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Inter-agency meetings work to develop connections

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express On each first Tuesday of the month, various members of agencies between Red Deer, Lacombe and Lacombe County all meet to create connections necessary to build the community.

These inter-agency meetings are held at Neighborhood Place in Lacombe, and include a wide variety of organizations. The pur-

pose of these meetings is to get people face-to-face, discussing issues in the region and to develop connections to best address those issues.

Barb Walker of Neighborhood Place has been participating and facilitating the meetings for eight years. She said it has been a great way to develop connections to the surrounding agencies.

“People find it easier to give help and to ask for help

when they feel connected to the person - that is agencies as well as clients,” she explained.

“The biggest thing about this is that we learn from each other as people, as well. For Neighborhood Place, this means that when we are referring a client somewhere in the community, it’s to a person, not just a place. It’s so much better if I can say, go and talk to Sandi at the City – she’s doing this and

can help you, rather than saying, go to the City of Lacombe. It makes all of the difference.”

The range of agencies and organizations that participate in the discussions vary from members of the City of Lacombe, to employees of the John Howard Society in Red Deer.

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The meetings are an open forum where members enjoy a lunch together as they introduce themselves, their organization and what any needs or accomplishments might be. It’s an opportunity for agencies to develop connections that help to raise the quality of life of people in Lacombe, organizers say.

Char Lockhart of Central Alberta Youth Unlimited (CAYU) and the YUTurn Centre said she feels the meetings are a great way to build connections.

“I think one of the great things about the meetings is that it enables us to be connected to one another. There is such a large amount of resources in Lacombe, but we don’t all know each other, and we’re all working within a certain scope. We don’t always know the right questions to ask,” she said.

“You come here, and you have somebody say what they do, and all of a sudden it ignites another question or idea about how you could fit together. It might not even be a good fit for you, but you might know someone else that could benefit from that.”

The meetings usually run about an hour, depending on the amount of agency representatives present.

For those wishing to be a part of the initiative, all one must do is attend the scheduled meetings, and add their information to the contact sheet.

Lockhart said, “I also like the feeling of, hey, we’re in this together. We love this community, and we’re working together in this community and we get to come together to support the community – that’s the real gift of the inter-agency meetings.” kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

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CEO for the 2019 Canada Winter Games gets to work Scott Robinson is excited about the opportunity for Central Alberta

BY ERIN FAWCETT Lacombe Express

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he recently named chief executive officer of the 2019 Canada Winter Games has officially taken his post.

Scott Robinson was selected from 33 applicants and began his work with the organization last week. Robinson joins the Games team following 23 years with Hockey Alberta, including 10 years as executive director of the Hockey Alberta Foundation.

A Red Deer resident for more than two decades, Robinson was actively involved with the Red Deer Bid Committee as well as the Transition Team that was working with the Canada Winter Games Council and the City of Red Deer to transition from a Bid Committee to a Host Society.

“It’s very exciting. I have been in sport for a long time and Red Deer is my home and to have an opportunity to lead a project like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” he said. “I feel very fortunate and honoured to be chosen and I’m excited about the opportunity we have as a community in front of us.

“We have such a strong group of volunteers with the Board. They are a fantastic group to work with – so much knowledge and so much experience and commitment to this community that it is very exciting as an individual to get the opportunity to work with people like that.”

Robinson said his first order of business will be to establish the base for the organization including getting a new home base next month at the old Central School location in downtown Red Deer. Currently the 2019 Canada Winter Games office is being housed at the Recreation Centre.

“I’m coming in now and I’m going to take over some of the operational things,” he said, adding the organization is also working on its vision for the Games.

Lyn Radford, chair of the 2019 Canada Winter Games Board, said the organization is excited to have Robinson on board.

“The 2019 Canada Winter Games Society feels very fortunate to get someone with the passion and knowledge of our community to lead the operations of these Games.

Scott will make sure all the ‘T’s’ are crossed and ‘I’s’ dotted to ensure that the vision and mission of the board is met,” she said.

“When our community welcomes over 25,000 participants in February 2019, his team will be ready and we as a community will feel a swell of pride that will be second to none experienced.”

The Board will be approving its governance plan at a meeting set for next month.

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Jenna Swan/Lacombe Express goals. We’ll also have the opportunity to meet with the Canada Games Council and we’ll really get down into the operations of it,” said Radford.

“Some of the exciting stuff that is happening is that we are getting going on some of the capital projects and we are starting to be able to see some of the plans that are coming together with that. The City is managing that for us, but we definitely have a seat at the table with those projects.

Between the City and the College, it’s getting pretty exciting.”

Robinson added having been to several Canada Games, the Central Alberta community probably doesn’t quite realize what is coming yet.

“It’s a very, very big event. It will be our Vancouver 2010 and our Calgary ’88 – it is that size of an event and it will have that kind of impact on the community, both from a legacy point of view and a community spirit and engagement point of view,” he said. “I think that is one of the most exciting parts of it. Obviously, we’ll have a great Games for the athletes and it will be very exciting to watch their performances – but what we’re also going to have is a com-

munity engagement opportunity that we’ve never seen here certainly for a long time.”

Robinson said he is looking forward to the challenges ahead.

“The scale of the Games creates huge challenges and the speed by which it has to come together creates huge challenges.

But the reality is that we have great people in this community and they are going to be a big part of making sure it all happens.”

Looking ahead, Radford said about 100 committees will be formed prior to the 2019 Canada Winter Games and there will be many opportunities for the community to get involved. “There will be about 40 big committees and then another 40-50 subcommittees as well. There are so many little details that people don’t realize,” said Radford.

In total, about 5,000-6,000 volunteers will be needed for the Games.

“It’s a lot of people and one of the major areas of the Games is to manage that size of a volunteer network and training, preparation and outfitting. It becomes a big part of the Games,” said Robinson.

“Red Deer is hosting the Games, but it is about Central Alberta and Alberta. We

will have people applying to be a part of this event from all over Alberta. The communities around us will be very engaged and we want them to be very involved. We want to create a Central Alberta feel to the Games and an Alberta feel. “Alberta gets to host these Games once every 25 years so it is a unique opportunity and we encourage people to want to be a part of it.”

When the Canada Winter Games takes place in Red Deer in February 2019 the City will see about 3,600 athletes compete, along with 1,800 coaches over the two-week event. Robinson said in total there will be about 25,000 to 30,000 people who attend the Games in some capacity.

It is anticipated the region will see an economic impact from the Games of between $100 million and $125 million.

In addition, it was nearly a year ago that Red Deer was named the host community for the 2019 Canada Winter Games, and Radford said excitement within Central Alberta continues to be strong.

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Walk for Wellness and Suicide Prevention this month

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express The fourth annual Walk for Wellness and Suicide Prevention will take place this month on Sept. 13th, beginning at 3 p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

The event is a four-part day that incorporates resource sharing, a program of local speakers, the downtown trek and a community barbeque.

This event is not a fundraiser, but is simply to gain and promote awareness of mental health issues in the community, with a

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focus on suicide prevention. that it is something people don’t want to “It’s not supposed to be a mournful talk about because they’re afraid of it.â€? event. There is a memorial wall that peoShe said that in regards to addressing ple can put their photo on, but we want to mental issues, the process starts with open balance it between hope and positivity and conversation. reality. It is the Walk for Wellness and Sui“It starts with open conversations becide Prevention, but the point is wellness,â€? tween people and so one of the things we explained Barb Walker of Neighborhood are promoting is simply the phrase, ‘Are Place. you okay?’. We’ve made these tote bags that “Over the last three years, altogether, say Lacombe’s Annual Walk for Wellness, there have probably been about 700 people but they also say, ‘Are you okay?’ on them. or more who have attended. The ďŹ rst hour “The idea is that a simple, sincere ‘Are is resource tables and refreshments that you okay?’ can start a real conversation are donated. There are so many resources that can make a real difference.â€? Tote bags in the community that people don’t know have also been designed for the event, proabout and that’s the whole purpose – for moting the title of the event and the phrase those organizations to be as well. there and help people ďŹ nd New this year is the adtheir way.â€? dition of three ‘wellness “WE REALLY, Following the resource evenings’ that will occur REALLY NEED TO sharing opportunity, memthroughout the year. WalkTALK ABOUT THE bers of the Lacombe comer said one of the talks HURT THAT IS OUT munity will provide speakis speciďŹ cally targeted to ing presentations relating to youths, while another will THERE AND WE their personal struggles and address and explore alterREALLY NEED TO accomplishments regarding native means to wellness.

