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Great ter S t. A lbert Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools

I.B. DIPLOMA & CERTIFICATE AWARDS

GRADES 10 AND 11 ATHLETIC AWARDS Students receiving these awards have made a major contribution to a given sport(s) through their ability, participation and good sportsmanship.generous contribution and support of St. Albert Catholic High Badminton MVP Award Presenter: Mr. Piotr Pilaszewicz Courtanne Bolduc

Senior Boys Rugby MVP Presenter: Mr. Duncan Maguire Nathan Gies

Guy Raboud Memorial Award Senior Girls Basketball MVP Presenter: Ms. Paige Gaudreau Shelby Hucul

Fin Fairfield Memorial Award Senior Boys Golf MVP Presenter: Mr. Darren Skalski Zach Bosch

Senior Boys Volleyball MVP’s Presenter: Mr. Troy Bontus Jacob Kazakoff & Ryan Beztilny

Track & Field MVP’s Presenter: Mr. Troy Bontus Junior - Paige Knull & Brendon Thera-Plamondon Intermediate - Mitch McNamara, Liam McNamara, Danny Rombough & Nick Meronyk Senior - Tanner Doll

Senior Boys Basketball MVP Presenter: Mr. Garret Doll Cole Aikens

Grade 11 Athletic Award Presenter: Ms. Paige Gaudreau Female - Kendall Lydon Male - Greg Lefebvre Major Athletic Awards Sponsored by Safeway Inglewood Presenter: Ms. Paige Gaudreau Female - Shelby Hucul Male - Tanner Doll

Lori Gagnon Memorial Award Senior Girls Volleyball MVP Presenter: Ms. Paige Gaudreau Julia Hogendoorn

Football Awards Most Valuable Player Overall Presenter: Mr. Sam Johnson Junior: Nathan Pytel Senior: Tanner Doll

Outstanding Junior Athletes Presenter: Ms. Paige Gaudreau Female - Paige Knull & Jade Fisher Male - Brendon Thera-Plamondon & Ryan Beztilny

Charlie Green Award (Sponsored by “Friends of Charlie Green”) Presenter: Mr. Troy Bontus Paige Knull, Liam McNamara, Mitch McNamara, Danny Rombough & Nick Meronyk

IB Diploma Recipients Six subjects and the three central elements Jordan Bannerman Megan Findlay

Joshua La Grange Rebecca La Grange

IB Certificate Recipients Gina Bazzarelli Daniel Belter Andrew DiTimoteo Tiffany Duval Amanda Foster Julie Hogendoorn Neil MacPherson

Margie Marsiglio Abin Mathew Jennifer Sine Madison Strike Chelsey Tattrie Olivia Trabysh Laura Zubick

Skyhawk Spirit Award Presenter: Mr. Sam Johnson Junior: Landon Fink Senior: Spencer Duff

A very special thank you to the following sponsors for their generous contribution and support of St. Albert Catholic High School. • Alberta Teachers’Association Local #23 • Canada Safeway - Inglewood, St. Albert • Canada Safeway - Gateway Village Mall, St. Albert • Delta Art & Drafting Supply • Fabricland - Campbell Park • Fin Fairfield Memorial Fund

• Government of Canada • Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29 • Holy Family Parish C.W.L. • Kinsmen Club of St. Albert • Knights of Columbus Council No. 4742 of St. Albert Parish • L.B.H. Building Supplies Ltd.

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London Drugs Ltd. Long & McQuade Musical Instruments Lori Gagnon Memorial Fund Merit Contractors Association Province of Alberta Pivot Point Canada, Oriac Trading Company • Quantum Group

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Mrs. Helen Raboud Rotary Club of St. Albert St. Albert Breakfast Lions Club St. Albert Cosmopolitan Club St. Albert Community Band Stanley Sign and Screen Supply Ltd. Sylvan Learning Centre, St. Albert

HONOURS Students receiving Grade 10 honours have achieved an 80% average or above in five selected courses using the Rutherford Scholarship criteria. Presenters: Ms. Amanda Bruno & Mr. Evan Holstein Brett Anderson Lance Anderson Katarina Annich Robert Anstruther George Antonious Sebastien Auray Cailtin Austin Tyler Barry Colton Begert Anysia Beier Grace Bellerose Jennaye Bellerose Alexa Bender Hannah Bennett Ryan Beztilny Steven Boddez Blake Bosch Emily Braeuer Teresa Brodhead Meghan Brunelle Taylor Bujaczek Taylor Bult Ashton Burns Alyssa Campbell Petra Catarig Michelle Christie Abbey Cimolai Matthew Clark Kayla Clarke Karina Cox

Alexandra Dawkins Jennifer Desrosiers Gabriella DiVito Kurt Drachenberg Monica Facchin Eric Fearon Jason Fernandes Sarah Findlay Jade Fisher Taylor Fontaine Theresa Fraser Laura Frick Hannah Gallant Spencer Gerlach Tracey Granoski Matthew Hajek Kayla Hamagami Dakota Hanson Sarah Heemskerk Adrienne Hill Sarah Hook Taylor Hynes Elise Iwaniuk Bailea Jackson Lindsey Johnson Haley Josey Ry Karl Sarah Kelly Danny Khadour Rachel Killoh

Hannah Kinsella Matthew Kluk Paige Knull Mason Kurlovich Scott LaBuick Sarah Lawless Heather Lussier Daniella Marchand Erin Markowski Alvin Mathew Marie Mavko Karl Mavko Taylor Maxston Jesse McDougall Kristi McGuire Aislinn McVittie Tyler Mecir Raeland Mendoza Jennifer Misner Eve Molina Evan Mueller Braedan Muzechka Jordan Nelner Thomas Nguyen Alexandra Noppers Kelly Parker Mackenzie Pearce William Petlyk Sean Plastow Shane Pon

Gabrielle Poulin Brigid Randall Kent Richelhoff Roberto Sanchez Tyler Saunders Cariss Schmode Keaton Sernowski Christie Smith Samuel Sparling Daniel Stefner Austin Stykalo Patrick Sune Brooklyn Supeene Matti Thurlin Kennedy Tkach Nicholas Valencia Cameron Vilcsak Rebecca Wall Mathew Ware Katie Warren-Mazepa Austin Wasylyshyn Eric Wells Jordan West Jeffrey Wideman Violetta Wilson Leanna Wright Mandie Yarmuch Jack Zubick

