8-7), 10:35 a.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 12-9) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-7), 11:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-2) at Milwaukee (Lohse 10-9), 12:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 3-1) at Colorado (Oswalt 0-6), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 13-10) at Arizona (Miley 1010), 1:40 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 4-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 10-7), 5:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 130 000 000 — 4 7 Chicago 000 100 200 — 3 6

Diamond, Fien (7), Burton (8), Perkins (9) and Fryer; Joh.Danks, D.Webb (8) and Phegley. W—Diamond 6-11. L—Joh.Danks 4-14. Sv—Perkins (36). HRs— Chicago, De Aza (16).

Seattle 020 001 041 — 8 8 1 Detroit 000 000 000 — 0 4 1 Iwakuma, Farquhar (9) and H.Blanco; Verlander, Coke (8), Alburquerque (8), Putkonen (9) and Avila. W—Iwakuma 13-6. L—Verlander 13-12. HRs— Seattle, Smoak (17), F.Gutierrez (8).

Friday’s Games Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Miami at Washington, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 6:10 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Houston at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 5:08 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

1 0

Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

CFL East Division GP W L T 11 7 4 0 11 5 6 0 11 4 7 0 11 2 9 0

PF 321 288 259 224

PA Pt 288 14 303 10 321 8 333 4

Calgary Saskatchewan B.C. Edmonton

West Division GP W L T 11 9 2 0 11 8 3 0 11 7 4 0 11 2 9 0

PF 346 354 301 259

PA Pt 268 18 258 16 280 14 301 4

Washington

WEEK 13 Friday’s games Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Saturday’s games Montreal vs. Hamilton, 2 p.m. (at Moncton, N.B.) Toronto at Calgary, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s games B.C. at Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.

Baseball Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2013

Football

WHL Schedule Thursday’s game Swift Current at Regina 7 p.m. Friday’s games Calgary at Edmonton 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kootenay 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Lethbridge 7 p.m. Brandon at Moose Jaw 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Saskatoon 7 p.m. Kelowna at Kamloops 8 p.m. Prince George at Portland 8 p.m. Victoria at Vancouver 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Moose Jaw at Brandon 6:30 p.m. Saskatoon at Prince Albert 7 p.m. Kootenay at Red Deer 7 p.m. Regina at Swift Current 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Medicine Hat 7:30 p.m. Prince George at Everett 8:05 p.m. Kamloops at Kelowna 8:05 p.m. Portland at Seattle 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City 8:05 p.m. Vancouver at Victoria 8:05 p.m.

American League East Division W L Pct 92 61 .601 83 68 .550 81 70 .536 80 72 .526 69 82 .457 Central Division W L Pct 88 64 .579 82 70 .539 80 72 .526 65 86 .430 60 92 .395 West Division W L Pct 89 63 .586 82 69 .543 74 78 .487 67 85 .441 51 100 .338

Baltimore 000 021 000 002 — 510 0 Boston 200 001 000 000 — 315 0 (12 innings) W.Chen, Fr.Rodriguez (6), Gausman (7), Tom. Hunter (9), McFarland (11), Ji.Johnson (12) and Wieters; Peavy, Breslow (8), Tazawa (8), Uehara (10), F.Morales (11) and D.Ross, Saltalamacchia. W— McFarland 2-1. L—F.Morales 2-2. Sv—Ji.Johnson (47). HRs—Boston, D.Ortiz (28), Napoli (23). Cleveland 002 000 000 — 2 5 1 Kan. City 300 010 03x — 7 10 1 Salazar, M.Albers (7), Rzepczynski (7), C.C.Lee (8), Hagadone (8), Carrasco (8), Rapada (8) and Y.Gomes; B.Chen, Bueno (6), Coleman (6), Collins (7), W.Smith (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—B. Chen 8-3. L—Salazar 1-3. NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 000 012 000 1 — 4 10 1 Phila. 000 030 000 0 — 3 8 1 (10 innings) Eovaldi, A.Ramos (6), M.Dunn (7), Qualls (8), B.Hand (9), Cishek (10) and Mathis; Miner, Lu.Garcia (4), E.Martin (6), De Fratus (7), Rosenberg (8), Diekman (9), C.Jimenez (10) and Ruiz. W—B.Hand 1-1. L—C.Jimenez 1-1. Sv—Cishek (31). HRs—Miami, Stanton (23), Lucas (4).

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PF 39 48 30 31

PA 31 47 36 34

New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay

W 2 1 0 0

South L T Pct 0 0 1.000 1 0 .500 2 0 .000 2 0 .000

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 2

North T Pct 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .000

PF 55 55 66 54

PA 51 49 54 65

Seattle St. Louis San Francisco Arizona

W 2 1 1 1

L 0 1 1 1

West T 0 0 0 0

PF 41 51 37 49

PA 10 55 57 48

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500

Thursday, Sep. 19 Kansas City at Philadelphia, 6:25 p.m.

Week 14 Friday, September 27 BC Lions at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Saturday, September 28 Calgary at Hamilton, 4 p.m. Toronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Sunday, September 29 Saskatchewan at Montreal, 11 a.m. National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 2 0 0 1.000 36 Miami 2 0 0 1.000 47 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 28 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45

PA 31 30 30 46

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 2

South T Pct 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .500 0 .000

PF 61 41 40 11

PA 52 41 39 47

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 1 1 0 0

L 1 1 2 2

North T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .000 .000

PF 41 41 19 16

PA 55 34 36 37

Kansas City Denver Oakland San Diego

W 2 2 1 1

L 0 0 1 1

West T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .500

PF 45 90 36 61

PA 18 50 30 61

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 1 1 0 .500 52 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 63 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 54

PA 48 60 77

Sunday, Sep. 22 San Diego at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Arizona at New Orleans, 11 a.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Houston at Baltimore, 11 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 11 a.m. Detroit at Washington, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at New England, 11 a.m. Green Bay at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Atlanta at Miami, 2:05 p.m. Indianapolis at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m. Jacksonville at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 2:25 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sep. 23 Oakland at Denver, 6:40 p.m. NFL Odds (Odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery Corp.; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Tonight Kansas City at PHILADELPHIA 3.5 50.5 Sunday Arizona at NEW ORLEANS 8.5 48.5 GREEN BAY at Cincinnati 2.5 48.5 St. Louis at DALLAS 4.5 47.5 Cleveland at MINNESOTA 5.5 40.5 San Diego at TENNESSEE 2.5 44.5 Tampa Bay at NEW ENGLAND 8.5 44.5 Detroit at WASHINGTON 1.5 49.5 NY Giants at CAROLINA 0.5 45.5 HOUSTON at Baltimore 2.5 45.5 Atlanta at MIAMI 0.5 44.5 Buffalo at NY JETS 1.5 39.5 Indianapolis at SAN FRANCISCO 10.5 46.5 Jacksonville at SEATTLE 19.5 40.5 CHICAGO at Pittsburgh 2.5 40.5 Monday Oakland at DENVER 14.5 50.5

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS—Announced Toledo (IL) manager Larry Parrish will return next season. KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Placed LHP Danny Duffy on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sept. 8 and 1B Carlos Pena on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Yordano Ventura from Omaha (PCL). Recalled 3B Irving Falu and LHP Chris Dwyer from Omaha (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS—Transferred OF Brandon Guyer to the 60-day DL. Recalled SS Tim Beckham from Durham (IL). Selected the contract of OF Freddy Guzman from Durham. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed 1B Edwin Encarnacion and LHP Brett Cecil on the 15-day DL; Encarnacion retroactive to Monday and Cecil to Friday. United League SAN ANGELO COLTS—Exercised 2014 options on LHP Demetrius Banks, C Tyler Wagner, INF Steve Rinaudo and OF Justin Reed. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Named Lindsey Hunter assistant coach. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Reduced the one-game suspension of Tampa Bay S Dashon Goldson to a $100,000 fine. Fined Tennessee S Bernard Pollard $42,000 for his hit on Houston WR Andre Johnson. CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed DE Robert Geath-

ers on injured reserve. Signed CB Curtis Marsh. Resigned S Jeromy Miles. Released LB J.K. Schaffer. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Traded RB Trent Richardson to Indianapolis for a 2014 first-round draft pick. DENVER BRONCOS—Placed OT Ryan Clady on injured reserve. Signed OT Winston Justice. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released FB Toben Opurum. Signed S Bradley McDougald to the practice squad. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Added RB Bradley Randle and OL Terriss Paliwoda to the practice roster. Released RB Shawnbrey McNeal from the practice roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Returned F Oliver Bjorkstrand to Portland (WHL), D Dillon Heatherington to Swift Current (WHL), G Oscar Dansk to Erie (OHL), F Josh Anderson to London (OHL) and F Nick Moutrey to Saginaw (OHL). DETROIT RED WINGS—Returned Fs Andreas Athanasiou and Anthony Mantha and D Marc McNulty to their junior teams. Released F Barclay Goodrow. WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Agreed to terms with F Domenic Monardo on a contract with Reading (ECHL). WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to terms with general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on a contract extension. ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS—Signed F Alex Hutchings and D Martin Lefebvre.

Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton dies at age 70 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — He was the second man to beat Muhammad Ali, breaking Ali’s jaw and sending him to the hospital in their 1973 heavyweight fight. Ken Norton frustrated Ali three times in all, including their final bout at Yankee Stadium where he was sure he had beaten him once again. Norton, who died Wednesday at the age of 70, lost that fight for the heavyweight title. But he was forever linked

to Ali for the 39 rounds they fought over three fights, with very little separating one man from the other in the ring. “Kenny was a good, good fighter. He beat a lot of guys,” said Ed Schuyler Jr., who covered many of Norton’s fights for The Associated Press. “He gave Ali fits because Ali let him fight coming forward instead of making him back up.” Norton is the only heavyweight champion never to win the title in the ring, and boxing fans still talk about

the bruising battle he waged with Larry Holmes for the title in 1978. But it was his first fight with Ali that made the former Marine a big name and the two fights that followed that were his real legacy. Few gave Norton, who possessed a muscular, sculpted body, much of a chance against Ali in their first meeting, held at the Sports Arena in San Diego, where Norton lived. But his awkward style and close-in pressing tactics confused Ali, who fought in pain after his jaw was broken.

“Ali tore up his ankle while training and we were going to call the fight off but didn’t,” former Ali business manager Gene Kilroy said. “Ali said it’s not going to be that tough.” It was, with Holmes breaking Ali’s jaw in the early rounds and having his way with the former champion for much of the night. The loss was even more shocking because Ali had only lost to Joe Frazier in their 1971 showdown and was campaigning for the title he would win again the next year against George Foreman in Zaire.

This Week Today

● High school football: Ponoka at Rocky Mountain House, 4:30 p.m. ● Senior high volleyball: Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● JV volleyball: Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College preseason men’s hockey: Camrose Augustana at RDC Kings, 7:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● College men’s volleyball: ACAC/Pacwest Challenge — RDC Kings vs. College of the Rockies, 8 p.m.

Friday

● College men’s volleyball: ACAC/Pacwest Challenge — Games at RDC at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Lindsay Thurber; 4, 6 and 8 p.m. (RDC vs. Capilano) at RDC. ● High school football: Wetaskiwin at Stettler, 4:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, 4:30 p.m.; Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Hunting Hills at Camrose, 7:45 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at

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Simon closing in on Cahoon’s record VETERAN SLOTBACK CLOSE TO LEAVING MARK AS MOST PROLIFIC RECEIVER IN CFL HISTORY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS All Geroy Simon wanted was the chance to play. The native of Johnstown, Pa., knew little about the CFL in 1999 when he joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a rookie free agent. Fourteen years later, Simon is close to leaving his mark as the most prolific receiver in league history. Simon, 38, already the CFL’s all-time receiving yards later, needs just six catches to eclipse Ben Cahoon’s career mark of 1,017. And the Saskatchewan Roughriders veteran slotback can break the record Sunday night against his former team, the B.C. Lions. “I didn’t know much about the CFL when I came up here, I had bounced around the NFL and felt like I wasn’t getting a fair shot,” Simon said Wednesday during a conference call. “I just wanted to go somewhere where I was going to have an opportunity to play and I know if I got a true opportunity that I would do well. “Obviously I didn’t think I’d be No. 1 in the history of a league that’s over 100 years old . . . when I first got here and looked at the record book and saw Allen Pitts (at 14,891 career yards) I just hoped to have just one 1000-yard season. I just wanted to play football no matter if it was north or south of the border, I just wanted a true opportunity to be a professional and show I can do it and at a high level.” The six-foot-two, 198-pound Simon is just one of three players in league history to accumulate over 1,000 career catches — Cahoon and Terry Vaughn are the others — and has amassed 16,128 yards and 103 TDs over his illustrious 15-year CFL career. “Ben and I have been friends for a long time,” Simon said. “He was a great player in this league and I’m honoured to have an opportunity to break a record of such a legendary player.” And if Simon scores a touchdown against B.C., he’ll strike his traditional Superman pose. “Of course,” he said. “I feel fans expect that and it’s something I’ve done throughout my career.

“It won’t change since I’m playing B.C.” Simon spent his first two CFL seasons with Winnipeg before signing with B.C. as a free agent following the 2000 campaign. Simon’s career took off with the Lions with six league all-star nominations and two Grey Cup titles (2006, ’11). Simon also captured the CFL’s outstanding player honour in ’06 after registering 105 catches for 1,856 yards and 15 TDs, all career highs. Simon was a model of consistency with B.C., registering nine straight 1,000-yard seasons. But he missed five games with hamstring injuries last year and was limited to 54 catches for 700 yards and two TDs. Once the 2012 campaign ended, Simon was open to restructuring his contract with B.C. but had said if the club didn’t want him back he’d look at playing elsewhere. Lions GM Wally Buono gave Simon and his camp permission to gauge interest in a potential trade, and on Jan. 24 the veteran was dealt to Saskatchewan for receiver Justin Harper and a 2014 third-round draft pick. An upper body injury forced Simon to miss Saskatchewan’s first three regular-season games. But when he joined the starting lineup, Simon’s role was to mentor and complement young guns Chris Getzlaf, Weston Dressler and Taj Smith while providing a veteran presence and leadership. “I think I bring a presence in the locker-room and on the sideline,” Simon said. “I think I have a voice a lot of people will listen to because of the success I’ve had in the past . . . a lot of younger players come to me for my leadership. “I give my opinion when needed and I think it’s been working out pretty well because I do it in subtle way at times that maybe people don’t understand but the message gets through.” Simon has registered just one 100-yard game this season, recording five catches for 125 yards and a TD in a 32-20 road win over Hamilton on July 27. Three times Simon has finished with five receptions in a contest, but has had two or less in the other five. On Saturday, Simon faces his former B.C. team-

mates for the first time since the trade. Simon, who turned 38 last week, had five catches for 69 yards in last weekend’s 31-29 loss to Toronto and has 23 receptions for 341 yards and three TDs this season. But Simon has nothing to prove against the Lions. “I’m excited for the week, I get to see some guys I’ve not seen in a long time,” he said. “As cliche as it sounds, I have to treat this as any other game once it gets going. “I’ll be excited and ready to go just because I’ll be playing against guys I practised against the last 10-to12 years and have the opportunity to play against and try to get a win.” There’s certainly plenty on the line as Saskatchewan (8-3) and B.C. (7-4) chase front-running Calgary (9-2) in the West Division. It’s also the first of three head-to-head meetings between the Riders — who’ve lost two straight — and Lions with that being the tiebreaker should they end the season tied in the standings. “Any time you play a divisional opponent it’s huge,” Simon said. “I know B.C. gets stronger during the year and that’s one thing we’re trying to do. “This is going to be a huge game and I’m really looking forward to it. It happens to be against my old team. I’m not worried about who the opponent is, I just want to go out and win.” Simon says he’s enjoyed playing in Regina, a football-mad city with no shortage of diehard fans who are rabid in their support of the Riders. “I wanted to play football in a place where football was king,” he said. “At times you can’t go anywhere and hide . . . but at the same time people give you your space here. “This is one of the warmest places I’ve ever been with people willing to help and just doing things for you. It has been an amazing experience to this point.” And it seems Riders fans will see a lot more of Simon. He intends on playing through the 2014 season before sitting down and determining his football future.

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Former Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson gets hit by Detroit Lions strong safety Glover Quin after a long gain in the first quarter of a preseason NFL game Aug. 15, in Cleveland. “This was more about the moment presented itself,” Banner said, “and based on the situation the Colts found themselves in, it wasn’t something where we could say, ’Can you wait three weeks to think about this or learn more?’ We thought it was a move to make us better and we had to make that decision now. We decided to move forward.” Banner said the Browns’ first conversation with Indianapolis about a deal for Richardson was Tuesday. The shocking trade — easily the biggest in Cleveland’s expansion era and one of the most significant since the Browns joined the NFL in 1950 — came on the same day Chudzinski announced third-string quarterback Brian Hoyer will start Sunday against Minnesota. Hoyer got the surprising nod over

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backup Jason Campbell to fill in for starter Brandon Weeden, who is sidelined with a sprained right thumb. The double whammy floored many Browns fans, leaving some to wonder if the team was giving up on this season. Banner denied that and said he understands the fans’ suspicions. “We have to earn their belief and trust in the decisions we’re going to make as a group,” he said. “I don’t expect them to trust that until we prove that the trust is well placed. So, I understand the skepticism for now. We have to do what we think is right, move the franchise forward and get it to where we want it to be.” Chudzinski isn’t worried about any negative backlash from his players, who had left the facility when the trade was announced.