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The third segment will be HELP THAT IS OUT “We’ve purposefully kept an in-depth look at mental it to local speakers because wellness at all stages of life, THERE.� this is a problem that hapfrom infant to senior.

BARB WALKER pens in families in our own Walker said the event is community. We want people important to its attendees to get talking about their and is a beneďŹ t to the comown journey, whether they’ve suffered the munity because it can open the door to loss from suicide of a person close to them, conversations about mental wellness. She or whether they themselves have come said the walk has grown since its inception back from that point,â€? Walker explained. and that she can see its value in the com“We really, really need to talk about the munity. hurt that is out there and we really need to “One of my jobs as the Neighborhood talk about the help that is out there. Both Place coordinator is to respond to the of those things are there and until people needs of the community. One day about start talking about it and start removing four years ago, Heather Jackson walked the shame from it, we can’t help one an- into my ofďŹ ce and asked if there was someother.â€? one who could help her put together a walk The third hour of the event is the actual for wellness and suicide prevention. Her walking portion, where members will don family had experienced a loss to suicide,â€? white shirts for visibility and walk through Walker explained. downtown, carrying signs with encourag“I said, yes we can and proceeded to ďŹ ging statements on them. ure out how. We applied for a grant from The last portion of the event includes a Alberta Injury Prevention so for the ďŹ rst community barbeque. two years we got grants, and that’s how it This is a time for members of the com- ran. Last year and this year, it is fully supmunity to meet one another and to engage ported by the community, which is fantasin thoughtful discussion on mental well- tic. That means people obviously see the ness and suicide prevention techniques. value in it.â€?

People are encouraged to get to know The walk is free to community members members of their community through this of all ages, and will offer a wide variety of portion of the day. resources and information regarding menWalker said, “The biggest problem I see tal wellness and suicide prevention. kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com about the whole idea of mental wellness is

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Parkinson Alberta gears up for Step ‘n Stride event

BY MARK WEBER Lacombe Express Staff and volunteers with Parkinson Alberta are getting ready for the annual Step ‘n Stride event, which takes place Sept.

12th at the Golden Circle in Red Deer.

“The event has been running for at least 10 years,” said Moira Cairns, client services coordinator with Parkinson Alberta’s Central Alberta region. “Across the province in 2014 we raised approximately $350,000. We have seven regions across the province as well.”

“IT’S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT SOMEONE’S SYMPTOMS WILL BE WHEN THEY HAVE PARKINSON DISEASE. IT’S UNIQUE FROM PERSON TO PERSON.” MOIRA CAIRNS Registration is at 9 a.m. with the walk beginning at 10:30 a.m. There will be a free family picnic, prizes for top fundraisers, door prizes and a silent auction. Folks are encouraged to sign up as teams, or just on their own as well. “Any funds we raise also stay in Alberta for support services, education, resources and support groups.”

People can also register the day of the event by making a donation. “We are also so appreciative of our fantastic volunteers who help us every year.”

For more information about Step ‘n

Stride, call the Red Deer office at 403-3464463 or email mcairns@parkinsonalberta. ca. Local residents can also learn about support groups in Lacombe, Red Deer, Innisfail, Castor, Olds and Three Hills.

According to Parkinson Alberta, Parkinson disease (PD) is a slowly progressive and chronic process. It mainly affects parts of the brain controlling how a person moves.

“It is the second most common neurological disorder besides Alzheimer’s disease.

We estimate well over 10,000 people in Alberta have Parkinson disease.”

Many people have symptoms between the ages of 50 and 60 years, but some have symptoms at a much younger age, others at a much older age.

Over time, symptoms will get worse and may change to include more/different symptoms than when a person is first diagnosed. This usually happens slowly, over years, according to Parkinson Alberta. As symptoms start to interfere with how someone is able to do everyday things, there are treatments that can help.

There are misconceptions about PD. “There really is no diagnosis for Parkinson disease. There are no blood tests or lab tests. What they do is they eliminate other disorders first that might be related,” she said.

“They have to eliminate everything but Parkinson disease and that includes a medical review of the person’s history.

People may also have PD long before they receive a diagnosis.”

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To date, no one knows exactly how and why PD starts. So far it looks as if aging, things in the environment (toxins or poisons) and abnormalities in some genes may trigger the changes in the body that lead to PD. Initially, most people will notice changes on one side of the body. It may be a tremor when an arm or leg is just resting, it might be handwriting getting smaller, it may be a feeling of slowing down, a person’s face may lose some of its expression so they look bored or depressed, even if they are not.

Cairns said people may also notice a loss of their sense of smell. “We now know that many people with PD also experience depression and anxiety. Those are called non-motor symptoms.

“Well over 40 per cent of people that have Parkinson disease also have depression and anxiety,” she said.

Cairns also said there are four main (motor) symptoms that a doctor will look for in making a diagnosis. These include a tremor which is described as a trembling or shaking that is involuntary and usually seen in the hands or the legs when they are just resting.

But as Cairns pointed out, not everyone with tremor has Parkinson disease and not everyone who has Parkinson disease has a tremor.

Also, there can be slow movements, rigidity and difficulties with walking and balance. People’s footsteps can tend to get smaller. “They shuffle, which can be quite

dangerous actually,” she said.

“But not everyone has the same symptoms. And there are over 32 non-motor symptoms.

“It’s also very difficult to determine what someone’s symptoms will be when they have Parkinson disease. It’s unique from person to person.”

How a person feels from day to day can change as well, which affects what they might feel like doing. “Some days a person with Parkinson’s disease may be okay to do certain things, and the next day they may not be.”

Meanwhile, there is support available through Parkinson Alberta, which is dedicated to helping people and families in Alberta who live with (PD) and related disorders. They provide support, information and resources to those affected by Parkinson disease, their families, care partners, friends and health care providers. Core services also include individual and family counseling, learning resources, referrals, peer programs and community awareness programs. They also offer information about the symptoms of PD, treatments, side effects, management strategies, research, community resources and navigating the health care system to individuals and health professionals.

Visit www.parkinsonalberta.ca for more information about local means of support and assistance. You can also find the organization on facebook (Parkinson Alberta) and on Twitter (@ParkinsonAB). editor@reddeerexpress.com

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Runner heads to Hollywood to support special project

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express Two friends have come together to create a special project that will bring a gift from Port Alberni, B.C. all the way down to Hollywood, California.

Curtis Hargrove, also known as the Cold Lake Runner, has made a promise to his close friend Angel Magnussen to deliver a blanket that she has made to Ellen DeGeneres’ studio. “Back in February, Angel had contacted me and told me that she had sent a blanket to the Ellen show. She saw that it got delivered but she didn’t hear a response, so I told her mom that if Angel made another blanket and wrote a letter I would personally run to the Ellen Show and deliver it by hand,� Hargrove explained. “That way, Angel would know for sure it got delivered by someone.�

Hargrove and Magnussen met in 2012 at the Grey Cup Championship. They were both a part of the Scotiabank Game Changers Club, which provided eight people the opportunity to win $100,000 for their charity of choice.

Magnussen’s nomination, called Variety - The Children’s Charity of B.C., was the recipient of the $100,000. Magnussen was passionately involved in the organization, and eventually formed her own foundation that gives all proceeds to Variety – The Children’s Charity of B.C. and the B.C. Children’s Hospital.

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provide a warm blanket, hug and support to sick children, or those dealing with tragedy. Magnussen handmakes each blanket and sends them off with a hug and some love to those needing some comfort.

