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City homeless count misleading, agency officials say Numbers are double what was reported BY ERIN FAWCETT Express staff
Local agency officials say the City’s Point In Time Count is misleading and that there are more than double the amount of homeless in Red Deer as indicated in this year’s study. “We have advocated to the feds and to the province to please don’t give your funding to this community based on those numbers,” said Tricia Haggarty-Roberts, director of operations with the Safe Harbour Society, adding Red Deer has been underfunded when it comes to homelessness for a number of years. “We know of many individuals who were not counted because they were sleeping rough and they were tucked away so well that volunteers weren’t able to make it out. (Red Deer’s) homeless number is a solid double (to what was reported in the Point In Time Count). “The Point In Time Count is a snapshot, it’s one night. The conversations I’ve had with federal and provincial funders is please do not hang your hat on that number.” When the numbers were released by the City last month, a press release said the latest count represents a 46% decrease in the number of persons experiencing homelessness since the 2012 PIT count, when 279 people were counted. “When you see a celebratory comment from (City) administration or council about a 40 per cent decrease (in the amount
WRAPPING AWAY - Volunteer Serge Gingras measured out wrapping paper for a customer’s gift at the gift wrapping station at Bower Place Shopping Centre earlier this week. All the proceeds from the gift wrapping go towards Women’s Outreach. Zachary Cormier/Red Deer Express of homeless in Red Deer), the methodologies are like apples and zebras - you cannot compare what happened this year to four years ago,” said Haggarty-Roberts. “You can have people look at statistics and think that is awesome and that is a selling point. When you really dig into it, it’s not quite so clear.” Meanwhile, she said local agencies have been targeting ‘rough sleepers’ who are those who essentially sleep in camps throughout the area. “We have been working to assess them and to get them to the CAP (Coordinated Access Process) table to place them for housing,” she said. “We have been able to get some of the rough sleepers housed but when you have been living on the street for a long time and you’re street family is still outside, it’s hard.”
She added there are also homeless in Red Deer who are couch surfing. “Couch surfers were not a part of the Point In Time Count, and that was a provincial decision, not a local one. We also need to be looking at people who are couch surfing.” The numbers in this year’s PIT count, which was conducted on Oct. 19th, showed the number of persons experiencing homelessness in shelters, on the streets, in hospital and in transitional housing in Red Deer decreased from 137 in 2014 to 131 in Red Deer. “(That number is not clear) - we think there are only 131 (homeless). If it was just as simple as those 131 people, they are the freshest 131 people. It’s an ongoing issue.” efawcett@reddeerexpress.com
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City woman reflects on release of memoir Separation Anxiety Miji Campbell’s book chronicles fascinating aspects of her personal journey BY MARK WEBER Express staff
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t takes a clever writer to weave together multiple aspects of life experience into a book that reflects meaningfully on them all. But that is exactly what Red Deer author Miji Campbell has accomplished with her fascinating memoir Separation Anxiety. Campbell, who also taught and has had numerous articles published over the years, has remarkably accessible style. She recounts a stream of key experiences from her childhood through to her adult years - shining light on events and circumstances that led to a intense struggle with agonizing attacks of anxiety. It’s a refreshing look into a topic that is still to this day - so widely misunderstood. Indeed, the concept is more discussed these days, but there are still aspects to it that remain ‘under wraps’ that are just downright avoided as a topic of conversation. But the book does more than explore that painful subject - it’s also a story of relationships, of love, of pain, of rejection and of finding hope. It also delves into Campbell’s relationships with her folks, particularly that of her mother and how this connection was reshaped on her journey to cope with the at times raging and debilitating levels of anxiety. It’s also the story of a very connected relationship - a mother and a daughter - that after a certain point had to be, in a sense, separated so both parties could learn better who they really were on their own. According to a synopsis, Campbell, who originally hails from Calgary, grew up in a close-knit family in the 1960s and ’70s. “The youngest of three girls, she was raised under her parents’ watchful eye, in a middle-class Calgary suburb called Kingsland. Her life proceeds in an orderly fashion: coming-ofage, university, first job, first apartment - and then suddenly, inexplicably, it begins to unravel. “Night after night, Miji wrestles with insomnia and increasing anxiousness. Despite her independent spirit, she yearns for her mother’s presence and feels overcome by homesickness. These anxious feelings will haunt her through career, marriage, and the birth of her children. It’s not until middle age that Miji learns she has an anxiety disorder and finds ways to quiet her mind and body. Through acts of courage and grace, she learns to stand-tentatively, hopefully - on her own.” At first, Campbell didn’t set out to write a book per se. She simply wrote and recorded her experiences over the years, plus she studied writing in a professional sense. As her skills were being honed, her desire to tell her story was gaining momentum as well. “To say, I’m sitting down and writing a book I don’t think that ever happened until probably I was done with my thesis. I began to think that there was a lot here - is there enough in this manuscript to make it into a book? “That’s when I started to see that thread of anxiety even more powerfully threaded
LOOKING INSIDE - Red Deer author Miji Campbell’s acclaimed book, Separation Anxiety, explores many facets of life from family to relationships to her own battle over the years with anxiety. photo submitted through my life,” she explained. Campbell also proved to be hard on herself as her life took unexpected turns. Following the breakdown of her marriage, she writes, “I decided - decreed - that my children would have a golden childhood like mine, despite the divorce. I had the setting, props and costumes (name brands only) ready. “My cast of characters - maverick single mom and her two well-adjusted sons - would roll through a series of adventures that all worked out in the end. Failure was not in the script.” Still, living life - for any of us - proves to be an unpredictable, at times rocky affair that is intersected by what others bring to it as well. Smooth, sunlight vistas can become dark and cloudy - and mystifying. And when your mind and body keep pushing you to fight or flight mode - even in seemingly mundane circumstances - it tends to shatter whatever shreds of confidence a person may have had left. As the book unfolds, Campbell shares these types of experiences so well, the reader really feels like they are there - in the moment - un-
derstanding the turmoil at least to some degree. For Campbell, things that held not a spark of anxiety would become anxiety-producing. And it forced her on a mission of sorts in search of not only a means to cope, but for healing. She recalls thinking - “I had a good childhood; I should not have these problems. “That can be part of the ‘anxiety’ thing - we are perfectionists, creative, we are people-pleasers.” And that search for wholeness brought a bevy of unexpected experiences. At first, taking medication was absolutely out of the question. She saw it more as something she merely had to figure out on her own. So needless to say, it’s also been something of a time of learning - raw sensation has a way of burning things away and showing what’s inside, and what we are really made of. Campbell doesn’t hold back in this self-discovery - and we as readers are the richer for it. “What I would want people to take away is a sense of hope,” she said of the story, adding
that as the book has found its way into people’s lives, they have reached out to her with their own stories. “It’s okay to ask for help.” To top off a great year of further introducing the book to a broader audience, the book also recently won the Whistler Independent Book Award (non-fiction category) this past October. “I’ve been at more than 50 book events with it across Canada - I’ve been having a blast.” And even better - Separation Anxiety has seeded another project that Campbell is set to begin working on in the New Year. Campbell also owns Write Where You Are, a business that offers writing workshops to individuals, schools, community and corporate organizations. Separation Anxiety can be purchased at Sunworks, Chapters, Coles and through the author’s web site at www.writewhereyouare. ca and also online at from Chapters/Indigo or Amazon. Ebook versions are also available on Chapters, Amazon and iTunes. Find her on facebook at ‘Miji Campbell’. mark.weber@reddeerexpress.com
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Festival of Trees totals higher than expected BY JOSEPH HO Express staff
The Festival of Trees raised $950,000 for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre this year, funds that will go toward Phase 2 of the Medical Specialty Clinic project. That number is down from last year’s $1.06 million but Iaian Park, executive director of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, said it still exceeded expectations considering the current recession. He added it spoke to the gen-
erosity of Central Albertans and chronic conditions to see a that they still found room in healthcare team without being their budgets hospitalized or sent to the to give in these ▾ hard times. emergenc y “FIVE DOLLARS “Five dollars room, freeMAKES AS MUCH makes as much ing up beds. DIFFERENCE ADDED difference added Phase 2 will up over time so include a UP OVER TIME I appreciate evParkinson’s SO I APPRECIATE erything Central clinic, enEVERYTHING Alberta does,” hancements CENTRAL ALBERTA Park said. to the inThe Medical flammatory DOES.” Specialty Clinic bowel clinic provides patients and other living with acute upgrades. ▴
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“It actually saves the government a lot of money, keeping people in their homes as opposed to having them in the hospital, in a bed. It’s really a cost saving rather than a cost to the hospital system so it’s unfortunate we don’t get more support from AHS,” said Bob Bilton, Foundation chair. The Festival of Trees has now raised close to $14 million for the hospital since 1994. Some of the projects made possible through the annual fundraiser include labs in the basement, two operating theatres as well as equipment. “These things wouldn’t be there if it weren’t for Central Albertans and committing funds to that,” Park said. “At the end of the day, there’s a certain budget that goes around the province and citizens of Central Alberta have stepped up and decided they wanted to contribute and enhance healthcare in their area.” Amidst the celebratory breakfast held at the Holiday Inn and Suites yesterday morning, Bilton seemed frustrated with Alberta Health, suggesting that funding allocation for health care has been politicized. “Edmonton and Calgary, because perhaps the number of MLAs that they have in those
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TREE-MENDOUS - From left, Festival of Trees co-chairs Krista Spelt and Kathy Saunders spoke at the Holiday Inn and Suites during a celebratory breakfast. Yesterday, they announced that $950,000 had been raised for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Joseph Ho/Red Deer Express areas, get more support in their medical system than we do in Red Deer. As a matter of fact, we’ve seen Red Deer drop off the list on a number of projects that had been planned,” he said, adding that the Red Deer Hospital is a high-acuity hospital. “We’re talking to the minister to say what’s going on, this is unfair, Red Deer’s not being serviced to the standard the rest of the province is.” Kathy Saunders was the out-
going co-chair this year with Terri Williams to step into her role alongside Krista Spelt next year. Park praised Saunders and Spelt for their volunteer work. “They did a great job. This was a tough year. The economy did catch up to us. Last year we were over $1 million and this year we knew it was going to be tough,” he said. “These people show up, they’re not paid, they’re contributing time.” joseph.ho@reddeerexpress.com
