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KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The Steam Pot Cafe at McLean Mill was forced to close Wednes-day morning after the Vancouver Island Health Authority was informed of several cases of ill-nesses following the weekend’s Pirate Train.

The special train run of the summer attracted families and children to the mill, many of whom returned home sick on Saturday.

“We were notified late (Tuesday) that a number of people reported symptoms of gastrointestinal-like illnesses after visiting the mill on Saturday,” said VIHA’s media spokesperson, Valerie Wilson.

Ashleigh Hughes attended the

event with several family mem-bers who became ill, but she did not get sick herself.

“My brother, friend and eight-year old niece were puking and had diarrhea,” Hughes said. “My daughter just had diarrhea. I feel bad for the mill but they had the food out on the counters instead of in a cooler or fridge.”

She said her daughter ate a

hotdog with ketchup and the others had salmon and egg salad sandwiches.

An investigation took place at the cafe on Wednesday morning and manager Liz Malbon was given approval to re-open.

“We dealt with all calls and passed them on to the health authority,” Malbon said. “We are taking this seriously.”

Malbon said authorities con-ducted a general inspection, including procedures, temper-atures and food handling.

“We have been approved to be back in business,” she said.

Wilson said VIHA will followup with individuals who showed symptoms and hope to determine the cause within a few days.

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Air tankers on scene after lightning sparks fi ve blazes around Great Central Lake

Planes douse nearby wildfi resERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

It took days for the Hawaii Mars water bomber to be dispatched while the Dog Mountain fire grew last month, but the prov-ince wasted no time calling on the massive aircraft when light-ning started several wildfires around Great Central Lake on Tuesday.

Lightning struck at approximately 5:30 p.m., igniting five wildfires near the lake. As of Wednesday the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch reported the largest fire to be two hectares north of the east end of Great Central Lake, with another 1.5-hectare blaze south of the middle of the body of water. Two other smaller fires burn by Great Central, with another lighting-caused incident by Wolf Creek north of the lake.

Within an hour the Hawaii Mars was at the scene, led by a bird dog plane with two other smaller air tankers from Camp-bell River and Abbotsford.

“Our aircraft were on a height-ened state of alert due to the anticipated lightning,” said the province’s chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek in an email to the Times.

In less than two hours the Mars bomber dropped 96,000 litres of water, filling in after retard-ant was laid by the smaller air tankers.

Fire information officer Donna MacPherson said that the air-craft suppressed the spread of the fires as ground crews pos-itioned themselves.

“It makes a huge difference because what they do is they try to slow the movement of the fire,” she said, adding that the drops focused on the Great Cen-tral Lake’s two larger fires. “They were able to hold the spots, but the other two continued to grow, which is not unusual considering how dry it is out there.”

Teams of 21 and 16 remain on the two larger fires, while three-member initial attack crews are tending to the other blazes in the area. Helicopters are being used to transport water to some of the sites.

“Some of them are in remote areas that don’t have water access; some of them are near enough to forestry roads that we can get a water (truck) up,”

MacPherson said, noting that the firefighters are gathering water wherever they can find it.

“They’ll be looking for lakes or creeks, but the helicopters can also move water in to drop it.”

Wildfire authorities believe the fires could still be spreading underground through roots, which commonly happens after lightning strikes a tree.

“(Fire crews will) be cutting the trees down and digging up the roots, extinguishing anything that they find is underground,” MacPherson said.

“We will expect that we will get more fires come up from these strikes over the next few days as the area dries and as the fire grows underground.”

After almost a week of a wild-

fire spreading across Dog Moun-tain by Sproat Lake, the Hawaii Mars was called to action by the province on July 8.

The bomber didn’t end up drop-ping on Dog Mountain, but it has since been dispatched to other fires in the province, including a blaze near Harrison Lake this week where it dropped 108,000 litres of water in one hour — a record in British Columbia.

The current terms of the bomb-er’s one-month contract are $15,000 a day, plus $6,000 for each hour in flight, according to the B.C. Ministry of Forests.

“The province will also pay for the fuel, which is about $5,000 per hour,” stated the ministry.

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An air tanker drops flame retardant on a wildfire near Great Central Lake on Tuesday. [BC WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT BRANCH]

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Bail set for girl facing murder charge

MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A Supreme Court judge granted bail to a young woman accused of second degree murder in Port Alberni.

Justice Thompson released 18-year-old Autumn Dawn Desjar-lais on bail for a $5,000 cash deposit and $25,000 surety.

Desjarlais’ bail hearing was held in Supreme Court in Port Alberni on Wednesday. The accused sat in the defendant’s box in court while the Crown and defence lawyers argued the strengths and weak-nesses of the case, respectively.

Friends and family members attended the hearing.

A publication ban was ordered on the hearing as well as on the iden-tities of a number of witnesses to the crime, which took place in Port Alberni on July 15.

Desjarlais is charged with the murder of 19-year-old Carlene Jack, who was killed on the street at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Bute.

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Detached homes in Port Alberni continue to offer the lowest prices on Vancouver Island, with a typical sale of $194,300 in July. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]

Alberni’s benchmark remains low after increase over 6 months

Home prices go up over last year — except in PAERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Despite rising rates in recent months, the Alberni Valley was the only real estate market on Vancouver Island to see lower home prices in July than the previous year.

The Valley continues to be the Island’s most affordable community to buy a home with a typical price of $194,300 based on last month’s sales.

This shows a drop from the $200,800 benchmark sale in July 2014 – an exception among Vancouver Island’s real estate markets, where home prices increased over the last year.

By comparison Campbell River’s benchmark price rose by 5.22 per cent over the last year to $285,500, the Comox Valley rose slightly to $335,200, while Nanaimo and Parks-ville/Qualicum Beach prices increased by nearly six per cent to $354,700 and $375,500 respectively.

The Alberni region’s 28 July sales included 22 in the city, another four in the Valley

and two in Ucluelet. This brought an average sale price of $227,527, which is different than the benchmark rate that the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board uses to cite mar-ket trends.

Benchmark prices represent the typical home with respect to the number of rooms and proximity to amenities.

“It’s looking at the average home rather than the average

price,” said Darrell Paysen, the VIREB’s manager of mem-ber services, noting that the measuring tool is less prone to being thrown off by extremes. “We find with the benchmark there’s less of those highs and lows.”

But Paysen cautioned that trends are tougher to deter-mine in a smaller market like the Alberni Valley. While Alberni’s prices are lower than in July 2014, the value of house sales have consistently gone up over the last six months when the benchmark price was $168,800.

Market fluctuations are caused by changes in the rela-tionship between the number of available homes and poten-tial buyers, said Paysen.

“A lot of it, quite frankly, is supply and demand like any other commodity,” he said. “I think that’s why we’re starting to see some of the push up on prices in most of our markets.”

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Two men accused in a rash of truck thefts in Port Alberni plead-ed guilty in court on Tuesday.

Both men were arrested and charged in May with multiple counts of motor vehicle theft and possession of stolen property over $5,000. They were accused along with a third man who has yet to plea to the charges.

Craig James Donelly Hannon, 20, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of a motor vehicle and two counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000. He was sen-tenced to six months and three years probation.

“You have a long and unenvi-able court record despite your young age,” said Judge Ronald Lamperson.

Jeremy Marcus Morgan, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 50 days in jail and one year of probation and must pay a victim surcharge of $200 due Oct. 5.

Crown prosecutor Gordon Baines described a number of truck thefts in Port Alberni, Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Campbell River in May.

Two Ford F-550 trucks were stolen from a Western Forest Products property loaded with tools, worth an estimated value of $150,000 to $200,000, Baines said. The men were trying to support their serious drug habits, he noted.

As part of their probation orders, Hannon and Morgan are prohibited from contacting one another and must stay away from Port Alberni.

Sheldon James Johanson, the third man accused in the truck thefts, is scheduled to appear in court again next week.

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Editorial artoon abuses newspaper format

Re: Stephen Harper with a slaughtered lion cartoon,’ July 31, Page 4

I wanted to make a comment on the picture in your July 31 issue, showing the dead lion along with Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper, holding a gun.

I believe you are making light of the recent killing of a lion, Cecil, that was lured off a nature preserve and shot with an arrow by an American dentist who paid $50,000. The lion was tracked for 40 hours and eventually shot. Cecil was then beheaded, and used as a trophy prize. This is in very poor taste, for the people of Port Alberni. I would think that the Alberni Valley Times would be more sensitive than to print this photo.

I am sure that there are bet-ter ways for the Alberni Valley Times to report current news, without depicting a lion and Mr. Harper, as you have done in this issue. I would ask you not to print such photos in the future.

L.A. LubinerPort Alberni

Federal election brings ‘rancorous attack’

Officially, when the Govern-or-General dissolves parlia-ment, usually at the behest of the Prime Minister, it marks the beginning of an election campaign.

In reality, the Conservative’s election campaign has been running continuously since March 20, 2004, when Stephen Harper was elected leader of the newly-amalgamated party. For over eleven years the Tories have had a non-stop venomous cam-paign to destroy the Leaders of the other parties in Ottawa.

It’s as rare as rocking horse manure that a day has dawned since the 2004 Vernal Equi-nox without some rancorous attack being made on political opponents. Whether the Tories were in opposition, minority or majority government, it made no difference to their vitriolic tactics; filling airwaves and tele-vision screens with vindictive attack adverts of a very personal nature.

There was “Mr. Dithers” Paul Martin, then “unfit to lead” Stephane Dion, followed by “just visiting” Michael Ignatieff,

and for ever so long we’ve been treated to “just not ready” Justin Trudeau.

Stephen Harper has made and broken a lot of promises during the past 11 years, but one that he kept was: “You won’t recognize Canada when I’m through with it.” He’s definitely proven that negative advertising works for his party, if used on a non-stop basis, but it is debatable if Can-ada has really benefitted from his malevolent tactics.

However, some things never change, and that has been very evident in the past few weeks leading up to the election cam-paign being officially declared. It’s that familiar and ominous “Swooosh-Ka-Ching” sound of funds being shovelled off the back of Tory trucks right across the country, in the hope of buy-ing four years more years at the driver’s seat in Ottawa.

All parties in power and with their hands on the purse-strings, use this method to bribe gullible voters with their own money; October 19th 2015 would be a good time for the electorate to wake up to reality.

Bernie SmithParksville, B.C.

The homeless need to be listened to in province

Recently deceased Progressive Conservative Flora MacDonald had a solution to the homeless issue when she said we needed to [paraphrasing] cut the beaur-ocracy and talk to people to find out what they need, rather than continuing to tell them what we think they should have!

To the NIMBYs who complain that street-people “have men-tal-health and addiction issues,” so, unbeknownst to you, do some of your housed neighbours!

Instead of sitting back and, as another NIMBY complained: “dealing with it for decades,” and then just erupting to protest any initiative that’s too close for your precious comfort, lobbying government authorities to final-ly DO something about it would be more productive and less hateful.

Liz StonardPort Alberni

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Doomsday still a possibility in 2015Few survivors are left to mark

the 70th anniversary of one of the planet’s most horrific

and historic events. On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb fell on Nagasaki. Hundreds of thousands of civil-ians were killed and wounded.

The bombs ended the world’s bloodiest war, but touched off a nuclear race with no finish line in sight — although many scratch their heads at the thought of imminent atomic danger at a time when the world’s nukes have been slashed from a dizzying high of 70,000 to around 17,000 today.

Most Westerners would be hard pressed to locate a bomb or fallout shelter, and American schools have long since ceased instructing children to “duck and cover” in case of a Soviet attack.

A zombie apocalypse is more prevalent in pop culture than the nuclear annihilation of Dr. Strangelove’s 1960s.

The West’s attention has been diverted to the future dangers of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and the implications of the recent deal to curb them.

Meanwhile, the real and present risk of nuclear catastrophe by accident or intent remains so high that the venerable Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock from five to three minutes to mid-night this year.

Apart from unchecked climate change, it says, global nuclear weapons modernization and out-sized arsenals pose “extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity.” World leaders have failed to act speedily or effectively enough to

prevent them from endangering every person on earth. In spite of deep cuts to nuclear arsenals there are still about 1,800 nukes on “hair trigger” alert.

There’s another caution. The last time the hands of the clock were so close to midnight, in 1984, it was because relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union had reached “an icy nadir.”

Fast forward to 2015, and U.S.-Russia relations are again in the cooler. As tensions reach post-Crimea-invasion highs, Russia is spending a third of its burgeoning defence budget on nuclear weapons, among them reportedly, a new generation of radar-evading cruise missiles and attack submarines equipped to carry them.

The Obama administration is also planning to boost its nuclear arsenal at a cost of $350 billion.

Meanwhile, the hazards of its aging nuclear weapons infra-structure are increasing apace.

Those looming dangers over-shadow moves by other members of the nuclear club, which also deserve attention. India plans to expand its nuclear submarine fleet, and has developed a new short-range missile to deliver nuclear weapons. Pakistan is stockpiling small tactical nuclear weapons for use on a prospective battlefield: another destabilizing move on the shaky landscape of South Asia.

Unpredictable North Korea is developing long-range missiles Washington believes could even-tually hit the U.S. Under Kim Jong Un, the secretive country is diversifying its weapons and estimates of its nuclear stockpile have risen to 20 warheads.

No wonder, then, that there’s

little progress toward the nuke-free world that a group of 300 world leaders aspired to in 2008 in a sweeping plan for steady and monitored downsizing of U.S. and Russian stockpiles that make up more than 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear weaponry.

Years after “ban the bomb” dem-onstrations disappeared from the world’s streets, that plan remains the most visionary, and is still urgently needed.

The aging Hiroshima and Naga-saki survivors remember why. “Many people were killed almost instantly,” one told the Washing-ton Post. “The fingertips of those dead bodies caught fire and (it) spread over their entire bodies.” Today, above the din of politics and propaganda, their frail voices should be heard.

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Alberni cyclist makes podium at 24-hr raceKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Two local cyclists represented the Alberni Valley in a long-dis-tance overnight race and one made the podium.

Lee Blais brought home second place in the 24 Hours of Adrenalin in Canmore, Alta. as a solo rider, while Robin Nadig and Pascale Houde, from Comox, completed the event as a team.

A week before the race in mid-July, the riders, as well as support member, Marinka Daradics, rode the famous Seven Summits in Rossland for fun and training. The route consists of seven various sin-gle-track climbs over 35 kilometres.