Students receiving Grade 11 honours have achieved an 80% average or above in five selected courses using the Rutherford Scholarship criteria. Presenters: Ms. Jen Wosnack & Mr. Tom Feehan Robyn Amerongen Samantha Houk Michael Paruby Stephanie Bazzarelli Shaylyn Hunter Brianne Peck Jayden Bearchell Jason Husak Vanessa Peynenburg Kristyna Becker Logan Hutchison Tara Plawucki Marissa Beier Deborah Johnson Carter Proft Katherine Burak Mikelie Johnston Salena Pysyk Sarah Chan Jacob Kazakoff Antoni Randhawa Matthew Clayton Tanner Kovacs Taniesha RogersChelsea Collins Taylon Holdsworth Kumar Lindsay Cox Connor Lawless Daniel Roth Evan Deane Gregory Lefebvre Bailey Sadowsky Zoe Downing Madison Lockhead Michael Schiller Geoffrey Durocher Mitchell Lohmeier Alyssa Schmode Haley England Tarren Luck You-Chun Shen Brennan Finley Spencer Lust Sung Song Sarah Fleming Kendall Lydon Hallie Sperling Steven Gatien Rebekah Marcellus Landon Steil Andrew George Ryan Martindale Elisabeth Tassone Janelle Gervais Angela Mason Stephanie Tobinski Joshua Goselwitz Hannah Mason Craig Trischuk Eric Halldorson Nicolas Meronyk Jennifer Twa Jay Hitchcock Carly Mollan Natasha Valencia MacKenzie Hoekstra Riley Morin Jenna Werhun Elliot Holt Ryley Ostlund Audra Williams Damjan Horzic Steven Parth Kristen Zentner

COMMUNITY APPRECIATION AWARD Dr. Allan McDonald, Skyhawk

In recognition of your long term support of community health awareness in the Biology 30 program at St. Albert Catholic High School. Your commitment and dedication to our students is appreciated.Thank you from the staff and the students of SACHS.

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP AWARDS St. Albert Lions Legacy Scholarship Award Presenter: Mr. Fred Johnsen President, St. Albert Host Lions Tiffany Cimolai St. Albert Breakfast Lions Club Service Award Presenter: Mr. Leo Bruseker, President Sarah Cheney Rotary Club of St. Albert “Service Above Self” Award Presenter: Mr. Tony Porter, Past President Grade 10 - Jennifer Misner Grade 11 - Joshua Goselwitz Grade 12 - Olivia Trabysh Rotary Club of St. Albert Mike Mathison Memorial Award Presenter: Mr. Tony Porter, Past President Tiffany Cimolai George Soetaert Memorial Award Presenter: Mr. Dave Caron Board of Trustees Olivia Trabysh

Holy Family Parish C.W.L. Award Presenter: Ms. Ginny Blerot Megan Findlay Kinsmen Club of St. Albert Service Award Presenter: Mr. Dave Bergsma Abin Mathew A.T.A. Education Award Presenter: Mr. Brett Arlinghaus Acting President, A.T.A. #23 Rebecca La Grange Outstanding Student Executive Presenter: Mr. Garret Doll, Principal Tiffany Cimolai Christian Dallaire Olivia Trabysh Premier’s Citizenship Award Presenter: Ms. Denise Belley Tiffany Cimolai Leaders of Tomorrow Presenter: Ms. Denise Belley Amanda Magyar, Jayden Bearchell, Tiffany Cimolai

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Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division trustee and Alberta School Boards Association president Jacquie Hansen announced Monday she is seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination in the provincial riding of St. Albert. See story, page 3.

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GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The race for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the provincial riding of St. Albert is starting to get crowded with the addition of a prominent local school trustee to the ballot. Jacquie Hansen, who currently serves as a trustee for the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division and the president of the Alberta School Boards Association, announced Monday afternoon that she would be seeking the PC nomination in her home riding. Being involved in provincial politics through the ASBA for the past four years, Hansen said the biggest factor in deciding to run now was seeing the work Premier Alison Redford has done in her short time in office. “I’m really encouraged by this new premier. I like her direction, I like her optimism, I think she gives help to Albertans. And I want to be part of that,” Hansen said. The timing of the race, she admits, wasn’t ideal, but she felt strongly enough about running under the PC banner to make it work. “St. Albert is a pretty special place, and it deserves a strong voice,” she said. Ken Allred currently holds the St. Albert seat for the PCs, but has yet to decide whether or not he will seek re-election. Hansen is taking a leave of absence from her position with the ABSA during the nomination race, but will not be required to do the same with her position on the GSACRD board. Former

Canadian Forces helicopter pilot Jeff Wedman and local businessman Steve Khan have also declared their candidacy for the PC nomination in the riding. Hansen said she doesn’t know what to expect from the race, but she plans to work hard, sell memberships and make sure people vote. “We’re going to work hard to help people understand what I bring to the table and my position of being a local politician and a provincial politician already; I think it’s a unique position,” she said. “We’ll certainly get out there as much as we can.” Hansen and her husband moved to St. Albert from Vancouver in 1995, and she has served on the GSACRD board of trustees since 2001. Other nominated candidates in the riding include former city councillor James Burrows (Wildrose Party), Nicole Bownes (New Democrats) and Tim Osborne (Alberta Party). The Alberta Liberals have not set a nomination date for the riding, but Alex Bossé is the only declared candidate for the nomination so far. With the St. Albert riding having flipflopped between the PCs and the Liberals over the past 20 years or so, Hansen said that, if she wins the nomination, holding onto the seat could be a challenge. “If Alison Redford keeps this kind of energy up, and she is speaking on behalf of Albertans and providing hope in some of the programs she talks about, I think the PC party will be strong. At this point in time, for me, that’s the party I want to be part of,” Hansen said. The PC nomination vote for the riding will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

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GSACRD trustee Jacquie Hansen is the latest to run for the PC nomination in the St. Albert riding.

Bunz selected for Team Canada camp One of St. Albert’s best-known hockey products might get the chance to shine on an international stage in his own backyard. Goaltender Tyler Bunz, who

currently plays for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League and was taken in the fifth round of the 2010 NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers, was one of four goalies named to the roster for Hockey Canada’s world junior championship selection camp, which begins on Dec. 10 in Calgary. Bunz will be duking it out for a spot on the team with Mark Visentin of the OHL’s Niagara Ice Dogs — the only returning goalie

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from last year’s silver medalwinning squad — Louis Domingue of the QMJHL’s Quebec Ramparts and Scott Wedgewood of the OHL’s Plymouth Whalers. So far this year in Medicine Hat, Bunz has a 2.44 GAA and a .926 save percentage in 24 games. The 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships will be played in Edmonton and Calgary from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. — GLENN COOK

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Budget continues GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert city council sat through a marathon session of motions Tuesday night — with more to come tonight (Thursday) — as they started to get into the real meat of the 2012 civic budget. Councillors powered through 30 motions in a five-hour meeting Tuesday, although the vast majority had no bearing on the final property tax increase as they dealt with municipal capital items, which are paid out of a set capital envelope; utility operating costs, which are paid through utility fees; or outside agencies, for which the City of St. Albert has about $5 million set aside in the budget. The only motion that affected the tax rate was an approval in principle to fund an RFID collection and sorting system for the St. Albert Public Library to the tune of $300,000. However, that money is contingent on the library kicking in $200,000 for the project out of their own reserves and eliminating one full-time equivalent from their staff.