Her dream of having Ellen DeGeneres recognize this project is to be realized with the help of Hargrove. “I’m going to be running from Port Alberni, B.C down to Ellen’s studio in Burbank, California. I’m going to run down to Victoria, catch the ferry across to Port Alberni and then straight down Highway 101. I’m going to be running roughly 50 km a day for 49 days – if I can stay on track it would be 58 marathons in 49 days,� he explained.

Hargrove and Magnussen have a great friendship, and he said he was happy to make her this offer. Magnussen’s motto is ‘Wrapping Sick Kids in a Warm Hug’ and the aim of this project is to create awareness of that mission as Hargrove travels to Burbank.

Hargrove said that he was happy to do this for her, but understands the logistics of such a lengthy trip. Hargrove previously ran across Canada in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation. “I’ve overcome some injuries and things in the last while, and I’ve been trying to rest up. I was in camp for three and a half weeks. I know what the trip entails and I wanted to make sure I was 100 per cent healthy for it, so I’ve made sure to stay physically active,� he said about his preparation. “I do things like play hockey, play pickup games but I’ve been focusing more on

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Blackfalds RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision at Range Road 261 and Township Road 394.

A truck with two occupants was traveling southbound on Range Road 261 and a car with three occupants was traveling westbound on Township road 394 when the collision occurred at the intersection.

The occupants of the car had to be extricated from the vehicle and were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the car was transported by STARS Air Ambulance to the hospital and is in the Intensive Care Unit. Blackfalds RCMP along with an RCMP Collision Analyst continue to investigate.

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to make the return to school safe and successful for everyone. Police will be checking school zones to ensure drivers remember to slow down and watch for children.

RCMP also urge all drivers to slow down and use caution when passing a stopped school bus. Students making their way to school are reminded to only cross the street at marked crosswalks and intersections and to always be alert for danger. If you’re walking to school, walk on the sidewalk. If there is no sidewalk, walk on the left side of the street facing trafďŹ c, staying as far away from the vehicles as possible.

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2019 Canada Winter Games planning fuels momentum It’s hard to believe that it was nearly one year ago that Central Albertans learned the 2019 Canada Winter Games would be held in our own backyard.

So much careful and detailed planning had gone on in the City of Red Deer’s making the bid prior to that exciting announcement in Calgary last September, and once it was official, it was like things were elevated to a whole new level in terms of planning what promises to be a tremendous, groundbreaking event.

It’s also been interesting to watch further plans comes to fruition, with the naming of area residents to various boards and committees. Each new announcement is a reminder of the sheer magnitude of this amazing event, and

how much organizers will also be counting on the community to help out as volunteers when the time comes as well.

One of the key milestones along the way came recently with the announcement of the chief executive officer of the 2019 Canada Winter Games - Scott Robinson.

Robinson was selected from 33 applicants and began his work with the organization last week.

As mentioned, seeing the outstanding team members come together has again brought the Games to the forefront of local residents’ minds once again. It may seem like a long ways off at this point, but there is already a palpable excitement building, and much of that will also stem from the formation of groups of volun-

teers that will be needed to help ensure the Games run as smoothly as possible.

As has been seen in past major local sporting events, there is nothing quite like bringing together enormous groups of people to lend a helping hand towards a common cause that can really pull a community together.

It’s been noted countless times in the past in the wake of major events like this that really, they just wouldn’t have been nearly the successes they were without a foundation of dedicated volunteers taking care of a myriad of roles and responsibilities.

About 100 committees will be formed prior to the 2019 Canada Winter Games and there will be many opportunities for the com-

munity to get involved. That will include about 40 large committees and then another 40 to 50 subcommittees as well.

In total, about 5,000 to 6,000 volunteers will be needed for the Games.

Ultimately, the Canada Winter Games in February 2019 will see about 3,600 athletes compete, along with 1,800 coaches over the twoweek event. Robinson said in total there will be about 25,000 to 30,000 people who attend the Games in some capacity.

The opportunity to host these Games comes to the province every 20 years – the last time Alberta had the opportunity was 1995 when Grande Prairie was selected. In 1975, the honours went to Lethbridge.

A summer of fire, smoke, ash and climate change Wildfires are ripping across California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska during this summer of 2015, the result of unprecedented droughts and record temperatures.

Millions of hectares are being burned, along with hundreds of homes. Fire-fighting costs are multiplying, the economic damage is soaring and the environmental consequences are foreboding.

The old ecologies of the Pacific Northwest are being reshaped as climate change begins the long and disruptive process of altering the weather and remaking the biological structure of the region.

Countless statistics tumble out of news reports as uncontrolled fires scorch California, and dozens of active fires burn in Oregon and Washington. Bush fires explode because of unprecedented heat and wind,

Ray

GRIGG igniting whole neighbourhoods, and even parts of downtown cores, as was the case at the end of June in Wenatchee. Sometimes, firefighters are the casualties.

Grass becomes tinder in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for any spark to set off a conflagration. Washington stopped counting, and even fighting, some its fires during parts of August, letting them burn to exhaustion, whenever that may occur.

At least one is spreading northward toward British Columbia.

B.C.’s situation is similar to that in the Ameri-

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can states to the south.

Over 1,734 fires have been counted in the province since April, and firefighting costs of more than $224 million have dwarfed a budget of $63 million. The focus of media attention shifts quickly from place to place depending on the size of the fire, the loss of property and the extent of human tragedy. Some people have barely escaped with their lives as walls of flames have roared toward them. The charred bodies of dead wildlife are commonly found in the ashen remains of the blackened landscapes. The danger in B.C. is exacerbated by the 13 million hectares of interior forest killed by the mountain pine beetle.

Alaska, like B.C., has undergone an average temperature increase of about 1.4C, mostly during the last 50 years, and is at least as vulnerable to the effects

of rising temperatures, droughts and wildfires.

Record areas of the state have burned in 2015, 183 more fires than the 216 that burned during the scorching season of 2004.

From a climate change perspective, Alaska’s fires are particularly serious because they burn off the deep layers of organic insulation that are protecting the permafrost from further melting and the subsequent release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

“Everything is connected,” notes Bob Bolton, a University of Alaska hydrologist.

“The climate, the permafrost, the water, the fires.

You can’t look at one without looking at the other.

Changes in one changes everything. It’s a really, really sensitive system.”

Complex ecologies such as the Pacific Northwest are similarly sensitive.

Increased levels of atmo-

spheric of carbon dioxide from human sources are raising temperatures, changing weather, and forcing the region into a protracted and traumatic transition. Altered precipitation patterns are lowering crucially important snow-packs, degrading the vitality of watersheds and transforming the character of west coast forests, as California-like climate shifts northward.

The summer fires are just part of a difficult and disruptive climate change revolution we have set in motion. This change may be welcomed by those who like California’s climate, but the process is going to leave many others badly burned.

Ray Grigg is the author of seven internationally published books on Oriental philosophy, specifically Zen and Taoism.

His column is distributed via Troy Media.

“How do you get ready for the fall season?”

Asked at Neighborhood Place and around town by Kalisha Mendonsa

I clean my kids’ closets. I go through everything, and get lots of garbage bags.

Char Lockhart, Lacombe

I usually clean my car, and give my house a nice clean.

Melissa Kuipers, Lacombe

As a teacher, I prepare to meet and greet kids at Lacombe Upper Elementary School and ensure they have a wonderful year.

I buy some long sleeve shirts, a couple hoodies and get ready for the weather. That and clean out my car one last time before it gets messy again.

Ian Wilson, Lacombe

Devin Galloway, Lacombe

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

fyi EVENTS The FYI, Community Events Calendar is a free-of-charge service for not-for-profit organizations and upcoming community events within the Lacombe and Blackfalds region. To submit your information, please email news@lacombeexpress.com, call 403-782-5306 or fax 403-782-5344. If you would like your event or organization to be included, please submit your information to the editor by noon, the Monday before the publication date.