“It is nothing like what we have here,” Blais said. “You ride right up the hill to the spine.”

After that the group continued the road trip to Alberta and pre-pared to race. Lee had taken part in the 24-hour race last year, but did not complete it, and this was Nadig’s first time as a two-person team. She had completed the solo race twice about 10 years ago when the world championship was held in Whistler.

The route in Canmore is 17.5 kilometres of steep, rough Rocky Mountain trails, on which riders cycle laps over a 24-hour period. As the only participant riding a

single-speed mountain bike, Blais completed 13 laps to take second place. The winner of the individual category rode 14.

Both Blais and Nadig cycle year-round, but said this required a different type of training.

“I did longer, gentler rides and a lot of core fitness,” Blais said. “I didn’t want to get my heart rate up

and saved myself for the last half of the race.”

Nadig said her training was similar and stuck mainly to road riding.

“I tried to put in the miles for endurance,” Nadig said. “I also did some long-distance mountain bike races in the Spring.”

Situated in the Rockies, the

course was a mix of technical sin-gle track and fire road.

Blais said the most difficult part was a set of 10 uphill switchbacks at the end of the lap called the Road to Ruin.

“You could see people walking their bikes up,” he said.

He said racing through the night was a surreal experience and came

with both physical and mental challenges, including nausea and mind games.

“Not sleeping is one thing, but racing the whole time on top of that is hard,” he said. “I couldn’t have done it without Marinka. She was set up with a tent and told me to eat and made sure I had full water bottles. I didn’t even think to drink because I was almost asleep.”

Near the end, Blais had to decide to end it when time was running out. With an hour and a half left to complete another lap, he thought it would cut it too close.

“I decided I was done,” he said. Nadig and Houde were the only

female team and completed six laps each.

“We had a plan, stuck to it and it worked out so we were happy,” Nadig said.

Blais said he is unsure yet of his race plans for next year or if it will include this one.

“It is rare that I am ever not satis-fied riding but this was more than enough,” he said. “About 75 per cent of the time I wanted to stop.”

Nadig’s future plans include competing in the 2016 BC Senior Games for road cycling next sum-mer in Port Coquitlam.

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Lee Blais shows his second place award he won at the grueling 24-hour race in Canmore, Alberta. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

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Minnesota 1Kansas City 5 Detroit 1Oakland 5 Baltimore 0Tampa Bay 11 Chicago White Sox 3Texas 4 Houston 3N.Y. Yankees 13 Boston 3Cleveland 2 L.A. Angels 0 (12 inn.)

Kansas City (Ventura 6-7) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-9), 1:08 p.m.

Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-8), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 8-8) at , 7:07 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 4-5) at Oakland (Brooks 1-0), 10:05 p.m.

at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Boston at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Chi. White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Jo.Ramirez 2b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .179Lindor ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 .258Sands rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .289Chisenhll ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216C.Santana 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .223Raburn dh 3 1 2 2 0 0 .277Brantley ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .303Urshela 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241R.Perez c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .221Aviles lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .217T.Holt cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .063Bourn ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246

Giavotella 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264Calhoun rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .277Trout cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .303Pujols dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .257Dav.Murphy lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .284Aybar ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .273Gillaspie 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .236Featherston pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .133Cron 1b 2 0 1 2 2 0 .260Iannetta c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .191DeJesus ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244

Two outs when winning run scored.LOB—Clev 5, LA 5. 2B—Lindor (7). HR—Jo.Ramirez (2), off Santiago; Raburn (5), off Santiago; Calhoun (15), off Salazar. RBIs—Jo.Ramirez (9), Raburn 2 (24), Calhoun (59), Cron 2 (21). S—Lindor.Runners left in scoring position—Cleve-land 2 (C.Santana, Brantley); Los Ange-les 1 (Dav.Murphy). RISP—Cleveland 1 for 7; Los Angeles 1 for 2.

Salazar 6 3 1 1 2 7 107 3.38Crockett H, 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.70McAllister H, 7 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.82B.Shaw H, 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 1.83Aln L, 1-4 BS, 3-25 2/3 2 3 3 2 1 29 4.12

Santiago 6 5 3 3 1 7 99 2.78Cor.Rasmus 12/3 0 0 0 3 1 26 3.18C.Ramos 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.36Bdrosian W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.58Inherited runners-scored—C.Ramos 2-0. IBB—off Cor.Rasmus (C.Santana). WP—Allen 2.T—2:59. A—33,099 (45,957).

Guyer rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .250J.Butler lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279Sizemore ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .226Longoria 3b 5 2 3 1 0 1 .279Forsythe 2b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .280A.Cabrera ss 5 0 4 2 0 1 .249Boxberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .—-Loney 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .265Shaffer dh 1 0 0 0 1 1 .143Jaso ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .339T.Bckm ph-dh-ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .229Kiermaier cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .244Rivera c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .183Casali ph-c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .242

Eaton cf 4 2 1 0 1 2 .269Saladino 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .253Abreu 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .295Me.Cabrera lf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .283Av.Garcia rf 3 1 1 4 2 0 .267LaRoche dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236Soto c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .244C.Sanchez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .229

E—A.Cabrera (4), Kiermaier (2). LOB—TB 9, Chicago 7. 2B—Guyer (11), Longo-ria (25), Forsythe (21), A.Cabrera (21), Me.Cabrera (23). HR—Longoria (12), off Rodon; Av.Garcia (9), off E.Ramirez. RBIs—Guyer (23), Longoria (48), For-sythe (50), A.Cabrera 2 (28), Me.Cabrera (54), Av.Garcia 4 (38). SB—Eaton (11).Runners left in scoring position—TB 5 (Rivera 2, Jaso, Loney, Sizemore); Chi 1 (Saladino). RISP—TB 2 for 7; Chi 3 for 6.GIDP—J.Butler, Saladino.DP—Tampa Bay 2 (Longoria, Loney), (A.Cabrera, Forsythe, Loney); Chicago 1 (Al.Ramirez, C.Sanchez, Abreu).

E.Ramirez 6 6 5 5 2 2 98 3.83Geltz 1 2 0 0 0 1 18 3.66McGee 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 1.88B.Gomes 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 4.38Boxberger L, 4-7 1/3 1 1 1 3 0 23 3.07

Rodon 42/3 6 4 4 2 3 81 5.00M.Albers 1 2 0 0 1 1 19 2.81Putnam H, 6 11/3 2 0 0 0 1 22 3.16Duke BS, 2-3 1 2 1 1 0 2 19 3.53Dv.Rbrtsn W, 5-3 2 0 0 0 0 4 26 2.66Inherited runners-scored—M.Albers 1-1, Putnam 1-0. IBB—off Boxberger (Abreu, Me.Cabrera), off M.Albers (Loney). HBP—by Rodon (Guyer).T—3:22. A—20,028 (40,615).

Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294C.Gomez cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .296Correa ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 .286Lowrie 3b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .299Gattis dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 .245Col.Rasmus rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .237Conger c 2 0 0 1 2 0 .250Valbuena 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .208Ma.Gonzalz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .266Marisnick lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229J.Castro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221

DeShields cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 .265Strausborger rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000Choo ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239Fielder dh 3 0 0 1 0 2 .327Beltre 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267Moreland 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .287Andrus ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .258Rua lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200Rosales 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .232Gimenez c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .333

E—Kazmir (3), Conger (4). LOB—Hou 9, Texas 6. 2B—Lowrie (6). HR—Gimenez (1), off Kazmir. RBIs—Lowrie (11), Gattis (60), Conger (21), Fielder (63), Moreland (57), Andrus (39), Gimenez (2). SB—C.Gomez (2), Correa 2 (8), Rosales (4). S—Strausborger. SF—Fielder.Runners left in scoring position—Hou 6 (Col.Rasmus, Altuve, Marisnick 2, Conger, Correa); Tex 3 (Rosales, DeShields, Gimenez). RISP—Hou 2 for 11; Tex 2 for 6.Runners moved up—Marisnick, J.Castro, Rua. GIDP—Gattis, Andrus.DP—Houston 1 (Correa, Valbuena); Texas 1 (Rosales, Andrus, Moreland).

Kazmir L, 6-6 52/3 6 4 1 2 5 100 2.08Qualls 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.13J.Fields 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.43Neshek 1 1 0 0 0 2 16 2.85

N.Martinz W, 7-6 5 1 1 1 3 1 86 3.91Klein H, 2 1/3 1 2 2 2 0 24 6.75S.Freemn H, 11 1/3 0 0 0 2 1 18 2.96Patton H, 3 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 17 7.45Diekman H, 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 0.00S.Dyson S, 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 2.45Inherited runners-scored—Qualls 2-0, S.Freeman 2-1, Patton 3-0. HBP—by S.Dyson (Altuve). WP—Diekman.T—3:23. A—31,782 (48,114).

TENNIS

CFLEAST DIVISION

Hamilton 5 3 2 0 153 106 6Toronto 5 3 2 0 136 137 6Ottawa 5 3 2 0 105 127 6Montreal 5 2 3 0 107 94 4

WEST DIVISION

Edmonton 5 4 1 0 142 63 8Calgary 6 4 2 0 137 148 8Winnipeg 6 3 3 0 132 172 6B.C. 5 2 3 0 118 136 4Saskatchewan 6 0 6 0 148 195 0

Edmonton at B.C., 10 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Saskatchewan at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

(x—scored 2-point convert)

J. Medlock, Ham 0 13 14 4 58G.Shaw, Edm 0 11 12 3 50R.Leone, BC 0 8 12 4 48B.Bede, Mtl 0 7 12 2 45L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 8 10 4 42P.McCallum, Sask 0 7 10 1 38D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 11 0 37R.Paredes, Cgy 0 6 9 3 36

HOCKEYWORLD JUNIOR SUMMER SHOWCASE

Russia 3 Canada

Canada Czech Republic 1

Canada vs. Czech Republic, 7 p.m.

San Francisco 6 Atlanta 1Arizona 11 Washington 4Colorado 7 Seattle 5 (11 inn.)St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3 (13 inn.)N.Y. Mets 8 Miami 6Milwaukee 8 San Diego 5Pittsburgh 7 Chicago Cubs 5L.A. Dodgers 4 Philadelphia 3

Washington 5 Arizona 4Chicago Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 0Philadelphia 6 L.A. Dodgers 2N.Y. Mets 5 Miami 1San Francisco 8 Atlanta 3Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2Milwaukee 4 San Diego 1Seattle 10, Colorado 4

St. Louis (Wacha 12-4) at Cincinnati

(Lorenzen 3-6), 12:35 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 10-2) at Phila-

delphia (D.Buchanan 2-5), 1:05 p.m.San Diego (Despaigne 5-7) at Milwau-

kee (Garza 5-12), 2:10 p.m.Arizona (Hellickson 7-7) at Washington

(J.Ross 2-3), 4:05 p.m.Miami (Urena 1-5) at Atlanta (Wisler

5-2), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (Heston 11-5) at Chi-

cago Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 pm.Colorado at Washington, 7:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Miami at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.Philadelphia at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Hicks cf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .277Dozier 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .248Mauer 1b 3 2 1 2 1 1 .267Sano dh 4 2 2 3 0 2 .278Plouffe 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .253E.Rosario rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276Edu.Escobar ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .245Fryer c 3 0 0 0 0 3 .167a-Nunez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261S.Robinson lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .244

Tulowitzki ss 4 1 0 0 1 2 .286Donaldson 3b 4 2 1 2 1 3 .292Bautista rf 4 2 1 4 1 0 .235Encarnacion dh 4 1 1 3 0 0 .246Colabello 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .315Smoak 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228Ru.Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254Goins 2b 2 1 1 0 2 1 .236Pillar cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267Revere lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .125

a-singled for Fryer in the 9th.E—Donaldson (15). LOB—Minnesota 4, Toronto 6. 2B—Hicks (5), Plouffe (26), Edu.Escobar (16). HR—Sano (5), off Hutchison; Donaldson (29), off Duffey; Bautista (24), off Duffey; Encarnacion (20), off Graham. RBIs—Mauer 2 (46), Sano 3 (17), Plouffe 2 (57), Donaldson 2 (80), Bautista 4 (75), Encarnacion 3 (60). CS—Plouffe (1). S—S.Robinson, Revere.Runners left in scoring position—Min-nesota 4 (Hicks, S.Robinson, Dozier 2); Toronto 2 (Tulowitzki, Revere). RISP—Minnesota 3 for 9; Toronto 2 for 5.GIDP—Hicks.DP—Toronto 1 (Tulowitzki, Goins, Colabello).

Duffey L, 0-1 2 5 6 6 2 1 60 27.00Graham 21/3 2 3 3 1 3 39 4.21Duensing 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 11 5.81Boyer 11/3 0 0 0 0 1 17 2.93Jepsen 1 0 0 0 2 1 19 3.07Fien 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3.96

Hutchisn W, 10-2 5 7 7 3 2 5 84 5.42Hendriks H, 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 17 2.47Cecil H, 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.79Lowe H, 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1.64Hawkins S, 1-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0.00Inherited runners-scored—Boyer 2-0. WP—Graham, Jepsen 2.Umpires—Home, Tom Woodring; First, Jordan Baker; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Tim Welke.T—3:06. A—27,725 (49,282).