ATLANTA — No matter what happens at the Tour Championship, Tiger Woods is assured of being No. 1 in the world and No. 1 on the PGA Tour money list. Everything else is up for grabs. Woods has five wins this year, and no one else has more than two. Even so, the parity among top players this year is illustrated by how many of them have something to play for at East Lake when the Tour Championship gets underway Thursday. And it’s more than just the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus. “Two trophies here this week, and also potentially throwing my name in a player of the year debate, which I think is quite a prestigious honour amongst the company that I play golf against,” Masters champion Adam Scott said. The two trophies are the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, and they have gone to the same player four out of seven years. Woods already is assured of winning the Arnold Palmer Award for leading the money list, which will be the 10th time in his career. He appears set to win the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average. Going into East Lake, his scoring average of 68.87 is slightly ahead of Steve Stricker (69.02).

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up at the U.S. Open and the sentimental factor of having never won player of the year. “It would be hard not to give him the vote,” Scott said of Mickelson. “Then he has three wins with a major, and Tiger has five wins, and Phil has the FedEx Cup. I think it’s a pretty strong case to say ’Phil.’ But if you feel like five wins is more impressive, you can put Tiger. I think you’ve got a strong case to argue for both.” Woods also knows this is a big week. “This tournament has a lot of value to it,” Woods said. “There are guys who have won a couple times, but they’ve had major championships in there. I’ve won five times. I think that this week has a lot to do with it. It’s up for grabs for player of the year.” Woods already has won the award 10 times. As for the 30-man field at the Tour Championship, the points have been reset so that the top five seeds only have to win the tournament to capture the cup. Everyone else has a mathematical chance.

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Wally Samson scored a pair of goals to lead the Blackfalds Wranglers to a 6-4 win over the Ponoka Stampeders in Heritage Junior B Hockey League exhibition action Tuesday. Cole Laing, Ti Anderson, Dolen Kolybaba and Curtis Rajoltle added single goals while Kyle Colonna, Braden Grant, Cody Lemon and Jacob Cota connected for Ponoka. Blackfalds outshot the Stamps 51-22.

This is one time when figuring out who wins the FedEx Cup — with a reset of points and all the projections — will be easier than predicting the player of the year. A victory would give Woods six this year, including two World Golf Championships, The Players Championship and the Tour Championship, along with the FedEx Cup. That would make it a fairly simple choice and allow players to overlook no majors when casting their votes. Scott not only has a green jacket, he won the opening playoff event at The Barclays. He could make a strong case with three wins — all against strong fields — a major and the Fed Ex Cup. Phil Mickelson has a claret jug from the British Open, where he produced one of the greatest final rounds in major championship history. He won the Phoenix Open this year after coming within a fraction of an inch of shooting 59. He could bring the same credentials as Scott if he were to win the Tour Championship, boosted by having been a runner-

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FRONT A guided night time nature walk under the full moon is slated for Kerry Wood Nature Centre today. The Harvest Moon Walk will start at 8 p.m., weather permitting. People of all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Admission is be suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. For more details, call 403-3462010.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer will join with more than 100 communities across the world to give peace a chance. Earthdance, the world’s largest music and dance event for peace, is scheduled for Saturday, coinciding with International Peace Day. Jan Underwood, Central Alberta Refugee Effort public affairs co-ordinator, said the event celebrates peace, the planet and people. “There’s a feeling of togetherness and unity,” said Underwood. “There are people all over the world who believe in peace and would love to see

it happen.” In Red Deer, the events take place from 3 to 7 p.m. at both Veterans’ Park and the Ross Street Patio. “It’s a public and community intention for peace,” said Underwood. “We’ve done this for eight years and each year there are more and more people who get involved.” The event starts with Audrey Graham, a jazz pianist, and includes a peace banner activity, community artists on the Ross Street Patio, hula hooping, kids activities, a performance by the Red Deer Aboriginal Dance Troupe and community yoga. Earthdance takes a serious turn at 4:45 p.m. when Olivia Smith sings a peace song, followed by a non-denominational prayer

at 5 p.m., one which Underwood said is designed to be inclusive. “One year we had a person who couldn’t attend the actual event, but she wanted a copy of the prayer so she could take it off into the mountains where she was going and just say it,” said Underwood. “It’s people speaking about peace together and the intention and hope is that more people celebrate this kind of thing, we can try to have a ripple effect.” After the prayer, Mayor Morris Flewwelling will give a proclamation for the international day of peace, followed by community speakers talking about peace. The rest of the event features dancing to music recorded by local artists. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

SCRABBLE FOR AFRICAN GRANDMAS Play some Scrabble at the Golden Circle in support of African grandmothers on Friday. The friendly competition will feature a heritage theme reflecting Red Deer’s centennial this year. To go along with the theme, there will be goodies such as scones and rhubarb muffins, and attendees are encouraged to wear old-fashioned clothes. Games will start at 1:30 p.m.; registration is at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will be silent auction items. All proceeds will be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s efforts supporting African grandmothers raising orphaned children. Register to play and request pledge sheets from Merla at wmwgib@ gmail.com or 403342-5670. For more information, contact Faye at bev.hughes@shaw.ca or 403-343-1881.

WORLD ALZHEIMER DAY Living well is the theme for an event marking World Alzheimer Day on Friday afternoon at Red Deer’s Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Naturopath Allison Ronda will talk about understanding wellness. Carol Foy of Studio Upstairs Yoga will talk about the benefits of relaxation on wellness. The event starts at 1 p.m. and is free but donations are welcome. For more information call the Alzheimer Society at 403342-0448.

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Changes coming for former bunker site BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Handicapped (AISH) or social services supports, the equal opportunity to write about their stories so they can be heard. Dumont said many of the vendors have gone on to other jobs after getting a start with ASN. She said it is not just about selling newspapers but meeting people. Dumont was on welfare when she began selling and writing for the papers in 1993. The experience led her to a degree in journalism and a way out of the welfare system.

A former Diefenbunker site that became a unique golf course could be reborn as a commercial site. The owner of the 22.7-acre slice of land next to Hwy 2A just east of Springbrook has applied to Red Deer County to rezone the land from commercial recreation to highway commercial. The bylaw amendment was given first reading in council on Tuesday. The site has had an interesting history. It was home to one of two fallout shelters built in the 1960s to provide a safe place for federal and provincial officials to wait out a nuclear attack. Following the closure of CFB Penhold, the two bunkers were sold as surplus assets. The government decided to re-acquire the properties in 1998 following an RCMP investigation into allegations criminals wanted to purchase the bunkers.

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Alberta Street News hits local streets BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A newspaper that focuses on social issues and life on the street is now being peddled in Red Deer. Alberta Street News expanded into Red Deer on Wednesday with a vendor recruitment drive. Linda Dumont, ASN managing editor, and John Zapantis, media relations co-ordinator, were in Red Deer to talk about the newspaper and to recruit vendors to sell the monthly paper on the streets.

Dumont said selling newspapers provide the vendors, who are often homeless, temporarily unemployed or on welfare, with an easy way to make money. “I know how much selling a street paper can mean to people who need money,” said Dumont. “What poor people need the most is not a whole lot of programs and being told what to do. What poor people need is money. If they had money, they wouldn’t be poor.” Zapantis said this gives those who are marginalized, receiving Assured Income for the Severely

Ordman taking another run at city council BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

CIVIC ELECTIONS

A construction supervisor with a background in education and real estate is the latest to declare his intentions to represent Red Deerians at the city council table. This is Ben Ordman’s second run at council. The 46-year-old first ran in 2004 but his 2,404 votes were not enough to get him elected. He has worked as a realtor in Red Deer, an education assistant focusing on special needs, Ben Ordman a suicide awareness presenter and taught a community health care program in Vancouver. Ordman is currently a supervisor at a restoration company in Red Deer.

He says his experience in both the private and public sectors sets him apart from other candidates. “I am experienced, competent and fair,” said Ordman. “I am aware of key issues and sensitive to the diverse needs of all sectors of the community.” He said his background will allow him to ask the right questions when making city decisions. Part of his mandate includes identifying how progressive the city wants to be when dealing with the provincial and federal governments, directing more investment into downtown Red Deer and looking at more residential development in older areas like Riverside Meadows. Ordman wants to look at ways to engage north Red Deer. He is also concerned about poverty, crime and safety and helping small busi-

nesses in the city. He would encourage council accreditation or professional development for specific issues. He would also like to add more public washrooms in downtown Red Deer. Ordman is a past president of Neighbourhood Watch and has served on the taxi and policing committees in Red Deer. Other council hopefuls are Jerry Anderson, Terry Balgobin, Bob Bevins, Buck Buchanan (incumbent), Matt Chapin, Serge Gingras, Calvin Goulet-Jones, Tanya Handley, Paul Harris (incumbent), David Helm, Lloyd Johnson, Ken Johnston, Tim Lasiuta, Lawrence Lee, Dan McKenna, Victor Mobley, Dawna Morey, Lynne Mulder (incumbent), Janella Spearing, Troy Wavrecan, Jonathan Wieler, Frank Wong (incumbent), Dianne Wyntjes (incumbent), Darren Young and Calvin Yzerman. Councillors Cindy Jefferies and Tara Veer and newcomers William Horn and Chad Mason are vying for mayor. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Man reserves plea The Red Deer man accused of trying to kill two police officers in Lacombe has reserved his plea to give his lawyer time to review the Crown’s evidence. Weston Kleigh Pickford, 22, was arrested by Red Deer City RCMP following up on a series of incidents that allegedly started with the assault of an RCMP officer in Red Deer, followed by a second alleged attack on municipal police in Lacombe. Red Deer City RCMP allege that the suspect assaulted a traffic enforcement officer and then drove off. Two Lacombe Police officers following up on a warrant issued in Red Deer attempted to arrest a suspect at a home in Lacombe and were struck by a vehicle as it drove off, heading toward Red Deer. An ensuing pursuit was turned over to the Red Deer City RCMP, who used a spike belt to immobilize the suspect vehicle. Now in custody at the Red Deer Remand Centre, Pickford has reserved plea on charges that include two counts of attempted murder, assaulting police officers, flight from police, dangerous driving, possession of break-in tools and breaching probation. Appearing in Red Deer provincial court by closed-circuit TV from the remand centre on Wednesday, Pickford advised Judge Gordon Deck that he has retained Edmonton lawyer Paul Moreau, who advised him to reserve his plea for two weeks. Pickford and his lawyer are due back in court on Oct. 2.

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A Red Deer River bridge northeast of Sundre badly damaged in June’s floods has been reopened. Pilings were exposed and a portion of the road surface collapsed when raging river waters buffeted the well-used bridge on Hwy 587 on June 21 and 22. Traffic was diverted to other routes north and south while the six-week repair job was underway. Alberta Transportation officials at first predicted the bridge would not be re-opened until midOctober. patient navigator program, which offers support to patients through the psychological, physical, and emotional challenges that accompany a cancer diagnosis.

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Trail ride a success In its 26th year, the Innisfail Trail Ride Against Cancer was a runaway, record-breaking success. More than $43,000 was raised at the 2013 version of the annual fundraiser. The money that will go to the Alberta Cancer Foundation in support of the Central Alberta Cancer Centre. Heldon Sept. 8, the event, hosted on the Daines Rodeo Grounds, saw more than 250 riders saddle up and travel a dozen kilometres through the Red Deer River valley. Riders came from far and wide for the day. Started over two decades ago by a group of friends in memory of loved ones lost to cancer, the ride has since raised over $125,000. Funds from this year will go specifically towards the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s patient financial assistance program — available for patients of the Central Alberta Cancer Centre to cover medication, travel and accommodation costs — and the centre’s

Red Deer County has worked out a deal to ensure the fast-growing Gasoline Alley area has adequate water supplies. Amendments to a water agreement with the City of Red Deer will provide up to 693,000 cubic metres of water annually — just over double its 2014 projected usage — to county residential, commercial and industrial ratepayers. The deal ensures long-term growth for the county won’t be limited by water issues. A 20-year agreement was signed by the county and city in 2004 to supply water to Gasoline Alley. It provided about 225,000 cubic metres last year. However, businesses in the Clearview and McKenzie industrial areas were not included in that agreement. Those businesses were fed by wells. Industrial growth in those areas is now putting a strain on available water supplies, so the county went to the city to negotiate for more water. Beginning next year, the county

plans to take its wells offline and rely entirely on city supply. The change will immediately boost the amount the city supplies to the Gasoline Alley area to 340,000 cubic metres, generating about $136,000 in additional revenue to the city through charges to customers.

Election help needed Election day workers are needed for the Oct. 21 municipal vote. The City of Red Deer is accepting applications for election workers to help with both election day and the advance polls prior to voting day. Workers are needed to help set up and take down voting stations and supervise the voting process on Oct. 21. Workers must complete online training and attend a mandatory in-person training session on either Oct. 16 or Oct. 17. Pay varies based on the position, which include presiding deputy returning officer, deputy returning officer and ballot clerk. People can apply online at www. reddeer.ca/reddeervotes or in person at the election office, in the lower level of City Hall. Applications must be submitted by Monday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, call the City

of Red Deer election office at 403-3428317.

Action Park gets boost Bowden’s proposed Action Park got a $50,000 boost from Red Deer County. Council approved a request on Tuesday from the Bowden committee behind a new park featuring a skateboard facility, outdoor rink, horseshoe pits and picnic area. A future phase may include a spray park and adult exercise equipment. The 14-member community committee told council that a $50,000 donation will allow the first phase to be completed. Construction is expected to take place this fall. The money will come from a $2.5 million municipal reserve fund. The Town of Bowden donated $5,000 and land in the 22nd Avenue Amy Gardens area worth $120,000. Bowden and District Agricultural Society and local donors provided another $30,000 and Let Them Be Kids Foundation will provide $80,000 in matching funds. Let Them Be Kids is an Ontariobased non-profit volunteer group that provides funding for playgrounds, skate and fitness parks across Canada. It has funded 160 projects in the past five years.

Big Brothers, Big Sisters to get in on centennial fun a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, with games, a barbecue and a performance by Flyin’ Bob on the docket. There will also be a short program at 1 p.m. and anniversary cake afterwards. As part of the program, an alumni pair who went through the Red Deer program and have stayed close since — the one-time mentee became the godfather of the mentor’s daughter’s child — will speak. Approximately 100 adult volunteers are involved locally, through a oneon-one mentoring program, coupleto-child mentoring program, and in-

NEWS: A way to gain skills “You’re gaining people and conversation skills,” said Dumont. “You are learning and maybe meeting people who are willing to walk with you for a while and take an interest in your lives.” Vendors pay 50 cents per copy and sell the papers by “donation.” Zapantis said they must follow a strict code of being sober and polite at all times. There are 27 vendors in Edmonton, five in Calgary and one in Morinville. Dumont said they hope some of the vendors will become writers who will focus on what’s happening in Red Deer. The goal is to have about two pages of Red Deer copy. Gary Wise, one of the first to sign up, said he is always looking for a way to make some extra cash. Wise said he hopes it leads to better things. Alberta Street News is published monthly by the Edmonton Street News Society and is a member of the North American Street News-

paper Association. This year, the society received a grant from the federal government through the Department of Canadian Heritage. For more information, visit www.albertastreetnews.org. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

BUNKERS: Course opened in 2010 In 2001, the government decided to demolish the bunkers because of security risks and the costs to maintain the bunkers. Site cleanup wasn’t fully completed until last year. The site was turned into a nine-hole golf course that opened in 2010. The course was designed around light, low-compression balls that only flew about one-third the distance of a traditional golf ball. Geared to families, the course called The Bunker @ Springbrook operated until last December. Sharon-Eve Lang, who owned it with

husband Kieran Lang, said the landowner, Bill Woof, who was also a part owner in the course, decided to go in a new direction. Lang said she is sorry to see the course go, which her husband had researched and planned for a decade. “It was a good idea. It was cheap for people to play golf, you could play with your regular clubs. You could take your kids out there. It was a real family thing.” Woof could not be reached for comment on his future plans for the area on Wednesday. A public hearing is set for Nov. 19 in Red Deer County council chambers. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

organization is running The Big Shout Out project, which encourages people to give a “shout out” to anyone who has made a difference in their life, not necessarily through Big Brothers. McCormack said she hopes more people will participate in the initiative. McCormack encouraged anyone interested in attending the Saturday celebration to register in advance, to ensure an adequate amount of food is prepared. To do so, or for more information, contact McCormack at 403-342-6500 or janessam@yvc.ca. The Red Deer club has existed for 37 years.

Inquiry to probe oil smell complaints THE CANADIAN PRESS Landowners in Alberta’s Peace River region will get a chance to tell the province’s energy industry regulator what they want to see in an inquiry into a tar-like smell they say is making them sick. The Alberta Energy Regulator is to hold a meeting Oct. 7 in Peace River to set the scope for the inquiry into concerns expressed by people in the Three Creeks and Reno areas. Several companies in the region have cold heavy oil production sites which heat oil in tanks to separate it from sand.

Residents claim the process creates a gas that escapes into the air and onto their properties, particularly during the night when cooler temperatures create an inversion. “It smells like when you’re right by a paving machine. That’s what our house smells like,” said Carmen Langer, whose family farm is next door to one of the operations. People complain of headaches, burning eyes and throats that are itchy and parched. Langer’s parents used to live on the farm but had to move because of the smell. Others have

moved out of the region, too. Langer still lives on the farm himself but said he sleeps at friends, a camper, or even a motel when the smell gets unbearable. A spokesman for the energy regulator, Bob Curran, said all of the companies have met regulatory standards. He said the inquiry is the next stage. “Given that we’re still getting complaints even though the companies are meeting requirements, this is the next logical step,” Curran said Wednesday. The date of the inquiry has not yet been determined.