September is National Big Brother Big Sisters Month. In Lacombe & County we are celebrating with a very important recruitment campaign called 40 Mentors in 40 Days! starting today and running through to Oct. 10th. Our team will have fun and interactive activities taking place in all the communities we serve.

Please feel free to contact us for any further questions. Thank you in advance for helping us spread the word! Our goal is to change the lives of 40 kids in our community. For more information, call 403-782-7870.

Are you as healthy as you think?

Find out at the Health Expo with the Harvard Fitness test, peak flow meter test, blood pressure check, water and body fat analyzer scale and computerized health age. Get a free relaxing massage, nutrition counseling and pamphlets full of health tips.

The Canadian Red Cross will have information on emergency disaster preparedness and medical equipment loans. The Heart & Stroke Foundation will present the newest facts on fats. It’s all free. Drop in between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20th at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

For more information, call Esther at 403-782-5258 or Nadine at 403-786-2338. Sponsored by the Good Water Company and the Health Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Life is sacred. Join the National Life Chain of Prayer: 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3rd along Hwy. 2A near Woodland Drive, Lacombe. Signs provided.

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serve you on Sept. 24th? We, the students of Burman University (formerly CUC) would like to invite you, the citizens of Lacombe to give us the privilege of serving you in whatever small to mid-sized project you may need assistance. We can arrange for groups of two to 10 people to help for up to three hours. Be it weeding, painting, washing windows or anything else. Contact Jessica at 403700-9755 for more information.

Blackfalds Library: our new books include Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “Son of No One”, Lisa Genova’s “Inside the O’Briens” and Stuart Woods’ “Hot Pursuit”. We have

life with vision loss. The group offers seniors a way to connect to others experiencing similar challenges. Participants receive empowering, practical and useful information about vision loss and how CNIB services can help, as well as suggestions from other participants on how to reduce the impact of vision loss on their daily lives. There is no cost to participate in the program which will meet once per month. The group meets at the Spruce Terrace located at 5002 – 51 Ave. Lacombe Farmers Market runs in the Lacombe arena parking lot and indoors starting 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come every Friday morn-

The Lacombe Legion has bingo on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the upstairs hall. Coffee time runs Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. ($2 for coffee, tea and cookies). On Fridays, there are four meat draws and tickets are $2/ set of three tickets. Draw starts at 6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there are four meat draws which start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the ace starts after meat draws.

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Invitation to join CNIB Peer Support Group: The Peer Support Group is a program dedicated to helping CNIB clients adjust to vision loss. Feelings of fear, anxiety, intimidation and anger are extremely common in adults who are diagnosed with vision loss. The goal of the group is to help transform these feelings into those of confidence and independence through education and group discussions.

The program is facilitated by a volunteer who has gone through the process of adjusting to a

ing for homemade baking, eggs, fruit, vegetables, crafts, jewellery, jams, honey, woodwork and lots more. We “make it, bake it or grow it,” just for you! Call 403-782-4772 or 403-8771280 for more information.

Lacombe Walking Group Wednesdays from 12-12:30 p.m. at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic. No registration required.

Kozy Korner — Tuesday Dinners every week at noon.

Lacombe Dance Lessons – social and choreographed ballroom dancing. Traditional Two-step or Cha Cha/Jive. For details phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.

Quilting and crafts held at Blackfalds United Church on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Help make quilts or bring your own quilt/ craft to work on. Check out our website at blackfaldsunitedchurch.com or call 403-8854780 for more information.

Castor. Visit www.parkinsonalberta.ca for more information.

New to Lacombe? Contact Lacombe Welcome Wagon for free maps, information about the City & area, as well as free gifts from local businesses. New baby in the family? Contact Donna Korpess with the Lacombe Welcome Wagon at 403-7820475 for free information, baby product samples as well as free gifts from local businesses.

Youth Unlimited Drop-in Activities: Drop-in activities now run every Tuesday from 6 – 9 p.m. with ball hockey on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. Girls only drop-in is also Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. Thursdays Grade 3-6 drop-in program runs from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and Grade 4 and up program from 6 – 9 p.m. Cost is 2$ for drop-in and ball hockey with drop-in 10 passes at $10 and ball hockey season pass at $50.

Taoist Tai Chi a relaxing, low impact exercise; continuing classes year

round, for those who have completed beginners or have learned Taoist Tai Chi before. Participate in classes of your choice.

Available in Red Deer, Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House, and Innisfail. Contact 403-3466772 for more information.

Imperial Daughters of the Empire is a non-profit women’s volunteer program that raises money in support of numerous initiatives supporting education. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month and begin at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church. For more information about the group, feel free to contact Mary Lou Wilson 403-782-3923.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Table Talk Coffee Group: Meets the second Friday of each month at Wolf Creek Community Church at 10 a.m. If you or someone in your life has been affected

by MS, join us for a fun, casual and supportive coffee chat. For more info, please contact Bonnie Lavallee at 403-346-0290.

Stay and Play – Gull Lake Hall, Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Bentley Town Office Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Stay and Play is designed to encourage families to spend time together in play, while having the opportunity to socialize and learn about the community and external resources. $2 drop in fee per family is suggested. For more information call 403-748-2160.

Bentley TOPS - Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Every Tuesday in the basement of the Bentley Town Office at 7 p.m. Contact Carolyn 403-396-1002 for more information.

Lacombe Art Guild - The Lacombe Art Guild offers classes two Tuesday evenings a month and one full Saturday. Memberships are $15 a year and the club runs from October to May. Classes offered are in all mediums and beginner to experienced. Call Donna at 403782-9190 for more information.

Affirm - providing safe and confidential support to people of all sexual orientation and identity, their families and friends. We meet in Lacombe. For more information, call Marg at 403-7821887 or Ross at 403-782-3671.

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

News and highlights from Lacombe County council AGRICULTURAL PLAN DETAILED Kristina Dembinski of Sagewood Communications provided a presentation to Council last week with regard to the community consultation undertaken for the Lacombe County Agriculture Plan.

The consultation process included a paper based survey, a web based survey and an agricultural consultation meeting held back in March.

The presentation highlighted the following areas – background in development of the plan, purpose of the consultation, findings (survey response), findings - town hall participant feedback, vision of the future, development and land use, infrastructure, weed, pest and diseases, water and environment, municipal relations/communications and opportunities and recommendations.

The Lacombe County Agricultural Community Consultation/Discussion Paper was received for information, and a committee of the whole meeting will be held Sept. 23rd to discuss the paper.

JARVIS BAY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Council was advised that the Summer Village of Jarvis Bay’s Municipal Development Plan has been prepared by Parkland Community Planning Services.

This plan is considered an update and not a new plan.

The draft plan was also provided to Lacombe County for consideration and comment.

A resolution that the County provides a

written response to the Summer Village of Jarvis Bay providing comments and recommendations with regard to the Summer Village’s draft MDP received Council’s approval.

CHAIN LAKES SERVICING REQUEST Council was advised that in 2014, a request was received from adjacent landowners for the County to review servicing the day use area on the south shore of Magee Lake on the northern end of RR 24-3 (Chain Lakes).

An article was also placed in the County News for input regarding this request and 14 people responded. The consensus appears to be that most do not want this site developed to a higher standard as it would result in more users and possibly more abuse of the site.

A resolution that Chain Lakes Day Use Area remain as an informal day use site; and further, that the level of service be increased to include a garbage can and a portable toilet as a pilot project received Council approval.

SYLVAN SEEKS COMMENT ON MDP Council was advised last week that the Town of Sylvan Lake has requested Lacombe County provide comments on revisions to the Sylvan Lake Municipal Development Plan (MDP).

Lacombe County appealed the original MDP that was approved in 2014 over concerns that the plan did not provide adequate development setbacks from Sylvan

Lake, permanent streams and water bodies, adequate dedication and development of open spaces, additional lake access provisions, a requirement for all new development to be connected to municipal and/or regional water/wastewater collection systems or the requirement for outline plans for developments under two hectares in size.