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opinion ‘TIS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN RED DEER
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Our carbon emissions matter to the world
Oh, the holidays. That time of year when Starbucks cups turn red, Christmas carols play on loop and curmudgeons come out of the woodwork to decry rampant commercialism. Christmas is nothing without its traditions. One social custom that has become an annual occurrence is the existential crisis that at least one person or group of people has over an issue that they believe has jeopardized the meaning of the holiday season. This has included pressing questions such as ‘Christmas lights: waste of energy or essential ritual?’. Another favoured controversy being bandied about over glasses of eggnog is the debate about whether wishing one another happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas infringes upon the rights of people who prefer one phrase over the other. We would venture a guess that here in Central Alberta, most people wouldn’t bat an eyelash if you wished them ‘Happy Holidays’, ‘Merry Christmas’ or even ‘Good Luck with Boxing Day Shopping’. Most people wouldn’t comment because they are polite, tolerant and open-minded. All attributes that embody the Christmas spirit that naysayers say we are missing out on by being creative with our seasonal greetings. The ‘holiday season’ has come to mean different things to different people. And that’s okay. We live in a country where the right to celebrate or ignore holidays is protected. So, in the spirit of live and let live, the following are suggestions of ways to spend your time this holiday season. Christmas is a great time of year to give back and there are lots of ways to do it. Give to your favourite charity. Volunteer to serve dinner to those who are less fortunate. Shovel your neighbour’s sidewalk. Another option during the holidays is to spend time with your family. Listen to your grandparents’ stories, play board games with your siblings and volunteer to clean up after dinner so the family chef can have a break. And of course, for Christians the world-over, Christmas remains a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Churches are pretty welcoming to those who would like to join in on Christmas services. This time of year also coincides with the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, the African-heritage celebration of Kwanzaa, and Festivus, the anti-commercialism tradition made popular by an infamous Seinfeld episode. Whatever your beliefs may be, the holiday season is a fine time for ritualizing. So, this Christmas, this Hanukkah, this Kwanzaa, this Festivus … you do you! Let your holiday spirit lead you where it will, whether that be to midnight mass, the food bank, or the movie theatre. Happy holidays, Central Alberta.
With a national price on greenhouse gas emissions anything. more or less in place, there is little doubt detractors Obviously, Canada acting alone won’t get us far off will now ask, why so much effort to reduce Canada’s the path to climate disaster. But the vast majority of modest 1.6% of global emissions? countries are moving – some faster than others – to The argument sounds reasonable enough on the face reduce emissions. The EU met its Kyoto targets and of it. Even if we reduced our emissions to zero, the is cutting further. The U.S., even with Donald Trump path to an overheated planet won’t be much changed. as incoming president, is closer to meeting its 2025 But on closer inspection, the notion rather quickly reduction target than Canada is to meeting ours. Even turns to nonsense. China is on course to peak its emissions about when Firstly, any kind of percentage argument Alberta does, assuming Alberta sticks to its needs to look at the other side of the equa- Maurice new climate plan. tion – the percentage of the world populaFinally, it might be useful to liken our Smith small tion that produces that level of pollution. contribution to worldwide carbon Canada produces 1.6% of global emissions pollution to the taxes we pay. If Canada’s but we have just 0.5% of the world’s popucontribution to carbon pollution seems small, your contribution to the billions lation. In effect, we are emitting three times the world average on a per capita basis – the Ottawa collects every year is miniscule in most democratic way to measure emissions. percentage terms. But that doesn’t make Keeping in mind we live in a cold climate, it irrelevant. Small numbers add up to big we are still carbon-emitting gluttons. ones. And when even small contributors The worldwide average is 6.2 tonnes per fail to carry their own weight, the entire person per year. Canada, even with our wealth of hydro system falls apart. Imagine using that argument with and renewable energy potential, stands at 20.6 tonnes Revenue Canada, and see how far it would get in the per person, second only to Australia and worse than real world, full of real math. the U.S. (Alberta and Saskatchewan are true standouts As a relatively heavy contributor and as a developed at 68 and 67 tonnes per capita respectively, more than country with more wherewithal than most to make 10 times the global average.) Even in absolute terms, cuts over time, what Canada does can bolster or stydespite Canada’s small population (37th overall) we mie momentum to bring down worldwide emissions. are a Top 10 emitter. We all produce GHGs to varying levels, with varying Secondly, the ‘we are too small to matter’ argument percentages. is meaningless because any other country can say the We can play with those figures to suggest pretty same thing. Even the worst offender, China, could say much whatever we want – lies, damn lies and perit produces less than 30% of worldwide emissions, centages you might say. But like it or not, Canada and if it somehow cut its emissions to zero the re- is a major contributor and selectively pointing to maining 70% would still put the planet on a collision seemingly small percentages isn’t going to get us off course with climate disaster. So why, with per capita the hook. Putting a price on carbon – the most economically emissions about one-third of Canada’s, should it do efficient way to reduce those emissions – is a good anything either? Similarly, every other country – about 180 of which place to start. Maurice Smith is technology editor at Junewarrenproduce less than Canada in both per capita and absolute terms – can make exactly the same argument. Nickles Energy Group. His column is distributed through If you accept the logic, then no country would do Troy Media.
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Local authors featured in new book on World War I Somme - you get that aspect, and the aspect of world politics. But you don’t understand what Two local men have played a happened at the local level. So in part in bringing local and pro- terms of the historiography of vincial history - in connection Alberta, it’s a really significant to the First World War - to life. book because you understand at Local historian Michael Dawe the community level what hapand Dr. Bob Lampard each pened. The suffering but also wrote chapters for newly-re- the rising to the challenge, and leased The Frontier of Patriotism the innovation. - Alberta and the First World “We wanted to talk about War. the experience on the front, A Red Deer book launch but through the perspectives was held this past weekend of letters sent home, diaries, at Sunworks, memoirs which ▾ with co-edireally make it tor Adriana come to life. You “THE FIRST WORLD Davies in atstill learn about WAR REALLY tendance as the various batRESHAPED ALBERTA well. tles, you know AND RED DEER The book, which Alberta which was battalions fought AND REALLY ALL OF also co-edited where, and that CANADA” by Jeff Keshen, comes in various provides an inways.” Michael Dawe depth look via The roots for ▴ 40 essays at the book itself all aspects of stretch back a Alberta’s involvement in the couple of years. war, reflecting Albertans’ ex“I got a call in December periences both on the battlefield of 2014 from the dean of arts and on the home front. at Mount Royal University in The Frontier of Patriotism Calgary - Jeff Keshen,” recalls has been described as the most Davies. Keshen asked Davies comprehensive treatment of to write and to also recommend Alberta during these critical, other authors who could contransformational years. tribute to a book that would “The war galvanized the reflect the impact of the First province - which was just nine World War on Alberta in genyears old,” explained Davies. eral. “We went from small towns and She knew right off who would cities and basically an agricul- suit the chapters that focused tural society to one that became on this area during those years intensely urban with all of those (Dawe) and who would be able preoccupations - the growth of to provide an overview of the the universities, the growth of province’s medical history at the legislation around medical care time as well (Lampard). Keshen — all sorts of areas. also asked Davies to co-edit the “If you focus only on the bat- volume as well. tles - Vimy, Passchendaele, the “I think that’s also what is sigBY MARK WEBER Express staff
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she added, including a look at the horrendous impact of the influenza epidemic. “For Bob, I think his range is very broad because he also looks at the post-war medical scene and the implications of that.” Lampard agreed. “It was an opportunity and a challenge to go back and research it and pull together what I could. So that’s really how it began for me, and I must say it turned out to be a fascinating topic,” he said. “The First World War really catapulted Alberta from a young, nine-year-old province to being one of the leaders in health care - if not the leader
in healthcare in Canada.” Dawe, who as mentioned, provided the Central Alberta perspective, was also pleased to be part of the project. “The First World War really reshaped Alberta and Red Deer and really all of Canada,” he said. “It was the point where the great settlement of the late 19th century and the early 20th century came to a halt, and this event really transformed the economy, social attitudes, and in some respects we lost a generation from it because of the huge losses of life. “We went from a period of
incredible prosperity - the turn of the last century - to the generation after the First World War where Alberta really struggled. We were a ‘have not’ province. The economy was in bad shape. “There were so many things that worked against the province, and it pretty much took a generation to work through a lot of the deep-rooted problems and for people to adjust to the fact that the world they had known didn’t exist anymore.” Copies of The Frontier of Patriotism - Alberta and the First World War are available at Sunworks. mark.weber@reddeerexpress.com
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City council set to tackle 2017 Operating Budget BY JOSEPH HO Express staff
The City’s recommended 2017 Operating Budget was unveiled last week and it includes a 2.5% increase to property taxes, a figure that officials said is intended to maintain services without causing an excessive burden on the taxpayer. “The community expects a high standard of services but the community is also navigating through a new economic normal. We need to be sensitive to the financial needs of the people we represent,” said Mayor Tara Veer. That increase is comprised of 1% for capital contribution, 1.29% for operating costs and 0.22% to pay the provincial carbon tax. The proposed $3.2 million increase would bring total City expenditure to $357 million. For a home assessed at $325,000, the owner would see an increase of about $50 in municipal taxes for the year. The education portion of the property tax bill is not yet known. Speaking about the carbon tax, Veer chastised the provincial government for downloading an additional cost onto the City. She said similar actions resulted in a 0.37% property tax increase last year. On the 0.22% impact, “That’s ultimately a levy that the property taxpayer is by necessity, required to submit to the provincial government, with no translation in new services,” Veer said. She added that council has advocated through the Mayors’ Caucus for the carbon tax to be revenue-neutral for municipalities. “The provincial government has indicated that it won’t be. We continue to remain firm in the position, particularly in the eco-
police briefs MAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD A Red Deer man has been charged after resisting arrest when RCMP located him in a bank attempting to cash stolen cheques.