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school mentoring program. In addition, last year through Hunting Hills High School, 83 teen volunteers mentored elementary kids. “We now have approximately 40 youth who are waiting to be matched, and we hope that through this event and some of the other promotion things that are going on, we hope to have more people involved in the programs and really helping serve kids,” said Janessa McCormack, volunteer resource co-ordinator with the local agency. The anniversary has also been commemorated with the issuance of a Canada Post stamp, and nationally, the

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer will be getting in on the centennial fun on Saturday, and the public is invited to join in the celebration. The Big Brother program came to Canada in 1913 after being founded in the U.S. nine years earlier. Today, some 33,000 children and youth are mentored through 123 Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across the country. Wednesday marked Big Brothers Big Sisters Day in Canada, and on Saturday, the Red Deer agency is hosting a celebration for “bigs,” “littles,” alumni, and the general public. The event will take place from 11

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Keystone worth the costs of lobbying LARGE PROJECT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ECONOMICALLY TO CANADA, SAYS OLIVER BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says the potential benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline far outweigh the costs of all the lobbying being done in favour of the mega-project. Conservative politicians have made several trips to Washington, D.C., over the past five years in an effort to calm fears, shore up support and offer rebuttal to critics of the project. “We have in play here a very large project that will make a difference economically to Canada and will gen-

erate significant revenue to governments,” Oliver said Wednesday after speaking at Google’s ThinkEnergy Summit in Calgary. “What is in play is greatly in excess of whatever time and costs we’ve incurred to advocate for it.” Oliver said until a final decision on Keystone XL is announced, it’s important to maintain a presence south of the border. He was in New York earlier this week meeting with financiers and bankers. “I think the basic facts are out. The advantages are clear. I think the environmental issues have in fact been ad-

dressed but the decision still hasn’t been made,” Oliver said. “It’s an important project, I believe, for both countries and so we intend to continue to communicate the issues to the American public and to decision-makers.” The $7 billion pipeline would carry millions of barrels a week of Alberta oilsands bitumen and crude extracted from North Dakota’s Bakken shale, to Gulf Coast refineries. The pipeline has become a flashpoint in the U.S. debate over climate change.

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Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver speaks at Google’s ThinkEnergy! Summit in Calgary on Wednesday.

LNG window may close: Prentice THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — There’s nothing more urgent right now for Canada than to get into the liquefied natural gas export game, CIBC executive and former federal Conservative cabinet minister Jim Prentice said Wednesday. “LNG growth is unfolding in real time, all around the world. The lion’s share of investment is up for grabs. “The biggest winners are far from being determined,” he said in prepared remarks to the Canada LNG Export Forum. “For Canada, nothing is more urgent right now than getting in the game.” Canada needs to “push ahead with a much greater sense of urgency,” or risk having Asian buyers seek supplies from competitors such as Australia and the United States instead, he said. A number of multibillion-dollar projects are in the works to chill natural gas from northeastern B.C. into a liquid state and ship it across the Pacific to energyhungry countries such as China, Japan and South Korea. But Prentice said there are some outstanding issues that need to be worked out, such as a royalty regime that would promote the establishment of an LNG industry and help ensure its long-term success. “We need to provide the regulatory certainty, the fiscal certainty that people require to make these multibillion-dollar investments,” Prentice said in an interview. “And if we fail to do so, these are opportunities that will languish and we won’t take advantage of them.” Other challenges include filling labour

shortages, managing environmental risks brought on by increased West Coast tanker traffic, supplying the LNG facilities with enough electricity and solving contract standoffs between buyers and sellers over the price of the gas. Canada also needs to get a handle on what degree of competition is lurking just south of the border, with some U.S. LNG projects on the drawing board. Prentice said he doubts all of the dozen or so LNG proposals currently in the works for the West Coast — some further along than others — will go ahead. “I think it is realistic to contemplate two world-scale facilities off of our West Cost in the next 10 years,” he said. During his time in government, Prentice held the portfolios of environment, industry and Indian affairs and northern development. He is now a senior executive vice-president and vice-chairman at CIBC. Earlier Wednesday, the head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce warned that Canada has a two-year window to seize the LNG opportunity. “If we do not put this infrastructure in place in Canada, if we’re not prepared to make critical decisions, we will be locked out of markets as our competitors sign long-term contracts,” said Perrin Beatty. “We can’t afford to dither.” One of the most coveted markets for Canadian natural gas is Japan, which relies heavily on LNG for its energy needs. The country is also looking at alternatives to nuclear power, more than two years after a tsunami and earthquake set off a crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi plant.

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Dianne Craig, president and CEO of Ford of Canada, receives a tour of MGM Ford Lincoln’s new dealership building from general sales manager Gord Skakun Wednesday morning. An official grand opening of the building was held later in the day.

Ford’s CEO is optimistic about future, industry DIANNE CRAIG VISITS RED DEER TO TOUR NEW DEALERSHIP BUILDING OF MGM FORD LINCOLN BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The woman at the helm of Ford Motor Company Canada is optimistic about the future of her company, and the Canadian auto industry. And Dianne Craig’s enthusiasm is supported by the numbers. Another strong month in August has pushed domestic dealers closer to an all-time sales high for the year. “We will definitely break a record in 2013,” said Craig. And Ford looks like it will retain its title as the number 1 selling vehicle in Canada for the fourth year in a row, she added. Craig was in Red Deer on

Wednesday to tour the new dealership building of MGM Ford Lincoln. A formal celebration was held later in the day, with Ford Canada vice-president of sales Al McCormick and Western Canada general manager Gerald Wood among those on hand. Craig said a number of factors are driving the strong vehicle sales, with the resurgent economy — especially in Western Canada — key among these. She also thinks the earlier recession created a pent-up demand that is now driving consumers back to showrooms. “You look at the average age of a vehicle in Canada. It’s around 11 years, and that’s quite high.” Craig credits Ford’s success to the fact it is giving Canadians

some great vehicles to choose from. “Even in the depths of the recession, particularly in the U.S., we never stopped investing in product.” Going forward, she said, her company must continue to be responsive to consumer demand — not an easy task in an evolving market. Ford is hedging its bets by devel oping a range of options: from gas-powered to hybrids to electric drives. “We still think the gas engine is going to be the primary choice for consumers,” she said, adding that demand for alternatives is likely to vary between regions.

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Fitness centre proposed for former CHCA-TV premises BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A portion of the former premises of CHCA-TV in Red Deer could soon return to use — this time as a fitness centre. City council has voted to allow such a use at the 2840 Bremner Ave. building, which is owned by Jim Pattison Developments Ltd. Council’s approval was required because the area is zoned direct control, and a fitness facility is deemed a discretionary use

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under that zoning. Michael Lee, vice-president of Jim Pattison Developments, said his company has spoken with two fitness groups about leasing a portion of the building. He expects the facilities will be available for public use. “We don’t have a tenant in place at this point in time, but we’re hoping that one or two of the parties that expressed interest before will come back to the table.” About 6,000 square feet on the west side of the main floor

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of the building would be converted into a fitness centre, he said. “It’s going to need ventilation, air-conditioning, washrooms and change rooms,” said Lee, adding that windows may be added to the west wall to increase the natural light inside. Plans also call for the creation of about 70 additional parking stalls, bringing the total for the building to just over 140. The approximately 13,000 square feet on the main floor

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of the building became vacant after Canwest Global Communications Corp. shut down CHCA-TV in August 2009. Earlier this year, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company took over about 5,000 square feet on the east side. The second floor of the building is occupied by radio stations 106.7 The Drive and Big 105. Both are owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, which is related to Jim Pattison Developments.

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If a fitness centre is developed, about 2,000 square feet would remain on the ground level of the building. Lee said this would likely be leased out as office space. Timelines for the development of the fitness centre is uncertain, but if a tenant is obtained and all goes well, it could be ready for occupancy before the middle of next year, said Lee. hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 92.66 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.10 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.12 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.84 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.87 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Markets in Toronto and on Wall Street soared Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to hold off on reducing stimulus until it sees greater strength in the U.S. economy. The S&P/TSX composite index, which was down for most of the day, closed up 97.29 points at 12,931.40 — its highest level since July 2011. The Canadian dollar surged 0.70 of a cent to 97.83 cents US, after reaching an intra-day high of 98.03 cents US. In a statement after its two-day meeting, the Fed said it won’t slow its $85 billion a month in bond purchases until it sees more conclusive evidence that the U.S. economic recovery is being sustained. The U.S. central bank said the economy is growing moderately and that some indicators of labour market conditions have shown improvement. But it noted that rising mortgage rates and government spending cuts are restraining growth. The monthly bond purchases are intended to keep long-term loan rates low to spur borrowing and spending. Many had expected the bank to begin reducing them by about $10 billion so the surprise led to a dramatic rally on Wall Street. Both the Dow Jones industrials index and the S&P 500 closed at record highs. The Dow surged 147.21 points to 15,676.94, and the S&P climbed 20.76 points to 1,725.52. The Nasdaq racked up a solid 37.94 points to 3,783.64 The Fed also revised its outlook on the economy, predicting that it will grow just two to 2.3 per cent this year, down from its previous forecast in June of 2.3 to 2.6 per cent. Meanwhile, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz noted in a speech that Canada should be able to support stronger growth without stoking inflation — a key factor on the central bank’s interest rate decisions. The central bank has maintained its influential overnight interest rate at

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.10 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.06 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.06 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.42 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.49 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.66 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.08 First Quantum Minerals . 19.41 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.19 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.06 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.87 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.16 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.89 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 29.44 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.39 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 62.58 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 50.38 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.51 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 54.57 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.78 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.05 Canyon Services Group. 11.78 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.60 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.790 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.14 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.87 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.58 one per cent since September 2010. On the corporate front, smartphone maker BlackBerry (TSX:BB) announced that its Z30 smartphone will hit the markets soon, even as a media report said the company is prepared to lay off as many as 5,000 employees in the coming months. BlackBerry recently formed a committee to consider strategic alternatives, which could include the sale of the company. Its shares fell 2.21 per cent, or 24 cents, to $10.64. The health-care sector sustained the greatest losses on the TSX, as it fell 2.22 per cent, with shares in Catamaran Corp. (TSX:CCT) dropping nine per cent, or $5.14 to $51.94. The news that the Fed will continue to pump stimulus money into Treasurys and mortgage bonds lifted the gold sector, making it the leading advancer on the TSX. The sector climbed 8.40 per cent, as Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) saw its shares gain nearly 10 per cent, or $1.79 cents, to $20.66. December bullion closed down $1.80 at US$1,307.60 an ounce. The energy sector added 0.67 per cent as the October crude contract gained $2.65 cents to US$108.07 a barrel. The metals and mining sector was up 2.83 per cent , while December copper was ahead six cents to US$3.28 a pound. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,931.40 up 97.29 points TSX Venture Exchange — 952.81 up 17.39 points TSX 60 — 819.89 up 4.24 points Dow — 15,676.94 up 147.21 points, record high S&P 500 — 1,725.52 up 20.76 points, record high Nasdaq — 3,783.64 up 37.94 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 97.83 cents US, up 0.70 of a cent

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Chemical industry defends safety efforts after criticism from railway executive THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian chemical producers denied Wednesday that they are “dragging” their feet in purchasing safer railway cars, after the head of Canadian Pacific Railway accused the country’s petroleum, chemical and commodity producers of persistently stonewalling such efforts. “We need to continue to improve with regulations and practices regarding safety, which is exactly what we do and the reason why we have such an advanced program in this area,” said Richard Paton, president of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada. “Yes we have to continue to improve the cars to make sure that the right car is there for the level of danger or risk of the product and we’re doing that,” he said. Hunter Harrison, who has been CEO of Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) since mid-2012 and before that headed Canadian National Railways (TSX:CNR), singled out shippers in an interview published Wednesday in the Globe and Mail newspaper. “The root of all this is the dollar sign,” he said of the decades’ long efforts to hamper reform by large shippers who own the vast majority of North America’s tankers. “We can fix all this stuff, it is fixable.” The veteran and highly regarded railway executive also said “turmoil” and “bureaucracy” are hampering the adoption of precautions that are needed to avoid further

accidents like the deadly Lac-Megantic derailment in Quebec. Harrison said it’s up to regulators to require sturdier rail cars, tighter safety rules and stiffer penalties, including jail time, for companies and employees who knowingly mislabel hazardous goods or fail to obey existing regulations. But Patton said it takes time to produce a safer railway car and have it field tested. That leaves chemical producers like those in the chlorine sector

scrambling to buy as many mid-level tankers they can find until supercars with double hulls and extensive safety features get thorough testing and go into production. So far only a few of those advanced units, which cost 2 ½ times that of a conventional car, have been manufactured for testing. One company, for example, is spending about $75 million over five years to replace about 500 tank cars in its fleet with interim cars each costing about $150,000.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The head of the Bank of Canada gently urged businesses to ease open the purse strings and start spending Wednesday as he said the economy was nearing a tipping point toward normal growth following the global recession. Stephen Poloz said he expects business investment to increase as confidence grows in that recovery. “When the bubble burst in 2008, we were left with a crater, which is where we now find ourselves,” Poloz told more than 600 members of the Vancouver Board of Trade. “If you look carefully at a pot of simmering spaghetti sauce, under every bubble there is a crater that’s equal in size. So a seven-year bubble, a sevenyear crater. Central banks have been filling that crater with liquidity, so we can row our boats across it. We need to make sure we’re getting to shore and not just hitting a rock.”

Poloz said the economy is poised to return to normal, self-sustaining growth - gathering momentum in foreign demand, in particular from the U.S. Doug Porter, chief economist of BMO Capital Markets, said Poloz’s speech appeared designed not to rock markets ahead of an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve. “He certainly wasn’t scolding, like the former governor occasionally did on that topic. I think it was more like gently trying to encourage,” Porter said. The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it would hold off on slowing its US$85-billion-a-month bond buying program until it saw more conclusive evidence the economic recovery will be sustained. The Fed said that the economy was growing moderately, but rising mortgage rates and government spending cuts were restraining growth. The announcement sent stock markets up sharply and bond yields tumbling. Honda Red Deer and Acura of Red Deer, at the end of May. The new MGM dealership building consist of some 50,000 square feet, including 32 service bays. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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FORD: Enormous change “In some markets, electric vehicles might play out a little bit better than others. “It’ll be interesting to watch what happens in the next five to 10 years with electrified vehicles, in terms of how much will be the mix.” In the short term, said Craig, many consumers remain uncomfortable about the limited range of electric cars and the availability of charging stations. “That will absolutely be something that will be critical to the future success of electric vehicles.” Contrasting the Canadian market with that in the United States, Craig said there are similarities and differences. Full-size pickups and compact vehicles sell better in Canada, she noted, and financing terms have become much longer here. “The terms that are being offered are going out to 84-month and 96-month finance terms and 60-month leases. “In the U.S., most of the terms don’t go past 60 months.” That’s not good for Canadian consumers, said Craig, pointing out that depreciation can eat away the equity in a vehicle before it’s paid off. “Nearly 40 per cent of consumers are going to these extended terms, meaning beyond 84 months. That’s a long time to have a car loan.” During her own 27 years with Ford, including nearly two in her current position, Craig has seen “enormous change.” She marvelled at the appearance of MGM’s new building, describing it as “a showpiece.” “We have a look and a feel that we want for our stores, but clearly what they’ve done here at MGM is just exceptional.” The dealership itself dates back to 1959, when Bob Goodacre and Ken McFarlane bought Hepworth Motors in downtown Red Deer and renamed it McFarlane-Goodacre Motors. They moved to MGM’s current site at 3010 50th Ave. in 1970. Edmonton-based Go Auto bought MGM, as well as its sister dealerships

KEYSTONE: Has supporters and opponents Republicans and business and labour groups have urged President Barack Obama to approve the pipeline as a source of much-needed jobs and a step toward North American energy independence. Environmental groups have been pressuring the Obama administration to reject the pipeline, saying it would carry “dirty oil” that contributes to global warming. They also worry about a spill and have mounted an aggressive campaign critical of Keystone. In his speech at the Google conference, Oliver pointed out that greenhouse gas emissions are lower per capita in Canada than in the United States. He said he doesn’t mind a debate over Canada’s resource and environmental record, but only if it is done fairly. “There is a problem when some opponents use scare tactics, misinformation and wildly distorted messaging to advance their cause and that is precisely the current situation,” he said. “Opponents are targeting the oilsands as a symbol of their larger battle. Incidentally, they are opposed to all resource development ... as a result we are engaged in a decisive battle for the economic well-being of the country.” The U.S. State Department said earlier this month that it won’t release its final environmental assessment of the project until it’s examined and published more than a million public comments on its draft ecological analysis. Oliver isn’t the only politician who has spent a lot of time south of the border on the Keystone file. Alberta Premier Alison Redford has visited Washington four times since becoming premier two years ago, meeting with senators and members of Congress and telling them it is essential to keep Alberta’s message front and centre.