Tulowitzki 24 9 8 2 5 .333Colabello 238 40 75 10 41 .315Travis 217 38 66 8 35 .304Donaldson 420 75 123 28 78 .293Pillar 394 52 105 7 39 .266Martin 319 58 82 15 49 .257Encarnacion 358 55 88 19 57 .246Bautista 354 66 83 23 71 .234Goins 218 27 51 3 27 .234Smoak 166 25 38 9 30 .229Navarro 111 12 25 3 15 .225Saunders 31 2 6 0 3 .194Kawasaki 18 2 3 0 1 .167Revere 13 0 0 0 1 .000

Hawkins 0 0 0 3.0 3 0.00Lowe 0 2 0 37.1 47 1.69Osuna 1 4 8 48.2 53 2.22Schultz 0 1 1 30.0 25 2.40Price 10 4 0 154.0 149 2.45Hendriks 3 0 0 46.1 47 2.53Buehrle 11 5 0 141.0 70 3.32Sanchez 6 4 0 71.2 47 3.39Estrada 9 6 0 111.1 86 3.40Cecil 2 4 5 34.2 39 3.89Dickey 6 10 0 144.0 90 4.06Loup 2 5 0 34.2 38 5.19Hutchison 9 2 0 113.0 99 5.42

M.Machado 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .291G.Parra rf 4 2 1 0 1 2 .211A.Jones cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .282C.Davis 1b 4 2 2 4 1 2 .248Paredes dh 5 0 1 1 0 2 .283J.Hardy ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .243Schoop 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .299Reimold lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .234Joseph c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .253

Burns cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .296Fuld rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .206a-Reddick ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .282Lawrie 2b 4 0 0 1 0 2 .270B.Butler dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .245b-Vogt ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .260Valencia 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .293Phegley c 3 1 1 0 1 2 .267Canha lf-1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .226I.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .239c-Crisp ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .094Semien ss 3 1 2 2 1 1 .249

a-walked for Fuld in the 7th. c-grounded out for I.Davis in the 9th.LOB—Balt 5, Oakland 8. 2B—Schoop (6), Joseph (10), B.Butler (19), Valencia (14), Canha (11), I.Davis (17), Semien (18). HR—C.Davis (28), off A.Leon. RBIs—C.Davis 4 (79), Paredes (41), J.Hardy (30), Reimold (8), Lawrie (44), Semien 2 (28). SB—Burns (22), Fuld (8), Semien (10). CS—Canha (2). SF—Lawrie.Runners left in scoring position—Bal-timore 4 (G.Parra 2, Joseph, Schoop); Oakland 5 (Canha, Valencia 2, I.Davis, Vogt). RISP—Balt 4 for 11; Oak 1 for 13.Runners moved up—M.Machado. GIDP—J.Hardy, Schoop.DP—Oakland 2 (Semien, Lawrie, I.Davis), (Semien, Lawrie, I.Davis).

W.Chen 5 4 3 3 4 4 88 3.32Brach 11/3 2 0 0 1 3 33 2.65

1/3 1 0 0 0 2 26 1.31Britton W, 2-0 21/3 1 0 0 0 2 21 1.62

Graveman 52/3 6 3 3 1 3 79 3.90Fe.Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 3.71Pomeranz 11/3 0 0 0 0 3 19 3.92Mujica 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 3.98A.Leon L, 0-1 1 3 4 4 1 1 28 6.75

Britton 1-0, Fe.Rodriguez 2-0, Pomeranz 1-0. IBB—off A.Leon (G.Parra). HBP—by Graveman (Schoop). WP—W.Chen, Graveman 2.Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Chris Segal; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Alfonso Marquez.T—3:33. A—20,176 (35,067).

EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayNew York 58 50 .537 — — 8-2 W-6 38-18 20-32Washington 55 51 .519 2 31/2 3-7 L-1 29-21 26-30Atlanta 48 60 .444 10 111/2 2-8 L-2 27-22 21-38Miami 43 65 .398 15 161/2 2-8 L-3 26-30 17-35Philadelphia 42 66 .389 16 171/2 7-3 L-1 27-28 15-38

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 68 39 .636 — — 5-5 W-1 40-16 28-23Pittsburgh 62 44 .585 51/2 — 6-4 W-1 36-18 26-26Chicago 58 48 .547 91/2 1/2 7-3 L-1 27-24 31-24Cincinnati 48 57 .457 19 10 5-5 L-1 28-25 20-32Milwaukee 46 63 .422 23 14 3-7 W-2 22-34 24-29

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayLos Angeles 61 46 .570 — — 6-4 W-1 37-18 24-28San Francisco 59 48 .551 2 — 6-4 W-2 30-23 29-25Arizona 52 54 .491 81/2 61/2 7-3 W-1 26-27 26-27San Diego 52 56 .481 91/2 71/2 6-4 L-2 24-25 28-31Colorado 45 61 .425 151/2 131/2 3-7 W-1 25-29 20-32

TRANSACTIONSDozier, Min, 76; Trout, LA, 76;

Gardner, NY, 72; Cain, KC, 68; Machado, Bal, 67; J.Martinez, Det, 67; .

Teixeira, NY, 76; Davis, Bal, 75; K.Morales, KC, 73;

.

Cruz, Sea, 244; Trout, LA, 236.

Trout, LA, .618; Cruz, Sea, .597; Teixeira, NY, .582; Cabrera, Det, .578;

Trout, LA, 32; Cruz, Sea, 31; Pujols, LA, 30; Teixeira, NY, 29; J.Martinez, Det, 29; Davis, Bal, 27; Rodriguez, NY, 24; Dozier, Min, 23; Machado, Bal, 23.

Kipnis, Cle, 31; Brantley, Cle, 30; Dozier, Min, 28.

Fielder, Tex, 133; Cruz, Sea, 132; Kipnis, Cle, 132; Kinsler, Det, 124;

Hosmer, KC, 123.

Altuve, Hou, 28; Burns, Oak, 21; Cain, KC, 19; DeShields, Tex, 18; Dyson, KC, 18; Gose, Det, 16; Machado, Bal, 15.

Santana, Cle, 68; Rodriguez, NY, 59; Teixeira, NY, 55;

.

Kazmir, Hou, 2.10; Gray, Oak, 2.12; Keuchel, Hou, 2.35; Archer, TB, 2.54; Santiago, LA, 2.70.

Keuchel, Hou, 13-5; McHugh, Hou, 13-5; Hernandez, Sea, 13-6; Lewis, Tex, 12-4; Eovaldi, NY, 11-2; Gray, Oak, 11-4;

Richards, LA, 11-8.

Kluber, Cle, 162.2; Keuchel, Hou, 157.0; Samardzija, Chi, 153.0;

Gray, Oak, 152.2; Archer, TB, 148.2; .

Sale, Chi, 186; Archer, TB, 180; Kluber, Cle, 176;

Keuchel, Hou, 3; Gray, Oak, 2.

B.Holt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .312Ortiz dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .244H.Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .260Sandoval 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .262Napoli 1b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .209De Aza rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .267a-R.Castillo ph-rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270Swihart c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238Bradley Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .102

Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .277Gardner lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .285A.Rodriguez dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .2681-C.Young pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268Beltran rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .259Headley 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .276Gregorius ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .258b-B.McCann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254Drew 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196J.Murphy c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .297

for Gregorius in the 9th.1-ran for Teixeira in the 9th.E—Headley (18). LOB—Boston 6, New York 6. 2B—Sandoval 2 (16), De Aza (11). HR—Ortiz (21), off Severino; Beltran (9), off S.Wright. RBIs—Ortiz (60), De Aza (29), Beltran (35).Runners left in scoring position—Boston 4 (Swihart 4); New York 3 (Teixeira, Ellsbury, B.McCann). RISP—Boston 1 for 5; New York 0 for 5.GIDP—Ellsbury.DP—Boston 1 (S.Wright, Bogaerts, Napoli).

S.Wright W, 5-4 8 4 1 1 2 9 108 4.12Uehara S, 24-26 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 2.27

Severino L, 0-1 5 2 2 1 0 7 94 1.80Warren 3 1 0 0 0 2 41 3.40Shreve 1 1 0 0 2 1 30 2.13IBB—off Shreve (Napoli). HBP—by War-ren (Napoli). WP—Uehara. PB—Swihart.Umpires—Home, Kerwin Danley; First, Rob Drake; Second, D.J. Reyburn; Third, Mike Everitt.T—2:51. A—47,489 (49,638).

A.Escobar ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276Zobrist lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .271L.Cain cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306Hosmer 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .319K.Morales dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .286Moustakas 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282S.Perez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .2491-J.Dyson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239Rios rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246Infante 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230

Gose cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .262J.Iglesias ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .313Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .295V.Martinez dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .243J.Martinez rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286Castellanos 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .242Romine 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284Ty.Collins lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .263J.Marte 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .233Avila 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173J.McCann c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .278

1-ran for S.Perez in the 9th.E—Boyd (1). LOB—Kansas City 7, Detroit 5. 2B—Moustakas (18), Ty.Collins (2). 3B—K.Morales (1), Gose (5), Kinsler (5). RBIs—K.Morales (74), Gose (18), V.Martinez (38). SB—J.Dyson (19). CS—Zobrist (3). S—J.Marte.Runners left in scoring position—Kansas City 5 (S.Perez, Moustakas 2, A.Escobar, Rios); Detroit 3 (J.Iglesias 2, Ty.Collins). RISP—Kansas City 0 for 6; Det 1 for 7.Runners moved up—V.Martinez.DP—Detroit 1 (J.McCann, J.McCann, Kinsler).

Cueto L, 0-1 7 5 2 2 2 2 106 3.46K.Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.09

Boyd W, 1-2 7 7 1 1 0 2 106 7.90B.Rondon H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 15 6.75B.Hardy H, 8 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.45A.Wilson S, 2-3 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.75Umpires—Home, Marty Foster; First, Mike Winters; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Mark Wegner.T—2:38. A—34,628 (41,574).

Aoki lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .304G.Blanco cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .297M.Duffy 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .310Posey c 5 0 3 0 0 0 .332Pence rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .285Belt 1b 3 1 0 0 0 2 .273Adrianza ss 3 2 2 0 1 0 .229Tomlinson 2b 4 0 2 3 0 0 .600Bumgarner p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Casilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-

Markakis rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .295E.Perez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278J.Gomes lf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .206C.Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .235Ad.Garcia 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .217J.Peterson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250Lavarnway c 4 0 1 1 0 2 .270D.Castro ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261W.Perez p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .118Brigham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Ciriaco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255R.Kelly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-

E—Lavarnway (1), E.Perez (1). LOB—San Francisco 8, Atlanta 7. 2B—M.Duffy (19), Adrianza (3), Markakis (24), Lavar-nway (3). RBIs—M.Duffy 2 (51), Pence (36), Tomlinson 3 (3), Lavarnway (5).Runners left in scoring position—San Francisco 3 (Pence 2, Aoki); Atlanta 3 (C.Johnson, Ciriaco, Ad.Garcia). RISP—San Francisco 4 for 9; Atlanta 1 for 6.Runners moved up—Posey. GIDP—Pence. DP—Atlanta 1 (D.Castro, J.Peterson, C.Johnson).

Bumgnr W, 12-6 71/3 7 1 1 0 9 116 3.28Strickland 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 18 1.82Casilla 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.23

W.Perez L, 4-2 6 10 6 5 2 2 96 4.48Brigham 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 4.15R.Kelly 2 1 0 0 0 1 19 6.35W.Perez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.Inherited runners-scored—Strickland 1-0, Brigham 1-1. HBP—by W.Perez (Belt). WP—Brigham.T—2:52. A—17,444 (49,586).

Granderson rf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .260Dan.Murphy 2b 4 2 3 0 1 0 .275Cespedes cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .318Duda 1b 2 2 1 3 2 0 .249Uribe 3b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .266Conforto lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .231Plawecki c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232Tejada ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .263Harvey p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .149Campbell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-

Robles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Familia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-

D.Gordon 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .329Dietrich lf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .274Yelich cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .265Bour 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250Prado 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .272I.Suzuki rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .244Hechavarria ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274Mathis c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .113Phelps p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .121Narveson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000McGehee ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207A.Ramos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Rojas ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .316

LOB—New York 6, Miami 6. 2B—Dan.Murphy (20), Duda (26), Tejada 2 (18), Dietrich (7), Bour (11), Rojas (3). HR—Uribe (10), off Phelps. RBIs—Cespedes (5), Duda 3 (53), Uribe 3 (28), Conforto (7), D.Gordon (25), Bour (32), I.Suzuki (16), Rojas 3 (6). SF—Duda, Conforto.Runners left in scoring position—New York 3 (Uribe, Harvey, Campbell); Miami 4 (Bour, D.Gordon 2, Yelich). RISP—New York 3 for 9; Miami 5 for 11.

Harvey W, 10-7 7 2 0 0 0 6 88 2.76Parnell 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 13 4.41

2/3 4 4 4 0 1 14 54.00Robles 1/3 1 2 2 1 1 10 4.35Familia S, 29-34 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 12 2.05

Phelps L, 4-8 41/3 8 7 7 3 3 101 4.35Narveson 32/3 2 0 0 0 4 44 0.00A.Ramos 1 2 1 1 0 0 17 2.63T—3:07. A—25,897 (37,442).

INTERLEAGUE

K.Marte ss 4 0 0 0 2 2 .200Seager 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .269N.Cruz rf 5 2 2 0 1 1 .324Cano 2b 5 1 2 1 1 1 .266Gutierrez lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .299Rodney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-J.Montero ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321Guaipe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-A.Jackson cf 6 1 2 1 0 2 .253Trumbo 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .246Morrison 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .221Zunino c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .175T.Walker p 4 0 1 1 0 2 .111Ca.Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-S.Smith lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255

Blackmon cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .293Reyes ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .207Arenado 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .273Ca.Gonzalez rf 5 1 2 3 0 1 .279LeMahieu 2b 2 1 0 0 3 0 .322Paulsen 1b 5 2 3 1 0 2 .300K.Parker lf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .263McKenry c 5 1 1 2 0 0 .212Rusin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250Oberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Stubbs ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .227Axford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-B.Barnes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271J.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Kahnle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Descalso ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .218Friedrich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Betancourt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Flande p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Two outs when winning run scored.LOB—Seattle 13, Colo 5. 2B—Seager (24), N.Cruz (18), Cano (27), Trumbo (7), T.Walker (1), Ca.Gonzalez (20), Paulsen (13), Stubbs (3). HR—Gutierrez (4), off Axford; Ca.Gonzalez (22), off T.Walker; McKenry (4), off Guaipe. RBIs—Cano (49), Gutierrez 2 (12), A.Jackson (29), T.Walker (1), Ca.Gonzalez 3 (56), Paulsen (34), K.Parker (2), McKenry 2 (14). SB—N.Cruz (3), LeMahieu (15). CS—A.Jackson (9). S—S.Smith.Runners left in scoring position—Sea 9 (Cano, Zunino 3, Seager 4, A.Jackson); Colo 4 (K.Parker, McKenry, Paulsen, Black-mon). RISP—Sea 4 for 16; Colo 2 for 11.Runners moved up—N.Cruz, Reyes, LeMahieu. GIDP—Arenado.DP—Seattle 2 (Seager, Trumbo), (K.Marte, Cano, Morrison).