Mediation between the two municipalities resulted in a Memorandum of Understanding that provided a solution to the concerns raised by the County.

Council was also advised that the revised MDP includes all of the amendments as provided for in the MOU. A resolution that Lacombe County provides a written response to the Town of Sylvan Lake in support of the proposed amendments to the Sylvan Lake Municipal Development Plan received Council approval.

SYLVAN WATERSHED REPORT Council was informed that the CEMS Phase 1 report from 2014 provided the vision, objectives and outcomes for the Sylvan Lake watershed.

The CEMS Phase II Implementation Plan outlines feasible actions to move forward with the objectives of Phase 1.

Phase II consists of three initiatives – an overview of the current conditions in the watershed, a gap analysis of existing watershed initiatives currently being undertaken by each municipality in the watershed and implementation action for

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As part of the proposed IDP, Lacombe County would investigate the opportunity for new high level development controls as suggested in the CEMS Phase II: Implementation Plan. This would take about 100 hours of staff time for one year and would cost about $150,000.

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Financial commitment and support would be conditional on approval of a finalized proposal presented to the County.

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Lacombe library re-opened and ready to serve community As you probably know by now, the library is open for business and we have finally caught up on the backlog of books.

Mary

POOLE We have checked in and shelved thousands of books and put our offices and work spaces back together.

We are open regular hours and if you would like to get more information please go to our web site at lacombelibrary.org.

We are also on facebook at facebook:/ MCMPL or Twitter:@MCM_Publibrary.

Such technology!

We will be closed on Sept. 7th for Labour Day. We have had our registration for the children’s programs and there are only a few spots left in the after school programs but all the other classes are full. We begin the week of Sept. 7th.

We are pleased to announce that we will be starting a Library Lego Club shortly.

We are working out the last details and hope to be up and running the first week of October.

Meanwhile, the Alberta Library Association has declared September, ‘Sign Up for a Library Card Month’.

Membership to the library is $20 per year per household. For less than two cents a day you have access to all the libraries in Alberta.

If you sign up for a ME account online you may use your card in other libraries as easily as you do in your home library.

The library board meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the History Room of the library. These meetings are open to the public.

The MCMPL knitting club also meets on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. All levels of knitting expertise are welcome.

Come and enjoy people with the common goal of turning sheep hair into something beautiful.

The Friends of the Library will also be hosting the Armchair Travel series and a new program called Local Colour.

The first in the Armchair Travel lectures will be: ‘Walking the Camino: Our Way’ presented by Ardi Talsma. This is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13th at 7 p.m. in the LMC. From St. Jean Pied-de-Port in the south of France, to Santiago on the northwest of Spain: 800 km one step at a time. This sounds like an amazing adventure.

Local Colour is a new lecture series with special topic presentations by members of the community.

Everyone has a story to tell or an interest to share and we are pleased to present this series in the coming months.

The first of this series is a Robotics Club run by Lacombe Composite High School.

Warren Kreway and Steve Schultz will explain this program that provides hands-onlearning for children in the field of robotics.

Both series are free to the public.

If you have any suggestions for programs that we can run please contact us.

We would like to hear from you.

Please keep in mind, though, that we are a library and pottery classes or gourmet cooking are probably not viable in the library setting.

The book choice today is the fantasy novel The Defenders of Shannara: The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks. Paxon Leah has become the sworn protector of the Druid order and as such, he has to ensure a formidable power is not wielded by

the wrong hands.

He’s a very popular author with many Shannara books to his credit. You may want to begin at the first book of the series.

If you would prefer to read of library events in the paper form, please come in and pick up a copy of our monthly newsletter. If you have any questions you may also call the library at 403-782-3433.

Hope to see everyone back at the library very soon!

Mary Poole is the children’s programmer at Mary C. Moore Public Library.

GIVING BACK– Big Brothers Big Sisters Lacombe and District (BBBS) recently received a donation from Telus. BBBS Executive Director Crystal Zens, Karissa Zuidhof and Leanne Simpson accepted the $5,000 donation from Telus last month during a customer appreciation lunch. The community donation was collected by Telus and the Care-A-Van team Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express throughout the week.

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

RDC unveils plans for Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport

BY MARK WEBER Lacombe Express Plans for the Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport were detailed during a major announcement at Red Deer College last week.

The project is slated to be completed in the fall of 2018, and will host a number of events in the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

Officials said the Centre will also further increase the capabilities of RDC to expand and enhance programming across many areas. The estimated project cost of $88 million will be funded through a mix of donations, partnerships and government funding.

To date officials have about $50 million raised. In the fall, they will be moving forward with a fundraising initiative.

“From both a College and community perspective, we couldn’t be more excited about the opportunities this Centre will create,” said Shelley Ralston, chair of the RDC board of governors. “This facility is essential for RDC to continue to meet the needs of our community including achieving our long-term vision of becoming a polytechnic university,” she said.

“Out of many things that have been on the board’s agenda for a number of years – one is degree granting status, and two, facilities to meet a deficit of what there is today but also to position us for the future,” she said. “Today is about both of those things.”

RDC President Joel Ward added that the new facility is also about ensuring a bold, forward-focused future for the communities of Central Alberta.

“This will be the new building that everyone will see. The one million people that drive up and down this highway every single year will see this facility. It’s an iconic building and a great design,” he said. “It actually complements this beautiful campus.

“Partnering with the City of Red Deer to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games has allowed RDC to realize this facility which has been in the planning stages for many years.

“It will also be available for public use.

Community use and those partnerships are key,” he added. “But most important,

VISION – A view of what the Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport will look like from Hwy. 2 near Red Deer College. as our board chair mentioned, it’s a pivotal piece for our growth and development.

Great programs delivered in modern facilities strengthen our case for polytechnique university status,” he said. “Achieving this status simply means offering everything we currently do and also lets us grant our own degrees that are relevant and necessary for the learners of Central Alberta.”

It would also go a long way to retaining graduates of RDC as residents to the City and area as well, he said. “Make no mistake – this is more than being just about a building. It’s about ensuring a bold, forward-focused future for the College and for the communities of Central Alberta,” he said.

RDC Students’ Association President Maryanne McGrath said the extensive benefits to both current and future students will go beyond just new amenities at the College.

“The Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport will enhance student life and help foster both mental and physical wellness,” she said. “By providing our students with state-of-the-art education and recreation facilities, we encourage them to get their

education in Red Deer but to make Central Alberta their home.”

Work is set to begin this fall with major construction due to start early next year.

“Clark and Scott Builders joint ventures along with our design partner Stantec with HCMA are extremely proud and excited to have been selected from a very competitive Design Building Competition as the design build contractor of choice for RDC’s Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport,” said Randy Kyrzyk, project manager for Clark Builders.

Meanwhile, several goals for the facility include creating critical components required to further RDC’s vision, as already mentioned of becoming a polytechnic university, supporting students and programs primarily in RDC’s School of Health Sciences and providing new sport spaces to serve a role as classroom and lab learning spaces for students.

Community access is also a key part of the plan via access to venues that meet provincial, national and international sporting standards, providing improved training spaces to support local sports and

creating new opportunities to host events and tournaments Upgraded facilities will also provide a new home to RDC athletics teams and additional event space and dry land training during the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

There will be 1,200 seat capacity with ability to add an additional 400 seats as well.

Athletic therapy, a high performance training lab and fitness/testing centres will also create new opportunities to support and expand academic programming at the College.

An Olympic-sized ice surface is another feature, and is required for the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

The ice surface will also offer new partnership opportunities for the College and various partners including Hockey Alberta and Red Deer Minor Hockey to meet increasing demand for local ice times in the City and region.

A major gathering area will also offer socializing and meeting spaces for students, staff, professors and community members. editor@reddeerexpress.com

1ST LACOMBE SCOUTS is accepting youth registration.