years of zero per cent were followed by substantial years of catch up, which had a detrimental financial impact on the community,” she said. Council will start reviewing the budget on Jan. 10. Citizen feedback can be provided by email or in writing by Dec. 22nd at City Hall, the Collicutt Centre, Recreation Centre, and the downtown and G.H. Dawe library branches.
nomic times we’re navigating, that it should be revenue-neutral for municipalities. Because unfortunately, it’s just a cost that’s passed on to our citizens,” she said. City Manager Craig Curtis released administration’s proposed budget against the backdrop of several economic challenges. Citing the Conference Board of Canada, Red Deer’s economy contracted by 2.1% in 2015 with further shrinkage expected this year. In Curtis’ presentation, Red Deer’s unemployment rate reached 10% in July. Fifteen per cent of families are living in poverty and 20% of families are considered to be “low income.” City revenues are down and administration expects a $1.2 million reduction in construction growth revenue next year. “Well certainly this is the most challenging budget I’ve worked on since returning to the City. There are huge challenges financially,” Curtis said. “We’re seeing much less growth, which translates into less revenue. And as we see less revenue, we’ve also seen a decline in the use of our transit system and our recreation, parks and culture facilities.” Curtis said one of their priorities was to help the community get through these hard times. A proposed freeze on all fees for parks, recreation, culture and transit, as well as an increase to the Fee Assistance Program, headlines the City’s social investment. According to an Ipsos survey of residents this year, 55% of respondents were in favour of increasing taxes to maintain or enhance services at the current level. Eighty-two per cent said they were getting “fairly good” or “very good” value for their money. Veer said the annual polls indicate that citizens support gradual increases over time. “When you look at City budgets over history, you can see that
Red Deer RCMP were called to the bank shortly before 5 p.m. on Dec. 1st in response to a report that a suspicious male was attempting to cash fraudulent cheques. When
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RCMP arrived, the suspect engaged in a brief physical altercation with police officers and attempted to flee on foot before being arrested in the parking lot. Michael Gary Bishop, 34, has been charged with assault on a police officer, resisting/ obstructing a peace officer, two counts of possession of stolen property under $5,000, fraud under $5,000, and failing to comply with a probation order.
POLICE LOOK FOR SUSPECT On Dec. 1st at 12 a.m., Innisfail RCMP responded to an armed robbery at the 7-11 in Innisfail. The suspect entered the store and approached the lone employee holding a hand gun and demanded money and cigarettes. The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, about 5’5” - 5’6” tall with a medium build. He was wearing a black hoodie, sunglasses and bandana over his face. The suspect left with an undisclosed amount of money. The store employee was not injured in this incident.
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TWO ARRESTED AFTER INCIDENT Sylvan Lake RCMP have arrested two men who attempted to flee police on foot after a motor vehicle collision and property damage in the Lakewood Landing neighbourhood. Sylvan Lake RCMP responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision and property damage in the Lakewood Landing area at 3 p.m. on Nov. 28th. Once members arrived, the two male occupants of the vehicle fled on foot. With the assistance of Police Dog Services, both suspects were arrested a short distance away and taken into custody without incident. There are numerous charges pending from this incident, and RCMP continue to investigate.
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Remembering the early Swedes of Central Alberta One of the events of the early Yuletide/Christmas season is the traditional Feast Day of St. Lucy (Sankta Lucia) on Dec. 13th. It is generally celebrated in Scandinavian countries, particularly Sweden, as well as in Swedish communities across North America. One of the enduring symbols of the celebration is a young woman, with a wreath or crown of candles on her head, as she carries gifts of food and drink. Hence, the Sankta Lucia celebrations have become one of the festivals of light that are popular during the long cold winter nights of the Christmas/winter solstice season. Perhaps because of the ease of assimilation of Swedes into general North American cultures, some of the substantial Swedish settlements in places like Central Alberta are often overlooked. One significant early Swedish settlement in Central Alberta was west of Red Deer at Burnt Lake. In the late-1880s and early 1890s, large numbers of Swedes settled in the area, attracted by the good soil and many groves of trees. By the early 1890s, the federal Department of the Interior (Immigration) began to refer to the district as Swea Colony.
Because much of the land was low and wet, it was difficult to grow much grain. Hence, the Swedish settlers in the area cut hay and raised livestock, particularly sheep and dairy cattle. Shortly after the turn of the last century, a skimming station for the collection of cream was set up in the district. The cream was then sent to the Red Deer Creamery where it was sold for a welcome cash income. In 1903, the Red Deer Land Company established the townsite of Stockholm on the Burnt Lake Trail between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake. A store and post office opened in the new hamlet. This business eventually housed the district’s first telephone exchange for the Western General Telephone Company. As the hamlet continued to grow, a number of houses were constructed. A new schoolhouse, a stopping house (small hotel), blacksmith shop and cheese factory were also built. Soon, an annual agricultural fair was started in the community. The Swedish settlers were generally religious. Many were Lutheran and a little Lutheran Church was built. However, the congregation had a lot of difficulty in attracting a regular minister.
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In 1899, a Swedish Baptist congregation was formed. Unlike the Lutherans, they were able to attract a resident minister. In 1904, a small Swedish Baptist church was constructed in Stockholm. Meanwhile, a congregation of Mission Friends, also known as the Swedish Mission Covenant Church, was established. In 1906-1907, that congregation also built a church in Stockholm. Stockholm suffered a severe setback in 1911-1912 when the Alberta Central Railway (later part of the C.P.R.) decided to build its rail line to the north, bypassing the hamlet. The Grimson family moved their store to the Village of Sylvan Lake. T.B. Millar closed his cheese factory. While Stockholm faltered, the surrounding rural district continued to prosper. However, with so many new settlers continuing to come to the area, people began to venture farther west to find available land for homesteads. Many settled in the area between the Medicine and Raven Rivers. One of the districts became known as Nya Bachen, a Swedish phrase meaning new land or hillside. However, when a post office was established in the district in 1908, the postal authorities decided to name it New Hill instead of Nya Bachen. Over time, the Swedish farmers and business people spread across Central Alberta. One person who particularly
EARLY COMMUNITY - The Earl Grimson store and post office in Stockholm, Alberta, west of Red Deer, c. 1910. Note the sign above the door indicating that the building was also the telephone exchange for the Western General Telephone Company. Red Deer Archives G2337 prospered was Emanuel Pettersson. He adopted the surname Cronquist because the Post Office kept mixing up the mail for the Pettersson families. In 1912, Emanuel Pettersson Cronquist built a huge brick residence in West Park. The house provided a wonderful new home for Mr.
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Salvation Army Kettle Campaign needs more support Officials say local donations are $10,000 below last year at this point in campaign BY MARK WEBER Express staff
After a solid start, the Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign has dropped off a bit in terms of donations, officials say. “After a good start, our kettle totals have dropped off and we are over $10,000 below last year at this point in the campaign,” said Major Larry Bridger, Corps officer of the Salvation Army in Red Deer. “We can certainly use a boost for the kettles,” he said, adding that kettles were set up at Costco starting this past weekend which should help with the overall totals. The kettles at Costco are along with the other locations which have already been up and running, including Wal-Mart (north and south locations), Canadian Tire (north and south), Co-op (Deer Park), Scott’s Parable Christian Store, Parkland Mall by the Safeway entrance, Bower Place Shopping Centre, Save-On Foods (East Hill) and Superstore.