T.Walker 71/3 5 3 3 3 5 101 4.67Ca.Smith H, 13 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.89Beimel H, 4 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2.55Rodny BS, 6-22 1/3 2 2 2 2 0 21 5.56Rasmussen 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.45Guaipe L, 0-3 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 16 9.95

Rusin 5 8 3 3 3 3 96 4.66Oberg 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5.91Axford 1 3 2 2 0 2 24 4.59J.Miller 1 0 0 0 1 1 21 1.38Kahnle 1 1 0 0 0 2 15 2.70Friedrich 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 11 4.70Betancourt 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 10 5.35Flande W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.54Inherited runners-scored—Ca.Smith 1-0, Rasmussen 2-0, Betancourt 2-0.T—4:06. A—30,196 (50,398).

Inciarte lf 6 2 3 0 0 0 .293Pollock cf 6 1 3 1 0 0 .305Goldschmidt 1b 5 1 3 1 1 0 .339W.Castillo c 4 1 2 3 1 2 .263A.Hill 3b 3 0 0 2 2 1 .211Tomas rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .295Owings 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 .231Ahmed ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .229R.De La Rosa p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .085Saltalmchia ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .171D.Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Ja.Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287A.Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000O.Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Pennington ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .238D.Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Y.Escobar 3b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .317Rendon 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .278Harper rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .330Zimmerman 1b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .210Werth lf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .200Espinosa ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246Lobaton c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .206M.Taylor cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .244G.Gonzalez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .077Barrett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Roark p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211C.Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267Thornton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Rivero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-T.Moore p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207

E—Barrett (2). LOB—Arizona 12, Wash 6. 2B—Y.Escobar (18). 3B—Inciarte (3). HR—W.Castillo (13), off Thornton; M.Taylor (10), off D.Hudson. RBIs—Pol-lock (47), Goldschmidt (78), W.Castillo 3 (29), A.Hill 2 (26), Saltalamacchia (8), Zimmerman (38), Werth (14), M.Taylor 2 (45). SB—Pollock (24), Goldschmidt 2 (19). SF—A.Hill, Zimmerman, Werth.Runners left in scoring position—Arizona 8 (W.Castillo, R.De La Rosa, Tomas 3, A.Hill 3); Washington 2 (Espinosa, Ren-don). RISP—Ariz 6 for 18; Wash 0 for 2.

R.DLaRos W, 9-5 5 2 2 2 3 3 101 4.56D.Hernandz H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 3.86A.Reed H, 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 21 5.04O.Perez 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 3.10D.Hudson 1 2 2 2 0 0 13 4.37

G.Gonzalez 5 8 2 2 1 7 95 3.75Brt L, 3-3 BS, 3-3 1/3 4 3 3 0 0 15 4.60Roark 12/3 0 0 0 2 2 32 4.54Thornton 1 2 3 3 1 0 19 3.16Rivero 1/3 3 3 3 0 0 30 3.04T.Moore 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00Inherited runners-scored—Barrett 1-1, Roark 2-1, T.Moore 2-1. HBP—by T.Moore (W.Castillo), by Rivero (Owings). Balk—Rivero.T—3:56. A—37,572 (41,341).

Harper, Was, 70; Pollock, Ari, 68; Gold-schmidt, Ari, 67; Fowler, Chi, 66; Black-mon, Col, 65; Braun, Mil, 63; Frazier, Cin, 61; Carpenter, StL, 60; LeMahieu, Col, 60; Arenado, Col, 60.

Arenado, Col, 80; Goldschmidt, Ari, 77; Posey, SF, 75; Harper, Was, 68; Craw-ford, SF, 67; Frazier, Cin, 67; Stanton, Mia, 67.

Harper, Was, 226; Arenado, Col, 221; Frazier, Cin, 221; Goldschmidt, Ari, 218; Rizzo, Chi, 204.

ATP-WTA

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Andy Murray (1), Britain, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4).

Grigor Dimitrov (6), Bulgaria, def. Guido Pella, Argentina, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Feliciano Lopez (7), Spain, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

John Isner (8), U.S., def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Rep., 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Sam Groth, Australia, def. Viktor Troicki (9), Serbia, 6-3, 6-4.

Steve Johnson, U.S., def. Bernard Tomic (11), Australia, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2.

Leonardo Mayer (16), Argentina, def. Blaz Rola, Slovenia, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-4.

Sam Stosur (2), Australia, def. Irina Falconi, U.S., 6-1, 7-5.

Louisa Chirico, U.S., def. Alize Cornet (5), France, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4).

Irina-Camelia Begu (6), Romania, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Lauren Davis, U.S., 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

ATP

Dominic Thiem (1), Austria, def. An-dreas H-Maurer, Austria, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Andreas Seppi (2), Italy, 7-5, 3-0, retired.

Fabio Fognini (3), Italy, def. Dennis Novak, Austria, 6-1, 6-2.

Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Martin Klizan (4), Slovakia, 6-3, 7-5.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (6), Germany, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-0, 6-2.

Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Albert Montanes, Spain, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-1, 6-3.

Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

WTA

Alison Riske, U.S., def. Carla Suarez Navarro (3), Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Andrea Petkovic (6), Germany, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUECHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed RHP Daniel Webb on the 15-day DL. Reinstated RHP Nate Jones from the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with 2B Tony Thomas on a minor league contract.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Desig-nated LHP Michael Roth for assignment. Claimed RHP Deolis Guerra off waivers from Pittsburgh.DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Jose Valdez to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Matt Boyd from Toledo. Sent LHP Kyle Lobstein to Lakeland (FSL) for a rehab assignment.HOUSTON ASTROS — Designated RHP Dan Straily for assignment. Recalled RHP Asher Wojciechowski from Fresno (PCL).NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHPs Nick Rumbelow and Caleb Cotham to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated RHP Danny Burawa for assignment. Announced INF/OF Garrett Jones elected free agency & signed him to a one-year contract. Selected contract of RHP Luis Severino from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Claimed OF Daniel Nava off waivers from Boston.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Zack Godley to Mobile (SL). Recalled RHP Allen Webster from Reno (PCL).ATLANTA BRAVES — Released LHP Josh Outman.CHICAGO CUBS — Placed RHP Rafael Soriano on the 15-day DL. Assigned C Taylor Teagarden outright to Iowa (PCL). Agreed to terms with LHP Clayton Rich-ard on a 1-year contract.MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned LHP Chris Reed to New Orleans (PCL). Selected contract of LHP Chris Narveson from New Orleans.MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Preston Guilmet to Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled RHP Tyler Cravy from Colorado Springs. Sent RHP Brandon Kintzler to the AZL Brewers for a rehab assignment.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Assigned 3B Joaquin Arias outright to Sacramento (PCL).

FOOTBALLCFLHAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Signed RB Ray Holley & WR Giovanni Aprile from the practice roster & RB Nic Grigsby & WR Robin Medeiros to the practice roster.WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed LB Carlton Littlejohn and RB Tyler Thomas to the practice roster.

NFLCAROLINA PANTHERS — Announced the retirement of CB Chris Houston. Released P Matt Wile. Signed CB T.J. Heath and DT Kenny Horsley.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released CB Chris Cook.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Activated S Earl Thomas from the PUP list.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived LS Courtland Clavette.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CBs Bryan McCann and DreQuan Hos-key. Waived S Phillip Thomas. Waived-injured CB Tevin Mitchel.

HOCKEY

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with D Viktor Svedberg on a 1-year contract.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Agreed to terms with D Hubert Labrie.

LACROSSENLLBUFFALO BANDITS — Agreed to terms with G Anthony Cosmo on a 3-yr contract.

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE

D.C. 12 7 5 33 26 41New York 9 6 6 33 25 33Toronto 9 8 4 36 35 31Columbus 8 8 7 36 38 31New England 8 9 7 32 36 31Montreal 8 8 4 29 30 28Orlando 7 10 6 32 37 27New York City 6 10 6 31 34 24Chicago 6 11 4 24 30 22Philadelphia 6 13 4 29 40 22

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Vancouver 12 8 3 30 22 39Dallas 11 6 5 32 27 38Los Angeles 10 7 7 39 29 37Kansas City 9 4 7 30 21 34Portland 9 8 6 24 28 33Seattle 10 11 2 25 24 32Salt Lake 7 8 8 27 33 29Houston 7 8 7 28 27 28San Jose 7 9 5 22 27 26Colorado 5 7 9 19 22 24

3 points for victory, 1 point for tie.

Toronto 4 Orlando 1New York 1 Montreal 1

Chicago at Portland, 11 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 4 p.m.Philadelphia at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.D.C. at Montreal, 8 p.m.Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.San Jose at Houston, 9 p.m.Salt Lake at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Seattle at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.New York City at New York, 7 p.m.

SOCCER

PGA

(Through Aug. 2)

1. Jordan Spieth 3,763 $9,170,2152. Bubba Watson 2,043 $4,724,5183. Jimmy Walker 1,997 $4,251,8834. Jason Day 1,793 $4,140,2055. Dustin Johnson 1,607 $4,355,3316. Robert Streb 1,526 $3,074,1247. Zach Johnson 1,522 $3,883,6878. Rory McIlroy 1,510 $4,147,8499. Patrick Reed 1,497 $2,902,62410. Charley Hoffman 1,473 $3,224,59611. Danny Lee 1,442 $2,984,39712. Justin Rose 1,422 $3,620,30213. Brandt Snedeker 1,410 $3,238,79214. J.B. Holmes 1,405 $3,251,10415. Kevin Kisner 1,384 $3,103,57616. Rickie Fowler 1,384 $3,545,52317. Hideki Matsuyama 1,311 $2,977,65018. Brooks Koepka 1,248 $2,629,94219. Steven Bowditch 1,222 $2,562,21020. Jim Furyk 1,193 $2,697,58221. Paul Casey 1,156 $2,654,02922. David Lingmerth 1,147 $2,311,39423. Bill Haas 1,144 $2,516,76724. Ben Martin 1,137 $2,442,58425. Scott Piercy 1,107 $2,033,80426. Chris Kirk 1,087 $2,296,39627. Ryan Moore 1,081 $2,357,16828. Matt Kuchar 1,026 $1,890,87829. Gary Woodland 1,024 $2,402,66530. Louis Oosthuizen 1,022 $2,893,97931. Sangmoon Bae 1,011 $2,047,18732. Jason Bohn 1,005 $2,049,97333. Sergio Garcia 1,005 $2,548,42934. Kevin Na 1,004 $2,219,98335. Shawn Stefani 987 $1,689,41136. James Hahn 984 $1,942,88337. Justin Thomas 940 $1,848,17238. Troy Merritt 915 $1,958,84839. Russell Knox 914 $1,655,55340. Tony Finau 905 $1,701,046

AQUATICSFINA

SWIMMING— 1, Adam

Peaty, Britain, 26.51. 2, Cameron Van der Burgh, S. Africa, 26.66. 3, Kevin Cordes, U.S., 26.86. 4, Felipe Franca Silva, Brazil, 26.87. 5 (tie), Damir Dugonjic, Slovenia, & Giedrius Titenis, Lith., 27.23.

— 1, Laszlo Cseh, Hungary, 1:53.48. 2, Chad Le Clos, S. Af-rica, 1:53.68. 3, Jan Switkowski, Poland, 1:54.10. 4, Masato Sakai, Japan, 1:54.24. 5, Viktor Bromer, Denmark, 1:54.66.

— 1, Sun Yang, China, 7:39.96. 2, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy, 7:40.81. 3, Mack Horton, Australia, 7:44.02. 4, Connor Jaeger, U.S., 7:44.51. 5, Henrik Christiansen, Norway, 7:45.66.

— 1, Katie Ledecky, US, 1:55.16. 2, Federica Pel-legrini, Ita., 1:55.32. 3, Missy Franklin, US, 1:55.49. 4, Veronika Popova, Russia, 1:56.16. 5, Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 1:56.19.

— 1, Britain (Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty,

3:41.71 (world record; previous record: 3:46.52, Australia, 2014). 2, U.S. (Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Katie McLaughlin, Margo Geer), 3:43.27. 3, Germany (Jan-Philip Glania, Hendrik Feldwehr, Alexandra Nathalie Wenk, Annika Bruhn), 3:44.13. 4, China (Xu Jiayu, Li Xiang, Lu Ying, Zhu Menghui), 3:44.65. 5, Rus. (An-

Pakhomov, Vladimor Morozov), 3:44.83.

United States 8 Australia 6Netherlands 10 Italy 9 (5-5 tie, 5-4 penalty shootout)

Kazakhstan 4

— 1, Gary Hunt, Brit-ain, 629.30. 2, Bernal Paredes, Mexico, 596.45. 3, Artem Silchenko, Russia, 593.95. 4, David Colturi, U.S., 586.70. 5, Andy Jones, U.S., 579.15.

GOLFLPGA

(Through Aug. 2)

1. Inbee Park 18 $1,732,1652. Stacy Lewis 17 $1,200,4323. Lydia Ko 16 $1,180,1074. Sei-Young Kim 18 $1,162,2435. Amy Yang 17 $1,110,7846. Lexi Thompson 16 $862,9747. Morgan Pressel 19 $825,0218. Brittany Lincicome 18 $807,3929. Na Yeon Choi 17 $748,27410. Anna Nordqvist 17 $737,10911. So Yeon Ryu 17 $695,50612. Hyo-Joo Kim 15 $692,24913. Cristie Kerr 19 $667,91614. Suzann Pettersen 14 $524,78115. Chella Choi 20 $520,10416. Ha Na Jang 16 $520,08317. Shanshan Feng 13 $508,56818. Mirim Lee 16 $507,68219. Minjee Lee 19 $504,17520. Brittany Lang 19 $466,17721. Gerina Piller 19 $420,37822. Lizette Salas 15 $392,69123. Jenny Shin 19 $388,21024. Alison Lee 17 $367,48325. Sandra Gal 18 $366,72326. Azahara Munoz 15 $366,24227. Ilhee Lee 19 $352,34228. Karrie Webb 16 $348,95029. Mika Miyazato 16 $338,22730. Mi Hyang Lee 19 $317,93431. Pernilla Lindberg 19 $302,02632. Angela Stanford 18 $287,63333. Paula Creamer 17 $268,27734. Jane Park 18 $264,33635. Ariya Jutanugarn 19 $259,41636. Q Baek 18 $256,01937. Austin Ernst 19 $248,34638. Hee Young Park 18 $247,67239. Julieta Granada 18 $236,15240. Mariajo Uribe 18 $235,28541. Pornanong Phatlum 18 $228,36242. Michelle Wie 16 $225,05743. Karine Icher 19 $224,193

SCOREBOARD

Whitecaps, Sounders draw 1-1 at B.C. PlaceJOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Lamar Neagle scored in the 72nd minute Wednesday as the Seattle Sounders tied the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 in the CONCACAF Cham-pions League.