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DEVELOPMENT PERMITS Current to August 27, 2015

Permitted Use Take notice that the following development permits have been approved as PERMITTED USES in that they conform in every ry respect to the Land Use Bylaw: DATE

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Documents pertaining to the development permits may be inspected at City Hall, 5432-56 Avenue, during regular business hours.

Anyone claiming to be affected by the approval of the Permitted Uses with Variances or Discretionary Uses may submit an objection within 14 days from the date of notice. The appeal must be in writing, accompanied with a $50.00 fee and be directed to: Lacombe Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, Attn: Secretary to the SDAB, 5432 - 56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1E9

Boys and Girls welcome Beavers ages ....................................................................5-7 Cubs ages.......................................................................... 8-10 Scouts ages ................................................................ 11-13 Ventures ages ........................................................ 14-17 Parent information night to be held in Lacombe at the St. Andrews United Church Hall, THURSDAY September 10 at 6:30pm.

Volunteers are needed for treasurer, Group Administrator, Quarter Master and in Leader roles for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

You do not need to have a child in the program to volunteer.

Find out more at 1stlacombescouts.ca or email groupadministrator@1stlacombescouts.ca

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Horoscope ARIES

TAURUS

Mar 21/Apr 20

Apr 21/May 21

Conflicting instructions make it difficult to please others this week, Aries. Try your best to meet others’ needs, and look to others for help if the need arises.

GEMINI May 22/Jun 21

Taurus, your stubbornness can sometimes be an asset, but don’t let it get in the way this week. Approach a task with a new perspective and don’t hesitate to solicit others’ opinions.

CANCER Jun 22/Jul 22

Gemini, even though you are

You are full of energy this

reluctant to show your hand

week, Cancer, so put it to good

this week, others know what’s

use. Lend a hand to others

on your mind. It’s tough for

who have a lot on their plates

you to remain aloof when you

and tackle some lingering

seem like an open book.

projects of your own as well.

LEO

VIRGO

Jul 23/Aug 23

Aug 24/Sept 22

Leo, don’t take anything for

Virgo, you may be so

granted this week. A project

engrossed in your own routine

might go off without a hitch, but you need to be prepared

suddenly you feel out of the

aware.

more in the know.

SCORPIO Oct 24/Nov 22

Libra, speak up about a

Scorpio, rather than focusing

situation that you feel needs

on your own progress this

to be addressed. Your voice won’t be heard if you remain

week, see what you can learn from others without making everything a competition.

quiet, but your point of view

This can be a special learning

offers some valuable insight.

process.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21

CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20

Sagittarius, you may

A big payoff awaits if you work

be doing your best to

hard and exercise patience this

demonstrate your good intentions, but others may not be satisfied with your

week, Capricorn. Although you may be pushing for immediate

efforts. Reexamine your

results, the outcome will take

approach.

some time.

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Jan 21/Feb 18

Feb 19/Mar 20

Don’t abandon your

A sense of self-confidence

spontaneity this week,

does not mean that

Aquarius. Hang out with others who appreciate flying by the seat of their pants. You

Fill-in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started.

Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.

14. Scottish hillside 19. Load for shipment 23. Sleeping place 24. Linking verb 25. Br. University punting river 26. Marsh elder 27. Horse noise 28. Contract research organization (abbr.)

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that you miss some of the

loop, make an effort to be

LIBRA

ANSWER

subtle goings-on at work. If

in case it does not. Remain

Sept 23/Oct 23

HOW TO PLAY:

everything will immediately go your way, Pisces. You still

will be in for a good time later

need to work hard to have

in the week.

things play out right.

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ARTS & LEISURE

Paul Brandt brings co-headlining tour to Red Deer

BY ERIN FAWCETT Lacombe Express Alberta-born country star Paul Brandt is bringing his co-headlining tour to Red Deer this fall.

Brandt is teaming up with country singer Dean Brody for the Road Trip Tour, which will make stops in 22 cities across the country beginning Sept. 24th. The duo plays the Centrium on Oct. 6th.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s kind of a once in a lifetime thing. We have never done a co-headlining tour before and to get to go and do this with Dean is really exciting. I think he is a great artist and we’ve had a lot of fun getting to know each other already in the promotions,” said Brandt.

“I think we are going to have a blast out there.”

Brandt added there is nothing like being on the road.

“The road is just a lot of fun. We get comments from people backstage or get a chance to chat with people in autograph lines – the comment that we get almost all the time is, ‘Boy, you guys look like you have a lot of fun out there.’

“For me, that’s very rewarding but it’s also pretty easy. I just go out and do what I love to do. When you get on the road and you feel the hum of the tires and you’re hitting a different city every single night, there is just an adrenaline rush that comes with that. It’s a lot of fun.”

He added another highlight of being on tour is getting to play for a different audience every night.

“Every audience in my experience has a bit of a different personality,” said Brandt.

“You take the time to listen and to observe and what is moving them and what they are enjoying. There is almost a little subtlety in each town and it ends up almost like a conversation.”

Brandt recalls when he was just getting started in his music career, before he had a record deal, he took a trip to Nashville with his dad. They ate at the BlueBird Café.

“People knew about the BlueBird but there was still something that was not shiny about it. It was very real feeling.

This lady got up on stage – a songwriter I had never seen before or since – and she just communicated to us through her music,” he said. “It was such an amazing feeling and a transcendent feeling for me. It really impacted me and it made me look at

songwriting and performing in a very different way.”

Growing up, Brandt said he was told that his great grandfather, who he had never met, was an opera singer in Russia and traveled around singing and opening up for some of the bigger names at the time.

“I’ll never forget the first time I sang in front of my grandfather – he just started to weep. He said that I had the same voice as his dad,” he said. “That was a real moment for me.”

A passion for music came early for Brandt starting at six-years-old where he sang at his church in Calgary.

“I got a guitar at age 13 and I was writing poetry, so I put the two together and they sounded like songs,” he said. “I just kept going. I was sort of obsessed with it. It was something that I loved to do and my family was so supportive.”

Shortly after, Brandt began entering talent contests, one of which was at the Calgary Stampede.

After three years of entering that particular contest, he won. “I won it singing Garth Brooks tunes and got a prize to go record some music in a studio. One of those songs ended up making its way to Nashville and that is when the fateful call came. I got a call from the label and they asked if they could come and see my band play, and I called them right back and said sure. I called my friend right away and said, ‘Dude, you have to help me put a band together’,” he added with a laugh. “I love it and I never take it for granted because a lot of people never get that shot. But it happened in an unusual way.”

As for inspiration for new material, Brandt said it comes from daily life.

“I’ve heard from people that the best approach in songwriting is just to be a great observer of life. That is what I try and do,” he said. “I’m always filtering and jotting down ideas or singing into my phone to remember stuff.”

As for what keeps Brandt going – he said it is his love of music.

“I told myself early on that I was only going to do this as long as it was fun, and it never stopped. There are always challenges to anything that is worth anything.

“There is always stuff that you have to overcome,” he said. “I absolutely love what I get to do. There are days where you are pulling yourself out of bed, but it’s worth it. Getting to impact lives and use the mu-

ON THE ROAD – Paul Brandt is set to hit the road in a co-headlining tour along with Dean Brody photo submitted next month. They make a stop in Red Deer Oct. 6th, playing the Centrium. sic as a platform for something bigger than just entertainment – all of those things really keep me going.”

To purchase tickets, visit www.roadtriptour.ca, or www.ticketmaster.ca.

If you are organizing a community fundraiser or special event that you think is of interest to our readers, we welcome your submissions.

Simply give us the ‘HEADS UP’ well in advance by emailing us at:

news@lacombeexpress.com

and we’ll do our best to include your event in our local coverage.

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Supreme Court beheaded by boneheaded politicians How can you learn to become a hypocrite? It’s easy.

Take a course in Politics 101, then get elected to parliament.

This will make it easy to postpone matters that demand instant attention.

There’s no better example of hypocrisy than parliament’s move to delay implementation of the Supreme Court’s decision on assisted death until after the election. The Harper government has added insult to injury by stacking the consultation panel with those opposed to assisted death.

