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Red Deer Advocate WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015
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Super Dave Mathieson flies over Rocky Mountain House.
His call sign needs little explanation. Captain Denis “Cheech” Beaulieu likes to fly high. Beaulieu will do just that as he thrills audiences in a CF-18 jet at today’s Rocky Mountain House Airshow. Beaulieu, the Hornet demo pilot, is part of the 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bagotville, Quebec. The 34-year-old says he likes the change of scene in the fighter pilot life and travelling across North America. His gig with the demo team is for one year. “It’s only 20 minutes and I have to land after 20 minutes because I use so much power,” he said. “I use full power through the demo routine that I burn all my gas very quick. It’s a very aggressive flight and it’s pretty intense.” The five-month demo season at airshows starts in May and wraps up in September for the Canadian
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE AIRSHOW C1 Forces F-18 demo team. There are seven members on the team. “So far, so good,” said Beaulieu. “We always err on the side of safety. That’s why we have an arresting cable in Rocky Mountain because of the high altitude and short run way.” He said there have been some close calls with birds but that’s expected when you are flying in their territory. The jet’s design commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. British, Canada and allied fighter pilots pushed back the Germans in the battle. The aviation show will also feature the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Super Dave Mathieson, one of stars on the hit Airshow on the Discovery Channel, the Granley Family Airshows, Stefan Trischuk and much more.
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CAANS promoting safe disposal of sharps ing flushed or thrown in the trash. Both of those are risks and can be expensive.” Needles do not flush down the toilet and so a plumber may be required. If someone throws a neeIn one less conspicuous way, Red Deer is becom- dle into trash, then people who process the garbage are at risk. “It’s best practice actually for public ing a safer community. A Central Alberta AIDS Network Society (CAANS) bathrooms to have sharps containers,” she said. “I think everybody would recognize that any program is helping to reduce the chances of someone accidentally coming in contact with used needles sharps that are going into sharps containers is a good thing because the alternative to that is not good,” and other types of sharps. Some years ago, the network established outdoor said Vanderschaeghe. “We spend a lot of time talking to a lot of peodrop boxes at several locations in Red Deer for ple who use drugs people to leave used about disposing of needles. Over time, ‘IT’S REALLY ABOUT PREVENTING THE them properly and thousands of needles have been disposed of SHARPS FROM BEING FLUSHED OR THROWN the best way to do that is to have as safely via these conIN THE TRASH. BOTH OF THOSE ARE RISKS many different lotainers. Some of the cations as possible. locations include the AND CAN BE EXPENSIVE.’ That’s why there’s Buffalo Hotel, Barrett Park and Rotary Rec—JENNIFER VANDERSCHAEGHE needle drop boxes. reation Park. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAANS That’s why we give out personal sharps And for about the containers. That’s past year, CAANS has been providing sharps containers for use inside busi- why we would never charge someone who uses drugs nesses and community facilities — in the washrooms to have a sharps container.” CAANS provides the containers and advice about of restaurants or parks, for example. Jennifer Vanderschaeghe, executive director where to install them to businesses and the city for of CAANS, said there are a number of the indoor a fee. When a sharps container is full, then the busisharps containers throughout Red Deer. Such con- ness, for example, returns it to the CAANS office. A company then picks them up from CAANS and tainers are normal for urban environments, she said, and can be found in many places, including airports disposes of them. CAANS spends about $1,100 per month on the disand libraries. In Red Deer, they are located in washrooms at posal, said Vanderschaeghe. The containers now are not see-through. This arenas, library bathrooms, shelters, the food bank means that if a parent were in a washroom with a and splash parks, for example, she said. Part of it is preventive, and the people using the child “kids don’t ask what it is and parents don’t sharps containers can include diabetics. But it tends have to have those conversations. “For kids, it just looks like another dispenser beto be a variety of people who are using bathrooms, cause they don’t see the needles,” she said. Vanderschaeghe said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com “It’s really about preventing the sharps from beMARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF
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Jennifer Vanderschaeghe shows off what the sharp bins the Central Alberta AIDS Network provides to businesses on Friday afternoon.
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