Tim Parker replied for the Whitecaps as both clubs opened up play in Group F with a single point.

Neagle’s goal came off a Seattle free kick that looped over the Vancouver penalty area to Andy Rose on the right. Parker had given the Whitecaps the lead 11 min-utes earlier with a beautiful glancing backheel flick off a Pedro Morales corner that beat a help-less Troy Perkins to the far post in the Seattle goal. The breakthrough came moments after Vancouver got its first shot of any kind in the match, a good effort from Erik Hurtado on a ball over the top that Perkins did well to save.

The Whitecaps fielded an entirely different starting 11 from Saturday’s impressive 3-0 road victory over Seattle in Major League Soccer, while the Sounders made eight changes.

There was lack of cohesion showed by each team’s mostly youthful units for the first two-thirds of the match — especially Vancouver — and Parker’s goal sparked the crowd at B.C. Place Stadium.

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After two losses, Lions look to rebound against EskimosOnly two wins this season have come against the winless RougrhidersJOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions took a long look in the mirror this week.

Coming off a pair of performances where they jumped out to early leads only to falter badly in demoralizing losses, a meas-ure of inner reflection was needed before getting back on the practice field.

“There was a lot of soul searching to make sure that we’re together,” said Lions head coach Jeff Ted-ford. “The guys have been really close and working really hard and pushing one another and are really excited to have another opportunity.”

That opportunity comes Thursday when the Lions (2-3) host the red-hot Edmon-ton Eskimos (4-1) to kick off Week 7 of the CFL season.

B.C. jumped out to an early 7-0 lead last Thursday on the road against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers thanks to a methodical 14-play, 95-yard touchdown drive, but man-aged just six points the rest of the way in a 23-13 loss.

That defeat came on the heels of stunning collapse on July 24 when the Lions led 21-0 at home against Toronto, only to see the advantage evaporate in a 30-27 Argonauts victory.

The Lions have still yet to put together four solid quarters this season — their only two victories are over the winless Saskatchewan Roughriders — and know they need a much better effort to have a chance of stopping an Edmonton team that has won four straight

by an average of 23.5 points.“We’ve recovered well this

week. I do think the confi-dence is good,” said Lions quarterback Travis Lulay, who threw three intercep-tions against Winnipeg and has been taking most of the heat for his team’s eight-ranked offence. “We know we have a great challenge.”

One of the big problems for the Lions in 2015 has been an inability to get back on track quickly when things don’t go their way — something the players said

they’re aware of and trying to correct.

“You can feel momentum. It’s a very real thing,” said Lulay. “There’s ebbs and flows to every single game. The best games I’ve ever played in there’s been nega-tive plays or drives. You have to find a way to over-come those.”

One constant for the Lions has been the play of run-ning back Andrew Harris, who leads the CFL in rush-ing and is also his team’s second-leading receiver.

“He’s an awful good play-er,” Eskimos head coach Chris Jones told reporters in Edmonton this week. “He runs with authority, he catches the ball out of the backfield, he’s faster than you think he is.”

To get back to .500, B.C. will have to break through against a stout Edmonton defence that is ranked first overall in yards allowed per game, first against the pass, and second against the run. The Eskimos own a league-high 17 sacks and have held opponents out of the end zone over the last two games.

B.C. Lions head coach Jeff Tedford talks to players on the bench in Winnipeg on July 30. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Toronto Blue Jay Chris Colabello congratulates Jose Bautista after Bautista hit a grand slam against the Minnesota Twins in Toronto on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Bautista hits grand slam to lead Blue Jays over TwinsJOHN CHIDLEY-HILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Jose Bautista hit a grand slam in the second inning and the Toron-to Blue Jays held on for a 9-7 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.

Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion also hit home runs for Toronto (57-52), which has won four straight to strength-en its hold on the second wild card in the American League and keep pace with the AL East-leading New York Yankees.

The Blue Jays have homered in 17 of 18 games since the all-star break and have hit multiple home runs in 10 of those games. Drew Hutchison (10-2) struck out five over five innings of work but gave up seven runs — three of them earned — on seven hits. Liam Hendriks, Brett Cecil

and Mark Lowe pitched a scoreless inning of relief each before LaTroy Hawkins came in to earn his first save with Toron-to. Designated hitter Miguel Sano had two hits and three runs batted in for Min-nesota (54-53), which has dropped three games in a row. Tyler Duffey (0-1) strug-gled in his Major League debut, giving up six runs on five hits in just two innings of work. Five relievers came in for the Twins after Duffey was pulled from the mound.

Donaldson made an impressive catch in the first inning, stabbing a line drive by Brian Dozier out of the air for the first out of the game. Minnesota took a 3-0 lead immediately after Donaldson’s strong defensive play. Sano drove in leadoff man Aaron Hicks with a double that advanced Joe Mauer to third.

Vegas, Quebec City move to next phaseTHE CANADIAN PRESS

The bids for NHL teams in Quebec City and Las Vegas are progressing to the next stage of the expansion process.

Quebecor Media vice-president of public affairs Martin Tremblay confirmed in a telephone inter-view Wednesday that the group overseeing the Quebec City bid has received an invitation from the league to participate in the second phase of theprocess. Tremblay refused to give any other details

Bill Foley, who leads the Las Vegas bid, confirmedin a statement that his group has also been invited to participate in Phase 2.

Foley said in a statement that the next phase involves providing the NHL with additional infor-mation about the Las Vegas market and the new arena being built on the famous Las Vegas Strip.

The Quebec City and Las Vegas bids are the only two currently in the running, as they were the onlygroups to submit expansion applications before last month’s deadline. Both bids are bolstered by new arenas. Quebecor manages the Videotron Cen-tre, which opened this year.

Las Vegas’s arena is expected to be finished in 2016.

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VALLEY FACESGetting to know the people who live in the Alberni Valley

Family welcomes the fi fth generationKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Although they both arrived in Port Alberni separately with their

families in 1956, Jeanette and Phillip Fortin did not meet until a few years later. Now, as great grandparents, they are the fourth of five generations of the family, many of whom are living in Port Alberni.

After they met as late teen-agers, the couple found out that they lived similar lives as children. Both from prairie farms in Saskatchewan, their fathers decided to head west to find work. Jeanette remembers some of the difficulties of prai-rie life, but at the age of six, did not realize they were poor. She spent time riding Clydesdale horses bareback and doing regular farm chores.

“It was just a part of what we did,” she said. “But it was a big adventure to come to BC by train.”

Phillip, as a Francophone, arrived in Port Alberni around the same age. They both attended Smith Memorial School.

“My first chore was to learn English to go to school,” he said.

Jeanette’s late father, Floyd Kirkpatrick, quickly found work at the pulp mill, while Phillip’s late father, Wilford Fortin, first started out in con-struction before getting hired on at the plywood mill.

The one major difference they learned was the size of their families. Phillip’s family, along with his late mother, Marianne, consists of seven children, while Jeanette has only three siblings. At the age of 80-some-thing, her mother and recent great, great grandmother, Denise Kirkpatrick, is living on her own in Qualicum.

Jeanette attended most schools in the Valley and graduated from ADSS in 1969. At the age of 16, Phillip was able to pick up a job alongside his father at the plywood mill. After high school, Jeanette had several jobs, including waitressing at the Tyee Village, helping at Betty’s Deep Fry, administration duties at the pulp mill and, later, in the hos-pital lab. The two were married

the year after they met and this year celebrated their 45th wed-ding anniversary.

In 1970 they purchased their first home on Marpole Street and had their son, Dennis. Three years later, they had their daughter Melinda.

“I loved parenthood,” Jean-ette said. “I baked and made my own bread. I always had a nice meal on the table. I made Phillip’s lunch and sent him off to work. We lived on a one-per-son income for the rest of the time.”

The family moved and lived for the majority of time at its Tebo Road home. They spent a lot of time camping and fishing in the canal, at Toquart Bay and at Mactush. Later they travelled to Disneyland and Yellowstone National Park. The biggest change Jeanette recalls about Port Alberni over the years is the active social life.

“When Woodward’s was here it was way busier on Third Avenue,” she said. “Every Friday night we would meet friends and visit in the cafe for a coke or coffee.”

“We went to the Lantern Inn when it was on Fourth Ave,” Phillip said. “When it burned

down, it was moved to Beaver Creek.”

After raising their family and living at the Tebo Road resi-dence for 32 years, the Fortins too, moved to Beaver Creek. When they retired, they decid-ed it was time to build their dream home. Twenty years ago they purchased 20 acres of property close to the Beaufort Range but it wasn’t until eight years ago that the construction began.

The custom home is located on a quiet dead end road and is complete with a rock fireplace, vaulted ceilings and granite countertops.

“We have a turret with win-dows all around and I can watch nature,” Jeanette said.

The couple also enjoy life as snowbirds by spending the win-ters in southern California or Mexico. After undergoing open heart surgery on two different occasions, Jeanette realized it was a chance to appreciate life and take in as much as possible.

Her first surgery took place just before she turned 42.

“I was shocked but I was at the right place at the right time,” she said.

Her artery was 100 per cent

blocked and collapsed when the surgeon tried a laser procedure. Nine years later, she found her-self back in the hospital in Vic-toria for another angioplasty and suffered a heart attack on the operating table.

In 2007, she was equipped with a pace maker.

“I’ve learned to listen to my body,” she said.

Since then, they have seen parts of the world and watched their family grow. Their daugh-ter, Melinda, has a son, Cody Devito and daughter Jessica Devito. Cody, along with Vic-toria Clarke, welcomed the fifth generation, a son, Mason, in June.

When Mason was born, the family had the opportunity to close the generation gap at a gathering hosted by Victoria’s mother, Michelle Clarke.

The baby shower was a well-planned day of great food, a beautiful cake and many gifts, Jeanette said.

Both Jeanette and Phillip look forward to many more retire-ment years to travel, enjoy their home and spend time with the family.

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fee, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring local art-ists. Open mic, laid back atmosphere.

Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals commence Monday, Sep-tember 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

Sports & recreationAfter School Burn - Youth Parkour, ages

7 to 12, Mondays and Fridays, from April 13 through May 22. Sign up Echo Centre, 4255 Wallace Street. Info: (250) 723-2181.

Fun Night every Friday at 6 p.m. at the Alberni Valley branch of the Royal Can-adian Legion. Food available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for a small fee.

Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Adult Drop-in badminton on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at the Alberni Athletic Hall. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg Hudson).

If you are a runner and want to join others, check out Port Alberni Running on Facebook.

Sproat Lake Canoe Club, outrigger paddling throughout the week.Info: 250-723-0640.

Become a Student of Movement with EPK Parkour and Fitness. Info: 250-918-8863 or e-mail [email protected]. All ages welcome.

Special interestMedieval Society, come play with us! Fam-

ilies welcome. Info: 250-724-0535. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 293, Nanaimo rummy, 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday. Info: 250-723-7513.

Child and youth Bring your zero to five year olds to the

library for storytime on Fridays, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Free, but please call 250-

723-9511 to register.Rock Solid Youth, ages 13 to 18, Fridays at

7 p.m. at Elim Tabernacle.Parent On Tots and French Parent on Tots

- parent and child playgroup. Fridays, 9 to 11 a.m., room 2 at Alberni Elementary School. Info: 250-723-5603.

Rollerblading for youth 13 and under at Glenwood Centre on Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Support and help Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

and other kinship care providers are welcome to call a province-wide infor-mation and support line toll free at 1-855-474-9777 or e-mail [email protected].

Debt and budget coaching help available at Arrowsmith Baptist Church Debt Freedom Centre every Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 250-724-7272 or www.arrow-smith.com/debt-coaching

Meals on Wheels program needs volunteer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.

Families dealing with the Ministry of Chil-dren and Families, fighting for laws to be changed, social justice and civility. Info: 250-590-8708 or view www.abu-sive-ministry.ca to share your story.

First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196.

Volunteers needed to help at Red Cross Health Equipment and Loan Program for four hour shifts. Call between 10

a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 250-723-0557.

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficulties please call 250-723-2040.

Service groupsLiteracy Alberni drop-in times, Monday

through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.

Alberni Valley Hospice Society provides trained volunteers to support people and families facing life threatening illness, death and bereavement. Ty Wat-son House (2649 Second Ave.).

Addictions Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-807-1780

for meeting times and locations.Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info:

1-800-883-3968.

What’s comingOur Town Aug. 18 Luau Party 6–8 p.m. at

the Harbour Quay. Info: Barbi Jackson / Lisa Krause, 250-723-2181.

Maritime Discovery Centre Service Boat Day children’s event at Centennial Pier, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

Centennial Belles fashion show, Aug. 9 from 2-4 p.m. at Rollin Art Centre. Proceeds to benefit Rollin Art Centre programs.

Maritime Discovery Centre Build a Boat Day children’s event, Aug. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

Maritime Discovery Fishing Derby for children, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

A.V. Legion Branch 293 Fun Fishing Derby Saturday, Aug. 22 6a.m. to 9p.m., Sun-day Aug. 23 6a.m. to 11a.m., final weigh in 11a.m. Tickets available at the Legion and Gone Fishin’.

Wings for Angel dinner, entertainment, silent auction for Hugginz Foundation, Aug. 29. Tickets at the Best Western Barclay or call 250-735-7595.

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Park project wraps up without hiking pathANDREW BAILEY WESTERLEY NEWS

The Pacific Rim National Park recently completed a roughly $10.7 million pav-

ing project that has made the West Coast easier to explore by car but offered little for bicyc-lists and pedestrians.

When the Park announced in February that its roughly 22 km stretch of highway between Tofino and Ucluelet would be repaved, West Coast community leaders expressed frustration

that a bike path was not includ-ed in the work.

Though this specific paving project is now complete, Uclue-let Mayor Dianne St. Jacques assured the community would continue pushing for a path.

“We did request a bike path and we were told it wasn’t in the budget at this time,” St. Jacques said during the public question period of a recent regular coun-cil meeting.

“It’s something we’ll continue to lobby for certainly; but we

have no knowledge at this point in time, unfortunately, that that project is going to happen in the immediate future.”

In an email to the Westerly News, Park spokeswomanLaura Judson acknowledged the West Coast’s desire for a bike path and said such a path’s potential would continue to be explored.

“Parks Canada is aware of the community interest in a bike path, and we are in the early stages of examining the feasibil-ity of a future bike path,”

she said.“We look forward to exploring

this idea further with the com-munities of Tofino, Ucluelet and First Nations.”