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Photos by JOHN RATHWELL/freelance sold his favourite car to a friend 15 Since then they have improved a Tony and Val Depauw beside their cars, a 1957 Chev Belair and a 1967 Pontiac years ago and has regretted it ever couple of items on the car to make it a Firebird. Inset: the engine of the Chev Belair. since. Selling this car (a 1966 Malibu) more enjoyable drive. on a whim caused Tony to go through a Tony and Val are good people who like this who make up the great group evening and all day Saturday. whole summer without a fun collector would give their shirt off their back to of car enthusiasts and it is why we all John Rathwell is a local financial car to drive and enjoy. He swore that help a friend. I remember that I was like to get together and swap stories! planner, car enthusiast and freelance this would never happen to him again. at a car show years ago and I needed ● This weekend, there is the Red writer. If you would like to have your car Then early in the fall, he was a ride somewhere, and Tony offered Deer Speed Show and Collector Car or event featured, email mylittlecobra@ searching the Internet early Sunday to let me take his Harley. It is people Auction at Westerner Park on Friday gmail.com. morning waiting for the family to get ready to go to Callaway Park for the day. Tony spotted the ’57 Chev and called the owner immediately. The seller informed him that another individual had called the day before and he had committed to sell him the car. Tony talked to him for an hour about the car and then Tony decided that he needed to own this car. Then the seller told him that the other guy was supposed to show up on Monday, but whoever showed up first with the cash would own it. The family was now in the truck waiting to go to Callaway Park. Tony jumped in and said plans had changed and we are now heading to Whitecourt. The completely IN VALUE ON SELECT disgruntled three, six 2013 SILVERADO MODELS and 12-year-old, along with his wife, were not thrilled about heading north to where it was cold, instead of south where fun was planned. The roads were rough and family wasn’t happy, but they got the car and headed home in the cold. Once home, the family immediately got to work stripping down the car 2013 SILVERADO THUNDER EDITION EXTENDED TENDED CAB and then spent two long winters rebuilding it. FINANCE AT UP TO The kids soon forgave ** Tony as the family have 99% FOR MONTHS‡ PLUS spent every summer IN VALUE ON 2013 SILVERADO travelling in the car to THUNDER EDITION EXT CAB various parts of Canada and the Western States. INCLUDES They have now clocked $10,500 DISCOUNT ON LIGHT-DUTY EXTENDED CABS** + $1,550 IN THUNDER EDITION PACKAGE CREDITS** 79,000 miles on the ’57 + $1,000 TRUCK BUCKS FOR CURRENT PICKUP OWNERS RS** SILVERADO THUNDER WITH OPTIONAL 20” WHEELS SHOWN Chevy since the rebuild and the family will never allow Tony to sell it. “It has become our fourth HD 2013 SILVERADO 2500HD/3500HD child.” The whole family CLEARANCE DISCOUNT FINANCE AT spent many nights build* ing her and at times the 99% FOR PLUS MONTHS‡ kids were found sleeping in it while Tony worked + $ 1,445 NO CHARGE ALLISON TRANSMISSION‡‡ on the car late at night. This 1957 Chev Belair two-door sedan now has • MAXIMUM PAYLOAD CAPACITY OF 7,222 LB. (3,276 KG)¥ • LEGENDARY DURAMAX DIESEL ENGINE & ALLISON a ZZ4 350 with a 700R4 TRANSMISSION (397 HP AND 765 LB-FT OF TORQUE)¥ transmission and a 3:55 • SEGMENT EXCLUSIVE HIGH-STRENGTH, FULLY-BOXED posi rear end. FRAME FROM FRONT TO REAR++ SILVERADO 3500 DUAL REAR WHEEL EXTENDED CAB SHOWN The other car in the photo is a 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible, which is powered by the 2013 CRUZE Pontiac 400, 700R4 tranny, and 3:55 posi as well. CLEARANCE DISCOUNT FINANCE AT It has the luxury of hav* ing a power top and disc 99% FOR MONTHS‡ PLUS brakes. Val had wanted a car • 10 STANDARD AIRBAGS ^* of her own and had al• POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS • REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY ways dreamed of owning • 16” WHEELS a red 1967 Firebird conCRUZE LTZ SHOWN vertible with a black top and black interior. Late one night in 2013 EQUINOX December, Tony came across the exact car for CLEARANCE DISCOUNT FINANCE AT sale on the Internet. He * called the seller the next 99% FOR MONTHS‡ PLUS morning and bought it sight unseen. PLUS $500 FINANCE CASH Tony decided to get • MULTI -FLEX SLIDING AND RECLINING REAR SEAT, + this car and give to Val ^* WITH CLASS -LEADING LEGROOM*† as a Christmas present. • BLUETOOTH, USB AND CRUISE CONTROL The seller lived in • POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS, WITH REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY Medicine Hat and was EQUINOX LTZ SHOWN heading to Florida for Christmas. Tony had to plead with him to deliver the car before he left the country. The morning that the car was to be delivered, Val decided not to go into work early because Tony was just home. The phone rang and the car was 10 minutes away from their house. Tony “Highest Ranked in Initial Quality for Midsize Sporty Car (tie), had to convince Val to Large Car, Large CUV, Large Heavy Duty Pickup, leave the house just beChevrolet Large Light Duty Pickup (tie).” Chevrolet fore it arrived. He unAvalanche Tahoe loaded the car and Tony Chevrolet Chevrolet More 2013 J.D. 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An addition to The Framing Nook’s outdoor display was noticed during an afternoon in early September. An unknown person donated a very large toy into one of the display’s summer chairs. From the random act of kindness, the company has decided to ‘pay it forward’ by holding a Stuffy Drive. The Framing Nook will be taking stuffed animal donations which will be given to children at the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter. Donations can be dropped of at the business until Oct. 11 during business hours (Monday to Fridays 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The toys will then be delivered on Oct. 13, just in time for Thanksgiving.

HOROSCOPE Thursday, Sept. 19 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jeremy Irons, 65; Jimmy Fallon, 39; James Lipton, 87 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Universe is urging us to open up our hearts and invite the Divine light inside us. It is through utter compassion and care that we can reach that ultra-dimensional realm of life which is often hard to reach. A Full Moon in Pisces begs us to remain humble to our emotional needs and to display some highly ASTRO creative endeavour to fruition as a DOYNA healing alternative to our wounded souls. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you might have to change the course of your life quite drastically and fast. You will have to make important decisions regarding your primal partnerships, such as officializing your relationship to an upgraded level or by partnering up with an interesting business alliance.This year, follow your heart and your intuition! ARIES (March 21-April 19): A low vitality could make you realize that it’s time to balance your daily routine, such as taking less chores under your wing and by giving yourself more rest. You are not particularly one to wait around, but now, you will need it more than ever. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A social event or a business endeavour could blossom at this time into something bigger and more festive. The results or the profits from this ongoing project could turn out successful, thus making you feel both proud and fulfilled. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You better be in a standby mode, because you might be suddenly finding yourself on a podium having to accept a delightful incentive on the professional front. You are either up the ladder of success or have gotten that job promotion. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your out-of-the-box thinking will benefit you in the sense that you will allow yourself to grow and evolve as an individual on a more knowledgeable or spiritual way. The more wisdom you take in, you will feel more liberated and closer to the truth. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotions will run deep for you. A wave of intensity might overwhelm you with its high moving octave. Nonetheless, you are in a great financial position as the sky wants to award you with what is being owed to you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Whatever happens on this day, it will not go unnoticed for you. Something significant relating to a close partnership is in the works for you and you may have to act fast. Keep a pen or two nearby, just in case. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Health matters will require you to pay a closer attention to your body. Schedule that routine check-up to understand what is happening to your vital system and, because it’s always great to have some peace of mind! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When you least expect

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Christian rock group Flood the Stone will bring its upbeat, inspirational music to Red Deer next week. The Saskatchewan-based band made up of musicians from New Zealand, Ontario and Springdale, Sask., will play on Wednesday at Living Stones Church. The band that mixes grunge influences with catchy rock songs with uplifting choruses has been together for two years. Flood the Stone performed at Junofest and has already recorded an album. Two singles from it are getting radio play across Canada and in Red New Zealand. Flood the Stone is on a Western Canadian tour and will also head south into Washington State. For more information about the local show, call 403-347-7311.

A horror-inspired duo that does for hip hop what Marilyn Manson or Alice Cooper have done for rock is coming to Red Deer this weekend. Twiztid, a face-painted pair of rap artists from Detroit, will perform on Sunday at the Lotus Nightclub, at 4618 50th Ave. Formed in 1997, Twiztid is comprised of Jamie Spaniolo and Paul Methric, who go by the stage personas of Jamie Madrox and Monoxide Child. Spaniolo and Methric are former members of the group House of Krazees, and perform a style of hardcore hip hop known as horrorcore. According to Spaniolo, who was influenced by KISS, “Think of it as if there was a Halloween or Friday the 13th on wax and Jason and Michael Myers could actually rap, this is what their vibe would sound like.” The duo that until recently was signed to Psychopathic Records, has released more than a dozen albums over 15 years, including the debut Mostasteless, Freek Show, Mutant, Heartbroken and Homicidal and Abominationz. Twiztid’s latest independent EP is A New Nightmare.

talent show, midway rides, a country fair and fireworks. The second-annual event will take place all around the city during Alberta Culture Days as a celebration of Lacombe’s agricultural heritage. Arts and culture in the diverse community will be showcased with an art walk, woodworking exhibit and concert with the Blueseros and Big Rock bands. Most of the 30-plus family-friendly activities, such as a scarecrow contest and vintage machinery and blacksmith displays, are free to the public. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www. heartoflacombe.ca. The festival is a partnership between the City and County of Lacombe, Alberta Culture Days and the provincial government, and Lacombe Regional Tourism.

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BRIEF Spike Lee to receive Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize NEW YORK — Spike Lee will receive the 20th annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which carries a reward of $300,000. The Gish Prize Trust announced the selection Wednesday. Selection committee chairman Darren Walker says Lee was chosen “for his brilliance and unwavering courage in using film to challenge conventional thinking.” In an interview Wednesday, Lee said he was familiar with Lillian Gish as an actress, but he hadn’t heard of the award until he was called “out of the blue.” The prize will be presented to Lee at the Museum of Modern Art on Oct. 30. Past honorees include Bob Dylan, Arthur Miller and Frank Gehry. The prize named for the silent film stars is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the arts.

American authors to become eligible for Britain’s Booker Prize for fiction LONDON — The Americans are coming to storm Britain’s literary citadel. Organizers of the Booker Prize announced Wednesday that from next year authors from the United States — and around the world — will be eligible to win the prestigious fiction award. Prize trustees said that starting in 2014, the prize will be open to all novels written in English and published in Britain, regardless of the author’s nationality. Founded in 1969, the Booker has previously been open only to writers from Britain, Ireland and the 54-nation Commonwealth of former British colonies. That has not kept the award — officially known as the Man Booker Prize after its sponsor, financial services firm Man Group PLC — from becoming one of the world’s best-known literary prizes, one that carries both prestige and commercial clout. Past winners include V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan and Hilary Mantel.

Wright, Packer among authors on nonfiction long-list for National Book Awards NEW YORK — A pair of bestselling works by staff writers for The New Yorker, Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear and George Packer’s The Unwinding, were among 10 books chosen for the nonfiction long-list of the National Book Awards. Besides Wright’s investigation of Scientology and Packer’s bleak account of modern American life, nominees included Terry Teachout’s biography of Duke Ellington and a pair of books about slavery, Alan Taylor’s The Internal Enemy and James Oakes’ Freedom National. The National Book Foundation, which presents the awards, announced the nonfiction picks Wednesday. In an effort to increase awareness of the awards, the foundation has introduced long-lists this year and is announcing the four competitive categories over four days. The young people’s literature and poetry long-lists are already out. The fourth and final category, fiction, will be revealed Thursday. Categories will be reduced to short-lists of five each next month, and winners will be announced Nov. 20.

Sam Beam pledges to continue experimenting BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam has undergone quite the artistic transformation in the 11 years since issuing his sparse debut The Creek Drank the Cradle, transitioning from the rustic homemade folk of that record to the loose, lushly orchestrated roots-pop of his latest, Ghost on Ghost. Much as the low-key Beam likes to attribute his artistic metamorphosis to forces beyond his conscious control, he acknowledges that he’s made a real effort to expand his sound with each of his five long-players. He hopes his fanbase keeps up, but doesn’t seem to worry much about it. “I’m definitely hungry to try something new — I’m hungry for what’s around the corner,” said the sharply dressed indie troubadour during a promotional trip to Toronto this week. “I went to an art school for college and one of the things that was impressed upon me very early is that you’re only as good as your next idea. “You can look at that as a defeating, horrible way to live. Or you can look at it very optimistically as in: maybe my best work is around the corner and I don’t know what it’s going to be.” Beam’s creative restlessness hasn’t seemed to harm his commercial prospects. Ghost on Ghost, released in April, became his third straight record to ascend to the

26th spot on the U.S. chart or higher, with 2011’s Kiss Each Other Clean standing as his commercial pinnacle. But it’s also given Beam the sense that some listeners aren’t quite sure what to make of him. The first impression he forged as a solitary storyteller with a minimalist streak and a luxuriously appointed beard has proven surprisingly enduring, even as his music has changed. It might bother Beam, if he ever seemed bothered by anything. “I definitely feel that some people . . . they kind of decided what I was doing five years ago,” he said, before calmly discussing the fickle way of the music industry and press. “They’re definitely hungry for the new shiny thing that they haven’t seen before. It’s not the same way with movies and stuff. It’s a strange phenomenon that only exists in music, really. You don’t see it in painters. People are always anxious to see what the tried-and-trues have done. “But at the same time, I just keep working and see what happens. I never felt like I had to please everybody, either.” Beam, who will play the first of a slew of Canadian dates in Winnipeg on Thursday, took a winding path to the industry. He began as a musical hobbyist whose primary pursuit was teaching film and cinematography in Florida. When his music career gained unlikely momentum, he wasn’t necessarily sure what to make of it.

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SCHUETZ Adolf 1934 - 2013 Mr. Adolf Schuetz of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at the age of 78 years. Adolf will be lovingly remembered by his wife Rita, sons Darren and David of Red Deer, daughter Shauna (Doug) Frechette of Wetaskiwin as well as his granddaughter Yvonne Frechette of Edmonton. Also surviving are brother Siegfried (Silvana) Schuetz of Germany, sisters Gerda (Herb) Ratsch of Edmonton and Elfriedle (Werner) Risch of Germany. A funeral service will be held at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd. Red Deer, on Friday, September 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be made directly to the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Building Fund or to the Red D e e r H o s p i c e S o c i e t y. 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. 403.340.4040

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48 VINCENT CLOSE Sept, 19, 20 & 21 Thurs. 12-5, Fri. & Sat. 9-5 Variety of items, more added each day!

755

38 WISHART STREET Fri. 20th, Sat. 21st & Sun. 22nd, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tools, fishing, golfing, marbles, di-cast, household, garden, etc. All offers considered.

78 & 82 METCALF AVE BACK ALLEY Fri. Sept. 20, 11 - 7 Sat. Sept. 21, 9 - 3 Many exc. household, camping, books, music, woodworking items of interest to men, women & children. Also, 1998 Nissan Maxima exc.cond.

3413-55 Ave. Sept. 20 & 21, 10-5. Garage, household, some crafts and lots more. You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Stop by Red Deer College for a special Garage Sale event, Sept. 26, 27 Thurs. & Fri. from 1-6 p.m. A variety of items will be up for sale. Watch for further details in the Sept. 25 edition of the Red Deer Advocate!

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Hair Stylists

JUST CUTS is looking for F/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary. Call Jen at 403-340-1447 or Christie 403-309-2494 NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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Legal

780

Legal Assistants Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP t/a Altalaw

Our firm is expanding! Legal Assistant positions in Litigation, Real Estate, Wills & Estates and Corporate/Commercial are available. Competitive salaries, great benefits in a good working environment is offered. Please email your resume to the Office manager at ssimmons@ altalaw.ca Only candidates on the short list will be contacted for interviews. Start your career! See Help Wanted

Medical

790

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

Oilfield

800

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Night Foremen, Day & Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license. Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages. Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

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

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 Lstouffer@1strateenergy.ca

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

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SHANNON PENNIFOLD B.Sc., O.D Congratulations on receiving your Doctor of Optometry Degree( Honors) from the University of Waterloo. We are so proud of you. Mom, Dad and Paige.