That extra $300,000 could raise the property tax hike from 2.7 per cent to 3.1 per cent. Some of more contentious issues council dealt with Tuesday night centred around outside agencies. Council voted 4-3 to reduce the City’s contribution to the Northern Alberta Business Incubator from $20,000 to $10,000. While NABI executive director Dar Schwanbeck told council early in the meeting that the amount was largely symbolic, many councillors expressed unease at giving taxpayer money to an organization that presented such a strong balance sheet. Council also defeated a motion that would have seen the Arts and Heritage Foundation’s $1.36-million budget request reduced by $75,000. The AHF request for 2012 is $125,000 higher than 2011, with the increase earmarked for bringing salaries to the same level as comparable not-for-profit groups. Most of council felt the wage adjustment was a worthy goal, while others challenged the AHF to look internally to make the reduced numbers work.

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Leo Nickerson Elementary School Grade 6 students Joseph Fletcher (left) and Evan Bruce (right) compare their mustaches to the real thing, sported by teacher Joel Wood, during the school’s “Mo Monday” Movember fundraiser. Mustaches were sold for $2 each, raising $456 and bringing the school team’s total to $946, which will go toward prostate cancer research.

Local man charged in murder GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A St. Albert man has been charged in a homicide in Gibbons earlier this year. Andrew Pliska, 26, of St. Albert, was one of three men arrested and charged Monday in relation to the death of 23-year-old Cameron James Petherbridge in Gibbons in March. Morinville RCMP were called to a residence in Gibbons at about 2 p.m. on March 2 after reports of a disturbance. That’s when Petherbridge’s body was found. Pliska has been charged with one

count of first-degree murder, one count of attempted robbery and two counts of unlawful confinement. He will make his first appearance in provincial court in Morinville on Thursday, Dec. 1. Two other men were apprehended and charged with lesser offences in relation to this incident. Samuel Wasylynchuk, 22, of Gibbons was arrested in Grande Prairie, while Kyle Elliott, 23, of Morinville was arrested in Edmonton. Each was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery. Both will make their first appearances in a Morinville courtroom on Jan. 19.

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Members of the United in Bronze handbell choir from the St. Albert United Church play Christmas favourites at St. Albert Place during Friday’s Snowflake Festival.

Portable sign fees hiked delegates address council on the issue Monday. “You’re trying to attract some sort of St. Albert city council sent a clear “sign” to traffic on a regular basis, and that’s where business owners Monday afternoon, hiking the portable signs come in,” said David fees for portable signs in the city. Gough of the APSA. “An excessive punitive Councillors approved an increase in the tax like this is nothing more than a tax price of a 90-day portable sign permit from on your local residents, and it’s a business $103 to $200 as part of their revised fees and killer.” charges for 2012 — although originally they “Every election, most, if not all, had hoped to hike the fee even higher to councillors say they’re very supportive of $300. business. All I want to say is that actions Coun. Roger Lemieux first put the motion speak louder than words,” added Lorne forward about two weeks Terrault, owner of ago during 2012 civic Paradise Pet Centre on budget deliberations, St. Albert Trail. “You with the goal of can say one thing, but eliminating many of the by doing something like more than 70 portable this, raising these rates signs located along St. by such an exorbitant Albert Trail. amount, I don’t think that Cathy Heron “The purpose of my translates.” City councillor motion was to discourage In the end, council the signs, not to increase voted 6-1 — with Heron revenue for the City of St. Albert. ... It’s not voting against — to compromise and raise the dollar amount. It’s the contentious issue the fee to $200. of having signs on the trail,” Lemieux said. “If we’re determined to make St. Albert But other members of city council felt an aethestically pleasing place that increased fees would not achieve the stated represents the Botanical Arts branding that goal and would be an unfair punishment we’re determined to pursue, then I think of business owners who may not be able to sometimes we have to make tough decisions, afford any other form of advertising. and this is one of them,” said Coun. Wes “I don’t want this drastic raise to be a Brodhead. knee-jerk decision that is done without At one point during budget deliberations, any consultation with businesses or even Lemieux had also put forward a motion to any proof that this will achieve the desired reduce the length of a sign permit from 90 to effect,” said Coun. Cathy Heron. 60 days. Lemieux withdrew that motion for That feeling was shared by the Alberta the time being, but may reintroduce it at a Portable Sign Association, which had later council meeting. WED. WE D. GAZ OCT 12, 19, 26/ 6/11 11 – 3x 3x18 182 18 2 {p {pro roce ro cess ce ss}} ss

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

“I don’t want this drastic raise to be a knee-jerk reaction.”

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011

City staff heads ‘on a swivel’

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The City of St. Albert is hoping employees will have their heads “on a swivel” starting next year when a new continuous improvement program is implemented. St. Albert city council was given a rundown of the new program at their budget meeting on Thursday, Nov. 24, by acting city manager Chris Jardine, who said that, while there are about nine specific projects the program will focus on, the effects of the program should be felt across the corporation. “We don’t want this to just be one-off looks. We want to ingrain the culture across the organization; every leader in the organization, every person in the organization should have their head on a swivel and be looking for how do we do things better, how do we save costs, how do we improve efficiency,” he said. The program aims to help in “systematically analyzing and reducing redundancies, raising productivity and adjusting practices to complete the changing organizational environment, including the needs of the customers and the employees,” Jardine added. Two specific projects Jardine mentioned would be under the microscope in 2012 were the City’s photo radar contract, which it spends more than $1 million on every year,

and its website support and maintenance, where multiple departments and contractors collaborate to keep up the City’s web presence. “There was no shortage of potential projects. There were a number of things we looked at,” Jardine said. “But we can’t do them all in one year.” While most of council was pleased with what Jardine brought forward, Coun. Malcolm Parker said he’d like to see more emphasis in the program on dealing with making St. Albert a more business-friendly community. “I think there are some opportunities in that area, process-wise or whatever, in terms of our economic development being a high priority,” he said. Jardine said that, while the specific projects for the first year identified some “low-hanging fruit,” departments across the corporation — including economic development — would be encouraged to take a hard look at their own operations to see where they could improve. “That’ll be a divisional, departmental area that we expect something needs to happen in, but it’s not something we’re putting the corporate spotlight on this point,” he said to Parker. He added that the continuous improvement program would all be handled internally by City employees, and would not add any costs to the 2012 budget.

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Servus Place’s deficit has gone down each year since 2006, but it’s not breaking even yet.