With the paving project wrapped up, commuters should now be able to enjoy delay-free driving; though summer’s RVs and “bear jams,” created by drivers who forget to pull over before viewing wildlife, will undoubtedly disrupt smooth sailings.

“The project was completed

ahead of schedule and we are very pleased with the work. The renewed highway is a pleasure to use and will be a benefit to the region as it improves the experience for visitors and community mem-bers,” Judson said.

“We sincerely appreciate the patience of drivers during this time and hope they enjoy the smooth new 22-kilometre stretch of highway.”

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◆ UCLUELET

Police arrest man after beach argument

Ucluelet police received a report of a man and a woman arguing near a local beach on July 15 and when they arrived at the scene they found the man was significantly impaired, according to Const. Marcel Midlane.

“The male was grossly intoxi-cated, he was stumbling and slurring his words and smelled strongly of liquor,” Midlane told the Westerly.

The man was arrested for being drunk in public but while he was being walked to a police car he reportedly turned and spat in a police officer’s face, according to Midlane.

“Originally he was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place...he spat in the face of the officer, (so) he’s also being charged now with assaulting a police officer,” Midlane said.

The man was held in custody until sober and released with a promise to appear in court.

◆ PORT ALBERNI

Police report man fl ees scene of auto accident

A man who police say left the scene of a significant sin-

gle-vehicle collision near Uclue-let was later arrested in Port Alberni on five outstanding warrants.

On July 16, at approximately 7 p.m., a vehicle travelling towards the West Coast from Port Alber-ni was coming around a corner near Kerr Creek when the driver lost control, according to Const. Midlane.

“The vehicle hit a barrier on the side of the road, skidded across the centre lane, then skid-ded back into the West bound lane and went over an embank-ment,” he said.

“The vehicle traveled about 40-50 feet down the embankment before it came to a rest....The occupants were all able to get out of the vehicle and climb up to the highway.”

Two of the occupants were taken to the Tofino General Hos-pital but the third person had hitched a ride back to Port Alber-ni from a passerby before police arrived.

An investigation led police to discover the man who had left the scene had five outstanding warrants for his arrest and Port Alberni RCMP picked him up later that night, according to Midlane

Midlane said the vehicle was damaged beyond repair but all three occupants escaped relative-ly unharmed.

“They were very fortunate...

Everybody involved sustained minor bruises and bumps and some soreness,” he said adding speed was likely a factor in the collision.

“It’s possible that there was maybe a mechanical malfunc-tion, but it’s likely that speed played a factor given the skid marks on the road.”

◆ UCLUELET

Main Street liquor store sees attempted break-in

An attempted break-in occurred at Ucluelet’s BC Liquor Store on Main Street.

On July 15 around 4 a.m. Uclue-let RCMP responded to the liquor store’s alarm and arrived to find two rocks lying near a broken window.

Const. Midlane said nothing was stolen, and no entry was made into the liquor store, but about $200 worth of damage was done to the window.

Two intoxicated men were found nearby but police discov-ered no evidence to suggest that either of them had been responsible for the broken window.

“There was no evidence to tie them to the scene,” Midlane said.

Both men were detained until sober and each received a $115 violation ticket for being drunk in public.

Lantern festival set to light up the Tofi no nightANDREW BAILEY WESTERLY NEWS

Tofino’s August sky will soon be aglow with a colourful col-lection of light flowing from hundreds, if not thousands, of creatively handcrafted local creations.

The 15th annual Tofino Lantern Festival will land at the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Sunday, Aug. 16.

The event is a consistent favourite amongst the West Coast’s locals and visitors and is the Raincoast Education Soci-ety’s largest annual fundraiser.

The society’s executive director Dan Harrison told the Westerly that the event has grown sub-stantially over the years.

“That really is a reflection of how much support we have. Visitors and locals come out every year and support it know-ing that it’s a great event,” he said.

“The event itself is incredibly enjoyable and reaches so many families...and all the proceeds go right back to all the educa-tion programs we provide in the community.”

As they get set to ring in the festival’s 15th appearance, the

society is also celebrating its 15th birthday, as the event has been an annual staple on the society’s calendar.

“From the get go, we were a small organization and the lan-tern festival was a small event. Now the organization has grown substantially and this event continues to grow with us and allows us to grow,” Harrison said.

“The funds that we receive from this event allow us to grow into the organization we’ve become...It’s been incredibly sub-stantial and the support has real-ly allowed us to push through some tighter times.”

The event now brings in about $10,000 each year for the society to put towards its local program-ming, according to Harrison.

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Honda, Mazda in ‘cute utes’ battleSegment sees its sales doubling from 205,467 units in 2011 to a projected 400,000-plus in 2015CHARLES FLEMING LOS ANGELES TIMES

The hottest segment in the U.S. auto market is getting hotter with the addition of new subcompact SUV

offerings from Honda and Mazda.New for 2016 are Honda’s

HR-V and Mazda’s CX-3. Both are small utility vehicles with starting prices near $20,000, aimed at what Mazda calls “new buyers, early adopters, empty-nesters and right-sizers,” and what Honda calls “balanced individualists.”

In other words, these are “cute utes.” Soccer moms and dads need not apply.

The segment is already over-heated, with sales doubling from 205,467 units in 2011 to a pro-jected 400,000-plus in 2015.

Fighting for attention in the mini- or subcompact-crossover market are the Subaru Cross-trek, Nissan Juke, Jeep Rene-gade, Fiat 500X, Buick Encore, Mitsubishi Outlander, GMC Granite and Mini Countryman and Pacerman.

Hyundai and Scion are plan-ning subcompact SUVs too.

“This segment is hot because SUVs are hot, and these are small SUVs that cost barely more than a common economy car,” said Karl Brauer, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book. “SUVs work for small families, retirees and college students. Now roll in people with a limited budget.”

Honda has already been dom-inant in the small crossover category. Its CR-V, introduced in 1997 and refreshed for 2012, is the leading car in that niche. Last year, the company sold 335,019 of the popular SUVs.

The HR-V is 10 inches short-er and 2 inches slimmer than its sibling. While the CR-V is built on the Civic platform, the HR-V is based on the smaller Fit chassis.

It’s cheaper too — about $3,000 less, depending on the model and options.

Around town, it’s a capable people mover. Bearing paddle shifters ordinarily reserved for sportier cars, the HR-V has a peppy power band and makes good use of the 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine, which makes 141 horsepower and 127 pound-feet of torque.

The continuously variable transmission spreads the power around well, so the HR-V only occasionally feels like a large wind-up toy.

On the freeway, its limitations are more evident, as road noise intrudes and higher-speed lane changes challenge the small motor. The surprisingly plush suspension makes for a smooth

ride, though it gets a little squishy on sharper turns, and should perform well with a full complement of adults aboard.

Like the Fit on which it’s based, the HR-V is fitted with a rear seating system that folds flat and offers a large, clear cargo space, enough to carry a mountain bike vertically, the company says. The cleverly designed rear seats also fold up, allowing transport of tall items behind the driver and front passenger.

Fuel economy varies between the two-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models, and those with CVT or manual transmis-sions. At its best, the HR-V gets 28 miles per gallon in the city and 35 miles per gallon on the highway, for a combined 31 miles per gallon.

The Mazda is similarly impres-sive, with a sportier feel.

Its 2.0-liter engine makes 146 horsepower and 146 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a six-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters — the company will not offer a manual version — the CX-3 is strong and nimble, particularly the all-wheel-drive version.

Similarly smaller than its big CX-5 brother, the smaller Mazda handles the twisties like a sports car but rides solidly on the free-way too, and more quietly than the HR-V, though it weighs about 100 pounds less than its Honda counterpart.

Its fuel economy is equally good, with a claimed 35 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg in the city, for a combined 31 mpg.

It may not compete as well in the passenger and cargo realm. The back seats are spacious and comfortable — but only for kids or small adults.

Total storage space with the rear seats folded flat is about 45 cubic feet, considerably less than the HR-V’s nearly 60 cubic feet.

Pricewise, the two vehicles will also be going head to head. The base model CX-3, built at Maz-da’s Hiroshima, Japan, factory, begins at about $19,600, while the top-of-the-line versions will sell for just over $28,000.

The HR-V, constructed in Hon-da’s Celaya, Mexico, plant, costs from $19,115 for a FWD manual transmission car to about $26,000 for a fully loaded AWD automatic version.

New for 2016 are Honda’s HR-V, left, and Mazda’s CX-3. Both are small utility vehicles with starting prices near $20,000, aimed at what Mazda calls ‘new buyers, early adopters, empty-nesters and right-sizers,’ and what Honda calls ‘balanced individualists.’ [TNS PHOTOS]

AMC’s Rambler was a bare bones workhorseMALCOLM GUNN WHEELBASEMEDIA.COM

While the automobiles of 1950s were often overstuffed, chrome-laden, gas-drinking behemoths, there were actually many prac-tical exceptions.

One company, Nash-Kelvinator, later to become American Motors Corporation, successful-ly bucked the chrome-and-fins trend. The company’s cars came with frameless unitized body construction, safety features that were ahead of their time (such as seatbelts), unique reclining seats you could sleep in and engines that championed fuel economy over horsepower and straight-line acceleration.

The bare-bones Rambler Amer-ican was a perfect case in point. Although not the smallest or thriftiest Nash/AMC product (the Austin-engined Metropolitan earned that distinction), it came in a variety of compact coupe, sedan, convertible and wagon body styles. Still, six passengers could squeeze onto its bench seats. And with 82-90 horsepower (depending on the year) on tap from its inline six-cylinder engine, the company promised the car would deliver 30 miles per U.S. gallon (more with the optional overdrive), a figure well above almost any other car on the road at the time.

The original Rambler dated back to 1950 when its bathtub shape joined the Nash lineup that included the larger, bet-ter-equipped and similarly styled Airflyte, Statesman and Ambas-sador models. Initially, only two versions were produced: a two-door “landau convertible,” where only the roof folded out of sight leaving the side window frames

in place; and a two-door station wagon. Later Ramblers would also be available as a pillarless two-door hardtop with an option-al externally-mounted “contin-ental” spare tire.

The last of the first-generation 100-inch (255-centimetre) wheel-base Ramblers was produced in 1955, a year after Nash-Kel-vinator and Hudson merged to become American Motors. In 1956, the Rambler name-plate was attached to a larger (108-inch/274-centimetre wheel-base) full-size car.

But AMC president George Romney, a staunch supporter of the small-car concept, thought the company had drifted away from its core principles, resulting in faltering economic fortunes. It was Romney - whose son Mitt

was the Republican candidate in the 2012 election for U.S. President - who publicly called the cars made by GM, Ford and Chrysler “gas-guzzling dino-saurs,” and issued a tongue-in-cheek challenge to Henry Ford II to a game of “chicken” by driving head-on into each other in their respective products. This, he felt, would demonstrate the inherent strength and safety of his company’s use of unitized construction. Ford’s response to this offer is not known.

Part way into the 1958 mod-el year, the original Rambler returned from its three-year hiatus to once again provide no-frills economical transpor-tation. Then called the Amer-ican, the less-than-$2,000 base two-door business sedan (the

better-equipped Super cost about $100 extra) offered only a few options, including Flash-O-Matic automatic transmission, AM radio and a heater.

The American was nearly iden-tical to the 1950-’55 Rambler, with the exception of a new grille and full cut-out wheel openings that made the car look less tub-like than the original.

Bringing back the Rambler turned out to be a stroke of genius for Romney and AMC. In 1958, a brief, but painful, recession affected the North American economy, and auto-mobile sales dropped. The only exception was American Motors, whose cheaper, economy-ori-ented products were suddenly in demand from cautious new-car buyers.

By year end, AMC had returned to profitability, earning a modest $24 million for its shareholders. Although the overall auto indus-try was resuscitated the follow-ing year, Romney’s company continued its winning ways, led by the lowly Rambler American which then featured a two-door wagon in addition to a two-door sedan.

By the end of the 1950s, more than 90,000 Americans had been sold, which was triple the previous year’s output. AMC’s 1959 profit also expanded to an impressive $60 million.

The Rambler American con-tinued unchanged for one more year before being replaced with a completely new (and boxier) design in 1961. But by then the little car with its downright homely, brightwork-absent sheet-metal and featureless interior had already done its job and done it well. It helped rescue an entire company and put AMC back on track as a competitive and innovative force.

And George Romney, who eventually became a three-term Governor of Michigan and a 1968 Republican presidential candidate, was hailed as one of the most brilliant and innovative corporate leaders of the 20th century.

You won’t find too many around today (after all, the 1959 example pictured here was part of a Universal Studios Jurassic Park exhibit in Florida), but the next time you come across some giant-finned glitz-mobile from the Father-Knows-Best or Leave-It-To-Beaver era, think about the humble Rambler American and its ultimate impact on the kind of cars we drive today.

The original Rambler dated back to 1950 when its bathtub shape joined the Nash lineup that included the larger, better-equipped and similarly styled Airflyte, Statesman and Ambassador models. [WHEELBASEMEDIA]

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Comics and musicians to entertain on stage The Reggie Reynolds Beer

to Survive Comedy Tour with Jamie Charest is

coming to Char’s Landing on

Friday. Charest is a Canadian artist. He first stepped foot on a comedy stage in 1999. He walked into a restaurant that

was holding a small weekly comedy contest. On a whim, he entered the contest and won three weeks in a row with his original material and vulner-able style. From there he began to develop an act at a local comedy club. After spending over a decade as a variety enter-tainer and street performer he is currently funnier than ever, performing stand up comedy on a regular basis at comedy clubs, theatres and private functions all throughout Western Can-ada. Jamie has been featured on CBC radio, performed at the 2010 Olympics, appeared in several independent films and has recently worked with Tom Green and Steve O from Jack Ass. www.jamiecharest.com

Reggie Reynolds is a strug-gling alcoholic that travels from town to town looking for work in northern Alberta. He has a hard time holding down a job but when he’s in the zone he actually works pretty hard. Beer is his motivation. He’ll even drive to your town and do a show for the right amount of beer. Sure to light up any room with his original comedic songs Reggie just needs a hot crowd and Beer To Survive. Watch more Reggie Reynolds videos on YouTube, follow him on Insta-gram, Twitter and Facebook.

The PG show runs from 8 to 9 p.m. followed by the XXX version at 10 p.m. this Friday, August 7.