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REKEDAL Eleanor “Ellie” Eleanor “Ellie” Rekedal passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 18, 2013. Ellie is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Al, as well as three daughters, Janice (Victor) Lawrence, Bev Olson and Kim Rekedal. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Scott, Christine and Cory Olson, Wade and Heather Lawrence, and eight great grandchildren. There will be a private family graveside service. Donations in Ellie’s memory may be made to the Salvation Army, 4837-54th Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 2G5 or a charity of the donors’ choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150-67th Street Red Deer, Alberta T4P 3M1

P/T Dental Receptionist required, dental experience an asset. Day Dental, Innisfail. Send resume to admin@daydental.ca

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770

740

Dental

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Farm Work

Fairview - Upper

Janitorial

jobs

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MUDDLE 1949 - 2013 Mary Jane Muddle (nee Vert), a passionate world traveler, embarked on her final journey in the morning of Thursday, September 12, 2013 after a 7 year battle with cancer. Mary is survived by her loving husband David Muddle; daughter Noreen (Zane) Jaden; son Scott (Jackie) Muddle and grandsons Chase and Carson Muddle. A “Bon Voyage Party” for Mary will be held at the CrossRoads Church, located at the SW Corner of 32 Street and Highway 2, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, September 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so from 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. Memorial donations in Mary’s honor may be made directly to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary AB T3B 6A8 or to CrossRoads Church, 38105 - Range Rd 275, Red Deer County AB T4S 2N4. Condolences to Mary’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

CLASSIFIEDS Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013

1010

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

Cleaning

1070

VINYL SIDING CLEANING Eaves Trough Cleaned, Windows Cleaned. Pckg. Pricing. 403-506-4822

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Eavestroughing

1130

Massage Therapy

1280

Moving & Storage

1300

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822

FANTASY

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

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

International ladies

Now Open

Painters/ Decorators

Escorts

1165

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

Handyman Services

1200

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1280

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Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

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

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888

Plumbing & Heating

1330

ALBERTA SUMPS AND PUMPS. Sales/Services/ Installation 780-781-6401 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Support Ltd. for SENIORS. Companionship, cleaning, cooking - in home, in facility. We are BETTER for CHEAPER! Call 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW CLEANING. Outside / Inside / Both. 403-506-4822

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

HSC and Safety Coordinator If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 scornell@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad. We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted. CLASS 1 DRIVER needed for small acid hauling company based out of Red Deer. Drivers need 3 years previous oil field hauling experience and should live within 1/2 hour of Red Deer. We offer safety training and benefits as well as job bonuses. Please email resume and abstract to info@marvantransport. com fax to 403-346-9488 or call direct 403-396-3039

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013

800

Oilfield

800

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND

INDUSTRIES LTD

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

An employee owned company looking for committed individuals to invest in their own future. •

Full time Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic to manage fleet of 20 + 20

•

Field Safety Co-ordinator

•

Class 3 Operators-Vacuum & Water trucks to service drilling rigs.

Please send your resume & current driver’s abstract to Fax: 403-786-9915 Email: tksindustries@ hotmail.ca

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.

Instream Integrity Inc. is currently looking for a full time pipeline integrity technician (this position includes monitoring pig progress in pipelines, AGM placement as well as extensive travel). Must be 21 years of age with a clean drivers abstract. Position available immediately. Please send resume to Kelly@instreamintegrity. com LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

URS FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Tubing Inspection 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)

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D Day Supervisors

Professionals

(5- 10yrs experience)

Night Supervisors (2-4yrs experience)

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!!

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided. Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

Competitive Wages, Benefits, Retirement and Saving Plan! QUALIFICATIONS: • • • • • • •

Must be able to Provide own work truck Leadership and Supervisory skills- mentor and train crew Strong Computer Skills Operate 5000psi 10,000 psi (sweet and Sour wells) Collect Data - pressure, rates, temperatures Assist in Rig in and Rig out of equipment Tr a v e l t o a n d f r o m locations across Western Canada REQUIREMENTS:

• •

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. Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced operators Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com fax 403-844-2148

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

810

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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

Now accepting applications for F/T & P/T Cooks & Cashiers Please apply in person to either Gasoline Alley Location or email resume to: awwillow@rttinc.com

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com

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

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

820

THE CITIZEN’S DOWNTOWN HOUSE Req’s P/T Cook, Mon-Fri. Drop off resume at 5414 43 Street Attn: Debbie

Daytime, Evening, FT & PT Shifts Available

320110I19

ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN is looking for 5 SALES REPS, selling shoes & apparel, at our Parkland Mall. 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus & comm. F/T Position. No exp. req’d. Email Flurriesrd@gmail.com

850

KFC requires

Oilfield

Outside Sales Rep

$14.00/HR. To prepare and cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen and maintain hygiene follow recipes, assist SOAP Stories is seeking 5 in receiving and storing retail sales reps. Selling Kitchen Helper soap & bath products. $11/hr To clean kitchen following $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d. safety and hygiene standards. Clean utensils, Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to cutlery, crockery and premierjobrd@gmail.com glassware items. Clean floors. Assist in prep. All positions are Trades Shift Work & Weekends. Fax resume 780-702-5051 ARROW ARC WELDING is looking for EAST 40TH PUB WELDING APPRENTICE Looking for Part/Full Time LOCATED BY Gull Lake. BARTENDER/SERVER. Phone Brian 403-318-6760 Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer

FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests OPTICIAN * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs IRIS is expanding and $ 14.00/hr we are looking for HOUSEKEEPING ROOM an outgoing, energetic ATTENDANT Optician in our Red Deer * Clean and vacuum rooms location. We will also public areas pool etc. consider training appli* Replenish amenities, cants as opticians provided linens & towels they possess sales experi- * Adhere to Holiday Inn ence and can demonstrate safety standards enthusiasm and passion $ 14.00/hr for what they do in their All positions are work and community. Also Shift Work & weekends greet customers, book Fax resume appointments & various 780 - 702-5051 other tasks. Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much! Drop resume off to: Kayla Macaulay, Manager MUCHO BURRITO $11.33/Hr - Cust Serv IRIS is Canada’s largest EMAIL -MUCHOREDDEER eyecare provider with over @HOTMAIL.COM 165 locations across the country. IRIS features the ORIGINAL Joe’s finest fashion frames, Restaurant & Bar is hiring lenses from the world’s experienced Line Cooks, leading manufacturer’s and starting wage $13 - $16/hr laser vision correction. based on exper. We offer competitive wages with tips and a benefit package after 3 months. We also Restaurant/ have opportunities to move Hotel up quickly! Please apply in person after 2:00 pm. DINO’S TAKE OUT Pho Thuy Duong LOOKING FOR EXP’D Vietnamese Restaurant P/T AND F/T DELIVERY hiring F/T kitchen help. DRIVER. $12./hr. Open avail.. Eves. Please apply in person & weekends. Please drop w/resume to: resume at Bay #4, 5108 52 St. 130, 3121 49 AVE. Red Deer QUEENS DINER REQ’S P/T DISHWASHER Hours are Mon.- Fri. 6:30-4 & Sat. 8-2:30 pm Drop off resume any time after 1 & before 4, Mon-Fri. 34 Burnt Basin St, Red Deer Fax: 403-347-2925 email: accuracyonlineoffice @gmail.com

Apply by: Fax: (403) 341-3820 or in person at Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer

830

A&W GASOLINE ALLEY BOTH LOCATIONS

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley Is Seeking

DELIVERY DRIVERS

Sales & Distributors

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

BRAATT CONST.

Of Red Deer is seeking exp’d. carpenters for the agricultural industry. Must have drivers license. Call Brad 403-588-8588

850

Trades

850

JOURNEYMAN H.D. NEWCART MECHANIC req’d immed. CONTRACTING for very busy heavy equip. (1993)LTD sales lot in Innisfail. Is currently recruiting Wage range $25. - $35/hr pipefitter/apprentice, depending on exp. Preference will be given experienced to those with previous turnaround/shutdown equipment rental service, personnel lifts and off road for an upcoming construction equipment turnaround project to start experience. Fax resume work immediately. The to 403-227-5701 or email: successful candidates bouvier9@telus.net must have experience or MECHANICS req’d for related experience in a busy transmission shop. similar field with the Allison Transmissions exp. blinding and de-blinding an asset but will train. and buffing of vessels. Exc. wages and benefits Newcart Contracting is available. Fax resume to: offering competitive 403-885-2556 wages and additional incentives for the duration Micron Industries is a licensed inspection facility of the project. There are no fly in/fly out for this project. in Red Deer specializing in This project is in a camp cryogenic tank repairs, setting; therefore, no LOA currently seeking a will be provided. Mechanic with HD, REQUIREMENTS: Hydraulic and Hose The successful candidates crimping experience. Must must have or willing to have their own tools. acquire the following Weekdays 7:00 to 4:30. safety tickets prior to the Excellent working start date of Sept. 23 conditions & benefits after 3 months. Fax resume to • H2S Alive • Confined Space (403) 346-2072 or email admin@micronindustries. • CSTS When applying, please ca quote “ CAMP PROJECT MILLWRIGHTS & or LOA PROJECT” in the subject line. If you WELDERS are interested in joining a for work in Red Deer. growing industrial Please fax resume to construction company, 1-403-229-4079 please forward a copy of NEEDED F/T Service Person your resume, along with for after sales service and the safety tickets set up of manufactured mentioned above with the and modular home. Must attention of HR to: have exp. in roofing, siding, resumes@ flooring, drywall, paint etc., newcartcontracting.com Competitive wages and Failure to apply with the health plan avail. Apply to required documents or in James at M & K Homes, the way specified by the 403-346-6116 employer, will not guarantee an offer of employment

PAINTER

Commercial/Residential Experience required. Vehicle required. Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829 C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Laborers, duties include prepping, sanding and power coating and also seeking f/t sandblasters., Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165 or email bslager@telus.net CHILES SANDBLASTING & PAINTING REQ’S I Labourer & 1 Prepper, exp. would be an asset, must have own transportation. Wage is $15 - $18/hr. Please submit resume by fax: 403-340-3800 DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

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 EAGLE Builders LP, a concrete Erecting Company based out of Blackfalds requires a hard working, motivated individual to fill a full-time welding position at our company. The successful candidate will be a 2nd or 3rd year apprentice and must be a SMAW CWB qualified welder. There will be 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. Successful applicant must provide an up to date drivers abstract. Construction experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting wages based on experience. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 or e-mail at HR@eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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!

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING 1st or 2nd Year Apprentice. Competitive wages. Fax resume: 403-356-0244

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

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc Req’s a

Maintenance Foreman 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 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

PLUMBING APPRENTICES WANTED

Busy Local Plumbing Company is currently hiring. Residential experience an asset. Comp wages and group benefits. Email your resume to kafonda@telus. net or fax (403)887-2208.

Truckers/ Drivers

Trades

850

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED JOURNEYMAN 2rd and 4th yr. ELECTRICIANS

Pro-Water Conditioning in Lacombe seeks a highly motivated individual to install and service water treatment equipment, pumps and pressure systems. Experience with Auto Trol and Fleck is an asset. Resumes to lori7151@me.com SHEET Metal Installer for HVAC Company. Residential or retro-fit exp. req’d. Great benefit pkg. ALSO, Shop helper required. E-MAIL resume to: info@comfortecheating. com or fax: 403-309-8302 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

GLENDALE Gilbert Cres. & Glendale Blvd.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

860

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

DRIVER req’d. for city & rural deliveries, must be able to work alone and with others. Duties incl. driving, shipping/receiving and customer service. Class 3 with air ticket and abstract is req’d. Drop resume off at Weldco #11, 7491 49th Ave. or fax to 403-346-1065. No phone calls please. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Part time weekdays. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743 is looking for concrete truck drivers. Call Gary 403-396-5993

WANTED: Exp’d driver with clean Class 1 license for Super B work in Central Alberta. F/T, benefits. Fax resume and current driver’s abstract to 403-728-3902. or 746-5794 or email mrmike71@hotmail.com Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Misc. Help

880

Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

CLEARVIEW AREA Carroll Cres. & Chappel Dr. area $519/mo DEER PARK AREA Douglas & Duston St. Area $557/mo.

Class 1 Drivers Highway LCV

EASTVIEW AREA 108 Papers $578/mo.

As an integral part of our TEAM, you will benefit from a total reward philosophy, which includes a competitive wage, Superior group benefits, RRSP Program, an annual performance and safety awards program as well as a whole lot of Rewarding FUN. Submit your résumé and abstract to: Hi-Way 9 Express Ltd. 4120-78 St. Crescent Red Deer, AB T4P 3E8 Fax: 403-823-4282 Email : employment@hi-way9.com

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

ANDERS AREA Abbott Close Allan St. Allan Close INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Inglis Cres. Iverson Close LANCASTER AREA Long lose Law Close/ Lewis Close Langford Cres. Addington Drive SUNNYBROOK AREA

VANIER AREA Visser St. Vanson Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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51, 52, 53 Ave. & 58A St.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

860

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

STUCCO PLASTERERS & • Women in Trades • Math and Science in LABOURERS. Needed the Trades Immed. Exp’d but will train. Drivers License pref’d. Lots • GED preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding of work! 403-588-5306 may be available. WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY 403-340-1930 REQ’S EXPERIENCED www.academicexpress.ca

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

With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

Truckers/ Drivers

880

Misc. Help

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Spanky’s Transit Mix

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Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting. Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $. Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

MICHENER AREA 134 Papers $793/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery in BRAD’S PALLETS, looking for pallet Builders, Payday every Fri. Must have own transportation. 350-4671 BUSY lube shop in Camrose, AB. seeking exp’d manager, exc. wages and benefits 780-678-0539 321167I21

Oilfield

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WESTPARK & WESTLAKE AREAS Please call Quitcy at 403-314-4316 F/T sales and customer service associate, bilingual French/English an asset. Hourly wage plus benefits. email: careers@buyairsoft.ca

800

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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Misc. Help

880

LOOKING FOR A P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE REP in a green drycleaning plant. Must be able to work some evenings until 7 p.m. & some Saturdays. Call Shannon 403-550-7440

LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

880

Misc. Help

WESCLEAN - Red Deer SHIPPER/ RECEIVER / INSIDE SALES req’d. Competitive wages, full benefits, forkilft exp. preferred. Dangerous goods exp. preferred. Familiar with shipping/ receiving procedures. Able to lift 30-60 lbs. Basic computer skills an asset. Must have a good personality and easy to work with . Drop resume off at # 7, 7973 49 AVE. or email to: mdoll@wesclean.com or fax to 403-347-8803

Employment Training

900

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In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

General labourers

are needed to do framing, cleaning, reinforcing, pouring and other precast related jobs. All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Benefits are paid and lots of overtime. Own transportation to work is needed. Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Red Deer Public School District requires an Information Technology Assistant at Hunting Hills High School. For more information visit our website at www.rdpsd.ab.ca SHOP HELPER required for busy HVAC company. E-MAIL resume to: info@ comfortecheating.com or fax: 403-309-8302 WEEKEND dispatchers req’d. immediately. Knowledge of Red Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written communication skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

1530

Multiple Estate Auction Sunday Sept. 22 Ten O’clock am * Viewing 9 am Location: Ridgewood Community Hall Partial List only 1947 Packard Deluxe Clipper, Touring Sedan, Very clean car and runs great – 2000 F150, Extended Cab – 1994 Oldsmobile 88 Royale – 1986 Skidoo Citation LS – 2011 Massey Ferguson Tractor with Bucket, 3 pt Hitch, Rear Hydraulics, Cab, Air, Heater - John Deere Utility Tractor with Bucket, 3 pt Hitch - 2008 Arctic Cat Prowler Side by Side 116 hours - Snowbear 14 ft Trailer, Single Axle - International 354 Tractor, 3 pt Hitch, Live PTO - Acreage Sprayer – 3 pt. Hitch Rototiller - 7 ft. Cultivator - 6 ft. Landscape Rack - Farm King 7 ft. Blade - Inland 6 ft. Snow Blower - 6 ft. Breaking Disc, – 3 pt Hitch Finishing Mower – Antiques & Collectibles – Furniture – Miscellaneous – Tools – and Much More Next Sale October 27 For a complete list and Directions visit www. cherryhillauction.com Terms of Sale: Cash, Cheque, C/C, Everything must be paid for & removed on sale day (NO EXCEPTIONS), 15% buyer’s premium. Sale subject to Additions, Deletions, Errors and Omissions. Cherry Hill Auction & Appraisals Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988

Computers

1600

19” HP Computer Monitor $60 obo. 403-782-3847

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721. Start your career! See Help Wanted

Misc. Help

880

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW AREA Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $180/mo. ALSO Castle Cres., Clark Cres. & Crawford St. $141/mo. CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Connaught Cres. & Cooper Close area $192/mo. DEERPARK AREA Denovan Cres., Dickenson Cres & Davison Dr. Area $201/mo. MOUNTVIEW AREA 44A Ave. & 35 St. Area $237/mo. ALSO Spruce Drive & Springbett Dr. AND 43A Ave. between 37 St. & 39 St. and 43 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $180/mo ALSO 42 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. AND 41 Ave. between 36 to 38 St. $196/mo. ROSEDALE AREA Roche St. & 3 Blocks of Roland St. $54/mo. TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo. ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Pl., Thomas Pl., Thompson Cl., Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. $200/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306

1900

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

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

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

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Garden Supplies

1680

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 6’-20’ , equipment for digging, wrapping, basketing, hauling and planting. J/V Tree Farm. John 403-350-6439.