It’s like putting the fox in charge of the hens, an inhumane despicable act for those crying out for help to end their suffering.

In February, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that assisted death should be an option for those grievously and irremediably ill, and who wished to end their suffering with the help of a physician.

The justices gave the government a year to implement the law. It’s taken the government five months just to form the panel.

Dr. Gifford

JONES And there’s no doubt opponents of assisted death will make the guidelines unwieldy and restrictive.

The wisdom of the Supreme Court will end up being beheaded by boneheaded politicians.

“PAST SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE MAJORITY OF CANADIANS FEAR A LINGERING PAINFUL DEATH DEVOID OF DIGNITY. THIS ENTIRE ISSUE BOILS DOWN TO PERSONAL CHOICE FOR THOSE WHO WISH IT.” Past surveys have shown that the majority of Canadians fear a lingering painful death devoid of dignity. This entire issue boils

down to personal choice for those who wish it.

So far no political party has grasped the fact that supporting assisted dying could help them win an election.

Dying with Dignity Canada (DWDC), says, “We receive calls from people who are desperately ill, know it’s a matter of time before they die, and ask if there’s a legal way to end their life peacefully.”

These people are suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, paralysis from a stroke or motor vehicle accident and other terminal illnesses. Studies from U.S states and other countries that allow assisted death show that relatively few with terminal illness eventually ask for it.

Rather, it is comforting for them just to know it is available.

It’s regrettable that only 12% of callers in the DWDC study said they had the support of their family doctor.

Or that when assisted death was mentioned, the doctor did not listen and

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changed the subject.

Today, the Criminal Code states that neither DWDC, nor this journalist, can advise people on how to end their lives.

But it is heart-breaking when callers ask how they can obtain drugs for this purpose and none are available without a physician’s prescription.

What doctor is going to give one and go to jail? Other desperate people even ask how they can obtain the ‘exit bag’ that’s placed over their head and connected to a helium tank.

It’s hard to imagine such a terminal scene for one’s last minutes with family members.

I’ve stressed for years

that those wanting an assisted death should have the right to form their own committee.

Mine would include my wife, children and my doctor who are aware of my wishes.

I’d also be pleased to add a veterinarian who would treat me the same way he would ease the suffering of a beloved dog.

This political hypocrisy could end by drowning politicians with mail.

Years ago I delivered 40,000 letters to Ottawa which helped to legalize heroin for terminal cancer patients. Believe me, politicians fear adverse mail.

If you agree with assisted death, send a one sen-

tence letter (better than an e-mail, and postage free) to Stephen Harper, 24 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, demanding action on this legislation. Or send an e-mail to Stephen. harper@parl.gc.ca.

This column was sent to Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair but all I’ve received were the usual sitting-onthe fence replies. Those who oppose assisted death have every right to end their lives in whatever way they wish.

But they do not have the right to impose their moral, religious or ethical views on others. The law is the law.

I’d appreciate your opinion.

See the web site at www. docgiff.com.

Watershed Alliance to host workshops A recent report by the World Wildlife Foundation rated current water quality in the Red Deer River Watershed as ‘good’ yet also ranked future threats to water quality in the watershed as ‘very high’.

Despite a strong history of stewardship within the watershed, as population grows and development increases in the region, even maintaining existing surface water and groundwater quality will be a challenge.

There is now an opportunity for community members to come together and address shared water quality challenges.

As part of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance’s (RDRWA) efforts to develop an Integrated Watershed Management Plan, the RDRWA will be hosting two workshops focused on water quality in mid-September.

Dubbed ‘Ripples in our Watershed: From Plan to Action’, these workshops are an opportunity for anyone who lives, works, and plays in the Red Deer River watershed to contribute to a future of healthy water.

Participants will learn about water quality, help to chart a course forward, and start to take action.

The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance will also share a draft of an Integrated Watershed Management Plan for public input.

The forthcoming plan will be a decision-support tool for people across the Red Deer River watershed to use as they work together to maintain and improve water quality conditions.

The first workshop will be held in Red Deer on Sept. 15th at the Pioneer Lodge.

To register, visit www.rdrwa.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=125.

The second workshop will be held in Olds on Sept. 17th at Olds College.

Visit www.rdrwa.ca/civicrm/event/ info?reset=1&id=126 for more information.

The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance works with government in an adaptive management cycle of basin planning and evaluation.

They undertake a variety of actions to benefit watersheds including collaborating with land managers, providing advice and support to Watershed Stewardship Groups, presenting issues to the Alberta Water Council, raising awareness about the state of the watershed, building longterm partnerships that examine watershed issues, and making recommendations to water/land use decision-making authorities.

Meanwhile, entry to the workshops is free but pre-registration is required.

For more information, e-mail info@ rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379.

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New slopestyle team excited to be operational

BY KALISHA MENDONSA Lacombe Express Members of the Alberta Slopestyle Ski Team gathered recently at one of Canada’s few water ramp facilities, located at Three Mile Bend, to continue their training.

The team was operational for a number of years, before taking a two-year hiatus.

Now a new set of coaches, trainers and athletes have revived the team with intensity and desire to further the sport.

The team has been travelling to various facilities since June, including Red Deer’s water ramp, to enhance their skills and performance.

“These are the kids that excel from the local clubs to a provincial level, moving into a kind of development program that prepares them for a national stream. For example, these would feed into X-Games, the Olympics, etc.,” said head coach Chris Ebbern.

“It’s been a super positive experience with these guys. I’ve been coaching for 17 years, and I used to compete myself. I’ve been lucky enough to do it all over the world. I used to run the Fernie Freestyle Ski program, so it’s a good step up for me to move into an elite program with dedicated athletes that want to go to the big show, the Olympics being the big allure these days.”

The Alberta Slopestyle Team consists of athletes Colin Bridger, Brayden Tritter, Dustin Cressey, Sam McKeown and Spencer Saltys, with Ebbern as head coach. All members are excited to be a part of the team.

“It’s kind of a new experience for our coaches and all of our trainers this year.

It’s pretty exciting. There was a team in the past but it didn’t really work out. People have been refining it for two years, so we’re all pretty excited to see how it goes. It’s really making a good step forward right now, so it’s really exciting,” said Cressey.

Cressey is currently dealing with an injury, but is looking forward to training with his team again soon.

“I’m just trying to look at all the positives of getting some time off my skis.

As much as I love it, sometimes you just need a little break to get your head in the right spot, so that when you come back

you can compete at your highest level and to your best ability,” he said.

Saltys said that he was excited to be a part of the team because it provides a new level of training and skill development that he hadn’t had before.

“The training is just so much more than it was with the lower level teams.

This is preparing you for the national level of competition - it’s more in-depth and you have more training that works you harder,” he said.

“We haven’t done much yet but I think it’ll be a good year for me and the boys.

We’ll definitely see some progression with all of our teams and our coaches.

I like our coaches and the team is definitely a sweet team, that’s for sure,” he added.

McKeown explained that slopestyle skiing runs combine rail techniques with jumps and tricks. He said that he finds slopestyle to be a more difficult genre of skiing technique because of its incorporation of multiple styles.

“This year I’m really hoping to get to bigger competitions, and place a little bit better in those competitions. I want to raise my AFP ranking (Association of Freeskiing Professionals) and keep working my way up so that I can do the biggest competitions that I can,” he said.

The Sochi, Russia Olympics were the first Games that included the slopestyle category. The athletes of the team said they believe the sport will only continue to grow in popularity.

“Even though the sport has progressed so much in the past few years, it’s really something to keep an eye out for because it’s so new. It’s only going to progress further and further,” said Cressey.

“We’re kind of the second generation of riders in this sport, because the coaches that we have now are the guys that really started progressing it. They were the ones messing around and seeing what was possible.”

Members of the team will travel next to Calgary to begin preparing for fall and winter training.