The Red Deer Christmas Kettle Campaign was in 1891 when Salvation Army Captain Joseph launched on Nov. 20th. McFee was distraught because so many poor Funds raised are used to assist families and individuals in San Francisco were going hungry. individuals at Christmas and “He lay awake nights, worrying, ▾ throughout the year with a vathinking, praying about how he “AFTER A GOOD riety of programs and services. could find the funds to fulfill his START, OUR KETTLE By reaching this year’s $200,000 commitment of feeding 1,000 of fundraising goal, the Salvation the city’s poorest individuals on TOTALS HAVE Army in Red Deer will be able Christmas Day.” DROPPED OFF AND to provide year-round food hamHe remembered how at Stage WE ARE OVER pers, Christmas assistance, counLanding in Liverpool, England, $10,000 BELOW LAST where the boats came in, seling, senior programs and summer camps in 2015, said Bridger. YEAR AT THIS POINT there was an iron kettle called Anyone interested in signing ‘Simpson’s Pot’ into which passIN THE CAMPAIGN.” up for a shift can call Debbie ers-by tossed a coin or two to help Lang, the Christmas Kettle cothe poor. Larry Bridger ordinator, at 403-346-2251 or by The next day he placed a similar ▴ email at kettles9@telus.net. pot at the Oakland Ferry Landing There are other shifts available, at the foot of Market Street. in two-hour stints, from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Beside the pot, he placed a sign that read, Last year, the Kettle Campaign in Red Deer ‘Keep the Pot Boiling’.” pulled in about $190,000. McFee’s tradition has spread to Salvation Army As for the campaign’s history, it started back posts in Europe, Japan, Korea, Chile, and other
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Olympian Clara Hughes headlines FCC Forum BY JOSEPH HO Express staff
Clara Hughes was the closing speaker at Farm Credit Canada’s forum last Friday, which drew hundreds of agricultural business owners, producers and operators to the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer. Social commentator Rex Murphy and finance journalist Bruce Sellery also spoke that day. The six-time Olympic medallist and mental health advocate said her message was about keeping the conversation going about mental illness. “These illnesses, left untreated, manifest in serious ways and we just don’t talk about it enough,” said Hughes in an interview earlier in the day. Hughes said she sees similarities between the sporting and agriculture environments, which both value hard work and the belief in one’s ability to overcome all obstacles. Part of demystifying mental illness is showing that nobody is immune to it, she said, that some of the seemingly strongest, happiest people are struggling with it too. “I just wanted to be able to show them that as someone who’s gone through this, someone who’s also been incredibly successful and is seen as strong and resilient, is also at times, weak and vulnerable and it’s okay to be that. It balances out,” said Hughes. “As human beings, we’re everything. We’re not just strong and we’re not just good at everything. It’s not a matter of putting
your head down. You have to let yourself be human.” Hughes, Canada’s only athlete to win multiple medals at both the summer and winter Olympics, is also the author of the book Open Heart, Open Mind. Over the years, she has spoken about her own battle with addiction and depression, which stemmed from growing up with an alcoholic father. One of the myths out there about mental illness is that people will seek help once they hit “rock bottom.” Hughes said that attitude creates life and death scenarios. “Would you let it go to Stage 4 before you got screened, before you accepted or received treatment for cancer? You wouldn’t,” she said. “Why would you do it with mental illness, with a form of psychological illness?” It has already been a busy December for Hughes. The night before her Red Deer appearance, she co-hosted the Arctic Inspiration Prize ceremony in Winnipeg, where $1.5 million was awarded to three projects that will make a positive impact on Arctic communities. “I get to do all these amazing things and connect with youth and really try to encourage these young people to be at their capacity and challenge themselves,” she said. Mere days before, Hughes was in Toronto attending events honouring the third anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death, wheres she was the keynote speaker for a benefit gala. One of the beneficiaries was the
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Readers’ Theatre gives you the experience of performing in a theatrical production without the need to learn scripts, or to work with complex sets, costumes or make-up. It distills the pure experience of a stage performance, providing a relaxed atmosphere for both participants and audience. We work with some of the best scripts in the literature. Join us in Red Deer’s newest theatre group and participate in the pleasure of being ‘on stage’, where the fun starts from the first minute. We meet every second Thursday at the Timberlands Branch of the Red Deer Public Library (in the same building as the Barry Wilson School - 300 Timothy Drive). Open to all ages. For more information, call Lionel at 587-679-6222. YARD’s gift to you - FREE classes during Karma Week - Dec. 19th-26th. Registration is now open for the Winter Session Jan. 2nd - March 12th. The next Advanced Yoga & Teacher Training monthly workshop is Dec. 10th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Remembering the Divine Mantra workshop with Ann Waschuk on Dec. 11th, 2 - 5 p.m. and don’t miss our Noel Nidra on Sat. Dec. 17th, 1 - 2:15 p.m. Please register early. Full details at www.reddeeryoga.ca or by calling 403-550-9240. Also, you can email info@reddeeryoga.ca. On Feb. 25th, join us as we turn the Sheraton Special Events Centre into a Luxe Lounge for the Red Deer HospICE Gala. You’ll enjoy VIP treatment all night - specialty drinks and snacks at the cocktail reception, amazing decor and entertainment during the four-course seated dinner, fun auctions and raffles; a great dance band and host bar all night! All for a $200 ticket with a $100 charitable tax receipt! Tickets go on sale now and would make great Christmas gifts. Red Deer Hospice is in its 11th year of providing compassionate endof-life care in Central Alberta. We have assisted over 1,000 residents and their families as their life journey ended. There is no charge to stay at Red Deer Hospice and no one is ever denied access due to financial restrictions. Gala is the major
fundraising event for Red Deer Hospice, last year raising $160,000 - help make 2017 even better! Gala tickets are online at www.reddeerhospice. com or call Red Deer Hospice directly at 403-309-4344. Gala sponsorship opportunities are also available and we are seeking live and silent auction donations. For more information contact Hospice Event Coordinator Lori Dufresne. The Red Deer Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign is in need of volunteers. The struggling economy has hit our neighbours and our community hard. The Salvation Army
Connelly Singers in their 31st year of service, welcome anyone who might enjoy singing out at seniors’ venues around the City. From September to June we prepare 10, one-hour programs filled with oldies and newer music. We practice from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. each Tuesday at the Downtown House Seniors Centre and present four to six sing-outs each month. Our group is friendly, social and supportive. Please join our next practice or anytime. Call Shirley at 403-342-5904 for bookings or Betty at 403-3467316 for more information. In the Spirit of Christmas is a
403-728-3467 or info@mrwc.ca. The Senior Citizens’ Downtown House has cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $3. Whist is every Friday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $3. Fun contact Bridge runs every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Cost is $3. Cribbage is every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $4. Tournament on Dec. 8th at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $6. The aims and objectives of the Air Force Association are to preserve and perpetuate the glorious traditions of the Royal Canadian Air Force and to advocate a proficient and well-equipped Air Force in Canada. 703 Wing in Red Deer
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www.heritagelanes.com in Red Deer is looking for volunteers for its most important fundraiser of the year. A two-hour shift, with flexible hours, will help the Christmas Kettle Campaign meet the 2016 target of $220,000. There has already been a substantial spike in demand for services. Volunteers will help raise money to provide programs, food and clothing year-round to those in the Red Deer area. To sign up, or for more information, please call the Salvation Army at 403-346-2251 or e-mail kettles9@telus.net. Golden Circle continues with Thursday night dances - admission is $7 per person and everyone is welcome. For more information, call 403-341-4672, 403-347-6165 or 403-342-2875. Black Velvet drops by Dec. 15th. If you enjoy singing Glee Club style, but feel your skills are limited, please come and join our group of seniors who sing and play for seniors as a gift of community spirit. The Tony
programme of readings and music for the Christmas Season. It is on Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 2016 at 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 4929 - 54 St. Silver collection for the Christmas Bureau. Questions Elizabeth 403-347-2114. Storing your used drink containers and getting them down to the bottle depot becoming a bit too much work in your busy life? Medicine River Wildlife Centre is pleased to offer a new drink container collection service to Central Alberta. Here’s how it works: volunteers will leave you a collection bin, pick up from your home or business as regularly as you require, record your pick-ups, and at the end of the year present you with an income tax deductible receipt. The Centre is looking for both clients to sign up for the service and volunteers to carry out the container pick up in various communities. If you like to be part of this great new service please contact MRWC at
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provides a forum for serving and former participants in military and civil aviation to meet and enjoy the company of like-minded people. 703 Wing members meet at noon on the second Saturday of the month at the ABC Country Restaurant (2085 - 50 Ave.) in Red Deer for a luncheon and business meeting. For more information, call Al Low at 403-341-3253. YARD (Yoga Alliance of Red Deer) is now taking registrations for our second fall session. Full schedule and details at: www. reddeeryoga.ca. 403-5509240. info@reddeeryoga.ca. The Cronquist House continues to operate the Tea House but will close soon due to lack of customers, please help us to keep the Cronquist Tea House open for the rest of the year! All we need are about 15 – 20 people a day, visit our web site at www.rdchs.com for more information. Victorian Christmas Dinners: Dec. 16th at 6:30 p.m. Relax and enjoy a