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Travel Packages

AFFORDABLE

SPLIT Dry Firewood. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

For afternoon delivery once per week

1660

OILFIELD TICKETS

(across from Totem)

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Firewood

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

278950A5

INNISFAIL

SCROLL Saw, 16” variable speed. Model #55-6721. Hardly used. $100. 403-343-2419

SAFETY

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

1640

Tools

Household Appliances

1710

DEEP FREEZE, Frigidaire, smaller size. Good cond. $75. 587-273-2528

Household Furnishings

1720

2 CHESTERFIELDS to give away. Call Joe 403-347-3094 2 SMALL white cabinets, can be used as end tables/ printer stands $15/ea. or 2/$25; approx. 10 office room dividers 4’ x 6’, $50/all; antique couch and chair, blue & gold $175 offers 780-884-5441 5 YR. old table w/8 chairs and china cabinet $1000 403-596-3532 BEDROOM SET, solid oak, bed, dresser w/mirror and high boy. $200. 403-357-9363 LOVESEAT, beige; 2 La-Z-Boy leather Chairs, beige; 1 chair & ottoman, red. $200 for everything. 403-346-4811

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

PS2 w/10 games, $60 obo. SURROUND SOUND Stereo package $100. XBOX w/15 games $70 obo 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

8x8 SCREEN HOUSE - Dome Tent - New, never used. $50. 403-343-6044 CANNING apparatus with cans supplied. $15. 403-346-5246 ELECTRIC Model Char Broil round BBQ grill on 36” stand on wheels, like n e w, i d e a l f o r c o n d o $60 403-340-8199 KIDDER slalom ski $50; snow machine helmet/heated shield $20; 8” hand ice auger $35; Weber electric paint sprayer, brand new $40 403-597-6580 KITCHEN sink with taps and spray hose $35; 2 suitcases $15; Royal Thai bronze silverware in wooden case $50; 12 tumblers $10; 14 tumblers $10; canvas cooler with pockets, like new $10; clothes hangers $3 403-358-5247 SHELVING unit, 5 shelves $50; filing cabinet, 4 drawers legal size, $20. 403-347-6466 SINGLE ELECTRIC BLANKET $40 obo 403-782-3847

Office Supplies

1800

LOOKER OFFICE FURNITURE ANNUAL GARAGE SALE ON NOW TILL OCT. 26! Tues. - Sat. 11 am - 6 pm #3 - 5015-48 St. Red Deer (next to CNIB and across from Original Joes) Workstations, desks, task chairs, guest chairs, dividing panels, file cabinets and more!!

Horses

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

Grain, Feed Hay

Dogs

1840

F1 & F1B LABRA DOODLES & GOLDEN DOODLE puppies. Visit www.furfettishfarm.ca text 306-521-1371 or call 403-919-1370

Sporting Goods

1860

BODY Solid equip. Pd. $1800. Asking $800 obo., Exc. cond. 403-597-3958 Cash Only GOLF CLUBS, Precision $25. 403-347-6466 SKIS, Rossignol cross country with poles, like new. $25. 1 Set of Head, cross country skis with poles $25. 587-273-2528

Travel Packages

1900

PA L M S P R I N G S , 2 BDRM. 2 bath in seniors 55 + park, golfing, swimming, tennis, golf cart incld, pets welcome $1400/mo. 403-844-4562

2190

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

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rentals

3110

APPROX. 1000 sq. ft. avail. Jan. 1, downtown Red Deer (sub lease). Anchor tenant is professional services firm. Office space inclds. 3 offices, kitchen, bathroom, access to boardroom, 2 monthly parking stalls avail. directly on location. Call Dave 403-342-5900

3190

Mobile Lot

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

Houses/ Duplexes

3260

Looking for a 3 bdrm. home. Allows dogs, cat and 3 children. Need a place by the end of the month. Call Victoria 403-864-2411 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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4000-4190 CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390 Realtors & Services Houses/ Duplexes

3020

4010

3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 40 tenants. No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1600, D.D. $1600. 403-341-4627 BOWER 1/2 DUPLEX, HERE TO HELP Oct 1/Nov. 1. 403-347-0163 & HERE TO SERVE NEWLY refinished 3 bdrm. Call GORD ING at duplex, fenced yard, close RE/MAX real estate to schools, avail. Sept. 17, central alberta 403-341-9995 $1200 + utils, Sylvan Lake gord.ing@remax.net 780-887-4430 PARTIALLY reno’d beautiful house $650/mo. or rent Houses to own with down payment. For Sale Call Gary 403-884-2411

PERFECT FAMILY HOME

3030

LARGE 2 BEDROOM CONDO

Building located on a quiet close backing onto treed area. Comes with Dishwasher and large storage room. A short walk to schools and Parks. Just $995/month. Heat and Water included. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554. Hearthstone 403-314-0099.

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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

Modern, Stylish, Spacious 2 Bdrm.

This home offers space and style with designer colors and finishings, cathedral ceilings upstairs, 9ft ceilings downstairs and very functional floor plan. At just $1250/month this is the home you have been looking for. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to take a look. Hearthstone 403-314-0099. SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

Houses For Sale

4020

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ONE STOP Sept. 13 & 14 Friday - Saturday 1-5 pm 7 & 15 Brookstone Dr. Come see 2 brand new move in ready, homes in Sylvan Lake under $300 K Jennifer 403.392.6841

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

5000-5300

WOW. Brand New Home Antique & in Timberstone with many stunning features. Open concept, tray ceilings, 3 bdrm, 2 baths $426,100. Call Chris 403-392-7118

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2550 ONE LEFT!

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Classic Autos

4050

2001/5 BR/3 Bath/ Ranch style bungalow , ICF Block, att. 28 x 33 heated garage; 40 x 48-2bay heated shop; 30 x 40 barn;X fenced;East Of Lacombe HWY #815/ TWP RD 410 $879,900 Call or Text 403-391-0383/www. 33acreslacombecountyab. com

Farms/ Land

4070

LAND FOR SALE

1997 HONDA, 5 spd., 2 dr., very clean. ***SOLD*** 1994 FORD T-Bird, 2 dr., loaded. clean. **SOLD**

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

ONLY $3000 DOWN $795/MO.

Includes lot rent, taxes and payment O.A.C. 16 wide, totally upgraded, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, new stainless steel appls, 2 decks, 15 x 15 shed, in Benalto. Call Jack @Sutton 403-357-4156

Commercial Property

SUV's

$450 MO/D.D. incl. everything. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30 1 BDRM. bsmt, prefer employed or student. Avail. immed 342-7789 /396-7941

Motorcycles

5080

1983 1100 YAMAHA $2500 obo. 403-302-0489

5100

2012 Tiffin Allegro Breeze Breeze 32’ Diesel Pusher, 2 slides, 5200 miles, Onan Genset, Leveling system 403-887-0911

2005 HR Imperial

400 HP Cummins, 4 slides, Aqua-Hot Heating, Jake Brake, 10kW Genset 403-887-0911

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

4430

Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436

2008 SANTA FE. Basically loaded. Set of winter tires, on rims. 161,000 km. $11,500 obo. 403-848-1377 2007 FORD Edge SEL, 144,000 kms. New brakes. New tires in 2012. Good cond. C/W Computstar remote starter & car alarm. $13,500. 403-887-5020 2006 TUSCON V6 only 23,700 kms, $12,300 403-346-2867

Trucks

5050

2005 CHEV crew cab, loaded w/leather 197,000 kms, good cond. $6300 403-348-9746

You can choose to visit your doctor 12-15% more in a year* or just walk a dog. Make the healthy choice, adopt a dog today.

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5120

2010 PREMIER 32’ 2 slideouts, $16,500 403-837-8043

Auto Wreckers

5190

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

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

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

3090

5040

4110

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

Money To Loan

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Rooms For Rent

2003 HONDA Odyssey EX-L V6. Loaded. One owner. 189,000 kms. Call 403-396-0722.

Holiday Trailers

3060

Located in a professionally managed building close to down town. With Heat and water included this is a very nice apartment that will get scooped up quick. For just $825/month you won’t find this quality at this price anywhere else. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to see inside. Hearthstone 403-314-0099.

5070

1995 PINNACLE Class A 32’ Blue Ox tow pkg. very good value 403-986-2004

ORIOLE PARK

RARE FIND: Bachelor Suite

Vans Buses

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3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1125. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. Oct 1. 403-304-5337

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

2007 DURAMAX, 197,000 kms., crew cab, 4x4, l/b, $14,800. 403-348-9746

2006 COROLLA CE. exc. cond. low mileage. $10,500. 403-392-5628

3050

MORRISROE MANOR

4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms. $20,500 Call 403-396-5516

Motorhomes

3040

1 BDRM at 5910-55 Ave., Riverside Meadows in 12 suiter, security cameras, private parking, balcony, laundry on site, no pets, no partiers, to over 35 year old quiet tenant. Rent/S.D. $800 for 1bdrm. Ph: 403-341-4627 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

REDUCED ! 2010 Toyota Tacoma

5030

Main floor living. Wheelchair accessible. Cars High quality upgrades. Granite countertops. Hardwood floors. Immed. Poss. Adult living. 5 star amenities. September 21, 2013 2-4 pm #103, 5300 48 Street at Sierra of Heritage Village Call Jane Wierzba RE/MAX †real estate central alberta (403) 358-8770 2007 SATURN I0N auto, p. windows/doors, as nice as new, low mileage, only 54,000 kms, $7900 obo Acreages 403-346-7804

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

Suites

5020

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Newly Reno’d Mobile

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

5050

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Offices

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

Misc. Automotive

5240

SCRAP metal and cars, trades 403-304-7585 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013

Tropical storms cripple Mexico FLOODS KILL 80, LEAVE THOUSANDS STRANDED IN RESORT OF ACAPULCO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ACAPULCO, Mexico — The toll from devastating twin storms climbed to 80 on Wednesday as isolated areas reported deaths and damage to the outside world, and Mexican officials said that a massive landslide in the mountains north of the resort of Acapulco could drive the number of confirmed dead even higher. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said federal authorities had reached the cutoff village of La Pintada by helicopter and had airlifted out 35 residents, four of whom were seriously injured in the slide. Officials have not yet seen any bodies, he said, despite reports from people in the area that at least 18 people had been killed. “It doesn’t look good, based on the photos we have in our possession,” Osorio Chong said, while noting that “up to this point, we do not have any (confirmed) as dead in the landslide.” Osorio Chong told local media that “this is a very powerful landslide, very big ... You can see that it hit a lot of houses.” Mayor Edilberto Tabares of the township of Atoyac told Milenio television that 18 bodies had been recovered and possibly many more remained buried in the remote mountain village. Atoyac, a largely rural township about 42 miles (70 kilometres) west of Acapulco, is accessible only by a highway broken multiple times by landslides and flooding. Ricardo de la Cruz, a spokesman for the federal Department of Civil Protection, said the death toll had risen to 80 from 60 earlier in the day, although he did not provide details of the reports that drove it up. In Acapulco, three days of Biblical rain and leaden skies evaporated into broiling latesummer sunshine that roasted

thousands of furious tourists trying vainly to escape the city, and hundreds of thousands of residents returning to homes devastated by reeking tides of brown floodwater. The depth of the destruction wreaked by Tropical Storm Manuel hit residents and visitors with full force as Mexico’s transportation secretary said it would be Friday at the earliest before authorities cleared the parallel highways that connect this bayside resort to Mexico City and the rest of the world. Hundreds of residents of Acapulco’s poor outlying areas slogged through waist-high water to pound on the closed shutters of a looted Costco, desperate for food, drinking water and other basics. Many paused and fished in the murky waters for anything of value piling waterlogged clothing and empty aluminum cans into plastic bags. “If we can’t work, we have to come and get something to eat,” said 60-year-old fisherman Anastasio Barrera, as he stood with his wife outside the store. “The city government isn’t doing anything for us, and neither is the state government.” Manuel re-formed into a tropical storm Wednesday, threatening to bring more flooding to the country’s northern coast. With a tropical disturbance over the Yucatan Peninsula headed toward Mexico’s Gulf coast, the country could face another double hit as it struggles to restore services and evacuate those stranded by flooding from Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid, which hit the Gulf coast over the weekend. Mexico’s federal Civil Protection co-ordinator, Luis Felipe Puente, said 35,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. Elsewhere in the verdant coastal countryside of the southern state of Guerrero, residents used turned motorboats into improvised ferries,

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

People wade through waist-high water in a store’s parking lot, looking for valuables, south of Acapulco, in Punta Diamante, Mexico. Mexico was hit by the one-two punch of twin storms over the weekend, and the storm that soaked Acapulco on Sunday. Manuel reformed into a tropical storm Wednesday, threatening to bring more flooding to the country’s northern coast. With roads blocked by landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges, Acapulco was cut off from road transport. shuttling passengers, boxes of fruit and jugs of water across rivers that surged and ripped bridges from their foundations over the weekend. Outside the town of Lomas de Chapultepec, the Papagayo River surged more than 30 feet (9 metres) during the peak of Manuel’s flooding, overturning a bridge that stretched hundreds of feet across the mouth of the river. In Acapulco’s upscale Diamond Zone, the military commandeered a commercial centre for tourists trying to get onto one of the military or com-

mercial flights that remained the only way out of the city. Thousands lined up outside the mall’s locked gates, begging for a seat on a military seat or demanding that airline Aeromexico honour a previously purchased ticket. “We don’t even have money left to buy water,” said Tayde Sanchez Morales, a retired electric company worker from the city of Puebla. “The hotel threw us out and we’re going to stay here and sleep here until they throw us out of here.” A lucky few held up ransacked beach umbrellas

Colorado officials ramp down emergency operations, turns into recovery BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONGMONT, Colo. — Airlifts gave way to door-to-door searches Wednesday for victims injured and killed in the flood-scarred Colorado foothills, as authorities began ramping down emergency operations and beginning the “long and arduous” recovery phase. Urban search-and-rescue teams with dogs and medical supplies began picking through homes, vehicles and debris piles for victims as the number of people reported missing dwindled from a high of 1,200 to fewer than 200. They also are documenting the damage they find, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said. It is part of responders ending the “high-octane” emergency response to dayslong flooding that began last week “and moving into the long and arduous task ahead,” Pelle said. Ten helicopters were still flying rescue missions, down from a high of about two dozen. Some of the helicopters that have been used for emergency airlifts may be returned to Fort Carson, where they will be on standby, Colorado National Guard Lt. Mitch Utterback said. Rescuers were trying to make contact with 450 people who remained stranded in Larimer County north of Boulder, but it was unclear how many of those people actually want to leave, sheriff’s spokesman John Schulz said.

He warned those who stayed behind that they may be stuck there as the emergency operations end. “The (military) air resources are going to be going away here very soon,” Schulz said. “Larimer County has no air resources, once they’re gone we’re not going to be able to get those people for a very long time.” Business owners were being allowed back into the heavily damaged town of Lyons on Wednesday to assess the damage, and homeowners under mandatory evacuations were expected follow Thursday. Jamestown residents were allowed home Wednesday, and three entrances to Rocky Mountain National Park were reopened along with two roadways. Many homeowners ignored the evacuation orders to stay with their homes, and they waved off rescue helicopters flying overhead. Displaced Lyons residents and music fans took their traditional Tuesday night bluegrass jam to the nearby town of Longmont, where they comforted each other and raised money for two musicians who lost instruments in the flood. “We’re all reconnecting after the storm, when we got split up, and now we’re all talking about how we’re going to rebuild and help each other and get through this, get back to a place of happy community,” said Mike Marzano. Meanwhile, the South Platte River crested and surged Wednes-

day through the towns and farms of the Colorado plains and into Nebraska. Volunteers in Ovid filled sandbags and built a dike overnight in the northeastern Colorado town of about 300, preventing serious flooding when the river crested there Wednesday morning, Sedgwick County emergency management director Mark Turner said. The river rose to a record level of more than 10 feet near the Colorado-Nebraska border, and some flooding was reported near the Nebraska town of Big Springs. The plains areas of eastern Colorado and western Nebraska is largely rural farmland, which has so far limited the damage compared to the devastation in the mountain communities to the west. State officials held the number of flood-related deaths at six, plus two women missing and presumed dead. The number is expected to increase, but it could take weeks or even months to search through all the flooded areas. More than 6,400 disaster victims have applied for federal assistance, with more than $430,000 approved so far, Federal Emergency Management officials said. The U.S. Department of Transportation released $30 million to begin repairing roads, highways and bridges. The cost of rebuilding infrastructure and thousands of homes is not yet known. Officials believe it will take hundreds of millions of dollars and months, if not years, to recover.

Gov’t says health care overhaul will accelerate spending growth BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The nation’s health care spending will jump by 6.1 per cent next year as the big coverage expansion in President Barack Obama’s overhaul kicks in, government experts predicted Wednesday. That’s more than 2 percentage points higher than the growth rate forecast for this year, and compares with a growth rate that has hovered under 4 per cent, historically low, for the past four years. Much of the increase projected for next year is attributed to the new health care program, which is expected to provide insurance

coverage to millions of currently uninsured Americans beginning Jan. 1. Without it, the estimated growth would be 4.5 per cent, according to the report Wednesday from Medicare’s Office of the Actuary. The findings were published online by the journal Health Affairs. Other factors driving up spending include an improving economy and the aging of the nation’s population. Over the longer term, the health care overhaul would only be a modest contributor to spending increases, the report said. From 2012 to 2022, the new law is projected to add about 0.1 per cent to average annual health spending growth.

In all, Obama’s plan will add $621 billion to health care spending over that 10-year period, while expanding coverage to some 30 million uninsured people, experts said. Some 11 million people are expected to gain health insurance coverage in 2014, mostly through new state insurance markets the law sets up or through expanded eligibility for Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for low-income people. Medicaid enrolment alone is expected to increase by 8.7 million people next year. Many of the newly insured are expected to be younger and healthier.

against the sun. Temperatures were in the mid-80s but felt far hotter. Dozens of others collapsed in some of the few spots of shade, joined there by panting stray neighbourhood dogs. Soldiers wandered through the crowds offering lollipops, an offer many greeted with angry disbelief. “Forty-eight hours without electricity, no running water and now we can’t get home,” said Catalina Clave, 46, who works at the Mexico City stock exchange. “Now all I ask for is some shade and some information.”