Servus Place doing OK GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Servus Credit Union Place is doing better, but it’s not back in the black yet, St. Albert city council heard last week. Councillors got an update on the recreation facility’s operations during their budget deliberations on Thursday, Nov. 24, which showed that its operating deficit is down to $673,100 for 2011 and forecast at $837,400 for 2012, compared to almost $2.3 million when it first opened in 2006. “We’re looking forward to it being break-even someday,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said. “I’m not sure we’ll live long enough, but let’s go for it.” One way the facility is trying to achieve that goal is the new Starbucks franchise, which officially opened on Friday. Facility manager Diane Enger said she expects

a net profit of $47,000 from the kiosk for 2012. Staff are also actively seeking sponsorships for some areas of the facility, like the naming rights to the Performance Arena, which Enger said they are very close to a deal on, signing a letter of intent just last week. “It’s very promising on the sponsorship side, the corporate side. They’re very interested,” she said. “It will be a matter of bringing that to council, and if you are happy with the sponsorship arrangement and the naming piece of it, that’s something that, in early 2012, we would be able to announce.” There are two other major sponsorships that expire at the end of 2011 and still have to be renewed: Pepsi and Sturgeon County. Officials said that, of the two, they were more worried about losing Sturgeon County, which had

contributed $100,000 a year for the past five years. “Based on the conversation that I’ve had with colleagues at Sturgeon County, my feeling is that is at significant risk,” acting city manager Chris Jardine said. In fact, according to Sturgeon County’s Twitter account, their council voted down a motion Tuesday to commit $100,000 to the facility in 2012. That news was disappointing to Crouse, given the number of county residents who use the facility. “It’s just very disappointing that the county wouldn’t continue on,” the mayor said at the Nov. 24 meeting. “It would be an investment from their point of view, but that’s their choice.” Enger added that there are a few major national and international events staff are working to bring to Servus Place in 2013.

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Society looks to keep ‘spirit’ of 150th alive I said, ‘Once I’m done with this picnic, I’m done,’” she said. “And then the day St. Albert Leader happened, and I’ll tell you, as a resident Although St. Albert’s 150th anniversary of St. Albert, I had done all my volunteer year is coming to an end, a new community years in the city of Edmonton until this group is hoping to carry its spirit into the year. And this picnic so impacted me ... I future. couldn’t imagine not helping keep these The Spirit of St. Albert Society is a new things alive.” not-for-profit group in the city made up of The society is partnering with the City of several people who were heavily involved St. Albert to put on the Family Day Winter in the 150th anniversary celebrations Festival in February and with Rock’n throughout 2011, including chair Cheryl August for the soapbox derby, as well as MacKenzie, who served as project manager taking the lead on organizing the picnic in for both the soapbox derby in June and the August 2012. Rendezvous Picnic in “All we’re promoting August. is spirit in St. Albert. She said the purpose You’ll see us attend a lot of the society is twofold: of other organizations’ “To help continue on the events to help them legacy events of the 150th promote,” MacKenzie [anniversary], but more said. “I’ve told the Cheryl MacKenzie importantly, there was a mayor that I see us as an Spirit of St. Albert chair large number of people umbrella organization in who either didn’t know St. Albert that brings all about the picnic, despite all of our efforts, these organizations together.” or felt there wasn’t anything there for them. MacKenzie came before St. Albert city So SOSA is really focused on getting in council during their budget meeting on touch with more of the community and Thursday, Nov. 24, not only to ask for expanding the event offerings to meet more $30,000 to get the society going, but also to of the people of St. Albert.” explain their vision. MacKenzie herself came on board with While that was the first time she had the 150th celebrations about a year and a talked publicly about the society, she said half ago, she said, specifically to help out the group was well received. with the picnic. But once that event was “The people we’ve talked to, both [in done, she found the group’s enthusiasm to council and] the 150th anniversary group, be infectious. they’re very supportive of us. ... There’s a lot “In the days leading up to the event, of excitement,” she said.

GLENN COOK

“All we’re promoting is spirit in St. Albert.”

Fill-A-Bus ready to roll Dec. 10

A Christmas tradition is getting ready to roll for another year next weekend. St. Albert Transit’s FillA-Bus campaign rolls out on Saturday, Dec. 10, with

buses collecting donations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at six local grocery stores and the Canadian Tire on Bellerose Drive. Donations will go to

the St. Albert Kinettes’ Christmas hamper campaign, with nonperishable food items, toys and cash being accepted. — GLENN COOK

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The Carlsons — (L-R) Zac, 10, mom Cathy, Megan, 6, and Samantha, 9 — drop off a toy during the St. Albert Kinettes hamper campaign kickoff Saturday at St. Albert Centre.

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Eyesore signs need action

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hey stick out like sore, neon-coloured thumbs — the way a Muppet’s thumb might look if you hit it with a hammer — along St. Albert Trail. They’re portable signs, and the issues surrounding them flared up at St. Albert Place this week. As part of setting fees and charges for by Glenn Cook the upcoming year, Coun. Roger Lemieux proposed hiking the price of a 90-day portable sign permit from $103 to $300. Eventually, though, following presentations from sign companies, the figure was reduced to $200. Lemieux told council that the dollars were not important; it was the discouraging of these signs along St. Albert Trail — which should be the showpiece of the City of St. Albert’s Botanical Arts brand — he was getting at. The fact that Lemieux proposed this is significant. Sign advocates called the fee a “business killer,” but with Lemieux’s background in business, one has to think he knows what he’s doing here. Speaking of business owners, where were those who use these signs to add their concerns? There was only one at council on Monday, drowned out by a special interest group whose reaction was predictable. If the sign company owner who spoke to council Tuesday is correct, then St. Albert just doubled its fees two years ago. And that has done nothing to curb the signs along St. Albert Trail. There’s little reason to believe the latest hike will have a different effect. Council would be better served to sit down with business owners to come up with a phased plan that has the ultimate goal of getting rid of signs while still being conscious of both community and business needs. Another idea that it seems Lemieux intended to include but slipped through the cracks is to make the fee increase applicable only to signs on St. Albert Trail. Why punish businesses in Campbell Park or on McKenney Avenue when we’re cleaning up the Trail? Advocates also said this week that the sign industry is changing, with more aesthetically pleasing designs coming down the pike. That’s comforting to hear, but until the new signs actually start showing up, the City is right to take action against the current eyesores.

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@craigpilgrim Thx to @CityofStAlbert for keeping the #stalbert trails clear of snow & ice so those who enjoy #running can do it outside. @stalbertmayor

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@nkorotash Wow! #SACT has truly outdone themselves. Peter Pan was fantastic! My 4 year old can’t wait to perform @StA_Culture #stalbert

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Library needs space to cultivate community

sk a library employee what their job is and you may get only part of the puzzle. “I do the accounts,” or “I do storytimes,” they may say. But really what we are doing at the St. Albert Public Library is building a better city, as in our slogan: “Cultivating Community.” Community means people. When I reveal that I’m a librarian some say, “You sure must like books.” I do like books. But I like people more. And people are what libraries are all about. People have been the focus since the birth of public libraries in the 19th century. Public libraries were founded as universities for the common man, with books

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BAILEY Library Director My City as the tool. Today, books remain a key way to implement the library vision of being a “centre of community life, leisure and learning for all.” A service organization, the library is focused on what it does for people, rather than what it has for people. I was thinking about change recently, watching the Edmonton Oilers. I remembered 1983, when I watched the Oilers on the TV at the Bruin Inn, next door to brand new St. Albert Place. That fall, the library moved into

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Salvation Army Kettle Campaign meeting goals GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