sumptuous six course Christmas dinner in the Cronquist House beautifully decorated for the season. Cost is $45 person, call 403-346-0055 for tickets. The Choral Singers Unite Society presents Winter Voice Concert ‘We Are the World’ Dec. 17th at the First Christian Reformed Church. Concert time start 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Admission is $15 for the afternoon show and $20 for the evening show. At 2 p.m. performers include Briosos (junior and senior children’s choir); ihana (youth choir) and Soliloquy (adult mixed chorus). The 7 p.m. show features ihana (youth choir); Soliloquy (adult mixed chorus), Brioso (brief part) and guest choir LTCHS Chamber Choir. Tickets are available from any c;hoir member, at the door or by contacting Karen at 403-340-3249 or by email at kmgough46@gmail.com. Daytime Documentaries - Dec. 14th at 2 p.m. in the Red Deer Public Library, Downtown Branch, Snell Auditorium. Magician: The astonishing Life & Work of Orson Welles: Orson Welles’s life was magical: a musical prodigy at age ten, a director of Shakespeare at fourteen, a painter at sixteen, a star of stage and radio at twenty, and romances with some of the most beautiful women in the world, including Rita Hayworth. Join us at the library for this enlightening documentary and enjoy light refreshments. If you are planning to bring a group, please contact us at 403-342-9100 ext 1500. Lacombe Christmas Farmers’ Market will be held every Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through to Dec. 16th at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. Also, there is a special Moonlight Madness sale on Nov. 24th from 5 to 10 p.m. Great chance to do your Christmas shopping with a huge variety of baking, homemade crafts, local honey, perogies, woodwork, jams, fall veggies, meats, clothing, Philippine spring rolls, jewellery and lots more. Call 403-7824772 for more information. Our vendors are proud to make it, bake it and grow it just for you! Get into the Christmas spirit! A live outdoor re-enactment of the Christmas nativity story will
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take place at 8 Keast Way in Red Deer on Dec. 20th, 21st and 22nd with nightly performances at 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. Watch the Live Nativity performance, visit the live animals, enjoy hot chocolate and cookies and see more than 300 nativity (crèche) displays from around the world. This event is a free Christmas gift from your friends at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Red Deer. The Central Alberta Brain Injury Society will be offering guitar lessons with Dean Ray every Tuesday at 1 p.m. For more information, call Lorraine at 403-341-3463. Whisker Rescue’s has an adoption event the third Saturday of the month at Petsmart from noon - 3:30 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Diane at 403-347-1251. Golden Circle has Thursday night dances continuing from 7 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 403-341-4672, 403-347-6165 or 403-342-2875. Admission is $7 per person. FLK Taoist Tai Chi Health Recovery The practice of Tai Chi improves balance, enhances cognitive ability, improves circulation, provides pain relief, improves mobility and boosts immunity, thus improving many health issues and quality of life. Come experience the benefits for yourself. Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi ™ is a volunteer charitable organization located at 4419-50th Ave (behind Scotia Bank in the Safeway parking area) in downtown Red Deer. Health Recovery classes are held on Saturdays from 11:00-1:00. Call 403-346-6772 or visit us at www.taoist.org. The Lacombe Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is sponsoring a European Battlefield Trip from April 28th - May 6th, 2017. Highlights of the trip will include The Battle of the Rhineland, Ypes, Flanders, Menin Gate, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Caen and Juno Beach as well as city tours of Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. For more information or a complete itinerary contact Corvin at cuhrbach@ gmail.com or 403-357-0377. Love to sing? Hearts of Harmony, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is an a cappella
chorus for women of all ages who love to sing and harmonize. Rehearsals are Monday nights from 7 p.m. to 9:30p.m. at Davenport Church of Christ (68 Donlevy Ave). Join us any Monday night. For the month of September the group will host an open house every Monday. We are always looking for women with low voices to add to our bass section. Experience the joyful sound of four-part harmony with a group of wonderful women. Call Yvonne at 403 986 1034 or Sheryl at 403 742 4218 for more or check out our web site at www.heartsofharmony.ca.
museum@reddeer.ca, or visit our web site at www.reddeermuseum.com. Also, MAGsparks runs Monday and Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. It’s an arts program connecting people with developmental disabilities to the Red Deer arts community. Visit www.reddeermuseum. com for more information. The Senior Citizens Downtown House has fun contact bridge runs every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Cost is $3.50. Whist is every Friday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $4. Dickson Store Museum is celebrating its 25th Anniversary! Come check out our new exhibit entitled ‘Becoming a Museum: Then
our organization in making Red Deer a dynamic community that celebrates the arts. The Arts Council promotes and advocates for artists and arts & culture organizations in Red Deer, encouraging and facilitating new networks and professional development to make the arts community stronger and more visible. Board Directors set the course for the organization and work with staff and the arts and business communities to achieve our goals. We are looking for a variety of skilled individuals to join the team! We are specifically seeking individuals with knowledge of
Friends Over 45 is a group for women over 45 who wish to meet new friends. Members may be new to the area, have had a recent lifestyle change or just want to meet some new friends. We meet four times a month for coffees and meals at various venues in Central Alberta. For more information about our group and about how to become a member, contact Susan at 403-342-0976 or by email at sscott@telus. net or Heidi at 587-877-7696. MAGnificent Saturdays at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery from 1 - 4 p.m. Drop-in art making for the entire family in the Discovery Studio at the MAG. We supply the artist, the inspiration and the materials, you supply your imagination. Included with admission. Participants, please come to the Museum Front Desk to pay or show your membership and you will received your participation sticker! For more details, contact us at 403-309-8405; email
and Now’. For more details, call 403-728-3355 or check the web site at www.dicksonstoremuseum.com or their facebook page. The Central Alberta Brain Injury Society is seeking volunteer board members to assist with the direction of our organization. If you are interested in joining our team, call Lorraine at 403-341-3463 or email at cabis@telus.net. Come and hike with the Red Deer Area Hikers. Gather at 8:45 a.m.; leave for hike at 9 a.m. from the Golden Circle parking lot. For more information about meetings and the group in general, call Mavis at 403-343-0091 or Sharon at 403-340-2497. Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance Dec. 17th with Randy Hillman. Everyone is welcome. Dances take place at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion. Call Elaine at 403-3417653 or Bob at 403-304-7440. The Red Deer Arts Council is seeking enthusiastic board and committee volunteers to lead
or experience in writing policy, communications, fundraising, and committee or organizational leadership. An interest in the arts and culture scene in Red Deer is a decided asset. For more information, contact Diana at info@reddeerartscouncil.ca or call 403-348-2787. Garden Club meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month except December, July and August. All meetings are held at the Kerry Wood Nature Center 6300 – 45 Ave. Senior Citizens Downtown House whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. - cost is $3. Whist runs every Friday at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $3. PFLAG - known as Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, is an international organization that offers help to anyone – parents, families, friends, and straight allies of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community – who is dealing with issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expres-
sion. The local PFLAG Canada chapter is designed to support parents/guardians/caregivers/ friends/and loved ones (ages 18 and up) in the lives of sexual and gender minority youth. PFLAG Canada Red Deer Chapter meets on the first Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:30 in room 2601 at Red Deer College. PFLAG Canada Red Deer Chapter was created to help parents help themselves and family members deal with, understand and accept their sexual and gender minority children. PFLAG is the only grassroots organization that deals with sexual and gender minority issues from a family perspective, providing support, education and resources. The Central Alberta Brain Injury Society is seeking volunteer board members who posses a variety of skills including power point creations, fundraising abilities, leadership, vice president, minute taking, program assistant. If you are interested in joining our organization please call Lorraine at 403-3413463 or email at cabis@telus. net for more information. Join Jason Steele and other Red Deer comedians at The Hub on Ross Wednesday evenings for a night of family comedy. The Hub is located at 4936 – Ross St. Come early if you want to go on stage and tell a few jokes. All ages and abilities are welcome to watch or participate. Call 403-340-4869. The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is actively recruiting experienced and inexperienced people from the Central Alberta area, who are interested in joining the pipe band. Anyone with piping or drumming experience, or if you would like to learn piping or drumming, are asked to please contact us at 403-782-7183. Practices are held at the Red Deer Legion on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Writers’ Ink, the Red Deer and District writers group for authors of all genres 18 years and older meets every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Small membership and drop-in fees apply. First three visits free. For more info contact Carol Ritten Smith at 403-350-7480 or by email at studio2@telus.net.
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The Nutcracker is back this Christmas at RDC BY MARK WEBER Express staff
There is little else in the way of theatrical entertainment that says ‘Christmas’ quite like The Nutcracker. After more than 100 years, Tchaikovsky’s stunning musical score, set against the story of an epic battle between mice and toy soldiers, still draws holiday crowds. Over the past several years, it’s turned into a sparkling annual tradition at Red Deer College as well. Performances will run on Dec. 16th at 7 p.m., Dec. 17th at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. as well as Dec. 18th at 1:30 p.m. The production will take place on the Mainstage in the Red Deer College Arts Centre. “We’re so pleased to present The Nutcracker to the community, and audiences can look forward to all new surprises within the choreography and story this year,” says Tania Strader, choreographer of The Nutcracker. “Alex Macleod debuts as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and her performance will be a wonderful addition to the ballet.” Red Deer College’s Conservatory of Dance students will delight audiences with dazzling costumes, magnificent sets and captivating dance. For Strader, it’s been an absolute delight from the get-go.