On Tuesday, musicians Qristina and Quinn will hit the stage with their

folk and Celtic roots. Qristina & Quinn Bachand

have proven to be quintessential to Canada’s contribution to the world stage, garnering a man-tle-packing collection of awards and recognition that thrust them to the top of the inter-national Celtic music world, the most recent a nomination at the 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards (Roots Recording of the Year) for their brand new album, “Little Hinges”. With Qristina’s shimmering vocals and inspirational fiddling and Quinn’s old –soul mastery to all things stringed, this brother and sister act clearly hit the mark with the music industry earning accolades and international touring opportunities with the likes of Ashley MacIsaac and Natalie MacMaster. The duo won 2010 Top Traditional Group and 2011 Top Duo at the Irish

Music Awards as well as eight nominations at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Born and raised on Canada’s West Coast with its signature tolerance for experimentation and improvisation, the siblings have always sought to find their own ‘voice’, exploring all kinds of musical traditions and fusing styles such as Old-time, Irish trad, Folk, and Jazz to create

their own distinctive sound – one that is arresting, provoca-tive, stimulating and thoroughly intoxicating.

The show takes place at Char’s Landing on Tuesday, August 11 at 8 p.m.

On Wednesday, August 12, San Diego’s Sister Speaks, who have opened for Xavier Rudd and Chris Isaak, will perform at Char’s Landing at 8 p.m.

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What makes something go viral? From my observation it stems from passion. It’s some-

thing that taps into a need in the col-lective consciousness of all, or part of the three billion netizens and quickly becomes a force, a message a ground-swell. Cecil the lion anyone?

This week another hashtag went viral. One that I think deserves more attention and has a strong message for young women. San Francisco tech company OneLogin launched its recruiting campaign which featured an ad with a young woman along side a quote about her #joblove and her job title: platform engineer. The ads were placed on the public transit sys-tem in San Francisco (BART), where they consequently received a lot of backlash online resulting in the viral campaign #ILookLikeAnEngineer.

The young women in the ad is attractive and her smirk might be considered sexy, so comments stated that she “didn’t look like an engineer.” Why? Well for starters the tech indus-try is currently male dominated with

women holding approximately 25 per cent of all tech jobs, so viewers gener-ally felt this was a misrepresentation. Isis Wenger, the women who appears in the ad and is a software engineer at OneLogin, responded on Twitter with a picture of herself holding a sign that simply states, “I help build enter-prise software, #ILookLikeAnEngin-eer”. This prompted many women in the industry to do the same using the hashtag to stand up against stereo-typing and further highlight the need for more women in the tech sector. I encourage you to look it up online.

This campaign comes on the coat-tails, or perhaps I should say “cape-tails” of another recent hashtag campaign #ItWasNeverADress. The campaign, created in-house by soft-

ware company Axoft and launched at the Girls In Tech Catalyst Conference in Phoenix, features the universal stick-figure image of a woman in a dress (commonly seen on washroom doors) and turns it into an image of a superhero figure in a cape. The campaign goals were to “shift percep-tions and assumptions about women” and ultimately to empower women. The campaign not only went viral at the conference but was trending worldwide.

These campaigns have gone viral because there is a need. If you are considering a career change, are recently graduated, or have daughters interested in technology, I encourage you to look into it. The great thing with technology is that you can often do most of it from your laptop, say on an island on the West Coast of Canada?

Meetings are a staple of the modern office. Yet for any-one who’s ever sat through

an especially boring session (and who hasn’t?), they can sometimes be torturous.

Over my eighteen years in this business, I’ve seen my share of painful meetings, particularly those conducted by a chairperson whose style is dry as dust or who rambles on until even my toenails feel like they’re going numb.

Luckily, not all meetings are like this. An effective meeting can be an excellent means of keeping strategic players in the know and on the same page. Wisely-structured meetings can stimulate discussion, build rela-tionships and bring about concrete results.

This week and next we’ll take a look at the phenomenon of the meeting, with reference to online writers Tom Krattenmaker and Tim Higgins. Krattenmaker observes that misuse of the modern meeting format often leads to sessions that are unfocused, inefficient, overlong, and unneces-sary. He offers a helpful run-down of suggestions for organizers to boost both the productivity and the rele-vancy of their meetings.

Krattenmaker’s first piece of

advice is to meet only when neces-sary. Ask yourself what the true point of the meeting will be: is its objective something that can only be achieved face-to-face in a group set-ting? Or can it be met through other avenues?

If organizers are simply seeking a way to share information, a group e-mail may be able to achieve the same result without having to pull staff away from their workstations.

Another cure for meeting overload is delegation. Imagine if the govern-ment held a referendum on every sin-gle decision that crossed their desks; we’d have no room in our lives for anything else!

Similarly, if organizations held a general meeting to discuss every sin-gle issue that surfaced, the workday would consist of nothing else.

Delegating responsibility to key staff helps administrators diffuse the workload, and ensures the office doesn’t get bogged down in

“meeting-itis.”In cases where a meeting is definite-

ly called for, make sure to invite only those people who are directly con-cerned with its content and outcome.

If necessary, structure the agenda so that some attendees can leave once the issues that concern them are dealt with.

Also make sure the agenda con-tains clear objectives as well as concrete guideposts to track achieve-ment. This will make the meeting action-oriented and prevent it from becoming a mere summary of staff activities.

As noted earlier, good preparation is key. Having a well-planned (and shared) agenda before you convene, and setting a time limit for the meet-ing, will help keep things moving and on track.

You may even find that methodical planning will eliminate the need for a meeting altogether…something your workers will thank you for!

Thought for the week: “Any simple problem can be made

unsolvable if enough meetings are held to discuss it.” (Mitchell’s Law of Committees)

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Leaving berry patches and corn fields behind, the Naesgaard family popped over to Alberta

for a wedding recently. Some of us don’t see each other for

months, though we live fairly close together in BC, and then we travel hundreds of miles to socialize.

In Red Deer we all enjoyed a lovely, fun, matrimonial affair, flavoured by pickup trucks, suc-culent ribs and country music as my nephew Malcolm tied the knot with Alysia, an Alberta school teacher.

A lifetime of learning lies ahead.

Recent rains, some of which we experienced as dramatic thunder storms had painted Alberta pleasant shades of green; nicely complimenting flowing fields of yellow canola.

Not only was the sporadic rain a nice change of pace, but we also enjoyed the lower prices for other essential liquids such as gasoline and wine. Hopefully Alberta’s economy doesn’t tank with sinking oil prices particularly as their pros-perity overflows into B.C.

We are quite connected. Who doesn’t have friends or family working in Alberta? I’m always impressed by the energy of Edmonton.

When I travel I observe events and institutions and wonder how they might translate into the Alberni Valley and West Coast.

For example we enjoyed a cruise in a paddle wheeler on the North Saskatchewan River which dissects Edmonton.

Edmonton, once a renowned city of sports champions, is revitalizing itself with a new Oilers hockey arena downtown.

It also supports a vast array of cultural endeavours as it now functions more as a city of festivals.

One of its best, the 11 day long Fringe Theatre Festival, brings in a couple of hundred plays for performances in ad hoc venues in the historic Whyte Avenue area.

During another visit we attended a “Black History Month” choral performance in Edmonton’s fabulous Winspear Concert Hall.

During this current visit we experienced a “Taste of Edmonton.”

Along with musical entertain-ment 60 restaurants set up in downtown’s Churchill square for 10 days and nights, each offering two special dishes.

Approximately half a million customers purchase blocks of tickets and then trade them in for unique tapas.

We dined there during a week-day evening, but didn’t consider accessing the gourmet beer and wine area because of the large crowd.

Additionally in Edmonton we, more sedately, toured four large glass pyramids housing the Muttart Botanical Gardens, eagerly identifying plants in the “Temperate Zone” display.

At this time of the year Banff becomes a zoo filled to it’s mountainous brim with inter-national tourists but adjacent Canmore’s more subdued, and also very spectacular.

Here I huffed and puffed my way up a moderate climb to access a waterfall and fabulous views. The key to success with trails seems to be easy walking for seniors, and we have a num-ber of such trails both here in the Valley and on the West Coast.

Everyone visiting the West Coast loves our relatively benign bears. However they’re much fiercer in the Rockies. While hiking in Banff a niece turned a corner to come within yards of a grizzly and lived to tell about it.

Our family car-load merely encountered a herd of elk and groups of friendly mountain goats.

On another occasion I watched bemused as a not-so-wild goat gently poked his enquiring head into the middle of a family pic-nic table.

He soon withdrew as the fath-er unloaded some nasty words on him.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might feel awkward in a conversation with a dear friend when you reveal a certain amount of knowledge about a situation that he or she is unaware of. Avoid revealing your opinions; just state the facts. Tonight: Make it your treat.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You have what others lack, and your energy remains high. Where you choose to direct your focus might surprise some people. You might be more con-cerned about a family matter than you let on. Tonight: Share a special wish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Go within yourself to get the answers you want. Sometimes, playing it low-key is crucial. Do a better job of listening and get-ting to the bottom of a problem. What you hear could trigger a lot of thoughts. Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)Meetings will point you toward the path for fulfilling a long-term goal. Avoid discouraging a loved one who is feeling a bit off, as this person might have

difficulty anchoring in. Tonight: Get some errands done first.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)You might want to make an effort to get past someone’s resistance. This person seems to have control over you, or perhaps you feel as if you need to answer to him or her. Know that you can do what you want. Tonight: Out late.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Don’t hesitate to seek out someone who is relatively tuned in to your lifestyle. Though you don’t want to get involved in a problem, you might find yourself in one any-way. Honor a change of pace. Tonight: Be more forthright.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Be aware of the role money plays in your mind. You will be able to get past this issue if you can recognize why it is so important. Honor a change of plans, even if you are skeptical about it. Tonight: Listen to a family member.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You could be in a situation where you will need to reach out to your friends for help. Your efforts will make a differ-

ence. You have a way of drawing others in. Nevertheless, the interactions can be difficult. Tonight: Say “yes” to living it up!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Your even pace helps get the job done. A friend could make a strong point that affects your thoughts about your home life. Know that you might be tak-ing a negative slant on nearly everything. It is simply a phase. Tonight: Take a walk.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Remain playful and creative with someone who tends to be too serious and withdrawn. Know that you do make a differ-ence, but you must work with others’ energy levels. Reach out to a close friend. Tonight: Add more fun into your day.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Understand where someone else is coming from. It might be difficult to identify with this person, as you come from such different backgrounds. An older friend might want some distance. Make this OK for now. Tonight: Mosey on home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could make an error or wish someone had done something differently. You also recognize that you can’t change the situ-ation. Understand that others do care what happens. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our Mother, Sister and Friend Pearl.Born in Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, she resided in Port

l erni with her hus and eo agenais the se led in Port Alberni in 1955. Pearl worked for many years at Stephens Fushia ardens and in her re rement years worked at McDonald’s, those were her favorites. She loved her bingo and will be missed by her many friends there.

Pearl was predeceased by her husband of 23 years, Leo; her parents Basil & Gyda (Foulds) Hodgkin, brother Earl Hodgkin, sisters Alice Clement, Vivian Taylor & Lee-Anne Horne.

She will be sadly missed by her children – sons Wayne (Marilyn), David (Ingrid), & Barry (Diana) and daughters Marie Johnson, Brenda (Edward) Kisilewich, Joyce Gill (Kevin Erickson), & Janet (Ted) Feveile, her brother Gary (Carolyn) Hodgkin and sisters Evelyn (Herb) Walker & Darlene (Butch) Coburn; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

o Service by re uest, dona ons may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. A Celebra on of Life will be announced at a later date.

Dagenais, Ilene Pearl (Hodgkin)

June 5, 1937 – July 31, 2015

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Parks and Recreation Program Instructor – Nights Alive

This is a casual Recreation Instructor position in the Nights Alive program. The Nights Alive program provides safe, late night recreational activities for youth (12-17) on Saturday nights in a variety of recreation facilities. The successful candidate will be expected to work from 8:00 pm to 12:30 am every second Saturday and be available to work one weekday evening twice per month.Applicants must have a current Class 4 BC Driver’s License, Standard First Aid certificate, CPR C certificate, some post secondary education in a related field, some directly related community recreation experience and experience working directly with youth, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal record check.Rate of pay is per CUPE, Local 118, Collective Agreement.

Resumes, with covering letter and photocopies of required qualifications will be received until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 25, 2015 by Theresa Kingston, Director of Corporate Services at City Hall, 4850 Argyle Street, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 1V8 or by email: [email protected]. We regret that only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

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A.V. Multiplex/Glenwood Sports Centre Program Assistants

The City of Port Alberni is accepting applications from enthusiastic and reliable people to work part-time in a variety of roles, including skate patrol, concession, skating instruction and skate shop, at the Alberni Valley Multiplex and Glenwood Sports Centre. Applicants must have completed Grade 10, be able to ice skate and/or roller blade confidently, have basic mathematical skills, good customer service skills, and the ability to work weekends and evenings. Applicants must have or be willing to obtain a Standard First Aid and CPR C certificate.

Rate of pay is per CUPE, Local 118, Collective Agreement.

Resumes, with covering letter and photocopies of First Aid and CPR C certificates, will be received until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, 2015 by Theresa Kingston, Director of Corporate Services at City Hall, 4850 Argyle Street, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 1V8 or by email: [email protected]

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◆ VANCOUVER ISLAND

Fishing on most rivers remains suspended

Fishing in all but three rivers and streams on Vancouver Island will be suspended until further notice due to the ongoing warm water temperatures and low flows.

The suspension for north Van-couver Island, which is set to offi-cially begin on Aug. 4, is intended to protect fish stocks at a time when they are vulnerable due to the current drought conditions.

Combined with the order that came into effect July 4 for South Vancouver Island, virtually all fishing in Vancouver Island streams is now prohibited.

The Campbell, Qualicum (known as “Big Qualicum”) and Quinsam rivers are now the only rivers or streams on Vancouver Island exempt from the closure.

These rivers have sufficient water refuges to adequately protect fish, even with normal angling pressure, according to a news release from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has also closed fishing on Vancouver Island and the two

closures are intended to support one another.

◆ LAKE COWICHAN

Large forest fi re near Skutz Falls is contained

A large forest fire that broke out near Skutz Falls has been declared to be 100 per cent contained, and is now in “mop-up” process.

“Crews are working to get hot spots out and we’re hoping to get it in patrol by mid-week,” Coastal Fire Centre information officer Donna MacPherson said on Mon-day. “We’ll be turning it back to industry for patrol.”