As the Christmas season gets into full swing, so too has the Salvation Army’s annual Kettle Campaign. Volunteers are out ringing bells and collecting donations at several local shopping centres and retail stores, and so far, Lt. Peter Kim of the St. Albert Salvation Army said the campaign is going smoothly. “We are meeting our daily targets, with a dip in one [Saturday],” he said on Monday. “I give it all to the people — they are being very generous,” he added. “They know what we do as the Salvation Army, and so many people support us because of that. It’s not about economics, but the spirit of generosity.” Kettle volunteers can also collect donations using Visa or MasterCard credit cards, but Kim said that method doesn’t make up a huge portion of donations. “Most people prefer to give through credit cards through our

mailers,” he said. As for volunteers, Kim is usually covering off two or three two-hour shifts each day where no one has signed up — “But I love it,” he said — and he is hopeful those gaps will be filled. “If people are still looking for volunteer opportunities, this would be a great thing to give back to the community,” he said. The money raised through the Kettle Campaign in St. Albert stays in St. Albert, and funds many of their local programs, as well as the help they give to those temporarily in need. “When someone, for example, loses their job and they need to keep their phone running, their [power] going, we’re there for that one-time payment to be able to support them in their desperate time of need,” Kim said. “We also direct them and help them to places they need to go.” Anyone wishing to volunteer for the Kettle Campaign can call the St. Albert Salvation Army at 780-4581937.

Massacure marks 10 years GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Tammy MacDonald is getting set to celebrate a decade of defolliculation early next year. MacDonald is the organizer and driving force behind the annual Hair Massacure, a head-shaving fundraiser for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Make-AWish Foundation of Northern Alberta, which is marking its 10th anniversary when they once again take over the Ice Palace in West Edmonton Mall on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. MacDonald said they’re celebrating by adding a new charity to their list of beneficiaries — Ronald McDonald House — and more organizers. “We’re definitely growing,” she said. “This year’s Hair Massacure might look a little different — not in appearance, but structured a little

differently.” With just a few months to go before the clippers start buzzing, MacDonald said things are coming together nicely. “We’ve acquired a bigger sponsorship, so you’re going to see more Kali Bears all over the city,” she said, referring to the event’s teddy bear mascot with pink fur that matches the colour participants dye their hair before it gets shaved off. Plus, the National Hockey League’s Edmonton Oilers, the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings and the National Lacrosse League’s Edmonton Rush are all back on board. The event is a little earlier than usual this year; normally, it is timed to coincide closely with Valentine’s Day. But MacDonald said that was just a scheduling conflict. “We did it on a [professional development] day last year,

and the schools weren’t really pleased with that,” she said. “The only date I could grab from the mall that was a Friday was Feb. 3, so we had to go with it.” The Massacure has raised more than $1 million in each of the past two years for their chosen charities, and now that the bar has been set so high, MacDonald doesn’t want to go back. “We absolutely have to top it. It would be embarrassing if we didn’t,” she said with a laugh. A big help in reaching that $1-million goal last year was the participation of 23 schools and four hockey teams. MacDonald said she’s still astounded at how the event has caught on and gained support throughout the Capital Region. “The majority of the money is coming out of these communities, so that’s telling me that it’s really close to their hearts,” she said.

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Local teams feel ripples of SSAC tragedies

Scenes of war Photo: gLEnn Cook, St. Albert Leader

Edmonton-Centre Conservative MP Laurie Hawn looks over some of the photos in David Bowering’s Afghanistan Through My Lens exhibit at the Art Gallery of St. Albert on Friday. Hawn himself has made several trips to Afghanistan to visit Canadian troops.

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

It has been a tough couple of weeks for players on the Southside Athletic Club’s midget AA teams, but the ripple effects have been felt in St. Albert as well. On Sunday, Nov. 13, Kyle Fundytus, a forward on the SSAC Don Wheaton midget AA squad died after taking a shot in the neck. Then, two weeks later, the bus carrying the club’s Lakewood Chevrolet team hit the ditch and rolled over on the way to a game in Hinton, sending two players and the driver to hospital with serious injuries. Gordon Seafoot, head coach of the midget AA St. Albert Blues, who play in the same league as both SSAC teams, said both incidents have shaken up his players somewhat, but he knows they were both freak accidents that are unlikely to change the way they do things. “Obviously this does have some effect. ... They’re still 16- and 17-year-old boys, so when someone goes down to block a shot, they’re oohing and ahhing, but other than that, I don’t think it’s changed anything about how we play the game,” Seafoot said. “I’ve been playing since I was four years old,” he added, “and I’ve deflected the puck into Gordon Seafoot my face couple Midget AA Blues coach of times, broke my nose and got five stitches, but not into my throat. You never think about that.” After Fundytus’s death, Seafoot said, the whole Blues team attended a memorial service, and are wearing commemorative patches on their jerseys and stickers on their helmets. They also held a moment of silence before their games the following week. The Blues also have to make that same trip to Hinton for a game on Dec. 18, but knowing that weather and road conditions were the main factors and that those could be drastically different by the time his team makes the trip, Seafoot didn’t seem worried. “I don’t know if it’ll make any difference,” he said. As far as organizing a fundraiser or community event to benefit SSAC, Seafoot said the team’s parent committee is talking about a memorial, and possibly tying it into community service projects they would normally do during the Christmas season. The Blues had just played the SSAC Lakewood Chevrolet team on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and have had games rescheduled as a result of Fundytus’s death. They are scheduled to play the Lakewood Chevrolet team again on Jan. 30 and Don Wheaton in their final regular season game on Feb. 13.

“I don’t think it’s changed anything about how we play.”

Language more than understanding SIMON PAGÉ and ERNEST CHAUVET Centralta Tourism Society

Ed. note: The Centralta Tourism Society has graciously offered the St. Albert Leader a number of articles on the francophone history of St. Albert. This is the second of those articles. Within the Catholic expression of Christianity, religious communities of men and women were started with different emphasis on an aspect of the scriptures that would define them as a group. Father Albert Lacombe joined the Oblates after he had already become a priest. He was drawn by the fact that the Oblates placed a major emphasis on being amongst the people, learning their ways, languages and way of life. According to the Oblate founders it was not acceptable to look down on those they sought to evangelize, yet anything they could do to improve the conditions of those they served was a must. Needless to say, they did view the European educational perspective as preferable over no formal formation. Father Lacombe was of French-speaking heritage and encouraged many Frenchspeaking people, especially those who had

moved to the United States, to settle in the St. Albert-Morinville-Legal area. When the time came, he also sought to serve the new immigrants in their language. He was never restrictive as to languages; rather, he led by example. After learning English, he embarked in learning the languages of the First Nations. In 1850, he sought out Georges-Antoine Belcourt, a missionary priest who worked with the Sauteus (Chippewa) Nation to learn their language. His understanding of the importance of learning a language — not just to communicate, but also as a sign of respect — provided the motivation for him to achieve a high level of efficiency in Chippewa within two years. Named to the St. Albert area in 1852, he learned Cree to serve not only the First Nations but also the Métis of the area. By the time he had completed the long journey of two months from St. Boniface to Fort Edmonton, Father Lacombe had developed a small dictionary of Cree words for his upcoming work around Alberta’s first non-fortified community. He spent the winter of 1852-1853 with Colin Fraser, a loyal Scottish Protestant who worked for the Hudson Bay Company and had ample knowledge of Cree. Father Lacombe had difficulty with Cree verbs and certain

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clauses that were so different from French and English. Yet, within a few years, he had started a Cree dictionary and grammar text, published in 1872. Other works would follow for Chippewa and Blackfoot. He writes, “The Cree language has its regularities, intelligible with beautiful nuances that can communicate all that moves the soul. … The Cree language is beautiful, rich, and perhaps the easiest of the North American First Nation languages.” This foundation of respect for those he was called to serve, his determination to learn languages and understand people, was deeply rooted in his FrenchCanadian entrepreneurial spirit. His spirit of hospitality and openness to learn and be enriched by others started in his home and ties with the First Nations. Father Lacombe’s desire to learn different perspectives enhanced the co-operative spirit for which he was renowned. That spirit nurtures initiatives and encourages people to cultivate life. That spirit laid the foundations to what St. Albert is today.