“I have been with RDC’s The Nutcracker since year but still have the foundation of the original.” 1999 but I believe I started directing it in either Altogether, there are about 60 young dancers from around Central Alberta as well as some 2001 or 2002,” she said. ”I love the Christmas season and all that it can adult performers involved. bring to people’s lives. I love being able to share ”Each year these young dancers work hard to my love of ballet and The Nutcracker with dancers create a magical experience for the audiences. in and around the Red Deer area. They grow closer together as the ▾ The story itself instills that love months pass and become great of Christmas and all of its magic; friends; we truly become one big, “I LOVE BEING ABLE if you truly believe, anything is nutty family!” TO SHARE MY LOVE Meanwhile, Strader said she possible!” OF BALLET AND THE Each year, as mentioned, hopes that The Nutcracker beNUTCRACKER WITH comes part of the audience’s Strader adds fresh touches to the magical production as well. family traditions during the DANCERS IN AND “Every year our cast changes Christmas season. AROUND THE RED and I have to adapt the story to “The magic of not only the balDEER AREA.” let itself but when you see the help create the magic,” she said. young audience members’ faces “This year, our cast consists of Tania Strader mainly children ages four and after the show and they get to see ▴ up, with some adults in the adult and meet some of the dancers in roles. This year I really wanted the lobby, that is truly magical.” to create the image of Clara shrinking, or is it The Nutcracker is the timeless tale of a holiday everything growing in her dream? I have tried party that descends into the realm of magic. to really help create this image with not only Young Clara receives a nutcracker from her use of scenery and props, but also who I casted mysterious aunt and strange things begin to happen after everyone has turned in for the evening. in certain roles. “Of course we have some new props, new Clara is guided through falling snow into the costumes and a few new roles in this year’s pro- Land of Sweets, where rats and soldiers battle duction as well. I want to create new magic each for victory and sweets from around the world
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dance in her honour. According to nutcracker.com, “The first performance of the Christmas ballet was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky’s last opera, Iolanta, around the Christmas holiday season on Dec. 18th, 1892, at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The Christmas ballet was first performed outside Russia in England in 1934. “I love directing and choreographing The Nutcracker each year,” said Strader. “It has become part of my Christmas tradition. Every time I hear the music I remember what I have done with it in the past and then think about what I can do with it in the future. I am always rethinking and recreating what could be done to make the show even better. “I also love to see the dancers grow from year to year. I love that, together with dancers from around Central Alberta, we are able to create a show that is just as magical as a larger ballet company’s production using only younger dancers. It proves that hard work, determination, and the love for what you do can result in amazing things!” Tickets are available for purchase through the Black Knight Inn or check out www.blackknightinn.ca or call 403-755-6626. mark.weber@reddeerexpress.com
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Charles Dickens’ compelling seasonal classic - A Christmas Carol - is about to be staged by the talented young actors of Hunting Hills High School. Performances run Dec. 15th-17th at the Red Deer Memorial Centre, with curtain at 7 p.m. There is also a 1 p.m. matinee on Dec. 17th as well. A Christmas Carol was first published in London on Dec. 19th, 1843, according to Wikipedia. “The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebeneezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. “I think the interesting thing about what we’ve done this year is that the actual story we are telling is probably truer to the original novella by Dickens then many of the interpretations of A Christmas Carol,” said instructor and director Bill Jacobsen, adding that he and the class adapted the famous work themselves. The classic elements remain of course, but there are some changes that will in effect make the play a bit more accessible and relatable perhaps to modern audiences.
“There are whole sections of dialogue that are ex- Christmas Carol before - film or stage adaptations actly as written in the novel,” he said. “On the other - it always seems sort of magically at the end that hand, we aren’t setting it specifically in Victorian Scrooge changes. But if you read the book, from England with people in heavy wool coats and top the very first visit of the first ghost, he’s beginning to say, ‘My heavens - what hats. ▾ have I done? “So the look of it is very “I THINK THE INTERESTING “I’m hoping that that different but story is very THING ABOUT WHAT WE’VE transformation is a little truthful to the original.” clearer for some people The overall look isn’t reDONE THIS YEAR IS THAT watching - that it isn’t the ally time specific. THE ACTUAL STORY WE ARE thought of his own death “We purposefully reTELLING IS PROBABLY TRUER that changes him.” moved references to work TO THE ORIGINAL NOVELLA Jacobsen said there are houses and things like that, BY DICKENS THEN MANY OF 64 speaking roles in the and injected terms such as show by 27 actors. “People ‘refugees’ and ‘welfare’ inTHE INTERPRETATIONS OF A are playing multiple roles.” stead. So we have given it a CHRISTMAS CAROL” The cast also includes three little bit of a modern view narrators to move the fascithat way. Bill Jacobsen nating plot along. “Given the political situ▴ “We are really pleased ations that we are in in the with the work the kids world, the idea of referring to some of the the poor and the downtrodden in our society in those have done. Some of the design in this show are kinds of terms were relevant. So we are happy with beautiful, too. “I’m really excited to see how people respond to that change. “The other thing that really struck me as we the look of the show as well.” It’s been noted the book was written at a time were working through the creation of the script is when the British were examining and exploring that I’ve felt so often as I’ve watched versions of A
Christmas traditions from the past as well as new customs such as Christmas cards and Christmas trees. Carol singing took a new lease of life during this time. ”A Christmas Carol also remains popular — having never been out of print — and has been adapted many times to film, stage, opera and other media.” The book was written for Dickens to read aloud to audiences as well. “He travelled all over the world reading his works,” added Jacobsen. “A Christmas Carol was designed to be a 90-minute presentation by him,” he said. “He would read it as a 90-minute story - it would be like his ‘concert’.” Wikipedia noted that he read the tale in an abbreviated version 127 times, until 1870 (the year of his death), when it provided the material for his farewell performance. To Jacobsen, part of the core of the story that is so impactful is that of the theme of transformation. “That this man who has done such reprehensible, awful things - can change.” Advance tickets for A Christmas Carol are $10, and are available at the high school’s office. They can also be picked up for $13 at the door. mark.weber@reddeerexpress.com
Readers’ Theatre kicks off in Red Deer BY MARK WEBER Express staff
Local theatre enthusiast Lionel Lustgarten has launched a brand new way for folks to take part in a theatrical experience. Readers’ Theatre gives participants the experience of performing in a theatrical production without the need to learn scripts, or to work with complex sets, costumes or make-up. It distills the pure experience of a stage performance, providing a relaxed atmosphere for both participants and audience. “Join us in Red Deer’s newest theatre group and participate in the pleasure of being ‘on stage’, where the fun starts from the first minute.” The group meets every second
Thursday at the Timberlands Branch of the Red Deer Public Library (in the same building as the Barry Wilson School - 300 Timothy Dr.) Gatherings are also open to all ages. As Lustgarten pointed out, typically with most productions, those involved have to commit to a lengthy period of time to see the show through to its finish. But with Readers’ Theatre, participants can just show up to a meeting and dive right in via a reading of some really wellknown scripts. “A lot of people say they may not be ready to give that sort of time commitment,” he said of the regular theatre experience. “There are a lot of people that love theatre and want to be in-
volved,” he said, adding he got the idea to start up the group during a trip to the U.S. “This is something that I hadn’t seen much of, other than what he had sometimes done at Red Deer Players. There seemed to be some interest in it.” From there, plans came together to put the Readers’ Theatre together. “It’s very, very basic - just come in, get involved and have some fun. We kind of take all of the work out of it for those people who don’t want to put in a big commitment for time.” Meanwhile, participants have been having a grand time via readings, he said, adding that making the most of one’s voice is key to pulling off the very best, most entertaining results.
“For me, the main activity is using your voice - you have to create scenes that people will find believable. And secondly, you have to transport people from where they are to another place. If you can do those two things with your voice, you’ve got the essence of acting. From there, you can go anywhere you want to. “The voice can be such a wonderfully expressive instrument.” Lustgarten has long been a fan of acting and of the theatre world in general, having penned his very first play when he was just 11. Over the years, he’s been regularly involved in a range of productions, and that has continued with his move to Red Deer three years ago from Ontario. “It’s a wonderful com-
munity - I’ve been impressed from day one,” he said, smiling. Meanwhile, he’s excited about spreading the work about Readers’ Theatre. “I figure if we can get a group of 20 people interested - which means we would probably have a group of 12 to 15 come out every second Thursday, that
would be terrific. We are looking at scripts that are fairly short, preferably one-act, with not too many characters - maybe up to about eight.” For more information, call Lionel Lustgarten at 587-6796222. mark.weber@reddeerexpress.com
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A miner will save millions from blindness Would I as a doctor ever ex- or have undiagnosed diabetes. This disease is notorious for pect to meet a miner? As Mark Twain remarked, “A mine is a causing atherosclerosis (hardenhole in the ground with a liar ing of arteries), which decreases at the top.” the flow of oxygenated blood But, luckily, I accepted an to the retina. It’s largely a silent invitation to do just disease that, undiagoften leads to that and discovered Dr. Gifford nosed, there is something blindness. new under the sun. So how can CARA This week, how a prevent loss of viCanadian company, sion? All that’s needed is ‘DIAGNOS’, has developed what’s called to do the math. ‘computer assistIn North America alone there are ed retinal analysis (CARA)’. 28 million people This computer with diabetes and millions more with software will save pre-diabetes. Yet millions of people around the world from blind- there are only 1,800 retinal ness due to Type 2 diabetes. But specialists! did a miner become a retinal This means that, even on this expert? continent, millions will never The program slogan of see a retinal specialist, and never DIAGNOS is called ‘Beat it in have a chance at early diagnosis. a blink’. So how did this miner become Patients simply look into a a retinal expert? camera and a photo is taken of I soon learned that miners the retina, the back part of the drill hundreds of holes searching eye. It’s the only part of the body for the elusive ‘big discovery’. where doctors can see arteries I also learned that each drill and veins and diagnose early sample is different and is andiabetes. alyzed by a computer. In this Today, millions of people ei- case, the CARA computer is ther suffer from Type 2 diabetes, programmed to detect minor
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decreased cost of medical care. For instance, the Minister of Health in the United Arab Emirates, says, “With CARA we were able to know what patients are at risk, counsel them, and make a positive difference in their lives.” There is another advantage to the DIAGNOS project. We know that huge amounts of time are lost waiting to see doctors. Then more time is required to get to a clinic. In this case, DIAGNOS is a turn-key operation with a number of roving vans bringing the CARA program right to the patient’s door. Currently, it’s operating here in North America as well as in faraway places such as India, Dubai, Mexico, Turkey and Poland. So, this week, I learned there’s a lot more to miners than digging holes in the ground, and that sometimes they strike gold.