Security reviews promised in wake of shooting BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered two sweeping reviews of military security and employee screening programs, acknowledging Wednesday that “a lot of red flags” may have been missed in the background of the Washington Navy Yard shooter. Two days after former Navy reservist Aaron Alexis gunned down 12 people in a shooting rampage inside the Navy base, Pentagon leaders struggled with whether a string of minor arrests, mental health issues and other behavioural problems should have been enough to strip him of his security clearance or deny him access to the secure facility in southeast Washington. “Obviously, there were a lot of red flags,” Hagel told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. “Why they didn’t get picked, why they didn’t get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions that we’re going to be dealing with.” But Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he still believes that those who have served in the military should not be stigmatized by having to answer questions about their mental health status on security clearance forms. In recent years, Dempsey and other military leaders had argued that service members — many of whom have been plagued by stress disorders and other problems after multiple deployments in more than a decade of war — should have the opportunity to overcome their mental health challenges without being stigmatized. He questioned whether forcing Alexis to disclose that he had been undergoing mental health treatments could have prevented Monday’s tragedy. “I don’t know what the investigation will determine, but he committed murder,” said Dempsey, sitting next to Hagel. “And I’m not sure that any particular question or lack of question on a security clearance would probably have revealed that.” As officials worked to untangle the events surrounding the shooting spree and what may have triggered or enabled it, they continued Wednesday to say that routine security procedures were followed when Alexis used his authorized access card to get onto the base and into Building 197. They said his checkered Navy career, marred by unauthorized absences and other misconduct, as well as two brushes with the law in Georgia and Texas, were probably not enough to prompt a review of his “secret” level security clearance or prevent him from using that clearance to go onto the base and do his job as an information technology contractor. A “secret” clearance is held by nearly 4 million people, the government’s lowest classified clearance.

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tawa/Hull and holds a mass on LeBreton Flats. He also meets with the Canadian bishops, and returns to Rome on Sept. 20. 1960 — University of Alberta opens new 130-hectare campus on western outskirts of Calgary. The Arts and Education and Science and Engineering buildings are the first to open. The university becomes fully autonomous in 1966. 1876 — Talks begin to set up the Ottawa Football Club. In 1898, it will re-organize itself as the Ottawa Rough Riders.

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OLD-FASHIONED FALL FAIR

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Students from Gateway Christian School Pines campus, from the left Ava Campbel, Holly Beeler, Grace Lyons and Caleb McKenzie, get the chance to experience doing laundry the old-fashioned way during a visit to the Sunnybrook Farm and Museum earlier this year. On Saturday, the Red Deer 2013 Centennial will host an Old Fashioned Fall Fair at the Sunnybrook Farm and Museum in Red Deer. From noon to 4 p.m., everyone is invited to take part in a number of special events at the farm, including a scarecrow contest, milk can train rides, a penny carnival, cow milking, chicken plop bingo, field games and homemade ice cream, to name a few.

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Friday ● Scrabble Benefit, hosted by GrammaLinkAfrica and supported by the Golden Circle, will run Sept. 20, with registration at 1 and play starting at 1:30 p.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. All proceeds donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising their orphaned grandchildren. Register for pledge forms by contacting Merla at wmwgib@ gmail.com, or call 403-342-5670. This is a non competitive, fun benefit with silent auction and complimentary coffee and cookies. Tax receipt issued for donations or pledges over $20. For more information contact Faye at 403-343-1881 or email bev.hughes@shaw.ca or call 403-3431881. ● Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Rock and Roll Dance Party is on Sept. 20, 8:30 p.m. at the Legion. Cost is $15 per person, and tickets are available from the Legion. Phone 403342-0035. ● United Way Meinema Cup Street Hockey Challenge takes place on Sept. 20 at Parkland Mall north east parking lot from noon to 7 p.m. Teams may choose competitive or recreational division, and are required to raise $400 in pledges. Food and beverages on site, including beer garden for those 18 years and up. All proceeds to the United Way of Central Alberta. See www.caunitedway. ca, or phone 403-343-3900. ● Kerry Wood Nature Centre will host World Alzheimer Day event on Sept. 20. Highlights include Dr. Allison Ronda, naturepath at Red Deer Wellness Centre, speaking on wellness, an interactive talk by Carol Foy of Studio Upstairs Yoga on relaxation, and more. Doors open at 1 p.m. Free. Donations welcome. Phone 403-342-0448. ● Lacombe Farmers Market will be held at Michener Park across from Lacombe Golf and Country Club on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Oct. 11. Features homemade baking, breads, fruit and vegetables when in season, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, birdhouses, local honey bedding plants and more. Phone 403-782-4772. ● Nu2U Thrift Store in Olds is open Tuesday to Friday from noon to 5 p.m. at 5030 51 St. The store offers furniture, home decor, housewares, antiques, collectibles, and more. Phone 403-5563279. Profits go to community initiatives. ● Ponoka Legion weekly suppers are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays. Cost is $13 per person. Call 403783-4076. ● Drop-in Pre-school Storytime is offered from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the children’s department. Stories, songs, and crafts for three to five year olds. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Stettler Senior Drop-In Centre events include: pool at noon Monday to Saturday; cards on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.; floor curling Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.; Whist on Monday at 1:30 p.m.; Canasta on Friday at 1 p.m. To find out more, phone 403-742-6556.

Saturday ● German-Canadian Club of Red Deer presents Oktoberfest on Sept. 21 at Festival Hall. Beer garden opens at 6 p.m., dinner and dance to follow with music by The Braebec Brothers. Tickets cost $45, children under 13 pay half price. For tickets call 403-342-1073. Visit Facebook, or www.reddeergerman-canadianclub.com for more information. ● Girlz Club meets at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch on Sept. 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. Girls ages seven years and up invited. The them will be Peace, Girl! and the session will focus on crafts and more to celebrate International Day of Peace. For more information call 403-341-3822, or email cputnam@rdpl.org. ● Whisker Rescue will be at the

Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m. A senior cat is given to a senior person free of charge, and payment of veterinary bills; we supply food and litter if necessary. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251 ● Earthdance Global Peace Party will be celebrated on Sept. 21 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Veterans Park. Highlights include mayor’s proclamation and prayer for peace at 5 p.m., yoga, children’s activities, dancing, music, speakers. This is a free event with donations including Canadian Tire money accepted on behalf of Family Services of Central Alberta. See earthdance.org. ● Driving Competency workshop with the director of the Medically at Risk Driver Centre, Sept. 21, 1 to 3 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Free of charge. Contact Marge at 403-342-0587, Darlene at 403-347-8218. Registrations accepted at the door. ● Old Fashioned Fall Fair will be celebrated on Sept. 21 Sunnybrook Farm Museum from noon to 4 p.m. as part of Red Deer’s centennial events. Take in the races, games, crafts, displays, arts and crafts demonstrations, fiddlers, dancers, puppets, and hula hoops with Val and Jodie, centennial cake and more. Phone 403-340-2013. Free admission. Businesses and organizations are invited to enter the scarecrow contest. Call 403-304-0742. Judging by popular vote. ● Sylvan Lake Fall Festival will be held at The Pier and will celebrate fall, family, fun and free on Sept. 21. Contact Channelle at 403-887-2199 or carnold@sylvanlake.ca. ● McMan Youth Family and Community Services Association First Annual Amazing Race takes place on Sept. 21 with the kick off at 10 a.m. at Westerner Park, and ends at Barrett Park with a barbecue at approximately 4 p.m. There will challenges involving food, culture, and athletics. Participants may go on foot, bike, skateboard, or roller blade. Teams are comprised of two members. Adult team entry is $750. Youth team (ages 15 years minimum) entry is a minimum $100 in pledges and there must be one adult per youth team. Many prizes including a snowboard. Contact Christine or Linsey at 403-309-2002, text 403505-8961, or see Facebook. Funds will go toward capital campaign for residential facility for McMan’s Substance Abuse Services for Youth programming. Corporate sponsorship and pledges welcome. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, next on Sept. 21 with The Dynamics band from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-7838587 for more information. ● 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. 21 session is called Guides! More thank just Cookies with artist Tanya ZuzakCollard. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission. ● Bike Corral at the Red Deer Farmer’s Market will be offered by Red Deer Primary Care Network every Saturday of the market until Oct. 12. Corral staff will offer fun health activities and challenges. ● Nature Savvy Saturdays at Kerry Wood Nature Centre are offered from 1 to 4 p.m. each week. Enjoy a nature-themed craft or activity. All ages invited to drop in and for a seasonal nature-inspired craft or activity. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Red Deer Legion Silent Auction and Fundraiser Dinner will be held Sept. 21. Tickets cost $20 each and include all you can eat pasta dinner. Bidding open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Phone 403-342-035, rcl35mgr@telus.net. ● Central Alberta Foodgrains Bank Charity Harvest is set for Sept. 21 at noon at Hwy. 11 and Range Road 25-0 on the north side. There will be a free barbecue. Please bring a lawn chair and cheer on the harvest of 138 acres of wheat. A good will offering will be accepted with all funds to helping the disadvantaged. Contact Doug at 403-782-1860.

In case of unsuitable weather, the alternate date is Sept. 28.

Sunday ● Operation Food Lift 2013 will be held on Sept. 22 in support of Red Deer Food Bank Society at Hangar 13 at Springbrook with the help of Skywings Aviation Academy Ltd. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For a minimum $25 cash or non-perishable food donation, participants may take a flight over Red Deer. Flying Flee Market will be available for participants to shop and browse while they wait, and the Food Bank will hold a barbecue on site. Table rentals are available for $10 per table in advance, or $20 on the day of the market. To reserve a table, call 403-342-5344. ● Our Hearts Remember is a short walk and gathering of bereaved families remembering special babies who have died during pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth or early neonatal death. The walk takes place on Sept. 22, 12:30 to 4 p.m. at the Kiwanis Picnic Shelter. Contact the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation at www.rdrhfoundation. com or call 403-343-4773. ● Tree House Youth Theatre presents ‘I Met a Bully on the Hill’ on Sept. 22 at the Scott Block. Doors open at 7:15 for a 7:30 curtain. Program consists of four short theatrical essays and a oneact play about the issue of bullying. Suggested donation of $10. Visit www.treehouseyouththeatre. ca or call Janet at 403-986-0631. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide with Pastor Mel Kornfeld. Officiating service starts at 10 a.m. ● Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life takes place on Sept. 22. To learn more, make a donation, sponsor a team or register, visit www.aidswalkforlife.ca ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more.

Monday ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month from Jan. to Nov. at 7 p.m. in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Davina at 403-598-9481.

Tuesday ● The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is recruiting both experienced and inexperienced people from Central Alberta are who are interested in joining the band. Anyone interested in piping or drumming is welcome. Practices are held at the Red Deer Legion on Tuesdays and 7 p.m. New members will start in November. Contact 403-782-7183. ● Town Hall Meeting, Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. at Harvest Centre, Westerner Park, hosted by Mary Anne Jablonski, MLA Red Deer North, will feature Helen Irlen discussing the concept of overlays and special filters that have improved reading, attention and concentration for children and adults around the world. Learn more about Bill 204 — the Irlen Syndrome Testing Act. For more information call 403-342-2263. ● Tight and Bright — a back to school bash for teens, will be held at the Red Deer Public Library, Snell Auditorium on Sept. 24, 4 to 5 p.m. Wear your tightest and brightest 80s garb and your biggest hair. Play glow in the dark twister, dance to the music of the 80s and win prizes. ● Town and Country Dance Club will offer lessons in foxtrot, two step, waltz and more on Sept. 24 to Oct. 29 at Bower Kin Community Centre. Cost is $35 for six lessons. To register call 403728-3333 or 403-391-3016. ● Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm. Writers in all genres gather to share, encourage, critique and learn with each other. Small membership and drop in fee. Call 403-309-3590 or email jamoody@telus.net for more information. ● Bower Place Community Association seniors’ coffee and card parties are held on the last Tuesday of each month at Bower Kin Place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Join the fun on Sept. 24. Call Marlene at 403-343-0632.

Wednesday ● Red Deer Bridge Club will be offering beginner and advanced beginner lessons on Wednesdays from 1 to 3:30 p.m., or 7 to 9:30 p.m. if registration warrants, at Bay 16 5579 47 St. in Cronquist Business Park. Ten lessons cost $30. Contact Barb at 403-346-8545, or Pat at 403-343-3765. See www.reddeerbridgeclub.com for the regular games schedule, or Bridge Club at 403-347-7300. ● Personal And Social Transformation Action (PASTA) Players meet on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Hub. Persons aged 12 years and up invited to explore theatre. Free to join. No experience required. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Ponoka United Church Thrift Shop is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come in and shop for the whole family. Call Mary at 403783-5030, or Jessie at 403-783-8627. ● Red Deer Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society meeting will be held on 25, 7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bower neighbourhood. Topic will be your genealogy activities from this summer. Contact Betty at 403-347-6351. ● Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on Sept. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The cost is $8 per person at the door. Phone 403-347-7311. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Silver and Gold is on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403342-0035. ● Canadian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Disaster Management Program in Central Alberta. An information meeting will be offered on Sept. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. at #105, 5201 43 St. Learn about the program and how to assist those experiencing personal disasters. Call 403-346-1241 or email matt.sawatsky@redcross.ca.

Thursday ● Central Alberta Theatre presents Butterflies Are Free, a romantic comedy set in 1960s, which will be shown at Nickle Studio upstairs at Red Deer Memorial Centre, Thursdays to Saturdays, Sept. 26 to Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. with a matinee Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets on sale at Black Knight Tickets, 403-755-6626. ● Alberta Culture Days and Canadian Culture Days Weekend will be held on Sept. 26 to 29 at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. There will be a reception acknowledging the James Agrell Smith exhibition with Mary-Beth Laviolette, curator, giving a talk on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. Phone 403309-8405. ● Red Deer Cruise Night will be located at Parkland Mall in the northeast parking lot, weekly on Thursday nights from 6 to 9 p.m. until Oct., weather permitting. Between 200 to 600 vehicles weekly with room for up to 900. Free. Donations welcome. Food vendors available. Family and child friendly entertainment and occasional live bands, car clubs welcome. Contact Dave at 403-877-5047, or challengerdave1@gmail.com. ● Blackfalds Farmers’ Market runs Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. outdoors at the Multi-plex. New vendors are being sought, one stall per company at a rate of $20 per stall. Contact Tristina at 403-302-7935 to reserve a table. More information can be found at www.BlackfaldsAgSociety.com Tools for Schools Africa Foundation’s Shine Accessories Sale will be held on Sept. 26 at Festival Hall starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 each or $150 for a table of five. Enjoy wine, desserts and more while browsing tables of jewelry, scarves, and handbags. Donations of jewelry, purses and scarves sought. Please drop off donations at Artistry in Gold during business hours. Funds raised will put Ghanian girls through high school. Go to www.tfs-africa.org or call Lyn at 403-314-4911, or Wendy at 403-347-7285. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on Sept. 26 at the north side of the Red Deer Curling Club parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a 8 km hike at Gull Lake East. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Cook out this week. Phone Art at 403347-5778, or Mavis at 403-343-0091 or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Sept. 26, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Gold North Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-3476165, 403-986-7170.

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Guns no longer welcome at Starbucks COFFEE COMPANY STOPS SHORT OF A WEAPONS BAN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Starbucks has always set itself apart by taking strong positions on progressive political issues. Now that reputation has landed the company in the middle of the heated national debate over gun laws. On Thursday, the Seattle-based company will run full-page ads in major newspapers, telling customers that guns are no longer welcome in its cafes. But Starbucks is stopping short of an outright ban, exposing the fine line it needs to walk on a highly divisive issue. “We are not pro-gun or anti-gun,” CEO Howard Schultz said in an interview, noting that customers will still be served if they choose to a carry gun. The move comes as the company has finds itself at the centre of a fight it didn’t start. In recent months, gun control advocates have been pressuring Starbucks to ban firearms, while supporters of gun rights have celebrated the company’s decision to defer to local laws. About a month ago, Starbucks shut down a store in Newtown, Conn. early to avoid a demonstration by gun rights advocates. They had planned to stage a “Starbucks Appreciation Day,” bringing their firearms and turning the company into an unwitting supporter of gun rights. Support for guns runs counter to the Starbucks image. The warm feeling Starbucks customers get when they’re sipping lattes doesn’t always come from the coffee. For some, part of the brand’s attraction is the company’s liberal-leaning support of gay marriage and environmental issues. At least some of Starbucks’ more than $13 billion in annual revenue is derived from people who agree with the company’s views. But with some 7,000 company-owned stores across the country —in red states and blue— Starbucks is being forced to tread carefully with its special blend of politics and commerce. Many states allow people to carry licensed guns in some way, but some businesses exercise their right to ban firearms. They can do so because their locations are considered private property. Starbucks isn’t the only company that doesn’t ban guns, but it has become a target for gun control advocates, in part because of its corporate image. “This is a coffee company that has championed

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Starbucks’ corporate headquarters is seen in Seattle. Starbucks says guns are no longer welcome in its cafes, though it is stopping short of an outright ban on firearms. progressive issues,” said Shannon Watts, founder of the gun reform group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “They’ve positioned themselves about being about the human spirit — that was so at odds with this policy that allowed guns inside their stores.”