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Artists find themselves at AGSA exhibit

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Sometimes art can be found in the unlikeliest of places. That seems to be the theme running through the newest exhibition at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, entitled Lost and Found, which opens tonight (Thursday) and runs through to Jan. 28. Sydney Lancaster quite literally finds her art — in some very bizarre spots. “I work with what I find around me, including interesting bits and bobs from back alleys, all kinds of stuff,” she said. “Bones, wax, rusty metal, clock parts, old maps — you name it, it’s in there.” Lancaster binds these objects together to form mixed media assemblages, which she said help in “reassembling loose narratives.” “I’m telling stories through things, because human beings tend to hand stories on objects,” she said. “If you look around your house, you have that special mug, that special photograph or whatever, and they all have stories. There are stories all around us.” Lancaster’s works are created with beeswax, a material she chose as much because of its

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Sydney Lancaster (left) and Paul Burrell are two of the three artists whose works make up Lost and Found, a new exhibit opening today (Thursday) at the Art Gallery of St. Albert.

environmental benefits as its versatility. “It’s a natural material and non-toxic, and artists have to be concerned with that. There are a lot of things we work with that can be pretty nasty, and I want to stay away from some of those nasty things,” she said.

“And, through my work, I try and be as environmentally sensitive as possible.” Meanwhile, Paul Burrell has to go searching with a microscope to find his art. Burrell takes macro photographs of snowflakes, enlarging details invisible to the naked eye and showing that no two are truly alike. “I was out shovelling the snow for the millionth time, and I started taking a closer look at the snowflakes that were falling on the sleeve of my parka,” he said. “You see them falling on your windows sometimes, and you

can pick out the shapes and the forms. It just kind of clicked that maybe there’s some way to capture these photographically and make them into art.” It’s a painstaking process that starts, innocently enough, by standing out in the snow, waiting for flakes to fall on his coat. “It has to be the right type of snow; not all snow is photographic,” he said. When he sees one he likes, he picks it up with a paintbrush and takes it to his studio in his unheated garage. “In between there and the studio, bad things can happen,” Burrell said. “I’m not always the most dextrous person in the world, so sometimes I smash the snowflakes myself. Sometimes you get a perfect flake on your paintbrush, but the wind catches it and carries it away forever.” But the biggest challenge is the small window of time Burrell has to get his shot. “They’re just really, really thin pieces of ice; they’re extremely fragile,” he said. Also part of the exhibit is Cynthia Fuhrer, who draws faces in graphite — not those of models, mind you, but fictional ones that appear in her mind. “Each one has its own personality,” said Jenny Willson-McGrath, interim curator of the gallery for this exhibit. “Some have little captions — in fact, most of them do — that kind of sum up Cynthia’s feelings or the feelings of the person in the drawing.” Lost and Found runs until Jan. 28 at the Art Gallery of St. Albert (19 Perron St.).

Music maker Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

St. Albert Community Band conductor Dr. Angela Schroeder puts her charges through their paces Tuesday night at Paul Kane High School. The band is gearing up for their annual Christmas concert, which goes Wednesday evening at the Arden Theatre.

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Saskatoon’s Sheepdogs have their day “Sometimes it’s hard to believe that it’s all happening,” admits Sun Media News Services Gullen, “but we’re just too busy to Life is hairy for The Sheepdogs. think about that.” Three months after a musicHe won’t catch up on his beauty magazine contest thrust the littlesleep anytime soon. The hardknown Saskatoon rockers into the working ’Dogs are about to hit the international spotlight, they’re still road on a gruelling tour, playing being run off their feet, says bassist 25 shows in 27 days — and then Ryan Gullen. they’ll start work on their major“It’s all blurring together,” he label debut, the hotly anticipated admits from somewhere on the followup to last year’s Learn & endless road. “The travel is still Burn album. But first, Gullen made nuts. We’re going to bed at 2 a.m. some time to discuss sleeping and getting up at 5 a.m. every day arrangements, connecting with to get in the van or get on a plane. I fans and rising to new challenges. never thought I would forget where Q: You’ve obviously been on we are or where we’re going, but it’s the move, but do you also feel getting to that you’re getting point.” somewhere in Not that he’s terms of people complaining. knowing who After all, a year you are? ago, Gullen and A: Absolutely. his cohorts — Even when we’re Ryan Gullen singer-guitarist opening for Sheepdogs bassist Ewan Currie, somebody like guitarist Leot Kings of Leon, Hanson and drummer Sam Corbett there are a lot of people coming out — were just another small-time to see us. And to see them singing band with big dreams and a few along with a song off the album — a indie albums. But that all changed song that isn’t a single — yeah, it when the underdogs emerged as top definitely feels like we’re getting dogs in Rolling Stone’s Choose the somewhere. That’s the stuff that you Cover in August. live for as a musician, connecting Since then, they’ve signed a with the fans. There was a long haul record deal, released an EP, hit the of time in the beginning where we road opening for everyone from felt we weren’t getting anywhere, so Kings of Leon to Robert Randolph, this makes it all worthwhile. snagged CASBY and Western Q: When did you last sleep in Canadian Music Awards and heard your own bed? their southernA: It wasn’t that long ago, really. influenced But in the last six months, we’ve sounds played spent more time in Toronto on CSI. or New York than our home town. We’re usually only home for a couple of days at a time. We don’t really have homes