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JINGLE JINGLE - Volunteer Ron Mepham tended his Christmas Kettle for the Salvation Army at the north WalMart earlier this week. Zachary Cormier/Red Deer Express
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BIG AIR - From right, Edward Ortiz of the Notre Dame High School Cougars jumped over Cole Fieseler of the Holy Trinity High School Knights for a layup during the final of the Cougar Classic Senior Zachary Cormier/Red Deer Express Boys’ Basketball Tournament at Notre Dame last Saturday. The Cougars lost 83-78 in the final.
Notre Dame Cougars take home silver in tourney BY ZACHARY CORMIER Express staff
Although they will have to settle for a silver medal, the Notre Dame High School Cougars proved they were a never say die kind of team after falling 83-78 to the Holy Trinity Knights in the final of the annual Cougar Classic Senior Boys’ Basketball Tournament last weekend. “There was lots of times when the game could have slipped away from us. But we did manage to keep it close. We had it within range and we took the lead a couple of times and that shows a lot of heart,” said Cougars’ Head Coach Stephen Merredew of the Saturday night contest, which saw his team battle back from constant setbacks to momentarily take the lead in the first quarter before Holy Trinity surged ahead for the victory. It wasn’t an easy night for the host team as right from the word go they found themselves in the slightly unfa-
miliar position of playing catch up to the Knights. “They didn’t stop hitting shots. We had to defend them the whole game,” said Merredew. Trinity quickly found a groove on the offensive side of the ball, notching a total of 16 points in the first quarter. Luckily for the Cougars, the Knights also got into a little bit of foul trouble, which they were able to exploit in order to keep the game close and head into the second quarter with a 17-16 lead. But the Knights didn’t sit back on their heels for long. Tournament MVP Jordan Cyr knocked down five points in the second quarter while teammate Matt Scharien drained the first of his game high six three pointers as Holy Trinity tallied 17 points in the second quarter to promptly put themselves back on top. And that offensive onslaught continued throughout the game, with Scharien and
Cyr leading the charge with 18 and 13 points respectively. “There was no lulls in their offense,” Merredew said, adding that defensively they weren’t able to come up with the rebounds they needed to win. “We were giving up some size for sure. They had height on us in almost every position and that’s something you can’t really teach. Although the other two games this weekend we rebounded the ball excellent against teams that were our size or bigger. So whether that’s just a case of being a little worn down in our first tournament of the year is tough to say. But that’s something we definitely need to work on to play at that top level.” Meanwhile, the Okotoks school’s defense set to work shutting down the NDHS offense, limiting them to just 10 points in the second quarter, including just four points from the field allowing the visitors to head into the half with a commanding 33-27 lead, which they
continued to build on early in the third quarter. Though they were down the Cougars were far from out. Cougars tournament All Star Vincent Martin exploded for seven points in the third to help rouse his team’s offense back to life as they stormed to 24 points in the quarter, nearly matching Trinity’s 26-point pace in the frame. But the fourth quarter was where the Cougars really showed what they were capable of. Starting point guard Jeb Maribojoc bounced back from a slow first half to post a whopping 23 points in the fourth quarter alone. His game high 30 points along with his six assists and five steals helped the home team surge to within a single three pointer heading into the final minute of the game. The comeback was not to be though. Trinity would record three more points in the last minute to seal the deal and take home the gold.
“We had to keep it coming the home game so I’m pretty proud of our effort for early season. We were able to go pretty deep into our bench during that game and keep it competitive, so I’m excited,” said Merredew, adding that for a team which had only played a single league game before this weekend, his crew looked pretty solid. “It shows the guys where that level is at and where they need to be. This is the second tournament of the year for Holy Trinity, so they’re already a couple of steps ahead of us in terms of game readiness. But that’s a good team, that’s a legit team that makes provincials all the time out of the south. There’s no shame in being in a shootout with them for sure.” The NDHS Cougars were back in action on Tuesday night when they took on the H.J. Cody Lakers in Sylvan Lake. The game was not over at press time. zcormier@reddeerexpress.com
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Well, if you’re going to win your long-delayed home ice debut in front of 650 people by only one goal, you might as well give them a finish to remember. A heart-stopping final 10 seconds, a buzzer sounding and the almost-simultaneous sound of the swish of a puck hitting mesh, all of it accompanied by the sight of a referee frantically waving his arms will live on in the minds of many of the fans who packed into the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex on Friday night to witness the Lacombe Generals’ first game in their new arena when they hosted the Ft. Saskatchewan Chiefs. “It was a little bit sketchy there at the end but we got it done, so that’s all that matters,” said Generals goalie Kraymer Barnstable of the final 10 seconds of the game, which saw
the visitors fire the puck past his sprawling frame and into the net just after the buzzer sounded. The goal, which would have tied the game and sent it to overtime, was disallowed, however, allowing the Generals to hold on for a 3-2 win in the long-anticipated debut. “I was saved by the buzzer, at least, so that was nice,” laughed the ‘tender, who stopped 23 of 25 shots directed towards him on the way to the win. “I thought we made it entertaining, I guess, at the end of the day,” added Generals Head Coach Curtis Austring, adding that despite rather frantic final minute, he was proud of his team’s effort in the game. “Overall at the end of the day I thought, hey, we competed hard, they competed hard. It was a good home opener.” Right from the start of the game, the Generals were on their game, peppering Chiefs
goalie Ryan Demharter with shots at every opportunity. On more than one occasion in the opening frame a Generals player would find himself with the puck on his stick and nothing in front of him but a wide open net. Yet, somehow, the game remained scoreless at the end of the first period. “The problem becomes if you try and re-invent the wheel,” said Austring of his team’s play in the first. He explained that sometimes teams who are having as much success as the Generals will struggle to convert on scoring chances for a variety of reasons. “If you’re getting chances, that’s a good thing. You just have to find a way to bury them. And, more-or-less, that’s a mental thing. It’s your focus level, your hunger around the net. We were having a good period, we were cycling well, we had some
good puck possession. We just didn’t have the last play to make a goal of it.” But that wasn’t a problem in the second period. Just six minutes after the Chiefs scored to break the scoreless tie, Jesse Todd potted the game-tying goal and spurred the Gens’ scorers into action. Less than four minutes after that, Mike Wirll solved Demharter to give his team a 2-1 lead heading into the second period, a lead which they held onto until the end of the game. “Our guys, with the talent they’ve got, they found a way,” Austring said, adding that while it wasn’t the prettiest victory, a win is a win. The game was also the first time that the Generals were able to play a game out of their new dressing room at the Sportsplex, which includes all the amenities a high-level hockey team might need, which the coach also said
IMPRESSIVE DEBUT - From right, Ryan Demharter of the Ft. Saskatchewan Chiefs got into position as Jesse Todd of the Lacombe Generals stretched to reach a loose puck in front of the Chiefs’ net during the Generals’ home opener at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex in Lacombe last Friday. The Generals came away with a 3-2 victory in the contest. Zachary Cormier/Red Deer Express
is an awesome place to be able to hang their jerseys. “We’re just excited to be here in Lacombe, get the home opener and get a win. The community, that’s what this team’s about.