Starbucks’ mission statement is to “inspire and nurture the human spirit” and over the years, it has taken strong positions on a number of thorny issues. Earlier this year, the company banned smoking within 25 feet of its stores, wherever its leases allowed. The idea was to extend its no-smoking policy to the outdoor seating areas, regardless of state laws on the matter. At the company’s annual meeting in March, a shareholder stood to criticize Starbucks’ support of marriage equality. Schultz told the man it was a free country and that he could sell his shares. Starbucks has also been vocal about its healthcare benefits for workers. And the company says it only does business with coffee farmers who pay workers decent wages and farm in an environmentally friendly way. Such stances explain why Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun control advocacy group founded the day after the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., has been urging Starbucks to ban guns with its “Skip Starbucks Saturdays. In turn, gun rights advocates have been galvanized by the company’s decision to defer to local laws and staged the “Starbucks Appreciation Days.” Schultz said the events mischaracterized the company’s stance on the issue and the demonstrations “have made our customers uncomfortable.” He said he hopes people will honour the request not to bring in guns but says the company will nevertheless serve those who do. “We will not ask you to leave,” he said. The Seattle-based company plans to buy ad space in major national newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and USA Today to run an open letter from Schultz explaining the decision. The letter points to recent activities by both gun rights and gun control advocates at its stores, saying that it has been “thrust unwillingly” into the middle of the national debate over firearms. As for the “Starbucks Appreciation Days” being staged by gun rights advocates, it stresses: “To be clear: we do not want these events in our stores.” But the letter notes that Starbucks is standing by its position that the matter should ultimately be left to lawmakers. Schultz also said he doesn’t want to put workers in the position of having to confront armed customers by banning guns.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Red Deer Youth and Community Orchestra is looking for players of all ages to meet on Tuesday nights, 7 to 9 p.m. to play orchestral music. Concerts are planned for December and spring. Rehearsals start in early Oct. Contact Louise at 587-998-9453. ● Perogy Supper at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church will take place Oct. 17, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Adults are $11, children ten and under are $6. Tickets are available at the door. For more information call 403-347-2335. ● Lending Cupboard Society of Alberta, is seeking volunteers to commit to one, three hour shift per week. Hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Duties vary from cleaning equipment, customer service, repair shop, drivers and

warehouse. For more information drop in to 5406C 43 St., call Audrey at 403-356-1678 or visit the website at www.lendingcupboard.ca ● Fundraiser for Mikeala will be held on Sept. 29 at Gospel Chapel in Sylvan Lake at 3 p.m. with beef on a bun, $10 and silent auction, live auction at 5 p.m. and a 7 p.m. concert with the Boom Chucka Boys, $20 donation. For more information call Pam at 403352-2972 or 403-346-2973. ● Of Moose and Men— Across the World, the Red Deer River Naturalist fall social, will be held on Sept. 27, 7 p.m. at Festival Hall. Enjoy a wine and cheese social with quest speaker Jerry Haigh, wildlife vet, author and storyteller. Tickets, $10, are available at Kerry Wood Nature Centre in advance.

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● Red Deer Public Schools Community Programs has openings for their upcoming courses in Basic German and Pronunciation. For dates, costs and registration phone 403-342-1059 online at communityprograms.rdpsd.ab.ca ● Red Deer College Performing Arts announces the 2013-14 show season. Upcoming plays include A Comedy of Errors, Oct. 1019, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Nov. 21-30, The Three Musketeers, Feb. 6 to 15, and Ten Lost Years, April 16 to 19, Tickets go on through Ticketmaster. The website, www.rdc.ab.ca/showtime will be updated regularly. The Concert Series begins on Oct. 3. For more information call 403-342-3300. ● All Aboard Dinner Theatre — Fundraiser for Benalto Train Station — will offer dinner and a play by the Say It Ain’t So Theatre group at the Benalto Community Hall on Oct. 19. Supper at 6 p.m. with theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets, $50, available at Benalto General Store or call Gloria at 403-746-5494. ● Sweetheart Gala — Fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House — will be held on Feb. 15 from 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at heartland Room, Westerner Park. Tickets, $25 in advance and $30 after Jan. 1. Event includes a silent auction, toonie bar, prizes, 50.50 draws and midnight lunch. For tickets and information contact Courtney or Chelsey at c.malone@hotmail.com ● Taoist Tai Chi — experience a relaxing, holistic, low impact exercise at the new location at Port ‘O Call Centre. New beginner classes run Monday to Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Continuing year round classes for those with some experience run Monday to Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday to Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Classes also available in Lacombe and Innisfail. For information call 403-346-6772 or email ttcsredd@telusplanet.net. ● Pipe Band Pub Night, hosted by the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band will go at Bo’s Bar and Grill on Sept. 28, 7 p.m. Silent auction and music by St. James Gate and the pipe band. Tickets, $20, include a pint and apples, available by calling 403-782-7183 or any pipe band member. ● Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tours, will be screened on Oct. 1 at the Memorial Centre Theatre. Films include the high adrenalin, action sports of mountain biking, long-boarding, paddling, climbing, skiing, slack linings and BASE jumping. Tickets, $20, are available at the kerry Wood Nature Centre, Wipe-Out Ski and Bike and the Pursuit Adventure and Travel. For more information call Todd at 403-346-2010. ● Forshee Community Hall old-time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold Band. Next dance is Oct. 4. For more information, call 403-748-3378. ● Gifts for Grandparents is a program where volunteers deliver gift bags to nominated seniors in our community who otherwise may go without anything fro Christmas. Areas where help is needed is sorting, filling bags and delivering gifts from Dec. 6 to 17. Contact, Liz, at Family Services of Central Alberta at 403-309-0180 or email homebrew@thelus.net. ● Alberta Health Services offers QuitCore program to help local residents quit smoking running eight weeks beginning Oct. 3, 6 p.m. at Red Deer Provincial Building. Free. Phone 1-866-710-QUIT (7848) to register. ● Scott School Community’s Chain Lakes Poker Rally will be held on Sept. 29. A pancake breakfast will be offered from 9 to 11 a.m. The ride takes place from 10 a.m. to noon. All riders must register. Phone 403-783-6858. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held Sept. 28 at Penhold Hall. Music by Lost Highway. Doors open at 8 p.m. Music starts at 8:30 p.m. Members and invited guests only; new members welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403304-7440. ● Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Class of 1964 Fiftieth Year Reunion takes place on June 21, 2014, 3 p.m. Contact Pete Weddell at 403-340-1467, or cell 403-505-6476, 5619 47A Ave. Red Deer, Alta. T4N 3S1, or Gail (Horn) Krause at 403-3427554, or cell 403-350-9122. ● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District offers information on funeral options. An annual membership costs $25 and can be transferred to other societies in North America at little or no cost. To purchase a membership, or find out more, phone 403-340-3898 go to www.memorialsocietyrd.ca, or email to info@memorialsocietyrd.ca. ● Life After Loss: A Children’s Grief Group will be offered on Oct. 15 at Parkland Youth Homes Society. This therapeutic group program will assist children who are grieving the death of a loved one within their family or close to the family. An affordable sliding fee scale applies. Contact Kim or Jeremy at 403-340-8995. ● Heartwise, a free, three-hour group session offered by Alberta Health Services, will be held on Sept. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Bethany Collegeside. Nutrition and food service professionals will share their knowledge and guide discussions to help individuals manage their heart health. To register, call 1-88-314-6997. ● Craving Change will be offered by Alberta Health Services at Bethany CollegeSide and is designed to help local residents looking to improve their eating habits in a series of three weekly workshops. Participants will learn self-awareness tools and engage in activities designed to help identify and manage challenges associated with nutrition decisions. Workshops will be held on Sept. 27, and Oct. 11 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, or to register, call 1-877314-6997. ● Red Deer Legion sports clubs are organizing winter leagues in shuffleboard, darts, crib, and bridge. Drop in to the Legion to learn more about the these league or drop in programs or call 403-3420035. ● Inner Peace Movement of Canada will present a lecture on Oct. 8 at 1 p.m.. and again at 7 p.m. at the Super 8 Hotel. This is a community based, organization that gives people practical tools and techniques to find answers for themselves to create the life they would like to have. For more information email dfuechtman@shaw.ca or call 780-667-6583.

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Long an integral part of the Central Alberta business community, MGM Ford Lincoln is set to build on its legacy of exceptional products and services as it introduces a new era of growth and innovation. Established in 1959 as McFarlane-Goodacre Motors, MGM has been serving Red Deer and Central Alberta at its current site since 1970. As a key cornerstone in that growth, MGM is proud to introduce its completely redesigned, state of the art location to Central Alberta motorists. With over 50,000 square feet of sales and service space over two levels, the new MGM building boasts an expanded showroom and customer area, a separate Luxury Showroom for MGM’s Lincoln brand and 32 service bays providing everything from quick maintenance services, heavy duty repairs to detailing and cleaning. In addition, the new 5 bay Quick Lane Tire and Auto Center provides a broad range of services for your car or truck regardless of the year or model, all without requiring an appointment. As well, the expanded outdoor sales area provides room for an extensive inventory of new and used vehicles. The crucial driver behind this growth is the acquisition of MGM Ford Lincoln by the Go Auto Group of Edmonton. Go Auto is made up of over 30 dealerships across Alberta and British Columbia and the Northwest Territories; repair and service centers and reconditioning facilities, as well as inhouse finance and insurance services and specially designed Go Auto loyalty and rewards programs. Go Auto was established in 2009 with the intent of utilizing today’s technology and mass market selection abilities to tailor the overall buying process to fit individual requirements. With over 7500 vehicles in inventory at any given time, the subsequent growth and success of the company has proven to be quite remarkable. Combining the traditional sales and service commitment of MGM Ford Lincoln with the buying power and economies of scale provided by Go Auto has created a natural “win - win” for customers. MGM is now able to provide customers with a one stop, across the board buying experience. Utilizing their “Happy to Help” program MGM and Go Auto can assist you in locating, purchasing, financing and insuring the vehicle of your dreams. And once

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you’ve decided on a vehicle their outstanding commitment to after-market service will keep your vehicle on the road for many years to come. Go Auto also provides an outstanding customer rewards program all revolving around the Go Card. The card comes with every vehicle purchased through MGM and provides savings on parts and service as well as credits for you next vehicle purchase through your ongoing parts and service purchases as well as rewards garnered for simply referring friends and family to MGM. This year is also a special year for all Ford fans as 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford, one of history’s most remarkable inventors and businessmen. According to the Ford Motor Company “Henry Ford’s vision changed the way we live. His life spanned an era of dramatic change - from farm to factory, from the Civil War to World War II, from candlelight to electric light, from horses to cars. It was change Henry Ford helped provoke. His revolutionary Model T was a pebble tossed into a still pond, whose ever-expanding ripples still wash around us today.” Much of the way we live today, especially in North America and Europe owes a tremendous debt to the genius of Henry Ford. From the rugged Model T and Model A, the development of assembly line production, the unheard of “$5 dollar day” that helped form the American middle class, through the innovative Mustang series, the rugged Ford F Series trucks and ubiquitous Ford Focus and Fusion sedans and the luxurious Lincoln line of vehicles, the legacy of Henry Ford continues to influence our lives. Each year, MGM Ford Lincoln and the Ford Motor Company are proud to unveil new and innovative vehicle lines and 2014 is no exception to that tradition. With recession recovery well underway vehicle producers have taken the lessons learned from the near collapse of the North American industry and are looking forward to building and selling vehicles that fit the requirements of today’s market. While fuel efficiency and safety are still major considerations, style and luxury are increasingly important to prospective customers. The 2014 Ford and Lincoln lineup has done an excellent job of bringing all these considerations together in one astonishing line of vehicles. For further information on continuing Ford and Lincoln style and innovation visit www.mgmfordlincoln.

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com, www.ford.ca or, www.lincolncanada.ca today. For more information on Go Auto visit www.goauto.ca. Being in business in a community is only part of living in the community and being a contributing and positive part of a community has always been an important part of MGM Ford Lincoln existence. The company and its employees have always made it a habit to give back to the community and are proud to contribute to community causes such as the David Thompson Health Region, Red Deer College, Red Deer Hospice Society, the SPCA, Ducks Unlimited, the Canadian Cancer Society, Kinsman Dream Home, Hunting Hills High School, Notre Dame High School, Red Deer Public School District Scholarship Fund, Red Deer Minor Hockey, and the RCMP Victims Service Unit. Joining with Go Auto has also made it possible for MGM staff to increase the scope and impact of their community participation throughout Alberta. MGM Ford Lincoln and Go Auto are committed to maintaining the high level of sales and service excellence that over the decades has become part of the MGM way of doing things. Being the best at what you do isn’t part of doing business, it’s the reason for being in business. Drop by and check out the new MGM Ford Lincoln today!

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McFarlane-Goodacre Motors Ford Lincoln Sales Ltd. was established in 1959 by Bob Goodacre and Ken McFarlane. The partners had just bought Hepworth Motors dealership located in downtown Red Deer but soon renamed the operation. McFarlane, an accountant, had previously been associated with a Calgary dealership, while Goodacre - a native of Red Deer - had been selling cars for about six years after a serious injury ended his short National Hockey League career. This original dealership soon outgrew its modest downtown facilities and in December 1970, the two men relocated the dealership to 3010 50th Ave. A new building was erected on this site in the early seventies, and the name was shortened to MGM Mercury Sales. This eventually evolved into MGM Ford Lincoln Sales and this site remains the location of MGM today. McFarlane retired in 1980, but Goodacre remained in the showroom for another dozen years, until his passing in 1992 at the age of 63. By then, his son Andy was managing the dealership. But the senior Goodacre, who had always been customer-focused, had left his indelible stamp on his son and the business. Because of this dedication to customer service, MGM is now proud to be dealing with the children and grandchildren of customers that Goodacre and McFarlane dealt with. Along the way Honda Red Deer and Acura of Red Deer were added to the MGM Auto Group; Andy Goodacre and his wife Carol opened Honda Red Deer in 1984 and Acura of Red Deer in 2008. Last year, the Go Auto Group purchased the dealerships and now continues the proud tradition of customer service established by the Goodacre family. And most of the staff that previously worked with the Goodacre family at MGM remains at the dealership. When it was first established, MGM sold only Ford trucks and Mercury cars. Over the years, trucks have been the bread and butter of the dealership as it wasn’t able to carry products like the popular Ford Mustang. Cars and SUVs, however, have become an increasingly important part of its product mix that continues to evolve as Ford introduces

new vehicles. These have included diesel trucks and hybrid cars, with a broad range of innovations being added to new and existing models. MGM Ford Lincoln feels its current location is ideal to serve all Central Albertans – including retail, wholesale and fleet customers. Red Deer itself is easily accessible from Hwy 2, the Delburne Hwy or Hwy 11. Within the city, our location provides easy access by way of Gaetz Ave., 32nd Street or Taylor Drive. Although the facility at 3010 50th Ave. has served both MGM and the community admirably, it can no longer fulfill the high customer service standards that MGM management and staff continually aspire to achieve. In July of 2011, Red Deer’s municipal planning commission approved plans for a new dealership building at MGM’s current location. The two-storey, 42,615-square-foot facility was built west of MGM Ford Lincoln’s existing premises. MGM Ford Lincoln’s new premises are much roomier, with the dealership’s service bay count increasing to 32 from 17. A snack bar, children’s play space and Internet access are among the new amenities available to customers. The showroom area has also increased in size, with a separate lounge and showroom for the Lincoln brand. The service department has gained a drive-through area, so customers won’t have to exit their vehicles when coming in. Five bays are now dedicated to no-appointment service. These changes have been necessary to ensure the appropriate customer service MGM’s current customers have come to appreciate. As an added benefit to MGM patrons, the company maintains a fleet of loaner vehicles for customers whose own cars or trucks are being serviced. And a full listing of MGM’s new and used inventory is available on their website at www. mgmfordlincoln.com. Through these services, it is clear the dedication to customer satisfaction originally established by Bob Goodacre and Ken McFarlane remain at MGM Ford Lincoln today. The staff and management are proud to welcome you to come and visit their new facilities and the exciting line of new products offered by Ford and Lincoln.

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GO AUTO IS COMPRISED OF OVER 30 DEALERSHIPS, REPAIR AND SERVICE CENTERS, RECONDITIONING FACILITIES, IN-HOUSE FINANCE AND INSURANCE, LOYALTY AND REWARDS PROGRAMS AND MORE. They maintain a vast inventory and their purchasing power helps them get the best deal and the best selection for you, their customers. They are proud of the products they represent and every effort is made to reflect that pride in their contact with customers - before and long after the sale. Go Auto offers a challenging and varied work environment with opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Continuous improvement is essential to their success. Their track record of long term staff retention is a testament to the way they do business and the value that they place upon the contributions of each employee. Mike Priestner started as a car salesman in

1979. He was quickly promoted into management and was offered the opportunity to become a 33% partner in Oxford Dodge in London, Ontario. He never looked back. With a consistent track record of exceeding industry standards and in producing high-volumne, highly profitable dealerships, Mike demonstrated the ability to recognize potential and effectively utilize the people and processes that are required to make each venture a leader in the marketplace. He continuously reinvested the companies’ profits to grow and diversify the business into what is now one of Canada’s leading automotive companies. Grant Ericksen was ahead of the curve on the import wave when he started selling Datsuns in 1969, and grew his company into a six-store import juggernaut. After 40 years of business in the Edmonton automotive market, Grant attributes much of his success to the character, motivation, and ability of the individuals he has chosen as partners, managers, and employees. In addition to his vast experience, Grant’s ties to the local community have been a huge asset to the growth and success of Go Auto. After recognizing the potential to offer the ultimate in customer service, selection, and loyalty benefits, the Priestner and Ericksen families officially joined forces in the fall of 2009. Today Go Auto continues to grow and diversify across Western Canada.

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