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Fresh off being the first unsigned band ever to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, the Sheepdogs are — appropriately enough — working like dogs as they tour across Canada and work on their next album. anymore — we stay where we can when we’re at home and then go out on the road. Our homes for the most part are hotel rooms or the back of a van. But it’s exciting. Q: What does this headlining tour mean to you? A: I can’t tell you how many times we’ve gone across the country. We’ve been all over the place. But this summer especially, it was all about flying into this city or that city and playing a festival. We haven’t done a proper tour. We love playing to audiences that are really up close, where you can feel that energy. And these shows have been selling out, which feels good. Q: Have you been able to write new material? You must be eager to make a new album. A: We’re still excited that people are still discovering our album even though it’s been out for quite a while. But yeah, we’re eager to show off some new music. We’re all about putting out as much music

as we can. And we have new music we want to record. Ewan has a lot of stuff he wants to show off and work on, and obviously we haven’t had time to do that because we’ve just been playing so much. So the plan is to start really hammering all that stuff out in January, once we stop touring. Q: Obviously, the stakes are higher now than they were. Does that make you nervous about making a new album? A: I think one benefit we have is that, unlike a lot of new bands that sign a record deal, we’ve already established what we sound like and the style of music we play. The people at Atlantic and our management like us for what we already are. So they’re not going to try to make us into something we’re not. That is a saving grace. Obviously, there is a lot of pressure, but we’re up for it. We’ve been working hard for a long time to get to this point, so we’re up for the

challenge. Q: Have you got a wish list of famous studios and big-name producers? A: We’re kind of tossing that around right now. We’ve been given suggestions and we have some ideas, but we haven’t really figured out what we want to do. And I think part of the reason our last album turned out the way that it did — and why it’s the one we’re most happy with — is that we had time to work on our own. Our hope is that we can do some of that on our own in January and see how it sounds. Whether or not that will be the final product, we’re not sure. We’re just hoping we can have a lot of control over how to make the album sound. We want to play the game, but we want to make a Sheepdogs album, as opposed to something somebody else wants. The Sheepdogs play the Starlite Room in Edmonton on Saturday, Dec. 17.

Bale done with Batman after Dark Knight Rises SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The Dark Knight Rises may be Christian Bale’s final performance as crimefighting superhero Batman, the actor told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Set for release in July, the movie is Bale’s third stint as Gotham’s Caped Crusader for director Christopher Nolan, after Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). “I wrapped a few days ago, so that will be the last time I’m

taking that cowl [Batman hood] off,” Bale told the newspaper during an interview in Beverly Hills. “I believe that the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it’s all done. Everything’s finished. It’s me and Chris — that will be the end of that Batman era. The 37-year-old actor’s comments, published late last week, weren’t his first indication that he might have reached the end of the Batmobile ride. Bale told E! News in November one year ago that “unless Chris says different, this will be the last time I’m playing Batman.”

Bale, who received an Oscar last year for his supporting performance in The Fighter, next appears on the big screen in Zhang Yimou’s China-set period drama The Flowers of War. He’ll also star in two films from Tree of Life director Terrence Malick. Joining Bale in “The Dark Knight Rises” are Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway, as Catwoman. Film actors who have preceded Bale in the dual role of Batman and his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, include Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011

HEALTH

Dogs help veterans cope with war trauma SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – As the number of veterans grappling with the psychological scars of war mounts, researchers are looking into whether specially trained dogs can help them deal with posttruamatic stress disorder. Jonas, a two-year-old dog, is trained to scan owner Ian Lord for signs of stress or anxiety and respond with licks, cuddles and demands for pats. Lord, a 25-year-old Air Force veteran in Norfolk, Va., credits his pet with helping him cope with the aftershocks of war. “He makes it a lot easier to recover from a trigger, like sounds of a helicopter overhead,” Lord said. “The difference is, instead of getting wound up about it the rest of the day, it’s like OK, go outside and throw a ball around, or just cuddle up to him a bit and kind of snap out of it.” The number of veterans receiving post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment from the

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United States Air Force veteran Ian Lord holds his two-year-old miniature Australian shepherd Jonas outside his home in Virginia.

Department of Veterans Affairs rose from 254,930 in 2006 to 408,167 in 2010. With 40,000 more U.S. troops expected return home from Iraq at year’s end, the number could grow. Psychotherapy and cognitive

processing therapy, which includes education and awareness about symptoms, are the main treatment methods, according to deputy chief consultant for specialty mental health Sonja Batten. But other treatments also

are being used, including yoga, acupuncture, meditation and psychological service dogs. The department doesn’t know how many veterans are using service dogs as part of their treatment, and there is debate over whether the approach is beneficial. But a new study is underway to determine whether the dogse dogs can help vets. It will aim to pair at least 200 dogs with veterans in Florida and Colorado. Carol Borden, executive director of Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs, Inc. in Williston, Fla., one of the organizations taking part in the study, said dogs are specifically trained according to an individual’s needs. “We talk to each veteran and find out exactly what their challenges are,” she said. “There are multitudes of things we can teach the dogs to do, depending on each individual’s circumstances.” Lord saw four years of active duty and served in Iraq, Afghanistan

and surrounding countries. He said he was diagnosed with PTSD after suffering “almost the stereotypical meltdown” in 2010, when a simulation-style training course stirred suppressed memories of getting shot at in Iraq. He was honorably discharged from the service. Jonas came into his life thanks to his medical student wife Megan, who had been training Jonas as a therapy dog for hosptial patients. The couple noticed Jonas would start cuddling and licking Ian whenever he exhibited PTSD symptoms, such as anxiety, depression and sleeping problems. The dog’s service is prescribed by Lord’s psychiatrist, giving Jonas the same legal rights of entry to businesses and public spaces as guide dogs for the blind. “As soon as people hear he’s a PTSD dog, the next thing out of their mouths is, ‘Oh, thank you for your service, sir,’” Lord said. “They connect the dots pretty quickly.”

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Fitness expert Julie Marsland is a former flight attendant. So it’s fitting that one of her preferred workouts is called Jukari Fit to Fly — an exercise routine that, along with its many benefits, gives participants a flying sensation. Think fitness with a fun Cirque du Soleil twist. “It’s a real mixture of everything. It’s got dance, cardio, resistance, balance and core, done to Cirque du Soleil music,” Marsland tells Sun Media in a phone interview from Montreal. The interval-style workout, she notes, is based on suspension training and is similar in many ways to the popular TRX system. A trapeze-like device known as the Flyset is the piece de resistance of Jukari Fit to Fly. Photo: Sun Media News Services “It’s meant to inspire and evoke,” adds Julie Marsland’s Fit to Fly classes combine Marsland, a 32-year-old Montreal fitness fitness with a Cirque du Soleil twist. model who teaches two Fit to Fly group fitness classes a week. “You’re literally the basis of her workout regimen. “The spinning around in circles, sort of reliving combination of both has been good for my childhood sensations. There’s a move where body and good for my brain.” you actually sit down on your bar and swing It was only two years ago that she hung like on a swing set. So there’s a real fun, up her flight-attendant uniform to take her playful element to the program.” thriving fitness career to, er, new heights. The Flyset’s metal bar is removable, “It was either, ‘Take the safe roads and allowing for a range of other movements, stick to the pension plan,’ or do what you including core training. actually enjoy doing,” she recalls. Celebs such as Kim Kardashian and At five-foot-10, Marsland competes at 147 supermodel Bar Refaeli or 148 pounds. The rest of have reportedly added the year, she weighs 155 to the workout to their 160 pounds — 20 pounds repertoires. less than she weighed in Jukari Fit to Fly, and her early 20s when she its flexibility-focused didn’t work out or eat offshoot Jukari Fit to Flex, right. Julie Marsland were created through a The key to keeping fit, Fit to Fly instructor partnership struck in she notes, is consistency 2008 between Cirque du — in the kitchen, as well Soleil and Reebok. as the gym. Marsland took up both Jukari disciplines “I eat the same way all the time, whether in 2009 after a successful four-year stint I’m competing or not,” she explains. “I as a fitness model, during which she won just want to feel good. I have a physically numerous titles, including Model Universe demanding job. If I fuel myself with scrap, champion in 2006 and 2008. well then I’m going to feel like scrap.” She soon became what is known as a Marsland also preaches simplicity. master trainer in Jukari Fit to Fly and Fit to She says it’s far too easy to get bogged Flex, while joining Reebok’s team of global down in the dizzying — and often instructors, travelling the world to teach conflicting — array of fitness information consumers about the brand and its products. available these days. Marsland, who has landed on the covers “Bring it back to basics,” she advises. “Eat of popular magazines such as Oxygen, things that are harvested, that are hunted. If Muscle & Fitness Hers and Inside Fitness, the Lord put it on this earth, it’s meant to be recently reignited her competitive fitnesseaten. Things that are processed in cans, and modelling career and returned to the weight this and that, well then you might want to room after a three-year hiatus. try to avoid them.” “I was pleasantly surprised to notice the And move your body. fact that I had lost zero strength … I had “You don’t have to set foot in a gym,” she actually gained strength just by mainly adds. “You can take a brisk walk, run with teaching Jukari,” she says with a laugh, the dog, play in the park with your niece and noting Jukari and weight training now form nephew, but you can’t just sit on the couch.”