That’s what we love. The game is one thing but hey, it’s the community people here around the game that’s great.” zcormier@reddeerexpress.com
RDC athletes relish the opportunity to volunteer in the community BY ZACHARY CORMIER Express staff
Student athletes at Red Deer College have a lot on their plates. On top of regular practices and games, athletes at RDC must maintain a full course load and maintain a minimum GPA in order to remain eligible to participate in their chosen sport. For many people, balancing athletics and academics would be a very difficult task. But many RDC athletes not only keep up with that busy schedule, they add to it by dedicating themselves to volunteering in the community and by coaching youth teams in communities around Central Alberta. “I think it’s kind of a little bit of our duty to reach out and give back to the community. I mean, we get so much support from the community here on campus, but also within the City of Red Deer and even Central Alberta that we tell our athletes that it’s important to give back,” said Diane St-Denis, the athletic director at the College. According to a press release issued by the College earlier this week, student athletes from across RDC’s teams are involved in coaching,
from curling players coaching with Special Olympics to soccer players working with Red Deer City Soccer. Fourth-year Queens’ soccer midfielder Kaitlin D’Arcy has been volunteering her time as a coach and a trainer since she was 17-years-old. “I work mostly with the goalies and the forwards, showing them skills and helping them to develop fundamentals,” said D’Arcy, who is currently volunteering as an assistant coach for the Red Deer Renegades U11 boys’ soccer team. “I want to encourage them to have fun and to have a positive experience. It’s so rewarding to see players get that special smile when they know they’ve done something well that they’ve been practicing for a long time – those little things can make a big difference for them.” For Kings volleyball setter Ryan Beatson, it’s special to give back to the community by coaching in a club he was part of as a player. Beatson, who is an assistant coach with the Central Alberta Kings’ U18 Volleyball Club, said he remembers having RDC Kings as coaches during his time with the club. The assistant coaching duties keep him busy, as the club team has three practices per week
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plus weekend premier tournaments, which are on top of his time as a Kings volleyball player and full-time RDC student. “It’s a busy schedule, but this is very important, so I try to balance everything,” he said. “It’s great to be able to work with this age group, and I really love the opportunity to be able to coach and give back.” St-Denis said that for many of the players that volunteer their time with organizations around the community, passing on the passion for their sport is a special experience. “They’re all here because they have a passion for their sport. And passing on that passion to perhaps the next version of the Kings and Queens is important for them to be part of,” she said, noting that students only have to give up a little
bit of their own time in order to be part of that rewarding experience. It’s not just volunteering in sports, either. Student athletes at RDC also occasionally make trips out to elementary schools in order to read to kids. St-Denis said that in her experience, athletes are happy to get, “The next version of me excited about either studying, reading or playing a sport and so they see the value in that.” It’s also a way for students who don’t have a lot of money to get involved and help out someone in need. “They’ve got time and we keep telling them that that’s probably the best investment you can make,” St-Denis said. zcormier@reddeerexpress.com
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RELAXING - This eye-catching upstairs sitting area in a Sorento Custom Homes show home in Laredo showcases how keeping a space open can make it feel more inviting. Zachary Cormier/Red Deer Express
Ensuring your home is ready for the holiday season Decorating for the holidays is always fun and it’s also tons of work! The unloading of the bins and going through memories and nostalgia is always fun, I am amazed at how I can forget year to year what sort of decorations I have. I’m also realizing how glittery my Christmas décor is as I have been sweeping up sparkles since I began the process – and I haven’t even begun to put up the tree! It is my tradition to replace household décor with my Christmas magic and I find that it makes it more festive and merry. Some people put up ornaments and décor beside the existing stuff in their home and it can make it look cluttered and hectic. Take various places in your home and create clusters of décor, candles and
centerpieces and put away the existing items into the bins or boxes you have just emptied. This will create pockets of festiveness in different parts of your home. Scent is important to creating Christmas magic and if you aren’t baking cookies 24/7 you should have those flavours infused into your home. My favourite is pine scent. Even though we have a real tree the scent of pine from a well-made candle is essential to making the home smell like an enchanted forest. When I say well-made I mean stay away from the ‘air freshener’ variety of candles and splurge on a richly scented product that will allow you to bathe in the freshness. Of course, pine is my Christmas fragrance of choice but there are
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so many other versions available like vanilla, gingerbread, peppermint and pumpkin. If you are looking for an inexpensive way to entertain this year for those people who drop by; have a variety of hot chocolate and toppings available on a festive tray with equally festive mugs. Mini marshmallows, crushed candy canes, shaved dark chocolate, nutmeg and cinnamon in sparkling containers can double as a delectable display on your table and will come in handy if you have unexpected guests. Even if you buy a variety of rich and indulgent mixes, it is a beautiful and inexpensive way to decorate and entertain and everyone will have fun creating their own special drink. Make sure to keep a can of whip cream in the fridge to top things off perfectly. Music never fails to create an atmosphere in your home when you are sitting watching the
lights twinkle on your tree. Every musician from jazz to rock have made Christmas albums and it’s easy to download or purchase a few favorites. Streaming audio is also a good solution to play in your home so you don’t get tired of the same rendition of Jingle Bells. A few of my favorite albums are from Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli, The Good Lovelies and Harry Connick Jr. They always put me in the mood for the holidays. The festivities are not just secluded to one day but to the many days preceding that magical 25th of December. I hope you all have time to reflect and enjoy the magical feelings, sights and smells of Christmas. Merry days to everyone, thank you for reading and God bless you all. Kim Wyse is a Central Alberta freelance designer. Find her on facebook at ‘Ask a Realtor/Ask a Designer’.
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Take time to enjoy the richness of the season It’s holiday time. and federally. Families are under duress, the government Time for family, time for friendship, time to give thanks, time to reflect on the past is swiftly making major changes that are year and years and time to simply sit back going to affect us all long-term, and there’s and enjoy the moment. a lot more to come as we currently have a Unless you have a mortgage renewal couple of highly ideologically opinionated coming up quickly or bought governments ruining, er runa house recently, I’m going to ning our country. Jean-Guy make a suggestion and encourBut I digress. age you to forget about all the These somber moments and Turcotte financial stresses that come times in history make us all with life - that will come again pontificate what this life is all after the holidays. about and it’s time for some of Here’s a tip to help you forget us just to shut up and realize about them, take the time to what is truly important. draft out a financial plan, think We all know what that is, so things through and write them why not just do it and get out down, then tuck them away there and enjoy the moment until after the holidays. with your family and friends. All year long we hear about And give a little more than what we should be doing, what you usually do to help the famwe could be doing and what’s going on. ilies across our own world - our little slice So why not, for once, take this time and of heaven in Alberta needs more help than shut off all of the noise. ever before. In my world, I watch the news- a lot! Sure this is a crazy time of year, but why not It’s so that I can provide my clients with an do the opposite of years past and just slow interpretation of what’s going on in our local, down, reflect upon the past year, dream of provincial, national and global markets to the next, but mostly just enjoy the moment be able to provide them with the most up to with those that you love. date information I can to determine if buying Merry Christmas, happy holidays and all a home is right for them at this moment. the best in the New Year! However, for the past few weeks there’s Jean-Guy Turcotte is a mortgage professional been a lot more noise than usual coming with Dominion Lending Centres - Regional from our governments both provincially Mortgage Group in Red Deer.
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Working together for the common good and safety of the community. Established in 1971, Red Deer Housing Authority (RDHA) is a Housing Management Body under Ministerial Order and provides affordable housing and rent subsidies to over 900 low to moderate income households in Red Deer and surrounding area. Red Deer Housing Authority is currently recruiting community minded individuals to join its Board of Directors. Experience in any of the following fields would be beneficial but not mandated: finance, property/community development, board policy/ governance. The Board provides governance, oversight and sets the vision for the future. The term of office is set for two years. The Board meets 10 times per year, monthly time commitment is 2-4 hours. The appointing committee consists of the MLAs representing Red Deer North and Red Deer South, as well as the Mayor of the City of Red Deer.
BECOME A BOARD MEMBER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! For further information or to submit a resume, please contact Outi Kite, Housing Administrator: Email: outi.kite@rdha.ab.ca Ph. 403. 343.2177 ext. 4 Fax 403.343.2176
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Oilfield
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CRAFT MARKET & SALES
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Clerical
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RED DEER FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS P/T Festival Assistant January to April 2017 Supports Festival Director with all aspects of the Red Deer Festival PT work prior to the festival and FT during the two festival weeks Please forward cover letter and resume to: Brent LaBrosse, Festival President at labross1@telus.net on or before December 30, 2016 at 4 pm
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Trades
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LOOKING FOR WORK Heavy duty mechanic with Class 1 licence C.V.I.P. certiÀed. Avail. immed. meckanik55@gmail.com STRONG Insulation Inc. Looking for exp. and nonexp. insulators. 403-597-1877
Truckers/ Drivers
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DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class 2. Bus driver or semi driver exp. preferred Must be avail eves. and wknds. Looking for both P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999 or email to: frontier@xplornet.com
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Employment Training
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Handyman Services
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CARPENTER to do your work. Saunas, decks, fences. reno’s. and more! Bill 403-304-7841
Legal Services
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CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon. U.S. travel waiver. Divorce? Simple. Fast. Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300/ 1-800-347-2540. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT
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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations. 403-342-7801.
Roofing
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METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 37+ colours available at over 55 Distributors. 40 year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254
Antiques & Art
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Painters/ Decorators
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1960’s RECORD and 8 Track tape deck with radio. In French Provincial Credenza. Working!! $250. 403-309-3475 after 5 pm
Auctions
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MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, December 17, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Over 150 guns - handguns, riÁes, shotguns, hunting and sporting equipment. To consign 780-440-1860.
Clothing
1590
BOOTS, ladies Italian soft glove, chocolate, above knee high. 2 3/4 “ heel. Sz. 4.5. $200. 587-876-2914 LONDOND Fog, 3/4 length cranberry wool coat, Sz. 10 reg. $75. 587-876-2914 MAKEUP, new LIZ ARDEN NY, 1 red croc. make up bag, 12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 polish, 1 lip gloss. 70 % off at $75. Great Christmas Gift. 587-876-2914
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A-STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 20’, 40’ & 53’. 40’ insulated reefers/freezers. ModiÀcations in ofÀces, windows, doors, walls, as ofÀce, living work-shop, etc., 40’ Áatrack/bridge. 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.
Garden Supplies
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Stereos TV's, VCRs
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Firewood
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LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch. Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
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Warehouse Space
1960’s RECORD and 8 Track tape deck with radio. In French Provincial Credenza. Working!! $250. 403-309-3475 after 5 pm
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SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT. TESTORS airbrush set, $50 Àrm. 403-342-1980 WOOD Stove, never used, test Standard UL 1482, $395. 403-342-7295
Sporting Goods
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SNOW MOBILE HELMUT size Large or Adult Wanted to Buy 403-343-1576
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1930
SNOW MOBILE HELMUT size Large or Adult Wanted to Buy 403-343-1576
Grain, Feed Hay
3140
WAREHOUSE or SHOP SPACE
for lease Riverside Light Industrial, 4614 - 61 St., Red Deer (directly south of Windsor Plywood), 2400 sq. ft. warehouse space with 1,200 sq. ft. mezzanine 55’ x 85’ fenced compound. Chuck 403-350-1777
Farms/ Land
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2 AND A 1/2 quarters of land near Prince Albert, SK with nice full yard & beautiful garden. Grows good crops. Great opportunity for starter farmer. $427,500. Call Doug for further details 306-716-2671; saskfarms@shaw.ca.
Lots For Sale
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Condos/ Townhouses
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