The fire has since grown to 16 hectares (39.5 acres), though according to the Coastal Fire Cen-tre, crews have it contained within the perimeter, and it is no longer considered a “wildfire of note.”

Local firefighters from Lake Cowichan and Sahtlam were first called to combat the fire on July 28 in the late afternoon, as the blaze was visible from both ends of Highway 18.

The fire broke out on private forested land in slash (bucked and felled timber) amidst a steep slope, just 10 kilometres east of Cowic-han Lake.

— LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

◆ NANAIMO

Annual SPCA fundraiser set for Aug. 15 in city

The Nanaimo SPCA’s annual garage sale will take place next Saturday, Aug.15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at its Labieux Road location.

Last year, the sale raised approximately $1,500 and branch manager Leon Davis hopes to bet-ter that this time round — with all of the funds being put towards the care of the animals at the shelter.

Davis said the branch is looking for “quality, lightly used items” for the sale such as books, tools, games, sporting goods, toys and kitchenwares.

Items can be dropped off at the shelter Monday to Saturday between 9 a.m and 5 p.m.

“We’d love to raise a couple thousand dollars,” said Davis, who admits he’s in awe of the Cowic-han SPCA branch which raises close to $50,000 on average from its garage sale each year.

“We just don’t have the resources that they do, but once we open our new shelter on 12 acres of land, we’re hoping to stage a bigger event.”

Refreshments and a vegetarian barbecue will be available by donation.

LABOUR

WestJet pilots reject bid for unionizationTHE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Pilots at WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that has prided itself on fostering an employee-friendly corporate cul-ture, have rejected a bid to form the company’s first union.

The WestJet Professional Pilots Association said Wednesday on its Facebook page that 684 of 1,247 pilots — about 55 per cent of those who cast ballots over a two-week period — rejected unionization.

The association said it is disappointed with the result and hopes the process will lead to con-structive dialogue between pilots and WestJet leadership going forward. The group had said it was time the company’s pilots are represented through a certi-fied union as WestJet continues to expand.WestJet CEO Gregg Saretsky welcomed the outcome.

“We are pleased that the major-ity of our pilots who voted have voted against union representa-tion,” he said in a statement.

“Our model of co-operation and

employee representation through the WestJet Pilots’ Association has allowed for the continued success of our pilots and our airline. Despite the positive out-come, there is continued work that needs to take place to better understand some of the issues for our pilot group and we can now turn our efforts to that goal.”

WestJet had said it believes the fact that it has a non-union workforce gives it a competitive advantage, adding that collective bargaining would have led to service disruptions and increased labour costs.

The WestJet Professional Pilots Association cited the company’s recent growth in recent years as a motivating factor behind the unionization bid. The airline has opened new offices in Toronto and Vancouver while expand-ing its routes, including its first trans-Atlantic flights last year.

The Canadian Industrial Rela-tions Board has been running the vote but says it will not be able to release official results until its board approves them.

RELIGION

Ordained atheist minister fi ghts against her review THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — An ordained United Church of Canada minis-ter who believes in neither God nor Bible said Wednesday she is prepared to fight an unpreced-ented attempt to boot her from the pulpit for her beliefs.

In an interview at her West Hill church, Rev. Gretta Vosper said congregants support her view that how you live is more import-ant than what you believe in.

“I don’t believe in...the god called God,” Vosper said. “Using the word gets in the way of shar-ing what I want to share.”

Vosper, 57, who was ordained in 1993 and joined her east-end church in 1997, said the idea of an interventionist, supernatural being on which so much church doctrine is based belongs to an outdated world view.

What’s important, she says, is that her views hearken to Chris-tianity’s beginnings, before the focus shifted from how one lived to doctrinal belief in God, Jesus and the Bible.

“Is the Bible really the word of God? Was Jesus a person?” she said.

“It’s mythology. We build a faith tradition upon it which shifted to find belief more important than how we lived.”

Vosper made her views clear as far back as a Sunday sermon in 2001 but her congregation stood behind her until a decision to do away with the Lord’s Prayer in 2008 prompted about 100 of the 150 members to leave. The rest backed her.

Things came to a head this year after she wrote an open letter to the church’s spiritual leader pointing out that belief in God can motivate bad things — a reference to the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.

“That didn’t go over well,” Vos-per said.

“(But) if we are going to continue to use language that suggests we get our moral authority from a supernatural source, any group that says that can trump any humanistic endeavour.”

Rev. David Allen, executive secretary of the Toronto Con-ference, said he took various concerns about Vosper to the church’s executive, which decid-ed it wanted to investigate her

fitness to be a minister.First, however, they needed to

know the process.“We’d never done it before,”

Allen said.In response, Nora Sanders,

general secretary of the church’s General Council, issued a ruling in May laying out a review pro-cess that could ultimately lead to Vosper’s defrocking.

Essentially, Sanders said, the review should determine wheth-er she was being faithful to her ordination vows, which included affirming a belief in “God: Fath-er, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

Vosper is appealing Sanders’ ruling, saying it puts any minis-ter at risk of being judged and found wanting. An ecclesiastical court is set to hear her appeal in the fall.

Allen concedes the issue has the potential to cause disunity in the United Church, which prides itself on tolerance for diversity and inclusiveness.

“What we don’t want is to limit the scope of beliefs within the church, and yet what was being questioned here was: Has she gone too far?” Allen said.

“The vision of the United Church of Canada is: There is a God in whom we believe, and our statements of faith are very clear about that.”

U.S.A.

Man dead after gun fi ght with police offi cersTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANTIOCH, Tenn. — A man armed with a hatchet and gun unleashed a volley of pepper spray at audience members inside a movie theatre Wed-nesday, exchanging fire with a responding officer before being shot dead by a police commando team as he tried to escape out a back door, police said.

The attacker, identified as a 51-year-old white local man, was carrying a backpack on his chest and was wearing a sur-gical mask, possibly to protect himself from the pepper spray he unleashed in large amounts during the showing of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Metro Nash-ville Police spokesman Don Aaron said. He said three people were blasted with the spray and treated. There were eight people in the theatre, including the sus-pect, Aaron said.

As he fled out of the back of the theatre, the gunman encoun-tered and exchanged gunfire with the police team before he was shot dead, Aaron said. About two dozen gunshots could be heard in a 10-second period in raw video footage posted online by WKRN TV.

The latest shooting comes about two weeks after a 59-year-old drifter opened fire inside a movie theatre in Louisiana, fatally shooting two before kill-

ing himself. Both shootings hap-pened while jurors in Colorado decide whether the man who killed 12 and injured 70 others during a theatre shooting in 2012 should receive the death penalty.

One of the people hit with the pepper spray in the Nashville area cinema also had a cut that evidently was caused by a hatch-et, Aaron said. The man, identi-fied by a police spokesman only as Steven because his family “does not want any kind of 15 minutes of fame,” told reporters outside the Nashville-area the-atre that he had “no idea why this gentleman decided to attack us.”

No one was taken to a hospital. The only person shot was the assailant, Aaron said. The shoot-er’s motive was unclear, and his name was not immediately released.

A backpack believed to belong to the assailant was detonated by authorities. There was no immediate word if it contained explosives or anything else of a threatening nature. Witnesses from inside the theatre have been taken to a nearby location and are being interviewed by authorities. The entire event transpired over less than an hour’s time. Aaron said the first call came in about 1:13 p.m., and that two officers outside in the midst of a traffic stop responded within two minutes.

“Using the word gets in the way of sharing what I want to share.”

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Political leaders spend time away from campaign trailAll quiet on campaigning front Wednesday during debate preparationsTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — On the eve of the first federal leaders’ debate, Canada’s campaign trail grew quiet Wednesday as the rivals prepared for their live four-way faceoff.

Two of them, however, sent campaign proxies.

Laureen Harper stepped up to fill her husband’s shoes, speak-ing briefly to party supporters at the campaign office for Conserv-ative Costas Menegakis in the suburban riding of Richmond Hill.

And the NDP offered a new attack ad to fill the campaign void — a collection of doom-and-gloom business-page headlines superimposed over photos of Stephen Harper, denouncing the Tory economic record.

Indeed, the economy is expected to be front and centre during Thursday’s debate, the first opportunity for four of the five leaders to go head-to-head on a variety of key issues.

All four participants — Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Lib-eral Leader Justin Trudeau and Green party Leader Elizabeth May — were keeping a low pro-file Wednesday as they took part in the time-honoured campaign ritual of “debate prep.”

Mulcair has been running through debate preparation sessions with his inner circle at a Montreal hotel all week, surfa-cing only Tuesday to take part in a campaign event in the riding of Mount Royal.

As a former prosecutor whose question-period inquisition of Harper at the height of the Sen-ate scandal was a highlight of his tenure as leader, Mulcair’s performance will be under the microscope, observers say.

“I think a lot of the Canadian electorate has seen Mulcair in question period on the attack, which is obviously a useful qual-

ity to have,” said Toronto-based debate coach Shakir Rahim, who won the World Individual Debat-ing and Public Speaking Cham-pionships two years in a row.

“I think the question is whether in the debate, he can come across in the ... prime ministerial sense, given that now that’s a real possi-bility for him.”

As is always the case for the prime minister, Harper will sure-ly be the target of most of the attacks — a fact not lost on the Conservative team, said spokes-man Kory Teneycke.

But the Tories will have attacks of their own — particularly on matters of experience and leadership.

“We are focused on getting ready for the debate,” Teneycke said Tuesday in Toronto.

“Attacking the prime minister

is one thing; what would you do if you were prime minister is another, and so I think there will be some accountability there as well. ”

Teneycke said the prime minis-ter is “quite prepared to defend” the government’s economic rec-ord, which has been under heavy fire throughout the first few days of the still-young campaign.

Trudeau will exceed expecta-tions “if he comes on stage with his pants on,” Teneycke said — a jab to which the Liberals did not respond Wednesday.

Campaign debates always feature a heavy dose of boxing metaphors, so it’s hardly surpris-ing that Trudeau, who famously defeated former Conservative senator Patrick Brazeau in a boxing match in 2012 — will visit a boxing gym in Toronto ahead

of the event, television cameras in tow.

Mulcair, meanwhile, will pay a visit the office of NDP candidate Jennifer Hollett in the Toronto riding of University-Rosedale.

“Mr. Mulcair hopes to con-vey his message of change to Canadians while facing strong opponents,” said NDP princi-pal secretary Karl Belanger, “including a very experienced prime minister and a seasoned drama teacher” — a jab at one of Trudeau’s occupations pre-politics.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May is spending Wednesday on her own in Toronto ahead of the debate.

May’s officials say she prefers to be left alone to study, rather than participate in mock debates like the other leaders.

INTERNATIONAL

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper gets instructions on how to operate a machine that puts the finishing touch to a radiator while touring a industrial parts manufacture Monday in Laval, Que. Party leaders will debate on Thurdsay night. [CANADIAN PRESS]

Experts conclude wing piece is from Flight 370THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A piece of a wing found washed up on Reunion Island last week is from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that vanished last year, Malay-sia’s prime minister announced early Thursday, saying he hoped the news would end the “unspeakable” uncertainty of the passengers’ families.

The disappearance of the Boeing 777 jetliner 515 days ago while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, has been one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. Officials believed it crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, kill-ing all 239 people aboard, but it is still unknown why the plane went down.

“It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an inter-national team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed MH370,” Prime Minister Najib Razak told repor-ters. The French territory is thousands of miles from the area being searched for wreckage from the flight.

U.S. and French officials involved in the investigation were more cautious, stopping short of full confirmation but saying it made sense that the metal piece of the wing, known as the flaperon, came from Flight 370.

Intact and encrusted with bar-nacles, the flaperon was found on a beach and sent to France for scrutiny by the French civil avi-ation investigation department known by its acronym BEA, and members from its Malaysian and Australian counterparts.

“We now have physical evi-dence that, as I announced on 24th March last year, flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” Najib said.

“The burden and uncertainty faced by the families during this time has been unspeakable. It is my hope that this confirmation, however tragic and painful, will at least bring certainty to the families and loved ones of the 239 people onboard MH370. They have our deepest sympathy and prayers,” he said.

At a news conference in Paris, Deputy Prosecutor Serge Mac-kowiak didn’t outright confirm that the debris belonged to Flight 370 but said there were strong indications that it was the case.

“The very strong conjectures are to be confirmed by comple-mentary analysis that will begin tomorrow morning,” Mackowiak said.

“The experts are conducting their work as fast as they can in order to give complete and reli-able information as quickly as possible.”

REAL ESTATE

Prices jump again for Vancouver homesTHE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — There appears to be no ceiling for the cost of homes in the Vancouver area, as more properties keep selling for higher prices.

The Real Estate Board of Great-er Vancouver released statistics Wednesday showing July sales of homes jumped 30 per cent compared to the same time last year. The average price for a resi-dential property in the board’s 16 cities, districts or municipalities was $700,500, an 11.2 per cent increase from 2014.

While the demand is high, there are fewer homes on the market, and board president Darcy McLeod said that can lead

to multiple offers on homes in desirable areas.

In such cases, he said agents often have a day or two to do their due diligence.

“Certainly, setting that strat-egy out ahead of time with your Realtor is great advice for any-body who’s entering into buying into the marketplace.”

A home inspector may be wait-ing in the wings and financing needs to be secured, he said, add-ing some people take an inspect-or with them to open houses.

The board estimates there are 5,000 to 6,000 fewer homes on the market compared to the last five to six years.

McLeod said increased buyer demand creates hesitation on

the part of sellers who want to move within the same region because they are worried about what they’ll buy in an aggressive market.

Sales of detached homes also jumped by almost 18 per cent in July, with the composite price at more than $1.14 million.

However, McLeod said that fig-ure doesn’t really represent the entire market.

Price increases can be very localized, with neighbour-hoods that are really hot alongside those that are not, or others where the average price increased a year ago but remained static this year, he said.

There is still plenty of inven-

tory — over 70 per cent — under the $1-million price tag, McLeod said. Key factors for higher sales and pricing included desirability for living in a region, the low interest rate, and most import-antly, high consumer confidence, he said.

“Although we hear stories that it might be an over-inflated market, consumers don’t seem to think that. They’re speaking with their chequebook, so to speak, and stepping up and pur-chasing homes.”

He doesn’t see a cooling trend soon in a market that is driven by world factors, noting the region is attractive to people moving from other parts of the globe.

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