“There’s a real fun, playful element to the program.”

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Com. Media Technology Award Sponsor: Future Shop Presenter: Mr. Darren Skalski Kristopher Chiumento Visual Art Award Presenter: Mr. Andrew Raczynski Margaret Marsiglio & Rebecca La Grange Music Award Sponsor: Long & McQuade Presenter: Mr. Michael Wurtz Douglas Parth “Music is for Life” Award (in memory of Bill Coates) St. Albert Community Band Presenter: Ms. Heather Donlevy Joseph Caputo Sylvan Learning Centre Drama Award Presenter: Mr. John Monai Gina Bazarelli Performing Arts Award Presenter: Ms. Deb Dyer Kris Chiumento (Technical) Gina Bazarelli & Chelsey Tattrie (Advanced Acting)

SACHS Overall Proficiency Award Presenter: Dr. Tony McClellan Director of Student Services, GSACRD #29 Grade 10 - Thomas Nguyen Grade 11 - Bailey Sadowsky Grade 12 - Tiffany Cimolai SACHS I.L.P. Award (Independent Living Program) Sponsor: The SACHS Class of 2000 Presenters: Mr. Daniel McKennitt Ryan Wasylkiewicz

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St. Albert Cosmopolitan Club (Highest average in Grade 10)

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GRADE 12 ACADEMIC AWARDS These awards include the Rutherford Scholarship recipients who also achieved Grade 12 Honours and the two highest marks in a Grade 12 subject. Presenter: Mr. Garret Doll, Principal Mitchell Allen - Honours, Rutherford Kyle Avison - Math 30 Applied (1) Nathan Baird - Honours, Rutherford Jordan Bannerman - Honours, Rutherford Daniel Belter - Honours, Rutherford MichaelBonot - Honours,Rutherford, Math 31 (1) Nathan Booth - Honours, Rutherford Zachary Bosch - Honours, Rutherford Adam Brilz - Honours, Rutherford, Religious Studies 35 (2) Benjamin Brodhead - Honours, Rutherford Paige Cahill - Honours, Rutherford Joseph Caputo - Honours, Rutherford, Instrumental Jazz 35 (1) Brian Chee - Honours, Rutherford Christopher Cheetham - English 30-2 (2) Sarah Cheney - Honours, Rutherford, Biology 30 (1) Kristopher Chiumento - Honours, Comm. Media 30 (1), Math 30 Applied (2) Tiffany Cimolai - Honours, Rutherford, Phys Ed 30 (2) Ethan Cruse - Computer FX 30 (2), Rock & Pop 35(1) Justin Cruse - Rock & Pop 35 (2), Guitar 35 (1) Meryll Cruz - Honours Christian Dallaire - Honours, Rutherford Andrew DiTimoteo - Honours, Rutherford Ryan Donlevy - Honours, Rutherford, Computer FX 30 (1) Tiffany Duval - Honours, Rutherford Megan Findlay - Honours, Rutherford, French 30 IB (2) Amanda Foster - Honours, Rutherford Stephanie Gartner - Honours, Rutherford Andrew George - Math 30 Pure (2) Katelin Hyska - Honours, Rutherford, Social Studies 30-2 (1) Jonathan Jedrasik - Guitar 35 (2) Kimberley Krachy - Honours

A total of sixty-four, 2011 graduands applied for a Alexander Rutherford Scholarship for a total of $139,500. PLEASE NOTE: this amount only includes graduands that applied in the Spring 2011. Presenter: Mr. Garret Doll, Principal Joshua La Grange - Honours, Rutherford, Biology 30 (1), English 30-1 (2), Math 31 (1), Spanish 30 (1), Social Studies 30-1 (1) Rebecca La Grange - Honours, Rutherford, Art 30 (1), Spanish 30 (2) Aaron Lazaruk - Honours, Rutherford Taylor Levasseur - English 30-2 (1) Tynan Maeda - Honours Deanna Marler - Honours Neil MacPherson - Honours, Rutherford Margaret Marsiglio - Honours, Rutherford, Art 30 (1), French 30 IB(1) English 30-1 (1), Math 31 (1), Social Studies 30-1 (2) Abin Matthew - Honours, Rutherford Brady McCorriston - Honours, Rutherford, Phys Ed 30 (1) Shaun Naidu - Honours, Rutherford Douglas Parth - Honours, Rutherford, Instrumental Jazz 35 (2) Vanessa Peynenburg - Chemistry 30 (2) Talisa Pon - Honours, Rutherford Genevieve Powell - Social Studies 30-2 (2) Dominique Pucci - Honours, Rutherford Matthew Ricioppo - Honours, Rutherford Bailey Sadowsky - Chemistry 30 (2) Cole Saunders - Honours, Math 31 (1), Physics 30 (1) Haille Sharum - Honours, Rutherford, Chemistry 30 (1), Math 31 (1), Math 30 Pure (1), Physics 30 (1) Alyssa Schmode - Rutherford, Social Studies 30-1(2) Jennifer Sine - Honours, Rutherford Connor Sobchyshyn - Honours, Rutherford Madison Strike - Drama 30 (1) Chelsey Tattrie - Honours, Rutherford, Drama 30 (1) Nicole Taylor - Honours Olivia Trabysh - Honours, Rutherford, Religious Studies 35 (1) Cameron Vaculchik - Honours, Rutherford, Math 31 (1) Jeremy Woolley - Honours, Rutherford Laura Zubick - Honours

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