Cressey said, “We, as the Alberta Team, are always trying to do stuff that hasn’t been done before. Even if it’s minor, you could be the first person in the world to do a trick and that’s pretty awesome to be part of.” kmendonsa@lacombeexpress.com

DETERMINED – Sam McKeown, 16, of the Alberta Slopestyle Ski Team, focused to pull off big air at the Three Mile Bend water ramp facility in Red Deer. Ski groups, such as McKeown’s, use the Kalisha Mendonsa/Lacombe Express facility to train over the summer.

Do you want your team covered?

Coaches: send contact info, rosters and schedules to news@lacombeexpress.com

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Local powerlifter making her mark on the world stage

BY JENNA SWAN Lacombe Express Long gone are the days of powerlifting being seen as a ‘boys’ club – a new type of powerlifter has swept the international scene over the last 15 years.

While she may not have been the first ever female powerlifter, Bernice Fuss of Red Deer has certainly made waves across the world during the last 15 years of her powerlifting career.

There are few 59-yearold women throughout the world who can say they can bench press raw 248.5 lbs, squat raw 352 lbs, single ply dead lift 418 lbs, and single ply squat 374 lbs. – even fewer yet who can boast multiple Olympia powerlifting medals.

Although some may say powerlifters merely pick up heavy things and put them back down, for Fuss there is so much more to the sport.

While she has always considered herself an active woman, Fuss was never serious about fitness until she began body building in the late 80s. During her time as a body builder, she was continuously ap-

proached by a number of individuals encouraging her to give powerlifting a try.

“I just kept putting it off, never really thinking it was quite for me – then finally there was a meet in Red Deer and I figured I would humour the individuals who had invited me and go down and watch.”

The rest was history in the making. Fuss explained it wasn’t long after watching the first meet that she would fall in love with both powerlifting as well as her future husband.

“While I was watching that first meet here in Red Deer I remember just being very impressed by this one woman’s size – her structure was unbelievable, and I said to my friend Randy I just wanted a little bit of what she had going on.”

She agreed to meet with Randy and begin training and this is where she would meet a man who had recently gone through a divorce.

“The man said to my friend that if Randy was going to start training me he was going to have to babysit me – this guy was adamant that under no circumstances would he be watching

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BIG LIFT – Bernice Fuss, president of the Canadian Powerlifting League, practices her dead lifts at Body Basics in Red Deer as she prepares for her upcoming competition for her next Olympia Jenna Swan/Lacombe Express Powerlifting competition in Las Vegas Sept. 17th-20th. following a competition in Prague.

“After my husband passed - I went down to the states to compete again and I really felt like that camaraderie wasn’t there anymore,” explained Fuss.

This led Fuss to create a league of her own – a league where no matter where you came from or what background you had, all persons would be equal when they stepped onto the lifting platform.

This led her to the creation of the Canadian Powerlifting League (CPL) in 2014, an affiliate of the International Powerlifting League.

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A year later she and the man who refused to ‘babysit’ her were married and by this time she was well on her way to being an international powerlifting sensation.

“Never in a million years would I have ever thought this is something I would be doing, but I have never regretted for a single moment joining the powerlifting world,” said Fuss, who one year finished second out of 1,400 women at a national body building competition losing by only one point to first place. “I was done with body building - anything can influence your win and there is an immense amount of politics.

“You can’t control the judges’ personal decisions - where as powerlifting is black and white, you either lifted the weight or you didn’t.”

Together her and her husband travelled for many years to a gym in Okotoks run by Bruce and Wendy Greig. She explained during her time at the Greigs’ gym she was the only female powerlifter from Red Deer competing in power lifting at the time and one of few in Alberta as a whole.

“Southern Alberta had a larger following because of an incredible gym out of Okotoks,” explained Fuss.

“There was an incredible degree of professionalism and camaraderie that I will likely never see again in my lifetime clinging to the walls of that gym.”

For years, Fuss and her husband travelled the world and trained together until tragedy struck in 2010 when her husband passed away unexpectedly

solid, professional and accountable federation into Canada and provide a way for young lifters to go down south and open up even bigger doors,” she said.

Since the inception of her league, they have hosted the 2014 CPL National Championship as well as the CPL Western Canadian Bash 2015 both held in Prince George B.C., with this year’s 2015 CPL National Championship taking place over this past weekend in Red Deer at the Body Basics gym.

“After my husband passed away, many of the people we used to train with and knew from the power (lifting) world jumped right up and decided they wanted to help in any way especially with CPL, so it’s been

a huge help to have support around.”

She jokingly added it’s been nice to have ‘the old boys’ club of powerlifting” help her out. “People tend to forget it was the old boys who built this sport,” she said.

“We’re lucky now because we have the Internet and if we want to know something we can just google it, but these old school lifters learned simply by trial and error.”

Fuss has always been more than a powerlifter - she is a mother, grandmother, friend, coach and mentor. She continues to train out of Body Basics and encourages Central Albertans to try powerlifting firsthand. jswan@reddeerexpress.com

The City of Lacombe mbe would like to inform the public of a school ol zone change on 54 Ave from 52 Street to 49 Street.

INDOOR REGISTRATION

This zone will bee changed from a school zone to ground zone and will extend from a full-time playground 53 street to 47 street. treet.

WEDNESDAY,

Playground zones es run from 8:30 am until one hour after sunset. Signs will be placed in the effected zone to indicate the changes in this area.

If you have any questions, please contact the Community Peace Officer, Chris Clark at 403.782.1269 ext 2 or cclark@lacombe.ca. www.lacombe.ca

September 9, 2015 4 pm to 8 pm

@ Lacombe Memorial Centre Active Living Fair For registration forms:

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UNIQUE – The placement of the bathtub between dual his and her vanities in the bathroom of this Falcon Homes show home in Sylvan Lake really sets the room apart.

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Creating a home space for new learning opportunities Since my daughter has been in university for three years, I haven’t been back to school shopping in a few years and I always get nostalgic when I see the school flyers, it gives me the urge to buy pencil crayons!

This year I got to do a little back to school shopping for myself as I am launching my next career phase and studying to obtain my realtors’ licence. It only meant a notebook and a few pens (no new clothes are required - yet) but it was still fun to set up a study area and get organized as I get prepared to study and learn something new.

There may not be any returning students in your home but there is always an opportunity for ‘back to you’ shopping!

Fall is always a wonderful time to start a new project, course of study or hobby and I can’t think of any greater motivation than setting up a space in your place for a new beginning.

Kim

WYSE Take a quick search around your home and see if you have space you can carve out for a new activity and let your imagination begin to entice you and lead you on this new adventure.

Whether you are setting up room to launch on a new creative venture or even turning an unused space into a reading/ crossword space there is always opportunity to decorate and design something fabulous to keep you motivated and invite you to return to that space.

I am currently looking for a wonderful desk to put in a spare room to create my

home office but for now I am at the dining table with my laptop and my new red notebook which sits in my red velvet storage chest that houses all of my needed office supplies.

Red inspires me to create and these new office items just happen to co-ordinate perfectly with my accents in my dining room so they can sit amongst my things comfortably.

You may want to launch an entire room renovation to give you the perfect space for your endeavour or you may just need a wonderful new chair and area rug to allow you the ultimate space to dream.

Consider up-cycling an existing piece of furniture with new paint or upholstery to create a one of a kind focal point for your space – it’s breathtaking what a new coat of paint will do for a piece of furniture.

Narrow down your project to only the most necessary elements and then search out the best items in each category.

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A few excellent pens which write fluidly or only one or two of the novels you’ve been hungry to read. A beautiful new coffee mug with your favorite brew which you can curl up around each morning, motivated to start your day.

What have you always wanted to do?

Give it some thought, don’t dismiss anything as trivial or silly just allow your creative spirit to guide you through the thought process.

Anything from scrap booking to cross stitch to making your own facial products is a wonderful and creative outlet and worthy of a special place in your home.

Get some ‘back to you’ shopping done this month and create an irresistible place in your home for your new adventure, you are absolutely worth it!

Kim Wyse is a freelance interior designer. Find her on facebook at Ask a Designer.

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